The Delicate Lady Coroner Chapter 124: Liu Hua Fei 20

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Chapter 124 Six Flowers Flying 20

Huo Weilou's eyes darkened, "Suicide?"

Bao Ruoyou thought for a moment with a serious expression, "Master Song sent his wife and children away after the incident in Weicang, Qinshui County, and told him that if he could save his life, he would return to his hometown. If he saw them and couldn't keep them, he would order them never to return to the capital. This shows that he was aware of the danger at that time. If the corruption in the household department was really related to him, could his crime lead to death?"

"Maybe. Hundreds of thousands of taels of silver were embezzled in Weicang in Qinshui County. In addition, bribes were accepted among officials. The crime is not small. It just depends on whether he was instigated by others or whether he was the main culprit. ”

Bao Ruoyou added: "He shouldn't be the main culprit. If he was poisoned, then the person behind the scenes would be the main culprit."

Huo Weilou agreed with his face. The Commander-in-Chief had also verified this before. She continued: "And if he committed suicide, then he would have felt a sense of sacrifice, because he did not kill himself out of fear of crime."

Huo Weilou immediately understood her speculation, "Before his death, he invited Marquis Changning and Li Yuan into the palace, went to the Wei family teahouse, and left a jade pendant at Yunzhou Restaurant. This was to leave clues to the court. Find these people?"

Not to mention that the court has not yet convicted him, but even if he is convicted, he still has time to struggle. Even if he is afraid of crime, he should be in prison for fear of crime, or take poison in the house, which will most likely leave evidence of suicide, but However, he disguised himself as a suicide. On the surface, the clues to the corruption in the household department seemed to end with him, but the people who were implicated by him that day became suspects.

The Marquis of Changning and Li Yuan were imprisoned in the sky prison that day, and Bo Jingqian was not spared. Then came the beauty's smile. The seeds of the beauty's smile were so small that Song Yu himself had never thought of this. He was buried in the sky. The clue to the Wei family is the jade pendant.

If the Wei family is not found from Li Yuan and Changning Hou, then this jade pendant will appear ten days later, proving that he visited the Wei family teahouse that day. This seemingly casual clue will lead to The target is pointed at the Wei family.

"I remember my adoptive father said that Wei Shangshu was very powerful. When the Queen's mother's family was involved in a palace murder, he relied on his own efforts to save the entire Xu family. Everyone in the world is afraid of death, so Lord Song can use it He committed suicide in this way because he had some fear in his heart. This fear made him dare not say anything openly even if he knew something. He also knew that he would not have long to live, so he chose this method."

When it comes to the character of these powerful ministers, no one understands them better than Huo Weilou. He nodded and said: "It is indeed true. Wei Shu has tried hard to protect the eldest prince over the years. If not for this, His Majesty would have made the Second Highness the Crown Prince." ."

Bao Ruoyou didn't ask too much about these, and only thought about the joints of the case, "With this analysis, the reason for Mr. Song's suicide is reasonable, but there is still a lack of evidence... Arsenic, he used this poison, think about it I knew before that he would always bring poison with him that day..."

Huo Weilou's eyes were slightly solemn, he stood up and went out to tell the attendants outside, "Call Ning Xiao."

After giving the instructions, he came back, "He changed his court clothes and left that day. I am more inclined to think that he bought it on the spur of the moment that day. In this way, even the most trusted servants don't know how he got poisoned. Now they know that he went there that day." You only need to check carefully at drug stores and hospitals on the road to find where to buy medicine."

Arsenic is highly poisonous and may not be available in ordinary pharmacies. If someone comes to a drug store to buy it, they will have an impression. But Bo Ruoyou did not expect that after checking for many days, he would finally come up with this. Conclusion, "Is the person he fears really Shangshu Wei?"

Huo Weilou sat down next to her again, "It's not impossible. Wei Shu was the one who made the decision in the Ministry of Household Affairs. He was inseparable from the corruption in the Ministry of Household Affairs. He just couldn't find any evidence. But now it's happened. , especially Wei Quan is involved. If you keep searching, you can always find Wei Shu, but I never thought that Song Yu committed suicide before."

Bo Ruoyou thought of Song Yu sending his wife and children away, and dismissing most of the servants, and that day when he went to Yunjian Guesthouse, he ordered a table full of food and wine but did not touch anything. He was already poisoned at that time, but he endured it Pain was waiting. What was he thinking about during the half hour he sat in the private room? Did the spiciness of Yunzhou Shaojiu remind him of his wife, children and hometown thousands of miles apart?

Bo Ruoyou asked Huo Weilou, "Was Mr. Song a good official in the past?"

Huo Weilou's eyes darkened, "He entered the second grade of high school and served as a local official for ten years. He built canals, docks, cultivated mulberry fields, and opened waterways for freight transportation. This made Luozhou silk as famous as the two lakes. The entire Luozhou In the south, it took less than ten years for his appearance to change drastically. In the past ten years, most of his grades were excellent, and then he entered the capital. After two years of experience in the Ministry of Personnel, he became the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs. If you ask this question If you ask the people of Luozhou, they will definitely praise him."

Only the common people can judge government officials as good or bad. Standing in the position of Huo Wei Tower, they will definitely not judge someone so clearly. Bo Ruoyou sighed a little, "It is enough to be praised by the people."

Huo Weilou held her hand and said, "Many people join the officialdom. At the beginning, they were all passionate from Chicheng, and they could see the people in their eyes. But later, they stood taller, saw more, and became farther and farther away from the people. , then you can’t see it.”

Bo Ruoyou couldn't help but think of He Cheng who was still in Qingzhou. Local officials were always better able to see the suffering of the people. She secretly hoped that her guess was correct. No matter how many crimes Song Yu had committed, at least his previous achievements were Really, using his power to expose other people is still a bit brave.

Ning Xiao came very quickly. When he heard that Song Yu might have committed suicide to expose the corruption in the household department, he was a little surprised. He frowned and glanced at Bo Ruoyou, knowing that this idea was probably guessed by Bo Ruoyou. Yes, he felt a little unbelievable in his heart, and immediately took orders to lead people to investigate.

After he left, Bo Ruoyou looked at his back and said, "Deputy Commander Ning doesn't seem to believe it, and he must have guessed that I came over to tell the Marquis." She said hesitantly, "Deputy Commander Ning The commander must know that Mr. Marquis told me about the corruption in the Ministry of Revenue, will he feel inappropriate?"

Ning Xiao has followed Huo Weilou for many years, and she can see that Ning Xiao must have great respect for Huo Weilou. This can be imagined by looking at the shadow of Huo Weilou in every word and deed of Ning Xiao. When you admire a person, you will imitate him intentionally or unintentionally. Over time, you will become more consistent.

Bao Ruoyou used to face Ning Xiao. Although he felt that this person was sharp and sometimes even colder than Huo Weilou, he never felt afraid of him. But now she felt a little guilty for no reason in her heart. After all, her mind had changed now, so she didn't Lost the confidence of the past.

"Why does he feel something is wrong?" Huo Weilou was puzzled at first, and then he understood a little. His eyes darkened slightly, "Did you know that in addition to watching the words and deeds of the civil and military officials, the emperor's hands and eyes also Pay attention to their wives?"

Bo Ruoyou didn't react for a moment, and Huo Weilou said: "Any courtier, no matter how confidential the matter is, will probably not be able to help but talk to his wife when he returns to his home. Is this strange? What's more, this is just for tolerance."

Bo Ruoyou's face suddenly turned red. He actually compared her to the wives of court officials, but she was not his wife now. She retorted in a low voice: "But neither am I..."

"It's not right now, but it will be sooner or later. If they can't even see this, they have followed me for many years in vain." Huo Weilou's eyes darkened slightly as he spoke, and he looked her up and down for a moment, not knowing what he was planning. .

Bao Ruoyou felt a little nervous in his heart. Seeing that it was getting late, he wanted to say goodbye and go home. Knowing that he had not returned home last night, he couldn't help but persuade him to rest. Huo Weilou's eyes changed again and he hesitated to speak. After a few moments, she felt so depressed that she was sent home.

Bao Ruoyou hugged the brocade box and left, not knowing why he was suddenly unhappy.

Huo Weilou stood under the verandah and watched her walk out of the courtyard. He asked about Huo Qinghong's condition before returning to the bedroom. He was indeed a little sleepy, but after lying down, Bo Ruoyou was floating in his mind. At noon, when the sun was rising in the sky, it was the hottest time, and he had just taken out the brocade box and smelled the sweet smell again, which made him feel a little unsteady in his energy and blood.

Huo Weilou closed his eyes. He really didn't want to take a cold shower anymore, so he reached down under the brocade quilt covering his body. He half-closed his eyes impatiently. There were only layers of clothes in the room where he could hear the drop of needles. There was a sharp sound of his robe rubbing together, and after a whole cup of tea, he heard a suppressed gasp, and a thin layer of sweat spread on his face. He calmly calmed down for a moment, and finally got up and went to the bathroom.

After Bo Ruoyou returned home, he saw Cheng Yunzhi writing out a few more prescriptions. She presented the brocade box to Cheng Yunzhi. This was the first time Cheng Yunzhi saw this thing. While he was looking at the gold ointment, he listened to Bo Ruoyou's instructions to the hospital camp in the south of the city. among things.

It stands to reason that in order to treat diseases, he had better go and see those patients. However, due to his inconvenient status, he listened very carefully. After listening, he pondered for a while, "It seems that once the poisoning is deep, no matter how severe it is, I can't control my will."

Bo Ruoyou nodded, "Exactly, most of the prescriptions prescribed by Taiyuan Hospital are mainly warming and tonic. Because the disease addiction is difficult to detect from the pulse, and the poison lasts only a moment, no one knows the disease. Why do you get addiction? Today I told Lord Marquis about my adoptive father’s method, and he felt that my adoptive father’s method might be a surprising way to win.”

Cheng Yunzhi raised his eyebrows and said, "Aren't you going to the Yamen?"

Bo Ruoyou coughed lightly, "Because I still want to ask about Mr. Song's case..."

Cheng Yunzhi looked like a female college student, and Bo Ruoyou hurriedly told Song Yu’s case. When he mentioned that he suspected that Song Yu committed suicide, Cheng Yunzhi also expressed emotion, "The name of Luozhou Silk is indeed It took more than ten years to rise, but after a change of local officials in Luozhou, it has declined again."

At this point, Cheng Yunzhi's words became cold, "Temple politics is full of knives that kill people without blood. If Song Yu really committed suicide and implicated so many people after his suicide, it can be considered that he was benevolent, but if he was just involved in Being involved in corruption and being poisoned is also his fate. Let's see if we can find any evidence."

Bo Ruoyou responded and accompanied Cheng Yunzhi to read the pharmacopoeia. The Yamen was also busy with the gold ointment these two days, so Bo Ruoyou never went to Yingmao. In the evening, he accompanied Cheng Yunzhi to visit Huang Lin. At this moment Huang Lin was sober. Seeing that he had troubled Cheng Yunzhi and made his parents sad and tired, he also looked guilty. Although he couldn't drink the soup, he still forced himself to swallow half the bowl.

The father and daughter stayed until the second watch before returning home. Cheng Yunzhi originally wanted to wait to see if Huang Lin would become poisonous, but he did not wait. He also hoped that the interval between Huang Lin's poisonous effects would become longer and longer, so he returned first After resting at home, the Huang family was ordered to call at any time.

After Bo Ruoyou rested, he was a little worried about Song Yu's case. When he slept until the fifth hour of the night, the door of the Bo family was suddenly knocked. The Huang family's servants came in panic, saying that Huang Lin's The poison has struck!

Bao Ruoyou and Cheng Yunzhi quickly dressed and went to the Huang house. When they entered the inner room, they saw Huang Lin struggling on the bed again. His hands and feet were tied, leaving a patch of bruises. Cheng Yunzhi He quickly lit the fragrant pills he made during the day, and then placed them beside Huang Lin. The smoke came out. Huang Lin didn't smell the smell of gold ointment at first, but soon, his body began to twitch unbearably. It eased a little, and the tears in the corners of my eyes also stopped.

Although it could not cure the root cause, this product still gave him some comfort. He leaned next to the incense burner that lit the fragrant pills, and inhaled almost drunkenly. He took a few deep breaths, and his face relaxed, and he waited until the pain came again. After coming up, he took a few more deep breaths and repeated the cycle several times. The strength of his struggle became less and his consciousness did not completely collapse.

After daybreak, his drug addiction was finally overcome. The first two times he was so violent that he wanted to commit suicide, but this time he was still conscious and had not fainted. Cheng Yunzhi hurriedly checked for his pulse. Judging from the pulse, it was much milder than the previous two times.

Cheng Yunzhi exhaled, "It seems to be somewhat effective. I only added a little gold paste, and the rest are sandalwood spices and a few herbs. I have minimized the damage to him. I must take good care of the medicine today." Don’t be careless when eating.”

Cheng Yunzhi pondered for a moment, and in addition to asking for pulse, he also stepped forward and touched the acupuncture points on Huang Lin's body from his shoulders to the top of his head. When he returned home, he said: "When the poison takes effect, the patients all appear crazy. It gave me the feeling that the veins on my head were injured, so I thought about whether I could use acupuncture plus medication to get faster results."

Bao Ruoyou knew that some acroparalysis and madness could be treated with acupuncture, but he had not thought about this detoxification. He couldn't help but admire Cheng Yunzhi's previous family education background, which was not comparable to her, so she naturally encouraged Cheng Yunzhi , after entering the house, Cheng Yunzhi went straight to the study and started studying again. Bo Ruoyou looked in his eyes, felt very relieved, and started to do something next to him.

At noon, there was a knock on the door of the Cheng family again. Zhou Liang originally thought it was the Huang family, but when he opened the door, he saw that it was the servant of the Hou Mansion who came to bring a message to Bo Ruoyou. Bo Ruoyou arrived at the door. The attendant said: "Girl, the Marquis ordered the little people to bring you a message. The place where Mr. Song bought medicine has been found. It is just as you expected. The Marquis please don't worry about this case. If you have time, you can go to the Marquis Mansion. I will tell you the details at that time."

After Bo Ruoyou agreed, the attendant turned and left. She thought about it and realized that the case was actually a suicide. The murder case was solved, so she was not in a hurry to go to the Hou Mansion to inquire, so she went back to the study to help Cheng Yunzhi. .

When the results were informed to Cheng Yunzhi, Cheng Yunzhi was also a little bit sad, "I just don't know what the inside story is."

Bao Ruoyou thought that Huo Weilou was probably interrogating Wei Quan at the moment, and he didn't know whether it would go smoothly. The father and daughter talked about the ups and downs of the court officials, and then focused on detoxification. .

Now that the murder case is over, the most important thing now is to detoxify the gold ointment. Not only Huang Lin is anxious, Huo Qinghong is anxious, but now more than a thousand patients in the entire capital are waiting eagerly, and Zhou Liang goes out every day Everyone has heard many rumors about families being broken up, families being killed, and wives being scattered. The culprit was gold ointment. Although Cheng Yunzhi didn't show it, he became more and more urgent. He prescribed many prescriptions and prepared many fragrant pills. He also wanted to Find other herbs that can replace the golden ointment. Within two days, the entire Cheng family courtyard was covered with herbs purchased by Zhou Liangxin. Those who didn't know it might have thought that the Cheng family was going to start a medicinal herb business.

In the past two days, Cheng Yunzhi was also trying acupuncture on Huang Lin. It is not yet clear whether the drug addiction has been cured, but complications such as headaches and physical weakness caused by the drug have been alleviated a lot. , except for the fact that he still felt quite uncomfortable when the poison occurred, he could take medicine and eat during the rest of the time, and his energy and spirit had also recovered a little. Cheng Yunzhi felt that he had found the right method.

Seeing that Huang Lin had regained some of his energy, Bo Ruoyou remembered Huo Qinghong. In the evening, she expressed her thoughts and wanted to invite Cheng Yunzhi to visit Huo Qinghong. Cheng Yunzhi never treated others in his previous years, but this time he was a close neighbor, and his illness occurred under his nose.

She was a little worried, but after some hesitation, Cheng Yunzhi sighed and said: "I know that the eldest son of the Huo family has also been infected with this poison. Not to mention your current thoughts, just because Wu Zhaohou has saved you countless times. This time, this is also the case, but now I am not sure how effective this method is, and I don’t want to come to him rashly, especially since he has a distinguished status and may have already obtained the antidote?"

Zhou Liang went out these two days, but did not hear that the detoxification method was obtained in the Chengnan Hospital Camp. Therefore, Bo Ruoyou guessed that the Hou Mansion probably had no clue, but when it came to treating Huo Qinghong, she felt it was better to be more careful, "Then Tomorrow, my daughter will go to the Marquis Mansion to have a look, and after asking her questions, she will tell her adoptive father. If necessary, our adoptive father will go and see her. If there is an antidote, we will do our best."

Cheng Yunzhi agreed with a smile, and the father and daughter then went back to their rooms to rest. After breakfast the next day, Bo Ruoyou took a carriage to the Hou Mansion. She had not seen Huo Weilou for three days. When I arrived at the Hou Mansion, I heard that Huo Weilou was in the house, and I felt happy. However, before I reached the main courtyard, I saw two attendants carrying soup and medicine hurriedly to the guest courtyard.

That is the direction where Huo Qinghong lives now. Bo Ruoyou frowned and hurriedly followed him to the living room. As soon as he reached the door of the courtyard, he heard the noise in the house. At a glance, Huo Weilou was standing sideways. In the main hall, his body is like a carved stone, but his eyes are looking at Nuange.

"Brother, kill me!" Huo Qinghong roared in pain.

"I don't deserve to be your brother——"

"Uncle was born as the eldest son of the Duke's family. He was already nobler than my father. Later, he married the eldest princess...even more...even more noble. You have been a role model for the younger generations since you were a child...I will do everything with you. If you compare, I can't compare with you. My father also told me that you are destined to be in power. It is impossible for both of the Huo family to have the same power as me. He just wants me to be a rich young man. I...I am this Then I thought that there was nothing to compare with, I was willing to be a dandy, and no one knew that I was not willing to do it..."

"Now I am in such a state that I would rather die than live..."

"Kill me, I really can't stand it anymore..."

The attendants looked at their noses, noses, and hearts without daring to speak out. Bo Ruoyou was also a little shocked. Soon Eunuch Fu's voice came out, waiting to beg and coaxing: "Your Majesty, please don't say anything anymore. Yes, Lord Marquis is doing this for your own good. Just drink the medicine and you will be fine..."

"Either give it to me or kill me. Stop torturing me like this. I feel so uncomfortable. Brother, why can't you be soft-hearted to me? You will never be soft-hearted to anyone. You and Big Brother Just like my aunt, my uncle was forced to die like this back then..."

"Your Majesty!" Eunuch Fu shouted urgently, "Stop talking about Your Majesty, you can't say such things..."

"I can say, I can say anything. Anyway, I won't live long. After being tortured to death like this, how can I still be the crown prince of the Duke's mansion? I want to say, I want to say everything I have been holding back for these years. Say it..."

Huo Qinghong was exhausted, but he still shouted until his voice became hoarse regardless of it. Eunuch Fu was advising him bitterly, and Ming Guilan scolded him, but Huo Qinghong seemed to do it on purpose. , continued to raise his voice: "I know you won't be soft-hearted no matter how I beg you. You don't even care about your biological mother. You are in power, but look at yourself, you are worse than I, a worthless person, am even more pitiful than you and your family of four, and all of you are not doing well——"

Something broke, and Bo Ruoyou heard Mr. Fu scolding Huo Qinghong in an unprecedented sharp voice, but Huo Qinghong laughed hoarsely and began to say heart-wrenching words intermittently. But most of the time his voice was broken by shouting, and it was difficult to form any words into a sentence. Eunuch Fu was reprimanding something angrily.

It was clear that there were still noises in his ears, but when Bo Ruoyou looked at Huo Wei Tower, he felt that there was a chilling silence all around him. The attendants in the courtyard all lowered their heads, as if they had all turned into stone statues. Bao Ruoyou's heartstrings were tense. Before her thoughts could move, she had already stepped out. She was walking a little anxiously, but she was about to cross the threshold when Huo Weilou heard the noise and turned around.

The moment their eyes met, Bo Ruoyou saw a deep and invisible void in Huo Weilou's eyes, as if all the compelling bright light had been swallowed by the abyss, and he himself was about to be immersed in the cold darkness. Normally, when Bao Ruoyou walked up to him, his eyes would become brighter. He turned around and said, "Why are you here?"

He didn’t know how long he had been standing here, nor how long he had listened to Huo Qinghong’s nonsense. When he opened his mouth, there was a hoarse voice that had not been spoken for a long time. Bo Ruoyou glanced at Nuan Pavilion, “That day, Mr. Hou, Did the Marquis forget to ask me to pass the residence?"

Huo Weilou thought about it for a moment, remembering that day he ordered someone to tell her about Song Yu's case. He nodded and walked out the door, "Follow me."

Bao Ruoyou hurriedly followed him. His steps were neither hasty nor slow, but also very steady. His back was straight, like a cold blade wrapped in a scabbard, but even through the scabbard, there was no trace of life. Not wanting anyone to get close to him, Bo Ruoyou hurriedly followed him into the study.

When he arrived at the study, he turned around and pointed to the low couch under the window and asked Bo Ruoyou to sit down. Seeing that she didn't move, he didn't say much. He just said with a normal look on his face: "Song Yu did buy the medicine that day, and he didn't He didn't bring any money with him. When he bought medicine, he gave all the ten taels of silver he had to the store, but only got a small bag of arsenic. Because of this, the medicine shopkeeper was particularly impressed by him. The medicine shop was located next to Sanqing Temple. The alleys in the east are very remote. I spent some effort that day and only found it at midnight..."

He actually thought that she was really here to ask about the case, and he never stopped once he opened his mouth. Her eyes were dim and hard to see. If you didn't look carefully, they were almost the same as him in ordinary times. But if you listened carefully, you would see. Only then could one notice that there was a bit of heart-wrenching harshness beneath his usual solemn tone.

"Song Yu bought the medicine at the same time that day. After buying the medicine, according to his steps, it also happened to coincide with the time when he went to the tea shop, and the doctor in the shop said that the dose of that amount, It takes more than three hours to kill someone, which coincides with the time when Song Yu died from the poison that day..."

Huo Weilou continued to speak, his tone smooth, as if he could swallow it without changing his expression even if he was given the most bitter Coptis chinensis in the world. As Bo Ruoyou listened, he suddenly stepped forward quickly and leaned forward to eat it. Hugged him.