Episode 6

Judge Dee’s Mystery Episode 6 Plot Introduction: The theft of the calligraphy and painting shop leads to the mysterious man

Tengkan wanted to die, admitted that he had killed Anemone due to a mania, and begged Di Renjie to sentence him to death.However, Di Renjie examined Anemone's body and found that his hair, ears and even the back of his hands were stained with white powder. Combined with the fact that the body had been moved, he believed that the case was highly suspicious and persuaded Tengkan to stay in the house and patiently wait for the truth.

Ma Rong returned home with a happy face and told Di Renjie that he competed with Ba Zong last night and finally won a large sum of money.Ba Zong gave Ma Rong three copper dice, promising that each copper dice could do one thing for them. At the same time, he asked whether Di Renjie could solve the unknown corpse case as a bet. If the case was solved, he would act in accordance with official rules.Unable to solve the problem, from then on the officials and the Jianghu did not interfere with each other.

Because Ma Rong had great confidence in Di Renjie, he immediately agreed to the matter and bought Di Renjie a pair of boots with the money he won.Di Renjie did not shirk, and happily went back to the house to change his boots. He knew Ma Rong's habit of stealing things, and suggested that Ma Rong should change it as soon as possible, but Ma Rong did not understand what he meant.

Now Tengkan is still suffering from the pain of losing his wife and wishes to die to atone for his sins. To this end, he mentioned his deep friendship with Di Zhisun and hoped that Di Renjie would fulfill his wish.Di Renjie was slightly shocked when he heard this, but insisted on acting in accordance with the law and asked in detail about the incident.Tengkan elaborated that he purchased the four-lacquered screen because of its rich content. The background depicts the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter. The process of the couple getting to know each other and falling in love closely resembled the story of him and Anemone.

Recalling the scene five days ago, Tenkan knocked over the study room due to a mania attack. A bowl of medicine was spilled on the four-painted screen, and the picture suddenly changed, forming the current picture of killing his wife, which shocked and horrified everyone present.Tenkan knew that his madness was difficult to control and was worried that the prophecy would come true, so he locked the four-painted screen in the warehouse, but the tragedy still happened.

Di Renjie thought of the strange similarity between Anemone and the male corpse with seven stabs in his body, and suspected that the two were related, so he showed Tengkan the portrait of the male corpse. Unfortunately, Tengkan had no impression of this person.During the investigation, Di Renjie discovered that four sisters from Yinlian's family before she got married personally took Hong Liang to visit the Lai Mansion. At present, only the second lady Lai was left in the Lai Mansion, dressed in white. After hearing Di Renjie's intention to come, she proposedAnd Anemone looked disdainful.

In Mrs. Lai's view, Anemone's murder was purely retribution because she was born with a promiscuous nature. She had an affair with Li Han before marriage. Later, she got bored and designed to send her to the Yamen. After marriage, she did not abide by women's ethics.On the other hand, Mrs. Lai has always been obsessed with Xu Kai, and her room is full of his paintings. However, Xu Kai later contracted leprosy and was disfigured, and his whereabouts are unknown. She decided not to marry in order to wait for Xu Kai.

After Di Renjie left Lai Mansion, he planned to start with old files, suspecting that the male corpse was Xu Kai himself, and Li Han became the main suspect.At this time, the county government received a report that someone broke into the calligraphy and painting shop and posted a notice and portrait of the unknown corpse and a hanging portrait of Xu Kai's woman.Di Renjie quickly rushed to the scene to investigate. No property was lost in the calligraphy and painting shop, but the painting scroll was stained with the same white powder as the anemone and the male corpse.

Therefore, Di Renjie combined the characteristics of the ragged clothes, dirty body and beggar-like appearance and thought that the powder most likely came from the quarry.Based on the words of Mrs. Lai, Hong Liang found Li Han's file, which confirmed that Li Han was imprisoned for a crime and was sentenced to hard labor in a quarry on the outskirts of the city.Di Renjie immediately took Qiao Tai there, and before leaving he took a copper dice for emergencies.

The person in charge, Chen Guard, refused to cooperate with the investigation and asked Di Renjie to leave immediately unless there was an official document from the governor.Di Renjie cleverly deceived Guard Chen into cooperating to find Li Han, but learned that Li Han had died of leprosy.Di Renjie asked to see Li Han's grave and found that the grave was full of new soil, so he deliberately showed the copper dice to attract the attention of the soldiers.

As expected, Xiaobing recognized the token because he had been favored by the overlord, and took the initiative to help Di Renjie and the others.As a result, there was no body at all in the grave, and a bundle of straw mats was left empty. Di Renjie directly led Qiao Tai to subdue Guard Chen and threatened him to tell the truth.Chen Guardsman became angry and questioned Di Renjie, who was more like a bandit than an official. Di Renjie responded domineeringly: He is an official when he sees an official, and he kills bandits when he encounters them.