The Delicate Lady Coroner Chapter 10: One inch of gold 10
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Chapter 10 An Inch of Gold 10
Zheng Wenyan died in his study.
The night had completely shrouded. When Huo Weilou took Bo Ruoyou to the study, the lights in the study courtyard were brightly lit.
The third lady, Mrs. Liu, was bringing Zheng Wenyan's son Zheng Hao to the ground crying. The little Zheng Hao, with a pale face, leaned in the arms of the third lady, crying and shaking as if he had been frightened.
The envoy guarding the embroidered clothes here said: "The old lady's religious service ended at Youshi. During this period, my subordinates followed Master Zheng. Later, Master Zheng personally sent several masters who performed the ritual out of the Hou Mansion, and then they After returning to his own courtyard, his subordinates have been guarding the entrance of the courtyard. Less than half an hour after returning to the courtyard, Mr. Zheng suddenly left with a solemn expression and went straight to this place."
"My subordinates didn't know what happened to Mr. Zheng. Seeing that he just entered the study and never came out, he just guarded the courtyard door. About half an hour later, the second son of the Zheng family came to look for Mr. Zheng. He was alone. When a person entered the courtyard, the subordinate first heard a knock on the door. The second young master knocked for a long time but no one answered. Just when the subordinate realized that something was wrong, he heard the second young master scream inside."
"My subordinates hurriedly entered the courtyard. When they came in, they saw the second young master sitting under the window sill with a white complexion, shouting the word 'grandma'. The subordinates found that the second young master had punctured the window paper, and hurriedly opened the door from the window paper. Looking inside, I saw Mr. Zheng lying on the desk and could still smell blood. Knowing that something was wrong, my subordinate used his dagger to open the door bolt. After entering, Mr. Zheng had already passed away. "
After saying this, the embroidered emissary knelt down to plead guilty, "I failed to protect you, please forgive me."
Huo Wei ordered the embroiderer to follow Zheng Wenyan in the morning, and he followed Zheng Wenyan closely throughout the day. Later, he also stayed outside the courtyard where Zheng Wenyan was. To sum up, there was no dereliction of duty.
Two murder cases have occurred in the Hou Mansion. Who would have thought that a third person would die?
Even so, Huo Weilou still glanced at the man with a stern expression, "Go and receive the punishment yourself."
The embroiderer's face turned slightly pale, but he stepped back as if he was relieved.
The third lady and Zheng Hao came the fastest. At this moment, supported by two maids, they were out of breath from crying. Huo Weilou knew that he could not ask anything at this time, so he led Bo Ruoyou into the study door. .
The prince's mansion is vast, and several masters have independent small courtyards as study rooms. There is only one entrance to this courtyard, and the left and right wing rooms are small. The three main halls are especially wide. The main halls are all open, and only Duobao Pavilion is used as a partition. There is a tall bookshelf with so many books that it almost fills the shelves. On the left side is where Zheng Wen banquets with guests and studies.
Zheng Wenyan was lying on the desk, with an exquisitely shaped demon-conquering pestle inserted into his heart. Blood flowed down his back. At this moment, under the entire desk seat, the blood turned into a red lake.
The pungent smell of blood made one's scalp numb. Huo Weilou was clearly standing where the lights were brightest, but there was a darkness and coldness around him that was so strong that even the lights couldn't shine through. Bo Ruoyou knew that Huo Weilou was angry.
With him in charge, the murderer actually dared to kill someone.
Cold sweat broke out frequently on He Cheng's forehead, and he couldn't help wiping the sweat with a handkerchief. Eunuch Fu looked at Zheng Wenyan's body with an unbearable expression, "He was still alive during the day, but now..."
"Autopsy." Huo Weilou suddenly ordered.
Bo Ruoyou responded and walked up to Zheng Wenyan.
The temperature of the corpse has not completely dissipated, and the wounds have not scabbed. After a little help, they found that Zheng Wenyan's body was particularly loose and soft, and his lips were slightly open, and his eyes were slightly open because he was lying on the table. The indentation marks were clearly visible. Looking at his arms that were on the table and the soles of his feet that were on the ground, no body spots were found.
All this shows that Zheng Wenyan died within half an hour.
While Bao Ruoyou was inspecting the body, Huo Weilou was looking at the house. The halls and pavilions were spacious, and the surrounding windows provided excellent lighting. However, all the windows in the entire house were locked.
The window was locked from the inside and the door was bolted. How did the murderer kill?
What’s even weirder is that the murder weapon was the demon-conquering pestle inserted into Zheng Wenyan’s back and vest.
You could hear a needle drop in the quiet house. At this moment, the sound of whizzing footsteps came from the yard outside, and the voices of Zheng Wen'an and others rang out. Zheng Wen'an first comforted the third lady, and then ran to The study door.
At first glance, he saw Zheng Wenyan lying on the desk, with blood glaring at his feet. Zheng Wen'an said sadly, "Third brother——"
Huo Weilou ordered Zheng Wen'an to enter and pointed at the magic pestle on Zheng Wenyan's back, "Can you recognize this thing?"
Zheng Wen'an's expression changed when he saw the magic pestle, "This... this is the magic tool used for my mother's ritual today. The masters originally planned to take it away, but the third brother asked him to keep it, saying Placing it in the mourning hall can ward off evil spirits."
Huo Weilou frowned, "This thing was placed in the mourning hall?"
Zheng Wen'an shook his head, "Not yet, I put them away together with all the sacrificial instruments first, and said that I would rearrange my mother's mourning hall tomorrow to avoid looking ugly. The third brother said that the case has not been solved anyway, so that's what he planned to do. The mother was laid to rest for seventy-seven and forty-nine days. After the seventy-seventh day, all rituals were completed before she was buried."
After Zheng Wen'an finished speaking, the tip of his nose felt sour, "I was fine this afternoon, how could..."
Just as he was talking, voices sounded again in the yard, and soon, a delicate and dignified figure appeared at the door!
Zheng Yunni stood at the door, her face white and shocked, her beautiful eyes moving a few times, tears already coming to the corners of her eyes, "Uncle..."
In one month in the Hou Mansion, three people died, and all of them were close relatives. Zheng Yunni swayed, holding on to the door frame before he stood still. Zheng Wen'an turned around and saw Zheng Yunni, and said with concern: "Yunni, Don't look at it, go and accompany your third aunt."
Zheng Yunni responded with a choked voice, and was stunned for a long time before retreating.
Seeing Zheng Yunni, the third lady cried louder. Zheng Yunni comforted her softly. After another half-quarter of an hour, the third lady calmed down a little. Huo Weilou was ordering the embroidery envoys and government officials to search the courtyard. Seeing this, he paced over.
The third lady's eyes were red from crying. When she saw Huo Weilou approaching, she was a little scared and said: "Master Hou... your husband died unjustly. Please find the murderer and avenge your husband..."
As he spoke, he started crying again. Huo Weilou asked sternly: "Zheng Wenyan had returned to the courtyard, why did he come to the study all of a sudden?"
The third lady was stunned, and said with tears in her eyes: "I don't know, my husband has been tired all day for my mother's rituals. He was going back to rest, but for some reason, as soon as he changed his clothes, he His expression changed drastically and he quickly walked out of the courtyard. The peasant woman called him from behind, but he didn't look back. At that time, the peasant woman was about to prepare a meal, so when she saw this, she followed him. Later, when the meal was ready, he was not there yet. When he returned home, the woman asked Hao'er to come out to look for his father. It was half a quarter of an hour after Hao'er left home that the woman realized something had happened."
The third lady glanced at the door and cried again, "My husband is only three years old and Hao'er is only seven years old. How will we, orphans and widows, live in the future..."
Zheng Yunni was listening with tears welling up in her eyelashes, comforting the third lady and coaxing Zheng Hao at the same time.
Zheng Hao was buried in the arms of the third lady, still trembling. Huo Weilou looked at Zheng Hao, "What did you see just now?"
If you are more careful, you can find that Huo Weilou's tone is gentler, but to Zheng Hao, Huo Weilou itself is scary enough, no matter what tone he uses.
Zheng Hao became even more frightened for a moment, and the third lady sobbed: "Master Hou, Hao'er said he saw his mother... said he saw his mother's ghost." The third lady looked frightened, "These doors and windows are all It's locked. If it's not a ghost, how can it get in and harm people? But why did the mother harm the husband? The husband never harmed the mother... The second brother died seven days before the mother, and today is the twenty-seventh day of the mother..."
The third lady murmured to herself, and her expression became more and more frightened as she spoke. She only hugged Zheng Hao tightly, fearing that ghosts would harm their mother and son. Zheng Yunni shook the third lady and said, "Third aunt, don't talk nonsense, there are no ghosts or gods. Of!"
The whole courtyard was in fear of ghosts killing people, but Zheng Yunni seemed very calm. Huo Weilou looked at her for a moment, and then asked the third lady, "What did Zheng Wenyan do before he left? Did he meet anyone? Listen, What did you say?"
The third lady thought about it blankly, her brows furrowed more and more as she thought about it, obviously unable to think of anything useful. At this moment, Bo Ruoyou's voice sounded in the room, "Master Marquis, please come in - ”
Huo Weilou turned around without hesitation. As soon as he entered the study, he saw Bo Ruoyou standing under the west window on the left side of the desk, holding something in his hand and signaling to him, "Master Hou, find where Mr. Zheng left suddenly. The reason."
Her tone was a little heavy, and at this moment, Huo Weilou also saw clearly that what she was holding was a piece of burned paper with only a small part left.
It's gold-sprinkled paper.
Huo Weilou stepped over and was not surprised to see the four words "我之二七" on it.
The seventh day of my life is the day of your death.
In the yin year and yin time, you will pay for my life.
On another piece of paper sprinkled with gold that I saw just a moment ago, the same words were written, but here the "first seven" was changed to "two seven". Huo Weilou and Bo Ruoyou looked at each other, and they looked at each other. There was a hint of awe in his eyes.
The murderer used his ghost form to kill people seven days after the old lady's death. If this is true, one more person may die in the next seven days. And the murderer went to such trouble, is it to kill someone, or for something else? Have a plan?
Huo Weilou and Bo Ruoyou had a premonition almost at the same time. Under the strange nobles of the Hou Mansion, some secret that had been hidden for many years was about to surface.