The Third Trial of Strange Stones

The Lingbi and Strange Stone "Five Mountains Zhongling" is known as the best strange stone in the world because of Su Dongpo's tasting. At a stone competition held in front of the government office in Lingbi County, Zhang Zhongling, a village girl, suddenly appeared and sued the local tycoon Wang Baishi because of the ownership of the strange stone "Five Mountains Zhongling". Wang Baishi argued hard and seemed to be able to justify himself. As a result, the county magistrate decided that Zhang Zhongling was a blackmailer and wanted to punish him. This was noticed by Qianlong, who was disguised as a wealthy businessman and paid a secret visit. Qianlong ordered his beautiful concubine to come forward to save Zhang Zhongling, a civilian girl. Zhang Zhongling was very clever and provided some strong evidence to Qianlong, who was pretending to be a wealthy businessman, proving that Wang Baishi had indeed killed his father, and that the "Five Mountains Zhongling" did belong to their Zhang family. He also promised Qianlong, who was pretending to be a wealthy businessman, that he would sacrifice his life if he could redress his father's grievances. Qianlong determined that what Zhang Zhongling said was true through open and covert investigations. With irrefutable evidence, Zhang Zhongling was supported in his second appeal. The county magistrate Shen Buxiu reviewed the rare stone for the second time. Zhang Zhongling’s evidence is conclusive and well-founded. Unexpectedly, Wang Baishi was more prepared. He made a convincing and well-founded statement in public. The reasons are more substantial and the evidence is more solid. The county magistrate had no choice but to declare that Zhang Zhongling would be punished. The magistrate had mastered all the evidence and had all the advantages, and sure enough, everyone present...