The Imperial Coroner Episode 28 Recap
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Xiao Jinli told Xiao Jinyu about the list of personnel who had left the army that he had investigated, and the two of them also found suspicious points among them. Moreover, during Xiao Jinli's absence, several bandits who had been incorporated into the barracks escaped. These bandits had all been trained under Hou Bin, and their training period was less than four months.
On the other side, while General Leng was not in the barracks, Leng Yue secretly sneaked in and searched everywhere, finally finding the letter he had hidden in a box. It so happened that General Leng returned from outside. Unaware of the other person's identity, he was about to draw his sword to capture her alive, but upon seeing it was Leng Yue, he immediately stopped.
However, Leng Yue completely ignored him, turned around and left, then handed the letter to Xiao Jinyu. Elder Jing learned from his butler that Qin Luan was secretly investigating the matter of the twins, so he ordered his people to continue tailing him and report his movements at any time. At this time, Qin Luan's birthday was approaching, and he was about to be promoted to Chief Eunuch of the Palace.
When Sun Mingde was checking the congratulatory gifts, he suddenly discovered that Boguzhai had sent a copper ruyi. Qin Luan saw the missing poetic lines on the back of the ruyi, and knew that Xu Rugui was in the other party's hands. If he wanted to take the person away, Qin Luan would have to go to the appointment himself.
As night fell, Xiao Jinyu and Jing Yi met in secret, and he asked him about what had happened in recent days. According to Jing Yi, because the first injured soldier was from the medical institute, rumors of evil spirits at work spread from within the medical institute. Xiao Jinyu found it suspicious, so he specifically instructed Jing Yi to pay special attention to Wu Chen, the civil official in charge of military supplies.
Xiao Jinyu received a secret letter from Chang'an, knowing that the Princess's Mansion had encountered trouble. As for Chu Chu's autopsy results, they were far more complex than imagined. Although the specific reasons for the cases could not be clarified, the state of the deceased before death could generally be defined as being like living dead.
Because people no longer breathe after death, but the three deceased still had breath before dying, just unable to perceive pain, it was very similar to the widely rumored killings by evil spirits. Thinking of this, Chu Chu felt a chill in her heart. Xiao Jinyu saw she was somewhat scared, so he asked her to go to his barracks to rest first.
However, Chu Chu wanted to stay with Xiao Jinyu, so just as the two were staying up late investigating the case, Jing Yi suddenly appeared to be mad, as if deeply trapped in an illusion, seeing several soldiers about to take Leng Yue away, so he raised his knife and started slashing wildly at his surroundings. Fortunately, at the critical moment, Xiao Jinli stepped forward and knocked him unconscious, while Leng Yue helped with acupuncture treatment.
When Jing Yi woke up again, he no longer remembered what he had just done; all his symptoms were no different from those of the maddened soldiers. Chu Chu to prevent Jing Yi from being exposed in front of General Leng, subtly reminded him several times to remember his identity. General Leng could not get to the bottom of it, so he simply left the barracks first.
Hou Bin and Zhao Jie were suspicious of Jing Yi, but Xiao Jinli managed to brush them off. On the other side, Elder Jing learned that Xiao Jinyu and his party had gone to General Leng Peishan's army. Although Elder Jing knew that Prince An would have proper arrangements, he still sent a message to the southwest for the Jing family's people there to be ready to follow Jing Yi's orders at any time.
Under everyone's questioning, Jing Yi carefully recalled any suspicious people or incidents before his madness, and suddenly realized that Hou Bin had once delivered food to the medical institute, and his gaze was rather strange. As for anything else, there were no further issues, and Jing Yi had been extremely careful at the medical institute, even secretly changing his water and food when he drank and ate.
Leng Yue felt puzzled by Jing Yi's symptoms of madness, especially when she saw the ointment Xiao Jinyu brought to treat sores and toxins, she immediately thought of the Datura flower. Although the Datura flower is a good painkiller and valuable, the entire plant is poisonous, especially its seeds, which are highly toxic.
They have a slight sweet taste upon entering the mouth, and can even cause different levels of toxicity and lead to hallucinations depending on the number of seeds ingested. Leng Yue had once seen someone in Lingnan Mountain mix this medicine with other drugs to achieve the effect of Wushisan. According to Leng Yue's statement, most possibilities of poisoning were ruled out.
Jing Yi was no longer in danger, so Leng Yue planned to sneak into the barracks under the cover of night to put the letter back, but she was caught red-handed by General Leng. Because of this, Leng Yue learned the truth about the Ganlu Incident from General Leng's mouth.
She finally realized that she had misunderstood her grandfather for many years, and especially after taking his pulse, she discovered that he was already suffering from an old bone disease and did not have long to live.
