"You just have to treat me as a temporary servant." Jia Xuan said calmly and generously: "If you find it inconvenient for me to see, it is better to cover up the rest of the place, and only leave the rotten part exposed." ”

Those people were hesitant.

Zhu's mother also thinks that it is not good for a girl's house to see those places with dirty eyes. Thinking of Mrs. Hou's entrustment, she wanted to persuade Miss Xuan. But seeing Miss Xuan's resolute expression, she thought of all kinds of sadness and sadness of Madame, thought of Hou Ye's sigh and helplessness, gritted her teeth and made up her mind, and took the initiative to point to the noses of those people and scolded: "Miss Xuan is just like our own girl, how many times have Hou Ye and Madame said this to you." You dare not listen to the orders of your masters! ”

Those people didn't dare to do it because they were afraid that the backyard would pollute the girl's eyes, and it wasn't that they didn't obey orders.

What's more, it's just to look at the injury, and they also believe in Miss Xuan, knowing that even if she sees that place, she won't do anything that is unfavorable to the Hou Mansion.

Now that they saw that Zhu's mother was also angry, they thought that Miss Xuan was really trustworthy, that is, Master Hou and Mrs. had a dispute, and both of them trusted Miss Xuan. So he said, "The little ones obey the orders, and the girls will wait for a while." And don't forget to instruct a few words: "If the girl feels uncomfortable when she sees it, just tell the little ones to cover it up immediately, so that you will not be frightened." ”

Jia Xuan responded, and when they were ready, they went to see the bloody hole exposed in the middle of the cloth that surrounded them.

The hole is deep, and the surrounding edges turn outward. Because it has been a long time, some have scabbed into hard lumps, and some of the wounds may be too deep to be yellow and pus to close together. It seems to be caused by human violence, but in fact, if you look closely, the huge bloody wound is clearly a dense accumulation of small scars, which is caused by insects. Not only are there traces of gnawing, but there are even very small marks that resemble cutting?

Jia Xuan looked at the cuts thoughtfully.

She slowly stood up and signaled to them that she was here, and told them to cover up their wounds. He also asked if there were any other wounds on the body and if he could show her.

"It's gone." The men sighed and said with a bitter face, "It would be fine if there were other scars, but there is not even a scar in this one place." Otherwise, they would all be talking and talking. ”

They choked up instantly, and that's all they could say. But Jia Xuan understands that it is precisely because of this scar and the absurdity of Shizi's recent behavior that this murder case has been placed on Shizi's head.

Jia Xuan paced a few steps, and suddenly asked, "What is the extent of all kinds of unfavorable rumors for the prince?" ”

Those people, you look at me, I look at you. After a while, someone dared to speak out, and said: "It's quite serious, at least the whole capital knows about it, you can't say that every family is in the house, but who doesn't know about the big family?" ”

When the other person saw him say it, he also said, "Miss Xuan, it's not that we don't want to talk to you more about this case. But if you look at what the prince has done these days, we don't dare to assert that he didn't do it. He sighed heavily.

Jia Xuan bowed: "I understand." Continue to keep an eye on the corpse, and don't let anyone touch him. ”

They received their orders respectfully.

Jia Xuan walked out of this remote courtyard first.

She was thinking about going to find Hou Ye, and saw someone outside the courtyard sneaking out of the courtyard to look this way, and couldn't help but take a few more looks. Unexpectedly, it was discovered that the person who came was actually Hong Wenchang.

After looking at each other, the other party pulled out his legs and ran.

Jia Xuan hurriedly chased after him with his skirt: "Lord Shizi! Lord Shizi! You wait. ”

But he wanted to escape, she was a girl in a skirt, how could she catch up?

For a while, the distance, which was not too far, was getting bigger and bigger.

Jia Xuan was anxious, thinking of Hong Wenchang's many care for her in the past, she hurriedly changed her tone and shouted: "Uncle Wenchang! You wait for me! ”

She ran like this for a while, and saw Hong Wenchang slowly stop and stand there. He just didn't look back at her, still facing the direction of escape. The back that used to be always straight has been bent and arched, and the previously confident and high-spirited head has been lowered deeply, looking at the ground.

Jia Xuan chased after him, slowly stopped, panting: "Uncle, you don't wait for me, it will cause me to run blindly for a while." ”

Hong Wenchang was silent.

Jia Xuan asked softly, "Are you okay?" Thinking about it, he felt that he was redundant, so he simply asked him bluntly: "Did you do those things voluntarily or were you forced to do them?" Or—" She thought about the many possibilities of controlling the Gu worms, and asked tentatively, "Or is it that the mind or body is controlled by something, and the body can't help itself, and it's like this unconsciously?" ”

Hong Wenchang was silent for a long time. After a long time, he said softly: "If I say that it is like a dream, I have forgotten most of the process, can you believe it?" ”

"Naturally, I believe it." Jia Xuan said without hesitation: "Uncle is a fair and honest person, and he has always disdained to lie, how can he deceive me, a junior, in such a trivial matter." ”

Hong Wenchang didn't answer.

Jia Xuan said: "Uncle must tell me if he remembers that there is anything unusual in the process of doing these things, or before and after the incident." I'll find a way to help you figure out the cause and solve it. Gotta tell me, okay? In this way, I can find a way to restore your innocence and let others know that you are not such a heinous person. Okay, Uncle Wenchang? ”

She whispered softly, calling. I don't know how long it took, but I finally waited for Hong Wenchang to say a very light "um".

Then Hong Wenchang strode away.

Only the smudged tears on the ground where he had just stood were left.

Jia Xuan stared at the pool of tears, and his heart was uncomfortable.

When she was talking to Hong Wenchang just now, she sent the insects to his side to investigate, and found that there were no Gu worms on his body now.

However, this does not rule out the possibility that there is a Gu Master controlling him. Because the control time of the first-level Gu worm after receiving the order is short, it is also possible that the Gu master does not let the Gu worm follow him all the time, but every time he needs to control him, he will control it several times from a short distance.

In this case, you can start with the people who follow him out every time.

Jia Xuan thought about it like this, and heard Zhu's mother choked up next to her and said, "Girl, I won't tell you anything, the prince has been at home for many days without saying a word." It's extremely rare to be able to talk to you so much. He, he's also bitter in his heart! ”

Jia Xuan sighed softly and quickened his pace to the outside of Hou Ye's study.

After entering the house and seeing the Marquis of Jinxiang, she didn't go around in circles, and said directly: "Master Hou, I'll discuss something with you." In my opinion, it is better to report this case to the official. ”