The Delicate Lady Coroner Chapter 31: Two-color Lotus 03

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Chapter 31 Two Color Lotus 03

Venerable Kassapa is the great disciple of the Buddha. His golden statue is always beside Sakyamuni Buddha in the Mahavira Hall. Huo Weilou’s eyes darkened and he walked into the hall. Did it fall out of the body?"

Lu Ke nodded: "Yes, Lord Marquis, the temple was already preparing for the Dharma Conference that day. When the statue of the Venerable was being moved, it fell down from the carriage, and the base cracked at that time. The craftsmen and stewards The monks were shocked, but they didn't expect something to fall out of it. When everyone saw it, what fell out was a human bone."

After a pause, Lu Ke continued: "It is said that this statue of the Venerable was made ten years ago. In the past ten years, it has been placed in the main hall in front and has never been moved. The monks wiped and cleaned it. It has never been damaged."

Huo Weilou stared, which meant that this skeleton was inside the Buddha statue when it was sculpted ten years ago.

Famen Temple has a long history. The temple has a strict atmosphere and the fragrance of Buddha lingers. As soon as you enter the temple gate, you can feel that the reputation of the Buddhist temple for hundreds of years is not in vain. But in such a holy place of Buddhism, the Golden Temple is worshiped by people every day. There is a skeleton hidden inside the statue of the Venerable Man.

"Can the craftsman of the statue still be traced?"

Lu Ke shook his head, "No, this Buddha statue was made ten years ago during the ceremony for enshrining the relics and praying for blessings. The Buddha statue was finished at the end of the ceremony. The craftsmen who came here to make the Buddha statue at that time were all from Jizhou in the northwest. , he is considered an old craftsman. After his subordinates arrived, they sent people to Jizhou. However, after being here for at least half a month, we may not be able to find the craftsman back then."

Jizhou is a long way away, and it takes some effort to find craftsmen, so naturally we can’t wait.

While he was talking, Huo Weilou had entered the main hall. The Buddhist lamps in the hall were brightly lit, illuminating every detail of the Buddha statue of the Venerable.

This golden statue is more than seven feet tall, standing on a lotus pedestal. It is made of copper and gilded with paint. Recalling the widely spread Buddhist story of the Venerable Kassapa "holding a flower and smiling", Huo Weilou looked at the Buddha statue for a moment, and then saw the cracks on the lotus seat.

The hall was empty. Apart from the statue of the Venerable, there was also a thin coffin. The discovered bones were placed inside the coffin. Seven everlasting lamps were lit outside the coffin, and simple sacrifices were placed.

Huo Weilou walked towards the coffin and saw that it was covered with a piece of silk. He could vaguely see a humanoid skeleton underneath. Skeletons that had been deliberately shaped into human shapes were exposed.

Lin Huai said: "After discovering the skeleton, the masters performed two rituals to release the Buddha. Because the matter was too strange, I originally wanted to report it to the Luozhou magistrate for investigation, but I thought that this Buddha statue was from ten years ago. It was made during a grand ceremony, and a disciple of Master Jingkong said that the skeleton was that of Master Jingkong, so he handed the certificate to the court."

Although Famen Temple is far away from Beijing, it can still be regarded as a royal Buddhist temple. It involves the relic ceremony ten years ago. No one dares to take it lightly. Moreover, a suspicious case has arisen in this important place of Buddhism. The host and all the monks in charge know about it. It will definitely be detrimental to the reputation of Famen Temple.

Huo Weilou stared, "Did you three come together?"

Of course the person asking this question was not Lin Huai and Lu Ke, but the next three people.

At this time, the burliest of the three came forward, "Xiaguan came on the twelfth day of the first lunar month, and Xiaguan was the earliest."

Eunuch Fu and Bo Ruoyou stood at the door. Seeing this, Eunuch Fu said softly: "This is the current General Xuande of the Zhenxi Army, Yue Mingquan. At that time, he was the commander-in-chief of Luozhou. His Majesty went south to attend the ceremony. In addition to the personal protection of the Royal Forest Army, In addition, the entire martial law patrol of Qixia Mountain was entrusted to him. At that time, in addition to the courtyard where His Majesty lived, his people were also patrolling and setting up defenses in other places."

Bo Ruoyou turned to look at Eunuch Fu, "Eunuch, you know very clearly."

Eunuch Fu smiled slightly, "Because for that grand ceremony, our family came with His Majesty. Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess was also coming at that time, but the road was too far. Firstly, our family has served His Majesty before, and secondly, Princess Her Highness trusted our family, so she asked our family to pray for her on her behalf. The main reason... was to pray for the Marquis. Later, our family asked for several good things and brought them back."

Bao Ruoyou didn't expect that Eunuch Fu actually witnessed the relic ceremony that year. In this way, there was one more person who knew about it. After all, ten years had passed, and one more person who had witnessed it might provide many more clues.

At this time, another tall and thin man came up and said, "On the 13th day of the first lunar month, I went to the temple with Brother Wang."

Eunuch Fu said, "This is the tall and thin man Wu Yu, the Minister of Rites, and the short one next to him is Wang Qingfu. Wu Yu was a member of the Ministry of Rites ten years ago. At that time, he and the Minister of Rites came here a month early. He was very familiar with the arrangements for the grand ceremony. Later, the relic was lost and he was demoted once. Ten years later, he was promoted to a powerful person. This Wang Qingfu was the leader at that time. The young minister of Taichang Temple is now the minister of Taichang Temple."

The former Luozhou Commander-in-Chief, today's General Xuande, the former Minister of Rites, the current Minister of Rites, and the former Shaoqing of Taichang Temple are now the Minister of Taichang Temple. These people were at least in the fourth rank, and they were considered to be of high position and authority. Only at this moment did Bo Ruoyou truly understand what Huo Weilou said, that this unusual unsolved case was a state matter.

"Where's Feng Lun? When did you arrive?" Huo Weilou asked again.

Wang Qingfu and Wu Yu looked at each other, and Wu Yu said: "Mr. Feng is also the thirteenth day of the first lunar month, but he only arrived at night."

Feng Lun arrived at Famen Temple on the thirteenth day of the first lunar month. He fell off the cliff and died on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. Now it is the night of the twentieth night of the first lunar month, and Feng Lun has been dead for five days.

Eunuch Fu said again: "Feng Lun was the prefect of Luozhou at that time. Famen Temple was in Luozhou. He went to welcome the Holy Emperor in person. He was also an official and he later became the Minister of Punishment. He was older than Minister Lin. After one round, he is still half a teacher Lin Shilang."

Shilang Lin is Lin Huai. When he asked about Feng Lun, there was indeed a bit of sadness on his face, "Master Marquis, Mr. Feng's body is in the wing. The eldest son of the Ming family has not arrived yet. Why not wait until tomorrow?" See?"

Huo Weilou said: "Let's take a look first."

Lin Huai had never come in person back then, but this time he came to collaborate on the case. The case had nothing to do with him, but the situation of the other three was somewhat intriguing. Among them, Yue Mingquan was a general, and Wang Qingfu and Wu Yu were both Beijing officials. It can be seen that the two of them are very familiar with each other. Occasionally their eyes will meet and they will whisper in private, and they also appear to be very familiar with each other. Compared with each other like this, Yue Mingquan seems to be alone.

Lin Huai led the way, turned left when going out, and arrived at the wing where Feng Lun's body was parked.

Lu Ke said: "My subordinates arrived in Luozhou on the night of the 15th day of the first lunar month. When they arrived, they heard that Mr. Feng was missing, and no one was found in the monastery where he lived. Later that night passed, and early the next morning, he went to Luozhou. A monk practicing morning kung fu at the foot of the back mountain discovered Master Feng. His subordinates took a rough look and found that Master Feng seemed to have fallen off the cliff and died."

Huo Weilou nodded and entered the door of the wing. As soon as he entered the door, he saw Feng Lun lying on a coffin bed. Feng Lun was over fifty years old. He was wearing the same casual clothes as when he died. There were many spots on his forehead and body. There were blood stains and a lot of dirt on the clothes, which made him look miserable. He had been dead for five days, and the room was lit with a bright lamp, which gave off a strong stench.

Yue Mingquan and the others stood at the door, not approaching inside.

"I remember that you and Feng Lun are old acquaintances." Huo Weilou looked at the corpse and said, "Yue Mingquan, when you were the commander-in-chief of Luozhou and Feng Lun was the prefect, we worked together. Later he He was promoted to the capital and became an official in the same dynasty as Wang Qingfu and Wu Yu. His background is not as good as yours, otherwise, he might be more than a minister."

Hearing this, Yue Mingquan immediately said: "Master Hou, I was the first one to come. Later, several adults arrived. We all drank tea and had fast meals together. We were all in peace for those few days. By the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, At noon on the same day, we even joked about celebrating the festival together and shared the festival meal prepared by the temple. The meal lasted until dusk. Later, we all went back to our rooms. Master Feng somehow slipped and fell. Back mountain."

Wang Qingfu also said: "Yes, Xiaguan returned to the room with Brother Wu. We live close to each other and can bear witness to each other."

As soon as he said this, Yue Mingquan glanced at him. Wang Qingfu said that he and Wu Yu could testify against each other, which meant that he was only telling one side. Yue Mingquan's expression darkened immediately, but in front of Huo Weilou, Yue Mingquan pursed his lips and said nothing.

Huo Weilou didn't speak for a while. Lin Huai saw this and tried to smooth things over and said: "Master Hou, I'm afraid the eldest son and the prince of the Ming family will not arrive until tomorrow evening. When he arrives, we can inspect the body and we will know whether Mr. Feng is... I stumbled and fell, and as for the skeleton, I’m afraid it will take some effort.”

Mentioning the skeleton, Huo Weilou asked, "How did his disciples recognize that the skeleton was Master Jingkong?"

Huo Weilou just looked at the skeleton. It was just a human skeleton. Even though he could tell the height, it was difficult to tell whether it was Master Jingkong who had disappeared for ten years.

Lin Huai said: "Because that day, apart from the bones, there was also a Buddhist bead that fell from the golden Buddha statue. Master Jingkong's disciples saw it and said that the Buddhist bead was carried by Master Jingkong back then. One of the beads on the string. There are 108 sandalwood beads in the bead string, and each one has a Buddhist verse engraved on it."

"Where are the beads? Are there other evidences?"

Lin Huai pointed to the main hall, "The physical evidence is placed in the ear room on the east side of the main hall. There is only one Buddhist bead. In addition to the Buddhist beads, there is something similar to a cassock and some clothes. However, it is now broken and tattered. It is empty. The master's disciples also recognized the cassock and said it was the one his master was wearing when he disappeared."

Huo Weilou was not in a hurry to look at the evidence. He still focused on Feng Lun's body. Regardless of whether it was Master Jingkong or not, the skeleton was at least ten years old, but Feng Lun's body in front of him was He died five days ago. If you want to search for clues and evidence, it is naturally more helpful to start with Feng Lun's death.

"You come in——"

Huo Weilou suddenly spoke.

Lin Huai was stunned, wondering who Huo Weilou was calling. Lu Ke, who was standing nearest, was also a little surprised. Wang Qingfu and the other two stood at the door, looking at each other in confusion, not knowing which one of them Huo Weilou was calling.

"Please three adults, please give way."

A clear female voice suddenly sounded. Wang Qingfu and the other three suddenly turned around and saw Bao Ruoyou standing in front of them.

When they were far away just now, the three of them felt that Bo Ruoyou had a gentle and graceful aura, and they had been guessing her identity. Now that Bo Ruoyou was standing in front of her, Wang Qingfu and the others realized that the little girl in front of them really had a painting-like appearance.

Wu Zhaohou has a reputation for not being a womanizer. Wang Qingfu and Wu Yu, who are officials in the capital, know this best. Yue Mingquan is a military general who has met Huo Weilou several times and knows his name. None of them expected that Huo Weilou would bring a little girl with him when he went to Qingzhou for business.

Wu Zhaohou, who had been abstaining from **** for many years, finally turned to porn?

The strange thing is that this is a morgue. What was she doing in the house?

Eunuch Fu seemed to be able to guess what Wu Yu and the others were thinking, and said with a smile, "You three adults, give way, we are about to go in."

Youyou… Eunuch Fu calls her so affectionately. Apart from the fact that she is Marquis Wu Zhao’s new favorite, what other explanation is there?

Wu Yu pushed Wang Qingfu, and Yue Mingquan quickly got out of the way. Only then did Bao Ruoyou enter the room. Lin Huai's eyes moved slightly, and what he was thinking in his heart was not the same as Wu Yu's.

Seeing Huo Weilou calling Bo Ruoyou in, he just thought that Wu Zhaohou finally had a woman by his side for many years. He was already tired after the hard work all the way, but now that they were still together, he asked this woman to be by his side. Could it be that Do you want to take her to have a rest but can't bring it up?

Lin Huai's eyes flashed with a hint of teasing, and he said with a straight face: "Mr. Ming is not here yet, and there is no one to conduct an autopsy at the moment. Why don't the Marquis take the girl to rest first, and we can discuss it tomorrow?"

Huo Weilou's face was expressionless, but when he heard Bo Ruoyou's words of rest, his eyebrows moved slightly, and he turned his eyes to glance at Lin Huai. The meaning of this glance was unclear, but Lin Huai's heart skipped a beat, did he know how to do it? Wrong idea...

The next moment, Huo Weilou looked away and said: "You don't have to wait for Gui Lan to come, there are people here to do the autopsy."

Lin Huai was stunned and Lu Ke was a little surprised. At this time, Huo Weilou glanced at Bo Ruoyou and said, "She is the widow brought by me. Before Gui Lan arrives, she can do the autopsy alone. ”

Lin Huai took a breath. He had been the Minister of the Ministry of Justice for three years, and he had seen many murders. As far as he knew, Huo Weilou didn't even look down on Jing Zhaoyin's work, so he took it with him every time. How come the eldest son of the Ming family suddenly has a coward beside him... He is still such a fair-skinned little girl.

Lin Huai rolled his eyes, looked at Huo Weilou, then looked at Bo Ruoyou, and suddenly a hint of surprise appeared.

What else is unclear about this? So what if she's a woman, so what if she's an unknown author? Marquis Wu Zhao fell in love with her once in a century. Not only did he ask her to do autopsy, but he also asked her to investigate cases and interrogate people. What more could they dare to say?

So Lin Huai reacted very quickly and said: "Yes... shall we conduct an autopsy at this moment?"

Huo Weilou looked at Bo Ruoyou, who had a straight back and said calmly: "Excuse me, Lord Marquis, to prepare the autopsy equipment."

Huo Weilou glanced at Lu Ke, and Lu Ke went to prepare himself.

Bao Ruoyou had been standing far away until now and had not seen the corpse. Now he was standing in front of Feng Lun's corpse. He naturally looked at the corpse first. Lin Huai looked at Bao Ruoyou with something strange in his eyes.

He was born in the Lin family in the capital, so he was used to seeing how the children of the capital's aristocratic families showed their love for beauties, but this was the first time he saw someone actually asking his sweetheart to come to do an autopsy.

Looking at Feng Lun's body covered in spots and pungent smell, even he felt unbearable. This little girl with icy muscles and jade bones was getting closer and closer. It didn't look like her first autopsy.

Thinking again of Huo Weilou's way of acting above tolerance, Lin Huai's expression changed several times. Huo Weilou never slacked off at all above tolerance. Could it be that... this little girl is really a liar?

Lin Huai's heart was in turmoil, and Lu Ke, who was out looking for autopsy equipment, felt unspeakable for a moment. Seeing Eunuch Fu standing aside, Lu Ke couldn't help but come forward, "Eunuch, that girl-"

Eunuch Fu smiled enigmatically, "I really know how to do autopsies, it's not fake."

Lu Ke frowned, "Are you serious? My subordinates thought..."

Eunuch Fu raised his eyebrows high, "Do you think our Lord Marquis has finally enlightened and knows how to keep beautiful girls by his side?"

Lu Ke had such an expression on his face, but Eunuch Fu curled his lips and hummed: "Who is he? He is the Marquis of Wu Zhao. Can he have such a future?"

Even though Eunuch Fu gave him an explanation, when Lu Ke walked in the door again, his heart was still not at peace. His Marquis no longer hated women and the fact that the little girl in front of him really knew how to do an autopsy were both things that left him dumbfounded.

Putting down the box containing the autopsy equipment, Lu Ke stepped aside respectfully. He wanted to take a good look at how the little girl was going to examine the rotting corpse in front of him.

Bao Ruoyou rolled up her sleeves and opened the box. She first saw a pair of deerskin corpse-holding gauntlets inside the box. Her eyes lit up slightly and she leaned over to put the gauntlets on her hands. This thing was not It is common, and the embroidery envoy will prepare it, most likely for that Ming Gongzi. Lin Shilang mentioned that person several times, he must be a familiar person, Huo Weilou often takes him with him, and he can be often seen by Huo Weilou. With him, he must be a master in this way.

Lin Huai and Lu Ke looked at her with some scrutiny. Wang Qingfu and the other three at the door did not move. They thought that the young lady Wu Zhaohou brought was probably the one who stayed in the room, but who would have thought , this woman is actually a coroner who performed an autopsy?

Ming Mingsheng had such an alluring face, and the aura around her body was very soft and elegant like that of a woman from the south of the Yangtze River, but the majestic Marquis Wu Zhao actually used people for autopsy.

Or maybe, doing a small autopsy during the day, and at night...

It’s no wonder that everyone thinks too much. In fact, there has never been a woman around Wu Zhaohou. Now that there is one suddenly, everyone will think that he has broken the precepts.

After lighting a stick of styrax, Bo Ruoyou began to examine the body.

At this moment, everyone present was a court official. Huo Weilou looked around at everyone and did not ask anyone to step back. Of course, he could see the shocked and suspicious expressions on everyone's faces. In this case, he also asked them to look at Bo Ruoyou. The autopsy was not false.

At this moment, everyone noticed that there was something different about the beautiful and spirited little girl in front of them.

Feng Lun was found that day, and his injuries were only briefly checked by Lu Ke. Therefore, today, he basically maintains the same appearance as when he died. His blood-soaked clothes are stuck to the body. In addition, the body has begun to rot. His appearance looked quite scary, but when he touched Feng Lun's clothes, Bo Ruoyou frowned.

Feng Lun's clothes had many wrinkles. Although there was obvious blood color, one part was thicker and the other was light. The light areas seemed to have been washed but not clean. She went to check the corpse's shoes, hands and the top of the hair. Soon, Bo Ruoyou asked without raising his head: "Did it rain the night Mr. Feng fell down the back mountain?"

Lu Ke's eyes brightened slightly, "It rained once, around the first watch of the night. It rained for an hour."

The clothes had been wetted by water, so they had a lot of wrinkles. The heels of the shoes were especially muddy, and the hair was also mixed with sand. Everything indicated that it had rained that night.

Because it was found after being exposed to the rain, the body decomposed faster. After inspecting the head and face, Bo Ruoyou began to remove the clothes from the body. Lin Huai and Wu Yu couldn't help but twitch their eyelids.

This is a male corpse, does it need to be stripped naked?

Under the gaze of everyone, Bao Ruoyou calmly took off all the clothes on the corpse.

Lin Huai and Wu Yu: "..."

The surface of the corpse is covered with spots, turning a purple color. As the deceased has been dead for a long time, the spots have settled. It is difficult to tell what posture the body was in when he died. Several of the most serious external injuries include one There were **** wounds on the left forehead of the deceased, one on the back of the head, and on the left arm, left leg and waist. The wounds were bruised, wide and rough, as if they had been cut by sharp stones.

Bao Ruoyou first focused on checking for obvious injuries. After inspecting these areas in detail, she frowned again. She suddenly looked at Lu Ke, "You said it rained that night and the first watch started. It only lasted an hour?"

Being asked suddenly, and Bo Ruoyou looked different from the Wenwan look a moment ago. When a pair of eyes looked at him, Han Qinqin's concentration was compelling. Lu Ke's expression tightened, and he thought for a moment before he said carefully, "No more than an hour and a half at most."

When Bao Ruoyou heard this, he nodded, looked away, and continued to examine the body. Others didn't know what she meant by asking, but Huo Weilou was sure that she had found something. He didn't ask, just stood aside, his eyes pulsed. The pulse fell on her body.

When he saw Bo Ruoyou's autopsy for the first time that day, he didn't take a second look at Bo Ruoyou. Rather than her face, he preferred to see her precision in cutting the knife and her impeccable sense of professionalism. But this At this time, it was clear that the case was more serious, and he glanced at Bo Ruoyou's face several times. If Bo Ruoyou was usually gentle and friendly, at this moment, Bo Ruoyou also showed a bit of aversion to strangers.

And her delicate brows were furrowed and she would not let go until the test was over.

After Bao Ruoyou checked the external injuries, she first shaved the deceased’s hair, and then applied white vinegar to the deceased’s limbs, chest and abdomen. While waiting, she began to select the autopsy knife that she had handy in the wooden box. Suddenly, she remembered something. He seemed to turn around and said, "Master Hou, can an autopsy be done on the daughter of a common man?" After saying that, he pointed to the body and said, "The main thing is to open the skull."

Mainly a craniotomy.

When Bao Ruoyou said this, his tone was ordinary, as if he was saying that the moonlight was beautiful tonight.

Hearing this, Lin Huai and others who were watching around felt their scalps numb. For a moment, they felt that Bo Ruoyou's delicate face was no longer beautiful, no longer beautiful, no longer beautiful. It was confusing, and not only that, they couldn't help but feel a chill running down their spines as they watched her deftly select large and small autopsy knives.

Huo Weilou nodded lightly and said, "Open."