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| First Chapter A strange meeting takes place on a lotus lake | |
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| Judge Dee is attacked on his way to Lan-fang | |
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| Second Chapter Judge Dee opens the first session of the tribunal | |
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| He discovers in the archives an unsolved problem | |
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| Third Chapter The judge witnesses a quarrel on the market | |
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| A young man forecasts his father's murder | |
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| Fourth Chapter Tao Gan reports on a mysterious old mansion | |
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| An ingenious trap is set in the dark tribunal | |
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| Fifth Chapter Twenty ruffians attack in the dead of the night | |
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| Judge Dee sets out on a dangerous excursion | |
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| Sixth Chapter Four guildmasters are received in the main hall | |
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| Mrs. Yoo visits the tribunal with an old picture | |
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| Seventh Chapter Three roguish monks receive their just punishment | |
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| A Candidate of Literature reports a cruel murder | |
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| Eighth Chapter An old General is murdered in his own library | |
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| Judge Dee goes to visit the scene of the crime | |
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| Ninth Chapter Judge Dee ponders alone in a dead man's room | |
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| The autopsy brings to light the cause of death | |
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| Tenth Chapter Judge Dee pays a visit to an eccentric young man | |
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| He presides an artistic meeting in the tribunal | |
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| Eleventh Chapter Tao Gan has an adventure in an old temple | |
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| Ma Joong meets his math in a drinking bout | |
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| Twelfth Chapter Judge Dee discusses the secrets of two pictures | |
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| A young girl discovers passionate love letters | |
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| Thirteenth Chapter Yoo Kee entertains a distinguished guest to tea | |
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| Judge Dee decides to revisit the General's studio | |
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| Fourteenth Chapter A strange clue is found in a dead man's room | |
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| Judge Dee sends his men to arrest a criminal | |
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| Fifteenth Chapter Painter Woo reveals his secret in the tribunal | |
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| Judge Dee orders a search of the Eastern city | |
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| Sixteenth Chapter Ma Joong investigates the licensed quarter | |
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| He is made a partner in a nefarious scheme | |
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| Seventeenth Chapter Mrs. Yoo pays a second visit to the tribunal | |
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| A queer discovery is made in an old mansion | |
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| Eighteenth Chapter Judge Dee decides to consult an old hermit | |
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| Ma Joong catches his man in the Drum Tower | |
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| Nineteenth Chapter A recluse discourses on the purpose of life | |
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| Judge Dee learns the old Governor's secret | |
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| Twentieth Chapter A rebel chieftain confesses under torture | |
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| A mysterious stranger is at last identified | |
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| Twentyfirst Chapter Judge Dee closes the case of the murdered General | |
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| Chiao Tai relates the story of a military disaster | |
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| Twentysecond Chapter Judge Dee explains the murder of General Ding | |
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| He reveals the secret of the scroll picture | |
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| Twentythird Chapter The judge leads his men to the heart of the maze | |
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| A gruesome discovery is made in a secret pavilion | |
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| Twentyfourth Chapter A young girl goes tonbsp;visit a famous artist | |
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| A criminal is caught in an unexpected place | |
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| Twentyfifth Chapter Two depraved criminals suffer the extreme penalty | |
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| Judge Dee learns the secret of an abstruse couplet | |