Lu Qing was slightly taken aback by this question, and Lu Qing said respectfully: "I have sung several times with some of the female singers in the class, so the relationship is considered close."
Huo Weilou's eyes dimmed, but he continued to ask calmly: "Last night, when Liu Huiniang sent Li Yuchang back, what was it like?"
Hearing this, Lu Qing immediately recalled: "Master hummed the aria, it was "Resurrection" written by him for Hui Niang, he was very happy on the surface, but he was a little dizzy from drinking, and his steps were a little unsteady, Hui Niang helped him up. When entering the door, there was a knock on the door, and I live next to the master, and came out to have a look when I heard the sound. Hui Niang helped the master in, said a few more words, and then closed the door and came out... "
Huo Weilou narrowed his eyes, "You all call Li Yuchang the master?"
Lu Qing nodded, "Yes, the villains were bought by the master early in the morning. Some have practiced in the mansion for five years, and some have practiced for ten years. They have to practice well before they can appear on stage."
Huo Weilou said again: "You live close to Li Yuchang, did something strange happen last night?"
Lu Qing thought for a while, then hesitated and said, "I don't know if it can be called a strange thing..."
Huo Weilou stared, "Say."
Lu Qing said: "After Huiniang left last night, I also entered the door. I seemed to hear something vaguely. It seems that the master opened the door and went out. But when I opened the door and looked out, I saw the corridor again. There was no one in there, and the master's door was also closed. It was already very late at that time, everyone took a rest, and the light in the corridor was dim. I didn't think much about it, so I continued to sleep, and then I fell asleep. Then I don’t know anything.”
Li Yuchang was drunk but went out again
"When was that time?" Huo Weilou asked again.
"It should be...it's already half past two o'clock." Lu Qing thought for a moment, and said in a quite affirmative tone.
Huo Weilou stared at him for a moment, then looked at Liu Huiniang who was standing a few steps away, waved his hand without saying anything, then thought of Yueniang, Huo Weilou asked Lu Ke again, "What did Yueniang do last night?" What?"
Lu Ke hurriedly said: "After the play was over, she went to see Song Meiniang, and then went back to her room to sleep before the second watch. Chunqin, who lives with her, can testify that her subordinates have already asked Chunqin if it was true. of."
Huo Weilou also thought of Yueniang for some reason, most likely because of the indifferent and cold expression on Yueniang's face that he saw that night, she was very wary of them, making people feel that she had little intention of friendship, "Everyone around Li Yuchang except Lu Qing The other passengers also asked, especially whether he had been out before or after the second watch."
Lu Ke led away, and Huo Weilou returned to the utility room where Bo Ruoyou's autopsy was performed.
As soon as he got closer, he saw Huo Qinghong standing further away, as if he was avoiding something, Ming Guilan was sitting in a wheelchair, next to the fence, frowning slightly, Huo Weilou raised his eyebrows, and took another step forward There was a pungent smell of blood.
He walked to the door quickly, and saw the dazzling blood inside the door.
Li Yuchang died overnight, and the body was still fresh. After Bo Ruoyou's autopsy, blood spilled from the knife edge, which was quite terrifying. Bo Ruoyou was squatting on the ground, with the cloak on her body in the hands of Eunuch Fu, and her sleeves were rolled up. , There were bloodstains all over the gauntlet, and even the wrists were scratched. There were two porcelain plates on the ground beside them, and some shapeless filth was spread out in them.
Seeing Huo Weilou came back, Bo Ruoyou raised her eyes from the corpse, her eyes were cold and serious, and when she looked at Huo Weilou, she just got a little warmer, "Master Hou is back."
Huo Weilou came up, "How is the test?"
Bo Ruoyou straightened her sore waist, and said, "The deceased's eye mask has small white spots, which have begun to dissolve, and the body is slightly swollen. Due to the cold water in the river, there is only a little corruption in the internal organs, and the spots on the corpse are light in color. Light, severe joint stiffness, based on the above and the degree of digestion of food in his spleen and stomach, he should have fallen into the water and drowned around midnight last night."
On the second watch, shortly after Liu Huiniang sent him back, Huo Weilou frowned slightly, and continued to listen to what Bo Ruoyou had to say.
"After the autopsy, the woman found some undigested food and a lot of alcohol in the stomach of the deceased. She must have really drank a lot last night. There was a small amount of fine sand in the mouth and nose of the deceased, and the esophagus There is also a little silt and finely divided aquatic plant leaves in the airway, which should be inhaled when struggling in the river."
Bo Ruoyou frowned slightly, and said again: "So far, Minnv has not found any evidence that he was murdered. These clues only show that he fell into the river after drinking. If he was really drunk and confused Now, if you fall into the river, the cry for help must be low, and Lord Hou knows that at night, when the river wind howls, if the cry for help is low, you really can't hear it clearly."
"Meaning there's a chance he didn't die of murder?"
Bo Ruoyou nodded, "This is indeed the case from the body. There were no fatal injuries on the deceased. After removing all the clothes, apart from the abrasions on the hands and face that were discovered just now, there was also an abrasion on the deceased's feet. However, these The scratches may be caused by falling into the river. In addition, there is a post-mortem wound on his waist, which should be left by the rope of the anchor. All the wounds in life are not fatal. If the person is on land, Such scratches don’t even need to be rubbed with wound medicine.”
After Bo Ruoyou finished speaking, she asked again: "Did Hou Ye find the place where he fell?"
"I found it." Huo Weilou walked a little closer to her, "On the balcony at the stern of the second floor on the west side, there are a lot of sundries piled up there, stepping on the sundries can easily cross the fence and fall down. It happened to be the location of the kitchen on the first floor, where the water was poured all the year round, and over time, stains of different colors appeared on the hull, just like the ones rubbed on Li Yuchang's robe."
The stern of the first floor of the building boat is a deck, and the stern of the second floor is a small terrace, but in the middle of the night, what does Li Yuchang go to the terrace for
Bo Ruoyou wondered: "What is he doing on the balcony? He accidentally fell down..."
Huo Weilou stared, "This is also a place that the Marquis is puzzled by. Lu Qing, who lives next to him, said that he heard him open the door after half hour, as if Li Yuchang had walked out. No one was seen. If Li Yuchang had gone to the tower at that time, then he really could not see anyone, because Li Yuchang's room was very close to the west tower, and he would be there soon. But it was too late, unless he was drinking seriously. When I got to the point where I lost my mind, I walked around to the terrace, climbed up the debris, and then stepped out and fell into the river."
Bo Ruoyou frowned slightly, "It's not that I haven't heard of some people who got drunk and lost their minds and then killed themselves." After saying this, she lowered her eyes to look at Li Yuchang's corpse, and was a little uncertain for a while. idea.
Seeing this, Huo Weilou said: "If there is no doubtful evidence, then it is assumed that he slipped and fell into the river and deal with it."
Bo Ruoyou nodded, although it was a bit unbelievable, but it didn't mean that a dead person was a murder case, "That's all. When women were in the Qingshan County Government Office, they often found the corpses of refugees who died of illness and frozen to death on the side of the road. I have seen drunken people who fell into the river and died, and they were not harmed by others."
Huo Weilou narrowed his eyes, "The corpse of a refugee who died of illness?"
Bo Ruoyou was stunned for a moment, "Not many, it's just that during times of famine, there are always some people who can't make a living. Those who are in better health may survive for a few days, and those who already have illnesses can hardly survive. Qingshan County is poor and weak, so It’s not uncommon for it to happen by chance.”
Huo Weilou frowned, "Jiangnan is well known in the world, if there are still refugees in Jiangnan, the world will be in chaos."
Bo Ruoyou hurriedly said, "Don't worry, Lord Hou, it's not common."
Huo Weilou stopped talking, and Bo Ruoyou cleaned up the wound on the corpse and covered it before standing up. She squatted for a long time, her legs and feet were a little numb, she swayed before she stood still, Huo Weilou saw it , his eyes became darker again.
At this time, Lu Ke said outside: "Master Hou, all the people who need to be questioned have been questioned. Last night, the people in Yuchun class and the tenants were almost all witnesses. Only a few lived alone and never left the house. There are few witnesses, but they have no grievances with Boss Yu, and the subordinates have asked them several times, but they have not found anything unusual."
"Is that Lu Qing undocumented?" Huo Weilou asked.
Lu Ke nodded, "Danjiaoer and Shengjiaoer live alone, and several of them have no witnesses, but the subordinates asked them around, and they didn't hear anything unusual, and most of them went to bed after half hour. gone."
Li Yuchang died around Zishi. If other people fell asleep in the middle of Haishi, it would be difficult for others to hear him even if there was any movement when he died. Therefore, there are still some omissions in the testimony here. However, the autopsy did not find any harm. No other clues were found on the balcony, so it was impossible to forcibly link Li Yuchang's death with these people.
"No suspicious evidence has been found yet. Li Yuchang probably fell to his death by himself. Later, he ordered the Yuchun class to pack up his belongings and call Shen Yalai."
Lu Ke responded and left, and soon Shen Ya came to him. When Huo Weilou said that Li Yuchang fell into the river and died by himself, he also heaved a sigh of relief. If Wu Zhaohou made a final decision on this case, then Shen Ya would have nothing to do with him , and there is no life lawsuit during the period, it is the best to deal with, Shen Ya said, "Thank you, Lord Hou, I will go to discuss with the people in Yuchun class to see how to deal with Boss Yu's funeral."
Huo Weilou naturally ignored this, and nodded in agreement.
When Shen Ya left, Huo Weilou turned around and saw Bo Ruoyou squatting on the ground again. She looked at Li Yuchang's corpse, and she didn't know what she was thinking, "What? Did you notice something unusual?"
Bo Ruoyou shook her head, "No, the girl just felt a little weird. Boss Yu was very concerned about the meeting these two days. Later, the meeting went smoothly, and I was quite happy. When I was the happiest, I suddenly fell into the river and died. Death is indeed impermanent.”
"There are unpredictable things in the sky, and there are indeed many great joys and great sorrows."
Bo Ruoyou got up to wash her hands, this time with the handguard Huo Weilou gave her, it saved her from being stained with blood and blood from corpses, after washing the handguard, she wiped it clean and put it in her sleeve before coming out At that time, I saw that the Yuchun class, headed by Liu Huiniang, had already gathered outside the door, because they knew that Li Yuchang died in the river, and everyone came to collect his body for him.
Shen Ya was also by his side, and when he saw Huo Weilou and his party coming out, Shen Ya said, "Boss Yu is dead, they think that the funeral of Boss Yu should be the most important thing, and they will disembark when they arrive at Changfeng Ferry the day after tomorrow, and take Boss Yu's body first. Send the body back to the south of the Yangtze River for burial, and we can only give up on the matter of the church meeting."
Southern opera is weak in the north. This opportunity to go to the Beijing Hou's Mansion to sing is very precious to Yuchun Troupe. If you cherish this opportunity, you can just send a few people to bury Boss Yu, but I didn't expect them to sing in a row All opportunities were given up.
Bo Ruoyou felt moved when he heard this, Huo Weilou didn't comment on this, and led them out of here.
After walking a few steps, Bo Ruoyou vaguely heard Liu Huiniang's crying. Her voice was clear and melodious, and her crying was especially soft and sweet. Even a woman like her felt sad and pitiful when she heard it. She looked back , but saw Yueniang following at the end, with grief on other people's faces, her expression was rather cold.
Bo Ruoyou suddenly thought of Ye Yueniang's indifferent expression after they collided with her, her heart skipped a beat, and she hurriedly waved out the thoughts that popped up in her mind. The mother is connected together.
Huo Weilou and his party hadn't had breakfast yet, they went to the tea shop first and had breakfast before going upstairs. When they went up to the second floor, they saw people coming and going in the corridor. They were members of the Yuchun class. Some were packing up Li Yuchang's belongings, while others were preparing to make a set of mourning clothes for Li Yuchang to wrap his body.
Just when Huo Weilou and his party went upstairs without stopping, they suddenly heard someone shouting and cursing in the corridor.
"Who stole it?! Do you dare to steal the master's things? Do you think that if the master is gone, all of you will be lawless? Let me tell you, you all signed the deeds and returned to the old house in Jiangnan. People rule over you."
"That fan is the master's favorite jade bone fan. You'd better return it honestly. If I catch you, see if I don't tear your skin apart. Chunqin, is it you? The news of the master's death was announced just now. Come on, the last time you dawdled, did you come here and steal the master's fan?!"
The person who scolded was a man, Huo Weilou heard the word "Chunqin" and felt familiar, so he stopped and walked towards the corridor, just after turning the corner, he saw a man with his waist stuck in his waist and scolding a few little girls.
The little girl named Chunqin was the one who shared the room with Yueniang, Huo Weilou's phoenix eyes were narrow, and she stopped here inexplicably.
The scolding man turned his back to Huo Weilou, and didn't notice their coming. Seeing Chunqin biting the corner of his lips and making no sound, he stepped forward and grabbed Chunqin's ear, "I'm asking you something, do you want to say it?"
"Steward Qian, it's not me, it's really not me, I overslept, it's not that I came to steal things..."
Chunqin burst into tears in pain, and at this moment saw Huo Weilou, and hurriedly called out: "See you, Lord Hou—"
Everyone on the boat knew Huo Weilou's identity, and when she yelled like that, Steward Qian was taken aback, and when he turned around, he was facing Huo Weilou's cold phoenix eyes, his complexion changed slightly, and he hurriedly saluted.
Huo Weilou came forward, "What did Li Yuchang lose?"
Steward Qian didn't dare to be presumptuous, so he hurriedly laughed and said, "If you go back to Master Hou, the master lost one of his favorite folding fans when he was alive."
Folding fans... Huo Weilou remembered that when he came up in the morning, he only saw two folding fans on the table, so he said: "When Ben Hou came to search the house in the morning, I saw two folding fans."
Steward Qian hurriedly said: "I want to report to the Marquis, the master has three folding fans, and the one he likes the most is a handful of white jade bones, with Manshushahua and a picture of a beautiful woman painted on the fan. The folding fan is gone..."
Steward Qian gave Chunqin a sideways look, as if he still felt that Chunqin had stolen the fan.
Huo Weilou frowned slightly, "Did he lose something else?"
Steward Qian shook his head, "No, only this."
Huo Weilou quickly said: "He has three folding fans, the one you mentioned is his favorite, if someone wants to steal the fan, why don't they steal the other two fans together? Besides, there are many valuable things in his room. If you are seeking money, why not steal it together?"
Butler Qian's complexion changed slightly, "This..."
Chunqin sniffed, and immediately looked at Huo Weilou gratefully. Steward Qian dared not argue, and then said: "The villain is stupid, maybe... maybe the master took it away by himself."
Huo Weilou didn't say much anymore, he only saw that many of Li Yuchang's personal belongings had been put away in the room with the door open, while on the desk, several books put together were still left there alone.
Huo Weilou suddenly asked, "What is your master using that fan for?"
Steward Qian hurriedly said: "It's for singing, that fan was specially ordered by the master for "Resurrection"..."
""Resurrection"? Is it the script written by your master for Liu Huiniang?"
Steward Qian nodded immediately, "Yes, our master has learned a lot and has written many scripts. This "Resurrection" is specially written for everyone Liu. The master is a drama idiot. Sing, so when the playbook came out, the first person who could sing was the master, and everyone was instructed by the master. This "Resurrection" was specially made for Liu Huiniang. Hey, I thought the team would rely on this play to become a big hit. A handful."
Steward Qian looked regretful, "Master's "Resurrection" has not been finished yet, but now there is no one left."
As he spoke, Steward Qian's eyes turned red, as if his grief was real.
Huo Weilou nodded and didn't ask any further questions, turned around and went upstairs, and only after reaching the third floor did he say: "Liu Huiniang said that after the big play last night, she and Li Yuchang had a drink and a play in the room, and what they were talking about was this "Resurrection" , Later she sent Li Yuchang back to her room, and she practiced singing alone, but Li Yuchang died, and the folding fan disappeared, I am afraid that Li Yuchang was also drunk and went to sing on the balcony, still holding the folding fan in his hand."
Bo Ruoyou was stunned, "So that's it. This can also explain why he went to the terrace in the middle of the night. After he fell into the river, when he was found in the morning, his shoes were gone, and the folding fan was naturally lost."
The Lancang River is flat and wide, not to mention folding fans, even if a person falls into the river, he is very likely to be swept away, but the place where Li Yuchang fell is close to the anchor rope, so he was hooked, otherwise he is afraid of disappearing The people don't know his whereabouts.
It is probably impossible for Chunqin to steal things, but this Yuchun class has other strange features. Huo Weilou thought of the sound he heard outside the door that night, and finally felt a little suspicious in his heart, but Yuchun class is a home class. Now, these young actors are often together, and it is not impossible to have some personal affairs, and if it has nothing to do with Li Yuchang's death, he doesn't have to expose them one by one.
He shook his head and didn't bring up the matter after all.
At this time, Wu Yu, who had been following along, sighed: "It is said that opera actors are ruthless, but they didn't even go to the hall in the capital, so it's not really ruthless. It's just that without the troupe master, I don't know what the fate of the Yuchun troupe will be in the future."
Wu Yu originally wanted to go to the capital to attend the lecture, but this time Yuchun's class turned back, which surprised him.
Mr. Fu said fairly: "From what the housekeeper said, it seems that the Li family has other masters. All the opera actors have their personal titles in their hands. If there is anyone else who can take on the role of troupe master, this troupe will probably not scattered."
The Yuchun class is quite famous in the south of the Yangtze River. This kind of cash cow, as long as there is some brains, it will not be easily disbanded.
The sudden change happened, although I was not familiar with Li Yuchang, the sudden death of a big living person still cast a shadow over my heart, even Huo Qinghong was stunned like frost, and everyone in Yuchun class was shocked. To disembark in the next day, the journey by boat in the next few days must be dull and boring.
There was a lot of commotion in the morning, and Cheng Yunzhi naturally heard it too, but he didn't go downstairs, and only now heard Bo Ruoyou talking about it. After hearing the autopsy results, Cheng Yunzhi said, "It's not surprising, there are still people who stumbled and fell to death in blue sky and broad daylight. What's more, it's drunk and at night, but the balcony on the second floor has to be tidy and tidy, adults can forget it, if there are children climbing it, it will be very dangerous."
When Bo Ruoyou heard this, she didn't know if the balcony on the second floor had been cleaned up, so she thought about going to the balcony on the second floor. When she got to the balcony, she heard Shen Ya scolding the boatman.
"Although there are few people here, they have to be cleaned frequently. Wouldn't it be a disappointment if there are distinguished guests?"
The boatmen responded, and Shen Ya came out angrily. As soon as he went out of the small door, he saw Bo Ruoyou outside, with a smile on his face, "Why is the girl here—"
Bo Ruoyou said: "I heard Hou Ye said that there is a place where you can climb over the fence without any effort, so I want to take a look."
Shen Ya sighed and said: "It's all my fault for my negligence, but it will be sorted out soon."
Bo Ruoyou felt relieved, and when she heard the sound of boatmen tidying up on the balcony, she turned around and turned back.
The boat was busy all day long. Although there were no funeral objects, Shen Ya was afraid that it would be unlucky if someone died, so he found incense and candlesticks for lighting and set up a temporary mourning hall. , Liu Huiniang led a few people to guard the mourning hall, but she respected the leader very much, and at night, another person came to guard the mourning hall.
Shen Ya was afraid of the dead, but at the same time felt that setting up a mourning hall on the ship was not good-looking, because since the setting up of the mourning hall, the passengers on the boat have not gone downstairs for a whole day, and the restaurants and tea shops are also vacant. He asked the boatman to raise the ship Fan Lai, I just wish I could get to Changfeng Ferry quickly so that Boss Yu can disembark as soon as possible.
However, the boat sailed for a day and a night, but still hadn't arrived at Changfeng Ferry. According to the itinerary, it would arrive at dawn on the third day at the earliest. Because they were about to disembark, the Yuchun troupe began to dismantle the stage and pack the cages on the second day. The dangerous buildings and his party rarely disembarked. On the evening of the second day, Bo Ruoyou heard the movement downstairs stopped, so she went downstairs to get water for Cheng Yunzhi.
As night fell, the speed of the boat slowed down a lot. Bo Ruoyou went down the stairs and arrived at the corridor on the second floor. There was no one there, and it felt a bit eerie. Dead people, no matter day or night, No one came out to move around.
She didn't take it seriously, and turned to go to the first floor, but just as she was about to go down the stairs, she suddenly heard a sound coming from the balcony at the end of the second floor, her eyebrows twitched, and she turned subconsciously.
The terrace is the place where Li Yuchang fell to his death. Who would be here
The small door leading to the balcony from the corridor was half-closed, and with the soft sound of "squeak" coming from the river wind, Bo Ruoyou slowed down and approached, and before she reached the door, she suddenly stopped.
She saw, through the half-closed door, a blue will-o'-the-wisp dancing on the empty terrace for no reason.