Chapter 59 Three Beauties 14(1/2)
I don’t know if I was frightened the night before, but Bo Ruoyou didn’t sleep peacefully that night. On the next day, he woke up before dawn. When he looked in the mirror, the red marks on his neck were half gone, leaving only two light black blue traces, and only the wrists were still a little serious.
Although she was not spoiled, she was well educated since childhood with her adoptive father and mother. In addition to the thin calluses on her palms, she was delicate and tender everywhere. She was only scalded on her wrist a few days ago and was hit by Huo Weilou's heavy hand last night, which really made her laugh and cry.
It was still early, and she applied medicine to herself again. Before she could go out, she heard the sound of chanting from under the cabin.
It was Liu Huiniang who was singing the opera.
The play can't be heard clearly, but the tune is sad and sad. At this dawn break, as the river breeze continues, a little bit of it penetrates into Bo Ruoyou's heart, which makes her feel a little depressed. She stood by the window and focused her mind, and her eyes fell on the dawn-breaking clouds in the sky.
This case is now the best ending.
Although Bo Ruoyou is not a tolerant, she has seen many vicious hearts after several years of autopsy. Therefore, even if she puts reason in front of her, there is still the word "law". She cannot agree that hurting someone because of reason is innocent.
The light broke through the clouds, and when it was dawn, the sorrowful tune stopped. Last night, the boat was docked far away from the bend, and the surrounding area was quiet and undisturbed. At this moment, it started moving again and leaned towards the ferry pier.
When Bo Ruoyou went out, he saw that the door of the next room was also opened at the same time. Huo Weilou walked out of the room and looked at her neck. She wore a skirt with a higher collar today, barely blocking the seal on her neck, so as not to feel distressed when Cheng Yunzhi saw it.
"Mr. Marquis——"
Bo Ruoyou became blessed and Huo Weilou said, "Come in with me."
Bo Ruoyou raised his eyebrows slightly, and hesitated for a moment and entered the door. Huo Weilou closed the door and came closer the next moment. Bo Ruoyou was startled. As soon as he took a step back, he saw Huo Weilou raising his hand to look into her neckline.
She covered the collar and looked at Huo Weilou in shock, "What are the marquis going to do?"
Huo Weilou frowned and said seriously: "Look at how you are injured."
If he had always been so serious, he would have said that Bo Ruoyou would not dare to resist, but now he was about to pull his collar. How could she agree? She both hands were protecting the collar, and she took two steps back. The person leaned against the wall, with his face helpless and annoyed, "Marquis... the folk girl is also a woman after all, you can't do this..."
She said a little embarrassed and annoyed, and turned her body to the side, her face was slightly hot, and she said in a low voice: "It would be fine if the marquis is a man, but she even lifted the skirt of the marquis last time. If it weren't for the marquis' nature, the marquis would really not dare to let the marquis get close to him..."
After all, he was so brave in front of him that he dared to say these words clearly. Huo Weilou raised his eyebrows, which made him feel a little funny for a moment, "Where is this kind of character in this marquis?"
Bo Ruoyou looked at him sideways and whispered: "Everyone knows that the marquis is not close to women..."
Her tone was quite firm, but Huo Weilou raised his eyebrows. He saw Bo Ruoyou's appearance and knew that she really believed this. However, the circulating circulating in the market is not the kind of slut that she thought was not close to women.
There is no woman around him, which does not mean that he will not be attracted to her. He is an adult man who is over the age of Double Ten.
Bo Ruoyou was still hiding by the wall, and it looked like he was really a bully of the Dingtuzi who bullied the good girl. He smiled in his eyes, took a step back, and spread his hands out in a rare way, "Forget it, then lift up your sleeves and show me."
If you look down at the collar, you will look at it. Now you are going to come up and pull it up, but it is really rude. Seeing Huo Weilou retreating, Bo Ruoyou just stood up straight and only shone his wrist, "Hey, look at it-"
The medicine was applied in the morning, and the redness and swelling were half gone, but because Huo Wei's downstairs were ruthless, the wrist was now filled with purple silt on his wrist. It looked quite scary. Huo Wei took a step forward, frowned, and raised his hand to catch her wrist. Bo Ruoyou took another step back and took back his wrist, "Don't worry, it's okay, it's just a little blood stasis, and the blood stasis will be cured if it dissipates."
Huo Weilou looked at Bo Ruoyou with a lot of dissatisfaction between his eyebrows and eyes. He saw that Bo Ruoyou was very wary of him.
"You are still afraid of this marquis."
Huo Weilou looked at her with deep eyes. Although his tone was not very compelling, Bo Ruoyou's heart was tight. She looked at Huo Weilou helplessly and whispered: "I'm afraid, that the young woman has a great respect for the Marquis, and it's not something she has today."
While talking, she felt that Huo Weilou was a little weird. Could it be that she was too guilty?
After looking at Huo Weilou suspiciously, Bo Ruoyou had to say, "The Marquis doesn't have to take what happened last night to heart. It's just a misunderstanding. These minor injuries and pains are nothing to the common woman."
Seeing that she seemed to be so helpless, Huo Weilou smiled faintly and turned toward the door. Bo Ruoyou breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that although he had worked a lot with Huo Weilou and had some inexplicable danger of life and death, he would never be bad for his subordinates, otherwise how could he make people follow him loyally?
After going to the first floor, the tea shop had finished breakfast, Lu Ke came to report: "Marty, the magistrate of Chuzhou Mo Heng is already waiting on the pier."
Huo Weilou was unwilling to waste time, so he immediately announced Moheng boarded the boat to meet him.
The prefect of Chuzhou was established after a year. Because of his excellent background, he had met several times with Huo Weilou. After Huo Weilou explained the case a few words and asked someone to hand over the evidence and verify the evidence, Mo Heng understood the meaning of Huo Weilou.
Soon, Liu Huiniang and the other two were taken out. She walked in front of her dress in a willow-colored dress. Her figure and gait were graceful, which was quite pleasing to the eye. She was not even a little depressed, and she was about to suffer from imprisonment. Mo Heng raised his eyebrows when he saw this and gave the Yamachai a wink. The Yamachai wanted to come forward to get someone, but he stood there without moving when he saw this.
Yue Niang was still holding Song Meiniang. This time, the few of them were taken to the government office for trial. Yue Niang seemed a little uneasy, but Song Meiniang looked calm. When the two were about to get off the boat, Yue Niang asked softly: "Sister, where will we be taken?"
Song Meiniang said happily: "No matter where you go, it will be a good life in the future..."
Mo Heng not only wanted to take the three of them away, but also asked Qian Mingli and other officials to ask about the case. Fortunately, Changfeng Ferry was not far from Chuzhou City, which was nothing. Li Yuchang's body was simply wrapped and was sent off the boat at this moment. The rest of Yuchun squad carried the box and went down one after another, and the entire building ship was instantly spaced halfway.
Mo Heng said respectfully: "The Marquis is rare to pass by Chuzhou. He should have been a good person to entertain the Marquis..."
Huo Weilou knew what he was going to say, so he waved his hand, "There is still a chance in the future. There is still something important to me when I return to Beijing this time, so it is inconvenient to delay. You can handle this case more carefully. Those who have been removed from the slavery by this marquis will take care of them."
Mo Heng immediately bowed and replied, and then he took his people off the boat.
People came and went on the dock. Soon, Mo Heng and Yuchun's troupe disappeared into the crowd. There were many above the tower ships, but new passengers boarded the ship. By around noon, the boatmen had made up the things they needed, and the ship went north along the Lancang River again.
It had been six days earlier, and the trip was halfway through. Huo Weilou urged the boat to sank once, so the boat drove much faster. According to this process, I am afraid that it will be possible to reach the Gyeonggi Ferry in less than five days.
After the Yuchun team, both the passengers and the owners on the building were worried for a few days. Therefore, after the ship drove, everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief. The tea shops and wine shops became lively. It was February at this time. Although the wind was still cold and the river was still cold, the two sides of the Lancang River were full of spring.
Huo Qinghong got used to the boat and watched Yuchun's death kill. He had been free these days and was tilted in Mingguilan all day long. When he was bored, Chen Ya came to find ancient travel books to read. Huo Weilou also liked him a little.
In the evening of the day, two letters were sent by Xinying to the ship. After Huo Weilou saw the first letter, his brow frowned slightly. Seeing this, Eunuch Fu stepped forward and said, "This is news from Cangzhou, how about it?"
Huo Weilou said, "The person has arrived in Cangzhou and found the things. Now he is about to return."
Eunuch Fu breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good, finding the Baohan Key is the ironclad proof."
Huo Weilou pondered for a moment and ordered Eunuch Fu to call Wu Yu over. When Wu Yu arrived, Huo Weilou said, "You and Wang Qingfu returned to Beijing together, and there was really nothing unusual on the way?"
Wu Yu hurriedly said, "Xiaguan didn't remember anything unusual at first, but when he arrived at Changfeng Ferry the day before yesterday, Xiaguan vaguely remembered that when he arrived at Changfeng Ferry, Wang Qingfu invited Xiaguan to go ashore and stroll."
Seeing Huo Weilou frowned slightly, Wu Yu said cautiously: "It was a boat that had been on the boat for several days, which was very boring. Moreover, the officials had not arrived in Chuzhou. Because the boat was about to stop for half a day, they went to the town to take a look."
After the boat was stopped for a long time, many people would choose to go ashore to evacuate. Huo Weilou looked at him, "But what happened?"
Wu Yu smiled bitterly, "There is a small thing, but Xiaguan is not sure if it is abnormal. When he got ashore that day, Wang Qingfu brought a bag. At that time, he heard that Baiyu Town on the case was a famous place to sell jade. He wanted to buy it. Xiaguan naturally didn't realize that he had him, but not long after he got ashore, his bag was lost."
Huo Weilou raised his eyebrows slightly, "Has the burden been lost?"
"Yes, it seems that when the restaurant was eating, there were people coming and going in the store. His bag was stolen. He was a little angry at that time, but the town next to the dock was full of people coming and going, so where could he find it? Then he said that there were nearly one hundred taels of silver in the bag, and a cloak to be worn on his body, and nothing else was left."
"One hundred taels of silver are a lot, but for Wang Qingfu, it is not a big fortune. We both did not indicate our official status, and the ship was stopped for half a day and it was impossible to report it to the official, so we had to forget about this matter. Later, we only walked around the town. There were indeed many people selling jade, but there were too many fakes, so we didn't buy anything."
Wu Yu pondered for a moment, "Because the Xiaguan thought that after Baohan was stolen, Qixia Mountain was sealed. Except for Yue Mingquan who deliberately sent him down the mountain, the others were almost unable to escape. Since this is the case, Baohan was probably brought by Wang Qingfu. As for when Wang Qingfu handed over Baohan, it was a question. If he brought him back to the capital directly, would it be too risky?"
The theft case ten years ago is now beyond investigation, but what Wu Yu said is not unreasonable. Will the lost bag contain treasures? Wang Qingfu deliberately made the treasure house send them away without knowing it.
Huo Weilou said indifferently: "This matter cannot be investigated anymore. I only see if you can find anything in Wang Qingfu's mansion after returning to Beijing. You have been with Wang Qingfu for many years, but have you found out what strange things are about him? Although he does not believe in Buddhism, will he believe in anything else? A moon worship religion was born in the northwest area before, which attracted many people to believe it, but the doctrines are all about harming the country and the people, and people believe it."
Wu Yu thought with a bitter face, "This... is really not the case. Others are pure and have few desires, and sometimes even officials feel admiration."
A darkness rose in Huo Weilou's eyes. Although the murder case ten years ago was solved, the whereabouts of Shariputra remained a mystery, which made him quite unhappy, who had no unsolved case in his hand. However, other clues about Wang Qingfu's death were optional, so he could only stop moving forward.
When Wu Yu stepped down, Huo Weilou rubbed his eyebrows and looked a little ugly. Eunuch Fu didn't know what he was thinking, so he said, "The Relic has been lost for ten years. Your Majesty has sent people to pursue it many times, but it has never been found. Of course, it is not that easy to find. It is great that the Marquis can solve the case of Master Jingkong. Now that the matter of that year has surfaced, at least we know who the Relic has finally fallen into the hands of anyone. If we continue to investigate, there will always be some clues."
Eunuch Fu was determined to enlighten him, but Huo Weilou felt that things were not so simple. Things had changed a lot in ten years. I still don’t know what the person behind the scenes did with the relics. Or maybe the person behind the scenes had already accomplished, and the relics had disappeared forever.
Huo Weilou thought of this, but he did not have too much useless thoughts. He continued to read the second letter. This time, he raised his eyebrows, "Zhao Xi and the Marquis of Anqing have broken off the engagement."
This incident was naturally expected. They had been away from Qingzhou for more than half a month, and the incident in Qingzhou was naturally passed back to Beijing.
Eunuch Fu sighed and said, "The Second Prince is now in Double Ten Years. The Imperial Concubine will not wait too long before she will marry another girl for him. It's always this year or next year. But you-"
Eunuch Fu looked at Huo Weilou helplessly, "After this year, you will be twenty-four years old. Look at the mansions of each Duke and Marquis, there is no such old man who is not married yet. That is, you always work for Your Majesty. Your Majesty knows that you are working hard and don't tell you, otherwise you will definitely be willing to be together every day."
Huo Weilou looked through the letter on the table and said for a moment: "There is no other news coming to Beijing?"
That expression really took his words as a warning to his ears. Eunuch Fu rolled his eyes, "There is nothing else to do in the capital. I'm afraid that Mr. Lin will not have time to search and report to you at this point."
Huo Weilou frowned and looked at him, "Have you forgotten that I had asked you about other things?"
Eunuch Fu was stunned and thought for a while before he showed a sudden look, "Are you talking about something Youwei?"
Huo Weilou looked at him with deep eyes, and Eunuch Fu laughed out loud, "Of course I haven't forgotten it, that is, the news will come in the next two days, so you don't have to worry. Or do you want to ask clearly and tell Mr. Lin?"
Huo Weilou smiled lightly, "Tell him what to do?"
Eunuch Fu looked at it for granted, "If the marriage is really settled, then there will be something wrong with it. It is hard to say whether Mr. Lin knows it or not. Since you found out, don't you tell him?"
Huo Weilou was in charge of the Criminal Prison. Although he was not the Minister of Justice, the people from the Ministry of Justice came to see him and did things. Lin Huai was a smart man. In recent years in the Ministry of Justice, Huo Weilou was also satisfied with Huo Weilou. Therefore, Lin Zhang was familiar with Huo Weilou. The Lin family lineage was considered half of his own family. Since he was his own family, how could he hide it?
Huo Wei was expressionless on the floor, but he did not answer this, and said, "When the news comes to the capital, I will send it immediately."
Eunuch Fu responded with a little doubt in his heart, but he showed that he had a bad face and did not dare to ask more questions.
Huo Weilou didn't know what happened, so Eunuch Ling Fu called Ming Guilan and asked him, "When you talked about Bo Ruoyou about the symptoms of food precautions that day, your expression seemed a little deep, but what's the reason?"
Ming Guilan also left a question in his heart because of this, but he was not a troublesome person. Seeing that Huo Weilou trusted Bo Ruoyou and his daughter very much, he did not take the initiative to speak. Now that Huo Weilou asked, he would not hide it.
"Miss Bo said she asked her adoptive father, which made me suspicious. I studied medicine with my father since I was a child and was familiar with medical books. I came from my home or outside in the palace. When it comes to medical classics, I am afraid that few people in the world read more than me. However, I have read so many medical books, but I have only mentioned them in a collection of medicines and foods hidden in the palace."
"Although that book is a medical book, it talks about treating diseases with medicine and food. It naturally mentions many diet-related diseases. This avoidance of food is one of them. At that time, I saw this book quite novel, so I was very impressed. Later, I wanted to find similar records again, but I never found it again."
After saying this, Ming Guilan said again: "Miss Bo said that her adoptive father knew quite well, and she didn't know who her adoptive father was?"
Cheng Yunzhi rarely came out to walk around these days. It can be seen that he seemed a little uncomfortable when he walked with them, and this was not incomprehensible. After all, Huo Weilou and Huo Qinghong had noble identities, and Ming Guilan was even a family. Cheng Yunzhi looked quite knowledgeable and neither took the initiative to cling to them, so they naturally didn't have much time to ask.
Huo Weilou and Eunuch Fu looked at each other. Both of them looked a little deep. When Ming Guilan left, Eunuch Fu said, "Would you like to ask Mr. Cheng?"
Huo Weilou frowned and looked a little hesitant. It was a trivial matter to ask or not, and it was worthy of his frowning.
Eunuch Fu said, "What's wrong with the Marquis? Is it still a big deal? Even though Mr. Cheng was a noble man in the past, he was Youyou's lord and should have been a decent person and would not make any mistakes."
But Huo Weilou said, "I don't think about this."
"Then what do you think?" Eunuch Fu looked at him calmly.
Huo Weilou shook his head, "How can you understand after saying that?"
Eunuch Fu's eyes glared slightly, "I have lived in my fifties and I know no less than you..."
To be continued...