Humans in All Heavens: Starting with Detective Dee

"Young master, you misunderstand. I no longer need your testimony."

"Hmm?" Di Renjie gave Di Chun a wink.

Di Chun took out the confession again, walked to Liu Chuanlin's side, unfolded it, and handed it to him: "Young Master Liu, I think you should recognize your father's handwriting, right?"

"This, this?" Liu Chuanlin glanced at the contents of the confession, then focused his gaze on the signature at the end.

How could he not recognize his father's handwriting?

Looking at the three people, his eyes revealed disbelief.

"This, this is impossible..."

He couldn't believe it; his father, Liu Chali, had confessed to the crime without him even saying anything.

"Hmph, nothing is impossible."

Young Master Liu…

Di Renjie then gave a detailed account of how he deduced Liu Chali was the murderer and how, after examining the scene, he determined the circumstances under which he was murdered.

And how they and others set up a maze in Liu Family Village to make the mourning hall haunted.

Liu Chali was terrified and eventually confessed to being the murderer, signing and affixing his fingerprint.

After listening to Di Renjie's story, Liu Chuanlin lay on the bed, first surprised, then relieved, thinking that he had shown Di Renjie his reasoning and analytical skills when they first met.

He believed that Di Renjie had this ability.

"This is the first time I've ever seen someone like you, sir, who can solve cases using such unbelievable methods."

"I admire you, I admire you, I, the student, admire you."

"Haha, Young Master Liu, you're too kind. As things stand, your father, Liu Chali, has already been arrested on my orders."

"Are you trying to hide something else?"

Liu Chuanlin shook his head: "Since you already know the truth, why should I hide anything?"

Just as the adults deduced, that's how things were.

Di Renjie didn't speak, but looked at Di Chun and Li Yuanfang beside him.

After a moment's thought, he did not directly reveal the truth about Liu Chali's murder of his own child.

Instead, he asked, "Young Master Liu, I'm a little curious about the reason."

"How could Liu Chali bear to kill you, his own son?"

Upon hearing this, Liu Chuanlin was also puzzled. He didn't know why he had been pushed off the cliff by Liu Chali without any explanation.

Observing Liu Chuanlin's expression closely, Di Renjie seemed to understand something.

So he said, "According to Liu Chali, you harassed your stepmother."

He witnessed it with his own eyes, and in his grief and rage, he had no choice but to kill you.

"What? I flirted with my stepmother?" Liu Chuanlin was stunned and couldn't accept the rumor. He struggled to turn his head to look at Di Renjie.

"Di Chun, please help Young Master Liu."

"Yes." Di Chun stepped forward and helped turn Liu Chuanlin's head.

"Thank you." Liu Chuanlin looked at Di Renjie: "Sir, is that what my father said?"

"That's right, he said he saw it with his own eyes, on the morning of the first time the three of us arrived at Liujiazhuang."

He witnessed you harassing your stepmother in the pavilion in the back garden, and even removing Yingyu's outer garment.

"This..." Liu Chuanlin found it even more unbelievable after hearing it.

He immediately said, "That day, countless swarms of bees suddenly flew into the back garden and flew towards her. I was helping him drive the bees away."

How could it be considered flirting with her?

"Drive away the bees?" Upon hearing these four words, coupled with the sight of swarms of bees, Di Renjie immediately made a connection.

"Sir, something seems amiss here."

Why did the bee go towards Yingyu instead of towards Young Master Liu?

Do you remember our previous analysis?

"There's something wrong with this Yingyu," Di Chun pointed out.

"Is there something wrong with Yingyu?" Liu Chuanlin didn't react for a moment.

Di Renjie remained silent, lost in thought.

When they first left Liujiazhuang, they analyzed that there were mysteries about this place: how could a woman from a brothel have Nalan Tihua?

The thought of being attacked by swarms of bees immediately brought to mind Nalan Tihua.

Only that kind of flower can attract so many bees.

In this case, combined with what Liu Chuanlin said, it means that Yingyu was framing him. What was her purpose?

Suddenly, she looked up at Liu Chuanlin and asked, "Young Master Liu, is there some conflict between you and this Yingyu?"

"No."

As Liu Chuanlin spoke, he looked somewhat uncomfortable.

"Haha, Young Master Liu, I've told you the truth." Di Renjie revealed his analysis: "Now that things have come to this, what do you know?"

Still won't you tell us? Yingyu must have ulterior motives for marrying into your Liu family village.

What was the reason you were framed by her?

If you still refuse to tell, you, and your father, will be in danger because of this ulterior motive.

"You've already encountered this once; with just a slight move from her, Liu Chali was determined to kill you."

After Di Renjie said that, Liu Chuanlin recalled his previous contact with her at Yuhua Pavilion in the city, her sudden disappearance, and how she became his stepmother when they met again.

Liu Chuanlin must be a very intelligent person.

Based on Di Renjie's words, he felt that he had fallen into a huge conspiracy. Although he loved Yingyu very much, he might have helped to cover it up if it were something else.

But things had already developed to this point, so with a long sigh, he simply nodded and spoke out.

"What? You knew each other before your father?"

After hearing Liu Chuanlin recount his story with Yingyu, Di Renjie and his companions were greatly surprised.

Liu Chuanlin nodded: "That's right. When I got home, I was shocked to find that she had become my stepmother. She told me not to bother her, and I agreed. Then the Cuiping Mountain incident happened."

"So it seems our judgment was correct; she must have had some ulterior motive for trying to join Liu Family Village."

"What exactly is their purpose?" Di Renjie and the other two looked at Liu Chuanlin.

After thinking it over carefully, Liu Chuanlin realized that there was nothing he could possibly want from Liu Family Village.

Suddenly, his eyes lit up, as if he had thought of something.

Could it be for...?

"Young master, what have you thought of?" Di Renjie asked hurriedly.

"I..." Liu Chuanlin stammered for a moment.

Seeing this, Di Chun immediately changed direction: "Young Master Liu? I'd like to ask who Liu Da is?"

"What do you mean? He's the steward of Liu Family Village?"

"A butler? I doubt it. He knows martial arts, and he's quite skilled at it."

They also killed two people from Chang'an before, which is why we came to Liujiazhuang to investigate.

"Someone from Chang'an?" Liu Chuanlin thought of something else.

Liu Chuanlin had some guesses about Liu Da's identity, since Liu Da wasn't the steward of Liu Family Village before.

About a year ago, Liu Da suddenly became the housekeeper.