The Delicate Lady Coroner

The surface of the water is shimmering, and the Huangxiangmei that sinks in the water has only flowers and no flowering branches. It will not be that other people break the Huangxiangmei and throw it into the water one by one. And the flowers and bones are in full bloom, it seems that the flowering period is about to end, being blown by the wind.

Chuntao also saw what was under the water and was slightly surprised: “There are plum blossoms in the water…”

Bo Ruoyou looked at the lotus pond in front of him, and then at Meilin to the north, “This lotus pond has been dry all year round?”

Chun Tao thought for a while, “It’s not. Every spring and summer, it rains a lot, and some water can accumulate in the lotus pond. But in the autumn and winter, it dries again. The gardeners will throw some lotus seeds in during the spring and rain. If you are lucky, you can bloom some flowers in the summer. If you are not lucky, you will be empty. Normally no one will come here, so it is not unsightly.”

Bo Ruoyou didn’t know what he thought of, and suddenly asked: “How did you make the canal when the Huanhua Stream water was introduced in the mansion?”

When the prince of the previous dynasty was there, there were three inner lakes in the mansion. They could gather water to form a lake. It could not be a simple water diversion. Most of them were built with culverts. However, Chuntao said in a daze, “This… Said that a lot of craftsmen were used at that time, and the momentum was huge.”

Bo Ruoyou glanced into the lotus pond again, then suddenly turned to Meilin’s direction. Meilin had only been here the night before, but she just stood outside to look at it. This time, Bo Ruoyou went straight into the woods.

The rest of the Fuzhong is covered with winter plums, but here is Huangxiangmei, and there is a large bamboo forest between the plum forest and the lotus pond. She hasn’t seen the bamboo leaves in the lotus pond, but she has discovered Huangxiangmei. Why?

Meilin only feels fragrant and fragrant at night. In the daytime, I can see a large area of ​​yellow fragrant plums in full bloom, and I feel that the scenery is even more gratifying. The plum blossoms in full bloom have begun to wither.

Last night, the Embroiderer came to investigate in the forest. At this moment, you can see that the traces on the ground are a little messy, and the Embroiderer has said that there are traces of people in the plum forest, and the murderer has been in the forest.

Bo Ruoyou’s heart moved and walked deeper into the plum forest. The plum forest was not as dense as the bamboo forest, and it was not easy to hide people. Bo Ruoyou stopped and went, but got some plum fragrance on her body. When she couldn’t figure out her thoughts, she I saw the dry well in the distance at a glance.

Embroidered clothes make the dry well mentioned last night.

The dry well has been abandoned for many years, and the well platform has already collapsed. It is surrounded by moss and weeds. If you only glance at it, you may not be able to see that it is a well, but it is the two plum trees beside the well that caught Bo Ruoyou’s attention. The branches of the plum tree stretched horizontally, and if there were petals falling, they could fall into the well, and Bo Ruoyou walked quickly toward the dry well.

The well platform has already collapsed, and only a bucket-sized well head is still intact. Standing at the well head and looking down, the inside is pitch black and you can’t see anything. Not only that, but there is also a damp and sludge smell coming out of the well, thin and thin. Inexplicably, the taste is a bit familiar.

Chuntao was a little puzzled standing aside, “Girl, most of the wells in these forests are dug to water the garden, not for eating water and cooking rice, and the wells here have long been abandoned.”

Bo Ruoyou nodded. The snow beside the well platform was already enlightened, and the snow water seeped into the darkness along the wall of the well. Bo Ruoyou leaned in and looked in, but still couldn’t see anything. She felt a little anxious in her heart, so she supported it with one hand. On the collapsed well platform that was not knee-high, she leaned forward and looked down. The more she leaned forward, the heavier the pressure on the well platform. Suddenly, a piece of brick suddenly loosened, and she immediately moved forward… …

“girl!”

Chun Tao yelled in fright, and grabbed Bo Ruoyou’s arm. Bo Ruoyou himself was taken aback. He quickly got up and took a step back. Chuntao’s small face was pale, “Girl be careful, if it falls the lightest I will break my leg too!”

Hearing this, Bo Ruoyou felt like he had known each other before, so he listened to Chuntao said: “I heard them say that idiot fell from this well back then.”

Bo Ruoyou chuckled in his heart, and asked with a tight look: “Anyone fell into the dry well, did she fall into this well?”

Chuntao nodded, “Yes, so this place is very dangerous.”

Bo Ruoyou said more and more urgently, “You said she fell for several days?”

Chuntao nodded, “Yes, I heard that there will be three or four days.”

“Then how was she discovered?”

Chuntao thought for a while, “It seems like a young man came to the woods to do something. I heard movement in the well. At that time everyone knew that the silly girl was gone and thought she ran away. Then the young man called someone, but the well was narrow. Normal men couldn’t get down, so they had to put the rope down, let the idiot tie herself, and then the others pulled her out together.”

There was a thunder in her ears, and a heart was beating even more like a drum. Bo Ruoyou looked at the dark and secluded well, and suddenly a terrifying thought came into her heart. Chuntao didn’t know what she was thinking, but saw Her face paled and her eyes horrified, as if thinking of something terrible, she couldn’t help but become frightened.

“Girl, what’s the matter, did the slave and maid say something wrong?”

Bo Ruoyou didn’t answer, she shook her head, and then turned around slowly, looking around. She was sure that there must be traces around the well platform, but she didn’t know where the traces were, so she looked aimlessly for a few times. Suddenly, her gaze fixed on a plum tree east of Jingtai.

Meilin has been around for a long time, and the thinnest plum trees have a thick bowl mouth, and the plum trees at the mouth of the well are thicker than elsewhere because they are near the water, and in the east this one is thick and thick. On the plum tree, Bo Ruoyou found a few faint traces. She frowned and walked around the plum tree.

The bark of the plum tree is rough and dark brown, with cracks and cracks. It is in a place where it is thin and waist-high, but there are a few circles of faint traces that have been rubbed off, and these marks are uneven. Deep, Bo Ruoyou’s expression changed a little, and when he looked at the mouth of the well, his eyes were slightly jealous, as if there was a man-eating monster hiding in the well.

The breeze wafted out with the smell of silt in the well, and the branches of plum branches were moved by the wind, and a few petals floated down. The petals swayed and sank into the well, falling silently into the darkness.

Bo Ruoyou suddenly turned around and left, Chuntao hurriedly followed, “Where is the girl going?”

Bo Ruoyou was going to the ancestral hall, but when Chun Tao asked, she turned her direction again, and came to the front yard.

Bo Ruoyou’s feet are fast, Chuntao even has to trot all the way to keep up, “Girl, what’s the matter?”

Bo Ruoyou shook his head and didn’t answer, his whole body was gentle and charming, and she was a little bit transcendent. Because of her gentleness and kindness, Chuntao knew Wuwuyan quite close to her. Seeing her look like this, she was shocked for a while. Live, I dare not say much at the moment.

Bo Ruoyou went to the study where Zheng Wenyan was killed.

Because it was the place where the crime was committed, there was an official guard at the door. Seeing Bo Ruoyou approaching, he didn’t stop him. Bo Ruoyou went straight into the study. She walked under the transom and moved the stool and stood there. Go up.

She is not tall and it is difficult to see the whole picture. Bo Ruoyou glanced away and looked at the tea table aside. She came down neatly and asked Chuntao to help, dragged the tea table over, and stepped on the chair to stand on the table. Chuntao, who was looking straight, was stunned.

Bo Ruoyou, who stood on the table, finally saw the whole picture of the transom.

Bo Ruoyou took a second glance and then got off the table, put the table and chairs back in place, and went out of the study courtyard gate to the direction of the ancestral hall. She wanted to find Huo Wei Tower.

…

Huo Weilou left the front yard and went to the fire place of the ancestral hall. Father Fu followed behind Huo Weilou. He somehow felt that Huo Weilou was in a good mood today. He stepped forward and said: “Hou Ye, the second Royal Highness’s marriage is going wrong, you seem very happy. “

Huo Weilou frowned, “What do you mean?”

Father Fu sighed, “His Royal Highness is three years younger than you. Not only did he set a baby kiss early in the morning, he was also given a marriage by the Holy Spirit last year. I didn’t say anything, but I was actually quite jealous.”

Huo Weilou: “…”

Father Fu sighed, and muttered in a low voice: “The Holy Lord wants to give you many marriages, but you have blocked you from time to time. Your boss is no longer young. There is no one around you. You don’t know how to tell you… “

Huo Weilou couldn’t bear it, he paused, but before turning around, Mr. Fu began to hit his own mouth, “Oh, look at the old slave’s mouth, you know the nonsense, Hou Ye is for the country and the people, marriage is what counts, to be old The slave said, there is hardly a woman in the world that matches Master Hou.”

Huo Weilou glanced across his eyebrows at Father Fu and moved on. Father Fu laughed and followed. “The old slave said a few jokes. The old slave thinks that Master Hou is in a good mood today. I can’t figure it out. We can also solve the case in one go.”

Huo Weilou raised his eyebrows, he was in a good mood? When did he feel better?

Father Fu has taken care of Huo Wei Building for many years. He didn’t know what he was thinking, and he said, “The old slave just saw it when he first entered the house, but the thin girl seems a little nervous, hey, it’s been a few days now, the thin girl is still afraid of you. .”

Afraid of him?

Huo Weilou snorted, she was not afraid of him.

For an instant, Huo Weilou remembered how Bo Ruoyou had said to repay him. She actually felt that she was repaying him by investigating the case carefully.

Huo Weilou laughed from the bottom of his heart. If everyone thinks like this, why should he use thunder in the officialdom and only show favor to the civil and military officials. It is really childish and naive.

Even though he thought so in the bottom of my heart, Huo Weilou didn’t even notice that his brows were softened.

Fu Gonggong said again: “It’s a pity to say that Miss Bo is a woman, but she intends to do a lifetime job. In this way, marrying is a difficult problem…”

Hao Zuo had a low status and often accompanied the dead. Who would want to marry such a girl?

The key point of Huo Weilou is the previous sentence: “When did she say she would do a lifetime job?”

Fu Gong said: “On the day when San Ye Zheng had an accident, the old slave accompanied her to examine Er Ye’s body. She asked casually on the way. She said that she did not believe in Buddha or not. Since she had the trick of doing things, she just believed in what she had in her hand. Knife, the case has been solved, and we will continue to do things in the future.”

The question in Huo Weilou’s heart came out again.

He has seen generals who have been fighting for decades, and good officials who have served the people. They are either loyal and courageous, or selfless, but no matter how righteous and awe-inspiring, they also have what they want. They are as thin as a secluded woman, smart and smart. , But chose the most difficult line.

“Did you say anything else?”

Huo Weilou asked again, and Father Fu shook his head, “That’s not true, the old slave thought, we will go to Luozhou in a few days, so I didn’t ask more, just a little worried about her, she didn’t even think about it. No.”

It’s hard for a woman in the world, if she insists on doing something, it’s really hard to find a good husband.

Huo Weilou didn’t know what he was thinking, and didn’t say anything for a while, but soon, the ancestral hall arrived.

The snow was enlightened, and the ancestral hall was surrounded by mud. The government officials and the guards in the mansion were all busy. Several embroidered clothing agents were inspecting them. Seeing that Huo Wei Tower had arrived, the embroidered clothing agents who were guarding here greeted them.

Huo Weilou asked: “How?”

The embroiderer said in a deep voice: “It’s very slow, and a lot of wood is burned out, and the rest of the books and silks are turned into smoke and dust. It is very difficult to find clues.”

Huo Wei Building got closer, the outermost wooden beams and other objects had been removed. At this moment, only a few charred broken walls were standing. Suddenly, Huo Wei Building’s brows moved slightly, and he looked towards the original back of the main hall. “You smashed the wall?”

The uncollapsed broken wall is definitely going to be smashed, but the embroiderer said, “No, I’m still cleaning up the debris.”

The phoenix eyes of Huo Wei Building are slightly narrow. When building the house, the hole on the wall needs to be reserved for the wooden rafter beam, but at this time, the hole on the wall is obviously a bit lower than elsewhere. Huo Weilou immediately walked towards the broken wall. When he got to the front, although the wall had been scorched black, it became clearer that it was indeed different from elsewhere.

There is still a large pile of rubble and wood under the wall that has not been cleaned up. Huo Wei’s corridor said, “Clean up here first, there seems to be a collapse under the wall, see if there is anything buried.”

This mansion has been built for many years, and the location of the ancestral hall is the most important thing. Therefore, it is absolutely impossible for it to collapse for no reason. When the embroidered clothes envoy inferred that there was a dark room in the ancestral hall, Huo Wei Tower’s expression became solemn for a while.

Upon seeing this, He Cheng said, “I’m afraid it will take a day and a night to clean up here, and I have to wait.”

“Maybe you don’t have to wait that long.”

Suddenly the sound made everyone in Huo Weilou turned around, and saw Bo Ruoyou walking quickly. Because of running too fast, she was breathing a little bit. She blessed her body, “Master Hou, my lord, There are discoveries.”

Huo Weilou stared at him, “What’s the discovery?”

Bo Ruoyou swallowed, and then said: “There are mostly dark rooms under the ancestral hall. Not only that, the dark rooms may be connected to the dark canals left in the mansion in the early years. Back then, Miss Zheng lost and the silly girl was rescued from her lame leg. The culvert is related.”

He Cheng frowned: “Underdrain? How can you talk about the underdrain?”

The corners of Bo Ruoyou’s lips were slightly pressed, “Because…the girl speculates that the murderers who murdered the old lady, Zheng Erye, and Zheng Sanye are now hiding in the culvert.”

The murderer is hiding in the culvert? !

Up to now, although there are many doubts, the identity of the murderer has not been determined, but Bo Ruoyou tells where the murderer is hiding. Where does this start?

Huo Weilou stared at him, Father Fu couldn’t help but said, “Boy girl, is there evidence?”

Bo Ruo nodded quietly, “If there is evidence, please come with the folk girl, in the plum forest to the north.”

Mei Lin only searched last night and found nothing. But at this moment, Bo Ruoyou said that there was evidence in Mei Lin. Huo Weilou looked solemn, but he did not question. She ordered the embroiderer to continue to clean up the collapsed land, and then went on. Following Bo Ruoyou to Meilin, they went directly from the ancestral hall to Meilin. The place they passed was a trail of pine and Berlin. There was an abandoned grass cottage outside the trail, and Meilin was east of the grass cottage.

Bo Ruoyou walked and said: “The folk girl discovered that there was running water in the lotus pond east of the bamboo forest. In the flowing water, there were withered yellow fragrant plum petals, and there were a lot of them. Therefore, the folk girl found it strange. Later, the folk girl came to Meilin. I found that there was a dry well in the plum forest, and plum trees grew beside the dry well, and it happened that the petals could fall into the dry well.”

He Cheng said: “That well was inspected last night, and it has been abandoned for many years…”

“My lord is right, thanks to the good weather today.”

At this moment, the sun is slanting to the west, and most of the snow everywhere has melted. Walking under the pines and cypresses, there is even a drop of snow on it.

“The snow water was enlightened and flowed into the well, so that there was a flow of water underneath it, and the water flowed into the lotus pond with petals. This was discovered by the folk girl. The folk girl learned that there was an inner lake in the Fuzhong. She still attracted the living water of Huanhua Creek and the living water. To form a lake, an underdrain must be built.”

Huo Weilou said in a deep voice: “Even so, how to assert that there is a murderer hidden under the culvert?”

Bo Ruoyou said: “Because idiot, idiot is a lowly status, she was originally an outsider, but she appeared in the place where the murderer appeared last night, and she was still at the intersection of the plum forest and the bamboo forest. Two years ago, she accidentally fell into the Meilin Well and was rescued after three or four days of staying in the well. Minnu inspected her leg injury. Although it has healed, her leg was not only broken in bones, but also bloody. I was stupid and thin, and I can still call for help in the underground for three or four days in that situation. It’s really weird.”

After a pause, Bo Ruoyou said: “Minnu thinks that this is because someone in the mine helps her.”

An ordinary frail woman fell into the well, not to mention that she was injured, but she was never injured. She was hungry for three or four days and could hardly survive. But Auntie was injured and survived for three or four days. The only explanation is that someone in the well gave her food. , Even helped her heal her injuries.

Bo Ruoyou’s words made He Cheng shudder, “You mean…there is an underdrain hidden under the grounds of the Hou Mansion, and there is a… Brother?”

Bo Ruoyou didn’t hesitate, “Yes, although the silly aunt is stupid, but she only reacts extremely slowly. When this person is rescued, the silly aunt has a heart of retribution. Later, mostly with the help of the silly aunt. This talent can come out of the culvert.”

He Cheng’s hair was horrified. It was two years ago that the idiot fell into the well. This Anqing Hou Mansion looked at the glorious and noble man, but there was actually a person living in the grounds of this continuous mansion?

Is this person a man or a ghost?

Seeing He Cheng’s expression, Bo Ruoyou said: “This thought is indeed unbelievable. The girl never thought about it. But after the idiot fell into the well, she was seriously injured, but she survived, and Mother Yu actually managed to hide the evidence. The ancestral hall was set on fire, and there was a collapse in the ancestral hall, which made people think of such a possibility.”

Fu Gong said: “If someone really hides in the underground of the Hou Mansion, who is this person?”

At this time, the group of people had already walked outside of Meilin, and Bo Ruoyou’s steps were paused by Father Fu’s question. She hesitated for a moment and said: “It should be one, who is hidden by the Hou Mansion and can’t let her see the sky. “

Father Fu and He Cheng were puzzled, Huo Weilou looked at Bo Ruoyou, but understood what she meant, “You mean, the Hou Palace not only falsely reported Zheng Yunni’s birthday, but also concealed more important things?”

Bo Ruoyou nodded immediately, “The eldest lady was very affectionate to the idiot. At first, the people did not understand why it was not someone else but the idiot. But today I think of the Hou Mansion’s hard work to protect the marriage between the lady and the second majesty. , Minnyu thought, perhaps, what the mansion wanted to conceal was not just the bad day of the young lady’s birth.”

“On the night that Zheng Siye had just returned to the mansion, there was a saying, “The twins are not lucky. If they were born in the yin year, they would be regarded as a real yin fetus.” She gave birth to twin daughters. The old lady must have understood that the marriage between the Hou Mansion and the second highness was not guaranteed. This made the decision to keep one and hide one. Because of this, the old lady’s madness is reasonable. And her beloved fool, and Miss Zheng’s eyebrows are somewhat similar, and the sachets she made for her daughter are exactly the same.”

“Twin daughters…” He Cheng’s eyes trembled, “This…If this is the case, then the Hou Mansion is a real crime of deceiving the emperor!”

Father Fu was also a little surprised, but he was not as surprised as He Cheng was so surprised that he couldn’t himself: “In order to preserve the prosperity and wealth, the more a family with a century-old foundation, the more you can do whatever you can to explain it in this way, and everything will make sense.”

He Cheng frowned and said: “But the idiot is ugly, and you said, it’s just like the eyebrows of Missy…”

Bo Ruoyou hesitated for a moment, “The girl did not figure this out, but the girl thought, there must be an abnormality in the mine. If you can go down to investigate one or two, find a place where the murderer is hiding, and then catch the murderer, you will understand. That’s it.”

Everyone had reached the mouth of the well at this time. Huo Weilou first ordered the Embroidery Envoy to bring people, and then said: “Where is there any evidence left?”

Bo Ruo hurriedly walked to the plum tree east of the wellhead, “There are traces left after the rope is tied here. The idiot was pulled up with a rope at the beginning. The girl guessed that she learned this method because of this, and she later rescued her. When the man below came out, he also used this method. When the murderer killed Zheng Erye, he used a rope to fall from the Yueyue Pavilion, which is also the method.”

“In addition, Minnyu Shicai went to the study room where Zheng Sanye was killed. The air window was indeed very small, but Minnyu thought, maybe the murderer was extremely thin and could climb in through the window.”

Seeing Bo Ruoyou doing such a lot of things in silence, Father Fu exclaimed, “Boy girl, you should be so careful as your hair, you can find these. Many of the minor details seem to be irrelevant. Who knows that they are linked together? , But everything makes sense.”

Bo Ruoyou glanced at Huo Weilou and said, “It’s just a speculation, I hope I haven’t guessed it wrong.”

The embroidery ambassador quickly arrived at the well head with ropes and other equipment. However, the wellhead was only the size of a bucket, and it was fine to put it in a bucket. These embroidery ambassadors were all wide and long, and it was difficult to go down. Bo Ruoyou hesitated for a moment: ” Lord Hou, if you don’t call the guard who had a short stature earlier, plus the daughter of the people, you can go down and have a look.”

Bo Ruoyou is slender and can go down, but she didn’t dare to be big, so she suggested that the guard named Zhao Wu come. Zhao Wu was suspected because of his short stature and good kung fu, and was later proved to be murdered. I haven’t seen it again since it has nothing to do. Now this Iguchi is difficult for an ordinary adult man to get off, but he can come in handy.

However, Huo Weilou looked at her for a moment, “If there is a mystery, it is not appropriate for you to go together.”

After speaking, Huo Weilou retracted his gaze and said, “Drill the well.”

Bo Ruoyou stopped talking, Huo Weilou ordered the embroiderers to drill the well and said, “Go and hold the fool.”

If Bo Ruoyou’s calculation is correct, the idiot is very likely to be an accomplice to the murderer, and naturally should be detained.

Although the sinking of the well has been delayed for a while, it is the safest in the end. If there is really another world in the underground of the Hou Mansion, Huo Weilou and He Cheng should also take a look at it. , The entire well platform was dug up, and a big pit was dug at the well head.

Therefore, the place was used for irrigation and watering of the garden. The underground was not as deep as imagined. When the last afterglow fell to the horizon, the big pit became a huge funnel shape, and embroidered clothes jumped into the bottom of the well.

“Master Hou, there is indeed a half-person high culvert below.”

Bo Ruoyou waited for a long while with his fist clenched, and his heart was relieved when he heard this.

But at this time, the embroidered clothes ambassador who was sent to pick up Silly Aunt returned to the well, but said: “Hou Ye, Silly Aunt is gone.”

Huo Weilou frowned, and the embroidered clothes envoy said: “The last time I saw her was the maidservant of the lady. The lady asked her to speak at noon. After staying with the lady for an hour, she retired. After returning to her courtyard, she disappeared since then. The government officials responsible for guarding the main roads in the mansion said that they had never seen her.”

Huo Weilou’s sword eyebrows clustered, and he turned to look at the bottom of the black hole. The idiot disappeared. Is he with the murderer?

“She is not afraid of disappearing, even if the murderer has disappeared.”

After Huo Weilou finished speaking, he ordered the embroiderers to light a torch and went to the bottom of the well with their hands. He Cheng hurriedly followed when he saw it, but his chubby body was slippery as soon as he stepped on the slope, and then he slid. He slid to the bottom and heard a “boom”. He Cheng finally fell heavily and sat in front of Huo Wei Building. He grinned with painful teeth, but did not dare to appear clumsy again. He coughed slightly with a suffocated smile.

Father Fu is getting older and it is inconvenient to come down and toss, but Bo Ruoyou is doing his part.

There were embroidered clothes ambassadors underneath that went to explore the road, and came back to report: “Hou Ye, there is a rockery at the bottom of the lake ten laps to the east. There was originally an exit, but now it is blocked, and the sand is poured down. Now only half of the water is left to cross. The Huang Xiangmei that Miss Po sees flows from there, and the end point should be in the east lotus pond.”

The culvert was built of huge stones and was only half a person tall. To walk during the period, you had to bend yourself. Huo Wei Building was illuminated with a torch. There was indeed a fine stream of water under the culvert, most of which was seepage from the soil. Become.

He nodded, “Search west.”

When the words fell, someone had gone west, and the embroidered clothes messenger who was clinging to torches said: “Master Hou, please–“

Huo Weilou did not move, he raised his eyes and looked at it, as if waiting for something.

The embroiderer followed and saw that Bo Ruoyou was walking down the slope. She walked carefully, but the snow mud was slippery. The people watching were frightened and finally reached the bottom of the well. Bo Ruoyou looked He jumped down, and even though he staggered on the ground, he stood firm. Huo Weilou took the torch and headed west.

The embroidered dressmaker blinked, “The thin girl, please first–“

Bo Ruoyou didn’t realize that he was there, so she followed, and she heard the embroidered clothes in return, and said: “The place blocked in the east is the lotus pond that has been filled up.”

Huo Weilou responded, and He Cheng followed up after rubbing the painful sit bones.

All the way to the west, everyone was stunned. They saw that the culvert was abandoned for many years, covered with moss, and occasionally mice and reptiles ran by. Fortunately, Bo Ruoyou followed. Escape, and although spiders are occasionally visible, spider webs are rarely seen in the entire culvert, as people often walk around here.

Borrowing the light from the torch in Huo Weilou’s hand, Bo Ruoyou carefully looked at the culvert. The more he looked, the more he noticed more people. As he walked, he saw one or two old clothes with no color visible in the snow. Between water. At the same time, an unignorable smell of rotten mud lingered on the tip of Bo Ruoyou’s nose.

This smell appeared again, Bo Ruoyou’s expression was difficult to understand for a while.

The dark inside the culvert was completely illuminated by torches. The more you go in, the colder and tighter it becomes. Soon, the embroidered clothes at the front folds back. “Master Hou, there is an iron gate in front, and behind the iron gate is There are a few forks, but only one is more crowded.”

Huo Weilou then ordered: “Take people to look at a few other places.”

The embroidered clothes ambassador responded, and Huo Weilou brought Bo Ruoyou and He Cheng to the iron gate.

It is said to be an iron gate, but it is only an iron fence with very small intervals. It has long been rusted. There is a large lock on the iron gate. Although the lock is locked, the chain is broken due to rust. The locked and broken chain was thoughtful.

Huo Weilou looked back at her, “How?”

Bo Ruoyou listened to him, and she subconsciously stood up straight to answer, but she forgot that she was in the channel at the moment. Seeing that she was about to hit the hard rock above her head, Huo Weilou suddenly stretched out her hand to block——

Bo Ruoyou only felt that Huo Weilou’s palm was pressing on the top of her hair, and he was stunned for a moment to react. He hurriedly bent down, and Huo Weilou faintly retracted his hand, because he was also bent, he appeared to be very close to her, Bo Ruo You Yu was about to retreat, but He Cheng was behind him. He Cheng fell and fell for a while, and his waist couldn’t bear it. At this moment, he was tired and sweating profusely.

Bo Ruoyou couldn’t help but lowered his eyes, “The dark channel draws in running water from the outside and sets up a gate to prevent people from sneaking into the mansion through the way, and second, once a flood occurs, it can prevent the outside debris from pouring into the inner lake——”

After a pause, Bo Ruoyou looked up. There was naturally only a cold stone wall above his head, but they went all the way to the west after they got down the culvert. They should now be under the pine Berlin between Meilin and the ancestral hall. “But this In the mansion, this iron gate may be just to stop some water weeds.”

Sure enough, there are many decayed plants and branches on the ground on both sides of the iron gate. Bo Ruoyou frowned and looked back and forth, “The girl is thinking, when the iron gate was locked and when the chain broke.”

Huo Wei said: “If you said, at least the chain was broken two years ago.”

Only when this iron door is open can the fool be saved.

Bo Ruoyou nodded without saying a word, Huo Weilou walked forward along the culvert with the most people. The more he went in, the less snow under his feet. Later, only the silt that had dried up for many years was on the soles of his feet. The gentle **** appeared in front of everyone, and at the end of the gentle slope, another half-covered iron gate appeared.

The iron door is still open. The iron door is almost the same in shape and talent. There is also a big lock on it. However, because the iron door is on a gentle slope, it is only exposed to damp, never water, and the rust is much lighter. However, the door The chain is also broken.

It’s just that the lock wasn’t broken because of rust, it was broken.

The chain was as thin as a thumb, but it was broken by someone. I don’t know how long it took the person who broke the chain.

The iron gate opened with a “creak”, and inside the door appeared stone steps upwards, and the height of the corridor was raised, even the Huo Wei Tower could straighten up, and Huo Wei Tower held the torch and went up the stone steps. , But after less than ten steps, a dark room suddenly came into view.

Just looking at it, Bo Ruoyou could see that this is a woman’s living room. There are simple furniture decorations in the room. There is an embroidered bed in the north direction, but whether it is a bed curtain or a brocade quilt, it looks all the same. It is very old, and there is no light here, the humidity is extremely heavy, and mildew spots can be seen.

A table was placed against the wall to the west. On the table was a lamp that had run out of lamp oil. Bo Ruoyou stepped forward and looked at it, only to feel that the lamp hadn’t been lit for many years.

There is also a door in the northwest corner of the dark room. After Huo Weilou saw this dark room, he walked into that door, but as soon as he opened the door, he stopped, and Bo Ruoyou was suspicious, so he followed forward. Go, when she walked to Huo Weilou’s side, her eyes darkened slightly.

A door is separated, but inside this door is full of collapsed masonry, like a good house, suddenly the sky collapses, and Bo Ruoyou couldn’t help saying: “This is…”

“This place is under the ancestral hall.” Huo Weilou said, his voice was full of solemnity, “Sure enough, there is a dark room under the ancestral hall. There are people hidden here, because we are afraid that we will find out that this will ruin this place.”

Although the door was filled with bricks and stones, it could be seen that it was quite wide, and there were furniture books. Bo Ruoyou took a step towards the door and happened to see half of it pressed under a red brick. Paper.

It was a piece of rice paper that had been yellowing for a long time, on which was copied a seven-character poem, and the ink color had faded. Now only the remaining two sentences can be seen. The writing on it is almost exactly the same as the writing on the golden paper.

Bo Ruoyou hurriedly handed it to the Huo Wei Building. When he looked at the Huo Wei Building, he knew that Bo Ruoyou guessed that he was probably right. He turned around and looked at the only remaining dark room. “The ancestral hall was on fire yesterday. There is no one here now, and the murderer is afraid that he will never come back.”

Bo Ruo quietly said: “The iron door lock connected to the culvert has been opened, and I am afraid that I don’t know it, or if I guess I don’t dare to search with great fanfare, I am afraid that Lord Hou will find out what happened in the past, so I simply do nothing. .”

He Cheng looked at the room and was stunned, “Xiao Bo, you really didn’t expect it to be wrong, but the murderer is not here, I’m afraid to hide it right now—”

Bo Ruoyou’s heart jumped when he heard the words, “If we come here to search, most of the people in the mansion will get the news. The murderer is afraid to know too. Just now, the embroiderer came and said that the idiot is gone, will something happen?”

Huo Weilou scanned the entire room, his eyes getting heavier, Bo Ruoyou stood beside him, and he felt cold all over his body. In addition to the coldness of the room, Bo Ruoyou couldn’t imagine that people could live here and go to jail. Even if you can still see the sky, here, it is like a tomb of the dead.

When Bo Ruoyou glanced around, she suddenly saw what was on the head of the bed. She went up to look and saw two new cloth tiger shoes and an old moon rabbit lamp. Tiger shoes are for children. Moon rabbit lanterns are the most common lanterns in the Mid-Autumn Festival in the South of the Yangtze River. These two things have only been here in the last two years.

Thinking of this, Bo Ruoyou not only felt that his back was cold, but also a bit of heavy grief spread from the bottom of his heart.

Huo Weilou glanced at her, “Let’s go, these things, we will send people to collect all these things later.”

Bo Ruoyou nodded, and followed Huo Weilou along the original road back to the culvert. Everyone bent over, speechless all the way. When Bo Ruoyou came back, he still had the heart to look for clues, but when he walked back, he pressed his lips and said no. When I came out, the channel was low, and I felt it was inconvenient to bend myself when I first came, but after I came and went for a cup of tea, the inconvenience was not a big deal. The endless darkness and coldness were the most depressing. The most desperate.

When he walked through the first iron gate and returned to the wellhead, facing the cold wind blowing in, Bo Ruoyou felt that the depression had disappeared by three points. Father Fu heard the movement and said: “How? Can someone? ?”

Bo Ruo whispered tightly, “Where there are people, there are no people.”

Huo Weilou stood beside her, “Go up and talk.”

Bo Ruoyou hurriedly let the road open and asked Huo Weilou to invite him first. Huo Weilou glanced at her and jumped up neatly. The funnel seemed to have not been dug to the bottom. There was still a half-person-high platform that Bo Ruoyou needed to climb up. , She was a little worried, Huo Weilou stretched out his hand from top to bottom, he didn’t say a word, a pair of phoenix eyes stared at her condescendingly, meaning clearly.

Huo Weilou’s torch has been handed over to other embroiderers, and at this moment the night outside the culvert is sinking, Father Fu is standing on the top, he can only hear the voice, but can’t see people, He Cheng cats straight behind her. Gasping for breath, other embroidered clothes ambassadors were still betting in the culvert, Bo Ruoyou knew that he had to go up quickly to make room, but he didn’t expect Huo Weilou to pull her.

The surrounding light was dim, and Huo Weilou stretched out his hand towards her in a place where no one could see it.

She hesitated for a moment, and handed her hand to Huo Weilou.

Huo Weilou’s palm is wide and rough, but quite warm