The Delicate Lady Coroner

As soon as Bo Ruoyou finished bathing and changing clothes, the door of the mansion was knocked again. She was suspicious. Aunt Liang came to the door not long afterwards, "Miss, Wu Zhaohou is here--"

Bo Ruoyou was greatly surprised, and quickly pulled up his hair and put on a robe and came towards the main hall.

When she arrived at the main hall, she saw that Huo Weilou had brought Huo Qinghong with him. She looked at the two brothers suspiciously, "Why did Hou Ye come with the son? What happened?"

Huo Weilou looked at Huo Qinghong, "You said."

Huo Qinghong hurriedly explained what he saw in the Hundred Bird Park that day, and said: "I saw it that day, I thought it was the Nan'an County King and the guests killing birds for fun, and the dead bird was hanging under the laurel tree. , Is also very easy to be noticed. I am an outsider and I don’t need to ask them what’s going on. I left soon afterwards, but I didn’t expect that only two days would be killed."

Bo Ruoyou felt a chill in her heart, and then she understood why Huo Weilou came back so late, and she quickly settled, "It's better to tell Wu Tautou about this matter. There is no such coincidence—"

After she finished speaking, she suddenly realized what was wrong, and then her eyes trembled and looked at Huo Weilou, "Today we found a blood sparrow nailed to death in the Hundred Bird Park!"

Her heart jumped abruptly, "If it's a coincidence, it's too weird. Is the murderer deliberately predicting that he is going to kill?"

Murderers have always wanted to hide their traces. The less known the better, but there are also some people who are weird and arrogant. Not only are they not afraid to be known, but it is best to get everyone's attention and let them "appreciate" him. Means of harm.

Bo Ruo meditated on this but shuddered, Huo Weilou said: "Don't worry, I have sent someone to the yamen to inform Wu Xiang, Wu Xiang must have known it now. Hong'er discovered that the blood bird was two days ago. If the murderer is serious To kill blood sparrows to harm people, you probably won’t do it tonight. I’ve already let people pass the word, it’s best to keep people in the Aviary Park, lest other people are killed."

Bo Ruoyou's tight heartstring loosened slightly, she knew that Huo Weilou had always acted well.

She invited the two of Huo Weilou to sit down and had tea again. Not long after, Cheng Yunzhi also came out of the inner room with his clothes. He heard the situation of the case. You can't treat it as ordinary people think. If this person's killing methods are brutal and cruel, and they are meant to be punished, and they kill birds and sparrows as a sign, then they think they are quite cunning and ruthless in their minds."

People who are not brave dare not deliberately show the intention of murder to everyone. The murderer is like this, which can only show that the person is extremely vicious and extremely arrogant and conceited. Today, the search and autopsy in the garden did not find key clues, which also shows that The murderer is indeed a thoughtful and neat person, and such a murderer is the worst of all suspects to deal with.

As he was talking, someone came from outside the mansion, Zhou Liang opened the door and saw that it was the guard sent by the Hou Mansion.

The attendant started and reported to the main hall: "Master Hou, you have already told Wu Headhunter what you have ordered. He is now returning to the Hundred Bird Park with people, and our people will follow. If there is something wrong, he will immediately report back. ."

Bo Ruoyou glanced at the sky, it was already the second clock, if Wu Xiang was late...

A cloud of haze shrouded her heart, Huo Qinghong also heard a little palpitations, thinking that the blood sparrow he saw that day was most likely the murderer's work, he even shuddered as if he had had a face-to-face encounter with the murderer.

At this time, Huo Weilou calmed down and said: "The blood sparrow was strangled to death under the laurel tree, but today the people from the yamen entered the garden and asked about it. No one mentioned it, which is a bit weird."

Bo Ruoyou also thought of this, "Yes, no one has raised this matter, otherwise we should have felt that something was wrong at that time."

"Did the servant conceal it, or did the murderer take the blood finch's body?" Bo Ruoyou said again: "The blood finch Jiang Xing died in the lake a month ago. Later, the murderer used the blood finch as a primer. Can't avenge the blood sparrow?"

Naturally, there is no answer to these doubts, and the murderer used the method of killing birds to predict that he was going to kill. It was also their inference. But if this situation is just a coincidence, it would be too mysterious, not to mention the use of coffin nails. Killing birds?

Bo Ruoyou subconsciously asked Cheng Yunzhi, "Foster father, do you know how long the coffin nail can be?"

Cheng Yunzhi thought for a while, "Customs vary from place to place, and the number of nails used varies. The longest coffin nail I have seen is more than six inches. The nailed coffin lid will not loosen until the coffin rots. In addition, in some places, there is a saying that the longer the coffin nails, the more powerful the evil spirits will be suppressed. Some people have grievances before and after death, and the coffin nails used after death are quite long."

Huo Qinghong didn't react first. Bo Ruoyou asked what this was doing. After thinking about it, his face turned pale, "You...Are you thinking that the murderer will kill people by killing birds? But people have all their heads on. Bones, can they really traverse the past?"

Bo Ruoyou looked at Cheng Yunzhi, and Cheng Yunzhi said: "The skull is not impenetrable, and the human temple is an extremely fragile place. Not to mention the sharp coffin nails, which can also be pierced into by knives and daggers."

Huo Qinghong's scalp numb for a while.

The night was like thick ink, and Bo Ruoyou waited anxiously. If the hour was ten thousand, she really wanted to go to the Bainiaoyuan. After waiting for more than half an hour, he followed the Houfu attendant who went to the Bainiaoyuan to Cheng's house. .

The attendant said: "There has been no accident in the Aviary Park. The county prince is not in the Aviary Park. Several stewards are responsible for guarding the garden. Because of the murder case, everyone dare not take care of it. The dead bird under the laurel tree that day was still unanswered, but it was said that the dead bird was caused by the murderer, and a steward just stepped forward, because they deliberately concealed the Nan'an County King and never told him that the bird was dead. , Afraid of punishment by Nan'an County King."

Huo Weilou asked again: "Can people stay in the park tonight?"

"Yes, the head catcher left some yamen to stay in the garden, and he has to go back to the yamen to interrogate people. None of the few people who captured the yamen this afternoon have brought out any useful clues."

When Bo Ruoyou heard that there were people in the garden, his heart was slightly relaxed, and he asked hurriedly: "The coffin nail catcher can be obtained."

The servant stayed in the garden. If the murderer wanted to harm people, he would throw a rat and dare not act, but the murder weapon for killing the bird could be used as a witness. The servant nodded, and Bo Ruoyou felt relieved.

Huo Weilou also felt that such an arrangement was the best. Seeing that the night was getting dark, he left the house and Bo Ruoyou personally sent them off. After leaving the house, Huo Weilou couldn't help but embrace her in his arms.

Although it was dark in front of the door, Bo Ruoyou's cheeks blushed in front of these many people, "Master Hou——"

The attendants watched their noses and noses, not daring to express their hearts. Huo Qinghong had already got on the carriage. At this moment, he lifted the curtain and glanced outwards, and then hurriedly lowered the curtain, with a sore teeth like drinking vinegar.

Huo Weilou closed it when he saw it, and then kissed her on the cheek before returning to the carriage. Bo Ruoyouqiang calmed his mind and only acted as if nothing happened. After entering the mansion, he went to caress his hot ears. Profile.

These days Bo Ruoyou slept well and rarely dreamed. He woke up the next morning and went to the Yamen. Wu Xiang captured Liu Qing from the garden and brought them back. However, he was only tortured all night for interrogation. What came out, everyone was surprised that Xun Hui was killed, and they didn't even think that anyone in the garden had a life or death enmity with him.

Bo Ruoyou sounded weird, "Could it be the enmity forged before entering the Aviary Park?"

This is not impossible, Wu Xiang sighed: "I have sent someone to check in his earlier theater. It will take a bit of effort. However, I know one thing. They came out of the same painting boat. Not only that, Liu Qing and the other two people, a total of five of them, were taught by a master in the early years, but the teacher’s father’s family was down, and they were separated. After entering the painting Fang Xilou and other places, after a combination of events, the Nan'an County King chose to enter the Hundred Bird Park."

Xiwen was popular in the Great Zhou Dynasty, and naturally there were many troupes discussing life in the market. Some prestigious teachers and fathers were obsessed with it all their lives, and they would raise many young students under their knees, but they had to achieve something in this way. Such talents are good enough, so raising a hundred apprentices may not necessarily be able to win both fame and fortune.

And those who can't sing the pillars are mostly in the Huafang Theatre. If there are nobles who are willing to buy them for support, most of them will not refuse, and they have no right to refuse.

Wu Xiang said, "The teacher's father is from Chaozhou. He traveled all the way from the east to the capital. There is a kind of bird show in Chaozhou local miscellaneous operas, which is the lively and vivid singing of birds and beasts, plus many juggling tricks. Nan'an The county prince is happy to raise birds and beasts, and because of this, their brothers and sisters have gathered together again."

Bo Ruoyou wrinkled his brows, "Since there are such entanglements first, will there be any old enemies?"

When asked here, Wu Xiang's tone grew deep, "Don't tell me, some of them are now over double ten years old, and the oldest one is twenty to five, but the troupe left seven or eight years ago. Yes, most of them were not at the same place for the past few years. The relationship has long been weak, and in the theater, almost no one knew about it, as if they deliberately concealed it."

The brothers who were not so friendly in the early years are now competing for favor in the same place. It is not a big deal not to mention it, but if you deliberately conceal it, it is a little weird. It takes a lot of effort to inquire about the old things many years ago. Ruo You was not in a hurry, and only mentioned the killing of the bird to Wu Xiang.

"The blood sparrow was hanged on the laurel tree, and Yu Xun was also hanged, with a feather coat made of blood sparrow feathers on his body. How similar the two are. The murderer seems to be punishing, or he is paying homage, or, just It makes people scared to be mysterious. In short, it makes people think that the blood sparrow that was similar to it did not appear for no reason. Even so, the blood sparrow that was crucified seems to be showing something."

Wu Xiang nodded and said: "Don't worry, I have enough manpower. Not only that, but I also asked Hou Yang to change clothes and pretend to be rough shoppers running into the garden every day. I don't believe it anymore. The murderer is serious. You can kill again. As for the coffin nail, I sent someone to the city to check it. It is a very common nail, and every coffin shop in the capital will hit it."

Bo Ruoyouxindao is already very thorough in this way, so he only hopes to find clues from the inquiry of the old things. Seeing that there is nothing wrong with the Yamen, he left and went to the Hou Mansion. Huo Wei Building is still healing now, and the surface of the wound is scabs. However, there are always repetitions inside. She can't help but feel relieved by visiting every day.

Wu Xiang used his hands to investigate the painting boat. From the painting boat, he did not find that Jiang Xing and Yu Xun had an old feud, and if he had to go back, it was difficult to find out what happened back then. After the teacher’s father’s family and class were separated, the people also went whereabouts. Unknown, after many years, it was originally a troupe wandering around in the market. It was really hard to find a trace. Wu Xiang detained several people from Liu Qing for three days, but to no avail, he put them back.

However, on the day they were put back, there was a sudden incident in Aviary Park where the stagnant water had been calm for a few days.

At dusk, the government officials who stayed behind came to report. Song Zhongming, a craftsman in charge of taming animals and raising birds in the Aviary Park, found the coffin nail with the dead blood sparrow. In order to hide this thing, he actually buried it in the domesticated BMW. Among the grass, if the horse feeder hadn't noticed that he would have to escape, this person would even want to escape from the Hundred Bird Park when the yaman questioned him.

With the physical evidence, but still wanting to escape, isn't it the murderer's present? !

Wu Xiang went to the Hundred Bird Park in person, and took the person back together with other government officials.

As night fell, in the dimly lit cell, Wu Xiang was interrogating this middle-aged man who was over forty years old and had a good taming technique. He was as tall as Wu Xiang and had a pair of calloused hands on his face. Because of the color of bronze all year round, and because it is always accompanied by birds and beasts, there is a hint of smell of mutton on the body.

"Is this burden yours? You are the one who tamed the horses. The key to the forage warehouse is also in your hand. You enter and exit every day, and most of the forage is distributed and taken care of by you. Do you dare to say that this thing belongs to someone else? "

Song Zhongming stretched his face, his narrow eyes closed, his hands shackled by iron chains clasped into fists, his knuckles kept tightening and loosening, loosening and tightening, his whole body was tighter with bowstrings. , At a glance, you can tell what is hiding.

Seeing that he was silent, Wu Xiang slapped his palm on the table in front of him and asked sternly, "You are the one who killed the bird? You are the one who nailed the bird with the coffin, and you are the one who strangled the blood bird with the rope. , You can train horses and birds. I heard that your method of training parrots and Costin is very good. If you want to catch a few birds, you can do it at your fingertips. You strangle the birds first, just to tell others that you are going to kill you. Are you human?!"

Song Zhongming overflowed with cold sweat on his forehead, but he still pressed the corners of his lips without saying a word. Wu Xiang stepped forward, grabbed his collar and stared at him, "I asked the people in the garden, you and Jiang He had a good relationship before, and he tamed a white parrot for him. You know he died strangely, do you want to avenge him?"

"I... I'm not... that coffin nail! It's not mine at all!"

After Song Zhongming tremblingly finished, Wu Xiang sneered, pulling the collar heavier, and Song Zhongming could not breathe. "The nails of the coffin are not yours. Is the burden yours? Besides you, who else is there? Dare to hide things in your place?!"

"The burden is me, but what's in it is not mine!"

Wu Xiang was even more surprised. "Are you saying that someone else stole your burden? Or did you hide something but not a coffin nail?"

Song Zhongming gritted his teeth and said nothing, and Wu Xiang smashed him onto the chair in shackles!

In the Hundred Bird Garden at the same time, due to a murder case, everyone stayed behind closed doors at night. The huge garden was pitch black. When the cool breeze came, the trees, flowers and grass rustled, and occasionally there were wild cats. Jumping past the rocks, it was as terrifying as a ghost.

The young man who took care of Liu Qing came out of his room with a food box in his hand. He was heading toward the kitchen. The wind, lights and flames in his hand jumped, the light and dark were uncertain, but the treetops on both sides of the road swayed with the wind. The shadow of his teeth and claws was cast on the ground, and he became more and more afraid as he walked, his palms were dripping with cold sweat, and a heart was about to jump out of his throat faster!

When he walked to the moon lake where the rockery stood, he seemed to hear a crisp beating sound in the whimper of the wind. The sound was like an iron collision, and it was like a stone falling to the ground. The sudden one made his hair stand upright in an instant.

He paused, and hurriedly listened, but the sound suddenly disappeared. His heart banged and banged, and he didn't dare to stay in the garden any more, and immediately trot to the kitchen.

The sky without stars and moon was dark. When his footsteps were gone, in the night breeze like a baby crying, the low and unspeakable icy beating sounded again. In the rockery hole that no one saw, a piece of iron The hammer is raised and lowered, and then raised and then lowered. After a short while, the **** smell seems to be swallowed up by people...