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[2004, Kulu County]

[Heating Station No. 2, Kulu County]

Mr. Ding!

Mr. Ding!

Mr. Ding!

[Sandstorm] [Episode 1]

[Eight years later, Luoche Village]

What's your name, kiddo?

Zhang Wenke.

Where are your parents?

They've gone to work.

Go.

What are you doing?

The sheep thieves are here!

The sheep thieves are here!

The sheep thieves are here!

Stop there!

Give me back my sheep!

Sheep thieves, huh?

Give me back my sheep!

Don't move.

I'll break your arm if you try to resist.

Don't run! Police! Don't move!

Don't make me break your arm,

you sheep thief.

Handcuff him!

Handcuff him now!

Brother!

It hurts.

Here you go.

Come out and help me.

Okay.

You go ahead.

Eat up.

Enjoy your food and drinks.

All right.

Go ahead, Mrs Zhang.

We'll help ourselves.

Mother.

Tell me

your names.

I'm hungry, too.

Do you want some sheep's shit?

How many times did you steal it?

Just two or three times.

Honestly,

what did you do with the sheep?

We killed and sold them.

Jianghe

has been with us for a few years now.

He's always been a dedicated

and hard-working man.

Well,

the townspeople have been reporting lately

that they've been losing sheep.

I brought a few men down to keep watch.

It was hard work.

It's the house ahead.

Chief.

Qiusheng.

Where's Jianghe?

He's inside.

He's inside?

Yes, he is.

Yeah.

Jianghe!

Jianghe.

Jianghe.

Chief Liang.

There's a superior who wants to see you.

Who's it?

Luo Yingwei from the Municipal Criminal Investigation Department.

Nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you.

What's the matter?

I came to Kulu County to investigate a case.

Chief Liang.

What's going on here?

Sheep thieves. We caught them this morning.

We're questioning them.

Right here?

There's no audio or video recording.

It doesn't comply with the procedure, does it?

What's going on here?

You're not

interrogating them here, are you?

No, Chief Liang.

We're hungry from catching thieves.

So we came for a pot of hot tea.

We're taking them back to the station.

Okay, take them back.

Let's go!

Officer Luo wants to talk to you.

Then how can I go back?

Officer Luo has a car. Don't worry.

Officer Luo, you guys talk first.

I'll go back first.

Thank you, Chief Liang.

Have a seat.

I'd like to know more about the Furnace Homicide

on 26 February in Kulu County.

What would you like to know?

Ding Baoyuan, who was found guilty at the time...

Thank you.

He began to appeal the year after the judgment

came into effect

and has been appealing for seven years.

He's appealed to the Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP).

The SPP commissioned the Provincial Prosecutor's Office to review the case.

Review?

It's not necessary.

He's the murderer.

I've read the entire case file,

and there is reasonable doubt in this case.

Director Wei of the Provincial Office asked us

to review the case.

The Provincial Office wants us

to review the case before the comrades

from the Provincial Prosecutor's Office arrive.

We need to re-verify the evidence from that year,

sort out the chain of evidence

and remove reasonable doubt.

If it turns out

that Ding Baoyuan wasn't the murderer,

we'll be able to rectify the situation.

My master is the one working on this case.

Is the Provincial Office so distrustful

of him?

It's not about trust.

It's about evidence.

Mr. Chen Jianghe,

I hope you'll cooperate with me.

Did I say no?

How ridiculous.

No signal.

You're calling your superior?

I've got the signal here.

Report it to your superior now.

Thank you.

[Fatty Liu]

Hello, Commissioner Liu.

Luo Yingwei is speaking.

Yes, I've arrived.

He's with me.

You know Chen Jianghe's temper better than I do.

Okay, I got it.

The heat has gone.

My superior wants you on the phone.

What?

I don't know about this.

No one told me.

You're the boss.

All right.

Sorry.

It's okay.

Go ahead.

Regarding the Furnace Homicide on 26 February,

please tell me the details

of the whole case.

Didn't you read the full case file?

I need you to corroborate.

It happened on 26 February.

The body fell out of the furnace

between 5:15 AM

and 5:25 AM.

It was reported at 5:35 AM.

At 6:13 AM, my master arrived at Heating Station No. 2

with his men.

There was a sandstorm

that day.

Hello, honey.

I was driving.

Go ahead.

Nonsense.

I'll try my best.

Honey, I got it.

You've taken the trouble.

Thank you for your hard work.

I'm going to inspect a crime scene.

My rhinitis is acting up.

I've never seen anything like this.

It's scary.

When did this truck arrive?

Has it been here the whole time?

It arrived at 5:30 AM.

It's a coal truck.

How do you get to work everyday?

I come by bike

every day.

What were you doing last night?

There's been a murder.

Who let them in?

Well, I let them in.

They're here to deliver coal.

There's a rule at the factory

that the coal must be unloaded when it arrives.

Who discovered the body first?

The two workers on the night shift.

That's Mr. Liu.

That kid is Wang Liang.

Who are those guys?

The two in uniforms

are the day shift workers,

the other two are the coal drivers.

Tell me about your station.

There are seven of us

at the heating station, including me.

Six workers in three shifts.

I'm in charge.

Last night,

Mr. Liu

and his apprentice were on the night shift.

Only three of us were in the station.

In the morning, when the slag came out,

a body suddenly fell out.

Can outsiders come in?

Outsiders can't get in.

This gate

is locked from the inside.

There's only one key,

and I have it all the time.

I usually lock the gate

at 10 PM when the night shift workers

take over.

But last night, I was a bit late,

I locked it around 11 PM.

Why?

What's the point of having strict rules

for a furnace room?

It's mainly because we're afraid of losing coal.

A lot of people around here

can't afford to install heaters,

so they burn coal in their cookers to keep warm.

In the worst cases, half a truckload of coal

can be lost.

We'll have to pay for all the damage.

If outsiders aren't allowed in,

can the people inside get out?

No, they can't.

There's been a case

where a night shift worker snuck out for a drink

and the furnace went out.

And there's been a case of stealing coal

by the station staff.

How can you be sure there's only one key?

When the new lock was bought,

only one was given to the station manager.

The rest were destroyed in public.

Several of us station managers have shared experiences,

so we all do the same.

Captain Ge,

there are some footprints.

No sign of dragging.

The crime scene has been too badly damaged.

Check this wall

for signs of climbing.

Okay, I'll check it now.

Captain Ge,

the body was so badly burnt,

the preliminary judgment is that it's a woman.

Mr. Ge.

How's it? Are you feeling better?

Yes.

Take him inside and question him.

Okay.

Thank you.

You know this kid?

He's also from Luoche like you.

It's a small society

within these walls.

Other people may think nothing of a job at a heating station.

But it's a good job

in this small county.

It's a secure job.

So far,

we haven't received a report.

So we can't confirm the victim's identity.

According to the preliminary forensic results,

[Furnace Homicide] the victim is a woman

in her thirties,

about 1.6 metres tall

and weighs about 50 kilos.

But the exact cause of death could not be confirmed.

Wang, tell us more about it.

Due to the fact that the victim's epidermis and part of her torso

had been burnt,

no superficial injuries were visible.

The trace of soot in the victim's lungs

can be explained by the fact

that the victim may have been breathing lightly

when she was stuffed into the furnace.

It can also be explained

as a natural formation

during prolonged combustion processes.

Heating Station No. 2 is a completely enclosed environment.

The general rule is

that no one is allowed to go out

after 10 PM.

The key is in the hands of station manager, Ding Baoyuan.

The heating station is surrounded by a tall fence.

No signs of climbing were found

after the scene investigation.

[Ding Baiyuan, Liu Sancheng, Wang Liang] These three were on duty last night.

Ding Baoyuan is 44 years old.

He used to work at the power station.

A year ago, he was injured at work

and transferred to the heating station.

During the seven-month heating period,

the station manager has to live and eat at the heating station

and lead the shifts.

The rule is that the station manager must be on duty

24 hours a day.

But the factory knows

that the station manager has family and commitments.

Here.

Have some water.

Hence,

as long as the station manager is on duty at night,

he can go out during the day.

I went out last night around 9 PM

and came back around 11 PM.

When I got back, I locked the gate

and went round the furnace room,

then I came back to bed.

I slept

until Wang Liang called me at dawn.

He called you twice before you got up.

He told you something bad happened. Why didn't you get up right away?

Wang Liang

didn't make it clear either.

I didn't think it would be such a big deal.

I thought he was just kidding around.

Why did you let the coal truck in

when there was a murder?

When I woke up, the truck was already there,

and the drivers were banging on the gate.

We have a rule at the factory

that the coal has to be unloaded when it arrives.

[Safety First] Hello? Police station?

- I want to report a crime. - Open the gate!

This is Heating Station No. 2.

Yes.

Hello? This is Heating Station No. 2!

Here comes the coal truck.

Liu Sancheng and Wang Liang are the master and apprentice.

[Liu Sancheng: Staff, Wang Liang: Staff] Liu Sancheng is 54 years old,

Wang Liang is 20 years old.

They were the two on night duty last night.

The body was stuffed into the furnace

while they were on duty.

There's no sign of it being any different than usual.

Wang Liang and I took over our shift,

filled the furnace with coal,

and sat down to play chess.

Nothing happened all night.

But

who knew, when the slag came out,

we saw that.

Didn't you see anyone come in or out?

No.

We keep the gate locked at night.

The key is with the station manager.

It was about 11 PM

when he came back from outside.

He chatted with us

and went to bed on the first floor.

His quarters are on the second floor of the furnace room.

Did he go out last night?

No.

Well, we were busy with the furnace

and playing chess,

so we didn't pay any attention to the outside.

Yeah, it was about 9 PM.

At 9 PM,

he went out

across the yard.

But he

is the station manager.

He won't tell us if he has anything to do.

Are the light bulbs in the yard fine?

They're lit up at night, right?

Right.

Is the door closed at night

when there's no sun?

I closed the door.

Where did you sit?

Can't you hear anything at night?

We were focused on our chess game.

Besides, this furnace

makes a lot of noise.

We can't hear anything.

I was sitting here.

How many rounds did you play?

Three.

Did you win

or lose?

I won.

How many rounds did you win?

Three.

You lost three rounds?

You're his master.

That won't do.

The furnace's coal inlet was so small,

so the body had to be shoved through the rear slag box.

We've done experiments.

It takes a certain amount of skill

to open the rear slag box

and shove a 50-kg body in there

and turn it around in the furnace.

It was probably done by the station staff.

Six sets of footprints have been identified in the furnace room.

So far, five sets of footprints have been identified

as belonging to the three men who were on duty that night

and the two men who delivered the coal the next morning.

According to them,

after discovering the body,

Wang Liang called for Ding Baoyuan,

and he ran in to check it out.

At that moment, the coal truck arrived.

The coal drivers heard that a body had fallen

and came in to see what was going on.

The on-site investigation

proved the process they said it was.

Well,

the sixth set of footprints are unidentifiable?

The sixth set of footprints

had been trampled and covered almost completely

with soot by the fifth set.

Jianghe,

what do you think about it?

Two points are worth noting.

The first point is

whether the victim was completely dead

and stuffed in the oven

or whether there are still signs of life.

The second point is to determine the gender of the sixth set of footprints.

Ge,

looks like these three from that night are the best suspects.

Let's start with them.

From what I've read in the case file,

you guys had been pinning

your suspicions on Ding Baoyuan from the beginning.

Why?

The three of them,

Liu Sancheng and Wang Liang are witnesses to each other,

but no one can bear witness to Ding Baoyuan.

Liu Sancheng and Wang Liang

could be working together to commit the crime.

How's that possible?

If the two of them worked together,

when the body fell out,

they could've just stuffed it into the furnace

and burnt it to ashes.

How could they still wake up Ding Baoyuan?

What else?

Besides,

the only key was on Ding Baoyuan.

Ding Baoyuan was called twice before he woke up,

and more importantly, he let the coal truck in.

The workers unloaded the coal

and went inside the furnace room to look at the body.

The crime scene was completely destroyed.

What you're saying can only be called suspicion,

not evidence.

You've read the case file.

What does it say?

Ding Baoyuan let the coal truck in early in the morning.

Several workers unloaded the coal.

They destroyed all the evidence at the crime scene.

It's already written like this. Is it still a suspicion?

I'm talking about physical evidence,

not speculation based on facts.

A sandstorm is coming!

Get the sheep back here now!

Run!

Run!

Run!

Honey, run!

Where are you going?

Qiusheng.

Move forward.

Could you tell me more

about the process of identifying the victim?

Kulu isn't a big county,

but it's got a lot of transients.

We couldn't

identify

the victim for three days.

It was only on the fourth day that we made any progress.

Captain Ge.

Master,

I'm almost breaking my legs from investigating the case.

How's it?

The victim's been identified?

No.

I've been to ten neighbourhood associations this morning.

Nobody's reported it.

I think she lived alone.

What do you reckon?

We have a permanent population of 22,000 people.

It's strange if a family doesn't notice

a missing person

for two or three days.

That's why I think she lived alone.

Captain Ge, this woman reported

her widowed daughter-in-law, Cheng Chun,

missing.

DNA later

proved that the victim was Cheng Chun.

As we were about to investigate

her movements and social connections,

something suddenly happened.

What's it?

Ding Baoyuan ran away.

Who's there?

Hi, we're from the police station in Kulu County.

Is Ding Baoyuan home?

No.

Since Ding Baoyuan isn't here,

you have to come with us.

Where to?

[Wanted Notice] Things went easy when he ran away.

You're pregnant. Sit down.

Make sure she sits down.

Help her.

Calm down. I just want to ask you some questions.

What time did he go to your house yesterday

to pack his things?

It's about night time,

11 PM or 12 PM.

Be precise.

Mister.

Boss, have you seen him lately?

Try to remember.

I've seen him over there.

Have you seen

this person?

After a month-long manhunt,

Ding Baoyuan turned up

in his hometown.

He used Cheng Chun's bank card

[China Post, Postal Savings Bank] at an ATM.

My master took us there in a hurry.

The crippled man is Ding Baoyuan.

There's no surveillance at the ATM?

We don't have surveillance

on this ATM yet.

Madam,

how long have you been setting up your stall here?

A couple of years.

Have you seen this man before?

Yes, I have.

When?

The day before yesterday, he came to buy buns from me.

He's got mean eyes.

Are you telling the truth?

How can you be sure?

He's on the wanted notice.

He's a cripple, isn't he?

Why didn't you call the police?

I was afraid.

I run a small business.

With the ATM as the center of the circle,

we narrowed down Ding Baoyuan's area of activity,

and soon found out where he was.

Get him under control.

Don't move!

What's your name?

Speak!

Ding Baoyuan.

Do you know why you're being arrested?

Yes.

Ding Baoyuan.

You're suspected of intentional homicide.

You're in criminal detention.

I confess. I did it.

Master, he confessed.

The case was solved.

We handed him over to the Prosecutor's Office.

Six months later,

Ding Baoyuan was indicted

and given a death sentence with reprieve

for intentional homicide.

Throughout the trial,

he did not change his statement.

It's been eight years since the case,

and he's had his sentence commuted from death with reprieve

to life imprisonment,

and then to 20 years' imprisonment.

Suddenly, he said he didn't kill her today.

As I told you,

he started to appeal the year after the judgment

came into force.

Why didn't he deny it during the trial?

Are you asking me?

I'm asking about this matter.

There are

many reasonable doubts in this case.

Officer Luo,

can you tell me

what reasonable doubts mean?

No first scene.

There was.

Ding Baoyuan let the coal truck

in.

The first scene was destroyed.

No murder weapon.

The coal shovel was the murder weapon.

It's been destroyed while shoveling coal.

Ding Baoyuan and Cheng Chun never crossed paths.

Then what's the motive for the crime?

Ding Baoyuan said he had the wrong person,

that's why he got a death sentence with reprieve.

How did Cheng Chun get in?

Isn't that an enclosed space?

He went out at night and forgot to lock the door.

Fine.

Cheng Chun has no connection with any of the three men in there.

At 11 o'clock at night,

what's a widow,

a widow who'd been a clandestine prostitute,

doing at a heating station?

Did she really go to steal coal?

We also suspected that she'd gone to the heating station

doing prostitution.

Luo,

I've been in this job for almost 20 years.

I've seen and heard a lot.

I find

that sometimes people's behaviour

cannot be judged by normal logic.

I had a case like this.

A husband reported

his wife missing for a week

and didn't return home.

We went looking for her for three days.

When the wife came back,

we asked her where she'd been.

She said she saw a beautiful bird

she'd never seen before

and chased it

all the way to the mountain.

Can you imagine how long she had been out of work?

That has nothing to do with this.

You're not getting it.

Anyway, it seems to me

that this is a classic case of no criminal motive,

no physical evidence,

and a conviction based solely on a confession.

There's physical evidence.

Ding Baoyuan took Cheng Chun's bank card to withdraw money.

Where's the card?

Probably destroyed.

Probably?

Of course it's possible.

There's still no physical evidence.

There's a witness.

When he fled,

he told his wife that he murdered someone.

When he was arrested,

he confessed to the murder.

If he didn't do it,

why did he run away?

Why did he confess?

Confessions have limited probative value.

What are you trying to say?

No, what are you trying to say?

Are you trying to say we made him confess under duress?

That's a very annoying look on your face.

Nowadays, the rule of law is about the benefit of the doubt.

Is it possible that Ding Baoyuan committed murder?

Yes.

But can we prove it

based on the current evidence?

No.

So according to the principle of benefit of the doubt...

Benefit of the doubt, my foot.

Comrade Chen Jianghe,

watch your attitude!

Qiusheng,

take me to Luoche Police Station!

Take your son along!

Are you hungry?

No.

What do we look like?

A big bear and a little bear.

We've arrived.

It's very windy.

Come on.

Take the mutton and blood.

Why are you giving them to me?

I'm glad the thieves were caught.

It's a token of appreciation. Take them.

Don't mention it.

We're glad we caught the sheep thieves, too.

Yeah.

You're back, Chen.

It's too windy and sandy.

I think it's the day before yesterday.

Song.

Let's get Zhang Wenke something to eat

and we'll take a statement from him.

Okay.

- Come on, Zhang Wenke. - Qiusheng.

Thank you.

Have a seat.

Thank you.

You're back.

Jianghe.

Jianghe, come here.

I've brought back the sheep thieves.

Good.

I need to talk to you.

What's it?

Look at this.

Commissioner Liu

just called me.

This is an order.

You have to get to Kulu today.

Today?

You're one of the officers who worked on that case back in the day.

Commissioner Liu wants you to come back to Kulu

and cooperate with us in investigating this case.

[Kulu Police Station, Transfer Letter] That's it?

That's it. Nothing more.

Okay.

Luo,

be patient.

Jianghe

will come with you as soon as he's dealt

with the sheep thieves.

Song,

I'm going to Kulu.

You're in charge here.

Okay, Chen.

And then?

I replied to him...

I'll buy them.

Buy?

Take the money.

I can't take this.

Why?

It's a token of appreciation.

I can't take your money.

It's not for you.

It's for Zhang Wenke.

For him to buy some books and food.

It would be hard to catch sheep thieves without him.

But it's found.

That's true.

Okay, just be careful.

Zhang Wenke.

Zhang Wenke.

-Say thank you to Mr. Chen. -Thank you, Mr. Chen.

He gave you money.

I'm leaving. Bye.

Bye.

All right. Bye.

Chief Liang, these are the statements of the sheep thieves.

Please have a look.

Where is Jianghe?

He's just left.

Where to?

To Kulu.

Stop your car!

Stop your car!

Stop your car!

Stop your car!

Get on the road!

Stop your car!

You have a death wish, huh?

Do you have a death wish?

Do you know how dangerous it is to drive down the road?

You know about danger?

We almost crashed.

Get on the road!

Why did you get in my way?

You did it on purpose.

Fine, go ahead!

There are puddles of quicksand in front of you!

Go ahead.

You can see my car about 12 kilometers

west of town.

Help!

Liu, quick!

Get here immediately!

Why isn't the excavator moving?

The trapped man is in danger.

We have to break the window and get him out.

Break it! Break it now!

Chen Jianghe,

what happened?

What did you do?

Speak!

What did you do?

He's rescued.

Captain Ge!

Captain Ge!

Master.

Master.

Master.

Be careful.

Give us a hand.

Be careful.

♪Silence♪

♪After the sandstorm♪

♪Thunder♪

♪Knocks on the cloud♪

♪Whisper♪

♪Before the dawn♪

♪Criminal♪

♪Through it all♪

♪Silence♪

♪After the sandstorm♪

♪Ruins♪

♪Throughout the ground♪

♪Darkness♪

♪Suddenly comes♪

♪I know♪

♪Where to leave me alone♪

♪Far away safe and sound♪

♪Night's so far so long♪

♪Faint light shining front♪

♪Guide me to howetown♪

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