Huo Weilou's eyes darkened, "Suicide?"
Bo Ruoyou thought for a moment with a serious expression, "Master Song sent away his wife and children after the Weicang incident in Qinshui County, and told him that if he can save his life, he will return to his hometown to see them. If they can’t stay, they will never return to Beijing, which means that he has already sensed the danger at that time, if the corruption of the household department is really related to him, will his crime be fatal?”
"Maybe, Weicang in Qinshui County has corrupted hundreds of thousands of taels of silver this time, plus accepting bribes among officials. The crime is not small. It just depends on whether he was instructed by others or whether he is the main culprit."
Bo Ruoyou said again: "He shouldn't be the main culprit. If someone poisoned him, then the person behind the scenes would be the main culprit."
Huo Weilou agreed with her face, and the direct envoy also verified this before, and she continued: "And if he committed suicide, then he feels quite a sense of sacrificing his life this time, because he didn't commit suicide out of fear of crime."
Huo Weilou instantly understood her conjecture, "Before he died, he invited Marquis Changning and Li Yuan into the mansion, he also went to the Wei Family Teahouse, and left a jade pendant in the Yunzhou Restaurant, in order to leave clues for the court to find out about these things. on people?"
Not to mention that the imperial court has not yet convicted him, even if he is convicted, he still has time to struggle, even if he is afraid of crime, he should be in prison in fear of crime, or take poison in the mansion, most of the evidence of suicide will be left, but he just He disguised himself as a homicide, and the clues of the Ministry of Finance's corruption appeared to be on him, but the people he implicated that day became suspects.
Marquis Changning and Li Yuan were imprisoned that day, and Bo Jingqian was not spared. Then, there was the beauty's smile. The seeds of that beauty's smile were so small that Song Yu himself had never thought of this. He was buried in Wei's house. The clue is that piece of jade pendant.
If the Wei family is not found from Li Yuan and Marquis Changning, then this jade pendant will appear after ten days, proving that he has been to the Wei family tea shop that day, and this seemingly inadvertent clue will point the finger at him. Wei's house.
"I remember my adoptive father said that Wei Shangshu is very powerful. Back then, when the empress' mother family was involved in a court murder case, he relied on his own strength to keep the entire Xu family. Everyone in the world is afraid of death, so Lord Song can use such a method Suicide must be due to some fear in his heart, this fear made him dare not speak out even if he knew something, and he also knew that his life was short, so he chose this method."
When it comes to the hearts and minds of these powerful officials, no one knows better than Huo Weilou, he nodded and said: "It is true, Wei Shu has been trying to protect the eldest prince all these years, if not for this, His Majesty would have appointed His Highness the Second Highness as the crown prince."
Bo Ruoyou didn't ask too much about these, but only thought about the key points in the case, "With this analysis, the reason for Mr. Song's suicide is reasonable, but there is still a lack of evidence... arsenic, he used this poison, and he knew about it before he came here , that day, he always carried poison..."
Huo Weilou's eyes were serious, he got up and went out to order the attendants outside, "Call Ning Xiao."
After giving orders, he came back again, "He changed his court clothes that day and then left. I am more inclined to buy arsenic that he bought temporarily that day. In this way, even the most trusted servants don't know how he got poisoned. Now they know where he went that day. You only need to check carefully at the pharmacies and medical centers on the road, and it is not difficult to find a place to buy medicines."
Arsenic is highly poisonous, and ordinary pharmacies may not have it. If someone buys it in a pharmacy, it will leave an impression, but Bo Ruoyou never thought that after searching for many days, he would finally come to such a conclusion, " Then the person he fears is really Wei Shangshu?"
Huo Weilou sat next to her again, "It's not impossible, the Ministry of Finance is originally Wei Shu's decision-maker, and he is inseparable from the corruption of the Ministry of Accounts this time, but there is no evidence for that, but until now, especially Wei Shu Tsuen is involved, and if you follow the investigation, you can always find Wei Shu, but you never thought that Song Yu committed suicide before."
Bo Ruoyou thought of Song Yu sending his wife and children away, and dismissed most of the servants. On that day, he went to Yunjianke, ordered a table full of food and wine, but did not make a move. At that time, he was already poisonous, but he waited in pain. , what was he thinking during the half hour sitting in the private room? The spiciness of Yunzhou shochu made him think of his wife, children and hometown thousands of miles away
Bo Ruoyou asked Huo Weilou, "Master Song was a good official in the past?"
Huo Weilou's eyes dimmed, "He became an official at the top of the middle school, and then went to Luozhou to serve as a local official for ten years. He built canals, built docks, reclaimed mulberry fields, and opened waterways for freight, making Luozhou silk as famous as the two lakes. The entire south of Luozhou, It took less than ten years for his appearance to change drastically. In ten years, most of his grades were excellent, and then he entered the capital. After two years of experience in the official department, he became the servant of the household department. The people of the state, they will definitely praise him."
Only the common people would judge court officials by good or bad. Standing in the position of Huo Weilou, they would definitely not judge a person so clearly. Bo Ruoyou sighed a little, "It is enough to be praised by the common people."
Huo Weilou held her hand, "Many people joined the officialdom, at first they were all blood-blooded Chicheng, and they could see the people in their eyes, but later they stood taller, saw more, and got farther and farther away from the people, so they saw It's not here."
Bo Ruoyou couldn't help but think of He Cheng who was still in Qingzhou. The local officials were always more able to see the suffering of the people. For a while, she secretly hoped that her guess was correct. His power to expose other people is still somewhat brave.
Ning Xiao came very quickly. When he heard that Song Yu might commit suicide in order to expose corruption in the household department, he was also a little surprised. He frowned and glanced at Bo Ruoyou, knowing that Bo Ruoyou probably guessed this idea. Feeling unbelievable in my heart, I immediately ordered someone to investigate.
When he left, Bo Ruoyou looked at his back and said, "Deputy Commander Ning doesn't seem to believe it, and he must have guessed that I came to tell Lord Hou." She said hesitantly, "Deputy Commander Ning definitely Knowing that Master Hou told me about corruption in the Ministry of Households, would he feel inappropriate?"
Ning Xiao has followed Huo Weilou for many years, and she can see that Ning Xiao must be full of respect for Huo Weilou. This can be imagined only by seeing the shadow of Huo Weilou in every word and deed of Ning Xiao. When you are young, you will imitate him intentionally or unintentionally, and as time goes by, you will become more and more consistent.
Bo Ruoyou used to face Ning Xiao, although she felt that this person was sharp and sometimes more ruthless than Huo Weilou, but she was never afraid of him, but now she felt a little guilty in her heart for no reason, after all, her mind had changed now, after all, she no longer had the same feelings as before. Emboldened.
"Why does he think it's wrong?" Huo Weilou was puzzled at first, and then he understood a little bit, his eyes darkened slightly, "You know that in addition to watching the words and deeds of civil and military officials, the emperor in charge should also pay attention to them Ma'am?"
Bo Ruoyou didn't react for a while, Huo Weilou said: "Any courtier, no matter how important it is, will probably not be able to resist talking to his wife when he returns to his house. What's so strange about it? What's more, this time It's for tolerance."
Bo Ruoyou's face turned red immediately, he actually compared her to the wives of court officials, but she is not his wife or youngest at the moment, she retorted in a low voice: "But I am not..."
"It's not right now, it will be sooner or later, if they can't even see this, then they have followed me for nothing." Huo Weilou's eyes darkened as he spoke, he looked her up and down for a moment, not knowing what he was planning.
Bo Ruoyou's heart was a little hairy, seeing that it was getting late, he wanted to say goodbye and go home, and knowing that he hadn't returned home last night, he couldn't help but persuade him to rest, Huo Weilou's eyes changed again, and he stopped talking for a few moments , some depressed people send her home.
Bo Ruoyou left with the brocade box in her arms, and she didn't know why he was suddenly upset.
Huo Weilou stood under the corridor and watched her walk out of the courtyard door, and asked about Huo Qinghong's condition before he returned to the bedroom. He was indeed a little sleepy, but after he lay down, there was a faint shadow floating in his mind, At noon, when the sun rose into the sky, it was the hottest time, and he had just taken the brocade box, and smelled the sweet smell, he always felt that he was hooked and his blood was not stable.
Huo Weilou closed his eyes, he really didn't want to take another cold shower, so he reached down under the cover of the brocade quilt on his body, he half-closed his eyes impatiently, the room where the smell of needles could be heard was only the friction of his clothes Rusting sound, after a whole cup of tea, he heard a suppressed gasp, a thin layer of sweat spread on his face, he calmed down for a moment, finally got up and went to the bathroom.
After Bo Ruoyou returned home, she saw Cheng Yunzhi wrote a few more prescriptions, and she presented the brocade box, which was the first time Cheng Yunzhi had seen this thing. thing.
It stands to reason that he should go and see those patients if he wants to cure them, but because he is inconvenient, he listened very carefully. Can't control myself."
Bo Ruoyou nodded, "That's right, most of the prescriptions prescribed by the Imperial Hospital today are mainly warming and tonic, because it's hard to see the addiction from the pulse, and the poison only takes a moment, and no one knows what the addiction is. I got it, today I told Lord Hou about this method of adoptive father, and Lord Hou thinks that this method of adoptive father may be able to win by surprise."
Cheng Yunzhi frowned, "Aren't you going to the Yamen?"
Bo Ruoyou coughed lightly, "Because I still want to ask Mr. Song about the case..."
Bo Ruoyou hurriedly told about Song Yu's case, and when it came to suspecting that Song Yu committed suicide, Cheng Yunzhi also expressed emotion, "Luozhou Silk is indeed famous for more than ten years. It just rose, and after a batch of local officials in Luozhou changed, it has now declined again."
At this point, Cheng Yunzhi's voice turned cold, "Temple politics is full of knives that kill people without blood. Song Yuruo really committed suicide. After committing suicide, he implicated so many people. He is seeking benevolence, but if he is only involved in corruption Being poisoned in the midst of this is also his fate, let's see if we can find evidence."
Bo Ruoyou responded, and accompanied Cheng Yunzhi to read the pharmacopoeia. The yamen was also busy with the troubles of gold ointment these two days, so Bo Ruoyou never went to Yingmao. At night, he accompanied Cheng Yunzhi to visit Huang Lin. At this moment, Huang Lin Instead, he became sober. Seeing that he had troubled Cheng Yunzhi and made his parents sad and tired, he also felt guilty. Although he couldn't drink the decoction, he still forced himself to swallow half a bowl.
The father and daughter stayed until the second watch before returning home. Cheng Yunzhi originally wanted to wait to see if Huang Lin would be poisoned, but he never did. He also hoped that the interval between Huang Lin's poisoning would be longer and longer, so he went home to rest first. , and ordered the Huang family to call at any time.
After Bo Ruoyou rested, she was a little worried about Song Yu's case, but when she slept until five o'clock that night, there was a knock on the gate of the Bo family's courtyard, and the servants of the Huang family came in panic, saying that Huang Lin's poison had flared up. !
Bo Ruoyou and Cheng Yunzhi quickly dressed and went to Huang's house, and after entering the inner room, they saw Huang Lin struggling on the bed again. The fragrant medicine pill made in the oven was quickly lit, and then placed beside Huang Lin. The smoke came out. Huang Lin didn't smell the golden ointment at first, but soon, the unbearable convulsions on his body eased a little. , The tears in the corners of the eyes were also restrained.
Although it can't cure the root cause, this thing still gave him a little comfort. He leaned next to the incense burner of the incense pills, and almost inhaled madly, taking a few breaths, his face relaxed, and when the pain came up again, he After taking a few more breaths, and going back and forth like this for a few times, the strength of his struggle became weaker, and his consciousness did not completely collapse.
After dawn, he was finally overwhelmed by this drug addiction. The first two quarrels made him want to commit suicide, but after this time, he was still awake and did not faint. Cheng Yunzhi hurriedly asked for his pulse, judging from the pulse condition It is also much milder than the previous two.
Cheng Yunzhi exhaled, "It seems to be a little effective. I only added a little gold ointment to it, and the rest are sandalwood spices and a few herbs, which have minimized the damage to him. Today, we must eat with raw medicine. Don't be careless."
Cheng Yunzhi pondered for a moment, besides asking for the pulse, he stepped forward to touch the acupuncture points on Huang Lin's body from the back of the shoulder to the top of the head, and when he returned home, he said: "When the poison develops, the patients all appear to be insane. Feeling like I hurt the veins in my head, so I wondered if I could use acupuncture and some medicine to get faster results.”
Bo Ruoyou knew that some limb paralysis and madness could be treated with acupuncture, but she hadn't thought about the detoxification this time. She couldn't help admiring Cheng Yunzhi's previous family background, which was not comparable to her. After leaving the house, Cheng Yunzhi went straight to the study, and started to study again. Bo Ruoyou looked at it in his eyes, felt very relieved, and started to fight again.
At noon, the Cheng family's door was knocked again. Zhou Liang thought it was the Huang family, but when he opened the door, he saw that it was the servant of the Hou's mansion who came to give Bo Ruoyou a message. When Bo Ruoyou arrived at the door, the servant said: "Girl, Master Hou ordered the little people to bring you a message. Master Song has found the place to buy medicine. It is as expected. Master Hou, please don't worry about this case. If you have time, you can go to the Hou's mansion. I will come back later." I will tell you the details."
After Bo Ruoyou agreed, the attendant turned and left. After thinking about it, she felt that the case was suicide, and the murder case would be solved, so she didn't rush to the Hou's mansion to inquire, so she went back to the study to help Cheng Yunzhi.
After telling Cheng Yunzhi the result, Cheng Yunzhi also felt a little bit embarrassed, "I just don't know what's going on inside."
Bo Ruoyou expected that Huo Weilou might be interrogating Wei Quan at this moment, and he didn't know if it would go well. The father and daughter talked about the ups and downs of the court officials, and then focused on detoxification.
Now that the murder case is over, the most important thing now is to detoxify the poison of the golden ointment. Not only Huang Lin is anxious, but Huo Qinghong is anxious, right now the entire capital city is eagerly awaiting thousands of patients, and Zhou Liang can hear it every day when he goes out. There are many rumors about family ruin, death of wives, and separation of children. The culprit is gold ointment. Although Cheng Yunzhi didn't show it on the face, he became more and more urgent. He prescribed many prescriptions and made many fragrant pills, and wanted to find a replacement The other herbal medicines for the golden ointment, within two days, the entire Cheng family courtyard was covered with the medicinal materials that Zhou Liangxin bought. Those who didn't know, thought that the Cheng family was in the business of medicinal materials.
During the past two days, Cheng Yunzhi was also testing acupuncture on Huang Lin. It is not yet clear whether the drug addiction will be relieved, but the complications such as headache and physical weakness caused by the drug have been relieved a lot. It was still quite uncomfortable when it happened, and he could eat with medicine for the rest of the time, and his energy and spirit recovered a little, Cheng Yunzhi felt that he had found the right solution.
Seeing that Huang Lin had obviously regained some energy, Bo Ruoyou remembered to hang up on Huo Qinghong. At night, she said what was on her mind, and wanted to ask Cheng Yunzhi to visit Huo Qinghong. He doesn't see a doctor for others, and this time he is also a neighbor's family, and his addiction is right under his nose.
She was a little apprehensive, but after hesitating for a while, Cheng Yunzhi sighed and said, "I know that the son of the Huo family is also infected with this poison, not to mention your current thoughts, but because Wu Zhaohou has saved you several times, this It should be, but now I am not sure how effective this method is, so I don't want to rush to the door, especially since he has a noble status, maybe he has already obtained the method of detoxification?"
Zhou Liang went out for the past two days, but he hadn't heard of the detoxification method in the Chengnan Medical Camp, so Bo Ruoyou guessed that the Hou Mansion probably didn't have a clue, but if she wanted to treat Huo Qinghong, she felt better, "Then my daughter will go tomorrow The Marquis Mansion will take a look, and after asking clearly, we will tell our adoptive father, if we need our adoptive father, we will go to see it, if there is a cure for the poison, we have tried our best."
Cheng Yunzhi smiled and agreed, and the father and daughter went back to their rooms to rest. After breakfast the next day, Bo Ruoyou took a carriage to the Hou's Mansion. She counted that she hadn't seen Huo Weilou for three days. When he heard that Huo Weilou was in the mansion, his heart was overjoyed, but before he reached the main courtyard, he saw two attendants rushing to the guest courtyard with soup and medicine.
That's the direction where Huo Qinghong lives now. Bo Ruoyou frowned, and hurriedly followed to the guest courtyard. As soon as he reached the courtyard door, he heard the noise in the house. With a glance, Huo Weilou was standing sideways in the main hall , the body is like a carved stone, but his eyes are looking at the Nuan Pavilion.
"Brother, kill me!" Huo Qinghong's painful roar resounded.
"I'm not worthy to be your brother—"
"Uncle was born as the son of the Duke's Mansion. He was originally more noble than my father. Later, he married the eldest princess... even more noble. You have been a role model for the younger generation since you were young... I will compare with you in everything I do. I can't compare with you." You, my father also told me that you are destined to be in power, one Huo family, it is impossible for both of them to be in power, he just makes me a rich and noble little prince, I... I just thought that nothing compares , I am willing to be a dandy, from childhood to adulthood, no one knows that I am also unwilling... "
"Now I've turned into such a look that life would be worse than death..."
"You kill me, I really can't stand it..."
The attendants looked at their noses, noses, noses, and hearts, but they didn't dare to express their spirits. Bo Ruoyou was also a little shocked when he heard it. Soon, the voice of Eunuch Fu came out, and the one who was waiting to pray coaxed: "My son, don't say any more, Mr. It's all for your own good, you just drink the medicine obediently, and you'll be fine after drinking the medicine..."
"Either give it to me or kill me, don't torture me like this anymore, I'm really uncomfortable, brother, why can't you be soft-hearted to me, you will never be soft-hearted to anyone, you are the same as the eldest aunt, Back then, Uncle was forced to die like this..."
"Senior!" Eunuch Fu shouted anxiously, "Don't talk about Shizi, you can't say such things..."
"I can say, I can say anything, anyway, I won't live long, I was tortured to death like this, I am still the prince of the Duke's mansion, I want to say, I want to say all the words I have held back for these years... "
Huo Qinghong was already exhausted, but he still hoarse his voice regardless. Eunuch Fu tried to persuade him bitterly, and Ming Guilan reprimanded him in a low voice, but Huo Qinghong continued to talk like it was on purpose. He said in a low voice: "I knew that no matter how much I begged you, you would not soften your heart. You don't even care about your own biological mother. You are in power, but look, look at yourself, you are nothing compared to me. You are even more pitiful, your family of four is not doing well—”
Something was broken, and Bo Ruoyou heard Mr. Fu scolding Huo Qinghong in an unprecedented sharp voice, but Huo Qinghong laughed hoarsely, and began to speak intermittently, but most of his voice Already roaring, the words are difficult to form a sentence, Fu Gonggong scolded something angrily.
Clearly there were noises in his ears, but Bo Ruoyou looked at Huo Weilou, but felt that there was a chilling silence all around him, and the attendants in the yard all lowered their heads, as if they had become stone statues, Bo Ruoyou Her heartstrings were tense, she hadn't moved her mind yet, she had already stepped out, she was a little anxious to walk, but she was about to step over the threshold, Huo Weilou heard the sound and turned her head to look.
At the moment when the four eyes met, Bo Ruoyou saw a deep and invisible emptiness from the bottom of Huo Weilou's eyes, as if all the compelling bright light was swallowed by the abyss, and he himself was about to be submerged in the cold darkness. When Bo Ruoyou walked up to him, his eyes became brighter, and he turned around, "Why are you here?"
He didn't know how long he had stood here, and he didn't know how long he had listened to Huo Qinghong's nonsense. When he opened his mouth, there was a hoarse voice that hadn't been uttered for a long time. Mansion, have you forgotten, Lord Hou?"
Huo Weilou thought about it for a while, remembering that day when he ordered someone to tell her about Song Yu's case, he nodded and walked out the door, "Come with me."
Bo Ruoyou hurriedly followed, his steps were not in a hurry, but also very steady, his back was straight, like a cold blade wrapped in a scabbard, but even through the scabbard, no one would approach him Bo Ruoyou hurriedly followed him and followed him into the study.
When he arrived at the study, he turned around and pointed to the low couch under the window to order Bo Ruoyou to sit down. Seeing that she didn't move, he didn't say much, but said with normal eyebrows and eyes: "Song Yu did buy the medicine that day, and it's not like he didn't bring money. Dai, when he bought the medicine, he gave all the ten taels of silver he had on his body to the store, but he only wanted a small packet of arsenic. Because of this, the shopkeeper who sold the medicine was very impressed with him. The medicine shop was located in the alley east of Sanqing Temple The alley is very remote, it took some effort that day, and it was only in the middle of the night that I found it... "
He actually thought that she was really here to ask about the case, and she never stopped when she opened her mouth. Her eyes were dim and difficult to understand. If she didn't look closely, they were almost the same as him in normal times. Only when she listened carefully, could she notice it. Under his usual solemn tone, there was a bit of heart-wrenching difficulty.
"Song Yu also bought the medicine at the right time that day. After buying the medicine, according to the footsteps, it happened to coincide with the time when he went to the tea shop, and the doctor in the shop said that the same dose of arsenic should be used. It takes more than three hours for a person to die, and it also coincides with the time when Song Yu died of poison that day..."
Huo Weilou continued talking, with a calm tone, as if he could swallow the most bitter coptis in the world without changing his face, Bao Ruoyou listened, and suddenly stepped forward quickly, leaned over and hugged him stop.