Judge Dee is appointed magistrate of Chang-ping; The people crowd his tribunal to report grievances.
Second ChapterWarden Pang’s slander brings harm on his own head; Sergeant Hoong obtains a clue by a clever surmise.
Third ChapterKoong avers there is some mistake about the bodies; Judge Dee goes to sell drugs in a physician’s disguise.
Fourth ChapterDisguised as a doctor, Judge Dee visits a patient; Finding a dumb girl, his suspicions are aroused.
Fifth ChapterA conversation in a bathhouse reveals new facts; In a graveyard a prayer calls up a lost soul.
Sixth ChapterAn old man indulges in disrespectful language; Judge Dee initiates the official investigation.
Seventh ChapterMrs. Bee denies that her son has been murdered; Judge Dee’s first interrogation of Bee Hsun’s widow.
Eighth ChapterAccused of murder, Mrs. Djou speaks clever words; Her mother’s stupidity excites everyone’s pity.
Ninth ChapterThe undertaker shows the location of the grave; Judge Dee has the coffin exhumed for an autopsy.
Tenth ChapterMrs. Djou refuses to let her husband be buried; Judge Dee visits the temple for spiritual guidance.
Eleventh ChapterA hint in a book proves applicable to the case; A dream supplies hidden clues to past events.
Twelfth ChapterA verse in a dream directs suspicion to a Mr. Hsu; Ma Joong obtains important clues in a village inn.
Thirteenth ChapterJudge Dee himself sets out for Divine Village; The silk merchant starts preliminary negotiations.
Fourteenth ChapterMa Joong and Djao engage in a bout of wrestling; A meeting of two brothers of the green woods.
Fifteenth ChapterDjao gives a clear account of the real murderer; Judge Dee allows Mrs. Djou to return to her home.
A deaf constable reveals the key to the problem; Judge Dee sends out his men for apprehending Shao.
Seventeenth ChapterDjao learns the ways of the people of the passes; Having found Shao, he is enticed by a clever lie.
Eighteenth ChapterHalfway from the passes a criminal is arrested; In the tribunal of Chang-ping the trial is opened.
Nineteenth ChapterJudge Dee closes the case of Six Mile Village; Mr. Hua rushes to the court and reports a murder.
Twentieth ChapterCandidate Hoo’s jest brings calamity over his head; Judge Dee starts an inquiry in the Hua mansion.
Twentyfirst ChapterJudge Dee decides to forego an autopsy on the bride; He tries in vain to discover the source of the poison.
Twentysecond ChapterJudge Dee finds a clue to the murder of the bride; Sergeant Hoong conducts a secret investigation.
Twentythird ChapterJudge Dee sends his visiting card to Doctor Tang; In the Hua mansion he reveals the bride’s secret.
Twentyfourth ChapterWhat happened to the old doctor of literature; A thief in the night makes a strange discovery.
Twentyfifth ChapterA great ado is made about arresting a burglar; The ruse succeeds, and Ma Joong catches his man.
Twentysixth ChapterA bookish gentleman gets an unpleasant surprise; A secret passage supplies the key to the mystery.
Twentyseventh ChapterA depraved nobleman at last confesses to his guilt; An adulterous woman persists in her innocence.
Twentyeighth ChapterA weird interrogation is conducted in the jail; A confession is obtained, and the mystery solved.
Twentyninth ChapterJudge Dee closes the case of the strange corpse; An Imperial Censor drinks tea in the Water Pavilion.
Thirtieth ChapterThree criminals suffer the extreme penalty; A court messenger arrives with urgent orders.
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