Chapter 14 - An inch of gold 14
Seeing Zheng Wenrong, Zheng Xiao was so scared to hide behind his mother. The second wife protected him with one hand. She couldn’t see how surprised he was. Zheng Hao was taken aback first, and then couldn’t help shouting: “Father—”
The third wife covered Zheng Hao’s mouth, “It’s the fourth uncle.”
Seeing this face exactly like her husband, the third wife couldn’t help but tears in her eyelashes again, Zheng Yunni stepped forward, “Why did the fourth uncle come here?”
There was a questioning meaning in her voice, but Zheng Wenrong’s face was calm, as if he had never seen the rejection and blame in the eyes of everyone. Is it important?”
Zheng Wenrong turned his eyes solemnly and bowed his hands in salute, “See you, Master Hou, if you have any questions, you can also ask.”
Zheng Wenrong has not returned to the mansion for many years, and his whole body is not like the family of the Hou Men. Huo Weilou looked at him for a moment, then looked at an embroiderer, “Go check outside attendants first.”
The embroidered clothes replied and immediately led people out.
The characteristics of the murderer are already obvious. Just follow the instructions of Huo Weilou and compare them one by one. As long as there are many people who are similar to the murderer, they can leave. If there is conclusive evidence, it will be eliminated, and after such a screening, in the end, only three low-level servants with thin stature are left.
“Master Hou, the three of them, Liu Zhong was only fifteenth year in the first year. He was a gardener in the Fuzhong. He had a fever when he was young. He was short in stature. Because he often helped with miscellaneous tasks, he was agile. The people in the Fuzhong said that he never used ladders when pruning tall branches. All climb on their own.”
“The name of the man in the middle is Zhao Wu. He is the guard in the mansion. He seems to be thin and small, but he is a practicing man who is good at bowing horses.”
“The man on the far right is He Li. He is a handyman in the mansion. He only does rough work. He was bought into the mansion only last year. He was originally a refugee, but he was abducted and sold into the mansion.”
“All three of them have injuries on their hands. Although they have their own narratives, there is no one to prove it.”
After the embroidered clothes ambassador finished speaking, Huo Wei Lou’s eyes were swept over, the three of them were left behind, and they all looked flustered at the moment, but the panic was not a panic of a guilty conscience, but a fear of Wu Zhaohou’s reputation.
Huo Weilou said nothing, but he turned her head and glanced at Bo Ruoyou. Bo Ruoyou nodded and walked out of the hall door. She walked to the three of them and stood still, “Where is the wound?”
Upon this question, the three of them immediately stretched out their hands, and Bo Ruoyou glanced at it, her eyes dimmed. She observed for a while, then looked at the physical expressions of the three of them, and finally frowned and returned to Huo Weilou’s side and shook it. Shaking his head, “Liu Zhongyuan and He Li’s injuries are both old injuries. For at least two days or more, Zhao Wu’s wounds are new, but they are sharp weapon injuries. The wounds are also large, and although Zhao Wu is short, he has a strong physique. Must be heavier than the murderer.”
Huo Weilou asked: “Is the man in the mansion really not letting go?”
The embroiderer hurriedly said: “There are 86 people listed on the list, except for the grandmother Yu.”
Huo Weilou frowned and waved his hands to make the embroidered clothes release the people. The three people outside the courtyard hurriedly bowed and retired. For a time, the turbulent yard was empty. Huo Weilou turned his eyes to the masters of the Hou Palace, with a cold voice. Said: “The murderer killed one person in seven days. Now your mothers and elder brothers are all killed by the murderer. Who will be killed in the next seven days?”
Everyone who heard this changed their expressions, but Huo Weilou said indifferently: “Zheng Si stayed, and the others retreated.”
Bo Ruoyou’s eyebrows moved slightly, and couldn’t help but say: “Hou Ye wait a minute.”
She was a small piece of work, unexpectedly speaking in front of Wu Zhaohou’s eyes, everyone turned their eyes to her, the color of their eyes was obvious, the clinker Huo Weilou just looked at her faintly, “How?”
Bo Ruoyou said: “The young lady has a new wound on the back of her hand, I don’t know where it came from.”
For an instant, Zheng Yun’s arrow-like gaze fell on Bo Ruoyou’s face, and the hands on the cuffs shrank subconsciously. Huo Weilou noticed her small movements at a glance. He didn’t ask questions, but looked sternly. she.
Zheng Yunni gritted his teeth, “Does Master Hou suspect me? The back of my hand was injured… but it was caught by my mother. Just now you saw that my mother became ill. I sent her back, leaving scars between the pulling on the road.”
Zheng Yunni looked at Bo Ruoyou and smiled coldly.
Zheng Yunni looks like a cat with upright hair, but her stern words are just like worms shaking the tree in front of Huo Weilou, “stretch out your hand.”
Zheng Yunni gave Bo Ruoyou a fierce look, and stretched out his hand with a scream. The scars lay on the back of Zheng Yunni’s delicate hand. The scars were scarlet and dazzling. Not only did he see the blood, but at this moment, it was already shockingly red and swollen. With so much strength, Bo Ruoyou stepped forward and took a look. It was indeed a scratch. Not only that, but Zheng Yunni also left several nail marks on the back of his hand.
Bo Ruoyou retreated and nodded to Huo Weilou.
Zheng Yunni snorted immediately, and Huo Weilou gazes over several of them: “The murderer has committed crimes three times and has a deep understanding of the topography of the mansion. Perhaps, he is hidden among you. There is going to be a rebirth, so if you figure it out, you can come to find your lord at any time.”
Zheng Yunni pressed the corners of his lips, his eyes flashed with fear, and the rest of the people also showed panic.
Huo Wei building stopped, “Get out.”
When Zheng Wenan left, he turned his head in three steps and looked at Zheng Wenrong’s back. He was very uneasy. When he walked into the courtyard, he found Zheng Yunni standing at the gate of the courtyard waiting for him. Zheng Wenan quickly stepped forward and heard Zheng Yunni say: “Five. Uncle, go and see Grandma Yu. Now that’s the case, I’m afraid that only her old man knows what’s going on.”
Zheng Wenan’s expression changed a little, “Yunni you…”
Zheng Yunni squinted his eyes, “The seventh day of March is coming, and it’s time to leave for Beijing in mid-February. There is less than one month left. Uncle Wu knows it’s great. We have waited for so many years. How can we be ruined at this time? “
Zheng Wen’an showed a dilemma, Zheng Yunni looked back at the brightly lit main hall, and said coldly, “The fourth uncle shouldn’t be back.”
After she finished speaking, she left. Zheng Wenan stood there for a while, after all, turned around and headed north.
In the hall, Zheng Wenrong said: “Zai Xia and the third brother are twins, and they feel bad from birth. My mother chose the eldest brother to stay in the mansion, and will send him to the Taoist temple to raise him. I stayed for half a month, and the last time I went back to the house was ten years ago…”
Zheng Wenrong’s eyes suddenly became bleak, “The twins’ unlucky words may be true. That time, my mother made me stay for five more days, but only five days, and something went wrong at the house.”
Huo Weilou narrowed his eyes, “What’s the matter?”
Zheng Wenrong sighed, “Yun Ni has a serious illness, can’t speak, don’t know people, seems silly, looking for a doctor, no cure, invited Taoist monk, and only said that she might have been infected by evil and had hysteria, sister-in-law. I was ill. I became more ill after that time and never got better. Since then, I have never returned to the house. Five years ago, my mother took several elder brothers and sister-in-laws to the Taoist Temple Qingxiu. This It made me get together with everyone once.”
“How do you think Zheng Yunni’s illness is related to you?”
After Huo Weilou’s questioning, Zheng Wenrong smiled bitterly, “Yun Ni was gifted and intelligent since she was a child, and she spoke early. She has been married to her second highness since she was a child. Although there is no imperial decree, the noble concubine and empress send people to inquire every year, and the marriage is a foregone conclusion. Her mother did not dare to neglect teaching to her. She was enlightened at the age of four, and she had read through a thousand-character essays in only one year. She was extremely talented in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and her mother invited a famous teacher to come back…”
“When I went back to live in the house, she was six years old. Just because I taught her to paint, she had such a disease for no reason. Not only was she stupid, she couldn’t even speak, and she used it later. It took a year to get better, but she was not interested in piano, chess, calligraphy and calligraphy, and lost the aura of the four-year-old. Fortunately, I haven’t returned to the house since then, and she has grown up smoothly.”
Zheng Wenrong seemed to seriously blame herself, “So, when she saw me, she looked excited, and it was normal.”
Huo Weilou said again, “When you returned to the mansion ten years ago, they would let you contact Zheng Yunni?”
Zheng Wenrong thought of the old things and sighed even more, “No at first, but Yunni is different from others. Others saw that I was born exactly like the third brother, and they felt scared. But Yunni saw me again and again, not only distinguished clearly, but also I’m not afraid of me, I prefer to talk about new things outside. In addition, I have some accumulation in painting and calligraphy. She herself often asks me to teach her. She is really smart. She can understand the blankness in the painting when she is only five or six years old. what for…”
Zheng Wenrong now speaks, still full of sigh at the amazing little girl, “The next thing is like this, this time I return to the mansion, it is to pay homage to his mother, but I don’t want such a disaster in the mansion. I know that no one wants me back.”
Huo Weilou stared, “Do you know why the mansion changed all the attendants fifteen years ago?”
Zheng Wenrong was stunned. He was just a teenager fifteen years ago. He really can’t remember such a long history. “Fifteen years ago…I had no impression anymore. Every time I came back, I didn’t go out very much. Very often, few people in the palace knew that I was coming back, so even if someone was replaced outside, it would be difficult for me to know.”
Huo Weilou asked again: “Your elder brother, once a concubine gave birth to a child and died, do you know?”
Zheng Wenrong was taken aback again, “My eldest brother…I don’t know about this, but my eldest brother is loyal and honest, I don’t know when he took a concubine.”
“When was the lady crazy?”
Zheng Wenrong is not often in the mansion. There are too many facts that he doesn’t know, but he knows about it, “It was the year after Yunni was born. I went to live in the mansion that year, so my sister-in-law did not use it with us. After the meal, I asked, and my mother said that my sister-in-law was sick.”
“Do you know why you got sick?”
Zheng Wenrong shook his head, “I don’t know.”
There are too many weird places in the Hou Mansion, but the only one who knows everything, but knows very little.
Huo Weilou finally asked: “When is your birth date? Do you know what is the meaning of Yin Nian Yin?”
“My birthday is under construction and on the second day of April in the third year.” Zheng Wenrong frowned, “Yin year overcast time? I don’t know the overcast year. of.”
Zheng Wenrong smiled bitterly, “The twins are not lucky. If they were born in the yin year, they would really be a bad fetus.”