Chapter 40 Two-color lotus 12(1/2)
Ming Guilan and Eunuch Fu were used to seeing Huo Qinghong making trouble, but they didn't expect that they would be broken into Bo Ruoyou's hands and laughed out loud without giving him face. Huo Qinghong was even more embarrassed for a moment, "You... do you know? You knew it when you were seven years old?"
Bo Ruoyou glanced at the extinguished incense candle in the room, "The prince just lit the incense candle. He first wrote the words on the palm of his hand with wax, and then held the paper ashes, and there was still a warmth on the ashes, so the wax was stained with ashes. In this way, the words appeared on his hands. What the folk girl said correctly?"
Huo Qinghong's lips twitched, "You...how do you even know this?"
Bo Ruoyou felt a little funny for a moment, and the corners of his lips couldn't help but bend, "The prince uses wax, but if the juggling team that travels around the world mostly writes with honey on his palms. In that way, there is no need to worry that the wax condensation cannot be stained with dust."
Huo Qinghong smacked his tongue, "How do you know again?"
Bo Ruoyou smiled but didn't say anything. Wu Yu, who was beside him, couldn't help but smile and said, "Miss Bo not only knows how to perform a corpse, but also knows how to trick?"
Bo Ruoyou shook his head, "I only know some fur."
Huo Qinghong snorted softly, as if he remembered other fun things, so he asked Wu Yu, "Is the one I often played in the palace called "burning clothes and seeing off guests"?"
Wu Yu nodded with a smile, "The prince has never remembered it correctly. It is indeed burning clothes to see off guests."
Huo Qinghong turned to Bo Ruoyou, "Do you know the reason?"
Bo Ruoyou shook his head blankly, and Huo Qinghong raised his eyebrows, "I'll just say it, you can't know everything!"
Bo Ruoyou hesitated and said, "The prince knows?"
Huo Qinghong's expression changed a little embarrassed, "I...I don't know..."
Huo Qinghong turned to Wu Yu, as if he wanted him to come to save the scene. Wu Yu smiled bitterly for a moment, "Criminal, I don't know. Although the Ministry of Rites invites some juggling artists to the palace every year to add some fun to His Majesty and the harem ladies, I don't know the reason."
After Wu Yu finished speaking, he didn't know what he thought of, and suddenly turned his eyes to Wang Qingfu, "Brother Wang, you should know."
Wang Qingfu smiled when he heard this, "In fact, it was just putting a piece of camphor into his clothes and then ignite the fire through the clothes. Although the fire was burning, it only took a moment to burn the clothes. However, the camphor should not be burned for too long. The dosage should be appropriate, otherwise, the clothes would be burned and the flaws would be exposed."
Huo Qinghong was surprised, "Mr. Wang actually knows."
Wu Yu said: "Brother Wang comes from Qiangzhou, and Qiangzhou is the hometown of tricks. It is rumored that everyone in Qiangzhou can do tricks."
Wang Qingfu said: "It's not so exaggerating. It's just that there are indeed many jugglers in Qiangzhou. Most of the juggling tricks are just a trick. If you understand the truth, you won't feel mysterious."
Huo Qinghong nodded frequently when he heard this. He didn't know what he remembered again and wanted to ask again, but saw Lu Ke walk out of the right wing, "General Yue has finished asking, Lord Wang, please come in-"
Yue Mingquan indeed came out from behind him, and didn't know what he was asked, and his expression was not very good-looking.
Wang Qingfu came in the door and Yue Mingquan sighed unhappily when he left the door and stood still, "We are all suspicious now. The Marquis also said that the murderer of Jingkong and the one who killed Lord Feng ten years ago was the same person. This is too terrifying."
Yue Mingquan is a rough man with a strong temperament. He dared not speak in front of Huo Weilou. He couldn't help but go out. Wu Yu said, "General Yue, don't believe it, this is a test by Bo Junyi."
Yue Mingquan glanced at Bo Ruoyou and then looked at Jingkong's skeleton, "Bo Corps's method of autopsy is indeed powerful. I just hope that the Marquis finds out the truth as soon as possible so that we can rest assured."
Bo Ruoyou felt something strange when he heard this, but he couldn't tell it.
In the right wing, Huo Weilou asked Wang Qingfu, "On the night Feng Lun died, you and Wu Yu went back to the yard together. What about next?"
Wang Qingfu said, "Xiaoguan watched Brother Wu enter the yard. Later, the lights in his yard went out before long. I thought it was because he had stopped. Xiaguan used to going to bed late, but he kept reading. It was about the second update that Xiaguan stopped."
"There is no abnormality here?"
Wang Qingfu frowned slightly, "It's not a big deal. After Brother Wu fell asleep for half an hour, when the lower official was about to rest, he vaguely saw the lights on his yard. The lower official thought he was working hard in the middle of the night, so he didn't think much about it."
It rained for the first day, and Feng Lun was killed between the first and second days. If Wang Qingfu saw it, it was Wu Yu who killed Feng Lun and returned. It was not impossible. At that time, the night was already dark, and most of his body was stained with blood. He had to light the light to clean it up. Huo Weilou frowned slightly, "Do you think Wu Yu was doing laundry very hard?"
Wang Qingfu smiled bitterly, "Yes, I didn't think it was because the officials came out this time really made them ashamed."
"Does Feng Lun have laundry on the second day of his murder?"
Huo Weilou asked directly, Wang Qingfu's expression changed slightly, and hesitated for a moment before saying, "It's...washed... However, Brother Wu is a person who likes Jie, and this doesn't seem to be anything."
Wang Qingfu and Wu Yu were in good condition, so he naturally wanted to excuse Wu Yu, but Huo Weilou had his own judgment and then asked, "Who among you guys, Jingkong was the closest to?"
Wang Qingfu said: "It should be Mr. Feng. Mr. Feng is an official in Luozhou and worships Buddha himself. He seems to often come to the temple to ask Master Jingkong to teach Buddhism. In contrast, although General Yue is also in Luozhou, he is a military general and has a strong murderous aura, so he is quite alienated from Master Jingkong."
"Is he familiar with Wu Yu?"
Wang Qingfu recalled carefully, "When Xiaguan came, Brother Wu had been here for a few days. Master Jingkong was kind to others, and he was considered a match with him." After a pause, Wang Qingfu said: "It should be said that he was very matchful. Because Brother Wu often went to Xiangguo Temple to burn incense when he was in the capital, which was considered a great study of Buddhism, so he could not harm Master Jingkong."
If Jingkong has not discovered the Buddhist scriptures, he will naturally be able to get along with him and how to get along with him. But in the face of the great sin of stealing relics, what is this little bit of getting along with him?
Huo Weilou did not explain in detail and asked again: "Feng Lun is close to Wu Yu in Beijing in the past few years?"
After asking this, Wang Qingfu frowned and said, "In recent years, Brother Wu has not had many friends in Beijing. He is the only one in the lower ranks. He said to Mr. Feng... he doesn't seem to be moving much."
Feng Lun was promoted from Luozhou to the capital. Logically speaking, he also liked Buddhism and would get close to Wu Yu, who also worshiped Buddha and worked with him. But the two of them didn't move around. Could it be that they did this on purpose and did not want to attract attention?
Huo Weilou asked a few more questions and ordered Wang Qingfu to retreat. Soon, Wu Yu walked in.
Huo Weilou still asked who Jingkong had a good relationship with. Wu Yu said, "I am most familiar with Lord Feng. Lord Feng worships Buddha and is also a parent official in Luozhou. He often comes to the temple to preach to Master Jingkong. In addition, among the three of us, we are a little in love with Xiaguan, and Xiaguan is also quite convinced of Buddhism. Therefore, I was quite happy to come to the Relics Ceremony at that time and asked Master Jingkong several questions."
This statement coincides with what Wang Qingfu said, Huo Weilou asked again, "Have you ever seen Jingkong before something happened?"
Wu Yu sighed and shook his head, "No, I still remember that the day before yesterday, we searched all parts of the temple. General Yue and Lord Feng were responsible for inspecting the monks. Xia Guan and Brother Wang were responsible for searching the Zen Temple. They were busy all day long and were in a state of great trouble. After finishing their work, they immediately went back to the Zen Temple to rest, and they didn't care about anything else. At that time, the matter was serious. His Majesty left, and we felt that we were about to lose our black gauze on our heads. We really didn't dare to be careless at all."
Huo Weilou asked the three of them this question, and what the three of them answered were almost exactly the same. No matter who the murderer was, he had already raised his vigilance at this moment. He said too much and made mistakes. Everyone knew this truth.
"Who will walk more with you after Feng Lun entered the capital?"
Wu Yu thought for a while, "Everyone is walking around, we are in different yamen. Old Feng is older. Xiaguan and Brother Wang met ten years ago. Over the years, they have only been walking around with him more."
Wu Yu looked at Wu Wu, but there was no flaw at all. Huo Weilou pondered for a moment, "If you say that the murderer who harmed Feng Lun among the three of you was the most likely one?"
Wu Yu's expression changed slightly, "This... the official can't guess."
He looked embarrassed, as if he really couldn't guess it. Huo Weilou didn't make things difficult for him. He waved his hand to ask him to retreat. Lu Ke and Lin Huai were both inside. After asking the three of them, Huo Weilou asked, "What do you think?"
Lin Huai said: "The person Jingkong looked for must be the most suspicious person. Now it seems that he was most intimate with Lord Wu and Lord Feng back then, and most of them were looking for him first. It just so happened that one of them was quite skilled and the other used a powerful weapon. Now that he was reunited, Lord Wu was worried about Lord Feng, or for other reasons, so he killed him."
Lu Ke also said: "On the night Lord Feng was killed, although Lord Wang testified for Lord Wu, the lights in the Zen Temple were turned off. If Lord Wu is a little skilled person, it is not difficult to sneak out of the yard quietly. Moreover, he is quite diligent in washing, so it is not difficult to destroy the evidence of the crime."
There are two murderers who killed Jingkong. One is good at martial arts, with fists and feet added together, and the other is fighting with sharp weapons. If Jingkong first looked for the person he was Wu Yu and Feng Lun, it would be a good explanation.
However, Huo Weilou looked at him, "Where did Ruo Jingkong look for Wang Qingfu and Yue Mingquan first?"
Lin Huai frowned, "Mr. Wang... Master Wang is not familiar with Master Jingkong, and he is not the official of Luozhou's parents at that time. General Yue is a warrior and has a murderous aura. Master Jingkong would probably not look for him first if he wanted to find someone he trusted."
These questions have been mentioned before. The more you understand the details of that year, the more you feel that the previous inference was true. However, Huo Weilou felt that such inference was too natural, as if he missed something, but he couldn't remember what he missed.
"Let the three of them go back and rest first, and from now on, they will all be in a jail temple."
After Huo Weilou gave instructions, Lu Ke went out and ordered the three of them to go back and rest. When Huo Weilou came out again, the sun was already setting west, and Ming Guilan and Huo Qinghong disappeared. Bo Ruoyou was squatting beside the Buddha statue, looking carefully at the neck of the Venerable Buddha statue.
"What are you looking at?" Huo Weilou walked behind Bo Ruoyou and asked.
The Buddha statue of the Venerable was still being put down. Bo Ruoyou was now frosting the position of the neck of the Buddha statue. "The girl found that this Buddha statue could not see anything from a distance, but if she touched it, she could find that the position of his neck was a little uneven, which was different from other places."
Huo Weilou frowned, came forward, and stretched out his hand to flick it. It was indeed the case.
Bo Ruoyou said: "It seems that something went wrong when welded here, and then it was polished. If it weren't for the extremely thick gold paint, this Buddha statue would have been destroyed."
"It is strange that the corpse hidden in the Buddha statue was not discovered. The craftsman who shaped the Buddha back then must have known something."
Unfortunately, the craftsman is far away in Jizhou and I don’t know when I will find it.
The murderer was difficult to determine, and the disappearance of the relics had not been solved. After thinking about it, Huo Weilou still felt that theft of the relics was quite strange. Soon, Huo Weilou ordered people to spread the word "Fan and Juelai".
The two of them came very quickly. As soon as they entered the yard, they saw Jingkong's corpse changing color. They were shocked. Bo Ruoyou had to explain that he had just used the method of steaming the corpse and got some clues.
Seeing the two of them coming, Huo Weilou brought everyone to the Zen Temple and opened the drawings of the large ceremony platform. Eunuch Fu talked about the details of the day again, "If you say the strangest thing, it is naturally when it rains, but everyone is hiding in the hall, which is only more than ten feet away, and the surroundings are tightly guarded, so the relics disappear without reason."
Eunuch Fu pointed to the drawings, "It's just so far. The imperial guards were all here at that time, and there were still corridors on both sides..."
Bo Ruoyou heard the words of Master Fu carefully, and a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, "My father-in-law said that the host found a big umbrella that was covered by the copper box. Master-in-law might say, what kind of umbrella was that?"
Eunuch Fu said, "The umbrella is huge, and it is almost covering the lotus pedestal below."
Eunuch Fu lined up his hands and gestured, "The umbrella handle is not very long, it is almost covered by a copper box, with the edge of the lotus platform covering the edge of the lotus platform. The rain flowed down the surface of the umbrella, and half of it did not wet the lotus platform and the treasure house."
Lefan also said: "That umbrella has been prepared for a long time. The temple must be prepared for the ups and downs for the ceremony."
Bo Ruo's eyes were sure, "So, you can't see the copper box in your sight?"
Eunuch Fu and Lefan nodded together, and a slight flashed through Bo Ruoyou's eyes and looked at Huo Weilou and said, "Marty, will the stolen relics use any tricks?"
Huo Weilou raised his eyebrows and Bo Ruoyou said, "Today, the prince played a trick. Later, Lord Wang said that tricks were just a trick. Therefore, the girl thought that when she was umbrella, everyone saw that the umbrella surface had not moved, and they felt that the treasure house was still there. But, after the umbrella was covered, the treasure house was gone. When she took the umbrella, although the treasure house was there, the relics inside were gone, and it was... it was like a magic trick..."
"What kind of tricks are there?!"
As soon as Bo Ruoyou finished speaking, Huo Qinghong's voice sounded outside again. He thrust in a big red shirt, with a curious look on his face, "What trick?"
Eunuch Fu laughed, "Don't be anxious, the prince is talking about the case of theft of relics back then."
Huo Qinghong was in a state of distraction. At this time, Huo Weilou asked: "How high is the lotus platform with the copper box at that time?"
Although the lotus platform was drawn on the drawing, it was just a rough outline. After asking, Eunuch Fu said, "Half a person is tall, below is a lotus pillar, above it is a blooming Buddha lotus, and the treasure trunk is placed on the Buddha lotus lotus. It is said that this object was prepared by the temple in the morning and has also been transformed into some kung fu."
Huo Weilou asked again, "How thick is the lotus pillar?"
Eunuch Fu raised his hand and compared, "That's right, just like a hug together."
Seeing Huo Weilou asking about this object, Lefan hurriedly said, "This object is made of wood and is specially prepared for the ceremony. Many objects were carved three months in advance, and the embroidered embroidery, and the objects used in the ceremony were also new."
Lin Huai was listening and asked at this moment: "Does the Marquis suspect that there is a mechanism in this object?"
Huo Weilou nodded, "The umbrella is only a moment of effort, but if there is a mechanism inside, people can be hidden in the mechanism, that moment of effort will be enough to steal relics. The thief buys Buddhist scriptures, and the key shape is known, which can also come in handy at this moment."
Eunuch Fu hesitated and said, "But the lotus pillar doesn't look big..."
Huo Qinghong looked left and right and couldn't help but whisper: "In fact, it's not big, but you can hide people. Many of those who play tricks know how to cartilage, especially one trick. One person crawled into the box and stabbed it with a sword but did not die. It seems that he is the one who can shrink the cartilage and change his body."
To be continued...