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"Have you heard that Yu San from the blacksmith shop in the west of the city died last night? I heard that he was killed by his wife." Two people came to the next table, and one of them suddenly said as soon as they sat down.

Liu Youming and Du Yufeng were stunned.

"I also heard that someone from the blacksmith's family came today, and that woman will be 'beaten to death' by the clan members today."

Du Yufeng slammed the table and said, "This is ridiculous! How can they be so careless about human life?"

He ran to the person who was speaking and grabbed the collar of the person who had just spoken: "Is what you just said true or false?"

The man was startled: "Who are you? Let me go!"

Liu Youming quickly ran over to persuade Du Yufeng to let go: "You two, this is the newly arrived Yangzhou County Magistrate, County Magistrate Du."

Du Yufeng let go of his hand, and when the man heard his identity, he quickly told the two of them what he knew.

When Du Yufeng and Liu Youming arrived at the west of the city, the blacksmith shop was crowded with people.

"Stop!" Seeing the woman in the yard about to be hit by a stick, Du Yufeng flew over and kicked several people over.

After some trouble, everyone figured out Du Yufeng's identity.

"You said Yu San was killed by his wife. How did she kill him?"

"Your Excellency, when we found Yu San, he had already died from a bamboo piercing his chest!"

Du Yufeng was stunned: "Then how did you determine that Yu San was murdered by his wife?"

"Sir, Yu San always came home from the blacksmith shop with Wu Niang every night. The only difference was that he was not with this woman on the day he died. Isn't this too coincidental?"

Du Yufeng said angrily, "How could you come to this conclusion without any evidence?"

Liu Youming asked, "You said Yu San and the others don't live in the blacksmith shop?"

The others were stunned: "No, they go back to the village to live every day."

Du Yufeng: "What does this have to do with the case? Wu Niang, why didn't you go home with Yu San on the day he died?"

The cloth in Wu Niang's mouth was torn off: "My lord, my husband goes out alone on the second day of every month. He comes back very late, sometimes not all night. And he doesn't allow me to follow him. Every time he comes back, he is drunk!"

Du Yufeng: "So you don't know where Yu San goes on the second day of every month?"

Wu Niang shook her head: "I don't know."

Others: "Don't believe what this woman said. We asked people near the blacksmith shop, and Yu San closed the shop early that night and went home. Someone even asked him why he closed so early, and Yu San said he was happy and wanted to go home early! We saw him and Wu Niang going home together that day!"

Wu Niang: "Sir, my husband and I separated halfway. When I was walking back, Mrs. Li next door saw me!"

Du Yufeng thought about it, and walked the road from the blacksmith shop to Yu Sancun’s home with Liu Youming.

Yu San was killed by a bamboo piercing his heart in a bamboo forest.

After reuniting with Yu San's clan members, Liu Youming said, "Yu San's death was an accident!"

Everyone was surprised.

"Yu San fell asleep in a bamboo forest after getting drunk, and was pierced through the chest by a bamboo that broke through the ground, killing him. Bamboo can grow half a meter in a single night, which is what we call a force as powerful as a bamboo."

Audience: [Oh my god, how tragic! There is such a way to die!]

[It's great that Wu Niang was rescued and cleared of her guilt!]

After Liu Youming's explanation, the three members of the Yu clan suddenly realized the truth and released Wu Niang.

When Du Yufeng returned, he looked excited, but saw Liu Youming looking thoughtful.

"Why, you're not happy about solving the case?"

Liu Youming shook his head: "Don't you think it's strange?"

Du Yufeng: "What's strange about that?"

Liu Youming: "The road from the blacksmith shop to Yu San's house isn't short. I heard they usually walk home, which shows they live frugally and don't want to spend money on travel expenses! But this blacksmith shop and the houses in the village are worth a lot of money. According to Tang Dynasty law, private blacksmith shops can only produce civilian goods. Yu San inherited his father's craft, and the money he earned was just enough to make ends meet. So where did the money come from to buy the shop and repair the house? And where did Wu Niang go on the second night of every month?"

Du Yufeng's expression changed: "Are you saying that Yu San's death wasn't necessarily an accident?"

Liu Youming shook his head: "It's too early to draw a conclusion now. I'm just guessing."

The audience was confused, it turned out that the case was not over.

"Then you just told others that Yu San died accidentally!"

"I can be sure that the murderer is not Wu Niang, but Yu San's death still needs to be verified. I said that to reassure the real murderer."

The two of them walked back to the yamen after thinking about it, but saw a room full of yamen runners waiting there.

Du Yufeng's face turned cold.

A thin man stepped out from among the yamen runners and bowed to the two men: "County Magistrate Du!"

"Hmph!" Du Yufeng snorted coldly and walked towards the inner room. Liu Youming smiled awkwardly at the man and chased after him.

"Why are you doing this?" Liu Youming said anxiously, "If the relationship is so strained, how can I give orders to others in the future?"

Du Yufeng said angrily: "You——"

Before he could finish, Liu Youming interrupted: "Although there is no one on duty in this county government office, the room is clean, which shows that these people are also attentive."

Du Yufeng was stunned: "How do you know?"

Liu Youming: "This yard is full of trees. It's autumn now. If we don't clean it up, the whole yard will be covered with leaves!"

[Oh my god, Liu Youming is so observant!]

Du Yufeng didn't say anything, so Liu Youming continued, "You need to find evidence when you're interrogating a criminal. Why don't you listen to what these people are doing?"

Du Yufeng had no choice but to let the yamen runners in.

The man who had spoken earlier was called Li Qi. Yu Qi replied, "Sir, it's not that we don't know the rules, it's just that things are complicated and we're short of people!"

Du Yufeng was shocked: "Tell me, what happened!"

Yu Qi immediately replied, "There's a wild cemetery outside the city called Huaizipo. In the past month, unidentified bodies have been found there. You haven't arrived yet, and we don't know what to do. But the higher-ups said you were coming soon, and we couldn't just sit there and wait, so we arranged for people to stake out the cemetery. But even though we've been watching every night, unidentified bodies still appear. These past few days, we've all gone out to guard the area. Thinking you'd be arriving soon, we've been sending people back to the government office to check on you. Now that you've arrived, we've all returned."

Audience: [Oh my god, what a cute group of yamen runners!]

Du Yufeng felt bad and asked with guilt, "Where is the nameless body?"

"It's in the charity cemetery outside the city!"

A group of people came to the charity cemetery and found eight bodies within a month.

There were deep strangulation marks on the body's neck, wrists and ankles.

After examining several bodies, Liu Youming said, "The deceased include men and women, young and old. The targets seem to be random!"

"They were all strangled to death!" He pointed at the strangulation marks on their necks. "It's just strange, why are there strangulation marks on their wrists and ankles as well?"

Liu Youming carefully examined each body, including their clothes.

"Wait, what is this?" He took something out of the clothes of a corpse.

Du Yufeng came over and took a look: "Isn't this the end of a thread?"

Yu Qi also came over to take a look: "Yes, this is the thread end, it will be used to mend clothes."

Liu Youming looked at the two of them and asked, "Have you ever mended clothes yourself?"

The two shook their heads.

"Luckily, Liu mended it before." He took the thread and examined it carefully, then tugged at it. "This isn't the thread you use to mend clothes. It's very strong! If I'm not mistaken, it was this kind of thread that strangled these people!"

Episode 2 is over.

Gone? The audience who were watching with great interest were stunned!

[Ahhh! Why can't there be a few more episodes!]

[It was too painful, so it just disappeared?]