Zheng Yunni made a baby marriage with His Highness the Second Highness. As soon as she was born, her birthday was sent to the capital. Huo Weilou ordered the embroidered envoy to go and inquire, but after a while, the embroidered envoy came back and said, "Master Zheng, Miss Zheng's birthday is in the peace building. At the beginning of the seventh day of the second month of the fifteenth year."
He Cheng held a piece of paper in his hand, which was filled with the days and days of the cloudy year calculated by the Taoist priest's divination. He frowned and shook his head in comparison, "There is no such day as the seventh day of February, the closest... is also halfway through the fifth day of February. "
"What if An Qinghou's mansion reports a fake birth date?" Huo Weilou asked with gazing eyes.
He Cheng's complexion changed slightly, "This... this is the crime of deceiving the emperor, and in the cloudy year, it is very ominous, but the eldest lady was valued by the imperial concubine and she was willing to make a baby marriage, but it was because the eldest lady was the second prince of the second highness. Lucky star…”
The more He Cheng spoke, the more terrified he became, "No wonder the masters in the family always hide something. They are afraid of being involved in this matter, so they keep silent. The murderer also used those four sentences on the paper to trick them!"
If it was just a title dispute, it would be considered normal, but now that the marriage between Zheng Yunni and the Second Highness was suddenly involved, He Cheng became more and more panic-stricken, he couldn't help but look at Huo Weilou, not knowing what Huo Weilou would do.
Eunuch Fu's face was also a bit ugly, "The Marquis of Anqing wants to keep this marriage, so it is very possible that he falsely reported his birthday back then. The imperial concubine and empress valued these very much. Lord Marquis, do you want to send a letter back to the capital to ask the meaning of the palace? ? We are going to get married in March, or is the marriage bestowed by the Holy One..."
The marriage bestowed by the Holy Majesty is also related to the second prince who is the most favored, whoever it is, has to take it easy at this moment, in case the wrongful investigation is really found out, the Anqing Hou Mansion loses face and the royal family is criticized Only for disaster.
Huo Weilou scrubbed the black jade wrench on his finger, "No need."
Eunuch Fu hesitated to speak, Huo Weilou said: "This is a murder case, and three lives are not trivial. Although it is speculated that Zheng Yunni's birth date is fake, there is no real evidence, and it is not known whether she herself has anything to do with the murder case. At this time, I will inform the police in Beijing. very."
Eunuch Fu pursed his lips and said, "You know that His Majesty loves His Highness the Second Highness. Although His Highness respects you now, is it safe to let us know in advance..."
Fu Gonggong's few words were very meaningful, Huo Weilou sneered, "The murderer was found out and sent to Beijing together with the booklet. If the Anqinghou's mansion really concealed many shady things, Zhao Xi's marriage will not come to fruition."
Zhao Xi is the name of the second prince, so Huo Weilou called him casually without hesitation. He Cheng was terrified when he heard it, but he began to be extremely grateful to Huo Weilou for coming to supervise the case. Constrained by him, even if he really found this place, he would not dare to bet on Wusha to continue the investigation.
"But the emperor gave me a marriage..."
Eunuch Fu muttered again, as if he was very worried about Huo Weilou, but seeing Huo Weilou's unquestionable expression, he did not continue, He Cheng said: "Then Hou Ye, now we have to call Miss Zheng and Fifth Master Zheng Ask about this?"
Huo Weilou's phoenix eyes narrowed, "You said it was a crime of deceiving the emperor, if there is no hard evidence, how can they admit it?"
Three people have died since the incident. Even though he knew that he might be the next to be killed, Zheng Wen'an never let go. He was not even afraid of death. He only asked ordinary questions. How could he find out
"How is the ancestral hall cleaned?"
He Cheng hurriedly said: "It's very slow, it hasn't stopped day and night, and only half of the debris has been cleaned."
Huo Weilou's eyes darkened, "Nurse Yu knew what happened back then, and chose to burn the ancestral hall, there must be evidence left in the ancestral hall."
He Cheng sighed: "The ancestral hall is the most important thing for the clan. What evidence is there that even the ancestral hall will be burned? There are tablets enshrining the ancestors of the Hou family."
He Cheng's question was also a suspicion in other people's minds, Huo Weilou stood up, "Go to the ancestral hall to have a look."
Huo Weilou strode out the door, but Bo Ruoyou didn't move, her eyes were heavy and her face was pensive.
The murderer took the bait of Zheng Wenchen and Zheng Wenyan, who were attracted by sprinkling gold paper, on which were written the words "Yin Years and Yin Times", which shows that the murderer knew what happened back then. Most of the people who know the inside story will not be allowed to live in this world. Could it be that some people were implicated by this incident back then, and now they come back to take revenge
What about Zheng Yunni's accident at the age of five or six? If the murderer started to attack at that time, why there was no movement in the intervening ten years, but if it was not the murderer, what happened the night Zheng Yunni disappeared
Does the eldest lady have a daughter who died young
There are too many doubts, but Bo Ruoyou can't figure it out no matter what. When she looked up again, she saw that Huo Weilou had taken He Cheng away from the yard. As soon as he left, Bo Ruoyou relaxed and sighed softly .
Huo Weilou really didn't bother to repay his kindness, but even if he didn't, she meant it sincerely. Bo Ruoyou sighed again, and went out to walk outside.
Chuntao accompanied her out this morning, and was being interrogated by the government officials outside the courtyard at the moment. Seeing her coming out, she immediately greeted her, "Where is the girl going?"
"Go to the mourning hall to see—"
There was a corpse in the mourning hall. She hadn't arrived yesterday, but at this moment her thoughts were blocked, so she wanted to examine the corpse, or she could think of the places she had overlooked. Chuntao didn't expect her to go to the mourning hall, showing a trace of apprehension, but still followed.
The two of them walked along the way, only to see the warm sun in the sky, the thick snow that had accumulated for many days also melted, and the eaves were dripping with snow, just after walking not far, Bo Ruoyou suddenly saw a few maidservants rushing towards Going east, it seems that something happened.
Seeing this, Chuntao said: "Girl, they are maidservants by the eldest lady's side."
Bo Ruoyou raised her eyebrows and followed Chuntao with her. After a while, Bo Ruoyou saw a few maidservants leading the lady back, one of them persuaded: "Madam, don't worry, the idiot is not in Meilin, she is in the courtyard Waiting for you here, we can see the silly girl when we go back..."
The eldest lady smiled foolishly, but still couldn't help but look back in the direction of Meilin. At this moment, the maidservants saw Bo Ruoyou, and one of them ordered the others to take the eldest lady to go first, and she stepped forward to bless Fushen .
Bo Ruoyou hurriedly said, "What's the matter, Madam?"
The maid also knew that Bo Ruoyou followed Wu Zhaohou in and out, so she didn't dare to be disrespectful, so she said: "The weather is fine today, the servants took the eldest lady out for a walk, the eldest lady clamored to see the silly girl, but she didn't come after a while, Then run to Merlin."
"If you want to see the silly girl, go to Merlin?"
The servant girl gave a wry smile, "Madam loves plums, and every time she asks the idiot to help her pick the plums, maybe that's the case, so I thought the idiot lived in Meilin."
Bo Ruoyou felt a strange feeling in her heart, plum grove, bamboo grove, lotus pond...
Seeing that she didn't ask any more questions, the maid took her leave, while Bo Ruoyou looked in Mei Lin's direction and couldn't help moving her footsteps.
Seeing this, Chuntao asked, "Miss, do you want to pick plums too?"
Bo Ruoyou shook her head, "Just take a look, I met a silly girl last night, and the silly girl was going to the plum forest to pick plums, so she didn't even feel scared when it was so late."
Chuntao lowered her voice and said: "Miss doesn't know, even the idiot is very wicked."
Bo Ruoyou looked back at Chuntao, Chuntao got a little closer, and said in a low voice: "I often run around in the mansion at night, and my temper can be good and bad, sometimes I look timid as a mouse, and sometimes I get ruthless, and there are people Said that she deliberately pretended to be pitiful to make Da Furen love her."
"She still has time to be ruthless?"
Chuntao nodded and sighed a bit, "Usually in front of people, the idiot always shrinks her head and looks like she is afraid of people, but she also has a temper. He treats her preferentially, not only that, but also bullies her even more in private because of the eldest lady's care for her. Sometimes the silly girl submissively accepts it, and sometimes she loses her temper. Once, she almost hurt someone. Although the servant didn't see it, but I heard that the steward failed to go to the ground for several days..."
Bo Ruoyou frowned, "Have you hurt someone?"
Chuntao nodded, "Probably a year ago, she pushed down a manager and beat him with a broom. For some reason, she wounded the manager all over her body. The manager called someone, but she ran away. But when he was found later, he pretended to be pitiful with an innocent face, and in the end because of the eldest lady, he didn't punish her much."
Bo Ruoyou thought of the day when she first met Sha Gu, although she made a mistake and was reprimanded by the supervisor, but when she looked up at her, her eyes were not afraid, not only that, but she also nodded to her calmly...
Bo Ruoyou felt it was very strange, but at this moment, Chuntao gave her a hand, "Girl, I can't go on this path, let's go east and make a detour."
Going to Meilin, the nearest is a path between flower beds, but most of the snow has melted today, and the road is quite muddy at the moment, Bo Ruoyou nodded, and followed Chuntao to the east, not long after, a lotus pond not far from the bamboo forest came into view out of sight.
The embroiderer said the night before that the lotus pond is to the east of the bamboo grove, and the plum grove is to the west...
Bo Ruoyou subconsciously walked towards the lotus pond. The lotus pond was not small, but it had already dried up. There was a layer of ice and snow on top of the silt. Because the snow melted today, puddles of accumulated water could occasionally be seen in the ice-breaking place.
Seeing her looking at the lotus pond, Chuntao said, "It turns out that this is an inner lake. When the prince from the previous dynasty was here, he brought running water from the Huanhua River to the mansion. There are several inner lakes in the mansion, but later the Huanhua River dried up. The inner lake in the mansion was also dried up. After the ancestors of the Zheng family bought the house, they filled most of it, leaving only a few lotus ponds. "
The background of this mansion is not small, and Bo Ruoyou already knew about it, so she was not surprised when she heard the words. She walked along the bluestone road beside the lotus pond to the direction of Meilin, but as she walked, her eyes suddenly caught sight of the inside of the lotus pond. Something weird.
At the edge of the lotus pond is a small area of water, which is very clear and shallow due to the melting of snow water, but at this time, the sparkling water surface is faintly floating, and there seems to be an undercurrent under it, and there seems to be something submerged at the bottom of the water.
Bo Ruoyou went up, and walked down a few steps along the gentle slope of the road. When she got close, she saw the underwater things clearly at a glance.
The petals are yellow and the core is white, but there are many Huangxiangmei sunk in the water.
A gust of wind blew by, only the fragrance of bamboo lingered on the tip of Bo Ruoyou's nose, her eyebrows were slightly frowned, as far away as the yellow fragrant plum forest, standing here, I couldn't even smell the fragrance of plum blossoms, but how could there be plum blossoms in this water