He stared blankly at the corpse, which had been burned to black skin and purple flesh, and a strange, low, muffled voice came from his throat, as if he was crying, but not like crying.

Then, he fell straight forward and fainted completely.

There was chaos in the Ji Mansion.

But this chaos did not last long, and the well-trained and experienced chief and deputy butlers and a dozen stewards quickly calmed down, and arranged the guards and subordinates to work in an orderly manner.

Someone is responsible for the funeral of the lady, someone is responsible for taking care of the master, the palace people are responsible for sorting out and guarding the body of the mother, someone is responsible for sorting out the fire scene, someone is responsible for patrolling and searching the whole house, someone is responsible for entering the palace to report the news, and someone is responsible for notifying the relatives and friends of the Ji family......

Busy.

The guards and subordinates, who had long been tossed and exhausted, were overly frightened, but they lost their sleepiness and sleepiness.

This night, no one in the entire Ji Mansion slept and no one was worried.

Ji Heng, who had been in a coma, woke up when it was slightly dark, with his eyes open, trying to see the world clearly.

He was tired, physically and mentally exhausted, but he couldn't sleep long.

Because he kept having nightmares about how his wife and daughter died, he was tortured and woke up early.

"Pick-me-up, pick-me-up......" he muttered.

No matter what, he had to hold on, and he must not fall.

The butler immediately brought the refreshing tea that had been prepared long ago and was still hot.

Ji Heng drank two cups of belly, and drank a big bowl of ginseng porridge, only then did he feel a little more energetic, and said in a dumb voice: "Where is Lian and Lian'er, help me to see her......"

Mrs. and daughter were killed in the mansion one after another, and the murderer is likely to be lurking in the mansion, and if the murderer is not found out quickly, the Ji family will be very dangerous.

The housekeeper helped him up: "Mother...... Placed in the flower hall, the third master has already come and is dealing with family affairs, please don't worry too much. ”

The "third master" is Ji Heng's third brother of the same mother, and also Ji Linfeng's father, who lives in the capital.

In addition, the "second master" and "fifth master" of the concubine are running schools in other places, and the "fourth master" of the same concubine has been executed for the murder of the Zhu family wizard.

It can be said that this "third master" is Ji Heng's most trusted relative.

Ji Heng sat in the chair and coughed and said, "Niangniang's matter, has it been spread?" ”

The Ji family is not ready to deal with the crisis, if this news spreads, will the people who originally supported the Ji family still have confidence in the Ji family?

I'm afraid I'll vote for another faction.

"Don't worry, sir." The housekeeper said in a low voice, "After the fire broke out in Qinglian Pavilion, I immediately asked the guards to guard the front and back doors, and without my permission, no one was allowed to go out, nor was they allowed to reveal any news in the house, otherwise they would be killed." I also let people listen to the rumors outside, and no one should know about this news except for the emperor. ”

Ji Heng sighed: "You did a good job in this matter. ”

In fact, in the past two days, he was very dissatisfied with this housekeeper.

Because, his wife and daughter were killed in the mansion one after another, which means that the guards in the mansion are not good, but now there are too many accidents in the mansion, and a group of subordinates and guards are being detained, and he can't clean up this housekeeper now.

The housekeeper said, "Master, no matter what, you must hold on." ”

Ji Heng stopped talking.

Because he was so tired.

Soon, he was carried to the flower hall, which was brightly lit and guarded by many people, but there was no sound.

He was helped by others, slowly walked into the flower hall, and saw the faces of those palace people with a dead face.

Niangniang was killed under their noses, and they probably won't survive, who knows if today is the last day for them.

Why weren't they the ones who died?

Ji Heng thought, why did it be his daughter who died?

He walked to the couch and looked at his daughter, who was covered with a white cloth, and did not have the courage to reveal it a second time.

After looking at it for a long time, he sat down in his chair and said faintly, "What did you find out?" ”

During this period of time, the Ji Mansion has been heavily guarded, there are guards patrolling everywhere, and no one can enter or leave without the permission of a person at or above the level of deputy housekeeper, so before the fire in Qinglian Pavilion, the murderer must have been lurking in the Ji Mansion, and after the fire, it is even more impossible for the murderer to escape.

In other words, the murderer is still in Jifu, if the murderer can't be caught in time, so that the murderer escapes, his wife and daughter will die too unjustly.

The butler looked left and right and waved his hand: "You all quit." ”

The palace people withdrew, and there were only two living people in the flower hall.

The housekeeper said in a low voice: "Master, it seems that the mother was not burned to death, but stabbed by a knife......"

Ji Heng's eyelids moved, and he raised his eyes: "Oh? ”

The housekeeper squatted down, took out a tray from under the table, and held it in front of Ji Heng: "Master, look, this is the knife that pierced the mother's abdomen, because the knife stabbed deeply, leaving only the handle, I didn't notice it at the time." ”

The knife was still stained with blood, and the cowhide on the handle showed signs of burning.

"In addition," said the butler, "there are four corpses in the Qinglian Pavilion, all of which were killed by people who cut their throats with knives or stabbed them in the abdomen, all of them with a single knife. The corpses could no longer be debated, but after the guards counted the number of people, they found that there were four missing palace maids brought by Niangniang, and these four corpses were probably the four missing people. ”

Ji Heng's gaze fell on the short knife on the tray.

As evidence, the short knife was not cleaned, but he could still see that it was a good knife.

Thin, small, sharp, sleek, finely made, and just the right length – just the right for women.

Could it be that it was a woman who killed Lian'er?

But Lian'er returned to the house temporarily last night, and she had already moved out of Ji's Mansion for many years, what woman in the mansion could have such a grudge against Lian'er, and she would do so smoothly?

Look at this short knife, it is definitely used by ordinary people.

"You can find out the knife...... Where did it come from? He asked.

The housekeeper said: "As far as I know, such knives are generally used by the female relatives of aristocratic families for self-defense, and they are only used by women who practice martial arts, and not many people really use them." This knife is stained with blood again, and the blade of the knife cannot be seen clearly, and the little ones can't judge it......"

Ji Heng clapped his hands: "Wash the knife and see if you can see some signs." ”

The murderer is now lurking in the Ji Mansion!

He can't delay, he must do his best to catch the murderer!

The housekeeper got the order, and he didn't dare to slack off, so he immediately cleaned the short knife with the water in the basin and handed it to Ji Heng.

After Ji Heng saw the pattern engraved on the body of this short knife, he thundered, trembled his hands, pointed at the short knife, and said in shock: "Actually, it turned out to be her ......"

His eyes suddenly became red and crazy, his voice became poignant, and his half-white hair flew against the morning breeze blowing in, like an evil ghost coming out of the box: "I didn't expect it to be her, it's that woman!" Hahahaha, that's good, that woman is really good......"

"What's wrong with you, sir?" The butler poured water for him while helping him, "Who is that woman?" Who murdered the mother? ”

"That person is, is ......" Ji Heng spurted out a burst of blood, "It's Feng Jinghua!" ”

The body of the short knife is engraved with a simple but beautiful and smooth phoenix pattern.

——This is the symbol of Feng Jinghua's customized self-defense short knife, which he has seen before.