Humans in All Heavens: Starting with Detective Dee

As he spoke, Liu Chali recalled the events of the past few nights.

He's a light sleeper to begin with, and these past few days he's been living in fear and anxiety in his room.

Suddenly, a series of hurried footsteps woke him up.

Liu Da appeared before him with several servants.

These people, who were responsible for keeping vigil, looked terrified and kept saying that the young master's ghost had appeared.

They appeared in the mourning hall, and they came to claim a life.

Already feeling guilty, he heard different people say the same thing for several nights in a row.

Naturally, he believed it without a doubt.

Feeling guilty, he worried that Liu Chuanlin's ghost might really come to claim his life.

So they came up with this idea to bury Liu Chuanlin's body as soon as possible.

They also sought out many monks and Taoist priests to perform rituals, hoping to help his spirit find peace.

"Oh, is that so?" Di Renjie glanced at Liu Chali, seemingly wanting to say something but holding back.

Seeing this, Liu Chali cooperated and asked, "Does Your Excellency have any instructions for this humble subject?"

"Oh, no, no," Di Renjie waved his hand. "I just wanted to ask how Liu Sinong has been sleeping these past few days?"

Liu Chali was taken aback: "Ah, very good, very good indeed."

Di Renjie nodded: "That's good, that's good..."

Seeing Di Renjie's inscrutable expression, a sense of foreboding welled up inside him, and he quickly asked, "Does Your Excellency have something to say...?"

Di Renjie looked up at Zhou Yi and the other person beside Liu Chali: "You two go out for a moment."

"Yes, sir..."

The two bowed and left the room.

Outside the room, Li Yuanfang chuckled, a smile still on his face: "I truly admire you, sir, for being able to come up with a method to solve cases based on atmosphere."

The case itself lacked sufficient evidence, and Mr. Liu was unwilling to identify Liu Chali.

If it were someone else, even if it were determined that Liu Chali murdered his own child,

They will likely struggle to apprehend the murderer due to a lack of evidence.

But adults can come up with such a method.

As if he had thought of something funny, Li Yuanfang's smile widened: "I noticed the expression on Liu Chali's face just now."

My whole body was in a tense state.

But he pretended to be calm.

I reckon that in that situation, even the slightest noise would have terrified him.

Liu Chali actually believed in this so-called ghost claiming a life.

It's funny, isn't it?

Zhou Yi glanced at him sideways and said, "Brother Yuanfang, I hope you can still look the same when you see the headless ghost."

Speaking of spirit manipulation, he was truly formidable, eventually becoming the number one expert in the world.

He was fearless, a veteran of countless battles, and almost nothing could move him.

He has a strong sense of justice and is also handsome.

He has many good points, but his only flaw is that he's afraid of ghosts.

Since the incident with the headless vengeful ghost, nothing in this world has been able to stump him anymore.

Oh, and there was another time later, when he was ambushed by assassins from the Iron Hand Gang and was critically injured and on the verge of death.

……

"What's wrong, Brother Di? Have I done something wrong?"

Seeing that Zhou Yi was staring at him, Li Yuanfang looked himself over, then looked up with a puzzled expression on his face.

"Oh, no, no."

I also want to say that adults are indeed amazing; they often come up with unexpected ideas.

It's refreshing.

Like the atmosphere in this case.

"I'm afraid only you, sir, would dare to do this." Zhou Yi snapped out of his daze and quickly replied.

"Indeed, only you, sir, are capable of accomplishing this."

The longer Li Yuanfang stayed by Di Renjie's side, the more he admired Di Renjie from the bottom of his heart.

"But, Brother Yuanfang, do you think ghosts really exist in this world?" Zhou Yi asked again.

"This..." Li Yuanfang hesitated upon hearing this question.

Various thoughts flashed through my mind.

He just made a joke about Liu Chali.

They laughed at him for being so scared by a ghost.

But when Zhou Yi asked him about ghosts, he didn't know how to answer for a moment.

Di Renjie didn't believe in ghosts at all, and he knew that too.

He thought about it carefully and explored his deepest thoughts.

The answer was that he believed in ghosts.

Without answering, Li Yuanfang looked at Zhou Yi and asked, "Brother Di, what do you think?"

Zhou Yi smiled calmly, his tone very firm: "Of course there are no ghosts in this world."

How could there be ghosts?

No matter the circumstances, if someone says they've seen a ghost with their own eyes...

That's just some people playing tricks on others with ulterior motives.

For example, I pretended to be Liu Chuanlin for several nights in a row.

This disturbance caused unrest throughout the entire Liu Family Village.

Seeing Zhou Yi's certainty, Li Yuanfang began to have doubts.

"Is there really no ghost in this world?"

I used to laugh at Liu Chali.

When it happened to me, I felt a little uneasy.

Are there really ghosts?

As he thought about it, Li Yuanfang suddenly frowned, his brows furrowing deeper and deeper.

Seeing this, Zhou Yi laughed and said, "Brother Yuanfang, you don't believe in ghosts, do you?"

Are you afraid of ghosts?

"How could this be? I don't believe in ghosts either, and I'm not afraid of them." Li Yuanfang also cared about his reputation.

In this situation, how could one possibly admit it? He immediately straightened his back and made a firm statement.

"Hahaha." Seeing his expression, Zhou Yi immediately understood what he was thinking, so he comforted him, "Brother Yuanfang, is that what you think?"

What if ghosts exist in this world?

Does that mean there must be a place like the underworld or hell?

Managing these ghosts is naturally the business of the underworld.

When a person dies, they should naturally be reincarnated.

How could the underworld allow these ghosts to roam the human world and do all sorts of things?

If ghosts really exist, then bad people will turn into ghosts.

Does that mean good people can't become ghosts?

If good people are harmed by bad people.

The ghosts of good people can simply seek revenge.

What need is there for the government to do?

How many people in this world would dare to do bad things?

Based on this, we can conclude that there are definitely no ghosts in the world.

Some ghost stories are just people pretending to be ghosts.

After hearing what he said, Li Yuanfang's tightly furrowed brows finally relaxed a lot.

But it's still a little wrinkled.

Clearly, Li Yuanfang's mind was not completely at peace.

Still thinking about ghosts.

Zhou Yi wanted to slap himself for bringing this up all the time.

They actually brought up what Li Yuanfang feared most.

However, it seems that Li Yuanfang was the one who started this topic in the first place.

This has prevented him from calming down.

The scene fell silent for a moment.

After a while, the sound of footsteps reached their ears.

Upon entering Di Renjie's room, Liu Chali opened the door and walked out with a nervous expression.

He was clearly preoccupied, so he simply greeted the two of them and left in a hurry.