Episode 14 recap: Chu Bufan is involved with the killer.
Ding Zhaozhao and the others suspect Jia Yuanwai a little bit. When they went to see Jia Yuanwai, he evaded the question, claiming that he didn't know anything about the matter. The missing calligraphy and paintings have not been found yet, but Jia Yuanwai responded to Ding Zhaozhao's questions with a relaxed tone, which made Ding Zhaozhao feel very strange. How could Jia Yuanwai, with such valuable calligraphy and paintings, be so unconcerned?
Ding Zhaozhao feels that Jia Yuanwai is not cooperating with the investigation and wants to bring him to the yamen for questioning. Jia Yuanwai remains calm and even says that if Ding Zhaozhao arrests him, it would be difficult to stop the rumors. After all, he is just a merchant. Ding Zhaozhao is angry that Chu Bufan stopped her from questioning Jia Yuanwai about the incident outside the Jia family's estate. Maybe it's because Chu Bufan has lost trust in the government, so he refuses to cooperate. Continuing to ask would be useless.
But Chu Bufan feels that Ding Zhaozhao is different. Ding Zhaozhao only wants to be a good official. When Ding Zhaozhao hears that Chu Bufan trusts her, she feels happy and can't sleep at night. She becomes a bit shy. During the day, Ding Zhaozhao plays chess with her father absentmindedly. Her father knows that she is secretly in love with Chu Bufan and asks her to tell the truth, otherwise he won't let her leave the house.
Ding Zhaozhao doesn't understand why her father is preventing her from seeing Chu Bufan. Mingzhao wanted to borrow two people from her father to apprehend the suspect Zhao Defu. Qiming came to find Chu Bufan, but the two of them couldn't agree. In the middle of the night, when Jia Yuanwai woke up and saw the ghost of Zhao Defu, he was frightened and blurted out the truth. Ding Zhaozhao overheard it outside, and Jia Yuanwai told them that he had hidden the information and wanted to extort Zhao Defu.
Ding Zhaozhao feels that the next target the killer might strike could still be related to the people at the Shantang.
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