Hanged Ghost (13)
It took Shuzhen three months to recover. The shock of losing her child could no longer be seen on her face. She always had a smile on her face every day, which made Yu Zicheng feel relieved a lot. Due to family business needs, Yu Zicheng had to leave the Yu family and travel for a while. When he came back, he learned that a major event had happened in the Yu family during his absence. Shuzhen's maid Xiaohong died inexplicably, and Mrs. Yu also lay on the bed because of excessive fright.
Looking at Mrs. Yu on the bed, she could no longer speak, which made Yu Zicheng feel very sad. Shuzhen advised: "Zicheng, don't be too sad, grandma will get better."
"Yes, young master, the young madam is right." The housekeeper also advised him.
Yu Zicheng patted his head regretfully, frowned and said, "If I hadn't left home, maybe this wouldn't have happened."
"Zicheng, please stop blaming yourself. This is what we don't want to see. Who knew Xiaohong..." Shuzhen had tears in her eyes. Xiaohong was the maid she brought from her parents' home. She was a very good person. , ended up dying in Mrs. Yu’s room seven days ago. Mrs. Yu was also frightened into this state because of seeing Xiao Hong’s body.
The housekeeper hesitated to speak next to him. Yu Zicheng looked strange and asked quickly: "Do you know anything?"
"Master, I..."
"Just tell me what you know."
"Yes, young master." The housekeeper nodded and recalled carefully. On the night of Xiaohong's death, the housekeeper was going to report the family's money expenditure to the old lady. Who knew that as soon as he walked outside the door, Hearing a scream, when he rushed in, what he saw was Xiao Hong's body, and the old lady also fell to the ground at that moment. At that time, the housekeeper was frightened and quickly called for help. When everyone came, they found that Xiaohong was not injured and the old lady was still breathing. The servants did not know what was going on and did not dare to report it to the official because they He was afraid that if the maid was killed by the old lady, she would be in trouble, so she buried Xiaohong's body under a tree in the yard. On the second night after Xiaohong was buried, the housekeeper saw something strange. It was a woman in red. He didn't know if it was Xiaohong. He only saw a back figure. The woman in red walked into the old lady. It took a long time for the housekeeper to come out of the room. The reason why the housekeeper suspected that the woman was Xiao Hong was because the woman did not go in through the door, but went directly through the wall. The housekeeper was so scared that his legs were weak. He didn't know what to do and didn't dare to tell anyone about it. He had a worry in his heart that he never said out loud.
Hearing this, Yu Zicheng looked at the housekeeper and asked, "Do you suspect that my grandma killed Xiao Hong and then Xiao Hong came back to take revenge?"
"Master, I don't know." The butler lowered his head. This was what he thought in his heart, but he couldn't say it in front of the young master, nor could he tell anyone else.
Yu Zicheng felt strange, so he said: "There is no reason. How could my grandma kill Xiaohong?"
"Could it be a mistake?" The housekeeper glanced at Yu Zicheng.
Shuzhen stood aside and interjected: "How is it possible? Grandma is old and has no energy. How can she kill Xiaohong easily? Besides, Xiaohong has no injuries on her body. In my opinion, it is not grandma. Killed."
"Yeah." Yu Zicheng nodded. "Shu Zhen is right."
"Could it be that a man killed her?" The housekeeper looked at Shuzhen.
Shuzhen shook her head, bit her lip and said, "I don't think anyone knows except Xiao Hong."
"Maybe grandma knows." Yu Zicheng looked at Old Mrs. Yu who was lying on the bed. He was thinking that maybe who killed Xiaohong was seen by the old lady. However, there was also a question. The caretaker said that this paragraph Who can kill Xiao Hong in a short period of time and then disappear from the room? This puzzled Yu Zicheng.
Shuzhen sighed: "Xiaohong was brutally attacked at a young age, and I don't know what cruel person did it."
"Shu Zhen, has Xiaohong offended anyone?" Yu Zicheng looked at his wife.
Shuzhen shook her head and said to Yu Zicheng: "How could it be? Xiaohong is a considerate person. Apart from serving me, she has not interacted with anyone else. Even if she did talk, they were all members of the Yu family. Everyone in the Yu family It’s impossible for someone to want to harm her, right?”
"Is it really grandma?" Yu Zicheng looked at Old Mrs. Yu who was lying on the bed. Old Mrs. Yu had her eyes closed tightly and could only breathe. "By the way, housekeeper, what did the doctor say after he came to see grandma?"
"Back to the young master, the doctor said that the old lady was frightened and could only rest. There is no cure." The housekeeper answered truthfully.
Yu Zicheng punched the table and said in anger: "Invite another doctor to take a look!"
"Zicheng... all the doctors in the town have been here, but..." Shuzhen looked at Yu Zicheng and sighed.
This incident was a blow to the Yu family. Fortunately, Yu Zicheng came back to take charge of the overall situation, and the Yu family was not in chaos. In order to find out the truth of the matter, Yu Zicheng invited a craftsman from another town to dig out Xiaohong's body and conduct an inspection. Yu Zicheng did not participate in the inspection process, but waited outside, because when they dug out Xiaohong's body from under the tree, it was already rotting and exuding a foul smell. When the pestle came out, Yu Zicheng came forward to greet him and asked anxiously: "How is it?"
"Mr. Yu, I opened her stomach and checked her body. She was not poisoned, and there were no external injuries on her body. The most likely cause was suffocation." Kisaku took someone's money, and of course he did it very seriously.
After hearing this, Yu Zicheng said to himself: "Suffocated to death... Then it must not be grandma..."
"What did you say? Mr. Yu."
"Oh, I didn't say anything." Yu Zicheng smiled, took out the silver and gave it to Ji Zuo. "sorry to bother you."
"You're welcome, Mr. Yu, if you need me again,
, you can find me at any time. "
"Definitely." Yu Zicheng nodded and asked the housekeeper to personally send Chu Zuo out of the Yu family. This matter cannot be spread, otherwise it will cause a big problem. If they want to investigate, they can only do it privately.
After Chu Zuo left, Yu Zicheng asked the housekeeper to clean up the body. He didn't ask how to deal with it. The housekeeper did it properly and replied that there would be no problem and no one would find him. Of course, Yu Zicheng believed that the housekeeper was at his house. After decades of work, what could make Yu Zicheng worried? The only thing he wants to know now is who killed Xiao Hong.
Seeing that Yu Zicheng was always worried about this matter, Shuzhen stewed some soothing tonics for Yu Zicheng and sent them to Yu Zicheng's study.
"Zicheng."
"... Shuzhen." Yu Zicheng raised his head from the desk.
Shuzhen put the tonic on the table and said with a smile: "Things need to be investigated, and your health is also important. Drink this first. I stewed it myself."
"Yeah." Yu Zicheng nodded and stopped drinking after a few sips.
Miaozhen saw it and asked with concern: "Doesn't it taste good?"
"No, I really can't drink it." Yu Zicheng had something on his mind and was not in the mood to taste the food.
"Is it for grandma?"
"Well, grandma has never recovered, which makes people very worried. Also, the cause of Xiaohong's death has not been found out, which is really annoying." Yu Zicheng replied.
Shuzhen stood behind Yu Zicheng, slapped Yu Zicheng on the back, and asked: Have you found any clues? "
"No." Yu Zicheng shook his head and sighed: "I have done the test and said that the cause of Xiaohong's death was suffocation. It can be initially determined that Xiaohong was not killed by grandma. As you said, grandma cannot have that kind of strength. .”
"So, he's a man?"
"I don't know, if it was a man, how could this man kill Xiaohong in such a short period of time without being discovered by the housekeeper? And then leave the Yu family?" This is what Yu Zicheng couldn't figure out.
Shuzhen thought for a moment and whispered, "What if this murderer doesn't leave the Yu family..."
"Shu Zhen, are you saying that Xiao Hong was killed by someone from the Yu family?" Yu Zicheng looked back at Shu Zhen. The suspicion on his wife's face made him feel uncomfortable, because even if she was not his grandmother, if she was from the Yu family Someone killed Shuzhen's maid, and he didn't have a hard time explaining to Shuzhen. Of course he didn't want it to be like this.
Shuzhen smiled slightly and replied: "Don't think too much about it. Although I am also very sad about Xiaohong's death, people always have to think about the living. As long as grandma is fine, it will be fine."
"No." Yu Zicheng retorted: "If someone is really committing murder in the Yu family, then aren't we in danger?"
"What you said is not unreasonable, but where can we find the murderer now?" Shuzhen frowned. In the eyes of the Yu family, she was a filial daughter-in-law and a kind wife. Seeing her husband so troubled , as a wife, of course she is not happy either.
But none of this changed Yu Zicheng's persistence. He must find the murderer, so he thought about it day and night, and even dreamed about it every night. After several nights in a row, he seemed to have thought of something, and fell asleep. , suddenly sat up from the bed.
Yu Zicheng's movements were too big and woke up Shuzhen. "What's wrong? Zicheng."
"I thought of it!"
"What did you think of?"
"I thought about who killed Xiaohong." Yu Zicheng looked at Shuzhen in horror.
Shuzhen's face turned pale and she asked softly: "Who is it?"
"My dead relative!"
"Dead relatives?"
"Well, Shuzhen, do you remember the night I took you to the lantern festival? After we separated, I met him on the street."
"Isn't he dead? How could you see him?" Shuzhen looked confused.
Yu Zicheng gestured with his hands and replied: "I don't know how he appeared in front of me. He told me a lot..." Looking back, Yu Zicheng remembered what the relative said. The relative once told him that Shuzhen was a ghost. Thinking of this, Yu Zicheng looked at Shuzhen carefully and found that Shuzhen seemed to have changed a lot.
Shuzhen didn't know why Yu Zicheng looked at her so strangely. She touched her face and asked, "Why are you looking at me like this? Zicheng."
At this time, Yu Zicheng discovered that Shuzhen had not dyed her nails. He remembered that Shuzhen liked to dye her nails very much...
"Zicheng..." Shuzhen called softly. "What's wrong with you? Why are you in a daze?"
"No...it's nothing." Yu Zicheng shook his head, knowing that the person in front of him was Shuzhen, how could it be a ghost? You must know that ghosts have no temperature and no shadow, but the hand he holds is so warm.