I inherited my grandfather's Tang Dynasty assets.

Chapter 21 Special Customization for High-End Clients

"My lord, if this was done by Master Yuming, does he truly possess magical arts? Otherwise, how could he have poisoned both Hu Wenbo and Hu Wenyuan without anyone noticing?"

"And you said last time that using illusions to kill requires someone to constantly manipulate them with words while they are in a hallucination. It's impossible for someone else in a cultivation workshop to do that."

"Boyan is right, sir. I know you must already have a plan in mind. Please enlighten me! I will be eternally grateful!"

The case has now alarmed the Dali Temple, and the pressure on him, the perennial magistrate, is immense.

"He knows magic? Unless this person is also from Penglai, and even in Penglai, I have never heard of anyone who can do this."

And it's not difficult to do. Who is in charge of Chen Wenyuan and Chen Wenbo's daily life? Who can have frequent contact with the two of them?

"If Master Yuming only needs to figure this out, wouldn't it be enough to get his help through coercion and enticement?"

Fan Tao paced back and forth in the room, increasingly finding Chen Yue's words to be very reasonable.

Moreover, he always felt that Chen Yue must have known who the murderer was, after all, Shennong was omniscient.

"My lord, I will immediately launch an investigation upon my return. If it is indeed the work of this Jade Bright Immortal, I will certainly not let him off lightly!"

Chen Yue had a hunch that what he said was close to the truth, but it was still just a guess.

"The Ascension Ceremony is to be held on the sixth day of the month. Today is the third day. If it is indeed the work of True Man Yuming, I predict that he will release the news that he will personally capture Blood Child within the next day or two."

That proves I wasn't wrong; he is undoubtedly the murderer. Also, when you're investigating the Hu family's servants, be careful with your methods. Remember, don't start interrogating them right away.

"Just subtly inquire about Master Yuming's views, perhaps mentioning his previous participation in the Ascension Ceremony, to avoid alerting him."

Fan Tao nodded repeatedly.

"Fan has noted it all down."

Chen Yue's words today have completely opened his mind.

"My lord, did you already know that the murderer was Master Yuming?"

"What makes you say that?"

Chen Yue looked at Liu Boyan with a puzzled expression, but Liu Boyan gave him a knowing look.

"The Divine Farmer comes from Penglai and has the ability to survey the heavens and earth and to make divinations. Even if this fellow is treacherous and cunning, how could he possibly deceive the discerning eye of the lord?"

Chen Yue laughed heartily.

"You're mistaken. I told you there are no gods in the world. Even the cultivators of Penglai only have some other abilities than ordinary people."

No matter how skilled one is in divination, it's impossible to know everything. No one can know everything in the world, not even my grandfather, Shennong.

Chen Yue knew very well what Chen Shan's so-called prophecy was all about; it was some major events that he had found out after returning to the modern world.

However, since the events had not yet occurred in Chang'an at that time, they all came true one by one. It was indeed a good way to scare people, but it was also somewhat dangerous. If the emperor asked you to calculate something that was not recorded in the historical records at all, you would be completely at a loss.

Therefore, Chen Yue felt it was better to keep a low profile. He should have the necessary class, but he shouldn't exaggerate too much.

"My lord, are you saying you didn't know that Master Yuming was the murderer? Then why did you suddenly suspect him?"

Liu Boyan was very puzzled. He had always felt that Chen Yue had already figured out who the murderer was, but in order not to reveal the secret, he could not say it outright. That's why he led them step by step toward the truth.

"We also have crimes and murders in Penglai, and naturally we have special personnel to investigate cases. Although our methods are different from yours, some are the same."

For example, by using existing clues, you can identify a direction for investigation and then delve deeper into that line.

You just mentioned that those who buy Mandrake pollen are all alchemists from cultivation workshops, and you also mentioned the Ascension Ceremony, so I wondered if the two were related.

Liu Boyan murmured in shock.

"So it turns out there are crimes and murders in Penglai too, and someone needs to investigate..."

Fan Tao had a slightly different focus, so he bowed to Chen Yue and asked.

"My lord just said that Penglai's methods of solving cases are different from ours. Could you explain them in detail? Since they are Penglai's methods, they must be extraordinary. If our Great Tang can borrow a thing or two from them, we will surely be able to solve cases without any difficulty in the future."

Fan Tao was the county magistrate. When cases occurred within his jurisdiction, the county constable would investigate and handle them, but Fan Tao would also have to get involved. Most importantly, one of Fan Tao's uncles worked at the Dali Temple, which was specifically responsible for solving major cases.

If we could obtain some of Penglai's crime-solving methods from Chen Yue, it would definitely be beneficial in every way.

Chen Yue smiled.

"Lord Fan, it's not that I'm being stingy by not telling you, but it would be useless for me to tell you. You can't use the methods of solving cases in Penglai. For example, we can instantly identify the murderer from thousands of people by looking at their hair, blood, or even skin flakes."

Once the murderer has touched the weapon, we can extract their fingerprints, leaving them nowhere to hide.

There's also the Heavenly Eye system. To put it simply, it's an eye that can monitor the entire Tang Dynasty. As long as a murderer is detected by the Heavenly Eye, the police thousands of miles away can be quickly apprehended through the method of transmitting sound over long distances. Oh, the police are essentially constables who specialize in catching murderers...

As Chen Yue was speaking, he realized that something was wrong. Fan Tao, Liu Boyan, and even Zhao Qimei were completely stunned.

Are all of these true? A celestial eye monitoring the entire Tang Dynasty, capable of transmitting sound over thousands of miles—is it really possible for these things to exist?

But Chen Yue's serious demeanor made them have no choice but to believe him.

After a long while, Fan Tao sighed deeply, his face full of emotion.

"As expected of Penglai Immortal Island, using these supernatural powers and magic to investigate cases is indeed impossible in the Tang Dynasty."

Chen Yue rubbed his nose, wanting to laugh, but upon reflection, he could understand. The people of the Tang Dynasty had never seen such high-tech methods, so it was not surprising that they called them supernatural powers and magic.

Suddenly, Chen Yue seemed to remember something.

"By the way, although you don't need these methods, there are some that you can use."

Penglai once produced a man named Song Ci, a sage from several hundred years ago. At that time, Penglai had many similarities to the present Tang Dynasty. The investigative methods I just mentioned had not yet appeared.

He used his amazing wisdom and lifelong experience in investigating cases to write a book called "Collected Cases of Injustice Rectified". The book consists of five volumes and covers autopsy, crime scene investigation, death and injury identification, toxicology analysis and so on.

Most of its content could be directly applied in the Tang Dynasty, and this book played a crucial role in the development of the profession of "forensic medicine" in Penglai in later generations.

This is widely recognized as the first systematic forensic medicine monograph in world history, predating similar Western works by about 350 years.

This book is available for purchase; he could bring it over as a commodity for trade in mountain products.

Chen Shan often did this kind of thing. Every time he came to Tang Dynasty, in addition to daily necessities such as sugar and salt, he would also bring some products for high-end customers.

The mountain people may not know the value of goods, but there are always people who do. They even formed a special chain between the mountain people and merchants, where important figures from Chang'an would make their demands on the mountain people through the merchants.

The mountain dweller then told Chen Shan that if such custom-made items were available in future generations at a reasonable price, he would buy them. These custom-made items were often very expensive, and the mountain products required were much more expensive than ordinary salt and sugar.

Therefore, this customized model has been proven by Chen Shan to be completely feasible.