Bo Ruoyou forced herself to stay calm so she didn't scream out.
There are no ghosts in the world, what is in front of you is a person, a person who is exactly the same as Zheng Wenyan.
As soon as this thought came to fruition, a servant came up behind the visitor, "Fourth Master, this is the place where the second and third masters rest, and the mourning hall of the old lady has to go to the northwest."
Fourth Master Zheng stood still, when a soft cry came from behind Bo Ruoyou, and Eunuch Fu was also frightened, "My God, are our eyes dazzled?"
Bo Ruoyou turned her head, and saw Eunuch Fu stepping out of the threshold with one foot, and staying inside with the other foot. Because he saw Fourth Master Zheng, he was pulling half of his body on the door frame, with a look of horror on his face.
Fourth Master Zheng looked at Eunuch Fu, and then at Bo Ruoyou. This comparison made Bo Ruoyou too calm. He cupped his hands at the two of them, "I'm Zheng Wenrong."
Fu Gonggong's expression changed a few times, and he finally moved away from the door frame, and walked out with a light cough, "Are you Zheng Siye?"
Zheng Wenrong nodded, and Eunuch Fu's expression darkened.
When you get closer, you can see that although Zheng Wenrong and Zheng Wenyan have the same facial features, their temperaments are quite different. The white wide-sleeved taoist robe has a bit of a sense of immortality.
They are also from noble sons of the Hou family, but this Fourth Master Zheng, at this moment, looks like a handsome and leisurely wandering Taoist.
The servant behind him said again: "Fourth Master, do you want to pay homage to the old lady first?"
Zheng Wenrong responded, then bowed his hands to Fu Gonggong and Gonggong, and turned to leave.
His expression was indifferent, although he was polite and respectful, he didn't seem to show any extra emotions. As soon as he left, Eunuch Fu's eyes became meaningful, "I have always said that twins are unlucky, It turns out that the so-called Mr. Zheng is an unlucky person, and it came from here..."
Twins are rare in the world. Once twins appear, there will be a theory that evil spirits will separate their souls and yin fetuses will be a disaster. , It has been passed down for a long time, so no matter the folks or the royal family, when twins are born, there is a rule that one son will go and the other will return, but there are many biological parents who can't bear it and will send the weak one to be raised elsewhere. Anyway, save his life.
Bo Ruoyou looked at the direction Zheng Wenrong left and frowned, "Could it be that this is the secret that the Hou Mansion wants to hide? But now that Fourth Master Zheng is back, he can't hide anything."
Eunuch Fu sighed, "The old lady passed away, and something like this happened in the house again, it would be too unfilial not to come back."
Just as Bo Ruoyou was thinking, an embroidered clothes envoy had come over, "Eunuch, Miss Bo, Master Hou, please come over."
The embroidered clothes envoy led the way, and Bo Ruoyou soon saw Huo Weilou. There was a forest of wintersweet flowers outside Zheng Wenyan's study courtyard. Now it is the first lunar month, when wintersweets are in full bloom and the fragrance is so strong, it is in this plum forest that embroidered clothes To find the trace of the murderer.
Seeing Bo Ruoyou coming, Huo Weilou pointed to a wintersweet tree, "Look at it."
Bo Ruoyou first saw a series of footprints circled on the snow, and on the side of the wintersweet tree trunk, there was a smear of bright red blood.
The blood was human blood, Bo Ruoyou looked around and asked Huo Weilou, "Did Hou find blood in the yard?"
Huo Weilou shook his head, "No."
Bo Ruoyou said, "That's the murderer's own blood. The blood in the study was not spattered, nor was it stained elsewhere. Unless the murderer was not careful, he would not be stained with Mr. Zheng's blood. And she didn't touch it when she left." Leaving traces in the courtyard, the blood here is his own, the trunk of the plum tree is rough, judging from the amount of bleeding and the height of the blood stain, it is very likely to be a scratch, the wound should be on the upper body, the hands and arms are most likely, the wound obvious… "
After reading it, Bo Ruoyou couldn't help but look at the footprints on the ground, and stretched out her hand to compare the size of the footprints. The strength of the footprints was even, and it was a bit bigger than Bao Ruoyou imagined. She frowned and fell into deep thought.
Huo Weilou stared, "How?"
Bo Ruoyou hesitated for a moment and said: "My foster father said that the length of a person's feet is related to his stature. Under normal circumstances, a person's height should be about seven times the length of his feet, but now his feet are seven inches long. It’s a bit higher than what was estimated just now.”
Huo Weilou frowned, and Bo Ruoyou followed the footprints and walked a few more steps. In comparison, the footprints left by the murderer were almost the same size as hers, but slightly shallower than hers...
"The murderer is thinner than the Minnv, but her footprints are almost the same. Logically speaking, she should be of the same stature as the Minvv, but there is a possibility." Bo Ruoyou squatted on the ground, and then raised her head to look at Huo Weilou, " It is very likely that he has suffered from illness, or has a poor livelihood and poor diet, so that although his footprints are about the size of a civilian girl, his stature is much thinner and shorter."
Huo Weilou quickly said: "The murderer is five feet tall, with a thin body, or has been ill or has a poor diet, and after leaving the crime tonight, he also suffered obvious skin trauma. In addition, the murderer is good at using drugs and knows the topography of the mansion. Climbing skills, immediately summon everyone in the mansion to search one by one according to these characteristics."
Huo Weilou made a decisive decision, and several embroidered clothes emissaries responded, and immediately went to the front yard, seeing Bo Ruoyou looking at the direction of the footprints, Huo Weilou said: "Out of this plum forest is the main road in the mansion, the snow has been swept away, The footprints are broken."
Bo Ruoyou stood up regretfully, "Through Zheng Sanye's body was examined carefully, but there were no more clues, and there were only traces of candle flames left on the subduing magic pestle. , is also very common."
Bo Ruoyou frowned, her face was heavy and helpless, as if she couldn't find any more clues that she was ineffective. Huo Weilou was about to say something, but Eunuch Fu stepped forward and said, "Master Hou, do you know that the fourth master of the family is back?"
Huo Weilou nodded, his tone suddenly became colder, "I know, he and Zheng Wenyan are twin brothers."
Huo Weilou ordered the embroidered envoy to guard the main road in the mansion, so he naturally knew about Zheng Wenrong's return to the mansion, so Eunuch Fu frowned and said: "The mother Yu said something unclear before, and I asked her why Third Master Zheng said something ominous. Does the cover-up have anything to do with their brothers being twins?"
Mei Lin was cold and silent, under the starless and moonless night sky, only the torches dappled the light and shadow of Mei Lin, Eunuch Fu's words echoed in the cold wind, but no one could give an answer, Huo Weilou said in a deep voice: "If it's just that, it's easy I'm afraid there are more difficult things to say."
Even though the news about the twins in the Hou's mansion is not good, it will not hurt the root cause. Now Wu Zhaohou dares to conceal even the murder case when he comes to ask questions in person. Ruoyou also finds it impossible.
And the murderer behind the scenes, who injured three people in a row, and said "to pay for his life", has anything to do with the twin brothers
Huo Weilou didn't stay here any longer, and quickly led people out of Meilin to search for suspicious people. At this time, He Cheng came from the front yard, "Hou Ye, the Taoist priest has invited you, he is the Taoist priest of Sanqing Temple outside the city. He is quite famous. He made a rough calculation and said that this year is indeed a cloudy year, and the cloudy time, from the first day of the new year to now, is only the first day of the new year. After that, the old lady's first seven days and today's second seven are not cloudy days .”
Huo Weilou frowned, thinking of something, and said: "Counting forward, from the first day of the new year this year, to fifteen years ago, and besides, counting brother Zheng Wenchen's birthday."
Counting more than ten years, it must have taken a lot of time, He Cheng agreed, and when he learned that Huo Weilou had got a new clue and was going to investigate everyone, he followed to the front yard.
The front yard was full of people, in the hall stood several masters of the Hou Mansion, and outside the hall, stood all the servants in the mansion.
The embroidered clothes envoy said: "Master Hou, except for the old mother and the eldest lady, everyone else is here."
Madam Yu did not leave the ancestral hall at all, the eldest lady suffered from madness, and the two people's stature did not match, Huo Weilou nodded and entered the main hall, all the wives and young masters including the third wife were present in the hall, Huo Weilou took the main seat, With a cold expression on his face, without Zheng Wenyan, Zheng Wen'an became the person in charge now, stepped forward and respectfully said: "Master Hou, but there are new clues?"
The third lady was still crying, Zheng Hao held on to the sleeve of the third lady tightly, he was still frightened earlier, seeing such a battle, his little face turned pale with fright, Huo Weilou glanced at everyone in the hall, "Zheng Si Where is grandpa?"
Zheng Wen'an's expression changed slightly, "Fourth Brother just returned home tonight, he must not be able to harm anyone, so he...doesn't have to come."
Outside the hall are all the servants of the Marquis Mansion from the housekeeper to the servants. There are nearly a hundred people. Zheng Wen'an lowered his voice when he spoke, which shows that he does not want Zheng Wenrong to show it to others at this time. Huo Weilou's eyes darkened slightly. Looking at him, Zheng Wen'an's eyes showed a look of pleading, "Master Hou, if you want to see the fourth brother, wait for the people to disperse before summoning, please..."
As Zheng Wen'an said, he lifted his robe and knelt down, really begging, but before Huo Weilou could speak, there was a commotion in the courtyard outside the hall, and Zheng Wen'an hurriedly looked out, seeing this, Zheng Wen'an's eyes almost went dark Fall over.
It was Zheng Wenrong who came by himself!
He walked slowly and walked straight to the main hall. When the other servants saw the appearance of the same person as Mr. Zheng Wenyan, the timid ones collapsed in fright. Zheng Wen'an closed his eyes and his face was full of despair. Looking at Zheng Wenrong coldly, that gaze wished to tear Zheng Wenrong into his stomach on the spot.
Bo Ruoyou was standing beside Huo Weilou, seeing this scene, she couldn't help feeling a little bit embarrassed, it turned out that the eldest lady of the Hou Mansion also knew about Zheng Wenyan and Zheng Wenrong's twin brothers.
Bo Ruoyou was about to look away, but suddenly she frowned. On the back of Zheng Yunni's tightly clenched hand, there was a bright red scar...