Humans in All Heavens: Starting with Detective Dee

After the conversation ended, Di Chun returned to the Di residence under the cover of darkness.

Princess Taiping also returned to her residence.

Both parties are satisfied with this transaction.

Di Renjie had not yet returned to the Di residence, and Li Yuanfang was also not there, so Di Chun quietly went out and quietly returned without anyone noticing.

The next morning, while Di Chun was fast asleep in his room, there was a sudden knock on the door.

Normally he would be up and practicing martial arts by this time, but he had exhausted himself last night, so he could only sleep a little longer.

"Bang bang bang".

The knocking on the door startled Di Chun from her sleep.

Who is it?

Di Chun groggily opened his eyes and called out to the outside.

"It's me, Lu Dayou."

"Dayou? What's wrong?"

"The master is back. Please go to the main hall."

"Okay, go ahead, I'll get up right away."

"Okay."

Hearing Lu Dayou's footsteps outside the room gradually fade away, Di Chun sat up, paused for a moment, then dressed and went to the main hall.

Inside the main hall, Di Renjie and Li Yuanfang sat quietly in chairs, their brows furrowed, clearly preoccupied.

"My lord, Brother Yuanfang."

Given Li Yuanfang's martial arts skills, he should have heard footsteps before Di Chun even entered the room.

But this time, he didn't realize it until Di Chun walked in and spoke.

It seems that the headless general's matter greatly shocked him.

The two looked up at Di Chun, their faces still showing lingering fear.

They seemed to be terrified by the clues uncovered in Yongchang County over the past two days.

"Ah, it's Di Chun." Upon seeing Di Chun's arrival, the two immediately put on smiles, no longer looking worried as before.

"How is the Emperor doing?" Di Renjie asked as soon as he saw Di Chun.

"Much better. His Majesty is no longer troubled by nightmares," Di Chun replied truthfully.

Just then, before Di Renjie could speak, Li Yuanfang frowned again, his eyes fixed on Di Chun: "Brother Di, do you perhaps possess some exorcism or ghost-repelling skills?"

"Have you driven away all the vengeful spirits that were claiming the emperor's life?"

When he learned from Di Renjie that Wu Zetian was plagued by nightmares, he believed it was the spirits of those Wu Zetian had killed coming to seek revenge.

"Huh? Brother Yuanfang? What are you thinking?"

I remember saying back in Liujiazhuang that there are no ghosts in this world.

The emperor was not haunted by any evil spirits.

"That's all nonsense." Di Chun chuckled.

Upon hearing this, Li Yuanfang still looked nervous: "Brother Di, to be honest, these past two days, my lord and I have been investigating a case under Brother Zeng's jurisdiction in Yongchang County."

A headless, vengeful ghost appeared over there; it was a real ghost.

And someone even witnessed it firsthand.

Speaking of the headless vengeful ghost, even in broad daylight, Li Yuanfang seemed to sense something, and his body trembled involuntarily.

It was as if a vengeful ghost had come to claim his life.

"Brother Yuanfang, I still maintain that there are no ghosts in this world."

Everything involving ghosts and spirits is just someone pretending to be a deity.

Li Yuanfang wanted to say something more.

Di Renjie stepped forward and stopped him: "Yuanfang, I still agree with Di Chun's words. There are no ghosts in this world."

Li Yuanfang was puzzled and turned to Di Renjie: "But sir, we have already learned the truth from Fang Gensheng."

He had seen the headless, vengeful ghost with his own eyes.

"Yuanfang, perhaps there are still some things we haven't figured out."

"We returned from Yongchang County for two reasons: first, to request an imperial decree from His Majesty, and second, to see Di Chun. Perhaps he can offer us some insight?"

At this moment, after He Yun's actions, Di Renjie, who originally did not believe in ghosts and gods, could not help but become a little suspicious.

In particular, Fang Gensheng witnessed the vengeful ghost killing people.

He used to absolutely disbelieve these things, but now he's 80% disbelieving and 20% skeptical.

Upon encountering the headless, vengeful ghost, he completely came to believe in ghosts and spirits.

However, they quickly discovered something was wrong and solved the case.

Seeing the nervous Li Yuanfang, Di Renjie offered a few words of reassurance before turning to Di Chun.

"Please sit down, everyone."

I briefly told Di Chun about what happened in Yongchang County these past two days.

After everyone was seated, Di Renjie began to recount the recent events that had occurred in Yongchang County.

The matter was actually quite simple. From the first day Di Chun entered the palace, after Di Renjie returned to his residence, Zeng Tai came to his door, asking him to help solve the case.

A case occurred on the official road from Yongchang to Shendu, where two people were killed, both of whom had their heads and left arms severed.

After examining the scene, it was discovered that the identity document of one of the deceased was actually written as Jiang Xiaolang, born during the Sui Dynasty's Daye era.

The murderer's horse's hoof was as big as a large bowl.

There is absolutely no horse in the world today with such large hooves.

For a moment, Li Yuanfang suspected that it was a monster, not a horse.

They then found He Yun, the Flying Dragon Envoy, who was in charge of all the horses in the Great Zhou Dynasty. He told the two that these were definitely not modern horses, but the Akhal-Teke horses that had become extinct during the Later Han Dynasty, and the hoofprints were exclusive to the Xiaoguo Army.

The next day, the group went to Yongchang County again and found more than a dozen arms and heads in Xilin.

Furthermore, the body of the deceased was discovered in an abandoned house in Enjizhuang. That night, Fang Gensheng, who was staying there, told them about the headless vengeful ghost killing people.

I also learned about Yuwen Chengdu's deeds from two villagers in their seventies from Enjizhuang.

For a moment, almost everyone present believed that this was the work of Yuwen Chengdu's ghost.

After Di Renjie finished speaking, Li Yuanfang said, "Brother Di, did you hear that? This is Yuwen Chengdu's vengeful ghost seeking revenge!"

The head and left arm were cut off; this was a ritual performed by the Xiaoguo Army.

Do you remember what you told us before?

You saw it in the Kaihuang Veritable Records.

Di Renjie said, "Di Chun, I still don't quite believe that ghosts exist in this world."

But from beginning to end, I never saw the problem with this case. Perhaps it's because I'm already too caught up in it to see through the fog?

As an outsider, you might be able to see the problem.

"Haha." Di Chun laughed twice, and Li Yuanfang looked at him in surprise: "Brother Di?"

Di Chun stopped laughing and looked at Li Yuanfang: "Brother Yuanfang, isn't the flaw in the problem quite obvious?"

First, let's talk about the dead on the official road. One of the deceased had an identification document found on his body, right?

"good."

He was born in the seventh year of the Daye era of the Sui Dynasty, and was an old man who was nearly a hundred years old.

The adults had already noticed something was wrong: his skin was smooth, not at all like that of a centenarian.

If that's the case, then why can we be certain that the identity document belongs to the deceased?

Could it be that the murderer placed it there on purpose?

It was all to mislead us, to make us believe that Yuwen Chengdu was truly seeking revenge.

Why are you so sure that the identity document must belong to the deceased?