When Gu Jiangyue saw the situation of the two people, although she had been mentally prepared, she was still startled.
By this time, it was completely dark. Gu Jiangyue could barely make out the thing on one of the wooden planks.
A woman in the maid's clothing of the Gu Mansion was lying quietly on the wooden plank. Horrifyingly, a piece of her facial skin was missing. The flesh under her skin was churning, and the bright red blood had soaked half of her face.
Although it was terrifying, Gu Jiangyue didn't think it was the cause of death. Gu Jiangyue guessed so in her heart. She looked down along the bloody face and, as expected, saw a knife wound on the woman's neck. This should be the real cause of the woman's death.
The guard beside them saw the wind blow the white cloth away and quickly reached out to cover it.
"I don't know what the young lady is doing, making people like this." One of the guards complained fearfully, his voice trembling faintly.
"Don't talk in the middle of the night. It's scary. Let's go quickly."
The other guard seemed to remember something unpleasant and urged the others to leave quickly.
Gu Jiangyue saw that the person lying on the other wooden plank was also wearing the same clothing as that woman. Gu Jiangyue could vaguely guess what Gu Zhengwan was doing.
She was testing the reliability of the skin - changing technique.
Since it was related to Gu Zhengwan's appearance and reputation, she would surely not be so hasty. Although the skin - changing technique had a basis, the risk was quite high. Gu Zhengwan surely wouldn't use it on herself rashly. It was estimated that these two people today were used by Gu Zhengwan for the experiment.
A triumphant smile appeared on Gu Jiangyue's lips. Since Gu Zhengwan had started the experiment, it proved that all of Gu Jiangyue's previous speculations were correct. The medicine of Gu Zhengwan already had side effects, and she had to change the method. Otherwise, her injury would only get worse.
The guards had left with the two wooden planks, but Gu Jiangyue didn't hurry to leave. She moved very lightly. Her black clothes blended into the night, unnoticed by anyone. Gu Jiangyue just followed the guards and left Gu Zhengwan's yard.
The group walked all the way to the depths of the garden in the Gu Mansion. The guards put the wooden planks on the ground and then prepared to dig holes, seemingly going to bury the two maids.
The Gu Mansion was quite large in the capital city. Especially in the depths of the garden, few people would go there. Even Gu Jiangyue had only been there a few times in two lifetimes. And it was midnight now, so no one would come.
A sneer appeared on Gu Jiangyue's lips. This desolate place in the Gu Mansion had become a place for Gu Zhengwan to act recklessly.
Gu Jiangyue was sticking to the corner of the wall. She was petite, and with the night - traveling clothes, in this quiet night, as long as she didn't make a sound, no one would find her.
Now Gu Jiangyue hadn't confirmed the situation of the two people. If this experiment failed, Gu Zhengwan might give up the skin - changing technique. So Gu Jiangyue must check the current situation of these two people. If it could really succeed, Gu Zhengwan might act soon. By then, Gu Jiangyue couldn't miss this good opportunity.
Gu Jiangyue thought for a while. She had to do something to drive these guards away so that she could check the corpses.
Gu Jiangyue looked around. She picked up a handful of stones from the ground and threw them in several directions. Gu Jiangyue moved very quickly. The guards were originally concentrating on digging holes, so they didn't see Gu Jiangyue's actions at all.
They only heard sounds around them but couldn't find out where the sounds were coming from. For a moment, they were a bit flustered.
"Who? Who's there!"
Gu Jiangyue didn't show herself in a hurry. She picked up a few more stones and threw them at the feet of the guards who were digging holes and around the wooden planks.
Although they were all well - trained guards in the Gu Mansion, in the middle of the night with two dead people beside them, they couldn't stand this commotion.
"Maybe we should go back first. I feel something is wrong."
While Gu Jiangyue was throwing stones, someone had already lost their nerve. That person shrank back and spoke. Under the moonlight, fine sweat could be faintly seen on his forehead.
"Yes, that's right. The young lady told us to bury them, but she didn't say when. Burying them tomorrow is the same. Moreover, few people come here."
"It's not good, though. What if the young lady finds out?"
"Find out or not. She killed these people. I don't want to die for her. If you don't go, I'll go first."
Once an idea appears and no one stops it, it will be infinitely magnified. The guards discussed for a while. At first, there were some people who opposed it, but the opposing voices became smaller and smaller. Finally, everyone reached an agreement and prepared to leave.
They were sneaky. Although they were extremely scared, they still endured and carried the corpses of the two maids farther away to a more secluded place. Then they quickly left. No one could be sure what would happen if they walked slowly.
Gu Jiangyue watched the backs of the people leaving. She didn't hurry to go out. Instead, she watched for a while longer to make sure that no one else would appear. Then she walked out and came to the side of the two corpses.
She gently lifted the white cloth covering the corpses. At first, Gu Jiangyue was a bit scared, but in her previous life, she had lived in the palace and seen too many struggles among concubines. Some of their fates were a hundred times more miserable than these two maids.
Gu Jiangyue once saw a maid who accidentally knocked something over being beaten to death with a cane. The whole palace could hear her extremely miserable screams. When she was beaten to death, there was not a single good piece of flesh on her body. She was beaten into a pulp.
Moreover, she was publicly displayed as a warning. This left quite a shadow on the inexperienced Gu Jiangyue. Therefore, now when Gu Jiangyue looked at the faces of these two maids, except for the initial shock, she had no other expression.
For these people who served their masters, besides being careful, there was no other way. If the master wanted you to die, you had to die.
With no one around, Gu Jiangyue directly lifted the white cloths on the two maids. The pale moonlight shone on their faces, looking a bit terrifying. But Gu Jiangyue squatted down in front of them and calmly examined their faces.
Part of one maid's facial skin was missing. Gu Jiangyue indeed saw that piece of skin on the face of the other maid. Her skin was just sewn onto the other maid's face.
Looking at their relatively intact half - faces, Gu Jiangyue always felt a bit familiar. She thought carefully for a while and then remembered the identities of these two maids.
Gu Jiangyue had seen these two maids in Gu Zhengwan's yard. Except for the damaged parts of their skin, they looked extremely similar. These two maids were twin sisters, looking very alike. But Gu Jiangyue remembered that one of them had a birthmark on her right cheek.