The Delicate Lady Coroner

Although Wang Qingfu and Yue Mingquan had a close relationship with the person behind the scenes, they did not leave any correspondence or direct evidence related to the disappearance of Buddha Bao. Checking the background relationship between the two can only narrow the scope of the screening, but still Unable to convict.

It's just that the fewer suspects, the more conducive to finding key clues with limited manpower and material resources. Huo Weilou had a plan in his mind, so he didn't delay his efforts, and soon summoned Sun Zhao.

Sun Zhao had a new list when he saw it, and coupled with the clues he had obtained from the Feiyun View before, the goal has fallen on these three, and he feels refreshed. However, these three are all homes of honor, which is not unusual. The people of Liming were so easy to verify, and he felt like a fight for a while.

Huo Weilou exhorted: "The Secretary of the Directive will secretly investigate the weird behaviors of these three previous cultivating and believing Buddhists. Combined with the time of several cases, the more detailed the investigation, the better. Your yamen need to re-screen Li Shen's confession. He was pushed out to commit the crime, and the confession must be true or false, so look for more flaws. In addition, this matter should not be expanded, you should understand."

Of course, Sun Zhao understood, and he was more fortunate that he had directly sent the Secretary to investigate these three, and combined with Huo Wei Building, before leaving the house.

Bo Ruoyou listened to the discussion between the two, but felt that the form was more serious. Firstly, in the past many years, Li Shen took the initiative to commit the crime and was caught. Secondly, these companies are all high-powered people and can put forward a crime of Li Shen. Then I can think of more ways to get rid of crime, how difficult it is to find direct evidence related to the case.

After a few days of cloudy days, the snow had not melted, and the cold was pressing. Bo Ruoyou pushed open the window, and the mist on his lips curled up. When he raised his eyes, he saw another cloud piled up on the edge of the gray sky.

She was in a trance, a hand stretched out from behind to cover the window, "Beware of freezing."

Huo Weilou closed the window lattice and took the person into his arms. When she shook her hand, it was still cold, Bo Ruoyou turned and leaned against the window, his heart was still heavy, Huo Weilou didn't know what she was thinking, and calmly said: " Even though it is difficult to find out, now that you have a direction, you can rest assured."

Bo Ruo faintly nodded, and then asked, "I wonder if the house of Master Ming has been arranged?"

Huo Weilou knew that she was more anxious than anyone else, and hurriedly calmed down: "If the arrangement is done, we will send someone to say that now we have new clues. If we can find the key evidence, you don't need to suffer. Still having nightmares?"

Bo Ruoyou stopped talking for another moment before shook his head.

On the carriage returning to the house, Bo Ruoyou lifted the curtain to look at the snow-covered long street in a daze. She kept Li Shen's confession in her heart. In order to prevent any flaws from revealing, Li Shen always vaguely feel uncertain. Words, and the rest do not reveal the real murderer, but they are very detailed, so it is easy for him to be regarded as the real murderer in such a match with the estrus of the case.

She was the witness of the case. Even though she couldn't remember what happened that night, Li Shen didn't mention that Bo Lanzhou had been hiding in the cabinet with her. Did she forget? Or did the murderer never tell him this?

"My sister is older and runs faster. I was probably scared by me. She is not afraid of the dark. What surprised me more is that she left her brother and ran by herself..."

Li Shen's words that day suddenly sounded in Bo Ruoyou's mind. Bo Ruoyou's fingertips trembled and put the curtain down. Once when Li Shen was the murderer, she still had the relief to avenge her younger brother, but now Knowing that Li Shen was just a scapegoat, these words lingered in her mind like a curse.

Back to Cheng’s house, Bo Ruoyou’s face was a bit bad. When he went to the study to see Cheng Yun, he saw that Cheng Yunzhi was writing a prescription again. This prescription was for her or the princess. Bo Ruoyou calmed down. Asked about Cheng Yunzhi's understanding of the Cao family and the Wei family.

Cheng Yunzhi rubbed his eyebrows, "Hou Changning?"

"The ancestor of the Changning Marquis Cao's family has also made military exploits, and the rank of marquis is also hereditary. There have been three or four queens in their mansion, and they are truly honorable. Now the Changning Hou is the elder brother of the noble concubine and the uncle of the second majesty. There is no real power in the DPRK, but there are a lot of industries under the name, and there are many people in the DPRK.

"Changning Hou, I have spoken a few times in the past. He is extremely arrogant and arrogant. In the past two years, I may have been a little more cautious because of the Second Royal Highness's fight for reserve. I have not heard of Cao's aggressive behavior since I returned to Beijing for more than half a year. ."

"As for the Wei family, the ancestors also started with military merit. The old Zhong Qinbo died in battle. Today's Zhong Qinbo is still on the battlefield. They are full of loyalty. I didn't move much with their house back then, but I heard that this generation only has Uncle Zhong Qin had some ambitions. The two younger brothers were very squeamish, and they knew from the beginning that they couldn't bear the title, so they naturally became the wealthy idlers."

After Cheng Yunzhi finished speaking, he said suspiciously: "What? Are they related to the case?"

Bo Ruoyou told Cheng Yunzhi about the progress of the case. After listening to it, he remained silent for a long time, "The real murderer can drive Wang Qingfu and others to steal the Buddha's treasures from the palace. Back then, these people had some contacts with the Bo family."

Speaking of this, Bo Ruoyou thought of Uncle Zhongyi again, “Foster father told me about Uncle Zhongyi last time. I only know that he married Anyang County Lord. The second son has met each other, but he has never seen this princess."

Cheng Yunzhi's voice fell slightly, "You can't see it anymore."

Bo Ruoyou was a little surprised, so he listened to him continue: "Anyang Princess passed away more than ten years ago."

Bo Ruoyou was taken aback. He never expected that the princess had passed away early. At this time, Cheng Yunzhi continued: "Not only have you never seen the princess, you have never seen the prince of the Bo mansion."

Bo Ruoyou reacted at this moment. Feng Ye ranked second in the Feng family. He had never heard of his older brother.

"Because more than ten years ago, Anyang County Lord and Bofu Grand Prince died almost at the same time." Cheng Yunzhi was a little sighed, "If I remember correctly, it should have been 14 years since Jianhe, when Anyang County Lord had just given birth. Feng Ye had a **** collapse. He disappeared after two days without insisting on it. The eldest son of Bofu was infected with the epidemic that was circulating outside the city at that time. He also died. He was only five years old when he died."

Suddenly losing his wife and eldest son, it should be so distraught, Bo Ruoyou never expected that Feng Qin, who is now looking at Xianfeng Daogu, would have such a tragic past.

"It was 14 years since the establishment of Hehe. That was 17 years ago. Uncle hasn't renewed the strings in these years?"

In the Lord’s family, it is indispensable to be the mistress of the house. Cheng Yunzhi heard the words and said with satisfaction: "I have never continued, uncle Zhongyi and Princess Anyang are young husbands and wives, and they have a deep friendship. I still remember one or two of the big wedding back then. I am younger than Uncle Zhongyi. How old, back then, I accompanied my father to congratulate him. I heard that the Queen Mother did not agree to marry Anyang to him. It was because he was willing to abandon the official career of the court, which made the Queen Mother relieved. It was also a good story at the time. Ming, but didn't want to have that kind of tragedy behind."

Bo Ruoyou was a little bit emotional.

"Foster father can understand Uncle Zhongyi as a man?"

Cheng Yunzhi hesitated for a moment, "It's not an understanding, but seeing that he has no intention of official career for many years, blindly cultivates the Taoism, he is also regarded as a free-spirited person. In the past, the Anyang Princess and his eldest son had an accident, I am afraid that he was also disappointed for a while. Is this case related to him?"

Bo Ruoyou said: "He has something to do with Feiyunguan, and this time when the prince revealed the Ming family case, he was also present, so naturally there is suspicion, but he directed us to Feiyunguan for verification. I Thinking, if he was the murderer and pushed Li Shen out to commit the crime, shouldn't he personally come forward and let us go to Feiyun to observe and investigate, right?"

Cheng Yunzhi touched his chin, "I don't know much about this person. I don't make judgments. The judgment is about evidence. You can investigate how you want to investigate. You don't have to be preconceived."

Bo Ruoyou replied, and took a few moments after touching the situation of Cheng Yunzhi's statement before returning to the room.

At noon on the second day, Bo Ruoyou went to the Hou Mansion. When he arrived at the Hou Mansion, he knew that Huo Weilou had just returned from the palace. He hadn't walked a few steps into the mansion, but he saw two attendants carrying a box to go out. Bo Ruo You were a little suspicious, and soon ran into Father Fu who came out.

"Father-in-law, is this going to give gifts?"

Fu Gonggong laughed, "It's not a gift, but something left by the old son in the Hou Mansion. You should remember that the old son was poisoned by the gold anointing because of the second son of the Loyalty Mansion. Later, he went to the house to apologize and gave away many good things. When the son left, only the blue bird and the cat were taken away, but the statue of Bodhisattva was left behind. I saw it in the guest house today and asked someone to send it to the son."

Bodhisattva? Bo Ruoyou clumped her eyebrows, hurriedly said, "Wait—"

The two attendants were far away, and could not help but stop when he heard the words. Bo Ruo walked quickly over and opened the knee-high box. The box was padded with flannel, and a black and shiny Bodhisattva was lying quietly in it. The Bodhisattva has solemn eyebrows and a faint fragrance. When you look closely, you can see that it has been enshrined for a long time. In addition to the patina that is often wiped off, there is also a little dust in the base of the lotus pattern, and more If there is the smell of incense sticks like no one.

Bo Ruoyou felt a little inexplicable, so he closed the lid and asked Father Fu, "Don’t you believe that Uncle Zhongyi only believes? There are many Buddhists and Taoists. Generally, people may ask God and worship Buddha without taboo, but Uncle Zhongyi has practiced the Tao for many years and he still believes in the Buddha. ?"

Father Fu also didn't know the inside story, "I don't know this. This Bodhisattva seems to have been sent by the second son of Zhongyi Bofu, maybe their father and son have different beliefs?"

A kind of weird lingering in the bottom of Bo Ruoyou's heart, she thoughtfully went to the study, and as soon as she walked to the entrance of the study, she saw Lu Ke and Ning Xiao both talking to Huo Weilou in the room. When she came, the two rushed. salute.

Bo Ruoyou was not used to his status as the head of the county, so he was busy exempting the two of them. After reading the newsletter on the table, he knew that there was news. Huo Weilou got up from behind the book and said, "Come here—"

After Bo Ruoyou walked to the book case, Huo Weilou gave her aside and asked her to sit in the open chair, "Look, these are all delivered this morning. They are all Cao Yan, Wei Huan and Feng Qin over the years. All three of them have a village outside the city on the banks of the Luohe River. Feng Qin lives outside the city all the year round, while Wei Huan and Cao Yan live outside the city in summer and winter every year. Of these two, Cao Yan is the most in Biezhuang outside the city. He needs to be renovated almost every two years."

"After many years, I have to ask a few cases where they were not easy to investigate when they happened, and to prevent people from starting to provoke the snakes. But after the Chengnan Dojo was over and before Wen Jin was killed, all three of them were there. After staying out of the city, Li Shen was pushed to commit the crime. The real murderer behind the scenes must personally inform him of the many cases, and perhaps also need to be trained so that he can not stand the yamen interrogation. During this period, the most deceptive thing is to be I saw Li Shen privately in the Biezhuang outside the city."

"It needs to be renovated every two years?"

Bo Ruoyou keenly caught the point, and when Huo Weilou nodded, she suddenly became suspicious, "The murderer is such a harmful method, and the scene will definitely leave blood and other clues. I have visited Li Shen's house. Even after a year or a half, the blood stains are difficult to cover up, but if the altar is removed and both the inside and the outside are renovated, most of the traces will be covered."

The letter paper on the table records the habits of several people in monasticism, as well as the residences in the south of the city and the time of staying in Biezhuang each year. Although it cannot be accurate to a certain day, it can already outline the habits of several people.

"Uncle Zhongyi is almost accustomed to cultivating the Tao, and he likes to cultivate hard. Fortunately, he makes alchemy. He also enters the palace to say as the queen mother. He also...he also offered medicinal medicine to the queen mother...for this reason, he likes to collect rare ores and medicinal materials, Wei Huan Ze likes to invest gold and silver in the Buddhist temples and Taoist temples outside the city, and also likes to collect secret treasures. This Cao Yan...seems like he wants a good name?"

Huo Weilou should be, "He donated a lot of rice, gold and silver to the Buddha's birthday porridge shed in Xiangguo Temple. He also likes to donate outside the city every New Year. As for the Taoist temple of the Buddha, the sculpture of the true **** of the Buddha is even more common. , Someone outside the city called him'Cao Dashan'."

Being a Cao Dashan person, but selling gold anointing in private, she thought of Huo Weilou and Cheng Yunzhi's description of this person, she only felt that she was convinced, "He asked for this good name not only for the Cao family, but also for the second highness?"

Huo Weilou stood next to her, leaning on the edge of the table, and stroking her when he heard the words, "Smart."

Not far away, Lu Ke and Ning Xiao glanced at each other, and arched their hands together, "Master Hou has no other orders, so the subordinates retired."

Huo Weilou then remembered that there were two other people, and waved his hand.

After they left in a hurry, Bo Ruoyou felt a bit rude afterwards. However, at the time of the case, she could not take care of other things. Only this Cao’s house was renovated too quickly, which is suspicious. Wei Huan likes to collect ritual artifacts and does not know what they are used for. Entering the palace said, he is not in the court now, is it not to win people's hearts?"

"It's just..." Bo Ruoyou raised his eyes and looked at Huo Weilou, "Sometimes looking at the most suspicious, maybe the best cover?"

People’s hearts are complex and subtle, and they are ever-changing, but now there are too few clues in the investigation. Only to continue to wait, Huo Wei said in the corridor: "We need to investigate deeply to make a conclusion. After the Secretary went to investigate Wang Qingfu’s skeletal case, these people also Both have been out of the city, not only that, but now both Cao Yan and Feng Qin live outside the city, which is not very good."

Bo Ruoyou's expression also sank, "Maybe it has begun to destroy evidence."

Huo Weilou naturally understands, but now there is only doubt and no evidence, unless certified physical evidence can be found to prove them soon, "No hurry, there is no direct evidence now, and it is impossible to detain three people at the same time, as long as there are clear clues, I will think about it."

Huo Weilou was in a high position, and he held the direct secretary in his hand. This was the biggest reliance on solving this case. At least he did not fear that all three of them belonged to the lord's house. Thinking about it this way, the voice of Duke Fu came from outside.

"Master Hou, Master Ming is here——"

Both Bo Ruoyou and Huo Weilou's expressions were shaken, and Bo Ruoyou's eyes were bright and said: "Is it arranged outside the city?"

Huo Weilou's expression was much more complicated, and he first ordered Ming Guilan to come in.

Not long afterwards, Father Fu personally pushed Ming Guilan into the house. Ming Guilan was wearing a thick fur-collared cloak, and his complexion was somewhat diminished. Father Fu said that his leg disease was very uncomfortable in the winter.

Bo Ruoyou could hardly help standing up and asking: "The son is here, but are you ready outside the city?"

Ming Guilan said gently: "I came here precisely for this. I have done my best to arrange it according to my memory. If the county owner is ready, I can come over and watch it at any time."

Bo Ruoyou hardly hesitated, "Today is too late, I can go tomorrow."

Huo Weilou's brows frowned tightly.