The Delicate Lady Coroner Chapter 18: One Inch of Gold 18
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Chapter 18 An Inch of Gold 18
It is quite disrespectful to pay homage at other people's houses. Bo Ruoyou originally wanted to leave the house, but now that the house is under martial law, she couldn't make trouble. After hesitating for a long time, she wrote a memorial and wanted to choose a very secluded place. Just burn it with a few pieces of ghost money, which is considered satisfactory.
I asked Chuntao, and Chuntao said that the most secluded place in the house was a bamboo forest in the northeast. There are many gardens in the Hou Mansion, including several bamboo forests. The northeastern one is too far away, so few gardeners in the mansion take care of it, and it is now very deserted.
Night had come, and the chill was pressing. She asked for directions, held a night light, declined the embroiderer to follow her, and walked toward the northeast. The cold wind lifted her skirt, and she held the paper quilt in her hand. It was blowing loudly.
Soon, the bamboo forest arrived.
There are wild grasses outside the forest, and the few paths leading into the forest are hard to distinguish in the dim light. Looking inside the forest, it is even darker than ink, the wind blows through the forest, the bamboos sway slightly, there is a rustling sound, and the shadows on the ground are mottled. , quite a bit of a ghostly and longing feeling.
Bo Ruoyou was alone, and after all he was somewhat defensive, so he walked towards the nearby stone stele. The stone stele was covered with moss, and most of the writing was blocked. Bo Ruoyou had no intention of looking around, and only lit a light in the leeward place behind it. bought two incense candles.
The memorial text was written in a hurry, with only a few words. Bo Ruoyou unfolded it and read it again, and a deep dark color appeared between his eyebrows.
Over the years, the grief has faded, but something heavier than the grief has quietly penetrated into the bone marrow, making her heart as hard as iron at certain times. With a "chi" sound, the memorial work fell to the ground in flames, and she Putting the Mingqian on it one by one, the fire became more intense, but it illuminated her beautiful face even more indifferently and miserable.
There was only the sound of cold wind blowing through the forest and beating leaves all around. Bo Ruoyou squatted beside the fire. Although her bright eyes were looking at the fire, her eyes seemed to see farther away through the firelight. Her pupils trembled slightly, but she was still As if frozen by the ice and snow, the hand holding the paper money was bent, and even the tongue of fire touched the fingertips without pain.
I don’t know how long it took, the paper was burned out, and only half of the incense candle was left. Bao Ruoyou raised her hand to wipe her face, and wanted to stand up, only to find that her legs and feet were numb. She sighed, and was about to slow down. , but suddenly felt something was wrong.
The feeling of being spied on made her feel like a thorn in her back.
Bo Ruoyou stared and subconsciously looked into the bamboo forest, but just this glance caused a cold sweat to break down her spine.
A man stood in the ghostly bamboo forest.
Bao Ruoyou was frightened for only a moment. She grasped the lamp tightly and stood up suddenly, "Who is there!"
With a cold shout, the person moved. The moment the person turned around, Bo Ruoyou suddenly saw clearly the outline of the clothes the person was wearing. It was a coat and skirt shaped like a monk's robe.
"My mother believes in Buddhism. It is a plain coat made of tapestry with crow green embroidery and auspicious cloud patterns to imitate the robes of Buddhist monks. It is the only one in the world..."
Bao Ruoyou remembered what Zheng Wenyan said.
Her breathing suddenly became rapid, Bo Ruoyou's eyes sharpened, and she walked towards the bamboo forest. The murderer was right in front of her, and she would never let him escape... She began to regret not letting the embroiderer follow.
But just a few steps into the forest, Bo Ruoyou suddenly stopped.
The weeds in the forest were as high as her knees and the purple bamboos were dense. It was only a moment before she could no longer distinguish the trace of the man, and the area illuminated by the dim light in her hand was only a few feet away. If she pursued him deeper, it would be useless.
Grinning her teeth, Bo Ruoyou turned decisively and left the bamboo forest. She ignored the snow on the ground and the slippery road. She picked up her skirt and ran all the way to the front yard. She wanted to find Huo Weilou!
I was running too fast, and the lamp in my hand bumped along with it. Suddenly, the lamp went out.
The surroundings were already dark, and now it was completely pitch black. Bo Ruoyou's breathing was stagnant, and the panic caused by the scene just now suddenly came to her heart, and turned into a deeper fear that suffocated her, and the wind blew up behind her. The rustling sound was like a human voice, and for a moment, she felt as if the person just now was chasing her behind her.
Bao Ruoyou dared not stop more and more. An unprecedented panic made it difficult for her to find her direction. Just when she felt that something was going to happen to her tonight, there was a "bang" and she had just run around the corner. He ran into someone's arms.
The sudden appearance of light and shadow made Bao Ruoyou feel dazed for a moment. She was still panicking, so her first reaction was to push the person in front of her away, but the next moment, her hand was grabbed by someone.
"It's me——"
The low voice was familiar and frightening. Bao Ruoyou's frightened soul was immediately pulled back by these two words. She raised her eyes and saw Huo Weilou's phoenix eyes looking at her seriously. Bao Ruoyou was stunned. I felt the tip of my nose was sore.
"Master Hou, I saw it, I saw the murderer!"
Bao Ruoyou did not hesitate, "The murderer is in the bamboo forest to the east. Please send someone to arrest him immediately!"
After saying these two sentences in one breath, Bo Ruoyou gasped violently, and even choked and coughed due to the cold wind. Huo Weilou glanced behind him, and the embroidery envoys who followed him moved towards the bamboo forest. , Huo Weilou stood there and looked at Bo Ruoyou.
After receiving the reward from the embroidered clothes envoy, he did not come out immediately.
Although he was satisfied with Bo Ruoyou's errands, how could his words and deeds, as a dignified Marquis of Wu Zhao, be affected by her small actions? , and he wanted to patrol the Marquis Mansion at night, so he brought a few people out to check, but he didn't expect Bao Ruoyou to rush into his arms in such a panic.
Bao Ruoyou's fear was obvious to him. It was just a seventeen-year-old girl, no matter how unafraid of corpses, no matter how disbelieving in ghosts and gods she was, it was thrilling to meet the murderer who killed three people in a row.
Huo Weilou held Bao Ruoyou's hand and saw her bending down due to coughing. He hesitated for a moment before letting go. There was no blood on her face and her palms were covered in cold sweat. At this time, her beautiful brows were twisted into the Chinese character "Sichuan" as she coughed. It's pain.
Huo Weilou's eyes darkened, he should have come out earlier.
Bao Ruoyou covered his heart and took a long time to catch his breath. When he straightened up, his eyes were full of tears, but he continued: "The man was hiding in the bamboo forest. The clothes he was wearing were the clothes Zheng Sanye said The coat and skirt look like a monk's robe, and the folk girls see it very clearly."
Her voice was hoarse, and Huo Weilou glanced at her face, "Why don't you let the embroiderer follow?"
Bo Ruoyou was stunned when he heard this, not knowing what Huo Weilou meant by his question, so he lowered his eyes, hesitated for a moment and said, "A civilian girl knows her mistake."
It was clear that he was frightened and pitiful, but he was also very submissive. Huo Weilou could not get angry even if he had a bad temper. What's more, he was a person who did not show his happiness and anger. He didn't say much and raised his steps. Go to the bamboo forest.
Bao Ruoyou looked at him for a moment and quickly followed him. Although Huo Weilou was tall and had long legs, he could not walk very fast. By the time he returned to the bamboo forest, Bo Ruoyou had regained his composure.
The embroidery envoys were shuttling through the bamboo forest holding the lamps. As soon as Huo Weilou came forward, he saw the burnt incense candles beside the stone tablet. He frowned slightly. At this time, an embroidery envoy came forward and said: "Hou Lord, there is no one in the forest."
Bo Ruoyou hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Has the person escaped? I won't be mistaken. There must be someone just now."
The embroiderer continued: "There are indeed traces of someone coming, and there are more than one place." After saying that, the embroiderer turned to look at Bo Ruoyou, "Did Miss Bo chase her into the forest?"
Bo Ruoyou nodded, "Yes——"
As soon as she finished speaking, Huo Weilou looked at her, "You are alone, how dare you chase her in?"
The tone seemed to be dissatisfied, and Bo Ruoyou said hurriedly, "We didn't go far, only a few steps. It was precisely because we thought that the civilian girl was no match for that person that we came out again."
Huo Weilou raised his eyebrows slightly, and the embroidered messenger said again: "Fortunately, Miss Bo did not chase her in. The forest is quite complicated, and judging from her traces, the man was not in the bamboo forest for a while. Perhaps, in Bo When the girl arrived outside the bamboo forest, the man was already there."
Bo Ruoyou's scalp felt numb for a while.
Huo Weilou asked again: "Where can we possibly infer that the man fled to?"
The embroiderer shook his head and said, "Judging from the traces left behind, the man had access to both the east and west. Going out to the west was in the direction of the ancestral hall, and to the east was a lotus pond in the mansion that was about to dry up. At this moment, everything above the lotus pond was frozen. , no abnormalities have been found yet."
Huo Weilou's eyes darkened, "Send congratulations on Cheng Lai, summon the government officials, and search the whole house carefully."
The embroiderer sent the order and left, but at this moment, another embroiderer came out of the forest from the west and said, "Master Marquis, we found a sneaky person."
Huo Weilou raised his eyebrows and walked into the forest. Bo Ruoyou also followed him with a move in his heart. He then heard the embroidered clothes messenger say: "This person is hiding outside the bamboo forest. He will run away when his subordinates bump into him." , and was later captured."
Bao Ruoyou's heartbeat was slightly fast. If this person was really suspicious, he might be able to find the murderer by following the clues.
With this thought in mind, Bao Ruoyou's steps became much faster, but when she saw the person being held outside the bamboo forest to the west, her brows furrowed deeply.
The embroiderer stood holding a lamp. In the dim light, the scarred face in front of him looked particularly terrifying.
The person who was caught was actually a silly girl.