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[Chapter 37] Dou Censheng, son of Dou Yue

He raised his head and looked at Yan Ji, and asked, "What did you say just now?"

Yan Ji was stunned for a moment and said to him: "Lord, look... Although Qianji Chu only mentioned the case of Dou Yue's assassination, the day when Dou Yue died happened to be Dou Xunen's birth. Is this a coincidence?"

Jiang Chengyi took the file from her that records the date of Dou Xunen's birth, and another file that records the date of Dou Yue's murder, which was also strange.

How could such a coincidence be? Dou Xunen was born, and Dou Jue told him out, and his sister Dou Yue was assassinated and died outside?

Immediately afterwards, he found doubts from the files in January of the year of Yongchu.

According to Qianji Department, Dou Jue purchased a large number of astragalus, atractylodes, gelatin, peony, and other fetal care medicinal materials for health and stopping bleeding from various pharmacies in Zuo Fengyi. The reason why Qianji Department recorded this was because the fetal care medicine in Zuo Fengyi's pharmacy clinic was bought and was short of goods, so he bought another batch of fetal care medicinal materials from Shuige Tangyetai. Due to the large amount, Qianji Department noticed something strange, so he went to investigate and recorded the investigation results of the matter.

At that time, although Dou Jue's wife was pregnant, she could not use so many fetal medicines.

If... there is another person in the Dou family who is pregnant, I will say something else.

He continued to read the books of other months and read a strange record from the files of March of the year of Yongchu.

For some reason, a sentence was entered in the case file: In mid-March, Dou's beloved daughter appeared in the city, and Zuo Fengyi Duke accompanied her, wandering in the street, wearing a tulle face, and walking away from others.

Jiang Chengyi felt strange and looked back a few sides of silk before seeing what he had recorded: Duke Zuo Fengyi's car was traveling and went to a Buddhist temple in the suburbs to worship. When he was attacked by bandits on the road, his sister was frightened and wanted to get out of the car and run away. Duke Fengyi Dou Jue protected his left and right and avoided the city before he was saved.

This matter cannot be investigated in detail, but the Buddhist temple that Dou Jue and Dou Yue went to attracted Jiang Chengyi's attention. Baifang Temple is a very famous Buddhist temple in Chang'an. Its incense is incomparable to the Buddhist temples built in various parts of the Great Wei Dynasty at that time.

The reason why Baifang Temple is famous is that its wishes are very effective and are widely sought after by the people.

And almost all those who seek wishes here are women who seek children.

There were rumors in the local area that only said that there was a Guanyin who had extremely high merits in Baifang Temple. He had a clean bottle in his hand. A drop of water from the bottle could make the woman who came to ask for a wish to give birth as she wished. If a pregnant woman went to worship, she could have a safe and natural birth without any disasters.

At that time, Dou Jue did not accompany his pregnant wife to go there, but accompanied his sister to Baifang Temple to worship, which was enough to make people suspicious.

Thinking of all the clues in front of him, Jiang Chengyi immediately thought of a possibility, and felt a numbness in his heart. He felt a layer of chilling in his forehead. Dou Yue was pregnant like Dou Jue's wife.

Could it be that Dou Xunen was really not born by Dou Jue, but by... his sister Dou Yue?

But this is just a guess from him and there is no evidence.

Jiang Chengyi was frightened and continued to look for clues in other case files.

Dou Yue, the sister of Duke of Zuo Fengyi, Dou Jue, never married for life. She lived in the mansion and never stepped out of the boudoir until her death. It is only twenty years old. It is reasonable that she could not have children with others. How could she suddenly become pregnant? Jiang Chengyi reads many files, but has not found anyone to go to the Dou family to propose marriage.

Dou's daughter is the most polite and honest, and she is the most important thing to do such an extraordinary thing that ignores the face of the family?

Jiang Chengyi closed his eyes and sorted out the messy thoughts in his mind. After a moment, he took a deep breath and continued to check it out.

If Dou Xunen was really born to Dou Yue, then the one he needs to check the files is not limited to Yongchu.

He had a strong premonition in his heart, and realized that this matter might have some connection with the Chang Mengjun case back then.

Jiang Chengyi slowly stood up from the seat, rubbed his legs that were sore and painful because of his kneeling, and forced himself to walk back to the mica screen.

Seeing that he got up quietly and left, Mu Yun hurriedly followed him.

Xue Qing, Uncle Fang Si and Yan Ji continued to read the files from Yongchu for the first year.

Jiang Chengyi turned the mechanism of the secret room and limped into it.

Mu Yun caught up with him in three or two steps and helped him. The couple walked to the pear wood bookshelf placed in the dark room.

"Ayi, what else do you want to look for?" Mu Yun asked curiously when he saw him heading straight to the innermost part of the dark room.

"I want to find out the records about Dou family during the Zhang and the years." Jiang Chengyi answered with his back and his spirit.

Seeing his increasingly pale face, Mu Yun frowned slightly and said softly: "Zhang He's files... There are only three or four years of records here. Most of them are included in the Kuaiji Water Tower... If you want to check it, wait until you go back today to rest, and order Xue Qing to send a message to the Kuaiji Water Tower Feige, and ask Xue Bi, who is guarding there, to transport the remaining files here and check it together?"

Jiang Chengyi shook his head and said, "There is no need to be such a trouble. I just need to read the chapters and files six years later?"

Mu Yun said in confusion: "What did you find just now? Why do you need to check the chapters and the books of the years?"

Jiang Chengyi replied: "Ayi, your guess may be correct. Dou Xunen is not Dou Jue's parent-child, but his sister Dou Yue's son."

"Dou Yue? Dou Yue, the most talented woman in Chang'an?" Mu Yun said in surprise, "But Dou Yue never married for life... He died only Nian Fang had 20 years old, how could he have a son?"

"What you are puzzled is the strange thing in my heart. Therefore, I need to check whether Dou Yue has been with her brother after she was fifteen years old, or wherever she has gone with her mother, Dou Taijun, or who have met someone. I always have a premonition that if I solve the mystery of Dou Xunen's life experience, perhaps the truth of the case of Chang Mengjun back then could also surface." Jiang Chengyi explained to her.

Mu Yun stopped talking. She knew that Jiang Chengyi was a person who broke the question and asked the whole story. If she didn't find out anything, she would force him to return to the house, which would probably make him restless.

The two of them searched for chapters and all the files from six to eight years in the huge secret room.

The case files that Qianji is in the record here all have hanging tags marked with the year, month and day, so it is not that complicated to find.

After Jiang Chengyi took out all these books, he simply sat cross-legged between the bookshelf in the dark room and started to read them.

Mu Yun also sat opposite him carelessly, rubbed his sour eyes, and continued to help him check it out.

In the seventh year of Zhanghe, Emperor Ming Ningzhuang, who was the crown prince at that time, went to Chang'an to investigate the corruption case of Sizhou officials under the order of his father, Emperor Zhang.

It happened that Zuo Fengyi took his mother Dou Taijun and his sister Dou Yue to live in the old house in Chang'an.

The coincidences recorded in the file, whether in time or in place, made Jiang Chengyi feel like he was sitting on pins and needles. The truth was about to come out, but the sparse traces of the record in the file were sometimes clear and sometimes blurred, making him unable to understand the context of the matter.

Finally, he found the empirical record in a file.

In the summer of the seventh year of Zhanghe, Dou Yue followed Dou Taijun to Chang'an Forbidden Palace to visit Prince Ningzhuang. After that, Prince Ningzhuang also visited Dou Taijun to the old house of Dou's mansion.

Jiang Chengyi gradually confirmed the guess in his heart.

No wonder, Emperor Ming was so popular with Dou Xunen back then; no wonder, even though Dou Jue was not the best candidate to supervise all officials and was in charge of the Dongfu Department, Emperor Ming still refused to be the leader of the Dongfu Department.

But Jiang Chengyi also guessed that his scalp was numb.

If it is true, then the inside story of Ning Zheng joining the Deng family, Fu family and Dou family killing Dou Xunen together was about the royal struggle. The few clues recorded in Qianji District also made Jiang Chengyi more certain. The mystery of Dou Xunen's life experience is also inseparable from the bloody case of Chang Mengjun back then.

The four families of Lu, Yue, Murong and Lu, who were quarreled and destroyed by quarrels back then were all gentry families with Dou Xunen during the reign of Emperor Ming.

There are no so many coincidences in this world, but many causes and effects overlap.

Seeing that Jiang Chengyi was in thought, Mu Yun gradually spread his eyebrows, and knew that he must have inferred something. So he put down the book in his hand, walked around the case files piled up in mountains on the ground, and approached Jiang Chengyi and asked, "What have you guessed?"

Jiang Chengyi came back to his senses. Seeing Mu Yun beside him, he told her completely about the guess in his heart.

This guess made Mu Yun feel palpitations and shocked.

Just as Jiang Chengyi and Mu Yun gradually opened a corner of the curtain covering the truth in Siyinfang, the atmosphere of Deng's mansion also became yin and dark after receiving the news that Qin Ye had lost his trace in Kuaiji.

When Lin Mu ordered people to send Qin Ye's news to Deng's mansion, it was already dawn.

Deng Yuan sat in the hall, his face was pale and his face was faintly angry, and he gritted his teeth and said, "What a great minister in the East Mansion! He set up such a big situation and waited for me to jump in! What do he think I am?! Grandfather! Grandson must find out the truth and report to His Majesty Jiang Chengyi and Qin Ye!"

Deng Guozhong sat in the upper seat, closed his eyes to rest. Hearing Deng Yuan cursing, he couldn't help but frown and said, "I'm afraid that even if we have evidence to prove that the explosion in your house is related to Qin Ye, and Jiang Chengyi is inseparable from it, we cannot report his master and servant to His Majesty without any scruples. This situation has long been a deadlock. I am anxious to rescue you, and I will push Wang He to the Eastern Prefecture Office to surrender, and then I will be deeply involved in it. Wang He has been convicted and was beheaded immediately after Chun. If you and I tell Your Majesty again, the Laba explosion was done by Qin Ye... It will only make Your Majesty even more suspicious of the Deng family."

"But...grandfather, are you the only one who can let your grandson watch the person who framed his grandson escape the blame? Let him bully his grandson like this?" Deng Yuan couldn't bear the anger in his heart. When he thought of the humiliation he had suffered in the prison of the East Mansion Sizhao a few days ago, he wished he could rush into the East Mansion Sizhao and tear Jiang Chengyi and Qin Ye into pieces.
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