Chapter 2154 Discovery

Gu Xin stopped and told He Gang: "He Gang, take a few brothers and search all the rooms in this yard. Don't miss any corner!"

He Gang clasped his fists: "Yes!"

He called a few people and started to search from outside the yard.

The area of ​​Donglin Palace is very large. For example, Bai Shijie, who is trained as an heir, lives in a place second only to the main courtyard of Donglin Palace and the residence of the eldest son and his wife.

Gu Xin took He Qiang directly into the room where Bai Shijie was.

This is Bai Shijie's study. Bai Shijie's body is in the inner room of his study, where he usually rests when he is tired.

As He Gang said, Bai Shijie's death was a bit strange. His whole back was arched, but his head was tilted up, and his eyes were wide open, as if he had seen something incredible.

But he was not lying, but leaning against the bed, with his eyes facing the roof.

Gu Xin went forward and checked around the body, then asked Captain Gao to take the body out. Zheng Qiu had already made preparations outside.

There was spilled tea on the ground, and a few messy footprints. The weather was hot, and the water stains on the ground were almost dry.

Gu Xin squatted down, picked up a piece of tea, and smelled it.

Then asked He Gang to pick up all the tea leaves on the ground.

She walked around the inner room. Except for the spilled tea on the ground beside the bed, other places were very clean and tidy.

The thin quilt was also folded well.

There was a window on the right side of the bed. Gu Xin walked over and looked out. Through the oil lamp in the yard, she could see a small pond outside. The lotus leaves in the pond were lush and the lotus flowers had buds, but none of them had bloomed yet.

Gu Xin's eyesight was quite good. It was already night when the person who delivered the food came. There were lights everywhere in the yard, so she could see clearly.

Gu Xin remembered that she seemed to have seen several ponds in the palace today, some of which were planted with lotus, but some were not.

As she was thinking about things, her hand naturally rested on the window, and suddenly, she felt a little uncomfortable.

She looked down and saw that the window was made of wood. The surroundings were fine, but the piece she touched seemed to be hit by something hard and uneven, and the wood chips stabbed her.

She turned around and took the lamp to the window. After a closer look, there were not only wood chips, but also ink on the wood chips.

Gu Xin wrote this down.

She looked at the inner room again, found nothing else, and then climbed out directly from the window.

The window was quite large. Although she was slender, she was tall, so it was easy for her to climb out, and she felt that there was plenty of space.

Standing outside the window, she turned back to take the lamp and walked all the way from the window to the pond.

"Third Miss." At this time, Captain Gao came over, thinking that Gu Xin had discovered something.

"Captain Gao, have someone go down to each room to check if there is a lotus pond. Oh, not just the courtyards of each room, but the courtyards of the entire palace. Have them all check if there are any strange phenomena around each pond. Also, ask the housekeeper if the ponds in the palace are connected." Gu Xin said, looking at the water marks beside the lotus pond.

There are yamen runners and soldiers guarding outside. Ten people can see each other in pairs, which means that the murderer is either in the courtyard or entered the courtyard from other passages.

And there are water marks next to the lotus pond.