When the book-traveling little detective meets the two-faced prince

Looking at the skeleton in front of him, Li Weisheng's eyes were full of disbelief, and he said in a trembling voice: "Mr. Jiang, you...you said that this body is Yuqing's. How...how is it possible? Didn't Yuqing's body disappear twelve years ago?"

Lin Lezhi smiled, looked at the collapsed village chief Ji and said, "Village chief Ji did say that."

Village Chief Ji quickly got up and said, "Mr. Jiang, Yuqing's body was indeed not found twelve years ago. I said absolutely nothing false. Otherwise..." Village Chief Ji pointed to the sky and swore, "Otherwise, I will not die a good death!"

Lin Lezhi waved his hand and said, "Village Chief Ji, why do I want your life? I just said that you said it, but I didn't say that you did it."

"Then... Mr. Jiang, what do you mean? Don't scare me." Village Chief Ji looked at the corpse hanging on the stone statue and said in panic: "Is this corpse really Yuqing's? But she clearly..."

"She clearly disappeared, how could she be here?"

"Exactly, exactly."

Lin Lezhi walked up to He Yuqing's body and said, "He Yuqing's body has actually always been in this village."

Village Chief Ji's eyes widened. "In this village, why can't we find it?"

“Because there is an obstacle.”

"Obstacle?" Village Chief Ji looked puzzled.

"Yes, this barrier is the Jade Dragon Waterfall."

After saying that, Lin Lezhi gave Xiao Xu a look, and Xiao Xu jumped up and untied He Yuqing's body from the stone statue, then turned around and said, "Follow me."

When Xiao Xu went out carrying the skeleton, the villagers who stayed behind were so scared that they took several steps back.

Xiao Xu held the corpse and walked from the outside of Hongzhu Temple towards Yulong Waterfall. He did not place He Yuqing's corpse on the ground until he reached the front of Yulong Waterfall.

After arriving at Yulong Waterfall, all the villagers of Yulong Village were so frightened that they stood there in a daze.

There were seven corpses lying on the ground.

There were six bodies wearing red wedding gowns, but the red wedding gowns had faded a little after years of baptism.

There was another body in front of He Yuqing's body. It was not wearing any clothes and was just a dry skeleton. Because there was no clothes to cover it, you could see that there were many broken marks on the bones.

The skull of the corpse closest to the outermost side seemed to have been hit hard, with large holes and a very uneven surface with many pits and holes.

The villagers had never seen such a scene before. Some of them couldn't bear it and ran to the side to vomit.

After seeing the corpses, Sun Wan'er's face was filled with great sorrow. She immediately ran to the corpses to check, but all the corpses had turned into white bones and were unrecognizable.

Kneeling beside the corpse, covering his face and crying.

Village Chief Ji was obviously frightened to the point that his legs and feet went limp.

"Master Jiang, this...we have only sent off six brides, so why are there seven corpses?"

Lin Lezhi looked at Village Chief Ji and said, "Village Chief Ji, you said that the river upstream of the waterfall is turbulent and no one in the village dares to approach it, right?"

"Yes, if you fall from such a high waterfall, you will be disabled even if you don't die."

"What if someone survived and is still standing here intact?"

Village Chief Ji took a look at the high waterfall and said in disbelief: "To be able to remain intact after falling from such a high waterfall, only a god can do it."

"Me!" Lin Lezhi pointed at himself and said, "But forget about the word celestial being. At most, I am blessed with a long life."

"Mr. Jiang, are you kidding me?"

"No kidding, have you forgotten that Magistrate Li said that when he first saw me, I came out of the river?"

"County Magistrate Li?" Village Chief Ji tried hard to recall what he had said that night.

"When I came out of the water that night, County Magistrate Li was also hiding in the water to save his bride. After seeing me come ashore and enter He Yuqing's house, he followed me. Village Chief Ji, do you still remember?"

Village Chief Ji nodded his head and said, "I remember, that's exactly what Magistrate Li said."

"I fell into the water and almost fell into the Yulong Waterfall because of the fast-flowing water. But in the critical moment, I grabbed a vine in the water and was able to escape."

According to what Lin Lezhi said, everyone in the village looked up at the waterfall.

Lin Lezhi continued, "On the night after the River God Festival, Village Chief Ji said that no one in the village dared to approach the waterfall. Since no one dared to approach, who tied the vine there? I thought about it and felt that there must be something wrong with the vine, so I went there with Xiao Xu to check it out. As expected, there is something fishy going on in the Yulong Waterfall."

Village chief Ji looked around but couldn't figure out what was going on with the Jade Dragon Waterfall.

Village Chief Ji smiled, his eyes somewhat timid as he asked, "Master Jiang, what exactly is this Jade Dragon Waterfall?"

Lin Lezhi smiled and said, "This requires me to talk about what Mr. Xiao and I saw that night."

On the night when he returned from Zhouqing Town, after everyone in the village had gone to bed, Lin Lezhi quietly ran to Xiao Xu's room. As soon as he reached the bed, Xiao Xu sat up and took the sword beside him, put it against Lin Lezhi's neck, and whispered, "Who is it?"

Lin Lezhi wanted to take the sword farther away, but it didn't move at all. Lin Lezhi quickly said, "It's me, it's me."

Xiao Xu put the sword back and sounded a little unhappy, "What are you doing here?"

"I'm here to take you to see some good stuff. Let's keep our voices down so as not to disturb Miss Wan'er."

Xiao Xu was skeptical, but he still got up, put on his clothes, and went out with Lin Lezhi.

The two men tiptoed like thieves and reached the big rock beside the waterfall.

Xiao Xu didn't know what was wrong with Lin Lezhi, so he frowned and asked, "What are you doing here in the middle of the night?"

"Shh, keep your voice down. What if someone finds us?" Lin Lezhi said as he reached into the river. After touching the vine in the water, a sly smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he pulled the vine out with force.

As if to show off, Lin Lezhi turned around, picked up the rattan and shook it.

Xiao Xu gritted his teeth and said, "You'd better not be wasting my time."

"Don't worry, I won't lie to you. Come on, follow me down."

Although Xiao Xu remained skeptical about what Lin Lezhi said, he still followed Lin Lezhi along the vines and stepped on the stone wall to go down.

After climbing to the end of the vine, Lin Lezhi reached out his hand and touched inside the waterfall, then released the hand that was holding the vine.

Seeing this, Xiao Xu's pupils shrank, and he quickly slid down and grabbed Lin Lezhi's hand, frowning and saying angrily: "You still want to die now?"

Lin Lezhi knew that Xiao Xu had misunderstood, and shouted at Xiao Xu: "I am alive and well, why would I want to die? Let me go, I really don't want to die."

Xiao Xu tightened his grip on Lin Lezhi's wrist.

"I'm really not looking for death. I told you I have something to show you, you believe me. If I were looking for death, I'd be a coward, okay?"

Xiao Xu took a deep breath and let go, only to see Lin Lezhi disappear into the waterfall, and then there was no response.

"Jiang Lian'an! Jiang Lian'an——!"

Seeing that Jiang Lian'an did not respond, Xiao Xu also let go of the vine and fell into the waterfall.