When Song Ajiu was getting along with Xiaofeng, he was bumped into by Song Shijie, Linglong and He Shouxin.They encouraged the two to get close, and Xiaofeng and Song Ajiu followed the advice.However, when Xiaofeng went out alone, she was stunned and violated by the British envoy Adrian.After Song Ajiu discovered that Xiaofeng had been injured, he asked Nian Shanshan to come for diagnosis and treatment.Nian Shanshan found that Xiaofeng's injuries were the same as those of another woman, and suspected that they were caused by the same person.Adrian put pressure on Song Shijie and asked him to win the lawsuit as soon as possible.Xiaofeng recognized Adrian as the murderer, and Linglong wanted to take revenge, but was stopped by Song Shijie on the grounds of national affairs.Song Shijie promised to avenge Xiaofeng and quietly followed Adrian.He realized the problem of officials protecting each other and was angry at Adrian's behavior.

Linglong saw Song Shijie getting drunk and losing his temper, and was saddened to hear that he confessed to Nian Shanshan.Song Shijie ruthlessly criticized Linglong, causing her to leave angrily. He reluctantly wrote a letter of separation.Although Linglong was nostalgic for memories when she left, she was resolute.Song Shijie cried secretly, and later talked to Adrian and bluntly said that he was a bitch.Adrian claimed that he violated Qingqing because he missed his distant wife. Song Shijie knew that Qingqing was Xiaofeng and argued angrily.Adrian admired Song Shijie, but was punched by Song Shijie while crying in court.Song Shijie felt cheated when he learned that Tan Xiaoyang was helping Qingqing in his lawsuit.He visited Cherry in prison and proposed to use hypnosis to prove his innocence.Nian Shanshan hypnotized Cherry, Song Shijie and He Shouxin waited anxiously.The result was that Cherry was innocent, but rumors were swirling and witnesses needed to be found.Song Shijie and others launched a search and encountered Yang Liu going to the grave.Song Ajiu wanted to pretend to be a ghost to scare Yang Liu, but Song Shijie got stuck pretending to be a female ghost and simply scared Yang Liu away.They thought Yangliu had a secret and proposed hypnosis, but Nian Shanshan refused.After everyone got Yangliu drunk, they tried to hypnotize him but failed. Yangliu panicked and told him that the body was hidden in a dry well.Nian Shanshan and others conducted an autopsy to find out the truth.

Nian Shanshan smelled the smell of opium on the deceased, and Song Shijie suspected that opium was a key clue, so he ordered He Shouxin to crack down on opium trafficking.Linglong was curious about what Song Shijie asked during hypnosis last time, but Song Shijie left in a hurry because he was eager to investigate the case.Song Shijie was moved by Linglong's waiting and care, and was immersed in love.He used remaining opium to experiment on He Shouxin and found that opium caused visual confusion, explaining the unreliability of witness testimony.Cherry used fireworks and lenses to focus on the truth about the arson, and Yang Liu confessed under hypnosis that his wife prevented him from smoking opium, which indirectly caused the death of his children.Song Shijie made a three-chapter agreement for the family. Although Linglong was puzzled, she still accepted it.During the happy event in the Lin family, the groom Tang Wenwu was not welcomed by Master Lin, but Song Shijie's wit caught the attention of Master Lin.Lin Huimin's suicide shocked everyone, and Song Shijie found clues from the suicide note and footprints.Tang Wenwu and Aunt Sun turned to Song Shijie for help, but he demanded high fees because of his greed for money.Lin Yuanwai generously gave Song Shijie five hundred taels, hoping that he would send Tang Wenwu to prison.Linglong was angry at Song Shijie's behavior, while Kuo Shaolong and others sought help from other lawyers.