It was halfway through the time of Shen, when the news came out from the palace, the attendants sent out came back and reported: "The county lord, father-in-law, Lord Hou was temporarily kept in the palace. Uncle Zhongyi said that it was because he didn't want to leave Princess Anyang and Feng Yu. His Majesty and the Queen Mother were very grateful for keeping his body by their side. Just now, His Majesty sent someone to Uncle Zhongyi's ancestral mausoleum, intending to quietly move the remains of Princess Anyang and Feng Yu into the ancestral mausoleum tonight. Uncle Zhongyi has already agreed. "
Bo Ruoyou and Fu An looked at each other, she was surprised: "So Uncle Zhongyi has not been suspected?"
"I don't know about this yet. I only know that the Empress Dowager went to see His Majesty after noon, and after she didn't know what to say, she sent someone to the ancestral mausoleum of Uncle Zhongyi. If she wanted to move the remains, she had to dig up the ancestral tomb. Most of them were afraid of Uncle Zhongyi. The people in the palace will attract attention if they move, but the people in the palace go quietly, without anyone noticing."
Bo Ruoyou frowned, "Is there any movement in Uncle Zhongyi's mansion?"
The attendant shook his head, "No, everything is as usual."
Bo Ruoyou nodded, and when the attendant retreated, she was full of puzzlement. Seeing this, Fu'an comforted her and said, "Don't worry, wait for Master Hou to come back. He already has a ghost in his heart for what he's doing. As long as we continue to investigate, we will always find out." Evidence can be found."
Bo Ruoyou felt a little anxious in his heart, "Uncle Zhongyi burned himself and erased the scars, even if I came forward to testify, it would be useless, and he burned the alchemy room, most likely because he wanted to bury the underground palace by chance, as for the gold in the alchemy furnace Silver is probably the evidence of the smelting crime, if he burns the Buddha treasure, there is really nothing to do with him."
Fu An's eyes were also full of embarrassment, "Then what should I do?"
Bo Ruoyou calculated carefully, "He erased the scars and destroyed the Buddhist treasures. It is uncertain whether the scene where the children were murdered was in Zhuangzi. Even if they were there, after many years, most of them would not leave traces..."
Mr. Fu said fairly: "He buried the underground palace, but still kept the remains of Princess Anyang and Feng Yu, but this is not a serious crime compared to murder."
"He committed the murder in order to bring Princess Anyang and Feng Yu back to life. Naturally, he would not destroy the remains. Now we only need to admit that he did not bury Princess Anyang and Feng Yu in the ancestral mausoleum back then. Your Majesty and the Queen Mother feel that he is right. Princess Anyang loves deeply, as long as he doesn't do anything harmful, I don't think he will be blamed."
Bo Ruoyou pondered for a while: "Li Shen believed in a cult and had already murdered Wen Jin. If we can find evidence that he and Uncle Zhongyi have known each other for a long time, the suspicion of Uncle Zhongyi will be even greater."
Uncle Loyalty often appears in the eyes of the world with an appearance of indifference to fame and fortune. If he is involved with a murderer who believes in a cult, he will naturally become more suspicious. If you want to move the body, then Master Sun and Lu Ke will not be able to investigate it any longer."
Bo Ruoyou was not wrong, and it took only two cups of tea. She didn't wait until Huo Weilou came back, instead she waited for Sun Zhao and Lu Ke. He also brought two bamboo baskets by his side, which were full of black charcoal lumps, and upon closer inspection, they were somewhat gold and silver in color.
Lu Ke pointed to the "charcoal block" in the frame and said: "Master, these are all taken out of the alchemy furnace. Uncle Zhongyi melted something, we couldn't tell for a while, and the palace sent someone to Zhuangzi According to the upload, we had no choice but to come back first, and bring these things back together to see if we can find anything."
Bo Ruoyou said hard work, Eunuch Fu hurriedly ordered people to bring hot water and meals, everyone washed up a bit, and after eating again, they began to look for clues in the pile of gold and silver, Bo Ruoyou discussed with Sun Zhao and Wu Xiang, " The Feiyun Temple was investigated by the yamen that day, when did Uncle Zhongyi start offering incense in the Feiyun Temple?"
Wu Xiang personally went to investigate this, so he naturally remembers it clearly, "It has been many years, at least twenty years, because Old Zhongyi also had the habit of believing in faith, and there are several Taoist temples outside the city. Uncle’s generation first followed his father to visit Taoist temples, and later the old Zhongyi uncle passed away, and he was also quite kind, and he was never stingy with sesame oil and money.”
Most of the aristocratic families in the capital have the habit of believing in Buddhism, which is quite common, but thinking that Uncle Zhongyi may have had the opportunity to get acquainted with Li Shen long ago, she always felt strange in her heart, Li Shen was pushed out to take the blame, so this method of death , Did he tell Uncle Zhongyi, or Uncle Zhongyi told him
And Wang Qingfu was a Jinshi in the 12th year of Jianhe, if Feng Qin really helped him...
wrong…
Bo Ruoyou frowned violently. The Princess Anyang and Feng Yu hadn't passed away in the twelfth year of Jianhe. Why would Feng Qin help Wang Qingfu who had nothing to do with him at this time
The old question has not been solved yet, and the new mystery has covered the way like a mist. Bo Ruoyou feels a little panic in his heart. At this moment, the attendant outside hurriedly came to report, "Master Hou is back!"
Everyone's hearts were lifted, and they all went out to greet them. Soon, they saw Huo Weilou striding forward with a cold expression on his face, followed by Ning Xiao with the same serious expression behind him.
Seeing Lu Ke, Sun Zhao and others returning, Huo Weilou was not surprised. He stepped forward and met Bo Ruoyou's eyes for a moment, then asked about the results of the search outside the city. Lu Ke followed them into the house, "I didn't find the key As for clues, the subordinates of Princess Anyang and Feng Yu roughly looked at the corpses. There were no obvious wounds or deformations. Nothing was found, and when the people in the palace went to Zhuangzi to send a message, the subordinates brought back the things they took out of the pill furnace to see if they could find anything."
Huo Weilou nodded, and after taking off his cloak, he said, "The news from Huai'an has arrived, there are some new doubts, please listen."
The word Huai'an attracted Bo Ruoyou's attention, and Ning Xiao stepped forward and said, "Our people found Zhao Qianshan and asked about Wang Qingfu's entrance into an official. After almost twenty years, he still remembered, according to him He said that it was Feng Qin who found him back then and ordered his subordinates to let Wang Qingfu go. At that time, Zhao Qianshan was just the head of the official department and did not dare to act rashly, but Feng Qin was the loyal prince and good son-in-law, and in the early years, the loyal prince treated them like Huai'an. It is helpful to have many students, so he is willing to take risks."
"Furthermore, he said that the reason why he was willing to take risks was because Feng Qin told him that Wang Qingfu came from an official clan and was quite famous in Qiangzhou, but he ended up miserable only because he was implicated. He also said that Wang Qingfu was indifferent, not chasing fame. Those who seek profit, even if they enter the six departments, will go to Qinggui Yamen, and will never attract people's suspicion and investigation. At that time, he didn't know what Qinggui Yamen was, but he didn't want Wang Qingfu to enter the Ministry of Rites first, and he went to Taichang Temple not long after. He was relieved."
If Wang Qingfu showed his sharpness, he would naturally attract people's envy. If he were to be impeached from a family of criminal officials, it would probably affect his official career. Zhao Qianshan would not be able to get rid of his involvement at that time, but it would be much safer for him to go to a government office like Taichang Temple .
Hearing this, Bo Ruoyou couldn't help asking: "Master Hou, what did the palace say? Do you really not doubt Uncle Loyalty?"
Huo Weilou said solemnly: "If there is no evidence for your Majesty's words, peace is the most important thing."
There is indeed no direct evidence at the moment, but Bo Ruoyou's doubts a moment ago seem to have an answer, "Hou Ye, Uncle Zhongyi came to Zhao Qianshan in the twelfth year of Jianhe, which shows that he had the intention to support Wang Qingfu at that time, and He also wanted Wang Qingfu to go to a leisurely place according to his wishes, what's more, he had already thought about letting Wang Qingfu go to Taichang Temple."
"I also thought the same way when I heard Zhao Qianshan's words." Huo Weilou frowned, "It was the twelfth year of Jianhe, Princess Anyang and the loyal Bo Qinse were in harmony, and Feng Yu hadn't died of illness yet. Their family is harmonious and harmonious, and Feng Qin has long since given up his official career and seems to be living a life of idleness, but he secretly helped Wang Qingfu."
Bo Ruoyou's heart beat faster, "Wang Qingfu was implicated, and his official career should have been bumpy, but later he stayed in Beijing as an official. Uncle Zhongyi was his great benefactor. If Uncle Zhongyi had reported to support him at that time, and then let him take advantage of it." The thought of helping him make profits because of his position..."
Huo Weilou made a final decision, "It is very likely that before Princess Anyang and Feng Yu died, he started to be infected with the cult."
Before Anyang and Feng Yu died, they were infected with cults, and then their beloved wife and eldest son died of illness one after another within a short period of time. Unable to withstand such a blow, they naturally became demons in their hearts, and they had the idea of committing crimes.
But Bo Ruoyou felt a little embarrassed, "But Anyang and Feng Yu hadn't passed away at that time, if you just read some evil teachings and had evil thoughts, can you find a way to put people in the court? The Taichang Temple is in charge Tian Family Ancestral Temple etiquette and sacrifice, and what he wanted at that time was not to bring Anyang mother and son back to life, so he should not have made such an arrangement."
Huo Weilou fell silent, even if he had evil thoughts, he never took risks for these evil thoughts in the first place, how could Feng Qin be so foresight at that time
Unless at that time, he will have a goal that is difficult to achieve, and he has planned how to use Wang Qingfu.
"Perhaps Feng Qin's belief in the art of death is not for others, but for himself."
Huo Weilou's voice was heavy, and this remark coincided with Bo Ruoyou's deepest guess. She felt a chill running down her spine, but felt the mist clear in front of her eyes. The time of offering incense is very early, so it is very likely that he knew Li Shen very early, but he has not shown himself for many years."
Overturning Feng Qin's guess that Anyang and Feng Yu fell into evil ways, Bo Ruoyou's heart was blank for a moment, "But if it wasn't for the resurrection of Anyang and Feng Yu, why didn't he let Anyang and Feng Yu be buried properly?"
Huo Weilou glanced out of the window, it was dusk, dark clouds were covering the city, thinking of Feng Qin's pretentious appearance in Zhaoyang Palace today, he said coldly: "If you don't let them be buried, you will be excused today."
Huo Weilou's words made Bo Ruoyou's heart tremble, Feng Qin was obsessed with cultivating Taoism, and he was born with demons, or he needed someone in the court, or he really had the idea of Buddha treasure, and he could spend several years supporting Wang Qingfu, but He has committed crimes year after year, and he may have guessed that the day he will be discovered, so he wants to use the remains of his wife and children as a cover? !
If Feng Qin really had such thoughts, how unpredictable would this person be? Back then, when Princess Anyang married Feng Qin with great joy, might she have thought that the person who shared the same bed would have such a heart
"Can he really have such thoughts?"
People's hearts are unpredictable, Bo Ruoyou has seen many vicious and vicious people, but it is probably because Feng Qin treats Anyang Princess with deep affection and preconceived ideas, and she doesn't want Feng Qin to have such a heart right now.
Huo Weilou didn't know what she was thinking. Thinking of going to the Zhuangzi outside the city to attend Feng Qin's words and deeds last night, he became more and more sure that this person's city is extremely deep, "Only because he was able to come to the Marquis's mansion in person that day and tell us the art of death, this person's mind is not good. Ordinary people can reach it, if he had a little bit of fear back then, he would try to get us to find someone else, but he came to the door by himself."
Not only did Bo Ruoyou have a chill, but Lu Ke and Ning Xiao's expressions changed. Sun Zhao and Wu Xiang looked at each other. They had dealt with Uncle Zhongyi before, and they used to think that he was immoral and indifferent to fame and fortune, but now Feeling scared.
Sun Zhao sighed, "Although we haven't found any direct clues on Zhuangzi this time, as long as we continue to investigate, it's not hopeless."
Huo Weilou said: "Tonight, the remains of the princess and Feng Yu will be removed for burial. Uncle Zhongyi is injured and will stay in the city to recuperate. Two days later, the eminent monks of Xiangguo Temple will be invited to perform ritual rituals for them. Neither the Queen Mother nor His Majesty have ever Punish Uncle Zhongyi, but I also feel that his obsession is too deep and goes against ethics, so he is not allowed to continue to practice Taoism."
Murdered so many children, can it be regarded as punishment if they don't practice Taoism
Bo Ruoyou suddenly sensed Feng Qin's brilliance, and knew that the government might re-investigate Guilan's case, so he proposed a scapegoat with compound conditions first. If he really substituted for the crime, he would rest easy forever. If it is successful, it may not necessarily be found on him, but if it is found, maybe the underground palace cannot be found, and even if the underground palace is found, it is just a harmless mistake because of too much affection.
With this cover and erasing the iron evidence, he will never be the murderer.
The sky darkened outside the window, and the house was also a bit dark. Bo Ruoyou's mood at this moment was as dim as the sky.
"We still need to find the Wen Po from back then. Yuan Jie is far away in the northwest, and the news has not been sent back. If it can be confirmed that Yue Mingquan's promotion in the Zhenxi Army is also related to Feng Qin, then at least it can prove that the two people he helped happened to be related to Feng Qin. It is related to the case of the lost Buddhist treasure in Famen Temple, His Majesty is not a faint-hearted person, so he naturally understands that there are many mysteries in it."
Huo Weilou's words were to tell everyone, but his eyes fell on Bo Ruoyou, "Uncle Loyalty now knows that we suspect him, but he thinks that he has handled everything properly and everything will be fine, so he will lose his guard."
After finishing speaking, he looked at Lu Ke, "It's getting late, go and check the gold and silver items brought back first, Sun Zhao and the people from the yamen go back and rest."
As soon as the words were finished, the attendant said outside: "Master Hou, Ming Court Zheng and Young Master Ming have arrived."
The victim of the first case back then was Ming Guilan, and the embroidered clothes envoy entered Zhongyi Bobie Village last night, and today the Queen Mother was alarmed. Come on, it's not surprising.
Huo Weilou ordered his attendants to invite their father and son to enter, and the two of them walked all the way, only to see that the servants of the Hou's government office and the embroidered clothes envoys were all exhausted, so they knew that there was really a big move last night, and when they arrived at the main hall, they saw Sun Zhao and Wu Xiang. Now, I can't help but look forward to it.
After saluting and sitting down, Huo Weilou told the truth, when he heard that the murderer was not caught, both Ming Guilan and his son were a little disappointed.
Ming Zhonghuai sighed, "I should have thought it would not be so easy, but is it really Feng Qin?"
Naturally, Huo Weilou would not elaborate, but he would not deny it either, "There is no key evidence yet."
Ming Zhonghuai is so insightful, and Huo Weilou has always kept his promises. His answer like this almost convicts Feng Qin. His eyes trembled slightly, and he took a moment to accept this answer, and then fell into a certain kind of memory , "It could be him. Previously, Guilan helped Lord Hou and the County Lord to buy a house outside the city. I heard what he said, saying that it was done by a close family in the city. I still didn't believe it, but I didn't expect that there were so many contacts. people."
Huo Weilou's heart moved slightly when he heard the words, "Guilan said that you had some contacts with the uncle's house in the early years, so do you know about the Anyang princess's blood collapse after giving birth? Did you also go to the princess' funeral? Feng Qin looks at it Is there anything unusual about it?"
Ming Zhonghuai didn't know why Huo Weilou asked Princess Anyang, but now that he knew that Feng Qin was the murderer of his son's life, he naturally recalled it with all his heart, and he practiced medicine since he was a child, and he especially remembered things related to illnesses deeply "I know about this matter. When Princess Anyang gave birth to the second son, she was pregnant very hard. The delivery was quite difficult. At that time, there was indeed a bloody collapse, which alarmed the palace. The queen mother sent a doctor to save her life. At that time, it was said that he had been rescued, but after the imperial doctor left, the princess still didn't insist on it, and then he went to the funeral naturally."
Ming Zhonghuai squinted his eyes. He is a doctor. When he talked about the patient's death, he should have compassion, but he thought of Feng Qin's evil, but felt that this might be Feng Qin's retribution. "Their husband and wife were always loving and beautiful at that time Famous, Anyang princess passed away after giving birth, Feng Qin was quite sad, he seemed to have lost his soul, not only ignored the newborn son, even the eldest son who was infected with the epidemic was only let his servants take care of it, it is precisely because of this, Feng Qin The eldest son of the family died of illness due to improper care."
"When the eldest son died of illness, the head of Anyang County had not passed the first seven days. Naturally, Feng Qin was dealt a heavy blow. He buried the eldest son hastily and was devastated. He closed the door to thank guests for three full months. After three months, he changed. Seeking the truth as a person.”
At this point, Ming Zhonghuai glanced at Ming Guilan, still unwilling, "Speaking of the movement between the two prefectures back then, it was also because the Anyang County Lord was pregnant with the eldest son, and it was quite difficult due to his frailty. At that time, it was my father who took good care of the princess, so that the princess gave birth to the child smoothly. The child's birthday was quite auspicious, and he was smart and quick-witted at a young age. Huiji will be hurt, it is a destiny to die young."
Ming Zhonghuai couldn't help but look at Ming Guilan's legs, "Feng Qin was very grateful to my father at that time. Although the Ming family was not a marquis, it was also a doctor for generations, and it was not considered clinging to the two families. Later, Feng Qin devoted himself to seeking the Tao. In the past two years, I had less contact with the surrounding families, and now I have less time to walk around with our family, but I didn't expect that he would set his mind on Guilan."
Thinking that the young master of the Bo family was also killed by him, Ming Zhonghuai looked at Bo Ruoyou with a bit of compassion, but those who knew the circumstances of the case, such as Bo Ruoyou and Huo Weilou, felt a little strange.
Everyone in the world thought that Feng Qin's single-minded pursuit of the Tao came after the violent death of his wife and eldest son, but various signs showed that he was very likely to have changed his mind before that, and his actions of supporting Wang Qingfu were not planning for the resurrection of Anyang.
Bo Ruoyou carefully discerned whether Feng Qin's changes after the death of Anyang and Feng Yu were true or not, but suddenly, she looked at Ming Zhonghuai with a strange expression, "Mingyuan just said that the birthday of the eldest son of the Feng family is very auspicious. ?”
Ming Zhonghuai nodded, "The eldest son of the Feng family is the same age as Lord Hou. At that time, he was worried about giving birth, so he invited my father to sit in the mansion, so my father knew the eldest son's birthday, which was an extremely rare three-year birthday in that year. The number of yang, it is said that people with this birthday will be born with more blessings than others—”
Before Ming Zhonghuai finished speaking, Bo Ruoyou's expression changed, "The number of three suns?"
Without waiting for Ming Zhonghuai to nod, she looked at Huo Weilou, and Huo Weilou immediately straightened his back, "I really remember correctly? Is it the number of three suns?"
At this moment, Ming Zhonghuai not only nodded, but also sighed bitterly: "I don't remember wrongly, because Guilan's birth date was also said in the same way, but there is no extra blessing, but it is just the words of the magician. "
Bo Ruoyou's fingers tightly tucked in his sleeves are tightly knit together, and there are three suns. Although these birthdays are rare, there are hundreds of thousands of people in the capital, and there are not a few babies born on the same day every year. In this case, the murderer all chose those with auspicious life expectancy. This was the case for Ming Guilan, Bo Lanzhou, and the other murdered children, except for Wen Jin.
However, Bo Ruoyou knew for the first time that Feng Qin's eldest son, Feng Yu, was also born on this birthday, and her voice suddenly became a little difficult, "Shicaiyuan said that Feng's eldest son was infected with the epidemic, and the servants did not take care of him properly. died of illness?"
"That's right. There was a famine that year. In winter, many victims wandered outside the city, and plagues arose. Those plagues were similar to typhoid fever, but they were extremely difficult to cure. Some servants of the uncle's mansion went out to visit the city and accidentally brought them back. The other adults in the uncle's house are fine, but the eldest son was infected, and he was ill for a month and couldn't be cured."
"Fever, sore throat, lack of water, coughing and coughing up blood. It was quite torture. At that time, there were imperial physicians visiting the mansion for consultation. Others were busy with the funeral of the princess. Some people were afraid that they would be infected, so they naturally neglected it." Take care, I should have called the imperial physician as soon as I had a fever, but the servant was negligent, and then the child continued to have a high fever, coughed until the blood stained his clothes, and finally passed away."
Huo Weilou understood why Bo Ruoyou asked this question, and he also had countless questions in his heart, "Feng Yu died of illness at that time, did anyone see it with his own eyes?"
"There are two people who are in charge of taking care of the children, a nanny and a maidservant. Feng Qin was furious at the time, and he directly executed the two of them without escorting them to the government. The young one was not a domestic slave, but an unsigned buyer. For this reason, the family members came here and almost made a fuss with the government, but they were suppressed later, few people in the government knew about the specific situation, and neither did the lower officials, and I heard about it intermittently later on.”
Huo Weilou's phoenix eyes sank, "Have you seen the child's body?"
"No." Ming Zhonghuai said: "The first seven days of the princess have not passed, it is impossible to hold a funeral for the child, so I did the ritual in the small courtyard, and then buried it next to the new grave of the princess."
The second slave was killed with a stick, and this incident has passed for more than ten years. If you go to the mansion to ask the old man to ask questions at this time, you may not be able to ask anything, but Feng Yu's death sounds strange, so Huo Weilou and Bo Ruoyou A terrible guess emerged from the bottom of their hearts. They looked out the window, and the night had already fallen. At this time, the villa outside the city must have been preparing to remove the remains of Anyang and Feng Yu.
Bo Ruoyou kept calculating the possibility of the guess being true, the more she thought about it, the colder she felt in her heart, but at this moment, Huo Weilou stood up decisively, "Maybe this child didn't die of illness."
He turned his eyes to look at Bo Ruoyou, "It's still too late to stop him now, if someone is buried, it will be impossible to open a museum and dig a grave."
Bo Ruoyou couldn't bear it any longer, and because of Huo Weilou's decision, she decided, "Okay, I'll get the autopsy box first."
Huo Weilou ordered his attendants to pick it up, and ordered Lu Ke to immediately take his warrant to stop the person who moved the corpse in a villa outside the city. Ming Zhonghuai and Ming Guilan did not react to this moment of change, but Sun Zhao was the big one. Surprised, "Master Hou suspects that Feng Yu was murdered? But... But he is Feng Qin's parent and son, and we have no evidence right now, so maybe we can verify it?"
Huo Weilou's eyes turned cold, "He is the son of the uncle's mansion, so he cannot be tested, but if he is the victim in this case, then he can be tested!"
When the sky fell, there was Huo Weilou supporting it, and everyone followed his will. Soon, Huo Weilou and others wore cloaks and went out. They arrived at the gate of the mansion with all the horses and carriages. Huo Weilou accompanied Bo Ruoyou into the carriage. In the howling winter wind, he galloped towards the gate of the city like a flying arrow!