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Chapter 237 Identity

"Tell me, what's the matter?" Miss Hua said angrily. Ping An Xile and their master are simply two extremes, but they are more down-to-earth than their master.

Ping An and Xile did not dare to neglect, so they quickly told him the purpose of the visit. Hua Jingyao called Shi Yi and said, "Go and call Ye Xing, you can take him to the Duke of Yongguo's Mansion."

Ping An and Joyful, surprised and happy, Miss Hua is so easy to talk to.

Ye Xing was the escort of the eldest princess's mansion. Ye Xing's father was a painter. Whenever the yamen wanted to arrest a prisoner, he would ask him to paint a portrait. His portrait was vivid, and the yamen solved many major cases, but he also caused trouble. A prisoner escaped from prison and took revenge on him and killed him and his wife. Ye Xing went to the school and escaped. Ye Xing learned painting skills from his father since he was a child. The yamen wanted his son to inherit his father's business, but Ye Xing refused. From then on, he abandoned literature and martial arts. When he grew up, he went to take the martial arts exam. Although he failed, he was selected by the eleven princess' mansion and became a guard.

It was not until the evening that Hua Jingyao was about to return home that Shi Yi and Ye Xing rushed back.

"Why have you been there for so long?" Hua Jingyao asked.

Ye Xing said to Hua Jingyao: "The Fourth Master Chen asked Xiaodi to draw seven portraits."

"Seven pictures? So many?" Hua Jingyao asked curiously, "Do you still remember those seven pictures? Can you repaint them?"

"I'll draw it tonight before I forget it, but..." Ye Xing hesitated.

"Just what?" Hua Jingyao asked.

"It's just the person who describes the appearance of the person in the painting to Xiao, Xiao has painted it before." Ye Xing said.

"Drawn?" Hua Jingyao's mind flashed, and she remembered, "Is it time for Shen Feng to die?"

"Yes, the girl has a good memory. It was that time. The young man would not admit his mistake. It was this person." Ye Xing said affirmatively.

Hua Jingyao smiled, it turned out to be Zhu Lu.

Chen Xiao really defended Zhu Lu. Is this searching for witnesses for Zhu Lu?

Yesterday the man died outside the porridge shed in the Princess's Mansion. Everyone present at that time believed that the man had to die of death, but Hua Jingyao did not think so. There may be people who died of porridge in this world, but they would not die in her porridge.

She immediately asked A, B, C and D to investigate, but nothing was found.

This man looked like a beggar, but many flower heads in the capital said that they didn't know this person. They should not be a special beggar, but a refugee from other places.

In the past two years, there have been good weather and not many refugees in the capital. Shuntian Mansion has also built a private camp outside Chanyin Temple to allow these people to live temporarily.

A, B, B, and D went to the private camp and asked many people with the portrait of the deceased. Finally, a young monk from Chanyin Temple said that he had seen the deceased.

The monks from Chanyin Temple assisted Shuntian Prefecture to register and record these refugees. The registered name of the deceased was Zuo Abao, 24 years old, from Chaigoubao. Both his parents died. Last year, he went to the house and burned all his property and savings. He could burn charcoal. However, the charcoal factory in Chaigoubao was all run by the official and used prisoners who were sent to this place. In desperation, he had to come to the capital, thinking that there were many rich people in the capital and maybe he could make a lot of money.

The refugees living in private camps almost all said this, either they were traveling to their homes or their property was taken away by their relatives. They were similar and they couldn't make it through their original homes, so they came to the capital.

The people sent by Shuntian Mansion did not believe these reasons, but they could not verify their original homes one by one, so they had to let them live here temporarily. Occasionally, if there were river workers or other coolies, they would come to the private camp to recruit people.

The reason why the young monk has an impression of Zuo Abao is that Zuo Abao came to him to ask for herbs two days ago.

Shuntian Prefecture was worried that there would be plague in the private camps, so it invited monks who knew medical principles from Chanyin Temple to come to help. They would be fumigated every few days, and when they encountered sick refugees, they would also use herbal medicine to treat them.

The little monk's master is a medical monk, and occasionally someone will come to ask the little monk for herbs.

What Zuo Abao came to find the little monk was the crane grass.

"I asked him at that time if he had hemoptysis or had bloody stools? He said it was an old problem, and he just used the crane grass and told me not to tell others, so as not to the government officials to think that he was a tuberculosis and drove him away. Seeing that he was talking pitiful, I went back to the temple to get the crane grass and handed it to him, and told him the usage of the crane grass." There were only a few days after this, and the little monk remembered it very clearly.

Since the name of the deceased was found, the subsequent matters would be easier.

First, some people in the private camp said that Zuo Abao often went to beg outside the gambling house outside the city, and even hang out with the gangsters. Then someone said that he saw Zuo Abao covering his heart and crying pain two days ago, and asked him if he was sick. He said that he was kicked in the heart by a lame man while begging outside the city.

Can a cripple kick someone with his feet?

When Hua Jingyao heard these news, she immediately thought of someone, Zhu Lu!

Zhu Lu is indeed a lame man, but he is also a very powerful lame man.

Just then, Luo Jun's corpse pattern was written. Zuo Abao suffered serious internal injuries and did not die of drinking porridge.

Hua Jingyao really wanted to ask Shen Xiao in person, but she knew that Shen Xiao would never tell her the truth, so she simply did something bad and told Captain Yin about Zhu Lu.

There was also Zhu Lu's wanted official document in Shuntian Mansion. After Captain Yin investigated, he determined that the lame man was the lame man. At this time, Miss Hua mentioned Mr. Shen again, so Captain Yin came to find Shen Xiao to ask for someone.

As it turned out, Miss Hua's plan was carried out according to the sky, and Mr. Shen also actively participated.

The next day, Ye Xing handed over the seven portraits he drew to Hua Jingyao. Hua Jingyao looked carefully and found that there was no one similar to the deceased Zuo Abao.

She frowned and said to Shi Yi: "Send two people to Chaigou Castle, check the situation of Zuo Abao, bring Zuo Abao's portrait to see if anyone knows him."

Shi Yi received the order and went down to make arrangements immediately.

Hua Jingyao said to Shi Bing: "Please take these seven portraits and go inquire. By the way, some people say that Zuo Abao often goes to the gambling house outside the city to beg for money, so you can ask someone to go there to see it."

Although the imperial court did not ban gambling, there were mixed things in the gambling shops. Not only did the people in Shuntian Mansion often seek trouble, but even the Ministry of Justice and Feiyuwei often searched. There were many gambling shops that were implicated and closed down because of the search for fugitives. After a while, fewer and fewer people dared to open gambling shops in the capital, and more gambling shops outside the capital were increasing.

Hua Jingyao took Shi Jia and Shi Ding to Shuntian Mansion herself, and she wanted to see Zuo Abao's body with her own eyes.
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