Three people and one ghost solved 43 mysterious cases.

A red vintage Beetle cruises along the coastline.

Rows of giant white windmills spin on the right.

You can see the beach on the left. There is a trembling old woman standing on the beach, leaning on a cane and letting the wind blow on her wrinkled face.

The old woman looked at the sea in front of her dreamily.

There was a dilapidated fishing boat in the sea. There was a pole standing on the fishing boat, and a young man was tied to the pole.

To be precise, his whole body was tied with rope. He was a fisherman.

Missing the city, the late fisherman.

One day 40 years ago, before going out to fish, this fisherman said to his wife, "When I come back, I will bring you delicious fish."

Unfortunately, that night, the boat encountered strong waves at sea, and the waves crashed mercilessly at the fishing boat.

The fisherman knew that he would not survive the night.

On the night of his death, he remembered a love myth he had heard in the past, the story of Omo Nobubu.

It is said that in ancient times there was a man named Obi who kept his promises very much. If you believe that you have made a promise, you must fulfill it.

One day, Wei Sheng and his lover made an appointment to meet by a bridge. When his lover didn't come, a sudden heavy rain caused a flood.

Wei Sheng did not want to leave, he wanted to wait for his lover, but the flood was too great, so he tied himself with a rope to the pillars of the bridge pier and kept his promise until his death.

Obi is silly and love is a legend.

That night 40 years ago, the fisherman was in the sea and thought of this legend, so he found a rope and tied himself to the pole of the boat.

He didn't want his body to sink into the sea and become a lonely soul in the sea.

He hoped that the boat would bring his body back to the beach and take him home to fulfill his promise to his wife.

Twelve years have passed.

The old woman stood on the beach and looked at the sea. From young to old, she would come to this beach every day, waiting for her husband to return.

Until death, I will continue to watch the sea in the city of longing and wait for my husband to return.

The low tide pushes the fishing boat closer to the beach.

In the city of longing, the fisherman and his wife finally reunited after 40 years of separation.

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The Beetle continued driving for an hour and arrived in front of a splendid temple.

The temple is a meander-shaped structure. There is a statue of a god enshrined in the middle.

An old woman with decent makeup knelt on the ground, holding a string of beads in her hand, and silently recited scriptures to the statue, "Yuantong Mountain, you must be safe, mother will bless you."

When you are alive, you wish your family members to be healthy. After you die, you still hope that your family members will be healthy in this world.

Yao Ruolan stood waiting not far away. After the old woman finished reciting the scriptures, stood up and came out, she said, "Mrs. Pan, can I talk to you?"

Mrs. Pan’s real name is Pan Xiuzhen.

She was once Fang Qi's lover and had no status. She gave birth to an illegitimate son for Fang Qi. The illegitimate son was named Yuan Tongshan (Fang Fugui's father).

She is the suspect Yao Ruolan wants to meet, and there is a reason for suspecting Pan Xiuzhen.

Because Yuan Junsheng was originally the heir of the Yuan family, but in 1965, after he was convicted of murder and imprisoned, his reputation was completely ruined and he could no longer become the heir of the Yuan family.

So Yuan Qi focused on his illegitimate son Yuan Tongshan. In order to clear his name, he married Pan Xiuzhen as his second wife in a high profile.

In other words, Pan Xiuzhen and her son Yuantongshan are the biggest beneficiaries of this case.

Yao Ruolan and Pan Xiuzhen walked to the back of the temple and sat on the chairs in the corridor.

Listen to the sound of bells ringing and wooden fish being struck.

Yao Ruolan said, "Old Mrs. Pan, don't mind if I speak directly. We are all in the city of Missing. If there were any ulterior secrets in the past, it's okay to tell them now. Is it you, bribe someone? The murderer, the one who killed Ye Lili and put the blame on Fang Junsheng?"

"How is this possible?" Pan Xiuzhen looked surprised.

She said that she would never do such a bad thing, "Although I am Yuan Junsheng's stepmother, I have always been concerned about his affairs, especially his marriage to Ye Lili."

Pan Xiuzhen said that since Yuan Junsheng and Ye Lili got engaged, she specially asked a private detective to check the background of Ye Changdeng and Ye Lili, the father and daughter.

After all, she is marrying into the Yuan family, so she must understand clearly.

After the private detective investigated, he told Pan Xiuzhen several things.

Ye Changdeng was very poor in the past, but he suddenly became rich overnight 20 years ago.

Ye Lili is not Ye Changdeng's biological daughter. Ye Lili was adopted by Ye Changdeng from the orphanage.

"Is this really happening?" Yao Ruolan was surprised.

"Yes. So at that time, I told my husband Yuan Qi that it was best to call off the marriage. Ye Changdeng's sudden wealth is really suspicious. How he got his money is unclear. And , this married Ye Lili was once an orphan, and the status of this family is not suitable for the Yuan family."

Yao Ruolan asked, "Did Yuan Qi agree to this?"

Pan Xiuzhen nodded, "Not only Yuan Qi, but also Yuan Junsheng knew about it. We asked him at that time if he agreed to break off the engagement, and he said he had no objection."

"I have absolutely no reason to harm Yuan Junsheng or kill Ye Lili. On the contrary." She turned the prayer beads in her hand, "I also did something that was sorry for the law."

Pan Xiuzhen sighed and said:

Yuan Junsheng was sentenced to prison. He said that he did not kill anyone. Our family believed it, but it was useless to believe it. The most obvious physical evidence was the Y-shaped cufflinks. This physical evidence was too detrimental to Yuan Junsheng.

But the physical evidence exists and cannot be changed. We can only avoid the important and minimize the important, and create Yuan Junsheng’s alibi from another angle——

I spent money to find a few time witnesses. When the case was reversed, those time witnesses perjured themselves in court.

I asked the witnesses at those times to say that they had seen Ye Lili on July 7 and July 18. I did this behind my husband's back. I thought at the time that even if I was found guilty of committing perjury in the future, I would be responsible for it.

After all, I am Yuan Qi's wife. Although Yuan Junsheng is not my biological son, he is Yuan Qi's treasured son. I must save him.

It was also because of those time witnesses that Fang Junsheng was able to be released from prison after the case was overturned.

Pan Xiuzhen continued:

Yuan Junsheng was released from prison in 1970. At that time, my son Yuan Tongshan was only 7 years old.

When he was released from prison, he had been proven innocent and could still inherit the family business.

At that time, my husband and I told him to let Yuan Junsheng continue to be the heir to Yuan's enterprise. My husband also asked Yuan Junsheng, but Yuan Junsheng himself was unwilling to do it. He looked very depressed and ignored everything he said. Later, he bought a bungalow and lived alone in the mountains.

Pan Xiuzhen looked at Yao Ruolan with no twinkle in her eyes, "If I wanted to harm him, how could I save him?"

What she said was all true, Yao Ruolan thought to herself. When she stated the whole thing, Pan Xiuzhen's facial expression and tone were not strange in any way.

She was indeed a good wife, mother, and stepmother.

She doesn't have any material requirements. Even when she arrives in the city of longing, she doesn't dress in jewels and prays at the temple every day.

She truly loves her husband Yuan Qi.

She was just labeled by the world and thought that Yuan Qi was rich. She just took a fancy to Yuan Qi's money and thought that she was a stepmother, so she would be vicious towards Yuan Junsheng.

Pan Xiuzhen is not the mastermind behind the scenes.

So who is the real mastermind behind this? Who paid for the murder?

Yao Ruolan thought of something and asked, "Mrs. Pan, do you know that Yuan Junsheng liked a woman named Chen Manzhu at that time?"

"I know this. Yuan Junsheng, a singer at Paramount Nightclub, once said that he wanted to be with Chen Manzhu."

"Did the family object at that time?"

"There is no strong objection." Pan Xiuzhen said, "After all, Yuan Junsheng fell in love with Chen Manzhu and broke off his engagement with Ye Lili at the same time. My husband and I's attitude was to let Yuan Junsheng go first. Let’s talk and we’ll see later.”

Pan Xiuzhen remembered something, "When you mentioned Chen Manzhu, I remembered something."

She said that when she was investigating Ye Changdeng's background, she discovered something very strange. It is Ye Changdeng who has been using money to buy a singer.

"Singing girl?" Yao Ruolan was stunned.

"Yes, it's Chen Manzhu. Logically speaking, Ye Changdeng and Chen Manzhu are not relatives, but Ye Changdeng doesn't know why. He has been secretly investing money in Paramount Nightclub and asking Paramount to contact record companies and film producers. It seems that they are destined to I want to make Chen Manzhu famous."

And it turns out that Chen Manzhu later became a well-known singer.

At this time, Yao Ruolan couldn't help but wonder, what is the relationship between Chen Manzhu and Ye Changdeng in this case?