Episode 23

Judge Dee’s Mystery Episode 23 Synopsis: Judge Dee is looking for clues and is accidentally ambushed

Ma Rong couldn't stop her and was shocked. It wasn't until she saw the two horse bandits beside Di Renjie killed by arrows that she breathed a sigh of relief.On the other hand, Diao Xiaoguan reacted quickly, pulling the bow, aiming, and shooting the arrow, saving Ma Rong from a sneak attack from behind.During this period, the horse thieves fought more and more, and Di Renjie and others could no longer hold on. Fortunately, officers and soldiers arrived in time.

After leaving the inn, Diao Xiaoguan followed Di Renjie and Ma Rong, seemingly guiding them to a certain place.Soon the three of them arrived at the lively market, where business travelers from all over the world gathered.Diao Xiaoguan is good at trading goods and is good at Western dialect. Di Renjie noticed an old man grieving on the street, so he asked Diao Xiaoguan to help inquire about the situation. As a result, Diao Xiaoguan answered the question incorrectly, lying that the old man's daughter was killed by Han Yongnan and that he knew Han Yongnan's whereabouts.

Later, everyone met Huo Huaili in the desert, and followed him to Zhenxi Fort, which was located in the city defense area. Soldiers stayed here all year round to face various dangers, just to protect the peace of the surrounding people.However, Di Renjie learned that Han Yongnan was dead and wanted to lift the shroud to confirm his identity. The soldiers reminded him not to lift it easily because Han Yongnan had the plague, but he found that Han Yongnan's face was damaged and he could no longer recognize his original appearance.

According to Huo Huaili's story, they were kind enough to take Han Yongnan in, but the other party wanted to retaliate. Not only did they want to steal horses to cross the border, they even killed a soldier, Zhou Changyi.Diao Xiaoguan heard the name and gave Di Renjie a meaningful look. Di Renjie was shocked when he heard Huo Huaili describe Han Yongnan's accent. He clearly remembered that Han Yongnan was born and raised in Chang'an and did not understand Lanfang dialect.

On the other side, Ma Rong inspected the situation in the army and always felt a little strange.It happened that Diao Xiaoguan was drunk and bumped into the ordnance. When the soldiers helped pick up the ordnance, Ma Rong found that these people's wrists were whipped to varying degrees.As a result, Di Renjie and Ma Rong concluded that the deceased was probably not Han Yongnan, but Huo Huaili's weapon was a three-section whip.

The two groped their way to a thatched hut and found Huo Huaili's weapons and the tragically dead soldier Zhou Changyi.At this time, “Huo Huaili” led the soldiers outside the thatched hut. Di Renjie revealed that he was the real Zhou Changyi. Because Huo Huaili often abused soldiers and even tortured and killed his younger brother Zhou Changyong, he and everyone launched a mutiny to kill Huo Huaili and disguised himself as a traitor.Fugitive prisoner Han Yongnan.

Zhou Changyi accused Huo Huaili of all kinds of bad behavior, which made them want to surrender and have nowhere to complain. If they didn't resist, they would have to endure more severe persecution.In order to prevent the Dong Chuang incident from happening, Zhou Changyi imprisoned Di Renjie and Ma Rong, while Ma Rong felt that Huo Huaili deserved his death, and if he were one of the soldiers, he would probably want to kill him.

However, Di Renjie still insisted on the laws of the Tang Dynasty and the so-called etiquette. He believed that the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty should not rebel because of the so-called tyranny of the officials. In the end, the incident of killing the officials would definitely endanger the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty.stable.Diao Xiaoguan heard Di Renjie's words outside the window and disagreed with them, saying that he was just an ordinary person and did not want to think about the laws and rules of officials like them.

So Diao Xiaoguan only knows that no matter how high or low people are, they are all beasts under this skin, and beasts can be divided into ferocious and domineering and weak and incompetent. Han Yongnan was a jackal in Lanfang, but here he is not even a mouse. ReallyIn the cruel and bloody Colosseum, every beast has a value of existence, which is to kill for life, otherwise it will be slaughtered by others.

As soon as he finished speaking, there was the sound of fighting outside. It turned out that horse thieves were attacking Zhenxi Fort with great force.The soldiers resisted vigorously, but were still at a disadvantage. The huge disparity in numbers between the two sides made it a complete fight between trapped beasts.Zhou Changyi personally came to release Di Renjie and Ma Rong, saying that Huo Huaili's death was his own fault and had nothing to do with others. He hoped that when Di Renjie reported the situation to the military government, he would remember the soldiers guarding the border and being loyal and patriotic, without anyfault.

After saying these words, Zhou Changyi rushed out, fought side by side with everyone, and slashed at the horse thief with all his strength.Diao Xiaoguan witnessed everything from a high place and tried his best to protect Di Renjie from harm. However, Di Renjie witnessed with his own eyes the soldiers resisting the horse thieves with their flesh and blood, fighting until the last man, and he was shocked and saddened in his heart.