After traveling through time, she took her husband to be a food doctor

"Doctor Lin, you're here just in time." Li Xingjian came over. "The assault case and the theft case are closely related. Has anyone of you seen the thief?"

"Sir, when the incident happened, Xiaohu and Xiaobao from Captain Qin's family had a fight with the thieves." Lin Mingxuan glanced at Qin Xiaofeng and bowed.

"Where are they now?"

"Guard the entrance to the village."

"Okay." Li Xingjian turned to a yamen runner and said, "Go and call them over."

"Yes."

The bailiff ran away quickly, and everyone in the courtyard helped to set up a small temporary court. Li Xingjian sat on a somewhat shaky chair, holding the table with one hand, and began to interrogate people.

Dashi stood at the front. He swallowed and didn't dare to look up at Li Xingjian.

"What did you do today?" Li Xingjian asked.

"Sir, I had dinner at home today and then went to the clinic for acupuncture and medicine. I didn't go home until almost noon. They all saw it, including Doctor Lin and Doctor Ding. In the afternoon, I went to the fields to collect the land."

"Ma Yang didn't go with you today. Didn't you find it strange? Didn't you go to his house to see what was going on?"

"Sir, my family's land is next to Ma Yang's, and we often help each other when working in the fields, but our two families live far from each other, so we don't have much contact. Going to the clinic for a consultation two days ago was a coincidence, not an appointment to go together."

"Who has more contacts with Ma Yang?" Li Xingjian turned his gaze to the other people.

Dashi silently glanced at the slightly sturdy man who had acted very "bravely" during the cupping treatment that day, lowered his head and said nothing.

"The master is asking you questions, why don't you answer them quickly?" a bailiff said sternly.

"Sir, we are about the same age. We work together on weekdays and play together in our spare time. We interact with each other quite often..." A man with messy hair and a beard answered. He was one of the people who had not seen the doctor. He was thin, only slightly better than "Skinny Monkey". He seemed to be very cold and kept shrinking his body.

"Who called him when he went to see the doctor?"

"Sir, it's me." said the man with a wound on his face.

Hey, it's really strange, Ding Xirui has never seen him. She glanced at Lin Mingxuan, who was also frowning, recalling the male patient from the previous two days.

"Xiao Min heard from Sister Li that the doctor was very good, so she told Dayang, but Xiao Min didn't see the doctor because...something happened at home."

"Is there something going on at home?"

"Yes, sir." The man lowered his head even lower and tried to cover the wound on his face with his hands. The other men seemed to know the inside story and seemed to be trying to hold back their smiles.

"Sir, Ayang's family..." The village head came forward and whispered a few words. After listening, Li Xingjian glanced at the man and seemed to feel some sympathy.

"Xi Rui, I remember him..." An Yumo whispered, "He has eaten porridge, rice gruel, and today he also had seaweed soup. Moreover, he always took a bowl home after eating."

"Young Madam, Miss An, was he beaten by his wife at home?" Banxia said.

"Ah?" Ding Xirui looked at the expressions of the men and felt that Banxia's speculation should be correct. Being beaten by his wife was always a "shameful" thing. No wonder the head of the village wanted to tell Li Xingjian secretly.

However, anyone who went to eat there could see what was in the kitchen if they paid a little attention. Whether it was porridge or soup, it was placed at the kitchen door. Dry goods, rice, noodles, vegetables and other things were all placed in the open. Anyone could be a suspect, including the man with a bruised face in front of him.

A cloud of doubt gathered in his heart. Ding Xirui took two steps to the side and asked Lin Mingxuan softly, "When did he get the wound on his face? Can you tell?"

"Generally speaking, bruises will appear within a day. If he is the thief, his forehead would have been hit by the knife handle last night, so there would be bruises today. However, it happened that his face was hit in the past two days, and the time interval was too close to distinguish the new and old injuries."

"Yeah." Ding Xirui looked at his figure again and turned his head to look at the gate. When Xiaohu and the others come, maybe they will recognize him.

Li Xingjian continued to question, confirming what the people in the courtyard had done today, whether there was anyone to testify, etc. Soon, Xiaohu and Xiaobao arrived, and Ding Xirui stared at the men closely to see if they had any reaction. However, it was not known whether the prisoners were too calm or there were no prisoners among them, the expressions of the men did not change significantly.

There is still one clue. The prisoner's abdomen hit the medicine box. Ding Xirui turned his attention to their stomachs. In early winter, everyone was wearing a padded jacket. They couldn't take it off for no reason...

Ding Xirui suddenly had an idea and shouted, "The thief who stole the medicine is you!"

Several people in the yard turned around and looked at Ding Xirui, except the bearded man.

He realized that he was different from others and turned away awkwardly. Li Xingjian saw this and smiled slightly.

"It seems that we now know who the thief is." According to a normal person's reaction, when hearing someone shout "Catch the thief", one would definitely want to look instead of just standing there.

The bearded man had fear in his eyes. He slowly turned his head to look left and right and found that everyone in the yard was staring at him.

"Sir, my feet hurt just now...so..."

"Don't be in a hurry. You will have a chance to talk later." Li Xingjian had a blank expression on his face. Ling Junsheng and Qin Xiaofeng looked at each other and moved a few steps towards the man.

"Sir." Lin Mingxuan stepped forward and said, "The thief who stole the medicinal herbs has injuries on his forehead and abdomen. Can I take a look?"

"Yeah." Li Xingjian nodded.

Ling Junsheng and Qin Xiaofeng immediately stepped forward and caught the man.

"Sir, I am innocent. I am not a thief."

"If he is a thief, you can tell by looking at him."

Lin Mingxuan followed a few people into the house. After a while, Ling Junsheng dragged the man out without any hesitation and made him kneel in front of Li Xingjian. The man's hair was wrapped in cotton cloth, and there was a bruise on his forehead.

"Sir, he also has a bruise on his abdomen." Qin Xiaofeng said.

"Tell me! Did you steal the ginseng from the clinic?" Li Xingjian said sternly.

"Sir, I didn't steal the ginseng!"

"So what did you steal?"

"Huh..." The bearded man suddenly choked, a look of resentment appeared in his eyes, and he quickly looked aside.

"Are you admitting that you stole something?" Li Xingjian stood up, clapped his hands, and asked.

The bearded man remained silent.

"Ahan, how could you do such a thing? Tell me quickly!" The head of the village slapped his thigh in anxiety.

The bearded man glanced at the head of the village coldly.

"Don't talk, okay." Li Xingjian looked at Ling Junsheng, "Go search his house."

"Yes!"

"Uncle Village Chief, please lead the way." Ling Junsheng said.

"it is good."

The head of the village looked back every few steps and left with a sigh. The others in the courtyard found it incredible. How could the brother who grew up with them steal things?

"Ahan, what's wrong with you?" Dashi shook him, and he shook his hand and pushed Dashi aside.

"You'd better tell the truth. Did you injure Ma Yang?" Li Xingjian asked.

"Ahan, the master is here, just tell me." The others were even more anxious than the person involved.

The bearded man remained silent.

"I see you won't cry until you see the coffin. Do you have to wait until the things are found before you are willing to speak?"

The man lowered his head even more and clenched his fists.

"Akan!" Dashi came to him again, "Is there something wrong with your family? Tell us and we can work together to find a solution."

The man turned his head and looked at the big rock, then loosened his hand, looked up at the sky, and collapsed to the ground: "What's the point of telling you? We are all the same, with no money, no food, and we are trapped here for the rest of our lives!"

"Did you really steal something?" Oishi's eyes widened.

"Correct."

"why?"

"My mother died and I can't even afford a coffin. I owe others money for almost a year. If I don't pay it back, I will lose my land..." He suddenly burst into tears.

"Why are you so stupid!" Dashi sat down on the ground.

"Did 'Skinny Monkey' steal with you? Why did you hit him? He's going to become blind!" said another man.

Ahan suddenly stood up and grabbed the man's hand:

"I didn't hit 'Skinny Monkey'. I stole the herbs and he stole the clams. We divided them equally this morning and then I left. I really didn't hit him!"