The Delicate Lady Coroner

Bo Ruoyou immediately said, “Is there a younger sister? Could it be the girl I saw on the boat?”

Huo Weilou stared at him, “It is very likely that the people underneath asked her neighbors and said that the sister Han Qi is a little weird. He said that his sister had a very ordinary birth, and she was very restrained. She occasionally met her on weekdays. She also walked quickly, and she rarely looked at each other. Therefore, the neighbors in the neighborhood can’t tell how she looks like. She doesn’t even know her name. She said that she is not tall or short, but she has a lot of strength.”

Bo Ruoyou was a little puzzled, Huo Wei said: “They live in a mixed place. His sister has been bullied by a few local ruffians. But who would have expected that his sister is staunch, not delicate, and hurt one of them. She was not bullied, and she was shocked by her. Since then, she has rarely come to trouble them.”

This made Bo Ruoyou a little surprised, but Han Qi brothers and sisters were not high-born, and the poor women were used to doing rough work, and some of their strength was normal. Huo Weilou said again: “This Han Qi is from Chuzhou.”

Bo Ruoyou thought of the homesickness poem about Chuzhou, and felt that the front and back were connected in series, “When did Han Qi run? Can he still hold it now?”

Huo Weilou said: “The last time the neighbor saw him was this morning, but his sister hadn’t seen him for several days. They are not locals in the capital. Most of them want to escape from the city. Within a few days, they will definitely try. Out of the city, cards have been set up at several gates.”

Bo Ruoyou understood, “Mostly he learned that the wine shop was copied, or he knew that Lu Wenhe was held and realized that he was going to be exposed.” As he said, Bo Ruoyou opened the curtain and looked out. , I saw the carriage heading south of the city, “Is this going to Han Qi’s house?”

Huo Weilou nodded, “He searched all over the house, but he didn’t find the human skins and murder weapons peeled off from them. He found some knives, but he was not sure.”

The murderer peeled off the skins of the girls, mostly not just to vent their anger, but like a murderer who likes to collect the murdered’s hair. Most of the perpetrators will hide the deceased’s skin somewhere, just embroider the clothes to search. I haven’t searched it for a while, and Bo Ruoyou must be better at this than the embroiders.

The carriage went all the way to the south of the city, passing by Yongdingfang, and then passing two squares in the south, and went straight into a low-door, dilapidated folk square. There was no name for the folk square, but only one barely passed the carriage during the period. It is called the main road of Hulu Street, so people nearby call it Hulufang. Most of the people living in the square live in the poor people and untouchables who do rough work. Wealth is precious, so a pair of eyes only dare to fall behind the doors and windows to look around.

When Han Qi lived, Bo Ruoyou and Huo Wei got downstairs in the carriage.

Compared with the rudimentary row houses elsewhere, Han Qi lives in a small courtyard with one entrance. At the moment, the embroidered dressmaker is guarding the door. Looking in from the wide open door, the courtyard is almost unobstructed. There is no decoration in the courtyard. There are three upper rooms. The vermilion paint was also mottled, and Bo Ruoyou followed Huo Wei Building into the courtyard, and went straight into the upper room. After entering the door, he saw piles of snow-white rice paper piled in the room.

The layout of the house is simple. There are sleeping places on the left and right. The bedroom and the warm pavilion are opened on the left side. A screen separates the bed. Outside is a huge study room. Two bookcases are placed in the north and south. The book storybooks are mostly scrolls of scrolls, with jade seals on the shelves, and silk cotton paper on which the scrolls are mounted.

And in the direction of the west window, there are a few extremely large slabs. In the bamboo basket under the slabs, there are brown brushes, pens, and paper knives. Thin Ruoyou can’t help but look forward and flip it carefully. , Cone needles, calenders, and wax paper were packed in a basket. Bo Ruo looked at it for a while and took out the paper cutter. There are two paper cutters, one large for cutting paper stacks, and the other for small ones. After doing some fine trimming, Bo Ruoyou looked at the cutting edge, frowning involuntarily.

Huo Weilou stepped forward, “How?”

Thin Ruoyou said: “This small paper knife is enough to peel.”

Huo Weilou ordered the embroidered clothes ambassador to take it away, and Bo Ruoyou went to look at the jade seals on the shelf. She scanned the room and said, “This Han Qi is actually an expert. It seems that he can do everything.”

Huo Weilou nodded, “You can paint or write poems, mount pictures and engrave.”

Suddenly a shadow flashed in Bo Ruoyou’s mind, but she didn’t realize that there would be such a coincidence, and she never mentioned it. She only looked at each place carefully, and saw that there was a lot of paint in the porcelain basin on the other wall. She lifted it. The hand squeezed the dry paint on the edge of the porcelain basin, and suddenly felt that it was somewhat similar to the one found in Xu Wanshu’s nails.

When he raised his eyes again, Bo Ruoyou saw many jade seals on the shelf. The jade was very inferior. Bo Ruoyou picked up a few seals and looked at them. They were all written by everyone in the past. This Han Qi engraved There are actually some geniuses. Although Bo Ruoyou is not good at this, it is already very difficult for one person to engrave such a variety of seals to life.

There are also two pieces of jade on the side, which I think are for future preparations.

Bo Ruoyou glanced at it and seemed to feel that something was missing, but because she was not good at it, she didn’t want to understand it for a while. At this time, she noticed a few paintings on the highest part of the shelf.

These paintings seemed to have been drawn for a few days. They were rolled up and **** with fine twine, and they were piled up on top of them. She stood on tiptoe to get them. However, the shelf was too high for her to touch even on tiptoe. When she was in trouble, a breath of heat suddenly leaned over her back, and then, a hand passed over her head, and the top scroll was taken down.

Bo Ruoyou turned around subconsciously—

When she turned around, she saw Huo Weilou standing very close to her. She was caged by him between his chest and the bookshelf. His breath was full of square inches, and the others covered the sky like a mountain, Feng Glancing at her deeply, first brushed the ashes falling on the scroll, and then gave it to her.

Bo Ruoyou’s heart jumped very quickly, and while taking over the picture, he thought that what she said to Cheng Yunzhi was actually wrong. Although Huo Weilou didn’t understand Lianxiangxiyu, he had his gentleness, but this gentleness was hidden in him. Beneath the surface, people who are usually far away are hard to see. She turned sideways to avoid the sound of Huo Wei Tower. Instead of looking at the painting, she untied the string that was tied to the scroll.

If you want to sell the paintings, it’s impossible to tie them with this kind of thin hemp rope. It’s either Ling Luo or silk. If you use this rope, it’s really less elegant, but Han Qi’s family is poor, and the family can’t sell the useless paintings. , Are all **** with these strings.

Bo Ruoyou pulled hard. Although the rope looked thin, it was extremely tough, and its rough surface just matched the bleeding and damage on the surface of the two victims at the time of the post-mortem examination. She flatly said: “Master Hou, this rope It’s a murder weapon, but I don’t know if this rope is often used by scholars—”

Huo Wei said in the corridor: “The other two have also searched their homes, and they will be brought back for questioning. This item can be used as a suspect.”

Bo Ruoyou had previously said that the ropes used by the murderer for the two murders were similar. Most of them were something he took advantage of. Perhaps it had something to do with his business. Now that he really complied with this, Huo Weilou ordered the embroiderer to take the rope away. Bo Ruoyou went to look for the human skin that had never seen the shadow, but after looking around, there was still nowhere to hide the human skin.

When she turned around, she glanced at the script book on the shelf. She suddenly remembered what the shopkeeper said on the painting boat. She couldn’t help but flip through the script on the shelf. The script book that Lu Wenhe found there was much There are gorgeous words, but what I hold now is just ordinary books, and most of them are the legendary stories of gifted scholars and beautiful ladies. The rhetoric is exquisite and gorgeous, and Han Qi’s copy is also very neat and beautiful. If you are a lady of the family, you will definitely like these books. .

Bo Ruoyou’s eyes shone slightly, “Master Hou—”

Huo Weilou looked over, and Bo Ruoyou said, “The girl remembers that the shopkeeper of Huafang said that when Lingxiao Poetry Club goes to Xingshe Day, she often prepares things for fun, except for piano, chess, flying, flower, and jade card. In addition, there are many scripts. Minnv guessed, if the person on the boat was really Han Qi’s sister, did she send the scripts?”

Huo Weilou didn’t notice the details here, so he said in a certain way: “Just ask the shopkeeper to find out the words that will be sent, and you can find a pair of handwritings. The woman on the painting boat must have some understanding of the painting boat.”

After Huo Weilou’s words, he went out and ordered. Bo Ruoyou was sure of his heart. Then he went to look at the interior close to the study. On both sides of the bed, men’s clothes hung on both sides of the bed. She watched it round, and went to the other bedroom.

Entering the door, you can see the woman’s rouge hairpin ring and other things placed on the dressing table, which is the bedroom of Han Qi’s sister. Bo Ruoyou stepped forward to look through it, and found that rouge hairpin was all top grade and left in the bed cabinet. Although the skirts in China are plain, but the colors are mostly bright and colorful.

A trace of weirdness slipped through Bo Ruoyou’s heart.

She continued to look around in this small cabin, and when she finished reading everything, Bo Ruoyou was surprised to find something even stranger. Sister Han Qi has a lot of clothes, and she can see that she is a girl who likes to dress up. What’s weird is that she has a lot of outer garments, but she doesn’t have any women’s underclothes, and she hasn’t seen the things that women use for menstrual affairs.

This is the yard where Han Qi’s brother and sister lived for several years. This is where she lives in her daily life. She herself is a woman. She really understands that there are some private things in women’s sleeping quarters that are not easy to show, but sister Han Qi does not have it here. .

She stood there and turned around. The room was not messy. On the contrary, it seemed that the owner had just left and was about to return in a moment. Although the furniture and utensils in the house are not extravagant and rich, you can just look at the rouge gouache used by sister Han Qi. It can be seen that Han Qi is very fond of this sister. Therefore, when you leave, you should take away all these private things, so that you can use them on the way of escape, and you will not take them all away. After all, most of the clothes are still there. .

Bo Ruoyouxiu frowned slightly, only to realize that she had missed something.

Huo Weilou returned to the house and saw her stunned here, so he walked in, “What’s the matter?”

Bo Ruoyou regained his senses, and whispered: “It’s nothing, it’s…it’s sister Han Qi here. No woman’s private objects were found.”

Huo Weilou didn’t know what the woman’s private thing was referring to, but it didn’t sound strange, so he didn’t ask. Bo Ruoyou only felt uncomfortable explaining the matter, so he went outside again.

Han Qi’s yard is not big at all. Except for the upper room, one on the left and right sides is the kitchen, and the other side is the utility room. The utility room is also filled with paintings such as cutting boards and drying racks. My sister’s boudoir had nothing, but when she walked out of the utility room, she still got nothing. Seeing Huo Weilou standing under the eaves of the porch and looking at the yard, she stepped forward and said suspiciously, “I’m afraid they will take people away. “

Huo Weilou’s eyes were slightly cold, “Almost all the finances in the house have been taken away, but I can see that they are leaving in a hurry, and the paintings and calligraphy have not been collected.”

No one was seen, and no human skin was found. Only a few sword ropes that were suspected to be murder weapons were seen. Huo Weilou was a little unhappy. At this moment, another muffled thunder in the sky exploded, and a white practice smashed down in the sky. The strong wind and heavy rain also fell at this time, and the crackling rain was the size of beans, hitting people intensively, and Bo Ruoyou felt that his clothes were wet in an instant.

Huo Wei said in the corridor: “You don’t need to search anymore, go back to the house first, get in the carriage and go—”

Bo Ruo faintly nodded, hurried to the carriage, got into the carriage, and there was already a layer of water vapor on his body. Huo Weilou ordered the embroiderers a few words, leaving the two guards to prevent the Han Qi brother and sister from coming back. The others leave.

After getting on the carriage, Huo Weilou Mofa was also damp, but as soon as the carriage drove out of the alleys, it suddenly rained on a fast horse.

“Hou Ye, Han Qi caught it! It was caught at the South Gate.”

The South Gate is not too far from here. Huo Wei Building immediately diverted the carriage to go straight to the South Gate. Huo Wei Building asked the embroiderer, “Is he alone?”

The embroiderer responded, “He is the only one. He wants to go out of the city, but we questioned him and asked his sister where he was. He never spoke.”

Huo Weiloujian frowned.

The carriage moved forward in the rain, and the embroiderers were also drenched in the rain. The sudden heavy rain made the market empty, but there were a lot of people hiding from the rain under the eaves. The carriage drove across the long street with splashes of muddy water. Flying up and down, after turning around two long streets and going up the Royal Road, soon, the south gate of the capital was in sight.

The embroidered clothing envoys inspected at the south gate, and the people in the Ninetowns patrol camp did not dare to neglect. When the carriage stopped at the south gate, the generals of the patrol camp had personally greeted him with an umbrella. Huo Weilou said to Bo Ruo secluded: ” You stay in the carriage.”

Bo Ruo faintly nodded, and Huo Weilou lifted the curtain and got out of the carriage.

The rain was so heavy that Bo Ruoyou only dared to open the car curtain halfway to look. He saw a man in a blue shirt standing in a corner under the patrol camp shack in the south gate, not far away. His baggage was on the table, and Bo Ruoyou could see his appearance clearly through the heavy rain curtain. She raised her eyebrows. She never expected that she was really the young man he saw at the Hanmo Painting and Calligraphy Gallery that day. .

It turned out that that person was Han Qi.

In a daze, Bo Ruoyou remembered that the shopkeeper had said that he had a younger sister…

Bo Ruoyou blamed himself in hindsight, but when he saw him standing alone in a shantytown, she always felt a little unreal. She had seen this man’s paintings and bought a collection of Lu Wenhe’s poems and essays copied by him. His painting skills are extraordinary and poetry. Wen is learning from others’ strengths, so he killed the three of Xu Wanshu?

Bo Ruoyou stared at Han Qi. In the distance, Han Qi was looking at the Huo Wei Building that suddenly appeared, but at this moment, he looked towards the carriage direction as if feeling instinctive. He glanced at Bo Ruoyou across the rain screen. Is calm.

Bo Ruoyou only felt weird, he was alone, and now he was held, with such a calm look, what about his younger sister?

Bo Ruoyou couldn’t help but look around. There were many people under the city gate about to leave the city, but because of the sudden heavy rain, they were all hiding under the eaves in the distance. There were many restaurants on both sides of the main road. With the movement in front of the door, the hosts and guests in the building stood at the doors and windows and looked at this side from a distance.

The Huo Wei Building, which was already under the shanty, was also watching the surroundings. Han Qi was pushed and kneeled on the ground by embroidered clothes. He looked embarrassed, but his face was calm and calm, and he was not panicked by being held, Huo Wei Building. He glanced at him, “What is your sister’s name? Where is she now?”

Han Qi lowered his head, “My sister’s name is Han Sheng. Three days ago, when Lu Gongzi was invited into the Hou Mansion, the villain entrusted the villagers to bring her sister back to Chuzhou.”

Huo Weilou’s phoenix eyes were cold, “In that way, you have confessed your guilt?”

Han Qi still lowered his head, “The villain pleaded guilty.”

Huo Wei did not see an unexpected look on the floor. He stared at Han Qi for a while, and then asked the generals of the patrol camp on duty at Nanmen today, “Can there be single young women out of the city today?”

The general hurriedly said, “Yes, there are many more, but they are no different.”

Of course, Huo Weilou would not believe Han Qi’s words. His eyes swept around again. Somehow, he had a strong intuition that Han Qi’s sister had not left the capital.

For a moment, Huo Weilou ordered: “From this moment on, whenever a single woman is out of the city, she must be investigated closely.” As Huo Weilou looked back, he saw that Han Qi was still crouching on his back, and his heart sank. Han Qi continued to murder. The three of them were cruel and extremely cunning and sneaky, but now he recognizes his guilt so neatly.

Huo Weilou said again: “Regardless of men and women, as long as young people under the age of 30 want to go out of the city, they must be carefully questioned.”

Han Sheng’s ability to mix in the painting boat and peep the woman deceived a boat was enough to prove that he was also quite cunning. If he pretends to be a man and goes out of the city, it would be very bad, so Huo Weilou changed his tone.

The generals of the patrol camp hurriedly responded. Huo Weilou was about to order something more, but he heard footsteps behind him, but Bo Ruoyou got out of the carriage and ran towards this side. He couldn’t help frowning, “What are you going to do here?”

Bo Ruoyou said: “Master Hou, the girl has seen him.”

With his head drooping, Han Qi finally raised his head. At a glance, he saw Bo Ruoyou. His calm complexion changed slightly, and he was surprised. Huo Weilou asked suspiciously: “Have you seen him?”

“Yes, when I went to the Hanmo Painting and Calligraphy Gallery that day, I just ran into him leaving. He copied Lu Wenhe’s collection of poems. The one I bought was the one he copied. His brushwork is excellent and his painting skills are extraordinary. It’s just that he never Imitated Lu Wenhe’s paintings, Minnu guess, he is the one who is now writing for Lu Wenhe. He saw that painting when he went to Lu Wenhe’s bookstore—”

Bo Ruoyou looked at Han Qi after speaking, and before Huo Weilou asked a question, Han Qi spoke on her own, “Girl is keen.”

As Bo Ruoyou got closer, he looked at Han Qi more clearly. Although he was kneeling at the moment, his back was straight, and the hands that fell to his side were slightly clenched. The knuckles were long and beautiful. Hand with pen.

He has become a prisoner and can praise Bo Ruoyou and keen, Huo Weilou’s phoenix eyes are cold, and he raised his hand, “Bring back to the Jingzhao Mansion for trial.”

The embroiderer dragged Han Qi out of the ground, but Han Qi couldn’t help but look back at Bo Ruoyou. This eye made Huo Weilou frown. He turned his eyes to look at Bo Ruoyou when she ran over. After being exposed to the rain, her outer clothes were half wet, and her face was also wet, especially those black feather-like eyelashes were also wet, making her eyes clear and moving.

Huo Weilou took the umbrella held by the patrol battalion leader, and put a cover on Bo Ruoyou, “Let’s go.”

Bo Ruoyou saw that Huo Weilou was actually holding an umbrella for her. He was flattered for a while, and when he got on the carriage, Huo Weilou confessed to the patrol battalion general and threw the umbrella back before making the carriage move.

“Why are you not obedient in such a heavy rain?” Huo Weilou asked dissatisfiedly.

Bo Ruoyou is not a delicate person. He never thought so much, but at the moment the back was a little wet, and it was indeed a bit uncomfortable. Seeing Huo Weilou’s unpleasantness, she did not dare to talk back, only weakly said: “Because of thinking I have never told Lord Hou about Han Qi, and I feel a little uneasy in my heart, so I told Lord Hou earlier.”

Seeing Huo Wei’s dark color on the floor, she whispered: “Minnu is afraid of Han Qi’s sophistry—”

Seeing her like this, Huo Weilou felt unhappy and couldn’t say anything. He said slightly loosely: “He hasn’t quibble. I just asked, and he admits it.”

This made Bo Ruoyou a little surprised, “This is a sin of three lives. He was able to commit this case. At that time, he was a ruthless man, and he looked calm, and the girl thought he was sure that we could not find it. When it comes to the evidence, I have to kill it and deny it.”

This is also a strange place in the Huo Wei Tower. The three major crimes of human life, once convicted, will undoubtedly die. It is impossible for Han Qi to kill people and want to live.

Huo Weilou said: “The victim is a man. In any case, his suspicion is the greatest. He will continue to look for the whereabouts of his sister. Interrogate him tonight and listen to whether his confession is correct.”

Bo Ruoyou responded, and the carriage went straight up the imperial road towards the Yamen of Jingzhao Mansion. At this moment, the night had fallen, and the rain was still unabated. Bo Ruoyou was a little bit cold, but he did not dare to show it in front of Huo Weilou. After all the way, when it was almost time for the yamen of Jingzhao Mansion, he couldn’t help but sneezed.

Huo Weilou’s face is about to freeze, “When you arrive at the Yamen, I will ask someone to take you back to the house. The interrogation tonight will not use you. The whereabouts of the human skin will probably be recruited by Han Qi.”

Bo Ruoyou rubbed the tip of his nose embarrassedly, and had no choice but to respond. Before reaching the Yamen, Sun Zhao and Wu Xiang were already waiting outside. Huo Wei Building got up, but walked halfway, but the hand that lifted the curtain was not far away. The one who is not close is in the middle of the carriage, and is very close to Bo Ruoyou.

Bo Ruoyou was taken aback for a moment. He never expected to hear something like this from Huo Wei Building one day. She hadn’t reacted yet, but Huo Wei Building had gotten out of the carriage. When the curtain fell together, a cold wind with moisture rushed in. Bo Ruoyou couldn’t help but sneezed, but his face felt a little hot.

The embroiderer did not hurry on the way back. When he returned to Changxingfang under the heavy rain, the entire capital was enveloped in the rainy night. Bo Ruoyou stepped forward and called the door. He waited to see that she entered the mansion gate, and then the embroiderer left. .

Seeing her come back, Cheng Yunzhi spoke first, “Youyou, I have identified your vinegar-soaked dirt for you, it should be rouge.”

Bo Ruoyou was stunned. At this moment, Aunt Liang saw that her clothes were wet, and she whispered forward. This year’s rain has been the heaviest. Just a few houses forgot to close the windows. The rain almost flooded the house—”

Bo Ruoyou replied back to the room to change his clothes, and he was thinking as he walked, how could the dirt in Xu Wanshu’s nails be rouge? Did she apply rouge on it? It’s still from the murderer…

This thought made Bo Ruoyou’s heart stunned. After spending time and effort to detect this object, he felt that this object must have been detained from the murderer when Xu Wanshu was struggling, but Han Qi has already recognized it. Could it be that he murdered Painted rouge when?

Bo Ruoyou’s head was a little messy, and when she entered the door to light the lamp and went to the inner room, she found that there was also a small puddle of water under the window lattice in her house. Thinking of what Aunt Liang said, she did not hesitate, so she only put the lamp down to find clean clothes.

After looking for the clothes, Bo Ruoyou walked to the bed to change her clothes. She was facing the bed, and in the direction of her back against the wall, a nanmu tall cabinet stood quietly for placing the brocade quilt.

Outside the window, the wind and rain screamed, but there was only the rustling of clothes in the room. Thoughtful thin Ruoyou only took care of undressing. He never noticed that a white hand slowly stretched out from the cabinet door.