Bo Ruoyou was woken up by the knock on the door. She opened her eyes and looked out of the window. She saw that the sky was not yet bright, and she was in a daze for a while. There was nothing on the boat for several days, and the sky was not yet bright. How could someone call her?
"Bang bang bang" knocked on the door again.
Bo Ruoyou didn't feel sleepy at all, and hurriedly asked, "Who?"
"It's me." It was Huo Weilou's voice.
Bo Ruoyou was taken aback, and immediately got up to get dressed. If it was normal, she would have woken up, so she quickly cheered up. Because she didn't know what happened, she put on her dress, and only tied her hair in a simple bundle. Then he walked out. As soon as the door opened, Huo Weilou stood at the door covering the sky and waiting, his face was serious, and Bo Ruoyou's heart skipped a beat immediately.
"Master Hou, what's the matter?"
Huo Weilou turned around and looked at Bo Ruoyou, her black hair was loose and loose, a little part of it was hanging on the side of her neck, there was a bit of sleepiness between her brows and eyes, but her eyes were very clear, Huo Weilou's gaze was from her unadjusted, The loose neckline was swept away, and he looked away again, and said in a deep voice: "Combine your hair and put on your cloak, ready for the autopsy."
Bo Ruoyou opened her eyes slightly, "Autopsy?"
Huo Weilou glanced at her again, "Li Yuchang is dead."
Bo Ruoyou frowned again while pulling her hair back. Who is Li Yuchang
Huo Weilou saw her doubts, "Boss Yu."
It turned out that Boss Yu's real name was Li Yuchang... Bo Ruoyou realized it, but she never thought that he would die. She pulled her hair up a few times, grabbed her cloak and put it on, and went out quickly.
Huo Weilou glanced at her up and down, and when he saw that there was nothing wrong, he turned around and left in satisfaction.
Eunuch Fu and Lu Ke were gone, only Huo Qinghong yawned and pushed open the door, "Brother, what's wrong?"
"Dead."
He didn't explain much to Huo Qinghong, first he took Bo Ruoyou downstairs, and when he reached the second floor, Bo Ruoyou saw a lot of people crowded in the corridor on the second floor, especially the Yuchun class. As for the other passengers, most of them were woken up. At this moment, many of them were standing behind the railing with hairy hair, looking towards the direction of the poop deck.
Bo Ruoyou couldn't help taking a step closer to Huo Weilou, "Master Hou, why did Boss Yu die?"
Huo Weilou then walked and said: "Before the time of the two sticks of incense, the anchorman's rope got entangled when he pulled the anchor up. It should have been some debris, but when he looked down, it was a corpse. The boatman was shocked and notified Shen Ya, and Shen Ya ordered the body to be salvaged, and only then did he recognize that it was Li Yuchang."
As soon as the two of them went down to the first floor, they saw Eunuch Fu walking up to meet him quickly, "Master Hou, Youyou, everyone in Yuchun Class knows that they are crying while looking at Boss Yu's corpse."
Bo Ruoyou thought that the people in the Yuchun class that he saw on the second floor just now were all people whose names he couldn't remember, and Hui Niang and others were indeed missing.
Huo Weilou's phoenix eyes sank slightly, and he walked towards the stern deck without saying a word, Bo Ruoyou followed behind him, before he got close, he saw many people standing on the deck, the outermost ones were the members of Yuchun Squad, Both Liu Huiniang and Yueniang were there, as well as a few young men who looked like students and four or five young women. From Bo Ruoyou's first glance, they all seemed to have been on stage.
Lu Ke stood at the innermost side with the embroidered clothes envoy, Wu Yu was beside Lu Ke, and Shen Ya and seven or eight boatmen were beside him. Suddenly someone died, and everyone looked very bad.
Seeing that Huo Weilou had arrived, everyone moved out of the way, and when they got close, Shen Ya couldn't help but stepped forward and said, "My lord, now that someone is killed, when we reach the next ferry, I'm afraid we will have to stop the boat and go to the shore to report to the officials." Now, wait for the government to issue a document with a statement, and then the ship can continue to move forward, otherwise—”
"There is no need to dock the ship, the case will come to trial." Huo Weilou interrupted him.
The word "Benhou" made Shen Ya's expression change slightly, Lu Ke saw this and said: "The one in front of you is the present Wu Zhaohou."
Shen Ya was stunned, although he had already guessed that Huo Weilou's status must be noble, but he did not expect that he was Wu Zhaohou. He was only stunned for a moment, and Shen Ya immediately threw up his robe and knelt down, "My eyes do not know Mount Tai, and I pay my respects to Lord Marquis."
He knelt down, and the others reacted for a moment, and then knelt down together. Everyone present knew Wu Zhaohou's reputation, but they couldn't believe that one day they would be on the same boat as Wu Zhaohou.
Huo Weilou waved his hand, "Excuse me, let's talk about how he found his body, after the meeting last night, where did everyone go, have you seen him before, now we need to find out how he got there If it was an accident, there is no need to investigate further, but if it is not, the people on board will not be able to escape the responsibility."
Everyone hadn't recovered from the shock of Huo Weilou's identity, and their complexions changed slightly after hearing his harsh words, Shen Ya responded again and again, "I can rest assured that you can find out the cause of death if you find out the cause of death." It would be great if it doesn't affect everyone's itinerary, if Lord Hou needs manpower, just give orders."
Huo Weilou quickly said: "I told the other passengers not to walk around indiscriminately. Starting today, any non-essential activities on board will be cancelled. After the cause of the deceased is found out, it will resume as usual."
It is unlucky for someone to die on board, and the innocent passengers are also afraid of being involved, especially Shen Ya. Hearing Huo Weilou's order, he immediately sent someone to spread the word.
Huo Weilou didn't bring many embroidered envoys with him this time. He looked back and saw Liu Huiniang wiping tears with red eyes, so he told Lu Ke, "Take a few of them to investigate and see who was there last night. The last one to see Li Yuchang."
Lu Ke responded and left, and after talking to Liu Huiniang and the others, Liu Huiniang wiped away her tears and walked away from the deck at the stern. The other members of Yuchun class also looked sad.
Bo Ruoyou stood aside and waited for them to leave before looking at the corpses on the deck.
As soon as she approached, Shen Ya's suspicious eyes fell on her. Immediately afterwards, he saw Bo Ruoyou squatting down, took out another delicate gauntlet from his sleeve, put it on, and then went to touch the corpse.
Shen Ya gasped.
Li Yuchang was still wearing the indigo brocade robe he wore when we met yesterday. At this moment, his body is soaked, his temple hair is also messy, and because he has been soaking in the river for a long time, his exposed skin is all wrinkled and dead white. It looked rather scary. She briefly probed Li Yuchang's head, face, mouth, nose, hands and feet, and had a preliminary judgment in her heart.
At this time, Huo Qinghong and Ming Guilan arrived late.
Huo Qinghong looked at Li Yuchang who was lying on the ground and stopped before he approached, "What's going on, why did Duanduan die?"
Eunuch Fu smiled wryly and waved his hands, "Master, please don't come this way, with Lord Hou and Youyou here, you and Young Master Ming can rest well—"
Huo Qinghong was naturally more taboo than the others, he hesitated for a moment when he saw this, but he didn't come to him after all.
At this time, Bo Ruoyou raised his head, "Master Hou, it is preliminarily speculated that he was drowned, but if we want to check more carefully, we have to find a new place and have to do an autopsy."
By this time, Shen Ya had already heard that Bo Ruoyou was not only a doctor, but also a professional assistant. He blinked, and was really shocked, because he was so shocked that he never heard Huo Weilou's order.
"Master Shen?" Eunuch Fu called out.
Shen Ya came back to his senses, and saw Huo Weilou looking at him with dark eyes, he hurriedly said, "Ah? What's the order of Lord Hou?"
Huo Weilou's phoenix eyes were narrowed, "Look for a vacant room."
The empty room was to be used to store corpses, Shen Ya understood, and immediately ordered the boatman to clear out a utility room near the deck, Huo Weilou ordered the embroiderer to carry the corpse in, and Bo Ruoyou looked at Shen Ya again , "Mr. Shen, it is possible to find extremely sharp knives on board? The thinner the knives, the better."
This time Huo Weilou and his party traveled lightly, and all the utensils they had prepared earlier followed Lin Huai on the dry road, so Bo Ruoyou naturally asked Shen Ya for help, Shen Ya thought about it, and immediately said: "There are some, please wait a little bit, girl, Let's go find-"
After Shen Ya finished speaking, he turned around and left, showing a bit of hospitality.
Bo Ruoyou turned around to look at the corpse on the ground, and when she raised her eyes, she saw Huo Weilou looking at her seriously. She was a little puzzled, and looked down at herself, but she didn't feel anything unusual about her body. He became more and more suspicious, and when he looked at Huo Weilou again, he saw that he had set his eyes on the corpse again, so he made up his mind, and Bo Ruoyou started the autopsy.
"The skin of the corpse is slightly whitish and wrinkled, and there are almost no corpse spots on the body surface. This is because the deceased was already in the water when he died, and the current caused the corpse to turn, making it difficult for the blood of the corpse to deposit. It is cold, the blood shrinks when it is cold, and the corpse spots will appear very slowly. There is also a little mucus foam on the mouth and nose of the deceased, and the abdomen is also slightly swollen. The folk girl speculates that he died of drowning, and it should have fallen into the water in the middle of last night."
"There were no obvious injuries on the body, but there were slight abrasions on the cheeks and palms. The abrasions were in flakes and thin strips, which is common. If he fell into the river from the hull, it would be harmless if he touched the hull or the sand and gravel in the river. possible."
Since the time of death was not long, so there are still many clues left, Bo Ruoyou grabbed the hands of the deceased and looked carefully, "The bruises and bleeding have healed a little, and they are all wounds in life. In addition, there are some moss-like moss in the finger crevices. Same thing, don't know what it is."
She took a rough look, and then began to untie the brocade robe on Li Yuchang's body. Huo Qinghong was standing at the door, and couldn't help but back away when he saw this scene. However, he saw Bo Ruoyou wearing a gauntlets.
He clicked his lips, and said to Ming Guilan: "Brother gave this to her, but I made the best use of it. I remember that when Xiliang Kingdom paid tribute, there were several other things that were sent together with this gauntlet." Mysterious treasure, has the elder brother given you all the tribute now? Then he is so generous."
Ming Guilan laughed, "If the son can do the autopsy like Miss Bo, Lord Hou will reward you."
Huo Qinghong shuddered, "Then I'd rather not!"
As he spoke, he smiled inscrutably, "When I return to Beijing, I want to discuss some other good things with elder brother. Only elder brother can save face with His Majesty, and he can take these tributes. Eldest brother can even reward Youyou. You can't give it to me."
Ming Guilan bent his lips and said: "That's not necessarily the case, Lord Hou has a clear distinction between public and private affairs, and you can't help Lord Hou with errands."
Huo Qinghong looked unhappy, but after thinking about it carefully, it was indeed the case, so he retreated with a bitter face.
Inside the house, Bo Ruoyou was naturally not in the mood to listen to the chatter outside. Now her mind was on the corpse, and she was focused and serious like a different person. After taking off her clothes, Bo Ruoyou first carefully inspected the skylight at the door. Picking up the robe, she quickly noticed several reddish-brown stains on the robe. She compared the stains with the stains under Li Yuchang's nails, and they were exactly the same. I have an idea in my heart.
At this time, Shen Ya came to the door with a very small dagger, "Girl, do you think this knife can be used? This is the knife we prepared for diners to eat fresh fish..."
Bo Ruoyou raised her eyes, her eyes lit up slightly, "It's available, thank you."
After receiving the dagger, Bo Ruoyou's heart was at ease, but she put it aside and still looked at the robe in her hand. Seeing that Li Yuchang's body was only left with a thin inner shirt, Shen Ya felt a little ominous, but also felt that Bo Ruoyou It was very surprising that such a little girl would perform an autopsy, so he said gently: "If you need anything else, please tell me."
Bo Ruoyou agreed, and Shen Ya withdrew. Eunuch Fu saw him and said, "This Young Master of the Shen family is exquisite in all aspects of life, and he is also handsome and good-looking, but he is also a pleasing person."
Bo Ruoyou only thought that Eunuch Fu was talking to him, so he responded casually without raising his head, "That's true."
Huo Weilou was ordering the embroiderers to search the building boats. Hearing this, he couldn't help but look back at Bo Ruoyou. Half of the embroidered clothes envoys looked at him suspiciously, and dared not ask even if they wanted to. After waiting for a while, Huo Weilou continued: "Especially what everyone in the Yuchun class did last night, you have to ask them one by one."
The embroidered envoy took the order to go, Huo Weilou was about to step out, but Bo Ruoyou said, "Master, there are some marks on Li Yuchang's robe, and the girls guess it was stained when he fell off the boat."
Huo Weilou looked at her intently, and Bo Ruoyou said, "The boat is huge, and now I don't know where Li Yuchang fell into the water, but the girl saw that there were such stains between his fingers and on his robe, so she expected him to fall into the water." Most of it was stained when she fell off the building. It looked like moss stains or rust stains, but Minnv remembered that when boarding the boat, there were some green moss stains on the hull near the shore. It's not like this stain."
It took half a month or even more than a month for the big boat to stop at the shore. The hull was made of hardwood, and it was easy to grow some moss after a long draft, but Bo Ruoyou remembered from memory that the moss on the hull was not such a color.
Huo Weilou understood, he also squatted down in front of Bo Ruoyou, looked carefully, and saw that there were a lot of stains on his robe, he knew it, and was about to get up, but felt that they were both squatting , but she was so close in an instant that he could even see her distinct eyelashes. Huo Weilou didn't move for a while, but Bo Ruoyou was about to lean over but unbuttoned the remaining underwear from the corpse, but seeing him staring at her fixedly, she was a little puzzled, "Master Hou, what's wrong?"
Huo Weilou didn't open his mouth either, he picked up the robe on the ground and got up and went out the door.
Bo Ruoyou was taken aback for a moment, and then remembered Huo Weilou's strange behavior last night. She was a little confused, so she looked at Eunuch Fu at the side, "Eunuch, has Master Hou been a little weird these two days?"
Eunuch Fu thought that Huo Weilou's weirdness was different, but in front of Bo Ruoyou, he couldn't seriously say that he suspected that Huo Weilou had feelings for her, so he could only smile and said: "Master Hou is like this, sometimes he will Temperament is unpredictable."
Bo Ruoyou had felt this for a long time, she sighed and suppressed the thought for the time being, when her eyes fell on the corpse, she couldn't think of anything else in her mind, she first checked the body surface carefully, and then Start autopsy.
If the cause of death was drowning, an autopsy would be very necessary. Bo Ruoyou calmed down and cut along the thoracic spine of the deceased.
The river wind was howling on the deck, and at this moment, the vast mist on the river had just dissipated. Huo Weilou was standing at the bow, and the river wind lifted his black robe. Distracted. Don't say that Eunuch Fu thinks he is weird, even he thinks he is very weird.
Not long after, an embroiderer came over with a boatman, "Master Hou, I found something."
The boatman who was brought in was in his thirties and was a helper in the galley on the ship. He looked at the stains on Li Yuchang's robe and said, "My lord, this stain is most likely from the stern of the ship, near the galley. Yes. After cooking in the kitchen, the slops are often poured directly into the river, and the stains under the ship's side are different."
Huo Weilou's expression froze, "Lead the way—"
The boatman led the way, and quickly returned to the stern along the corridor on the outside of the building. Most of the stern is the kitchen utility room and the boatman's residence, and there are few boat passengers who often come here. As soon as they approached, Huo Weilou was indeed on the hull. Saw some dark brown stains.
The boatman said, "This is the place. It's about two feet wide, and it's full of stains like this."
These stains were accumulated over the years, Huo Weilou leaned forward to look at the draft of the hull, and then turned his eyes to look above the second floor, "Where is the second floor?"
An embroidered emissary said: "Master Hou, the second floor is up here, and it is the balcony on the west side of the second floor."
Huo Weilou immediately came to the west balcony on the second floor.
Different from the east side of the stage where the stage was built, the west side of the building was not big. At the moment, there were a lot of sundries such as canvas masts piled up against the fence. Huo Weilou came up and walked to the side near the kitchen on the first floor. There were a lot of masts and hemp ropes piled up underneath, with a lot of dust on them, probably not used for a long time, Huo Weilou looked around, "Call Shen Ya."
Shen Ya came very quickly, as soon as he came up to Huo Weilou, he asked, "Are these things usually piled here?"
Shen Ya nodded, "This place is not big, and it is at the stern of the ship. No one comes here on weekdays. These are the masts that were replaced two months ago, and there are some things that are not used on weekdays. The first floor is a bit damp, and There is almost no more to pile up, so they pile up here."
Hemp rope and other things are indeed easy to get damp, so there is nothing wrong with this statement, and these sundries have been piled up for two months, so it seems that it has nothing to do with Li Yuchang's death. However, when Huo Weilou stood up on the hemp rope, he felt a strange feeling. The hemp rope was stacked on top of the mast, forming a short steep slope. Along this steep slope, he could almost step out of the fence in one step.
Huo Weilou walked two steps forward along the sundries, and Shen Ya said immediately when he saw this, "Hou Ye, be careful, I will find someone to clean up this place immediately."
Huo Weilou stood at the highest point, and with almost one step, he would be able to fall in the air, and if the ship shakes at this moment, he may also fall into the river. The embroiderers on the side all looked a little nervous.
Huo Weilou frowned and said, "This place has always been like this?"
Shen Ya smiled wryly, "I really don't know about this. These things are placed here, and no one cares about them on weekdays. Once the boat starts to move, it will be wobbly, and it may not be sure if it falls apart."
Huo Weilou leaned over to look under the boat, then looked left and right, then pointed to a dusty bamboo broom standing in the corner, "Bring the broom."
The embroidered garment made quick movements, and handed the broom to Huo Weilou, Huo Weilou took it, made the broom stand on the side of the boat, then slowly pushed it out, and let go.
With a "plop", the broom fell straight down and fell into the water by rubbing against the side of the hull.
Huo Weilou pondered for a moment, then retreated steadily.
Shen Ya squeezed sweat in his palm, "Master Hou, did Boss Yu fall from here?"
Huo Weilou nodded lightly, "Very likely." He then ordered, "Lead the way to Li Yuchang's cabin."
Shen Ya led the way, and when he walked into the corridor, he couldn't help but said: "Master Hou thinks that Boss Yu was murdered? Could it be that he himself accidentally fell into the river?"
Huo Weilou said: "If there is no evidence to prove that he was murdered, it can be counted as falling into the river."
Shen Ya breathed a sigh of relief, "Actually, I think it's possible that he fell by himself. Last night, the two-fold opera sang well. Boss Yu was happy. Afterwards, he drank a lot of wine, and his room is far away from the second floor deck. Somewhat close."
After the words finished, Shen Ya stopped, "Master Hou, this is the place."
Huo Weilou looked at the door in front of him, and then at the location of the balcony, it was indeed very close.
Li Yuchang's cabin door was not closed, and it opened with a light push. The cabin is not as spacious and exquisite as the third floor, but it is also complete with everything. Li Yuchang's personal belongings are even more numerous, and the story in the play is written A playbook, an intricately embroidered pillow, the Four Treasures of the Study, several ancient legendary travel notes, an exquisite tea set and two jade bone fans.
Just looking at these personal belongings, one can tell that this person is used to extravagance and pleasure.
The items in the house were neatly arranged, without any signs of fighting, and the windows facing the river were tightly closed. Huo Weilou looked inside and outside the books, brocade quilts and other things, but found nothing unusual, and the playbook on the desk was still open. It seems that the master has just left and will come back later...
Everything was very normal, but Li Yuchang died.
After inspecting Li Yuchang's room, Huo Weilou took people downstairs when he saw Lu Ke coming up to welcome him, meeting Lu Ke and said: "Master Hou, the last person to see Boss Yu in Yuchun Class last night was Liu Huiniang."
Huo Weilou frowned, "Bring it here."
When Liu Huiniang was brought to Huo Weilou, her eyes were already red and swollen from crying. Knowing Huo Weilou's identity, she didn't dare to play tricks like she did in front of Huo Qinghong. She just cried very respectfully, "The song sung last night Well, the master later drank a few more drinks with Boss Shen. Later, the master got very excited and said that he wanted to talk about the playbook with the folk girl. The master wrote a new playbook. He said that if the folk girl sings the playbook, it will be popular all over the country. The folk girl was naturally happy, so she had a drink with the master while discussing opera in the folk girl's room, and later saw that the master was drunk, and the folk girl sent the master back first—”
"After sending the master back, the minnv returned to her room. The minnv was a little happy thinking that the master wanted the minnv to sing this play in the capital. After returning to the room, the minnv couldn't help but practice her voice. , this practice is almost two hours."
The more Liu Huiniang talked, the more she cried and her eyes were full of tears, "Minnv never imagined that last night was a farewell, and I will never hear the master tell the minnv again..."
I feel sorry for her crying, but Huo Weilou looked at her indifferently, and just asked her, "When you sent Li Yuchang back, did anyone see it? Can someone testify for you?"
Liu Huiniang rubbed the corners of her eyes, "Yes, what Lu Qing saw was the freshmen of our troupe."
"Send it to Lu Qing."
Huo Weilou sent someone to hear Lu Qing, just seeing this person, Huo Weilou only felt a little familiar, he thought he had been on stage in some drama, but they were all dressed up on stage, and he was not interested in the show, so naturally I don't remember clearly either.
Huo Weilou didn't take it seriously at first, but asked, "When Liu Huiniang sent your class leader back last night, did you see it?"
Lu Qingsheng was quite handsome, and upon hearing the words, he said calmly: "If you go back to Master Hou, I did see that Hui Niang sent Master back."
Huo Weilou didn't have any doubts about Lu Qing at first, but when this person opened his mouth, his brows frowned slightly, and he asked Lu Qing, "In the troupe, which female role do you have the closest relationship with?"