Huo Yan stepped forward and said, “Sir, we found several hooks at Butcher Zhou’s house. Each hook was stained with blood. I examined them and found that the other hooks were left from hanging pork, but the blood on one of the hooks was not pig blood, but human blood.”
"And I just asked the female doctor who treated Su Ruanruan, and she also confirmed that Su Ruanruan had a wound on her shoulder that looked exactly like the injury caused by the hook."
"Yes, all signs indicate that the injuries on Miss Su's body were indeed inflicted by Butcher Zhou. He's utterly inhuman," Bai Bai said through gritted teeth.
"What kind of person is Butcher Zhou? Have you ever had any dealings with him?"
He then asked Zhou the butcher about his neighbor.
The middle-aged man and his two sons exchanged a glance and said in a deep voice, "Alas, it's a long story. Now that Butcher Zhou is dead, this humble commoner has nothing to fear."
"Butcher Zhou was a local tyrant. Relying on his wealth and the fact that his younger brother was the son-in-law of the magistrate of a neighboring county, he acted with impunity, bullying men and women. The common people and neighbors suffered terribly. He monopolized the market, and the neighbors would avoid him if they could. Those who lived nearby moved away, and those with female relatives in their families also moved away..."
"I lost my wife early in life and only have two sons. I usually avoid provoking him and try to tolerate things as much as possible, so I've managed to get by and haven't moved away..."
"Have you noticed who has been coming and going from Butcher Zhou's house from yesterday to today?"
"Reporting to you, sir, last night Butcher Zhou took that woman back, and I went back to my room to sleep. I didn't notice anything happening over there, and I don't know when the woman left."
The youngest son, who was about ten years old, looked up at Bai Bai as if he had something to say.
"Child, how old are you?"
The child lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, then said, "To answer your question, I... am nine years old."
Bai Bai asked seriously, "Did you see something?"
“I…I saw that uncle climb over the wall and enter Zhou the Butcher’s house.”
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