“Daily Song Yu has been to Taoist Temple in the city.” Huo Weilou stared.
Bo Ruo stood up slowly, his squatting legs were numb, and the people shook. “Remember that when I was in Qingzhou, every time before and after Qingming and cold food in Taoist temples, I used mugwort to make a lot of mugwort cakes and gave them to the temple. Those who worship the ancestors will also give merits to the poor people, but I don’t know whether there is such a custom in Beijing.”
“Yes.” Huo Weilou stepped forward and pulled a chair beside her, “Sit down and rest.”
Bo Ruoyou hesitated, Huo Weilou raised his sword eyebrows slightly, held her waist with his hand, and sat down with her hands on her waist. Her face became hot, and he quickly glanced at the door of the wing. Huo Weilou looked at her like this and endured Unable to keep the pupil dark.
Bo Ruoyou didn’t realize it, and said to himself: “Mugwort is a medicine. Ordinary people seldom use it to make cakes. They just don’t know why. Now it’s near Qingming, maybe you go to worship the ancestors?”
There are many believers in Buddhism in Beijing, and many believers. Some worship the ancestor’s tablet in Taoist temples and often go to worship. After this, Bo Ruoyou asked: “Aren’t Mr. Song’s wife and children in the mansion?”
It was quiet all the way into the mansion tonight, as if there were few living people in this mansion.
Huo Wei said: “A month ago, when the affairs of Weicang in Qinshui County were revealed, he sent his wife and children back to his hometown and dismissed some servants. His clan is in Yunzhou. It is said that his clan is quite large. The uncle is still here.”
Bo Ruoyou’s eyebrows jumped, “He deliberately sent his wife and children away?”
Huo Weilou nodded, “Probably so.”
Bo Ruoyou didn’t ask any more, just turned his eyes to look at the corpse on the ground. The position of the servant is high, and this person is not too confused. If there is another three to five years, perhaps he can go further. If he is not involved in right and wrong, How could it die?
“After being infected with this poison, depending on the dose, you can die within an hour or two or a few days, often with vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal cramps. Lord Hou said that when he returned to the house, he collapsed and thought he had a bad stomach after eating. At that time, he was already poisoned and unwell, and his esophagus and stomach had many congestion and edema lesions, which also showed that the poisoning had been for a long time. Therefore, even if the visitor from the house later, it was probably not related to his poisoning.”
After speaking, Bo Ruoyou looked at Huo Weilou, “He has no trauma, but if he wants to commit suicide, he should have committed suicide without taking poison outside, and I see that his study and secret rooms are a bit messy, and there is still something in the inkstone corner of the book case. The dry Yu Mo, he should have used his pen after he returned to the palace, and he didn’t stop him from trying to boil medicine for him. Obviously it was not a sign of suicide and taking poison.”
“Master Hou wants to know where he has been in the daytime and who he has seen, right?”
Bo Ruoyou looked at him with beautiful eyes in black and white, Huo Weilou nodded, and she squatted down again. Song Yu died of gas before nightfall. According to the poisoning state, it should be three hours after the poison was taken internally, and it was after noon, and this wormwood cake Xu was used for lunch. Song Yu left the palace in the next dynasty. Mostly he went to the Taoist temple first, and then spent the whole day at the Taoist temple?
Bo Ruoyou was a little disappointed by the lack of autopsy. She stitched up the corpse while taking out rice vinegar and smearing it on the corpse. She said, “I can only see him going to the Taoist temple at the moment. The poisoning should come to Shenshizhi at noon. At that time, I felt uncomfortable when I returned home. I met guests after returning home. He died of poison. There are many Taoist temples in the city. At this time, I am afraid that there are wormwood cakes. Master Song may have met other people in Taoist temples. Poison is not necessarily eaten with mugwort cake.”
Bo Ruoyou raised his eyes to look at him, “I find the Taoist temple that Master Song has been to. Most of the people in the temple will notice when his expression is wrong. This is very toxic. If there is discomfort, it is extremely difficult to hide. He may have used it before It’s just that I should have vomited before, and there is not much food left in the stomach, so I can’t see anything else for a while.”
Huo Weilou nodded and said: “This is already very good. He did not bring his entourage today, nor did he let the chariots and horses follow him. One point is enough.”
Huo Wei Building finished speaking and out of the wing. Everyone outside was dozing off. When they heard the movement, they all woke up. Huo Wei Building called Lu Ke and said: “Today, after Song Yu disappeared, I went to the Taoist temple and immediately went to interrogate the servants in the mansion. , To see if he has an ancestor tablet enshrined in Taoist temples.”
Luke answered, and everyone else stood up, and Zhao Xi also asked: “Cousin, who might have found out who poisoned?”
Huo Weilou stared at him, “I haven’t found out yet, but it has been confirmed that he was poisoned before returning home. The poisoning has nothing to do with your uncle for the time being.”
Zhao Xi’s eyes lit up, “I knew that Uncle couldn’t be involved in these right and wrong!”
However, Huo Wei said: “But he doesn’t want to say why he came to Song Mansion in the afternoon. Song Yu lost something in this study. Since he concealed it, he became more suspicious. It is not easy to get rid of the crime.”
Zhao Xi grimaced, “What should I do? Maybe let me see Uncle?”
Huo Weilou said coldly: “You might as well ask your Majesty to see if he allows you to see Chang Ninghou.”
Zhao Xi’s face collapsed, “How can my father allow me?” He looked at a few people around him, and couldn’t help but said: “You let me go in to see it privately, and my father won’t know it anyway.”
Huo Weilou shook his head helplessly, as if he felt that he was uncarving, turned around and entered the wing. Zhao Xi sighed, and Lin Huai coughed softly. On the contrary, there are all harms and no benefits.”
In the wing room, Bo Ruoyou sewed up the corpse, and then covered the body with her inner shirt. There was a lot of blood on her guard. Huo Weilou ordered people to bring in water. When she cleaned her hand, she took off the guard and went again. Look at Song Yu’s shoes and shirts.
After Song Yu left the palace, he changed into casual clothes and ordered the attendants to return to the house first. At the moment, thin Ruoyou saw the robe but ordinary lake silk, and the shoes were not expensive. Thin Ruoyou took a closer look at the opening of the robe. Several wrinkles that were about to fade away were found everywhere.
Nowadays, when the spring and summer meet, most of the gowns are light and thin. The thinner the silk, the easier it is to leave creases. When Song Yu died on the table, he left an indentation on the front of the breast, but it was thin. The newly discovered traces were not caused by compression.
She lifted her clothes and looked at the flames in the corner, only to realize that the trace was more like being held by someone. Huo Weilou couldn’t help but step forward when she saw her staring at the clothes, “What?”
Bo Ruoyou said: “Song Lord today, I am afraid that he will have a life dispute with him. There is a crease on his front flap…” She said and looked at Huo Weilou, “It’s more like working with a man and being caught by someone. The collar.”
Huo Weilou could not understand it better. At this time, Ning Xiao came back from the outside and stood at the door of the wing and said, “Master Hou, I asked my servant. The servant said that Song Yu does not have the habit of going to Taoist temples. Only Mrs. Song believes this at home, but she Believe in Buddhism and not believe.”
This is even more weird, Huo Weilou said: “Then we can only check, the Taoist temples in the city, and all the investigations, mainly to see which Taoist temples have wormwood cake, Song Yu has eaten this thing in the day.”
It was not a clueless investigation. This made Ning Xiao look up. He turned around. When Huo Weilou turned his head, he saw Bo Ruoyou holding Song Yu’s boots, looking at his dirty soles, and he stepped forward. Come, “It’s too late, I’ll send you home.”
Bo Ruoyou did not answer. She stared at Song Yu’s boots carefully, and quickly found a bamboo tweezers from the box, and then shaved away the thin mud stains on the soles, and pulled out a needle from the depression. The black particles of the size are extremely small. If you don’t pay attention, they will be mixed with mud stains. It is difficult to tell that the soles are stained. After the boots are placed for two more days, the mud stains will dry and fall off. Fortunately, she found out.
She took the tweezers and looked at the fire candle, with hesitation floating in her eyes, “Master Hou, are these boots worn by Master Song today?”
Huo Weilou nodded, “I asked his attendants earlier, and said that after changing all the official clothes and boots, he left alone. The clothes and boots are all clean things that have been changed and washed.”
This pair of boots has new surfaces and no abrasion on the soles of the feet. The new work has not been worn twice. A thin layer of mud stains is normal, so this thing is left today.
Bo Ruoyou murmured: “Like a flower seed, but I don’t know what kind of flower it is.”
She neatly found a veil to wrap this thing up, “I have to figure out what this thing is.” She went to look at the sky outside. She had been here for more than two hours, and it was almost midnight. When I stood up, I felt sore back and tired. “Master Hou is going to return home?”
Huo Weilou did not answer, but said: “I will send you back first.”
Bo Ruoyou thought about how many people were in the hall, and he hesitated: “Master Hou doesn’t need to follow, why don’t you send someone to take me back?”
Huo Weilou squinted his eyes, didn’t bother to pay attention to her, turned and went out and said: “It’s late at night, and it’s temporarily gone. There is no need to publicize this matter. If the Secretary has a charter tomorrow, I will naturally inform you.”
Zhao Xi couldn’t stand it for a long time. When he heard this, his face was joyful, and the other people’s eyebrows were slightly loose. Seeing Bo Ruoyou’s low eyebrows followed Huo Weilou, Lin Huai couldn’t talk specifically to her, and the group went out together. After leaving, Huo Wei Lou called the Embroiderer and gave a few words as he walked. When he turned back, he saw Bo Ruoyou standing by the corridor waiting for her.
His heart was hot, he quickly stepped forward, silently took the wooden box in her hand, and the two of them moved their hands apart. Bo Ruoyou glanced at him, and turned his mind back from the case, only to feel that he was serious It was very different in the past.
When they arrived at the gate of the mansion, everyone was waiting. Huo Weilou ordered them to return home, and then walked to the carriage with Bo Ruoyou. The few people looked at each other for a moment when they saw that there was something wrong, but they saw that Huo Weilou looked serious. Don’t reveal the abnormality, dare not talk too much.
Zhao Xi was already in the carriage. At this moment, he raised the curtains and watched Bo Ruoyou get into the carriage in Huowei Building. He raised his brows and said to himself: “Is this a girl from the Bo family…”
The attendant asked outside: “His Royal Highness, do you want to go back to the palace?”
Zhao Xi put down the curtain and responded, and suddenly opened the curtain again and asked the companions outside, “The girl just now, how do you look like?”
The two servants with knives looked at each other for a moment, and one of them said humanely: “The birth is extremely beautiful.”
The other person also nodded hurriedly.
Zhao Xi squinted his eyes, which made the carriage move.
As soon as Bo Ruoyou took his seat, he showed two worries, “There are too few clues. If you can’t find anything in the Taoist temple, I’m afraid it will be difficult to determine the murderer.”
Huo Weilou raised her lips and beckoned to make her sit closer to him. Bo Ruoyou moved closer to him. He leaned in and moved closer to her. “It’s so late, it’s better to go to Hou Resting?”
Bo Ruoyou was still thinking that he was going to talk about the case, but he didn’t want to say such words. Suddenly, his cheeks were reddish and his body shrank back, “How can I do that?”
Huo Weilou looked at her, “What are you afraid of?”
Bo Ruoyou couldn’t help leaning back a little further, “It’s not a good match for Li, no, absolutely not—”
She was a little flustered, and Huo Weilou said such words, and the two were in the carriage, inexplicably reminding her of the words that lone men and widows were in the same room, Huo Weilou looked at her like a frightened bird, and was embarrassed and inexplicably tight. With a chuckle, something moved in his heart, and his leaning body couldn’t help but move closer to her.
The distance between the two was no more than two fists. Seeing him getting closer, Bo Ruoyou felt a burst of blood rushing toward the door, like a fire on her cheeks. She raised her hand and pushed it against Huo Weilou’s chest, for fear. He hit himself.
Huo Weilou was pushed by her, and grabbed her hand, his eyes filled with an overwhelming expression, and the tone became calmer, “What’s the matter?”
Bo Ruoyou was holding his hand, trying to break free but unable to break free, and said annoyed: “Master Hou, be more stable.”
Huo Weilou squeezed her hand and dropped it on his own heart, “Where am I unstable?” He said, knuckles moved slightly, holding her hand tighter, inexplicably touching people’s hearts, as if suppressing something.
The enthusiasm spread from the cheeks to the neck, Bo Ruoyou couldn’t laugh or cry, “Master Hou was not like this before—”
“Which was I? Wouldn’t it be weirder if I treated you like I used to?”
Bo Ruoyou glared at him helplessly, the light was dim, and the bottom of his eyes seemed to be covering the sparks. She was a little scared when she saw her.
Huo Weilou stared at her for a moment, and finally got a little farther away, but his eyes lingered on her, as if he wanted to see enough in this moment to be reconciled. At this time, the curtains were moved by the night wind, thin Ruoyou’s eyes made a mistake. Seeing that this is the way to Changxingfang.
She couldn’t help but lift the curtain to see, the street scene outside the carriage was familiar, and she really went to Changxing Fang!
She turned her eyes to look at Huo Wei Building in annoyance. Huo Wei Building’s eyebrows and eyes were filled with joy, “Knowing that you will not return to the Hou Mansion.”
She was completely relieved, knowing that he was teasing her, and shook her head for a while. Seeing that although he was holding her hand, she was far away, she whispered: “I am here today. Master Hou does the job, but Master Hou always…I don’t know what Master Hou thinks all day…”
Huo Weilou looked up and down her body, but he held back what he wanted to say, and looked a little more positive, “I have been busy these few days, it is difficult to see you, I consciously missed it. The one in front of you is not Wu Zhaohou, and you are not a work.” As he leaned forward, he said, half sincere and half profound: “I am a man. If I don’t want to be close to someone who is happy, I should really answer the rumors— —”
Bo Ruoyou only felt that the whole body was overwhelmed by the heat of Huo Wei’s building, and his face was thicker than the city wall, so he would never follow the rules in front of her again. She gritted her teeth and said: “Then I won’t follow Master Hou on errands!”
Huo Weilou suddenly smiled, “Well, if you really don’t do anything wrong because of this, then it means that you are thinking more heavily on me now.”
These words were helpless and shameless, Bo Ruoyou clenched his fists, wishing to wave his handsome face, of course her words were angrily, and she was the foundation of her life, and she would not do anything wrong in any case.
Huo Weilou didn’t laugh, and saw enough of her look, before he began to speak softly and kindly, “Go back and rest. If the investigation goes smoothly, there is no need to work hard in this case. If there is anything wrong with it, I have to come and find Bo Yazuo again.” After a pause, she said again: “Tonight you are more focused than before, but because of listening to those words?”
He took a bite and made a thin mouthful, with some flattering intentions, Bo Ruoyou’s eyes flashed, and Huo Weilou could see it clearly before hesitating, his eyes were darker, the sparks were gone, showing a bit of solemnity, and he couldn’t bear it. He held her hand and rubbed his cheek, and then said warmly: “Youyou, you have this heart, you are sympathetic to me.”
When Bo Ruoyou heard this, he only felt that Microsoft was in his heart. At this time, the carriage slowly stopped, but Cheng Zhai had arrived. He stopped harassing her at this time, but let her go back to rest. Bo Ruoyou looked at him. Master Hou also go back and rest, don’t be too tired.”
Huo Weilou smiled deeper and naturally responded. Bo Ruo took a faint breath, some wanted to escape from this sultry place, and some were unwilling to give up, but she still carried the box and got out of the carriage neatly.
After entering the house, Bo Ruoyou felt his heart beating very quickly calmed down. She didn’t know whether Huo Weilou would really return to the Hou Mansion to rest, but she only hoped that the current case would go smoothly, so as to make him work less.
At this time, not much time before dawn, Bo Ruoyou was very sleepy. After taking a bath, she rested. She woke up the next morning and remembered the flower seeds that she had brought back. She ran to the main hall a little anxiously and put her handkerchief in her handkerchief. The seeds were carefully shown to Cheng Yunzhi.
“Foster father, take a look, what is this?”
Cheng Yunzhi frowned and looked at her palm, “Where did this come from?”
“Last night I followed Hou Ye’s post-mortem, only one was found on the sole of the deceased’s shoe. I looked at the seed that looked like a flower, but I couldn’t remember it. The mother-in-law planted many flowers and plants in the past, but the seed was not as small as this. Many, you know so well, can you recognize it?”
Cheng Yunyi heard that it was related to the case, and he solemnly checked it in his palm, and squeezed it with his hand. After a moment of contemplation, he turned and entered the study room. There were a lot of medical books and books back home, so he also set up a study room. After entering the house at the moment, he walked straight to several books on pharmacology.
Bo Ruo Youxin Dao Cheng Yunzhi really had some clues, so he waited beside him, and Cheng Yunzhi took out four or five medicinal material collections at a time, looking through the books one by one. , But it’s not necessarily a flower seed, but I didn’t think about it clearly for a while, waiting for me to look for it.”
These collections of medicinal materials are hard to see in the world, and many of them are isolated copies handed down from the Cheng family. Seeing that he has found meticulously, Bo Ruoyou also took a copy and looked for it carefully. The father and daughter searched for a long time. At a certain moment, Cheng Yunzhi Suddenly beckoned to her, “Girl, come and see, is this a thing?”
Bo Ruoyou walked over, only to see the medicine named “Beauty Smile” blindly.
Cheng Yunzhi said: “This material is a medicinal material, and it is also a flower in the mountains. The sepals are green, the petals are purple, the stems are pavilions, the flowers are gorgeous, the fragrant and aromatic, there are fruits, and both fruits and husks can be used as medicine. The intestine, cough, pain and hypnosis are equivalent, and it can also be used as a drug. Its seed is such a small appearance, but it does not grow in the capital, and it is quite rare to find it in the mountains and wilds. It is very delicate. Things.”
Bo Ruoyou took the booklet and read it carefully. The more he looked at it, the more he realized it was the seed of this thing, but the book also wrote that this thing likes hot and humid places and is not easy to survive. She looked a little suspicious, Beijing. The climate is indeed not hot and humid. “If it is not easy to survive in an ordinary place, then…will someone carefully maintain this item? The foster father said that this item is gorgeous and might be cultivated carefully. After all, the rich and famous in Beijing like it Things.”
Cheng Yunzhi pondered for a moment, “This thing seems to be supported by a good red red clay——”
Hearing this, Bo Ruoyou felt a familiar feeling in his mind, but before she could think through it, Zhou Liang walked in from outside, “Master, young lady, the young master is here——”
Bo Ruoyou looked up from the booklet, Bo Yixuan came?
The father and daughter looked at each other, and both were a little surprised. When the two of them came together, they saw Bo Yixuan waiting outside with a few gifts. Seeing Cheng Yunzhi, he was very polite and respectful. After exchanging greetings with Cheng Yunzhi, he found out that it was Bo Jingli and his wife who asked him to come to visit.
Cheng Yunzhi is naturally quite tolerant and friendly to the juniors. After talking to him for a while, he wants to keep him for dinner, but Bo Yixuan shirks and bluntly said that he would go out of the city to study at Zhuangzi. , But when he left, he said to Bo Ruoyou: “Second sister, will you send me off? It just so happens that I have something to say to you.”
Bo Ruoyou didn’t know, so she felt that Bo Yixuan didn’t have much affection with her, and could not say anything good, but he still sent him out. When he arrived at the door of Cheng’s house, Bo Yixuan sighed and turned his eyes to look at Bo Ruoyou, “You take it seriously. Do you want to continue working in Yamen?”
Bo Ruoyou’s sense of ominousness became heavier, but he nodded calmly, “What’s the matter?”
Bo Yixuan smiled, with a mocking expression, “As you know, many people in the capital now know that you are back, and they also know that you have done the work of Jingzhao Yin Yamen. Yesterday, I talked with a few friends. They brought up this matter. You know that our Bo family is very strong, and your aristocratic young lady went to work, which is simply a disgrace to our Bo family.”
Bo Ruoyou wrinkled her eyebrows and wanted to laugh for a while. Bo Yixuan couldn’t help but feel even more annoyed when she saw her disapproving. Why bother to abuse yourself like this?” He said in a good tone for her: “This matter is spreading more and more widely, and it will only affect you greatly. Will you not marry in the future?”
No matter how good Bo Ruoyou’s temper is, he can’t tolerate such preaching to her. She smiled, “I call your cousin a courtesy, but I don’t know what qualifications you have to teach me like this. ?”
Bo Yixuan was taken aback. He didn’t expect that Bo Ruoyou would run into him like this when looking at him softly. He frowned, “I’m doing this for your own good.”
Bo Ruoyou blinked, “That’s not necessary, I will do my work, and the Bo clan is still the Bo clan. If you stand upright, how can you be afraid of those? A few rumors have hurt your style? What’s more, I am only half of the Bo family now. No matter it is you or whoever, I really don’t have to bother about it.”
Bo Yixuan’s complexion was blue and white, and he was about to get angry. When he rode a fast horse, he galloped from the corner of the street. It was Bo’s servant. Bo Yixuan recognized at a glance. He could not help but be surprised. When he got off his horse, he said anxiously: “My son, go back to the mansion, there is something wrong with the mansion!”