Degege is dead—as soon as he wakes up in the morning, the terrible news comes out of the house.

On a summer morning, the dawn is very early. The servants and maids in the house will get up and be busy before dawn, and they will prepare for the day with their own responsibilities.

Degege's body was found in the early morning in the inner lake of the same house where I had put the ship's lamp in the early morning, and the two servants and maidservants and one of her attendants were nowhere to be found, and their fate was unknown.

It was the handyman in charge of cleaning the garden in the house who found Degege's body, and when he saw the floating objects on the inner lake, he thought it was a girl who didn't have long eyes and jumped into the lake, but he didn't expect that the dead was actually Degege, who was pregnant.

I haven't seen Degege's body, but judging from the rumored description, she was strangled from behind with a string, and then thrown into the lake, and the rope that strangled her was too thin and too forceful, directly embedded in the flesh of her neck and cut the carotid artery, and the blood that flowed out dyed the light purple flag dress she wore when she went to the banquet red.

Due to the suffocation caused by the squeezing of his neck and the lack of blood flow, Degege's eyes bulged, his tongue spit out long, and his whole face turned dark purple. One of the timid servants who fished her up fainted on the spot, and when he woke up, he kept shouting that there was a ghost, and the housekeeper was afraid that he would talk nonsense and make taboos, so he had to gag his mouth and lock him in the small firewood room.

Degege is different from Xiaoliuzi, she is Gege pointed out by the emperor, a Mongolian aristocratic woman, and also Yinzhen's new favorite, the most important thing is that she is still pregnant with the royal heir in her belly, so naturally she can't be as casual as the matter of dealing with Xiaoliuzi. In this way, the news of her death reached the palace at noon, and Kangxi immediately assigned the Criminal Department and the Li Fan Yuan to investigate the matter thoroughly, and called Yinzhen to reprimand him for a long time, saying that he was not strict in governing the family, and he actually made such a big thing happen in the house. However, this matter is related to the privacy of the prince's inner house, in order to take care of the royal family's face, the Criminal Department and the Imperial Court also disposed of it as a low-key and concealed person, and after receiving the order, he came to the palace with his work.

There are very few foreign men in the inner courtyard, so when the criminal department sends people, they are told that they are not allowed to go out and walk around at will, and if they need to be questioned, someone will summon them.

Although Degege is not on good terms with me, it is only because of her straightforward temperament and the arrogant habits she has cultivated since she was born into a nobleman, and there is nothing wrong with her. Because of his high spirit, he has always been a little dissatisfied with his entry into the house as a Gege, and he rarely walks around with other people in the house. So if you talk about grudges and vendettas, I'm afraid that only I am the first suspect who has had a quarrel with her and has a dislike in each other's hearts.

But of course I won't do this kind of thing, so excluding grudges and vendettas, I'm afraid that the only person in this mansion who has a motive to kill her and can get substantial benefits - the Li family.

Although I am not completely sure of this kind of speculation, I also think that it is a matter of eight or nine. But I can't think of why the Li family must have killed such a cruel killer on Degege. If it was just because she was pregnant with an heir who might jeopardize her child's status, she could find a way to get rid of the child, why take such a big risk to kill someone.

And this incident was obviously premeditated, and it was certainly not a temporary idea that happened only after a word of disagreement. It is estimated that he had long planned to start at the family banquet on Qixi Festival, and it was the Li family who first proposed to hold the Qixi Lantern Festival, not necessarily to create an opportunity to kill Degege.

Dege was pregnant, and the killer probably thought in advance that she would go back to his yard early, so he followed her. When Degege left, it was the end of the family feast, and everyone was scattered to play. The inner lake is where the lanterns are placed, so the killer will definitely not kill Degege in the inner lake, so the body will be found soon, and Degege will bring everyone with him every time he comes out, if the killer is just one person, he will definitely not be able to subdue three or four people at the same time, so it seems that there will be a lot of movement, and it will be difficult to succeed.

Analyzed in this way, Neihu is not the first scene where Degege was killed, I am afraid it is just a place where the body is thrown. It is impossible to determine where the first scene is, and it is impossible to say where her servants and servants will go, perhaps they themselves were involved in the murder, or perhaps they have been exterminated.

I leaned on the couch, thinking about the ins and outs of the incident based on the news that Xiao Shunzi heard, guessing the thoughts of the perpetrators and the instigators behind the scenes.

Although this matter has nothing to do with me, I always feel that the person behind the scenes will make such a big noise, and it must not be as simple as trying to get rid of Degege and the child in her belly. If this person is really Lee, her next target will definitely be me, but what will she do to me? Will she kill me by the same means, or will she be like the Song family, and will she blame me for killing Degege.

I suddenly felt dazed and frightened, I felt that I was too naïve when I entered the house, thinking that I could live in peace and stability by doing nothing and doing nothing as written in the novel, but I was wrong, I don't know when I started, there are more and more enemies around me, and sometimes I can't tell how many are reliable and credible, and I am always on the cusp of the storm, and I always have to worry and plan for the safety of the next second. Thinking of this, an indescribable sense of exhaustion swept through my body, making me feel depressed and suffocated.

Rub your temples and try to dispel such negative emotions, calm your mind and try your best to put yourself in the position of your opponent and think about what to do next.

I summoned Xiao Shunzi, retreated from the left and right, told him the truth about my thoughts and worries, and then asked, "What should I do now?" I am not sure if my concerns are a little unfounded, but I always feel that this is just the beginning. That man should have done something, but what would he do, and how should I guard against it......"

Xiao Shunzi thought for a while and said: "The slave feels that Gege should discuss these thoughts with the master to see what plans and methods the master has. “

I shook my head and said, "This incident was just my speculation from beginning to end, and there was no evidence or certainty to confirm it. Especially before, I had arranged for the side of Fujin to protect myself, and the child Hongshi of Fujin was a disaster star, if this incident just happened, I would say to the fourth master with something that has no evidence at all. What would he think? Will he think that I am deliberately using this incident to instigate and suppress Side Fujin, or that I did this thing at all and want to frame her? Even if the fourth master doesn't think like this, it is difficult to guarantee that Side Fujin will not argue like this, even if the fourth master believes me, it is difficult to guarantee that Side Fujin will not use this matter to make a big fuss in the house, and even make trouble with the emperor and Concubine De, and then I will become very passive, and even disliked by the emperor and Concubine De. “

Xiao Shunzi heard me say this and felt that it was true, and there was a difficulty for a while, after all, what happened in the past, Xiao Shunzi helped to talk to Yinzhen in private, but this time Xiaoshunzi can't mention half a sentence first, otherwise it may make Yinzhen suspicious and suspicious of me. "Forget it, seeing the moves, and the other people in the courtyard, as well as Qian Gege's side, they all reminded me, and said that there was a murder case in the house, and don't go around if you can usually move around, especially the food should be checked more carefully, and at night you are responsible for checking the yard inside and out, and take more precautions. In short, before the murderer is found, we must not take it lightly, lest someone take advantage of the loophole. “

Xiao Shunzi left in response, I subconsciously touched the jade pendant on my waist, and I felt empty when I reached out before I remembered that the jade pendant asked me to hand it over to Chun'er and return it to Yinyu, so I had to sigh, get up and go out of the house, and go to Qian to talk to relieve my boredom. (To be continued.) )