Chapter 225 Xu Chuchu investigates the case alone
"You're talking too much when you're helping me!" Xu Chuchu just wanted to punch him in the face.
Yes, she admitted that she was not as good as Xiao Yu at investigating cases, but as the saying goes, "Every profession has its own specialties", she was not specialized in this field.
Also, what do you mean by her man? Her man is Xiao Yu? Her man has infinite possibilities in the future!
Chen Zhaozhi wanted to say something rude, but he held himself back and went to move a bench for his master to sit on, openly trying to please his benefactor.
Daju was jealous and jumped into his master's arms, curling up into a ball.
Xu Chuchu was speechless and continued to look for clues.
She saw that the deceased was wearing white mourning clothes, so she asked the village head and his wife, "Isn't this the clothes He Ya was wearing when she was attacked? Do you still have the clothes she changed into?"
"Yes, yes, bring it here right away." The village head's wife went back to the house and brought back a bag of old clothes. "They are all here. We were planning to burn them together."
Xu Chuchu spread out the old clothes and checked them front and back. Sure enough, she found a few soft, short hairs on the hem and cuffs. After everyone had identified them, they were definitely fox hairs.
"Isn't this fur gray?" Chen Zhaozhi emphasized after looking at it, "I am a noble and pure white fox. I can't grow such low-grade gray fur. This proves my innocence, right?"
However, no one paid any attention to him. It was obviously impossible to completely clear his suspicion with this little evidence. The fact that he was the only fox demon in the village recently was fatal enough.
"He Ya's mother, you said before that He Ya had a fox named 'Xiaohua'? What did it look like? Do you still remember it?" Xu Chuchu continued to ask the village chief's wife.
The village head's wife thought about it and said, "...Yes, Xiaohua is the gray one! I remember there were some brown stripes on its tail, so it wasn't pure gray. That's why Yaya named it Xiaohua."
Xu Chuchu nodded: "Let's go to the crime scene."
He Ya was bitten to death in her own yard. Because several days had passed and the villagers had no awareness of preserving the scene, all traces had been cleaned up, not to mention footprints and hair, even bloodstains could not be found.
I only heard the village chief describe the scene at that time. It was still daytime and they were resting in the room. They heard He Ya scream. When they came out, they saw their daughter lying in the blood. The murderer had disappeared.
The villagers are simple and honest, and they all know each other. They usually don't lock their doors, so there are no signs of prying doors or climbing over fences.
Xu Chuchu had no choice but to check He Ya's boudoir again. Because the family members were reminded of their loved ones by the things in it, they had hardly touched it.
She quickly found a small hand-woven bamboo basket under He Ya's bed. The inside of the basket was covered with blue and white cloth, and the bottom was padded with some soft bamboo silk. She guessed that it was a small nest that He Ya made for Xiaohua.
I took it and looked carefully under the sunlight, and sure enough, I found a few more of the same fox hairs.
Combined with the fox fur on He Ya's skirt and cuffs, Xu Chuchu speculated that the man and the fox were once very close.
Xiaohua might often lie beside He Ya's legs, and He Ya would often bend down to stroke Xiaohua's fur, even on the day of the incident.
"Senior Sister, look what I found!" Gigi took out some miscellaneous items from behind the cabinet.
Half a roll of gauze, scissors, and an opened can of hemostatic ointment.
These things are hidden very carefully, apparently because they don't want their parents to find them.
A simple little story strung together in Xu Chuchu's mind.
He Ya picked up a wounded fox, treated its wounds, and raised it at home. However, after the fox recovered, it turned beastly and turned against He Ya, biting her to death...
On the surface, this is what happened, but upon closer inspection, there are still big loopholes.
The first issue is motivation. Foxes are not animals that like to cause trouble. Unless for self-protection or other purposes, they rarely attack humans, let alone the benefactors who are healing their wounds.
He Ya was simply bitten to death, and there were no signs of her internal organs or flesh being eaten.
Xu Chuchu also secretly went back to check the corpse and confirmed that He Ya was still a virgin, and also ruled out the possibility that the fox demon had intercourse with yin and yang to absorb the essence.
Unable to find the motive, the clues were cut off for the time being.
"He Ya's mother, when did He Ya secretly raise the little fox? How long did she raise it? Was she still raising it a few days before the incident?" She asked the village chief's wife again.
"I started raising it about half a year ago, but not forever." The village chief's wife recalled for a moment, "I've seen her talk a few times before, saying that the little fox is fine, but it would be troublesome if it attracted the big fox demon from the mountain. She listened to me and seems to have let it go after the fox heals its wounds. It's been two months now..."
Xu Chuchu nodded and went back to He Ya's boudoir to search again.
At the bottom of her jewelry box, Xu Chuchu found a woven bracelet with bells.
The bell is made of silver and has turned a little black, while the bracelet is woven from herbs and it is impossible to tell what material it is made of. Even after it withers, it is still very strong and shows no signs of decay.
It is not surprising that girls in the village wear this kind of jewelry. They cannot afford gold, silver, jade and other precious stones, so most of them use grass and garlands to decorate themselves. The daughter of the village chief is no exception.
But Xu Chuchu still felt a little suspicious. First, the material of the bracelet was very rare, and it did not look like the grass and trees that could be seen everywhere on the roadside. Second, the bell was too small, and it looked particularly thin hanging on such a thick bracelet.
She held the bell to a bright place and examined it carefully, and found that one side of it was severely oxidized and blackened, while the other side was still relatively bright.
It's like, there used to be other things hanging next to this.
"I'm asking you, can you do it?" A sarcastic voice sounded behind him, and Xu Chuchu subconsciously put the bracelet into her sleeve.
Looking back, it was Shen Zhaozhi again.
"Why are you so anxious? If you keep pushing me, I'll convict you and burn you to death." Xu Chuchu said coldly.
"Why don't you see your man? Wouldn't it be faster to ask him to investigate the case? How long do I have to wait if you keep dithering?" Chen Zhaozhi mentioned Xiao Yu again.
He mentioned Xiao Yu again and again, which aroused Xu Chuchu's vigilance.
According to what Xia Wanqing said before, it was Xiao Yu who fanned the flames and joined forces with court officials to convict Chen Zhaozhi. He is now a fugitive, so how could he still want to see Xiao Yu?
Xu Chuchu realized that this person might not really want Xiao Yu to investigate the case. On the contrary, he did not want to see him, so he asked her indirectly where Xiao Yu was.
Sure enough, when she looked directly at him, the guy quickly avoided her gaze.
"He went back to Beijing for some business and will be back after he's done with it." Xu Chuchu lied.
She didn't mean to scare Chen Zhaozhi on purpose, she simply didn't want him to feel comfortable, so she took the opportunity to warn him to prevent him from having any evil thoughts.
"Then he'd better hurry up. I don't want to be wrongly accused for too long." Chen Zhaozhi said stubbornly.
"Don't worry, it will be done soon." Xu Chuchu said, and saw a hint of resentment in Shen Zhaozhi's eyes with satisfaction.
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