The upright forensic doctor bumped into the drama prince

"The crimes of the lower officials are serious, if it is not for the justice of the people of Hong County, how can they live in the world!" Xu Huaiwen prostrated on the ground, crying.

Ji Linglan walked up to Xu Huaiwen, knelt down to help him up, and said, "Master Xu, get up and talk."

Fu Nanling sighed, and said: "Master Xu bears the burden of humiliation, and he is only for the common people. He is an example for all officials in the imperial court. Even if there is a fault, he is forced to be helpless. It is understandable. Let's get up and answer."

"No, Your Highness, I'm guilty of a crime, let me just listen to what I have to say."

Xu Huaiwen knelt on the ground stubbornly, but Ji Linglan couldn't pull it, so he could only let him.

Xu Huaiwen opened his sleeves, exposing his forearm. His dark skin was covered with scars, including new and old wounds, obviously cut with a sharp weapon.

"In the past few years, in order to control the lower officials, they always let the lower officials kill the merchants in the past. They took the money and buried the bones in the cemetery deep in the woods. The lower officials killed a total of ten innocent lives. The official will cut a knife on his arm, and these are all the crimes committed by the subordinate officials. Who, where, and what they do for a living are all recorded in the account book." Xu Huaiwen prostrated himself on the ground again, Said: "Your Highness, the lower official is guilty, and the crime is unforgivable. After death, he will be condemned to hell to redeem the lower official's crime. There is only one wish, that is, to let the events of that year be revealed to the world, and to give justice to the people in Hong County who died in vain. I wish His Highness all the best!"

Ji Linglan didn't like it when he heard that, no matter what the reason was, Xu Huaiwen killed people, killed ten innocent lives, and destroyed ten families.But he violated his conscience and was willing to protect the truth that he could pay tens of thousands of people who died in vain. Ji Linglan didn't know how to evaluate him now.

Fu Nanling looked solemn, and said solemnly: "Master Xu, don't worry, this hall will definitely give justice to the people of Hong County. The lives of Gao Jin and others will be taken by this hall."

"Thank you, Your Highness!" Xu Huaiwen kowtowed three times on the ground, with a relieved smile on his lips.

Fu Nanling got up, walked to Xu Huaiwen, bent over to help him, and said, "Master Xu, get up."

Xu Huaiwen quickly stood up, took a step back, and said, "Thank you, Your Highness. Your body is filthy, so don't dirty your Highness's clothes."

Fu Nanling smiled and said: "Killing those private guards, although there is no worry now, it also exposed our whereabouts. I am afraid that Gao Jin will send more people to control Ningcheng Prefecture and County. How should we send the evidence? Now became a problem."

Xu Huaiwen quickly said: "Your Highness, these private guards return to Ningcheng to report every three days. His Highness can enter the village smoothly today because Cao Gang went to Ningcheng with his confidants. After three days, His Highness has three days. Go out of Liaoyuan and rush to Kyoto."

Ji Linglan smiled wryly and said: "Master Xu doesn't know something, Gao Jin has laid ambushes on the way back to the capital now, as long as any suspicious person goes to the capital, they will be intercepted and killed, Ningcheng is safer now. "

Xu Huaiwen asked worriedly: "How could this be? Could it be that His Highness's whereabouts have been leaked?"

Fu Nanling recounted what happened in Ningcheng in a few words, and said: "Liu Ji, the chief secretary, was killed, and Li Heng was not spared when he was imprisoned, but Li Tai saved his life. The reason why we came here to secretly investigate , because Li Tai was rescued by Alan."

"I didn't expect such a big event to happen in Ningcheng. It turns out that not only the lower officials are standing by, okay, okay!" Xu Huaiwen smiled again as if he had found a confidant.

Fu Nanling looked at Gauss and said, "Bring Cao Gang here."

"Yes, master." Gauss carried Cao Gang over from the main room, and threw it on the ground with a 'bang'. He was concealed under the viciousness again, a typical stern and soft inside.

Gauss casually took out the rag from his mouth, kicked him in warning, then bowed and said, "Master, you have already arrived."

Once the mouth was released, Cao Gang threatened fiercely: "Who are you? You know that I am under Mr. Gao, so let me go quickly, otherwise you will die without a place to die!"

Without further ado, Gao Si stepped forward and kicked Cao Gang in the chest again, causing Cao Gang to bend over, and spit out a mouthful of blood with a 'poof'.

Looking at Cao Gang, Fu Nanling sneered and said, "Forget it, I'm not interested in interrogating such an idiot either. Master Xu, Gao Si, I'll leave this person to you."

Fu Nanling knew that Ji Linglan didn't like blood and blood, but for this kind of superficially tough guy who was actually very afraid of death, he didn't need to resort to tricks. If you don't see what you see, Gauss will definitely give him a satisfactory answer anyway.

"Yes, master."

Gao Si naturally obeyed, picked up Cao Gang again and walked towards the door, Xu Huaiwen also bowed to leave after seeing this, and the crowded room was immediately vacated.

Ji Linglan has always been perceptive, so she naturally understood the reason why Fu Nanling did this. She was both heartbroken and helpless, and said: "A Ling, I can clearly distinguish between right and wrong, so there is no need to be like this."

Fu Nanling pointed to his own face, and said aggrievedly: "Could it be that Ah Lan didn't notice that I'm trying to hold on right now?"

It was already the middle of the night after such a toss, and Fu Nanling hadn't eaten or taken any medicine, even with makeup on, he couldn't hide his pale face.

Seeing this, Ji Linglan frowned and asked, "Did you have dinner at night?"

Fu Nanling shook his head guiltily, and said, "I'm really worried about Ah Lan, so..."

Ji Linglan frowned more and more, and asked again: "Have you ever taken medicine?"

Fu Nanling glanced at Ji Linglan, shook his head again, and said, "I didn't drink."

Seeing Ji Linglan turn around and walk out the door, Fu Nanling hastily stepped forward and grabbed his sleeve, and said pitifully: "Alan, don't be angry, I know I was wrong."

Seeing his pale face, Ji Linglan's heart softened, but she said expressionlessly: "Go and lie down obediently, I'll get you something to eat."

"Okay, as long as Ah Lan doesn't get angry, I'll go and lie down." Fu Nanling meekly walked to the bed, took off his shoes and lay down on the bed, looking sideways at Ji Linglan eagerly.

Ji Linglan felt helpless for a while, turned around and walked out, he found that his heart was getting softer towards Fu Nanling, especially seeing his obedient and soft appearance.

Ji Linglan glanced at the direction of the main room, and then went straight to the kitchen. He knew what kind of scenes would be staged inside, but this is the normal state of this society. He can only adapt first, and then slowly try to change.

I lit a fire to boil water and steamed a bowl of custard, and made porridge before it was heated again. Ji Linglan tried her best to ignore the screams coming from the main room, and calmly walked into the guest room with the bowl.

Fu Nanling looked at Ji Linglan and said with a smile, "Alan, look, I didn't get out of bed."

This childlike tone of begging for rewards is not like a person when he was in full swing when facing Xu Huaiwen before.

Ji Linglan came to the bed, handed over the porridge in her hand, and said, "Drink some porridge to pad your stomach first."

"it is good."

Fu Nanling sat up and took the bowl from Ji Linglan's hand. There was no table in the room, so he had to hold it with his hands. He obediently drank a few mouthfuls of porridge, then looked at the bowl of egg custard eagerly.

Ji Linglan only felt it was funny for a while, took the porridge bowl in his hand, passed the custard over, and said: "Look at your talent, you are still the prince of a country, why do you look like you have never seen the world? "

Fu Nanling took the custard and said with a smile: "What do you want to do in front of A Lan, not to mention the custard made by A Lan is my favorite."

Ji Linglan shook her head amusedly, turned around and walked out, went to the kitchen and filled two more bowls of porridge, put them on the stone table in the yard, and said loudly, "Brother Liu, come down and have a bowl of porridge."

Liu Xi jumped up and appeared in front of Ji Linglan, and said with a smile, "Thank you, Alan."

"Brother Liu is polite, there is only porridge now, so let's make some dry food to make do with it."

"It's already very good." Liu Xi sat down, pulled the bowl to her side, broke off the baked pancakes and soaked them into the bowl.

Ji Linglan turned back to the kitchen, lit the stove, and let the medicine boil slowly, then returned to the stone table and sat down to drink porridge.

Liu Xi looked at Ji Linglan and asked with concern: "Is Ah Lan not used to it?"

Ji Linglan was stunned, looked in the direction of the main room with a wry smile, and said, "It's true that we rarely met before, so it's inevitable that I'm not used to it."

Liu Xi hesitated, and said: "Alan, the situation that master faces every day is a hundred times more dangerous than today. If you follow master, you will adapt as soon as possible."

Ji Linglan smiled bitterly and said, "Brother Liu, I will adapt as soon as possible, but I won't be with you all the time. After the matter here is over, I will find a small town to settle down."

"You don't follow the master?" Liu Xi frowned slightly, looking a little surprised.

"I want to live a peaceful life. The reason why I came here is because Li Tai was rescued by me, and I was forced to get involved."

"Master..."

"Alan, I'm done eating." Fu Nanling's sudden voice interrupted Liu Xi's words.

"Brother Liu please look at the medicine on the stove, I'll go in and have a look."

Ji Linglan got up and entered the guest room, Liu Xi looked at his back, frowned, and then sighed softly.

Passing the bowl to Ji Linglan, Fu Nanling asked casually, "Alan, what are you talking about with Ling Qi?"

"It's nothing. After eating, I'll sit for a while. I'll go and see if the medicine is ready."

Fu Nanling grabbed Ji Linglan's sleeve and said, "Alan, are you still angry?"

Ji Linglan turned around and looked at Fu Nanling, and said, "You know I'm going to be angry, why are you still messing around like that?"

Fu Nanling said aggrievedly: "Isn't Ah Lan hiding from me and taking risks alone, do you know how worried I am? If something happens to you, my life will also be gone."

Ji Linglan was taken aback for a moment, then thought of his illness, and felt relieved.

"Since I dare to go, I'm sure I'll be able to escape unscathed. Why don't you believe me?"

"It's not a question of belief or not, but as long as you're not around, I can't help worrying, not to mention knowing that you're in danger, how can I sit still?"

"you……"

For some reason, Ji Linglan always had a weird feeling when she heard Fu Nanling say that.

"Forget it, I'll forgive you this time, there won't be another time, can you hear me clearly?" Ji Linglan said this, completely subconsciously treating Fu Nanling as a child.

"Then Ah Lan also promised me that I will never take risks alone again, otherwise I will go to find you desperately." Fu Nanling looked directly at Ji Linglan, letting him see the persistence in his eyes.

"You kid..."

Fu Nanling interrupted Ji Linglan subconsciously, and said, "Alan, I'm not a child!"

Then, as if realizing something, he answered in a low voice, "I'm two years older than you, don't sound like an adult teaching a child."

The next day, at dawn, Ji Linglan and his party set off on the road in a carriage.

Looking at Xu Huaiwen at the entrance of the village, Ji Linglan's mood was quite complicated, she couldn't help but sighed, and said: "Knowing that staying is a dead end, but he chose to stay, he is determined to die."

Fu Nanling also sighed, and said: "As he said, he knows that he has sinned deeply. For the persistence in his heart, he lives in torment every day. Now he is finally free, and he can use this body of sin to serve the people again. He is willing to do something, not to mention his wife and children are here."

"A Ling, he is a good official."

Whether threatened or not, he killed his wife and swallowed the flesh of his own son. He was not a good husband, nor a good father.He also killed ten innocent lives, so he is not a good man.Ji Linglan was silent for a while, but she could only say such an evaluation.

"He deserves the trust of his father."

Fu Nanling and Ji Linglan are in different positions, and they see a person from different angles. In Fu Nanling's view, Xu Huaiwen's actions are also forced and helpless, which is understandable.The most important thing is that he sticks to his duty as a minister.

Watching the carriage go away, Xu Huaiwen turned and walked towards the woods beside him. Ever since his wife and child died tragically, he never dared to take a step in. Now that the burden on him was off, he could go to his wife and child to repent.

When he came to the tomb and looked at the weeds overgrown on the grave, Xu Huaiwen felt sour and his eyes turned red.He bent down and cleaned up bit by bit until all the weeds were pulled out, and then he knelt down in front of the tomb, looking at the words on the tombstone with tears in his eyes, and the faces of his wife and children, and the past family All kinds of happy life of the three.

"Husband, it's cold, let's put on some clothes and study."

"Husband, it's late at night, and your body is critical, so let's rest earlier."

"Husband, there is still some money at home, you can use it to supplement the common people."

"Husband, let's do it. Ah Xiang doesn't want to be bullied, so please help me."

"Husband, Ah Xiang doesn't blame you, don't... don't blame yourself, if there is an afterlife, Ah Xiang will still... wish to be your husband's wife..."

"Axiang, Jun'er, I'm sorry for you..." Xu Huaiwen touched the cold tombstone with trembling hands, and wept in front of the tombstone.

Ji Linglan and his party entered Ningcheng before noon and returned to Qingheju.

The little Lizi who was left in the house hurriedly greeted him, and after confirming that Fu Nanling was fine, he couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, bowed and said: "The slave sees the master."

Fu Nanling waved his hand and said, "Get up, let someone prepare water, I want to take a bath."

"Yes, the slave will go here."

Ji Linglan raised her hand and smelled the clothes on her body, and couldn't help but smile wryly, the former cleanliness freak is gone, now he can go a few days without changing clothes or taking a shower, it's really a reformer of the environment.

"A Ling, I think it's better for someone to bring the evidence back to Kyoto as soon as possible."

Fu Nanling nodded, and said, "We'll talk about Lu Jiu's situation after we ask about it."

The two returned to the courtyard where they lived. As soon as they entered the hall, Xiao Lizi walked in, bowed and said, "Master, there is a message from Ling Liu."

"What did you say?"

"Returning to Master, the letter said that Ling Jiu is on his way, and all the Eagle Guards have dispatched to support Master."

Fu Nanling raised his eyebrows, and said: "So Ling Jiu has successfully returned to the capital and met his father?"

"Yes, Zero Nine also brought the emperor's secret decree."

"When will they arrive?"

"No accident, we can arrive before dark tomorrow."

"Tomorrow..." Fu Nanling pondered for a while, and said, "Notify Ling Liu to continue to confuse the other party's sight, and help Ling Jiu and others arrive smoothly."

"Yes, master, this slave will do it now." Xiao Lizi bowed and exited the hall.

Ji Linglan guessed: "A Ling, do you plan to send someone to send the evidence to the capital tomorrow after Mr. Lu arrives?"

Fu Nanling nodded and said: "Yes, although there are a lot of people here, compared with Gao Jin, who is deeply rooted, he is still a car with man's arms. If I send people out at this time, I'm afraid that if something happens, the gain will not be worth the loss. Plus The time limit to go to Xucao Village is three days, and when they arrive tomorrow evening, they will be able to leave Ningcheng in just one day."

"A Ling, I think we can send someone to Mr. Zhang's residence tonight."

"What Ah Lan said is that if Zhang Hanchen has no problems, we can cooperate internally and externally, and catch Gao Jin by surprise."

Ji Linglan let out a long breath and said, "I hope Mr. Zhang won't let us down."

In the past [-] years, Ji Linglan has never been through such a difficult time as these few days. The collapse of the three views has been reshaped, and the collapse has been reshaped. It really tests people's will.

Looking at the busy servants outside, Ji Linglan said aloud: "A Ling, you rest, I'll go back to my room first."

"Okay, Ah Lan also has a good rest, and we will have dinner together at noon."

Ji Linglan returned to her bedroom, smelled the sweaty clothes on her body, turned around and went out again, and went straight to the direction of the kitchen. As soon as she walked to the garden, she met Xiao Lizi.

"Young master, are you going to the kitchen?"

"Yes, I plan to boil some water for a bath."

"Young master, don't be busy, the servant has already told the kitchen to boil more hot water, and it will be sent to the young master's room later."

"Thank you for remembering, I am very grateful."

"My lord, you are polite. If you have nothing to do, the servant will go to work first."

"I'm fine, you are busy."

Looking at Xiao Lizi's back in a hurry, Ji Linglan was in a complicated mood. Little Lizi always adhered to his duty as a servant and served him as his master, which made Ji Linglan not know how to get along with him.

Ji Linglan shook her head, no longer entangled, but went back to the room directly.After waiting for a while, the tub and the bath water were delivered. He closed the door, took off his rotten clothes, tested the temperature of the water, and stepped into the tub naked.The warm water submerged his skin, and he couldn't help sighing comfortably even though he was covered in sweat. He submerged his head in the water until he couldn't hold his breath, and then his head popped out.

Wiping off the water from her face with her hands, Ji Linglan couldn't help laughing at herself, and said, "Ji Linglan, Ji Linglan, you are really getting more and more childish."

When he finished speaking, he couldn't help being startled, he seemed to always say this recently.

After a daze, Ji Linglan suddenly felt a little tired. He couldn't help feeling tired both physically and mentally. He understood that this was a normal reaction when his tense nerves suddenly relaxed.Leaning on the bathtub, he emptied his mind and enjoyed the rare peace, but fell asleep unconsciously.

"You are a forensic doctor, a person who speaks out for the dead, why do you help them harm me?"

A bloody man rushed towards Ji Linglan.

"No, I didn't, I..." Ji Linglan wanted to explain, but found that he couldn't argue.

"It was you who killed us, it was you who killed us, it was you..."

More and more people appeared. They were covered in blood and had hideous faces. They stretched out their hands one after another and grabbed Ji Linglan's neck.

"I'm sorry...that was not my intention..."

Ji Linglan struggled violently, but she couldn't break free, and the feeling of suffocation became stronger and stronger...

"Alan, Alan, wake up, wake up..."

Familiar voices rang in the ears, those bloody people seemed to have seen something terrible, fear appeared in their eyes, and disappeared in the blink of an eye, Ji Linglan finally broke free from the restraints, and opened his eyes suddenly.He was panting heavily, the panic in his eyes was obvious, and he looked at Fu Nanling blankly in front of him.

Fu Nanling supported Ji Linglan's body with all his strength, and asked nervously: "Alan, what's wrong with you? You scared me to death just now!"

It took Ji Linglan a while to recover, sat down again, shook her head, and said, "I'm fine, I just had a nightmare."

"Alan, why did you fall asleep while taking a bath? What if something happens to you?"

When Fu Nanling entered the room just now, he saw Ji Linglan sinking into the bathtub, struggling non-stop, which frightened him so much that his heart felt uncomfortable.

Looking at Fu Nanling's pale face, Ji Linglan frowned and asked, "A Ling, do you feel unwell?"

"It's okay, I just got a little scared just now, just take a medicine." Fu Nanling took out a medicine bottle from his purse, poured a medicine and took it, saying: "Alan, the water is cold, you come out quickly, So as not to catch the cold."

"Okay." Ji Linglan stood up subconsciously, but forgot that she was not wearing anything...

"Alan, you..." Fu Nanling's eyes moved down unconsciously...

Noticing the look in Fu Nanling's eyes, Ji Linglan came to her senses and quickly shrank into the tub, her face flushed red.When he realized it, he couldn't help laughing again, they are all big men, no, they are still underage, so there is nothing to be shy about.

Fu Nanling's heart was beating wildly 'thumping', the palpitations were so obvious, he turned around quickly, poured another medicine from the medicine bottle and swallowed it.Although his heart felt unwell, it was hard to hide the secret joy in his heart, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise, and he couldn't suppress it.

Ji Linglan quickly dried her body, put on her clothes, and said awkwardly: "A Ling, I'm sorry, I... I forgot the etiquette, so just act as if nothing happened just now."

Fu Nanling felt it was funny when he heard the words, and said seriously: "Alan, don't do this again in the future, if you change to a woman today, even if you don't want to, you have to marry in."

He can see his people, and others don't want to peep at them. Fu Nanling instilled in Ji Linglan the idea of ​​guarding himself like a jade.

Ji Linglan nodded approvingly, and then came to her senses, looked at the bolted door, then looked at the opened window, and said amusedly: "I thought that no woman from any family would enter a man through the window." room."

Fu Nanling touched his nose guiltily, and explained: "I came to look for Ah Lan and found that the door was locked. I was about to leave when I heard a noise inside calling you, but you didn't answer. I was worried, so I opened the door. Come in through the window. Ah Lan, I don’t have a penchant for peeping, don’t get me wrong.”

"You don't have a habit of peeping, but you have a habit of looking through windows. How many times has this happened?"

"I'm not worried about you, I just come in time, otherwise the consequences will be disastrous."

Ji Linglan was startled, and recalled the dream again, the smile on the corner of her mouth slowly disappeared, and said: "A Ling, thank you for saving me this time."

"Alan, do you still need to thank me? What did you dream about just now, can you tell me about it?" Fu Nanling was very concerned about the painful expression on Ji Linglan's face just now.

"I don't remember." Ji Linglan stepped forward, touched Fu Nanling's sleeve, and said, "Your sleeves are all wet, go back to your room and change your clothes, I need to tidy up the room."

Seeing that Ji Linglan didn't want to say anything, Fu Nanling wisely didn't ask any further questions, and said: "Alan, leave it alone, someone will come to tidy it up, now it's time for lunch, you accompany me to change clothes, we go to eat. "

"Well, that's fine too."