April 20, 1934
The capital.
Qin Lu did not come to the Imperial Hospital early in the morning as usual. His colleagues in the Imperial Hospital thought that he was stuck for something, but when he was still nowhere to be seen in the afternoon, the imperial doctors were inevitably a little worried. They immediately sent two guards to Qin's house to check on him to see if Qin Lu was ill and could not go out. However, as soon as the two guards pushed open the door of Qin's house, they were frightened by the corpses lying all over the yard and sat down on the ground.
Qin Lu died, Madam Qin also died, and all 42 members of the Qin family died in a pool of blood.
Upon hearing this, the Emperor was furious and ordered the commander of the Imperial Guard, Jiang Bairen, to investigate the matter thoroughly. Jiang Bairen received the order and led the Imperial Guard to search the capital. Finally, they intercepted a group of bandits who were about to flee in front of the city gate. They searched their bags and found the gold and silver jewelry from the Qin Mansion. Within a day, the Qin family murder was solved.
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Prince An's Mansion.
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"A wealthy family like the Qin family had many servants, but they were massacred without a single sound. This is strange in itself. What's even stranger is that the murder was solved in just one day. This is even stranger." Pang Yi looked at Zhong Mingwei with a heavy face.
"Isn't it?" Zhong Mingwei's face was also very solemn. He took a sip of tea and said in a deep voice, "They were able to avoid the Beijing Patrol Battalion and massacre the Qin family overnight, and they were able to retreat without making a sound. Such bandits are really amazing. But such powerful bandits were caught by the Jinyiwei so easily. I heard that when they were caught, these bandits didn't resist at all. They knelt down and accepted the capture. They don't look like powerful characters who can massacre the Qin family at all."
"Yes, as soon as I heard about this, I felt something was very strange," Pang Yi frowned and looked at Zhong Mingwei, "Master, do you want me to go and find out?"
"No need," Zhong Mingwei said calmly, "Hasn't the Royal Guard announced that the case has been solved? Is there anything else you want to investigate?"
Pang Yi was stunned: "Master, do you think that His Majesty is targeting the Jinyiwei... to attack the Qin family?"
"What else?" Zhong Mingwei looked at Pang Yi and said slowly, "Who in the capital can do this? It's just the Jinyiwei, the Imperial Guards, and the two princes' personal soldiers. But what feud could Qin Lu have with Prince Rong and Prince Hui that would be worth them risking their lives to massacre the Qin family under the eyes of His Majesty? As for the Imperial Guards, we know everything about them, so the only ones left are the Jinyiwei."
"But why did His Majesty suddenly attack the Qin family?" Pang Yi was puzzled. "Qin Lu was just an imperial physician. Why did His Majesty want to kill an imperial physician? He even didn't let the servants and maids in the mansion go?"
"Yes, an imperial physician is not worthy of His Majesty's attack. But if this imperial physician knows or is involved in too many secrets, it will be different." Zhong Mingwei said slowly.
After a long silence, Pang Yi took a sip of tea and looked at Zhong Mingwei: "So the Emperor must have known that the Imperial Physician Qin sent people to follow us, and was worried that the Imperial Physician Qin would reveal the matter of Huan Qing San, so he hurriedly ordered the Jinyiwei to wipe out the Qin family?"
Zhong Mingwei didn't say anything, but just squinted his eyes and looked at the bright sky outside. Listening to the little girl's voice coming from outside, his eyes fell on the little girl who had just entered the Crescent Gate. The little girl was holding a carved box in her hand and was chattering about something with Gu Qingtong. Both girls had smiles on their faces. Zhong Mingwei looked at the little girl's smiling eyes and couldn't help but curl his lips.
Pang Yi also saw Mei Ya and Gu Qingtong. He stood up and said to Zhong Mingwei with a smile, "I used to worry that after coming to Beijing, there would be no one to talk to Madam, and that she would be lonely. Now, Miss Gu comes to accompany Madam from time to time. It seems that I was worrying too much."
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