Judge Dee's Mystery Episode 26 Recap, Plot

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Di Renjie and his companions came to Long San's shop to investigate and found two human hearts placed on the cutting board, clearly an intentional guide by the murderer to let Di Renjie see his presence. However, Di Renjie was already somewhat disappointed. He had been promoting laws in Lanfang for many years precisely hoping that the common people could live in peace, yet because of the appearance of such a paper figure, the entire city was turned upside down.

Everyone, for the sake of self-preservation, chose to know but not report, and see a case but not report it. Even the funeral shops on the street had not opened for two days, for fear of being implicated. Early the next morning, under Di Renjie's instruction, Hong Liang ordered people to post a notice inviting craftsmen to the county office to assist in solving the case, promising a monetary reward to all who came.

As expected, once the notice was posted, many craftsmen came for the reward money. However, the craftsmanship of this type of paper figure was so exquisite it could be called heaven-sent, and no one in the entire Lanfang could make it. At this moment, Di Renjie noticed an old man with an unusual expression, so he took him aside alone for questioning.

He learned that the paper figure looked familiar, very similar to Xiao Chunyu, the daughter of Xiao's Dye Workshop who had been missing for many years. Meanwhile, on the other side, Cao An found Long San's case file and saw that in the case of Xiao Chunyu's kidnapping, Long San had actually testified, allowing the officials to capture and bring Chu Lei to justice. Ma Rong took the earring and went around inquiring about the situation.

He noticed a dye shop and found that the paper figure next to it was extremely familiar. He went in to ask and only then learned that the shopkeeper was precisely Xiao Chunyu's father. When Shopkeeper Xiao saw the earring, he was extremely agitated, so he told Di Renjie and his companions about his daughter.

In his opinion, Xiao Chunyu had been a person with nimble hands and a clever mind since she was young, and the paper figures she made were beyond compare. He had originally been thinking of expanding the business, but unexpectedly, before he could implement the plan, she was kidnapped. It turned out that Chu Lei and Xiao Chunyu were childhood sweethearts, but he was just an ordinary scholar from a poor family background and was disliked by Shopkeeper Xiao.

Later, Chu Lei decided to abandon writing and join the military, swearing to make a name for himself to marry Xiao Chunyu. Unexpectedly, Shopkeeper Xiao directly married his daughter off to someone else. On the day of the incident, Long San personally saw Chu Lei abduct Xiao Chunyu, intending to do something improper. Di Renjie felt that there were many loopholes in Shopkeeper Xiao's words.

Firstly, how could Long San clearly see the other person's appearance in the middle of the night? Secondly, Shopkeeper Xiao's room was right next door, so why didn't he hear anything? Carrying these doubts, Di Renjie and his party came to the mass burial ground to search for Chu Lei's body. After searching without results, they decided to go find the body collector, Lin Fan.

Meanwhile, Cao An took a zither to be repaired and unexpectedly met the stonemason Lin Fan. Entrusted by him, she went back to explain to Di Renjie about Lin Fan asking for meat. As it turned out, the stonemason Lin Fan was precisely that Lin Fan related to Chu Lei. Di Renjie personally went to Lin Fan's door to give him preserved sausage, which made him uneasy in his heart.

Outwardly, he was submissive and fearful, until Di Renjie revealed his identity as a former border soldier, only then did he finally calm down. Because both Lin Fan and Chu Lei were scholars who joined the military, they were always bullied by other soldiers in the military camp. Both of them had thought about suicide several times but lacked enough courage. Later, they developed the desire to escape, but were still caught and brought back for punishment.

Usually, ordinary people couldn't survive seven days, but precisely on the fifth day, heavy rain fell, allowing them to survive. From then on, Chu Lei's temperament changed drastically. He would never pity anyone again and became ruthless and cruel. Even more so during the suppression of rebellions, he treated human lives callously, not even sparing innocent infants. In Lin Fan's opinion, the Chu Lei before joining the military indeed had kindness in his heart.

Unfortunately, he later changed very thoroughly, making even him feel scared. Di Renjie heard the words and was silent for a moment, then suddenly asked Lin Fan how he viewed Black Flame. Lin Fan said that Black Flame had considerable prestige in Lanfang, and local villains and bullies were all very afraid of Black Flame. After he escaped from the military camp, he had thought about joining Black Flame. Coincidentally, Di Renjie came and defeated Black Flame.

While saying these words, an image of Chu Lei wearing a mask flashed in Lin Fan's mind. Di Renjie saw that he was hiding something but did not continue to question him, simply leaving first. Ma Rong and Qiao Tai called over the registered residents and distributed preserved sausages and preserved meat to them. Some families felt that things from dead people were unlucky and refused to take them.

Meanwhile, on the other side, the zither master took the repaired zither to Cao An. Cao An unintentionally saw Lin Fan, became curious, and so she followed him. As a result, she was attacked.

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