I don't know if she was frightened the night before, and Bo Ruoyou didn't sleep well that night. She woke up before it was bright the next day, and looked in the mirror. Qing, only the wrist is still a little serious.
Although she is not delicate, she was well-bred by her adoptive father and mother since she was a child. Except for some thin calluses on her palms, she is full of delicate and tender skin. She was burned on her wrists a few days ago, and she suffered another blow last night. Huo Weilou's heavy hands really made her dumbfounded.
It was still early, and she gave herself medicine again. Before she went out, she heard the singing of Nana from under the cabin.
It was Liu Huiniang who was singing.
The text of the play is not clear, but the tune is sad and sad. At this dawn, with the gentle and continuous river wind, it penetrated into the bottom of Bo Ruoyou's heart, which also made her feel a little depressed. She stood by the window without moving, her eyes fell. Above the sky's indigo dawn stratus.
This case is the best ending so far.
Although Bo Ruoyou is not on a business trip, but after several years of post-mortem examinations, she has seen a lot of joys and sorrows, so even if she puts reason first, there is still the word "law". She can't agree that hurting people because of reason not guilty.
The light broke through the clouds, and when the sky was bright, the mournful melody stopped. Last night, the boat docked at the far corner of the berth, and the surroundings were quiet and undisturbed. Now it started again, and it went to the ferry pier.
When Bo Ruoyou went out, she saw the door of the next room opened at the same time. Huo Weilou walked out of the room and looked at her neck. She was wearing a dress with a higher collar today, which could barely cover the marks on her neck. Stop, lest Cheng Yunzhi feel distressed when he sees it.
"Lord Hou—"
Bo Ruoyou was blessed with blessings, Huo Weilou said, "Come in with me."
Bo Ruoyou raised her brows slightly, and after a moment of hesitation, she finally entered the door. Huo Weilou closed the door and approached him the next moment. Bo Ruoyou was startled, took a step back, and saw Huo Weilou raised his hand again Probe to her neckline.
She covered her neckline and looked at Huo Weilou as if in shock, "What is Hou Ye going to do?"
Huo Weilou frowned, and said solemnly: "Look at your injury."
If he used to look so serious, it would mean that Bo Ruoyou wouldn't dare to resist whatever he said, but now she was about to pull her collar, how could she agree? After a few steps, everyone leaned against the wall, with helpless and annoyed expressions on their faces, "Master Hou... Minnies are women after all, you can't be like this..."
She was also a little bit ashamed and annoyed as she spoke, she turned her body sideways, her face was slightly hot, and she said in a low voice: "It's all right for the Lord Hou to use civilian girls as men. Skirt, if you don't know the nature of Lord Hou, women would really dare not let Lord Hou get close..."
After all, he was bold in front of him, and dared to say such words clearly, Huo Weilou raised his eyebrows, and it was a little funny to hear it for a while, "What kind of temperament is this Marquis?"
Bo Ruoyou glanced at him sideways, and said in a low voice: "Everyone knows that Lord Hou is not close to women..."
Her tone was quite firm, but Huo Weilou raised her brows when she heard it. Looking at Bo Ruoyou's appearance, he knew that she really believed her words, but the unfeminine rumors in the market were not what she thought Kind of not close to feminine.
He doesn't have a woman by his side, it doesn't mean he won't be attracted to women, he is an adult man who has passed the age of double ten.
Bo Ruoyou was still hiding by the wall, looking like he was really a bully who bullied a girl from a good family, a smile appeared in his eyes, he took a step back, and spread his hands in a rare way, "Forget it, then roll up your sleeves." Come and show this Marquis."
If the collar looked down, he looked at it, but now it was really impolite to come up and pull it. Seeing Huo Weilou retreating, Bo Ruoyou just stood up straight, and only showed his wrist, "Here, look, Lord Hou—"
The medicine was applied in the morning, and the redness and swelling were half gone, but because Huo Weilou's hands were so hot, a circle of bruise and purple was formed on his wrist at this moment, which looked quite scary. Huo Weilou took a step forward, frowning, and raised his hand to Coming to grab her wrist, Bo Ruoyou took another step back and retracted her wrist, "Don't worry, Lord Hou, it's all right, it's just a little bruise, it'll be fine when the bruise dissipates."
Huo Weilou looked at Bo Ruoyou with a lot of dissatisfaction in his eyes, he could see that Bo Ruoyou was quite wary of him.
"You're still afraid of Ben Hou."
Huo Weilou looked at her deeply, his tone was not very aggressive, but it made Bo Ruoyou's heart tense, she looked at Huo Weilou helplessly, and said softly: "It's not about fear, that girl is already in awe of Lord Hou Very, not just today."
While talking, she only felt that Huo Weilou was a little weird, could it be that he blamed himself too much
Looking suspiciously at Huo Weilou, Bo Ruoyou had no choice but to say: "Master Hou, don't take what happened last night to heart, it's just a misunderstanding, and these minor injuries and pains are nothing to a commoner girl."
Seeing her like this, Huo Weilou felt a little helpless, smiled lightly and turned around to go out the door, Bo Ruoyou heaved a sigh of relief, thinking that although following Huo Weilou was a lot of hard work, and there were still some inexplicable dangers of life and death, but he didn't care about his subordinates. But it will never be bad, otherwise, how can it make people follow faithfully
When the tea shop on the first floor ran out of breakfast, Lu Ke came to report: "Master Hou, Mo Heng, the prefect of Chuzhou, is already waiting at the pier."
Huo Weilou didn't want to waste time, and immediately announced that Moheng would board the boat to meet him.
The magistrate of Chuzhou was established in the past year. Because of his excellent background, he had a relationship with Huo Weilou a few times. After Huo Weilou clarified the case and asked him to hand over the testimonials, Mo Heng understood Huo Weilou Dangerous building meaning.
Soon, the three of Liu Huiniang were brought out. She was wearing a willow dress and walked in front. Eyebrow, and winked at the Yacha, who wanted to come forward to get someone, but stood there without moving.
Yueniang was still supporting Song Meiniang, this time several people will be taken to the government office for interrogation, Yueniang seemed a little uneasy, but Song Meiniang looked calm, when the two were about to get off the boat, Yueniang asked softly: "Sister, Where will we be taken?"
Song Meiniang said in a relaxed voice: "No matter where you go, the future will be a good day..."
Not only did Mo Heng want to take the three of them away, but he also asked Qian Mingli and other principals to accompany them to question the case. Fortunately, Changfeng Ferry was not far from Chuzhou City, so it was nothing. At this moment, they were sent off the boat, and the rest of the Yuchun squad filed down carrying the boxes and cages, and the whole boat was half empty in an instant.
Mo Heng said respectfully: "Master Hou rarely passes by Chuzhou, it should be nice to entertain Lord Hou..."
Huo Weilou knew what he was going to say, and waved his hand, "There will still be chances in the future, this time the Marquis has important things to do when he returns to Beijing, so don't delay, you should do your best in this case, and there are many people who have been released from slavery by the Marquis Take care of two points."
Mo Heng immediately bowed and said yes, and then he took the people off the boat.
People came and went on the pier, and soon, Mo Heng and Yuchunban and his party disappeared into the crowd. There was a lot of space on the upper ship, but there were new passengers boarding the ship. By around noon, the boatmen had completed the work. What is needed, the boat will go north along the Lancang River again.
It had been six days earlier, the journey was over half way, Huo Weilou asked Shen Ya once, and the boat speeded up a lot, according to the progress, it may take less than five days to arrive at Jingji Ferry.
After the incident of the Yuchun class, both the passengers and the owner of the boat on the building were worried for several days, so after the boat sailed, everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief, and the teahouses and restaurants were all lively, and it was already February at this time. , all the way up the river, although the wind is still cold, but the two sides of the Lancang River are full of spring.
Huo Qinghong got used to the building boat, and watched the Yuchun class cause fatalities. These few days, he has been at ease, swaying at Ming Guilan's place all day long. When he is bored, he asks Shen Ya to find ancient travel books to read. Huo Qinghong Wei Lou looked at him and was a bit pleasing to the eye.
In the evening of that day, two letters were delivered by Xinying to the ship, Huo Weilou frowned slightly after reading the first letter, and Eunuch Fu stepped forward when he saw it, "This is news from Cangzhou, how is it?"
Huo Weilou said: "I have already arrived in Cangzhou, and I have found something, and now I am going back."
Eunuch Fu breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good. Finding the key to the treasure letter is an ironclad proof."
Huo Weilou pondered for a while, and Eunuch Ling Fu called Wu Yu over. When Wu Yu came to him, Huo Weilou said, "Back then you and Wang Qingfu went back to Beijing together. Was there really nothing unusual on the way?"
Wu Yu hurriedly said, "Xiaguan didn't think anything unusual at first, but when I arrived at Changfeng Ferry the day before yesterday, Xiaguan vaguely remembered that when I arrived at Changfeng Ferry that year, Wang Qingfu invited Xiaguan to go ashore together for a stroll."
Seeing Huo Weilou's brows slightly frowned, Wu Yu said cautiously: "At that time, I also sat on the boat for several days, which was very boring, and the official had never been to Chuzhou, because the boat would stop for half a day, so I went to the case town to have a look. "
After the boat stopped for a long time, many people would choose to go ashore to evacuate, Huo Weilou stared, "But what happened?"
Wu Yu smiled wryly, "There is one small thing, but I don't know if it is abnormal, that is, when Wang Qingfu went ashore that day, Wang Qingfu was carrying a burden. At that time, he said that Baiyu Town on the case was a famous place for selling jade. I wanted to buy it, and the officials naturally didn't realize that he was there, but not long after landing, his baggage was lost."
Huo Weilou raised his eyebrows slightly, "Did you lose your burden?"
"Yes, it seems that people came and went in the store during dinner, and his luggage was stolen. He was a little annoyed at that time, but the town next to the pier is full of people passing by from north to south. Where can I find it? Then he said that there were nearly a hundred taels of silver in the bag, and a cloak to be worn, but nothing else. "
"One hundred taels of silver is quite a lot, but to Wang Qingfu, it is not a big fortune. The two of us have never declared our official status, and it is impossible to report to the official when the ship stops for half a day, so we have to forget about it. Walking around the town, there are indeed many sellers of jade, but there are too many fake ones, so we didn't buy anything."
Wu Yu pondered for a moment, "Because I thought about it, after the treasure letter was stolen, Qixia Mountain was sealed, except for those who were deliberately sent down by Yue Mingquan, everyone else was almost impossible to escape. As for when Wang Qingfu handed over the treasure letter, it is a question, if he brings it back to the capital directly, is it too risky?"
The theft case ten years ago is now irresponsible, but what Wu Yu said is not unreasonable, whether there will be a treasure letter in the lost package, and Wang Qingfu deliberately sent the treasure letter away without anyone noticing.
Huo Weilou said in a low voice: "This matter can't be pursued anymore. We just need to see if we can find anything in Wang Qingfu's residence after returning to Beijing. You have known Wang Qingfu for many years, but have you noticed anything strange about him? Although he doesn't believe in Buddhism, But would he believe in anything else? There was a Moon Worship Sect in the northwest of the previous year, and many people believed in it, but the teachings are all sayings that harm the country and the people, and there are still some people who believe it."
Wu Yu thought for a while with a bitter face, "This... is really not true. Others are ascetic, and sometimes the lower officials feel admiration."
A dark look appeared in Huo Weilou's eyes. Although the murder case ten years ago was solved, the whereabouts of the relics were still a mystery. This made him quite unhappy as he did not have an unsolved case in his hands. However, Wang Qingfu's death may also lead to other clues. But nothing, can only stand still.
When Wu Yu retreated, Huo Weilou rubbed his brows and his expression was a little ugly. Eunuch Fu didn't know what he was thinking, and said: "The relic has been lost for ten years, and His Majesty sent people to search for it many times, but there is no trace. Naturally It's not that easy to find. It's great that Lord Hou can solve Master Jingkong's case this time. Now that the incident of that year has surfaced, at least he knows who the relic fell into in the end, and then continue to investigate. There are always clues."
Fu Gonggong wanted to explain it, but Huo Weilou felt that things were not so simple. The world has changed a lot in ten years, and he still doesn't know what the person behind the scenes has done with the relic, or maybe the person behind the scene has already done something, and the relic will never be. disappeared.
Huo Weilou thought up to this point, but he didn't think too much about it, and continued to read the second biography, but this made him raise his brows, "Zhao Xi and Anqinghoufu have divorced."
This matter was naturally expected, they had been away from Qingzhou for more than half a month, and the Qingzhou incident naturally spread back to Beijing.
Eunuch Fu sighed after hearing the words: "Second Highness is now in the double tenth year, and the imperial concubine will not wait too long to marry another girl for him. It will always be this year or next year, but you— "
Eunuch Fu looked helplessly at Huo Weilou, "Once this year is over, you will be twenty-four years old. Look at the residences of the princes, how can there be such an old man who is not yet married, that is, you are always busy for your majesty?" , Your Majesty knows that you have worked so hard and don't mention you, otherwise, you will definitely be ordered every day."
Huo Weilou flipped through the letters on the table and asked for a moment, "Is there any other news from the capital?"
That expression really took his words as a deaf ear, and Eunuch Fu rolled his eyes, "There is nothing else going on in the capital, at this point, I'm afraid Lin Shilang just walked outside the capital, and there is no time to search and report to you. "
Huo Weilou frowned and looked at him, "Have you forgotten that I told you to check other things?"
Eunuch Fu was stunned, and after thinking for a while, he suddenly revealed his expression, "You mean about Youyou?"
Huo Weilou looked at him deeply, and Eunuch Fu laughed out loud, "Of course I haven't forgotten, that is, the news is coming in two days, so you don't have to worry, or you want to ask clearly so that you can tell Lin Waiter?"
Huo Weilou sneered, "Tell him what to do?"
Eunuch Fu took it for granted, "If the marriage is really settled, then there is something wrong with it. It's hard to say if Lin Shilang knows about it. Since you found out, why don't you tell him?"
Huo Weilou is in charge of the criminal prison, although he is not the minister of the criminal department on the surface, but the people in the criminal department always see him doing things in color, and Lin Huai is a smart person. It is Lin Zhang who is familiar with Huo Weilou, the Lin family is half of his own family, since he is his own family, how can he hide it
Huo Weilou had no expression on his face, but he didn't answer the question, he just said: "When the capital arrives, send the news immediately."
Eunuch Fu responded, with some doubts in his heart, it can be seen that his complexion was not good, and he didn't dare to ask more questions.
Huo Weilou didn't know what he thought of, so Eunuch Ling Fu called Ming Guilan to him, and asked him: "When you talked about the food fasting disease with Bo Ruoyou that day, your expression seemed a little deep, but in this What's the reason?"
Ming Guilan also left a question in his heart because of this matter, but he is not a troublesome person. Seeing that Huo Weilou trusted Bo Ruoyou's father and daughter very much, he never took the initiative to speak up. Now that Huo Weilou asked, he would not hide.
"Miss Bo said that she asked her adoptive father, which made me suspicious. I studied medicine with my father since I was a child, and I am also familiar with medical books. The family in the palace or found it outside, when it comes to medical classics , I am afraid that there are few people in the world who have read more than me, but I have read so many medical books about this food fasting disease, but I only mentioned it in a collection of medicine and food hidden in the palace."
"Although that book is a medical book, it talks about nourishing the body and curing diseases with medicine and food. It naturally mentions many diseases related to diet, and this disease of food fasting is one of them. At that time, I was quite confused when I read this book It is novel, so it is very impressive, and I tried to find similar records later, but I never found it again.”
After saying this, Ming Guilan said again: "Miss Bo said that her adoptive father knows quite well, but who did her adoptive father learn from?"
Cheng Yunzhi seldom came out these few days. It could be seen that he seemed a little uncomfortable walking with them, and this was not incomprehensible. After all, Huo Weilou and Huo Qinghong were distinguished, and Ming Guilan was from a family, and Cheng Yunzhi saw They are also quite knowledgeable. They don't take the initiative to cling, so they naturally don't want to ask too much.
Huo Weilou and Eunuch Fu looked at each other when they heard the words, both of them had dark eyes, and when Ming Guilan left, Eunuch Fu said, "Your Majesty, do you want to ask Mr. Cheng?"
Huo Weilou frowned and said nothing, he seemed a little hesitant, whether to ask or not to ask is a trivial matter, so it's not worth his frowning.
Eunuch Fu said, "What's wrong with Lord Hou? Could it be that the matter is important? Even though Mr. Cheng was a nobleman in the past, but he is Youyou's adoptive father, so he should be a decent person, and there will be no mistakes."
Huo Weilou said, "I didn't think about it."
"Then what are you thinking?" Mr. Fu looked at him intently.
Huo Weilou shook his head, "How can you understand after talking about it?"
Eunuch Fu stared slightly, "The old slave has lived for half a hundred years, and he knows no less than you..."
Huo Weilou didn't say much anymore, but when Eunuch Fu looked at him, he felt that he was planning something big, so he didn't say a word because he was not sure yet. This is Huo Weilou's habit, whenever there is a major turmoil in the court and border gates in the past few years, he has always been so inconspicuous, the more earth-shattering the incident, the more calm he appears on the contrary.
Eunuch Fu has lived for half a hundred years, and he has seen as many favored sons in the official circles of the Tian Family as Guo Jiang Zhiqing, but none of them has the kindness of Huo Weilou. He used to follow the emperor, so he was naturally quite loyal to the royal family, and later he followed Huo Weilou After a long time, I always wondered why Huo Weilou's surname was not Zhao. If that was the case, I don't know what kind of prosperity Da Zhou had.
At noon on the second day, Huo Weilou saw another carrier pigeon coming on the boat, so he asked Eunuch Fu again, "Is there any news from the capital?"
Eunuch Fu laughed, "The pigeon is a pigeon from the Shen family. What are you worried about? Youyou's life experience or the case of She Lizi? You really don't have to worry, you will be in the capital in a few days."
From this day on, Huo Weilou asked three times a day, as if the more questions he asked, the letter would come faster, and there were no more cases in the past two days, Huo Weilou could not order Bo Ruoyou with business, so he only cared about her injuries , or ask her to do small things.
That night, Huo Weilou ordered Bo Ruoyou to grind ink for him.
Two lamps were lit in the room, and Bo Ruoyou felt a little weird after entering the door, because she saw two blank memorials in Huo Weilou, as if she was about to write a letter to His Majesty... She was standing by the desk grinding ink, only to hear Huo Weilou's pen and ink drop The sound on the paper, but he didn't dare to read a single word, thinking in his heart, submitting the note to His Majesty is a confidential matter, why didn't he take precautions against her.
"Master Hou, the ink is finished, and the daughter of the people has stepped back."
Bo Ruoyou didn't dare to disturb Huo Weilou, but Huo Weilou said, "Stand still."
Bo Ruoyou didn't understand, so Huo Weilou's eyes fell on the memorial, but the words in his mouth were directed at her, "Benhou is writing a letter to express his feelings, this autopsy is your credit, do you want me to ask for credit for you? "
Bo Ruoyou was a little surprised, "Pray for the daughter of the people?"
Huo Weilou raised his eyes to look at her, but confirmed her doubts, Bo Ruoyou thought for a while and said: "The ordinary things that Minnv did can be done, it is really not a great achievement, Lord Hou agreed to help Minnv write a recommendation letter It's the reward, how dare the daughter of the people ask Lord Hou to ask for credit from the Holy One?"
Huo Weilou looked at her with a frown, and saw a clear and light look in her eyes. He really didn't want to take credit for it. He paused, "After you return to Beijing, you only plan to work for me in Jingzhao Mansion? You have no other plans? You and The Bo family has not been in touch for many years, but you are the third wife of the Bo family, so you should have a place in the Bo family."
Huo Weilou asked this question, but there was some concern. Bo Ruoyou trusted him, so naturally he didn't hide it. After pondering for a moment, he said: "Although this matter is of secondary importance, what the Marquis said is also reasonable. Although women don't know how to fight for anything , but when I return to Beijing and settle down, some things that should belong to the Minnv should be taken back by the Minnv."
Huo Weilou frowned slightly when he heard this.
She wanted to take back what was supposed to be hers, that's what she should have done, but...
"Lord Hou—"
Huo Weilou hadn't finished reading, when Eunuch Fu's voice sounded outside the door, he walked quickly to the door, holding the letterhead just delivered in his hand, "Master Hou, the letter from the capital has arrived."
Seeing that Bo Ruoyou was there and was still grinding ink for Huo Weilou, Eunuch Fu shook his head angrily, and delivered the letter, and saw Huo Weilou quickly take it apart to look at it, seeing him in such a hurry, Eunuch Fu became suspicious again .
When Huo Weilou was opened, his complexion sank, he didn't know what he saw, and his face was even more stern, Bo Ruoyou looked at Eunuch Fu for some reason, Eunuch Fu smiled wryly and came forward , "Master Hou? What did you say?"
Huo Weilou folded the letter paper, stretched out his hand and lit it on the lamp.
This trip startled Bo Ruoyou and Eunuch Fu. You must know that all the letterheads sent, unless they were secret letters from the emperor, Huo Weilou would keep them, but now he took a look at them and wanted to burn them.
Eunuch Fu and Bo Ruoyou looked at each other, and in the dancing flames, the two heard Huo Weilou say lightly: "It's just a trivial matter."