The fire burned for a whole day.

At dusk, the solemn ancestral hall turned into a pile of charred ruins, and most of the pine and cypress around it was burned. Under the dark sky, there were still a few wisps of smoke curling.

Huo Weilou stood near the fire, with a storm covering his eyebrows and eyes.

He Cheng stood behind him and couldn't help but his voice was a little lighter, "Marty, the fire started from the inside, probably for no other reason. It's just that it's only six or seven days to clean up this place."

The ancestral hall is not small. Apart from the main hall, there are more than ten rooms in front and back. At this moment, the walls and rubble were broken, and the beams and columns that had not been burned, collapsed into a hill like a smoke and fire. Huo Weilou's eyes were dark, and on the side of his eyes, he saw Zheng Wen'an standing aside with a sad expression.

"Gather the eunuchs in the mansion, then transfer some people from the yamen to clear out this place within three days."

As soon as Huo Weilou finished speaking, Zheng Wen'an came back to his senses and walked closer to him: "Marty, now the people in the mansion are in panic. It's better to solve the case first and then clean up the place..."

Huo Weilou looked at Zheng Wen'an, and Zheng Wen'an's eyes changed a lot. He still responded, "Yes, let's arrange it here."

Zheng Wen'an waved and called a few officials, and followed Huo Weilou's words to continue. He Chengyi ordered the captain to send another yamen. The night was about to fall, and the cold wind was as bright as Huo Weilou's eyes were determined, and suddenly he found that Bo Ruoyou's thin figure was crawling towards a pile of charred beams and pillars.

Huo Weilou frowned and walked towards Bo Ruoyou.

The fire was gone, but there were still fire and sparks among the ruins. As we walked closer, the place under our feet seemed to have residual heat. Huo Weilou couldn't help but climbed up to it to do something, and her skirt was stained with black and gray.

"What are you doing?"

Huo Weilou asked in a deep voice, sounding dissatisfied.

Bo Ruoyou turned around, but was not afraid, but asked, "What smell can the Marquis smell?"

Huo Weilou frowned, and Bo Ruoyou walked down from the pile of charred black. Her hands were stained with black dust. She clapped her hands and said, "Mr. Marquis, it's tung oil. Although it's burned out, there's still a trace of smoke and dust--"

Huo Weilou joined the army at a young age and knew what tung oil was. He often used tung oil when attacking fire on the battlefield, because tung oil burned rapidly and was not easily extinguished by water. When it was burned, thick smoke still appeared, and the thick smoke was poisonous.

Bo Ruoyou also said at this time: "The lamp oil used for Buddha cemetery in the Buddhist temple is mostly ghee. Although ghee is expensive, it has little smoke and light smell, and is considered flame-resistant. Tung oil should not appear here. Earlier, the girl in the folk discovered that Yu Ma's body also had the smell of tung oil."

While talking, Bo Ruoyou brushed the hair on his cheeks with the back of his hand. "This fire broke out suddenly and was in a rapid momentum. I think the Marquis had guessed something strange. Now the folk girl is sure that someone deliberately set fire with tung oil." She looked at the distant scenery, "The ancestral hall is the most important clan. If it were not important, it would be impossible to set fire to it. Last night, Master Zheng Wu came here, and the eldest lady was about to enter the capital early this morning. Later, the ancestral hall caught fire again. The folk girl felt that the ancestral hall must be strange, and all this was the decision of Master Zheng Wu and Madam Yu last night. They wanted to hide something, so they made up their minds."

After Bo Ruoyou finished speaking, he could not see Huo Weilou responding. He was worried about whether he had said too much. When he turned around, he saw Huo Weilou looking at her with a difficult look. Bo Ruoyou felt something was wrong...

Huo Weilou first looked at Bo Ruoyou's black and gray face, and then looked at Bo Ruoyou's hand.

She was very concerned about the autopsy and did not hesitate to face the rotten corpse. Her ten fingers were stained with corpse water and were frozen again. Now the two fingers on her left hand were slightly red and swollen. At this moment, she was stained with the gray stains that had not been removed, so she couldn't bear to look at them.

"The ancestral hall is indeed strange, and the sudden fire is proven, and people have been ordered to clean up and search this place." After a pause, Huo Weilou's voice was gentler, "You don't need to have a post-mortem today, you don't have to be here."

This was to make her retreat, but Bo Ruoyou hesitated for a moment and said tentatively, "The girl in the civilian wants to stay here and see more."

Huo Weilou stared at him, and Bo Ruoyou hurriedly said, "Although the young woman is a woman, she is meticulous and will never miss it--"

A slight light flashed in Huo Weilou's eyes. He could hear clearly. Bo Ruoyou still remembered that he didn't like the woman's words in his place of work. Huo Weilou glanced at the fire, "What can you find in this situation? When you use your time, you will summon you."

Bo Ruoyou followed his eyes and saw only the burnt pillars falling to the ground, rubble and walls spread across the ground, which were indeed physical tasks. Bo Ruoyou understood that it was indeed difficult to find anything before these heavy objects were cleaned up.

She sighed helplessly, "Then...that woman has surrendered."

This tone seemed a bit regretful. Huo Weilou was used to seeing people who were shirking responsibility in the officialdom. At this moment, he looked at Bo Ruoyou and felt that her eyebrows and eyes were moving. Even if her face was dirty, she would not lose her appearance.

As soon as this thought came, Huo Weilou frowned slightly. He had been abstinent for many years and had never been involved in women's beauty. In the capital, no matter how peerless the beauty was, he was just a vulgar pink in his eyes. Now, he felt that the thin Ruoyou was a little pleasing to the eyes.

It must be because she is diligent and skilled.

Huo Weilou was determined, and when he looked at Bo Ruoyou again, he couldn't help but feel a little regretful. He responded faintly, Bo Ruoyou turned around and left. He Cheng was coming to meet her at this moment. Seeing that there were stains on her face, he quickly showed surprise, "Xiao Bo, you..."

He Cheng pointed at her cheek and couldn't help laughing, "Why are you losing your face?"

Bo Ruoyou then understood why Huo Weilou's gaze came just now. Although she didn't feel embarrassed, she was a little rude and smiled bitterly and quickly left. He Cheng looked at her back and saw that Huo Weilou was still satisfied with Bo Ruoyou in the past two days, and then said, "It's a joke that Xiaobo is really safer than those kids. He helps him a few times and never feels tired."

At this point, He Cheng sighed a little, "Thanks to Xiaobo's help in the past two years, there has been no backlog of unsolved cases in Qingzhou. The emperor is really good at treating the officials. Seeing that the marquis is not doubtful, the subordinates are also quite educated. Although they cannot be hired as yamen documents, they heard that the marquis' subordinates also have many talented people. Such a desire to cherish talents makes the subordinates admire him. Since this is the case, the subordinates will also be regarded as Xiaobo as their disciples. So just let her live in Qingzhou City, and it will be more convenient to help the provincial government office in the future..."

He Cheng praised Bo Ruoyou and praised Huo Weilou. He realized that this compliment was done in one go without any deliberate traces. However, before he finished speaking, Huo Weilou's face somehow sank. In the face of the force of coldness, He Cheng took out a towel and began to wipe his sweat.

Emperor Jianhe was in power and had several guest officials in the court, and Huo Weilou was under one person and above ten thousand people. He was trusted by Emperor Jianhe and recruited talents for him many times. Therefore, He Cheng's words were not abrupt, but Huo Weilou was a little unhappy when he heard it. When he returned to the guest yard in the evening, others became a little gloomy.

Eunuch Fu only thought that he had lost the opportunity to search because of the fire in the ancestral hall, and said, "This fire was abrupt. The Yu Ma Ma was the most suspicious. It was indeed the old lady's closest confidant before. It was not vague to set fire to the ancestral hall, but what if it was burned? The Marquis was wise and powerful. In a few days, he would not worry about not being able to find out the truth..."

"I remember that Xiliang Kingdom once paid a tribute to an item before the New Year."

"Ah?" Eunuch Fu was stunned. He didn't know why Huo Weilou suddenly mentioned this matter. He thought for a while and nodded, "The tributes paid by Xiliang Kingdom this year are mainly Qimen weapons. What is the Marquis talking about? Is it the magical machine crossbow?"

When Huo Weilou was young, he joined the army. Eunuch Fu thought of the first thought of the set of divine crossbows. The envoy of Xiliang Kingdom said that the divine crossbow could be fired at a distance of hundreds of miles. If it could be used, it would be a powerful weapon to win the Great Zhou.

However, Huo Weilou shook his head, "It was a handguard made of extremely fine copper wire."

Eunuch Fu thought hard for a while but never remembered the thing. Huo Weilou ordered: "Flying pigeons sent a letter back to Beijing, and someone took it and sent it to him."

Eunuch Fu went to pass the letter half-believingly. When he came back, he saw Huo Weilou reading the official documents. He didn't know what it was for. Eunuch Fu sighed, knowing that he couldn't guess Huo Weilou's thoughts, so he never asked much.

At this time, the embroidered garment envoy responsible for guarding Bo Ruoyou's yard came back. When he arrived outside the door, hesitated and did not enter.

Eunuch Fu walked out and said, "Why are you back? Didn't you let me look at Miss Bo?"

The embroidered clothes confused and said, "Miss Bo went to the bamboo forest in the east and refused to let his subordinates follow him. If he felt it was inappropriate, he would come back and report."

Before Eunuch Fu could speak, the voice of Nerihuo Weilou came.

"What did she do in the bamboo forest?"

The embroidered wardrobe hurriedly said, "I don't know, but Miss Bo asked the servants in the mansion for some incense, Zhuming money, as if... they were going to pay tribute to the old friend."

Huo Weilou's eyes raised from the official document and his eyebrows frowned gently.
Chapter completed!