Chapter 308 Selfishness and Indifference

"Okay, okay." The village chief quickly agreed and did as Xiao Yu instructed.

He was clearly just a stranger from another place whom I had only known for two days, but his words were so convincing that people couldn't help but obey.

I hope that this time, the mystery of the seven warriors can really be solved.

In fact, the village chief is the one who most hopes that the villagers can go out.

Go see the outside world and live a richer life.

But day after day, faith shackles everyone to the foot of this mountain.

Xiao Yu went back into the house to examine the body of the deceased.

"It penetrated the heart from front to back, killing him instantly," he said. "The deceased tried to stop it with his hands at the last moment, but failed."

The woman was just an ordinary person, so naturally she had no ability to resist.

So the question is, the shadow man attacked Xu Chuchu probably because he didn't want them to find out the truth.

What was the purpose of killing this ordinary young woman?

"Could it be that he must kill someone before daybreak?" Xiao Yu analyzed, "He's been cornered by us and has no choice but to kill someone to escape?"

Xu Chuchu recalled the chase and quickly concluded, "No."

"His route was very clear. If he initially intended to lead us to the Seven Warriors and have them stop us, that would make sense. But he then rushed straight into this room, which shows that he was determined to kill the woman. He would rather drag himself on the ground to kill her, and he was afraid of us stopping him."

The girl's parents, who had been standing nearby crying, immediately denied this, saying, "That's impossible! Our Sangji is the most hardworking and kindhearted girl. She's the daughter of Tianshan and has never done evil. The Seven Warriors will never take her away!"

Xu Chuchu didn't refute them and nodded gently: "We think so too, so now we have to find evidence to prove her innocence."

With this as an excuse, Xu Chuchu and Xiao Yu openly searched the room of the woman Sang Ji. Since all the villagers were there, it was difficult for Sang Ji's parents to stop them.

Sangji is eighteen years old. His skin color is dark like the locals, but he has a delicate and good-looking appearance.

Girls in the village usually get married at the age of fifteen or sixteen, and at the latest seventeen, and rarely until eighteen.

Whenever people in the village asked her about it, Sangji always replied that she didn't want to get married.

Because she was an only child, her parents gave in to her and did not force her.

"Chu Chu, look here." Xiao Yu stood in front of a wooden cabinet that was half a person's height.

The cabinet is divided into two layers, the lower layer is filled with miscellaneous items, and the upper layer is neatly placed with an incense burner.

Wait, an incense burner?

"It's exactly the same as the one in Mr. Ma Jiang's house, even the condition is about the same." Xu Chuchu took it down and confirmed it. "No wonder the shadowy figure targeted Sang Ji. Sure enough, they are connected."

She touched the top layer of incense ash and confirmed that the last time she burned incense was not long ago, perhaps this morning.

Apparently, after Sangji knew about the death of the three Daba brothers and Mr. Ma Jiang, he became even more frightened and burned incense and offered sacrifices more frequently.

"Then what are they offering sacrifices to?" Xiao Yu searched the upper shelf of the cabinet and unexpectedly found a palm-sized piece of blood-stained cloth.

The piece of cloth is old and the bloodstains have turned black. It must have been here for several years.

The two immediately remembered what Sister-in-law Aiguli had said before, about a girl who went up the mountain to collect herbs and was killed by a wild beast, leaving only blood-stained clothes.

Could this be that piece?

Xiao Yu turned to question the deceased's parents, "Why would Sangji worship this blood-stained piece of cloth at home? Did he do something wrong that makes him afraid of a ghost?"

Sangji's parents were terrified when they heard this and shook their heads repeatedly, "No, no, our Sangji wouldn't even dare to kill a chicken, how could he dare to harm a human? This fabric belonged to her best friend, Alima, who tragically passed away a few years ago. Sangji couldn't bear to part with her and burns incense every day to mourn her."

"Alima?" Xu Chuchu repeated.

"It's Luosang's sister, Alima." Sangji's parents' words confirmed Xu Xiao and the others' speculation.

All this is indeed closely related to Luosang and his sister!

Xiao Yu immediately searched the room. Sang Ji's parents tried to stop them, but were stopped by the enthusiastic villagers who also wanted to know the truth.

Xiao Yu opened the drawer of the dressing table and grabbed a handful of gold and silver jewelry from it.

Yes, all of them are gold and silver jewelry, and some are jade.

Although it is different from what the noble ladies in Beijing wear, it is definitely not something that the girls in this village can afford.

Luosang's sister and other girls in the village can only wear rough copper earrings. Where does Sangji get the money to buy these high-end goods?

The furnishings and decoration of this house are no different from those of other households in the village, and the presence of jewelry is obviously unreasonable.

"Wow, the Sangji family is so rich, how could you not tell?"

"But I've never seen Sangji wear these jewels before."

"It must have come from an unknown source, otherwise it would have been shown to us long ago..."

The onlookers had many different opinions and used their brains to imagine various reasons, which made Sangji's parents blush and turn pale.

"Please explain, both of you." Xiao Yu stood in the middle calmly.

He didn't say a single threatening word, but he had already put pressure on Sangji's parents to "not give an answer, not let this go".

"This, this is..." Sangji's parents stammered for a long time and couldn't say a word, but their eyes couldn't help but glance at the bed in the corner.

"I understand. Thank you both." Xiao Yu nodded and lifted Sang Ji's bed.

There was nothing under the bed, so he lifted the upper bed board and found a basket full of herbs hidden inside.

"Found it." Xiao Yu said, and Sang Ji's parents felt embarrassed.

The herbs seemed to have been here for quite a long time, and many of them had withered and dried up. Xiao Yu rummaged through them but didn't find anything hidden inside.

He put the herbs on the ground, turned around and checked Sangji's body, and found that there were many obvious scratches on her ten fingers on both hands, which were obviously caused by picking herbs frequently.

He checked the two pairs of shoes that Sangji had placed under the bed and found that the soles of these two pairs of shoes were rougher than those worn by ordinary people. They were specially prepared for mountain climbing.

There was also some reddish-brown soil in the cracks of the soles. Xiao Yu recognized this kind of soil, which was only found slightly higher in the sky.

"I remember Sister Aiguli said that the girls in the village would not go up the mountain." Xu Chuchu said.

Xiao Yu nodded: "Yes, Sang Ji must have gone there secretly, and she was not alone."

They were still figuring out when Sangji had climbed the mountain when several villagers outside started shouting loudly.

"Wow, there are nectar seeds, basil frost... and styrax!"

"There's also a root of Scrophularia! I didn't expect Miss Sangji to have gathered so many precious herbs. No wonder she can afford all those shiny jewelry."