Just as he was saying that Chu Xiaoyao came back from outside, he glanced at Hongchen and said to Ji Qingyi, "I didn't see her." ”

Ji Qingyi stood up and said, "Didn't you see it? Did you go in and ask? ”

Chu Xiaoyao shook his head and said, "I stood on the tree and looked around, but I didn't see anyone. ”

Ji Qingyi wondered, the southern courtyard is such a big place, where can she go in Yuqing, and besides, she can't see her lover for so long. For this reason, Ji Qingyi deeply felt that it was a wise choice not to let that Erlang be transferred to the West Courtyard.

Hongchen stood up and said, "Then I'll go back, remember what I told you." ”

When he passed by Chu Xiaoyao, he bowed his head at him, and then walked out. Chu Xiaoyao sat down and looked at it, looked at this Ji Qingyi and said, "This kid looks so good." ”

As he spoke, he stroked his eyebrows again, and then raised his eyebrows and said, "It looks better than me." ”

"Whew!" Ji Qingyi rolled her eyes and said contemptuously: "When did you become so narcissistic?" ”

"Hahaha." Chu Xiaoyao laughed loudly: "I call this self-confidence. ”

After speaking, he said: "I said that your maid is a bit more than a job, why do you always see no one?" ”

Ji Qingyi swallowed a melon seed and said: "People have lovers, so they are naturally more delicate." ”

She paused and said, "But it's so late, why haven't you come back?" ”

Chu Xiaoyao snatched a melon seed from his hand and said, "There will be a lover in the secret." ”

'Shhh Ji Qingyi scratched her head and said, "No, I always feel that I came back a little too late today, where did I come back so late before." ”

Chu Xiaoyao stood up and said, "Why don't we go and find it?" ”

Ji Qingyi touched her stomach twice and said, "Let's go, if she doesn't come back, I'm going to starve to death." ”

Saying that, the two walked out, and as soon as they walked to the garden, they saw Cherry rushing over in a hurry, and when they saw Ji Qingyi, they hurriedly grabbed and said, "Princess, princess and princess have an accident." ”

Ji Qingyi chuckled in his heart and said, "What's wrong?" ”

Cherry swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said, "Yuqing her, she ......"

"What's wrong with her? You say? Ji Qingyi nervously grabbed Cherry's arm and said.

Cherry couldn't speak, bit her lip and said, "You'd better go and see for yourself." ”

As he spoke, he led Ji Qingyi towards the west courtyard. Ji Qingyi was in a nervous mood along the way, and when she was about to walk to the West Courtyard, she was even more nervous, thinking to herself that what could happen in just a while. Cherry led the way in front, and after Ji Qingyi walked in, he saw Xiao Ling standing in the middle of the courtyard, and before Ji Qingyi could speak, he heard Xiao Jin's voice behind him: "What's wrong?" ”

As soon as Ji Qingyi turned around, he saw that Xiao Jin was also here, followed by Steward Xiao.

The moment she turned around, she saw something on the ground, covered with a white cloth. She was stunned and didn't dare to look down, she subconsciously grabbed Chu Xiaoyao's arm and said, "You go and see what is on the ground?" ”

Chu Xiaoyao nodded, walked towards the white cloth on the ground, he lifted a corner and looked at it, "It's her." ”

Ji Qingyi's heart sank, and he felt like his head was about to explode. She walked over with a hard push, then crouched down and lifted the white cloth. The ground was full of water, and Ji Qingyi saw that there was a bruise on Yuqing's forehead, and the clothes on her body were rotten one by one.

Xiao Jin looked displeased and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Xiao Ling frowned and said, "I don't know what's going on, the next person found her in the pool." ”

Ji Qingyi lifted all the white cloths and inspected Yuqing's body expressionlessly, and then she saw that Yuqing seemed to be holding something in her hand, she turned her head and said to Chu Xiaoyao: "Go and break Yuqing's hand." ”

Chu Xiaoyao walked over when he heard this, Ji Qingyi paused and said, "Light." ”

Chu Xiaoyao was stunned for a moment, glanced at Ji Qingyi, and then nodded. He slowly broke the hand of Yuqing's hand, Yuqing's hand had begun to stiffen, and the joints were difficult to open, and she seemed to hold this thing very tightly before she died, and there were blood stains in her palms.

Chu Xiaoyao could only break a little gap, and when Ji Qingyi saw this, he pulled out the things in Yuqing's hand, looking like a piece of jade pendant, with some blood stains on it, and Ji Qingyi didn't dislike it and rubbed it clean on himself. At this time, Cherry's eyes were sharp, and she suddenly said, "Princess, isn't this your jade pendant?" ”

Xiao Ling stepped forward to take a look when he heard this, and then said with a surprised face: "Why is my jade pendant here with her?" ”

Ji Qingyi is usually very sensible, but the impact on his brain is too great, so he suddenly didn't think about it so much, and stood up violently and said, "You want to ask me about this matter?" ”

Xiao Ling frowned and retorted, "Send Qingyi, do you doubt me?" ”

Ji Qingyi didn't mean that, but even if this matter has nothing to do with Xiao Ling, Yuqing also had an accident in Xiao Ling's yard, so there must be something to do with it.

Seeing this, Xiao Jin walked over and said, "There must be something strange about this matter. ”

Ji Qingyi didn't speak, nor did he pay attention to Xiao Jin, but said to the maid who was standing and joining in the fun: "You go find some cloth, I will perform an autopsy here." ”

The maids hurriedly walked out, and when they came back, they were carrying a dozen cloths on their bodies. Ji Qingyi asked them to open the cloth and form a circle. She lightly untied Yuqing's clothes, and when she saw the skin inside, her nose immediately sore. Yuqing's body had many whip marks, intricate, and the wounds on her body were blurred by water-soaked flesh and blood. She opened Yuqing's eyelids and looked at it, and gently opened Yuqing's mouth, and after checking it, she put on her clothes properly.

She stood up, wiped her hand casually on the cloth and said, "How did you find out about Yuqing?" ”

Cherry replied, "The pool in the south courtyard is in the innermost part of the courtyard, and it has never been used, and it has been abandoned. It was all rain from the sky. So it doesn't often go, but every day a few maids go there at dusk to clean the ground. ”

Saying that, Cherry pointed to the maid who was holding the cloth on the side, and the maid seemed to be frightened, lowered her head and said, "That's the case, today I will clean up with Sakura, and when the two of us went over, we found that there was a lot of water on the ground, and this water was overflowing from the pool." Although the pool is full of moss, there is a place where there are obvious scratches, because the pool is very shallow, the two of us didn't expect someone to fall into it at first, and then after cleaning for a while, we suddenly saw a large piece of hair floating, which suspected that there was someone in the pool, so I hurriedly went to call someone. ”

Ji Qingyi thought for a moment and said, "You are going to clean the ground at dusk. ”

The maid nodded.

Ji Qingyi pursed her lips and said expressionlessly: "According to the life characteristics of Yuqing's body, the time of her death should be about a short time." So when you go, she has been dead for two or three hours. ”

She turned her head to look at Chu Xiaoyao and said, "You said that today Yuqing is the Southern Courtyard that came from time to time?" ”

Chu Xiaoyao looked at her and did not speak.

Ji Qingyi took a breath and said: "There is also time in the future, the time from the West Courtyard to the North Courtyard in Yuqing should be the beginning of the time, and the time of death is the end of the time." ”

Cherry interjected: "Yuqing sent medicinal soup today, saying that she wanted to go around the yard, and she didn't want me to accompany her, so I didn't follow her." ”

As if she had thought of something, she turned to look at Steward Xiao and said, "Steward Xiao, did you have a new person in the house a few days ago?" ”

Steward Xiao nodded and said, "There was more than one one a few days ago, and there was a batch of them in the palace. ”

Ji Qingyi nodded, and said, "Who has been arranged in the South Courtyard?" ”

Cherry thought for a while and said, "The day before yesterday, a servant came, it seems to be called Zhao Xiang." ”

"What about people?" Ji Qingyi said coldly.

Cherry looked around and said, "If something so big happened, it should all be here." ”

As he spoke, he pulled over a few servants and said, "You go and find this Zhao Xiang." ”

Xiao Jin walked up to Ji Qingyi and said, "Do you suspect this subordinate?" ”

Ji Qingyi nodded and said, "The people in the palace can't go out at will, right?" ”

Xiao Jin bowed his head and said: "Naturally, there are secret guards guarding it. ”

After finishing speaking, he turned his face sideways and said to Yeli: "You go and order them, and if you see anyone who can, immediately escort them over." ”

Yeli nodded and flew out of the courtyard. When those subordinates came over, they all looked at each other and said, "I didn't see Zhao Xiang." ”

Xiao Ling frowned and said, "There must be something wrong with this person." ”

Ji Qingyi looked around with a cold face, and asked Chu Xiaoyao in a low voice: "If someone helps, what is the chance of escaping from the Jin Palace?" ”

Chu Xiaoyao said: "It depends on who helps, if you want a secret guard like us to help, the chance of escaping is still quite big." ”

Ji Qingyi's heart instantly raised, she always felt that this matter was not simple, and just as she was thinking about it, she saw Ye Li carrying this person in. Yeli threw the man to the ground and said, "This person has been wandering around the side wall for a long time, and he has tried to climb the wall several times to escape, but he has not succeeded. ”

Xiao Jin frowned and said, "Then why don't you bring it here?" ”

Yeli knelt down and said, "Because this person doesn't pose a threat, they don't care." ”

Find Xiang got up from the ground, then knelt on the ground tremblingly and said: "The prince spares the prince's life, the slave just wants to go out and bring something for his mother." ”

Xiao Ling kicked him and said, "Why don't you go out from the main gate with something?" ”

Zhao Xiang crooked to the ground, looking at the corpse lying on Yuqing, Ji Qingyi said coldly: "You stay away from her!" ”

Zhao Xiang hurriedly knelt up straight, sent Qingyi over, looked at him and said coldly: "You are Erlang?" ”

Zhao Xiang stiffened and said, "The slave's name is Zhao Xiang, and the slave doesn't know what the princess said." ”

Ji Qingyi circled around him and said, "Then do you know this girl on the ground?" ”

Zhao Xiang hurriedly shook his head and said, "The slave doesn't know." ”

Ji Qingyi sneered, looked at him with contempt and said, "If you don't even look at it, you say you don't know." ”