Evil of all ages

Chapter 13 Trick
Huang Taichu slowly opened his eyes, pushed away the girl Xiao Ke who was pressing down on him, sat up, and stretched with a refreshed expression.

Seeing that Xiao Ke had difficulty getting up, he didn't need her to help him get dressed; he simply dressed and tidied himself up.

"咹"

He opened the door and saw that not only Uncle Ren and Uncle Xu were there, but also Uncle Gao. It was obvious that Uncle Gao had run away from the prison to tell them what had happened.

However, Uncle Gao's face was deathly pale. Huang Taichu knew without a doubt that Uncle Gao must have seen the corpses of Shi Boyi and the others and was frightened.

"Uncle Ren, what happened?"

Huang Taichu asked the question knowing the answer already.

"Talking on the Road"

Ren Zhengnian pulled Huang Taichu away.

"What? Someone died in prison? It was Shi Boyi and his men."

On the way back to the prison, Huang Taichu looked at Gao Zhiming with a shocked expression.

"Their bodies were discovered by the patrolmen half an hour ago, and this matter directly alarmed the prison warden."

"The prison is now under strict control; everyone can only enter, not leave."

"Lord Chang, the prison warden, let me out to find you since you weren't there."

Gao Zhiming said tremblingly, "The deaths of Shi Boyi and the others were just too gruesome."

Dead people wouldn't frighten him like that, but the way Shi Boyi and the others died almost certainly proves that there are unclean things in the prison.

Whether they are demons, monsters, or evil spirits, they are all beings that eat people.

Today it's the turn of Shi Boyi and his group of five. Will it be their turn tomorrow?

"They deserved to die."

Xu Dai would only applaud the deaths of Shi Boyi and the others, since they had a grudge against them.

"Your face is so pale, but their deaths seem suspicious?"

Ren Zhengnian asked.

“Boss, there really are unclean things in the prison. I’ve seen Shi Boyi and the others’ corpses, and they weren’t man-made.”

Gao Zhiming said in a trembling voice.

"Tell me, what did you see?"

Ren Zhengnian wanted to know what Gao Zhiming had seen and how he was so certain that there was something unclean in the prison.

"Boss, one of them was turned into more than twenty pieces of flesh, big and small, and another..."

Gao Zhiming is recounting what he saw.

Huang Taichu remained silent and quietly followed behind Uncle Ren and the others.

Seeing that Uncle Ren and Uncle Xu's expressions gradually turned sour as they listened to Gao Zhiming's story, he almost wanted to laugh.

"Before this case is classified, we can keep talking about ghosts and monsters to ourselves, but don't discuss it with others in prison."

Ren Zhengnian reminded the others.

Huang Taichu naturally nodded repeatedly, following Uncle Gao's lead.

The four of them soon returned to the entrance of the prison. Since the prison was under strict control, they were examined for a while before being allowed to enter.

Back in Area Ding, Ren Zhengnian and Xu Dai wanted to see just how gruesome Shi Boyi and the others' deaths were.

As a result, the area had been surrounded by the Zhenwu Division, and even the corpses had been covered with straw mats.

Before they even got close, they were driven away by the Zhenwu Division and warned not to wander around, but to stay where they were on duty.

Ren Zhengnian had no choice but to take his men back to their post.

"Boss, someone died next door to us. No matter who handles the case, they'll definitely interrogate us a lot."

Gao Zhiming's biggest worry is that if this case can't be solved, the higher-ups might use them as scapegoats.

It's no wonder he thought that way; having served in the prison for so long, he had seen far too many scapegoats.

"This case is very serious and cannot be settled by making a few prison guards scapegoats."

"If you question us, we'll just answer truthfully."

Ren Zhengnian said this, but he understood the people above him all too well.

Since the case remains unsolved, there's a high probability that they'll be used as scapegoats to quell the panic within the prison.

It's because they have a grudge against Shi Boyi and his group.

It could be argued that they had a motive to kill Speyer and his men.

But what's the use of understanding this? Can they still resist? Whether they become scapegoats or not is entirely up to those above.

Now all he can do is pray and comfort his teammates so they don't panic.

"Xiao Chu, you... never mind, let's talk about it after this period of time."

Ren Zhengnian remembered Huang Taichu's martial arts training, but faced with this situation, he had no mind to teach Huang Taichu martial arts. Seeing that there was nothing to do, Huang Taichu used the Greedy World-Devouring Gu to share his vision and watch everything inside the Heavenly Prison without any blind spots.

Third layer

All the prison guards and jailers were present.

He Rongjiang, the prison warden, is the nominal controller of the Heavenly Prison, but he has no control over the third level, and he even has to listen to Liu Yidao.

"Lord Liu, may I ask who is in charge of the cases in our prison?"

Prison warden He Rongjiang wanted to know who the Zhenwu Division had invited to investigate the cases in the prison.

“Dali Temple—Di Qingtian”

Liu Yidao didn't keep them in suspense and revealed the name Di Qingtian.

"What? It's Di Qingtian, the one who solved several bizarre cases! That's great! With him here, there's hope!"

"I've heard of Di Qingtian. He's an exceptional detective, especially when it comes to those few high-profile and mysterious cases."

"The Thunder God destroys evil, the Ghost King marries a wife, Yinglong undergoes tribulation, etc., they are as frightening as they can be, but in the end they are all just tricks to deceive people."

“That’s right, it’s all a bunch of tricks. The ones in our prison are definitely the same. Once Di Qingtian arrives, he’ll definitely be able to find the real culprit.”

"..."

Upon hearing this, the prison guards couldn't help but start discussing it.

Liu Yidao heard the discussion and hoped it would be the same, after all, the strange case in the prison gave him an indescribable sense of unease.

He invited the person.

Because he received a reply from the director yesterday, who told him to handle it as he saw fit.

He said he would handle it as he saw fit, but actually the director was dissatisfied with him.

He was put in charge of the imperial prison, and he cannot escape responsibility for what happened there.

Therefore, he must find the guy who was playing tricks in the prison before the director returns to the capital.

Before anyone could be brought in, five people died in jail last night—a blatant provocation.

"Lord Liu, when will Judge Di arrive?"

He Rongjiang asked.

"He should be arriving soon. Let's go to the door to meet him."

Liu Yidao led the way and walked out.

He Rongjiang was a little surprised. Di Qingtian was only a Sizhi, with a lower official rank than him, yet Liu Yidao personally went to pick him up.

But considering Di Qingtian's ability to solve cases, it seems understandable.

on the street

The roguish and handsome Di Qingtian rode his horse, and because of the large number of people on the street, his two guards led the reins.

The two guards were brothers, the elder brother being Yin Tianying and the younger brother being Yin Tianyong.

They also have a younger sister named Yin Li.

The three siblings were originally martial arts practitioners, but they were attracted by Di Qingtian's personal charm and followed him.

Yin Li is not by Di Qingtian's side because Di Qingtian has a younger sister, and Yin Li is with Di Qingtian's younger sister.

"My lord, I inquired about the area around the prison beforehand."

There are many rumors about the Heavenly Prison. Some people say that there are unclean things inside.

"Some say that a judge resides in the Heavenly Prison, and because the judge clearly distinguishes between good and evil, guilty prisoners get into trouble, while those wrongfully imprisoned escape unscathed."

"Some people say that the Heavenly Prison is cursed, and those who go in will also be cursed."

Yin Tianying revealed the information he had gathered.

"It's another one of these unoriginal mystery cases. What's the difference between this and the mystery cases we've seen before?"

"It's just empty talk to scare the ignorant."

"I can guarantee that the person who's playing tricks is definitely someone from inside the Heavenly Prison."

Yin Tianyong disagreed.

"I also think it's someone inside the prison. They just caused problems for all the prisoners in the prison, while those who were wrongfully imprisoned were left unscathed. Is it just to save a few people who were wrongfully imprisoned?"

"If it was just about saving people who were wrongfully imprisoned, then why did you have to kill someone last night?"

"What is his purpose in doing this?"

"To cause trouble among all the prisoners in the prison, besides being highly skilled, the real culprit must also hold a high position in the prison."

Yin Tianying also has her own analysis.

(End of this chapter)