Detective Di Renjie's legend of Wu Dynasty

Chapter 72
Liu Zhali was half asleep and half awake, and slowly opened his eyes, like a dream but not a dream.

Suddenly, a gust of wind blew, and he shivered, and looked around in horror.

He was surprised to find that he was on a cliff with a bottomless valley at his feet; when he raised his head, there was a narrow mountain road above his head.

With the clear light of the cold moon shining on the road, Liu Zhali felt that this place was very familiar.

Here, it is the rock where Wang Mang took the bracelet of Buddhist beads in Cuiping Mountain. On it is the place where the young master fell off the cliff.

After Liu Zhali recognized this place, his face was pale, his body was like chaff, and he let out a desperate scream.

Echoes from the empty valley caused a burst of miserable howls.

As the dark wind blew, Liu Zhali's teeth clashed up and down, making a "clack" sound.

Suddenly, there was a sound of "rustling" footsteps on the mountain road above, Liu Zhali raised his head in horror, and three people walked on the mountain road.

What is extremely frightening is that all three have heads and no faces, and the front and back of their heads are covered with hair.

One person walked quickly in front, and the last person supported the person in the middle. Judging from the distance and position, it was exactly the shape of the three members of the Liu family when they climbed Cuiping Mountain together.

The one in front is Liu Da, the one in the middle is Liu Zhali, and the one supporting him is Liu Chuanlin.

Liu Charlie opened his mouth wide, trembling all over, gasping for breath.

I saw the three people above walking up to the head of the beam, Liu Da said something to the two of them, then ran forward and turned around the mountain bend.

The two people behind stood resting in the mountain path, while Liu Zhali stuck to the stone wall, talking to the young master behind him, and the young master also said something.

In the end, Liu Zhali seemed to be angry, so the son had no choice but to nod, and squeezed past Liu Zhali. The moment the two passed by, Liu Zhali suddenly pushed the son's body out...

Unexpectedly, the young master rushed towards the edge of the cliff, and he was about to fall off the cliff, but at this moment, the young master suddenly stretched out his foot and stepped on the short tree sticking out of the cliff, "click" With a sound, two branches of the dwarf tree broke and drooped.

Startled, Liu Zhali immediately took a step forward, stretched out his hands again and pushed the young master hard.

The young master suddenly stretched out his hand and grabbed Liu Zhali's left wrist. Liu Zhali was shocked, and his right hand tore at the young master's hand forcefully.

With a sound of "chi la", the young master's sleeve was torn off by Liu Zhali, but the young master was still holding onto his hand firmly.

Liu Zhali's body was dragged towards the edge of the cliff by the young master. In desperation, he yelled and pulled his left hand back violently, finally breaking free from the young master's hand.

And the string of beads on the young master's wrist flew down.

Liu Zhali sat down heavily on the ground, and the young master's body quickly fell towards the cliff...

……

With a "snap", the bracelet fell beside Liu Charlie on the rock.

Seeing this scene of deja vu, Liu Zhali burst into tears, and shouted heartbreakingly: "Chuan Lin!"

Suddenly, he raised his head, everything disappeared, and there was silence around him, only the echo of his bitter cry.

After a long time, Liu Charlie stood up slowly, turned his head, and a face full of hair appeared in front of his eyes.

I saw this "face", holding a confession in the left hand and ink pad in the right hand.

Liu Charlie was taken aback, and asked tentatively, "Are you the Impermanence of the Underworld?"

The "face" was motionless.

Liu Charlie sighed, stretched out his finger, dipped the ink pad, and pressed it on the paper.

He asked softly, "my son is over there, is he okay?"

no answer.

There was a shrill and shrill laugh in the distance, and a voice shouted indistinctly: "Father, father..."

Liu Yuanwai turned his head suddenly, it was pitch black and he couldn't see anything.

When he turned around again, the "impermanence" beside him had disappeared.

Suddenly, there was a sound of "whoosh!" in the air, and Liu Zhali felt dizzy in his head, and his body slowly fell to the ground.

……

After an unknown amount of time, Liu Zhali slowly opened his eyes.

The bright sun shone directly on his face, causing a sharp pain in his eyes. He hastily stretched out his hand to block the light, and when he turned around, he was surrounded by familiar sights—shrines, incense candles, futons...he lay down again. In the mourning hall.

Liu Charlie let out a long breath and murmured: "I'm back. I'm back."

He turned over and sat up. Suddenly, there was a rush of footsteps outside the door.

Liu Chali looked up, and it turned out that it was Liu Da who rushed in with someone and shouted: "Master!"

Liu Charlie grabbed his hand and shouted excitedly: "Liu Da!"

Liu Da asked eagerly: "Master, where have you been these few days?"

Liu Charlie was taken aback, and asked, "How many days?"

Liu Da said strangely: "Yes, you have been missing for three days, and your family is looking for you everywhere!"

Liu Zhali was puzzled and said in disbelief: "Three days, but why do I think it's just one night!"

Liu Da seemed to remember something, and said eagerly: "Go back quickly, Madam is in a hurry."

Liu Charlie nodded, walked out quickly, and stopped in front of the door: "Oh, by the way, did Master Di ask me?"

Liu Da laughed and said, "Return to Master Di, Master Di returned to Huzhou yesterday!"

Liu Charlie breathed a sigh of relief.

……

Huzhou County Government.

Di Renjie ordered to Zeng Tai who was at the next station: "Magistrate Zeng, issue a warrant for arrest immediately, and bring Liu Chali, the murderer of Liu Chuanlin, to the case!"

Zeng Tai was stunned, and lost his voice: "What, what? Lock Liu Chali?"

Di Renjie nodded.

Zeng Tai said blankly: "But, but Liu Chuanlin fell off the cliff and died by himself, why did he lock up his father?"

Di Renjie smiled and said: "It's too late to explain so much now, I'll just tell you one thing, the evidence is convincing. You should do it immediately!"

Zeng Tai glanced at Li Yuanfang and Wang Mang standing beside Di Renjie, Li Yuanfang nodded, and Wang Mang smiled.

Zeng Tai was confused, and had no choice but to bow and say, "Yes."

……

In the Huzhou County Yamen, the drums were beating loudly, and the imperial guards surrounded the yamen.

"I heard that Liu Yuanwai from Liujiazhuang was arrested, he is a rich man!"

"Not only is he rich, but he also served as a high-ranking official in Beijing. Our county magistrate is really a bit courageous!"

"Hey, the county magistrate caught it? It's the imperial envoy! Didn't you see that the people standing guard at the gate are not soldiers from our county?"

"Why are you arresting people?"

"I have a relative who works in the yamen. I heard that Yuanwai Liu killed his son."

"Huh? Tiger poison doesn't even eat its eggs! This kind of person should be killed!"

The opening of the courtroom, the three classes of yamen servants and imperial guards stood on both sides of the courtroom, shouting: "Mighty!"

Di Renjie and Zeng Tai went to the courtroom. Di Renjie sat behind the case and Zeng Tai sat beside him.

Di Renjie looked around the crowd majestically, picked up the gavel, patted it lightly, and said in a deep voice, "Take Liu Chali."

The yamen servants answered "yes" loudly, turned around and walked down the hall quickly.

Zeng Tai looked worried, and said softly: "Mr. Ge, Liu Zhali used to be a member of the fifth rank of the Beijing Central Committee. If we don't have enough evidence to bring him to justice, he will catch us. If we are sued To Yushi's place..."

Di Renjie smiled, and said in a low voice: "Zeng Tai, the way to be an official and solve cases is the same. You can't go in the right direction, you must go against the scale to be a master. Otherwise, you will only be a seventh-rank county magistrate forever." !"

A few words made Zeng Tai feel ashamed and speechless.

Soon, two yamen servants brought Liu Chali to the hall.

Liu Chali said: "The grassroots Liu Chali kowtowed to the lord, and I don't know what instruction the lord has for arresting the grassroots to come to the church?"

Di Renjie sneered: "Why does Liu Si-nong ask questions knowingly?"

Liu Zhali was taken aback for a moment, and asked, "My lord, how do you say this? The grassroots don't understand."

Di Renjie snorted coldly: "Liu Zhali, you were once a fifth-rank member of the Ministry of War, and you can be regarded as a high-ranking member of the imperial court. This court will not detain you here without evidence. As for the reason, only you and I know best, I advise you Be sensible, tell the truth!"

Liu Zhali's face changed suddenly when he heard the words, but he immediately regained his composure, and said softly: "Please tell me, the grassroots still don't understand what you mean."

With a "pop", Di Renjie slapped the gavel and shouted: "You should understand the affairs of the underworld by now!"

(End of this chapter)