The Delicate Lady Coroner Chapter 51: Sanzhumei 06

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Chapter 51 Three Plants Mei 06

This question made Lu Qing slightly stunned. Lu Qing said respectfully: "I have sung several times with several female actors in the class, so we have a close relationship."

Huo Weilou's eyes were dim, but he continued to ask calmly: "What was it like when Liu Huiniang saw Li Yuchang back last night?"

After hearing this, Lu Qing immediately recalled: "The old man was humming a aria from "Resurrection" he wrote for Hui Niang. He looked very happy, but he was a little drunk and his steps were a little unsteady. Hui Niang When she helped him in, there was a loud bang on the door. I lived next door to the master. When I heard the noise, I came out to take a look. Huiniang helped the master in, said a few more words, then closed the door and came out. ..."

Huo Weilou narrowed his eyes, "You all call Li Yuchang master?"

Lu Qing nodded, "Yes, the little guys were all bought by the master early in the morning. Some have been practicing in the mansion for five years, and some have been practicing for ten years. They must be trained well before they can go on stage."

Huo Weilou said again: "You and Li Yuchang live close to each other. Did anything strange happen last night?"

Lu Qing thought for a moment and said hesitantly, "I don't know if it can be called a weird thing..."

Huo Weilou stared, "Say."

Lu Qing said: "After Hui Niang left last night, I also entered the door. I seemed to hear some movement vaguely. It seemed that the master opened the door and went out. However, when I opened the door and looked outside, I saw that Seeing that there was no one in the corridor, and the master's door was closed, it was already very late, so everyone had a rest. The light in the corridor was dim, so I continued to sleep without thinking too much. Later, I fell asleep. Once you catch it, you don’t know anything anymore.”

Li Yuchang was drunk but went out again?

"When was that time?" Huo Weilou asked again.

"It should be...it's already halfway through the second update." Lu Qing thought about it for a moment and said with a certain tone.

Huo Weilou stared at him for a moment, then looked at Liu Huiniang, who was standing a few steps away, and waved his hand without saying anything. Then thinking of Yueniang, Huo Weilou asked Lu Ke again, "Yue Niang last night." What is mom doing?"

Lu Ke said hurriedly: "After the play was over, she went to see Song Meiniang, and then went back to her room to sleep before the second watch. Chunqin, who lived with her, can testify. My subordinates have already asked Chunqin , it’s true.”

Huo Weilou also thought of Yueniang for some reason. It was probably because the Yueniang he saw that night had an indifferent face and was very wary of them. It always made people think that she had little kindness. "Besides Lu Yuchang, Li Yuchang was surrounded by Also ask other boat passengers besides Qing, especially if he has been out before and after the second watch."

Lu Ke took the order and left, and Huo Weilou returned to the utility room where Bo Ruoyou performed his autopsy.

As soon as he got closer, he saw Huo Qinghong standing further away, as if he was avoiding something. Ming Guilan was sitting in a wheelchair, next to the fence, frowning slightly. Huo Weilou raised his eyebrows and moved forward. After taking a step, I smelled the pungent smell of blood.

He walked quickly to the door and saw the dazzling blood inside the door.

Li Yuchang died all night, and the body was still fresh. After Bo Ruoyou dissected the body, blood spilled from the knife edge, which was quite scary. Bo Ruoyou was seen squatting on the ground, with the cloak on her body in the hands of Eunuch Fu, her sleeves The robe was rolled up, and there were blood stains all over the handguards, even some on the wrists. There were two porcelain plates on the ground beside them, and some invisible filth was spread out among them.

Seeing Huo Weilou come back, Bo Ruoyou also raised his eyes from the corpse. Her eyes were cold and serious. When she looked at Huo Weilou, she said with some warmth, "Master Hou is back. ”

Huo Wei came upstairs and asked, "How was the test?"

Bo Ruoyou straightened his aching waist and said: "There are small white spots on the eye membranes of the deceased, which have begun to dissolve. The body is slightly swollen. Because the river is cold, there is only a little corruption in the five internal organs. The spots were light in color and the joints were severely stiff. Based on the above and the degree of food digestion in his spleen and stomach, it is estimated that he fell into the water and drowned around midnight last night."

On the second watch, shortly after Liu Huiniang sent him back, Huo Weilou frowned slightly and continued to listen to Bao Ruoyou.

"After the autopsy, the woman found some undigested food in the stomach of the deceased, as well as a lot of wine. She must have drunk a lot last night. There was a small amount of fine blood in the mouth and nose of the deceased. There is also a little sand and fine aquatic plant leaves in the esophagus and airway, which should have been inhaled while struggling in the river."

Bao Ruoyou frowned slightly and added: "So far, the women have not found any evidence that he was murdered. These clues only show that he fell into the river after drinking. If he was serious at that time, If you are drunk and confused and fall into the river, your cry for help must be small, and the Marquis knows that at night, the river wind howls, and if the cry for help is small, you really can't hear clearly."

"It's possible that he didn't die from murder?"

Bo Ruoyou nodded, "That's true from the corpse. There were no fatal injuries on the deceased's body. After the clothes were removed, in addition to the scratches on his hands and face that were just discovered, there was also a scratch on the deceased's feet. , but these scratches may have been caused by falling into the river. In addition, there was a post-mortem injury on his waist, which should have been left by the rope of the anchor. All pre-mortem injuries were not fatal. If the person was alive, On land, you don’t even need to apply medicine to such abrasions."

After Bao Ruoyou said this, he asked again: "Have you found the place where he fell?"

"Found it." Huo Weilou walked closer to her, "On the balcony at the stern on the west side of the second floor, there are a lot of debris there. You can easily cross the fence by stepping on the debris and drop it. When it fell, it happened to be the location of the kitchen on the first floor, where water was dumped all year round. Over time, stains of different colors appeared on the hull, which were the same as those on Li Yuchang's robe."

The first floor of the building is the deck at the stern, and the second floor is toward the stern of the small terrace. But what was Li Yuchang doing on the terrace in the middle of the night?

Bao Ruoyou wondered: "What did he do on the terrace? He accidentally fell down..."

Huo Weilou stared at him, "This is also a place where I don't understand. Lu Qing, who lives next to him, said that after half of Haishi, he heard the sound of him opening the door, as if Li Yuchang had walked out, but when he came out to see , but no one was seen. If Li Yuchang went to the balcony at that time, then he really couldn't see anyone, because Li Yuchang's house was very close to the west balcony, and he could get there soon. But it was too late, unless he I really drank to the point of being delirious. I walked randomly to the terrace, climbed up along the debris, and then stepped out and fell into the river."

Bao Ruoyou frowned slightly, "It's not like I haven't heard of some people who got drunk and lost their minds and then killed themselves." After saying this, she lowered her eyes and looked at Li Yuchang's body, and for a moment she was speechless. Some are undecided.

When Huo Weilou saw this, he said: "If no doubt can be obtained, it will be treated as if he slipped and fell into the river."

Bo Ruoyou nodded, although it was a bit unbelievable, but it was either a death or a homicide, "That's the only way. When the girl was in the Qingshan County Government, she often found refugees who died of illness and frozen to death on the roadside. Among the corpses, we have also seen people who were drunk and fell into the river and died. They were not harmed by others."

Huo Weilou narrowed his eyes, "The bodies of refugees who died of illness and cold?"

Bo Ruoyou was stunned for a moment, "Not many. It's just that during times of famine, there are always some people who have difficulty making a living. Those who are in better health may be able to survive for a few days, but those who are already sick will find it difficult to survive. Qingshan County itself He is poor and weak, so it is not unusual for him to happen by chance."

Huo Weilou frowned, "Jiangnan is familiar enough with the world. If refugees are still common in Jiangnan, the world will be in chaos."

Bo Ruoyou said hurriedly: "Master Hou, don't worry, it's not common."

Huo Weilou said no more. Bo Ruoyou cleaned up the wounds on the body and covered them before standing up. She had been squatting for a long time, and her legs and feet were a little numb. She swayed before she could stand still. Huo Weilou Looking at the bottom of his eyes, his eyes became darker again.

At this time, Lu Ke said outside: "Master Hou, we have finished all the inquiries. Last night, almost all the people in the Yuchun class and the tenants were confirmed to be there. Only a few lived alone and did not go out. There were no witnesses who passed the door, but they had no enmity with Boss Yu. My subordinates asked several times and found nothing unusual."

"Does the person named Lu Qing also have no certificate?" Huo Weilou asked.

Lu Ke nodded, "Both Dan Jiao'er and Jiao'er live alone, and several of them are unidentified. However, my subordinates asked about them and didn't hear anything unusual, and most of them were young. I fell asleep half way through."

Li Yuchang died around midnight. If other people really went to sleep after midnight, it would be difficult for others to hear even if there was any movement when he died. Therefore, there are still some omissions in the testimony here. However, the autopsy found no harm. , no other clues were found on the second floor terrace, and it was impossible to forcibly connect Li Yuchang’s death with these people.

"No evidence has been found yet. Li Yuchang probably fell off the stairs and died by himself. Later, we asked people from the Yuchun class to collect his belongings and called Shen Ya."

Lu Ke left in response, and Shen Ya soon arrived. When Huo Weilou said that Li Yuchang fell into the river and died on his own, he breathed a sigh of relief. With Wu Zhaohou finalizing the case, he and his Shen family It is no longer related, and there is no life-threatening lawsuit during the period, so it is the best way to deal with it. Shen Ya said, "Thank you, Lord Marquis. I will discuss with the people in Yuchun class to see how Boss Yu's funeral should be handled."

Huo Weilou naturally didn't care about this and nodded in agreement.

After Shen Ya left, Huo Weilou turned around and saw Bo Ruoyou squatting on the ground again. She looked at Li Yuchang's body and didn't know what she was thinking, "What? Did you notice anything unusual?"

Bao Ruoyou shook his head, "No, the girl just thought it was a little weird. Boss Yu was very interested in the meeting these two days. Later, the meeting went smoothly and she was quite happy. But when she was the happiest, she suddenly Falling into the river and dying is really an unpredictable thing."

“There are unpredictable circumstances, and there are indeed many great joys and great tragedies.”

Bao Ruoyou stood up and went to clean her hands. This time, the hand guard given by Huo Weilou saved her from the pain of corpses, water and blood staining her hands. After washing the hand guard, she wiped it clean and put it properly into her sleeve. , when he came out again, he saw that the Yuchun class, led by Liu Huiniang, had gathered outside the door. They knew that Li Yuchang fell into the river and died, and everyone came to collect his body for him.

Shen Ya was also accompanying him. When he saw Huo Weilou and his entourage coming out, Shen Ya said: "Boss Yu is dead. They feel that Boss Yu's funeral is the most important thing. They will get off the boat when they arrive at Changfeng Ferry the day after tomorrow. Boss Yu’s body is sent back to Jiangnan for burial, so we have no choice but to give up on the meeting.”

Southern opera is weak in the north. This opportunity to go to the Marquis Mansion in the capital to sing and perform is very precious to the Yuchun class. If they cherish this opportunity, they can only send a few people to bury Boss Yu, but they did not expect that they would continue to bury Boss Yu. The opportunity to sing in the church was given up.

Bao Ruoyou felt moved when he heard this. Huo Weilou did not comment and took them away from here.

Having just walked a few steps, Bo Ruoyou vaguely heard Liu Huiniang’s cry. Her voice was clear and melodious, and her cry was particularly soft and sweet. Even to her, a woman, she felt sad and touching. She turned around After taking a look, I saw Yueniang following at the end. While others had sad faces, her expression was a bit cold.

Bao Ruoyou suddenly thought of Ye Yueniang's indifferent expression after they collided with her. Her heart skipped a beat and she quickly shook off the thoughts that came to her mind. At that moment, she actually put Li Yuchang's Death is associated with Yueniang.

As soon as they got up, they were busy. Huo Weilou and his party had not had breakfast yet. They went to the tea shop to have breakfast before going upstairs. When they walked up to the second floor, they saw someone coming and going in the corridor. Often, they are all people from the Yuchun class. Some are packing up Li Yuchang's belongings, while others are preparing to make a set of funeral clothes for Li Yuchang to wrap up his body first.

Just when Huo Weilou and his party were heading upstairs without stopping, they suddenly heard someone yelling and cursing in the corridor.

"Who stole it? Do you dare to steal the master's things? Do you think that after the master is gone, you will become lawless? Let me tell you, you all signed the contract and returned to the old house in Jiangnan , some people will rule you."

"That fan is my favorite jade bone fan. You'd better return it honestly. If you are caught by me, see if I don't tear your skin to pieces. Chunqin, wasn't it you? Just now When the news of the master's death came, you were the last to wait and see. Did you come and steal the master's fan?"

The person who was yelling and scolding was a man. When Huo Weilou heard the word "Chun Qin", he felt familiar, so he stopped and walked towards the corridor. As soon as he turned the corner, he saw a man piercing his waist and yelling at several people. Little girl.

The little girl named Chunqin was the one who lived in the same room as Yueniang. Huo Weilou's eyes were narrow and he paused inexplicably.

The scolding man had his back to Huo Weilou and did not notice their arrival. Seeing Chunqin biting the corners of his lips and keeping silent, he stepped forward and grabbed Chunqin's ears, "I'm asking you, do you think so?" Say?"

"Butler Qian, it's not me. It's really not me. I overslept. It's not me who came to steal things..."

Chunqin shed tears of pain. Then she saw Huo Weilou and quickly shouted: "Greetings to the Marquis——"

Everyone on the boat knew Huo Weilou's identity. When she shouted like this, the steward Qian was startled. He turned around and faced Huo Weilou's cold eyes. His expression changed slightly and he quickly bowed and saluted. .

Huo Wei came upstairs and asked, "What did Li Yuchang lose?"

Butler Qian did not dare to be presumptuous, so he quickly said with a smile: "Returning to the Marquis, I lost one of my favorite folding fans when I was alive."

Folding fans... Huo Weilou remembered that when he came up in the morning, he only saw two folding fans on the table, so he said: "When I came to search the house in the morning, I actually saw two folding fans."

Butler Qian hurriedly said: "I would like to inform you, Lord, that I have three folding fans. The one I like the most is a white jade bone with Manjushahua and a picture of a beautiful woman painted on it. It’s just this folding fan that’s missing…”

Butler Qian glanced at Chunqin, and seemed to think that Chunqin had stolen the fan.

Huo Weilou frowned slightly, "Did he lose anything else?"

Butler Qian shook his head now, "No, only this."

Huo Weilou said: "He has three folding fans. The one you mentioned is his favorite. If someone wants to steal the fan, why not steal the other two fans together? In addition, there is a lot of value in his room. If you are looking for money, why not steal them together?"

Butler Qian's expression changed slightly, "This, this..."

Chunqin sniffed and immediately looked at Huo Weilou gratefully. Butler Qian didn't dare to argue, so he said: "The villain is stupid, maybe... maybe the master took it away himself."

Huo Weilou said no more, just looking at the door opened and many of Li Yuchang's personal belongings had been put away, while several notebooks placed together on the desk were still thrown there alone.

Huo Weilou suddenly asked, "What do you master use that fan for?"

Butler Qian hurriedly said: "It is used for singing. The fan was specially made by the master for "The Return of the Soul"..."

"The Return of the Soul? Is this the script your master wrote for Liu Huiniang?"

Butler Qian nodded immediately, "Yes, our master has learned a lot and has written many story books. This "Return of the Soul" is specially written for the Liu family. The master is a theater fanatic. He writes it himself and can also compose it while writing. She sang the song by herself, so when the playbook came out, the first person who could sing was the master. Everyone was instructed by the master. This "Return of the Soul" was specially written for Liu Huiniang. Alas, I thought the troupe would rely on this The show is a big hit."

Butler Qian looked regretful, "I haven't finished writing "The Return of the Soul" yet, but now I'm gone."

As he spoke, Butler Qian's eyes turned red, and he looked really sad.

Huo Weilou nodded and asked no more questions. He turned and went upstairs. After reaching the third floor, he said: "Liu Huiniang said that after last night's drama, she and Li Yuchang had a drink and talked about drama in the room. They were talking about this play " "The Return of the Soul". Later, she sent Li Yuchang back to her room and practiced singing by herself. But when Li Yuchang died, the folding fan disappeared. I am afraid that Li Yuchang was also drunk at the time and went to the terrace to sing, still holding the folding fan in his hand. ."

Bo Ruoyou suddenly said, "So that's the case. This can also explain why he went to the terrace in the middle of the night. After he fell into the river, his shoes were not there when he was found in the morning, and the folding fan was naturally missing."

The Lancang River is flat and wide. Not to mention the folding fan, even if a person falls into the river, it is very likely that he will be swept away without knowing where to go. It’s just that the place where Li Yuchang fell was close to the rope of the anchor, so he was caught. Otherwise, I'm just afraid that if the person disappears, no one will know his whereabouts.

It is almost impossible for Chunqin to steal things, but there are other weird things about this Yuchun class. Thinking of the noise he heard outside the house that night, Huo Weilou felt that he had some lingering doubts in his heart, but Yuchun class is not It was a family troupe, and these young actors were often together. It was not impossible that they had some private affairs, and if they had nothing to do with Li Yuchang's death, he would not have to expose them one by one.

He shook his head and did not mention the matter.

Wu Yu, who had been following at this time, sighed: "They say actors are ruthless, but they didn't even go to the Beijing Hall. It's not really ruthless. It's just that without the class leader, I don't know what the fate of the Yuchun Troupe will be in the future. ”

Wu Yu originally wanted to wait until he arrived in the capital to attend the meeting, but this time all the Yuchun class turned back, which surprised him.

Gong Fu said fairly: "Listening to what the housekeeper said, it seems that there are other heads of the Li family, and each of the opera singers has their own status in their hands. If there is anyone who can take on the role of leader, this opera troupe will I’m sure they won’t fall apart.”

The Yuchun Class is quite famous in the south of the Yangtze River. This kind of money-spinner will not be easily broken up as long as it has some brains.

The sudden death of a living person, even though he was not familiar with Li Yuchang, still cast a shadow on people's hearts. Even Huo Qinghong succumbed as if he had been beaten by frost, and Yuchun Ban Everyone will disembark the ship the day after tomorrow, and the journey on the ship for the next few days will definitely be dull and boring.

There was a lot of noise in the morning, and Cheng Yunzhi naturally heard it, but he didn't go downstairs. Only then did he hear Bo Ruoyou talk about it. After hearing the autopsy results, Cheng Yunzhi said: "It's not surprising. In the clear day, someone still slips." Falling to death, let alone being drunk and at night, it’s just that the second floor terrace must be tidy, adults can forget it, if there are children climbing on it, it will be very dangerous.”

When Bo Ruoyou heard this, he didn't know if the terrace on the second floor had been cleaned up, so he thought about going to the terrace on the second floor together. When he got to the terrace, he heard Shen Ya scolding the boatman.

"Although there are few people here, we still have to clean it frequently. Wouldn't it be disappointing if there are distinguished guests?"

The boatmen responded, and Shen Ya walked out angrily. As soon as he walked out of the small door, he saw Bo Ruoyou outside. A smile appeared on his face, "Why are you here, girl?"

Bo Ruoyou said: "I heard from Master Hou that there is a place here where you can climb the fence without much effort, so I wanted to come and have a look."

Shen Ya sighed and said: "It's all my fault for my negligence, but it will be sorted out soon."

Bao Ruoyou felt relieved and turned back when he heard the boatmen cleaning up on the terrace.

The boat was busy all day long. Although there were no funeral items, after all, someone had died. Shen Ya was also afraid that it would be unlucky, so he found incense and candlesticks for lighting, lit them, and arranged them. At the temporary mourning hall, Liu Huiniang and a few people guarded the mourning hall. She respected the class leader very much. In the evening, another person came to guard the mourning hall.

While Shen Ya was afraid of the deceased, he also felt that it was not good-looking to have a mourning hall on the ship. Since the mourning hall was set up, the ship's passengers had not walked downstairs in the room all day long, and the wine and tea shops were also vacant. He ordered the boatman to Raising the sail, I just wanted to rush to Changfeng Ferry so that Boss Yu could disembark as soon as possible.

However, after traveling for a day and a night, the ship still did not arrive at Changfeng Ferry. According to the itinerary, the earliest it could arrive was at dawn on the third day. Since it was about to disembark, the Yuchun class began to dismantle the stage and pack the cages on the second day. During this time, Huo Weilou and his party rarely disembarked. On the evening of the second day, Bo Ruoyou heard the noise downstairs stopped, and then went downstairs to get boiled water for Cheng Yunzhi.

As night fell, the speed of the boat slowed down a lot. Bo Ruoyou went down the stairs and reached the corridor on the second floor. He saw no one in it, and it felt quite eerie. People were dead, and now no matter how white they are, At night, no one came out to move around.

She didn't take it seriously and turned around to go to the first floor. But just as she was about to go down the stairs, she suddenly heard a noise coming from the terrace at the end of the second floor. Her eyebrows jumped and she subconsciously turned her direction. .

The terrace is where Li Yuchang fell to his death. Who would be here?

The small door from the corridor to the terrace was ajar. As the river breeze carried a soft "squeaking" sound, Bao Ruoyou slowed down and approached. Before she could reach the door, she suddenly paused. live.

She saw, in the crack of the half-open door, a blue will-o'-the-wisp dancing on the empty terrace for no apparent reason.