"Do you know why Nanny Yu went to the ancestral hall?"
Zheng Wenrong was dazed, as if he couldn't remember who Yuma Yu was for a moment, Huo Weilou said: "Your mother brought the maid from the capital, she is a close friend, but she was fined to guard the ancestral hall for fifteen years."
Zheng Wenrong's eyes lit up slightly, "It's her... She is indeed the most trusted person around my mother. In the first few years, she arranged for me to go back to the house, and then changed to other managers. Although my mother asked me to go back to the house Xiaozhu is just to make up for me, and it is still very tight to the outside world, but I don't know why the replacement."
"However, I have an impression of this nanny. She came from the capital and received the best education from the Xinyang Marquis Mansion with her mother. It is also all taught by her personally, and she is even more thorough in her actions and conduct, and there is no mistake."
"At that time, my father was still alive, and my mother was not alone in the back house. With her to help my mother, my mother was not threatened in any way in the back house. However, she was quite cold and rigid, and she was strict with her subordinates. I was still young at that time. , Every time I see her, I feel a little scared."
How can one believe that a person who has received the best education like his master, and who is impeccable in his work, made mistakes and omissions in such a big event as a concubine giving birth, resulting in two lives
Zheng Wenrong said again: "Did she go to the ancestral hall? I haven't been to the ancestral hall for many years, maybe... only after death can I enter the ancestral hall of the Zheng family..."
There was a sense of desolation in his words, Huo Weilou glanced at the night outside, "I'll ask this first tonight, you should step back."
Zheng Wenrong was about to salute, but couldn't help asking: "Master Hou, is the murderer someone from the house?"
Huo Weilou's eyes narrowed slightly, "Not bad."
Zheng Wenrong's eyes turned bitter, he sighed, he made a long bow, turned around and left the hall, when he came, he had a spirit of immortality, at this moment, the cold wind lifted his sleeve robe, although he still had the strength of spirit, but after all he returned to the chaotic world of mortals, The steps were slow and heavy.
He Cheng sighed and said: "I have been an official in Qingzhou for several years, and the Hou's mansion has also come several times. I really don't know that the third master and the fourth master are twin brothers. For many years, I only heard that the fourth master was sick and traveled abroad, but there is no one. I thought it was the reason. Speaking of which, why did it come to this? The Hou Mansion is not in the capital, even if there are twins, it is just a matter of discussion, so there is no reason to separate mother and child like this."
Mr. Fu said: "Master He doesn't know something. The more you belong to the family of the Hou family, the more you believe in such words. Although the Anqinghou's mansion has lived in Qingzhou for a long time, they still want to return to the capital, so whether it is the old Anqinghou or the old lady, Don't dare to be careless."
He Cheng was born in a poor family, so naturally he didn't know the family background. Hearing what Eunuch Fu said, he couldn't help being educated with humility.
At this time, an embroidered envoy entered the room and said, "Master Hou, Mr. Zheng Wu went to the ancestral hall before burning incense, and he hasn't come out yet."
This was expected by Huo Weilou, "Maybe listening to his speech?"
The embroiderer shook his head, "We have someone approaching, but there is no sound in the house."
Upon hearing this, Huo Weilou raised his brows, silently? The two living people talked in the room, even if it was unpleasant to ask for words, but the embroidered clothes envoys were all Lianjiazi, so how could they not even hear a sound
"It seems that Zheng's ancestral hall is quite interesting."
Huo Weilou rubbed the black jade finger on his hand, stood up, "Continue to stare at the ancestral hall, Zheng Wen'an sent someone to watch after he left." He said and looked at the embroiderer, "Look carefully."
The embroidered envoy responded quickly, and Huo Weilou told He Cheng, "Still guard the main roads in the mansion tonight, and then send some yamen servants."
He Cheng responded repeatedly, "Don't worry, Lord Hou, we have already dispatched additional manpower, and the priest is also making calculations, and the results will probably be available tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."
Huo Weilou didn't urge him to calculate the time of fifteen years. He was about to leave the hall, but his eyes swept away, but he saw Bo Ruoyou frowning and thinking, and he didn't know what he was thinking, so his eyes were slightly condensed, and He Cheng With a light cough, "Xiao Bo—"
As soon as Bo Ruoyou raised her eyes, she saw Huo Weilou looking at her, so she could only say: "The girl is wondering if she made a mistake in her calculations. I have checked everyone in the mansion tonight, but none of them are similar to the murderer."
Seeing this, He Cheng said with difficulty: "This... Except that the eldest lady and the people in Yumao's house are indeed here, it is impossible for her two, the murderer must have some climbing skills."
The murderer was able to fall from the Yueyue attic with a rope, and climb over the wall and across the courtyard. It is impossible for the murderer to be an old man over half a century old and a woman suffering from madness. Although He Cheng didn't blame Bo Ruoyou, he was still puzzled. Maybe Bo Ruoyou really made a mistake in his calculations? The murderer's stature and other characteristics were obtained from her autopsy. If there were any mistakes or omissions, the direction of investigation was wrong from the beginning.
"There is no doubt about the employment."
Huo Weilou didn't say much, he left the hall after saying these words.
Eunuch Fu smiled and said, "Miss Bo, don't be afraid, Master Hou never doubted you, you don't have to doubt yourself, since the murderer dared to commit the crime, and he didn't stop when Master Hou was around, naturally he has some skills."
Bo Ruoyou glanced at Huo Weilou's back. He walked out of the hall and was talking to the embroiderer in the courtyard. Looking from her direction, he felt his back was as straight and stiff as cast iron, and it was extremely heavy. , nor change its majesty.
There is no doubt about the employment.
These four characters are also powerful, making Bo Ruoyou's heartstrings tremble slightly.
Bo Ruoyou clenched her hands tightly in her sleeves, but there was only a gentle smile on her face.
Eunuch Fu said, "It's getting late, Miss Bo, go back and rest first, we'll discuss it tomorrow, if you don't rush, the more anxious you are, the more messy it will be..."
Bo Ruoyou was hesitating, Huo Weilou outside seemed to have heard the words in the house, and pointed to an embroiderer, "Send her back." After a pause, he continued: "Stay outside her courtyard tonight."
Bo Ruoyou was about to say no, Huo Weilou had already looked over, "The murderer's whereabouts are difficult to determine, and he is very good at hiding. Those who are on a mission this time must not be hurt by the murderer, especially you."
especially you.
Bo Ruoyou's heart felt hot, she narrowed her eyes and said, "Yes, that girl has resigned."
Huo Weilou nodded, and then turned around to talk to the embroiderer. During the conversation, Bo Ruoyou seemed to hear the word "Luozhou". Luozhou is in the northwest of Qingzhou. Could it be the tolerance that Eunuch Fu said
It takes seven days for the murderer to die, and there will be another murder in six days. Bo Ruoyou knows that this case must be solved within six days, let alone... Huo Weilou must be in a hurry.
All the way back to the guest house, with an extra embroiderer, Bo Ruoyou felt very at ease even walking on the dimly lit alley, the night was already dark, although there were guards on the main roads of the Hou Mansion, but the buildings and courtyards stretched across the vast expanse, the murderer May hide in any darkness.
After returning to the guest house, Chuntao, who had dozed off while waiting, greeted her immediately. After washing and eating, Chuntao couldn't help but said: "Girl, I saw the girl in the front yard today. The girl is standing beside Wu Zhaohou, so angry." , I heard that the girl is helping the Yamen with errands? The girl is amazing!"
Looking at Chuntao's childish face, Bo Ruoyou didn't have the heart to say that she was doing the autopsy, but said, "Then you must have seen Fourth Master Zheng as well."
Chuntao's complexion suddenly changed, "Yeah, the servant was scared to death. I thought it was the third master who had cheated on the corpse. I didn't expect that the fourth master hadn't returned to the mansion for many years. It was because he and the third master were twins. Do you know, twins?" It's extremely unknown."
"I know." Bo Ruoyou didn't continue, but instead said: "I saw the eldest lady tonight."
Chuntao widened her eyes and said in a low voice, "Isn't it scary? Da Furen has been suffering from madness for many years, and she has been taking medicine for these years, but it has not recovered. People don't go crazy."
Before Bo Ruoyou could ask, Chuntao said it herself first, and Bo Ruoyou said casually, "Silly girl?"
All of Chuntao's emotions were shown on her face, and a trace of fear and disgust flashed in her eyes at this moment, "Miss, haven't you seen her? When everyone was in the front yard today, she was there. She has a big scar on her face. It was there when the eldest lady picked her up."
"When did the eldest lady pick her up?"
Chuntao thought about it for a moment, "I don't know when the slaves entered the mansion late, but it was about six or seven years ago? With the appearance of a fool, it is impossible to be left in the Hou's mansion. It is said that the old lady once brought her The eldest lady went to see an eminent monk, and wanted the eminent monk to treat her illness, but on the way back, she picked up a silly girl who had fainted from hunger on the side of the road. The eldest lady went crazy, and no one could stop her. I can't stop it, I have to bring the silly girl back, but the old lady has no choice but to bring her back."
"Later, the eldest lady was very concerned about the silly aunt, as if she was a daughter, and the silly aunt was there. The eldest lady seemed to have recovered from her madness. Except that she couldn't remember things clearly, she was able to talk, eat and drink medicine, old man. People decide to keep the idiot, the lady doesn't need the idiot anymore, the idiot will do some slave work, if she gets sick, she will let the idiot stay by the lady's side for a few days, look, this is She is a blessing, I don't know how many people in the house envy her..."
Chuntao talked on and on, and sighed at this point, "But she is also pitiful, her face is ruined, she is so dumb that she can't speak, and even her leg is broken. If it weren't for the kindness of the old lady, she might have died. "
Bo Ruoyou raised her eyebrows, "Did she break her leg after entering the mansion?"
Chuntao nodded, "Yeah, it seems like two or three years ago, she fell into a dry well east of the Hou's mansion, and almost disappeared. She stayed at the bottom of the well for several days. At that time, everyone thought she had run away, but later she was just a servant passing by. Only then did I rescue her. Her leg was broken, and the old lady asked the doctor for medicine and cured her."
Bo Ruoyou sighed a little, thinking of the scars on the back of Zheng Yunni's hand, and thinking of the lady's love for a silly girl, she just felt a little strange, but Chuntao didn't know if she wanted to ask about more distant things, and even Yumao Mammy has never heard of such a person before, and Bo Ruoyou knew that she would not be able to ask any more questions, so she rested first.
Just as she was about to fall asleep, Bo Ruoyou vaguely heard the sound of several distant firecrackers. A vague thought flashed through her mind, the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month was here.
Bo Ruoyou slept very restlessly that night, woke up before dawn, was feeling a headache, but suddenly heard voices outside the hospital, her heart moved, she quickly got up and changed clothes and left the hospital door to check.
When the courtyard door opened, Bo Ruoyou was stunned.
Zheng Yunni is leading more than ten servants towards the gate of the mansion, and those ten servants are all carrying their bags and cages... With this appearance, they want to escape the mansion privately