Chapter 60 Fragrant Handkerchief
A lot of clues were collected, but they were all very trivial. It seemed that there was always a lack of a thread to connect them, and the cause and effect relationship could not be found.
Xiao Yu began to analyze and fell into deep thought.
There are two biggest possibilities now.
One is that Mrs. Lu already knew that the deceased had buried a will early on, and she murdered the deceased in order to seize the inheritance, and then pretended to be ignorant through the hands of Sanshan Zhenren, so as to clear herself of suspicion.
Secondly, the old lady was not happy that the deceased did not share his money and shops with the eldest brother, so she had murderous intentions and took advantage of the situation to seize all the property.
Both sides had reasonable motives for committing the crime, and both sides had a bad relationship with the deceased.
On the surface, it seems that the old lady is more likely to obstruct the autopsy, but judging from the results of the autopsy, there is not much point in obstructing it, and Mrs. Lu, who doesn't care about digging up the body, cannot escape the blame.
He stared at the coffin in a trance, trying to piece together the information, when he suddenly saw Xu Chuchu bury half of his body in the coffin and then take a deep breath.
"What are you doing!" Xiao Yu quickly stood up and pulled Xu Chuchu out.
Xu Chuchu lost her balance and fell into Xiao Yu's arms: "Oh, it's nothing. Let me smell it."
"You're smelling the smell of a corpse too?" Xiao Yu took out a handkerchief and rubbed it hard against Xu Chuchu's nose. "Aren't you afraid of smelling something wrong?"
The corpse had been decomposing for so many days, and the stench was already strong. Xiao Yu could tolerate it, and knowing that Xu Chuchu had also been through it, he didn't pay much attention to it.
But when you bury your head in it and smell it, it’s dirty, smelly and disgusting... It takes a lot of concentration.
"Hey, be gentle, we're killing pigs." Xu Chuchu's nose was rubbed red, and he took the handkerchief and sniffed it again. "But your handkerchief smells good, I feel alive again."
Xiao Yu's expression paused: "You are too talkative."
After saying this, he lowered his hand and showed no intention of taking the handkerchief back.
This handkerchief is brand new, made of the finest Shu brocade. I thought Xu Chuchu would like it and maybe keep it for herself to wipe her hands and face with.
The handkerchief had been in his arms and could touch her skin, so wouldn't that be...
Well, I can’t think about it anymore. I still have important things to do.
Xu Chuchu also stuffed the handkerchief into her pocket, thinking that Xiao Yu disliked it because it was dirty and didn't want it anymore, and planned to find a place to throw it away later.
"Having said that, there's something a little off about this corpse," she said sternly. "Besides the stench of corpses, it also seems to have the scent of a 'doll.' It's a little suspicious that I can still smell it after all these days."
The stench of the doll was completely different from the stench of a corpse. She smelled it as soon as she came in, but she was not sure. She had to lower her head to smell it before she could make a conclusion.
"What does it smell like? Doll?" Xiao Yu asked.
"Wawa is a term used in our circle," Xu Chuchu said. "It's just a euphemism. It actually refers to the 'little ghost' raised by the fortune teller. The little ghost is..."
Halfway through her words, she suddenly felt a chill on her back. She turned around abruptly and saw a pitch-black, half-human-length four-legged animal lying outside the living room window.
The outline was imprinted on the thin window paper by the moonlight, which was extremely creepy.
"What is that!" Xiao Yu reacted faster and rushed out directly.
The animal seemed to be frightened. Without waiting for Xiao Yu to approach, it nimbly jumped onto the eaves and then disappeared.
Xiao Yu looked around but didn't see any signs of other people or animals. He came back and said, "Is it a big cat? There are a lot of green plants and empty rooms in this mansion. It's possible that a wild cat has sneaked in to live here."
However, Xu Chuchu slowly shook her head: "No."
She pointed to a black five-finger handprint on the window paper that was only half the size of an adult's palm and whispered.
"It's a doll. There really is a doll here."
In order to conceal her identity today, she did not bring the peach wood sword with her, so she only noticed it when the doll got so close.
No one knew how many conversations it had overheard between her and Xiao Yu.
"What exactly is a doll?" Xiao Yu asked, looking fearless.
Xu Chuchu sighed, "The dolls are the corpses of children raised by some shady fortune tellers to take shortcuts. They can manipulate the dolls to do many shady things, such as harming people and stealing. These children are usually abandoned babies or abandoned children. The greater the resentment of the child, the stronger their power."
Xiao Yu quickly realized: "You mean, the deceased might have been killed by the doll? That doll..."
Before he could finish his words, he heard the sound of hurried footsteps at the other end of the corridor.
"Young Master, Young Master!" Ah Fu ran out of breath. "It's terrible! The old lady of the Lu family is dead!"
Xiao Yu and Xu Chuchu looked at each other in shock when they heard this.
…
As if they were rushing to a place, after checking one body, they would rush to the next one.
It just so happened that the coroner who had performed the autopsy that afternoon was still there, so he was called along and taken to the old lady's residence in the north of the Lu Mansion.
This time, the strong smell of blood could be smelled from a distance.
The bedroom was a tragic scene. The old lady's body was lying on the ground with a deep wound on her neck, which must have cut the aorta. Blood splattered three feet away, splashing all over the walls and the ground.
Her face was hideous, her eyes were wide open, her mouth was open, and her last expression before death was one of extreme pain.
The kitchen knife that served as the murder weapon was thrown at her feet.
The death was so tragic that it was horrifying.
"Call everyone in the mansion, regardless of gender, age or status," Xiao Yu ordered sternly. "Immediately seal off all exits of the mansion. Not even a fly is allowed to escape!"
He ordered the coroner to perform an autopsy, then looked at some of the servants who had gathered nearby.
"Who discovered the body?"
A young maid stood out tremblingly, then her legs went limp and she sat down on the ground.
"Your Excellency, yes, I discovered it."
"Tell me in detail," Xiao Yu said. "The time of discovery, the scene, who you saw nearby, what sounds you heard, don't leave out anything."
"Yes, yes." The maid was intimidated by Xiao Yu's aura. "The body, I found it about a quarter of an hour ago. I had just finished cleaning the kitchen and was about to go back to rest. I passed by the old lady's bedroom and suddenly heard a scream. I rushed over and saw that the door of the old lady's bedroom was open and swaying. There was a person collapsed inside. It was the old lady..."
"The door was shaking?" Xiao Yu quickly grasped the key point. "So the murderer hasn't gone far. Did you find anything else suspicious?"
He paused and said, "Don't be afraid, but you can tell me. I will keep you safe."
The maid seemed to finally breathe a sigh of relief after hearing this: "Thank you, sir! I did see a figure flash past the bushes nearby. Look, it looks... like a woman."
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