Chapter 8(3)()

It was silent again, only the sound of rain outside the house and the raindrops fell on the river surface, and the ticks under the eaves. Li Yuanfang walked to the opposite side of Di Renjie, sat down at the table, and looked in front of him, as if he had made up his mind to speak first. Di Renjie looked at him from the side, knowing that he was a little resentful in his heart, and couldn't help feeling bitter and a little angry. He wanted to talk to him openly, but he was unsure, afraid that if the conversation was not right, he really never knew that he would have such a time when he was unable to make a decision. After thinking about it over and over again, he decided to start with the case first, and said, "Yuan Fang, we have not analyzed in detail after exploring the scene of Lan Yuguan this morning."

"Well, sir, you said." Li Yuanfang's expression relaxed a little.

Di Renjie said: "Yuan Fang, this morning we found that the dead in Lan Yu Temple were divided into two categories. One was killed, which was very obvious, while the other was cut off after being dead. After I came back, I thought about it carefully. The corpses that were cut off after death, their ferocious faces and painful expressions reminded me of another dead person."

Li Yuanfang glanced at the cabinet and whispered: "Han Rui."

Di Renjie nodded: "It's very correct. I also thought of Han Rui who died of eating cakes. His distorted facial features and his skinny body revealed that Han Rui and these deceased people in the Lan Yu Temple had experienced very great physical torture before their death, and it looked like some kind of disease."

Li Yuanfang thought intently and said to herself: "It changed a lot when she died."

"Huh?" Di Renjie also responded to his words: "So, I thought of the Pengyan Cake. Is this disease related to Pengyan Cake?"

"Sir, I think it's related, but it's not about ordinary Pengyan cakes, but about the Pengyan cakes we found in Lan Yuguan with other things."

"It's true! It's more accurate, it's related to what's mixed in the Pengyan cake in Lan Yuguan."

Di Renjie gently twisted his beard and said, "If something has something to do with a disease, then such things either cause disease or treat disease. Is it reasonable?"

"It makes sense. Sir, and I wonder, since Han Rui tried so hard to eat Pengyan Cake before his death, would it be that he was confused at the time that he thought that these ordinary Pengyan Cakes were also mixed with the kind of things he needed, which could save him or relieve his pain."

"Yes, I think so too. If I think about it this way, then this kind of thing is likely to be a drug."

Li Yuanfang's eyes lit up and she said, "Yes! A drug! It's the most likely thing to mix it into that cake."

Di Renjie continued: "Yuan Fang, when we discussed the case last time, we also analyzed the connection between Han Rui, Lan Yuguan and Henying Villa. I once inferred that one is that Han Rui's gold chain proves the relationship between him and Islamic Muslims, and the other is that I once analyzed that he is a painter based on the colors on Han Rui's hands. Of course, neither of them can prove that he has a direct relationship with Henying Villa."

"Sir!" Li Yuanfang called out, glanced at the cabinet again, and decided to say, "Sir, your analysis is very correct. Han Rui is indeed a painter, and he has painted murals for Heying Villa."

Di Renjie was very surprised and asked, "Yuan Fang, how did you know?"

Li Yuanfang hesitated for a moment and said, "Sir, it was Miss Lu Yanran from Heying Villa who told me. I, I saw her at Baicaotang Pharmacy today."

"Miss Lu Yanran?" Di Renjie looked at Li Yuanfang suspiciously and asked, "Why did she talk to you? What were you doing in Baicaotang?"

Li Yuanfang turned to the beginning and said, "Actually, she was there when I was drinking at the Jiuchonglou Restaurant last night. Today, I saw her again when I passed by Baicaotang, and we talked a lot."

Di Renjie thought for a while and said, "Okay, can you tell me what you talked to her?"

"Sir, I'm just about to tell you. Miss Lu Yanran told me that Han Rui is indeed a genius in painting. She introduced Han Rui to Heying Villa to help Feng Danqing draw murals, so your reasoning is quite correct."

"Well, then did she say anything else?"

Li Yuanfang said carefully: "She told me that she knew Di Jinghui since she was a child, and her names were all attributed to Di Jinghui. She loved Di Jinghui deeply. Although Di Jinghui married Lord Chen's daughter, Lu Yanran and Di Jinghui never stopped interacting with each other."

Di Renjie was stunned when he heard this, and after a while, he said, "There is such an inside story."

"Yeah." Li Yuanfang nodded and said, "She said that adults should be careful of Feng Danqing, saying that the woman has ulterior motives."

"Jing Hui said so."

Li Yuanfang glanced at Di Renjie and stopped talking.

After a while, Di Renjie came back to his senses from his thoughts and asked, "Has Lu Yanran said anything else?"

"Yes, there is another important situation, that is, Han Rui and Han Bin brothers are both Lan Yuguan arranged by Di Jinghui."

Di Renjie was shocked. He looked at Li Yuanfang unable to speak. Li Yuanfang ignored everything else and told Di Renjie what Han Bin had just told him.

After Li Yuanfang finished speaking, Di Renjie let out a long sigh and said, "Brothers Han Rui, Lan Yuguan, and Heiying Villa are finally connected. And what connects them is Di Jinghui and Lu Yanran."

Li Yuanfang nodded silently. After a while, Di Renjie said again: "These situations are very important, I need to think about them again. There is one thing that is, the incident that happened half a year ago in Lan Yuguan. Once we understand this, we may have the most critical clues to the series of problems we are facing now. Of course, Lu Yanran and Di Jinghui should be very clear about this incident."

Li Yuanfang said: "But Lu Yanran did not tell me what happened to Lan Yuguan half a year ago."

Di Renjie said: "No, Yuan Fang, we actually have some clues. Some people built some new houses in Lan Yu Temple half a year ago, and some homeless people disappeared one after another in the past six months. In the past two days, we have found dozens of dead Taoist gentry in Lan Yu Temple. If we link these things together, we can still draw a conclusion. That is: Over the past six months, some people have gathered some homeless people together and got them to be the Taoist gentry in Lan Yu Temple. Some of these Taoist gentry suffered from some strange diseases, including Han Rui. Finally, the night before yesterday, all their bodies were found in Lan Yu Temple. Some died of illness, while others were killed directly."

"Sir, what you said makes a lot of sense."

Di Renjie sighed and said, "Yuan Fang, this reasoning even made me feel creepy. I feel that what happened in this Lan Yu Temple must be a very terrifying incident."

Li Yuanfang suddenly said, "You go and ask Di Jinghui, I think he should know something."

Di Renjie looked at him with attention, smiled bitterly, and said, "This is natural. Di Jinghui, what he did has troubled me. Sometimes I really feel that this son seems to be a debt I owe in my previous life."

Li Yuanfang lowered her head and stopped talking.
Chapter completed!