After fastening the lock, Huo Weilou let her go, glanced at her injured hand, handed her the remaining one, and said in a solemn voice: "This is a tribute from the Xiliang Kingdom. Woven with copper and silver wires, it is soft and comfortable to touch, and it can also prevent water and heat, so you can wear this thing for autopsies later, so you will be less poisoned.”
Naturally, Bo Ruoyou saw this as a handguard at first sight, but she had never seen anything expensive. She followed Cheng Yunzhi's autopsy since she was a child. In a small place like Qingshan County, even leather handguards are rare. Well, Cheng Yunzhi doesn't care about these things, and she doesn't care about these details when she comes and goes, but occasionally there are corpses that are too rotten, and she always suffers on her hands.
Bo Ruoyou wore it in one hand and held it in the other, with a dazed expression on her face. The object was cold to the touch, but extremely soft, unlike copper and silver, and was lined with a layer of soft but extremely resilient fur. The five fingers were distinct and thin. It really fits better than the buckskin gauntlets I brought for Ming Guilan the day before yesterday.
But she didn't expect Huo Weilou to reward this thing, it's a tribute.
"Lord Hou—"
Huo Weilou had already expected her to look like this, thinking she grew up in Qingshan County, how could she have seen such a good thing? So he raised his brows, and said in an unquestionable tone: "As long as it is given to you, it is good to keep it." After a pause, he said: "Although this Marquis is strict, he has always rewarded meritorious deeds. You are not the first to be rewarded by this Marquis." man of."
Bo Ruoyou hesitated for a while, "I dare not give it to you, Lord Marquis, but this is a tribute, and the merits of a commoner's daughter are not worthy of this..."
Huo Weilou stared, "This case will definitely be solved."
Bo Ruoyou pursed her lips slightly, and said softly, "Even if the case is solved, it won't be enough to reward women with tribute."
Huo Weilou looked at her disapprovingly for a few moments, but turned his eyes away and said softly, "You know your identity." After that, he added, "After this case, the Marquis may still use you, if you think If this thing is not appropriate, it will always be useful to you in the future."
Seeing that Bo Ruoyou seemed to have something to say, Huo Weilou narrowed his eyes, and his voice became dangerous, "No one can refuse what I have given you."
Bo Ruoyou closed her eyes, and quickly made a choice, "Thank you, Lord Hou."
Huo Weilou was satisfied, seeing that although her eyebrows were lowered and pleasing to the eye, her eyebrows were frowned, as if she was unwilling to be rewarded by him, so she waved her hands impatiently, "Let's step down."
Bo Ruoyou was blessed with blessings, so he turned around and went out. As soon as he went out, he saw Eunuch Fu guarding the door, seeing her holding a gauntlet in his hand, with a smile on his face, "Youyou, don't be afraid, Master Hou will give you a reward." Just take it, if anyone from our family and these embroidered clothes envoys has meritorious service, Lord Hou will reward one or two, including gold, silver, jade, precious weapons, etc."
I see…
Bo Ruoyou's heart relaxed, "That's the case, since it's the case, Minnv will definitely do her best to do business for Lord Hou."
Eunuch Fu couldn't help laughing when he heard the words. At this time, Huo Qinghong and Ming Guilan were late, and they both saw the gauntlet in Bo Ruoyou's hand. Huo Qinghong said: "Eh... this thing It looks familiar."
Ming Guilan was well-informed, "It is a tribute from the Xiliang Kingdom."
Huo Qinghong raised her brows, and looked at Bao Ruoyou with deep eyes, Bo Ruoyou's heart was terrified by his eyes, and she went back to her room after resigning.
Huo Qinghong pushed Ming Guilan into the upper room, and said as soon as he entered the door: "Brother, why did you give her the tribute from Xiliang Kingdom?"
Eunuch Fu laughed and said: "Youyou is dedicated to her duties, it is not surprising that the Marquis has given her a gift, the prince did not see it, but Youyou's hands were terribly cold earlier, stained with corpse water, red and swollen, it is quite pitiful."
Having said that, Eunuch Fu suddenly raised his brows, "Speaking of which, although Hou Ye gave it generously in the past, he was never so caring. Hou Ye, you wouldn't be..."
Before Huo Weilou could speak, Huo Qinghong said: "Eunuch, where are you thinking? If my elder brother wants to get a beauty, does he still need to use such a method? He orders, who doesn't want to be by his side? I But I think this little Bo girl is quite scheming."
Eunuch Fu couldn't help but laugh, "What do you mean by your son's words?"
Huo Qinghong squinted her eyes, and said righteously: "I was wondering why my eldest brother suddenly chose a woman to take with me, but now it seems that she has a lot of tricks. Wanting to get her, she pretended that she was just running an errand for the eldest brother, and finally, she used another trick to make the eldest brother treat her differently!"
Huo Qinghong clicked his tongue, "Wonderful, my elder brother hates flatterers the most, but she found another way, wonderful!"
Huo Weilou looked over narrowly, "Since you are so good at calculation, how about I recommend you to Dali Temple?"
Huo Qinghong's unfathomable expression changed, and she immediately laughed apologetically, "Brother, don't be surprised, she is really a delicate and soft beauty, but she did a job and followed her brother to Luozhou to investigate the case. It's really weird. Come to think of it. Thinking about it, I think she is just trying to conspire against elder brother..."
Huo Weilou snorted, "There are so many people in the world who want me, how can she rely on her?"
Huo Weilou's power is all over the court, some people want his power, some people seek his power, men and women want to climb up with him, but if he is so easy to talk, he won't have the nickname of "Jade Faced Hades".
Huo Qinghong said: "Reliance? Isn't that obvious? Of course she relies on her face. Don't you think she is beautiful?"
Huo Weilou frowned, "Where is her beauty?"
Everyone in the room was stunned for a moment, but they didn't expect him to ask such a question. Ming Guilan let out a chuckle, "Master Hou, it turns out that you are blessed in other things, but you are a little bit... It’s a little bit different.”
Huo Qinghong chuckled, "Brother, although you don't think she is beautiful, you must not underestimate women. There are too many tricks for women in this world. Those with low ranks should show them weakness, and those with high ranks, Pretending to have no interest in you, but inadvertently teasing you invisible, when you are attracted to her, but she is still very innocent as if she doesn't know anything, you are really seduced by her, and at this point, You can give her whatever she wants, and in the end there will be no scum left."
Huo Qinghong sighed as if he had experienced the vicissitudes of life, "Brother, I have a deep understanding of this. Last year, most of my money was cheated by those little goblins. I regret it, and I regret it very much now."
Huo Weilou narrowed his eyes, "Did you fool around in the brothel all year last year?"
Huo Qinghong's complexion changed, and he coughed and said, "No, no, I'm just giving an example... In short, brother, don't take it lightly!"
Eunuch Fu didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Master, this old servant also thought about it earlier, thinking that it is really impossible for a little girl to come to Luozhou with us alone, maybe she really has a plan for our Lord Hou, but later Youyou was willing to come, The old slave doesn't think so anymore, she came here with Lord Hou because she wanted something."
Huo Qinghong's eyes widened, "Look! Look at what I said, she made it clear that she had something to ask for, and if she finished the case, what would she do if she said she would follow her elder brother? Or, she simply said What should I do if I want to be the person next to the eldest brother?" At this point, Huo Qinghong stood up straight, "She doesn't want to be Mrs. Wu Zhaohou, does she?!"
Huo Weilou had a headache, "She's not that bold, look what you've been thinking all day long?"
Huo Qinghong sat down again, and said in a low voice: "This... isn't this to be vigilant for the elder brother, the elder brother is high in position and authority, so he is worthy, and he should be the daughter of a well-established family..."
"Shut up." Huo Weilou couldn't bear to listen to his nonsense anymore, "After returning to Beijing this time, it's time for you to go to the court to practice for a while."
Huo Qinghong immediately pouted, "Brother..."
Huo Weilou raised his hand, Huo Qinghong had no choice but to swallow the words of begging for mercy, Ming Guilan quickly changed the subject: "I heard that Miss Bo is looking for something in the Tibetan scripture building?"
Speaking of the case, Huo Weilou turned serious, "I was looking for records about relics, but by accident, I found a Buddhist scripture that recorded the five-fold treasure letter and it was lost. Now it has been found out that someone bought it ten years ago. It may have something to do with the theft of the relic.”
Ming Guilan said: "Just now I read two books that recorded Buddhist secret medicines, but they mentioned relics, saying that according to Buddhist rumors, after death, if a person can hold relics in his mouth, he will not be corrupted for thousands of years. There are also rumors about relics that cure all diseases and prolong life, and the most exaggerated is that relics can bring the dead back to life, but there is no evidence for these.”
Ming Guilan was originally a doctor, so he had heard many of these rumors. Huo Weilou pondered for a moment: "It is extremely difficult to just investigate why the murderer stole the relics. Right now, we can only start with the death of Jing Kong and Feng Lun. After taking the Buddhist scriptures, I went to the officials who stayed behind to investigate, but after one night, Jing Kong disappeared, and the few remaining people never mentioned that someone bought the Buddhist scriptures. about death."
Ming Guilan thought for a while, "Feng Lun died this time, did he discover the murderer back then, or... was he also one of the insiders?"
Ming Guilan said this, but Huo Weilou had never thought about it before. If the insider was not one person, but two or more people, and the matter was covered up back then, it is not impossible for Feng Lun to be killed due to internal strife among the insiders. possible.
Huo Weilou is also hard to come to a conclusion, "This may still need to be verified. Feng Lun is the chief officer and he is familiar with Jing Kong. Jing Kong was indeed the most likely to find him back then. If he was one of the insiders, it would make sense. "
Only in this way, there may be too many, and the case becomes more complicated and confusing.
Huo Weilou took out the painting to look at it again, and asked Eunuch Fu to come to him, "You were also there back then, just take a look and see if you can recall any abnormalities."
Eunuch Fu unfolded the drawings, "Jingming's drawings are meticulous, and this old slave can't remember clearly. After seeing this picture, I immediately recalled it, but as the three adults said, the scene was a little chaotic only when it rained that day. At other times, everyone hardly moved their positions, but when it rains, there are guards from the Royal Forest Army in the corridors around the ceremony platform, and it is impossible to disappear under the eyes of everyone."
"At the time when the grand ceremony was being prepared, Feng Lun and Yue Mingquan were in Luozhou, and they were the first to arrive. After that, Wu Yu, Wu Yu and Wang Qingfu were both officials in the capital. Although Wu Yu was a civil official, he was quite capable."
Huo Weilou looked at the ink-lined painting and muttered, "The night Feng Lun died, Wu Yu and Wang Qingfu could testify to each other, but Yue Mingquan had no one to testify."
Ming Guilan said: "Miss Bo said that Mr. Feng has many bruises on his body, and he has had disputes and fights with his life."
Huo Weilou nodded, "The person who killed Feng Lun did have some skills, and the way he was murdered was cruel, if the murderer is the same person, then this person is not only good at skills, but also knows a lot about human bones, and his mind is also quite strong. "
Ordinary people are usually flustered after killing people, but those who murdered Jing Kong not only dismembered them, but also hid the body parts in the Buddha statue. Huo Weilou frowned, "Is there any news from Jizhou yet?"
Mr. Fu said fairly: "According to the fact that our people have only arrived in two days, it may take some time to find the craftsmen from back then."
Huo Weilou's expression was gloomy, "Go and check on the family members to see if there is anything unusual about the past ten years ago."
Eunuch Fu hurriedly agreed.
As night fell, because it rained during the day, it was extremely cold at night, so Bo Ruoyou stayed in the wing room before he was summoned. The case was found here, Feng Lun's cause of death, the place where he was killed, and the murder weapon were all found out. Although the location of Jing Kong's murder has been determined, the cause of death and the murder weapon are still difficult to determine. The murderer's motive may be related to the theft of the relic, but how the relic was stolen in the first place has not yet been solved. Bo Ruoyou's thoughts are entangled , I saw the rare gauntlet in a blink of an eye.
The swelling on the wound on the back of her hand had disappeared, leaving only a bruise, so she carefully put on the gauntlet she hadn't worn in the afternoon, and moved her knuckles, the annoyance in her heart suddenly dissipated.
After putting away the gauntlet, Bo Ruoyou rested on the couch, and soon took a long breath.
Early the next morning, when Huo Weilou woke up, Bo Ruoyou was already waiting outside. Seeing her so early every day, Huo Weilou felt a twinge of pity for no reason, "There is no need for an autopsy, why are you so early?"
Bo Ruoyou said: "The folk girl wants to use the method of steaming the bones to examine Master Jingkong's corpse again."
"The method of steaming bones?" Huo Weilou raised his eyebrows.
Bo Ruoyou nodded: "This method was taught by my adoptive father, and I don't want to hide it from Lord Hou. Previously, the women only saw that the adoptive father used it, and I haven't tried it myself."
Huo Weilou looked at Bo Ruoyou for a moment, "Just try it."
Bo Ruoyou's heart relaxed slightly, and soon, Huo Weilou led a group of people to the mortuary yard. When they arrived in front of the yard, they saw Wu Yu and Wang Qingfu had already arrived.
Wu Yu said: "The two lower officials are afraid that Lord Hou will be called, so they came here early today to meet each other."
Huo Weilou glanced at the two of them, but saw wet marks on the hem of Wang Qingfu's clothes, Wang Qingfu smiled wryly and said, "I haven't done laundry in the past few days, and when I changed my clothes in the rain yesterday, I found that the clothes were all dirty, so I hurriedly washed two Today, Brother Wu was in a hurry, so I had no choice but to come here in wet clothes..."
Wu Yu laughed: "Brother Wang has many servants in the capital, and His Majesty ordered us to be easy and easy this time, so I'm not used to it."
Wang Qingfu sighed, "Watching brother Wu doing laundry that day, I shouldn't be lazy."
These two people are very familiar with each other, and the few words are quite homely, but Bo Ruoyou frowned slightly, "When did Master Wu do his laundry?"
Wu Yu said, "I've been doing laundry every day for the past few days, I'm used to it."
Bo Ruoyou didn't ask any further questions, Huo Weilou said: "Wu Zuo is going to do another autopsy, there is nothing to ask for now, you can go back and rest."
Wu Yu did not leave, "Then we will wait here."
Huo Weilou entered the courtyard, and Bo Ruoyou said, "Minister, wash the bones first, and ask Lord Hou to send someone to dig a cellar outside the temple. The cellar should be five feet long, three feet wide, and two feet deep. Burn it in it until the inner wall of the cellar is burned red."
Although I don't know if Bo Ruoyou's method is effective, Huo Weilou still sent people to dig the cellar. In the courtyard, Bo Ruoyou washed the bones first, and then ordered people to fetch two liters of wine and five liters of vinegar, and then carried the bones to the cellar go.
The cellar dug by the embroiderer was on the slope beside the birch forest. At this moment, the fire in the cellar was burning brightly, and Bo Ruoyou ordered the embroiderer to take out the charcoal and other things, and then pour the vinegar wine on it Inside, taking advantage of the heat, the empty bones were put in, and the cellar mouth was sealed before it was finished.
"It will take two hours to steam the bones." After finishing speaking, Bo Ruoyou raised her eyes to look at the sky, "Today's weather is fine, so I don't think it will rain."
Mr. Fu was fair, "That's not necessarily the case. The weather was good yesterday, but then it suddenly rained."
Bo Ruoyou could only sigh, "I just hope it doesn't rain."
Wu Yu and Wang Qingfu also followed all the way. Seeing that Bo Ruoyou's method was weird, they both showed suspicion. Seal the entrance of the cave tightly, "When the temperature in the cellar dissipates, the bones can be taken out. It will take a long time. Lord Hou and the two adults can go back to the temple and wait."
Huo Weilou nodded, and the embroidered envoy put away the wine jars and other things beside him, leaving Eunuch Fu and the two embroidered envoys to accompany Bo Ruoyou outside, and the others went back to the yard together.
Bo Ruoyou didn't know if this method would be useful, and her heart was always hanging. After waiting like this for two hours, she ordered the embroidered clothes envoy to open the cellar. Together with the two embroiderers, she took out the bones and put them on the felt blanket, and then ordered the embroiderers to go back to the temple to fetch the oil umbrella.
When the embroidered clothes envoy came back, he saw Huo Weilou coming along with him, Ming Guilan and Huo Qinghong. They probably felt that this method was unknown, and they were quite curious. Ask, "Is this useful? Where did you learn it?"
Huo Weilou felt that he was noisy, "Shut up."
Huo Qinghong touched his nose, stepped back half a step and said nothing.
While holding an umbrella and hitting the bones, Bo Ruoyou still explained: "It was taught by my adoptive father. Whether it is useful or not is yet to be tested—"
As soon as she finished saying this, Bo Ruoyou frowned. Once she concentrated on the autopsy, her expression became quite cold. Huo Qinghong still had a lot of questions, but she didn't dare to ask more. Bo Ruoyou half-kneeled On the felt blanket, with a piece of cotton wool in his hand, he lightly wiped it on the bones. The candle made of skin and flesh fell off immediately after being baked. Soon, Bo Ruoyou found a few traces of faint traces seeping into the bones. blood shade.
Not long after, Bo Ruoyou straightened up, "May I ask Lord Hou, if a person has been practicing martial arts for a long time, is there any martial arts routine, and when he attacks the opponent, the opponent's injuries are roughly similar?"
Huo Weilou knew that Bo Ruoyou had discovered something, so his voice sank, "Naturally, martial arts in the world are varied, even in Buddhism, there are quite a few ways. Firstly, it is limited by the number of martial arts ways, and secondly, everyone has their own. One's own habits, when attacking opponents, naturally also have a habitual style of play."
The fighting style is similar, and the wounds left are naturally quite similar. Bo Ruoyou's eyes lit up slightly, "Hou Ye, although Master Jing Kong has been killed for ten years, there are quite a lot of wounds on his bones besides the knife wound here." The bruises after a severe trauma that left slight fractures on the skeleton, which were invisible after a long period of time, but after this steaming and roasting, the traces of its age were exposed After coming out, the minnv found that the blood halo on Master Jingkong's skeleton matched the wounds left on Master Feng's body, the murderer ten years ago and the murderer who killed Master Feng were probably the same person."
The fog cleared away, and the case became much clearer, but Bo Ruoyou said: "However——the murderer used fists and kicks first, and finally used a sharp weapon. It's a bit strange. It's the same as Master Feng's death. The murder weapon, why fight against it..."
If you want to kill someone, you naturally want a quick fight, fists and feet are entangled, and it is very easy to create variables. If you have a weapon, why not directly hit each other with a sharp weapon. Huo Weilou narrowed his eyes, "What if there were two people back then?"
"One person fights with fists and feet, the other kills with a sharp weapon, or, after the clearance is restrained, kills with a sharp weapon."
Bo Ruoyou's eyes lighted up slightly, "It is indeed possible."
"If there were two murderers back then, and Mr. Feng was one of them, then Mr. Feng could only use a sharp weapon for one of them. After many years, the old incident suddenly came to the fore, the two of them were fighting each other, or the other one was worried, so he killed him But if Mr. Feng has nothing to do with this matter, then there are still two people at large."
Huo Weilou ordered: "Send Yue Mingquan and the three of them, and the Marquis will interrogate them in turn."
The place of interrogation is still in the mortuary yard, and the empty corpses have also been moved back. In front of the two remains, if the murderer is really among them, I'm afraid it will be a little more shocking.
Huo Weilou had only routinely interrogated earlier, but this time it was interrogated alone. Wu Yu and the others are all veterans, seeing this, he knew that Huo Weilou had obtained new clues, and he was even more suspicious of the three of them.
The first one to be called in was Yue Mingquan, Wu Yu and Wang Qingfu stood guard outside, Ming Guilan and Huo Qinghong also stood aside boredly, Bo Ruoyou also waited outside after placing the corpse.
Huo Qinghong thought of what he said yesterday, and suddenly wanted to try Bo Ruoyou without fear of death. He walked forward with a smile, and shouted in a voice that he thought he was affectionate: "Youyou—"
Bo Ruoyou raised her eyebrows, her beautiful eyes opened slightly, and she looked at Huo Qinghong in confusion.
Huo Qinghong stepped forward, "Guess what I'm thinking?"
Bo Ruoyou felt a little helpless, "Ministers don't know."
Huo Qinghong glanced at the paper money rune placed aside in the room, "It seems that I have to show it to the Buddha so that you can understand my intention—"
I saw Huo Qinghong enter the door, first lit the joss stick behind everyone's back, then picked up a piece of scripture talisman paper that was left over from the earlier memorial ceremony and burned it, and then grabbed the remaining ashes in his palm, and put his hands together Heshi, bowed in the direction of the Daxiong Palace, and said in the mouth: "Buddha Buddha, please show your spirit, let Youyou see my heart, I fell in love with her at first sight."
Bo Ruoyou looked at Huo Qinghong in disbelief, but Huo Qinghong walked up to Bo Ruoyou with a smile, and saw that he spread his hands holding the paper ashes, and then gently blew the ashes.
Bo Ruoyou didn't take it seriously at all, but at this moment, a strange thing happened. In Huo Qinghong's clean palm, a word "you" unexpectedly appeared, one in the left hand and one in the right hand. her name!
Bo Ruoyou looked at Huo Qinghong in surprise, and Huo Qinghong said with a smile: "Youyou, do you believe me?"
Bo Ruoyou's surprise was clearly written on his face, Huo Qinghong was very proud, but what Bo Ruoyou was surprised was, "I didn't expect the son to play tricks so easily, the daughter of the people knows the truth at the age of seven gone."
The corners of Huo Qinghong's lips twitched, and he laughed like he was crying.