Judge Di's Mystery 大唐狄公案 Episode 13

Seeing that Di Renjie was so obsessed with the corpse, Lieutenant Li asked him to take it away and reminded him that the plague was prevalent recently and he needed to be extra careful. Di Renjie asked Lieutenant Li why he found the body this morning and didn't burn it until noon. Lieutenant Li was stunned for a moment, but he quickly came to his senses and said frankly that the four child soldiers who were on patrol last night went out to fool around and lost their sabers, and he found a pawn ticket from "Zhongji Zhiqiu" on the body.

Di Renjie and his party returned with the corpse. Ma Rong guessed that the child soldiers were most likely going out to have fun. Qiao Tai also agreed with Ma Rong's guess, saying that the teenage boys in the military camp were full of energy and it was inevitable to miss women. But regarding Zhong Ji Zhi Si, Ma Rong immediately thought that someone had reported it to the official, and the ticket stub was still in the hands of the shopkeeper, so he speculated that the deceased was probably the missing shopkeeper Zhong Fang.

Di Renjie and Cao An then watched a shadow puppet show. The plot tells the story of the love between the Rain Master and a mortal woman. When the woman takes off her mask, the Rain Master turns into a bird, hovering in the sky forever and never landing, making the audience lament the twist of fate. Cao An knew that Penglai was very humid and was about to usher in a month of misty rainy season, so he personally sewed a fitting coir raincoat for Di Renjie. Di Renjie was filled with joy and wanted to express his affection for Cao An, but was unable to express it in words.

Shopkeeper Lin came to identify the deceased. After seeing the body, he was very sad and confirmed that he was the owner Zhong Fang. On the way to Zhong Ji Zhi Si, Di Renjie unexpectedly learned that someone witnessed Zhong Fang turning into a birdman and flying away, and he became suspicious. Shopkeeper Lin described Zhong Fang as kind-hearted and simple, and his dream was to run the largest quality restaurant in Penglai. However, since he watched the shadow puppets of Baixi Troupe, he has not thought about food and drink since he came back. He often goes out in the middle of the night and comes back early in the morning. Not only that, Zhong Fang also did a lot of money-losing transactions. He was always moved by the love stories of those scammers, and he did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to buy fakes.

Di Renjie found a stack of scrolls at Zhong Fang's residence and took them back to the county government for careful study. After comparison, he confirmed that the painting was exactly the image of the Rain Master in the shadow play. At the same time, the maid sent a coir raincoat, but Di Renjie was not there. Ma Rong came forward on his behalf, returned the coir raincoat, warned Cao An to restrain his thoughts, and revealed the news that Di Renjie was about to be transferred.

Di Renjie thought of Huang Ying'er and went to Qiao Tower alone. When he saw that she looked crazy, crying and laughing, and wearing the valuables of Zhongji Zhishi on her wrist, he quietly left and went to Mingyuefang. Cao An was saddened by Ma Rong's words and had a cold attitude towards Di Renjie. When asked about Huang Ying'er, she revealed that she had met Huang Ying'er in a theater troupe, but Huang Ying'er was obsessed with Rain Master and would ask how to resurrect Rain Master every time. It seemed that she couldn't tell the difference between the inside and outside of the play.

Ma Rong returned home late at night and was discovered by Qiao Tai. He admitted that he went to see Cao An and took out a conch from behind. Qiao Tai realized that she had gone to steal something again. Just when Qiao Tai was about to criticize Ma Rong, Di Renjie came back from outside, clearly heard the conversation between the two, and angrily reprimanded Ma Rong for not changing his bad habits. Ma Rong felt uncomfortable and stood in the yard in the rain, unwilling to enter the house. It was late at night, after Di Renjie had sorted out the clues to the case, and Qiao Tai couldn't bear it, so he reminded her tactfully before he remembered to call Ma Rong into the room. Seeing that Di Renjie was willing to forgive him, Ma Rong couldn't help crying.

In order to find out the truth, Di Renjie, with the help of Hong Liang and others, successfully restored the Rain Master's image equipment and appeared in front of Huang Ying'er wearing it. At first, Huang Ying'er recognized the wrong person and hugged the "Rain Master", but when she saw those eyes, she realized that someone was pretending to be her loved one.

Di Renjie stopped pretending and took off his mask to question Huang Ying'er's relationship with Zhong Fang and the cause of Zhong Fang's death. Huang Ying'er seemed to be stimulated and screamed, picked up the dagger and stabbed Di Renjie, but was easily subdued by Di Renjie. Upon closer inspection, the dagger turned out to be a saber. Then Di Renjie found Wang Sanlang hiding in a corner and peeped, and immediately took the man back to the county jail. After interrogation, Wang Sanlang admitted to killing Zhong Fang with his own hands.