The Delicate Lady Coroner

The entrance to the underground palace is only half a person high. It was originally blocked by stone bricks and filled with earth and rocks. Now it is dug out again, and the inside is still clean.

Lu Ke ignited a torch in front, Huo Weilou followed behind, followed by Sun Zhao and Wu Xiang. Everyone successively walked through a narrow downhill road with a length of four to five feet, and soon reached a stone gate.

The mechanism next to the Shimen was extremely easy to crack, and Luke opened the Shimen, and a gloomy chill came to his face.

The light of the torch illuminates the corner of the door, and the view is the stacked ice bricks. Luke held the torch in one hand and the saber around his waist, and walked in cautiously.

The height of the underground palace is about more than ten feet, and the length and width are several feet. The four sides against the walls are all ice bricks, but there is an altar on the north side.

The altar was cast in stone, with all the incense sticks and candles on it. After the altar, two crystal clear ice coffins stood quietly. Luke ordered the embroiderer to insert torches around, and the ice bricks reflected a firefly, Huo Weilou Stride towards the ice coffin.

The ice coffin was crystal clear, and the frost layered on it. After years, he pushed the lid of the coffin, but he didn't push it for a while. Through the thick ice wall of his two palms, he could vaguely see the corpse lying inside.

Huo Weilou lifted his arms, and after a crisp sound, the condensed coffin lid was pushed aside, and the coffin lid slowly slid away, revealing a corpse wearing a silver-red wide-sleeved gold palace dress.

This is a female corpse covered with mildew. Even though it is lying in the ice coffin all the year round, there are people coming in and out of it. Not far from the ground is the high-temperature alchemy alchemy room. The slight water vapor and flowing airflow from the melting of ice blocks still make the corpse. Give birth to a little bit of corruption.

The body of the deceased was obviously pretended to have been meticulously pretended, her hands folded on her chest, her bun was high, and she was surrounded by grace, but because of the long dead, most of the hair fell off, and she was piled up behind her head at this moment, and her skin was white and plump. Not only was it covered with flakes of mildew, but it also turned into a layer of waxy gray-white skin attached to the bones, and the bones of the deceased could be seen vaguely.

Huo Weilou knew that this was Princess Anyang.

"Open that ice coffin too."

Huo Weilou ordered that Luke stepped forward and pushed the second ice coffin away. The corpse of a child who was lying in it was more than two feet long. The deceased was also dressed up in costume, and he was lying upright. In the ice coffin, the face and bare hands are as gray and white wax skin, and because of the bright color of the clothes on the body, it gives people a sense of horror.

When Sun Zhao spoke, his voice trembled, "Master Hou, are these the bodies of the Anyang princess and the eldest son of Bofu?"

Huo Weilou nodded and looked around. He soon discovered something was wrong. Although the front altar was also equipped with sacrificial artifacts, it was not a seven-treasure stupa, and there were a few inside the ice coffin. The things that accompany the souls of the town are just ordinary treasures. If the seven treasure stupa has been smelted, what about the Buddha bone relics?

The so-called Buddha bone relic is just a piece of the phalanx left by the Buddha in the rumors. If the relic is also smelted into the pill furnace, there is really no trace, Huo Weilou's sword eyebrows frowned, "search carefully—"

Wu Xiang had been to the place where Li Shen murdered Wen Jin, and there was also an altar there. He looked around and soon returned and said, "Master Hou, there is nothing unusual, and there are no blood stains and the chain weapon used to murder the children. The altar under the gentry cloth is different, it seems to be just for sacrificial worship here."

If you can’t prove Feng Qin’s murder of a child, it’s useless to find the corpses of Anyang County Lord and Feng Yu. Although this trip is particularly unconventional, Anyang County Lord and Feng Yu are Feng Qin’s wife and children, and there is no legal requirement. To bury the corpse, Feng Qinruo said that this was the tomb he set up for Anyang and Feng Yu, and no one could blame it.

"Master Hou, there is someone from the palace—"

Huo Weilou suddenly turned his head, Feng Qin and his son were still outside, and found that it had only taken a moment for someone to come from the underground palace?

Sun Zhao was also very surprised, "Master Hou, this..."

Huo Weilou said to Wu Xiang: "Continue searching, I will go out and have a look."

When the Huo Wei Tower walked out, Sun Zhao hurriedly followed. When the two of them came out together, they saw Fuquan standing outside with two eunuchs. Fuquan seemed to be a little surprised by the scene. When he saw Huo Wei Tower, his lips cornered. A pull greeted him.

"Meet Hou Ye."

Huo Weilou looked at him coldly, "Why did you come?"

Fu was full of embarrassment, glanced at the shaky Feng Qin's face, and whispered: "Hou Ye, what is this statement? How did the investigation find uncle Zhongyi? As soon as the palace gate opened in the morning, there was someone in the Bo's house. She handed the folds to the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother personally sent someone to call her Majesty, and her Majesty ordered the old slave to take a trip outside the city."

It was not noon now, and after they entered Zhuangzi last night, no one in Zhuangzi left. Who entered the palace to report the news? There was only one possibility. Feng Qin expected that Zhihui would come to Zhuangzi to search, and he had left people out early, so he could ask for help from the palace so quickly.

If there are no ghosts in your heart, how can you make such preparations?

Huo Weilou looked at Feng Qin with cold eyes, but Feng Qin raised his hand to cover the corners of his lips and coughed lightly. Fuquan said in embarrassment, "Master Hou, what your Majesty meant is that you want you to go to the palace right now. What kind of situation is it? Explain it to him so that no misunderstanding arises."

This is an oral order, Fuquan said euphemistically, but Huo Weilou has been a minister for many years and he should understand, "Uncle loyal and righteous should enter the palace together?"

Seeing Huo Weilou's tone of voice relaxed, Fuquan nodded hurriedly.

Huo Weilou turned his eyes to look at Sun Zhao and Lu Ke. Lu Ke's expression stunned. Sun Zhao blinked nervously, as if he felt something. He nodded quickly, and Huo Weilou said in a loud voice: "No, then go to see your Majesty first. —"

Fuquan breathed a sigh of relief, and went to see Feng Qin again, "Uncle, please also—"

Huo Weilou walked on horseback, Feng Qin and his son got on the prepared carriage, and the group returned to the capital.

The wind stopped and the snow stopped, and the four fields outside the city were white. When entering the city gate, it was almost noon, and the Yudao road galloped all the way to Xuanwu Gate, the sky was clouded with anger, and there seemed to be a heavy snowfall, Huo Weilou turned over and got off the horse. Step into the palace gate.

Emperor Jianhe saw them in the Nuange of Zhaoyang Hall next to Chongzheng Hall.

The warmth in the hall was like spring. Emperor Jianhe leaned on the west window and sat down, leaning against a stray tiger skin behind him. After a few people entered, he saluted them. His old **** swept over the two and asked in ordinary voice: "What's the matter? Directly led the Secretary to investigate the case and found Feng Qin's mansion?" Yanbi glanced at Feng Qin's left arm, "I said you were burned, but it's better?"

Feng Qin bowed and said, "It's good, thank you for your concern."

When the voice was over, Feng Qin knelt before Huo Weilou could answer, "Weichen is guilty, please come down to the crime—"

Emperor Jianhe raised his brows, "What does this mean?"

Feng Qin choked his throat, "Your Majesty, Anyang and Yu'er passed away seventeen years ago. When they died, the Weichen was in grief. The Weichen and Anyang were married. The friendship is very strong. Both you and the empress dowager I know, Yuer is five years old, Bingxue is smart, and the eldest son of the minister. At that time, the minister wished to pick off the moon in the sky and give them to them."

Feng Qin red eyes, "But they suddenly died, how can the Weichen accept it? So...the Weichen did something to deceive the emperor."

Feng Qin's feelings were sincere, with tears in his eyes, Huo Weilou raised his eyebrows coldly and looked at him motionlessly.

"What about deceiving the emperor?" Emperor Jianhe was a little surprised. Uncle Zhongyi had always been indifferent to fame and fortune.

"Yes, Weichen... Weichen couldn't bear to watch Anyang and Yuer's burial at the time, so he kept their bodies outside without telling the crowd. The coffin that was sent to the ancestral mausoleum was actually just their clothes."

Emperor Jianhe looked surprised, and Fuquan was also terrified.

"Then... where did you put Anyang?"

"Weichen put the remains of Anyang and Yu'er in an ice coffin and sent them to other villages outside the city. Over the years, the minister has devoted himself to the cultivation of the Taoism and also wanted to pray for their mother and son. Visit them outside the city."

He said that everyone in the hall was chilly, but his eyebrows and eyes were full of sincerity and yearning. "The minister has been able to persist in cultivating asceticism over the years, and it's all because their mother and son are there, and the minister is far from their underground palace. Recently, the minister said to Anyang that no matter whether life or death is separated, the minister did it, and the minister never broke his trust."

The more he spoke, the more dumb his voice became. At first, everyone felt terrible. At this time, he was moved, and Jianhe Emperor couldn't bear it, "Now their remains are still in Zhuangzi?"

"Yes-"

"Then don't you ever think that you can let them rest in peace by letting them into the soil, so what is it that you stay with the body all day?"

Feng Qin showed pain on his face, "The minister originally wanted Anyang to keep his face forever. For this reason, the minister dug the underground palace and made an ice coffin. The underground palace was full of ice bricks, but the Chen didn't expect that, even so, At most, they can only guarantee their appearance for one year. After that, they have become more and more disrespectful. Although the minister is desperate, but the minister believes in the Taoist school, he thinks that as long as the minister is sincere in cultivating the Tao, they will be with the minister."

If a person is dead, but still begging to be with him, is the ghost that is with him?

Emperor Jianhe was embarrassed, "Your trip is against ethics, even Taoism, I'm afraid there is no such saying."

Feng Qin sighed bitterly, "Although it should be put into the earth for security, the underground palace is also like a tomb. It has excellent Feng Shui. In addition to the usual practices of the ministers, it will not disturb them. To everyone, your Majesty and the Queen Mother were also concealed by the ministers. The ministers have committed the crime of deceiving the emperor. Please come down."

Although Emperor Jianhe thought this matter was weird and weird, if it was the crime of deceiving the emperor, it was not counted. He looked at Feng Qin's expression of grief and was about to persuade him, but he saw the cold-faced and speechless Huo Weilou. Yizheng, "Dangerous building, you recently investigated the case and found this matter?"

Huo Weilou nodded, "Not bad."

He glanced at Feng Qin, who was kneeling, "What Bo Shi Zhongyi said is only his own words. He did hide the remains of the Anyang Princess and Feng Yu, and the ministers have found the remains, but the truth is not limited to him. Like this."

Emperor Jianhe stared, "What's the truth?"

"Your Majesty, the Secretary of the Direct, recently investigated the case of the theft of the Qibao stupa. After some investigation, the Weichen found that the theft of the Qibao stupa was related to the former Qingfu Qingfu of Taichang Temple, and Wang Qingfu had stolen the Buddha bone relic in the same year."

Emperor Jianhe swept Feng Qin, "Uncle Zhongyi is related to this case?"

"The two stolen Buddha treasures are both Buddhist sacred objects. Only with this sacred object, you can't do evil or evil. The loyal and righteous uncle cultivates the Tao, and Taoism has a wicked sect that uses the living people as sacrifices. Longevity can also bring the dead back to life. Uncle Zhongyi’s friendship with Anyang Princess is indeed true, but he placed the remains of Anyang Princess in Biezhuang, but it is not just a memorial."

"Weichen suspected that Uncle Zhongyi used children to sacrifice the Anyang County Lord and Feng Yu all the year round, and wanted to bring them back to life. However, several children who died strangely inside and outside the capital were all murdered for Uncle Zhongyi!"

A look of humiliation appeared on Feng Qin's face, "Your Majesty—"

"The Lord Hou is very hard to investigate the case and deal with it badly. He also wants to solve the case earlier and give an explanation to his majesty and the people. The minister fully understands that this time the private possession of Anyang's remains is also the fault of the minister. , He added those heinous cases to the Weichen, and the Weichen would never agree. Your Majesty knows the conduct of the Weichen. How can the Weichen murder young children?"

"As for the technique of death..."

Feng Qin looked back at the Huo Wei Tower and said incredulously: "Don’t forget Master Hou, you needed someone to understand Taoist teachings when investigating the case. The son found Ye'er. As soon as I heard it was a tolerance, I went to visit him immediately. I told Master Hou this method of death. May I ask any murderer in the world who would be so stupid to send it to the door by himself?"

Huo Weilou looked at Feng Qin, "Then dare to ask your uncle, why is there gold and silver in the pill furnace? And the fire suddenly started. Uncle has been practicing pill for many years. This is the first time he was injured by the collapse of the pill furnace?"

Feng Qin felt even more ridiculous, "There is gold and silver in the pill furnace, so the alchemy pill must be given to the empress dowager. I used a lot of gold, silver and jade. In order to refine these, I used more than usual. The charcoal of the furnace made the furnace overwhelmed and collapsed, and I was injured even more. My injury was seen by the imperial physician. Your Majesty also knows that my accident is related to the case that Lord Hou wants to investigate?"

Huo Weilou fell silent. Feng Qin complained very hard about his friendship with Anyang at this moment. It made people feel that he had a deep affection for Anyang. He described the collapse of the pill furnace as an accident, and would even be involved in the empress dowager's alchemy. Emperor Jianhe did not know his internal affairs and was born. Compassionate heart, and unreasonably straightforward, so that the Secretary has indeed not found direct evidence of crime.

No matter how much you argue, it will make Uncle Zhongyi even more aggrieved. At this time, a little **** walked to the outside of the hall, and after a few whispers, the little **** outside whispered: "Your Majesty, the queen mother is here—"

Huo Weiloujian frowned, and when the wind swept towards the door, he saw Feng Qin's tight shoulders loosen.

…

Bo Ruoyou wanted to know the news for the first time, but he never returned home all night. After midnight, knowing that there was probably no news before dawn, he took a rest in the Nuan Pavilion of Huo Wei Lou. The next day, he just got up and asked the city. When news came, Mr. Fu comforted her and waited with her after breakfast.

Until noon, an embroidered dress sent Kuai Ma into the city and went straight to the Hou Mansion. Not long before Bo Ruoyou, he respectfully said: "The county owner, found two corpses in the Zhuangzi Digong outside the city of Zhongyi, one The corpse of a female, a five or six-year-old boy, hidden in an ice coffin, has become a moldy corpse. After looking at it for many years, it seems that it is Feng Yu, the lord of Anyang and the eldest son of the Bofu."

Bo Ruoyou's eyes lit up, "I really found it!"

The embroiderer continued: "The two corpses were only found, but no other suspicious objects were found. Although molten gold and silver were found in the pill furnace, it does not prove to be related to the case. Not only that, uncle loyalty does not know. How did you report the letter to the palace? Your Majesty has sent Lord Hou and Uncle Zhongyi into the palace. At this moment, I want to come and face the saint."

Fu'an was taken aback, "Holy to enter the palace?"

The embroiderer said Fuquan’s words on Zhuangzi, and Fu’an was embarrassed, “No, this uncle loyal and righteous has been prepared for a long time. Our empress dowager loved Anyang very much in the past, and she also loved her. Later, Uncle Zhongyi believed, and often said to the Queen Mother. This time he must have asked the Queen Mother for help. If there is no evidence, and the Queen Mother will protect him, then he really cannot hold Uncle Zhongyi."

Bo Ruoyou heard anxiously, "He really has a guilty conscience, how else would he make such an arrangement?" Yanbi asked the embroiderer again, "Really there are no other clues?"

"There are so many weird places, but there is really no direct evidence. When we arrived, the underground palace was under the alchemy room. It was already hidden. Later, I dug a few places to find the entrance. The underground palace was very clean and no blood was found. We also searched Zhuangzi for signs of murder and murder, and there was nothing strange."

"What about the clues related to Buddha treasure?"

The embroiderer shook his head, "There is nothing else, only the gold and silver in the Nadan furnace, but everyone has gold and silver. Wei is commanding the search and reporting to the county lord back and forth, which is also the intention of the captain."

Bo Ruoyou has never seen the Qibao stupa, nor has she seen the Buddha bone relic, but when she was in Famen Temple, she had read many records about Buddha treasures, and those Buddhas were described in detail in the Buddhist classics. precious.

"I remember that in addition to gold and silver on the stupa, there are many gems and chalcedony. These things cannot be completely smelted as far as I know. You still have to search for these things carefully. Two years have passed since the last case. Most of Zhuangzi has no direct clues such as blood stains. You can find things related to cults."

After Bo Ruoyou finished speaking, the embroidered clothes ambassador responded, and went back out of the city to Zhuangzi. Bo Ruoyou looked at Father Fu again, "The father-in-law may send someone to the palace to inquire about the news? I don't know when Lord Hou will come out."

Fu'an originally came from the palace, and there are many intelligent attendants in the Hou Mansion. He immediately went out to explain, and Bo Ruoyou felt a little uneasy in his heart. If this time is covered by the loyal uncle, and the key evidence is destroyed, I am afraid that there will be no more At the time of conviction.

Her mind was spinning quickly, still wondering if there was something missing, and at the same time, in Zhaoyang Hall, the Empress Dowager Song was crying for Anyang Princess.

She wiped the corners of her eyes with a sigh, "Feng Qin, you are too obsessed, this is contrary to your inaction in cultivating Taoism, listen to the words of the mourning family, let the bodies of Anyang and Yu'er return to the ancestral mausoleum, lest they will fall down. It's hard to be safe, I often hear people say that there are people in the world who care too much, and people in the world do not want to reincarnate. It has been nearly 20 years, and you should let go."

Fearing that Feng Qin would not want to, she lowered her voice again and said, "This matter is against the norms. It will not sound good to anyone in your prefecture. Tonight, people will open the ancestral mausoleum and bury Anyang and Yu'er again. If you don’t realize it, if you do a few ceremonies in the future, this matter will be settled. Your Majesty and Laijia will not blame you for acting like this."

Feng Qin's eyes were red, hesitated a few times, and finally nodded sadly, "Yes, then let the empress dowager make arrangements."