Chapter 17 The Murderer
Jin Baobao did not expect Su Dingqin to attack suddenly, and he hurried to block, but he was still a step too late. He was shocked and took a few steps back, with blood oozing from the corner of his mouth.
Yu Shengsheng's pupils shrank suddenly, and she remembered that when Su Dingqin wanted to teach her boxing and kicking, he often used less strength and asked her to grit her teeth and endure it. During that period, her body was always covered with bruises.
Later, Mrs. Su couldn't stand it anymore and asked Su Dingqin to stop forcing her to practice, and she gave up.
At that time, she thought that her elder brother was a generous person, who was doing it for her own good and was eager to make her strong. But later, when she saw that her elder brother was practicing with Su Zhiyi, he was always cautious, for fear of hurting Su Zhiyi.
Later, Yu Shengsheng realized that Su Dingqin's boldness and recklessness as well as his gentleness and thoughtfulness were also treated differently.
Unfortunately, she was the one being treated “brutally”.
“Leopard!” Yu Shengsheng exclaimed, “Are you okay?”
Jin Baobao wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth without caring, staring at Su Dingqin like a little leopard: "I'm fine."
Su Dingqin's eyes flashed with murderous intent: "Are you okay? Then I will see how hard your bones are!"
After he said that, he stretched out his hand like a claw and grabbed Golden Leopard's throat fiercely.
Yu Shengsheng turned around and protected Jin Baobao, while Su Dingqin grabbed her shoulders. Blood instantly seeped through the bandages and clothes.
Yu Shengsheng groaned in pain, and the blood that seeped out dyed Su Dingqin's eyes red. Instead of stopping, he became even more furious.
"For a slave girl sent by the Lu family, you are so cruel!"
Jin Baobao came back to his senses from his astonishment: "Miss! If you dare to hurt me, I..."
Yu Shengsheng grabbed her arm tightly and shook her head slowly: "Baobao is my maid. If she does something wrong, I will take the responsibility. If the young general is still not satisfied, just beat me up."
Su Dingqin's eyes swept towards Golden Leopard, his murderous intent not concealed at all, and finally he pressed his finger heavily, turned and left.
As soon as he left the courtyard, he immediately ordered his confidant with a fierce look: "Keep an eye on that maid. Once she leaves the house to see Lu San, tie her up and take her to the martial arts training ground. I will tear her bones apart myself!"
Yu Shengsheng waited until both of them left before he breathed a sigh of relief and his body swayed.
Jin Baobao quickly helped her back to bed and fell asleep again.
I don’t know how long it was before I was awakened by the noise in the yard.
The candlelight in the room was dim. Neither Jin Baobao nor Mrs. Zhou were at home. The lights in the yard were reflected on the window paper.
Yu Shengsheng had just struggled to sit up when Su Yanshu walked in with a sullen face and stared at her coldly with eyes as deep as the abyss.
His tone was calm, but every word was cold: "I just thought you were angry and resentful, so it was okay for you to be a little bit petty, but I didn't expect you to be so cruel."
Yu Shengsheng was confused: "What's wrong with me?"
"Shengsheng, some things are better if you say them in front of me. If you say them in public, I'm afraid it won't end well."
"No need, please let me know, Second Young Master."
Su Yanshu raised his eyebrows: "Okay, let's talk in the courtyard!"
Su Yanshu brought a few soldiers from the palace, who stood not far away holding torches. Jin Baobao and Zhou Pozi were being escorted.
Su Zhiyi cried until her eyes were red, her eyes were stubborn, and she looked at Yu Shengsheng with her chin raised: "Sister, no matter how dissatisfied you are with me, you shouldn't have killed Xueqiu."
Madam Su held her shoulders, shook her head and said in pain: "Shengsheng, the snowball was just given to Yier by the young master of the Shen family. No matter how unhappy you are, how can you..."
Yu Shengsheng listened to them talking, then looked at Ru Jian behind Su Zhiyi, who was holding a dog in his hands.
She took a step back, suppressed her fear and looked carefully, only to find that the dog was covered in blood and was dead.
She remembered that Shen Zhiyuan did bring a white dog with him when he came to the house this time.
"It's not me." Yu Shengsheng said in a trembling voice.
Ru Jian took a step forward, his eyes seemed to contain a thin blade, revealing a cold light.
"It's you! There are six bloody holes on Snowball's body, all in vital places. This is the murder weapon."
As she spoke, she opened her right hand, revealing a silver hairpin in her palm.
The hairpin was stained with blood. It was the one that Grandma Wu gave to Yu Shengsheng.
Su Yanshu stared at Yu Shengsheng with a cold gaze: "The evidence is irrefutable, why don't you admit it?!"
Yu Shengsheng's heart was beating fast and furious, as if there was a knife hanging at her throat, and the rope around her heart was swinging at the tip of the knife, ready to be cut at any time.
This scene is so similar to what happened in the paddock a year ago.
It was also Ru Jian, holding her arrow, and loudly said that it was she who startled Su Zhiyi's horse;
It was also Su Yanshu who pushed her, saying that the evidence was irrefutable, and asked her whether she admitted it or not;
It was also Mrs. Su, with red and swollen eyes and a sad expression, but she never believed her.
Now, Su Zhiyi's dog is dead and she is being treated the same way again.
Yu Shengsheng pursed her cracked lips: "It's not me."
Ru Jian's face was fierce, and he wished that fangs could grow out of his mouth: "Snowball's body is here, and the evidence is here, how dare you say it's not you?"
Jin Baobao struggled hard, his eyes wide open: "Who do you think you are? How dare you question my young lady!"
Ru Jian slapped her in the face, and his long nails left a bloody mark on her face.
Jin Baobao was furious: "You dare to hit me?"
Ru Jian leaned close to her and whispered, "I've wanted to beat you up for a long time!"
Mrs. Zhou said in a trembling voice: "Madam, the young lady is innocent, she has never left the yard..."
Before he finished speaking, Ru Jian kicked Zhou Po's injured leg quickly and fiercely.
Mrs. Zhou was already bent over by the pressure, and now she fell down with a thump.
Yu Shengsheng's dark eyes reflected the torch: "Rujian, how dare you! They are all slaves, why do you hit them?"
Su Yanshu sneered, his voice as light as snow falling into the abyss: "Ru Jian is the personal bodyguard of Princess Rongyang. How can they be compared with her, one of them is disabled and the other is a wild girl?"
“You deserve it!”
Yu Shengsheng bit her lips tightly, her mouth full of the smell of blood: "Princess Rongyang is noble, and her guards are also extraordinary. So, you knew that I was wronged, but you determined that I was the murderer based on her identification."
"Tonight, just based on her identification, I was determined to be the murderer of the dog."
Yu Shengsheng looked directly at Su Yanshu: "If I say I'm afraid of dogs, I can't even get close to a dog, let alone kill it."
Su Yanshu laughed briefly, his expression full of sarcasm: "How can you come up with such a poor excuse?"
"You probably forgot that I gave you a dog when I first came back."
How could I forget? It was a little yellow dog with bright black eyes and erect ears, looking very proud.
She fell in love with the puppy as soon as they met and held it in her arms. She thought that the second brother who was chasing after her was going to bully the puppy, so she mustered up the courage to speak for the puppy.
The puppy had been with her for two years. When she was in the villa, she would sometimes think about it and wonder if anyone was taking care of the puppy.
Until she was put in a dog cage.
Yu Shengsheng trembled slightly and rolled up his trouser legs a little. There were several round scars on his calves, which were so thin that they were almost skin and bones. The skin and flesh were rolled up unevenly, looking ugly and hideous.
Mrs. Su widened her eyes, and Su Yanshu frowned slightly.
"I was bitten by a dog," Yu Shengsheng said calmly as he lowered his trouser legs. "I've been bitten in other places. After I was bitten, I became afraid of dogs."
Mrs. Su burst into tears and hugged her, her tears wet her shoulders.
Yu Shengsheng felt a pang of pain in her heart, tears welled up in her eyes, and her fingers trembled slightly. She wanted to hug Madam Su to keep a trace of rare warmth.
But when his eyes fell on the dead dog and he thought of the time when it was locked in the dog cage, he couldn't help but shudder.
Su Yanshu's eyes darkened slightly, as if he was thinking about something.
"I can prove it," a shrill voice said, "It was Miss Sheng who killed the princess's dog."
Ruzhu was holding a cloak in her hand, which was the one Yu Shengsheng wore to meet Grandma Wu that night.
"I saw the young lady quietly go out, and I was worried that she was in danger, so I wanted to stop her. But the young lady didn't like me, so I didn't dare to ask any more questions, and I just followed her quietly."
"See……"
Su Yanshu shouted, "What did you see? Tell me!"
"I saw the young lady first poison the princess's dog with herbs, and then used a hairpin to poke holes in the dog's body..."
Su Yanshu grabbed the cloak and said, "Sure enough, there is blood. How do you explain it?"
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