Chapter 263
Of those four suspects, the Seventh Concubine was undoubtedly the most suspicious.
For one thing, she had been the first person murdered. She had died in a well, which extended downward and therefore belonged to Yin. Water belonged to Yin as well, and women were also Yin. Combined with the fact that she had been murdered, she was the person most likely to have become a Vengeful Ghost and harmed others.
And every person killed afterward had been male, further supporting the idea that the Seventh Concubine was the murderous ghost.
But Xiuzhu was also suspicious. She was the most innocent person in the entire affair. Whether her mother had been unfaithful or not, Xiuzhu herself was blameless. She lost her mother at a young age, received no kindness in Luo Mansion, and was not even granted the dignity of a human being there.
Even her death had come at the hands of the Second Concubine, who beat her to death. It was entirely possible that Xiuzhu had become a Vengeful Ghost afterward.
But that did not fit with the Xiuzhu Seventh Master and I had encountered at the construction site. She was a pitiful, timid child who showed us no malice whatsoever. She had even wanted to leave with us.
She had also warned Seventh Master about the danger.
So I could not accept that Xiuzhu was the murderous ghost.
The next suspect was the Ninth Concubine. She was Master Luo’s newest wife, the second woman he had married after the Seventh Concubine’s death. There had also been an Eighth Concubine before her.