Chapter 14 One inch of gold 14
Seeing Zheng Wenrong, Zheng Xiao was so scared that she hid behind her mother. The second wife protected him with one hand, but she was not surprised. Zheng Hao was stunned at first, and then couldn't help but shout, "Father--"
The third lady covered Zheng Hao's mouth, "It's the fourth uncle."
Seeing this face exactly the same as his husband, the third lady couldn't help but burst into tears. Zheng Yunni stepped forward, "Why did the fourth uncle come here?"
Her voice was full of questioning, but Zheng Wenrong's face was calm, as if she had never seen the repulsion and blame in everyone's eyes. "There is even a life case in the mansion, mother, second brother, and third brother, they have lost their lives. Is the rest important?"
Zheng Wenrong turned his eyes deep and bowed, "Go to the Marquis. If the Marquis has any questions, you can ask me."
Zheng Wenrong has not returned to his house for many years, and his aura is not as good as a marquis family. Huo Weilou looked at him with a deep eyes for a moment, and then looked at an embroidered envoy, "Go and check the servants outside first."
The embroidered clothes responded and immediately took the people out.
The characteristics of the murderer are already obvious. Just follow Huo Weilou's instructions and compare them one by one. There are many servants. Anyone who is similar to the murderer can leave. If there is a proof of absence, if there is a conclusive evidence, it will be eliminated. In this way, only three thin and low-level servants were left.
"Mr. Marquis, the three of them are only fifteen years old. They are gardeners in the mansion. They suffered from fever when they were young and were short. They often helped with miscellaneous work and were quite agile. People in the mansion said that he never used a ladder when he was pruning tall branches, but they all climbed by themselves."
"The man in the middle is Zhao Wu, who is the guard in the mansion. He looks thin and short, but he is a martial artist and good at archery and horses."
"The right-wing man is called He Li. He is a servant in the mansion and only does rough work. He bought it into the mansion last year. He was originally a refugee, but was later kidnapped and sold to the Marquis' Mansion."
"The three of them all had external injuries on their hands. Although they had their own words, no one proved it."
After the embroidered clothes envoy said that, Huo Weilou glanced over with a deep look. The three of them were left behind, and they all looked flustered at this moment. But that panic was not a panic of guilt, but just fearing the reputation of Wu Zhaohou.
Huo Weilou thought to himself that he had nothing to find this time, but he turned his head to look at Bo Ruoyou. Bo Ruoyou nodded and walked out of the hall door. She walked to the three of them and stood there, "Where is the wound?"
After asking this, the three of them immediately stretched out their hands. Bo Ruoyou looked at it and his eyes were slightly dark. She observed for a moment, looked at the physical expressions of the three of them again, and finally frowned and returned to Huo Weilou, shook her head and said, "The injuries of Liu Zhongyuan and He Li are both old injuries. At least two days ago, although Zhao Wu's wounds are new injuries, they are sharp weapons and are also large. Although Zhao Wu is short, his physique is strong, and he must be heavier than the murderer."
Huo Weilou asked: "Are you really a person in the mansion not missing?"
The embroidered robber hurriedly said, "There are 86 servants who have been named on the list, and all of them have arrived except Madam Yu."
Huo Weilou frowned and waved his hand to embroider the clothes to release the person. The three outside the yard hurriedly bowed and retreated. For a moment, the vast yard was empty. Huo Weilou turned his eyes to look at the masters of the marquis's house and said in a cold voice: "The murderer killed one person in seven days. Now all the mothers and brothers are all killed by the murderer. Who will the victim in the next seven days?"
Everyone's expression changed, but Huo Weilou said lightly: "Zheng Si stays, the rest of them retreat."
Bo Ruoyou's eyebrows moved slightly, and he couldn't help but say, "Hello, please wait."
She was a little coroner, and she spoke in front of Wu Zhaohou. Everyone turned their eyes to her, and there was a clear look of contempt in her eyes. Clinker Huo Weilou just looked at her indifferently, "How?"
Bo Ruoyou said: "The young lady has a new injury on the back of her hand, and I don't know where it comes from."
In an instant, Zheng Yun's eyes fell on Bo Ruoyou's face like a neon arrow, and his hands that were holding the cuffs subconsciously shrank in. Huo Weilou noticed her little movement at a glance. He didn't ask questions, but just looked at her with a stern look.
Zheng Yunni gritted her teeth, "Does the Marquis suspect me? I was injured on the back of my hand... I was caught by my mother. You saw it just now. My mother was sick, so I took her back, leaving scars when she pulled her on the road."
Zheng Yunni looked at Bo Ruoyou and smiled coldly, "Isn't that the case that I have to convict me, right?"
Zheng Yunni looked like a cat with hair on her body, but her stern expression was like a flock shaking a big tree in front of Huo Weilou, "stretching out his hand."
Zheng Yunni glared at Bo Ruoyou fiercely, and stretched out his hand with a swish. The scars were crossed on Zheng Yunni's delicate back, which was bloody and dazzling. Not only did he see blood, but he was already shockingly red and swollen at this moment. It was imagined that the eldest lady was so strong when she started to take action. Bo Ruoyou stepped forward and looked at it. It was indeed scratches. Not only that, there were several nail pinching marks on Zheng Yunni's back.
Bo Ruoyou retreated and nodded at Huo Weilou.
Zheng Yunni sneered coldly, and Huo Weilou glanced at them: "The murderer committed crimes three times and had a deep understanding of the terrain in the mansion. Perhaps, he would be hidden among you. If he was lucky, he would be afraid that another bloody incident would occur in less than seven days. Therefore, if you figure it out, you can come and find this marquis at any time."
Zheng Yunni pursed the corners of her lips, a fear flashed through her eyes, and the rest of them also showed panic.
Huo Weilou clicked until he was about to go, "Get out."
When Zheng Wen'an left, he turned around every three steps and looked at Zheng Wenrong's back very uneasy. When he walked into the yard, he found Zheng Yunni standing at the gate waiting for him. Zheng Wen'an quickly stepped forward and heard Zheng Yunni say, "Fifth Uncle, go and meet Mama Yu. At this point, I'm afraid only she knows what's going on."
Zheng Wen'an's expression changed a few times, "Yun Ni, you..."
Zheng Yunni narrowed her eyes, "The seventh day of the third lunar month is coming, and it is time to set off in Beijing in mid-February. There is less than a month left. Uncle Wu knows that it is amazing. We have been waiting for so many years, how can we ruin it at this time?"
Zheng Wen'an looked embarrassed, and Zheng Yunni turned around and looked at the brightly lit main hall, and said a cold sentence, "Uncle Fourth shouldn't come back."
After she said that, she left. Zheng Wen'an stood there for a moment, but finally turned around and headed north.
In the hall, Zheng Wenrong said: "I am the twin sons of my third brother. I feel unlucky when I was born. My mother chose the eldest brother to stay in the mansion and sent the mansion to the Taoist temple to raise him. Then, every year, I chose a time to go back to my house and stay for half a month. The last time I went back to my house was ten years ago..."
Zheng Wenrong's eyes suddenly became desolate, "The unlucky words of twins may be true. That time my mother made me stay for five more days, but it was only five days before something happened in the mansion."
Huo Weilou's narrow eyes, "What's wrong?"
Zheng Wenrong sighed, "Yun Ni was seriously ill, unable to speak, and could not recognize people. She seemed to be stupid and had no treatment when looking for a doctor. She invited Taoist monks and monks, and only said that she might have been hysterical because of the evil spirit. Her sister-in-law was already sick, and she became even worse after that and never recovered. Since then, I have never returned home. Five years ago, my mother took several brothers and sister-in-law to Taoist temple for cultivation, which made me get together with everyone once."
"How do you think Zheng Yunni's illness is related to you?"
After Huo Weilou asked, Zheng Wenrong smiled bitterly, "Yun Ni has been talented since she was a child and spoke early. She has made a marriage with the Second Prince since she was a child. Although there is no imperial edict, the concubine sent someone to inquire every year. The marriage was a foregone conclusion, and her mother did not dare to give her a little careless teaching. She was four years old and read the thousand-character texts in just one year. She was very talented in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. Her mother even invited a famous teacher to come back for her..."
"When I returned to my house, she was six years old. She had no reason to get sick because I taught her to paint. Not only was she stupid, she couldn't even speak. It took a full year to get better. But she was no longer interested in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and she lost the aura of four years old. Fortunately, I never returned to my house again, so she grew up smoothly."
Zheng Wenrong seemed to be really blaming himself, "So, she looked excited just now, which is normal."
Huo Weilou said again, "When you return home ten years ago, will they let you contact Zheng Yunni?"
Zheng Wenrong remembered the old things and sighed even more, "At the beginning, Yun Ni was different from others. When others saw that I was exactly the same as my third brother, they felt scared. But when Yun Ni saw me again and again, she not only clearly distinguished it, but she was not afraid of me. She even liked me to tell some new things outside. In addition, I had some accumulation in calligraphy and painting. She often asked me to teach her that she was really smart. She could understand what the meaning of leaving blank space in the painting at the age of five or six..."
Zheng Wenrong said now, and still sighed at the stunning and beautiful little girl, "What I'm doing is like. This time I returned to the house to pay tribute to my mother, but I didn't expect so many disasters to happen in the house. I know that no one wants me to come back."
Huo Weilou looked at him, "Do you know why the palace changed all the servants fifteen years ago?"
Zheng Wenrong was stunned. Fifteen years ago, he was just a teenager. He really couldn't remember such a long time ago. "Fifteen years ago... I had no impression. Every time I came back, I didn't go out. Many times, few people in the mansion knew that I was back, so I couldn't know even if someone was replaced outside."
Huo Weilou asked again: "Your brother, you once had a concubine who gave birth to a child, do you know?"
Zheng Wenrong was stunned again, "My elder brother... I don't know about this either, but I am loyal and upright, so I don't know when he took a concubine."
"When did the eldest lady go crazy?"
Zheng Wenrong was not always in the mansion, and he didn't know too many facts, but he knew about this, "It was the year after I gave birth to Yun Ni, and I returned to the mansion to live for a while, so my sister-in-law stopped having dinner with us. When I asked, my mother said that my sister-in-law was sick."
"Can you know why you are sick?"
Zheng Wenrong shook his head, "I don't know."
There are too many strange things in the Marquis' Mansion, but the only one who knows everything but knows very little.
Huo Weilou finally asked: "When is your birthday? Do you know what the Yin year means?"
"My birth date is on the second hour of the fourth month of Jianhe," Zheng Wenrong frowned slightly, "Yin year and Yin year? I don't know Yin year and Yin year and Yin year... If I were born in Yin year and Yin year, I'm afraid I won't survive."
Chapter completed!