Chapter 90 Turn 02(1/2)
Following the bluestone path, passing a lotus pond that drew water from the Luo River, you will reach the Bianzhuang that the Yachae said. Bianzhuang is located between a hidden bamboo forest, with white walls and gray tiles and continuous eaves. It is both transcendent and elegant like a hermit and quite grand. Before Bo Ruoyou and his party even got close, they saw the door of the mansion open wide, and there were carriages and horses parked in front of the mansion, and there were constant servants coming and going. It seemed that there was a banquet for guests in the mansion today.
Wu Xiang raised his eyebrows, "It looks lively, I'm afraid we'll be offended when we come to the door."
Even so, Wu Xiang did not snatch his horse. Soon, the group stopped in front of the mansion. When they got closer, they saw seven or eight carriages parked outside the mansion, all of which were covered with red painted treasures, silver saddles and brocade bridles, and servants with good clothes were in and out, holding various bonsai flowers in their arms.
Wu Xiang and his party were wearing yamen's public uniforms. As soon as they arrived at the door, they immediately attracted several servants to stop and look in. One of them trotted into the door. Not long after, a man who looked like a manager slowly walked out of the door.
The manager was over 100 years old, but when he saw Wu Xiang and his party, he was calm and bowed to Wu Xiang, "What are the business operations of a few men?"
Wu Xiang said, "We are from the Jingzhao Prefecture Office. A murder case has occurred nearby. I heard that there have been people living in your mansion, so I came to check if there are any abnormal places."
The manager was calm, "We are here at Bo's Mansion--"
Seeing Wu Xiang's face turned confused, the manager said again: "Do you know Bo, who has three ministers in the capital?"
Wu Xiang suddenly realized, "It turns out it's this Bo family. No matter which family you are from, there is a case to ask, and you also need to cooperate."
The manager walked two steps to the side, "As soon as the messenger asked, I will definitely tell you everything."
Wu Xiang looked into the mansion, "Since the New Year, people have been living here?"
The manager nodded, "Yes, my eldest son has been living here. The eldest son is studying hard here, preparing to end the next year's scientific examination. What's the murder case? Is there any mistake in living in his own farm?"
Wu Xiang narrowed his eyes and looked at the manager, "Is there a pregnant woman in your house?"
The manager was stunned and laughed: "Of course there isn't. Our young master hasn't married yet, and the men are too old to take concubines. Where did the pregnant women come from?"
Wu Xiang pondered for a moment, "Do you know who has ever seen a pregnant woman in a village nearby?"
The manager thought about it and shook his head confusedly, "I really don't know this. The villain doesn't walk around here on weekdays. Although he knows who the heads of the families around him are named, he will not inquire about other people's private affairs."
Wu Xiang looked into the door of the mansion again, "Today's house is there for guests?"
The manager smiled and said, "It's not a banquet, but a son and a lady from the family. He just invited a few friends to visit."
Wu Xiang nodded, thinking about what else to ask, but saw several people coming out of the mansion. The head of the head looked handsome and tall. It was Lin Zhao, the son of the Minister of Justice. Lin Zhao had followed Lin Huai to Jingzhao Prefecture. Wu Xiang recognized it because of this. When Lin Zhao saw him, he looked surprised, "Captain Wu?"
Wu Xiang bowed, "Young Master Lin!"
The manager saw that Wu Xiang and Mr. Lin met Mr. Lin, so he took a step back and said nothing more. Lin Zhao walked down the steps and said curiously: "Why is Captain Wu here? Are you here to handle the case?"
After saying that, Lin Zhao saw the extra carriage behind him, "Miss Bo?"
Bo Ruoyou was lifting the curtain and looking outside. After meeting him like this, she had to get off the carriage and walk to Wu Xiang, and be blessed again, "Young Master Lin."
Lin Zhao smiled and said, "Miss Bo is here too. She is here to ask about the case. Why? What case has been born nearby?"
Wu Xiang naturally concealed Lin Zhao less, "Yes, there was a case of infanticide nearby."
"Lin Zhao, this is-"
Suddenly, a clear man's voice suddenly sounded, but several people behind him came up. Bo Ruoyou looked up and saw another man of double 10 years old following behind. Later, several young men and women were coming together. It was a coincidence that Bo Ruoyou had seen two of them, Bo Yixian and Wei Jun.
Lin Zhao said, "Yixuan, this is the person from the Jingzhao Government Office, who is here to investigate the case." He said, and said to Wu Xiang again, "Captain Wu, this is the eldest son of the Bo family."
Bo Yixuan walked up to him. He was tall and handsome, with a tall face and a handsome personality. He was only one or two years younger than Lin Zhao and had not entered the officialdom. He looked a little childish. At this time, Bo Yixian and Wei Jun who came up from behind came up.
They looked at Bo Ruoyou together, and Wei Jun said first: "Miss Bo, we are meeting again."
The inside story of Wei Ling's case has been found out, but Bo Ruoyou has never seen Wei Jun again after that. Seeing that she took the initiative to say hello to her, she also bent her lips and nodded. At this time, Wei Jun looked at Lin Zhao, "Young Master Lin also recognizes Bo Junji?"
When he heard that Bo Ruoyou was a coroner, the men and women following them all whispered, but Lin Zhao smiled calmly, "Yes, I saw it when I was in Luozhou. Miss Bo's autopsy skills are excellent and are quite appreciated by the Marquis."
Wei Jun and Bo Yixian both remembered Huo Weilou's intimate journey to Bo Ruoyou that day, and did not say anything for a while.
Lin Zhao looked at Wu Xiang, "Captain Wu, what are you going to ask, but what can you help?"
Wu Xiang pondered for a moment, and saw that there were too many people at this time and could not inform the entire case, so as not to cause trouble. He said, "I am looking for someone who has lived nearby for a long time. I have just asked the manager of the mansion and have not asked anything."
Lin Zhao pondered for a moment, "Where is the place where the crime happened?"
Wu Xiang said: "On the rocky beach in the lower reaches of the Luo River."
Lin Zhao's expression moved slightly, "My farm is downstream. Although there are not often owners in the mansion, there are two very safe villages living there. Why don't you call them here? How can you ask?"
When ordinary people heard the murder case, they apart from the curiosity at first, but they didn't want to get involved with it at all. Lin Zhao was very enthusiastic. Wu Xiang was worried that he could not find a trustworthy person who knew the truth and asked. Lin Zhao's words solved his urgent needs.
"That's the best, please don't worry, young master."
Lin Zhao smiled and said, "No need to worry." After saying that, he waved to the attendant and asked them to go to the village general to call the head of the village.
At this time, Bo Yixuan said, "Then let them wait here, let's go first."
The group seemed to have made an appointment to go where Lin Zhao was like this, which made everyone delay here for a while. Lin Zhao pondered for a moment, but said, "You can take the lead, I will stay and help Captain Wu ask."
Bo Yixuan hesitated for a moment, glanced at Bo Yixian and said, "But everything is ready on the river bank, but my sister has prepared it myself."
Bo Yixian stood behind, and when he heard the words, he kept his eyes closed. Bo Ruoyou saw it in his eyes, as sharp as her, so he naturally knew that Bo Yixuan's words had a deep meaning. At this time, Lin Zhao smiled calmly and said, "I know, I will follow you soon. You can go first, you know, my father is in the Ministry of Justice, and helping them is my father."
Bo Yixuan had nothing to say now, and looked at Bo Ruoyou again, then walked away. Wei Jun and Bo Yixian also followed. Bo Yixian took a few steps and turned around, his eyebrows frowned slightly, and seven or eight other men and women followed, and they walked far away. They looked back at Bo Ruoyou, a female coroner, and it was the first time everyone saw him.
Bo Ruoyou stood still. At this time, he looked at the door of Bo's family village, and then at the men and women who had left their clothes and hair. His expression was a little deep, but Lin Zhao thought she didn't like being surrounded by people. "Miss Bo, don't mind it. They are ignorant and have never seen a woman make a coroner."
Bo Ruoyou held his lips and shook his head, "Nothing."
Lin's family's village is not far away, but it has to wait for some time. At this time, Lin Zhao also looked at the direction where those people had left, "The second lady of the Wei family has been finished. The eldest lady has been staying in her door these days. This time, because all the people who come here are friends, she also came."
I don’t know who said this to anyone, but Wu Xiang said: “Fortunately, the case was solved, and it can be considered an explanation to the spirit of the girls in the sky.”
Although the case was taken over by the embroidered robber, Wu Xiang was one of them, so he had no mistake in his answer. Lin Zhao nodded, "Yes, I just didn't expect another case to have such a soon, and there will be more peace in the capital this year."
Wu Xiang shook his head, "It's hard to say whether this case is born inside or outside the city."
Bo Ruoyou didn't know what he thought of, and his mind was obviously not on their conversation. At this time, he did not respond. Lin Zhao said again: "Miss Bo--"
Bo Ruoyou came back to his senses and saw Lin Zhao pointing to his neck. He frowned and asked, "It seems that he is injured?"
Although Bo Ruoyou's injury on his neck was healed most of the time, he could still see a faint mark when he was close. She felt that the story was long, but Wu Xiang spoke for her, "It was injured, which was the case of the second lady of the Wei family the last time. The murderer was a cruel character. Xiao Bo saw it when he was taking the autopsy for the first time. Later, the government investigated it deeper and deeper, and this person actually became jealous of Xiao Bo, touched Xiao Bo's place, and kidnapped Xiao Bo--"
Lin Zhao's expression changed drastically when he heard this. He was in the Hanlin Academy. Have you ever seen such a dangerous thing?
Wu Xiang sighed, "Poor Xiao Bo suffered a lot and almost... Fortunately, there was an embroidered clothing man who was there that night, and he found the murderer in time, otherwise Xiao Bo would not be here now."
Lin Zhao's expression was slightly deeper, "Although Miss Bo's autopsy technique is very good, it is just an ordinary woman's strength and body technique."
Wu Xiang looked at Bo Ruoyou with pity, "No, after this incident, I still think that I will hear Xiaobo no longer act as a coroner in the yamen, but I don't want to wait for a few days, but I haven't heard of this. Xiaobo, although you are a woman, I respect you as a man!"
Bo Ruoyou was so amused and laughed, "Above the autopsy, the captain can use me as a man."
Wu Xiang smiled happily, but Lin Zhao's expression was a little complicated. The group stood by the roadside and waited for less than a stick of incense. The head of the village on the Lin family's village arrived. The two of them lived in the Lin family's village for many years, and were close to the lower reaches of the Luo River. They all know a lot about the He family to which the nearby mountains and forests belonged to, and which private house is from which powerful households in the capital.
Wu Xiang asked what he had asked before, but before he could find out anything, the head of the village said: "The mother has never heard of it. Most of the people in the nearby villages live all year round, and it has caused a healthy baby. It is unlikely that the families in the nearby villages, let alone the masters, even those who work as long-term workers at the bottom can make a living. As long as they are born without illness or disaster, there is no reason to abandon a good child."
Wu Xiang frowned slightly, "What if it's a shameful child?"
The two shopkeepers looked at each other, "Although they are a girl, they are not as good as men, why are children shameful? And harming newborn children is a blessing, and no one will do this in ordinary cases."
Wu Xiang frowned and pondered for a moment, saying, "Let's do this now. If you think of something, come to the government to report that we will come to visit again in the next few days."
After the two shop leaders responded, Lin Zhao ordered them to go back on their own. Seeing Wu Xiang frowning, Lin Zhao said, "Is there any other reason? There are many powerful families nearby, and I am afraid they are not easy to visit. Even if there are any shameful secrets, it is difficult to ask clearly. Although these servants have been here all year round, if others have the intention to cover up, they will find clues."
This was exactly what Wu Xiang thought. He responded, thinking that there was someone waiting for Lin Zhao, and then said, "Young Master, go, we have to go somewhere else to see. Thank you, my husband, so I won't delay you."
Lin Zhao smiled and Ying Wudun, bowed again, and followed in the direction where the people just left.
Wu Xiang looked at his back and sighed, "It's really good, I deserve to be the son of Minister Lin."
Bo Ruoyou nodded, and Wu Xiang said, "It seems that according to what you said, you need to check it carefully and see the changes in the exchanges between the people in the village and the food and clothing over the past six months. Not to mention anything else, the food eaten by pregnant women is very different from others. The food cannot be all owned. It is always necessary to buy it, and there are doctors and other things-"
"Ah yes, doctor!" Wu Xiang said as he said, his eyes lit up, "You always need fetal pills!"
Wu Xiang immediately called a few yamen servants around him, "You go around and ask if there are any medicine shops and clinics nearby, and choose the ones that are nearby first."
The yamen staff dispersed to investigate. Wu Xiang glanced at Bo's village again, turned around and left Bo Ruoyou. Bo Ruoyou lifted the curtain of the carriage and said, "If you want to start with the doctor, the scope of investigation will be extremely large, and it is also possible for doctors in the capital to do so."
Wu Xiang was having a headache, "This kind of case with few clear clues is the most difficult to deal with. I don't know how many months it will be for investigation. If I can get something, I'm afraid that the longer the time will delay, the less I get."
Bo Ruoyou thought for a moment, "There is still that piece of cloth."
Wu Xiang looked at her and Bo Ruoyou said, "Although I am not good at embroidery, the embroidery patterns are very complicated. After returning to Beijing, I have also visited several silk shops, but I have not seen such embroidery items. I think it is not a very special thing. Why not go back to the capital to check and see which shops sell embroidery items in the classics."
Wu Xiang was sure to be a god, "I forgot if you don't say it, and I can't see anything about that thing. I'm still in the charity house. Today I'll return to Beijing, so I'll ask them to investigate."
Soon, the yamen who went to the pharmacy to inquire about the pharmacy and the clinic came back, but said that there was only one pharmacy nearby. Wu Xiang immediately took a look and went there. When he arrived, he was an old doctor over 60 years old. The medicinal materials in the shop were not complete. Most of them were long-time servants nearby, and villagers from far away came to get medicine for treatment.
When asked about the fetal pills, the old doctor waved his hand and said, "Most fetal pills are nourishing. I don't have complete medicinal materials here. If someone comes to get the medicine, I will just prescribe a prescription for them to get the medicine elsewhere. In the past six months, no one has come here to ask about the prescription for fetal pills."
Wu Xiang and Bo Ruoyou had to return in disappointment. It took half a day to come and go. Seeing that the sun had set in the west, Wu Xiang left several yamen to visit the village farther away, and he took Bo Ruoyou back to the capital.
When she returned to Beijing, it was already sunset. Wu Xiang had to go and ask about the cloth, so she separated from Bo Ruoyou at the city gate. Although she had nothing to do on this trip, she had already left the city. Although she was not as leisurely as those young men and women who went out in bright clothes and horses, she actually wiped out the depression she had been recuperating for several days. She didn't expect to go to Bo's village.
Today, I not only met my cousin’s sister, but also my cousin’s brother.
Bo Ruoyou sighed and was thinking, but the carriage suddenly stopped. She suspected that she lifted the curtain and arrived so soon?
The curtain of the car was lifted up, but he didn't arrive at Cheng's house. The carriage was blocked on the imperial road. It was a garment embroidered man who was standing in front of the carriage. When she saw her lifting the curtain and bowing, "Miss Bo, the Marquis is back, he wants to see you."
Bo Ruoyou's eyes lit up slightly, "Half Marquis returns to the city? Where is it?"
"I'm waiting for you in the Marquis' Mansion."
It was dusk, and Bo Ruoyou looked at the sky and surrendered. The carriage galloped along the imperial road, and stopped in front of the Marquis' Mansion after two incense sticks.
After a few days of separation, the Marquis' Mansion has not changed at all, but her mood today is very different. Thinking of Huo Weilou's words, she couldn't feel calm. This trip was not followed by orders, but seemed to be about to make an appointment.
To be continued...