Chapter 62 Xu Chuchu's Speculation
"Okay, it's over." Xiao Yu smiled at everyone, "Let's go back and rest."
After receiving this permission, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Fearing that they would also be caught and punished by the judge, they fled the scene as fast as the wind.
Seeing that most of the people had dispersed, Xu Chuchu quickly approached and whispered to Xiao Yu, "You don't really think that she killed him, do you?"
"How could it be?" Xiao Yu remained calm and lowered his voice. "Mrs. Lu is not stupid. She wouldn't be so foolish as to assassinate her rival right in front of me. She even insisted on doing it herself and left the bloody clothes somewhere where they could be easily found."
"So you've noticed it." Xu Chuchu smiled, "I was going to remind you."
Xiao Yu felt relieved and waved his fan. "I am an expert in solving cases. The murderer is too naive to try to deceive me with this trick."
"Today I have temporarily detained Madam Lu in order to let the real culprit behind the scenes relax his vigilance and lure him into revealing his true identity," he added.
Xu Chuchu pondered for a moment and said to Xiao Yu: "I have an idea, but I need to verify it. Can you help me?"
"Oh?" Xiao Yu looked at her curiously, "Tell me about it?"
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"Please believe me... I really didn't kill anyone. I wouldn't dare to do that!"
Mrs. Lu had her hands tied and was escorted back to the mansion in the south. She cried and begged non-stop.
The escorting officers and soldiers naturally had no mercy on her, but they did not take her to the darkroom, cellar or any other place where people were detained. Instead, they sent her directly back to her own bedroom.
That was where she lived with the deceased wealthy businessman before she was kicked out of the house.
"What do you mean...untie my rope!"
Before Mrs. Lu could react to what was happening, the officers and soldiers escorting her left, and then two more people came in. They were Xiao Yu and the young girl who had always been inseparable from him.
Shao Zhi had previously told Madam Lu that this girl was just Xiao Yu's maid. But Madam Lu was an experienced person and could tell at a glance that the relationship between the two was more than just master and servant.
"What do you want?" She looked at the two people who had been looking around the room and suddenly calmed down. "Wait...you know I'm not the murderer."
"Isn't that right?" she cried. "You know I'm not the murderer, so what's your intention in arresting me... Are they offering you money to make me take the blame?"
Xiao Yu didn't even look at her. He casually flipped through the books on the table in the room and said softly.
"Quiet."
Although the order was not as majestic and fierce as before, it made Mrs. Lu soften unconsciously.
She sat down against the wall in despair, waiting for Xiao Yu to announce her fate.
However, not long after, the person who stood in front of her was Xu Chuchu, the girl who had always been by Xiao Yu's side but had never said much.
Xu Chuchu took down an exquisitely crafted rattle from the wooden rack and held it in front of Mrs. Lu.
"Just as I expected." She gently shook the rattle, making a series of cheerful thudding sounds. "I never knew Madam likes to play with this kind of child's toy."
Mrs. Lu subconsciously curled up into a ball: "...I just thought it was interesting. I never played with it as a kid, so I bought it and put it away."
"Really? It seems one toy isn't enough." Xu Chuchu frowned.
She looked around again, and suddenly walked to the bed and pulled out a half-sewn children's clothes from under the quilt.
"Then how do you explain this, Madam Lu?"
Mrs. Lu looked even more nervous: "This is...prepared for the old family's children."
"You have such a bad relationship with the old family, but you are still willing to sew clothes for their children by yourself? The workmanship is so exquisite, no embroiderer in the embroidery workshop can compare to you." Xu Chuchu squatted in front of her and looked at her straight.
"Or is it for your child? You and your husband have been married for so long, and you don't have a child?"
"I didn't..." Mrs. Lu retorted subconsciously.
"Hey, wait." Xu Chuchu raised her hand to interrupt her, "Why don't you just listen to me first."
"Let me try to guess." She held her chin in her hand, pretending to be thoughtful.
"Your family was poor, but because of your youth and beauty, you were noticed by a wealthy businessman, married into a wealthy family, and lived a comfortable life for quite some time."
"But then you became pregnant, and instead of giving birth to a son as the Lu family wished, you gave birth to a baby girl. That's when the conflict began."
"Your mother-in-law bullied you, your husband was dissatisfied with you and disliked your children, and you argued all the time. Finally, you had enough and decided to take revenge on this family."
"You gave your daughter to Sanshan Zhenren, who turned her into an evil spirit 'doll' and then had the doll kill your husband."
"You thought you could live the life of a single, wealthy wife, but you didn't expect to be kicked out by your mother-in-law. So you forged a will that left all the family wealth to you. You asked 'Wawa' to bury the will under a peach tree. Then, together with Sanshan Zhenren, you dug up the fake will under the pretext of summoning spirits, hoping to seize the family wealth."
"You even met Shao Zhi, thinking she could get the government officials to back you up and force them to submit. Unexpectedly, Lord Xiao was fair and perceptive, and the case got deeper and deeper. You couldn't hold it back any more, so you took advantage of the night to kill the old lady."
"Well, am I right?" Xu Chuchu stared intently at the silent and bowed Madam Lu in front of her. "To avenge the Lu family, you didn't hesitate to kill your own child, then one life after another. Your hands are already stained with blood, and there's no turning back..."
Before she finished speaking, Madam Lu suddenly raised her head, and there was fatigue and deathly calmness in her eyes.
"No, you're wrong."
“And it’s dead wrong.”
"I... do have a daughter. My daughter... I love her very much." Speaking of her daughter, Mrs. Lu's lips unconsciously curled up into a smile. "Even if I hate this family, I will not sacrifice my daughter for revenge as you said."
"And I have never hurt my husband." Speaking of Lu Fushang, her expression turned from loving to ferocious, and her voice gradually became angry. "Even though he is stupid, useless, and foolishly filial, even though it is his cowardice that caused everything today, I have never thought of hurting him!"
"You have no idea what's going on! Stop making malicious speculations!"
Faced with Mrs. Lu's denial, Xu Chuchu was not at all surprised or impatient.
Instead, she helped Mrs. Lu up from the ground and sat her down, then untied the ropes that bound her hands.
Eighty percent of the speculation just now was fabricated or deliberately adapted by her.
She just wanted to see how many of these words she guessed correctly and how many she guessed wrong.
"Then you can tell me the truth now." Xu Chuchu sat across from her, "Come on, tell me all the grievances and injustices you've suffered over the years."
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