Again, Bag was richly rewarded and found that the people in the streets greeted him with deep respect: The innocent were grateful, and the guilty had reason to fear him.

The next night the ghostly lady reappeared and explained how Bag would find his fourth prisoner, a man who was well known in the city as a respectable businessman. In reality he was an opium salesman, the owner of gambling dens and other houses of ill repute; in short, an organizer of other people’s crimes.

Bag cornered him in his secret hideout, where the police could never have discovered him but where the thirteen ghosts whose bodies Bag had buried could find him. Evidence against this gangster leader soon accumulated, and Bag collected more prize money than ever before.

Finally the night came in which the shining lady announced: “This is my last visit to you. Listen carefully to the most important and complicated instructions I have ever given you. This time you must arrest a whole gang of robbers, so make sure you have a small private army of men you can trust. Arm them and tell them exactly what to do.

Seizing the "bride" from the litter, Bag exposes the master criminal's disguise and arrests the murderer.

“The daughter of one of the king’s ministers is marrying a young man of noble family and great wealth. You will be invited. You can partake in the dinner party, but remember to leave immediately thereafter, otherwise you will be in danger.

“Do not participate in any of the sports competitions, the archery, or the marksmanship match. Go away and hide with your men in a place along the road (she described the place in every detail), and wait there for the bridal procession to come along. Surround the entire company with your men, and give orders that the bride must be taken from her litter and be stripped absolutely naked.”

After these strange instructions the nocturnal visitor disappeared, never to return, even though it seemed to Bag that she was sometimes at his side in difficult moments.

Next morning, Bag collected his most trusted followers and farmhands, swore them to secrecy, and gave them weapons, teaching them how to use them.