Humans in All Heavens: Starting with Detective Dee

Things have come full circle.

Zhou Yi originally intended to save Liu Chuanlin in time.

Letting him wake up early will save us a lot of trouble.

Li Gui and Liu Chuanlin knew each other.

Perhaps this will allow Di Renjie to learn about Li Gui from Liu Chuanlin.

Who knew he wouldn't tell the truth?

Even after being murdered, they were unwilling to send Liu Chali to prison.

This means that evidence needs to be found.

He really liked Liu Chuanlin.

Although I don't agree with some of his actions, it doesn't stop me from liking the character.

When I hosted them before, I made a very good impression on them.

Cuiping Mountain is located directly east of Liujiazhuang.

The King of Yue raised an army in Yuzhou back then.

Before he raised his army, he already knew that he would most likely be defeated and killed, and he had long been prepared to die.

He knew that once he died, Yuzhou would become a place under close surveillance by the imperial court.

It's possible to dig three feet into the ground.

To avoid the imperial court's search, he ordered his men to secretly transport the treasure to Huzhou in Jiangnan, far from his own territory.

He also ordered Liu Chali to establish Liu Family Village here to guard the treasure.

As expected, after the King of Yue was defeated and killed, Yuzhou was placed under close surveillance.

The treasure is safe and sound in Huzhou.

Cuiping Mountain, halfway up the mountain.

Beside a mountain ridge.

Liu Da pointed to a spot and said, "Sir, look, this is where the young master fell off the cliff."

Di Renjie leaned closer for a look and sighed, "It really is an abyss."

He also thought to himself, "This place is so high up, there should be no chance of survival if I fall from here."

For a moment, no one knew how Liu Chuanlin had survived.

He simply looked up at Liu Da and said, "Tell me about what happened back then in detail."

"Yes, sir."

Liu Da then vividly described the situation at that time.

After Liu Da finished his description, Di Renjie asked, "So, you didn't see your son fall off the cliff?"

"yes."

"I understand." Di Renjie nodded and gave Li Yuanfang a wink.

"Come on, Liu Da, come with me to take a look ahead."

"OK."

After the two left, only Di Renjie and his companion remained by the mountain ridge.

"Di Chun, quickly look around and see if you've found anything?"

As he spoke, Di Renjie first observed his surroundings, his eyes scanning the area like an eagle's.

Suddenly, Di Renjie seemed to notice something.

"Di Chun, come and help me up."

"Sir, please slow down."

Zhou Yi helped Di Renjie look towards the edge of the mountain ridge.

Di Renjie's body surged forward, reaching towards the edge of the cliff.

I was really afraid he would fall.

He was already quite heavy, and he was on the edge of a cliff. If things went wrong, he would end up like Liu Chuanlin.

There was a protruding rock about a meter below the edge of the cliff.

It's roughly a small platform.

It can accommodate one person standing.

There seemed to be something on the small platform, but it was obscured by tree branches, so Di Renjie couldn't see it clearly.

Zhou Yi also noticed that thing.

He quickly pulled Di Renjie back.

He volunteered, "Sir, let me do it."

"Very well, you've learned martial arts from Yuanfang, and now you have a rare opportunity to show it off."

"Hahaha." Di Renjie stroked his beard and chuckled.

He was still confident in the I Ching.

Although his martial arts skills are not as good as Li Yuanfang's now.

But using his lightness skill to retrieve something is still no problem.

Zhou Yi lightly touched the protrusion on the cliff with his toes, and his figure darted down like a startled swan.

He steadied himself by spreading his arms slightly, his clothes fluttering gently in the mountain breeze.

In the blink of an eye, the person had landed on a narrow stone platform below the cliff.

The stone platform was tiny, barely big enough for one person to stand on, with its edge overlooking a bottomless valley.

Zhou Yi landed steadily on both feet, his body slightly slumped to dissipate the force of the fall, and then he straightened up, calmly surveying his surroundings with his breath remaining perfectly steady.

With internal strength, one can perform light-body techniques.

In this world, light-footed skills are considered high-end.

The eight future military leaders who served alongside Di Renjie had no knowledge of light-body skills whatsoever.

Because they lack internal energy, they practice external martial arts.

Lightness skill! Who hasn't fantasized about having lightness skill when they were a child, using it to fly over walls and leap through the air?

When I first started learning martial arts, my internal strength was limited, and I couldn't use lightness skills. After I was able to use lightness skills...

But he was happy for a long time and used his light-footed skills for several days in a row.

They wished they could use their light-footed skills even to have a meal inside the Di residence, and had no desire to walk at all.

Standing on the platform, I took a light step and suddenly stepped on something.

He moved his right foot aside, looked down, and discovered it was a string of Buddhist prayer beads.

Bending down to pick up the prayer beads, I saw four large characters written on them.

A gift to my husband, Chuanlin.

"Di Chun, what is that?" Di Renjie's voice came from above.

Zhou Yi looked up and saw that Di Renjie had leaned out of the cliff edge again, which startled him.

He quickly called out, "Sir, please lean back quickly, I'll go up right away."

"All right."

Zhou Yi lightly pushed off the stone platform with his toes, and his body rose up like a swallow.

His body slowly fell through the air and landed on the mountain ridge.

It's just a little over a meter high.

This is not a problem at all for the Book of Changes.

My body sank slightly, releasing the force of the fall.

Zhou Yi, holding the Buddhist prayer beads, quickly walked up to Di Renjie and handed him the items: "Sir, it's a string of Buddhist prayer beads."

"Oh?" Upon taking the prayer beads, Di Renjie also noticed the four large characters "赠夫传林" (a gift to his husband, Chuanlin).

After a moment's thought, he wondered, "Has Young Master Liu gotten married?"

Before Zhou Yi could respond, she continued, "No, Young Master Liu should not be married yet."

There was absolutely no indication that he was getting married in Liujiazhuang.

Moreover, on the day I arrived at the funeral hall, I did not see his wife come out to greet me.

"If we really get married, Liu Chali should at least introduce me to Mr. Liu's wife."

"What you say is right, sir. It is highly likely that Young Master Liu is not married."

But these prayer beads should rightfully belong to Young Master Liu. There's something fishy about this.

Could it be that Young Master Liu got married outside the marriage?

"But you didn't tell your family?" Zhou Yi deliberately guessed.

"You got married outside?" Di Renjie shook his head: "Young Master Liu is a very filial person."

Liu Chali plotted to murder him, but he refused to reveal a single detail.

"It's just a marriage, why won't you tell your family?"

Suddenly pausing, Di Renjie seemed to have thought of something: "Unless his wife is someone he can't tell his family about?"

A normal marriage would certainly not be like this.

So that's his wife's identity?

Looking up at Zhou Yi, the two exchanged a glance, their eyes lighting up as they said at the same time, "Unless Young Master Liu's wife is from a brothel."

Or perhaps another identity, one that he couldn't reveal publicly, because he worried his father wouldn't approve.

"That's right, it must be so, that's the only possibility," Di Renjie affirmed.

"My lord, my lord..."

Just then, the voices of Li Yuanfang and Liu Da came from above.