Judge Dee's Mystery Episode 22 Recap, Plot

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Ma Rong accompanied Cao An shopping outside. After only two hours, she was too tired to move, and her wallet was instantly empty, which she found a bit unbearable, so she complained a bit to Hong Liang. Hong Liang said that Di Renjie's money was Cao An's money, and the two would become a family sooner or later.

He also revealed to her that Di Renjie had been frequently going out to look for geese recently, probably to formally give Cao An a recognized status. On the other hand, Di Renjie and Qiao Tai had been hunting geese for several days without success, but they found a dead goose with Hei Yan's unique mark pressed underneath it. Qiao Tai vaguely remembered that Hei Yan always summoned people on the day of the new moon.

Coincidentally, tomorrow was that day. Ma Rong suggested setting up an ambush immediately, but Di Renjie refused. Di Renjie would never underestimate Hei Yan's strength, especially since the opponent was mysterious and unpredictable. He was afraid they would set a trap, so they should wait and see. Cao An personally bought handwear for Di Renjie, saying frankly that the cold wind in Lanfang was fierce, and he would need this when he frequently drew his bow to shoot arrows.

Seeing Di Renjie's surprised look, Cao An explained that she made this judgment based on the goose feathers on his shoe soles and the sand and stones on his clothes. Ma Rong overheard this conversation and felt particularly uncomfortable, thinking that no one was doing serious work now, and even Di Renjie's mind was no longer focused on solving cases after having Cao An.

Qiao Tai blamed Ma Rong for targeting Cao An, saying that if she didn't want to go shopping with her, she should find someone else. But Ma Rong retorted that everyone was biased towards Cao An and decided to track down Hei Yan's clues alone. That night, Ma Rong took it upon herself to release Chen Xiaoyun and have him lead her to the small woods where Hei Yan gathered his people. Unexpectedly, Qiao Tai followed them.

Although he scolded her a few times, he still brought a troop of men to accompany her in the investigation. Entering the woods, white mist filled the surroundings, making it impossible to see far. Figures were vaguely seen moving. Ma Rong rushed out ignoring Qiao Tai's obstruction. As a result, she found corpses hanging from multiple trees, with different appearances of death. Immediately after, countless arrows flew out from all directions.

Everyone reacted too slowly and fell to the ground one after another. Even Qiao Tai was injured by an arrow and fell unconscious. The poison he was hit with was unheard of by the foreign coroner, which filled Ma Rong with regret. Di Renjie returned to the county office. The yamen runner told Di Renjie that a dark shadow had flashed by, and then he saw a dead goose on the ground with a note on it.

There were sixteen characters in total: One day a nightmare, three days waking from a dream, Bo Qi devouring dreams, Qingchuan fulfilling dreams. Although Di Renjie analyzed that Hei Yan was using the goose to lure him into a trap, the truth was in Qingchuan, and he had to go there no matter what. Cao An knew that Di Renjie was determined to go, so she personally packed his bags for him and urged him to return safely.

She told him not to call her Cao Niang zi anymore when he returned, her meaning was obvious. Afterwards, Di Renjie rode his horse towards Qingchuan Town. Passing through a forest, he met an old man riding a donkey who called himself Mr. Hulu. The two traveled together.

After the old man helped him out and guided him, Di Renjie, posing as a quick doctor, escaped from the bandits and successfully entered Qingchuan Town, where he found that the bandits from the forest that day had died tragically on the street. The surrounding people were discussing animatedly. Commander Xiao, who was leading, rode towards him on a horse, extremely arrogant. Di Renjie incidentally saved a girl named Xiaowei, preventing her from being trampled by the horse.

To learn the cause of death of the deceased, Di Renjie revealed his identity to the military camp and personally visited Commander Xiao in Qingchuan. He proposed an autopsy but was ignored. Commander Xiao drank by himself, stating that the bodies had already been buried and there was no need to dig them up again. But Di Renjie felt that the matter was by no means simple.

If Hei Yan was causing trouble in this, he hoped Commander Xiao could send troops to suppress it. However, Commander Xiao again used the excuse of insufficient manpower and also refused to apply for troops from his superiors, simply thinking that Di Renjie was making a fuss over nothing. Afterwards, Di Renjie took his identity as a quick doctor and went to stay nearby, discovering that the girl Xiaowei was the errand girl at the shop.

Xiaowei was young but mature and sensible beyond her age. To thank Di Renjie for saving her life, she reminded him not to flaunt his wealth in Qingchuan Town, otherwise, it would attract unnecessary trouble.

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