"It turned out to be the lady of the Jiang family," Cao Judicial immediately changed his attitude and said busily, "There are many offences just now, I hope that the lady is Haihan, and there are ...... Condolences. ”

Xilingyue had no intention of bothering with him at all, and reiterated again: "You're polite, I want to go see Jiang ...... Look at the bodies of my parents. ”

Cao Zheng hesitated for a moment: "All the corpses are badly damaged, and the villains can't identify them. However, two bodies were found in the main room of the inner hall, which should be the Lingzun Lingtang. ”

"Take me to see it first!" Xiling Yue insisted. Cao Justice hurriedly said yes, led her and a few maidservants to the backyard where the bodies were temporarily placed, and specially reminded her before pushing the door: "Does the lady really want to see it?" The remains are ...... It's not pretty. ”

Xilingyue nodded firmly, but several maidservants were a little hesitant: "Lady......"

Xilingyue heard what they meant, so she said, "You guys are waiting outside, and I'll go in by myself." ”

As she spoke, she pushed open the door of the morgue and stepped in, only to see a clearing swept open on the mess, and two charred bodies were parked in the clearing, each covered with a white silk cloth. Cao Zhengyi then entered, stepped forward and uncovered the white silk cloth on the corpse one by one.

Xi Lingyue took a deep breath, slowly opened her eyes, and stared at the faces of the two corpses to carefully identify. Although the corpses have been burned black, the outlines of the facial features are still faintly visible, and there is no doubt that they are indeed the Jiang couple!

Xiling Yue forced herself to calm down and asked Cao Justice, "Has the cause of death been ascertained?" ”

"He has already come to examine the body, and Ling Zun Lingtang has no wounds on his body, but he drank a lot of wine, and he should have been burned to death after being drunk." Cao Judicial replied truthfully.

Burned? When the Jiang Mansion caught fire, wouldn't the Jiang couple run away? Such a large mansion would not burn all at once, how could they be trapped in the main room of the inner hall and burned alive? Xilingyue guessed that there must be something strange in this, but she also knew that it was useless to say more, so she asked Cao Zhengcheng to re-cover the two pieces of white silk cloth and leave the morgue together.

Several maidservants hurriedly greeted her: "Lady, why don't you go back to the house first." You can't help here, in case there is another mistake, and the servants will not be able to explain to the lady and the prince. ”

Xilingyue shook her head, turned her head and asked Cao Justice: "How many people died in this fire last night?" ”

Cao Zhengyi took out a booklet in his sleeve and read it: "At present, a total of 110 corpses have been counted. We checked the household registration overnight, and there were a total of 110 domestic slaves in the house, and two official slaves, plus Lingzun Lingtang and you, a total of 115 people. ”

Cao Juren said this, closed the pamphlet and put it back in his sleeve: "That is to say, in addition to you, there are four people who survived." ”

Four people survived? Xiling Yue was liquidated in her heart, when she went to the Jiedu Embassy, she brought a coachman and two maidservants, in addition to Ah Luo, the other was a miscellaneous maid called by the outer court. Apart from these three, there should be one more alive! A glimmer of hope ignited in Xilingyue's heart, and she immediately asked, "Can you find out who is alive?" ”

Cao Juran shook his head and sighed: "So many corpses are burned beyond recognition, it is too difficult, unless ......"

"Unless what?"

"Unless you identify them one by one, we can check them all by the names on the household register."

Check them one by one...... Xiling Yue gave up this method. She has only been in Zhenhai for a short time, and she is pretending to be Jiang Yunyi, and she has not recognized all the people in this mansion at all, how can she identify them one by one and then investigate? And some of the corpses were burned beyond recognition!

Xilingyue replied weakly: "I'm afraid I won't be able to recognize it completely." ”

"This is going to be difficult," Cao Juyi frowned, "According to past experience, there must be murderers among those who are alive." If you can't identify the body, you can't be sure who the murderer is. ”

Yes! After his reminder, Xi Lingyue remembered that since he had taken the three of them, the other person whose whereabouts were unknown was the most suspicious. She immediately lifted her spirits and said: "These days, the murderers will flee from the city, and the lawyer will carefully search the passing merchants. If the culprit can't escape, he should come back to the vicinity to find out the news, and please send more people to keep an eye on the neighborhood. ”

Seeing that she spoke and acted in a clear manner, without the weakness and sadness of other boudoir daughters, Cao Zhengyi was secretly surprised in his heart, and said on his face: "Ah! The lady and the villain think the same, you can rest assured, Mrs. Gao and the assassin have explained this matter, and the villain will do his best to find out the truth, and will never let Ling Zun Lingtang die in vain. ”

Xiling Yue thanked him and bowed to him.

At this moment, there was a sudden argument outside, and a woman's voice shouted sharply: "Let me in, let me in!" I'm from this house! ”

"Who knows who you are, go and go, you can't go in!" This is the voice of the officers and soldiers blocking it.

The two sides seemed to push and shove for a while, and the officers and soldiers shouted "stop" several times, and then the door of the inner courtyard was pushed open with a "creak". Several people looked over, only to see a young woman with a lovely appearance break in, she obviously didn't expect that there were still many people standing in this courtyard, and she was stunned for a moment: "Who are you?" ”

Cao Judicial was the first to get angry, frowning and saying coldly: "Where did the shrew come from, delay the government's handling of the case, and don't go out!" ”

When the young woman heard this, she immediately identified herself: "Who is the shrew?" I am the master of this house! ”

"Master?" Cao Zhengyi glanced at Xilingyue, then turned his head and scolded her, "Nonsense!" ”

Xiling Yue also opened her mouth, and was about to say something, but the young woman had already turned her eyes to look at her, and asked, "Who are you?" How do I wear my clothes? ”

"I'm ......" Xiling Yue's heart was not good, and she was thinking about how to reply, when the maidservant on the side had already opened her mouth and shouted angrily, "Where did you come from, you are presumptuous in front of the Jiang family's lady!" ”

"The lady of the Jiang family?" The young woman pointed at Xiling Yue in astonishment, "How can she be the lady of the Jiang family?" I am! ”

Seeing this situation, Cao Zhengyi was the first to feel suspicious and turned his head to look at Xiling Yue. Mrs. Gao's maidservant didn't react yet, and sneered sarcastically: "Heh! In front of the real Jiang Sanniang, do you dare to pretend? How many ladies are there in this house? It's ridiculous! ”

The young woman was horrified when she heard this: "No, no, I am indeed Jiang Yunyi, she ...... Who is she? ”

This woman's words and deeds were so realistic that everyone felt unbelievable and looked at Xiling Yue one after another. Xi Lingyue's complexion had sunk to the extreme at this time, and she pursed her lips and said nothing.

Or Cao Judicial opened his mouth and asked: "You said that you are Jiang Yunyi, what evidence do you have?" ”

The young woman pondered for a moment and replied, "There are my hand prints on the household register, and you will know it when you check it." ”

Cao Zhengyi happened to have the household registration of the Jiang Mansion with him, and hurriedly turned to that page, and told his subordinates to find a clean white silk, so that she and Xilingyue could check their handprints on the spot.

The young woman didn't wait for others to speak, she bit her thumb and pressed a fingerprint on the white silk, Cao Justice picked it up and compared it, it was exactly the same as the fingerprint on the household registration! He immediately looked at Xiling Yue and asked in a deep voice, "Then who are you?" ”

From beginning to end, Xiling Yue was very calm, and she also understood that this was the real Jiang Yunyi back, so she replied frankly: "I am indeed not Jiang Sanniang, I am the replacement found by Jiang Gong." ”

"Replacement? What to replace? Jiang Yunyi didn't know what to do.

"Substitute for you to participate in the hairpin feast." Xiling Yue replied truthfully.

(End of chapter)