Eunuch Fu leaned on the couch in the tea room, and was a little drowsy. When he woke up, he realized that it was dusk. He got up to look for Bo Ruoyou. As soon as he walked to the entrance, he heard the sound of books being turned inside. , Eunuch Fu smiled, and walked in lightly, but Bo Ruoyou turned around as soon as he heard the footsteps, as if frightened.
Eunuch Fu was surprised, "What's the matter?"
Bo Ruoyou breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a wry smile, "I don't know why, I was a little surprised today, just now I always felt that someone was watching the women outside the window."
Eunuch Fu frowned, and stepped up to open the window. Today, the wind was gentle and the window was wide open. However, he leaned out and looked around, but he didn't see anyone.
Bo Ruoyou said: "Don't worry, father-in-law, Minnv has seen it, there is no one, it is Minnv who is too nervous."
Eunuch Fu sighed, "You've been thinking about the case all day, so of course your mind is tense." He looked at the book in her hand,
"You have been looking for so long, what can you find?"
Bo Ruoyou shook her head, "There are many records about relics, but they are all similar."
Eunuch Fu smiled and said, "It's not surprising. The Buddhist classics that can be put into Famen Temple can't contain those strange words."
"However, Minnv found several books that record the secret treasures of Buddhism." Bo Ruoyou raised the Buddhist scriptures in his hand, "It records the Ashoka Pagoda that we saw in the underground palace today..."
Eunuch Fu glanced at the sky outside, "It's getting late, why don't you go back and rest?"
Bo Ruoyou hesitated for a moment, "I want to see if there is anyone who wrote the five-fold treasure letter."
However, Eunuch Fu went forward and took the Buddhist scriptures from Bo Ruoyou's hands without any explanation, "There's no hurry, at this point, it's time for dinner."
Bo Ruoyou had no choice but to put down the Buddhist scriptures and follow Eunuch Fu out of the scripture building, but just after leaving the scripture building, a monk in gray robes flashed past the moon gate not far away, Bo Ruoyou frowned, "stop-"
The figure didn't stop, Bo Ruoyou raised her skirt and chased after her. When she ran to the gate of the moon cave, she saw that there was nothing outside, and there was no one else. Eunuch Fu followed, "Who is it?"
Bo Ruoyou shook his head, "I never saw the face, I just saw a monk wearing a monk's robe in the temple, not short in stature, if he was just passing by, he would stop when the girl yelled, but when the girl yelled, he seemed even more Anxious."
Eunuch Fu's face was also slightly gloomy, thinking that just now Bo Ruoyou said that someone seemed to be watching her outside the window, Eunuch Fu didn't dare to be careless, "Let's go, go back to the monastery first."
Bo Ruoyou nodded, and followed Eunuch Fu back to the Buddhist monastery.
In the monastery, Huo Weilou and Ming Guilan were sitting in the upper room talking, while Huo Qinghong was bored and danced outside with a monk's stick. It was strange to see Eunuch Fu and Bo Ruoyou returning with solemn expressions, "You guys What's wrong?"
Eunuch Fu shook his head and went straight into the main room, "Master Hou—"
Huo Weilou and Ming Guilan stopped talking and looked up, Mr. Fu said, "Someone seems to be watching Youyou in the temple."
"Watch her?" Huo Weilou got up and walked out of the house, and saw Bo Ruoyou guarding outside, "What's going on?"
Bo Ruoyou blessed Fushen and said: "Not long after I went to the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion, I felt that there seemed to be someone outside the window, but the girl went to look, but there was no one outside the window. He stopped, but he disappeared even faster, as if he had been guarding outside but didn't want to be discovered."
Huo Weilou frowned, Ming Guilan turned the wheel and arrived at the door, "Can you see who that person is?"
Bo Ruoyou shook his head, "No, I only saw a back view." After thinking for a while, Bo Ruoyou said, "It doesn't look like the three masters I saw today, Fan Liao Jue Hui..."
Huo Weilou said in a deep voice: "From now on, you can't walk alone in the temple. Everyone knows that you will conduct an autopsy. The murderer is afraid that it will be bad for you. Wherever you go, you have to tell this Marquis."
Bo Ruoyou hurriedly nodded in agreement.
The sky was already dark, and after dinner, night fell. After half a day, Lu Ke, who went to visit the foot of the Houshan Mountain, came back. As soon as he entered the door, Lu Ke said, "Your Majesty, I have made an important discovery!"
Ming Guilan and Huo Qinghong were both there, Huo Weilou ordered Fu Gonggong to call Bo Ruoyou and Lin Huai, and then Lu Kecai said: "Now there are seven farm families living at the foot of the back mountain, and five of them lived in the past. They came here to do small cement work when they were sculpting the Buddha. According to them, they were not good at sculpting the Buddha back then, so they could only help with some hard work, and the two statues of the venerable were both invited at that time. It was sculpted by a craftsman surnamed Zuo, and it is rumored that he is a master at sculpting Buddhas, and even made a set of statues of Arhats."
"They didn't know about the abnormality of the Buddha sculpture back then. Because their home was at the foot of the back mountain, they always went to work at sunrise and sunset, and went home when it was dark. They all received their wages, and half a year later, the temple wanted to plant birch trees, but it was the busy season of farming, and there were only two families, and seven or eight people went up the mountain to plant trees together."
At this point, Lu Ke's expression brightened, "It was from these two families that my subordinates found Master Jing Kong's Buddhist beads!"
He beckoned, and an embroiderer opened a small bundle, and when the bundle was opened, there were dozens of sandalwood beads, each of which was engraved with Buddhist gatha, which was no different from the ones found in the corpse Sincerely.
Huo Weilou looked at it, "They picked it up when they were planting trees?"
Lu Ke hurriedly said: "Yes, half a year has passed by then, and the site of the knocked-down workshop has been deserted. The temple needs to plant trees, so it is natural to shovel grass and loosen the soil. The two families live close to each other and have a good relationship. At that time, I dug up the Buddhist beads, guessed that they might be something in the temple, and they fell outside, so I hid the Buddhist beads privately, and regarded them as some kind of Buddhist treasures. After I brought them home, I either hung them on my body to ward off evil spirits, or It is enshrined with the ancestral tablet, and it has not been revealed all these years."
Bo Ruoyou stepped forward and counted the beads, "Not enough, there should be some missing in the soil."
Luke said: "That's true. They rummaged through the nearby soil and found a few. But later they didn't dare to let the people in the temple know, so they didn't dare to look for it again. If these people back then If we can report this matter to the temple, I am afraid that the murder of Master Jingkong will be revealed long ago."
Huo Weilou asked again: "Did you say where you picked it up?"
"It's just to the east of the latrine in the workshop, which is similar to the place I visited during the day. Half a year later, the latrine also collapsed. They filled it with soil and planted trees directly on it." After Luke answered, he continued: " Lord Hou, in this way, the place where Master Jing Kong was murdered can be determined, but how did the murderer lure Master Jing Kong there?"
Huo Weilou pondered for a while, "At that time, he was still investigating the case of the loss of the relic, and it was probably related to the case."
Bo Ruoyou heard the words and said: "The people who murdered Master Jingkong back then were cruel. This time, Mr. Feng was killed, and the murderer was quite powerful. Although Mr. Feng is old and not tall, he is still a man after all. There are quite a lot of bruises left on Mr. Feng's body, is it possible that the murderer back then and the murderer today are the same person?"
Huo Weilou narrowed his eyes, "As far as this Marquis knows, Yue Mingquan is very good at martial arts, Wu Yu also has some skills, only Wang Qingfu, Qingfu of Taichang Temple, has ordinary skills, these people were also in the temple when Master Jingkong disappeared, if you want to be suspicious Those who are pure and bright cannot be ruled out."
Huo Weilou looked at Lin Huai, "When Jingming asked the imperial court for the position of presiding officer, who handled it?"
Lin Huai said: "It's hard to know the exact information, but the Royal Buddhist Temple has always been supervised by the Ministry of Rites and Taichang Temple together, and the relic ceremony is also arranged by the Ministry of Rites and Taichang Temple."
The Ministry of Rites is in charge of the world's etiquette system and the law of tribute, Taichang Temple is in charge of offering sacrifices to the royal ancestral temple, and Famen Temple is responsible for handing over the booklets to Beijing. These two places must know. Of course, given the situation at the time, Jingming was indeed the best host choice.
Huo Weilou pondered for a while, he didn't have any evidence, and he didn't have much doubts, he just came to Famen Temple for one day, he already gained a lot, so there is no need to rush for success, so he asked everyone to rest and investigate the next day.
Lin Huai and Bo Ruoyou withdrew, Huo Weilou looked at Huo Qinghong and said, "Go and rest, too."
Huo Qinghong agreed, and pushed Ming Guilan out, they came late, this Zen courtyard was no longer enough to live in, so they had to live in another courtyard, Huo Qinghong stood in the courtyard, looked at the room where Bo Ruoyou lived, and then looked at Huo Weilou, who delivered it to the door, always felt strange, "I never thought that one day, there would be a woman in the yard of eldest brother."
Ming Guilan couldn't stop laughing, Huo Weilou frowned helplessly, and turned to go into the house.
"Okay, son, let's go, it's not like you don't know Lord Hou's temper."
Huo Qinghong muttered, "Then here comes the question, in this world, what kind of woman can make my elder brother fall in love with me? My elder brother is not young anymore, Lin Zhao is already engaged, and the Second Highness is about to get married..."
Ming Guilan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "You're worried about Lord Hou, it's good if you don't let Lord Hou worry about you."
Huo Qinghong was very dissatisfied, and while arguing with Ming Guilan, he left the monastery.
Early the next morning, when Huo Weilou got up, he saw that there were two embroidered envoys missing in the courtyard. Eunuch Fu came over and said, "Master, Youyou went to the Sutra Pavilion again early in the morning. An embroiderer followed."
Huo Weilou raised his brows, glanced at the sky outside, and found that it was just dawn, so he hesitated and asked, "Did you have breakfast?"
Eunuch Fu smiled, "It's used, don't worry."
Huo Weilou also had breakfast, and then took the embroidered clothes envoy to the courtyard of the mortuary. Not long after, the three of Yue Mingquan came one after another, and Huo Weilou asked about the events of the year again. He couldn't remember many details clearly, but his words were all serious, even Huo Weilou couldn't find any mistakes for a while.
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In front of the Sutra Pavilion, Lin Zhaogang brought two monks into the door, and found that someone had arrived earlier than him. Seeing the embroidered clothes envoy guarding the door, Lin Zhao thought it was Huo Weilou, but when he entered the door, he saw only a beautiful The figure stood under the bookshelf.
Hearing the sound of footsteps, Bo Ruoyou also turned around, saw that it was Lin Zhao, and blessed her body quickly.
Lin Zhao came forward, "Why is the girl still looking at these? Didn't you find it?"
"I found it, but now I'm looking at the records of Buddhist secret treasures and magic tools. Dare I ask you, are these two types of classics engraved here?"
When Bo Ruoyou asked, Lin Zhao thought for a while, and walked back with Bo Ruoyou, "Come with me."
The two walked through two rows of bookshelves. Lin Zhao pointed to a bookshelf in front of him and said, "There are many recorded classics, Buddhist secret treasures, Buddhist etiquette, teachings, etc., all here."
Hundreds of classics filled the bookshelves. Although it was only the tip of the iceberg in the Buddhist scriptures pavilion, it was still too much for one person. Lin Zhao looked at Bo Ruoyou, "Madam, I'm afraid you won't be able to see it."
The corners of Bo Ruoyou's lips curved slightly, "It's fine."
Seeing that Bo Ruoyou was quite persistent, Lin Zhao didn't know her well, so naturally he couldn't say much, so he turned around and went to another storage room to decorate the scriptures. Bo Ruoyou moved a shelf, stood on it and began to look through it.
…
Huo Weilou repeated the question about the past several times, Yue Mingquan couldn't help but said: "Master Hou suspects the three officials?"
Huo Weilou did not hide it, "When Jing Kong died, the three of you were in the temple. Now that Feng Lun died, the three of you are also in the temple. It has to be suspected. Many things in the grand ceremony were arranged by the three of you. Hou Cha's questioning should be more rigorous, so as to clear up the doubts between the three of you."
Yue Mingquan said with a bitter face: "It's natural for Lord Hou to conduct his business impartially, but it's true that lower officials won't harm people. I heard that the place where Jing Kong was killed has been found. Could there be any clues there?"
Yue Mingquan is a rough person, and naturally he is the most impatient, Huo Weilou said: "After ten years, the forest has changed a lot, most of the sandalwood has already decayed, so it's pointless to look for it again."
Seeing that the three of them were also true and dejected when being questioned, Huo Weilou waved his hands, "Retire first, if you have any doubts, I will call you again."
Yue Mingquan heard the words for a moment as if he had received an amnesty, and he bowed before leaving. Soon Wang Qingfu and Wu Yu came out, Wu Yu sighed and said, "Hey, things are difficult. The weather is fine today. Brother Wang, why don't we go to the top of the mountain to see the pagoda?" See, relieve too."
Wu Yu and Wang Qingfu are friends, and they have this agreement, and after they finished talking, they realized that Yue Mingquan was ignored, and asked again: "General Yue, do you want to go with us?"
Yue Mingquan glanced at Tianqiong, "I won't go."
Wu Yu was not surprised. The three of them left the yard together. Eunuch Fu saw this scene and laughed a little. When he entered the door, he saw Huo Weilou's eyes hardened, and said, "Master Hou, relax too." , learn from the three adults, how to be an errand is not an errand, why should you be so tired."
Huo Weilou raised his hand and pinched the center of his brows, then asked with a glance, "Where's Hong'er?"
Eunuch Fu smiled and shook his head, "I'm still sleeping, but Mr. Ming got up early in the morning and asked the monks in the temple to ask for two books about Buddhist secret medicine."
As soon as he heard the book, Huo Weilou asked, "Bo Ruoyou is still in the scripture storage pavilion?"
Eunuch Fu nodded, and Huo Weilou's eyes darkened a little. Suddenly, he stood up and walked out. Eunuch Fu hurriedly followed, and when he went out, Huo Weilou went straight out of the courtyard. Eunuch Fu looked at the direction he was walking, and he was probably hiding. Jingge!
"Master Hou to see Youyou?"
Huo Weilou was noncommittal, but acquiesced.
When the two arrived outside the Sutra Pavilion, two embroiderers immediately came up to salute, and said, "Miss Bo is still inside and hasn't come out. Mr. Lin was also there earlier, and just left."
Huo Weilou nodded and entered the door.
As soon as he entered the door, there was a smell of books rushing towards his face. Huo Weilou looked around, but he didn't find Bo Ruoyou, so he concentrated for a while, and then heard some noises in the depths of the scripture building, so he stepped inside. His footsteps were already light, and it didn't appear abrupt when he landed in the scripture building at this moment. Rows of bookshelves passed by his side, and when he reached the end, Huo Weilou saw Bo Ruoyou.
The wooden ladder leaned against the bookshelf, and Bo Ruoyou had already stood at the top, but she still couldn't reach the top row of books even when she stretched her hand, she even stood on tiptoe when she stepped on the wooden railing, Huo Weilou frowned Wrinkled, "You should—"
Be careful not to fall.
Huo Weilou wanted to remind her, but Bo Ruoyou's mind had been tense for the past two days. He suddenly made a sound, which startled her. Come down!
Bo Ruoyou cried out in fright, she fell on her back, and she kicked down the wooden ladder, but with a bang, an arm came up, and the next moment, she fell into a generous embrace.
Huo Weilou hugged her horizontally, turned around, and stabilized himself with his back facing the bookshelf.
Bo Ruoyou looked up and looked at Huo Weilou, but at this moment, the wooden ladder fell down and hit the bookshelf, and the two books that Bo Ruoyou had just read but hadn't put away came from above. Falling down, Huo Weilou couldn't see it with his back turned, but Bo Ruoyou could see clearly. Her expression changed, and she subconsciously raised her arms to hug Huo Weilou. She protected Huo Weilou's back with one hand and him with the other. On the top of the head, from a distance, the posture is quite sentimental.
Bo Ruoyou was buried next to his neck, and only felt a few books hit the back of her hand before they fell to the ground. Buddhist classics are two or three inches thick, so it was not light to hit like this, her brow twitched in pain, When she raised her eyes, she saw Huo Weilou looking at her with dark eyes.
Bo Ruoyou's shock still persisted, she gasped a little faster, seeing Huo Weilou's expression was stern and unrecognizable, she tremblingly withdrew her hand, and moved away by two points, just about to ask Huo Weilou to put her down, the two words were inappropriate The voice rang.
"you… "
"this… "
Bo Ruoyou suddenly turned her eyes, and saw Eunuch Fu and Huo Qinghong standing at the corner at some point! As soon as her expression changed, she immediately moved away, and Huo Weilou naturally saw the two of them, but he calmly put Bo Ruoyou down with his brows and eyes calm.
Bo Ruoyou took a step back and stood up, folded her hands in front of her body, closed her eyes as if explaining, and said, "Thank you, Lord Hou, for saving me."
The wooden ladder fell to the ground, and the books were in a mess. It's not hard to imagine, but Eunuch Fu and Huo Qinghong somehow felt that something was wrong, while Huo Weilou looked at Bao Ruoyou's hand in front of him. Her skin was as delicate as porcelain, Although the palms of both hands are a bit rough, the back of the hands has no blemishes at all, so the redness and swelling the size of a peach pit is particularly shocking.
It was because he was hit by a book just now.
Huo Weilou found it unbelievable that Bo Ruoyou, who was frightened just now, had the thought to protect him. Although the book is heavy, what if it hit him
When will he, Wu Zhaohou, need a woman to protect him
Eunuch Fu came forward to help up the wooden ladder, "How did you do it, is Youyou okay?"
Bo Ruoyou subconsciously tucked the aching back of her hand into her sleeve, "It's fine."
Huo Weilou saw it again, he stared at Bao Ruoyou, and didn't speak for a moment, Huo Qinghong picked up the book on the ground, "It's such a thick book, I heard that you saw today from yesterday, what are you looking for?"
Bo Ruoyou said, "Look for records about the secret treasure in the temple."
Huo Qinghong looked at the deserted library, especially at the back, it was a bit gloomy, "You are too persevering, I will definitely not be able to stay here for a long time."
Bo Ruoyou didn't know how to respond, so she could only honestly say: "Minnie girls are stupid, they can't think of any other way."
Huo Qinghong said again: "You work so hard, but will there be any reward?"
Bo Ruoyou paused, "Right now, the girl just wants to do her errands well."
Huo Weilou took a deep look at her, "What did you find?"
Then Bo Ruoyou raised his head, frowned and replied, "I haven't found any clues related to the case yet, but it's a bit strange. The secret treasures enshrined in the underground palace of the temple are all Buddhist sacred objects, but there are stupas, spiritual tents, etc. According to the records, the five-fold treasure letter enshrining Buddha's relics cannot be found. Hou Ye should still remember that in the back room of the underground palace, there is a three-fold treasure letter. There are three relics after passing away. The first treasure letter is the iron tower box we saw, the second is the obsidian coffin, and the third is the pot gate seat jade coffin, which was found by the women. There are detailed records of this object, and the source and structure are written very clearly, but there is no record of the most precious five-fold treasure letter."
"If this five-fold treasure letter is also recorded, Minnv suspects that the structure and key shape of the square lock on the copper box must be recorded on it, but Minnv searched all over but could not find it. Now, only the top row is left. I haven't read the Buddhist scriptures."
Bo Ruoyou looked at the top row of Buddhist scriptures, with hope in his eyes, Huo Weilou straightened the wooden ladder, stood up a step, and reached out to get the top row of Buddhist scriptures, Bo Ruoyou followed below, just a rough touch After flipping through, she knew that she didn't find what she was looking for in a few Buddhist scriptures. After flipping through dozens of books, she still couldn't find anything.
Bo Ruoyou said with a bitter face: "Could it be that the treasure letter is so precious that the temple destroyed the recorded books? Or was it put somewhere else?"
Huo Weilou took the book in her hand, put it back on the bookshelf, and said, "The scripture library is originally an important place for Buddhism, so it is unlikely to be put in other places, or... it was taken away by someone with a heart, and the relic was taken away by someone with a heart. Thieves, there is no trace of damage on the copper box, most of the thieves open it with a key, since the shape of the key of the copper box may be recorded in the Buddhist scriptures, those who want to steal the relics will naturally start with the humble Buddhist scriptures."
After putting away the books, Huo Weilou told Eunuch Fu, "Go and find Jingming."
Eunuch Fu turned and went out, Huo Qinghong didn't like this place, so he also left, Bo Ruoyou planned to go out behind Huo Weilou, but he didn't move for a while.
The next moment, Huo Weilou turned around and took two steps closer to her, "Stretch out your hand to see—"