The moon lake was calm and calm, but Bo Ruoyou's words were like stones falling into the lake, causing ripples in Huo Weilou's heart. His eyes fell on her, and his eyes shone brightly, "How to lure him out?"
Bo Ruoyou said: "The murderer is hiding in the garden, maybe he is a servant in charge of cleaning, or a craftsman who trains and raises birds. Now every word and deed in the yamen is under the secret surveillance of the murderer. We are in the open, and the murderer is in the dark." , The most efficient way is for us to lure the murderer out, if we wait any longer, even if the murderer has no chance of committing the crime, he may escape."
Bo Ruoyou said while thinking, and then went to look at the dead sparrow in the cage, "The murderer has to make a lot of preparations if he wants to seek revenge in this way. Ye Fei was unprepared before, which made him succeed—if the murderer wants to seek revenge this time... If you want to murder someone, how would you do it?"
It is not easy to completely repeat the murder of the Zhao family members back then. Bo Ruoyou has examined many corpses and seen many cases. When deducing how the murderer committed the crime every time, he had to guess the murderer's motives, and then think about the murderer's motives. How to murder people step by step, so as to find the murderer's mistakes and omissions, and now, she also needs to use the murderer's perspective to make predictions.
"This method of harming people is quite vicious. If the murderer does this, he wants to see the victim die in pain. Therefore, he must first find the right time to control the target without dying. Or a sneak attack is the way, in addition, he has to find a handy tool, and it is not easy to smash the bones of the victim to make him die alive."
Bo Ruoyou looked at the Yacha who was standing not far away, frowned and said: "This is too difficult, there are Yacha in the garden to monitor now, if Liu Qing and two are released, they will definitely send more people, the murderer It’s not easy to do that.”
Huo Weilou listened to her whisper, with a pensive expression on his face, but he didn't continue, but said: "Liu Qing and the others, although they didn't know who died in Zhao's class back then, and who lived, but if The murderer was a survivor of the Zhao family class back then, how could they not recognize it? Even after more than ten years, the appearance of a person will not completely change, and none of the five of them recognized the murderer, which is a bit strange."
Bo Ruoyou's heart moved slightly, "I said earlier that most of the survivors of the Zhao family class had burns on their bodies. Do you want to search the garden based on this? If the search fails, maybe our suspicion is in the wrong direction. The survivors of the Zhao family class are indeed related to the case, but they are not the perpetrators."
It is not difficult to search the whole garden. If anyone is found with burns, he is the most suspected person. Hearing this, Wu Xiang also looked at Huo Weilou with burning eyes, as if as long as Huo Weilou nodded, he would go to arrest the person immediately.
However, Huo Weilou said: "Don't rush to search, the search now is equivalent to telling the murderer that we know about the fire in Zhaojiaban that year. If we can't find any evidence, we will startle the snake."
After a pause, Huo Weilou continued: "The murderer in this case is very thoughtful, and he used the blood sparrow as a foreshadowing, as if to say that we can't find him. I guess, as long as there are no obvious injuries on his body that make us suspect, Or, he has already thought of a countermeasure."
Bo Ruoyou thought that the murderer had deliberately nailed the coffin onto Song Zhongming's body to transfer the yamen to kill Ye Fei. She really felt that this person was very intelligent, and her heart sank, and she couldn't think of a comprehensive solution for a while. .
Seeing her serious eyes, Huo Weilou comforted her, "Don't worry too much, what you said makes sense, we can lure him out."
Bo Ruoyou's eyes filled with expectation, "How can we arrange it?"
Although Bo Ruoyou had this idea, he didn't have a foolproof plan for the time being, Huo Weilou raised the corners of his lips slightly, "The murderer is smart and cunning, and even more confident, it's not difficult to make good use of this point to make arrangements."
He looked at Wu Xiang, "Send people to strictly guard everyone in the garden, and bring Liu Qing and Chen Mo over after Sun Zhao's trial is over."
Wu Xiang responded, and called the yamen who had stayed in the garden to ask where the blood finch came from, the yamen said: "I have already asked, it is the blood finch raised in the garden, last night the blood finch was sent into the forest It was stocked, but it has never been taken back. This morning, a dead blood finch was found. The servants took the blood finch back to the cage and counted it, and indeed one was missing."
"The bird-training master said that these blood sparrows are spiritual, and they are easily frightened. Even if ordinary people enter the bird forest, it is difficult to catch them. They put the birds in the forest, and they did not expect the murderer to catch them again. Birds, and several masters who can tame birds, have testified from last night to this morning that they were not the ones who killed the blood finch."
Huo Weilou said in a deep voice, "The murderer can tame birds."
After he finished speaking, he looked at Bo Ruoyou again, "When you went to look at the file, besides the juggler surnamed Qian, do you have detailed records of the other two people who are alive?"
Bo Ruoyou shook her head, "No, there is no surname, only the first name, and it should be the name of the troupe."
Huo Weilou turned around and looked around, because something happened in the garden again, the servants did not dare to move around, the surrounding was quiet, his eyes suddenly flashed two points, as if it was only at this moment that he really understood the case. I'm fascinated.
"Looks like I have to meet those two people." He looked at Wu Xiang, "Keep a close eye on this garden, it's best to make sure it's not leaking."
Wu Xiang looked serious, "Master Hou, don't worry, not a single bird will be released!"
Huo Weilou glanced at the cage containing the dead bird again, took Bo Ruoyou away, got into the carriage, Bo Ruoyou looked at him earnestly, "Your Majesty is already thinking about it?"
Huo Weilou pulled her closer to him, "How do you know that I've been preoccupied?"
Bo Ruoyou tilted her head and looked at him for a moment, "I can't tell. Lord Hou always keeps his face, as if everything is planned. From my point of view, I feel that Lord Hou has a plan in mind."
Huo Weilou laughed lightly. Although she didn't do it deliberately, her words were full of trust and reliance, which made him quite satisfied. He took her into his arms and couldn't help but kiss her on the forehead, "Then if I say There is no plan, will you be disappointed?"
Bo Ruoyou put his hands on his shoulders and looked at him carefully, "Could it be that I was wrong? Although Master Hou didn't reveal it, but I have been with him for many days, and I can still feel that Master Hou came to go with me in the morning At the time of the yamen, the case hadn't been paid much attention to, as if it were an ordinary business, and it wasn't until a moment ago that Lord Hou took it seriously..."
Her black pupils were bright and clear, and her words were not concealed. Huo Weilou's eyes flashed for a moment, as if a little surprised, he leaned forward and met her eyes, "How do you tell?"
"For ordinary cases, Master Hou usually investigates and handles them, but this time the murderer is arrogant and astute, which makes Master Hou want to catch him even more."
Bo Ruoyou finished speaking hesitantly, feeling that some words did not convey the meaning. Huo Weilou has always spared no effort in tolerance, but for a person like him, the more cunning and ruthless the opponent is, the more it can arouse his emotions. The slightest difference is not obvious at all. In the past, she might not have been able to see it, but now she unconsciously sets her eyes on him, so she can always perceive his strangeness more keenly.
Huo Weilou let out a low laugh from his throat, and couldn't help but rubbed her lips a few times, there was no desire in his eyes, on the contrary, he was a little satisfied, when he parted, he just held her in his arms very cherishingly, " There is indeed a plan."
Although he had a plan, Huo Weilou didn't go into details, when he arrived at the yamen, Sun Zhao happened to have finished interrogating Chen Mo, and seeing Huo Weilou and Bo Ruoyou came back, Sun Zhao said: "The interrogation of Chen Mo is almost the same as what Liu Qing said. "
"Banzhu Zhao and his wife have no children, and they have taught many apprentices. After arriving in the capital from the south, at first they relied on Chaozhou zaju to attract some guests, and they also made money. Then the couple began to adopt apprentices, and all of them were homeless. In those two years, there were frequent droughts in the Northwest, and many refugees came to the capital, and the dozen or so children they adopted were almost all homeless refugees."
"The few of them stayed in the theater troupe for three years, learning juggling and juggling, and on weekdays, they also treated Mr. Zhao as their master, but after three years, the troupe gradually couldn't make ends meet, and it was impossible to raise so many children, so Mr. Zhao Let a few older ones leave the theater troupe to make a living by themselves. They had learned a lot of physical skills at that time, and they were not useless when they went out, but they didn't expect that the first theater troupe to go to them would torture them It's enough."
"This tone fell on Team Leader Zhao who abandoned them. Chen Mo said that the benefactor Liu Qing mentioned was true, and there was indeed a Bodhisattva Sutra. It was on the pier at that time. They eat food and silver, and they don't need them to work for him, but they listened to the lecture for half a day, Chen Mo said that he didn't like this way, and didn't listen to what was said in it."
"After the benefactor left, the other people became even more angry with Leader Zhao. After a final discussion, they returned to the capital and killed all the members of the Zhao family's class. The stone medicine that poisoned rats was bought in a grocery store, because it was not counted. It’s cheap, and there’s very little to buy, and they’re from Zhao’s class, so they’re naturally very familiar with the surroundings, so it’s not difficult to prescribe the medicine.”
"The murder was directed by Jiang Xing, who was the first to die. He is in his twenties now, and he was eleven years old at the time. He was the oldest of several children. He respected that benefactor very much, and he also said about retribution for sins. Yes, they killed five people, and they all used different methods, so it seems that they got different retribution."
"Because they were refugees, they suffered a lot on the road, and watched their relatives die one by one. Dian'er prostituted women, and those who stuttered were beaten to death. In short, although they are young, they have seen it. Quite a few, in the Zhao family class, they also learned kung fu and used swords, so killing people is not very difficult for them, and more importantly, they felt that killing Zhao class leader and others was because they listened to the words of the Bodhisattva , will be blessed by the Bodhisattva."
Sun Zhao took a breath, and said again: "Now I don't know if they are trying to get rid of it, or it was true at the time. After killing a few people, they became afraid, so they finally decided to light a fire. They would be burned to death by the fire, which would be regarded as destroying the corpses. The next day, they escaped from the city and hid in the village outside the city for two days. I left Luozhou, and then went to the theater again."
"The few years in Luozhou were also very difficult. I felt that I could find prosperity in the capital, so the brothers separated and returned to the capital. They went to the theater to paint boats, and pretended not to know each other." Sun Zhao shook his head and said: "If you don't listen They testified so well that it's unbelievable that they were kids when these things happened."
After Huo Weilou and Bo Ruoyou listened, the last trace of doubt in their hearts was resolved. They were all adopted by Leader Zhao at the age of seven or eight. The seven or eight-year-old children have already begun to understand the world. They are used to seeing the suffering in the world, and they want to survive in their hearts. Their instincts are greater than their thoughts of good and evil. Leader Zhao saved their lives. They didn't know how to be grateful. On the contrary, after three years of good life, when they suffered again, they turned the humiliation and pain in their hearts into resentment towards Leader Zhao. , plus the so-called Bodhisattva scriptures, they did evil with peace of mind.
Huo Weilou looked at Bo Ruoyou: "What are the names of the two mentioned in the file?"
"One is called Brother Yu, and the other is called Brother Hua." Bo Ruoyou remembered it very clearly, but it seemed that Team Leader Zhao had chosen such a name, and it was left in the market, and there were many people with this name.
Huo Weilou looked at Sun Zhao, "Go and ask Liu Qing and the two of them, plus Master Qian, how old and what they looked like back then, and what are their obvious characteristics."
Sun Zhao took the order to leave, while Huo Weilou told the embroiderer next to him, "Let Luke come and see me."
As the embroiderer left, Bo Ruoyou thought of Lu Ke's ability to imitate other people's voices, her eyes rolled, wondering if Huo Weilou would use a similar method.
Sun Zhao came out very quickly, holding a confession in his hand and handing it to Huo Weilou. Huo Weilou took it in his hand and looked at it, his eyes suddenly revealed, "This guy named Hua was seven years old, but the guy named Yu They are only four years old, and Master Qian is thirty-one, and the three of them are all ordinary-looking, without any traces of scars, birthmarks, etc. Seeing you now, most of them can only recognize Master Qian."
The seven or eight-year-old boy saw his bones for the first time, but the four-year-old child still looked like a doll. After fourteen years, if these two people appeared in front of their eyes, it would be Yu Geer who was the least likely to be recognized.
Huo Weilou showed the certificate to Bo Ruoyou, and after a while told Sun Zhao, "Get ready. When it gets dark, send Liu Qing and Chen Mo back to the Bird Garden, and keep them under strict supervision."
Sun Zhao opened his mouth, but Huo Weilou didn't explain, so he had no choice but to ask the yamen to send Liu Qing and Liu Qing back to the Bird Garden.
Liu Qing and Chen Mo in the cell were very desperate after confessing, but they never thought of sending them back to the Bird Garden. Thinking that there was a murderer who came to seek revenge in the Bird Garden, they shuddered. Jiang Xing, Yu Xun and Ye Fei, the three died more miserable than the other. They would rather be convicted in prison than suffer that pain.
But they have no room for bargaining.
At sunset, Wu Xiang came back from the Bird Garden. He had arranged manpower in the Bird Garden, and together with Sun Zhao escorted Liu Qing and Chen Mo back to the Bird Garden.
Huo Weilou was not in a hurry, when Lu Ke arrived at the yamen, he explained to him in detail for a while, and soon, Lu Ke rushed to the yamen with a few embroidered clothes envoys.
Bo Ruoyou didn't know what Huo Weilou's plan was, seeing that it was already getting late, Huo Weilou was calmly going to send her home, seeing this, she became more and more sure that Huo Weilou had a perfect plan.
The carriage rattled and moved, and Bo Ruoyou couldn't bear it any longer, so she asked, "What exactly is Hou Ye planning?"
Huo Weilou beckoned to her, and Bo Ruoyou leaned closer, he hugged her waist and whispered in his ear, Bo Ruoyou could only feel the heat from his lips making her ears itch, when he finished speaking, she Half of her body was numb, but what he said really surprised her, so she didn't care about that much, "Is this method really feasible?"
Huo Weilou laughed, "Do you believe me?"
Bo Ruoyou quickly shook her head, "Of course not, it's just that the murderer is cunning, if he doesn't give in..."
"Cunning, but also in a hurry, he won't be able to wait long." Huo Weilou stared at Bo Ruoyou's blushing earballs, and almost wanted to stretch out his hands to tease them, but he held back, and said, "If you don't believe me, then Make a bet with me."
"Huh? What are you betting on?" Bo Ruoyou followed him and asked.
Huo Weilou's eyes became unpredictable, and Bo Ruoyou felt an ominous premonition in her heart, she immediately changed her words: "I believe, I believe in Lord Hou, I can't believe it anymore—"
Her trip made Huo Weilou laugh, he shook his head and stopped teasing her.
After sending her to the gate of the mansion, Huo Weilou left.
Bo Ruoyou kept thinking about what Huo Weilou said at night, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that Huo Weilou had carefully figured out the murderer's mind, and the more he felt that his arrangements were very thorough, so he rested in peace.
In the early morning of the second day, Bo Ruoyou thought that the few corpses were still in Yizhuang and had not undergone a final inspection, so after breakfast, he went straight to Yizhuang.
When we arrived at Yizhuang, the sun was already high in the sky. Bo Ruoyou entered the door, but saw Hu Changqing was in Yizhuang. After asking, he found out that the weather was turning cold, and Uncle Kun in Shouyizhuang had wind pain in his legs and feet. It's unbearable, Hu Changqing came today to get the leg ointment for Uncle Kun.
Bo Ruoyou didn't expect him to have such a heart, but she was a little moved.
When Hu Changqing saw Bo Ruoyou coming to inspect the bones, he thought that Wu Xiang did not let him do the autopsy in this case, so he wanted to leave to avoid suspicion, but before leaving, Bo Ruoyou called him back, "You know what you are doing to the bones. Law?"
Hu Changqing was a little confused, "What is the method of steaming bones?"
That's why I don't know, Bo Ruoyou then said: "If Hu Yuzuo doesn't know, you can stay and help me a little bit. If there is a need for a bone test during the autopsy, Hu Wuzuo will know it himself."
This is to teach him! This flattered Hu Changqing, and he felt quite embarrassed when he thought of all the previous incidents.
The bones were placed in the backyard, and the bones were steamed to dig out a hole in the earth. Bo Ruoyou asked Uncle Kun to point out a slope not far from Yizhuang, and told the yamen who stayed in Yizhuang how to dig the hole. Help, just sent the bones to the cave, Bo Ruoyou asked Zhou Liang to find strong wine, explained every step to Hu Changqing, Hu Changqing held his breath, and spent twelve minutes remembering, so busy for most of the time On the 1st, the inspection of the five skeletons was just finished.
This method of steaming the bones is to identify the blood stains on the aged corpses, so as to determine the fatal injuries. After some inspection, the results are no different from what Bo Ruoyou deduced. This is the first time Hu Changqing has seen such a method of bone inspection. Bo Ruoyou was generous enough to teach her again, and I was very grateful from the bottom of my heart, and I respected Bo Ruoyou even more than before.
Bo Ruoyou didn't realize what was going on, it's not a job to rely on unique skills to make a living, one more person with superb skills can save a few souls, why not do it, she wrote the inspection certificate in Yizhuang before going to the Yamen go.
Sun Zhao was handling other official duties in the yamen. Bo Ruoyou handed in the inspection certificate and asked about the matter of the Bird Garden. Now he knew that the Embroidery Envoy had taken over the case of the Bird Garden. Assisting in the garden, but there is no other news to send back, Bo Ruoyou is suspicious in his heart, after leaving the Yamen, he thinks about going to the Bird Garden.
When they arrived at the Bird Garden, they saw that the garden gate was closed tightly, Bo Ruoyou called the door, the Yamen's servant saw that it was her, and immediately invited her in, Wu Xiangben was patrolling the garden, and came out after a while.
When she asked about the arrangement in the garden, Wu Xiang said: "Don't worry, the murderer will never take advantage of it. I brought twenty people to stay here, and the Marquis also sent an embroidered envoy. Now Liu Qing and Chen Mo are beside you." Keeping people watching, other people can't see them, and they have to check the food delivery, I really can't think of how the murderer will do it."
At this point, he thought of something again and said: "Also, didn't that person smash the bird to death? Right now all the weapons, axes and hammers in the garden have been taken away, including the copper hammers and swords used for singing. Let's go, the murderer will not really lift a stone to hit people."
"But..." Wu Xiang frowned slightly, "But I don't understand what Hou Ye's arrangement is. We are so close, even though the murderer can't get in touch with the target victim, it will only suppress the murderer, but We can't force him to show his feet, the yamen has other errands, so delay, will the gain not be worth the loss? There are also embroidered clothes envoys, they all enter the garden in ordinary clothes, but they don't patrol the garden, it seems that they have other plans."
Today is a sunny day, the scorching sun above the head dispelled the coolness of early winter, Bo Ruoyou even felt that standing under the sun was a bit scorching, she comforted Wu Xiang, "Your Majesty ordered you to guard against death, don't let the murderer take pictures of the bird If you want to kill my son, you just do it, trust Lord Hou."
Wu Xiang scratched her head, "Of course I believe it, but I just don't understand it. Lord Hou didn't let us control everyone too much. Maybe it's because there are too many yamen left behind in the garden. Everyone feels very stable. In the past two days, the No more worrying about it."
Bo Ruoyou raised her lips, "After all, there is a murderer around, and everyone is very afraid. Now that there are more yamen servants, everyone feels protected. Naturally, they are not as invincible as before."
Bo Ruoyou's trust in Huo Weilou also reassured Wu Xiang. Bo Ruoyou didn't want to disturb them, and soon left the Bird Garden. She took a carriage and went straight to Wu Zhaohou's mansion, wanting to see Huo Weilou at this moment. doing what.
When he arrived at Hou's Mansion, Huo Weilou was drinking medicine, the poison he had suffered earlier was very slow to be removed, so the wounds were always recurring, Cheng Yunzhi was afraid that he would be at the root of the disease, so he added another prescription.
She told Huo Weilou about the situation in the garden, and he was relieved after listening, Bo Ruoyou asked him, "How long do you think Hou Ye will have to wait?"
At this time, it was dusk, the afterglow filled the sky, the sunset glow spread across the sky like wildfire, and it seemed like colorful dyes splashed on it, Huo Weilou said: "The magician of Qin Tianjian said that the weather has been good in the past few days, I guess four After five days, there will always be a result."
Bo Ruoyou thought about it for a while, and felt it was very reasonable, but neither she nor Huo Weilou thought about it, but after waiting for three days, the murderer couldn't hold back anymore.