The Delicate Lady Coroner - Chapter 198
There was another heavy snowfall in the night, and Bo Ruoyou woke up in the morning, still snow flakes still rustling outside the window, she got up and changed clothes, and paused before walking to the Nuan Pavilion bookcase.
There were words on the newly folded paper boat last night.
Bo Ruo stood quietly for a while, turned and walked towards the door. Just opened the door, a biting cold wind came on her face. The bluestone slabs in the garden were covered with snow and the eaves of the house were all plain white. Bo Ruoyou turned to take it. Going to the front yard with an umbrella.
Now it is the middle of the twelfth lunar month and the new year is approaching. Cheng Yunzhi not only has to prepare a dowry for Bo Ruoyou, but also prepares New Year goods. After the new year, Bo Ruoyou will get married. This is her last year at home.
The house was cleaned, the door was replaced with new lanterns, and the children’s laughter and the sound of firecrackers could be heard occasionally on the long street outside. The New Year atmosphere became stronger and stronger, and Bo Ruoyou looked at the rusty snow outside the window.
After breakfast, Bo Ruoyou rode a carriage to Wuzhaohou’s Mansion. As soon as he entered the Hou Mansion, he heard that there were guests in the mansion. She was hesitating. The attendant knows that Youyou is here and waits for you to go to the study to talk.”
Bo Ruoyou had to go to the study, and as soon as he reached the door, he heard Lin Huai’s voice inside.
“Your Majesty is the most taboo of these things. When the first emperor was still alive, the evil of witchcraft rose up in the dynasty. After your majesty became the throne, there was a rebellion in the northwest of the White Lotus Rebellion. Lord, can you be sure?”
Bo Ruoyou stopped and never went inside. He only looked at Father Fu suspiciously. Father Fu sighed and said softly: “This case has been reported to your Majesty. Your Majesty asked Lord Hou to investigate this case before the end. How can I make it in time? I think your Majesty just doesn’t want Master Hou to have a good Chinese New Year.”
“Taichang Temple is the closest yamen to the royal clan among the five temples. It’s not bad. Wang Qingfu came to guard and steal. He is the third grade courtyard of the court, but he has something to do with the evil sects. , How much your Majesty appreciated him back then, how annoyed he is now—”
Lin Huai was still sighing, but Huo Weilou’s gaze fell to the door, “It’s cold outside, why don’t you come in?”
Lin Huai didn’t know who Huo Weilou was talking to, so he heard the door squeaked open, and Bo Ruoyou walked in with a cloak of moon white embroidered bamboo patterns. He hurriedly pulled out some smiles, Huo Dangerous building got up and greeted the past.
“Master Hou, Uncle Lin——”
In front of Lin Huai, Bo Ruoyou blessed her body, and was well-mannered. Huo Weilou helped her, and Bo Ruoyou untied the cloak tie, he took it and hung it to the side. His movements were intimate and natural. Huai was speechless.
After taking his seat, Lin Huai couldn’t help but care about Bo Ruoyou, “I heard that Youyou was a bit sick a while ago?”
Of course Lin Huai didn’t know what Bo Ruoyou was, and Bo Ruoyou only dealt with it. Although she didn’t interrupt, but when she sat there, Huo Weilou obviously lacked the thought of discussing matters, and Lin Huai got up and quit.
Sending away Lin Huai, Huo Weilou turned around and held Bo Ruoyou’s hand, “It’s so snowy, I said I will go to Chengzhai to see you in the afternoon.”
Bo Ruoyou asked: “I have Young Master Ming’s arrangements in my heart, so I came over and have a look. Is there any news?”
Leading her to seat, Huo Wei said in the corridor: “I sent someone over last night and said that the house has been found. It’s just outside the city. Just arranging the scenery will take two days. Don’t worry. You see it’s the Chinese New Year. It’s okay to go back in the next year.”
Bo Ruoyou’s heart is naturally covered with haze, but this method is dangerous and no one knows what will happen when she is wrong. If there is anything wrong with her, Cheng Yunzhi must be unable to keep it from her, so she fixed her mind and asked about the Buddha. Bao’s case.
“Wang Qingfu was able to do scientific research and stayed in the capital at the time. Perhaps the head of the staff at the time had helped. This person has already reported to his old man and returned home. On Yue Mingquan’s side, the person who helped him at the beginning is likely to be the deputy commander of the Zhenxi Army. , These two people have one thing in common, they are both from Huai’an.”
Bo Ruoyou’s pupils moved slightly, “Could it be that the person behind Wang Qingfu is one of them?”
Huo Weilou shook his head, “It’s not like that. Zhao Qianshan, the head of the official department, only served as an official assistant before returning to the hometown. Because of his humble background, he has few supporters in the DPRK. There was no stigma. Later, when he was old, he returned to his hometown. It doesn’t seem that there are any people who want to ask.”
Bo Ruoyou understands that most people who believe in these evil sects have what they want, but they can’t ask for it. Then Huo Weilou continued: “As for Yuanjie, he is still holding an important position in the army today, and his family members are all In Beijing, I don’t think they are the people behind Wang Qingfu, but most of them have something to do with that person.”
Huo Weilouyan was deeply thoughtful and seemed to be caught in a certain question. Bo Ruoyou asked at this moment: “Is there any clue to the tracing of the palace and the origin of the fake Buddha treasure?”
Huo Wei Road said: “Duosheng died in Wang Qingfu’s mansion. Two of the forbidden army are still under investigation. As for fake Buddhist treasures, even if they are fake, their carving craftsmanship is extraordinary. They have been invited by a craftsman from Beijing. Look, there are so many sayings, it’s probably not easy to find the craftsman who made this Buddha treasure back then.”
These verifications are all like finding a needle in a haystack, and Bo Ruoyou knows that it is not a matter of time and night, “Then how did your Majesty tell Master Hou to check it out a year ago?”
Huo Weilou laughed, “Your Majesty is not forgiving. If there is really no progress, it will not be so.”
While talking, Father Fu knocked on the door with a smile, and when he came in, he saw that he was holding a brocade box in his hand, “Hou Ye, Qin Tianjian has sent you and Youyou Ji Wen to get married.”
Huo Weilou took the brocade box, opened it, and saw a thin red cloud pattern inside, which is exactly the Jiwen that will be read in the wedding ceremony on the day of the wedding. Therefore, the date of the wedding is the result of the Qintian supervision, so there is nothing to say about it. It is almost a good day and auspicious day, given by the destiny, and the words of the golden jade marriage, even if he knows that it is a good talk by the Qin Tianjian, Huo Weilou also finds it quite pleasing to the eye.
Father Fu smiled even more: “Although Lord Hou feels that the days are a bit farther away, but this is the best day of the whole year next year. The old slave only heard from the people of the Qin Tianjian that that day was a rare encounter. The three sunny days of the year, plus the hexagrams detected by the divination, are all auspicious, it is the best day.”
Bo Ruoyou was also looking at the Jiwen, and when he heard the words, she felt happy, but she was puzzled by the words of the three yang, “how is it three yang?”
Fu Gonggong laughed and said: “It is also the rhetoric of their warlocks. The ten days of Ganlijia, C, E, G, and Ren are Yang, and the twelve Earthly Branches of Lizi, Yin, Chen, Wu, Shen, and Xu are Yang. This is the Yang Year. According to Yangyueyang and Sunyang Shizhi, it is said that the four suns are extremely difficult to meet, and the three suns only appear once, what’s the matter with faintness?”
Father Fu said with joy, but the smile on Bo Ruoyou’s face was replaced with solemnity. Huo Wei didn’t care about this. When he heard the words, he saw that Bo Ruoyou’s eyebrows frowned.
Bo Ruoyou looked at Huo Weilou, “I suddenly thought of the birthdays of those children.”
Bo Ruoyou read the files of several cases several times, as if she knew it by heart. Although she saw the details of the case and the autopsy when she looked at it, the ages and births of several children are recorded, and she always glances at it. At a glance, she didn’t understand yin and yang before, and at this moment, Father Fu’s thoughts so organized, immediately caught her vigilance.
“If I remember well, apart from Wen Jin, the other five children, including my brother, have three yang on their birthdays.” She stood up after she said that, “Li Shen said in a confession earlier that he said that he would only choose children from wealthy people. The son, because he felt that the son of the wealthy family was so lucky, he didn’t sound weird at the time, but he is a Taoist priest. Isn’t that sloppy? Even the children of the wealthy family have little fate.”
Huo Weilou curled his eyebrows, “But how does he, a little Taoist, know the birthdates of so many little sons?”
Li Shen is not a Taoist leader who can serve as a gateway in Feiyun Taoist Temple. When he is put in the capital, it is only a small one. Although these houses are more or less related to Feiyun Taoist Temple, if they are not in Taoist Taoist Temple. Ask the children to sign and explain, that is, the elders, it is not easy to inquire about the birthdays of the little boys.
Bo Ruoyou’s heart beats extremely fast, “I felt that his testimony was a bit far-fetched before, and it is even more difficult to explain at the moment, and we have to specifically select these children with special birthdays. Naturally, we have to investigate more children, a Li Shen. Where is this ability?”
Huo Weilou groaned for a moment, and instructed Father Fu, “Call Wu Xiang.”
Father Fu responded, and quickly ordered the servants of the Hou Mansion to go to Jingzhaoyi Yamen, but didn’t want this trip to not only call Wu Xiang, but Huo Qinghong also followed. He and Wu Xiang checked together in the past two days. The pilgrims who had worshipped at Feiyun Temple were very hardworking.
When he saw Wu Xiang, Bo Ruoyou asked his findings first, and Wu Xiang was stunned. “Is there such a coincidence?”
Bo Ruoyou shook his head, “If several people are like this, then it is not a coincidence. At the moment, I have to send someone to the Feiyun Temple to ask and see if these companies have done rituals in the Temple and asked for runes. ,just in case.”
Bo Ruoyou made this arrangement for rigor, but even if he really asked the Taoist temple to know the birthdays of a few children, Li Shen did not mention it in his testimony, it was already a great doubt. When Wu Xiang left, Huo Qinghong He sighed: “After three days of running, I didn’t get anything. It’s common for these aristocrats to add some sesame oil to the Taoist temple. I haven’t seen anyone strange.”
“The case is not that easy to solve. Many times it is in vain.” Huo Weilou said and looked at Bo Ruoyou, “You just said that Wen Jin’s birthday is not Sanyang?”
Bo Ruoyou nodded, “Yes, only he is not—”
Her beautiful eyes were full of contemplation, “Why isn’t this the last one? Sanyang’s auspicious days are few, and there are naturally fewer children on Sanyang’s birthday. Li Shen knows that he is dying, so he chose casually?”
Huo Weilou was unable to answer this question, and Huo Qinghong was even more dazed, and Wu Xiang went out of the city to look at Feiyun Guan. He didn’t return to Beijing until the beginning of night. When the cheeks were red with cold.
“Master Hou, the subordinates went down and asked very carefully. Of these houses, only the Master Liu had a period of worship at Feiyunguan. At that time, they asked for a sign for the two sons of the family, so this child’s birthday is I know, as for other people, they occasionally go to Feiyun to watch, or they are not involved. Guanli doesn’t know their birth date.”
Wu Xiang finished breathing out of breath, holding the hot tea served by the attendant and pouring it violently, while Huo Weilou and Bo Ruoyou fell silent.
After the case was finalized, the case continued to change. First, it was related to the case of the theft of the Buddha treasure. Now, there are such strange errors and omissions. Li Shen confessed to all crimes and became calm and self-satisfied. As a warlock, Even if he admits to killing, it is impossible to lie about such an important choice motive.
After thinking about it, all the weird things on Li Shen seemed to point to a possibility. Bo Ruoyou and Huo Weilou spoke almost at the same time—
“Li Shen is not the only murderer.”
“Only Wen Jin was caused by Li Shen.”