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Suddenly realizing that something was wrong, Pei Xiang walked out cautiously.

She quickly swept across Jennifer Gray's soundless body, then quickly ran to the iron gate, closed the half-open door tightly, and wrapped the iron chain around it to ensure that no one outside could enter.

Afterwards, she ran back to Jennifer Gray, eager to check on her situation.

Unfortunately, Jennifer Gray was no longer breathing, and her chest was no longer rising and falling. Pei Xiang didn't dare to move her body, but only half knelt on the ground to check her injuries.

From the front, there is no fatal injury on Jennifer Gray, only a few pinches and scratches, but the back of her head was broken by a raised stone. Obviously, this is what caused Jennifer Gray's accident. fatal injuries.

Pei Xiang was silent for a moment. After confirming again that the other party had no vital signs, she began to carefully observe the situation at the crime scene.

Jennifer Gray has previously said she sneaked out with important personal items and planned to elope with George Dover.

Later, they took out paper, pen, ink, etc., and asked George Dover to write down the marriage commitment. Therefore, around the crime scene at this time, there were papers, pens, ink, ink pads and other things scattered around, and there was a small The luggage bag was thrown not far away.

— Judging from the marks and the sounds I heard, it seems that George Dover pushed Jennifer Gray against the wall, causing her to hit the sharp corner of the stone, and the man snatched the letter , ran away in a panic.

— Did George Dover know that Jennifer Gray was dead?Or only when she fainted?

Pei Xiang thought secretly for a while, and the cold wind hit her, making her shiver uncontrollably. She put aside all the guesses about the case in her mind for the time being, and began to think about what she would do next.

He ran into a fatal accident. If it was in modern times, Pei Xiang would definitely call the police and call an ambulance immediately, and then follow the law enforcement officers to take notes and explain everything he knows.

However, Pei Xiang is not in a modern society where the rule of law is relatively sound, but in the early [-]th century, and even has the identity of a wanted criminal. Naturally, she can't take the initiative to call the police and provoke investigators.

In that case, leaving aside whether the truth of Jennifer Gray's case will be brought to light, she herself will be imprisoned and hanged.

——Besides, in my current capacity, even if I stand up and identify George Dover, the judge will not believe and accept it, right?

— After all, I'm a wanted man, and George Dover is a gentleman of status and status, and the words of a murder abscondist can't even be counted as testimony?

Thinking of this fuckin' hierarchical society, Pei Xiang didn't want to challenge some conventional prejudices, and didn't want to entrust her comfort to other people's conscience. She pursed her lips unwillingly, thinking she should do something.

On the one hand, she didn't want that George Dover to get away with it, on the other hand, she was thinking of herself.

It would be nonsense to say how much Pei Xiang has deep feelings for Jennifer Gray, she would not take risks for Yuan Shen's sister.

But the current situation is that if she can't properly handle the murder case, it will be difficult for her to escape unscathed.

—When the servants in the Sanfiro Garden discover that Jennifer Gray is dead tomorrow morning, many people will be alarmed.

——Member Marlborough's favorite mistress died in his own home, and the unknown murderer escaped. The investigators would never dare to close the case hastily and perfunctorily. They will investigate all suspicious persons in detail.

——As for the fact that I came to the cabin to find Lu Bo, the housekeeper Hall and the servants in the kitchen are aware of it, so I will be among the ranks of key investigations.

——If I want them to take their attention away from me, I have to provide them with a clear direction of investigation and a candidate for the suspect.

——Otherwise, Lucy's nonsense identity would not stand up to investigation.

——The identity materials of the West family have not been given to me, and the ferry ticket is also six days later. During this period, I must ensure that I will not be suspected.

Pei Xiang took a deep breath and began to think about a plan to save himself.

Her gaze swept across the corner of the garden in the middle of the night, across the cabin, across the iron gate, across Jennifer Gray's body, across the scattered items, and finally, she stopped at Jennifer Gray's On the luggage.

Pei Xiang went to the luggage bag and squatted down, gently opened the small luggage package, and carefully checked the contents inside.

Inside the package were jewellery, deposit certificates, cash, a thick password notebook, and some supporting materials and letters. It can be seen that Jennifer Gray was determined to elope with George Dover.

As her long, white fingers brushed across the rich money in the luggage bag, Pei Xiang's eyes moved slightly, and a thought came to her mind.

She got up, returned to Lubo's cabin again, and opened the box that she had brought out before. Inside were all the costumes and props she had prepared to deceive Edward Bruce tonight. Now, these things will come in handy again.

She took out the exquisite gold-dusted letter paper she had prepared earlier from the box and began to write.

This time, she still imitated Jennifer Gray's handwriting, but the recipient of the letter was changed from Edward Bruce to the fugitive Doris Gray.

Yes, Pei Xiang wanted to write a letter to himself in the tone of Jennifer Gray.

At the beginning of the letter, Jennifer Gray expressed her concern for her sister in the tone of a good sister and explained why she did not meet her in person.Because Mr. Morris, the magistrate of Kent, has been monitoring her, preventing her from caring for her sister according to her true heart.

Then, Mr. George Dover was mentioned in the letter. Pei Xiang imitated the tone of a woman who fell in love, and praised Mr. Dover, praising him as a reliable and trustworthy man. An adoring lifelong companion.

So when Jennifer Gray was unable to move freely to visit her sister, she told Mr. George Dover the distressed secret.

The other party did not blame her for hiding the news of the fugitive. Out of sympathy and doting on her lover, George Dover agreed to Jennifer Gray's willful request and agreed to help her take care of and hide her younger sister Doris Gray. .

In this forged letter, Jennifer Gray in Pei Xiang's version told Doris Gray that she had prepared a lot of jewelry and money for her dear sister, and that together with this long and sincere letter, all would be entrusted to To Mr. George Dover, please convey it on his behalf.

Jennifer Gray in the letter also gave advice on Doris Gray's future living arrangements.

She said that in view of the current tension between the UK and the European continent, it was not in favor of her sister to leave England for asylum, and instead suggested that Doris Gray should be secluded in the countryside.

Jennifer Gray said that George Dover can come forward to help her settle the residence and settle the identity issue. As long as Doris Gray obeys Mr. Dover's arrangement, everything will go well, and no one else will find her whereabouts.

Probably in order to make her sister Doris Gray trust George Dover more, in this sisterly letter, Jennifer Gray talked about the fact that she was doing a dangerous thing for her beloved lover, and if it happened , she will definitely get a happy future.

When Pei Xiang wrote this, she intentionally made her handwriting hesitant and dull, and accidentally drew two wrong spellings and an ink dot. Then, she imitated a tone of sisters secretly showing off some kind of secret. road:

"I know you will be worried that I will be unkind and will be deceived by men's sweet words, but I am not the kind of silly girl who will give for nothing if I like it. I will let my Dover promise to marry me.

Let me tell you quietly, I have caught a handle on Dover. In order to ask for evidence back or get my help, he will definitely fulfill his promise.

Perhaps we sisters had the good fortune to meet some years later, when I was already Mrs. Dover. "

Afterwards, Pei Xiang briefly explained a few more clues, including how George Dover planned to frame Mr. Marlborough, but he didn't make it too clear, and soon moved on to another topic. .

In the letter, Jennifer Gray lamented a few words about the situation of the two sisters getting together less and more, and then told Doris Gray that she must pay attention to safety, carefully hide her identity, and obey George Dover's arrangement.

Immediately afterwards, she said that she felt that life was really wonderful. She was sitting at the dressing table writing to her sister, and she was still a Miss Gray with an unknown future. After she saw George Dover tonight, she said Maybe it will become a happy Miss Gray with a fiancé.

And when her younger sister Doris Gray was able to read this letter and receive financial support from her, the young and handsome bachelor Mr. George Dover was her prospective brother-in-law, so, for relatives, Doris There is no need to be too polite and defensive at all.

Pei Xiang sat at the table in the cabin, writing the letter in revisions.

She tried to imitate Jennifer Gray's tone and writing habits, but she did not forget to explain all the reasons and consequences clearly, so that other strangers who read this letter would understand that the reason why Jennifer Gray appeared at the back door of this garden tonight was that It was to meet Mr. George Dover.

The purpose of the two meeting was to ask George Dover to send a letter and money to the wanted criminal Doris Gray, and to arrange a hiding place.

The second is that Jennifer Gray will use a trick to force George Dover to make a promise of marriage.

As for what the reason is, the letter did not make it very clear, it was only mentioned in a few words, but anyone who pays a little attention to factional struggles will know that Jennifer Gray must have grasped that George Dover intends to frame Marlborough Congressman's evidence, and wanted to use this evidence to force George Dover to marry him.

So, what happened to Jennifer Gray's forced marriage?

Poor thing, just look at the ending of her demise and death...

Pei Xiang carefully considered and revised the content and wording of this letter, so that people would have no doubts that this was the unsent letter written by Jennifer Gray to her sister Doris Gray.

After writing the letter, Pei Xiang let out a breath, his brows relaxed slightly.

She spent a lot of effort imitating and learning Jennifer Gray's handwriting before, originally to win the trust of Edward Bruce, but now it is to keep herself safe and help Jennifer Gray "tell" part of the truth.

When the ink was completely dry, Pei Xiang walked out of the cabin with the written letter and the bottle of perfume she had put away before, and came back to Jennifer Gray's side.

She sprayed the letter with a little perfume, then folded the letter and stuffed it carefully inside Jennifer Gray's corset.

After that, Pei Xiang opened the luggage bag again, and took out all the paper materials and the password notebook inside, leaving only jewelry and money in it.

——These are the personal money that Jennifer Gray in the letter prepared for his sister.

——According to the letter, tonight, if nothing unexpected happens, they should be handed over to Doris Gray together with the letter...

When Pei Xiang was doing a series of things, he had been acting cautiously, trying to avoid damaging the scene as much as possible, destroying traces of the dispute between Jennifer Gray and George Dover.

——Jennifer Gray, don't worry, the person who first discovered you and that letter must be from the line of MP Marlborough, and they will be impatient to pin the charges on Dover.

—Those people, once an excuse is given to a party to attack political opponents, even innocent people can get into trouble, not to mention that George Dover deserved what he deserved.

——Besides, he will be charged with harboring a wanted criminal.

—Let them think Doris Gray is hiding somewhere in the English countryside by your account.

Pei Xiang looked at the dark sky, thinking that there had been no movement at the iron gate, probably because no one had returned.

She silently estimated the time. George Dover, who left in a hurry, has not returned yet. Probably because she didn't know that Jennifer Gray had her head smashed and lost her life after hitting the wall?

In other words, he thought it would be fine even if Jennifer Gray died, because no third person knew about their meeting, and he took the important letter away, so people would not associate the murder with him .

Since the chance of the murderer returning to check is very small, Pei Xiang decided to take a little more risk and leave the Sanfiro Garden Mansion immediately in the dark, so that no one would know that she had appeared at the murder scene.

——As for tomorrow's investigation and inquiry, I don't think it will be too inquisitive. I just need to insist that I was in a hurry to go home and didn't find Lu Bo, so I left alone. I guess I can get away with it.

—After the investigators have gone through the scene, they will soon focus on George Dover.

——If I were Councilor Marlborough, I would definitely seize this opportunity to seize this accident, deal a severe blow to the prestige of the hostile faction, and try my best to prove the crime of George Dover.

While calmly analyzing the subsequent development and the danger of being implicated, Pei Xiang carefully sorted out his belongings and all traces in the wooden house.

She hid Jennifer Gray's notebook and identification in a box and left Sanfiro Gardens with her belongings.

In the early morning of the next day, instead of mentioning Mr. Marlborough's astonishment and anger when he first heard the bad news, he only talked about Pei Xiang's side.

She visited West's mansion early and told the Wests that she had established a relationship with Edward Bruce, and the other party had promised her that as long as the Wests were willing to pay some money, he would immediately reply to West. Special permission of the home.

The Wests were overjoyed when they heard the news, and immediately ordered their servants to prepare the carriage. They were afraid that there would be another accident in Night Changmengduo, and they planned to look for Mr. Edward Bruce early.

Pei Xiang naturally agreed with their quick action plan, and she was also worried about some accidents and changes.

After all, what happened at the Sanfiro Garden Mansion made her realize very clearly that sometimes no matter how good the plan is, it will be disrupted by accident.

Fortunately, Pei Xiang and the West's family were lucky. Edward Bruce didn't make any mistakes, and the shipping permit was quickly approved.

As for Pei Xiang, he was even luckier.

She found that the investigators didn't care about her little person at all, and they didn't seem to think that she had the courage and ability to murder people. They didn't even ask questions, and directly locked the suspect on George Dover.

According to Mrs. Peggy, who was in a good mood after receiving the gold necklace, Councilor Marlborough actually suspected that Jennifer Gray had another young lover, but he hadn't caught anyone before.

Pei Xiang took a sip of tea, and patiently listened to Mrs. Peggy's gossip about what happened in Sanfiro's garden, with a relaxed demeanor, completely on the sidelines.

"Oh, you're all right now, you've got Mr. Bruce, look, the tea you drink is very good, Lucy, you will be rich in the future, don't forget Peggy who helped you."

Pei Xiang bent the corners of his mouth, his eyes lightly passed over Mrs. Peggy's round face, and fell on the blue sky outside the window.

"Today is a rare sunny day."

"No, oops, it's already this time, I have to go back quickly, or the hostess will complain again."

Mrs. Peggy swallowed the cookies on the table, jumped up and said goodbye to Pei Xiang. After a while, her strong body jumped over the fence outside the house with great flexibility and disappeared around the corner.

"Goodbye, Mrs. Peggy." Pei Xiang said softly.

She got up and walked into the bedroom. There were packed suitcases inside, and the reserved carriage was about to arrive.

"Goodbye, England."