The Delicate Lady Coroner Chapter 114: Liu Hua Fei 10

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Chapter 114 Six Flowers Fly 10

Seeing Han Jiang's body, several wives and concubines of the Han family began to cry loudly. Wu Xiang pinched the center of his eyebrows and comforted them for a moment before they stopped talking. After Wu Xiang examined Bao Ruoyou, When the result was revealed, several women looked at each other in confusion. Mrs. Han asked: "Does this mean that this matter cannot be blamed on others, but on our master?"

Wu Xiang said sternly: "We can't decide how to judge it at the moment. You should also think about whether Han Jiang has been feeling unwell in the past few days, or whether there are other abnormalities. Furthermore, he went to Lanyue Tower. You should know, has he ever mentioned whether Lan Yue Lou would use some unscrupulous means? Even if you think Lan Yue Lou has done so, you still have to provide evidence."

Mrs. Han frowned, as if thinking about it. At this time, brother Han Jiang, who was standing behind, came forward and said, "Sister-in-law, please take my brother's body back first and let him bury him in peace. I trust the Yamen will be responsible for the rest of the punishment." ”

This younger brother was quite reasonable. Mrs. Han looked at him and didn't know what she was thinking of. She showed a compromising look on her face. She first asked the Yamen what the regulations were, and then ordered the servants to come in and remove Han Jiang's body. Bo Ruoyou stood aside. , his eyes fell lightly on brother Han Jiang.

Looking at the age of 20, younger brother Han Jiang is quite handsome in life, and his behavior is also quite polite. What caught Bo Ruoyou's attention was his rather decadent appearance. Although he stood upright, but at the moment His face was blue and black, his face was yellow, his eyes were dull, and he was out of breath when he spoke, which gave him an inexplicable feeling of physical weakness. Bo Ruoyou looked at him for a moment, and then glanced at Han Jiang's body being moved away, and couldn't help but The beautiful eyebrows wrinkled tighter and tighter.

She suspected that the second young master of the Han family was also addicted to drinking and sex.

After Han Jiang's body was moved away, everyone in the Han family followed him out. Bo Ruoyou packed up the wooden box and went out with the last one. Wu Xiang in front said to them as he walked: "I often go to fireworks. Land is not a good thing. If you are young and your body is broken, accidents are easy to happen. If your husband had been better at keeping himself clean, how could he be as bad as he is now?"

Wu Xiang also seemed to notice that Han Jiang's brother was a little weird, so he warned: "Especially the younger ones in the family, they must be well controlled."

Mrs. Han wiped the corner of her eyes and said: "I often advise him, but he is the head of the family, so how can he listen to us? But he is the only one in our family who does not do his job properly."

Wu Xiang raised his chin to brother Han Jiang, "This second young master..."

Mrs. Han looked at the figure in front of her and said, "My second brother is going to school to get a reputation. He is a clean and self-sufficient person."

Wu Xiang nodded and said nothing more. Bao Ruoyou, who was walking behind, was a little surprised that it was different from what she expected.

Everyone walked to the gate of Yizhuang and saw two servants putting Han Jiang's body into the carriage. However, the dead body was so stiff that the two of them were a little tired after carrying it all the way. At this moment, Han Jiang was unable to use his strength. The younger brother watched and stepped forward to help. He tried his best to lift the person up, but for some reason, he seemed to have no strength and it had no effect. In the end, Wu Xiang went up to help.

Brother Han Jiang stepped back and took a few quick breaths. Bo Ruoyou saw at a glance that his hand hanging by his side was trembling, and he seemed to be afraid of being discovered, so he quickly hid his hand. In the sleeve, Mrs. Han was still talking to Wu Xiang, but his face looked anxious and panicked, and his eyes glanced around, feeling a bit panicked and uneasy.

He didn't care about anything else, and walked towards his carriage. When he climbed up the carriage, his legs and feet were weak. He stumbled twice before crawling in, and the curtains fell thin. Ruoyou couldn't see him anymore, but something strange about him made her suspicious.

However, he was not a suspect, and she had no reason to go for questioning. She only suspected whether he was ill.

Mrs. Han quickly agreed with Wu Xiang on the time to go to the Yamen again. The group of people got into the carriage. The driver whipped his horse and prepared to leave. Bao Ruoyou and Wu Xiang stood by the roadside, one by one. The carriage passed in front of them. When Han Jiang's brother's carriage passed in front of them, a familiar smell wafted out of the carriage.

Bo Ruoyou's heart moved and he subconsciously said: "Wait a moment!"

The driver reined in the horse, and the carriage stopped a few steps away from Bo Ruoyou. Wu Xiang was still a little confused, but Bo Ruoyou stepped forward. She did not ask questions, but leaned forward and held him The curtain was opened.

The carriage was dark and cramped, with only brother Han Jiang sitting there. Seeing his appearance in the carriage, Bo Ruoyou froze on the spot in shock.

He was curled up on the couch, trembling all over. He was holding a purse in his hand, and he was sniffing the contents of the purse as if in a daze. Bo Ruoyou didn't know what was in it. What is it? But she was shocked by the obsessed and painful look on his face. She couldn't help but said: "What's wrong with you?"

The movement of opening the curtain failed to wake him up. When Bo Ruoyou opened his mouth, he turned his eyes in a daze, looking at Bo Ruoyou with a pair of misty eyes. It took him a long time to react, and his expression was faint. He gritted his teeth and braced himself, but scolded the coachman, "Why did you stop? Why don't you go back home?"

The coachman was scared and could not care about so many things. He raised his whip and the carriage began to move slowly. Bao Ruoyou had no choice but to take a step back to avoid it. He wanted to step forward to ask, but he felt that there was not enough reason. .

Wu Xiang came up from behind, "What's wrong? What's wrong with him?"

Bao Ruoyou shook his head, "He is so strange. Just now I felt something was wrong with his expression. Just now when I opened the curtain, I found him sniffing a purse vigorously, as if..."

Bo Ruoyou couldn't find the right words to describe him for a moment, "It seems that he has some kind of illness. That purse is a life-saving medicine, but I smell a very faint smell. The smell seems to be the same as in Lanyue Tower." The Meixiang I saw is somewhat similar."

Wu Xiang frowned, "I asked this younger brother just now if he had also imitated his elder brother, but Mrs. Han said no. I thought he looked like that because he studied hard. Could it be that Mrs. Han was telling lies? ”

At this point, Wu Xiang suddenly said: "Why do you think he looks similar to Xiao Hu?"

Bo Ruoyou's heart moved, "That's true. Should Wu Captou go see Hu Zuo earlier?"

Wu Xiang responded, but with a sad look on his face. It is not a good habit to look for flowers and willows, but he is not related to Hu Changqing. If this is the case, I don’t know if he can be persuaded.

Bo Ruoyou left Yizhuang and returned home. When she saw that Huo Weilou had not sent anyone over the past two days, she felt that Beauty Smiling had still not been found. She had dinner and then went into the study again. Those few books She hadn't finished reading the book, so she rummaged through it again. These pharmacopoeias were all ancient books, and the contents in them were all about medicinal materials and pharmacology, which seemed quite boring. After reading for a while, Bo Ruoyou felt sleepy, but she forced herself to fight. Without slackening his energy, he read like this for more than half an hour, when Bo Ruoyou's hand that turned the pages suddenly stopped.

She saw a record about beauty's smile. She read it carefully twice and quickly came to Cheng Yunzhi with the book in hand. Cheng Yunzhi was about to rest. When he saw her coming, he put on a piece of clothing and sat in the west. under the window.

Bao Ruoyou pointed to what was written in the book and showed it to him, "Look, foster father, here it is said that Beauty's Smile is also called rice bag flower, it can also be called hibiscus oriole, and it is also called heartbroken grass. So my daughter is I remembered what I read in the travel notes last night, saying that there are many rice bag flowers growing in the southwest, 'the flowers are bright red, clustered with thousands of leaves, the flowers are very huge and dense, and the beauty is not less than the elixir', it turned out to be Beauty's Smile!"

After saying that, she asked Cheng Yunzhi to look down, "Father, look here, this sentence is said by a doctor from the previous dynasty, saying, 'Today, when people suffer from fatigue and cough, they often use millet husks to stop work; for those with dampness and heat, use it. It can stop astringency. Although its ability to relieve diseases is urgent and kills people like a sword, it should be avoided. It turns out that although this substance can be used as medicine and has good medicinal effects, it has many hidden dangers and needs to be used with caution."

Cheng Yunzhi looked slightly solemn, "This thing is rare and rare, but it is rarely used." He said and looked at Bo Ruoyou, "You are investigating this for the sake of the case, right? The deceased stepped on the seeds of Beauty's Smile, But it has little to do with the efficacy of the medicine."

Bo Ruoyou nodded, "That's true. If this flower were in the capital, I'm afraid it would be more likely to be ornamental than medicinal."

It was already late, and since it had nothing to do with the case, Bo Ruoyou said no more, and only asked Cheng Yunzhi to rest early. She also took the book back to her room to sleep. Early the next morning, Bo Ruoyou took the Take the carriage to Wu Zhaohou Mansion.

When they arrived at Wu Zhaohou Mansion, Huo Weilou was not in the house. Eunuch Fu welcomed her in and said, "The flower is still not found, but something was found in the prison. The Marquis went to the prison last night. Until now, the flower has not been found." They haven’t come back yet.”

Bo Ruoyou was worried when he heard this, "I came here just for this matter. I forgot to tell Mr. Hou that day. I will tell my father-in-law now, and my father-in-law can also tell Mr. Hou."

She told Eunuch Fu what she saw in the busy city that day. Eunuch Fu was a little surprised, "Does this mean that the Wei family may have raised a beauty?"

Bo Ruoyou shook his head, "I'm not sure, it's just a possibility."

Eunuch Fu nodded understandingly, "Okay, I will tell Mr. Marquis."

Since Huo Weilou was not here, Bo Ruoyou didn't stay too soon. After sitting for a while, she left and went straight to the Yamen to answer questions. Not long after entering the Yamen, she saw Wu Xiang arriving with a calm face. When she saw Bo Ruoyou, , he was a little surprised, "I was still hesitating whether to ask someone to invite you, but I didn't expect you to have arrived. In that case, just come with me."

Bo Ruoyou looked serious, "Is there another murder case?"

Wu Xiang waved his hand and looked outside. When he saw no one around, he said: "It's not a case, it's Xiao Hu. I arrived at the Yamen this morning. Seeing that nothing happened, I went to his home. This time I went there and found out that he was really sick, but it was a very weird disease. I was worried, but he didn’t want to call a doctor. I thought you were knowledgeable about medicine, so maybe I could ask you to have a look?"

"Weird disease? What are the symptoms?" Bo Ruoyou asked.

Wu Xiang smiled bitterly, "I can't tell clearly. You can come with me and have a look."

Bo Ruoyou agreed and followed Wu Xiang to find Hu Changqing.

Hu Changqing's salary was not much, and he lived in a private house in the southeast of the city. There was only one entrance to the courtyard. Although it was simple, it was also quite neat and elegant. When they arrived at the door, they found that it was not locked. , Wu Xiang pushed the door open and walked in: "Xiao Hu, I brought Xiao Bo to see you. If your disease is not treated, everyone will die!"

The room was dim, Wu Xiang took Bo Ruoyou straight into the inner room, and Bo Ruoyou was startled as soon as he walked in.

After not seeing him for three days, Hu Changqing's black hair was messy and his beard was unkempt, as if he had changed. The most terrifying thing was that he fell to the ground, but one of his hands was tied to the bedpost with a cloth, and no one knew How long had he been tied up? At this moment, his wrists were bruised and even red and swollen. The other person was lying limply on the ground, saliva dripping from the corners of his lips, and he was shaking non-stop.

Hearing the noise, he raised his eyes with difficulty and saw Bo Ruoyou, with a bit of humiliation on his face.

"Go away, I don't need...I don't need you to see..."

His voice was hoarse, his lips were chapped, and he huddled up, as if he was trying his best to restrain himself. Bo Ruoyou asked in horror: "Who tied him up?"

Hu Changqing's hand was tied by a knot, and he struggled hard, so the injury on his wrist was obvious.

Wu Xiang heard this but said: "He tied him up himself, and he has been **** for two days."

Bao Ruoyou was even more surprised, "Tie yourself up?"

Wu Xiang said "hmm" and squatted down again, "Xiao Hu, we are not here to see your jokes. What's wrong with you? Why are you like this?"

Hu Changqing bit his lip and said nothing, but he looked crazy and dazed as if he had been cursed. His eye sockets were sunken, his eyes were blurred, and his face was pale and white. Looking at it like this, Bo Ruoyou felt that he was a lamb. He seemed to be going crazy, but she knew that Hu Changqing was not crazy like a lamb, and that he tied her up deliberately as a way to save himself.

"Captain Wu, don't ask, just go, I'm fine..."

As Hu Changqing spoke, some uncontrollable tears overflowed from the corners of his eyes. Wu Xiang was even more annoyed, "Xiao Hu, you are also a man. What weird thing has happened to you? Is there anything you can't say? Look at you. Damn it, if I didn't care about you, no one would know you died here."

He turned to look at Bo Ruoyou, "Can you tell what disease he has?"

Bo Ruoyou frowned and shook her head. Seeing that Hu Changqing was unwilling to tell the truth, she had no choice but to look at the room. The decoration in the room was very simple, but there were bookcases, desks, and the four treasures of the study on the west side, which showed that Hu Changqing usually practiced calligraphy and ink. , and at this time, Bo Ruoyou keenly realized that something was missing on the desk.

She walked over and took a look, and found that there was no inkstone, pen holder, or paperweight. When she turned her eyes to look elsewhere, she felt a strange feeling in the simplicity. There were several grids on the bookshelf. It was empty, but the gray marks left on it showed that porcelain ornaments were originally placed here, and when she looked around, she couldn't see a single more expensive object in the entire room.

"Have you sold many household items recently?"

It was naturally impossible for Hu Changqing to answer. At this time, Bo Ruoyou's eyes fell on the ground next to the desk. There were scraps of unburned paper falling there. Bo Ruoyou walked over suspiciously. , as soon as she picked it up, she smelled a strange smell. There was a circle of edges left on the paper, which seemed to have been rolled up and then burned. She put it to her nose and smelled it, her face slightly shocked.

It actually had the same smell as the charming fragrance seen in the brothel, but compared to what she saw in the brocade box the night before, the smell on the scraps of paper was more intense and pungent. At this time, she smelled it again on the inch-long piece of paper. A trace of charred black ash was found on the film.

She raised her hands and licked them, feeling a sense of uneasiness in her heart.

"Is your illness related to this thing?"

She showed the scrap of paper to Hu Changqing. When Hu Changqing saw that the piece of paper was stained with black ash, not only did he not feel disgusted, but there was an eagerness in his eyes, as if the thing on the piece of paper was so precious and valuable. .

Seeing that Bo Ruoyou was still confused, she said sternly: "What is this? You have been poisoned by this thing, right?"

"No, no, no, this is not a poison, it is not poisonous, it is an elixir that allows us mortals to enjoy bliss..."

As if recalling that wonderful taste, there was a flash of intoxication on his face, but it was this memory that made him more painful. He shrank tighter, tears flowed down his face for a while, and he was shaking harder. , seeing Wu Xiang squatting beside him, he even couldn't help but grab Wu Xiang's robe, moaning in pain.

This appearance frightened the two of them, Wu Xiang quickly helped him up, "What's wrong with you? Does it hurt?"

"No, not...I want...I want..."

He seemed to have the last shred of consciousness and did not say what he wanted, but the pain reached the extreme. He suddenly pushed Wu Xiang away, turned around and hit his head on the edge of the bed. Wu Xiang couldn't stop him, and banged twice. When the sound settled, Hu Changqing didn't know what kind of force he had used, but he was bleeding all over and collapsed.

"Hu Changqing!" Wu Xiang shouted urgently.

Hu Changqing didn't seem to feel any pain at all. Blood flowed down and covered his eyes, but he relaxed, as if the pain on his forehead had relieved his original pain. He trembled twice more, and then tilted his head. Fainted.

Wu Xiang was stunned to see what kind of torture it was that made him tie him up for two days and hit him so hard that he bled?

"Xiaobo, this...what is going on?"

Bo Ruoyou looked solemn. Although she still didn't know what was going on, she felt that Hu Changqing was not sick, but poisoned. "He said he wanted it just now, so he probably wanted this thing. I smelled it, Somewhat like the Meixiang in Lanyue Tower, he is afraid that he got a more pure Meixiang, then rolled it in paper and lit it, and indulged in it——"

When Bao Ruoyou said this, he first felt that something was wrong. Meixiang was mostly used to aphrodisiac. Hu Changqing did not have a wife. He lit Meixiang at home. Was it just for self-blasphemy? However, although Hu Changqing's clothes were a bit messy, he did not reveal his chest or belly, nor was it what she had guessed. But if it wasn't for aphrodisiac, then what made Hu Changqing so addicted?

"He tied himself up because he didn't want to use this thing anymore. I saw that many things in his house were missing. This thing must be worth a lot of money. If it's not simply a charming fragrance, then this thing..."

Bo Ruoyou thought for a moment, and a bright light suddenly flashed in his mind, "This thing can cause hallucinations!"

Wu Xiang was a little puzzled, and Bo Ruoyou said: "He said this thing can make people reach the state of bliss, and what about a fairy medicine? I guess this thing can mostly make people fall into hallucinations. People who like power should use it. If you use this thing, you will feel that you are above ten thousand people. If you like wealth, if you use this thing, you will feel that you are in a pile of gold and silver. If you like beauty, you will feel that the beauty in front of you is even more beautiful..."

Wu Xiang understood now that everyone has seven emotions and six desires. Normally, he becomes depressed because his desires are rarely satisfied. But if there is something that can pretend to satisfy the desires of the heart, wouldn’t he want to use it every day? Even though it was fake, that moment must have been quite pleasant, confirming the place of bliss that Hu Changqing said.

"But this thing can backfire, and it is poisonous and harmful to the body!" Wu Xiang looked at Hu Changqing, "Is his injury serious? He was not awake just now. When he woke up, he understood that this thing is poison. Then you won’t be so obsessed with it.”

Bao Ruoyou leaned forward to look at the wound on Hu Changqing's forehead, and thought carefully about Hu Changqing's appearance just now. She felt that he recognized them clearly for a moment, and then looked crazy and crazy at the same time. After a while, she straightened up, her face was more serious than ever before. .

"What if he can't control himself even if he's awake?" She looked at Hu Changqing's tied wrists, "The knot is very tight. It must have been tied when he was still awake, but he just now It’s still the same.”

Wu Xiang knows that there are many poisons, and some weird poisons can indeed cause confusion, but as long as a mortal is sober, he can always tell the difference between good and bad, and there is no reason to touch the poison even though he knows it is poison. "He was the one who was poisoned." It's too deep. He will be able to control himself when he wakes up. Moreover, he has never had any bad habits before, and he is not a weak-minded person..."

Bo Ruoyou didn't know whether what Wu Xiang said was true or false, but when she thought of Hu Changqing's infatuated look just now, her mind flashed to the intoxicated look of Han Jiang's brother sniffing his purse in the carriage, and in the carriage The smell coming out was also similar to the charming fragrance of Lan Yue Tower, and she felt a chill in her heart. "Captain, I suddenly remembered that Brother Han Jiang was in the carriage just now. He seemed to have some resemblance to Hu Zuo, but he was not as good as him." So serious."

At this point, she simply said: "What if the poisoned person is not an exception?"

After Bao Ruoyou finished speaking, her heart sank, and she felt an indescribable chill enveloped her. She made a decision immediately, "Capture the head, this matter is not trivial. I don't know what this thing is yet, but if the people We all don’t know it, but we were poisoned unconsciously, and then everyone became crazy. Isn’t it easy to cause chaos, arrest the head, and just have to go to the Han family?”

Hu Changqing's **** example was right in front of him, and Wu Xiang's scalp went numb when he heard it, "Could... could there be such a poison?"

Bo Ruoyou nodded firmly, "Yes, among all things in the world, we know only a few who can name them and know whether they are good or bad, but those who cannot name them and cannot distinguish between good and bad are extremely rare. It may be very scary, just like the plague in Guzhang Village more than ten years ago. We still don’t know how the disease started."

At this point, she had a more terrifying thought, "And this time, Hu Zuo was addicted to this thing and spent money. If someone knows that this thing is poisonous but uses it to make profits, they will use those coaxing methods to make money." This poison will probably spread faster than we imagined. When everyone in the city is controlled by this poison, won't it be as scary as a plague?"

Wu Xiang stood up in excitement, "If you put it like that, I'm afraid this matter will have to be reported to the adults." He glanced at Hu Changqing, "I'll bandage him first, and then go back to the Yamen to call someone. Look at him, and then go to the Han family!"

Hu Changqing only bruised his flesh, but it was no big deal. After Bo Ruoyou helped to deal with the wound, the two left and went back to the Yamen. The carriage was moving fast along the way, and Wu Xiang's horse could also run quickly. Quickly, he went back to the yamen to call for someone. When Bao Ruoyou's carriage stopped at the door of the yamen, he saw the carriage and horses of Wu Zhaohou Mansion parked in front of the yamen.

Bo Ruoyou's eyes lit up, it was Huo Weilou who was here!