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Chapter 121 Six Flowers Flying 17(1/2)

The night was like ink splashing, and all the people set out from the gate of Wuzhaohou Mansion and headed straight for Guang'an Street in the east of the city.

The long night of April spring was still a little cool. Bo Ruoyou sat by the window, and the cool breeze rushed into the curtains, which made her shudder. Huo Weilou frowned and raised his hand to take off his robe and put it on her body. Bo Ruoyou blinked. If it were the past, she had to refuse, but now she accepted it calmly. She closed her clothes and raised the corners of her lips.

Huo Weilou held her hand again, and felt that her hands were cold. He put her hands in his palm. When he opened his mouth, he was serious and his voice was quite solemn. "If you have any thoughts in the future, let me tell me first, you don't have to run away for these investigations. If you meet a bad person, how can you protect you if you only meet one Zhou Liang?"

His stern face was quite serious, which made Bo Ruoyou think of the elderly elders. Her smile fell into her pupils, and her eyes were soft. "The Marquis was busy in the past two days to investigate the golden ointment. I have not had any evidence, so I always wanted to get some clues to tell the Marquis, don't worry, I have a proper position and will not do any dangerous things."

Although Huo Weilou did not agree completely, she saw gentle and kind words but had great ideas, so she had to endure the rest. "Today, the Imperial Hospital has consulted in the south of the city, but it has not yet produced a detoxification method. I told them that the golden ointment was made of beauty laugh. Someone found the fruits and seeds of beauty laughing for medicinal purposes in the Danei Medicine Deposit, but most of them have never heard of the method of beauty laughing in such a way, and it is not helpful."

Bo Ruoyou's heart was slightly sank, "Well, the prince is fine today?"

Huo Weilou's eyes turned a little cold when he heard this, "Although it was not as difficult as when the poison was released, he had not eaten for a whole day today. In the evening, he was forced to feed some porridge by Eunuch Fu, but he vomited it out after a moment. It was quite unbearable."

Bo Ruoyou had to appease Huo Weilou. Huo Weilou pinched her palm and continued to talk about Song Yu's death. "The two people who Song Yu met before his death were related to golden ointment. In the past two days, he learned that a Fushen surnamed Li, who was invited by Song Yu, was the first person to sell golden ointment in the capital. Later, the golden ointment was dispersed, and he was also promoting the fire."

After pausing, Huo Weilou said again: "He has a lot of connections in the southwest. Because several prefectures in the southwest have less control, they are now more severe than the capital. The court has sent patrol envoys to the southwest, but it will take half a month to arrive. You have also seen people who sell this thing in the southwest. Guess who they are."

This is the first time Huo Weilou has said this so thoroughly, and she never thought that she had seen the person who sold this thing in the southwest!

Being able to do such a business must be not an ordinary small vendor. But when it comes to famous merchants and wealthy people, she doesn't recognize anyone. As soon as this thought came out, Bo Ruoyou suddenly frowned. No, she had seen one of hers...

"Could it be... the Shen family?"

When he returned to Beijing, he took the Shen family's house boat, and Shen Ya was the young owner of the Shen family. After thinking about it, Bo Ruoyou could control the dispersion of golden ointment, and only the Shen family was as rich as the Shen family.

Huo Weilou showed a look of affirmation in his eyes, "It was the Shen family. The Shen family had made their fortunes from the south. They discovered this item last year, and then bought it in the southwest, and then sold it privately in the market. Now it has a large scale. Before the New Year, the southwest has benefited a lot, so they wanted to flow this item into the capital. Before Song Yu died, Fushen, the surname Li, who was named in the mansion, was the old friend of the Shen family who relied heavily on in the capital."

Bo Ruoyou felt his scalp tingling when he heard it. The Shen family was the richest man in the Great Zhou Dynasty. If they were selling this item privately, you can imagine how many people were sucking in the southwest. "Mr. Song was also involved in this matter?"

Huo Weilou's voice was low and he said to her more thoroughly. "It was difficult to move forward if the corruption in Qinshui County was only found to be investigated. Because there were errors in several key books, we found Song Yu. Song Yu also realized that at this moment, he was poisoned and the clues were cut off. Now these people are related to gold ointment, so we suspect that the corruption of the Ministry of Revenue is also related to gold ointment."

Bo Ruoyou opened his eyes, "Can't that... the money that the person behind the scenes greedy for is used to do the golden ointment business?"

Huo Weilou saw her at a glance, her lips curled slightly, and her eyes were happy, "Now, using the clues of the dispersion of the golden ointment in the capital, we are tracing the origin, but if we can find the person who poisoned Song Yu, we will have less effort for us."

There are many merchants selling gold paste privately in Beijing. Although the company is doing neatly, it takes a lot of effort to solve the clues one by one. However, if anyone directly finds out who poisons Song Yu, the corruption case of the Ministry of Revenue can be directly solved. It can also be seen whether the corruption of the Ministry of Revenue is related to the golden paste.

Huo Weilou looked at Bo Ruoyou with deep eyes, clearly showing a little enthusiasm. Bo Ruoyou felt uncomfortable being seen by him and whispered: "This time, you may not be able to find the murderer--"

Huo Weilou spoke softly, "No matter whether you can find it or not, you have done a great job."

The hot breath of his speech fell on her, which immediately caused her heart to jump up. He was the superior whom she admired, and now he was holding her hand and looking at her with a gentle look. She was a person who would be shy when she was praised by those close to her, not to mention that in this situation, she felt a little uncomfortable in her breathing, and the already cramped and dim carriage suddenly heated up.

"I...I'm fine...I'm thinking about whether I can do something..."

Bo Ruoyou leaned back, and his voice became soft due to shyness, and no longer as steady and indestructible as usual. Huo Weilou looked at her with even more enthusiasm in her eyes. When he spoke, he spoke, he was hoarse, as if he had a strong wine to burn his throat. "Why are you doing this?"

Bo Ruoyou was embarrassed, "I am a coroner, this book should also..."

Huo Weilou pinched her hand, "You haven't told the truth."

He looked at her carefully. Bo Ruoyou had no choice but to retreat. Seeing that his eyes were clear, he felt a numbness on his spine. She swallowed it hard, but she was defeated. "I... want to make the Marquis do more smoothly, but I am weak, and I don't know if I can help the Marquis. I'm lucky today."

She has always been determined and calm, and she never ashamed of being despised by others. But in the end, there are many powerlessness in his high position. Huo Weilou understood that his eyes were slight and he leaned closer to her. "You are not strong, you are the person who has the greatest influence on me in the world. You do more than many working people. You are focused and tenacious, have extraordinary will, and have a better appearance than a fairy. No one is as at ease and difficult to control as you, and no one is as at ease as you, and no one is as at ease as you—"

Bo Ruoyou's heart was fluctuating when he heard it, but his voice stopped abruptly and he couldn't help asking: "What?"

Huo Weilou paused, his eyes burning, "It made me want to do something out of place."

Bo Ruoyou didn't understand at first, then his eyes moved, and a fire slowly rose on his face. Although he didn't say it very white, she also thought that it must be a very intimate thing between men and women. She held her breath, and a thin layer of sweat instantly overflowed from the palm of his holding. A numb feeling spread from her heart. She wanted to stay away from him, but her heartbeat was pounding and irritating.

After Huo Weilou said this, he took a deep breath, and suddenly stood up and stepped back a little. He had a lot of restraint and patientness in his eyes, but he was still reluctant to let go of her hand. "In short, I don't like you being self-deprecating. Even if you do nothing, just in front of me, I feel happy. There is no difference between you and me."

She did say this, and Huo Weilou obviously remembered it. Bo Ruoyou felt a little soft and soft. She calmed down. Knowing that he would not be angry, she retorted: "But the Marquis and I have a clear identity."

Huo Weilou had no choice but to pull the corner of his lips, but his face was not revealed, but his tone was full of resentment, "So what if you have a high position? I haven't seen you fulfill my wish."

Bo Ruoyou knew what he was talking about and retorted: "Who made the Marquis' wishes inappropriate..."

Huo Weilou did not comment, and expressed his meaningful agreement, "Well, it's true, I have many inappropriate thoughts--"

His eyes seemed to be hot, and Bo Ruoyou's pupils trembled, and he didn't dare to refute him anymore.

The carriage galloped all the way. When they arrived at Guang'an Street, the lights on the whole street were still dim and bright. A group of people stopped straight in front of the Wei family's tea shop. They were quite powerful. Almost as soon as the carriage stopped, the shopkeeper in the tea shop was alarmed to welcome him. The attendants of the Hou Mansion first cleared the guests in the teahouse, and then Huo Weilou took Bo Ruoyou off the carriage.

When he entered the teahouse lobby, he saw the nobles arranged in it, and there were musicians and singers who were often there, which was more interesting than ordinary teahouses. When Huo Weilou stood in the first floor hall, the shopkeeper was so scared that his face was slightly pale. After he saluted, he looked confused again. Huo Weilou glanced at the teahouse and pointed to the back hall, "Go and search first."

The shopkeeper showed an anxious look, "Hao, marquis, I wonder what the shop has made?"

Huo Weilou naturally would not answer him, and the shopkeeper said again: "But for the sake of the golden ointment? Please tell me the truth. All the golden ointment in the shop has been handed over to the government. The villains took it as a warning and dared not sell this item privately."

The servants entered the back hall to search, and the others went up to the second and third floors to search. Huo Weilou was silent for a moment and suddenly asked, "Song Yu, Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, do you recognize it?"

The shopkeeper's eyes turned and he chose to nodded, "I recognize you, Lord Song is also a regular customer in our tea shop. Naturally, the villains dare not disagree. But Lord Song has been in the small shop for many days, and I wonder where the villains are not attentive?"

"Seven days ago, did Song Yu come to your store?"

"Seven days ago...the villain, the villain can't remember it for a moment..." The shopkeeper first made a painful thought, but then smiled and said that he couldn't remember it.

Huo Weilou had a cluster of sword eyebrows, looked at the servant beside him, and immediately someone took the shop standing on the side of the lobby to another place for interrogation. Seeing this, the shopkeeper was sweating profusely, and his eyes looked out the door from time to time, as if waiting for someone.

Huo Weilou was not in a hurry. After a moment, he chose a place to sit down. He pointed to Bo Ruoyou and asked him to sit down. Bo Ruoyou hesitated first, but he stared at him with dissatisfaction before sitting down with him.

Huo Weilou glanced at the shopkeeper and said, "Give tea."

The shopkeeper immediately came forward respectfully. As the shopkeeper of this teahouse, although he was not a servant in the hall, his skills should not be bad. However, when he was making tea for Huo Weilou, the tea in the cup poured out twice, and the hand holding the teacup was trembling even more obviously.

Bo Ruoyou saw it in his eyes, and he was even more sure that there was something wrong here.

The attendant who went to the back hall to search came back soon, "Mr. Marquis, there is no abnormality in the back hall yet, and no trace of golden ointment was found. It was just that the last few rooms were locked, and the subordinates did not break the door."

Huo Weilou looked at the shopkeeper, and he smiled apologized and said, "Marty, those rooms are places where tea leaves are stored in small shops. Because the teas used in the shop are expensive, the warehouses are locked on weekdays. The man wants to search, so the villain will go to get the key and open the door."

Huo Weilou did not comment. The shopkeeper really went to get the keys. Not long after, he took his servants to the backyard. Huo Weilou only picked up tea cups and savored tea, looking calm and composed, as if he had brought Bo Ruoyou to drink tea.

After half a stick of incense, the attendants came out with the shopkeeper. They nodded at Huo Weilou, "Marty, they are indeed all tea and things used in the shop."

Bo Ruoyou frowned, but Huo Weilou was not in a hurry, and he didn't say much. Not long after, a servant walked out with a servant in a coarse cloth gray shirt, "Mr. Marquis, this person said that seven days ago, he did see Lord Song, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, come to the shop to use tea."

The shopkeeper's expression changed slightly, "Ah, have you been here? The villain really can't remember it. I think he has been here."

The servant said with a white face and a trembling voice: "Mr. Song does come often. The villains must recognize and remember all the nobles with identities. That day, Lord. Song came to ask for a pot of Biluochun tea, and...

He paused and glanced at the shopkeeper hesitantly. At this time, the servants of the Housing scolded him, and then he hurriedly said, "He also said he wanted to see our third master, and the third master was our boss. At that time, the villain could not make the decision, so he went to call Manager He."

Now the shopkeeper He was completely unable to get rid of it. While wiping his sweat, he said, "It's true that this happened. The villain remembered that Lord Song wanted to see our boss. It happened that our boss was in the store for a few days, so he went to the back to the Accord and asked the boss to come out. The two met and had a good conversation, but Lord Song seemed to have something to do and left shortly afterwards."

Song Yu did meet someone, and as for whether they had a good conversation, it would naturally not be so simple. Huo Weilou played with the tea cup in his hand and said nothing, with a cold and unpredictable expression on his face, which made people feel uneasy.

The tea brewed by the shopkeeper is also the best-quality Biluochun. This tea seems to be the signature of their store. Because the tea soup is green, the tea cup used to make tea is a set of Youzhou white porcelain tea sets. At this moment, the Biluo tea soup is flowing among the white porcelain, and even the tea fragrance seems to be a little rich.

Seeing that Huo Weilou did not speak, the shopkeeper continued: "Lord Song has come a lot and is acquaintances with our boss. Therefore, when he arrived in the store, he said hello to the boss for a while, and so the villain couldn't remember it very clearly."

"Your boss is the cousin of Secretary Wei?"

The shopkeeper's cold sweat was even worse, "Yes, he is of the same clan as Shangshu Wei, with a single name of the word "Quan", and he is called Wei Sanye."

Huo Weilou nodded and turned to look at Bo Ruoyou. Bo Ruoyou had a thought in his heart. When he saw him, he whispered to him. However, there were many people in the store, and what she said was not good, so he was almost whispering to Huo Weilou.

She said, "Mr. Marquis, if the beautiful woman's smile is really glued on it here, there must be many legacy. I want to go to the backyard to see it."

The seeds of the beauty's smile are also precious even when they are made into medicinal materials, so they will not spread everywhere. They suspect that Song Yu was stained with the seeds of the beauty's smile because of the golden ointment, and that would not be in the lobby. The seeds of the beauty's smile are small, and maybe there are still some leftovers now.

Huo Weilou understood what she meant, so he nodded, got up and went to the backyard with her. The shopkeeper wanted to follow him, but he ordered the shopkeeper to stay in the lobby and turned to the servant who told the truth and followed him to the backyard.

When I entered the back hall, I saw that the tea shop was indeed vast. There was a three-story main building in front and a continuous courtyard behind. The atrium was paved with flowers and plants, and the elm and willows were shaded. As the corridor went back, there were several independent accords. At this moment, the doors of these accords were all open, and the candles were bright inside. They had been searched by the servants once.

Walking deeper, after passing the moon gate, the warehouse where the servants mentioned were located. The houses here are all places for storing the materials needed in the store. Bo Ruoyouxin had some doubts, so he searched here. However, the warehouse seemed to have been cleaned again. Although there were spider webs on the window lattice, the ground was spotless.

The servant brought the servant in. The servant said, "On this warehouse, only the owner and the shopkeeper can come in on weekdays. The villain didn't know if he had put anything else in it. However, four or five days ago, this place was indeed cleaned once. In previous years, it was only cleaned at the end of the year. This year is a bit strange, but there are many mice and cotton bugs in the warehouse, and it is not known for this."

The servant was frightened, afraid that Huo Weilou would be negligent in criticizing it, and afraid that he would say something wrong, so he was cautious in his words. After hearing this, Huo Weilou looked at the sacks and cages piled up inside, and knew that even if there was any omission, it would be cleaned up.

Bo Ruoyou couldn't help but ask the servant, "When Lord Song came, did you really have a good conversation with your boss?"

The servant hesitated for a moment and said, "I don't know if the villain counts. When Lord Song came, he first sat down in the first floor accord. Later, he said that he saw the boss and didn't know what he said. The two went to the backyard. During the day, there was no one to serve the backyard. The villain didn't know what they said. However, after only one cup of tea, the villain saw Lord Song coming out. He had no smile on his face, but he couldn't see any anger."

"Then does he feel uncomfortable?" Bo Ruoyou asked again.

The servant thought about it hard for a moment, and his face was a little stunned, "The villain can't remember it, I only remember that it was after noon. There were other guests at that time, and the villain had never paid attention to it carefully..."

Bo Ruoyou knew that the servant had said so much that he would not lie in such a subtle way, so he stopped asking. At this time, a servant outside rushed over, "Marty, Master Wei San is here!"

They had been here for less than half an hour, but Mr. Wei was coming quickly, which showed that he was very anxious. Huo Weilou looked at Bo Ruoyou, and Bo Ruoyou hurriedly said, "Mr. Marquis, go, I want to see again."

Huo Weilou ordered the others to stay and protect each other and went to the front yard to see Wei San.

Huo Weilou left, Bo Ruoyou stood alone in the warehouse and pondered for a moment, and then said, "Where is the Accord where your third master often lives?"

There are many accords in the backyard, some for the guests, and some for the boss. The servant hurriedly led the way. The group left the warehouse and returned along the original road. Not long after, they arrived north of the atrium. The servant pointed to one of them, "If the boss is here, it will be here."

Bo Ruoyou nodded and walked in with his servants. The place had been searched. When he entered the house, he saw that the layout of the house was comfortable and expensive, and there were many calligraphy, paintings, antiques and other objects, and many exquisite tea sets were placed here. However, the windows were bright and clean, and Bo Ruoyou knew that it was difficult to find direct evidence, so he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.

Thinking that Master Wei San had arrived, she did not stay for too long. When she turned around and came out, she saw two servants responsible for searching other places walking over from the west of the backyard with a strange expression. When she saw Bo Ruoyou, her steps stopped.

Bo Ruoyou stepped forward and asked, "What's wrong? Have you found something?"

A servant said, "I didn't find anything related to the golden ointment, but I found something unlucky."

Bo Ruoyou stared at her, "What is it?"

The attendant hesitated and said, "I found that there were the bodies of two dead cats in their kitchen backyard."

The dead cat's corpse?!
To be continued...
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