Bo Ruoyou was so big, it was the first time he saw a real man naked.
Huo Weilou's back was stiff, his muscles covered his bones, and his strength was immeasurable. Bo Ruoyou's heart skipped a beat with just one glance. She suddenly remembered the scene of him dancing his sword in the morning, how he was as fierce as a falcon striking the air, And how handsome and unruly, there was a roar of tigers and dragons dancing in the mist of the river wind, her cheeks were a little hot, but Huo Weilou turned around.
His chest is thick and broad, with distinct ravines running all the way down his ribs, reaching his lower abdomen, and there are two more knotted veins extending into the black brocade trousers. Bo Ruoyou is a little flustered, and she doesn't know if she should turn around When it was time to lower my eyes, I saw that Huo Weilou was calm. He was wearing a cloak slowly, as if it was very common for her to see him.
Bo Ruoyou looked away a little slowly.
She turned sideways, not daring to look any further, but the fist that landed on her side couldn't help but clenched tightly. Although her eyes moved away, Huo Weilou's body tempered by the smoldering blood and flames was engraved in her mind It seems to be lingering.
Her heartbeat was extremely fast and heavy, the heat on her cheeks was accompanied by a surge of blood, and even her earballs were also red.
Huo Weilou asked quietly, "What's the matter?"
He had an ordinary expression, he sat down in front of the couch immediately after speaking, he was as imposing as usual, but he was only half-tied with his lapels half open, his muscular and bony chest was looming, a little lazy, There are also some inexplicable teasers.
He narrowed his phoenix eyes slightly, and saw Bo Ruoyou's reddish earballs at a glance. Her earballs were small and shiny in the first place, and there were no ear piercings. At this moment, accompanied by her pink cheeks, Huo Weilou's throat rolled slightly. for a moment.
His eyes were dark and unpredictable, but a smile soon surfaced, and he looked at the flustered and embarrassed Bo Ruoyou who was rarely seen in ordinary times.
Although Bo Ruoyou was a little at a loss in her heart, Huo Weilou's indifference made her feel less embarrassed. Thinking of Huo Weilou's high position and authority, there are many attendants around him, I'm afraid in his eyes, She is no different from Mr. Fu.
Thinking of this kind of thing made her mentally refreshed, she straightened her back, turned around and said, "Minnv just now—"
While talking, she raised her eyes, and saw Huo Weilou's half-open lapel at a glance, her mind tightened after she had just calmed down, and she stumbled, "Shi... Shi just went to the kitchen."
After all, she didn't dare to look directly, so she shifted her gaze to the left again, looking at the pillow embroidered with cloud patterns beside Huo Weilou. Could it be that she didn't take medicine, but Minnv went to the kitchen to find out that she started to take medicine in the afternoon of the day Minnv prescribed the prescription, but after she took medicine twice, in the morning of the second day, when Li Yuchang's body was found, He started to vomit continuously, and he also felt palpitations and dizziness, which was quite serious."
Huo Weilou saw all the details of Bo Ruoyou's daring not to look at her, and his smile grew stronger, but after hearing what she said, he didn't understand what she meant, "After drinking your medicine, it became more and more serious. ?”
Speaking of business, Bo Ruoyou calmed down, she glanced at Huo Weilou and said, "That's not the case, the prescription prescribed by the folk girl is to clear away heat and brighten the orifices, and it also has some effects of suppressing shock. There are talc and saltpeter in this medicine. Wait, although it can be used as medicine, it is also three-point toxic. When prescribing prescriptions on weekdays, the dosage must be clearly stated, and the dosage must not be excessive. The folk girl heard what the boatman said, and thought it was because they used too much medicine. Stepping forward, the minnv took a closer look, but the dose of medicine is correct."
At this point, Huo Weilou's eyes were also condensed, "Where is the weirdness?"
Bo Ruoyou's complexion turned serious, and her voice sank, "These symptoms, besides the overdose, there is also a possibility that if the patient takes this medicine without fever and typhoid fever, he will also feel uncomfortable. The symptom is that the medicine is three-point poisonous, and she took medicine when she was not sick, it was the same as taking poison, so she vomited and had heart palpitations."
"Pretending to be sick?" Huo Weilou turned cold.
Both of them looked stern, and Shicai's charm disappeared in an instant, Bo Ruoyou nodded, "The girl was not convinced, so she went to ask her adoptive father, who said that this prescription should not be used lightly, especially for Ben who has no fever, but has always been Those with a cold body are more toxic."
At this point, she frowned, "It was Yueniang who took the initiative to find the Minnv during the day. When the Minnv went to see, she only saw Song Meiniang's body was hot and she was even covered in a thin layer of sweat. She jumped into the river the night before. It was very likely that she had typhoid fever, so the Minnv was not surprised when she saw it, and she prescribed the medicine without a thorough diagnosis. Thinking about it now, Song Meiniang and Yue Niang were very likely to deceive the Minnv."
A cold look appeared in Huo Weilou's eyes, "Everyone knows that she jumped into the river, that's not enough, I have to use your mouth to let everyone know that she was seriously ill—"
Bo Ruoyou nodded, "The two of them are a bit weird, but Minnv didn't suspect much, because Minnv visited her personally that day, although she didn't ask for pulse, but Minnv touched her forehead, it was really hot, Thinking about it now, before Yueniang came to find the Minnv, they probably used some method to make a fake."
It is not impossible to make your body hot and sweaty, just cover it with a quilt for a while, and Yueniang came to find her on her own initiative, which can ensure that the disease is foolproof.
"Since he was pretending to be sick, then Song Meiniang might not have been as seriously ill on the night Li Yuchang died. Things like not being able to go to the ground and fainting from time to time are all nonsense." After a slight pause, Huo Weilou said: "If that's the case, Then Lu Qing was lying, it was true that he saw Yueniang that night, but it was impossible for him to meet Song Meiniang."
Bo Ruoyou followed suit, "That day Lu Qing's answer was somewhat inconsistent, and he always looked at Song Meiniang. Maybe he knew that Song Meiniang had no other witnesses, so he immediately reacted and lied for her. Before the woman asked him at that time, she saw that he looked a little strange... "
Huo Weilou pondered for a while, "It's just that if Song Meiniang was responsible for this case, then she must be able to sing "Resurrection", and there must be a reason that can force her to kill at this time. Liu Huiniang is for Chen Hanmo , then who is she for?"
"For Yueniang." Bo Ruoyou said firmly.
Huo Weilou raised his eyebrows, "The Marquis was suspicious of Yueniang before, but Song Meiniang just asked for a ransom. Her murderous intentions are weaker than Yueniang's, and although she treats Yueniang well, she is just a sister. Can you really kill someone for Yueniang?"
Among the actors in the troupe, Song Meiniang was the one who stayed the longest. She never resisted in the past many years, why did she kill someone for a little Yueniang now
The corners of Bo Ruoyou's lips were slightly pursed, as if hesitant, but she still said: "If it's just sisters, maybe Song Meiniang won't be murderous, but what if...they are not sisters, but mother and daughter?"
"Mother and daughter?" Huo Weilou couldn't help sitting up straight.
Bo Ruoyou said seriously: "I was in the kitchen just now, and the women heard from the boatmen that after Song Meiniang vomited profusely, she blamed them for not enjoying their work. It was because Song Meiniang couldn't eat chestnuts, but eating them was like eating chestnuts. Poisoning generally results in a rash of shortness of breath, and can be even more serious."
Huo Weilou showed suspicion, and Bo Ruoyou said: "It's really strange, because chestnuts are common food and not poisonous, but some people in the world really can't stand chestnuts, just like some people naturally like or hate certain ingredients, but can't eat them." People who eat chestnuts are also born. Shicai Minnv asked her adoptive father, and her adoptive father said that he had read a medical book, and in that medical book it was mentioned that some people in the world cannot eat chestnuts, some people cannot eat sea fish, and some people They cannot drink alcohol, although there are not many such people, but there are also many, not only that, these symptoms are like certain diseases that will be passed on to their children."
"But just now the boatman said that not only Song Meiniang can't eat chestnuts, but Yueniang can't eat them either. The women thought, is it really such a coincidence that a pair of master and apprentice in a theater troupe? And Qian Mingli said, Yueniang was brought up by Song Meiniang, so Minnv suspects that Yueniang was not an apprentice that Song Meiniang took halfway, and the two may have some blood relationship."
"If that's the case, then what Song Meiniang did for Yueniang can be explained."
After Bo Ruoyou said this, he said again: "The women of the people are not sure, and there are not many records about the food fasting disease passed down by blood relatives." At this point, Bo Ruoyou said suddenly: "I don't know if you know that, sir. I don't know this disease."
Huo Weilou thought for a while, got up and went to the door to call for Eunuch Fu, and ordered: "Let Luke go and inquire about Yueniang's life experience, and see how old she was when she joined the Yuchun Troupe Theater, and also, let Guilan come over for a while." trip."
These few days the boat was not stable, Ming Guilan was inconvenient in legs and feet, so he didn't move around much. After hearing the order, Eunuch Fu was about to call for someone, but when he looked up and saw that Huo Weilou's clothes were really open, he frowned slightly, suspiciously Looking at Huo Weilou, "Master Hou—" he nodded his chest after speaking.
Huo Weilou frowned as if he thought he was meddlesome, and tightened his lapel not so neatly.
Only then did Eunuch Fu go to call Ming Guilan, and soon, the sound of a wheelchair sounded outside the door. As soon as the door opened, Ming Guilan was outside, dressed in a moon-white robe, as warm as jade, and Bo Ruoyou saw him coming alone. There was no attendant, so he rushed forward to push the wheelchair.
Ming Guilan didn't refuse at all, entered the door and said with a smile: "Your Majesty asked me to come, but what is your order?"
Huo Weilou glanced at Bo Ruoyou, and asked her to say, Bo Ruoyou then said: "I don't know, my lord, many people in this world are taboo of a certain food, they know that the food is not poisonous, but after they eat it, they will feel a lot of discomfort, In severe cases, they will die.”
Ming Guilan raised his brows slightly, "Of course I know, but why did you ask about it?"
Bo Ruoyou repeated what she heard in the morning, and Ming Guilan was slightly surprised, "Although this matter is a bit strange, it's insignificant. How could you think that the two of them may be related by blood?"
Bo Ruoyou then said: "Earlier, I heard similar words from my adoptive father and adoptive mother. Minnv didn't remember it clearly. When I came up, Minnv asked her adoptive father. The adoptive father said that she did have this disease and would pass it on to her children. Children and grandchildren."
A faint light flashed in Ming Guilan's eyes, but he didn't ask any more questions, he just said: "It's true, I have read similar records in several medical books, but there is no explanation for the crux of the problem, and there is no way to diagnose and treat it , In medical books, most of them are recorded as strange stories, but when it comes to relatives, it is not 100% passed on to children, it depends on Yueniang's life experience."
With Ming Guilan's affirmation, he knew that Bo Ruoyou's assumption was not groundless, and soon, Lu Ke came up to the third floor and reported back: "Master Hou, Yueniang has indeed been in the Yuchun class since she was a child. I asked a few older attendants, and Qian Mingli, and they all said that in the spring of that year, Yueniang was sent to the garden as the daughter of a distant relative of Master Li. She was only a one-year-old baby at the time. No one knows, but since Yueniang could speak, she has been learning opera from Master Song, and her ordinary clothes are better than others, after all, she is the direct disciple of Master Song."
Both Bo Ruoyou and Huo Weilou's eyes darkened, and Huo Weilou asked, "Where was Song Meiniang at that time?"
Lu Ke looked blank, "I never asked this question carefully..."
Huo Weilou stood up, and pointed to the outer robe hanging on the wall. Seeing this, Eunuch Fu immediately took the outer robe to change for him, "Bring over the attendant you just asked, and this Marquis will ask it himself."
Now that he has obtained such an important clue, Huo Weilou only feels that the solution to the case is hopeful, so naturally he will not delay.
Soon, three attendants including Qian Mingli were brought to Huo Weilou.
When Qian Mingli asked about the relationship between Yueniang and Master Song, he said, "Master Song was about fifteen years old back then, and when she appeared on stage at fourteen, the house was full of applause, but that year, during a performance, Master Song fell from the stage and broke his leg, so he rested for more than half a year, but it didn't matter, the master valued her, so naturally he took good care of her, and after more than half a year, she appeared on the stage again, and her skills were not lost at all. "
As soon as Qian Mingli said this, Huo Weilou asked, "After Song Meiniang was injured, was Yueniang sent to the troupe?"
Qian Mingli nodded, "Indeed, it must have been a year after she was injured."
Huo Weilou said: "No one doubts Yueniang's life experience?"
Qian Mingli was startled, "Master Hou said... Yueniang is everyone from Song Dynasty..."
"No, it's impossible. The Song family was at the height of the limelight, how could they have given birth to a child at that time." Seeing Huo Weilou's serious eyes, Qian Mingli said again: "But the villain was just a villain at that time. Little domestic servant, I don't know what's going on, the master has built a special theatrical garden, and all the actors live in it, ordinary servants with low status are not allowed to enter."
"Yueniang is in the theater troupe, can I get preferential treatment?"
Qian Mingli thought for a while, "I didn't give much preferential treatment when I was young. It was just the niece of the master's distant relative. Naturally, everyone doted on this little doll. On weekdays, the master invited a nanny to take it with him. Later, everyone Song and Yue Niang They are very close, and later everyone in Song Dynasty accepted Yueniang as an apprentice, so the status will naturally not be low... "
The more Qian Mingli talked, the more frightened he became, as if he really didn't know about this matter.
"At that time, was there a young scholar in the troupe who was friendly with Song Meiniang?"
"This... the villain doesn't know the inside story at the time, but there have been many new roles in the troupe. When the Song family first appeared on the stage, there were a few good singers who played with her. After that, they changed one after another, and many people sang and acted. Master Song didn't want her to be a little bit weaker in stature, but everyone in Song didn't criticize her too much. Later, she also taught young and old roles, and she had many apprentices."
Huo Weilou asked the other two senior attendants, what they said was almost the same as what Qian Mingli said, although no one knew the inside story, but Yueniang was born just as Song Meiniang was injured, and both of them were Not being able to eat chestnuts naturally makes people connect the two of them together, but if Ruo Yueniang is Song Meiniang's daughter, who is the father of that child
Liu Huiniang can cherish each other with Chen Hanmo, so Song Meiniang can also cherish others, but how can Li Yuchang allow Song Meiniang to have a daughter with others? But if Yueniang's father was Li Yuchang, then Yueniang's murderous intent would not be able to stand up. How could his biological father be so kind to his own daughter
After Qian Mingli and the others retreated, Huo Weilou said in a deep voice, "If Yueniang's father is Li Yuchang, this matter may change."
Eunuch Fu was also listening, hesitating for a moment when he heard the words, "Will it be the worst possibility..."
Bo Ruoyou's spine felt a chill when he heard that, Huo Weilou said with serious eyes: "Bring Lu Qing."
When Lu Qing arrived, his complexion was more anxious than yesterday. After saluting, Lu Qing looked down at the place in front of him, not as open-minded as yesterday.
"Do you treat Song Meiniang sincerely?" Huo Weilou asked.
Lu Qing raised his jaw slightly, "Naturally."
Huo Weilou said in a low voice: "Then what are your plans? Now that Li Yuchang is dead, although you two are still under the contract of death, but after all, there are many less shackles. His death is strange. Could it be that you and Song Meiniang conspired to kill him?" ?”
Lu Qing's complexion changed drastically, yesterday he still questioned Song Meiniang and Yueniang, how could he be questioned today
Lu Qing hurriedly said: "Of course not, Lord Hou Mingjian, although the villain loves Sister Song, but Sister Song... Sister Song knows that Li Yuchang will not let her go, so she dare not think about it in the future, and never promises anything to you."
As Lu Qing said, his expression became bitter, "Li Yuchang's antiphonal singing is not too strict. Someone has redeemed her body and left before. Sister Song just wants to let the villain save enough money to leave Yuchun class earlier. Is she right?" will go."
"But she had quarreled with Li Yuchang before, saying that she wanted to redeem herself."
Lu Qing smiled miserably, "These are all fake... Sister Song just didn't want to be on stage again, so she angered Li Yuchang many times, but even though Li Yuchang was angry with her, she still didn't let her rest."
Huo Weilou stared, "Then is it true or not that she lost her voice?"
Lu Qing hesitated for a moment, thought for a while, and seemed to think that this question had nothing to do with the case, and said: "Sister Song is born with a good voice, and she has been taking good care of it over the years. Others lose that clear voice after twenty-three or four. But she is not like that, how could she lose her voice? As long as she wants, she can keep singing... "
As Lu Qing spoke, there was an obsession on his face. Anyone could see that he not only admired Song Meiniang, but also admired her talent in opera. Song Meiniang was not only his master, but also the lover in his heart. So he looks very promising.
"Since that's the case, why did she jump into the river?" Huo Weilou sneered coldly, "It seems that you treat her with affection, but she treats you normally. If she misses you, she won't jump into the river in a fit of anger."
But Lu Qing was not angered by this remark, he smiled wryly for a moment, "This villain knew this early on, the villain is in Sister Song's heart, and even Yueniang can't compare to it, but the villain doesn't care, the villain People admire her, not to mention that she still responds to villains one or two, even if they ignore villains, villains still love her."
Having said this, he became angry again, "The reason why she jumped into the river was because Li Yuchang forced her, all of this is Li Yuchang's fault..."
Huo Weilou stared at Lu Qing, "But you said just now that it's not true that she had a downy throat, and she didn't want to be on stage for a long time. She jumped into the river that night, and in the eyes of outsiders, it was all because Li Yuchang didn't pay attention to her. Give her face, listen to your words now, isn't this exactly what he asked for?"
Where did Lu Qing think of going to this section? Hearing Huo Weilou's question, he felt extremely regretful, "She...then she..."
It seemed that he couldn't think of why Song Meiniang jumped into the river, his eyes rolled for a long time but he didn't think of a reasonable explanation, so Huo Weilou asked again: "Did you see Song Meiniang that night?"
The corner of Lu Qing's lips twitched and he was about to speak, but Huo Weilou's voice suddenly turned cold, "You'd better tell the truth, I think you are kind and righteous, if you made false statements before, I can let you go, but from now on, But if one word is false, this Marquis will not forgive it lightly."
The words Lu Qing was about to say froze at the corners of his lips. Seeing his expression, Huo Weilou's eyes showed a mockery of seeing through everything. Seeing this, Lu Qing knew that he was not strong enough to hide anything. His head and back were bent a bit, "Yes... the villain didn't see Sister Song, but only talked to Yueniang. Yueniang said that Sister Song had already slept with the villain before leaving."
Since she had never seen anyone with her own eyes, it was very likely that Song Meiniang did this on purpose in order to add a witness for herself. Huo Weilou ordered Lu Qing to be taken to see him, and he asked how Liu Huiniang and the others were doing last night.
Lu Ke then said: "Liu Huiniang was babbling and singing in the middle of the night, but Yueniang and Song Meiniang were very quiet."
Huo Weilou pondered for a moment, "Bring Yueniang to the first floor to take care of her in front of Song Meiniang."
Lu Ke didn't know what Huo Weilou meant, so he immediately left.
Huo Weilou is the best at handling people's hearts. Song Meiniang and Yueniang are already close, but if they are just sisters, Yueniang is not that important to her, but if they are mother and daughter, there is nothing that worries her more than her daughter .
Killing and punishing her heart, Huo Weilou punished Song Meiniang this time because of her mother's heart. Although it was cruel, there was very little evidence in this case.
Not long after, Lu Ke came back and said as expected: "Song Meiniang saw that Yueniang was taken away, she looked a little nervous, she came forward to inquire, but her subordinates did not answer."
Huo Weilou nodded, and ordered: "Bring Liu Huiniang here."
The sky had already brightened, the breeze was blowing on the river, the fog cleared away, and the boats were moving slower and slower. The Changfeng Ferry was far away. If there was no abnormality in this case, everyone in the Yuchun class should get off the boat at this moment.
When Liu Huiniang entered the door, her makeup and expression were the same as the night before. She was detained in a different cabin, and for the whole night, there was no trace of despair on her face, and she even hummed a certain joke.
"The daughter of the people pays homage to Lord Hou."
Yingying saluted, when Liu Huiniang straightened up, there was a smile on her face, not only did she look at Huo Weilou without any fear, she even raised her chin, not wanting to hide her beauty with a look of despair.
Huo Weilou didn't say a word. He didn't handle many ordinary murder cases, but he handled a lot of prison cases involving court officials. Many old foxes who had experienced officialdom were not easy to deal with, but Huo Weilou could find and defeat them every time. Their method, but Liu Huiniang at this moment, gave him a sense of self-satisfaction and fearlessness of life and death.
After a while, Huo Weilou said calmly: "It seems that you are sure that you will not be convicted."
Liu Huiniang smiled softly, "The folk girl doesn't understand what Master Hou is talking about. The folk girl sang the opera that night and everyone knew it, but the master fell into the river on the other side of the tower. What does death have to do with the daughters of the people?"
"Then do you think the murderer is Song Meiniang?" Huo Weilou was not annoyed by her expression, on the contrary, he became more calm.
Liu Huiniang shook her head with disdain on her face, as if she was still mocking Song Meiniang at this moment, "Who knows? She is not favored by the master, maybe she has murderous intentions? Women don't dare to talk nonsense, let's see Master Hou and all the officials How to find out."
Lu Ke couldn't bear to see her like this, as if he was sure that they couldn't break the situation.
Huo Weilou's narrow phoenix eyes seemed to be thinking about something, at this moment, Bo Ruoyou said in a cool voice: "That night, you watched Li Yuchang step by step towards the side of the boat, and then fell into the river step by step, did you have the same expression? ?”
Liu Huiniang looked at Bo Ruoyou, she still had that determined expression, "What are you talking about? When the master died, everyone knew what I was doing..."
"Everyone thinks you are singing in the room." Bo Ruoyou followed her words, but she suddenly changed the topic, "But what if the person singing in your room is not you at all?"