Bo Ruoyou's ears felt hot when he heard this, and he turned his head and gave Huo Weilou a disapproving look, but this made Huo Weilou laugh, and there was something meaningful in his eyes, which made Bo Ruoyou's heart skip a beat, He was stunned.
She looked back with some resentment, and felt that she had never seen Huo Weilou smiling like this before. He was originally an extremely handsome man, but he kept his face cold every day, but he didn't know that when he showed his face, he was also quite a bit embarrassed. Soul-stirring meaning.
When Wu Xiang in the water looked at Huo Weilou, he saw a smile on his brows and eyes, he was startled, and quickly raised his hand to rub his eyes, and when he looked again, he saw Huo Weilou's serious and unsmiling appearance again , he sighed, thinking that he was really haunted by water ghosts. Although this Wu Zhaohou was two ten and three years old, Sun Zhao was in awe of him. He was very good-natured. How could Wu Zhaohou show his face to his subordinates? .
He shook his head and dived into the bottom of the water again. After a short while, he brought out a bunch of skeletons. Bo Ruoyou casually took a few skeletons and looked at them, his face suddenly became serious. "These skeletons include males and females. Children's."
She turned to look at the Zhang family brothers lying on the ground. Hearing her words, there was no trace of fear or guilt on the man's face. He just looked at the slanting branches above his head with his blood-smeared eyes half-opened. The look of insensitivity.
Her expression became cold for two minutes, and she first went to expand the seal script on the stone statue, and then cleaned the bones. Seeing that there were too many bones, she said: "Captain, these bones will take some time to inspect. Go back to some farmhouse and have a look."
Wu Xiang paddled to the shore, touched the water on his face, "Go back to Zhang's house, his house is spacious at least, there are too many bones, and so many people died this time, we have to go back to Zhang's house." Master Jing and Master Sun communicated, and I-"
"This Marquis should send someone back to Beijing." Huo Weilou opened his mouth in time when he saw that there were not enough government servants.
Wu Xiang felt even more grateful, and thanked again and again, Huo Weilou ordered a servant of the Marquis's Mansion, and that person left the place quickly.
Wu Xiang said again: "Don't fish for now, clean up these bones and bring them back to Zhang's house. You inspect them slowly, and then salvage them."
Bo Ruoyou responded, and Wu Xiang asked someone to come out, cleaned the silt and sphagnum, and sent them to Zhang's house together. Thinking that Granny Zhang and the others were still in custody, Wu Xiang frowned, "Those people don't care Urgent interrogation, arresting them will consume their energy, and we will try again when there are enough people."
Huo Weilou also ordered the servants of the Marquis Mansion to help. In this way, he carried a pile of bones back to Zhang's house in one trip. After the bones were put away, Bo Ruoyou ordered Zhou Liang to bring the autopsy box on the carriage, and Wu Xiang wiped it. Sweating, "Then I will leave one person to help you, and the others will go to the pool to salvage the corpse—"
Bo Ruoyou hurriedly said: "There's no need to keep anyone, it won't help you if you stay." As he spoke, he glanced at Huo Weilou, "Master Hou won't leave for a while, and I don't have any worries about my safety, don't worry about arresting the head .”
Wu Xiang's body was still dripping with water, so he didn't take it seriously, "Well, first, I'll take Erlang from the Zhang family to Wu's house to take care of him, and other people in the village will also arrest him for questioning, so as not to run away. It’s going to take a lot of trouble.”
Wu Xiang could not wait to dismantle several yamen servants into two or three for use. Seeing that Bo Ruoyou had Huo Weilou here, although she felt that there was something weird about it, she left Zhang's house in a hurry to fetch people's bones.
As soon as he left, only Huo Weilou and Bo Ruoyou were left in the Zhang family. Zhou Liang and other attendants stood guard outside. Sleeves ready for a big fight.
There are too many bones and they are mixed together, even Huo Weilou felt a little headache when he looked at it, "How to test this?"
Bo Ruoyou said as usual: "It mainly depends on how many people died, and then judge whether it is male or female, and how old they are. If they died of trauma, it is best to be able to detect the fatal injuries and murder weapons, but if they were smothered to death, or they were not If you leave traces on the bones, you won't be able to detect anything."
It is not easy to judge the number of dead people, but it is even more labor-intensive to check whether there are any injuries one by one, and to see which bone is on which corpse. Suddenly, he saw that Bo Ruoyou had already leaned over to pick up the skull and put it aside. Her expression was calm, her brows were slightly frowned, and her solemn appearance made him swallow the words of encouragement.
Above tolerance, she always concentrates on it without any extra words.
Huo Weilou stood aside and watched, the pile of white bones exuding a sense of horror was transforming into a human form in her slender hands. He watched her carefully touch and examine each piece of bone, and after a short while, he simply pieced together a few human figures. , and these pieced together human figures, it is possible to roughly see the height of his body before his death. Among them, two extremely short skeletons are shocking.
After piecing together five or six human figures, Bo Ruoyou straightened up and wiped the perspiration from her forehead. Only then did she remember that there was someone beside her. She hurriedly turned her head and saw Huo Weilou sitting aside for a long time, unexpectedly It was silent.
Seeing her looking over, Huo Weilou stood up and knelt down beside her, "Take a break?"
She didn't expect him to squat beside her, the distance suddenly shortened, his breath seemed to fall on her body, his brows and eyes were deep, and the silhouette carved with knives and axes was close in front of her eyes, which was different from the ordinary coldness It's different, at this moment, his eyes are pulsing, and the concern is hidden in his eyes, and a spring of sweet spring overflows from the bottom of her heart like spring wind and rain.
Bo Ruoyou laughed, "I'm not tired, Master Hou, help me record some details of the bones?"
Huo Weilou didn't respond, he raised his hand to caress her forehead first, his rough fingertips brushed her brow, and his fingertips were stained with a touch of moistness, his eyes seemed to have some pity, but he got up without saying anything. Searching in the side rooms on both sides, he soon found a rough pen, ink and paper. Bo Ruoyou let out a breath, first made marks on a few bones and began to discuss.
"The first skeleton is an adult man, the bone is five feet long, and the body should be about five feet two inches. There are two wounds left on the bone, one is the tibia of the forearm, and the other is the second under the left rib. The ribs, most of the fatal injuries were in the ribs, judging from the aging of the skeleton and the traces of the pubic bone, the deceased should be between thirty and thirty-five years old when he died."
"The second is the skeleton of a girl. The length of the skeleton is three feet two inches, and the body should be about three feet four inches. There are no obvious scars on the skeleton. The leg bone and right upper arm bone are missing. Judging from the humerus and ulna, it should be Around the age of ten, the cause of death is unknown, presumed to be non-trauma-"
If the death was not due to trauma, it might have been caused by strangulation and drowning. After Bo Ruoyou finished speaking, he marked it again, and then turned to the next skeleton. When he could put together a rough skeleton in front of him and write it down, the rest of the skeleton was hard to break. belong.
Huo Weilou put the paper aside, and Bo Ruoyou stood up, "Among these bones, there are old and young, most of them are the people in the village back then, they were only a dozen or so people, how did they kill so many people?" of?"
Huo Weilou stared, "If the people here are unprepared, it is not impossible. Qinzhou bandits ransacked a town at night two years ago. Although they are a gang of mobs, they can be scouted in advance to act ruthlessly at night, but In one night, many people were murdered."
There was a chill on Bo Ruoyou's back, and when he turned his eyes, he saw that the sun was above the mid-heaven, and it was almost noon. Bo Ruoyou thought that no one had eaten today, so he asked Zhou Liang to find some food and rice at Zhang's house to prepare After lunch, Huo Weilou asked the servants of the Marquis Mansion to help, and when Wu Xiang returned with the bones, the kitchen was already fragrant.
Everyone had a hasty lunch, and Bo Ruoyou also wanted to return to Beijing as soon as possible, so he raced against time to examine the bones, and when it was dark, he put together several complete human bodies from the remaining bones. Most of the skulls in the water pool are intact, and the number of the dead can be determined by relying on the skulls. Wu Xiang and others fished out a lot of fine bones such as phalanges and teeth, but most of them are difficult to determine who belongs to them. Fortunately, the impact is very small, and there are more than a dozen skeletons The cause of death was also generally determined.
Bo Ruoyou memorized all the details, and then said: "Any trauma must be the knife marks we found in that empty house. Judging from the marks left on the bones, it is also a sharp blade. In addition to the splintering fracture marks of blunt force impact, there is one skeleton that is quite special, which has only recently entered the water."
Bo Ruoyou pointed to the skeleton on the south side of the ground and said: "This is the one. This should be the one we found in the cellar. Unlike other skeletons that have been soaked in water for many years, this one has a The wax left by the dry decay is also weathered, and there are traces of ground moss. It seems that one of them was afraid that we would search the house, so he stole the corpse and threw it into the pool."
The place set as the altar is hidden in the mountain stream. If you don't search the mountain, it may be difficult to find it. Naturally, it is safer than leaving the bones in the cellar. At this point, Wu Xiang suddenly said: "The person who stole the body that day Not the brothers of the Zhang family, but the son of Granny Zhang."
Bo Ruoyou didn't know about this yet, so she was shocked, "Did he go back to the village?"
Wu Xiang nodded, then frowned and said: "Yes, just now I ordered Hou Yang to go get him, but I searched around the village but didn't find him, so I'm afraid he has already escaped, so it's a bit difficult, last night it was dark, we Didn't even see his face."
Bo Ruoyou never expected that Zhang Yu's father had quietly returned to the village. At this time, Wu Xiang said, "Also, I found some young women's clothes at Old Man Wu's house. Let them bring them over later. You can take a look." Did you see it that day?"
Bo Ruoyou's heart tightened, "There are only a dozen or so bones found so far, there must have been more than these people in the village back then, and Zhang Yu's mother has disappeared, most likely killed, but her body has not been found yet. "
If Zhang Yu's mother is killed, it will only happen within ten days. Wu Xiang nodded, "I will search the mountain tomorrow, and I will definitely find it!"
As soon as the words were finished, Hou Yang entered the door outside, "Master Hou, arrest the head, Mr. Sun is here!"
Everyone heard the words and greeted them, and they saw that Sun Zhao arrived with more than ten or twenty yamen, and the group was very powerful. Sun Zhao's horse stopped at the gate of the courtyard, turned over immediately, and stepped forward to meet him. He bowed to Huo Weilou, "I pay my respects to Lord Hou, why did Lord Hou come here in person? If the official knows, he should come with Lord Hou."
Sun Zhao was a little apprehensive. That day Huo Weilou went to the yamen to collect the files, but later he didn't say that he would look for them himself, and the case was far from being taken over by the envoy, so he never thought about it. He was still waiting for Wu Xiang to send He returned to the capital, but he didn't want to wait for people from Huo Weilou, which made him a little flustered, but when he heard that many people died in the village, he immediately brought them over himself.
Huo Weilou's expression remained the same: "The Marquis is not here for the case, so you don't have to be nervous. Since you're here, you should arrange your manpower earlier. Once you're here, you can go back to Beijing to make a final decision."
Sun Zhao's eyeballs rolled, and he agreed again and again, then nodded with Bo Ruoyou, and then pulled Wu Xiang aside. Before asking the case, he had to ask Wu Xiang why Huo Weilou came, and Wu Xiang caught him Head, "Master Hou said that he came here for personal matters, and he helped a little after he came, and didn't ask too much."
Sun Zhao was startled, turned around and saw that Huo Weilou was talking to Bo Ruoyou, and had no intention of intervening in the case, his eyes were a bit stunned, and he smiled inscrutablely, "Forget it, it doesn't matter, Tell me about the case in detail."
Wu Xiang briefed the report, after Sun Zhao heard it, he immediately mobilized new people to search the mountains, search the mountains, and search for the bones. Hearing that the suspect was detained elsewhere, he immediately reported the crime to Huo Weilou, and went to Wu's house to see Granny Zhang, etc. people.
Bo Ruoyou saw that Sun Zhao also acted vigorously, and was a little worried, "The Zhang family has a child, but he is only six or seven years old. He should have nothing to do with the case, and I don't know how to deal with him this time?"
It is indeed an innocent child, and Bo Ruoyou is very sympathetic to children, so he is even more worried. Huo Weilou comforted him: "Since he is innocent, he will not be involved. Sun Zhao will take care of him, so you don't have to worry."
Bo Ruoyou was already quite convinced of Huo Weilou when she was on official business, but now she had a different feeling for him and was easier to be comforted by him. She responded, and then went to count the remaining bones. Most of the bones were fished out, and Bo Ruoyou found two more people, so the bone examination came to an end.
She was tired for two days, and she hardly slept last night, her face was obviously tired, not to mention Huo Weilou, even Wu Xiang felt quite ashamed, so she was asked to rest at Zhang's house, and because of this Searching the mountain was fruitless, so tonight Sun Zhao and Wu Xiang wanted to interrogate Granny Zhang and others. Around Haishi, the Zhang family brothers who had escaped were captured by Yacha and Hou's guards.
Knowing this, Bo Ruoyou's heart was relieved, as one more person was caught, the possibility of a true confession was increased, and as long as one of them opened his mouth, the truth of the year would come to the surface.
Huo Weilou said he would not intervene in the case, so he really ignored it. He knew that Sun Zhao and Wu Xiang had gone to interrogate the suspect, so he didn't ask any more questions. He only accompanied Bo Ruoyou to count the remaining corpses and record them. It was already midnight, and as a coordinator, Bo Ruoyou had already done everything she could, and only then did she feel very tired.
Uncle Liang prepared some simple meals for everyone to eat, and Bo Ruoyou couldn't help feeling sleepy. Huo Weilou looked helpless, and led her into the main room. It rained here, and it used to be where Zhang Yu's parents lived. Maybe Zhang Yu's mother died here, but for Bo Ruoyou and Huo Weilou, such a taboo can be ignored.
Huo Weilou closed the door, "There is no need for a bone test, it's time to rest."
Bo Ruoyou really wanted to find a place to squat for a while, but Huo Weilou was still here, so she hesitated, "Where is Hou Ye resting? Tonight can only be spent tonight, and Hou Ye will return to Beijing early tomorrow morning."
Huo Weilou didn't change his expression, "How dare you sleep if I go somewhere else?"
Bo Ruoyou wanted to say more, but he took her hand and led her towards the bed, with an unquestionable momentum on her body, Bo Ruoyou hesitated to speak, Huo Weilou said angrily: "I won't To sleep with you."
Bo Ruoyou's heart was slightly loosened when he heard the words, Huo Weilou pulled the top chair beside him, Heng Dao immediately sat on the side of the bed, and seeing Bo Ruoyou standing still by the bed, he said helplessly, "I'm afraid I might do something to you. No?"
Bo Ruoyou just sat down, at this moment, Huo Weilou suddenly said: "How did you rest for the past two nights?"
Bo Ruoyou said honestly, "They were crowded outside in the wing room."
Huo Weilou's expression suddenly changed, Bo Ruoyou felt bad, and immediately explained, "They don't trust me to sleep alone in one place, and the place is not big, so the government officials will lie down on the spot, and I will lie on the couch." There is nothing impolite about relying on light sleep to refresh your mind."
Only then did Huo Weilou frowned, but his heart was still unhappy, so he didn't say anything for a while, Bo Ruoyou saw his face sombre, and softened his voice for a moment, "Master Hou, don't be angry, there is nothing you can do about it, you can't help it now. I also know that the people in this village are all ruthless people, so I'm just in case."
Huo Weilou's eyes darkened, "I pity you for suffering so much."
Bo Ruoyou's heart was slightly sour in listening, but on the surface he tried to show off his face, "Master Hou is working hard outside, so what is it?"
Huo Weilou felt helpless again, "I'm a man and you are a woman, how can we compare?"
Bo Ruoyou blinked, "How about women? It turns out that Lord Hou said that women are not allowed to set foot in business because he pities women?"
Huo Weilou smiled wryly when he heard these words, and he couldn't help but leaned over to hold her hand, "At the beginning I really didn't believe that you were good at autopsy, but later on if you hadn't been flexible and did the job well, I wouldn't have done it either." Take you to Luozhou."
Bo Ruoyou understood very well, "I know what Hou Ye thinks, and Hou Ye appreciated my autopsy technique at that time."
Huo Weilou looked at her, inexplicably felt that these words were difficult to respond to, he pondered for a while, "It was like that at first, but then on the way to Luozhou, I saw you struggling to support yourself, I couldn't bear it, before you, no one has ever taken a ride Pass my horse."
Bo Ruoyou wanted to laugh in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face, "Is this why Master Hou lifted my skirt?"
Huo Weilou frowned for a moment, as if he was recalling the situation at that time, "I can tell where you are hurt at a glance, I am surrounded by men, if anyone is injured, I usually don't need to take care of it, just let me take care of it. What scruples do you have?"
Bo Ruoyou only felt that Huo Weilou was very talkative at the moment, so she couldn't help but whispered: "Hou Ye acted at that time, I'm afraid he really treated me as a man, and after all kinds of things, I thought Hou Ye treated me like a subordinate. "
Huo Weilou stared, with some eagerness in his eyes, his knuckles tightened, and he held her hands in his palms with some preciousness, "I really don't want to let you know that quickly, if you weren't attacked that day, I'm afraid I'd be on board again. In the past few days, it can be seen that you have been seriously injured, almost life and death, I couldn't bear it for a while, if I had told you earlier and protected you more clearly, then such a disaster would not have happened."
Bo Ruoyou's heart beat faster, her eyes were soft and bright, like stars falling into a clear lake, "But... But the words of Lord Marquis only surprised me, such as entrusting words, I... I can't believe it."
Huo Weilou's hands tightened even more, and his eyes were more serious than ever before, "You should trust me, trust me like you are above tolerance, I have no idea about marriage at all, but if I make up my mind, I will never Back off and regret it."
Seeing that her expression was a little moved, he said again: "Clearly knowing what you want is a gift and a heart, and I want an unshakable friendship more than you."
Bo Ruoyou moved her lips, but his mind was captured by him, and his words echoed in her ears. His voice was low, but every word was firm, and it hit her heart without a doubt, causing her limbs to twitch. An uncontrollable trembling came.
This is not the first time Huo Weilou said these words, but before, she was only surprised and shocked, she respected and feared him in her heart, and weighed a lot, how could she dare to respond to what he said, if he was a little bit stronger, she might be afraid It would be better if she escaped, but now that she was in a calm state of mind, when she heard such frank and clear words again, she felt that these were exactly what Huo Weilou should say.
How can such an upright figure like him hesitate and be cowardly when it comes to love? And what he said, the solid and unshakable friendship, just like his indestructible appearance in her heart, made her unstoppable.
Bo Ruoyou swallowed with difficulty, "Hou Ye—"
Before she could continue, he squeezed her hand a little more, "I know you still don't understand your own thoughts, it's not a big deal, I just want you to know what I'm thinking, I'm not just talking to you You are ambiguous, and I don't want you to be afraid and hesitate."
Bo Ruoyou's heart trembled slightly, Huo Weilou glanced at the light blue eyes under her eyes, got up and took off her shoes, and made her lie on the bed again, "Sleep, I will stay here."
Bo Ruoyou's cheeks were flushed, and he wanted to say something, but his heart was fluctuating. He didn't know where to start, but he thought the bed was dirty, so he took off his outer robe and put it on her body, seeing her black and white eyes. Looking at him, he leaned down again, "If you don't sleep anymore, I won't let you sleep."
Bo Ruoyou was startled, and quickly closed her eyes. Huo Weilou straightened up, stared at her for a moment, turned around and leaned against the head of the bed and did not go back to the chair. Although Bo Ruoyou was lying down with her eyes closed, she could feel Huo Weilou The dangerous building is just around the corner from her, this small bed is almost enveloped by his aura, her heart is full of peace.
Huo Weilou's shadow fell on her body, also blocking the dim light in the distance, she wanted to think about what Huo Weilou said just now, but within a moment, sleepiness pulled her into the darkness.
She breathed long and slowly, Huo Weilou leaned against the head of the bed, feeling at ease, the dim light in the distance was getting darker and darker, but he didn't intend to turn it on again, when the last gleam of light dimmed, the whole room It was all plunged into darkness, and he was still standing by her side like a mountain without moving a bit.