Humans in All Heavens: Starting with Detective Dee

Suddenly, Di Renjie looked up, his eyes lit up, and he turned to look at Di Chun and Li Yuanfang.

"Left arm, left arm?"

Li Yuanfang snapped out of his reverie: "My lord, what have you been thinking about?"

"The deceased's left arm."

Di Chun's explanation basically ruled out the possibility of ghosts; it was all being manipulated behind the scenes.

The dead man on the official road was certainly not Jiang Xiaolang.

The series of bloody incidents that occurred in the four provinces and ten states must have some kind of conspiracy behind them.

Since there are no ghosts, it's not some vengeful spirit from Yuwen Chengdu seeking revenge.

What is the killer trying to mislead us by using the rituals of the elite troops used to deal with traitors?

It's easy to understand why the deceased's head was cut off; it was done to prevent people from recognizing the deceased.

Then why cut off the left arm?

Unless there was some form of identification on the deceased's left arm.

Di Renjie looked delighted, believing he had solved the case before him: "Do you remember Zeng Tai?"

"What's on the left arm of the Plum Blossom Inner Guard?"

Upon hearing this, Li Yuanfang's face lit up with joy: "Brother Zeng has a plum blossom tattoo on his arm that everyone knows about."

Do you remember the posture the deceased was in when they died?

He died in front of the tombstone, even though he was caught and beheaded by the murderer while on the run.

He should have been lying face down in front of the tombstone, but the deceased was lying face up in front of it. What does this mean?

Li Yuanfang thought for a moment, still looking puzzled, and looked at Di Renjie: "My lord, I can't figure it out."

"This suggests that the deceased intentionally left clues; he lingered in front of the tombstone for a moment before turning to face the murderer's attack."

"That's right, that's right, sir." Li Yuanfang's eyes lit up, and the fear of ghosts and gods in his heart completely disappeared, and he stopped trembling.

He straightened his back completely, and his whole body was full of energy.

"Let's go, have Dayou prepare the carriage, and we'll immediately go to the roadside next to the dead man to take another look," Di Renjie said immediately after he had figured everything out.

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On the official road from Luoyang, the capital of China, to Yongchang County, Di Renjie and Di Chun sat in a carriage.

Li Yuanfang drove his car at high speed towards the official road where the deceased had died.

A moment later, as Li Yuanfang spoke, the carriage stopped beside the official road.

Di Renjie lifted the curtain, and Li Yuanfang dismounted, took down the footstool, and helped him down.

Di Chun followed closely behind.

After getting out of the car, the three of them didn't linger for a moment and went straight to the tombstone.

In front of the tombstone, Di Renjie stood nervously for a moment, afraid that he had made a wrong deduction, but he still squatted down and reached under the tombstone with one hand, trying to find something.

He seemed to have touched something soon, a smile appeared on his face, he stood up, opened his palm, and a white jade waist token appeared in his palm.

Looking at the raised characters on the waist tag, "Sun Dianchen, Commander of the Inner Guard," Li Yuanfang said excitedly, "My lord, it really is the Inner Guard. Your deduction was absolutely correct."

The appearance of this waist plaque completely overturned the existence of ghosts and gods.

It seems that everything is just as Brother Di said; there are no ghosts in this world at all.

Everything involving ghosts is a scheme orchestrated by someone.

After saying that, he felt a little ashamed and looked at the two of them with a guilty expression: "My lords, Brother Di, I am ashamed that I actually believed that ghosts really exist in this world."

It almost led the adults astray.

Actually, Di Renjie was alright in this incident, as he didn't believe in ghosts to begin with.

If he were to solve this case alone,

He is unlikely to be fooled.

However, his two teammates were not performing well, which made Zeng Tai jumpy and suspicious, thinking that something was wrong.

Li Yuanfang was also terrified and believed there was a ghost.

Two teammates kept whispering in his ear that something was amiss, coupled with He Yun's various schemes.

The thunderstorm created a gloomy atmosphere, and with a combination of factors, Di Renjie also fell into a state of doubt.

Seeing Li Yuanfang's ashamed expression, Di Renjie waved his hand and said, "Everyone has a fear of ghosts."

Didn't I almost believe it too?

We were lost in the fog, but fortunately Di Chun saw through it, which allowed us to finally find this waist token.

Li Yuanfang nodded, looked at Di Chun with admiration: "Brother Di, I truly admire you. From the very beginning, you believed that there are absolutely no ghosts in this world."

"Haha, Brother Yuanfang, I just understand one thing: if ghosts really exist in this world..."

According to the saying "repay kindness with kindness" and "settle injustice with injustice," then Yuwen Chengdu's headless vengeful ghost certainly won't do anything to us.

If they really kill us, can't we become vengeful ghosts?

After we become ghosts, let's fight Yuwen Chengdu again and see who's stronger.

I wasn't afraid of him when he was alive, so why would I be afraid of him when he's dead?

Even if ghosts really exist in this world, they are not scary.

The human heart is terrifying; humans are far more terrifying than ghosts.

Di Renjie nodded slightly, seemingly having thought of something, and expressed his agreement: "Di Chun is right. Ghosts are not scary in this world; what is scary is people, and the human heart is even scarier."

Upon hearing this, Li Yuanfang pondered for a moment, recalling all the strange and wonderful people he had met since childhood, and how some people schemed against others for their own benefit.

In the government, some officials brutally treated the people under their jurisdiction in order to embezzle funds.

Indeed, people are the most terrifying thing in the world.

"Brother Di, thank you for teaching me another lesson." Li Yuanfang looked confident and radiant.

He is very different from before.

My spirit and energy have been completely elevated, and my only weakness is now gone.

Di Chun sensed that Li Yuanfang's martial arts skills were about to enter a phase of rapid improvement.

He was already quite talented, and now his psychological issues have been resolved.

Nothing could stop him anymore.

For martial arts practitioners, psychological factors also play a role in whether their martial arts skills can improve rapidly and effectively.

How can you practice martial arts well if you have things on your mind all day?

It would be good enough if they could avoid going astray in their cultivation.

"Brother Yuanfang, you're too kind."

With the waist token in hand, Di Renjie and Li Yuanfang were overjoyed, their gloom lifted.

The three of them headed towards the official road.

Di Renjie stared at the waist tag in his hand: "This so-called deceased Jiang Xiaolang was an inner guard."

That means that all the people who died in the Jiang family compound, as well as the dead in the four provinces and ten states, were all members of the Imperial Guard.

The Imperial Guards are the Emperor's men; this is a grand conspiracy against the Emperor!

"What you say is right."

Actually, I had this feeling before.

"Oh? What do you mean?" Di Renjie stopped and looked at Di Chun with curiosity.

"My lord, do you remember me in the palace before?"

I have never believed in the existence of ghosts.

As a result, the emperor was plagued by nightmares. Nightmares are nothing new; everyone has them, but the emperor's nightmares were far too real.