Chapter 195 I Know How Your Son Died
Chapter 195 I Know How Your Son Died
"How could someone die in the academy? Was it a fight or a serious illness?"
Seeing that Xie Lan was not afraid at all and only had curiosity on her face, the lady's panic gradually calmed down.
"Are you new here, young lady? Our Royal Academy has strict management and does not allow students to fight with each other.
We don’t know exactly how the student died, but we heard that his death was not very graceful.”
It seems that the second senior brother usually manages the academy quite well, but trouble occurred when it was handed over to that incompetent doctor of the Ministry of Justice.
If she doesn't keep an eye on it, this academy might really be destroyed.
Xie Lan smiled and nodded to the ladies, "I am indeed new here, and I don't know much about the academy.
You just said that the student's death was not pretty. How did it look so pretty? Can you elaborate on it?"
The lady frowned. She had already said it was indecent, so why was she asked to elaborate?
She is a lady from a wealthy family. Not only does she not know how indecent it is, but even if she knew, she couldn't say anything.
Another lady tugged at her sleeve, "Sister Chen, stop talking. Something like this happened in the academy. I'm scared even in broad daylight. I want to ask the teacher for leave to go home."
After all, someone had died, so Chen Wanqing couldn't help but panic, but she had to pretend to be calm, "Don't be afraid, the men's dormitory is in the north, far away from here, and no matter what happens, it won't come to the school. The teacher will be here soon, so let's go back to the school quickly."
Seeing that they were about to leave, Xie Lan didn't say anything more.
Remembering that the lady had said that the men's quarters were in the north, she identified the direction and headed there.
Soon following the crying sound, Xie Lan arrived at the student dormitory where the incident happened.
Seeing a group of brave students gathered at the door and talking quietly, Xie Lan stopped and listened for a while. He soon learned that the dead student was the illegitimate son of the Earl of Zhongqin, Qiu Chenghao.
As for the cause of death, there are all kinds of theories, but they are all speculations.
Xie Lan took some effort to squeeze to the front, but unfortunately the yard was guarded by yamen runners and outsiders could not get in at all.
Xie Lan looked around and found that there were quite a few people in the yard, but he did not see Lord Xiao.
I couldn't help but sigh in my heart, it seems that this doctor from the Ministry of Justice is really unreliable.
Such a big thing happened, the deputy principal, assistant teachers, hall masters, dormitory masters and others of the academy all came, but he was nowhere to be seen.
At this moment, Uncle Zhongqin was questioning the deputy headmaster and others with an angry look on his face.
"How exactly is your academy managed? Why did this happen? My son was just here to study, how could he suddenly die?
Who killed him? You must hand over the murderer and make him pay with his life.
Otherwise, I will report this to the Emperor, and your Academy will be in big trouble!"
The deputy headmaster frowned, and although he was dissatisfied with the threat from Lord Zhongqin, he still patiently explained.
"We at the academy express our deepest sympathy for Qiu Chenghao's death. However, this matter still needs to wait for the Ministry of Justice to investigate.
Don't worry, sir. If it is found that the murderer is from our academy, our academy will definitely not cover up for him.
We will hand him over to the Ministry of Justice and they will try him as they see fit."
Uncle Zhongqin was not satisfied with the deputy headmaster's explanation at all. "Why is there any need to investigate this? My son died in your academy, and the murderer must be someone in your academy.
Don't think that I don't know that the academy is forbidden to outsiders. If you refuse to hand over the murderer, you are protecting him."
"It's not that our academy wants to protect the murderer, but we don't know who it is. Please wait patiently for the investigation of the Ministry of Justice." "Humph, I don't believe it! If you don't know, doesn't the head of the dormitory know it either?"
Seeing that he could not get any information from the deputy headmaster, Uncle Zhongqin turned around and grabbed the dormitory head by the collar and said viciously, "Tell me, who killed my son?"
The dormitory head was already uneasy because someone had died in the dormitory under his supervision, and he had just been scolded by the deputy headmaster.
Now that he was being questioned by Lord Zhongqin, he did not dare to lose his temper and could only shake his head helplessly, "Lord, I don't know who the murderer is. When I inspected Mr. Qiu's house last night, I did not find anything unusual."
Zhongqin's favorite concubine Chen was originally crying in Qiu Chenghao's bedroom. During this meeting, before she could find out the murderer, she was so angry that she rushed out and cursed.
"Are you all useless? How can you manage this academy?
My son came to study just fine, why did he get hurt while others were fine? "
"You appear to be righteous and moral, but in reality you have lost your conscience and are shielding the murderer.
Since you damned masters are unwilling to hand over the murderer, then you will all go to hell and be buried with my son."
Being pointed at in the nose and scolded by a woman in public, everyone from the deputy headmaster to the teacher and the dormitory master looked extremely unhappy.
Although everyone was angry and embarrassed, in the final analysis, their academy was in the wrong.
Apart from allowing Earl Zhongqin and his concubines to curse them, they could only hope that the Ministry of Justice could find the murderer as soon as possible.
Seeing Yang Feng coming out of Qiu Chenghao's dormitory with a frown on his face, the deputy headmaster hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Master Yang, have you found any clues? Who killed Master Qiu?"
Yang Feng shook his head, "I am ashamed that I haven't found any useful clues yet."
The deputy headmaster felt a chill in his heart and frowned, "What about the doctor? Has he found out how Mr. Qiu was killed? Was he killed with a hidden weapon or was he poisoned?"
The doctor frowned and shook his head, "Mr. Qiu was not poisoned, and there were no wounds on his body."
"So how did he die?"
The doctor hesitated for a moment, as if he wanted to say something, but then thought it was impossible. Finally, he sighed and said, "My medical skills are not good enough, and I was unable to diagnose the cause of Mr. Qiu's death."
Chen didn't expect that the Ministry of Justice could not find any clues, and even the doctor could not diagnose the cause of her son's death. She was so angry that even the doctor was annoyed.
"How can we not find out? Have you, a quack doctor, also been bribed by the academy and teamed up with them to deceive us?"
“Although I am not a good doctor, I have always been upright and honest, and everything I do is in accordance with my conscience.
Since Madam doesn't believe me, please seek help from someone else."
Seeing that the doctor was old and his beard was shaking with anger, Chen still refused to give in and made a fuss.
Xie Lan knew that his chance had come.
Clearing his throat, Xie Lan raised his voice towards the courtyard, "I know how Mr. Qiu died."
As soon as Xie Lan said this, everyone in and outside the courtyard suddenly turned their eyes to her.
The deputy headmaster originally thought that someone knew the cause of Qiu Chenghao's death, but when he saw Xie Lan's brand new student uniform, he was disappointed before he could even be happy.
"Nonsense, you are a new student, right? This is not the place for you to be, why don't you go back to the academy and attend class!"
Seeing a group of students gathered at the door, the deputy headmaster was about to drive them away, but Xie Lan said seriously, "I didn't lie, I really know the cause of Mr. Qiu's death.
If you don't believe me, let me in and I'll tell you how Mr. Qiu died."