"Mother-"
Zheng Yunni let out a soft cry, and quickly ran to the woman's side.
While supporting the woman, she looked back at Huo Weilou, and was relieved to see that Huo Weilou hadn't gotten angry.
"Mother, why did you come out?"
Zheng Yunni asked softly, but the woman still looked at Zheng Wenyan's corpse and laughed.
Eunuch Fu opened his mouth wide in shock, because the woman Zheng Yunni called his mother obviously looked different. He couldn't help but glanced at Huo Weilou, and saw Huo Weilou looking at Mrs. Anqinghou's wife with gloomy eyes.
Eunuch Fu came forward, "Miss, is this Lingci?"
Zheng Yunni let out a "huh", at this moment, the two maidservants panicked and chased to the gate of the courtyard. Seeing the person coming, Zheng Yunni's face changed gently, and she sternly reprimanded: "How do you do things? How can you let your mother alone?" Come out? What if something happens?"
The two servants fell to their knees with a "plop", "Miss, please calm down. Madam doesn't drink medicine at night, so she insisted on going out to watch the snow, but she threw away her cloak and ran away with Mrs. Tang as soon as she went out. The servants didn't catch up for a while... "
Xu was so scrupled that there were outsiders present, Zheng Yunni restrained and said: "It's so cold, why don't you invite mother back?"
The two servants hurriedly stood up again, took Mrs. Anqinghou's arm and walked out, but Mrs. Anqinghou didn't want to leave, with a strange laugh in her mouth, Zheng Yunni was afraid that it would be unsightly if the trouble continued, so she said in a low voice: "Silly girl What? Go and call the idiot—”
As she said that, she also went forward to coax Mrs. An Qinghou, and Mrs. An Qinghou looked at Zheng Yunni, seeming to regain her senses. Zheng Yunni hurriedly seized the opportunity, and dragged Mrs. Anqinghou out with two maidservants.
In the courtyard, needles could be heard in silence, the crying of the third lady stopped, and the others did not dare to make a sound.
Seeing this, Eunuch Fu twitched the corners of his lips, and walked up to the Second Madam as if trying to ease the atmosphere, "Second Madam, why does Da Furen...so...you want to be called a fool?"
Eunuch Fu had met a silly girl before, and he felt a little strange when he thought of the child's appearance and low status.
The second lady sighed, "Sister-in-law has been ill for many years, and that idiot was picked up by my sister-in-law on the side of the road when she went out once. Maybe she felt sorry for her, and that idiot is also a bit stupid, and she doesn't know how to speak on weekdays." , but my sister-in-law just likes her. Therefore, sometimes when the illness gets severe, Yun Ni will ask the silly girl to accompany her sister-in-law for a while."
Bo Ruoyou was a little bit embarrassed when he heard it, it turned out that the eldest lady was seriously ill and could not see guests, but she was suffering from madness. But the mad madam likes a foolish little girl...
A trace of strangeness came to mind, and Bo Ruoyou subconsciously thought of the case, but thinking of the two of them, one was crazy and the other was stupid, so she felt that she was at the mercy of everything.
Huo Weilou's expression was still gloomy, and at this moment he said: "Let's go."
Bo Ruoyou hurriedly followed behind Huo Weilou, went out of the courtyard and went straight to the west courtyard. On the way, Eunuch Fu saw that no one was talking, so he coughed lightly and said, "I don't know how long Da Furen has been ill."
"I heard that he has been ill for more than ten years."
Huo Weilou obviously knew it a long time ago, the corners of Fu Gonggong's lips pursed a few times, and he remained silent.
When the group arrived at the west courtyard, they made the corpse face down on the felt blanket because of the back injury. Bo Ruoyou immediately started the autopsy.
Zheng Wenyan's robes were very neat, without any trace of tugging and fighting, the only thing was the creases caused by lying on the desk, and the murderer always used drugs first, so as to ensure that the least traces were left on the scene.
There were no other scars on the corpse. After careful examination, Bo Ruoyou took the murder weapon out.
"The tip of the subduing magic pestle was about four inches long, and about two and a half inches of it pierced the back of the deceased's heart. There was a lot of bleeding in the wound. It must have been caused by puncturing the heart vein, resulting in a lot of blood loss and death. There was no other damage on the body surface of the corpse, only the wound Slight contusion, deep wound, flat inner wall, only this one penetration, judging from the penetration angle of the murder weapon, the murderer should have stood behind the deceased at the time of the incident, because the deceased was prone, the murderer pierced the back of the heart with the magic pestle."
At this point, Bo Ruoyou frowned slightly, and then subconsciously glanced at Huo Weilou.
Huo Weilou looked at her, and Bo Ruoyou said, "The deceased's stature was less than five and a half feet, a little shorter than Lord Hou, and he was lying on the table at that time. If the murderer was as tall as Lord Hou or Eunuch Fu, the murderer would be as tall as Lord Hou. The angle of entry should be straight down."
Bo Ruoyou waved the magic pestle, "Mr. Zheng was defenseless after he was in a coma, and the murderer only stabbed him once. Under such circumstances, anyone would definitely choose the angle that is easiest to use to stab. If you are tall , but pierced at an oblique angle, the gesture of holding the subduing magic pestle would be very strange, but it would be difficult to pierce deeply. If a woman is so tall and short, she can probably do it straight up and down, but the wound right now is slightly inclined. with..."
Bo Ruoyou's words were certain, "Unless the murderer is two points shorter than a civilian girl."
The old lady died of a hidden disease outbreak, and Zheng Wenchen died of falling from a building. Both of them had no fatal wounds directly left by the murderer. Although Zheng Wenyan's clothes were neat, there were no other marks on his body, but the murderer chose to kill with a magic pestle. The wound is the evidence of the crime, but how could the murderer have thought that such an ordinary way of harming others could reveal his stature.
A faint glow appeared in Huo Weilou's eyes, "The murderer is only about five feet tall."
Bo Ruoyou nodded, at this moment, an embroiderer came in from outside, "Master Hou, I found something outside the courtyard."
Huo Weilou's eyebrows moved slightly, and Eunuch Fu hurriedly said, "Master Hou, let's go, this old slave stays."
Huo Weilou glanced at Bo Ruoyou, turned around and left, as soon as he left, Eunuch Fu looked at his back and sighed, Bo Ruoyou asked doubtfully, "What's wrong, Eunuch?"
Eunuch Fu turned around and said with a smile: "This case is getting more and more unclear, and I don't know when it will be solved."
Seeing that Bo Ruoyou was still looking at him, Eunuch Fu said: "Actually, Lord Hou came to the Hou's mansion this time just to take a look and then leave. I didn't expect that the death of the old lady was really suspicious, and a second master also died. After all, before leaving, Marquis Xinyang came to ask for his advice at an early age, so he stayed, but Marquis still has other business commitments, so the longer the delay, the more disadvantageous it will be."
Bo Ruoyou looked surprised, and hurriedly said: "The girl will do her best."
Eunuch Fu laughed out loud, pulled the open chair aside and sat down, "Our family is not trying to rush you, and our family can also see that you are a good girl who does her best."
The corners of Bo Ruoyou's lips were slightly curved, and she stopped talking, and continued to examine the corpse with lowered eyes.
The cause of death is already known, the murderer's method of killing is not complicated, and there is no need for an autopsy, but Bo Ruoyou thought of Huo Weilou's urgent business trip, so she wanted to find more clues. Deep in my heart.
However, despite Bo Ruoyou's repeated inspections, there were no new clues on the corpse. She was a little worried for a while, looking at Zheng Wenyan's face that was still alive, she couldn't help but sighed, and when she turned her head, she saw Eunuch Fu leaning on him. On the back of the chair, she dozed off exhaustedly, and Bo Ruoyou realized that the night was getting dark.
Huo Weilou hadn't returned yet, and perhaps more important clues were found outside the courtyard. Bo Ruoyou tidied up Zheng Wenyan's body, and walked out the door lightly. A funeral lamp outside the door cast a whitish light under the eaves, When the wind blows, the lamps and shadows are mottled and swaying. Bo Ruoyou gathers her cloak and is about to go in to wake up Fu Gonggong so that he won't catch a cold, but when the wind blows her eyes, she sees a person standing in the darkness at the gate of the courtyard.
Bo Ruoyou frowned, walked to the courtyard, "Who's there?"
After walking a few steps and standing still, Bo Ruoyou asked aloud, and soon, a white robe came out from the darkness.
Bo Ruoyou looked over intently, and the next moment, she took a step back as if she had seen a ghost.
Because she saw that Zheng Wenyan, who had been carefully examined by her just now, was standing upright in the darkness, looking at her with dark eyes...