It was already dusk when returning to Beijing, Bo Ruoyou first sent Cheng Yunzhi back to Cheng's house, and then went to the yamen.
Wu Xiang ran around in the yamen all day, and at this moment he was frowning at the details of the two bills he got today, his face was heavy with fatigue, and he was pinching his knuckles irritably because he couldn't figure out the joints.
Hou Yang stood in front of them and looked at each other, not daring to make a sound, until seeing Bo Ruoyou coming, Hou Yang immediately said: "Miss Bo is here!"
Wu Xiang raised her eyes in response, and seeing Bo Ruoyou suddenly approaching, she got up to meet her, "It's almost dark, why are you here?"
Bo Ruoyou's expression was relaxed, and when he saw his worried brows unmoving, he asked, "Can you catch the head today?"
Wu Xiang sighed bitterly, "The people in the library really couldn't remember the appearance of the people who bought the books that day. I asked someone to draw portraits of the Liu family's sons and masters, and I took them to let them recognize them, but they all recognized them. If you don’t come out, but you got a new clue when you checked the details of the members of the Liu family, the third bedroom of the Liu family is a bit weird.”
Bo Ruoyou's eyes moved slightly, "How weird?"
Wu Xiang said: "Didn't I tell you earlier that although the eldest master of the Liu family is the head of the family, the second master is in charge of most of the family's business and personal relationships, but he is not safe enough, and now the third master is also helping However, after we investigated several businesses of the Liu family, we found that the three masters seemed to have the intention of starting a new business. All the businesses he had handled had changed suppliers, and one of the suppliers was three years old. The Liu family steward who was kicked out by him before."
Wu Xiang frowned and said: "Everyone in the house says that the third master is a benevolent and very shrewd person. It is impossible not to investigate when changing suppliers, but he is still like this. I guess he has already made arrangements. Now, the Liu family does not divide the family, and the power in the family is divided according to the seniority of the brothers. The eldest brother above him is fine, and the second brother is clearly a rich man, but he still holds the power of business in the family. He has other thoughts, as if It's not unusual, I thought about it for a while, but I haven't figured out how this has anything to do with the case."
Bo Ruoyou immediately said: "It's related—"
Wu Xiang stared at her, and Bo Ruoyou said solemnly: "I came to the yamen to tell the arrester that the murderer in this case is Liu Heng, the fourth son of the Liu family. On the way here, I was thinking that Liu Yao was killed. Is it just because the murderer doesn't want to expose his personal relationship with her, or there are other reasons, now that I think about it, I'm afraid it's not as simple as concealing the personal relationship."
Wu Xiang couldn't help asking, "Fourth Young Master? Why him?"
"I went to Xiangguo Temple today." Bo Ruoyou continued, "I went to ask the little monk who was on duty in the Buddhist hall of the temple on the sixth day, and the master said that the sixth day was indeed the same as Liu Heng's earlier. As I said, I entered the gate of the temple around noon, and then read the scriptures in the Buddhist hall for an hour and a half, and then left with vegetarian food. However, when I asked today, the little master mentioned a detail of that day, saying that he entered the Buddhist temple. Not long after the hall, one of Liu Heng's servants disappeared, and he didn't pay attention to it, and the servant didn't appear again until it was time for the fast meal."
"There are a lot of pilgrims in other places in the temple, and no one would ask where a young man went. I guess Liu Heng changed clothes with the young man, and then let the young man stay in the Buddhist hall to pretend to be himself, and left from the corner gate to go to the temple. Shuiyue Nunnery."
Wu Xiang's expression was agitated when he heard this, and he walked back and forth for two steps and asked, "But that little monk has been guarding the Buddhist hall, can't he see who is who?"
Bo Ruoyou said: "The Buddhist hall faces east from west, before noon, the sunlight can fall into the door, and the indoor light is very good, but after noon, the light inside the Buddhist hall will be much dimmer. The mansion had a relationship with Liu Heng's servant once, and he was about the same height as Liu Heng. If you look at the back, they are somewhat similar. In addition, the little master is not familiar with Liu Heng, so he will naturally use his clothes preconceivedly. It is very easy to hide from this little master."
"Before I told the headhunter that the three people who visited Liu Yao after the incident were the most suspected. Although Liu Heng didn't go, his father Liu Sanye did, and he was the first one to go, so we I wonder if Mr. Liu already knew that Liu Heng had killed someone, or was he coaxed by Liu Heng to see if Liu Yao was really dead."
Wu Xiang listened attentively to her words, "This explanation makes sense! Even though Mr. Liu helped the vulgar things in the family, he was not a person who cared for the younger generation. After this accident, he never sent the younger generation to see it, but actually went there himself. That's just weird."
After a slight pause, Wu Xiang asked again: "But you went to Xiangguo Temple specially, did you suspect Liu Heng from the beginning?"
Bo Ruoyou shook her head, "That's not the case. Before yesterday, I didn't doubt anyone very much, but until I found out that the "Looking for the Hairpin" was missing, and I met the shopkeeper of Changle Building who came to collect money at the door of Liu's house. I think Liu Heng is extremely weird."
"Changle Building..." Wu Xiang is still puzzled, he has seen the people in Changle Building, and he has heard what they said. Although Liu Heng is mentioned to go to Changle Building, Changle Building is an ordinary wine shop, and the son of a rich family goes there. It's all too common.
Bo Ruoyou said casually, "Have you visited the East Market before the head catcher?"
Wu Xiang scratched her head, "Naturally I've walked around—"
Bo Ruoyou didn't know what to think of, so she pulled her lips slightly, "In the restaurants above Dongshi, there are often performances of operas and operas. Walking on the long street, you can hear the tunes and lyrics in the surrounding buildings. I have never been to Changle Building, but I think this restaurant is not an ordinary restaurant, and I think it has such tricks. When I went to the Hanwen Library that day, the shopkeeper said that someone wanted to set the tune for "The Story of the Hairpin", and wanted to sing it. After singing, I went to Changle Building yesterday, and found that Changle Building really wanted to prepare the book of "Looking for the Hairpin". On the day Liu Heng went, someone asked about it. "Journal" is on stage, and he wants to come and listen."
Wu Xiang rolled her eyes, "And then? It's very common to sing the story from the story."
Bo Ruoyou nodded, "It's indeed very common, but the murderer didn't steal the script earlier this evening, but he stole it after we left the Hou's mansion last time, why?"
"I guess the murderer didn't even realize that the story book might be evidence at the beginning, maybe he didn't even buy the story book himself, and who would usually notice when the story book started selling? As long as the story is good. .”
"And if the murderer knew it from the beginning, then on the night Liu Yan brought Liu Yao's personal belongings back to Liu's residence, the murderer should find a way to steal the evidence, so as not to leave any clues. The reason why he was at that special moment To steal it must be because I suddenly realized this problem in the middle. When I was in the Liu Mansion yesterday, I had this doubt all the time. I wanted to let the head catcher check after I left. I just ran into someone from Changle Tower."
After a pause, she said again in a deep voice: "I guess Liu Heng didn't realize this at first, so he wouldn't go to the library to ask. In Changle Building, if someone asked when "Looking for the Hairpin" would be on stage, the boy would definitely answer." After explaining that this is a newly released script, they need time to prepare, Liu Heng realized that he was caught in Liu Yao's relic after hearing this."
Wu Xiang followed Bo Ruoyou's train of thought, only to feel that everything was logical, he raised his eyebrows thickly, "I see! The person who co-authored it was a trick. I guess he didn't go to visit with the second son before. Other than Liu Yao, there must have been similar methods used to meet Liu Yao in private."
Narrowing her eyes, Wu Xiang had an idea in her heart, "Liu Heng himself is a stubborn one, so I'll take those two young servants to the knife. I don't believe that they would dare to take on a murder case in order to protect their master."
Bo Ruoyou had already done all she could get, and it was not her duty to interrogate people. Seeing that Wu Xiang ordered people to prepare horses, she said goodbye and went home first.
It was night, and dinner was ready after returning home. Bo Ruoyou ate dinner with Cheng Yunzhi, and helped him to grind ink to write prescriptions. Looking at the prescription for treating the poison of gold ointment in front of him, it was inevitable to avoid it. Think of Huo Weilou.
She is not as calm as Huo Qinghong said, and it's not that she is not afraid, it's just that she doesn't know how to cry, let alone show her emotions on her face, now she has nothing but to calm herself down and wait for the news. Other methods.
Bo Ruoyou's heart was heavy, and he had to find something to do to relieve this panic. He helped Cheng Yunzhi until late at night before resting. Early the next morning, Bo Ruoyou drove to Wu Zhaohou's mansion in a carriage.
When he arrived at the Hou Mansion and saw Eunuch Fu, Eunuch Fu knew why she had come, sighed and said, "There is still no news from the Southwest, I'm afraid I can't take care of it, Ning Xiao hasn't arrived yet, most likely the Southwest is in chaos."
What Eunuch Fu said is true, but Bo Ruoyou knows that if Huo Weilou has been found, the people below will not dare to hide it from the capital no matter what. It was out of danger before the day
Exhaling, Bo Ruoyou looked at the guest courtyard, "How is your son?"
"The prince has returned to the mansion—" Eunuch Fu sighed.
Bo Ruoyou was a little surprised, and Eunuch Fu smiled wryly: "Go back, go back, now you're all right, go back to accompany the Duke and Mrs. Guo, and let them rest assured. I dare not force myself to stay."
Bo Ruoyou thought so, and talked with Eunuch Fu for a while in the Hou's Mansion, and after asking how the eldest princess was doing, she left the Hou's Mansion to go to the yamen. What would happen if Huo Weilou was seriously injured or even died.
When she arrived at the yamen, her demeanor returned to normal. When she entered the gate, all the yamen servants she had met were there. Seeing her coming, Hou Yang immediately came up to her, and said with a happy face: "Girl, the case is completed! Last night, the arrest took away the money." The two young men came back to interrogate, but it took half the night for them to confess, and only a moment ago, they also arrested Third Master Liu and Fourth Young Master—"
Before the suspect made a confession, she was worried after all. After hearing Hou Yang's words, she felt at ease. She entered the back hall and waited. Sun Zhao came out.
Sun Zhao hadn't seen her for two days, but when he saw her today, his expression was hesitant to speak. Bo Ruoyou was thinking about how Eunuch Fu said he would have a son in the future, so why did Sun Zhao have such an expression
She asked when she had doubts in her heart. Sun Zhao screened back and said to her alone: "Master Hou is in danger in the southwest, and there is no news yet. I saw the movement at the court today. It seems that His Majesty wants His Highness to take over the direct envoy."
Bo Ruoyou's heart skipped a beat, even though she didn't understand government affairs, she immediately understood that the emperor wanted to seize power from Huo Weilou.