Chapter 202 Ten Flowers 16
Huo Weilou obviously couldn't let go. As a doctor, Ming Guilan felt that this trip might help Bo Ruoyou remember some old things, but the adventurous meaning was clear, and he also made Bo Ruoyou be careful.
It was the 18th day of the twelfth lunar month. Bo Ruoyou looked at Huo Weilou and finally decided not to rush for a moment, "Wait a little longer, I will reply to the young master in three days."
Huo Weilou was relieved when he heard this. Ming Guilan couldn't help asking about the case. He was also one of the victims of that year. Huo Weilou had no intention of concealing him. When he said that the suspicion fell on Feng, Wei and Cao families, Ming Guilan was also stunned.
"Their three families used to be with our mansion." He pondered for a moment, "But Zhongqin's Mansion gradually moved less with us. As for the Cao family, since the Second Highness grew older, they have become as powerful as the capital and have fewer contacts. Zhongyi's Mansion is not even considered a family friendship."
"There is no need to have a deep relationship. As long as you have some interactions, it will be not difficult to ask about your birth date and horoscope."
After Huo Weilou said this, he asked again: "Do you have any other understanding of these three companies?"
Ming Guilan thought for a moment, "The Marquis of the Cao family knew that Zhongyi Bo liked to practice Taoism and lived a life like a wild crane for many years. It is very common for people to compare. I know less about the masters of Zhongqin Bo family, but as far as I know, the third masters of Zhongqin Bo family and Zhongyi Bo family all know some pharmacology."
The murderer of that year also understood pharmacology. Bo Ruoyou and Huo Weilou looked at each other, and Huo Weilou said, "We will go and check these things carefully." At this point, he reminded Ming Guilan, "You must be careful these days."
Ming Guilan did not dare to be careless. He knew that the case was now under the trial of the Zhishuo Office, so he calmed down and did not ask much.
When he left the mansion, the floor of Huo Wei was covered with haze. He looked at Bo Ruoyou, "You said you would give me a reply in three days, but after thinking about it, you will go outside the city to take a look?"
Bo Ruoyou had clear eyes. Hearing this, he took the initiative to step forward and hold Huo Weilou's hand. His palms were covered with thick calluses, which were a little uncomfortable when they touched each other, but it made her feel at ease, "I'm afraid of being with me."
Huo Weilou Mo Tong trembled slightly, and raised his hand to embrace her in his arms. He would naturally accompany her. But when she heard that she was afraid, he could not say anything he would dissuade her.
For two consecutive days, the yamen visited the families who had almost had an accident, and asked openly and secretly whether they had contact with the Feng family of Cao Wei. Two of them did know each other, but there were two ordinary wealthy families. They were all merchants of the past lifetimes. Although they were rich, they could not reach these lords, especially the Cao family, which had a noble concubine and a powerful marquis.
In the main hall of the Hou Mansion, even Lin Huai was summoned. Sun Zhao said with a frown: "In addition to Mr. Xiao Bo, the young master of the Xu family who was killed in the 29th year of Jianhe, all have generations of official families. Although they are not from the family friendship with the Feng families of Cao Wei, they are all in the capital. The previous generation has some contacts. However, the Li family, which had an accident in the 21st year of Jianhe and the Chang family, which had an accident in the 24th year of Jianhe, are just wealthy businessmen. Although they do business, they have some contacts with the government and know some nobles, they have no contacts with these three families. Moreover, only parents and grandparents know the birthdays of the young masters. Before the accident, the close wet nurses were all servants who were used to with their own families and would never have any bad things."
Bo Ruoyou frowned and soon asked, "The wet nurse won't talk nonsense, what about the peaceful woman? Is the peaceful woman who delivered them at that time her family or the peaceful woman who invited them outside?"
The matter of delivering a baby can be big or small. Rich and noble families will find experienced elderly people, but if there is no one in the family who is good at this, they will invite the outside wife. When she asked, Sun Zhao hurriedly said, "I have asked this point. These two families did find the baby wife to deliver the baby. However, after many years of the incident, the baby woman could no longer be found. I asked Wu Xiang to continue looking for it. Maybe it can't be found, it depends on luck."
It was also a job of finding a needle in a haystack, and everyone understood that hope was slim.
Huo Weilou looked at Lu Ke again, and Lu Ke stepped forward and said, "The third master of Zhongqin's mansion has gone out of the city and returned. We have found out that this third master believes in the story and likes to collect Buddhist and Taoist treasures because he is doing antique business. Several antique shops in the city that have nothing to do with him are all related to him. Among them, reselling magic weapons has made a lot of profits. It has not been found that he is related to the cult yet."
"The Marquis Changning was scolded by His Majesty for the golden ointment. He has been very cautious in the past few months. In the past half month, he has been outside the city for a lot of time. In the past two days, he has served porridge at the foot of Xiangguo Temple. The people outside the city praised him very much. He has three villas outside the city. One is northwest of the foot of Xiangguo Temple, and the other two are on the banks of the Luo River. The Second Prince goes to Xiaoguan every year. He heard that there are living waters of the Luo River in it, which is very luxurious. He likes to build garden scenery and often renovate gardens. We found a craftsman who once worked in his garden. The craftsman said that Changning Hou built many pavilions and water pavilions in the garden, and he always looks for the craftsman with the best reputation in the capital. It seems that there is no secret in the garden, and no abnormalities have been found yet."
"There are no more than 100 people in Zhongyi, who are still living outside the city to refine alchemy these days. We asked the servants of Zhongyi Bo's mansion. They said that Zhongyi Bo would offer elixirs to the Empress Dowager during the Chinese New Year, and have been in the alchemy room for a few days."
After saying this, Lu Ke's voice became heavier. "We also found out that Wang Qingfu was a little moved with these three people during his tenure as an official. If we talk about the number of people, he had more interactions with Changning Hou. Changning Hou is now the leader of the clan. He was very active and enthusiastic about many ritual affairs. In addition, he had to take care of the imperial concubine and the second prince, so he was quite generous to Taichang Temple and everywhere in the palace."
Huo Weilou continued: "The Buddha bone relics of Famen Temple were lost. It was under construction at the beginning of the 21st year of He, and the Qibao Relic Tower was under construction for the 27th year of He. In the past two years, the Feng family of Cao Wei and Wei had no special problems, and no one left the capital. At most, they went to the outside of the city to live in small places. The direct commander also went to various antique shops and black markets in the city to inquire. Although some people were constantly interested in some rare magic weapons, there have been no precious magic weapons in the past ten years. At present, these two Buddha treasures are still in the capital or somewhere around."
Lin Huai sighed, "I never expected it to be related to their families. No matter who it is, I am afraid I have noticed our movements. The Ministry of Justice has suppressed Li Shen's case. I have paid attention to it these days, but no one has investigated this case."
Sun Zhao said: "I asked someone to draw a portrait and take it to Liu Qing and Chen Mo. They still couldn't recognize it. It's been too long. The meeting at the dock was probably a coincidence, but he probably didn't expect that these children would kill people after listening to him."
Lu Ke also said: "Our people have been checking for traces of other cults around the capital, but have not found them. Most of the people behind this scene don't want to be exposed. This Li Shen is probably one of the few people who know how to practice death."
The verdict was at a deadlock. As long as the murderer behind the scenes did not commit a crime again, the real murderer could never be determined based on the clues now. What's even more terrifying is that perhaps the real murderer was not the three people who were confirmed this time. Thinking of this possibility, there was a fog in front of Bo Ruoyou, and she didn't know where to look for the next step.
Did she think wrong? The news about the Ming family case was not leaked by Huo Qinghong in the dojo in the south of the city?
Huo Weilou pondered for a moment and said, "I still have to go to Feiyunguan to investigate Li Shen. This person was pushed to the real murderer to take the blame. It must be because of his reason. And his low status, how did he have a connection with the real murderer? These may require all the lives of Li Shen to find out that before he returned to secular life and went to Yizhou, he learned the method of cultivating death, and used this to instigate the deception of money. The yamen needs to investigate when Li Shen was younger."
Sun Zhao should be so, Huo Weilou ordered Lin Huai again, "Li Shen's case does not need to be finalized. He will directly send the official documents back to Jingzhaoyi Yamen. He said to the public that Li Shen was not the murderer of the old case, and he could only be convicted of his murder of Wen Jin."
Lin Huai's eyebrows and eyes moved slightly, "Is this telling the murderer clearly that he should re-examine the old case?"
Huo Weilou said coldly: "The real culprit has probably already understood it. Since this is the case, we will investigate drasticly. If he is the direct commander, I will definitely speed up the death of the evidence. Although Duoshou died, the imperial guards did not leave any living seldom. However, he committed five cases. It is impossible for all the evidence and evidence involved in the period to disappear. We have not found it, but he must know that the more anxious he is, the more likely he is to make mistakes."
Everyone understood what he meant and took the orders and left. Huo Weilou and Bo Ruoyou sent them out. Before they could walk out of the yard, an embroidered robber came quickly from outside.
"Marty, the news that I just sent back outside the city is that Bo Zhongyi has an accident outside the city."
Everyone's expressions changed slightly. At this moment, something happened to Bo Zhongyi?
Huo Weilou Surong said: "What happened?"
"When he was refining the alchemy, the elixir furnace collapsed, the charcoal poured out, lit the house, and he himself was burned. Our people saw the people from his village running back to the city to ask for the imperial doctor."
A person who has been practicing alchemy all year round suddenly collapsed?
Huo Weilou frowned, "Is it fatal?"
"My subordinates don't know that at this time, the imperial doctor should have just left the city."
Lin Huai hesitated and said, "I heard that their alchemy furnaces are forged with fine iron, and they burn charcoal all year round. The furnace collapses often. And he was injured himself, so it should have nothing to do with the case, right?"
Huo Weilou ordered the embroiderer to "see which imperial doctor was going to consult, wait for people to come back, go and ask, see how the fire is in the village and where the injury is, and ask for details to report back."
The embroidered clothes sent a message, and Lin Huai and Sun Zhao also said goodbye.
Bo Ruoyou looked at the gloomy sky, "The real murderer has been hiding for many years and has also launched a scapegoat. It should not be the one who committed suicide because he was afraid of the exposure of his crime, but his pill house caught fire-"
Thinking of this, Bo Ruoyou shook his head, "The things you want to burn should have been burned long ago, so no one will stare at them, and there will be such a big stir."
Huo Wei said, "Let's wait for news."
Bo Ruoyou felt that he could only feel at ease after hearing the reward, so he stayed in the Hou Mansion. Now that the end of the year is approaching, the garden scenery built by the Hou Mansion has been cleaned up. Seeing that it was still early, Huo Weilou took Bo Ruoyou to the direction of the new garden.
Most of the courtyards with regular shapes were demolished earlier, creating exquisite water pavilions and pavilions in the south. However, it is difficult to get water in winter. There is only the bright snow that has set a few days ago in the pool, and the plum forest planted in the west has quietly spitted buds.
The wintersweet is fragrant. Although the red buds have not bloomed, they have already exposed their yellow stamens. Huo Weilou led Bo Ruoyou on the path covered with snow. The cold wind came and the sound of the two of them stepping on the snow was creaking.
After walking a few steps, Bo Ruoyou saw a pavilion in the plum tree with a plaque hanging on the pavilion with the words "Xuyou" written on it. These two words mean searching for You, but if Bo Ruoyou's name is included, it has a different meaning. The character is iron-painted silver hook, and it looks like Huo Weilou's handwriting. Bo Ruoyou stopped and looked up at the two words slightly insane.
"When did the Marquis write it? I don't know."
"More than a month ago, when I came back from the court one day, the people below came to ask how to name the pavilion, and I wrote it."
Bo Ruoyou turned his head to look at Huo Weilou again. His body was so erect and his back was as wide as he stood beside him, feeling a sense of stability without fear of the sky falling. Bo Ruoyou's heart suddenly jumped quickly, and a tiny light flashed in her deep eyes, as if ice was floating on the lake in early February. She pursed her lips and leaned towards Huo Weilou, "Oh, I'm so cold."
The mist on his lips spilled on Huo Weilou's chest. He held the man in his arms and pinched her cloak with his hands, "It's too thin. You're just recovering from a serious illness. Let's go back-"
Bo Ruoyou's face was buried in front of Huo Wei's lapel, his feet were not moving, and he shook his head silently.
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When the night fell, there was still no news outside the city. After so long, Huo Weilou began to wonder if Feng Qin would be worried about his life. He and Bo Ruoyou had dinner. When Ning Xiao arrived in the mansion, there was still no news about Feng Qin.
Ning Xiao came here to report the follow-up of the Golden Ointment Case. Bo Ruoyou listened without realizing his heart, looked at the sky and came out to talk to Eunuch Fu. He didn't know what he was going to say. After Huo Weilou said something to Ning Xiao for half an hour, she still didn't see her coming back. Huo Weilou was anxious.
Ning Xiao finished his discussion and was a little reluctant to say anything. Huo Weilou didn't mind him, "Go back and rest. The case of Fobao has been there in Lu Ke these days. If you have free time, share one or two for him."
Ning Xiao was already obedient in front of him, so he had to leave the mansion after hearing this. Huo Weilou came out to find Bo Ruoyou.
After searching outside the study room for a while, he didn't find anyone, so he asked someone, and the attendant said, "The county lord and father-in-law have gone to the living yard."
Huo Weilou raised his eyebrows high, and for a moment he couldn't say whether it was delicious or not. He thought to himself that in this Marquis' Mansion, he actually went out to find someone. Halfway through the entrance yard, he saw Eunuch Fu and Bo Ruoyou come back talking and laughing. When he saw him, the two of them smiled and looked at each other again, and then Bo Ruoyou trotted towards him.
Huo Weilou felt even more and more uncomfortable.
When someone ran to him, Huo Weilou held the person, looked at Eunuch Fu who was standing upright, and said suspiciously: "What have you gone to do?"
Bo Ruoyou blinked, "My father-in-law said there are two fun lanterns in the mansion, I'll go and take a look."
Huo Weilou glanced at Eunuch Fu and took her back, "What lanterns are there in the mansion? Why don't I know?"
Bo Ruoyou laughed, "The Marquis is busy with official duties, so he naturally doesn't know this. Has Deputy Commander Ning left?"
The two of them entered the warm room while talking. After waiting for another half an hour, they saw that the hour was approaching, and news finally came outside the city.
The embroidered clothes sent a flying ride to the mansion gate and rushed to the two of them.
"Boy Zhongyi was seriously injured. He said that the furnace had collapsed, and the burning carbon ash inside fell directly on his body. The left arm and shoulders were burned. The fire in the village was not big. Only one elixir room was burned, and some medicinal materials and elixirs were destroyed. The second young master had already left the city to serve the disease. The matter alarmed the palace. The Queen Mother and His Majesty both sent people out of the city to visit."
After hearing this, Huo Weilou's expression did not change, and Bo Ruoyou felt it was undoubtedly a little bit. When the embroidered clothes were backed up, he said, "It seems that it was really an accident, but the Empress Dowager and Your Majesty are quite concerned about the uncle."
Huo Wei said, "It's all because of Princess Anyang, and he is not interested in the career of officialdom, does not attract suspicion, and is quite filial to the empress dowager. In the eyes of Your Majesty, he is even more pure minister, so he has many cares for him."
Bo Ruoyou remembered what Cheng Yunzhi said, "The adoptive father said that Zhongyi Bo had a very good relationship with Princess Anyang. Princess Anyang has passed away for many years, but he has never reunited and only devoted himself to practicing Taoism."
Huo Weilou knew about this, "It is indeed the case."
After he finished speaking, he looked out. It was dark outside the window. When it was already midnight, he asked, "Why not stay in the Marquis' Mansion tonight? I will send someone back to Cheng's house to explain to Mr. Cheng."
Bo Ruoyou thought briefly, "Wait, marquis, wait."
After Bo Ruoyou finished speaking, he was about to go out without waiting for Huo Weilou to answer. He was a little surprised. When he was about to get up, Bo Ruoyou, who had already walked to the door, turned around and ordered: "Don't move, marquis."
Huo Weilou paused and sat back with a good look. Bo Ruoyou smiled deeply and turned around and ran out of the door.
Huo Weilou frowned and looked at the door. He thought it would be enough to wait for a while, but he didn't expect that half a cup of tea had passed. It was still quiet outside. His brows became tighter and tighter. He wanted to get up and go out to take a look, but he thought that Bo Ruoyou would not allow him to move. He changed three positions in a row, but he became more and more restless.
Just when he was about to be unable to bear it, footsteps came from outside, and Huo Weilou straightened his back. The next moment, Bo Ruoyou walked in with a tray, and a bowl of soup cakes were placed on it. From the cold, he was radiant and hot, and Huo Weilou was stunned.
He sat still and did not move, Bo Ruoyou walked towards him slowly, and she smiled and said, "My son has passed, today is the birthday of the Marquis--"
Huo Weilou's pupils trembled slightly, and she slowly approached and presented the bowl of soup cakes in front of him. "I wish the Marquis auspicious birthday, like the constant moon, like the rising sun, like the longevity of the southern mountain, whether it is not hiding or collapse, like the lushness of pines and cypresses, all of which may be born. "
Her eyes were as bright as stars, "Please eat longevity noodles-"
Huo Weilou's heart suddenly became hot, and his eyes became a little hot. Today is the 21st of the twelfth lunar month, and even he himself never remembered it. The soup cake was steaming and the foggy smoked his eyes. He moved his fingertips, and then leaned over, took the tray and placed it on the table beside him, and pulled the person to his knees.
"I just walked away from Fu'an, for this?"
Bo Ruoyou nodded, "Every year after the birthday, his adoptive father cooked me for birthday noodles. When he was young, he coaxed me and said that the longer the noodles, the longer the life span of a person will be. A few days earlier, I asked my father-in-law if he had a birthday. My father-in-law said that the marquis never had a birthday, and only went to visit His Highness the princess on the birthday. I thought, the marquis also had to eat the birthday noodles. This noodles should be used quickly. May the marquis live a hundred years long. Tomorrow I will accompany the marquis to visit His Highness the Princess, the marquis—"
“Um…”
His lips were kissed, and he sucked all the rest of Bo Ruoyou into his stomach. He held her lips and grinded it, breaking his teeth, looking for her fragrant tongue and twisting it, instantly taking away Bo Ruoyou's breathing.
Her cheeks became hot, and her waist became soft and she couldn't help but climb onto his shoulders. At this time, his kiss swam from her lips and headed towards her cheeks and ears. The next moment, the soft ear beads were held in sucking. The wet pleasure made her back numb. She collapsed and leaned against his chest and held her inexplicably unbearable. She seemed comfortable and uncomfortable. She shrank and tightened, and finally pushed her onto his chest with trembling.
Her breathing was hot, and her body was also hot. Huo Weilou was not better than her. Chen Mo's eyes were filled with fire and could not be suppressed by the hot press. But when she pushed him, his spiritual sense was awake a little. He pressed the person in his arms again, his chest was undulating. After a while, he picked up the soup cake on the table.
Chapter completed!