Chen Ying hugged Ziqi, patted her back gently, and said softly: "It's okay, Ziqi, it's okay, I'll save you, don't be afraid!" I'll save you, and no one will do anything to you. Don't be afraid. ”

Ziqi struggled hard at first, and later, I don't know if Chen Ying's comfort played a role, she calmed down and let Chen Ying hold her, looking infatuated.

"Master Xie is coming!" The official suddenly ran in and said urgently: "Hurry up, if you don't leave, it will be troublesome." ”

Chen Ying didn't dare to stay for a long time, so she had to stand up and walk out with him.

Before going out, she turned her head to look back and saw that Ziqi was still sitting in a daze, her eyes straight and she didn't move.

Chen Ying quickly turned his face away.

At that moment, she felt a deep sense of shame again.

This is simply their family's family affair, and it has nothing to do with Ziqi.

But now, it is this innocent handmaiden who has become a prisoner.

Save her no matter what.

Chen Ying thought about it and quickly left the gatehouse.

The timing of their departure was coincidental, just before Xie Shao arrived, because he didn't see them.

Hiding in the shadows of the porch, seeing Xie Lu's robe walking out of the door with the wind, Chen Ying guessed that it might be that the news of the Li family's recovery had arrived, and he was going to listen to the instructions in front of Lord Yin.

When he walked away, the official bowed to Chen Ying: "The villain still has official business, and Miss Chen San is at her own convenience." "I didn't drag the mud and water, but went away.

Chen Ying turned back to the backyard alone, and Feng and Tang greeted her, and their faces were not good-looking.

The bloodstain left by Zhou Jiuniang is too dazzling, and it is impossible for anyone to be indifferent when they see it.

When the three of them walked to the door of the West Wing, Chen Ying stopped and said, "You stay outside, and I'll go in by myself." ”

The west chamber is one of the crime scenes, and it is not suitable for too many people to enter it, so as not to damage the scene.

The two of them should be, guarding the door, Chen Ying stepped into the house.

The doorkeeper was right, there were no officials in the west room, only candlelight filled the room.

Chen Ying lowered her head, traced back along the blood-colored drag marks, and soon came to the bedroom.

There is a pool of blood in the middle of the floor of the bedroom, which is very eye-catching.

Here, it should be the place where Zhou Jiuniang was injured.

Chen Ying raised her eyes and looked around, the bedroom was not large, well organized, the bedding was neat, the plain veil tent was hung on both sides, the dressing table, basin rack, table and chair, and foot pedals were all in place, and the window tips and door bolts were also intact.

There are no traces of a fight.

Taking a charcoal pen to quickly draw a sketch, Chen Ying searched carefully, but did not find any valuable clues, so he returned to the courtyard.

"Does the girl still want to go to the East Chamber?" Feng's mother walked up and asked.

Chen Ying nodded: "You guys should wait outside." ”

Mother Feng looked at the east chamber hesitantly.

The lights in the east chamber are bright, although no one is making noise, but there are many people coming and going, most of them are wearing uniforms.

It seems that most of the officials are concentrated in this place.

"There are a lot of people there, so the maidservants should accompany the girl in." Feng's mother said.

Chen Ying didn't say anything, walked straight to the door of the East Chamber, and walked in with his feet.

"Who?" A shadow flashed in front of him, and a man suddenly blocked the way.

"The three daughters of the Chen family of the Guogong Mansion." Chen Ying said calmly, stopping to look at him.

The person who came was about thirty years old, with a moderate stature, a high nose and deep eyes, and an emu painted on the complement of the official uniform.

"In Xia Zhuang Boyan." The middle-aged man arched his hand to Chen Ying, his attitude was neither humble nor arrogant, and the expression on his face was neither surprised nor weird.

Obviously, Chen Ying's appearance was expected by him.

Chen Ying bent her knees slightly, took out the gold medal, and her clean eyes were reflected by the candle flames: "I am ordered to investigate the case, may I ask you ......?"

"This official is the experience of Shengjing Mansion." Zhuang Boyan replied, his eyes swept to the gold medal in Chen Ying's hand, and a trace of disapproval crossed his face.

Chen Ying didn't pay attention to him, and looked left and right: "Where is the corpse?" ”

Zhuang Boyan did not reply.

It can be seen that he does not welcome Chen Ying.

"This case is happening right in front of my eyes, and I have to investigate." Chen Ying looked into his eyes and smiled strangely: "After that, I will present the investigation record to Your Majesty, and ask Lord Zhuang to cooperate." ”

Zhuang Boyan's face was a little unpleasant.

When she came up, she put "Your Majesty" on her lips, for fear that others would not know that she had a royal gold medal in her hand.

It's just that when such a big hat is pressed down, he is really not good at hitting hard.

Even though Lord Xie had already ordered it, however, this case happened in the mansion of the first-class duke, and even Lord Yin was invited to tea by the prince, he had a small experience, why bother so much?

"There." Zhuang Boyan pointed to the side reluctantly.

Chen Ying thanked him and walked quickly into the second room in the East Chamber, which was the place where the corpse was displayed.

There were two bodies in the house, a man and a woman.

The female corpse was facing the sky on her back, her eyes staring at the roof, and under the corpse was a shroud, surrounded by only a small amount of blood, apparently moved in from the outside.

The male corpse was in a prone position, with his face facing the side of the door, the black mole on the side of his nose was extremely conspicuous, and the blood under his body had congealed into a very small lake.

Chen Ying, the two deceased, knew each other, and it was indeed Zhou Jiuniang and Zhou Zhu'er.

At this point, Feng and Tang were both stunned, especially Tang's mother, whose face was slightly pale.

Mother Feng hesitated for a moment, stepped forward boldly, and said softly: "Girl, the slave will accompany you." ”

"No, moms just go outside and wait." Chen Ying looked back and smiled at her, "I'm faster to do things alone." ”

Feng's mother was solemn and retreated with Tang's mother.

Chen Ying turned around and stepped forward, squatting next to Zhou Zhu'er's corpse.

This corpse should not have been turned over, Chen Ying decided to start with him.

A lean man was also squatting near Zhou Zhu'er at this time, and suddenly felt that there was another person beside him, and when he looked up, he was startled.

"Take your time and don't worry about me." Chen Ying greeted him.

This man should be a man, at this moment he is squatting at the feet of the corpse, presumably in the end, Chen Ying feels that the timing of her cut in is very correct.

She didn't bother with the, she focused on what was in front of her.

At first glance, the corpse was bleeding very heavily, the green bricks were dyed blood-colored, and the candle shadow was shaking, blue and purple, which was very weird.

Chen Ying put on her gloves, took out iron chopsticks, and tried to press on the brick.

"Whooshing" a few times, the loose masonry shook a few times, and a few blood blisters were squeezed out of the gaps.

With such a large amount of blood loss, if not fatal, it would be fatal.

The cause of Zhou Zhu'er's death can be preliminarily concluded to be excessive blood loss.

Chen Ying gently turned the deceased's clothes with iron chopsticks and examined the wounds.

The clothes on the back were torn and torn in many places, almost one by one, and when the rags were opened, you could see hideous knife wounds, a total of five, two of which hit the vital point, and the rest of the injuries were of different depths.