The setting of this story is also Lanfan. As a rule, the service time of a governor in a district was limited to three years. But at the end of 674, Judge Di had been at his post in Lanfan for four years, and there was still no news from the capital. This is a story about what happened on the last evening of that sad year. In all previous cases investigated by Judge Dee, his assumptions were always confirmed in the end. However, the reader will see that it was in this case that Judge Dee made two serious mistakes. But, despite everything, this time the misconceptions turned out to be saving!