White Cat Legend Episode 5 Recap
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Qiu Qingzhi countered, saying that the demon cat case was characterized by Court of Judicial Review back then, and now they are overturning their own conclusion. Shangguan Qin was helpless and could only order the few people from Mingjing Hall to be suspended and reflect. Li Bing brought Chen Shi back to Gu Xiaohuan's home. The courtyard was empty, with only scattered dry grass.
Chen Shi waited at the door, but when Li Bing came out, Chen Shi was nowhere to be seen. Wang Qi and his brothers analyzed the situation. There were currently two paths: instead of being suspended and dealt with, it was better to continue the investigation. All the brothers agreed, but they had no idea where to start. Li Bing had only hinted at the principle of exposing the trick, but did not indicate the next step.
Li Bing found Chen Shi by listening. Chen Shi was tied up in the courtyard where the demon cat was shot three years ago. Standing next to him was the fortuneteller Meng Kui from the riverbank. Meng Kui trapped Li Bing in an iron cage and admitted that he had planned the Usher's murder case a few days ago because he had suffered unfair treatment and vowed to seek revenge.
According to Meng Kui's account, three years ago, there were rumors of a demon cat case in Shendu. The court ordered the Minister of Rites to solve the case, and the Usher was the specific executor. At that time, there were no clues at all. Meng Kui's parents ran a traveling theater troupe and kept a tiger. The Usher then requested Meng Kui's parents to arrange a magic trick performance for the Minister, offering three times the usual reward money.
There was no reason for Meng Kui's parents to refuse, so they trained the tiger to perform. On the day of the performance, as the tiger was pacing on the stage, it was hit by an arrow shot from a distance. Subsequently, several arrows were fired simultaneously, and the tiger quickly died. The Usher then closed the case, declaring the tiger was the demon cat. Meng Kui's parents and the theater troupe members were all shot dead on the spot.
Meng Kui ran away from the scene, but was also pursued and stabbed. Fortunately, the stab did not hit his heart, and he miraculously survived. After that, Meng Kui began collecting the families of the unjust case from three years ago under the guise of fortune-telling by the river. Old Gu was naturally one of them. As he spoke, he lit the hot air balloon in the courtyard, which had a tiger on it.
Li Bing transformed into a cat and escaped the iron cage. Qiu Qingzhi arrived with troops and immediately took an arrow and shot it at Meng Kui. Meng Kui fell to the ground after being hit by the arrow. Li Bing stepped forward and helped him up. Meng Kui took out a signed statement from his bosom, handed it to Li Bing for safekeeping, and begged him to thoroughly investigate the unjust case of his parents from three years ago.
He then collapsed in a pool of blood. Hu Si was responsible for watching over the Mingjing Hall brothers who were suspended and reflecting. A few of them secretly sneaked out to collect clues. Hu Si pretended not to see them. The hot air balloon rose higher and higher. Qiu Qingzhi shot the brazier, and the hot air balloon began to descend.
Li Bing firmly grabbed a rope and threw another one to Chen Shi, also handing the evidence to Chen Shi along the way. Both of them landed safely. The place where Chen Shi fell was precisely where the Mingjing Hall brothers caught him. Chen Shi took out the evidence, and the few of them quickly handed it to Shangguan Qin.
Upon learning that someone was going to retaliate against Lü Qing near Zhuque Gate, Chen Shi led a few people to escape from the dungeon and rushed to Zhuque Gate after receiving the firework signal. Lü Qing thought he had finally eliminated the trouble and was heading towards Zhuque Gate to prepare for a sacrifice. Li Bing stopped Lü Qing halfway.
Chen Shi brought out the tiger that Meng Kui had raised and forced Lü Qing to admit the fact that he had wronged Meng Kui's parents' theater troupe face-to-face. Afterwards, Lü Qing was hung high in the air by a few people from Mingjing Hall. Qiu Qingzhi arrived to assist, originally intending to save Lü Qing and take charge of Court of Judicial Review in the future through Lü Qing's manipulation. However, Li Bing explained the stakes involved.
Qiu Qingzhi prepared to forcibly apprehend Li Bing. Shangguan Qin arrived at the scene with an imperial decree, announcing that Li Bing was to meet the Emperor and publicizing Li Bing's identity. Qiu Qingzhi did not dare to gamble with his future. After the truth was revealed, the wronged people hiding near Zhuque Gate all came forward to Li Bing to thank him for the imperial decree. Old Gu also no longer hid. Boss Zhang appeared with Gu Xiaohuan.
Old Gu was incredibly emotional. Gu Xiaohuan pleaded with Li Bing for leniency, asking for a way out for her father.
