Strange Tales of Tang Dynasty 2 唐朝诡事录之西行 Episode 31

Li Yun, the male owner of the cloth shop, was awakened by a sudden nightmare. His clothes were soaked with sweat and his face was as pale as paper. In the dream, a woman wearing black gauze and her face was covered repeatedly told that her face was covered with yellow paper. Every time she said it, more yellow paper seemed to be ruthlessly torn off her face. That scene It was both weird and terrifying, and it made Li Yun's heart difficult to calm down for a long time.

Shen Ping was Li Yun's wife. However, she was suffering from illness and was weak, so she left her father's cloth shop business to her husband, but her husband did not do his job properly. She was awakened by her husband's movements and quickly got up and asked with concern. Her eyes were full of worry, as if she could see into Li Yun's inner uneasiness. While the two were talking, the girl Changle hurried in, holding a letter of unknown origin in her hand, claiming that she had accidentally found it at the door of the store, but the sender disappeared like a ghost.

Shen Ping took the letter and couldn't help but have a doubt in her heart. She looked up at Li Yun, hoping that he could give a reasonable explanation. Li Yun hesitated for a moment, and finally chose a seemingly safe answer, lying that the letter was from Li Men, a distant relative of Yunding. However, there was a trace of imperceptible panic hidden in his words, especially when Shen Ping accidentally mentioned the word "borrowing money", Li Yun's face instantly became extremely ugly.

Seeing this, Chang Le quickly changed the subject. She knew that Madam was in poor health and needed careful care. So, she quickly slaughtered the chicken that her master had lost in the fight and carefully cooked it into a bowl of hot chicken soup, hoping to nourish her wife's body. However, this move angered Li Yun, who was very dissatisfied with Chang Le's talkativeness, especially when the secret of his gambling was about to be revealed.

Shen Ping noticed her husband's strange behavior, and she comforted her gently: "It's not that I can't tolerate your occasional indulgence, but that cockfighting thing is really not what a gentleman does. Fang Juan, from what I see, his behavior is absolutely inappropriate. Shanlei, if you are too close to him, I am afraid that you will be influenced by him and go astray." After hearing this, Li Yun felt dissatisfied, but he could not refute his wife's good advice.

The next day, Li Yun went out anxiously. He came to Qiongquan Lane in Shangxianfang, trying to find the distant relative named Li Men. However, everyone in the alley was in a hurry and did not answer his questions. There was even an old woman who behaved strangely, which made Li Yun feel chilly. Early the next morning, the bad news came that Li Yun had died mysteriously. The death was so weird that it was shocking.

Su Wuming, an official known as the "Super Detective", was invited to do an autopsy. After careful investigation, he concluded that Li Yun did not die from drowning, but from strangulation and suffocation. Lu Lingfeng, as Su Wuming's right-hand assistant, became very interested in the case. He visited the residents of Qiongquan Lane, especially the Yin Granny, trying to get more clues from her mouth.

Grandma Yin recalled that Li Yun came to see a man named Li Men before his death, but this man did not live in the alley. She also mentioned a taciturn woman wearing a veil, and an ugly girl who behaved strangely. These clues were like glimmers of light in the fog, making Lu Lingfeng feel both excited and confused.

At the same time, Shen Ping also found Lu Lingfeng, and she told all her speculations about the cause of her husband's death, including Li Yun being dragged into gambling by Fang Juan and his attempts to conceal all this. After hearing this, Lu Lingfeng thought secretly in his heart and decided to thoroughly find out the truth of the case.

Under the leadership of Su Wuming, a group of people came to Zhuanma Kiln for investigation. They discovered a special type of clay that matched traces left at the crime scene. After some investigation, they finally identified the suspect - a wandering bricklayer. This man not only admitted the crime of killing Li Yun, but also arrogantly laughed at the incompetence of Lu Lingfeng and Su Wuming.

Su Wuming invited Lao Fei, an expert in autopsy, to discuss the cause of Li Yun's death. It was initially thought that Lao Fei might have suffered from chronic mental stress, but after a careful inspection of the body, the symptoms were ruled out. Lu Lingfeng questioned Su Wuming's judgment and thought he was incompetent. At this time, Suolong brought clues and identified a bricklayer involved in the case, who confessed to having seen the deceased. What's even more shocking is that Heitou arrogantly exposed himself as having committed crimes across counties and ridiculed Lu and Su for their incompetence. In the face of such provocations, although Su Wuming and Lu Lingfeng were angry, they became more determined to find out the truth.