After being demoted, my 300,000-strong army trampled the imperial city!

Public opinion in Longcheng was in an uproar.

The Imperial Guards came to report to Chen Futu that many acquaintances had gone to the government office to watch the trial, including members of an envoy delegation, scholars, and even envoys from the Great Qian Dynasty.

"Hmph, if I catch the mastermind behind this, I'll skin him alive!"

In fact, Chen Futu had a general idea of ​​who was behind the case; it was probably the group of envoys from the Great Qian Dynasty.

They had two objectives: to rescue Liang Huan and Guo Yunqi, and to disrupt the ceremony. Therefore, the murders aligned with their second objective. They just needed one more piece of evidence to take them down.

In his youth, the people gathered three or four deep outside the government office.

Chen Futu and Di Renjie entered the government office through the back door and met the chief official, Zhou Min, who was the same official who had tried the Mo Cang case last time and was personally appointed by Yu Qian.

He recognized Chen Futu at a glance and was immediately filled with fear and trepidation. He hadn't been punished much when he faced Mo Cang last time, and he was afraid that the young master would settle scores with him now.

Chen Futu waved his hand and said, "No need for further words. Today's case will be handled by Mr. Di, with you assisting him. I, the young master, will merely be an observer."

"Your Majesty, take your orders."

Zhou Min personally led Chen Futu and Di Renjie to the vicinity of the main hall. Chen Futu stayed in the next room to enjoy tea and watch the excitement, while Di Renjie went to the main hall with Zhou Min.

At this moment, many girls from Baihua Pavilion had gathered in the hall. Boss Hua was also there, as were Yue Lian's parents, who were already crying their eyes out, pleading with the master to make a decision.

The people outside the hall looked at Di Renjie and began to point and whisper.

They've never seen this lord before. Could it be that Lord Zhou has been dismissed?

While pondering, Di Renjie scanned the entire room and said, "Today, a heinous murder case occurred in Longcheng. The target was a weak woman who was powerless to even kill a chicken. The cruelty of their methods is appalling."

After hearing this, some of the girls in the audience discussed it amongst themselves, some lowered their heads and remained silent, and some looked uneasy. It was truly a diverse group of people.

Finally, Di Renjie's gaze fell on several workers from the brokerage firm. "Have you been to Miss Yuelian's room?"

Several workers nodded repeatedly, "Yes, sir."

"Did you move the cabinet?"

“Moved.”

"Is there anything unusual about the cabinet? Have you opened it?"

Di Renjie asked the key question, but out of the corner of his eye, he quickly scanned the girls present, looking for traces of the murderer.

One of the workers said, "Sir, there are some strange things, such as the cabinet being particularly heavy. But Baihuage said it was discarded junk and told us to take it out and throw it away, so we didn't think much of it."

"There's a living person inside, you really don't know?"

"what?"

Di Renjie's rebuke caused a huge uproar. Several workers were so frightened that they knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly, saying, "Sir, we really didn't know!"

"Yes, sir, we're just laborers. Once we carry the cabinet out and put it next to the pile of junk on the street, that's it."

"Think again, who told you that Miss Yuelian wanted to replace the cabinet?"

"Ah this..."

Several workers exchanged glances and began craning their necks to search among the girls in the Hundred Flowers Pavilion.

The flower shop owner snapped, "Flower, stand up!"

As she spoke, a girl in pink stood up in a panic. She said tremblingly to Di Renjie, "My lord, it was Sister Yuelian who said that her cabinet had a broken leg and she wanted to replace it, so I helped her call a worker and even paid for a new cabinet for her. But I didn't kill her!"

Hua'er almost burst into tears as she spoke, and her expression didn't seem to be feigning it.

The people outside immediately started talking about it.

"It turned out to be murder. I thought it was a real ghost story."

"What a joke! What vengeful spirit is this? In my opinion, it's just jealousy and mutual sabotage. Truly, the most vicious heart is that of a woman."

Liu Longyue glanced at the room next to where Chen Futu was, then called Ge Fei to go around to the back gate of the government office and enter.

Chen Futu raised an eyebrow and said, "I thought you had returned to the royal court."

"I also want to go back as soon as possible. I came here specifically because I heard about the murder. If the young master doesn't handle it well and lets the situation escalate, who knows what might happen."

Liu Longyue was incredibly intelligent and immediately noticed something fishy about the case. It had only been a short time since the incident, yet it had already caused quite a stir throughout the city. Even three-year-olds knew that there were vengeful spirits haunting the Hundred Flowers Pavilion. If the case wasn't solved and more people died, what kind of grand ceremony would they hold? Wouldn't they be the subject of gossip and criticism from the people?

"Do you think that flower is the murderer?" Chen Futu asked with a smile.

Liu Longyue shook her head. "It doesn't seem like it. Judging from her behavior, she seems completely unaware. Could it be that the young master wants to just grab someone to take the blame and smooth things over?"

"What do you take me for? I'm not a muddle-headed tyrant. Do you see the one sitting in the hall? He's my fifth strategist, Di Renjie. With him around, there's no case that can't be solved."

Chen Futu said to Liu Longyue with a show of it.

Liu Longyue muttered suspiciously, "Where did the young master get so many talented people?"

Although the case is still unsolved, judging from Chen Futu's performance, Liu Longyue believes that Di Renjie can solve it. After all, Zhang Liang and the others are all exceptionally talented, so it would be reasonable for another exceptional talent to emerge.

Why can't she encounter these unparalleled geniuses at Beiwu?

This is really weird!

As he spoke, Di Renjie gestured for silence from the room, then asked the workers, "After you put the cabinet out, what did you do next?"

“We went to the furniture store owner, Old Zhang, but he said the cabinet wasn’t finished yet and asked us to wait a day, so we returned the cabinet the next day.”

"What about the weight?"

“We also found it strange. When we returned the cabinet, it was still very heavy, but it was locked from the outside and we couldn’t open it. When we returned it to Miss Yuelian’s room, she was still reading by the window, coughing constantly, as if she was very ill. She didn’t even talk to us.”

One worker recalled the situation at the time.

Di Renjie sighed, "Inside is the body of Miss Yuelian, and what you saw in the room is one of the murderers in this case."

"what?"

Di Renjie's words were too sensational.

The murderer returned and impersonated the victim after committing the crime; that's terrifying.

Especially when they thought about how they had been in the same room with the murderer, the workers turned pale instantly, each one filled with fear and unease.

The people outside got goosebumps when they heard this.

Just imagining that scene sends chills down my spine. Even if it's not a vengeful spirit, it's still incredibly terrifying.

"Silence."

Di Renjie patted the gavel.

With a sob in her voice, Hua'er kowtowed repeatedly, crying, "My lord! I didn't kill anyone, I really didn't!"

She cried so hard that her tears soaked her clothes.

Di Renjie ignored all that and ordered the Thousand Bull Guards to send over some items, namely Hua'er's paintings, all of which had seals on them. These seals were made of cinnabar, just like the cinnabar on the Moon Lotus Gate.

At this point, it seems that Hua'er has been proven to be one of the murderers.

She was immediately condemned by everyone, and she broke down in tears, shaking her head and waving her hands in a trembling voice, trying to deny it, "It wasn't me, it really wasn't me, you have to believe me, sob sob sob..."