The Delicate Lady Coroner

Liu Xi frowned and said, "I wanted to ask her something, not to visit her. It was just that after I arrived that day, I was stopped outside the door. I stood outside and said a lot. I have to answer. At the moment, I was a little worried about her accident, but the master of Antang said that she often does this, and I just left."

Wu Xiang frowned, "What are you doing?"

Liu Xi's face sank, and everyone else looked different. Wu Xiang swept them for a moment, "Now it can be concluded that Seven Girls were murdered. Not only that, I also probably know what you want to conceal—"

He said solemnly: "Seven girls have given birth to children."

As soon as this remark came out, it really made everyone look upset. Third Master Liu Qian asked unhappyly: "What does this matter have to do with the case?"

Wu Xiang looked at him indifferently, "Of course there is a relationship. The murderer needs motives for harming others. Anyone who has enmity or entanglement with the Seventh Girl may be the murderer. The Seventh Girl has not yet married or decided to marry, but she actually gave birth. After having a child, you should all know about this, and she was sent to the nunnery. I thought it was because of this. Am I right?"

Liu Qian's throat was astringent, and he didn't know how to answer. First, Liu Xi couldn't help but said: "You mean, the murderer of the Seventh Sister, maybe the person who was pregnant with her innocent?"

Wu Xiang shook his head, "You haven't said who is the person who killed the Seven Girls innocence."

The elders of the Liu family all sullen their faces, seeming to find the matter quite difficult to tell. Liu Yan hesitates, "Wu catches the head, in fact, we don’t know who killed the seventh sister’s innocence. Because of this, the seventh sister was only Was sent away."

Wu Xiang's brows were twisted, and the brothers Liu Qian's expression became even more serious. The second master Liu Xian said at this moment: "Why do you conclude that Yao'er was murdered? Didn't it mean that the house was locked from the inside? She has been taciturn since she was a child. Very, very timid and cowardly. After an accident, it is more common to not want to live. If you commit suicide, it is not impossible."

Wu Xiang repeated what Bo Ruoyou had done, "It looks like suicide on the surface, but what you have done can not be faked. If it is a homicide case, the government will pick it up to the end. So I hope you don’t hide it. You see. When it comes, the government office treats you all with courtesy, and all the evidence in this case is for solving the case, and will never flow into the public to affect the reputation of the Liu family, but if the case is not solved for a long time, the Shuiyue'an incident will spread. , When the time comes, the yamen just want to keep secrets for you, but they won’t be able to."

When mentioning Shuiyue Temple, Liu Xian's eyes flashed, and Liu Qian and Fourth Master Liu Jin also showed different colors, and the three young juniors had a deep face and a twisted eyebrow, especially the fifth son Liu Xi. Showed a look of disgust.

Liu Xian ranks second among Liu's parents. Because the uncle in charge is not there, he speaks with weight. "What Yan'er said just now is true. We don't know who broke her innocence. Because of her personal affair, and because she didn’t like to leave the yard to walk around, we didn’t expect her to be pregnant at first. We only waited until the child was five months old and she seemed unconcealed. This was discovered by us. What was the solution at the time? She didn't say anything when she was exhausted. She wanted a bowl of medicine to fall the child, but she was weak. The doctor said that if she fell like that, she was afraid that she would not survive, so we had no mercy."

Wu Xiang frowned, "What about the child?"

"The child did not fall, but we were afraid that it would ruin the reputation of the Liu family. We thought about the child and sent it away. But unexpectedly, at seven months, the child was born prematurely. It was a male fetus. There was a weakness in it, and she couldn't survive a few days after she was born. At that time, she was even more violent. It took two months before she could go to the ground."

"We were very patient with her, but she still refused to say that. Seeing that she was really stubborn, we sent her to Shuiyue'an to think about—"

Now halfway through August, Liu Yao has been in Shuiyue'an for half a year, that is, when she was sent in February, then she gave birth at the time of Chinese New Year. So, she was pregnant around May last year, but the entire Liu family She couldn't even ask who had broken her innocence.

Wu Xiang twisted his eyebrows, "Who are the men who usually get close to her?"

Liu Yan said: "She doesn't go out much, and she rarely walks around other people's homes, so we find it weird..."

Wu Xiang said again, "Who knows that she is in Shuiyue'an at Beiguan?"

Liu Yan said again: "In the beginning, only our own family members, and then some relatives also knew about it. We have to count it. Now we know a lot of people, but only our own family members know what it is."

Wu Xiangyue felt more weird when he heard it. He scanned the few people in front of him, and a guess that made him a little uncomfortable came out of his heart. Ever hatred?"

Liu Xi pursed her lips and said, "She is a timid person and won't be angry with anyone."

Since she was a child, she was not spoiled, timid, introverted and reserved. These descriptions fell on Liu Yao, making Wu Xiang more and more suspect that the murderer of Liu Yao was related to her innocence.

Wu Xiang squinted his eyes and said, "Which one of you has doubts about her being innocent?" After a pause, he asked, "Among your cousins, who has the best relationship with her?"

The second son, Liu Xu, said: "I am a big brother. Since I was little, I have loved her more. As for people who are suspicious..." He looked at the two younger brothers next to him, "We really don't know who she can get close to. Some, because of this, we were so mad at her that we couldn't do anything else, otherwise, we wouldn't have sent her to Shuiyue'an for so long."

Wu Xiang pondered for a moment: "You are all brothers, men and women are different. I don't know about her privacy. Is her maidservant still in the house?"

Liu Xu said, "I'm gone. After I found out that she was pregnant, I asked the maidservant. The maidservant also asked three questions, so she was sold out by us."

Wu Xiang paced back and forth, a gloomy color appeared between his eyebrows and eyes, and he stopped abruptly, "Then we are afraid that we will have to go to your house again and ask the people in your house."

Liu Xian said: "This is natural."

Wu Xiang looked at a few people, and asked the government officials to bring paper and pen, "I also ask you to write down your whereabouts during the three days from the fifth day of August to the seventh day of August, whether you were out of the city, who you were with, and what did you do? , The more detailed the better."

Liu Xian's elders were impatient, and they knew that this was for them to write a proof of their alibi. Even if they were not happy, they had to write that Liu Yan was speechless, and soon they were on the side table. Write it up.

Not long after, Liu Xi frowned and said, "What if there is no one to prove it?"

Wu Xiang raised his eyebrows, "How can no one prove the law?"

Liu Xi said: "I was not in the house on the sixth day of the sixth year. I lived in a house in the south of the city. No one can testify for me."

Wu Xiang frowned, and Liu Xi said, "I took the house by myself, because I haven't hired any servants since the time I took it. It is intended to be used to make friends with literati, and to set up a place for elegant gatherings."

Wu Xiang didn't change his face, "Written it down first, the yamen has its own articles of association, and it is not because no one has a certificate, he is regarded as a murderer."

Liu Xi then continued to write, Wu Xiang said: "Later, I will ask the office to take a trip to your house. Everyone has to ask about the whereabouts of those days. You don't have to panic."

Everyone had no objection, and Wu Xiang just ordered everyone to leave when they were all finished.

Bo Ruoyou walked out of the back porch, and Wu Xiang turned around to look at her, "What do you think? Except for the five sons just now, no one has ever been out of the city, and there are all witnesses. I will ask you to check it later."

Bo Ruoyou said: "Listen to them, since Ms. Liu did not have the opportunity to meet a foreigner, would she be her own family? If she is a member of the family, Ms. Liu is forced to be forced, I'm afraid she will not hide it. , Then there are only two possibilities. First, she really has an affair with someone and keeps her mouth shut in order to protect this person. Second, she doesn’t say anything because she is afraid."

"If it's the first possibility, no matter who the object is, it's possible. If it's the second type, it's impossible to be someone in the family. I have a thought in my heart, but it's a bit shocking--"

Wu Xiang said, "Do you doubt the Liu family?"

Bo Ruoyou nodded, and Wu Xiang said: "Don't say it's you, I have thought about it this way. After being a head catcher in the past few years, I have seen too many cases, and I know there is nothing impossible."

Bo Ruoyou also thought about this. This is Wu Xiang said: "When the adult comes back, I will report the case to the adult, and then take someone to Liu's house to see what else has not been dug up. , This Liu family is mingled with the nunnery. It is not a clean house, I am afraid that there are a lot of things inside."

Bo Ruoyou felt the same, "Today, on August 14th, Liu Yao's death time is indeed around the sixth day of the sixth day. The head catcher can also ask everyone in the nunnery to see who visited Liu Yao the most during the six months. See if it is true as the second son said, he has the best relationship with Liu Yao."

After a slight pause, Bo Ruoyou asked again: "Apart from these few people, does the Liu family have other sons?"

Wu Xiang said: "The third son Liu Yan was from the uncle Liu family. He has an older brother in front of him. He is now in the army and not in the capital all the year round. He should have nothing to do with this matter. The second son Liu Xu is from the second master. , The fifth son who came today was born by the fourth master, and the third son Liu San ranked fourth, but he got sick today—"

"Sick?" Bo Ruoyou raised his eyebrows.

Wu Xiang said: "I suspect that it is not an ordinary disease, maybe it is poisoned by the golden ointment, but when I went to Liu's house yesterday, I didn't see anyone else, so I can't be sure."

After hesitating for a while, Wu Xiang said, "Do you want to see it together?"

Of course Bo Ruoyou responded happily, and Wu Xiang was certain that Bo Ruoyou was the most attentive, and this time the victim was a woman, she could always be more thoughtful than he thought.

The two of them waited for Sun Zhao to return. It was not until the afternoon when Sun Zhao left the palace. With a bit of fatigue on his face, he entered the Yamen and saw Bo Ruoyou here, his eyebrows flashed. After a while, he stopped talking and then asked about the case.

After Wu Xiang reported the case, Sun Zhao said, "Then you can take someone to investigate by yourself."

Seeing a gloomy look on his face, Wu Xiang couldn't help asking, "My lord, what can't happen to the court? How can I look at you worried."

Sun Zhao waved his hand, "It's nothing big."

Hearing this, Bo Ruoyou couldn't help asking: "My lord, can there be news from the southwest in Chaozhong?"

Sun Zhao's expression Chen Ding said: "Naturally, the southwest side will have to report to your majesty every few days. Today is still discussed. It is said that the Southwest officialdom has a lot of involvement. This time because of this poison, the southwestern area The officialdom is about to give birth to great turmoil." After a pause, Sun Zhao said again: "It is said that even the Southwest Garrison has been mobilized."

Bo Ruoyou's heart trembled slightly, but he couldn't ask too much. Thinking of Huo Weilou's absence of letters in the past few days, he only felt that he must be too busy to get out of his body, but he did not dare to wonder whether he would encounter danger.

After deciding to go to Liu's house, Wu Xiang didn't delay. After lunch, he took Bo Ruoyou to Liu's house.

The Liu family lived in Pingkang Fang, so it was a hereditary earl’s residence for five generations. The courtyard was very dazzling. The Liu family knew that the yamen was coming, and soon invited them in. After a short while, Liu Yan came out to greet them.

"Wu Head Catcher wants to check what to ask, who he wants to see, just tell me, I will arrange for Head Catcher."

Wu Xiang frowned and said, "Where are the four sons of the mansion?"

Liu Yan's complexion changed slightly, and he pondered for a moment before he lifted his steps, "The fourth brother is ill, and since I want to see him, I will lead the way and let me come—"

The Liu family was particularly quiet today. When Wu Xiang came last night, the day banquet was over. The servants in the house were like clouds, and there was a lot of lively. But looking at it today, it seems that there are even fewer servants. He noticed in his heart, but did not ask. Going deep along the Fuzhong corridor, he entered a small courtyard in a short time.

"This is the yard of the fourth brother, but he has been raising his body recently, and he rarely goes out."

Liu Yan and Yan Yue quickly stepped through the door after speaking, and entered the warm pavilion again. After a few words with one person, they were allowed to enter the door. When he entered the warm pavilion, he saw a thin young boy lying halfway on the couch, covered with brocade. He was sick, and Nuange was filled with a bitter medicine. Bo Ruoyou smelled it a little, knowing what medicine he was using.

The fourth son, Liu Heng, only heard that someone from the Yamen came, but he didn't expect that there was another woman. His face was astonished for a while, "There are women in the Yamen."

"Ms. Bo is a girl from our yamen." Wu Xiang asked after speaking, "What disease did the fourth son get?"

Liu Heng's eyes flashed, "The wind is cold."

Wu Xiang looked at Bo Ruoyou. Bo Ruoyou shook his head first, and then nodded. Wu Xiang and Bo Ruoyou also had a tacit understanding. He pulled his lips and said, "The fourth son has been sick for many days? It must be very difficult to endure. If you can't cure it in the Fuzhong, you can go to the Chengnan Disease Camp and try it."

Liu Heng's expression changed slightly, and Liu Yan also raised his eyebrows. He looked at Bo Ruoyou, with some scrutiny under his eyes.

"I don't know what the head catcher is talking about."

Wu Xianghao said in his spare time: "It is not a crime to be poisoned by the golden ointment. Looking at the appearance of the fourth son, the poison is not serious, it is not good. You can go to the south of the city and ask for a prescription for decoction. Anyway, the prescription has already been announced. The world."

Liu Heng's expression changed a little, and at the end he gave a cold sneer.

"Did the fourth son ever go out of the city on the fifth and sixth day of the sixth day?"

Liu Heng said indifferently: "The sixth day is out."

"Where did you go?"

"Go to Xiangguo Temple to worship Buddha——"

Wu Xiang raised his eyebrows, and Liu Heng said quietly: "You have also seen that I am sick. When I can get up and walk around on weekdays, I think about going to worship the Buddha and incense incense. I want to pray for the Buddha to heal earlier, and that day I felt unwell on the way back. When I returned to the mansion gate, I was carried in. Everyone knows that, but since that day, I have been recuperating in the mansion, and I have never been out of this yard."

Wu Xiang pressed the corners of his lips slightly, "Okay, nothing else."

After all, Liu Heng is the son of a family, and he is unwilling to cooperate with the yamen. Wu Xiang doesn't waste time with him, so he said to Liu Yan: "Please take us to Miss Seven's courtyard."

Liu Yan took them out from Shanshan Ruliu, and on the way, Wu Xiang said again: "I have to trouble the son to gather the concierge in the mansion, the personal attendants of the masters, and the maids in the mansion for questioning."

Liu Yan responded and ordered the young man behind him to spread the word. Not long after, a few people stopped in front of a remote courtyard.

This yard is on the northwest corner of Fuzhong. It is really the worst part if you consider it according to Feng Shui. The courtyard is small and the vermilion lacquer on the courtyard is mottled. Was sent away, so the yard was deserted."

Entering the courtyard, it was indeed overgrown with weeds, but it couldn't conceal Liu's harsh treatment of Liu Yao. Wu Xiang and Bo Ruoyou didn't reveal it, and brought a few government officials into the atrium.

The door was locked, Liu Yan opened the door, and a group of people entered the house. The house that had not been used for half a year was covered with dust. Cobwebs were occasionally visible on the beams of the house. Bo Ruoyou looked at all this and almost doubted Liu Jiajiang. After Liu Yao sent it off, she had no plans to bring her back. She secretly walked through the main hall and then transferred to the Nuan Pavilion.

There are several cages piled up in the Nuan Pavilion, which are Liu Yao's relics brought back from Shuiyue Temple.

Liu Yan said: "It hasn't been cleaned up yet. I plan to wait for the remains of the seventh sister to be sent back and be buried with the remains."

The cages were randomly stacked on the ground, and the attendant took out only a few slightly more valuable ornaments, and the lid of the opened box was half open, and you could see the pen, ink, paper, inkstone, and books and brochures piled underneath.

Bo Ruoyou went to see this Nuan Pavilion again. Because the courtyard was small, Liu Yao did not have a separate study room. There were a lot of books in this Nuan Pavilion. Mo had already dried up, and the thought that Liu Yao had died, could not help but feel sad.

Bo Ruoyou asked: "After the incident, did people in the mansion ever come to her to search?"

If you really have an affair with someone, maybe there will be something like a token.

Liu Yan understood clearly, and said: "I have searched her here and out, but it's only her own things, because there is nothing, this makes us especially angry."

"What do you think she didn't say because of?"

Bo Ruoyou looked at Liu Yan, and Liu Yan also looked at her. Seeing her bright eyes were beautiful, but calmly looking at her, his heart tightened, and he thought about it seriously for a moment, "I can’t tell, it seems to be Fear, and it seems that we want to protect that person. After thinking about it, even if it was the son of a relative, he later tried more or less, but did not find out anything."

She looked like a guardian, and also like fear. Bo Ruoyou frowned, and looked carefully at the bookcase. There were a lot of posts on the cabinet. Taking advantage of the place, it seems that she likes playing games very much, but she is not loved or popular in the mansion. Who would come here to play chess with her on weekdays?

Bo Ruoyou looked for a while, then asked Liu Yan. After getting permission, he headed to Liu Yao's bedroom, which was the layout of an ordinary woman's boudoir. There was a sewing box on the couch by the west window. Frowned, "She likes to be a female celebrity?"

Liu Yan was taken aback, and then nodded, "Yes, she is actually very well-behaved, and she often likes to make shoes and socks for our brothers." At this point, and looking at the room, Liu Yan seemed to have two afterthoughts. Sorrow, "It's just what she did..."

He didn't finish, but Bo Ruoyou knew what he was going to say, "Do you think she is very unlucky for what she does?"

Liu Yan was slightly surprised. He did not expect Bo Ruoyou to directly use the word "unlucky". He seemed to want to cover up. Wu Xiang had already said: "I heard that she is in your mansion and has a name for her father and mother. That's why I don't like it."

Liu Yan couldn't say anything for a while, "It's not..."

Seeing Bo Ruoyou looking at him clearly, he had to smile bitterly, "It's not to blame us. It was true that the fifth aunt passed away because of her birth. Later, something happened. Our juniors don't think anything, but The elders have said too much, coupled with the words of some monks and Taoists, you will feel compelled if you don't believe it."

Wu Xiang asked directly: "Does the third son wear the shoes and socks made by the seventh girl?"

Liu Yan's face was even more blue and white, and after a light cough, he said, "Less..."

Hearing this, Bo Ruoyou's heart moved, "Among those princes, who wears more?"

Liu Yan seemed to be looking for something to make up for, and quickly said: "Second brother and fifth brother will wear more. Although I wear less,...but I love her very much on weekdays."

Bo Ruoyou remembered that the second son Liu Xu had said that he was very concerned about Liu Yao in the past. Hearing this, she couldn't help but ponder for a moment. At this time, she swept her eyes and saw a small dagger hanging. On the wall, where is the short sword for a little girl like Liu Yao?

She stepped forward and looked at the dagger, "Who gave this to you?"

Liu Yan looked at the short sword and said hurriedly: "It was a gift from the second brother."

Liu Xu?

Bo Ruoyou took a closer look and saw that the scabbard of the short sword was made of bronze, and it was carved with simple and complicated fierce beast patterns, which looked a bit maddening. Seeing her attentively, Liu Xu said: "This short The sword is a treasure, but because the blade is too short to be used in actual combat, the second brother gave it to the seventh sister. Because the sword has the function of warding off evil spirits, he pityed the seventh sister's frustrated life experience. , So I want to use this sword as a town house for Seven Sisters."

At this point, his eyes darkened slightly, "Although everyone in the mansion cares a little about her, there are times when they treat her well."

"Speaking of which, Miss Seven really has the best relationship with the second son?"

Liu Yan nodded, "Yes, because my eldest brother went to the army early in the morning, the second brother is considered the eldest of our brothers, so he takes good care of our brothers."

Bo Ruoyou and Wu Xiang looked at each other, Liu Yan was a little dazed by their actions, "What's the matter?"

Bo Ruoyou shook his head, "What about the elders? Do all of them mind her very much?"

Liu Yan smiled embarrassedly, "I can't say that. The mansion did not short her food and clothing, but there are some things, I would rather believe it, not believe it, except for the second brother who treats her well, our other brothers I would also give her gifts, occasionally get gadgets, and remember her, but she already had the name, and then she made such a thing, it is always disappointing and disgusting."

Bo Ruoyou didn't know what he thought of, and suddenly asked, "I saw a lot of dramas and essays from her, but can you also give it to you?"

When she was in Shuiyue'an, she saw that Liu Yao had a lot of books. She thought she was restrained and reluctant to talk. Such a fashionable thing is not like she found it on her own initiative. Liu Yan said: "Yes, we brothers will all To help her find it, I found two volumes for her."

This answer was a little unexpected. Since they were all given, Bo Ruoyou had no reason to ask further. At this time, Wu Xiang said, "Go outside and ask someone to ask questions."