The Delicate Lady Coroner

Zhao Yu didn't know what he thought of, and his expression suddenly became calm. "The official investigation revealed the truth of the year, and it may be possible to convict the two of them? There were five lives in the past, or the killing of master and mother was such an evil that violated human ethics, plus the three of us burned. So, according to the law, a capital crime can be condemned anyway."

Sun Zhao glanced at Huo Wei Tower and raised his brows, "The government will take the sentence according to the law, and you only need to account for your sins."

Zhao Yu straightened his back, "I believe that Jiang Xing, Yu Xun, and Ye Fei were all killed by me. I wanted to make them scared, so I used blood sparrows as a sign. I learned how to train birds when I was young, and then I came to the garden. I see the masters taming birds every day, and they only need to catch a few birds. For me, they are too stupid. The first bird died in the water tank. They never found it."

Sun Zhao's voice sank, "What did the officer ask you, what did you answer, how did you kill Jiang Xing?"

"It's really hateful to say that the five of them returned to the capital. They were all tepid generations. In the theater, they were not valued by the nobles at all, but because they had studied bird opera with their master in the early years, they were selected by the Nan'an County King. , Even now, they are still receiving Master’s favor..." Zhao Yu sneered: "The five of them are still at the same place these years, which shows that they are all raccoons, but in the past three years, their feelings have been great. Not as usual."

"Jiang Xing is a hard worker. Not only does he pretend to be a blood sparrow, but he also wants to learn the art of taming blood sparrows, and then uses the trick of changing blood sparrows in a bird show. It is so good that the Nan'an County King values ​​it. Therefore, he likes to play When the blood sparrow was put in the forest, he wandered around to see if he could make the blood sparrow obedient. The weather was bad that night. I hid in the dark forest and waited for him. Sure enough, he arrived soon."

Zhao Yu's face was a bit hideous, "There was a water tank not far from the forest. When I appeared suddenly, he hadn't reacted, so he was thrown to the ground by me. These years, they are also regarded as dignified and superior, and their strength is not comparable. After being subdued by me, I drowned him alive by holding him in a water tank. Back then, he drowned one of my seniors in this way."

Zhao Yu didn’t need Sun Zhao’s question. He said, “I just want to remind the five of them of what happened back then, but I don’t want to expose myself easily, so I threw him into Moon Lake. After the incident, he was regarded as I fell into the lake and died."

"The following January, the remaining four of them were a little worried, but they never thought that someone would come back for revenge. This time, I hanged the blood sparrow on the laurel tree in the front court, but it still didn't arouse everyone's vigilance."

Zhao Yu's tone seemed helpless, "I took care of Yu Xun. I would naturally use his belt knot. I strangled him to death and then stayed under the laurel tree. As for that Yu Yi, I was just to scare him. They, because in the master's troupe back then, there was also such a feather woven silk, but they seemed to have forgotten it."

Zhao Yu twitched his lips, but there was no smile in his eyes. "This time I know that the Nan'an County King will definitely report to the official, so I put a tea cup in the house and want to pretend that there is a visitor. This is the so-called "Guest" killed Yu Xun."

Bo Ruoyou couldn't help frowning when she heard this. Later, she thought about whether the tea cup was a trick, but she didn't expect it to be so.

Zhao Yu also looked at Bo Ruoyou at this time, then went to see Sun Zhao and Huo Weilou, "Perhaps the Yamen today is different from the past, or maybe the case was in the Wangyuan of Nan'an County. This time the Yamen paid much attention to the murder. It was beyond my expectation. Not only that, because of those two tea cups, Liu Qing and the others were suspected, and they were taken to the Yamen for questioning, so that it was difficult for me to continue."

"I thought about it for a while, and decided to use a coffin nail to frame Song Zhongming."

Two points of pride appeared in his eyes, as if thinking of the ridiculous tricks of the Yamen people, Sun Zhao's eyes were dazzling, "How do you know Song Zhongming's secret?"

Zhao Yu bent his lips, "Who doesn't have a secret? My lord, you must have it too. I have been in the Hundred Bird Park for three years, and I am the most inconspicuous little servant in the garden. It is not enough to serve Yu Xun. The masters in the garden are also half masters, I Do the most complicated and humble work, but I can also permeate, Song Zhongming's corruption, I found out a year ago."

It was the first time Sun Zhao saw such a calm and calm murderer, and he was even more upset by his ironic smile, "You changed your medicine before killing Ye Fei?"

"Although we take care of different masters, we usually help with things. I went to Ye Fei's house to change the dressing. It was very easy." At this point, Zhao Yu said again: "My lord must still want to know how I came out at night without getting caught. I found out that people who live with me always like to drink medicated wine at night. I add sleep aids to the wine, and he won't wake up even if I thunder."

Sun Zhao stared at Zhao Yu narrowly, but under his gaze, Zhao Yu still looked the same.

Zhao Yu said: "Ye Fei and the others went back to the Bird Park. They felt a little weird. When the incident happened, they were already old. They were not as young as I could not remember things. So that night, Ye Fei Fei went to see Liu Qing, and after seeing Liu Qing, he went back to the room after eating dinner and then started taking medicine. He soon collapsed. As soon as I entered the door, he was terrified—"

"He seems to have guessed my identity, but I don’t know which one I was back then. I tied him up and took him to the rock cave. The coffin was as long as the nails. I nailed the coffin alive. In his temple."

At this point, the corners of his eyes twitched suddenly, and his eyes became fierce. "Back then, he killed Master in this way. He used the iron arrows used in juggling in our troupe, just like me, and nailed the master's one by one. Head."

"What a pain it was. Therefore, when I crucified him this time, I moved extremely slowly. It took him a long time before I hit him with one hammer and one hammer..."

Sun Zhao watched Zhao Yu take a deep breath and lower the pressure, then looked at him calmly.

Sun Zhao looked at the Huo Wei Tower, and saw that Huo Wei Tower held the tea cup in his hand and did not say anything, so he directed the clerk at the door: "Take it to the prison first, and wait for Wu Xiang to come back for detailed interrogation."

At this moment, since Zhao Yu confessed, Sun Zhao doesn’t have to scrutinize it at this moment. Zhao Yu was pushed up, he did not struggle at all, and there was no fear on his face. When he was taken away, Sun Zhao was cool. Said: "This person was only a child when he witnessed the killing of Panzhu Zhao and others. These years he has become such a cruel person."

Huo Weilou put down the tea cup and said, "As soon as the person has found out, I will leave the rest to you. After the certification is complete, the decision can be made."

Sun Zhao should be, Huo Weilou just left the yamen with Bo Ruoyou.

After getting on the carriage, Bo Ruoyou lightly exhaled, and Huo Weilou held her hand, "This case is over, you can rest for a few days with peace of mind."

Bo Ruo gave a quiet hum, but her eyebrows were still half-fucked, Huo Weilou looked at her, "What's wrong? Is there anything else I haven't figured out yet?"

Bo Ruoyou shook his head, "He confessed his guilt neatly, which is also in line with his habit of committing crimes. Among the joints, Wu's head will naturally go to check the joints. I just listened to what he said and thought of some old things."

Huo Weilou's heart moved slightly, "Your brother's accident?"

Bo Ruoyou nodded, "I just heard him say that everything will be settled. Only those who have experienced it will suffer. I think of the accident of my brother and the death of my father and mother. He witnessed the murder of master and mother. At the age of five, he remembers what happened back then, but I can’t remember."

Huo Weilou closed her knuckles slightly, and took her into her arms. "You were ill once, and you were very young. It's not unusual for you to remember it. For many years, Mr. Cheng won't talk to you in detail. Afraid to make you sad."

Bo Ruoyou naturally understood Cheng Yunzhi's painstaking efforts. She sighed and said nothing. The carriage moved around and went straight to the Longevity Square. After Bo Ruoyou was sent home, Huo Weilou left.

Cheng Yunzhi had already fallen asleep, and Bo Ruoyou went back to her boudoir to rest, but it was extremely difficult to fall asleep after lying down. This situation only occurred when there was no news from the Huowei Tower a month ago. After a long time, Bo Ruoyou only fell asleep shallowly.

It was dawn in a daze. Bo Ruoyou was still sleepy, but she was awakened by the voice outside. She got up and changed her clothes to wash out. At a glance, she saw Cheng Yunzhi talking with Father Fu, and Bo Ruoyou walked forward with bright eyes. , "Why did the father-in-law come here?"

Fu Gonggong smiled and said: "The county lord has forgotten that you are going to marry Hou Ye? The regulations are complicated. Hou Ye had already told me to come and help. Fortunately, it's still a long time, so let's prepare."

Bo Ruoyou naturally didn't forget, but there were still two or three months to go. She didn't realize that she should be getting ready to get married. "What do the father-in-law want me to do?"

Father Fu and Cheng Yunzhi looked at each other and laughed. Cheng Yunzhi said, "You don't have to worry about these things, you just wait for February with peace of mind."

Father Youfu came over to make arrangements, and Bo Ruoyou felt relieved. She had breakfast in the mansion. Seeing that there was really no place for her to help, she went to the Yamen again. Wu Xiang had returned. When she entered the Yamen, Zhao Yu was already there. Explained neatly.

Wu Xiang saw Bo Ruoyou in the back hall, with nearly ten pages of confession in his hand. When he handed it to Bo Ruoyou to read it, his expression was a little unspeakable, and Bo Ruoyou looked strange, "What's the matter with him?"

Wu Xiang sighed, "This Zhao Yu is also considered a kind and righteous person. If there were no incidents in the past, he would be able to live very well, but it is a pity that now he has carried three lives on his back and will not survive the end of the year."

Now it is early winter, and all the cases from the various state capitals of the Great Zhou Dynasty are sent to the Ministry of Criminal Affairs. After Zhao Yu's case has been passed through the yamen, he will also be sent to the Ministry of Criminal Affairs to set a penalty. His death is inevitable.

Wu Xiang said again: "It's a pity, he shouldn't be so impulsive to avenge himself. If he reports to the government, he can always find out the homicide that year, and none of the five people can escape."

Wu Xiang’s pity for Zhao Yu was beyond words. However, as a yamen tolerant, he had to search for evidence impartially. Bo Ruoyou watched Zhao Yu’s testimony while listening, and suddenly his eyes fell slightly, "The coffin nailed him in the south of the city. I bought it from the coffin shop?"

Wu Xiang nodded, "Yes, he said that he bought it a year ago and has been looking for a mobile phone meeting. However, there are many banquets in the garden during the New Year and spring and summer, and there are more people than usual. He is not easy to start. It dragged on until autumn."

"Go to the coffin shop and ask?" Bo Ruoyou said again.

"Go and ask, there is indeed this coffin nail in the coffin shop, but it has been too long, the shopkeeper's shop assistant can't remember it."

Bo Ruoyou hesitated for a while, then looked down, Wu Xiang asked in doubt: "Why? Do you suspect that what he said is false?"

Bo Ruoyou said: "His confession said that after the death of Master Qian and another senior brother, they were buried in a mass grave outside the city, and they can’t remember the location, but I find it strange. You should remember the money. The barren tomb outside the town is not small. Master Qian specially bought the people to bury Banzhu Zhao. If it were you, then Master Qian and Senior Brother died, where would you bury them?"

"Of course they were buried in the deserted grave!" Wu Xiang blurted out.

Bo Ruoyou said: "This is where I hesitate. Zhao Yu is a calm-minded person, and he is very obsessed with revenge. He has been dormant in the Hundred Bird Park for more than two years. This time he killed three people in a row. It is not ruled out that someone knows. Or he helped him, and he insisted that Master Qian and another senior were dead, which was a bit weird."

"You mean, it's possible that the two of them didn't die and they acted as accomplices, but now he wants to protect them, so they are dead a long time ago?"

"Do not rule out this possibility." Bo Ruoyou handed back his confession. "When he confessed last night, I wanted to ask where the graves of the two people were, but I didn't want this result today."

Wu Xiang went to see the testimony again. While he was thinking, Hu Changqing ran out of the inner hall out of breath, "Head catcher, county owner, but the murderer was found?"

Hu Changqing did not arrive last night. It was only today that the case of Bainiaoyuan was solved. Wu Xiang gave the evidence to Hu Changqing and said to Bo Ruoyou: "You are suspicious of what you said. I will try him again later. "

Bo Ruoyou responded. After reading the testimony, Hu Changqing looked incredulous, "Hey, for more than ten years, he actually lived to avenge his master. He doesn't believe in the government, otherwise, he wouldn't be to this point."

Wu Xiang said: "It's not surprising that he was a disaster victim. He lost his parents at a young age. Later, he was adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Zhao Banzhu and his wife. To him, Mr. and Mrs. Zhao Banzhu and his wife are like adoptive parents. ."

Hu Changqing thought for a moment, "Time will dilute hatred, and a person always remembers that revenge is very bitter. He has not changed his ambitions over the years, which shows his tenacity. No wonder he was able to fight against the government when he committed a crime. "

Wu Xiang moved his sore neck, "No matter what you say, this case is broken, but there is still an old case involved. Then there will be some busy, and it will be really easy to stay after the hall."

He was busy looking for all the testimonies from the officials, and he didn't talk much with Bo Ruoyou. After a short time, he went to the duty room, and Bo Ruoyou left the yamen with Hu Changqing.

As soon as I walked out of the Yamen, I saw four or five children on the long street in front of the Yamen chanting nursery rhymes and playing around.

"...Take iron three, three or two silvers for a cloth shirt."

"Four irons, four needles are good for picking."

"Five iron five, five zongzi for the Dragon Boat Festival..."①

The nursery rhyme came from a distance, and Bo Ruoyou heard it for a moment before distinguishing the words. The childish voice was childish, but he was joyful and energetic. She paused under her feet, smiling, looking for her reputation, beside her Hu Changqing also stopped.

Soon, Hu Changqing said: "It's a song of hitting iron. I remember that when I was young, this nursery rhyme was widely circulated in Beijing for a while, but because there was a word in the ballad that violated the name of a prince, gradually People in Beijing are not allowed to read this ballad, and now it is spreading again somehow."

Hu Changqing is not just over double ten years. When he was a boy, it was when Bo Ruoyou was still in the capital, but now she can’t remember the old things clearly, and naturally has no impression of the ballad. She turned to ask, "Hu Are you from the capital?"

Hu Changqing nodded, "Yes, the generations were in the capital, and they fell in the family way when they were young. They were not allowed to get fame and fame. Later, by mistake, they started to work."

Bo Ruoyou heard Wu Xiang talk about Hu Changqing's origin, and nodded without saying more. The two said goodbye. When Bo Ruoyou got into the carriage, the song continued.

She asked Zhou Liang to go to Wuzhaohou’s Mansion. Although she didn’t know whether the yamen had reported the case to Huo Weilou, she still wanted to take a trip by herself. The carriage walked slowly, but the nursery rhyme echoed in Bo Ruoyou’s mind. It was spread by the children, it was really straightforward and catchy. When he arrived at the Hou Mansion, Bo Ruoyou thought that he must have entered the mansion gate.

The attendant went to talk about it. When Bo Ruoyou arrived in the study, he heard voices inside. When she entered the door, she saw that Huo Qinghong and Ming Guilan were both present. She and the two of them were blessed and met with courtesy, Ming Guilan. She smiled and said, "Ms. Bo is now the county head, and she asked Haihan to return to Lan, but she can't be seen as a courtesy."

Regardless of his jokes, Bo Ruoyou first told Huo Weilou of the confession he saw. Huo Qinghong tweeted and said with Ming Guilan: "They are really the same people--"

Ming Guilan laughed. After Bo Ruoyou finished speaking, he asked, "I heard that an old case more than ten years ago was involved?"

Bo Ruoyou should be. At this moment, she thought of the case file in which Ming Guilan was kidnapped. The dossier of the kidnapping case of Mr. Guo Ming."

Ming Gui Lan looked surprised, "That was also more than ten years ago."

"It was the 17th year of Jianhe." Bo Ruoyou remembers clearly, "it is the same year as the old case that was introduced this time."

Ming Gui Lan's pupil darkened, "Yes, fourteen years ago, after the accident that year, my father was unwilling to give up, but later found no trace, so he had no choice but to stop it. Now it is an unsolved case."

Huo Qinghong said, "Did the officials not be dedicated? The old case of this troupe was not due to the malfeasance of officials?"

Ming Guilan shook his head, "At that time, the government office was really loose and inactive, but my father asked many people to put pressure on the government office. They were forced to use some human and material resources to find it, and they never found any clues."

Huo Qinghong glanced at Ming Guilan's leg, "That person has harmed you for a lifetime. If there is a chance to find him out, he must be punished severely."

Ming Guilan was full of surprises, "So many years have passed..."

Huo Qinghong is a stubborn temper, "Don't give up expectations. It took more than ten years for the Zhao Jiaban case to be uncovered, and the murderer of the year was still punished."

Although the two cases occurred in the same year, they were quite different. Zhao Yu knew who the murderer was, but Ming Guilan didn't see the murderer's appearance. He smiled and shook his head, apparently because he was really not expected to return. .

Bo Ruoyou didn't know what he was meditating, Huo Qinghong and Ming Guilan said their goodbyes with interest.

Huo Qinghong said: "Recently, the weather has dried up, and there has been no rain or snow. The weather is gradually turning cold. If there is no snow all winter, there will be disasters in the coming year. Several knighted families in the city have organized a rain and snow prayer in the south of the city. Taichang Temple also played the name of Heavenly Family in the Taoist Temple. The Taoist Temple will begin today and will end in seven days. I plan to take Guilan to join in the fun."

Huo Weilou was pleased to see this and sent the two out of the study, and quickly turned around and said: "Hong'er went to Taichang Temple, and today is here to cry out for suffering."

He said that he came forward and took her into his arms, Bo Ruoyou was surprised, "Why does Taichang Temple suffer?"

"He feels bored, and boredom is the biggest suffering. There are old antiques when dealing with clan relatives there all day, and he is very depressed."

After he finished speaking, he took her to sit down, and Bo Ruoyou said, "What should I do?"

"Don't do anything, let him stay for a few years so that he can temper his temper." After Bo Ruoyou sat down, he asked again: "Why did you mention the case of Guilan?"

"I noticed the file that day, but there were very few records back then, and I did not find any valuable clues when I looked at it. Now it is extremely difficult to catch the perpetrator."

Huo Weilou patted her hand, "You don't have to worry about it. After these years, Ming's family has already looked away. Although Guilan is not conducive to practice, medical skills have not fallen behind. By the way, he went to the princess mansion this morning to ask for his mother. Mai, said that my mother's health has improved a lot, thank you Mr. Cheng for me."

Bo Ruoyou's eyes are bright, "This is only a month or so before the initial effect, in another year or a half, the foster father will be able to adjust the jade body of the princess, and I will tell the foster father about this later when I go back."

Huo Weilou didn't ask for much, but now he is satisfied, and said to Bo Ruoyou: "I have sent someone to Xiangguo Temple to explain things for your father and mother. The seventh day of the next month will be a good day."

Unexpectedly, Huo Wei Building has been well arranged, Bo Ruoyou only felt his heart warm, "Thank you, Lord Hou——"

Huo Weilou saw that she was moved, and couldn't help taking her into his arms, and said with a smile, "How can you say thank you between you and me? I will accompany you then."

Bo Ruoyou pulled the hand on his breast and hugged him.

The author has something to say: Note: ① From Volume 7 of "Selected Records of Zhuang Xie".