Chapter 76 I have to tell you straight
The man's eyes were filled with tears of excitement. He didn't care that he was being held hostage by Xiao Yu. He spit out the cotton cloth stuffed in his mouth with difficulty and cried out, "Thank you two heroes for saving my life! If you hadn't come, I would have been skinned alive by that old Taoist priest to make medicine!"
Xiao Yu and Xu Chuchu looked at each other, still doubtful in their hearts, but they didn't expect that the man's next words would shock them.
"I'm a servant from the Lu Mansion, and I'm close to Master Lu!" he said. "I was brought here by the old Taoist priest!"
"A servant from the Lu Mansion? Why did he arrest you?" Xu Chuchu asked with a frown.
Although the man was now covered in dirt and looked disheveled, his clothes did indeed look like those of a servant from a wealthy family.
"It's all my fault for talking nonsense after drinking. I killed the second master and hurt the mistress and the young lady!" The man said this with a look of regret on his face.
He told Xiao and Xu that he was the personal servant of the deceased wealthy businessman Lu, and that he had buried a will for the businessman under the third peach tree in the garden of his mansion.
At that time, he was curious about the contents of the will, so he secretly opened it and read it. He was shocked to find that the rich businessman wanted to leave all his wealth to his wife.
Once, when he was on duty, he went out to drink and have fun with his friends. After getting drunk, he accidentally told this story to his friends as a joke. Sanshan Zhenren at the next table heard it and tied him up as soon as he left the restaurant.
"As soon as I returned, Sanshan Zhenren tortured me and forced me to tell him where the will was buried... I couldn't stand the torture and had to tell the truth."
"Later, he deliberately approached the Second Master's wife, saying he wanted to help her revive her daughter, Nannan. He made Miss Nannan into a doll that could walk and run, and thus gained the wife's trust."
"After the Second Master passed away, he lied to his wife, saying he had summoned the Second Master's spirit and knew where the will was. He then encouraged his wife to fight for the family fortune... His wife was kind-hearted and said she would donate all the wealth to the Taoist temple..."
"He suddenly returned last night, seriously injured. He originally wanted to refine medicine for the villain to heal his injuries, but fortunately, the two heroes arrived and set an ambush, so he didn't have time to refine the villain!"
The boy said a little here and a little there, all jumbled up and down, but Xiao Yu and Xu Chuchu understood what he said.
The thing that puzzled them most about this case before was how Sanshan Zhenren knew where the rich businessman hid his will when it was obviously impossible for him to perform rituals to summon spirits. Now they finally understood.
He didn't rely on his Taoist skills at all, but he happened to hear the servant's words, and he had evil intentions and staged such a big show.
Later, when he approached Mrs. Lu, made her daughter into a doll, and went to her house with Mrs. Lu to ask for the family wealth, everything made sense.
After all, what he was after was the Lu family's impressive wealth.
Xu Chuchu thought for a moment and asked the servant, "What about your Second Master? Was he sent by Sanshan Zhenren to kill him?"
Previously, she and Xiao Yu detected the scent of the doll on the body of the wealthy businessman Lu, and deduced that the businessman must have had contact with Nannan before his death, but they could not produce any definite evidence as to whether it was Nannan who was sent by Sanshan Zhenren to kill him.
Now that someone who knows the inside story has come, it’s a good opportunity to ask.
Unexpectedly, the young servant denied it outright: "This is not it."
"Oh? It seems that you know very well what Master Sanshan did and did not do." Xiao Yu has a lot of experience in judging cases, so he is more vigilant.
He had always felt that the timing of this witness's appearance was too coincidental, but he couldn't tell what was wrong.
Hearing Xiao Yu's suspicion, the servant quickly explained, "I've been locked up here these days, and Sanshan Zhenren never avoids me no matter what he does."
"The reason why I know that the Second Master was not killed by this old Taoist priest is because he did send Miss Nannan to kill the Second Master before, but failed!"
"After Miss Nannan was resurrected, she was like a wooden man, obeying every order. The only exception was that time when she seemed to still have some father-daughter feelings for the Second Master. She suddenly softened her stance and returned without killing him."
"That day, Master Sanshan was furious, saying things like 'No child would disobey their master,' and he tortured Miss Nannan terribly. These little people saw it all."
Xu Chuchu felt something was wrong and asked, "Then how do you know that Sanshan Zhenren didn't kill him a second time? Why do you insist that he didn't kill the person?"
"Because the next day, news came from the mansion that the Second Master had passed away!" The servant explained with a bitter face, "At that time, Sanshan Zhenren was very happy. He said he didn't expect someone to do it for him, saving him a lot of trouble."
Xiao Yu still didn't quite believe it, and began to be sarcastic as usual: "Well, he treats you well. He has been feeding you well for so many days and letting you know everything."
The servant knew that these events were too coincidental for the hero and heroine to believe. He stamped his foot and said, "Two heroes! I have really been imprisoned here the entire time! Before he went to dig out the will, Sanshan Zhenren was worried that I might lie and fail, so he kept me alive."
"I swear! I don't have enough to eat or drink. Every day I only have a steamed bun and a glass of water! And I can only go to the toilet once a day!" He said this with a wronged look. Suddenly, he turned around and stuck his butt out to Xiao and Xu. "Look, my two heroes, I couldn't hold it in and peed in my pants several times!"
Xu Chuchu was slow to react, and before she could retract her glance, she suddenly felt the urge to poke her own eyes out. She quickly waved her hands, "Go away, go clean yourself up first! Then wait in the yard for us to return to the Lu Mansion together! Oh, my eyes..."
"Thank you, heroine!" said the servant and ran out quickly.
"Stop!" Xiao Yu suddenly stopped the servant.
He finally figured out why he always felt that this person's appearance was suspicious.
"My dear hero, is there anything else you would like to ask me?" The servant turned around.
Xiao Yu sneered, "You just said you've been locked up here. Sanshan Zhenren came back last night and said he wanted to use you to make medicine. Why didn't you ask for help for so long last night? Why didn't you start making noises to attract our attention until noon today?"
The servant's face turned pale instantly: "Ah, this, how should I put it..."
"Still trying to figure out how to tell this story?" Xiao Yu stepped closer. "Confess! When did you sneak in and hide in the closet? Did you do it while I was in the kitchen getting breakfast? Who sent you here? Why did you deliberately leak this information? What's your purpose?"
Xu Chuchu also reacted and secretly admired Xiao Yu's attentiveness.
Indeed, according to normal people's thinking, after confirming that the danger is over, they will definitely find a way to ask for help from the visitor as soon as possible. It is very unreasonable that this servant actually waited until noon of the next day.
"Oh, you guys, you really have to tell me..." The servant looked tangled, "You guys were messing around on that bed last night, how could I bother you! I wanted to wait for you to finish before asking for help, but I accidentally fell asleep while waiting!"
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