In the Ming Dynasty, there was a person named Chen Maoren, who had served as the Quanzhou government in Fujian and assisted the Quanzhou chief executive in handling affairs
One night, there was a theft in the palace, and the officials below reported it to the governor of Quanzhou. Chen Maoren went to inspect the scene and found that the thieves had left no traces useful to solve the case, so he summoned two soldiers who were on duty that night for questioning. One soldier had a plaster on his wrist, and the other soldier had a plaster on his chest, and the two soldiers replied in unison: "Last night, when I was on patrol at night, I saw a few black shadows suddenly flying through the wall and entering the yamen, so the two of us followed them into the courtyard, not wanting to be beaten by the thieves, outnumbered, and beaten unconscious by the robbers. When he woke up, he found that the robber was gone. Chen Maoren ordered the soldiers to untie the strap, uncover the plaster and take a look, only to see that ** was black, so he comforted him and retreated back to the room.
Chen Maoren paced around the room, feeling that the black wounds on the two soldiers were a little strange. It stands to reason that anyone who is injured by an iron weapon can be fatal in the serious case, and at least there will be ** rupture or swelling around the light case, but these two soldiers did not, and their walking steps were like ordinary people, not like they were injured. Is there a fake injury here?But for a while, I couldn't explain it.
While thinking about the problem, Chen Maoren walked into the back garden, and accidentally saw a few strange grasses growing next to the fence in the garden, which were dark in color, and a few small flowers bloomed but white as snow. Chen Maoren suddenly remembered that this strange grass is called "Qianli Urgent", and he also has it in his hometown, which is a kind of medicinal herb. When applied to the body, the color of the injury will appear and it will take a few days to fade. Thinking of this, Chen Maoren had an idea to distinguish the truth and falsehood of what the two soldiers said, and he could use "Qianli Urgent" to try the truth or falsehood. Chen Maoren immediately had a handful of "Qianli Express" taken back to the hall, and summoned the two soldiers again, and ordered them to mash the herbs and apply them to the chests and wrists of the other two people. After a while, the place where the herbs were applied turned black, no different from a scar. The two soldiers knew that the matter had been revealed, so they confessed to their crimes.
It turned out that when the two of them were on duty at night, they saw that there were many valuable treasures in the treasury, so they discussed the self-theft of the guards, and then smeared the "Qianli Express" on their bodies, faked the scars, and tried to deceive the state officials. Unexpectedly, Chen Maoren is not only honest and diligent as an official, but also has considerable knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine, which helped him solve the case.
This Qianli urgency is a traditional Chinese medicine, bitter and flat, with a small poison, "Compendium of Materia Medica" records that it can ** plague, qi knots, yellow disease, Gu poison, grass juice can induce vomiting, external application can treat snakes, dog bites. This grass can also dye ** black, just as impatiens can dye their nails red. Chen Maoren used the flavor of Chinese medicine to solve the case, which was passed on as a beautiful talk by later generations.
Comment: This story shows Chen Maoren's integrity, diligence and ingenuity as a leader, and also shows his understanding and application of Chinese medicine knowledge. By applying his knowledge of Chinese medicine, he was able to solve the theft and bring justice and tranquility to the community. The story tells us that the accumulation and application of knowledge can play an important role in life and work. Whether it is ** or ordinary people, continuous learning and expanding their knowledge field will be able to better solve problems and cope with challenges.
Recorded in 202312.26.