The Delicate Lady Coroner

It was late, but Wu Xiang was waiting outside the city, Bo Ruoyou didn’t delay, wearing a thick cloak, he followed Hou Yang out of the city.

As soon as the carriage walked under the gate of Xiangguo Temple, night fell, and Hou Yang took Bo Ruoyou through the small town below the mountain, all the way to the villages and towns on the west side of the town.

Below Nanshan is a large area of ​​farmland and a village. After Li Shen left Feiyunguan, he settled at the foot of the mountain on the west side, along the frosted trail at the foot of the mountain, and the carriage finally stopped in front of a two-in house. Down.

This mansion is much wider than the mansions of many villagers around it. The gray tiles and white walls also show a bit of elegance. It is not far from the town, nor close to it. .

Bo Ruoyou pushed the door and entered. The garden was brightly lit. Wu Xiang and He Chang greeted them from the inside. Wu Xiang said, “I’m sorry, Xiao Bo, let you come so late, but only Can you help us determine whether this is the place where the crime occurred.”

Bo Ruoyou was naturally obliged. Several people walked into the house and Wu Xiang said, “We were looking for someone in the town just after dawn today. Because we took the portrait, there was not much movement. Most of the people heard the wind so temporarily. After escaping, we met a picker who was carrying a load and selling melons and fruits nearby. He said that he recognized this person and gave us directions.”

“Later I found this place. It looks ordinary here, but there is a lot of things inside.” As he entered the main hall, Wu Xiang pointed to the wall on the north side of the main hall and said: “Behind this is the bedroom, and there is a room on the left and right sides. The study room, one is a warm pavilion, because it is alone, it is still neat and clean, you come with me—”

He turned at his feet and headed to the study. When he arrived, Bo Ruoyou saw a one-person-high doorway on the west wall.

Wu Xiang pointed to the doorway and said, “Originally, the bookshelf was placed here, but after removing it, it leaked out of the doorway. This is a place to do things. Come in and see.”

As soon as Bo Ruoyou walked into the dim corridor, he couldn’t breathe. The pungent odor of incense candle lamp oil and some unspeakable **** odor could not disappear, and the room was not ventilated because of the darkness, and there was some mildew in the room. taste.

The tunnel was less than ten steps away, and Bo Ruoyou soon saw a dim light. The dark room was only ten meters wide. The surrounding walls were all painted with the bright yellow color that Taoism preferred. The ground was covered with red scorpion and prayer flags. Hanging from the roof, the runes written in cinnabar make up for it, and the entire dark room is inexplicably suppressed, horrified and grotesque.

Bo Ruoyou quickly noticed the stone tribute platform in the middle. There was no tribute table in the entire dojo, but a high platform standing in the middle, half-person high and square, surrounded by incense candles. It was also at this time. , Bo Ruoyou saw the two chains hanging from the roof, and her heart jumped.

Stepping forward on the red brocade, there is a kneeling mat with a bright yellow embroidered cloud pattern under the tribute platform. No matter how you look at it, this is a Taoist restaurant. Wu Xiang waved the hanging prayer flags and pointed at the tribute. Taiwan said: “Come and see, there is a lot of blood in this—”

Bo Ruoyou walked forward quickly, and when he walked to Gongtai, he saw that there was a sunken Bagua stone plate in the middle of Gongtai. The scriptures on the stone plate were densely covered. At this moment, it was covered by a blood scab. An ancient seal script, Bo Ruoyou took out his veil and twisted it into a dark brown blood scab. He nodded quickly and said, “It’s human blood.”

After she raised her head, the chain hanging from the top was made of iron, with two or three inches wide shackles attached to the end. Bo Ruoyou thought of the bruise on Wen Jin’s wrist and said: “It basically matches the wound on Wen Jin’s body.”

Wu Xiang continued: “We have also verified that the incense and candles are used in the temple’s Taoism and can burn for about two hours. There is a gap behind the stone platform, and the blood flows behind the stone platform.”

Bo Ruoyou walked back around the stone platform, and soon saw a low-lying place that looked like a pool. There were two stone candlesticks in the pool with embers of lamp oil, and the pool was dark at the moment. It turned out to be all dried up human blood.

Bo Ruoyou raised his eyes to look at the prayer flags hanging from the top, and then pulled the nearest piece of prayer flags to the front. When he got closer, he could see that the runes on the prayer flags were not cinnabar. It is the blood stains that have been dimmed over time. Although she does not understand the meaning of the runes written on the prayer flags, such a strange place is not an ordinary Taoist fasting place.

Bo Ruoyou stepped forward to check the hanging chains carefully, and then went to look at the candles around the tribute. “All the blood on a six or seven year old child adds up to less than a quarter, and if he loses too much blood, he will be breathless in less than two hours. At the time of his fasting, the handcuffs basically coincided with Wen Jin’s injuries. If Wen Jin’s lost shoes and socks and murder weapon can be found, we can basically conclude that this is where the crime occurred.”

“Found it!” Wu Xiang pointed to the northwest. “There is an open space behind this courtyard. When we came just now, we found a heart-warming place. Inside were Wen Jin’s lost shoes and socks, which should have been abandoned on the same day. When the corpse was left at home, I found that I had to dig a pit and bury it when I returned. In addition, in the wardrobe outside, I found the celestial robes worn by Taoist priests. I checked and there are blood stains on it.”

“I found the mask too. Not only did I find the Monkey King mask, but also the Fox Fairy mask that Wen Jin wore on the day, and some other things. Look at—”

Wu Xiang turned and walked outwards, Bo Ruoyou naturally followed. When he walked out of the tunnel, he exhaled deeply. He took Bo Ruoyou to the warm pavilion. The doors of the warm pavilion cabinet were wide open, and they were placed on the couch by the window. Wearing the Celestial Tunic that he just said.

This fairy cave dress is gorgeous and indispensable. It has a sleeveless drape on the front. The whole dress is in the color of purple from the east. It is embroidered with auspicious patterns such as cranes, unicorns, Bagua pagodas, sun, moon and stars with gold and silver threads. Next to the mask of the Monkey King and the Fox Fairy, there are a rattle, a saber and a simple three-clear bell.

Wu Xiang said again: “I also found some fish drums, whisks, and yin and yang rings, which are all Taoist instruments. These are the ones that are related to the case. The rattle and mask are mentioned earlier, and the mask will be found. The old man checked to see if it was made by him. The sword is quite sharp, with blood stains on the tip of the sword. Perhaps it was used to stabbing the dead that day. There is also this bell. I wonder if it is related to the sound of the bell mentioned by Ming Gongzi— —”

As Wu Xiang said, he picked up the bell and shook it. The sound of the bell was clear and pleasant. But when Bo Ruoyou just heard the bell, Bo Ruoyou felt that a pinpoint was pricked in her heart, and she hurried out. The sound, “Catch the head, people can catch it back”

Wu Xiang put down the three clearing bells, “The gold and silver in his house and the clothes he often wears are gone. He went to look for them in two directions, one to the south dock and the other to the direction of Luozhou Hanlu. He was sick. I shouldn’t be able to stand the toss, and I asked the people nearby, saying that there was a Qingbu carriage in his house, but it’s gone now, so it’s easy to hunt down just to check the carriage.”

Bo Ruoyou was a little relieved and looked at this house again. Although it looked neat and elegant, it was not a new house. “He was driven out of Feiyun Tower last year. When was this house built?”

“I asked the people around, they didn’t know. They always knew that there were people in this house, but they never saw the owner of the house show up. However, the picker said that Li Shen started to buy things from him after July this year because he was not happy to come. The market, so buy some common things from him—”

“After July?” Bo Ruoyou frowned, “If he has been here, and it doesn’t make sense to start buying after July, how did he solve his food and clothing earlier? If others are not here, where was he before? “

Wu Xiang said: “These, after the person is brought back for interrogation, you will know that the surrounding area is still to be visited, and the origin of this house will also be verified. It will be clear after another two days.”

Wu Xiang then asked Bo Ruoyou to help look at the confirmation of the material evidence, and then ordered the government officials to pack up and take the material evidence back to the yamen. Bo Ruoyou stood on the edge of the couch, his eyes unconsciously falling on Sanqingling.

These Sanqing bells are about six inches high, made of brass, with a “mountain”-shaped handle on the top, and a two-and-a-half-inch-caliber bell bell on the bottom. The bell has a tongue and engraved scriptures, charms and statues of Sanqing gods on the bell surface. , Guang Jian Zhao Ren, Bo Ruo Yougui so badly to pick up these three clear bells, and gently shake them, the clear and clear bell sounds like a snake in her ears, her heart tightened, and she hurriedly took this bell. Handed it to the government officer who collected the evidence.

When the hour came to the end, the prayer flags and runes in the dark room were all taken off, and the feeling of suppressing the horror could not help but faded a lot. Bo Ruoyou went in and stood on the edge of the dragon and looked at it, saying: “You need to hire a Taoist leader. Come and see if there is another secret in this altar.”

Wu Xiang nodded, “That’s the case, I wonder if this person is taking Wen Jin as a sacrifice, and I don’t know where I heard the evil way, and it’s really hateful to act on the children.”

Bo Ruoyou watched the dojo being demolished. When all the objects were taken out, only the Gongtai and the blood pool were left. This dark room was built specifically for doing things, especially on the roof. Bo Ruoyou stared at the hook for a long while, then pointed and said, “It’s better to send someone to look at it, and the rest can be faked. , But this hook lock will rust. Just look at the rust and you will know how long it has been nailed.”

Wu Xiang didn’t expect this place, so he made people go out and look for the wooden ladder to look up. After waiting for a while, a government officer borrowed the wooden ladder from a distant farmhouse. Hou Yang volunteered to climb up, but he looked suspiciously by the light. Said: “There is no rust on the fixed expenditure of the chain. I guess it hasn’t been half a year.”

Bo Ruoyou’s eyes sank instantaneously, “Even if this mansion takes a long time, but if he committed more than once, the place where he used to be murdered must not be here.” After she finished she said coldly: “You must live People get it back.”