Among those four suspects,
the Seventh Concubine was undoubtedly the most suspicious.
For one thing, she had been the first to be murdered, dying in a well. Wells extended downward and were yin in nature, as was water, and women were even more so. Add to that the fact that she had been murdered, and she was the most likely to have become a vengeful ghost that harmed people.
Moreover, everyone killed afterward had been male, which also supported the idea that the ghost harming people was the Seventh Concubine.
Xiuzhu was also a suspect. She was the most innocent of them all. Whether her mother had been unfaithful or not, she was innocent. She had lost her mother at a young age and received no kindness in the Luo Residence. On the contrary, she had not even been afforded human dignity there.
Even her death had come from being beaten to death by the Second Concubine, so it was entirely possible that she had become a vengeful ghost afterward.
But what did not make sense was that the Xiuzhu Seventh Master and I had encountered at the construction site had been a pitiful, timid child. She had shown us no ill will whatsoever and had even wanted to leave with us.
She had also warned Seventh Master that there was danger.
So I did not think it made sense to say that Xiuzhu was the ghost harming people.
Next was the Ninth Concubine. She was Master Luo's newly married wife, the second he had married after the Seventh Concubine died. Before her, there had also been an Eighth Concubine.
The Ninth Concubine seemed to care deeply about Xiuzhu, and her concern was genuine. Especially when she saw Xiuzhu being abused, she seemed just like the girl's own mother. That