Chapter 29 Two-color lotus 01(1/2)
Luozhou is northwest of Qingzhou, and it takes five or six days to arrive in a carriage. However, since there are urgent cases, Huo Weilou's decisive and decisive attitude is mostly trying to rush the horse day and night, but Bo Ruoyou's carriage cannot get up.
"Mr., can you rest tonight?"
From early morning to the road, I never stopped along the way except feeding horses. Seeing the sun hanging down, the embroidered clothes embroidered me and asked. Huo Weilou frowned slightly, and Eunuch Fu said, "I'm afraid there is no need to worry about it. In the past two days, Master Ming and the young prince are still on the road. Lord Lin, the Minister of Justice, is also slow to walk on the water. So what if we go early?"
Listening to what Mr. Fu said, Bo Ruoyou's eyebrows moved slightly, she didn't know who the prince was, but the Minister of Justice could understand that this case in Luozhou was not only Wu Zhaohou, but also the Minister of Justice went south from the capital, which showed that it was a serious case.
Huo Weilou turned his eyes and his eyes fell on the carriage of Zhuqi Baogai. The carriage was gorgeous and sturdy, but it had not stopped this day. Although Bo Ruoyou didn't say a word, his face turned pale. When he was eating at noon, Huo Weilou knew that Bo Ruoyou had only eaten a small half of the cake. His eyes were slightly dark, "Go to the villages and towns ahead to find a place to rest."
Eunuch Fu responded with a smile, "It's not bad, I'm almost exhausted after following the Marquis from the capital to Qingzhou. We'll be more at ease this time. It's a case from ten years ago. So what if it's delayed for a few more days?"
Huo Weilou frowned slightly, raised his horse whip, and galloped forward faster.
Eunuch Fu smiled and followed the carriage outside the carriage, continuing to talk to Bo Ruoyou. The road along the way was really boring. When we headed south earlier, we were all capable and naughty embroidered clothes all the way. So we were tired, and we didn’t even have a person who spoke kindly to him. Now there was a Bo Ruoyou. Eunuch Fu was really happy, "Youyou, you said you had asked for something for the Marquis of Marquis earlier, what do you want? Why don’t you tell us, and our family will give you a few good words at that time..."
One day, Eunuch Fu treated Bo Ruoyou even more kindly. At noon, he asked her how her adoptive father called her, and then he regarded himself as an elder and called her Youyou. Bo Ruoyou heard this and his lips curled slightly, "I dare not bother my father-in-law, because he was not ordinary, so he couldn't speak out clearly before the job was done."
Eunuch Fu raised his eyebrows, "Is it necessary to do a good job before speaking. Is it related to your coroner art?"
Bo Ruoyou lowered his head and smiled slightly, "It's okay for father-in-law to think so."
The sunset was setting, and the golden afterglow fell all over the mountain. The northwest, the snow became thicker in winter. On both sides of the official road, there were even more white snow, and the continuous flow of the way. Eunuch Fu sat high on the horse's back. Seeing Bo Ruoyou didn't say anything, he didn't ask. He only looked at her with a smart smile, her eyes were covered with frosty snow, and her eyes softened a little, "You are right to think so. The Marquis has always rewarded merits, but..."
After a little hesitation, Eunuch Fu's speech became a little more serious, "But this case is not easy to deal with."
Bo Ruoyou raised his head and looked with questions. Eunuch Fu looked at Huo Wei Lou in front of him and said, "I'll let the marquis tell you about business, but you don't need to be nervous. The marquis will take you here this time, so the marquis will focus on autopsy."
Bo Ruoyou responded and felt a little solemn in his heart. Although he had expected that this case was extraordinary, Eunuch Fu said so now, and it was even more difficult to deal with than she guessed.
When the last ray of sunset fell to the sky, the group entered a small town.
The embroidered robber who was exploring the way said: "Mr. Marquis is named Xiushui Town. There are more than a hundred families in front and behind. There are two inns. The villain has already booked the Laifu Inn, which has many empty rooms."
Huo Weilou nodded without saying anything, and walked into the only long street in Xiushui Town by horse.
Xiushui Town is remote, and most of the residents are local people. Suddenly, they all went out to see each other. Fortunately, all the embroidered clothes have changed into regular clothes today, which is not so terrifying. Everyone was watching, and they felt that there was another wealthy family passing by.
The Laifu Inn arrived soon, with a large wine flag waving in the wind. Outside was a large courtyard with horses to rest. Walking inside was a two-story building. Although it was simple, it was also clean and tidy. When the thin carriage entered the courtyard gate, a servant immediately came up to him.
As soon as the curtain was lifted, the servant carefully put down the footstool, "Greetings to Madam..."
Bo Ruoyou was about to get off the carriage when he heard these words, his expression changed slightly, and Huo Weilou had already arrived at the entrance of the main hall. When he heard these words, he couldn't help but frown and looked over.
Bo Ruoyou hurriedly said, "I'm not a wife."
The servant was very clever, "Ah... that's the young lady..."
The inn is in this town, and guests come and go from north to north. Whenever there are female relatives, most of them are accompanied by their relatives. Therefore, the servant thought that Bo Ruoyou, who was sitting in a carriage, must be a wife or a young lady.
Bo Ruoyou frowned helplessly. When Eunuch Fu saw this, he was about to laugh and lay down, and coughed lightly, "Don't recognize people randomly, this is our lady."
The servant looked embarrassed for a moment, "Young Master Long Zhang Fengzi, the lady is beautiful and beautiful, and she looks really like... Miss forgives her for being guilty, she is a villain with a slutty eyes, please come inside-"
Huo Weilou stood at the door of the hall, frowned even tighter when he heard this, but after looking at Eunuch Fu for a moment, he didn't say anything and entered the door of the hall. Bo Ruoyou naturally didn't dare to recognize the lady. He got off the carriage and looked at Eunuch Fu hesitantly. But Eunuch Fu stepped forward to take her into vain, "If you don't say that, everyone will treat you as our young lady along the way."
Bo Ruoyou suddenly thought of the scene where Zheng Xiaofei said that she was the Marquis' wife. In this way, Eunuch Fu's voice was not so terrifying. Just now, Huo Weilou's stern eyes fell on her face. She knew that Huo Weilou must have felt offended. The conscience of heaven and earth, was she very happy to hear it?
After entering the hall, I saw the inn shopkeeper talking attentively in front of Huo Weifang, "There are three rooms left, and the young master and the lady are one room each. This... the old man is also alone, and there are five second-class rooms. It's enough for you to live in. Is it necessary to send dinner to the room or use it outside?"
Huo Weilou had walked to the second floor and "sent to the room."
Huo Weilou was walking in a breeze. Eunuch Fu hurriedly took Bo Ruoyou and waited upstairs. He saw Huo Weilou parked in the middle room before the room, pointing to the one at the end, "Go there."
This was to Bo Ruoyou. She responded, and turned her eyes and saw the shopkeeper looking at them with a strange expression. She seemed to think that the relationship between the two was very different from that of brother and sister. Eunuch Fu pointed to the room at the end, "Let's go and have a look--"
However, at this moment, a man and a woman came in the main entrance downstairs. Both of them were over thirty years old and were a couple. The woman said frowningly: "A good Buddhist conference, if you say you don't do it, you won't do it. What should I do?"
The man next to her held her waist and advised: "We can only come back next year. No, let's go to Xiangguo Temple in Beijing..."
Both of them had a foreign accent and spoke loudly. After saying this, they realized that there were many more people in the hall. When they saw two embroidered clothes standing on the stairs, their expressions changed and they hurried back to their room.
The shopkeeper looked back and saw Bo Ruoyou and Eunuch Fu standing in the moment, and Huo Weilou had not entered the door, so he smiled and explained in a low voice, "These two people moved in yesterday and were going to go to Famen Temple in Qixia Mountain to seek children. Because there was a meeting of Ten Thousand Buddhas in the beginning of February of the Famen Temple, but when I walked here yesterday, I learned that the Famen Temple Buddhist Conference will not be held this year. I stayed for a day today, and wanted to wait and see if the news will change. It seems that I am planning to go back."
The shopkeeper sighed at this point, "At the Dharma Temple Buddhist Conference every year, the inn is full every day. This year's Buddhist Conference will not be held, and the inn is deserted."
Bo Ruoyou lived in Qingzhou for ten years, and she knew the reputation of Famen Temple in Qixia Mountain, Luozhou.
The Great Zhou emphasized Buddhism and neglected Taoism, so all the nobles worshipped Buddha, and the royal family had the habit of worshiping Buddhist temples. The Xiangguo Temple in the capital was built by craftsmen in Taizu of the Great Zhou a hundred years ago. Now, it has become the most famous Great Zhou Buddhist temple.
However, this Famen Temple became famous before Xiangguo Temple. When the previous dynasty was lighter in Buddhism, the Famen Temple was named the world's number one Buddhist temple. The annual Ten Thousand Buddhas Conference has been passed down for more than a hundred years. Not only will believers nearby Luozhou come, but people from the capital and even neighboring countries come to worship and pray for blessings.
But why don’t you do it this year?
Bo Ruoyou had some questions, but Huo Weilou turned around and entered the room at this moment. Bo Ruoyou hesitated for a moment and didn't say much. He came out to follow Huo Weilou and his party, and he had to be cautious in every word and word. He should not ask her more questions.
Eunuch Fu patted Bo Ruoyou's arm, "Go and rest Youyou."
Bo Ruoyou became blessed and turned into the room at the end of the corridor. It was the upper room, and the room was naturally spacious and comfortable. Bo Ruoyou had no opportunity to travel far in recent years, and was not a delicate person, so he would not be picky, but she was a woman, so she was treated a little favorably. The room at the end of the corridor was quiet and safe, and I don’t know whether Huo Weilou had intention or unintentional.
The night was shrouded in this moment. Bo Ruoyou opened the window and could see the remaining snow in the atrium of the inn backyard. Several old willow trees with twisted trunks stood on the side of the pond with their dry branches. They were close to each other, and perhaps they could see the buds emerging from them.
Dinner was delivered soon, and Bo Ruoyou used up. Because she did not see Huo Weilou summoning, she wanted to take a shower and rest. But before she finished her shower, the door suddenly rang, and Bo Ruoyou sank into the bathtub, his heartbeat a little.
Eunuch Fu was a heretic: "Youyou, come here."
After breathing a sigh of relief, Bo Ruoyou responded urgently, then hurried out to wipe his clothes and change his clothes. When he arrived at the door of Huo Wei's building, his hair was only loosely tied, and water droplets were dripping on the ends of his hair.
Knocked on the door, and the next moment, the door opened.
Huo Weilou's collar was slightly dispersed, and he was wearing a leisurely black cloak. When he saw Bo Ruoyou, his eyebrows moved slightly.
The person who has just taken a shower seems to have wet even his eyelashes, his cheeks are slightly powdery, his lips are thin red, and a few untied ink hair spreads along the cheeks, making the face look bright and white teeth more beautiful, and the skin from the cheeks to the neck is even more shiny and moist, with a faint fragrance slightly floating.
It is really ice-skinned and jade-like bones, and the snow is the god.
Bo Ruoyou's clothes were very neatly worn, and he came out in a hurry, looking a little anxious. Huo Weilou's hand that fell on the door tightened slightly, with his eyes retracted and turned around and walked in.
"Oh my God, your hair is not dry yet." Eunuch Fu was collecting the official documents that Huo Weilou carried with him. When he saw Bo Ruoyou walking in wet, he sighed, "It's so cold outside, you're going to have typhoid fever." As he said that, he actually walked aside and picked up a scarf and handkerchief, pointed to the stool next to the round table, "Sit down--"
Bo Ruoyou had just closed the door and hesitated to see this. She was indeed very cold. Although the weather has been getting warmer these days, the snow has not yet melted. It was the coldest time at night. She had no time to wipe her hair and had to drip water. She felt very rude, but she didn't expect that Eunuch Fu was so caring about her.
But she didn't dare to move, but just looked at Huo Weilou standing in front of the window in awe.
Huo Weilou looked at her side, his eyes also falling outside the back window.
Eunuch Fu laughed helplessly, stepped forward and pulled her to the stool and sat down, "What are you afraid of the marquis? Who said you are not afraid of the marquis?"
Bo Ruoyou felt even more uneasy when she was exposed in person. Unexpectedly, Eunuch Fu actually wiped her hair while saying, "When our family took care of the eldest princess, the eldest princess praised our family's skills in combing her hair the most..."
As thin as faint as light on the back.
The eldest princess is Huo Weilou's biological mother, and His Majesty's current sister. Eunuch Fu is taking care of the eldest princess. What kind of virtue can she do?
Bo Ruoyou was about to get up, and Eunuch Fu pressed her down, "Don't panic, our family is looking at you now, just like looking at her little niece. You don't have to meet with us..."
Bo Ruoyou felt embarrassed, "The young woman dared not be a gangster."
Eunuch Fu smiled but continued to wipe her hair. Bo Ruoyou glanced at Huo Weilou's back, "I wonder what the marquis has to give?"
Huo Weilou turned around. He narrowed his eyes and glanced at her with an unknown gaze. Such eyes were both oppressive and a sense of substance invasion. Bo Ruoyou's heart was seen by him.
“Can you ride a horse?”
Bo Ruoyou understood this question, and the carriage was still too slow, and she was a little burdened with everyone.
Bo Ruoyou's lips slightly pursed, "Yes."
Huo Weilou said, "I will ride my horse tomorrow, and the case in Luozhou will not be delayed."
Eunuch Fu also said at this moment: "Although the case is an old case, someone has died in recent days. This is very anxious."
During the day, Master Fu was quite leisurely. At night, he probably received other news and felt that the trip should be very fast. Bo Ruoyou responded, "The people's daughter understand, the people's daughter can ride a horse."
It seemed that she was calling her over for this matter. After giving the order, Bo Ruoyou hesitated whether he should sue him, but Old Man Fu said, "Mr. Marquis, why not give the case to the bottom of it?"
Huo Weilou thought for a moment and sat down after walking to the desk. "You heard it just now that the Dharma Temple Buddhist Conference will not be held this year."
Bo Ruoyou's heart moved, and Eunuch Fu continued, "This time, the convenient place we are going to is Famen Temple."
Huo Weilou asked again, "Do you know the relationship between Famen Temple and the royal family?"
Some circulating in Bo Ruoyou's mind flashed, but he was not sure. So he shook his head and Eunuch Fu said, "Famen Temple is the most famous Buddhist temple in the previous dynasty. In addition to his long history and several eminent monks, there is also an underground palace under him, and the relics of the Buddha are enshrined in the underground palace."
Bo Ruoyou's beautiful eyebrows raised slightly, she had heard of this.
Eunuch Fu continued, "When the underground palace was destroyed, it was almost destroyed by bandits. In our dynasty, the Taizu asked someone to renovate the underground palace, and opened the underground palace every thirty years, borrowing the Buddha's true body relics to hold a prayer ceremony to seek peace and prosperity in our Great Zhou Dynasty."
"Ten years ago, when the underground palace was opened, His Majesty came in person and brought half of the civil and military officials from the court here. The entire prayer ceremony was very smooth. But on the last day when the relics were to be put back to the underground palace, the relics disappeared. The relics were said to be the Buddha's true body relics. The Dharma Assembly was originally intended to pray for the prosperity of the country and the people, but the relics were lost. His Majesty was furious and fell ill because of this."
Bo Ruoyou couldn't help asking: "Is it because this time to investigate the relics?"
Huo Wei said, "Sharez has been pursuing for the past ten years, but the one who disappeared with the relic was also Master Jingkong, the host of Famen Temple. Therefore, it has been rumored for many years that Master Jingkong stole the relic in order to seek Buddha's fate. But just one month ago, a skeleton was found in Famen Temple. According to his disciples, the skeleton was mostly Master Jingkong who had disappeared for ten years."
Bo Ruoyou suddenly realized that when Luozhou reported to the court a few months ago, Emperor Jianhe ordered Huo Weilou to investigate the matter personally. Later, he was entrusted by the Marquis of Xinyang and took a detour before he took a detour, but in the end it was for the case in Luozhou.
Huo Weilou's voice became even more serious, "If the bones were really Master Jingkong, it would be a doubt when he died. And if he could find out what happened back then, he might be able to find the long-lost relics. Over the years, the outside world has not known that the relics have been lost, and the annual meeting of Ten Thousand Buddhas is also open as usual. This time, the discovery of the bones has been suspended. You can know this matter, so you should not tell others."
Bo Ruoyou responded immediately, and Huo Weilou said again: "In addition to this marquis, there are several court officials who were responsible for arranging the Relics Prayer Conference ten years ago. After the incident that year, they were also included in the suspects, but later the investigation was fruitless and it was difficult to make the matter worse, so they covered it up. The news was sent back to the capital and they had already rushed to Famen Temple together."
Bo Ruoyou couldn't help but look so serious.
The strange Taoist ordered Huo Weilou to go south thousands of miles away. It was originally for this case. There has always been a circulating about the underground palace of Famen Temple. The blessing ceremony held every thirty years is exclusively owned by the royal family. Ordinary people are not allowed to participate. In addition, it only once every thirty years, so the reputation is not as great as the annual Buddhist conference. However, it is related to the royal family. The relics are lost and the monk may have died long ago. After all, this case should be visited by Wu Zhaohou.
Seeing Bo Ruo's eyes were quiet, Huo Weilu said, "This time you are focusing on bone testing. Whether a person who has been dead for many years has not yet been determined whether he is Master Jingkong."
To be continued...