Huo Qinghong cursed secretly, turned around and left, when he walked out of the emerald shade, he couldn't help but look back.
The feathers of the sparrows were bright and dazzling, and they were still swaying in the shade of the trees and the mottled afterglow. He suddenly felt a chill in his heart, and then walked quickly to the side hall. There are so many birds in this garden. He heard the sound of chirping and chirping in the distance, and the bird's feathers were gorgeous, and it was not ordinary at first glance. I don't know what kind of trick Zhao Yue is playing, can killing birds for fun
He waited for a while, Nan'an County King Zhao Yue walked over with his entourage, carrying a birdcage. He had just reached his thirties and had been a wealthy and idle person for many years. Now his body is a bit fatter. When he saw Huo Qinghong, he laughed Step forward and pull him.
"It was you who arrived, and I asked someone to invite you to the banquet hall directly, but they said that you have no intention of attending the banquet, okay, then I will come here to invite you in person, are you going or not?"
Huo Qinghong was pulled forward and took two steps forward, barely standing still, "Jun Wang, I really don't want to stay any longer today."
Zhao Yue turned his head and looked at him suspiciously with alcohol-stained eyes, "Why? You met today. You reported illness a few days ago. We haven't met for half a year."
Huo Qinghong only looked at the cage in the attendant's hand, "I'm just here to fetch the blue sparrow, and I have something to do at night, you know, my elder brother is back."
Mentioning Huo Weilou, Nan'an County King's hand froze, he pulled his lips, "Oh yes, Lord Hou is back, let's call Feng Ye some other day, let's get together again, Feng Ye will follow you in these two days His father has gone out of the city, and there is no one to be found."
As he said that, he took the cage and lifted the curtain on the outside, and the blue bird inside really opened a pair of clever eyes, lively and tight.
"Here, I've fed you. If you tease me more on weekdays, this bird also understands human nature."
Huo Qinghong responded, took the birdcage and left the Bird Garden, got on the carriage, put the birdcage aside, causing the birds to chirp twice, Huo Qinghong couldn't help but flicked the cage, gently Sighed.
Even if she refuses to entertain, she has to use the name of her elder brother to choose a yamen, and she has to choose the cheapest one. Now the elder brother still wants to get married...
Huo Qinghong brought the cage to him, snorted: "We'll be together later, um, there's also a white cat."
The blue sparrow in the cage shook its wings, but did not dare to make a sound.
At dusk, Lin Zhao came back from the yamen, and as soon as he reached the gate of the Lin residence, he saw a carriage parked outside the gate of the residence. His brows and eyes darkened, and he was about to order his followers to drive the carriage to the side gate, but it was too late .
Bo Yixian, who was raising the curtain to look around, saw him.
She jumped out of the carriage anxiously, and stopped his carriage eagerly, "Brother Zhao, I have been waiting for you for a long time, and I finally see you."
Lin Zhao got off the carriage, feeling unspeakable in his heart, "What's the matter?"
Bao Yixian's heart skipped a beat. She had waited for many days, but she still hadn't entered the Lin residence. Lin Zhao seemed to avoid her even more. She was waiting at the main entrance, and he walked through the side entrance. She went to the side entrance, and he walked through the main entrance.
Tears welled up in Bao Yixian's eyes, "Aunt Lin doesn't want to forgive me and mother?"
Lin Zhao turned sideways, not looking into her eyes, "My mother is still recuperating, so I don't have time to think about it."
Bao Yixian took a step forward, "Then I would like to ask Auntie to give me a chance. My mother and I will come to the door to apologize. There is no need to bring up the wedding date. We will listen to Uncle Lin and Aunt Lin. How about it?"
The last ray of afterglow disappeared into the sky, and the light ink-like night shrouded Lin Zhao's eyes. He suddenly asked, "Back then, why did the Bo family and the Lin family want to marry you and me?"
A chill came up from the soles of Bao Yixian's feet, and she almost had no time to think, so she blurted out: "Because our two families are family friends, I am about the same age as brother Zhao, my father and Uncle Lin asked someone to calculate our birthdays, brother Zhao and Brother Zhao I am a match made in heaven, because of this, the two families just started thinking about getting married."
Lin Zhao turned to look at Bao Yixian. Due to a lot of sorrow recently, her face was slightly clearer, her brows were bitter, her eyes were misty with tears, and she looked at him innocently and sadly. Anyone who saw such a girl with pear blossoms and rain You have to be soft-hearted, and her unwavering gaze seems to be quite frank and fearless.
But Lin Zhao knew she was lying.
Lying without guilt, even with such an attitude, Lin Zhao couldn't tell whether her tears were real or not for a moment, and the last trace of tenderness in his eyes disappeared, "Go back home."
Bao Yixian saw Lin Zhao's disappointment, and when she saw him turn around towards the gate of the mansion, she felt a sudden panic in her heart, as if Lin Zhao would never see her again once she entered the gate, Bao Yixian hurried to catch up, "Brother Zhao , you know everything, right?"
Lin Zhao's footsteps paused slightly, and Bao Yixian became more and more sure of her guess, "You know what happened back then, and you know that I wasn't the one who was originally engaged to you back then, brother Zhao, do you mind this matter?"
Lin Zhao didn't look back, and Bao Yixian burst into tears, "Are you blaming me for lying to you? It was true that my third uncle and father made an oral marriage first, but then something happened to them. It was only a year or two between us. You are still just a young child, how can such a thing count? Later, the second sister left Beijing, and everyone thought she would never come back, so this changed the engagement between you and me. Brother Zhao asked me, and there was nothing false in what I said. I just don't want to mention others, so what's wrong with me?"
Lin Zhao was about to be persuaded by Bao Yixian for a while, but he always felt uncomfortable and suffocated in his heart, as if he was the one who did the wrong thing.
Bao Yixian said again: "Brother Zhao and I have been engaged for several years, and Brother Zhao also knows what I want. How can our love for more than ten years be compared with others? Brother Zhao is concerned about this now, could it be that someone else said something? Yes ... is the second sister repenting?"
Lin Zhao hadn't opened her mouth yet, but Bao Yixian felt that she had guessed right again. There was a thud in her ear, and she was furious in her heart. After Bo Jingqian was convicted, the ancestral house of the Bo family was confiscated, and Lin Zhao coldly treated her for more than a month, she finally found her. The crux of the matter is, "Second sister really repented? I knew it must be that Marquis Wu Zhaohou hadn't returned to Beijing before. Everyone thought that something happened to him in the southwest, so she thought about Brother Zhao again. It must be so, I just thought about it." She was pretending that she didn't care about her appearance earlier, she couldn't really let it go... "
Lin Zhao looked at Bo Yixian in disbelief. He had never seen Bo Ruoyou in the past half month, and Cheng Yunzhi came to the Lin residence several times to see a doctor, but he never took Bo Ruoyou with him. After learning about the engagement that year, she was not as calm and at ease as usual, but Bo Yixian was able to speculate on Bo Ruoyou with such maliciousness.
Lin Zhao was furious, but he couldn't scold Bao Yixian with vulgar words. He just looked at Bao Yixian coldly, "You...you are unreasonable! What does this have to do with the second sister? I haven't seen her for many days, you How can you blame this on someone else?"
He took a deep breath, and finally said what was in his heart: "Back then, the second younger sister was the first to be engaged to the Lin family, and after many twists and turns, it was changed to you and me. Although it was not your fault, you have no regrets in your heart? "
Bao Yixian cried: "Ashamed? Why should I be ashamed of her? She left Beijing by herself, and my third uncle didn't write down the marriage letter. If you want to blame, you can only blame her bad luck, how can you blame me? I'm not sorry anyone!"
At this point, she didn't know what to think of, and said anxiously: "Yes... It's her fate. Brother Zhao, you don't know, she was born with evil spirits, and killed her father, mother and younger brother. If she doesn't return to the capital, maybe we Nothing will happen to my father, how can such a catastrophe as her marry Brother Zhao? Taoist priests used to say that she is short-lived, and she is not worthy of Brother Zhao. We have been engaged for many years, and the old things have nothing to do with you or me. Brother Zhao, what do you care about her?"
Lin Zhao looked at Bao Yixian as if she were a stranger, "You actually think like this... Forget it, you and I don't agree with each other, and I have nothing to say to you, you go—"
Bao Yixian was even more frightened when she heard the words, and when she was about to go forward, Lin Zhao turned and entered the mansion as if fleeing. Bao Yixian wanted to chase again, but was stopped by the attendants. Show disgust.
Soon the gate of the Lin Mansion was closed, and Bao Yixian stood outside the door, calling Lin Zhao feebly, but there was no possibility of answering from inside the door. She made such a fuss that the people passing by on the long street pointed at the Lin Mansion. Pointing, but she didn't care, and stayed until the night was dark, and was forced to leave by the servant girl.
Lin Zhao quickly went up to the room, and after entering the inner room, he hesitated for a moment before saying to Chu Shuning: "Mother, I hope father and mother think twice about the marriage with the Bo family."
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Huo Weilou said that he wanted to recuperate his wounds in the mansion, so it was absolutely true. The matter of the Southwest was temporarily handed over to Ning Xiao, and he didn't care much about the affairs of the court, unless Fuquan entered the Marquis' mansion with a decree, he just rode a carriage to the palace go back.
Emperor Jianhe was worried that he would harbor resentment towards Zhao Xi when he took over, but when he saw that he remained calm, his heart relaxed.
Now that Bo Ruoyou is getting closer to the Hou's Mansion, and worried about Huo Weilou's old injuries, she visits the Hou's Mansion every day. When she entered the Hou's Mansion this day, she saw that there were more craftsmen in the mansion, as if she wanted to rebuild the scenery in the mansion.
Bo Ruoyou was puzzled, and when he asked Eunuch Fu, he smiled and said: "Master Hou said that the mansion is less angry, and this house has not been touched since it was given to Master Hou. .”
Eunuch Fu smiled and looked at Bo Ruoyou, her face suddenly became embarrassed, Eunuch Fu pointed to several courtyards in the mansion that had been vacant for a long time, "Master Hou said that there are not too many courtyards in the mansion, and ordered people to demolish that one Let’s build some waterside pavilions and ponds in the south of the Yangtze River, and move some beautiful flowers and trees, and we, Mrs. Hou, will definitely like it in the future.”
Bo Ruoyou's cheeks are even redder. Although she was born in the capital, she grew up in the south of the Yangtze River. She has to tell the difference. Indeed, the scenery in the south is more pleasing to the eye. Huo Weilou has this heart, and Eunuch Fu can see it clearly. That's why he said listen with her.
After entering the study room, he saw Huo Weilou was writing a post at the back of the desk, his eyes filled with smiles when he saw her, he held her in his arms and taught her to write cursive.
Bo Ruoyou asked what was going on outside, Huo Weilou held her hand and wrote on the white proclamation, and said gently: "I didn't care about these at first, not to mention that there are all men in the mansion, and there is no difference between beautiful and ugly scenery. But in the future it will be different.”
The ink smudged through the back of the paper, and Bo Ruoyou looked at the words painted with silver hooks on the paper, and felt that the words were real, but when she looked back, she saw his gentle eyes, calm and majestic, which made people feel at ease.
Huo Weilou's original heart was like a lake, and it had nothing to do with lust and love, but she couldn't help her to look at her eyes. Her eyes were clear and lively, but now they were filled with thaumaturgy for no reason. He made her look uncontrollably. Putting his hands around her waist, it was not enough to hold her in his arms, and taking advantage of this position, he lowered his head to kiss her earballs.
Bo Ruoyou trembled violently as if being scalded, and felt half of her body go limp again.
Embarrassment climbed up her cheeks, and soon even the pinnae of her ears turned red, she pushed Huo Weilou angrily, but Huo Weilou's pupils became hot, he put down the pen dipped in thick ink, hugged her and sat in his arms He sat on the open chair behind him.
"It's just a touch..."
He got very close, leaned over again, and wanted to kiss him, but he hadn't met him yet, outside, Mr. Fu said fairly: "Master Hou, the head of the government office Wu is here, and he said he was here to find Youyou—"
Bo Ruoyou pushed him away in shock and stood up. Fortunately, Eunuch Fu didn't enter the door, so he didn't see the inappropriateness in the house.
She responded and walked out quickly, Huo Weilou followed out very dissatisfied.
Wu Xiang waited in the main hall, very anxious and a little scared. If it was not very important, he would not have dared to come to the Hou's mansion to find someone. Hearing the sound of footsteps, he turned around quickly and saw Bo Ruoyou walking out.
Bo Ruoyou is clearly an ordinary dress, but for some reason, Wu Xiang only feels that today's Bo Ruoyou is very good-looking, and he can't tell where it is so good-looking, so he said anxiously: "Xiao Bo, there is a case in the south of the city. Are you free for an autopsy right now?"
After the words finished, Huo Weilou also walked out, Wu Xiang hurriedly saluted, Huo Weilou asked: "What case is it?"
"It's someone who died in the garden of the King of Nan'an."
Hearing that it was the king of Nan'an County, Huo Weilou's eyes moved slightly, and he went to see Bo Ruoyou again. Naturally, Bo Ruoyou was going to have an autopsy, so Huo Weilou ordered people to prepare carriages and horses, "I'll go and have a look too."
Wu Xiang's heart raised his throat in an instant, Huo Weilou said in a low voice: "Don't worry, the Marquis and the County King are old friends too, just take care of him."
Wu Xiang wiped the sweat from his brow, and responded repeatedly.
Bo Ruoyou actually felt that there was no need to go to Huo Weilou, but she couldn't help it. After getting into the carriage, Bo Ruoyou had no choice but to say, "Master Hou will follow. Those who don't know will think that something big happened in the capital. I'm afraid the King of Nan'an himself will It's very strange, how could an ordinary homicide case work for Lord Marquis?"
"The King of Nan'an County is the only son of Prince Xian, and I'm also considered a cousin, so why can't I go?" He pinched Bo Ruoyou's cheek, feeling a bit apprehensive, "It can be seen that the case in the yamen is more important than mine, so I followed Are you all in the way?"
Bo Ruoyou smiled, "Master Hou knows that's not what I mean."
"Then you think it's too ostentatious for me to go with you?"
Bo Ruoyou didn't answer immediately, Huo Weilou raised his eyebrows, "This Marquis is going to show off."
The place where the crime happened was the Hundred Birds Garden. When the carriage stopped, Huo Weilou saw the plaque in the garden at a glance, and his eyes were full of surprise. He has a hobby of raising rare birds, and this garden is specially built for this purpose, he often invites people to come here to enjoy the scenery and amuse the birds, and there are many tricks of listening to music and singing operas, when it is lively, he sings every night."
Bo Ruoyou looked at him suspiciously, "Master Hou also came here to sing and sing every night?"
There was some smile in Huo Weilou's eyes, he snorted, and before he could answer, Zhao Yue came out in surprise, "Why did Lord Hou come here? In the past, I couldn't please you in every possible way—"
Huo Weilou glanced at Bo Ruoyou to show his innocence, Zhao Yue followed his gaze, and was even more surprised. Huo Weilou greeted him first, and then said that Bo Ruoyou was the author of the autopsy.
If this statement hadn't come from Huo Weilou, Zhao Yue would almost have thought that the government office was joking, because Bo Ruoyou described her appearance as beautiful and extraordinary, how could he look like a gangster in the government office who is with the dead
He sized up Bo Ruoyou for a moment before turning his eyes away. After all, the case was important. He immediately led the people to the depths of the garden. The attendants in the garden had been cleared away long ago. At this moment, there was no one on the path. After turning around a hibiscus forest, Huo Weilou and Huo Weilou Bo Ruoyou's expression changed slightly.
A few feet away, a hundred-year-old osmanthus tree stands majestically, and the osmanthus flowers are flourishing. Amid the rich fragrance of flowers, a young man dressed in colorful and gorgeous plumage is hanging under the branch.
His neck was crooked and his body was stiff. It was obvious that he had been hanged for a long time.
The rope used to hang the deceased was extremely thin, and blood was seen in the flesh, and it seemed to have strangled the neck of the deceased. Under the tree, a servant was building a wooden ladder. The treetops that collided with each other trembled, causing the corpse below to sway slightly. The sun was hanging high, and the feathers on the colorful clothes of the deceased shone with dazzling brilliance, like many living birds perched on them.