Episode 5

On a dark and stormy night, Hou Guiping finished his work in the photo studio and returned to the village where he lived.Huang Mao, a man known in the village for drunkenness and causing trouble, came to apologize with wine and food, hoping to calm Hou Guiping's anger.

The two of them sat in the dark room, drank a few glasses of wine, and the atmosphere seemed to relax.Yue Jun, a figure with certain influence in the village, put the money in front of Hou Guiping. He whispered: "As long as you don't sue again, you can figure out how much it costs."% However, Hou Guiping refused the money and resolutely kicked Yue Jun out of the door.

Back inside the house, Hou Guiping sat alone at the table and finished the wine.He got up and walked to the empty playground of the school. Under the moonlight, he remembered Weng Meixiang's look in her eyes asking for help.The self-blame and guilt in his heart made Hou Guiping burst into tears.He knew there was nothing he could do to undo anything, but the guilt and pain still followed him.

Just as Hou Guiping was about to go back to his house to sleep, local widow Ding Chunmei knocked on his door.She claimed that she came to borrow hot water, but this scene was accidentally seen by Li Xue who was returning home from an outdoor movie.Li Xue was suspicious, but didn't say anything more.

However, the next day, Hou Guiping's body was found in the lake.This peaceful village was instantly shocked, and the villagers were talking and speculating.Jiang Yang, a young man with a strong sense of justice, decided to investigate the case alone.However, the case seemed to lead to no clue, and he was threatened one after another and even began to consider giving up.

Just when Jiang Yang was in trouble, Chen Mingzhang recommended him Zhu Wei, a deputy captain of criminal investigation.Zhu Wei, known as "Pingkang Baixue", is well-known in the criminal investigation community, and he took over this case.Zhu Wei told Jiang Yang that many years ago he received an anonymous call saying that Hou Guiping had been wrongly accused.