The palace lady who died tragically has been removed, but the courtyard is still full of people and talking about it.

Ma Juan frowned slightly, Zhu Yun immediately shouted loudly: "Concubine Degui is here!"

For a moment, all the maids and eunuchs were startled, turned around in a hurry, saluted and greeted.

"I've seen Concubine Degui!" There was a crowd, at least three or forty people.

"What's the matter?" Ma Guan glanced at him and asked in a cold voice.

"The slave is here." A big eunuch in his early forties immediately stepped forward with a smile all over his face: "I don't know that the noble concubine is here, so the slave is far away to welcome..."

"Stop talking nonsense, are there any rules in this clothing bureau? You don't have to do anything, do you? What does it look like to be stuck here!" Ma Yu interrupted impatiently, with a stern tone that made everyone bow down in shock. Head shaking, shivering.

The steward also broke out in a cold sweat: "Your Majesty taught me that it was the slaves who failed to take care of these servants... What are you still doing? Why don't you hurry up and get to work!"

"Your servant will leave." Everyone replied in unison, taking orders to leave.

Soon, there were only the steward and an old nanny left in the yard. The steward's surname was Liu, and the nanny's surname was Chen. They were both old people from the Huanyi Bureau.

"I heard that a court lady died in the Huanyi Bureau, and another was injured. Please tell me about it in detail." Looking at the two of them, Ma Yuan suddenly smelled a faint smell of blood at the end of his nose, and couldn't help frowning.

The two looked at each other, Guanshi Liu sighed again, and then said solemnly: "Mrs. Hui, the servants only found out about it around the fourth watch. There was indeed a maid in the Huanyi Bureau, and that maid was Qing'e , who committed a crime a few years ago and was dispatched here. Qing'e has always been conscientious and diligent in her work, and she is also a good person. She has always had a good relationship with everyone..."

"At that time, we found her in the woods next to the hut. Because they heard someone screaming, the servants got up to check. Then they saw a white shadow in the woods. After running over, they saw Qing'e lying on the ground covered in blood. It has been dead for a long time, and I don't know who is responsible for this murder, it is really hateful!"

"As for the injured court lady, it was the nobleman Buerzhu from the past. Buerzhu was also near the hut at that time. One arm was dripping with blood and was cut for a long time. When the slave asked what happened, Buerzhu said When I came out in the middle of the night, I saw a white shadow, and the white shadow was extremely fast, and it rushed towards her in one fell swoop."

"Fortunately, she knew some fists and kicks, so she couldn't help dodging, but she was still caught by the white shadow, and screamed in pain... Later, it was rumored that they had encountered a monster."

Speaking of this, Liu Guanshi took a cautious look at Ma Guan, he naturally knew what those servants had passed on.

Ma Guan looked at Guanshi Liu indifferently, and had been paying attention to his expression and behavior, and only then asked: "You guys discovered Qing'e first?"

"No, Buerzhu was discovered first. When the slaves arrived, Buerzhu was still calling." Liu Guanshi thought about it carefully, and then said: "After saving Buerzhu, it took a while before someone exclaimed, saying A court lady died in the woods."

Ma Guan nodded slightly, and she said that it is impossible to find a dead court lady first, and then find a living person.

"Besides Bull Zhu, did any of you see that white shadow?"

"No, it's all from Bu Erzhu. There are also the scars on her and Qing'e, it really doesn't seem artificial."

"What do you say over there?"

Liu Guanshi pointed to a dilapidated room at the end, and explained: "Wu Zuo is still there for autopsy, why don't the slaves call them over?"

"No need, I will go and see for myself." Ma Guan said and went to that room.

Guanshi Liu, Nanny Chen and Zhu Yun showed anxiety on their faces.

Chen Momo warned: "The noble concubine has a high status, how can she go to such a dirty place? Besides, the palace maid died unexpectedly, she was covered in blood, it is ominous."

"If I don't go in, I'll just look outside. Call me out." Ma Yuan wasn't interested in seeing the dead, and besides, she didn't know how to do autopsies, so she just wanted to test the reactions of the two.

"Yes, this servant will call them out now." Guanshi Liu breathed a sigh of relief and hurried away.

Sure enough, Ma Guan stopped outside the house, and she glanced at the tightly closed windows, feeling very gloomy.

Not long after, the two assistants came out respectfully, saluted and greeted her.

"Get up, what have you found out?" Ma Guan looked at the two of them.

The two were tall and short, both in their [-]s and [-]s, with ordinary appearance, and a strange aura exuded from their bodies, a little cold, and they must have dealt with dead people too much.

She didn't doubt the professionalism of the two of them. Those who could work as post-mortems in the palace would not be far behind in strength.

The tall Wu replied: "Mother, the two servants have already reached some conclusions. The time of death of this court lady should be between Zishi and Choushi. The cause of death is the fatal wound on the neck. The murderer's speed is very fast. Killed her so much that she didn't even make a sound."

"As for the scars on the body, it seems that they were scratched after death. They seem to be caused by some kind of beast. The servants will have to continue to check and compare to find out what kind of beast it is."

"The fatal wound on the neck was also caused by a wild beast? This wild beast is quite smart and knows how to bite off the neck first." Ma Guan was puzzled. This beast still knows how to keep its prey from screaming?

"This...the wound on the neck does have traces of tearing, but the servants dare not draw conclusions lightly." The two masters looked at each other and said ambiguous words.

Ma Guan raised his eyebrows: "Oh? Is there anything unusual about this wound?"

"There are indeed some abnormalities, but we need to continue to check the details, and please give the two slaves some more time." The two were a little anxious, afraid that the empress would call them useless, it was useless.

But Ma Guan said: "An autopsy is a delicate job, and you must not be careless. Since you haven't checked clearly, don't jump to conclusions."

"Thank you for your understanding." The two breathed a sigh of relief.

"Then how much time do you need?"

"Tomorrow morning, no, there should be results this evening."

Ma Yuyu said earnestly: "Don't lower your requirements just to hurry up."

The two old people blushed, and the tall one said ashamedly: "Then please give the servants some more time, my lord, and there will be results tomorrow morning."

"Then tomorrow morning." Ma Guan nodded slightly, and said, "Don't spread this matter for now, only a few of us know about it, understand?"

"The servant understands." Several people answered in unison, but they didn't quite understand her purpose.

Ma Guan didn't explain too much, she actually wanted to fish, and before the final result came out, maybe some fish would pop out by themselves.

"Go ahead and do your work. If you have any new situation, you can send someone to tell me."

"Yes, empress." The two servants bowed and left.

At this time, Ma Guan asked Liu Guanshi: "How is Buerzhu?"

"Go back to your mother, Buerzhu has hired a medical girl to bandage the wound, and she may not be able to work these few days... Of course, it is not impossible to have to work. The slaves who were punished into Xinzheku are all low-skinned. Life and death are fate..." Liu Guanshi was talking, suddenly remembered that Buerzhu seemed to have offended this noble concubine, so he quickly changed his words halfway.

"Do you think Ben Gong is the kind of person who despises life?" Ma Guan gave him an angry look.

"I don't dare, it's because I said something wrong, please forgive me." Steward Liu was so frightened that he fell to his knees and hurriedly begged for mercy.

"Get up, take Bengong to see Buerzhu. Bengong has something to ask her." Ma Guan left this matter for the last because it is the most important thing!

Although Boerzhu was injured and also the victim, she still didn't believe that it was such a coincidence.

Why is it Boolean and not others?Why did she happen to meet Shirai Shadow when she came out, and at the same time, a court lady died?

If it is said that this matter has nothing to do with Boolean, she will not believe it.

"Yes, ma'am." Liu Guanshi didn't dare to speculate on Ma Guan's intentions, so he bowed and led her to the residence.

Naturally, the living conditions of the maids who were punished here are not much better, so Bull Town still lives in the same room with Musha and Mona.It's just that this room is larger than the previous one and has more sunlight.

When a few people arrived at the door, the room was quiet, and it was unknown if Buerzhu was asleep.

Guanshi Liu stepped forward to knock on the door and said unceremoniously, "Buerzhu, open the door!"

"Is it Manager Liu? Here we come." Boolean's voice soon sounded from inside, showing some panic.

The door opened, and Boerzhu's figure came into view immediately. Ma Guan saw that her complexion was pale, her left arm was still tied with thick gauze, but the rest was not injured.

"Guan Liu, I don't know how to find... Degui Concubine?" Boolean suddenly exclaimed, and the astonishment in his eyes flashed away: "This servant has seen Degui Concubine, and the empress is blessed and safe."

"Get up, I heard that you met a monster and got scratched, so come take a look." Ma Guan looked her up and down, and finally landed on the thick gauze: "It seems that the injury is not serious. What did you see that hurt you?"

Buerzhu trembled, not daring to look into Ma Guan's eyes, bit his lower lip tightly, and did not answer for a while.

"Bold, why didn't you answer your empress's question?" Seeing this, Liu Guanshi scolded, this Boerzhu is really ignorant, dare to ignore the words of the empress of the noble concubine?

"Please forgive me, Concubine Degui!" Buerzhu knelt down on the ground in fear, and said in a trembling voice: "This servant is really, I really dare not say it..."

"Don't dare to say? You have been given a password to fail?" Ma Yu frowned, what kind of tricks is this Boolean playing?

But Bu Erzhu replied: "That's not true... The servant is just worried that after talking about it, it will make the empress unhappy..."

"You've already made Bengong unhappy, don't let Bengong ask you a second time." Ma Guan suddenly guessed Buerzhu's intentions. Could this woman say that Xiaobai did it?

Sure enough, Buerzhu cried out in a crying voice: "Ma'am, please forgive me... the thing that scratched the servant was too fast, and the servant only saw a white shadow, it seemed, it seemed to be a white fox..."

The air was suddenly quiet, Buerzhu looked up at Ma Guan pitifully, while Guanshi Liu and Nanny Chen lowered their heads in horror, secretly thinking that Buerzhu was really not afraid of death.

What is wrong with her, why did she say fox?or white?Isn't this clearly identified as the white fox of Concubine Degui?

"White fox... this fox is so powerful, it can kill people." Ma Guan looked at Buerzhu with a half-smile.

Boerzhu lowered his head in a panic, and whispered, "Maybe, maybe I became a monster..."

"Cultivate into a monster?" Ma Guan said in a strange tone, "Then you are more powerful than a monster? It's amazing to be able to take a life from a monster."

Bu Erzhu couldn't tell that she was being sarcastic, and said aggrievedly: "The servant is just lucky, and someone came soon after shouting..."

"It takes at least half a stick of incense from the moment you meet this thing, right? If I'm not mistaken, this place is not close to the hut, plus getting up and putting on clothes and shoes... In other words, you and This thing has been fighting for half a stick of incense, but its arm was injured a little."

As Ma Guan said, she applauded in amazement: "The princess of Junggar is really amazing!"

The expressions of the rest of the people were strange. It seemed that there was something wrong with what Concubine Jingde said.

How can there be such a weak monster?If it was really a monster, Bu Erzhu would have been eaten long ago, leaving nothing left.

Leaving aside whether she was lying or not, at least the thing she encountered could never be a monster!Thinking of this, everyone feels relieved, as long as they are not monsters, they can deal with them.

Buerzhu's face turned red and then turned pale, and he said annoyedly: "The Concubine Degui praised it absurdly, that thing may not be a monster, but a beast..."

"Well, even if it's just a wild beast, you have to pay attention. You can tell me in detail what happened when you met this wild beast." Demon, her Xiaobai will also be listed as the biggest suspect fox, not optimistic.

"Let's go, go to the scene and have a look." She wanted to review the scene and catch the loopholes of Boolean.

"Yes, ma'am." Boolean had no choice but to lead them towards the latrine.

The location of the hut is very remote, and there is still a small forest on one side. Perhaps the scene has not been cleaned up, and there is still a little blood on the ground.

"Your Majesty, this is where the servant was attacked at that time. Just as he came out of the hut, the thing suddenly jumped out of the forest. The servant was frightened at the time, but fortunately, he had some kung fu to deal with it for a while." Boerzhu stopped and reviewed the situation at that time.

"You mean, the fox came out from here?" Ma Guan walked a few steps into the woods, pointing to a place and asking.

"Yes, yes."

"Did Qing'e die here?"

"Go back to your mother, Qing'e was found near here." It was Liu Guanshi who answered, and Liu Guanshi ran into the woods, where there was also a bloodstain.

Ma Guan nodded slightly: "I understand, that is to say, after the fox killed Qing'e, he found Boolean while tearing her body, and then started to attack."

"It should be like this." Guanshi Liu nodded.

"Is there blood on the fox? Qing'e was torn so badly, it's impossible for the fox not to have any blood on it." Ma Guan looked at Buerzhu and asked with a strange smile, "Did you see the blood?"

"It was too dark at that time, and the slaves didn't notice." Boolean shook his head.

"Can you change your clothes?"

"It's been changed. There's a big hole in that dress, and there's still blood." Buerzhu didn't understand what she meant.

"Zhu Yun, take that dress away in a while." Ma Guan didn't explain at all, and directly ordered her maid.

"Yes, ma'am." Zhu Yun glanced at Boolean thoughtfully, thinking to herself that this woman had better not lie, otherwise she would suffer another disaster.

"Okay, let's stop here today, I still have to report this matter to the emperor." Ma Yuan asked almost, and immediately stopped staying, let Zhu Yun take the clothes and left.

It wasn't until the backs of the three could not be seen that Boerzhu straightened up, with a look of worry on his brows.

What does this noble concubine want to do?Do you already suspect her?But even if he investigated the clothes, he couldn't find anything, the torn marks on the clothes and her scars were real!

When Ma Guan returned to Yonghe Palace, in just such a short time, the news of the fox demon's murder was completely spread.

Hearing those discussions along the way, Zhu Yun and Caiwei's faces were very ugly, what nonsense are these ignorant court ladies and eunuchs talking about?That's not a fox at all!

The two wanted to rush forward to argue, but Ma Guan stopped them. When the truth of the matter was found out, these people would know what was going on.Tell them to shut up now, these people will only think she is guilty.

"Your Majesty, you are back. The Emperor, Concubine Tong, Concubine Yi, and Concubine Hui are all waiting in the main hall." As soon as Ma Guan stepped into the Yonghe Palace, the little maid Lurou came forward to report, worried.

"I know." Ma Guan frowned slightly, did the emperor get the news?Do you also think that it was the fox demon who hurt people, so you came to Xingshi to ask the crime?

Entering the main hall, I saw Kangxi sitting above it, and the three concubines sitting on both sides in turn.

Concubine Hui had just lifted the confinement not long ago, she looked sleepy, and she came today.

"The concubine has seen the emperor."

"I've seen Concubine Degui."

Ma Guan and the three concubines saluted and greeted each other.

"Pingshen." Kangxi patted the seat next to him with a smile, and Ma Guan smiled and sat down. "I heard that you went to the Clothes Bureau in person, did you gain anything?"

"Is this why the emperor came? The concubine was planning to go to the Qianqing Palace to report in person just now." Ma Guan sneered, in the past, the emperor waited for others to report these things.

Kangxi said: "I came to visit you and the children, but on the way, I heard that the dead maid was killed by a fox demon, and someone said that Xiaobai in your palace did it. I don't believe these rumors, so I'll be here waiting for you to come back."

"So that's how it is." Ma Yuan smiled, then looked at Concubine Hui and the other three, "I thought the emperor specially called the three younger sisters to question my concubine Xingshi."

"Sister Degui was joking. We also heard the rumors and were worried that my sister would be affected, so we came here to take a look." Concubine Tong explained in embarrassment.

Concubine Hui and Concubine Yi nodded in agreement, naturally they would not be indifferent to such a big incident in the palace.

"My sisters are interested." Ma Guan smiled and looked away, Concubine Hui and Concubine Yi are fine, Concubine Tong came here to join in the fun?

Could it be that this fish was caught so quickly?

"Your Majesty, my concubine asked Wu Zuo. Wu Zuo said that the fatal wound was on the neck, and the rest of the torn wounds seemed to be left after death. The specific beast is still being checked. The concubine gave them a day and asked them to Get the results tomorrow morning."

"It really was done by wild beasts?" Kangxi frowned, obviously also doubting this matter.

"It's possible. Chenqie also asked Bu Erzhu. She said that she saw a white shadow rushing towards her. She also fought with the white shadow for a while, so that her arm was scratched. According to her, it was probably a white shadow. Only white fox."

After Ma Guan finished speaking, Concubine Tong and the three had strange expressions. Is this how Concubine De Gui said?Are you really not afraid that others will suspect that Xiaobai in her palace did it?

"But the concubine is very sure that it will never be a monster." Ma Guan repeated what she speculated and Boerzhu said, and Kangxi nodded repeatedly. In this way, it is really impossible to be a monster.

"Then what do you think?" Kangxi asked her.

Obviously, he wanted to ask her if Xiao Bai in the palace was the murderer.

"Your Majesty, before the results come out, I dare not jump to conclusions. I know that everyone suspects that Xiaobai did it, but I think that Xiaobai has no such ability." It is impossible for Ma Quan to admit this matter, Not to mention that Xiaobai didn't do it, even if it was really Xiaobai, she would not admit it.

Once admitted, the consequences will be unimaginable, and everyone will question whether she is instigating.

If she was put on such a hat, even the emperor would not be able to keep her.

"But there is only one elder sister in the palace who has a fox here, so... I'm afraid it won't be able to silence everyone." Concubine Tong said pretending to be worried.

"Oh? So according to Sister Concubine Tong, what should I do?" Ma Yu looked at her with a smile.

"My sister thinks that it's best for my sister to hand over Xiaobai first and find someone to take care of him. If there is another bloody incident after this, then Xiaobai's suspicion will be cleared, but if there is no more bloody incident..." Concubine Tong suddenly After a pause, he covered his mouth with his hands, as if he didn't dare to continue.

Ma Guan is also a person who has experienced great storms, so naturally she will not be offended by Tong Fei's few words.

She still smiled and said: "Sister, this suggestion is good, but, isn't it a bit hasty to do so? The result of the work has not yet come out, and it is not confirmed that it must have been done by the fox. At this time, I will let Bengong hand over Xiaobai. Are you treating Xiaobai as a murderer?"

"Furthermore, who stipulated that the murderer would do it the second time after committing a crime? I'm afraid my sister will wrong many people if she acts like this. Fortunately, my sister is not an official of the Ministry of Criminal Justice."

"Pfft..." Concubine Yi couldn't hold back, and burst out laughing.

Concubine Tong and Concubine Degui are quarreling, they will definitely lose.Concubine Hui couldn't help laughing as she watched Concubine Tong make a fool of herself.

"Sister, sister doesn't mean that. My sister also thinks of her." Concubine Tong's cheeks flushed, and her eyes were misty, as if she was an angry little daughter-in-law.

"Then what does Sister Concubine Tong mean? Because of a few rumors from others, you want to convict Xiaobai of my palace? Now there are people outside who say that I was ordered by this palace, do you want to convict this palace too?" Guang Youyou, pretending to be more wronged than her.

"Sister, sister definitely didn't mean that... Your majesty, this is really not what my concubine meant." Concubine Tong was in a hurry, tears fell down her cheeks.

"Okay, don't discuss Xiaobai before the result comes out." Kangxi said in a deep voice, how could he not know how much impact this matter would have on Ma Quan?

Once Xiaobai is handed over, there will be even more discussions.

Concubine Tong was aggrieved, Ma Guan didn't bother to talk to her, looked at Kangxi and said, "Your Majesty, if you want to find out if it was made by a fox, I have another way."

"Oh? You said."

Ma Juan asked Zhu Yun to hold out two pieces of clothes, and explained: "These two clothes belonged to Buerzhu and Qing'e respectively, and they were the palace maid who died. Your Majesty, if they were really killed by wild beasts, there must be some traces left on the clothes." Hair down!"

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