Although he didn't know who knocked on the door, Bo Jingqian expected that Cheng Yunzhi would not contact his old acquaintances when he returned to Beijing, so he suppressed his anger, but still sneered: "Yunzhi, that's not what they said. Befriending the Lin family doesn't mean you're just befriending Jing Xing, you've been away from the capital for many years, even if the family arranged a marriage like yours, you'll have to retire."
The ridicule in Cheng Yunzhi's eyes was even heavier, "We have been away from Beijing for many years, and it has indeed embarrassed the Lin family, but why does everyone know that the Lin family was engaged to you ten years ago, that is to say, I left Beijing with Youyou less than two years ago, and you two Changed the name of the marriage, when I made the marriage contract with Jing Xing orally, everyone felt that the two children were too young and did not announce it widely, but you guys are lucky, changed the name of the marriage, and immediately compiled all kinds of arguments, so , where will Jing Xing, Yuetang, and Youyou be placed?"
Bo Jingqian was a little dumb, and Mrs. Hu said softly, "Yunzhi, we also had hardships back then, and as for the rumors outside, it didn't come from us. You know the people in the capital all too well, and they like to tell you about it." It’s amazing what happened.”
One of her husband and wife sings red faces and the other sings bad faces, and she is a woman who speaks, and Cheng Yunzhi is not easy to argue with each other, so Hu continued: "We are indeed wronged little niece in this matter. We have been negligent all these years. You are right to be angry, but this has been a foregone conclusion for many years, Yixian and Zhaoer are also childhood sweethearts, I hope you will see it for the sake of the two juniors..."
Cheng Yunzhi frowned, "As I said just now, you can take the marriage if you want. We Youyou don't care about this marriage."
Hu and Bo Jingqian looked at each other. Just now what Cheng Yunzhi said, they still took it seriously. Now that Cheng Yunzhi said it again, they heard it more clearly. Hu smiled, "This statement... Seriously?"
Cheng Yunzhi smiled coolly, "I'm not a person who talks nonsense."
Hu and Bo Jingqian never expected Cheng Yunzhi and Bo Ruoyou to have such an attitude, and they were all relieved. At this moment, Zhou Liang led someone around the screen wall. They looked up from the main hall and saw Lin Zhao came with a gift.
The complexions of Bo Jingqian and his wife changed slightly, and Bo Yixian sat up straight all of a sudden, and Lin Zhao walked a few steps in before realizing that Bo Yixian's family of three was here. He was a little surprised, so he couldn't help but raised his eyebrows and came forward, "Uncle Cheng, Uncle Bo, you guys This is-"
Bo Jingqian was a little nervous all of a sudden, but he still smiled and said: "I guess you already know that Youyou is the second miss of the Bo family, and Yunzhi is also an old friend. We are here to visit them."
Bo Ruoyou was originally the daughter of the Bo family. It was a matter of time before they were together. Lin Zhao had expected that there would be a time when they would recognize each other, but now he saw that the atmosphere was not right. He pondered for a while and said nothing more, "So So, I am also here to visit Uncle Cheng today."
Facing Lin Zhao, Cheng Yunzhi's expression softened a little, "Lin Zhao, sit down."
When Lin Zhao was seated, Bo Jingqian said, "Yunzhi, it's the same as before, you go back to Bo's."
Cheng Yunzhi smiled but said, "No need, Youyou is a good Miss Bo family, but she has been with me all these years, and she doesn't feel comfortable asking her to go back. It's great that we, father and daughter, live here."
In front of Lin Zhao, Bo Jingqian naturally wanted to look dignified. At this moment, he said with regret: "I'm afraid that you will lose care. If that's the case, that's fine. Jing Xing and Yuetang's yard has been kept all these years. The secluded boudoir is ours. I will also pack it up for her as soon as possible, as long as she wants to go back, she can go back anytime."
Cheng Yunzhi said sinisterly, "That really bothered you."
Bao Jingqian secretly screamed that it was not good, thinking that if he stayed, Cheng Yunzhi didn't know what to say, it would be too ugly to talk about it in front of Lin Zhao, but he didn't want Lin Zhao to stay here for a long time, if he After leaving, what if Cheng Yunzhi said something to Lin Zhao behind their backs
So he sighed, "Don't worry, we are all one family. We took less care of you in the past few years. Now that you are back, we will naturally take good care of you and Youyou."
Cheng Yunzhi held his lips and didn't answer, so Bao Jingqian looked at Lin Zhao, "Zhaoer, why did you come here alone today?"
Lin Zhao thought about it and said, "Uncle Cheng hasn't come to see him since he came back, so he came to visit today."
Bao Jingqian nodded knowingly, "This is what it should be. Your father and Yunzhi are old friends, and we have in-laws, so please worry about it." While speaking, Bao Jingqian turned to look at Cheng Yunzhi, "We've been here for a long time, too. , I came here in a hurry today, I didn't make any preparations, I will prepare a banquet in the Bo Mansion another day, to clean up the dust for you."
Cheng Yunzhi said lukewarmly, "I have trouble with my legs and feet, and I don't drink alcohol, so there's no need for that."
Bo Jingqian couldn't hold back his face, so he hurriedly got up to say goodbye, and finally said to Lin Zhao: "Zhaoer, I'm going to your house later, do you want to go back with Uncle Shi?"
Lin Zhao was stunned, and thought to himself that he had only just come, so why did he let him go? He said again: "Right now, my father is still in the Yamen and has not returned to the mansion..."
Bao Jingqian smiled knowingly, "It's okay, as long as you are here, it happens that what I discussed with your father also has something to do with you."
Lin Zhao stood up in difficulty, looked at Cheng Yunzhi, "That's too rude to Uncle Cheng..."
Why didn't Cheng Yunzhi understand what was going on in Bo Jingqian's heart, he smiled lightly and didn't care much, "It's okay Lin Zhao, go on your own, if you can come and see us, we've taken care of you."
Lin Zhao felt a little unhappy in his heart. Bo Jingqian intended to threaten him during this trip, not to mention visiting as a guest, how could he treat guests in other people's homes like this. However, Cheng Yunzhi had no intention of keeping him because of Bao Jingqian's behavior, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and say goodbye together.
Cheng Yunzhi was out of sight and out of mind towards Bo Jingqian, but seeing Lin Zhao's ignorance, he sighed a little. When the group left Cheng Zhai, he shook his head, "It's a pity, Lin Zhao." Then he went to see Bo Jingqian again. Ruoyou, "Youyou, do you really not regret it?"
Bo Ruoyou laughed, "Why do you regret it?" As he spoke, his smile faded, "Father, since we don't want to pursue this marriage, let's stay away from Mr. Lin in the future."
Cheng Yunzhi nodded and sighed again.
Outside of Cheng Zhai, Bao Jingqian really planned to go to Lin's Mansion, so he ordered the carriage to take him to Lin's Mansion first, and then send Hu and Bo Yixian back. On the carriage, Bao Yixian said worriedly: "Father, mother, brother Lin Zhao seems to be okay with this matter." I don't know."
Mrs. Hu raised her eyebrows: "So what if you know? You are the one who has been married for ten years, not someone else. When your father goes to the Lin Mansion today, it is the date for your marriage with Lin Zhao. The wedding date is fixed. You can just wait and get married with peace of mind."
Bao Yixian clutched her handkerchief: "Didn't you say... my second younger sister was seriously ill back then? Why is she so slim now." Not only is she slim, she is also beautiful.
Hu and Bo Jingqian looked at each other, and Bo Jingqian said with deep eyes, "Cheng Yunzhi said he didn't want a marriage, but most likely he really didn't want to, so there's no need to think too much about it. They are willing to live outside and let them go. Go back and discuss with the second child." Fan, at most, I will come to the door again to have a look, recently there is turmoil in the hall, and I don't care about it so much, as long as it doesn't ruin Xian'er's marriage, everything is easy to talk about."
When Bo Jingqian said so, Hu also nodded, and said: "But in order not to change, if Lin Zhao doesn't know, don't let him know. When you and Yixuan are with him, try to make him less likely to go to Cheng Zhai. So as not to cause extra problems.”
Speaking of which, she frowned in disgust, "Isn't that girl working in the yamen? He has no taboo at all! Back then, she was a fierce fate, but now she is doing this business with the dead, so stay away from her That's good."
Bo Jingqian was too lazy to care about the little thoughts of the mother and daughter, and only thought about going to see Lin Huai today. Apart from the marriage of the children, there were also some difficult matters in the court to ask Lin Huai for advice.
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As soon as the Bo family left, the father and daughter went back to normal sooner or later. Although they came here suddenly today, they met each other and saved a trip to Bo's residence. After all, there are some things that cannot be avoided. Open this section of Bofu.
Cheng Yunzhi said as if thinking of something: "Two days will be Qingming, and we are going to pay respects to our parents. Let's prepare the sacrifices ourselves."
Bo Ruoyou responded, and waited until noon before going to the yamen. When they arrived at the yamen, Wu Xiang and Sun Zhao were still trying the case in Heishui Village, but she was no longer needed in this section, and all the bones had been examined. It's nothing to do with her, she was about to leave, but someone came to the government office to report to the officials, saying that someone in the downtown area had trampled to death with a horse.
Wu Xiang had no choice but to get out, because he was in a busy city, he wanted to take Hu Changqing there, but after asking, he found out that Hu Changqing had been coming to the yamen for a few days, and Bo Ruoyou saw him and said, "It's good for the head catcher to take me there. "
Wu Xiang hesitated, "You are a woman in a busy city, I'm just afraid that others will judge you."
Bo Ruoyou laughed, "I did an autopsy outside last time, so there's no need to be taboo about arresting the head."
Wu Xiang hesitated to speak. Last time, she was targeted by the murderer because he took her outside for an autopsy. He originally thought that he would take Hu Changqing with him when he went to crowded places in the future. Thinking of Hu Changqing's recent behavior, He frowned and said: "I don't know what's wrong with Changqing recently. He was a safe person earlier, but after a year, the post-mortem examination has quite a few omissions, and even the yamen has come less."
In the end, Bo Ruoyou went with Wu Xiang.
The place where the accident happened was in Lujia Lane. When she got there, she was a little surprised. This place is close to Dongshi, and there are many restaurants and teahouses on the street. Horse trampled to death
It was in the afternoon when people died suddenly in the street market. Many people gathered around to watch, and they could tell where the accident happened at a glance. They stopped the carriage nearby, and Wu Xiang had already rushed over with the yamen servant. The people naturally backed away a few steps, not wanting to get involved in this matter, so when Bo Ruoyou got out of the carriage, he saw the people lying on the ground.
Lying on the ground was a thick-skinned man in his thirties, dressed in a short brown coarse cloth. At this moment, there was a strange depression in his chest. The blood stained his entire upper body, and gathered and flowed a foot away from his body.
A woman in coarse cloth and green clothes was crying beside the man.
Wu Xiang stepped forward and touched the side of her neck first, she was really dead, the woman knelt down on the ground with tears all over her face, "My lord, I beg you to be the master of the women, my husband was trampled to death by a horse Yes, he was trampled to death."
Wu Xiang raised his eyes and looked around, only to see two carriages on the street, and five or six horses, all parked in front of the tea house not far away, when the woman saw him looking over, she immediately said: "My lord, what a shame!" The person who killed my husband was in that teahouse. My husband was trampled to death. They found that he could not be saved, so they entered the teahouse, saying that they would deal with it when the government officials came—”
The woman looked at Wu Xiang full of pleading, Wu Xiang turned to look at Bo Ruoyou, "Xiao Bo, come and see."
Bo Ruoyou came forward amidst the whispers of the surrounding people, first checked the injuries of the deceased, then got up to look at the marks left on the ground not far away, and came back after a while and asked the woman, "Your husband was shot from behind first. Knocked down and then stepped on?"
The woman kept nodding her head, "That's right, our husband and wife were here to sell some gadgets. My husband came from across the street, and he never looked at the road behind him. Those people rushed over on their horses and knocked my husband to the ground first. , the horseshoe of the man behind stepped on it again, and my husband vomited blood on the spot... "
Bo Ruoyou didn't make a sound after listening, and turned to look at Wu Xiang, Wu Xiang looked at her, "How is it?"
"The fatal injury was a trampling injury on the chest. The left sternum and ribs were broken. The broken bone should have pierced into the heart vein. Then the deceased died suddenly. There were also bruises and abrasions on the body. A detailed inspection is required. I have to take it back to Yizhuang."
Wu Xiang nodded, then grasped the side saber, turned and went to the teahouse, stepped on someone to death, but was able to enter the teahouse so grandiosely, Wu Xiang had already guessed which rich family they were probably.
After entering the teahouse, Wu Xiang saw a lot of people sitting and standing under the northwest window, and the six of them were all dressed in luxurious clothes. At first glance, they were either rich or expensive. Wu Xiang frowned and stepped forward, " I am the head catcher of the Jingzhao Yin Yamen, and the one who trampled someone to death in the street just now, which one of you is it?"
All the people present here are young masters in their twenties. After Wu Xiang asked, there was no expression of urgency on the faces of the few of them. The person at the top sighed while drinking tea: "It's my servant—"
He raised his hand and pointed to a guard standing aside. The guard lowered his head, and the man said again: "It is true that this matter is our fault, but that man is not completely irresponsible. Seeing our royal horse coming, He didn't dodge it, so he was so unlucky to bump into him, I can hand him over to your government office, but I hope you will deal with it fairly."
Wu Xiang glanced at the attendants, but his eyes still fell on the few people present, "Please come out with me, and point out which horse is the one that trampled to death."
This remark made several people a little impatient, but the person in charge sighed, "Forget it, we are all reasonable people, so let's point it out."
He took the lead to go out, and the others got up and walked out, out of the teahouse, the man pointed to a brown steed, "This is the one, if you think it is also guilty, you Yamen can take it away together. "
As soon as they came out, they immediately attracted Bo Ruoyou's attention. She got up and took a few steps closer, listening to what they said.
Wu Xiang asked again: "How was the situation at that time?"
The person in charge stopped talking, and directly ordered the attendant to speak. The attendant's face was pale and nervous, and he stepped forward and said: "We followed the carriage and rode the horses all the way, because there were so many people, we couldn't see clearly what was going on ahead. We walked and yelled all the way, and at that time the other people had already dispersed, but this person stood straight in the road and didn't give way when he saw us."
After the words were settled, another man in Chinese clothes sneered and said, "Don't bump into us on purpose, you want to ask us for money."
The woman paralyzed on the ground heard this and cried even louder for a while, "It is obvious that you bumped into it. You saw a lot of people, but you didn't slow down the speed at all. My husband has weak legs and feet and can't dodge in time. He hit the ground, and the people behind him didn't rein in their horses, so they trampled him to death on the spot, how can you confuse black and white like this?"
The woman was angry and sad, and after she finished speaking, she turned to look at the surrounding people, "At that time, everyone was watching, you...you were watching, please speak a word of justice for me..."
The woman looked around imploringly, but when she finished speaking, no one made a sound. Some people came here after the incident happened, and those who were already here looked at the young masters. With extraordinary background, how dare you say such a thing
The woman was even more desperate, and disdain flashed across the faces of those young men, and one of them said again: "Come on, anyway, I know who stepped on someone, so I can do whatever I want when I bring it back, and you should be more efficient in handling errands in the yamen." good."
The attendant nodded immediately when he heard the words: "It's me... the person I trampled to death, even if that person is weird, but it's true that I trampled him to death, I am indeed guilty, I will go back to the yamen with you."
"You nonsense—" the woman on the ground shouted again, "It wasn't you, I remember that a young man in a fine attire trampled my husband to death, not a servant, you are trying to shirk the blame..."
Her voice became hoarse from crying, and she was afraid that others would not believe what she said, so she went to look at the surrounding people, "Someone of you must have seen it, please help me to testify, please? Please..."
The crowds all around were silent, and some people wanted to turn around and leave. The woman burst into tears, holding her husband's corpse and didn't know what to do. At this moment, a clear voice sounded.
"You guys are lying, what she said is the truth. When you bumped into someone, you knocked him over from behind. It wasn't her husband who deliberately stood still in the middle of the street. Also, it wasn't you who hit someone with a royal horse , but—him.”
Bao Ruoyou raised her finger and pointed at one of the young men in blue shirt who had never spoken a word. Just as she finished pointing, the expressions of these fearless young men all changed, and one of them frowned and asked, "Who are you?"
Wu Xiang said with a half-smile, "This girl is the boss of our yamen, since you are all suspected of lying, well, please come back to the yamen with me, let's have a good talk, who is the one who controls the horse?" harm."
"Go back to the Yamen? Do you know who these two sons are?"
A man in blue shirt opened his mouth, he pointed to the person in front and said: "This is the second son of the Zhongyi uncle's mansion." Then he pointed to the blue shirt man next to him, "This is the son of the Minister of the Household Department, please They go back to the yamen, can you please move?"
Wu Xiang frowned when he heard this, although he could see that several people were either rich or noble, but the House of Zhongyi and the Secretary of the Household Department were indeed far beyond his expectations, he knew that this matter would be difficult to handle, but on the surface Yan Zheng said: "The prince's crime is the same as that of the common people. Even if the two sons are born noble, they are no more noble than the prince. If you don't go back to the yamen, that's fine. Let's take care of it here and let so many Let the common people see if the young masters of the House of Zhongyi and the House of Ministers of the Household Department have done any harm."
Aristocrats have their advantages, but they are not without weaknesses. Seeing that Wu Xiang is a stubborn stubble, of course they cannot argue in the street, and some people in the market did see them hurting others, and if they continue to argue, it will only make the trouble worse.
Feng Ye, the second son of Uncle Zhongyi's mansion, said: "Forget it, since that's the case, it's nothing to go back to the yamen and ask to understand."
When he opened his mouth like this, Wei Yan, the secretary of the Ministry of Household Affairs, became even more nervous. Seeing this, Feng Ye had a calm expression on his face, and he ordered a few words from the servant next to him, and the servant quickly left the crowd and left. .
Wu Xiang knew that this matter could not be resolved, so he didn't pursue it, and immediately asked them to get on the carriage and go to the Yamen. At this time, Feng Ye looked at Bo Ruoyou, and he walked up to Bo Ruoyou and asked, "This girl, How do you know that the man riding the horse is not a servant?"
Bo Ruoyou was not in a hurry to speak just now, she just wanted to see how this group of people could lie, seeing him ask herself, her brows and eyes became a little colder, "I checked the stirrup just now, there is a reddish-brown spot on the stirrup. Mud stains, this soil is an excellent soil for cultivating flowers, among you, only the blue-shirted man's shoes have it."
Feng Ye raised his eyebrows, and turned his eyes to look at the stirrup on the horse's back. The stirrup had been used for a long time and hadn't been taken care of. It was somewhat stained with mud. He was a clean person, so he didn't usually look at it carefully, but At this time, I saw that the color of the mud stains was quite unusual.
He pulled his lips and smiled, and then changed the subject, "It seems that the girl didn't recognize me."
Bo Ruoyou was taken aback by these words, Feng Ye smiled deeper, "We only met a few days ago, it seems that the girl has forgotten."
After he finished speaking, he turned and walked towards the carriage, and after a while his figure disappeared behind the curtain. Wu Xiang ordered two yamen servants to follow these people, and ordered them to bring the body back to Yizhuang, and bring the woman along with her Going back, she turned her head to see Bo Ruoyou in a daze, and asked her, "What's wrong? Who was that person just now?"
Bo Ruoyou shook her head, "I don't know."
Not only did she not recognize her, but she also felt that she had never seen him before, but the man seemed very sure. Bo Ruoyou thought for a while, but still did not think of any clues.
Now that these Buddha masters were invited back to the yamen, Wu Xiang already expected that not only himself, but also Sun Zhao would make trouble, Bo Ruoyou said upon seeing this, "Captain, I will go to Yizhuang by myself, you can go back to the yamen first, After the inspection, I will send the inspection certificate to the Yamen for you."
Wu Xiang was very grateful, so she naturally agreed, and brought a few small street vendors who might have seen the incident back to the yamen.
Bo Ruoyou came to Yizhuang in a carriage, and examined the corpse carefully again. After writing the examination paper, it was already sunset, and she returned to the yamen in the carriage to deliver the examination paper.
As soon as she arrived at the gate of the yamen, Bo Ruoyou felt that the atmosphere in the yamen today was quite unusual. When she left, everyone in the yamen was still at ease, but at this time, even the person on duty at the gate was silent.
She had some bad premonition in her heart, at this moment, she saw Lin Huai and his son walking out from the back hall, and when they saw her, their expressions changed slightly.