Chapter 262 A cup of tea
The old coroner Yuan was in his twenties that year. Although he was only four or five years old when he was abducted, he remembered that all the children in his neighbor's house were playing with him because his grandfather and father had autopsy.
Later, when he entered the palace and chatted with other eunuchs, he gradually realized that their family was a coroner.
He did not think that being a coroner was a lowly thing, at least not less lowly than his current status. Therefore, he was proud of his origin as a coroner family. The other eunuchs only laughed at him, but the young prince not only did not laugh at him, but three years later, he asked his cousin Chen Lingze to help him find relatives.
Coroners work for the yamen. It is not difficult to investigate if there was a coroner who lost his child twenty years ago.
Three months later, Yuan Laojun resigned to his ancestors and returned to his hometown. Ten years later, the little prince left the palace to open a mansion. Yuan Laojun, who had learned a lot of skills, came to Beijing to meet the little prince. From then on, he stayed in Shuntian Mansion to be a coroner. He wore a fake beard on weekdays, so no one knew that he was a eunuch except those who were very close to him. Coroners often deal with corpses, and few women were willing to marry coroners, so Yuan Laojun did not marry and had children at the age of time, and no one found it strange.
And that little prince back then is the current emperor.
Therefore, the emperor's trust in Yuan Laojun can be imagined. Emperor Xu died suddenly and asked him to go for an autopsy.
Captain Yin's parents died since childhood. When he first entered the yamen, he was quite well-behaved with the old coroner Yuan, so he was more intimate with the old coroner Yuan than his colleagues.
"Captain Yin knows when Yuan Laojun retired and where he lives now?" Chen Xiao asked.
Captain Yin sighed and said, "The Yuan Laojun suffered a lot when he was a child. He was not much when he was young, but his health collapsed when he got older. At that time, there were cases in the yamen, and most of them were Yuan Ping and Xu Dali for autopsy? They were the two of them who were Yuan Laojun's apprentices? Yuan Ping was not only an apprentice, but also the heir of Yuan Laojun? In the future, he would inherit the mantle of Yuan Laojun. Later, Yuan Laojun's health became worse and worse. The doctor suggested that he go to the south. I was in a warm place to retire, so the old coroner Yuan resigned from the yamen. Yuan Ping and Xu Dali were worried that he would go south alone, so he also resigned with him. I once told Yuan Ping that year that year, settled down to the south and reported my safety to me. However, for five years, I didn't even receive a letter, and I don't know where they live now? Alas? Yuan Ping also looks steady, why is it so unreliable to do things."
Chen Xiao was stunned. The whereabouts of the old coroner Yuan were unknown?
He asked, "When did this happen?"
Captain Yin said, "It's been five years, yes, five years? My third boy was born that year, I won't remember it wrong."
"Captain Yin still remembers where the hometown of Old Corps Yuan was?" Chen Xiao asked.
Captain Yin saw that Mr. Chen's expression became more and more cold? My heart moved. Could it be that Mr. Chen suspected that Mr. Yuan had an accident?
He quickly said, "Young Master Chen, don't worry? Two years ago, a strange case of two corpses broke out in Kaifeng Prefecture. The case was confusing. It was all due to a little coroner who found clues on the body? It was solved in one fell swoop? The little coroner was named Pei Huan, who was only fifteen years old at the time. It is said that his master had worked as a coroner in Shuntian Prefecture before, with his surname Xu, I guess Pei Huan should be Xu Dali's apprentice was only fifteen years old at the time, and he must have not yet started his master. Since he is in Kaifeng Prefecture, Xu Dali should also be in Kaifeng Prefecture. Xu Dali went south with the old coroner Yuan. If Yuan Laojun had an accident, Xu Dali was both a man in the official document and had such a big backer. Xu Dali would naturally return to the capital to argue for his master, and would never hide it and not send it out."
Speaking of this, Captain Yin remembered what Mr. Chen asked him just now, and said: "The original origin of Yuan Laojun's Corps is in Nanling County, Ningguo Mansion. Yuan Laojun's grandfather, father and uncle have both worked as corps in Nanling County. They are well-known in Ningguo Mansion and have assisted the government office and prefectures to solve cases. When Lingzun sent someone to find Yuan Laojun's Corps' family, Yuan Laojun's uncle was still working in Nanling County, so he quickly found it."
Nanling County is in the south, so Captain Yin thought that Yuan Laojun had returned to his roots at first, so he returned to Nanling County. Until later, he met an official who had been the magistrate of Nanling County in the capital and asked the official about Yuan Laojun. The official had no idea at all. Captain Yin then realized that Yuan Laojun had not returned to his original hometown.
After listening to Captain Yin's statement, Chen Xiao thought for a while and asked, "Where did the old coroner Yuan live when he was in the capital? Which doctor is there who often treats him? Does Captain Yin still remember?"
Captain Yin smiled and said, "Of course I remember that the original house of Yuan Laojun was given by His Majesty, but at that time, His Majesty was still the prince, so there was no such thing as the emperor. Even if His Majesty became the emperor later, Yuan Laojun did not show this to anyone. The house was in Caigener Hutong, and there were merchants around him. When Yuan Laojun left, he handed over the deed to Prefect Li, and asked Prefect Li to say goodbye to His Majesty on his behalf and thanked the emperor. Well, after learning about this, Your Majesty handed the deed to the Shuntian Prefecture Office for safekeeping, saying that since the house was given to Yuan Laojun, there was no reason to take it back. In the future, whether Yuan Laojun came back himself or his disciples came to the capital, he would transfer the deed to them. Now the deed is still in Shuntian Prefecture. As for the doctors, there are two or three, I only remember one of them was Doctor Han from Sishitang, and the others could not remember."
Chen Xiao nodded and came out of the yamen, but saw the carriage from the eldest princess's mansion still parked there.
Sting stood outside the carriage and saw Chen Xiao, he said to the carriage with a loud voice: "Girl, Mr. Chen is here to find you again."
Chen Xiao frowned. He just happened to meet him, so why did he become "coming again"?
A tightly closed car window pushed out a slit from inside, and Hua Jingyao asked through the slit: "Have you gained anything?"
"Yes." Chen Xiao said.
"Then you get in the car and talk about it." Hua Jingyao said.
Chen Xiao nodded, and without hesitation, he raised his legs and got on the carriage.
As soon as he entered, he saw Xiao Ai frowning at him, and he didn't know what the little girl was glaring at him.
The carriage in the eldest princess's house is spacious and comfortable. Silver silk fragrance balls are hung in the corners of the car. The faint fragrance of flowers is sweet but not greasy. Miss Hua leans on the Shuxiu pillow, with a brocade quilt on her legs, and a hand stove in her hand. In front of her is steaming fragrant tea and a box full of dried fruits. The water vapor is swaying, and Miss Hua's face is red, like morning flowers dyed with dew.
Chen Xiao lowered his head and looked at the tea that Xiao Ai put in front of him. He sniffed. The tea was filled with tangerine peel, hawthorn, and apples.
No, this is not fresh apple, it should be dried apples.
Hua Jingyao sat opposite Shen Xiao, looking at Mr. Chen's brows sometimes frowning, sometimes stretching, and sometimes raising them proudly. Isn't it just a cup of tea? Have you considered that ghost to be born to study?
She coughed lightly and asked, "Sir Chen, can you find out whereabouts of Old Corsel Yuan?"
Chapter completed!