Officials throughout the ages, when interrogating cases, in addition to the conventional five listening interrogation methods, would also employ some crafty techniques that couldn't be brought to the table, such as cunning, inducement, and deceit.
These crafty techniques must not be used recklessly; mastering the extent of their use is also an art, otherwise, it is easy to cause wrongful convictions.
Chen Guangrui did not have direct evidence to show that Yuan Hu was the murderer of the Chen Family's eldest lady. The means he used to question Yuan Hu based on conjectured results were a form of deceit.
Yuan Hu, having just been intimidated by Liao Jinzhong, dared not conceal anything upon hearing Chen Guangrui's stern questioning, and simply said openly: