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Chapter 26 One inch of gold 26(1/2)

Zheng Yunni's sad expression stagnated, "What are the Marquis... talking about?"

Everyone looked at Huo Weilou, all surprised. Zheng Yunni cried so miserably and begged him to save his mother. How did he realize that she was leaving the eldest lady in the fire?

The eldest lady is her biological mother.

Zheng Wen'an was next to Zheng Yunni and frowned when he heard this, "What does the marquis mean?"

Huo Weilou looked at Zheng Yunni with a cold look, and then glanced at the back of Zheng Yunni's hand. Zheng Yunni was begging Huo Weilou, and one hand was pulling his robe. On the back of the hand, there were a few dazzling scars at this moment. The scars were red, swollen and bleeding, but they did not scab. No one could tell that it was injured a moment ago.

Zheng Yunni looked at her hand in Huo Weilou's eyes, her face changed suddenly, and she immediately retracted her hand. She continued to cry, "This scar was scraped by bamboo branches when she was running out just now. My daughter didn't know what the marquis said, but just asked the marquis to save her mother..."

Huo Weilou stood up and said without even replying: "Bo Ruoyou, come."

Bo Ruoyou stood not far behind Huo Weilou, and immediately walked up after hearing this. Huo Weilou stared at Zheng Yunni from a high place, "Extend his hand."

Zheng Yunni cried with pear blossoms and rain, but Huo Weilou seemed to have never seen them. His voice was cold and tough. Zheng Yunni sobbed twice, and finally reached out his hand tremblingly.

Bo Ruoyou checked Zheng Yunni's hand with the light of fire, and soon said solemnly: "The lady's hand was scratched. Three scars on the back of her hand were bloody, and the other scar fell on the palm, which was only red and swollen. The lady was injured in her right hand. The person who injured her should use a grasping posture and a left hand. Because her little finger was weak, she had never left scars on the back of her hand."

Bo Ruoyou's voice was crisp and hesitant, and his words were even more meticulous. He even gestured on the back of Zheng Yunni with his left hand. For a moment, everyone could even imagine how the two of them were pulling at that time.

Zheng Yunni sobbed and immediately said, "My daughter remembered the wrong thing. This scar was left by her mother. Her mother was going to run into the forest to chase the fire. When her daughter pulled her out, her mother scratched her hand..."

Bo Ruoyou stared at her, "The eldest lady is lying again. If you pull the eldest lady, it is the eldest lady holding the eldest lady's hand. The scars should be left on the back of the eldest lady's hand. The eldest lady's nails will also be stained with the eldest lady's blood."

Only when you are caught but struggled to break free will scars be left on the back of your hand. This happens from time to time. As soon as Bo Ruoyou said this, everyone came to their senses. Zheng Wen'an couldn't help but say, "Yun Ni, what happened?"

Zheng Yunni stopped at the corner of her eyes and threw it to wipe her tears. She was seen through one after another. She was not anxious. Seeing Zheng Wen'an ask, she looked at Zheng Wen'an sadly, "Okay... Since she was seen, I don't have to hide it anymore. I also want to ask Uncle Wu, who the murderer was? Why did my mother not feel afraid when she saw her, but she also treated her as an old friend. The murderer clearly wanted to set fire to us, but her mother actually wanted to chase the murderer and didn't even care about the fire around her. She not only wanted to follow the murderer, but even pulled me. I... If I don't break free, I will be burned to death..."

Zheng Yunni cried and said, "I didn't mean to keep my mother, but she didn't leave by herself. If I really stayed, wouldn't I be burned to death? Uncle Wu, who is the murderer? Could it be that my mother and the murderer have any shameful relationship?"

Zheng Yunni changed her words, but Zheng Wen'an didn't know how to answer this question for a moment. He raised his eyes and looked at Huo Weilou, and his voice was harsh, "Marty, Yunni doesn't know what happened back then..."

When Zheng Yunni heard this, she became more surprised and suspicious in her tears, "Uncle Fifth, what happened back then? I knew that the situation was wrong, so I wanted to hide it, Uncle Fifth, don't everyone know it, I don't know it?"

Zheng Wen'an didn't dare to look at Zheng Yunni's questioning eyes for a moment, so he could only lower his eyes and sigh.

When Zheng Yunni cried, Bo Ruoyou was not only looking at her hands, but also looking at her elsewhere. She was wearing a bright red dress today. At this moment, the hem of the skirt was covered with mud, and her own hair was scattered. The more Bo Ruoyou looked at her, the deeper the eyes were. The fire in the forest spreads eastward. Will people who have been living in the dark for many years harm people by setting fire?

Huo Weilou ignored Zheng Yunni's question. He only looked at Zheng Yunni, "Do you think there is tung oil sprinkled in the forest?"

Zheng Yunni nodded with thrust, "Yes, my daughter smelled something wrong, but when she reacted, it was too late..."

If there is tung oil, it is reasonable to produce such a fire.

Huo Weilou asked Zheng Wen'an: "Where is tung oil in the mansion?"

Zheng Wen'an was stunned, "In the treasury in the southeast..."

Zheng Yunni immediately said: "Ding...it was the murderer who stole the keys of the treasury again. She could steal mandala. What's the point of stealing tung oil now?"

The murderer did use mandala as a drug every time, and she came and went without a trace in the mansion. It was not incredible to sneak into the treasury to steal tung oil. However, Huo Weilou looked at him, "You said the eldest lady was chasing the murderer, where did the murderer escape?"

Zheng Yunni pointed to the east, "Go to the other side--"

At this moment, the west wind was blowing, and the fire rushed eastward. Since the murderer set fire, he did not judge the wind, but instead went to a more dangerous place? Huo Weilou frowned slightly and was about to speak, but Bo Ruoyou stood up and said, "Marty, please borrow a step to speak."

Huo Weilou raised his eyebrows slightly, then turned around and walked aside. Bo Ruoyou followed him and stood beside Huo Weilou and spoke in a low voice.

Everyone in the distance saw Bo Ruoyou saying something. Huo Weilou listened carefully, but did not answer, but nodded occasionally to respond. Soon, Huo Weilou turned around and called a few embroidered clothes to his body. He gave a few instructions. Several people immediately went southeast, but the remaining one turned around and left.

After this person left, Bo Ruoyou was still whispering to Huo Weilou, but the wind roared and the fire was fierce and far away. No one knew what they were saying. After waiting for a while, the embroidered robber who had left came back and followed a yamen officer next to him.

Huo Weilou frowned and asked the yamen a few words. The yamen nodded respectfully and answered. After hearing this, Huo Weilou nodded and then ordered the yamen to leave.

Huo Weilou said something to Bo Ruoyou again, and Bo Ruoyou shook his head.

Huo Weilou seemed to sigh, and then walked over with Bo Ruoyou. When he arrived in front of everyone, he said: "Since he was igniting with tung oil, the murderer must have stolen tung oil from the tung oil. This marquis has sent someone to search the tung oil to see if he can find clues."

As he said that, Huo Weilou looked up at the fire, "It is urgent to save people first."

The fire became increasingly fierce. The two embroidered clothes that had just entered the fire made their bodies neat, but they had not come out at this moment. Huo Weilou frowned, and the others were also holding their hearts high, for fear that the two embroidered clothes would be ruined.

Zheng Yunni's tears were not dry, but she still looked sad. While looking at the fire, she subconsciously looked at Bo Ruoyou and Huo Weilou, as if she was guessing what the two of them had just said. After returning to the crowd, Huo Weilou looked calm, but Bo Ruoyou's eyes were a little contemplative, as if she was doubting something.

Suddenly, Huo Weilou looked at her.

Zheng Yunni's pupils trembled slightly, but she pretended to be calm and did not look away. Huo Weilou asked, "Can you see the murderer clearly just now?"

Zheng Yunni immediately said, "Of course I can see clearly. She is thin and very short. She looks very gloomy and terrifying in her grandmother's robe. When she saw her daughter and mother being trapped, she smiled grimly, saying that she had been waiting for us for a long time, and then she lit the fire..."

Zheng Yunni's description was meticulous, which sounded convincing. Huo Weilou asked again: "Where did you go in the afternoon? The murderer set up a plan and waited for you. Perhaps, she would have followed you at that time."

Zheng Yunni calmly said: "In the afternoon, my daughter went to the Buddhist temple."

For a moment, the eyes of several people around him fell on Zheng Yunni. Zheng Yunni said, "After my grandmother's death, the Buddhist temple was closed. But later, the second and third uncles were murdered. I was very afraid. I thought I would go to the Buddhist temple to pray yesterday, but I didn't dare to walk around. This afternoon, I went to the Buddhist temple to recite a scripture."

The Buddhist temple was secluded. After the government searched, no one had visited the Buddhist temple for many days. This means that although no one could testify to Zheng Yunni, no one could say that she was lying.

But when Huo Weilou heard this, he frowned slightly, as if he had noticed some suspicion. "You said the murderer saw you and said something. How could she speak in a quick way? What voice did he say it?"

Zheng Yunni said with lingering fear: "She said it viciously, and she said it in one go, and the sound...the sound is the woman's voice..."

"There is nothing else to say except this sentence?"

Zheng Yunni nodded, "She seems to have a deep hatred for us, as if just to wait for this moment, I don't know who she is, but it seems that she is not old..."

Huo Weilou asked again: "Does there be scars on her face?"

In short, Zheng Yunni was the first to meet the murderer so close and escape from her. Zheng Yunni nodded, and looked even more frightened, "Some... some... that face is extremely terrifying, just like a silly girl's face. It makes people feel like a cruel and ruthless person."

This statement almost confirmed the inference that there were two stupid girls in Bo Ruoyou's mansion earlier.

However, Huo Weilu said, "You are lying again."

Zheng Yunni was stunned, and the other people's expressions changed slightly. Huo Wei said, "Tell me more and more mistakes, but you have thought about how to answer, so it is not a panic. However, this marquis has seen countless repeated crimes. One person is telling the truth or telling lies. This marquis can see at a glance. From the beginning of the fire scene, you are pretending to be hypocritical. If it is true as you said later, your mother took the initiative to chase the murderer, you should not talk about the details. Just ask this marquis to save people first, but you always emphasize that she was left behind to save you."

"A moment of life and death, you just escaped from heaven and were determined to save your mother, but you thought about many reasons here to swear us. The only explanation is that you are lying. You have many reasons to find, but you use this excuse to show that you have deep affection between mother and daughter. You are guilty and blamed, and you are just eager to save your mother."

Huo Weilou looked at Zheng Yunni with his eyes and eyes shining, "It seems that he is eager to save his mother, but also cries miserably, so that he can gain sympathy so that people can regard you as the victim, believe in your words, and thus do not doubt you."

The tears at the corners of Zheng Yunni's eyes had not dried yet. When she heard this, tears fell down again, "Mr.... Is the Marquis actually suspicious of his daughter? Could it be that he suspected that his daughter was really running away alone and ordered his mother to stay in the sea of ​​fire?"

Zheng Yunni looked innocent and tearful, which made people unable to imagine that she was having a show.

Huo Weilou's narrow eyes, "The place where you lie is not only here, but your first lie was discovered by the coroner, and he quickly found the second statement. You also said that the murderer said something viciously to you, but just now, I asked the Yamamamama who had just met the murderer. The Yamamamama said that when he ran into the murderer tonight, the murderer suffered from aphonies and stuttering, and it was difficult to finish a sentence in full."

Huo Weilou looked at Zheng Yunni coldly, "She can't say the complete words, how can you hear the words in one go? The only possibility is that you are lying, you deliberately described the murderer as a cruel and revenge-seeking, and this just happened to echo everyone's guess about the murderer. For a moment, no one questioned you, but you were wrong, you had never heard the murderer speak."

Zheng Yunni was stunned. She looked at Huo Weilou a few feet away, and forgot to cry. Behind her was clearly a blazing fire, but she couldn't feel the scorching. The world suddenly became quiet. She seemed to be in the ice cave of the cold sky of La Jiu. "I... I heard it wrong... I was very scared at that time. I only saw her face full of fierceness, but I didn't hear it very clearly. Yes, the Marquis said it was right. Her words were indeed intermittent, but her face was extremely ferocious."

Zheng Yunni looked sad, but at this moment, she still insisted that she had just heard it wrong.

He Cheng and others trust Huo Weilou, so naturally they understand that his doubts are more convincing. However, Zheng Wen'an and Zheng Wenrong looked at Huo Weilou and then Zheng Yunni, and for a moment they didn't know who to believe.

At this time, Zheng Yunni cried again, "The Marquis said I was lying, but why did I lie? It's so good, why did I come here? I escaped from the fire and almost lost my life..."

Huo Weilou stared at, "Because, you released this fire."

"It was not the murderer who led you to come, but you led you to come."

Zheng Yunni's hand that fell beside her cheek froze, and her expression slackened slightly, but she smiled sadly, "What is the Marquis talking about? I can't avoid the murderer, how could I lead her over?"

Huo Weilou looked at Bo Ruoyou, and Bo Ruoyou stepped forward and said, "Because you don't want her to fall into the hands of the Marquis, the Marquis dug a well in the afternoon. You know that the Marquis has made a major discovery, and the murderer may not be able to hide it anymore, so you would rather kill the murderer yourself than fall into the hands of the Marquis."

Facing Bo Ruoyou, Zheng Yunni's eyes immediately showed a bit of harshness, "What did you say? I am the eldest lady of the Hou Mansion, and the murderer is just a shameful criminal. She is so guilty. How could I take such a big risk to harm her? You said I put the fire, where is the evidence?"

She asked this question with confidence, and at this moment, the embroidered clothes who had just left came back together.

One of them held something in his hand and walked to Huo Weilou and whispered something, then handed the thing to Huo Weilou. At that moment, everyone saw clearly that it was a white jade earring.

Huo Weilou looked at the earrings in his palm, then looked at Zheng Yunni again, with his eyebrows clustered, "You said you went to the Buddhist temple in the afternoon, but how could your earrings appear in the southwest treasury?"

Zheng Yunni's face changed drastically, her temples were scattered, and at this moment, the ink hair was stranded in her ears. Others couldn't see whether the earrings were still there, but she hurriedly touched her ears. After touching them, she found that the earrings on her left ear disappeared at some point.

If she could still grit her teeth and refuse to recognize everything before, the earrings are ironclad evidence that she has been to the treasury and cannot tolerate her not accepting them.

"I...I..." Zheng Yunni's eyes were red, and she murmured, and she rolled her eyes in a panic. Suddenly, she took the initiative to raise her head: "Yes, yes, I'm the one who fired me, but I just thought you were not good at doing things. My third uncle has been dead for two days, but you still can't hold the murderer. If you can't hold it, I came to personally take revenge on my second uncle and third uncle. I knew the murderer must be looking for the next target, so I specially seduced her and burned her to death with a fire. She killed my grandmother, as well as my second uncle and third uncle three lives. What's wrong with me asking her to pay for her life?"

Zheng Wen'an and Zheng Wenrong were shocked. They never expected that Zheng Yunni had such courage at such a young age and dared to take the risk to find the murderer to revenge. Zheng Wen'an also blushed, "Yunni, why do you have to take such risk..."

Huo Weilou frowned slightly as he heard Zheng Yunni's righteous words. He was only sure that Zheng Yunni was playing the show, and he got Bo Ruoyou's words and believed that he was suspected of setting fire. Now that she admitted that the fire was really what she had released, he felt that it was strange.

With such thoughts and means, how could Zheng Yunni take risks seriously to avenge his grandmother and uncles?

Just then, he heard Bo Ruoyou's voice.

"You want the life of the murderer, not to avenge your grandmother and the others."

Bo Ruoyou opened her mouth again, and she looked at Zheng Yunni with deep eyes, and there was a hint of sigh and pity in her eyes. Zheng Yunni turned to Bo Ruoyou, and she smiled coldly with tears on her face, "It's you again... what did you guess again? You are just a little coroner, and I've been tested for my injuries. What else do you want to say?"

Zheng Yunni was half crying and half laughing, and three points of crazy between her eyebrows and eyes, "I'm not avenging my grandmother? Then what am I doing? She disturbed our Hou Mansion and killed three lives. Shouldn't she die?"

Zheng Wen'an seemed to agree with this, and sighed deeply: "If I had known this, I wouldn't have kept her at the beginning."

After the words were settled, Zheng Yunni's face was strangely stiff for a moment.

Bo Ruoyou looked at her, "Did you hear it? This is what they thought. If you were not left behind, how would this happen today..."

Bo Ruoyou was sad and very calm and determined. Everyone looked at Bo Ruoyou, but their eyes were astonished as if she was crazy.

Zheng Wen'an opened his mouth, "I...I'm talking about that child..."

Zheng Yunni, who was quick-talking, seemed to be petrified at this moment. Her eyelids hopped hard, and she didn't know what expression to look like on her face. She finally made a smile, but it was stiff and weird, even worse than crying.
To be continued...
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