White Cat Legend 大理寺少卿游 Episode 13

Li Bing led Dali Temple officials to the pier. The Ministry of Punishment had moved the body outside the Dragon King Temple. The corpse was in a curled-up posture, which was very strange. Officials from the Ministry of Punishment explained that when the body was found, it was hidden behind the Dragon King statue. It was initially determined that the cause of death was the head. He was severely beaten to death. There were sticks at the scene, which are common tools for transporting goods at the dock.

The Ministry of Punishment also stated that the deceased's name was Liu Fu and he was a port guard. After combining the above information, Li Bing believed that it was not difficult to solve the case. Officials from the Ministry of Punishment saw that Li Bing was confident and asked Dali Temple to take over the case and suppress Jinwu Guard's limelight.

After the Criminal Department left the scene, Alibaba guessed the crime based on his imagination, but Li Bing thought it was too dramatic. Wang Qi analyzed that Liu Fu was the warden of the goods yard and kept vigil. He must have discovered something during the inspection and was therefore silenced. The murderer was probably a habitual thief. Li Bing was also more inclined to Wang Qi's speculation. Chen Shi kept staring at the Dragon King statue. Feeling something strange, I thought for a moment and thought that the Dragon King should be holding a plaque in his hand. When I looked at the ground, I saw that a wooden plaque had fallen, but the writing was blurry.

Li Bing discovered that the Dragon King statue was hollow inside, which must be a place where thieves often hid goods. There were cloves, cardamom and other valuable spices on the ground, indicating that the stolen goods had a certain value. It was also possible that Liu Fu was on guard and had committed theft. In order to find out the clues, Li Bing sent several people to the cargo yard to inquire about the situation.

Wang Qi went to the cargo yard to inquire about the victim Liu Fu. All the porters were avoiding the plague. Li Bing took Chen Shi into a tavern near the cargo yard to inquire whether goods had been lost at the dock in recent days. At this time, someone knocked outside. When the bell rang, all the diners deliberately avoided it. The tavern owner also showed great disgust and asked Li Cake to leave as soon as possible. He was busy recently and did not accept business from strangers. Li Cake saw the remaining wine on the table and smelled it, which was consistent with the wine bottle in the Dragon King Temple.

When Li Cake was about to leave the tavern, a beggar walked up to him and sighed meaningfully. When he walked out of the tavern, Li Bing specifically stopped the beggar, took out his silver and asked if he knew what happened at the dock recently. The beggar said that water transportation was not smooth and people's lives were difficult, so many people started stealing, which was a common thing in the local area.

Alibaba saw a cargo ship operated by a foreigner, so he boarded the ship as a fellow countryman to inquire about it. He learned that a few nights ago, a luxury cargo ship docked, and it only stayed for about half an hour before leaving, which was indeed abnormal. Regarding the docking time of the ship at the cargo terminal, there are record signs at the dock. When Li Bing checked, they had been covered with smudges. There were drops of blood under the record board, so Li Cake followed him to the shore. A masked woman in black left a dart and left quickly. The Jinwu Guards led by Qiu Qingzhi then appeared and asked about the dock case.

Returning to Dali Temple, Li Cake speculated that Liu Fu and the habitual thief were accomplices, and they originally lived in peace. However, on the night of the incident, internal strife probably occurred, and the ship's information plate was daubed in an attempt to erase traces that the ship had docked. Wang Qi believed that the masked woman in black was the murderer, but because Chen Shi was kidnapped and made the other party escape, Wang Qi blamed Chen Shi for not succeeding enough and for failing more than revealing.

Chen Shi overheard Wang Qi and others commenting on him. He was kind-hearted but did not help in solving the case. He couldn't help but feel discouraged. He thought that he was not suitable to stay in Dali Temple, so he talked to Yuan Buer. Yuan Buer actually took Chen Shi was very happy when a letter was sent from someone claiming to be Chen Jiu. He took it back to Dali Temple and asked Li Bing to read it. There was not much information in the letter.