Strange Tales of Tang Dynasty Episode 21

The cryptkeeper

XiJun’s combined sketch revealed a very interesting thing. It was a picture of the deceased doctor, Meng Dong Lao. Sheriff Lu demanded the tomb opened. There was a skeleton there but it was the missing girl from 40 yrs ago. He used her skeleton to write his medical journal on bones. The heads were collected for him to finish his headache journal. Hui fit the bill with her headaches. He planned on getting executed after his medical research, but Lu called for immediate execution. He questioned himself because the village would have benefited greatly from a cure, but he considered the cost too high. Fei has become the new doctor and taking on the task he started training for. Everything was going well. He escorted XiJun to the safe part of road to Nangzhou and the doc was getting the huge sign his elder wanted. The magistrates that I considered complete bums were finally doing their jobs. Lu made the error of pretending they were burning a cat demon to keep the people away as they explored the cave and underground room DongLao had set up with the bones from victims. However, this news reached the palace and they chose to dismiss him from his position. The crown prince has it in fo him and I’d sure like to know why. What should have been a city celebration turned into a bittersweet farewell to the sheriff that had rejuvenated their town and brought justice for forty year crime. I don’t know where they are headed now because I don’t think he can return to Chang’an. He is making such good progress and I am annoyed with the prince and the writer for not giving him a break.😝

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