Everyone was confused by Su Liuyue's reaction. Yang Shaoyin looked at her and asked, "What's wrong?"

Su Liuyue didn't look at him, but looked directly at the yamen runner who had just come in to report the situation, "Where did the wife of the fourth young master of the Luo family hang herself?"

The bailiff said blankly, "It was... on a tree outside the cave. When we got there, the body of the fourth young master's wife of the Luo family was still warm. She must have died not long ago."

"You didn't find Young Master Sun in the cave, but have you looked for him outside the cave?"

The bailiff was inexplicably nervous and said, "We...we haven't had time to look for it yet..."

Feng Dali had no patience and asked again, "Mr. Su, did you find anything?"

"The wife of the fourth young master of the Luo family is not the murderer."

Su Liuyue took a deep breath and said, "The murderer's obsession is to make up for not participating in his child's last journey before his death, so why would he suddenly commit suicide?
What's more, no matter whether the steamed bun you found in the cave was eaten by her or by Sun Xiaolangjun, it only further proves that she would not commit suicide. If it was eaten by Sun Xiaolangjun, it means that Sun Xiaolangjun was still alive and well not long before she committed suicide, but ran away for some reason. At this time, the murderer would only try to find a way to catch him back.

And…if the murderer ate it, why would she suddenly run and hang herself after taking a few bites of the steamed bun? This doesn’t make sense no matter how you think about it!”

The more they listened, the uglier their faces became.

Although they really hope that the case can be solved smoothly.

But what Su Liuyue said does make sense.

Moreover, it is also true that they still don’t know the whereabouts of Sun Xiaolangjun.

After a moment, Yang Shaoyin said in a deep voice: "Let's go to that cave first to see the situation."

If that is indeed where the children are imprisoned, there must be other clues.

He quickly had everyone prepare for the trip. Not long after Su Liuyue got on the carriage and set off, Feng Qi suddenly rode up to the window of the carriage and whispered, "Madam, Wei Erlang is riding a horse after us."

Su Liuyue's brows immediately furrowed tightly, and at the same time, a sense of something being wrong flashed through her mind.

This guy's obsession with her is too deep.

Even if he really didn't want to cancel the engagement with Shen Fu, he shouldn't put all his hopes on her, right?
If he had this much time, wouldn’t it be better for him to beg the Shen family, the Wei family, or find a way to communicate with Shen Fu?
She pondered for a moment and whispered, "Don't worry about what he does, but when the wind rises, send two more people to keep a close eye on him in secret."

Fengqi responded immediately.

About an hour later, they arrived at the forest outside the city and found the cave.

Just as Sun Zhaoan said, this place is a certain distance away from Su Zilin and Xiaogushan. Even if the government officials uncovered a lot of dirt around Su Zilin and Xiaogushan, they would not be able to find the murderer's hideout.

When Su Liuyue and the others arrived, the body of the fourth young master's wife of the Luo family had already been placed on the ground, with only a piece of the rope she used to hang herself left on the tree branch.

Several men who were capable of taking charge of the Luo family came and surrounded the yamen runners. They said in despair, "It's impossible. Those children couldn't have been killed by Shu Niang. Shu Niang doesn't even dare to kill a chicken on weekdays, so how could she hurt those children? Please understand, officials..."

Su Liuyue ignored the people from the Luo family and walked straight to the fourth young lady of the Luo family, squatted down and took a closer look.

But it turned out to be a very young and pretty woman, wearing a pea green skirt that was obviously very old. At this moment, the skirt looked wrinkled and dirty, covered with dust and dirt. Her hair was messy, with a few leaves stuck in her hair. She didn't look like a pampered lady at all.

After a moment's silence, Su Liuyue asked Feng Dali to turn the wife of the fourth young master of the Luo family over. She immediately discovered that the dirt and dust on her clothes at the back was far less than that at the front.

Feng Dali also noticed this and couldn't help wondering, "How could this happen?"

"This shows that she has been lying on the ground for a long time, so the clothes in the front are dirtier than the clothes in the back." Su Liuyue said in a calm voice: "She... must have been secretly lying next to this cave, peeking at the child in the cave..."

The yamen runners looked at her in surprise.

Upon hearing this, everyone in the Luo family was delighted and nodded repeatedly, "Yes! Yes! Shu Niang must have discovered the children in the cave by accident and wanted to save them, but was discovered by the murderer and was killed! It was definitely not Shu Niang who killed them!"

Su Liuyue glanced at them with some disdain.

Although what they said was similar to what she guessed, they did not show any sadness when the fourth young master's wife of the Luo family died. They were just worried about whether she would bring trouble to their Luo family.

It's so cold-blooded that it makes people uncomfortable.

Su Liuyue turned her gaze back and said calmly, "The servants of the Luo family's villa once said that several times, when the fourth young lady of the Luo family came back from outside, she said that she saw her Hao'er. What she saw should be the child who was kidnapped into the cave.

However, on those occasions, the murderer should have been with the children, so she only dared to watch from a distance.

Once, she finally waited until the murderer left the cave, and then she dared to sneak up on the children in the cave. The children in the cave might have thought at first that someone had come to rescue them, but later they found out that the person was just a mentally ill woman who couldn't even have a normal conversation. In desperation, Wei Xiaolangjun could only give her his jade pendant.

At that time, Young Master Wei should have been captured not long ago, and the murderer had not yet discovered that he had such a jade pendant on him. Otherwise, given the murderer's caution, it is impossible that he did not notice that a jade pendant was missing from his body."

Feng Dali understood immediately, his eyes widened slightly, "The reason why Young Master Wei gave her the jade pendant was because he wanted her to take it out and attract reinforcements?!"

This would explain why Young Master Wei took the initiative to give his jade pendant to a strange crazy woman.

Su Liuyue sighed secretly and nodded, "That should be the case."

This was the best way for the young Wei Chuze to save himself that he could think of at the time.

However, he never got any reinforcements.

Feng Dali couldn't help but curse, gritting his teeth and saying, "It's all the fault of those greedy servants!"

If they had reported to the police the moment they saw the jade pendant, perhaps Young Master Wei could have been rescued.

Su Liuyue couldn't help but sighed again, and continued: "I guess that the murderer only left for a short time, so the wife of the fourth young master of the Luo family couldn't say too much to Young Master Wei.

After that, whenever the fourth young master's wife of the Luo family got the chance, she would secretly lie nearby and peek at the child in the cave.

This time, it is the same.”

However, something unexpected happened during this peek.

Because of this incident, she also lost her life.

At this time, several yamen runners came out of the cave and bowed, saying, "Reporting to Mr. Su and Mr. Yang, we have just found some things related to the case in the cave - a bag of arsenic that is enough to poison a strong man, and a new set of children's clothes that have not been worn by anyone.

Judging from the style and stitching, it is similar to the clothes the murderer had previously dressed his victims in.”

Su Liuyue stood up, looked at them and asked, "Only one set?"

"Yes, we searched the entire cave and only found this set of clothes. The others were obviously worn by children of different sizes. They should be...left by several previous victims." (End of this chapter)