The Delicate Lady Coroner Chapter 109: Liu Hua Fei 05

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Chapter 109 Six Flowers Flying 05

"Song Yu went to the Taoist temple in the city during the day." Huo Weilou stared at him.

Bo Ruoyou slowly stood up, swaying due to numbness in his legs from squatting, "I remember when I was in Qingzhou, every time before and after the Qingming Cold Food Festival, a lot of mugwort cakes would be made with mugwort and given to visitors. People who burn incense and worship ancestors will also give gifts to poor people as merit, but I don’t know if there is such a custom in Beijing."

"Yes." Huo Weilou walked forward, pulled a chair and placed it next to her, "Sit down and rest."

Bao Ruoyou hesitated, Huo Weilou raised his sword eyebrows slightly, held her waist with his hands, and pushed her down to sit down. Her face felt hot, and she quickly glanced at the door of the wing. Huo Weilou saw her in this state. His eyes couldn't help but darken.

Bo Ruoyou didn't realize it, and thought to himself: "Mugwort is medicine, and people rarely use it to make cakes. I just don't know why I went there. Now that the Qingming Festival is approaching, maybe I went to worship my ancestors?"

There are many Buddhists in Beijing, and there are also many believers in Taoism. Some of them enshrine their ancestors' tablets in Taoist temples and often go there to worship. At this point, Bo Ruoyou asked again: "Are Mr. Song's wife and children not in the mansion?"

Tonight, all the way to the mansion was silent, as if there were few living people in the mansion.

Huo Weilou said: "A month ago, when the Weicang incident in Qinshui County was exposed, he sent his wife and children back to his hometown, and also dismissed some of his servants. His clan is in Yunzhou, and it is said that the clan is quite large. There are still a few uncles still alive."

Bo Ruoyou’s eyebrows twitched, “Did he send his wife and children away on purpose?”

Huo Weilou nodded, "Most likely."

Bao Ruoyou stopped asking and just turned to look at the corpse on the ground. The position of a minister was high, and this person was only in his forties. If he had another three to five years, he might be able to go further. If he was not involved in the dispute, How could he die among them?

"After being poisoned, depending on the dose, death can occur within an hour or two or a few days, often with vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal cramps. The Marquis said that when he returned home, he became pale and collapsed, thinking that he had eaten With a bad stomach, he had already been poisoned and felt uncomfortable at that time, and there were many signs of congestion, edema and lesions in his esophagus and stomach, which also indicated that he had been poisoned for a long time. Therefore, even if there were guests in the house later, most of them had nothing to do with his poisoning."

After saying that, Bao Ruoyou looked at Huo Weilou, "There are no external injuries on his body, but if he wanted to commit suicide, he should have taken poison before committing suicide outside. Besides, I see that his study and secret rooms are a bit messy. The inkstone in the corner of the bookcase is There was still some ink that was not completely dry. He should have started writing after returning to the palace. In addition, he did not stop his servants from brewing medicine for him. This is obviously not a sign of suicide or poisoning."

"The Marquis would also like to know where he has been during the day and who he has met, right?"

Bo Ruoyou looked at him with clear black and white eyes, Huo Weilou nodded, and she squatted down again. Song Yu died before nightfall. According to the state of poisoning, he should have taken the poison within three hours, that is, after noon, and this Mugwort cakes were probably used for lunch. When Song Yu left the palace, he probably went to the Taoist temple first, and then stayed at the Taoist temple all day?

The autopsy did not reveal much, which made Bo Ruoyou a little disappointed. While sewing up the body, she picked out rice vinegar and smeared it on the body. She said: "Right now, we can only see that he visited the Taoist temple. He should have been poisoned at noon." Between Shenshi and Youshi, I felt unwell. After returning home to see a visitor, I died of poisoning at Xushi. There are many Taoist temples in the city. At this time of year, most people are making mugwort cakes. Mr. Song may have met someone else in the Taoist temple. , and this poison is not necessarily eaten together with mugwort cake."

Bo Ruoyou raised his eyes and looked at him, "Find the Taoist temple that Mr. Song has been to. Most of the people in the temple will pay attention to when he looks inappropriate. This poison is very strong. If he feels uncomfortable, it will be extremely difficult to hide. He may have been there before. I have eaten other food, but I must have vomited it before. There is not much food left in the stomach, and I can’t see anything else for the moment."

Huo Weilou nodded and said: "This is very good. He did not bring any followers today, nor did he order any chariots or horses to follow him. My people started to investigate from the palace gate and used a lot of people, but there was no trace of anything. , this alone is enough."

After Huo Weilou finished speaking, he left the wing. Everyone outside was dozing. When they heard the noise, they all woke up. Huo Weilou called Lu Ke and ordered: "After Song Yu disappeared today, he went to the Taoist temple. Go there immediately. Question the servants in the mansion to see if he has any ancestor tablets enshrined in any Taoist temple."

Lu Ke responded, and everyone else stood up. Zhao Xi also asked: "Cousin, may we find out who poisoned you?"

Huo Weilou glanced at him and said, "It has not been found out yet, but it has been confirmed that he was poisoned before returning home. The poisoning has nothing to do with your uncle for the time being."

Zhao Xi's eyes lit up, "I knew it was impossible for my uncle to be involved in these disputes!"

However, Huo Weilou said: "But he didn't want to say why he came to the Song Mansion in the afternoon. Song Yu had thrown something in the study. Since he concealed it, he became more suspicious. It is not easy to get away with it."

Zhao Xi grimaced, "What should I do? Maybe let me see my uncle?"

Huo Weilou said coldly: "You might as well ask His Majesty if he would allow you to meet Marquis Chang Ning."

Zhao Xi's face fell, "How could my father agree?" As he said this, he looked at the people around him and couldn't help but said: "If you ask me to go in for a private meeting, my father will not know about it anyway."

Huo Weilou shook his head helplessly, as if he felt that he could not be carved out of rotten wood. He turned around and entered the wing. Zhao Xi sighed and Lin Huai coughed lightly and said: "Your Highness, please be patient. If this matter is taken too hastily, It will do no harm to Marquis Changning."

In the wing room, Bo Ruoyou sewed up the body and covered the body with her underwear. There was a lot of blood on her handguards. Huo Weilou ordered someone to bring water in, and after she cleaned her hands, she took off the handguards. , and went to see Song Yu's shoes, outerwear and other items.

After Song Yu left the palace, he changed into casual clothes and ordered his attendants to return home first. The robe Bo Ruoyou saw was just ordinary lake silk, and the shoes were not very expensive. Bo Ruoyou took a closer look at the clothes. A few wrinkles were found at the hem of the robe that were about to fade away.

Now that spring and summer are intersecting, most robes and shirts are light and thin. The thinner the silk and satin, the easier it is to leave creases. When Song Yu died, he lay down on the table and left an indentation on the front of the lapel, but The newly discovered traces of Bo Ruoyou were not caused by compression.

She lifted her clothes and looked at the candle in the corner. She felt that the traces were more like being held by someone. Huo Weilou saw her staring at the clothes in a daze and couldn't help but step forward, "What?"

Bo Ruoyou said: "Mr. Song, I'm afraid he had a dispute with someone today. There are creases on his lapels..." She said and looked at Huo Weilou, "It's more like fighting with a man. The person grabbed me by the collar."

Huo Weilou couldn't understand it better. At this time, Ning Xiao came back from abroad and stood at the door of the wing and said: "Master Hou, I asked the servants. The servants said that Song Yu did not have the habit of going to Taoist temples. Only Mrs. Song in the family believed this. , but she doesn’t believe in Buddhism.”

This became even more weird. Huo Weilou ordered: "Then we can only check. Check all the Taoist temples in the city. The main reason is to see which Taoist temples have mugwort cakes in them. Song Yu has eaten these during the day."

It was not a clueless investigation. This made Ning Xiao's expression perk up. He turned around and left. When Huo Weilou turned around, he saw Bo Ruoyou holding Song Yu's boots and looking at his dirty soles. He came forward and said, "It's already late, I'll take you home."

Bo Ruoyou didn't answer. She stared at Song Yu's boots carefully, quickly found a pair of bamboo tweezers from the box, then dug out the thin mud stains on the soles, and dug out the dents. A black particle the size of a pinhead. This object is very small. If you don't pay attention, it will be mixed with the mud stains, and it will be difficult to tell what is stuck on the soles. After the boots are left for another two days, the mud stains will dry and fall off, and this object will probably be blown away by the wind. The whisk was gone, but luckily she noticed it.

She held the tweezers to look at Huo Zhu, with hesitation in her eyes, "Master Marquis, are these boots Mr. Song is wearing today?"

Huo Weilou nodded, "I asked his attendants earlier. After leaving the palace, he changed all his official uniforms and boots before leaving alone. The clothes and boots were all clean and washed."

The uppers of these boots are brand new, and the soles are not worn. They are new and have not been worn twice. A thin layer of mud stains is normal, so this is what I keep today.

Bo Ruoyou murmured: "It looks like flower seeds, but I don't know what kind of flower it is."

She quickly found a handkerchief and wrapped it up, "I have to think about what this thing is." She looked at the sky outside again. She had been here for more than two hours, and it was almost the end of the day. In the middle of the night, she stood up and realized that her back was sore and she was quite tired, "Will the Marquis return to the mansion?"

Huo Weilou did not answer, but said: "I'll take you back first."

Bo Ruoyou thought that there were many people in the hall and hesitated: "You don't have to follow me, why don't you send someone to take me back?"

Huo Weilou narrowed his eyes and was too lazy to pay attention to her. He turned around and went out and said: "It's late at night, let's break up for now. There is no need to publicize this matter. I will let you know tomorrow when I have the regulations."

Zhao Xi couldn't stand it for a long time. Hearing this, his face lit up with joy. Others also relaxed their eyebrows. Seeing Bo Ruoyou lowering his eyebrows and following Huo Weilou, Lin Huai couldn't talk to her specifically. Walking out together, Huo Weilou called the embroiderer to give some instructions as he walked. When he turned back, he saw Bao Ruoyou standing in the corridor waiting for her.

He felt hot in his heart. He quickly stepped forward and took the wooden box from her hand silently. Their hands separated as soon as they touched. Bao Ruoyou glanced at him, and her thoughts suddenly turned away from the case. She felt that he It is really very different from the past.

When they arrived at the gate of the mansion, everyone was waiting. Huo Weilou asked them to go home and took Bo Ruoyou to the carriage. When they saw this, they looked at each other for a moment, and then they felt that something was wrong, but when they saw Huo Ruoyou Wei Lou's expression was solemn and unremarkable, and he did not dare to say anything.

Zhao Xi had already got on the carriage. At this time, he lifted the curtain and watched Bo Ruoyou get into the carriage in Huo Weilou. He raised his eyebrows and said to himself: "A girl from the Bo family... …”

The attendant asked outside: "Your Highness, do you want to go back to the palace?"

Zhao Xi put down the curtain and said yes. After a moment, he suddenly opened the curtain again and asked the attendants outside, "What did you think of the girl just now?"

The two sword-carrying attendants looked at each other for a moment, and one of them said: "She is extremely beautiful."

The other person also nodded hurriedly.

Zhao Xi narrowed his eyes and then made the carriage move.

As soon as Bo Ruoyou sat down, he looked worried, "There are too few clues. If nothing is found in the Taoist temple, I'm afraid it will be difficult to identify the murderer."

Huo Weilou raised his lips when he heard this and waved, asking her to sit closer to him. Bao Ruoyou moved closer to him. He leaned forward and got closer to her for a moment, "It's so late. Why not go to the Marquis Mansion to rest?"

Bao Ruoyou thought he was going to say a case, but he didn't want to use such words. His cheeks turned red and he shrank back, "How can that be done?"

Huo Weilou looked at her, "What are you afraid of?"

Bao Ruoyou couldn't help but lean back further, "It's not in line with etiquette, no, absolutely no -"

She was a little flustered, and Huo Weilou's words and the fact that the two of them were in a carriage made her think of the idea of ​​a man and a widow living together in the same room. Huo Weilou looked at her with astonishment and embarrassment. Tight, he chuckled inexplicably, something moved in his heart, and he couldn't help but lean forward and get closer to her.

The distance between the two of them was only two fists apart. When Bo Ruoyou saw him getting closer and closer, she felt a rush of blood rushing straight to her face, as if her cheeks were on fire. She raised her hand and pushed Huo Weilou. chest, for fear that he would touch her.

Huo Weilou was pushed by her, so he grabbed her hand, with a somewhat threatening look in his eyes, and the calmer his tone became, "What's wrong?"

Bao Ruoyou's hand was grabbed. He tried to break free but couldn't. He said angrily: "Master Hou, please be more careful."

Huo Weilou squeezed her hand and placed it on his heart, "Where am I not stable?" He said, twitching his knuckles slightly, and squeezed her hand tighter, which was inexplicably stimulating, but also seemed to be suppressing something. .

The heat spread from his cheeks to his neck, and Bo Ruoyou couldn't laugh or cry, "Master Hou was not like this before -"

"What was I like before? Wouldn't it be weirder if I still treated you the way I did before?"

Bao Ruoyou stared at him helplessly. The light was dim, and his eyes seemed to be covered with sparks, which made her a little scared. She clung to the wall of the car, not daring to move.

Huo Weilou stared at her for a moment, and finally moved away, but his eyes lingered on her, as if he wanted to see enough in this moment. At this time, the curtains were fluttered by the night wind, and the thin eyes were as thin as the wind. By mistake, I saw that this was the way to Changxingfang.

She couldn't help but lift the curtain to take a look. The street scene outside the carriage was familiar. She was indeed going to Changxingfang!

She turned her eyes and looked at Huo Weilou angrily. Huo Weilou's brows and eyes were filled with joy, "I know you will not return to the Marquis Mansion."

She was completely relieved, knowing that he was teasing her, and shook her head for a moment. Seeing that although he was holding her hand, he was far away, so she whispered: "I am today I came here to go on errands with the Marquis, but the Marquis always... I don’t know what the Marquis is thinking about all day long..."

Huo Weilou glanced up and down her body. He wanted to say something but held back. He turned to look straighter and said, "I've been busy these days and it's hard to see you. I miss you consciously. When I'm on an errand, I'm on an errand. I'm on an errand." Once it's done, the person in front of you is no longer Wu Zhaohou, and you are no longer a coward." After saying that, he leaned over again, and said half sincerely, half profoundly: "I am a man, and if I don't want to get close to the person I like, then I'll do it. Rumor has it—"

Bao Ruoyou felt that the whole body was covered with the heat of Huo Weilou, and his face was thicker than the city wall. He would never behave in front of her again. She gritted her teeth and said: "Then I will not go on errands with the Marquis in the future. Got it!"

Huo Weilou suddenly smiled, "Okay, if you really don't do the errand because of this, it means that you are paying more attention to me now."

These words were helpless and shameless. Bao Ruoyou clenched her fists and wanted to throw them at his handsome face. Her words were of course made out of anger. The art of mutilation was the foundation of her life. She would not know how to do it no matter what. No errands.

Huo Weilou smiled and said nothing. After seeing her look like this, he spoke softly and kindly with some pity, "Go back and have a good rest. If the investigation goes well, there will be no need to work **** this case. If there is another What's wrong, I'll have to come to see Bo Tuzuo again." After a pause, she added: "Tonight you are more focused than usual, but is it because of what you heard?"

Bo Ruoyou's eyes flickered, and Huo Weilou saw clearly after hesitating. His eyes darkened slightly, and the sparks disappeared, revealing a bit of solemnity. He couldn't help but hold her hand and rub his cheek, and then said warmly: "Youyou, if you have this heart, you are sympathetic to me."

When Bo Ruoyou heard the words, he felt his heart soften. At this time, the carriage slowly stopped and Cheng Zhai arrived. He no longer bothered her at this time, but let her go and let her go back to rest. Bo Ruoyou looked at him. Eyes, "Master Hou, please go back and rest, don't be too tired."

Huo Weilou's smile deepened and he naturally agreed. Bo Ruoyou took a shallow breath, wanting to escape from this hot and cramped place, but also feeling a little empty and reluctant to leave. However, she still picked up the box and got off the carriage neatly.

After entering the house, Bao Ruoyou felt that her beating heart had calmed down. She didn't know whether Huo Weilou would really go back to the Hou Mansion to rest, but she only hoped that the current case would go smoothly so that he would be less worried. Some hard work.

It was not long before dawn. Bao Ruoyou was very sleepy and rested after taking a bath. When she woke up early the next morning, she remembered the flower seeds she had brought back and ran to the main hall anxiously. Carefully hold the seeds in the handkerchief to Cheng Yunzhi.

"Father, look quickly, what is this?"

Cheng Yunzhi frowned and looked at her palm, "Where did this come from?"

"Last night, I followed the Marquis for an autopsy and found only one seed on the sole of the deceased's shoe. I looked at it as the seed of some kind of flower, but I couldn't remember it. My stepmother planted many flowers and plants in the past, but it was as small as this. There are not many seeds. You are well-informed, can you recognize them?"

When Cheng Yunzhi heard that it was related to the case, he solemnly held it in the palm of his hand and examined it carefully, then picked it up with his hands. After a moment of reflection, he turned and entered the study. He is now in poor health and is no longer as literate as before, but There were a lot of medical books brought back from Qingzhou, so he also set up a study room. Now that he entered the room, he walked straight towards a few pharmacology books.

Bo Ruoyouxin said that Cheng Yunzhi really had some clues, so he waited by the side. Cheng Yunzhi took out four or five medicinal materials collections at a time and flipped through them one by one. "It looks familiar. There are many medicinal herbs." The seeds are also small, but they are not necessarily flower seeds. However, I didn't think clearly for a while. I will look for it."

These collections of medicinal materials are rare in the world, and many of them are unique copies handed down from the Cheng family. Seeing how meticulously he searched, Bo Ruoyou also took a copy and searched carefully. The father and daughter searched like this for a long time, and one day For a moment, Cheng Yunzhi suddenly waved to her, "Girl, come here and have a look. Is this the thing?"

Bao Ruoyou walked over and saw only a medicinal ingredient called "Beauty Smile".

Cheng Yunzhi said: "This is a medicinal material, and it is also a kind of flower in the mountains. It has green sepals, purple petals, and tall stems. The flowers are gorgeous and fragrant. There are fruits. Both the fruits and the shells can be used as medicine. They have astringent properties. It is effective in lungs, astringent intestines, relieving coughs, analgesics and hypnosis, and can also be used as a drug. Its seeds are small like this, but they do not grow in the capital, and are quite rare in the mountains and fields. A very delicate thing."

Bao Ruoyou took the book and read it carefully. The more she read, the more she felt that it was indeed the seed of this thing. However, it was also written on the book that this thing likes hot and humid places and is not easy to survive. She looked a little confused. Suspicion, the climate in the capital is indeed not hot and humid. "If it is not easy to survive in an ordinary place, then...will someone take good care of this thing? The foster father said that this thing has gorgeous colors, and maybe someone has carefully cultivated it. After all, the wealthy people in Beijing like it." A rare and precious thing."

Cheng Yunzhi thought for a while, "This thing seems to be able to be raised with good red soil——"

When Bao Ruoyou heard this, a sense of familiarity flashed through her mind, but before she could think it over, Zhou Liang walked in from the outside, "Master, Miss, the eldest young master is here -"

Bo Ruoyou raised his eyes from the book, is Bo Yixuan here?

The father and daughter looked at each other, a little surprised. When they walked out together, they saw Bo Yixuan waiting outside with a few gifts. Seeing Cheng Yunzhi, he was very polite and behaved. He also exchanged greetings with Cheng Yunzhi. After asking, he found out that it was Bo Jingli and his wife who asked him to come to visit.

Cheng Yunzhi was naturally very tolerant and friendly towards the younger generation. After talking to him for a while, he wanted to let him have a meal. However, Bo Yixuan declined, saying that he wanted to go out of the city to study at Zhuangzi. Cheng Yunzhi knew in his heart that he wanted to obtain fame, so he did so. He didn't force him to stay, but when he left, he said to Bo Ruoyou: "Second sister, are you sending me off? It just so happens that I also have something to say to you."

Bo Ruoyou didn't know why. She felt that Bo Yixuan didn't have much affection for her and she couldn't say anything nice, but she still sent him out. When he arrived at the door of Cheng's house, Bo Yixuan sighed and turned to look at Bo Ruoyou. "Do you really want to continue working as a gangster in the yamen?"

Bo Ruoyou felt more and more ominous, but he nodded calmly, "What's wrong?"

Bo Yixuan smiled, with a mocking look on his face, "You know, now many people in the capital know that you are back, and they also know that you are a co-worker of the Jingzhao Yin Yamen. Yesterday, I and a few friends During the meeting, they brought up this matter, "Do you know that our family tradition is very important, and you, a young lady from an aristocratic family, want to become a widower? It is simply an insult to our family tradition."

Bo Ruoyou frowned and wanted to laugh for a moment. Seeing her disapproval, Bo Yixuan couldn't help but get even more annoyed, "Why do you want to do work if you can't do anything well? Work is so hard and cheap. "Servant, why do you ruin yourself like this?" He said in a good-for-her tone: "If this matter spreads more and more widely, it will only have a great impact on you. Will you not marry in the future?"

No matter how good-tempered Bao Ruoyou is, she can't tolerate him pointing and preaching to her like this. She smiled and said, "I call you cousin as a courtesy, but I don't know what qualifications you have to do this. Give me some advice?"

Bo Yixuan was stunned, as if he didn't expect that Bo Ruoyou, who looked so gentle and gentle, would contradict him like this. He frowned, "I'm doing this for your own good."

Bao Ruoyou blinked, "That's no need. I'll do my job, and Mr. Bo is still the same Mr. Bo. If you are upright, how can you be afraid of those people? Could it be damaged by a few rumors? What's your family style? Besides, I'm only half a member of the Bo family now. No matter you or anyone else, there's really no need to waste words."

Bo Yixuan's face turned green and white, and he was about to get angry when a fast horse came galloping from the corner of the street. It was Bo's servant. Bo Yixuan recognized it at a glance. He couldn't help being surprised, but the servant rode up. , before he got off his horse, he said anxiously: "Young master, please go back to your house quickly, something happened at your house!"