Judge Bao immediately took up the case and commenced the interrogations. The yamen's workers jointly shouted and took them inside to kneel in front of Judge Bao. Judge Bao questioned them, and in his anger he slammed his desk. He was determined to free the people from this scourge.

Judge Bao accepted their complaint, and returned Xitong and Jiao'er to Li Four and his wife. He then ordered the examination of Lady Li's body. He also told Zhang Gui to have a coffin made. They all bowed gratefully, and then set off for their homes.

While they were off to lodge a complaint to Judge Bao, Wang Long and his threats returned. To their surprise they found the door open, and the rooms empty. Wang Long shouted in rage, but nobody replied.

Wang Long waited a short while for a response, and after realizing nobody will reply, he set off to examine the house. In the back garden they found the body of Lady Li, and upon seeing it, they ran off covering their heads, sneaking off like rats.

That night, Judge Bao penned a memorial to the emperor, in which he asked him to execute Lu Zhailang. He just finished writing the name of Lu Zhailang, when his brush suddenly stopped. He was hesitant.

Lu Zhailang is a relative of the emperor, his power and influence reaches the Heavens. It's unlikely that the emperor will accept this memorial, and it'll likely draw the ire of the imperial relatives. Judge Bao kept thinking about the matter but could not come up with a solution.

The rooster crowed for the third time, but Judge Bao was still thinking by his candle. In his heart he was both angry and anxious. He picked up the memorial and burned it with the candle's fire.

He quickly relighted the candle, and he gazed upon the mostly burned memorial, when suddenly, inspiration struck and he broke out in a massive fit of laughter.

The three characters originally written on the memorial saying "Lu Zhailang" mostly burned up, and the character fragment left just said "fish". On the inside, Judge Bao was really happy. If he leaves out a few strokes from the name of Lu Zhailang, he gets the name, Yu Qiji, which would circumvent the first obstacle.

On the paper: The evil tyrant by the name of Lu Zhailang

By the time the emperor learns what happened, it'll be too late and he will have no alternative but to uphold the laws of the land and not intervene any further. After he thought through all of this carefully, he picked up his brush again and quickly re-wrote the memorial, and then waited for the emperor to hold an audience, where he could get his blessing.