Imperial Treasure-Chapter 1010 - 603: Femme Fatale (Part 2)

"But this person’s behavior is too strange. Such a house, and she is not afraid at all. Ordinary people wouldn’t dare to live here!" A Boxer sneered.

These people were filled with righteous indignation,

Suddenly, a scholar from the house on the right said, "This only proves that Miss Sui is quite brave. Moreover, this house is not cheap; if one doesn’t believe in ghosts and gods, what is there to fear? Besides, it’s precisely the ones who aren’t the killers who wouldn’t fear ghosts. Miss Sui has a clear conscience, what is there to be scared of?"

This scholar had only spoken a word or two with Sui Yi in the past couple of days, and had no other connections. Yet, as he put it, the Martial Artists vaguely felt it made sense.

"They say the least conspicuous person is often the most likely, perhaps she’s pretending to be like this~"

The sudden female voice rekindled the suspicion among these Martial Artists.

Fu Zhuo turned his head to see that the speaker was the woman in a pair of a man and a woman.

He had investigated the identities of these two.

Li Ling, Zhang Yong.

The scholar was Xie Jun.

At this moment, Li Ling was staring at Sui Yi with a mocking expression and a slightly hostile look in her eyes, saying to Fu Zhuo: "Chief Head Constable Fu has always been just and meticulous. Why is this woman being given special treatment? Is it just because of her beauty?"

"Luckily, these heroes and righteous people aren’t like that,"

Upon hearing this, Xie Jun’s face was slightly angry and he was about to speak...

Sui Yi put down her book, slightly raised her eyebrows, and flicked the teacup on the table with her fingers.

Swish!

The teacup shot out!

It spun rapidly in front of Li Ling’s eyes, yet not a drop of tea spilled, and after spinning...

It swiftly returned along its original trajectory.

It landed on Sui Yi’s fingertip, her finger gently turning the teacup.

"In the short term, I don’t want to see anyone approaching this house without my permission."

"It’s a bit annoying."

Silence fell like cold frost.

All the Swordsmen, trembling, bowed to apologize and then fled in embarrassment.

By then, Li Ling was already terrified, her face pale, and was dragged into the house by a somewhat flustered Zhang Yong.

Xie Jun hesitated but ultimately said nothing, returning to the house.

"Impressive martial arts! At least a first-rate master of Jianghu, I underestimated you." Fu Zhuo said deeply.

"Constable Fu didn’t come to my place just to curse at people or to say these words, right?" Sui Yi put down the book and looked at Fu Zhuo.

"You arrived too conveniently, and acted too neatly; it’s hard not to arouse suspicion."

"So you suspect me?"

In fact, Sui Yi also felt this matter was really too coincidental. Was her luck really that good? Could it be that what Gong Jiu said was true, that she naturally attracted trouble and stumbled into pits wherever she went?

"I suspect you, not because it was too coincidental, but because your actions are too strange."

Sui Yi turned her face towards the interior of the house.

Actually, when she discovered that the house was hiding dead bodies, she could have decided to say nothing and just continued living there...

If she hadn’t seen...

"There are dolls at the corner of the cabinet, bowls, and chopsticks set for four kids within the twelve members of this house,"

Sui Yi gently stroked a book scroll, "Children are generally noisy."

"If they aren’t at peace, I fear I won’t sleep well in this house either."

"What do you think of that reason?"

Fu Zhuo was somewhat speechless, "So you want to investigate the case?"

"Hmm?" Sui Yi raised an eyebrow, "That’s official business for you people, I just wanted to give a heads-up."

"However, you should also know, twelve people, no human skin, no bones. It seems they were skinned and had their flesh sliced off, and with so many breaks in the floorboards, the walls all repainted. This suggests an extremely fierce battle with a lot of blood spilled. Even with several households nearby, such a fierce fight, anyone’s scream would have been heard. Yet no one knew, indicating it ended swiftly. This person has strong martial arts, is ruthless, known for cruelty, and must have had quite an intimidating capacity for alcohol."

"Good drinker? How do you know?" Fu Zhuo’s eyes sharpened.

"A hundred wine jars were originally full. If they were to store the remains of twelve people, at least thirty wine jars’ worth of alcohol would be displaced. This alcohol must have been dealt with. Transporting it would require a lot of wine containers, which would be cumbersome and draw suspicion and investigation from later parties. Dumping it into the lake, such a large volume of alcohol would spread its fragrance, be noticeable downstream. The simplest method was to drink most of the alcohol, at least ten jars, and within two days."

Fu Zhuo sat down, pondering for a moment, and said: "Indeed, there are such individuals in Jianghu. I can think of three potential suspects, but after investigating, one is out of town with an alibi, one has been missing for years, and one died a decade ago, making it impossible to verify."

It sounds quite difficult indeed.

"Then why are you looking for me?" Sui Yi asked calmly.

"To go underwater."

Sui Yi paused with her finger and looked at Fu Zhuo: "Underwater?"

"Yes, the flesh and internal organs of twelve people are hidden in the wine jars, while the skin and bones are missing. Which method of disposal seems the most feasible to you?"

Of course... into the water.

"You want me to go underwater?" Sui Yi looked at him, her expression a bit odd.

"Yes... I don’t trust others, and you’re very skilled in water, plus you have a special ability, so I thought... you could help."

"You can’t swim?"

Sui Yi’s words caught Fu Zhuo off guard, then he stiffened, "Yes, otherwise, as a man, why would I let a woman go underwater?"

It seemed like a good reason.

"Alright," Sui Yi gave her a glance, stood up.

"You agree?"

"Hmm."

"To repay a favor?"

"No."

Sui Yi walked into the house.

"I’m not used to letting another woman go underwater."

Fu Zhuo’s face changed drastically in an instant. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to cast recommendation votes and monthly tickets on qidian.com, your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read on m.qidian.com.)