Chapter 102: Ghostly Events
The next morning, Di Renjie called Li Yuanfang and Liu Da as agreed, and climbed Cuiping Mountain to find out the truth about Liu Chuanlin's death.

During this trip, Di Renjie almost became the second Liu Chuanlin and slipped off a cliff in order to get a string of rosary beads left by Liu Chuanlin.

Fortunately, Li Yuanfang was very good at martial arts and was as light as a swallow, so he rescued Di Renjie.

After obtaining the physical evidence, Di Renjie basically guessed the truth about Liu Chuanlin's death.

Di Renjie also learned from Liu Da that Liujiazhuang was haunted, and inspired by this, he prepared to put on a good show of judging the living and the dead.

After playing tricks all night, they finally frightened Liu Chali into confessing and signing his name.

In the lobby of Changcheng County, Di Renjie had already convicted Liu Chali and brought him to justice.

Zeng Tai stood behind Di Renjie and was stunned. He never thought that an official would have to know how to judge cases in the underworld.

After leaving the court, Zeng Tai bowed down and said, "Your Excellency, please accept my humble greetings!"

Di Renjie quickly helped him up: "Hey, what are you doing? Get up, get up quickly."

Zeng Tai's admiration was beyond words, and he embarked on a path of licking spirits from then on: "The elder can even judge the underworld, he is truly a rare person in this world!"

Di Renjie and Li Yuanfang looked at each other and suddenly burst into laughter.

This smile made Zeng Tai laugh so hard: "Hey, this... Lord, why are you laughing?"

Di Renjie restrained his smile and said, "In this peaceful and prosperous age, how can there be any underworld?"

Afterwards, Di Renjie and Li Yuanfang explained to Zeng Tai the method of solving cases by atmosphere from beginning to end.

After hearing this, Zeng Tai's admiration increased instead of decreasing: "Such a complicated case was solved by the elder in a casual conversation, which is even more amazing!"

Li Yuanfang also praised: "It's easier said than done. Putting aside your wisdom and reasoning ability, just looking at your courage to use atmosphere to solve the case to collect evidence, it takes extraordinary courage and imagination."

Zeng Tai nodded repeatedly and raised Di Renjie's rating by one level; "The Lord is truly a god!"

Di Renjie smiled and shook his head: "There is no such thing as a god in this world. Years of experience in handling cases have allowed me to summarize the 'three judgments'."

Zeng Tai asked curiously, "Which three breaks?"

"Judgment, inference and decisiveness." Di Renjie said concisely.

Zeng Tai and Li Yuanfang both felt that this statement was profound and unfathomable.

Di Renjie added: "Although the case has been solved, there is still one thing that remains unclear."

Zeng Tai didn't understand what Di Renjie meant: "What's the matter?"

Li Yuanfang answered Zeng Tai's question: "Why did Liu Chali kill his own son?"

Di Renjie nodded: "Yes, even a tiger won't eat its own cubs. To find out this, we have to go to Liujiazhuang again tomorrow."
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However, before Di Renjie arrived at Liujiazhuang, the guards under Yingyu could not wait any longer.

Di Renjie temporarily left Liujiazhuang, and Liu Chali was also captured. Now that the huge Liujiazhuang had no owner, it was convenient for action.

They thought they had secretly seen the steps Liu Chali took to open the mechanism of the small building, and prepared to sneak into the building to find out what was going on.

In the back garden of Liu's mansion, the night was as dark as ink, with a dark moon and strong winds.

Yingyu's guards, each holding a knife and wearing black clothes for night use, came to the small building in the back garden of Liu's mansion.

The group stopped in front of the building.

The leader walked to the door, reached out and knocked on it three times and on the door frame twice.

But there was no movement at the door.

The leader felt it was a little strange and knocked it again.

Suddenly, there was a flash of cold light, and three sharp arrows flew straight towards the chest of the man in black.

He was startled and wanted to leap back, but it was too late. Three arrows had already pierced his chest.

The body fell silently to the ground, and all the men in black were frightened and at a loss.

At this moment, the two doors of the small building opened. There was no light inside, like the huge mouth of a man-eating monster, waiting for its prey to come.

"Come on, let me go in and take a look." A man in black forced himself to calm down and stepped into the small building first.

Seeing this, the others, although nervous, gritted their teeth and followed. They held their weapons tightly and stepped carefully into the darkness.

However, when they all entered the room, the door of the small building suddenly closed, trapping everyone in the darkness.

"Oh no, we've fallen into a trap!" "Retreat quickly!" everyone shouted in unison.

Immediately afterwards, a sharp mechanical sound came from both sides of the small building, as if some mechanism was activated.

Everyone looked to the sides in horror, only to see two huge copper nets slowly sliding out from the walls on both sides and closing towards the center.

The copper net was covered with sharp knives. As long as the pieces of the net were put together, these people would definitely be pierced like a sieve by the sharp blades.

A man in black came up with a quick idea: "Brothers, quickly get on the beams!"

Everyone jumped up and jumped onto the beams. But just as they landed, a row of sharp blades sprouted from the beams and pierced their feet in an instant. Screams rang out one after another, and everyone fell down one after another, being mercilessly stabbed to death by the sharp knives on the copper net.

Then the floor suddenly opened, revealing a hole underneath. The bodies of all these people fell into the hole and disappeared without a trace.

After a long time, the mechanism in the room returned to its place, and another door in the small building slowly opened, revealing a dark passage.

A figure carrying a bucket of water slowly walked out of the secret passage. It was Liu Da.

With a sly smile, he checked it out and said, "Liu Chali's mechanism is really amazing! Not a single fish slipped through the net."

Then he began to clean up and wash away the bloodstains in the house.
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The next day, the guards of the deposed envoy surrounded Liujiazhuang again.

Li Yuanfang led the guards to search Liu Chali's bedroom carefully, and Zeng Tai led the Changcheng County government officials to search Liu Chuanlin's bedroom.

Di Renjie went to test Liu Chali's new wife, Yingyu.

But after Di Renjie's attempts, Yingyu's performance was flawless, which made Di Renjie amazed.

Di Renjie sent Yingyu away with a smile, and at this moment Li Yuanfang came back.

"How is it? What did you gain?" Di Renjie asked.

Li Yuanfang shook his head: "Nothing major was discovered. How about you, sir?"

Di Renjie smiled and said, "I have discovered something here. This lady is not simple, is she?"

"Oh? What do you mean?" Li Yuanfang asked puzzledly.

Di Renjie stroked his beard and said, "Most people would be nervous and afraid when meeting an official, but this woman was calm and composed, and her words and sentences were clear and logical. She is not an ordinary person."

Li Yuanfang thought for a moment and said, "Sir, you once said that she was a prostitute. Most of these people are eloquent and eloquent, and cannot be measured by the standards of ordinary women."

Di Renjie nodded. "You are right, but she responded too quickly. She answered every question without thinking. This reminds me of Liu Jin in Youzhou."

Li Yuanfang frowned. "Your Excellency means that she knows what you want to ask and has prepared a preface just like Liu Jin?"

Di Renjie nodded again and said, "I have this feeling."

At this time, Zeng Tai came to Di Renjie again and reported: "Sir, I was ordered to search Liu Chuanlin's room, but I didn't find anything suspicious, but I found a name card under his bed."

As he said this, he handed a business card to Di Renjie.

Di Renjie took it and opened it. He saw the three regular characters "Yuhuaxuan" written on the red paper of the name card, and various flowers painted around it. The name card exuded bursts of fragrance.

"What an exquisite calligraphy piece. Yuhuaxuan, this name..." Di Renjie seemed to be thinking about something.

Zeng Tai said at the right time: "Sir, I have asked the constables and the yamen runners, and all of them said that there is no such place in Changcheng County. But some people say that this is a famous brothel in Huzhou City."

"You mean this is the name of a brothel?" Di Renjie's eyes lit up and an idea came to his mind.

"It seems to be a brothel. It is said that this brothel has had a courtesan in recent years. In particular, she raises a rare flower with an unparalleled fragrance, so it is very famous in Huzhou." Zeng Tai explained.

Li Yuanfang was stunned at the side: "Brothel, exotic flowers, strange fragrance, sir, why do I sound like you are talking about Madam Liu?"

Di Renjie nodded, confirming Li Yuanfang's guess: "It is indeed related to Madam Liu, but Liu Chali married Yingyu, how could Liu Chuanlin have this name card?"

Zeng Tai was confused when he heard this: "Lord, what are you talking about?"

Di Renjie smiled and praised Zeng Tai, "Very good. Zeng Tai, you have done a great job. Although this name card is small, it is an important piece of evidence. You did not ignore it because it is small, which shows that you have made progress."

Although Zeng Tai still didn't understand, he subconsciously clapped his hands and said, "It's all thanks to your teachings. This is the first of your 'three judgments': judgment. I have only learned the basics."

Di Renjie shook his head and laughed when he heard this, then ordered: "Get ready, go to Huzhou City, let's go and find out the truth about this Yingyu."

However, Zeng Tai suddenly interrupted Di Renjie's plan: "Lord, I have another strange thing here, but I don't know whether I should tell you or not."

"Just say it." Di Renjie gestured.

"According to the servants in the mansion, Liujiazhuang was haunted again last night." Zeng Tai said seriously.

"It's haunted again? How is it?" Di Renjie asked.

"The servants heard that there were screams coming from the back garden of the manor in the middle of the night, but I took people to search the backyard and found nothing unusual." Zeng Tai said.

Upon hearing this, Di Renjie burst into hearty laughter, a laugh that was extremely brilliant.

"Okay, okay! I'm not afraid of something going wrong, I'm just afraid of nothing to find. I didn't expect that Liu Chali was in prison and Liu Chuanlin suffered misfortune, but Liujiazhuang is still so lively. It's worth all the effort I put in here."

Di Renjie came to Liujiazhuang not to investigate the death of Liu Chuanlin, but to find out the secrets behind Liu Chali and Liujiazhuang.

The haunting just confirmed that there was a ghost in Liujiazhuang, which was another new clue.

Di Renjie had a vague premonition that Yingyu's identity and the truth behind the haunting might be much more important than the hidden story behind the Liu family's ethical drama.

After pondering for a moment, Di Renjie made a decisive decision: "How about this, Zeng Tai and I will go to Yuhuaxuan in the state capital, and Yuan Fang will stay in Liujiazhuang to see what ghosts are in the village!"

Li Yuanfang and Zeng Tai looked at each other and said yes in unison.

(End of this chapter)