The Curious Case of Shuangfeng

This film (drama)Also known as双凤奇案，is aMainland ChinaProducerbeauty live，At1998Released in year 。The dialogue language isMandarin Chinese，Current Douban rating7.5(For reference only)。

The story takes place during the Zhengde period of the Ming Dynasty in Fengxiang County, Baoji Prefecture, Shaanxi Province. The mother of the hereditary commander Qin Kunpeng sends a jade bracelet to Sun Yufeng, who gifts back a painting of lotus flowers, and the two families become engaged. You Caifeng's uncle and aunt, Chu Sheng and the Jia family, stay overnight at You's home and are both murdered, with Jia's head going missing. Shang Chaofeng finds a woman's head in the night and throws it into the cinnabar well. Fearing that his accomplice Sun Maoxiu will report him, he pushes him into the well to his death. The next day, he goes to the county office to file a complaint, falsely claiming that Sun Maoxiu stole silver and fled. County magistrate Qian Shu relies on the clerical manipulation of Ren Yi to adjudicate that Sun Maoxiu's father Sun Guoan must pay compensation. Sun Guoan, dissatisfied with this judgment, is imprisoned. Sun Yufeng's father is detained, and during the trial, Qian Shu accuses her of making unreasonable disturbances and has her imprisoned. In the women's prison, Long Caifeng explains the details. Sun Yufeng, Qin Kunpeng's fiancée, seeing the injustice in this case, resolves to appeal to the prefectural office. Prefect Ning Xin comes to review the case, while Ren Yi bribes the court's female coroner with a peach to falsely accuse You Caifeng of losing her virtue, which Ning Xin mistakenly believes, wrongfully convicting You Caifeng and Qin Kunpeng of adultery and murder. Sun Yufeng, dissatisfied, appeals to the provincial court. The inspection institute's Chen Si San re-examines the case, and the female coroner Lan Caihua cleverly sabotages You Caifeng's urine sample and mistakenly tests her as pregnant, making it difficult to clear the names of You Caifeng and Qin Kunpeng from such a grave injustice. The examining official Du Zhongren, seeing the case is not valid, disguises himself for a private investigation, uncovers the truth, and retrieves the Jia family's head and Sun Maoxiu's body from the cinnabar well, capturing Shang Chaofeng, Hu the matchmaker, and Hu Daleng.