Raising husband in Zhai Douwen
Chapter 41 Interrogation
Xu Maocheng is one of the judges of the Taiyuan Hospital, belonging to the sixth grade.
Xu Yihuan and his wife happened to be here when Yang Jiming and Shang Jiayan came to Xu's mansion to hand over their famous badges.
Xu Maocheng asked the butler to invite them into the front hall.Xu Yihuan introduced them to each other.
Yang Jiming raised his hand to salute Xu Maocheng, and said respectfully: "Doctor Xu, I would like to ask you to check the pulse of my wife."
The eyes of the people present could not help but fall on the couple.
Mrs. Xu asked with concern: "Yanyan, what's wrong with you?"
Xu Yihuan is the favorite student of Shang Jiayan's grandfather, and Xu Yihuan and his wife also watched Shang Jiayan grow up.
Shang Jiayan didn't understand, so he shook his head, "I'm in good health, and I don't feel uncomfortable."
Yang Jiming said: "I'm not at ease, I want to ask Doctor Xu to take a look."
Xu Maocheng said to Shang Jiayan: "Madam Young Master Yang, please extend a hand."
Shang Jiayan stretched out his right hand, exposing his wrist.
After Xu Maocheng took the pulse, he carefully watched Shang Jiayan's expression, asked some questions, and gradually frowned.
Mrs. Xu asked, "How is it?"
Yang Jiming said: "I also ask Imperial Doctor Xu to tell the truth."
Xu Maocheng loosened his brows and said, "Xu is not good at studying medicine, so he didn't find anything wrong with Mrs. Yang Shao."
Yang Jiming breathed a sigh of relief.
Shang Jiayan thanked Imperial Physician Xu: "Thank you Imperial Physician Xu, please don't mind, my husband is just too worried about me."
Imperial Physician Xu nodded, and said solemnly: "Seek the doctor's pulse more often, there is nothing wrong with avoiding medical treatment for diseases."
Yang Jiming also thanked him.
Shang Jiayan held back his questions and didn't ask him in the Xu Mansion, he only asked him after leaving the Xu Mansion and boarding the carriage.
"What are you hiding from me?"
"I heard you said that the second sister-in-law has become haggard in just a few days, and I'm worried that you will be like her." Yang Jiming put his arms around his waist and put his head on his shoulder.
Shang Jiayan was slightly taken aback, and couldn't help asking: "Did you find anything?"
"I didn't find out, but I just thought it was a bit strange. The second sister-in-law is very well-behaved. She has been married to our house for less than a month. How could she suddenly be so emaciated?"
Shang Jiayan frowned slightly, thinking about the possibility of Yang Jiming's words.
Yang Jiming added: "I just simply doubted this, not because of anything else, I only have you in my heart."
Shang Jiayan glanced at him and said: "Although your suspicion is groundless, it is not completely impossible. Let's go back quickly, I want to go to the second sister-in-law's place and ask her if she has visited Doctor."
So, when the two returned to the mansion, Yang Jiming asked the porter, "Have the Second Young Master and Second Young Madam come back?"
The concierge replied: "Go back to the third young master, the second young master and the second young lady came back an hour earlier than you and the third young lady."
Yang Jiming said, "Understood."
Shang Jiayan added another question: "Have the eldest young master and eldest young lady returned?"
The concierge replied: "They also returned, a quarter of an hour earlier than you and the third young master."
Shang Jiayan asked Huai'an to give money to the porter, and Huai'an gave two taels of silver, and the porter thanked him repeatedly.
After they went back to the Chenxiang Courtyard to rest for a while, they first went to the main courtyard to say hello, then went to the Bauhinia Courtyard of the young master and wife, and finally came to Mo Dixuan.
Peng Kejing invited Yang Jiming and Shang Jiayan to the main room and asked the servants to serve tea.
Yang Jiming said to Yang Zhongming: "Second Brother, let's go talk elsewhere and let Jing Shuo and Second Sister-in-law sit here for a while."
Yang Zhongming nodded and took him to the study.
"Second brother, can I look through your books here?" Yang Jiming said as he walked to the bookshelf.
"You can read whatever you want." Yang Zhongming smiled, "You have been to my small study many times, and this is the first time you want to read my books."
Yang Jiming smiled naively, "I didn't like to read books before, but now that I read a lot, I realize that reading is quite interesting."
"Well, I heard that you are going to take the Tongsheng examination. How are you preparing?"
"Mr. Hu said it's not a big problem."
"That Mr. Hu, I met in the mansion. He is very knowledgeable. It seems that he will also participate in this spring."
"Second brother also wants to participate?"
"I'm the second son, and it's more secure to enter an official position through the imperial examination, just like the second and fourth uncles."
Yang Jiming nodded.
Yang Zhongming asked: "What about you? Taking the children's examination is also for the imperial examination to become an official?"
"Me?" Yang Jiming was stunned for a moment, "I didn't think about it. I promised Jing Shuo about Kao Tongsheng before."
Hearing this, Yang Zhongming couldn't help laughing, "Third brother, you have to think about why you want to study and take the entrance examination for children. This is your own life, and you don't just live for your younger siblings."
Yang Jiming nodded, "I don't have any big ambitions, I just want to live a happy life with Jing Shuo."
Yang Zhongming stared at him blankly, sighed almost imperceptibly, and said, "It's not bad."
Yang Jiming found a handmade crop book from the bookshelf, "Second brother, can I ask a question."
"Well, you ask."
"Is the second brother still in touch with Miss Jiang?"
Yang Zhongming was stunned, and after a while he said slowly, "I haven't contacted her since I got married."
On the second day after he got married, Jiang Yueran's maid came to deliver a letter to him, but he returned it without reading it.It's not because I don't love her anymore, but because I can't give her the status of wife, I want to try to let go.In his heart, she deserves better.
"Really?" Yang Jiming looked at him in surprise.
Yang Zhongming couldn't help looking at him suspiciously, and asked, "What are you so happy for?"
"Second brother, let me tell you, you are married to your second sister-in-law, so you have to treat her well and don't let her down."
Yang Zhongming laughed and said, "I didn't expect to be educated by my younger brother."
"Second brother, you can cross the same boat after ten years of cultivation, and sleep together after a hundred years of cultivation. The second sister-in-law has a good family background and good looks, you should cherish it."
Yang Zhongming sighed slightly, "Not everyone is as lucky as you."
"Second brother knows the relationship between me and Jing Shuo best. The reason why we are so affectionate now is because we worked hard to cultivate our relationship after we got married."
"I see." Yang Zhongming patted his shoulder and sighed heavily.
"Second brother promised to get along well with second sister-in-law?"
"Let me try."
Yang Jiming nodded, his second brother has taken a big step forward.
Yang Zhongming was stunned for a moment, and asked, "You seem to be very concerned about me and your second sister-in-law?"
"Actually, it's because of Jing Shuo, he cares about the second sister-in-law." Yang Jiming scratched his head in embarrassment, and said half-truth.
"Let the younger siblings worry about it."
"Second brother, I heard from Jing Shuo that the second sister-in-law is not feeling well recently, you might as well accompany her to see a doctor, it is best to find a highly skilled imperial physician. Jing Shuo and I have been to the court of Xu Yuan of the imperial hospital today First, Doctor Xu's medical skills are very good."
"it is good."
On the other side, Shang Jiayan and Peng Kejing were also talking alone.
Shang Jiayan asked: "Second sister-in-law, do you feel better today? Have you seen a doctor?"
Peng Kejing smiled and said, "I feel better today, so I didn't go to the doctor."
"Second sister-in-law, don't be careless, I still need to ask the doctor to take a look."
Peng Kejing nodded slightly, "I'll send someone to invite you later."
Shang Jiayan thought for a while, and said: "Before returning to the mansion today, Ji Ming and I went to the mansion of Xu Yuanjuan of the imperial hospital. The imperial physician Xu took my pulse. Why don't the second sister-in-law also ask the imperial physician Xu to see it."
"I know the doctor Xu you are talking about. When our old lady is sick, she always asks doctor Xu to see her."
"In that case, it's Doctor Xu."
Peng Kejing looked at the concern in his eyes, and finally nodded, "Jiayan, thank you."
"A family, it should be."
After they continued chatting for a while, Yang Zhongming and Yang Jiming came back, and Yang Jiming still had a book in his hand.
Yang Jiming said: "Second brother, second sister-in-law, Jing Shuo and I will go back first."
Shang Jiayan was taken aback for a moment, and then took his farewell with him.
"I wanted to wait for the doctor to come before leaving. Why are you so eager to drag me along?"
Yang Jiming smiled lightly and leaned into his ear and said, "From now on, you don't have to worry about the second sister-in-law anymore. The second brother promised me to try to get along well with the second sister-in-law."
"Are you serious?" Shang Jiayan looked at him in surprise, happy for Peng Kejing.
"When did your man fail to succeed?" Yang Jiming smiled triumphantly.
Shang Jiayan burst out laughing, "Don't get carried away."
Yang Guang kept tutting, "Third brother and third sister-in-law, look at this servant who is coming and going, everyone is afraid to go this way."
Shang Jiayan slightly pushed Yang Jiming away, and said to Yang Guang with a smile, "Where is fourth brother going?"
"I just came back from my uncle's house. I invited some friends out for dinner and I'm about to go out. Where's the third brother and the third sister-in-law?"
Shang Jiayan said: "We are also going to go back to the house to rest."
"Then don't bother the third brother and the third sister-in-law, I'll go first."
Seeing Yang Guang leaving in a hurry, Shang Jiayan said to Yang Jiming, "Let's go, let's go back quickly, I'm a little tired."
"I'll carry you on my back." Yang Jiming walked neatly in front of him and squatted down.
Shang Jiayan raised the corners of his mouth and lay on his back.
Yang Jiming walked back to Chenxiangyuan with him on his back.
The servants who saw it were all stunned. They knew that the third young master and his wife loved each other, but they didn't expect the third young master to spoil his husband so much that the servants were envious when they saw it.
When he returned to Chenxiangyuan, Shang Jiayan had already fallen asleep on Yang Jiming's back.
Seeing them, Mama Gu quickly put down her work and walked over quickly. After checking the situation, she asked Ziyu Zilan to make the bed, and together with Huaian helped Yang Jiming put Shang Jiayan on the bed.
Yang Jiming let them all go out, gently helped Shang Jiayan take off his coat, then gently covered the quilt, and then took off his shoes, socks and coat and lay down.
While they were resting, Yang Zhongming asked for his famous assassin from Yang Zhengyi, and sent someone to invite Dr. Xu to the mansion.
Imperial Physician Xu became an imperial physician from an apprentice doctor to today's court judge. He has seen a lot of secrets in the palace and the mansion.
After examining Peng Kejing's pulse, Imperial Physician Xu gave Yang Zhongming a wink, and walked outside with him.
"Doctor Xu, what's the matter?"
"Second Young Master Yang, Mr. Xu's ability is limited, so he can't tell what's wrong with Mrs. Zun's body."
"That's okay?"
"No, Mrs. Zun's pulse condition seems to be normal, but there is actually something wrong."
"What's wrong?"
Imperial Physician Xu pondered slightly, and said: "How about this, Second Young Master Yang, please first find the person who is close to Mrs. Madam on weekdays."
"Okay." Yang Zhongming looked solemn, and called the four first-class maids over.
Among these four people, two are Peng Kejing's dowry maids, and the other two are his former eldest maids.
Doctor Xu asked about Peng Kejing's diet and daily life, and asked them to bring over Peng Kejing's daily incense burner, rouge and other things.
Doctor Xu checked them one by one, and he suspected that it was something, but he was not sure. "It would be great if my senior brother was here."
"Doctor Xu, is there something wrong with these things?"
"Second Young Master Yang, to be honest, Xu is not very sure." Doctor Xu put down the lid of the incense burner, "Don't use this incense anymore."
Yang Zhongming thanked him solemnly, "Thank you, Imperial Physician Xu."
Even though he has no feelings for Peng Kejing yet, Peng Kejing is his wife. She was persecuted in their Mo Dixuan, and Yang Zhongming couldn't tolerate this.
After sending away Dr. Xu, Yang Zhongming summoned all the people who served at Modixuan to interrogate the spices in person.
However, he did not ask for a result.
After Peng Kejing knew that there was something wrong with the spices she used, her face turned pale for a while.
Yang Zhongming came into the room to see her, he couldn't help showing a bit of guilt, and said in a gentle voice: "Physician Xu said, stop those things and take care of her slowly, and your body will get better."
Peng Kejing suddenly felt a lot warmer in her heart, she smiled and said, "Don't worry, Husband, everything will be fine."
"Instead, you persuaded me. Take a good rest, and I'll go to the third brother's." Now that he already knew that there was a danger around him, how could he let it go?
He thought, as the so-called specialization in art, Yang Jiming is an arrester of Shuntian Prefecture and has also handled cases, so he should have learned something useful.
Seeing Yang Zhongming leave in a hurry, worrying and rushing about her affairs, Peng Kejing laughed softly.
When Yang Zhongming came to Chenxiangyuan, Yang Jiming and Shang Jiayan were still asleep in the room.
Fuquan asked: "Second Young Master, do you want the villain to call Third Young Master?"
"No, let them sleep, I'll wait outside."
Gu's mother decided to ask Fuquan to invite Yang Zhongming to the main room, and at the same time let Huai'an go to the inner room to wake up the masters.
Yang Jiming asked Shang Jiayan to continue to sleep, got up and put on his coat, and went to the main room to meet Yang Zhongming.
Shang Jiayan hugged the quilt and sat up, and asked Huai An: "What did the second young master say?"
Huai An shook his head, "Young Madam, the Second Young Master didn't say anything, but I saw that his face seemed livid, with some anger."
Shang Jiayan was taken aback for a moment, then thought about it, Yang Zhongming should not be angry with them, then asked again: "Did anything special happen in the mansion?"
"I heard that the Second Young Master used Master Hou's famous assassin to invite an imperial physician to diagnose the second Young Madam's pulse."
Hearing this, Shang Jiayan couldn't help frowning slightly, thinking: It seems that the matter is not as simple as the second sister-in-law's physical illness.
"Changing clothes, I have to go to Mo Dixuan again later."
"Yes." Huai An quickly took the coat and came over.
On the other side, Yang Jiming walked into the main room and asked suspiciously, "Second brother, what happened?"
Yang Zhongming paused, and looked around.
Yang Jiming waved his hand, and Fuquan and others quickly retreated.
"Third brother, I need your help with something."
"Second brother, please tell me." Yang Jiming put away his usual hippie smile.
Yang Zhongming told him the matter, and said: "You are working in Shuntian Mansion, I would like to ask you to help me as a consultant."
Yang Jiming thought about it carefully, and said seriously: "Second brother, something that even Imperial Doctor Xu can't see, is definitely not something that ordinary people can get. Although I don't know who it is, you should have an internal response in Mo Dixuan."
Yang Zhongming nodded, "I thought so too, but no one would admit it."
"Second brother, no premeditated criminal will take the initiative to plead guilty."
"How to check this matter?"
"What does the second sister-in-law say?"
"I didn't tell her, but she must have known." He called everyone together to ask, how could Peng Kejing not know?
Yang Jiming sighed softly, thinking that in some respects, Yang Zhongming was not as good as him. "Second brother, you might as well discuss it with the second sister-in-law first."
"But she is weak now." Yang Zhongming couldn't help frowning.
"Even if the second brother doesn't discuss it with the second sister-in-law, the second sister-in-law will bother about it. Instead of thinking about it separately, it's better for the two of them to discuss it together."
Shang Jiayan coughed lightly at the door, and then walked in, "Sorry, second brother, I just heard something."
"It doesn't matter." Yang Zhongming said, "Our younger siblings and third brother bother about our affairs, it's my incompetence as an elder brother."
Shang Jiayan said softly: "Second brother is out."
He couldn't help but change his opinion of Yang Zhongming, at least Yang Zhongming didn't hide it because of his so-called face, and let Peng Kejing suffer for no reason.Even in order to find out the matter, he was willing to ask his brother-in-law for help.
Shang Jiayan said: "Second Brother, I want to go and see Second Sister-in-law."
Yang Zhongming nodded.
So, the three of them went to Mo Dixuan together.
When they arrived, Yang Zhengyi was sitting in the main room, and the eldest lady was visiting Peng Kejing in the inner room.
The two brothers stayed in the main room to accompany their father. After Shang Jiayan saluted Yang Zhengyi, he walked into the inner room under the leadership of the maid.
Yang Zhengyi said to Yang Zhongming: "Such a big incident happened, where did you go, and how did you come back with the young couple?"
Yang Zhongming said: "Reporting to father, I am going to ask my third brother to help investigate this matter."
Hearing this, Yang Zhengyi couldn't help but feel relieved, not for anything else, but for the harmony between their brothers.Still, he kept saying, "What can he do to help?"
"The third brother is quick-witted and has been working in Shuntian Mansion for a while. I think maybe he can help."
Yang Zhengyi said to Yang Jiming who had been silent all the time: "Tell me, what do you think about this matter."
Yang Jiming lowered his head slightly, and replied, "Father, I haven't understood the matter clearly yet."
Yang Zhengyi said, "I'll just sit here and do what you have to do."
Yang Zhongming and Yang Jiming couldn't help but looked at each other, and answered "Yes" in unison.
Yang Jiming asked Yang Zhongming to gather all Mo Dixuan's people in the yard again.
Like a legendary veteran cadre, Yang Jiming walked past rows of people with his hands behind his back.
He complained in his heart that Mo Dixuan had at least twice as many servants as Chenxiangyuan, and the large number of people was also a problem.
All the servants held their breath and lowered their heads intently, not daring to take a breath.
Yang Jiming walked back in front of them, cleared his throat, and said, "Who are allowed to enter the inner room, step forward."
Several maidservants and mother-in-law took a step forward slowly.
Yang Jiming said again: "Those who have access to spices, take one step forward."
Still those people took a step forward.
Yang Jiming said solemnly: "I'll give you a chance, within a stick of incense, as long as someone is willing to stand up and admit to murdering the second young lady, or report and expose others, I can let the second brother forgive you. If a stick of incense After the incense, no one will admit it, and everyone in Mo Dixuan will be punished with twenty sticks and sold out of the house."
Immediately, the servants exploded, hoping with trepidation and luck that this was just Yang Jiming's nonsense.
Yang Jiming looked at Yang Zhongming, Yang Zhongming raised his voice and said: "The words of the third young master are what I mean, at worst, the entire Modixuan will be replaced!"
After the words fell, the subordinates trembled to varying degrees. Some had ghosts in their hearts, some were afraid of being implicated, and some were angry that someone would murder their master.
No matter how the servants reacted, Fuquan lit the incense and moved out two chairs.
The two brothers just sat in the yard like this, one with a cold face and the other with a playful smile, waiting for these servants to confess.
Halfway through the burning of the incense, Yang Jiming waved to Fuquan and said, "I'm hungry, go and get some pastries. By the way, tell the young lady to comfort the second sister-in-law. Everyone around her may have to be replaced. This is what the second brother agreed to."
"Yes." Fuquan responded and left.
Not long after, Fuquan asked Huaian to bring a plate of pastries over, and he moved a small table between two chairs.
Yang Jiming said with a nonchalant smile, "Second brother, don't be so sullen. At worst, we'll change everyone to avoid future troubles. Come, have a piece of pastry."
Yang Zhongming didn't know what kind of medicine he was selling in his gourd, but he agreed to cooperate with him in advance, so he sighed and said, "I listen to you."
Yang Jiming ate a piece of sweet-scented osmanthus cake leisurely and contentedly, and chatted with Yang Zhongming about the homework.
"Jing Shuo really likes sweet-scented osmanthus cake. I couldn't eat this sweet and sticky thing at first. But I ate it to accompany Jing Shuo, so I ate it later."
Yang Zhongming chuckled, and took a bite of an osmanthus cake, "It's very sweet and soft."
"It's very sweet. Jing Shuo said it's just a little sweet, just right." Yang Jiming expressed his incomprehension.
Yang Zhongming ate the whole piece of sweet-scented osmanthus cake, and said, "I know you have a good relationship with your younger siblings, so you don't have to say anything, you are still younger siblings."
Yang Jiming giggled twice, and ate another piece of sweet-scented osmanthus cake.
The more relaxed and comfortable they are, the more frightened the servants are. It looks like they have decided to sell everyone.
The incense in the censer burns shorter and shorter, seeing that it is about to burn out, many people have a lot of cold sweat on their foreheads, everyone is whispering, the voice is getting louder and louder, as if there is an argument.
Someone shouted: "Second Young Master, Third Young Master, Xiangmei once sneaked out of the house!"
The little maid named Xiangmei quickly knelt down and said, "I just met a fellow villager at the back door and said a few words. I saw Hong Shao enter the young lady's inner room."
"I didn't!" Hong Shao hurriedly knelt down and cried out for her grievances, biting someone else.
The real ones were exposed, the ones who grabbed and bitten randomly, and there was a commotion in the yard.
"Shut up!" Yang Jiming shouted angrily.
Suddenly, there was silence.
Yang Jiming said: "One by one, if there is evidence, the reward will be ten taels. If there is no evidence, if it is found out that it is nonsense to frame others, the death contract will be dealt with according to the rules of the government, and those who sign the living contract will be dragged directly to the government."
The servants were silent for a moment.
A young servant came out and said: "Second Young Master, Third Young Master, Bai Zhi sneaked into the inner room, I saw it with my own eyes."
Bai Zhi was brought out, and Peng Kejing's dowry mother, Chang's mother, said: "She is a fourth-class maid, she is only responsible for sweeping the yard on weekdays, and she is not allowed to enter the inner room."
"A fourth-class maid?" Yang Jiming looked at her sharply, "Did he wrong you?"
"I, I..." The little maid was trembling with fright, unable to speak.
Yang Jiming reprimanded: "What about me? There are no rules."
Bai Zhi plopped down on her knees and begged for mercy, crying until she burst into tears. "Second Young Master, Third Young Master, spare me, I won't dare again!"
Yang Jiming signaled Yang Zhongming to be calm, and said to Bai Zhi, "What are you afraid of?"
"I just wanted to go into the house and steal something."
"Stole what?"
"Stole the lid of the incense burner." "Huh?"
"About half a month ago, my eldest brother and sister-in-law came to look for me and said that my mother was seriously ill, so I asked my mother for leave to go back. I saw that the lid of the incense burner at home was exactly the same as the lid of the incense burner in the second young lady's house, so I secretly changed out."
"You are a fourth-class maid, how do you know what the incense burner in the inner room looks like?"
"Sister Hongfu would take out the incense burner to pour incense every three days, and I would throw away the incense ash every time. Not only did I see it, but I also heard from sister Hongfu that the entire incense burner was made of emerald. A lot of money."
Yang Jiming understood it, and said: "It seems that I'm going to invite your eldest brother and sister-in-law to visit. I have to ask them, why does your family happen to have an incense burner lid that looks exactly the same."
Xu Yihuan and his wife happened to be here when Yang Jiming and Shang Jiayan came to Xu's mansion to hand over their famous badges.
Xu Maocheng asked the butler to invite them into the front hall.Xu Yihuan introduced them to each other.
Yang Jiming raised his hand to salute Xu Maocheng, and said respectfully: "Doctor Xu, I would like to ask you to check the pulse of my wife."
The eyes of the people present could not help but fall on the couple.
Mrs. Xu asked with concern: "Yanyan, what's wrong with you?"
Xu Yihuan is the favorite student of Shang Jiayan's grandfather, and Xu Yihuan and his wife also watched Shang Jiayan grow up.
Shang Jiayan didn't understand, so he shook his head, "I'm in good health, and I don't feel uncomfortable."
Yang Jiming said: "I'm not at ease, I want to ask Doctor Xu to take a look."
Xu Maocheng said to Shang Jiayan: "Madam Young Master Yang, please extend a hand."
Shang Jiayan stretched out his right hand, exposing his wrist.
After Xu Maocheng took the pulse, he carefully watched Shang Jiayan's expression, asked some questions, and gradually frowned.
Mrs. Xu asked, "How is it?"
Yang Jiming said: "I also ask Imperial Doctor Xu to tell the truth."
Xu Maocheng loosened his brows and said, "Xu is not good at studying medicine, so he didn't find anything wrong with Mrs. Yang Shao."
Yang Jiming breathed a sigh of relief.
Shang Jiayan thanked Imperial Physician Xu: "Thank you Imperial Physician Xu, please don't mind, my husband is just too worried about me."
Imperial Physician Xu nodded, and said solemnly: "Seek the doctor's pulse more often, there is nothing wrong with avoiding medical treatment for diseases."
Yang Jiming also thanked him.
Shang Jiayan held back his questions and didn't ask him in the Xu Mansion, he only asked him after leaving the Xu Mansion and boarding the carriage.
"What are you hiding from me?"
"I heard you said that the second sister-in-law has become haggard in just a few days, and I'm worried that you will be like her." Yang Jiming put his arms around his waist and put his head on his shoulder.
Shang Jiayan was slightly taken aback, and couldn't help asking: "Did you find anything?"
"I didn't find out, but I just thought it was a bit strange. The second sister-in-law is very well-behaved. She has been married to our house for less than a month. How could she suddenly be so emaciated?"
Shang Jiayan frowned slightly, thinking about the possibility of Yang Jiming's words.
Yang Jiming added: "I just simply doubted this, not because of anything else, I only have you in my heart."
Shang Jiayan glanced at him and said: "Although your suspicion is groundless, it is not completely impossible. Let's go back quickly, I want to go to the second sister-in-law's place and ask her if she has visited Doctor."
So, when the two returned to the mansion, Yang Jiming asked the porter, "Have the Second Young Master and Second Young Madam come back?"
The concierge replied: "Go back to the third young master, the second young master and the second young lady came back an hour earlier than you and the third young lady."
Yang Jiming said, "Understood."
Shang Jiayan added another question: "Have the eldest young master and eldest young lady returned?"
The concierge replied: "They also returned, a quarter of an hour earlier than you and the third young master."
Shang Jiayan asked Huai'an to give money to the porter, and Huai'an gave two taels of silver, and the porter thanked him repeatedly.
After they went back to the Chenxiang Courtyard to rest for a while, they first went to the main courtyard to say hello, then went to the Bauhinia Courtyard of the young master and wife, and finally came to Mo Dixuan.
Peng Kejing invited Yang Jiming and Shang Jiayan to the main room and asked the servants to serve tea.
Yang Jiming said to Yang Zhongming: "Second Brother, let's go talk elsewhere and let Jing Shuo and Second Sister-in-law sit here for a while."
Yang Zhongming nodded and took him to the study.
"Second brother, can I look through your books here?" Yang Jiming said as he walked to the bookshelf.
"You can read whatever you want." Yang Zhongming smiled, "You have been to my small study many times, and this is the first time you want to read my books."
Yang Jiming smiled naively, "I didn't like to read books before, but now that I read a lot, I realize that reading is quite interesting."
"Well, I heard that you are going to take the Tongsheng examination. How are you preparing?"
"Mr. Hu said it's not a big problem."
"That Mr. Hu, I met in the mansion. He is very knowledgeable. It seems that he will also participate in this spring."
"Second brother also wants to participate?"
"I'm the second son, and it's more secure to enter an official position through the imperial examination, just like the second and fourth uncles."
Yang Jiming nodded.
Yang Zhongming asked: "What about you? Taking the children's examination is also for the imperial examination to become an official?"
"Me?" Yang Jiming was stunned for a moment, "I didn't think about it. I promised Jing Shuo about Kao Tongsheng before."
Hearing this, Yang Zhongming couldn't help laughing, "Third brother, you have to think about why you want to study and take the entrance examination for children. This is your own life, and you don't just live for your younger siblings."
Yang Jiming nodded, "I don't have any big ambitions, I just want to live a happy life with Jing Shuo."
Yang Zhongming stared at him blankly, sighed almost imperceptibly, and said, "It's not bad."
Yang Jiming found a handmade crop book from the bookshelf, "Second brother, can I ask a question."
"Well, you ask."
"Is the second brother still in touch with Miss Jiang?"
Yang Zhongming was stunned, and after a while he said slowly, "I haven't contacted her since I got married."
On the second day after he got married, Jiang Yueran's maid came to deliver a letter to him, but he returned it without reading it.It's not because I don't love her anymore, but because I can't give her the status of wife, I want to try to let go.In his heart, she deserves better.
"Really?" Yang Jiming looked at him in surprise.
Yang Zhongming couldn't help looking at him suspiciously, and asked, "What are you so happy for?"
"Second brother, let me tell you, you are married to your second sister-in-law, so you have to treat her well and don't let her down."
Yang Zhongming laughed and said, "I didn't expect to be educated by my younger brother."
"Second brother, you can cross the same boat after ten years of cultivation, and sleep together after a hundred years of cultivation. The second sister-in-law has a good family background and good looks, you should cherish it."
Yang Zhongming sighed slightly, "Not everyone is as lucky as you."
"Second brother knows the relationship between me and Jing Shuo best. The reason why we are so affectionate now is because we worked hard to cultivate our relationship after we got married."
"I see." Yang Zhongming patted his shoulder and sighed heavily.
"Second brother promised to get along well with second sister-in-law?"
"Let me try."
Yang Jiming nodded, his second brother has taken a big step forward.
Yang Zhongming was stunned for a moment, and asked, "You seem to be very concerned about me and your second sister-in-law?"
"Actually, it's because of Jing Shuo, he cares about the second sister-in-law." Yang Jiming scratched his head in embarrassment, and said half-truth.
"Let the younger siblings worry about it."
"Second brother, I heard from Jing Shuo that the second sister-in-law is not feeling well recently, you might as well accompany her to see a doctor, it is best to find a highly skilled imperial physician. Jing Shuo and I have been to the court of Xu Yuan of the imperial hospital today First, Doctor Xu's medical skills are very good."
"it is good."
On the other side, Shang Jiayan and Peng Kejing were also talking alone.
Shang Jiayan asked: "Second sister-in-law, do you feel better today? Have you seen a doctor?"
Peng Kejing smiled and said, "I feel better today, so I didn't go to the doctor."
"Second sister-in-law, don't be careless, I still need to ask the doctor to take a look."
Peng Kejing nodded slightly, "I'll send someone to invite you later."
Shang Jiayan thought for a while, and said: "Before returning to the mansion today, Ji Ming and I went to the mansion of Xu Yuanjuan of the imperial hospital. The imperial physician Xu took my pulse. Why don't the second sister-in-law also ask the imperial physician Xu to see it."
"I know the doctor Xu you are talking about. When our old lady is sick, she always asks doctor Xu to see her."
"In that case, it's Doctor Xu."
Peng Kejing looked at the concern in his eyes, and finally nodded, "Jiayan, thank you."
"A family, it should be."
After they continued chatting for a while, Yang Zhongming and Yang Jiming came back, and Yang Jiming still had a book in his hand.
Yang Jiming said: "Second brother, second sister-in-law, Jing Shuo and I will go back first."
Shang Jiayan was taken aback for a moment, and then took his farewell with him.
"I wanted to wait for the doctor to come before leaving. Why are you so eager to drag me along?"
Yang Jiming smiled lightly and leaned into his ear and said, "From now on, you don't have to worry about the second sister-in-law anymore. The second brother promised me to try to get along well with the second sister-in-law."
"Are you serious?" Shang Jiayan looked at him in surprise, happy for Peng Kejing.
"When did your man fail to succeed?" Yang Jiming smiled triumphantly.
Shang Jiayan burst out laughing, "Don't get carried away."
Yang Guang kept tutting, "Third brother and third sister-in-law, look at this servant who is coming and going, everyone is afraid to go this way."
Shang Jiayan slightly pushed Yang Jiming away, and said to Yang Guang with a smile, "Where is fourth brother going?"
"I just came back from my uncle's house. I invited some friends out for dinner and I'm about to go out. Where's the third brother and the third sister-in-law?"
Shang Jiayan said: "We are also going to go back to the house to rest."
"Then don't bother the third brother and the third sister-in-law, I'll go first."
Seeing Yang Guang leaving in a hurry, Shang Jiayan said to Yang Jiming, "Let's go, let's go back quickly, I'm a little tired."
"I'll carry you on my back." Yang Jiming walked neatly in front of him and squatted down.
Shang Jiayan raised the corners of his mouth and lay on his back.
Yang Jiming walked back to Chenxiangyuan with him on his back.
The servants who saw it were all stunned. They knew that the third young master and his wife loved each other, but they didn't expect the third young master to spoil his husband so much that the servants were envious when they saw it.
When he returned to Chenxiangyuan, Shang Jiayan had already fallen asleep on Yang Jiming's back.
Seeing them, Mama Gu quickly put down her work and walked over quickly. After checking the situation, she asked Ziyu Zilan to make the bed, and together with Huaian helped Yang Jiming put Shang Jiayan on the bed.
Yang Jiming let them all go out, gently helped Shang Jiayan take off his coat, then gently covered the quilt, and then took off his shoes, socks and coat and lay down.
While they were resting, Yang Zhongming asked for his famous assassin from Yang Zhengyi, and sent someone to invite Dr. Xu to the mansion.
Imperial Physician Xu became an imperial physician from an apprentice doctor to today's court judge. He has seen a lot of secrets in the palace and the mansion.
After examining Peng Kejing's pulse, Imperial Physician Xu gave Yang Zhongming a wink, and walked outside with him.
"Doctor Xu, what's the matter?"
"Second Young Master Yang, Mr. Xu's ability is limited, so he can't tell what's wrong with Mrs. Zun's body."
"That's okay?"
"No, Mrs. Zun's pulse condition seems to be normal, but there is actually something wrong."
"What's wrong?"
Imperial Physician Xu pondered slightly, and said: "How about this, Second Young Master Yang, please first find the person who is close to Mrs. Madam on weekdays."
"Okay." Yang Zhongming looked solemn, and called the four first-class maids over.
Among these four people, two are Peng Kejing's dowry maids, and the other two are his former eldest maids.
Doctor Xu asked about Peng Kejing's diet and daily life, and asked them to bring over Peng Kejing's daily incense burner, rouge and other things.
Doctor Xu checked them one by one, and he suspected that it was something, but he was not sure. "It would be great if my senior brother was here."
"Doctor Xu, is there something wrong with these things?"
"Second Young Master Yang, to be honest, Xu is not very sure." Doctor Xu put down the lid of the incense burner, "Don't use this incense anymore."
Yang Zhongming thanked him solemnly, "Thank you, Imperial Physician Xu."
Even though he has no feelings for Peng Kejing yet, Peng Kejing is his wife. She was persecuted in their Mo Dixuan, and Yang Zhongming couldn't tolerate this.
After sending away Dr. Xu, Yang Zhongming summoned all the people who served at Modixuan to interrogate the spices in person.
However, he did not ask for a result.
After Peng Kejing knew that there was something wrong with the spices she used, her face turned pale for a while.
Yang Zhongming came into the room to see her, he couldn't help showing a bit of guilt, and said in a gentle voice: "Physician Xu said, stop those things and take care of her slowly, and your body will get better."
Peng Kejing suddenly felt a lot warmer in her heart, she smiled and said, "Don't worry, Husband, everything will be fine."
"Instead, you persuaded me. Take a good rest, and I'll go to the third brother's." Now that he already knew that there was a danger around him, how could he let it go?
He thought, as the so-called specialization in art, Yang Jiming is an arrester of Shuntian Prefecture and has also handled cases, so he should have learned something useful.
Seeing Yang Zhongming leave in a hurry, worrying and rushing about her affairs, Peng Kejing laughed softly.
When Yang Zhongming came to Chenxiangyuan, Yang Jiming and Shang Jiayan were still asleep in the room.
Fuquan asked: "Second Young Master, do you want the villain to call Third Young Master?"
"No, let them sleep, I'll wait outside."
Gu's mother decided to ask Fuquan to invite Yang Zhongming to the main room, and at the same time let Huai'an go to the inner room to wake up the masters.
Yang Jiming asked Shang Jiayan to continue to sleep, got up and put on his coat, and went to the main room to meet Yang Zhongming.
Shang Jiayan hugged the quilt and sat up, and asked Huai An: "What did the second young master say?"
Huai An shook his head, "Young Madam, the Second Young Master didn't say anything, but I saw that his face seemed livid, with some anger."
Shang Jiayan was taken aback for a moment, then thought about it, Yang Zhongming should not be angry with them, then asked again: "Did anything special happen in the mansion?"
"I heard that the Second Young Master used Master Hou's famous assassin to invite an imperial physician to diagnose the second Young Madam's pulse."
Hearing this, Shang Jiayan couldn't help frowning slightly, thinking: It seems that the matter is not as simple as the second sister-in-law's physical illness.
"Changing clothes, I have to go to Mo Dixuan again later."
"Yes." Huai An quickly took the coat and came over.
On the other side, Yang Jiming walked into the main room and asked suspiciously, "Second brother, what happened?"
Yang Zhongming paused, and looked around.
Yang Jiming waved his hand, and Fuquan and others quickly retreated.
"Third brother, I need your help with something."
"Second brother, please tell me." Yang Jiming put away his usual hippie smile.
Yang Zhongming told him the matter, and said: "You are working in Shuntian Mansion, I would like to ask you to help me as a consultant."
Yang Jiming thought about it carefully, and said seriously: "Second brother, something that even Imperial Doctor Xu can't see, is definitely not something that ordinary people can get. Although I don't know who it is, you should have an internal response in Mo Dixuan."
Yang Zhongming nodded, "I thought so too, but no one would admit it."
"Second brother, no premeditated criminal will take the initiative to plead guilty."
"How to check this matter?"
"What does the second sister-in-law say?"
"I didn't tell her, but she must have known." He called everyone together to ask, how could Peng Kejing not know?
Yang Jiming sighed softly, thinking that in some respects, Yang Zhongming was not as good as him. "Second brother, you might as well discuss it with the second sister-in-law first."
"But she is weak now." Yang Zhongming couldn't help frowning.
"Even if the second brother doesn't discuss it with the second sister-in-law, the second sister-in-law will bother about it. Instead of thinking about it separately, it's better for the two of them to discuss it together."
Shang Jiayan coughed lightly at the door, and then walked in, "Sorry, second brother, I just heard something."
"It doesn't matter." Yang Zhongming said, "Our younger siblings and third brother bother about our affairs, it's my incompetence as an elder brother."
Shang Jiayan said softly: "Second brother is out."
He couldn't help but change his opinion of Yang Zhongming, at least Yang Zhongming didn't hide it because of his so-called face, and let Peng Kejing suffer for no reason.Even in order to find out the matter, he was willing to ask his brother-in-law for help.
Shang Jiayan said: "Second Brother, I want to go and see Second Sister-in-law."
Yang Zhongming nodded.
So, the three of them went to Mo Dixuan together.
When they arrived, Yang Zhengyi was sitting in the main room, and the eldest lady was visiting Peng Kejing in the inner room.
The two brothers stayed in the main room to accompany their father. After Shang Jiayan saluted Yang Zhengyi, he walked into the inner room under the leadership of the maid.
Yang Zhengyi said to Yang Zhongming: "Such a big incident happened, where did you go, and how did you come back with the young couple?"
Yang Zhongming said: "Reporting to father, I am going to ask my third brother to help investigate this matter."
Hearing this, Yang Zhengyi couldn't help but feel relieved, not for anything else, but for the harmony between their brothers.Still, he kept saying, "What can he do to help?"
"The third brother is quick-witted and has been working in Shuntian Mansion for a while. I think maybe he can help."
Yang Zhengyi said to Yang Jiming who had been silent all the time: "Tell me, what do you think about this matter."
Yang Jiming lowered his head slightly, and replied, "Father, I haven't understood the matter clearly yet."
Yang Zhengyi said, "I'll just sit here and do what you have to do."
Yang Zhongming and Yang Jiming couldn't help but looked at each other, and answered "Yes" in unison.
Yang Jiming asked Yang Zhongming to gather all Mo Dixuan's people in the yard again.
Like a legendary veteran cadre, Yang Jiming walked past rows of people with his hands behind his back.
He complained in his heart that Mo Dixuan had at least twice as many servants as Chenxiangyuan, and the large number of people was also a problem.
All the servants held their breath and lowered their heads intently, not daring to take a breath.
Yang Jiming walked back in front of them, cleared his throat, and said, "Who are allowed to enter the inner room, step forward."
Several maidservants and mother-in-law took a step forward slowly.
Yang Jiming said again: "Those who have access to spices, take one step forward."
Still those people took a step forward.
Yang Jiming said solemnly: "I'll give you a chance, within a stick of incense, as long as someone is willing to stand up and admit to murdering the second young lady, or report and expose others, I can let the second brother forgive you. If a stick of incense After the incense, no one will admit it, and everyone in Mo Dixuan will be punished with twenty sticks and sold out of the house."
Immediately, the servants exploded, hoping with trepidation and luck that this was just Yang Jiming's nonsense.
Yang Jiming looked at Yang Zhongming, Yang Zhongming raised his voice and said: "The words of the third young master are what I mean, at worst, the entire Modixuan will be replaced!"
After the words fell, the subordinates trembled to varying degrees. Some had ghosts in their hearts, some were afraid of being implicated, and some were angry that someone would murder their master.
No matter how the servants reacted, Fuquan lit the incense and moved out two chairs.
The two brothers just sat in the yard like this, one with a cold face and the other with a playful smile, waiting for these servants to confess.
Halfway through the burning of the incense, Yang Jiming waved to Fuquan and said, "I'm hungry, go and get some pastries. By the way, tell the young lady to comfort the second sister-in-law. Everyone around her may have to be replaced. This is what the second brother agreed to."
"Yes." Fuquan responded and left.
Not long after, Fuquan asked Huaian to bring a plate of pastries over, and he moved a small table between two chairs.
Yang Jiming said with a nonchalant smile, "Second brother, don't be so sullen. At worst, we'll change everyone to avoid future troubles. Come, have a piece of pastry."
Yang Zhongming didn't know what kind of medicine he was selling in his gourd, but he agreed to cooperate with him in advance, so he sighed and said, "I listen to you."
Yang Jiming ate a piece of sweet-scented osmanthus cake leisurely and contentedly, and chatted with Yang Zhongming about the homework.
"Jing Shuo really likes sweet-scented osmanthus cake. I couldn't eat this sweet and sticky thing at first. But I ate it to accompany Jing Shuo, so I ate it later."
Yang Zhongming chuckled, and took a bite of an osmanthus cake, "It's very sweet and soft."
"It's very sweet. Jing Shuo said it's just a little sweet, just right." Yang Jiming expressed his incomprehension.
Yang Zhongming ate the whole piece of sweet-scented osmanthus cake, and said, "I know you have a good relationship with your younger siblings, so you don't have to say anything, you are still younger siblings."
Yang Jiming giggled twice, and ate another piece of sweet-scented osmanthus cake.
The more relaxed and comfortable they are, the more frightened the servants are. It looks like they have decided to sell everyone.
The incense in the censer burns shorter and shorter, seeing that it is about to burn out, many people have a lot of cold sweat on their foreheads, everyone is whispering, the voice is getting louder and louder, as if there is an argument.
Someone shouted: "Second Young Master, Third Young Master, Xiangmei once sneaked out of the house!"
The little maid named Xiangmei quickly knelt down and said, "I just met a fellow villager at the back door and said a few words. I saw Hong Shao enter the young lady's inner room."
"I didn't!" Hong Shao hurriedly knelt down and cried out for her grievances, biting someone else.
The real ones were exposed, the ones who grabbed and bitten randomly, and there was a commotion in the yard.
"Shut up!" Yang Jiming shouted angrily.
Suddenly, there was silence.
Yang Jiming said: "One by one, if there is evidence, the reward will be ten taels. If there is no evidence, if it is found out that it is nonsense to frame others, the death contract will be dealt with according to the rules of the government, and those who sign the living contract will be dragged directly to the government."
The servants were silent for a moment.
A young servant came out and said: "Second Young Master, Third Young Master, Bai Zhi sneaked into the inner room, I saw it with my own eyes."
Bai Zhi was brought out, and Peng Kejing's dowry mother, Chang's mother, said: "She is a fourth-class maid, she is only responsible for sweeping the yard on weekdays, and she is not allowed to enter the inner room."
"A fourth-class maid?" Yang Jiming looked at her sharply, "Did he wrong you?"
"I, I..." The little maid was trembling with fright, unable to speak.
Yang Jiming reprimanded: "What about me? There are no rules."
Bai Zhi plopped down on her knees and begged for mercy, crying until she burst into tears. "Second Young Master, Third Young Master, spare me, I won't dare again!"
Yang Jiming signaled Yang Zhongming to be calm, and said to Bai Zhi, "What are you afraid of?"
"I just wanted to go into the house and steal something."
"Stole what?"
"Stole the lid of the incense burner." "Huh?"
"About half a month ago, my eldest brother and sister-in-law came to look for me and said that my mother was seriously ill, so I asked my mother for leave to go back. I saw that the lid of the incense burner at home was exactly the same as the lid of the incense burner in the second young lady's house, so I secretly changed out."
"You are a fourth-class maid, how do you know what the incense burner in the inner room looks like?"
"Sister Hongfu would take out the incense burner to pour incense every three days, and I would throw away the incense ash every time. Not only did I see it, but I also heard from sister Hongfu that the entire incense burner was made of emerald. A lot of money."
Yang Jiming understood it, and said: "It seems that I'm going to invite your eldest brother and sister-in-law to visit. I have to ask them, why does your family happen to have an incense burner lid that looks exactly the same."
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