Chapter 108 Six Flowers Flying 04(1/2)
Bo Ruoyou carried the cabin and got on the carriage. As soon as he sat down, Huo Weilou had already caught her hand. He tapped on the wall of the carriage. The carriage moved and drove out of the streets in front of Cheng's house.
His palm was rough and dry, warm and tender. Thin Ruoyou's hand was wrapped in his big palm. Before he could say anything, he felt that he leaned over and made her hand fall on his forehead. "I'm afraid it will be delayed all night this time."
Bo Ruoyou's lips were slightly bent, and because the carriage was narrow and dark, her voice was also low, "I thought of it. When I left, I told my adoptive father that they would not wait for me, Marquis, what's going on?"
Huo Weilou raised his eyes from the back of her hand and looked at her very close. "It was still the corruption case in Weicang, Qinshui County. It is now very involved. An important magistrate has died."
Bo Ruoyou's face turned solemn. This was not an ordinary murder case. She did not ask more questions. Huo Weilou explained a few more words, "This matter is of great importance, affecting the military rations reserved in the northwest. The soldiers guarded the border to meet the enemy, but the court could not feed their stomachs. If they were delayed, there would be an accident. The dead person... was the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue."
Bo Ruoyou's heart is tight, and the minister is a third-rank official, and he can be said to be the humerus in the court. If such a person is murdered, then how high is the murderer who murdered him?
Seeing that she was quiet and silent, Huo Weilou also spoke in a verbal voice, "With me here, you don't have to be afraid, just treat it as an ordinary murder."
Bo Ruoyou's tense back loosened slightly, "Okay, I'm not afraid."
Huo Weilou pinched her palm and then asked her if she had gone to the yamen in the past two days. Bo Ruoyou answered, thinking about the case of riding a horse in the street market, he was a little hesitant, but he did not say it. She could see how tired Huo Wei was on the floor. In addition, Huang had given up on the prison lawsuit, so she was useless to say too much.
However, Huo Weilou looked at him, "Is there anything wrong?"
Bo Ruoyou shook her head quickly. She claimed to be calm and her thoughts were rarely revealed on her face. And the carriage was dim and light, so she didn't know how he could see it.
Huo Weilou could see that he would not be coaxed by her, and then he lowered his tone, "Is it the yamen business? Tell me to listen so that I won't go and ask."
His eyes were impatient and persevering. Bo Ruoyou sighed and briefly described the case of riding a horse and hurting people.
Huo Weilou frowned when he heard this, "The son of Wei Shu..."
Bo Ruoyou hurriedly said, "Huang no longer wants to sue the court. I must complain to the marquis."
Huo Weilou was helpless, "If I don't ask more, you won't tell me? Although you are not so angry, you have some indifference in your heart."
"The Marquis often worry about major issues in family and country. Although this case is unfair, there is no need to worry about the Marquis. Moreover, the Secretary of Wei is the court official, and the Marquis is above him. Moreover, each department has its own rules, so I should not say too much."
Huo Weilou held her hand and couldn't help but tighten her eyes, "I really don't need to ask about this case, but you are bored because of this, so I want to hear it."
Bo Ruo's face was slightly hot, and Huo Weilou slowly stroked the back of her hand, as if comforting her, "Huang shouldn't continue to pursue the lawsuit. Although he was unjust, he was better than losing his life."
Bo Ruoyou sighed, "I understand, I just feel a sense of hopelessness."
Huo Weilou looked at her, "Youyou--"
Bo Ruoyou's heart suddenly thumped, and his face turned red. He looked at him in surprise. He didn't expect him to call her like this. He was chuckled by her expression, "What? Can't I call you like this?"
Bo Ruoyou shook his head slowly, his eyelashes trembled slightly, and his shyness surged upwards. Huo Weilou smiled deeper and said to her: "You don't have to be depressed because of this. Seeing that Wei Shu protected Wei Yan, the censors of the Censorate will record this matter in the book. Those who regard him as an enemy will also pay attention to this matter. If he is not wrong, he will give up. Once there is a mistake, this matter will be a reason for impeachment, and sooner or later it will cost him."
The bottom of the thin Ruoyou's pupils was slightly bright. At this moment, the carriage drove through the downtown area, and the dim lights outside the curtain entered through the gap. Her eyes were as bright as stars. Huo Weilou couldn't help but caress the corners of her eyes: "Why are you still worried?"
Bo Ruoyou thought for a moment and said that Bo's family came to the door. Huo Weilou frowned, and his face looked dangerously ugly. "The big house is not jealous, and the second house does nothing. It's just that he deceives your parents are not here, and no one makes decisions for you." He held her hand tightly, as if thinking about something.
Bo Ruoyou pulled him, "Don't worry, Marquis, I'm not worried about this. The adoptive father has explained it to them, and they dare not bother them anymore. Now they are afraid of trouble."
Huo Weilou glanced at her with phoenix eyes. Of course he understood this. Lin Zhao didn't know about this. If Lin Zhao knew that Lin Zhao was another person when he was young, even if Lin Zhao still recognized the marriage, in his heart, Bo Ruoyou would have to be a little special.
Not to mention, Lin Zhao is now very enthusiastic about Bo Ruoyou.
"There is a way to completely solve this problem." Huo Weilou said with a gloomy voice, "If you have a new marriage, anyone's little thoughts will be disbanded. It can be said that it is a one-time and for all."
Bo Ruoyou's eyes trembled, "Marty..."
Huo Weilou saw that she was still unhappy. She pursed her thin lips for a moment, and her expression dimmed. She looked a little disappointed. Bo Ruoyou looked at him for a moment, and saw that he was not as angry as before, and he stopped talking to her. Her heart was slightly relaxed and her voice was lowered, "Marty?"
Huo Weilou didn't look at her, and his empty hands raised his hand and pinched his eyebrows with a little discomfort, as if her hesitant look was the most hurtful thing. Bo Ruoyou frowned, and his voice became softer, "Marquis..."
At this time, she seemed to be acting coquettishly. Huo Weilou's heart was slightly moved, but his face showed sadness, "Forget it, I know you don't want to. You have a lot of weighing things in your heart, and you are more respectful to me and less friendship, so you don't want to respond to me."
He has always been shocking and threatening others. But he has never seen him be depressed by something else. Bo Ruoyou couldn't bear it. "I don't want to do it. There are so many complicated concerns here, how can he make a decision with just a word?"
Huo Weilou then looked at her and asked in a low voice: "Then do you have me in your heart?"
Bo Ruoyou's face turned red like blood, but when he saw Huo Weilou looking at her again, she finally whispered, "If there is no Marquis in my heart, how could it be..." She looked at Huo Weilou and still held her hand tightly, "How could it be that Marquis?"
After she said that, she became embarrassed and wanted to struggle, but Huo Weilou held her hands together. Her phoenix eyes were burning and eager, as if she wanted to do something else. He stared at her for a few moments, and his throat rolled slightly. Instead, he remembered where to go for this trip, and tried hard to suppress the enthusiasm in his eyes, "You finally have some conscience."
She woke up seriously injured that day, and he couldn't help but confess his thoughts, but she had to force the word "admiration". Later, his arbitrary behavior made her quite frightened. Now, a month has passed, and her mind is slightly relieved. Huo Weilou sighed in his heart, and there is another feeling that is more abundant than the joy of winning a great victory in the siege.
In the past twenty years, it was the first time he had tasted this kind of taste. The heart lake that had been calm for many years was hot, and even evil fires surged. But he knew that if he had taken one more step, he would scare the person in front of him again.
The carriage slowly moved down at this time. Huo Weilou's six senses were keen. He lifted the curtain and looked out. He saw the street scene clearly and knew that his destination was coming. He came to see Bo Ruoyou again and gently reminded him, "I am not the only one today. I will be with you. Just worry about the autopsy, and don't worry about the autopsy. After the autopsy, I will send you home."
Bo Ruoyou was held back by his gentle expression and nodded obediently.
When it comes to the tolerance, she was obedient and obedient. Huo Weilou felt a little scent in his heart. When the carriage stopped, he reluctantly let her go. He got off the carriage first, and when she came out, he reached out to help him. Bo Ruoyou lost the cover of the carriage and was still a little concerned. He looked at him dissatisfiedly before handing his hand on it. Fortunately, he was surrounded by his confidants.
He looked up at the courtyard in front of him, but there was a white residence with pink walls and red houses. He wrote the word "Song House" and the servant went up to call the door. Ning Xiao opened the door. Ning Xiao was not surprised to see her coming, but just glanced at her and lowered his eyes, "Marty, no one else was sent away."
Huo Weilou looked back at Bo Ruoyou and saw her carrying the wooden box containing the autopsy, and raised her hand to take it. Ning Xiao took a look and quickly stepped forward, "Mr. Marquis, leave it to his subordinates."
Huo Weilou handed over and walked deep into the house, Bo Ruoyou followed him closely.
The entire mansion was pitch black, and even Huo Weilou was led by embroidered clothes and lanterns. The corridor they walked on was wide and it was straight to the main courtyard. Not long after, Huo Weilou took her into an elegant courtyard.
The yard is brightly lit, especially in several upper rooms. When you walk to the atrium, you can see shadows on the window frame.
Huo Weilou was not fast, so as soon as he entered the upper room, Bo Ruoyou followed him in. In an instant, everyone in the upper room who had not had time to salute looked at her.
There were seven or eight people standing in the house. Bo Ruoyou's eyes swept quickly and only saw that Lin Huai was recognized by him.
"Cousin, what do you mean?"
A young man in his 10s spoke first. He was handsome in his life, his gorgeous clothes were complicated with complex embroidery patterns. His eyes fell like a faint wind. He saw the five-clawed dragon patterns on his robe at first glance.
The rules of the Great Zhou Dynasty were that only the prince of his relatives could wear five-clawed dragon-patterned robes and called Huo Weilou a cousin... Bo Ruoyou's heart was slightly shaking, but he didn't know which prince this person was.
"Bo Ruoyou, coroner, I will ask her to take a mortal exam this time." Huo Weilou said concisely.
The people inside the room looked at each other, and the man said before: "You brought the young master of the Ming family in the past with you in such an important case."
Huo Weilou said with a normal expression: "He is not a serious coroner, and he is inconvenient." After saying that, he did not explain much, but looked at the curtains facing the west side of the house and said to Bo Ruoyou: "Come with me."
When talking to Bo Ruoyou, his tone was much gentler, but he didn't speak much and no one else could hear it. At this time, another man in his 30s robe said, "A female coroner is really unheard of."
Lin Huai said, "Stop blaming you in the future. Let me first make it clear that this coroner is the daughter of my old friend. The marquis is clear about his private affairs, so you should not doubt it. The marquis went to Luozhou and Qingzhou earlier, and she followed the marquis to take a look at the autopsy."
Everyone was surprised when they heard this. The man asked earlier: "It means... the case of Anqing Hou Mansion was also the case of this woman who was examined by the autopsy? Do you think she is the daughter of your old friend and a native of the capital? Which family is from?"
Lin Huai nodded, "Yes, the Second Prince, she is the daughter of Bo."
Everyone's expressions changed again, as if they never thought that the daughter of aristocratic family would do this cheap battle.
On this side, Huo Weilou brought Bo Ruoyou into the curtain, and there was a study room inside. At this moment, a narrow small door appeared on the wall to the right of the study room, as if leading to a dark room.
Huo Wei said, "The body is in the secret room."
Huo Weilou walked into the secret door with Bo Ruoyou, and walked through the corridor ten steps long into the dark room. As soon as he entered the dark room, Bo Ruoyou saw books, paper, pen and other objects on the ground. The dark room was simply arranged, with three cabinets, desks on the north side, and a short couch and a set of tables and stools on the west side. The treasure pavilion contains many rare objects, but some paper tubes are piled up layer by layer. At this moment, most of the paper tubes are landed on the ground, the lid is opened, and there is nothing inside.
And the deceased lay on the desk in the north.
A tall and thin man who was over 100 years old was lying on the verge of gray hair, his face was purple, and there was a dirt that was difficult to distinguish between the corners of his lips. When Bo Ruoyou saw it, he felt that this person was poisoned and died of poisoning. At this time, Huo Weilou spoke.
"This person's name is Song Yu, and he is the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. He has a lot to do with the corruption case recently investigated. He was fine in the morning court today. After he got off the court, he did not return to the palace immediately, nor did he go to the official yamen. It was dusk when he returned to the palace, and no one followed him. When he came back, his face was pale and sweating, and he was quite uncomfortable. The servant at home asked him, and he only said that he had suffered from bad food and vomiting. The servant went to make soup for him to digest food and nourish his stomach. Two guests came to the house. The servant was delayed. When he came back from boiling the medicine, he saw the guest leaving, and the owner was dead-"
Huo Weilou paused and said, "Then the embroidered clothes arrived. It was originally time to catch him and go to the prison today when it was dark."
He was supposed to be arrested and sent to the prison, but he died before the embroidered clothes came!
Bo Ruoyou looked at the dark room, and there were no obvious footprints on the ground, but the pen, ink and paper on the desk was turned over under the table, and the empty paper tubes even indicated that someone had searched for it and even took away the things in it.
Bo Ruoyou didn't ask who the two people in the middle were, and turned around and took the box in Ning Xiao's hand, and then prepared for the autopsy. She walked carefully to the deceased, first collecting the corners of his lips and the dirt on the table, and then looking at his exposed head, face, hands and hands little by little. Just as she was taking the autopsy, the waiting people outside walked to the door of the dark room.
The dark room was small, and so many people came at once, which made the air a little uncomfortable. Everyone looked at Bo Ruoyou, as if to prove whether Bo Ruoyou could really have a mortal examination.
Huo Weilou was standing aside with a serious expression. At this moment, seeing so many people staring at Bo Ruoyou without blinking, she felt unhappy inexplicably, "What are you standing here for? Let's wait outside."
The second prince Zhao Xi saw Bo Ruoyou's head and looked at Song Yu's body without raising his head. The more he looked, the bigger his eyes became, "Cousin, how did you find this girl? This is too strange. Why didn't a little girl learn from her? She just learned this cheap man?"
Zhao Xi was a nobleman and had no hindrance to speak. Huo Weilou frowned and looked at him, "No matter whether a man or a woman, it is a good coroner. This case involves your uncle. If she finds the true seal, you should thank her."
Zhao Xi opened his mouth, "I..." He pointed at himself, then pointed at Bo Ruoyou, thinking, "He is a prince, is he going to thank a little girl? Or is he a slutty girl?"
He only felt that Huo Weilou's words had greatly reduced his identity, but he had always been afraid of his cousin, so he smiled helplessly: "It's better to find out the true seal, otherwise, I will tell my father, "Cousin, you are not in a state of public or private affairs now, and you are deceived by a beautiful woman. To make the beauty smile, she will treat such a big thing as a joke."
Although Bo Ruoyou looked attentive, Zhao Xi's voice was loud, so how could she not hear it? When she heard this, she was inexplicably nervous. She glanced at Huo Weilou very quickly, and even became more energetic.
Huo Weilou sneered at this moment, "Then your Majesty may be happier."
Huo Weilou has never been close to women, and he has a sense of severing human desires. Emperor Jianhe has repeatedly asked and urged him, but Huo Weilou still does his own way. If he knew that there were people around him, even if he was relaxed in his responsibilities, he might be more happy than blamed.
Zhao Xi touched her nose, "Forget it, I'll stay outside."
As soon as Zhao Xi left, several people followed him away, leaving only Lin Huai and the man in the green robe just now. Seeing Bo Ruoyou's appearance, the man in the green robe was quite amazed, "The little girl is quite rare, she is not panicked at all."
Lin Huai smiled and nodded, with some admiration in his eyes.
There are many officials in the court today, and they don’t know her. The second prince is there. So many people are watching. Bo Ruo’s face does not show any nervousness, but instead he is focused and awe-inspiring, giving people a sense of trust. Although the coroner is a lowly servant, if her autopsy skills are so good that the truth can be lifted out of suspicion by the innocent, what about the lowly servant?
Huo Weilou listened to the words of the two, his eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but want to stand closer to her. You know, at first in Qingzhou, he was attracted by her appearance, and even relieved the habit of disgusting woman in his heart to get involved in the tolerance.
Bo Ruoyou listened to the second prince's words and felt unremarkable, but his face was not revealed. This time the suspect was very serious. She was brought by Huo Weilou. If she could not find out the reason, she would not be criticized. The only thing that would be questioned would be Huo Weilou. This thought made her already serious thoughts even more tense. When she was concentrating on her, the eyes and words of others disappeared.
After examining his hands, feet, head and face, Bo Ruoyou suddenly raised his eyes, "Marty, the cause of death is poisoning, why is poisoned, and when is poisoned, it needs to be examined." As he said that, he looked at the dark room, "It is inconvenient here."
The death was a senior official of the court, and the involvement was very broad, so the examination was of course nothing. Huo Weilou ordered the embroidered emblem to enter and carry the deceased into the west wing of the study. Under the surprise of the people in the main hall, Bo Ruoyou also followed.
The body was placed on a felt carpet, and Bo Ruoyou began to remove the deceased's clothes, and then peeled off the deceased's clothes amid several gasps and cold air. In this way, the purple-red corpse spots and several suspicious traces on the deceased's body were immediately exposed.
To be continued...