Seeing Zheng Wenrong, Zheng Xiao was so frightened that she hid behind her mother, and the second lady protected him with one hand, showing no surprise on her face, Zheng Hao was taken aback for a moment, and then couldn't help shouting: "Father—"
The third lady covered Zheng Hao's mouth, "It's fourth uncle."
Seeing this face exactly like her husband's, the third lady couldn't help but shed tears again, Zheng Yunni stepped forward, "Why is fourth uncle here?"
There was questioning in her voice, but Zheng Wenrong's face was calm, as if he had never seen the rejection and blame in everyone's eyes, "There is even a life case in the house, mother, second brother, and third brother, they even lost their lives. Is it important?"
Zheng Wenrong turned his eyes deeply, and bowed his hands in salute, "See you, Lord Hou. If you have any questions, you can ask me."
Zheng Wenrong hadn't returned to the residence for many years, and his whole body didn't look like a son of the Hou family. Huo Weilou stared at him for a moment, then looked at an embroiderer, "Go and check the servants outside first."
The Embroidered Clothes Envoy responded and led the people out immediately.
The characteristics of the murderer are already obvious, just follow Huo Weilou's instructions to compare them one by one, there are many servants, but those who are similar to the murderer stay, none of them can leave, and the remaining ones can be checked for proof of alibi. If there are conclusive witnesses, they will be excluded. In the end, only three thin and low-level servants are left.
"Hou Ye, the three of them, Liu Zhongyuan was only fifteen years old, and he was a gardener in the mansion. He suffered from fever when he was young, and was short in stature. Because he often helped with odd jobs, he was quite agile. People in the mansion said that he never used a ladder when pruning tall branches. They all climb by themselves."
"The man in the middle is named Zhao Wu. He is the guard of the mansion. He looks thin and short, but he is a practicing family son who is good at bowing horses."
"The man on the far right is called He Li. He is a handyman in the mansion. He only does rough work. He was bought into the mansion last year. He was originally a refugee, but he was abducted by Ren Yazi and sold into the Marquis' mansion."
"These three people all had injuries on their hands. Although they each had their own explanations, there was no witness."
After the Embroidery Envoy finished speaking, Huo Weilou glanced over with deep eyes, the three people were left behind, they all looked flustered at the moment, but that panic was not the panic of being a thief, but just fear of Wu Zhaohou's reputation.
Huo Weilou thought that he had gained nothing this time, but he still turned his head and glanced at Bo Ruoyou. Bo Ruoyou nodded and walked out of the hall door. She walked up to the three of them and stood still, "Where is the wound?"
At this question, the three of them stretched out their hands immediately, and Bo Ruoyou's eyes darkened at a glance. She observed for a while, then looked at the physique and expression of the three of them, and finally returned to Huo Weilou's side with a frown and shook her head. Shaking his head, he said, "Liu Zhongyuan's and He Li's wounds are old wounds, at least two days old. Although Zhao Wu's wounds are new, they are sharp weapon wounds, and the wounds are also large. Although Zhao Wu is short, his physique is strong. Must be heavier than the murderer."
Huo Weilou asked: "Is it true that no one in the mansion will be lost?"
The embroidered clothes envoy hurriedly said: "There are eighty-six servants on the list, and all of them are here except Nanny Yu."
Huo Weilou frowned, and waved his hand to order the embroidered clothes messenger to let them go. The three people outside the courtyard hurriedly saluted and retreated. He said: "The murderer kills one person every seven days. Now your mothers and elder brothers are all killed by the murderer. Who will be killed in the next seven days?"
Everyone's expressions changed when they heard this, but Huo Weilou said indifferently: "Zheng Si stays, and the rest retreat."
Bo Ruoyou's eyebrow peak moved slightly, but she couldn't help but said, "Wait a minute, Lord Hou."
She made a small gesture, but she didn't order to speak in front of Wu Zhaohou. Everyone's eyes turned to her, and the contempt in their eyes was obvious. The clinker Huo Weilou just looked at her indifferently, "How is it?"
Bo Ruoyou said: "Missy has a new wound on the back of her hand, I don't know where it came from."
For a moment, Zheng Yunni's arrow-like eyes fell on Bo Ruoyou's face, and the hands that were wrapped around the cuffs subconsciously shrank back. Huo Weilou noticed her small movements at a glance. she.
Zheng Yunni gritted her teeth, "Master Hou doubts me? I was injured on the back of my hand... I was caught by my mother. You also saw it just now. My mother fell ill. I sent her back. There were only scars left during the tugging on the road."
Zheng Yunni looked at Bo Ruoyou, and smiled coldly, "Isn't that why you should convict me?"
Zheng Yunni is like a cat with bristling fur all over her body, but her stern words are just like a mayfly shaking a big tree in front of Huo Weilou, "stretch out your hand."
Zheng Yunni glared at Bo Ruoyou fiercely, and stretched out her hand with a swipe. The scar was on the back of Zheng Yunni's delicate hand. It was bloody and glaring. Not only did she see blood, but it was already shockingly red and swollen. With such great strength, Bo Ruoyou stepped forward and took a look, it was indeed a scratch, not only that, Zheng Yunni also left several nail marks on the back of her hand.
Bo Ruoyou stepped back and nodded to Huo Weilou.
Zheng Yunni gave a cold snort immediately, and Huo Weilou glanced at them: "The murderer committed crimes three times, and he has a deep understanding of the terrain in the mansion. Perhaps, he is hiding among you. If he is lucky, he may not wait for seven days. There is another bloody case, so if you have figured it out, you can come and find me at any time."
Zheng Yunni pursed the corners of her lips, fear flashed across her eyes, and the rest of the people also showed panic.
Huo Weilou stopped clicking, "Back off."
When Zheng Wen'an left, he looked back in three steps and looked at Zheng Wenrong's back very uneasy. When he walked into the courtyard, he found Zheng Yunni standing at the gate of the courtyard waiting for him. Zheng Wen'an stepped forward quickly and heard Zheng Yunni say: "Five Uncle, go see Mama Yu, I'm afraid only her old man knows what's going on."
Zheng Wen'an's expression changed a few times, "Yun Ni, you..."
Zheng Yunni narrowed her eyes, "The seventh day of March is coming, and we should leave for Beijing in mid-February, and there is less than one month left. Uncle Wu knows how powerful we are. How can we be ruined at this moment after waiting for so many years? "
Zheng Wen'an's face showed embarrassment, Zheng Yunni looked back at the brightly lit main hall, and said coldly, "Fourth uncle shouldn't come back."
After she finished speaking, she left. Zheng Wen'an stood there for a while, but finally turned around and headed north.
In the hall, Zheng Wenrong said: "My brother and my third brother are twin sons, and I felt unlucky from birth. My mother chose my elder brother to stay in the mansion, and sent me to a Taoist temple to raise me. Then, I will choose a time every year when I am not eye-catching, and let me go back to the mansion I stayed for half a month, and the last time I went back home was ten years ago..."
Zheng Wenrong's eyes suddenly turned sad, "The rumors about twins being inauspicious may be true, that time my mother asked me to stay for five days longer, but only five days later, something happened in the house."
Huo Weilou narrowed his eyes, "What's the matter?"
Zheng Wenrong sighed, "Yun Ni has a serious illness, she can't speak, she doesn't know people, she seems to be a fool, she can't find a doctor, she invited Taoist priests and eminent monks, and she only said that she might be infected with hysteria by evil spirits, sister-in-law I was already sick, and got worse after that time, and never got well again. Since then, I have never returned home. Five years ago, my mother took several brothers and sisters-in-law to the Taoist temple for Qingxiu. That’s what brought me together with everyone.”
"How do you feel that Zheng Yunni's illness is related to you?"
After Huo Weilou asked, Zheng Wenrong gave a wry smile, "Yun Ni has been gifted and intelligent since she was a child, and she has spoken early. She has been engaged to His Highness the Second Highness since she was a child. Although there is no imperial decree, the imperial concubine sends people to inquire every year. The marriage is a foregone conclusion Her mother did not dare to neglect her teachings. She was enlightened at the age of four, and she was able to read the Thousand Characters in just one year. She is even more talented in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and her mother invited her a famous teacher back..."
"She was six years old when I went back to my house for a short stay. She had such an illness for no reason just because I taught her to paint. Not only was she stupid, she couldn't even speak, and she used up a lot later. It took a year to slowly improve, but she was no longer interested in piano, chess, calligraphy, and painting, and she no longer had the aura she had when she was four years old. Fortunately, I never went back to my home after that, and she grew up smoothly."
Zheng Wenrong seemed to be seriously blaming herself, "That's why she looked excited when she saw me just now, which is considered normal."
Huo Weilou said again, "When you returned home ten years ago, they let you get in touch with Zheng Yunni?"
Zheng Wenrong thought of the past, and sighed even more, "No at first, but Yun Ni is different from others. Others feel scared when they see that I am born exactly like the third brother, but every time Yun Ni sees me, not only can she tell the difference clearly, but she also doesn't know who I am. She is not afraid of me, and prefers me to talk about new things outside. In addition, I have some accumulation in calligraphy and painting. She often asks me to teach her. She is really smart. She can understand the meaning of blank space in paintings when she is only five or six years old. what for… "
When Zheng Wenrong said it now, he was still full of sighs at that amazing and talented little girl, "This is what I have done. This time I went back to the mansion to pay homage to my mother, but I didn't want so many disasters to happen in the mansion. I know no one wants me back."
Huo Weilou stared, "Do you know why the government changed all the attendants fifteen years ago?"
Zheng Wenrong was slightly stunned, he was just a teenager fifteen years ago, he really couldn't remember such a long time ago, "Fifteen years ago... I don't have much memory, every time I come back, I don't go out much, Most of the time, few people in the mansion know that I am back, so even if someone is replaced outside, it is difficult for me to know."
Huo Weilou asked again: "Your elder brother, did you know that there was a concubine who gave birth to a child and died?"
Zheng Wenrong was taken aback again, "My eldest brother... I don't know about this, but my eldest brother is a loyal man, I don't know when he ever took a concubine."
"When did the eldest madam go crazy?"
Zheng Wenrong doesn't stay in the mansion often, and there are too many facts that he doesn't know, but he does know about this matter, "It was the year after Yun Ni was born, that year I went back to the mansion for a short stay, and my sister-in-law didn't share the house with us. After dinner, when I asked about it, my mother said that sister-in-law was ill."
"Do you know why you are sick?"
Zheng Wenrong shook his head, "I don't know."
There are too many strange things in the Hou's mansion, but the only one who knows everything, knows very little.
Huo Weilou finally asked: "When is your birthday? Do you know what it means to be cloudy in a cloudy year?"
"My birthday is at Haishi, the second day of April in the third year of Jianhe." Zheng Wenrong frowned slightly, "The cloudy time? I don't know the cloudy time... If I was born in the cloudy year, I'm afraid I won't survive of."
Zheng Wenrong smiled wryly, "Twins are inherently unlucky, if they were born in a cloudy year and a cloudy time, it would be a disaster for the world."