Chapter 304 Evidence Doesn’t Lie
Up to now, they have found more and more clues, but the case has become more and more confusing.
What is the relationship between the three brothers and Mr. Ma Jiang? Why were they killed by the same murderer?
Has Mr. Ma Jiang ever been to Tianchi? What happened there?
Who was the owner of this earring? What was her conflict with Mr. Ma Jiang that made him so frightened that he worshipped her, more than once?
Everything is a mystery.
The only thing that is certain is that the driving force behind this must be a living "person", not a ghost or god.
"Let's start with this earring." Xiao Yu made a decision immediately. "The story is fictional, but the object is real. Only evidence won't lie."
Xu Chuchu took the earrings and examined them carefully.
In fact, she didn't quite understand the earrings of the Xia Dynasty. There were both earrings and ear studs here, some with very long chains, and some inlaid with heavy gems, which were much more exaggerated than modern ones.
The one in front of me is a simple earring style, made of copper, with protruding petal shapes around it as decoration, but it has been polished to a shine and has some verdigris on the edges.
In this case, either the woman has been wearing it for a long time, or Mr. Ma Jiang often holds it in his hands and rubs it.
Xiao Yu is more inclined to the former, because most murderers feel guilty and dare not touch the deceased's belongings frequently.
"Let me try to tell your fortune."
Xu Chuchu sat down to tell fortunes for the earrings, and indeed she detected an evil intention, which was lingering in the room, indicating that Mr. Ma Jiang had indeed hurt the girl.
But without any ghosts wandering around, the girl's identity could not be found.
Her soul has left the world, leaving behind her past.
It's still been too long.
The two men walked around the village and asked the villagers whether Mr. Ma Jiang had any dealings with any woman, but the villagers all said no.
Mr. Ma Jiang has been a bachelor all his life. He has no shortage of money and occasionally goes to the nearest town to have fun in a brothel, but no woman has ever come to the village to look for him.
After making inquiries without any results, they went to the home of Aiguli's elder sister-in-law who sold sundry items and jewelry in the village.
Ayiguli is a chubby middle-aged woman. She was very enthusiastic when she saw them and recognized the earring at a glance.
"Oh, you bought these from me," she said enthusiastically. "Look how practical my earrings are. They're still not deformed even after being polished."
"...Indeed." Xu Chuchu agreed. "Excuse me, do you remember which girl bought these earrings?"
"Hey! You've asked the right person this question!" Sister-in-law Aiguli waved her hand generously and grabbed a handful of identical earrings from the cloth bag beside her.
"Look! I sell dozens of them every year, and all the girls in the village are wearing them!" she said proudly. "This is our village's signature. Girl, would you like one too?"
Xu Chuchu shook her head slowly, feeling that she had experienced great ups and downs in life.
Seeing that this sister-in-law liked to chat, Xiao Yu thought she must be familiar with the affairs of the village, so he asked again: "This sister-in-law..."
"Don't be so formal, just call me Ayiguli, young man!" Sister-in-law Ayiguli threw a big coquettish glance at Xiao Yu.
The corners of Xiao Yu's mouth twitched unnaturally.
He first glanced at Xu Chuchu, and seeing that she wasn't angry and was still laughing, he lowered his voice and said, "Ayiguli... Sister-in-law, do you know if anyone else has been to the Tianchi Lake on the top of Tianshan Mountain besides Mr. Ma Jiang?"
Ayiguli pouted playfully. "Well, no one in the village would have that. We hunt and gather herbs halfway up the mountain, so there's no need to risk going up to the snow-capped mountains. I don't know if Mr. Ma Jiang has ever taken outsiders up there."
"Have you ever brought a woman with you?" Xu Chuchu asked.
"No!" Ayiguli said without hesitation, "Girls from our village don't go up the mountain."
"Are there any rules?"
Ayiguli said, "There aren't any rules. It's just that the mountain paths are slippery and there are many wild animals. Girls can't run fast and can't hold weapons, so it's easy to get hurt. Oh, you don't know, a few years ago, a girl was eaten by a wild animal, and she didn't even spit out the bones!"
Xiao Yu immediately became alert: "Which girl is this?"
Aiguli narrowed her eyes mysteriously and wanted to lean towards Xiao Yu to whisper to him, but Xiao Yu dodged her swiftly.
She sat back down disappointed. "It was Luosang's sister. She went up the mountain alone, saying she wanted to pick herbs to supplement the family income and relieve her brother from his hardship. But she ended up dead. Luosang cried for days, her eyes swollen."
"There's not even a trace of her body left? How do we know if she was eaten by a wild beast or left on her own?" Xu Chuchu asked.
"That night, everyone in the village went up the mountain with torches to look for her," Ayiguli said. "They didn't see anyone, but they found a piece of cloth and some blood. If she hadn't been eaten, what else could it be? The Losang girl is very introverted and shy. She's never left the village before, so there's no way she could have walked on her own."
Of course there are other possibilities, but after a few years, it is difficult to find out the truth.
"Are there only Luosang and his sister in their family?" Xu Chuchu asked again.
"That's right. They were a well-off family and sent their son to study in town. But both parents died of illness, leaving the brother to raise his sister. It's really pitiful." When she said this, Aiguli showed a rare look of pity.
Xiao Yu recalled Luosang's hatred for the three Daba brothers and asked, "Have the three Daba brothers ever offended Luosang's sister?"
"Of course, Miss Luosang is so pretty," Ayiguli said as if it was a matter of course. "Which girl in this village hasn't had a whistle blown at or had dirty talk said to her by the three Daba brothers?"
She suddenly lowered her head shyly: "You didn't even let me go."
Xu Chuchu and Xiao Yu: "..."
"Thank you sister-in-law for telling me. Goodbye." Xiao Yu pulled Xu Chuchu up and turned to leave.
Ayiguli stood up anxiously: "Hey, hey, we're done talking now? What else do you want to ask? I know everything!"
She wanted to keep them for a while longer, but in the blink of an eye, the two people who were just in front of her disappeared!
"Ouch—why are you walking so fast?" After the two walked away, Xu Chuchu said slyly, "Are you embarrassed by being teased by your sister-in-law?"
Xiao Yu stopped and said, "Why aren't you leaving? She almost fell into my arms."
"It's a good opportunity for you to use your beauty to get all the clues out of him." Xu Chuchu said.
Xiao Yu deliberately frowned: "So you are quite generous?"
"Hehe, I know you will remain a virgin for me, so I'm not worried." Xu Chuchu was still smiling.
Xiao Yu looked at the sweet and naughty Xu Chuchu in front of him, and suddenly felt a strong sense of happiness.
The pain of not being able to get it but being unable to let it go seems like it was just yesterday, but now it feels like I own the whole world.
"Hello." Xu Chuchu waved her hand in front of him.
"Hmm?" Xiao Yu came back to his senses.
"What are you daydreaming about? Are you trying to solve a case?" Xu Chuchu asked. "Do you suspect the three Daba brothers killed Luosang's sister, and that Luosang is seeking revenge in the dark?"
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