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[Mysterious Lotus Casebook]

[Episode 23]

Come out or we'll set the cave on fire!

Set the fire.

Hold on.

Hold on.

Miss Qing'er?

Where is Master?

Yu Louchun?

How would I know?

You're his guard.

You stole treasures from Master Yu's room.

Where did you hide them?

What do you mean?

You're confusing me.

You sneaked out to hide in a cave.

So stop playing dumb.

I came out for a walk and got lost.

I didn't steal anything.

A walk?

You're dressed as a man.

You didn't need to disguise yourself for a walk.

That's right.

Mr. Fang asked me to dress like this.

Mr. Fang?

She left with you last night

and you asked her to dress like a man today?

Miss Qing'er.

Yu Louchun is perhaps dead.

No one can threaten you now.

You can be honest with us.

Yu Louchun got finished off?

That's great!

Then I'll be frank.

I dressed like a man to escape from the Girls' Mansion at night.

There were too many guards at the gate

so I decided to hide here for now.

I didn't steal anything.

You did away with Yu Louchun?

I…

You're quite something.

This is no time for jokes.

You two seem familiar.

Didn't you just meet yesterday?

We hit it off. So what?

Aren't you looking for the suspect?

Well,

Yu Louchun's arm and leg

were cut off by an edged weapon.

After we entered the Girls' Mansion,

all our edged weapons were taken away.

So the prime suspect

is no one else but you, Guard Xin.

My sword has the shape of a pine needle.

It's very narrow

and can only be used for piercing.

It would've been broken if I had used it to chop up the body.

How could it be me?

Look.

There are body parts.

He…

He…

Isn't he the head guard who brought us here yesterday?

He got chopped into so many pieces.

It's brutal.

Brutal!

Things are complicated now.

His machete is not in its sheath

and his body is near your hiding spot.

You must've snatched his machete and killed him!

I just happened to be hiding here.

I didn't kill him.

It's fine that you wouldn't confess.

After I pull your fingernails out one by one,

you'll tell us everything.

How dare you!

Do you know who I am?

I'm the princess.

If you trifle with me,

I'll wipe out your whole family!

Princess?

I don't care even if you're the dowager empress.

Guard Xin, are you going to

torture her into confessing in front of a detective of the Baichuan Court?

Help me.

I'll reward you generously.

You don't need to come up with such a ridiculous lie

to get my help.

I…

You keep covering for her.

Are you afraid I'll get something out of her?

I'm not covering for her.

She doesn't know martial arts.

Even if you gave her a sword,

how could she kill Yu Louchun?

She couldn't but you could.

You two slept in the same room last night

and you're so protective of her now.

Maybe you're her accomplice!

Wait.

I'm curious about something.

If they conspired together,

how did they get up the Kanyun Peak?

-Exactly. -Exactly.

This wheel is so heavy.

Did they fly up there with the flying skill?

Is there anyone in this world

with such excellent flying skill?

Fei?

There you are.

Su Xiaoyong is too noisy.

I'm afraid I can't help killing her.

I prefer to stay with you.

How did you get up here?

Flying skill.

I searched peak after peak.

It took me some effort

but the singing arrow just now helped a lot.

Perfect timing.

Li Lianhua.

You just said

that no one has such excellent flying skill in the world.

This place is thousands of feet high.

He can get to the Girls' Mansion

and can definitely go up the Kanyun Peak.

You guys killed them!

It's just a misunderstanding.

Let me introduce him.

He's Fei from the Nanhai Sect.

He's my servant.

He's got great flying skill,

but he's a weird guy

and never picks up fights.

Yeah.

This guy called Fei can fly wherever he wants.

He didn't need to snatch the head guard's machete to kill him.

He could bring one up here.

Miss Qing'er.

You're not helping.

What's on Fei's back?

My machete.

A big machete it is.

His machete is a bit special.

It's made of special material.

The cut it leaves is very different from those on the severed limbs.

Fei.

Wield your machete.

No.

Just wield it once.

I'll make dinner for you tonight.

Your cooking sucks.

What makes you think you can bribe me with that?

Forget it, Li Lianhua.

Your servant won't do it.

You don't know that.

Come closer.

Sure.

He agreed?

What did you say?

One secret for three favors.

I…

Young Master Shi.

You're an expert from the Weapon Valley.

Why don't you check the cut on the trunk?

Fei's machete is double-edged.

The cut is indeed different

from those on Yu Louchun.

He's so powerful.

Who did he train under?

I've never seen such swordsmanship.

That doesn't matter.

What matters is that Fei is not a suspect.

Right?

Then who is it?

Do we have no clues at all?

The clue has been there all the time.

The body was put back together.

Look.

That seems to be a hash mark.

Why are you shaking?

I think of a rumor.

Rumor?

A swordsman once died violently in the Fragrant Mountain

and turned into a vengeful ghost,

killing people in the Fragrant Mountain all day long.

He was called the Machete Ghost.

This is his Hash Slash.

The Machete Ghost was a real person.

He was good with a machete

but went missing seven years ago.

Look at the cuts on the head guard.

They're rough but were indeed left

by the Hash Slash which made the Machete Ghost

famous.

Were Yu Louchun's limbs

cut off by the Hash Slash too?

Then I'm afraid he's already dead.

He just lost one arm and one leg.

Master still stands a chance of living.

He's dead.

What did you say?

Follow me.

It's Yu Louchun's torso.

He really died.

Putting these body parts together,

we don't need to find the rest of his body

to recognize the Hash Slash.

[Kill the evil and send them back to hell.]

The Machete Ghost! It's the Machete Ghost!

Kill the evil

and send them back to hell.

Do ghosts really exist?

The guy was killed,

but not necessarily by a ghost.

What do you mean?

Don't they sell weapons in the underworld?

Fei means

if the murderer were a ghost,

why did he snatch a sword before the killings?

So the Machete Ghost can only be a human.

Mr. Fang and Physician Li solved many tricky cases.

In your opinion,

what should we do now?

The drawbridge of the Girls' Mansion hasn't been set down.

Few people's flying skill

is as great as Fei's.

So the suspect must be among us.

First,

let's narrow it down.

The girls in the Girls' Mansion seem the least suspicious.

Why?

Yu Louchun's arm

was found in the Guanri Pavilion.

The Guanri Pavilion is outside the Girls' Mansion.

The girls are banned from going out

so they couldn't put the arm there.

That's why they're the least suspicious.

Next, let's turn our focus

to Guard Xin and the other guards.

Before you came here,

everything was fine.

The murderer must be among the guests.

May I say something?

The head guard was not allowed in the Girls' Mansion

but died in the Girls' Mansion.

Guard Xin.

Don't you find that worth investigating?

The head guard was a peeper.

He sneaked in every year during Mountains Red

to spy on the guests and girls at night.

He never hurt anybody

so I just let him be.

Are you satisfied with my answer?

Yes, yes.

That means

as long as Guard Xin turns a blind eye,

those guards

can enter the Girls' Mansion freely, right?

Yes.

Here is my second question.

The wheel at the foot of the Kanyun Peak

is so heavy that Guard Xin

is the only one in the Girls' Mansion who can spin it

without anyone's help, right?

Yes.

Good.

The murderer needed to spin the wheel

and got up the peak in the cane basket for the killings.

It's almost impossible

to do those two things at the same time.

So the murderer had an accomplice.

Other than you two,

are there other guests who are acquaintances?

We don't know that.

What I want to say

is that we can't know

who may know whom personally.

Maybe

one of the guards

knows one of the guests.

The guards would in no way kill Master.

Why?

Guard Xin.

You've been acting weird.

So have the other guards.

You seem to care more about the treasures

than Yu Louchun.

If you can't prove yourself innocent,

you'll be in a dangerous situation.

I and all the other guards in the Girls' Mansion

would never kill Yu Louchun

because he poisoned us all

with the Loyal Potion.

We must take the antidote every month

or our entrails will melt into blood

and we'll die in excruciating pain.

The antidote is hidden in the secret room.

The day we should take the antidote this month

is tomorrow.

So if you can't get the antidote by tomorrow,

you'll die?

Yes.

I beg you to save us.

Otherwise,

the guards may be driven mad

by the unbearable pain before they die

and hurt you guys.

Are you begging them or threatening them?

Guard Xin.

Get up.

I'm a detective of the Baichuan Court.

We'll find out

whether you're innocent or not.

I'll find it out with you.

Fang Duobing.

We can use

Miss Qing'er's help.

She's familiar with this place.

From now on,

except for Physician Li and Mr. Fang,

no one is allowed to leave the Girls' Mansion

until the murderer is found.

Don't blame me for being rude if you violate it.

How did the murderer get up the Kanyun Peak?

Fei can fly.

Maybe the murderer flew up there.

Few people can be as good at the flying skill

as Fei.

By the way, where is Fei?

Fei doesn't care about all this

and is probably sleeping.

Maybe the murderer climbed up the rope.

This rope has oil on it

and is very slippery.

Climbing it

is even harder than flying.

I got it.

This is how the murderer went up the peak.

Vine?

It's burnt.

Tie a slipknot with the vine

and hang it under the cane basket.

When the cane basket reached the peak,

the knot was untied by the hook at the foot of the mountain

and the vine was put down.

The murderer went up and down through the vine

and then burned it

to wipe all the traces.

With the vine,

he wouldn't need anyone's help

to go up and down the Kanyun Peak.

But it's conspicuous

to hang a vine under the basket.

Why didn't Xin Jue notice it?

Unless he's the one who did it.

He's the Machete Ghost.

But Xin Jue uses a sword.

Who says the Machete Ghost can't use a sword?

I have another question.

Why did he dump the body parts in plain sight?

To become a hero and set an example.

The Machete Ghost is rumored

to be a ghost hero.

That guard said

the Machete Ghost killed innocent people.

Why is he a hero?

Those guards are afraid of him,

but the girls in the Girls' Mansion

all look forward to his coming.

Why?

It's said that many years ago,

the Machete Ghost's wife was abducted here.

He came to find her but got killed.

Then

something very unusual happened.

Tell us.

The mountain god appeared.

He pitied the Machete Ghost

and used his magic

to turn the Machete Ghost into a real ghost

who has been upholding justice since then.

I see.

Miss Qing'er.

Save your bedtime story for another day.

What we're looking for now

is the Machete Ghost in the real world.

The Machete Ghost is in the real world.

His wife Luo Hongyan

was once cooped up in the Girls' Mansion.

Miss Qing'er.

Did you know her?

No.

I arrived here too late.

She died a few years ago.

Then how did you know about her?

The ledger.

Yu Louchun recorded all his incomes

and expenses these years on his ledger.

Luo Hongyan's name is on it.

So, Miss Qing'er,

do you have the ledger?

Of course.

I have it.

I planned to use it to kill Yu Louchun,

but someone did it before I could.

Then show it to us.

Now you think I'm useful?

Yes, yes, yes.

Miss Qing'er, you're so smart.

It was a brilliant idea to steal the ledger.

I'm so impressed.

Come with me.

[Qunfang House]

What is this place?

This is where the girls live.

I've forgotten that it's the laundry day.

Wait for me here.

I'll be right back.

Here is the ledger.

Why does it stink?

Yu Louchun hit the ceiling after his ledger was lost.

I had to hide it.

Where did you hide it?

Under the chamber pot.

Don't be so picky.

Take it.

Luo Hongyan's name

is mentioned in an entry eight years ago.

Here it is.

Luo Hongyan, female,

23 years old,

bought with 20 bags of opium.

Luo Hongyan was sold here

just for 20 bags of opium.

Dongfang Hao?

Dongfang Hao sold Luo Hongyan here.

Who else would trade girls for opium?

He sold me here too.

I can never forget

the stink of opium on him.

If the Machete Ghost aims at revenging his wife,

his next target

will be Dongfang Hao.

Let's go.

Dongfang Hao

is already dead.

The Hash Slash.

We're too late.

He killed Dongfang Hao in this room.

That's a very useful clue.

How could this happen?

He's dead.

Dongfang Hao is dead too?

What happened?

Does the Machete Ghost want to kill us all

instead of just Yu Louchun?

That question

can only be answered by the Machete Ghost.

Have you found him, Physician Li?

Everyone,

can I have a smell of you?

You can smell out the murderer?

You're a great physician.

Do you also have an incredible sense of smell?

Dongfang Hao's room stinks of opium.

Killing him in the room

would make the murderer smell of it too.

So we just need to have a smell of you.

Please hold out your hands.

[Gather Fortune]

It's really you!

What do you mean, Physician Li?

I don't smell like opium.

That's what gave you away.

We've been running around the whole morning for the case.

Guard Xin, it's amazing

that you don't have a sweaty smell

and even smell like soap.

I just took a shower and changed.

What's wrong with that?

There's nothing wrong with that.

But your master just died

and the antidote was stolen.

You shouldn't be in the mood for showering and changing.

If I'm right,

you're the Machete Ghost, aren't you?

You saw my sword yesterday.

It's in the shape of a pine needle.

Why are you still suspecting me?

The Machete Ghost can use a sword too.

Fei.

[Gather Fortune]

The second favor.

Everyone.

Look.

The Hash Slash. You're the Machete Ghost.

I told you the Machete Ghost can use a sword too.

Let's go check Guard Xin's bedroom.

Guard Xin, you've put on quite a show.

I'm not the murderer.

Guard Xin.

The treasures are here.

The head guard's machete is also here.

There's even still blood on it.

Just confess.

Someone is framing me.

The Machete Ghost.

The hash mark on the wall could only be made by great power.

You can't deny that.

I am the Machete Ghost

and wanted to kill Yu Louchun.

But I didn't kill him.

Seven years ago, my wife was sold to the Girls' Mansion.

I came to find her and was told that she killed herself.

Yu Louchun was skilled in martial arts

and took me down.

To stay alive,

I took the Loyal Potion and became his guard.

I'm…

I'm a coward who couldn't protect my wife

and became my enemy's lackey to stay alive.

How could I have the courage to kill Yu Louchun?

What a touching story.

But you changed your clothes

because you killed Dongfang Hao, didn't you?

When I saw the words written in blood on the tree this morning,

I was worried that someone might frame me.

When I came back,

I saw those treasures and the machete.

The machete was stained with opium powder

so I thought it must have something to do with Dongfang Hao.

When I got to his room, he was already dead.

Only then did I realize that I was set up.

I hurried back to shower and change.

Before I could put these things away,

I was called out.

I…

Xin Jue, come out!

What's this?

I saw you hiding something

outside the door just now.

I dug it out and it's actually the antidote.

You killed Yu Louchun

and hid the treasures.

Now you're keeping the antidote for yourself?

Are you going to use it alone

and watch us die?

-You're dead! -Wait.

Now that the murderer has been found,

the Baichuan Court will decide his punishment tomorrow.

Please calm down.

The antidote is two months' worth.

You scumbag don't deserve to take it.

Lock him up in the woodshed.

I shouldn't have hidden the antidote,

but it was put on my table

with the treasures.

I just want to stay alive. What's wrong with that?

Mr. Fang. Physician Li.

I didn't do it. I didn't do it!

I'm being framed. I'm being framed!

Move.

The Baichuan Court

lives up to its reputation.

You said you could solve the case tomorrow,

but you solved it today.

You're so amazing.

I admire you.

I finally got a new topic for my poetry and paintings.

I haven't been in the Central Plains for long

and thought people here only cared about profits and pleasure.

You two are wise men.

I respect you.

It's getting late.

Go back and have a good sleep.

After my colleagues from the Baichuan Court arrive tomorrow,

we'll go down the mountain.

I'm so disappointed.

Who'd have known the Machete Ghost was a coward?

Don't worry.

Li Lianhua.

[Girls' Mansion]

[Mysterious Lotus Casebook]

Li Lianhua.

What's wrong?

Xin Jue doesn't have the ice shard.

Did Yu Louchun hide it somewhere else?

Xin Jue doesn't know

where the missing parts of Yu Louchun's body are either.

Did Xin Jue hide it somewhere else?

Mr. Fang, Physician Li.

When these guards saw that Yu Louchun was killed

and Xin Jue was locked,

they barged in

and tried to…

You're all poisoned

and deserve sympathy

but are here assaulting those poor girls.

So pathetic.

They're kept to entertain guests.

Who is entertained doesn't matter.

You'll die eventually.

So when you die doesn't matter, does it?

The antidote can only last you

for two months.

If you do this again,

I'll forget about giving you its formula.

Sorry. We won't do it again.

Go, go, go.

Hurry.

Girls,

Yu Louchun is dead.

Let's leave here together tomorrow.

Qing'er.

Master treated us well.

How can you be so ungrateful?

He treated us well?

Xifei, are you crazy?

We were locked here day after day,

worrying about not having food and clothes

if we lost money,

living in fear of being sent to the guards outside.

How was that treating us well?

The outside world is more dangerous than the Girls' Mansion.

Just look at what those guards

did today.

All these years,

it was Master who protected us.

That was imprisonment, not protection.

He locked us here

as if we were animals.

He never treated us like humans!

Binrong. Yuyan.

Say something.

You're all crazy.

Being locked here has made all of you crazy.

Do whatever you want, you cowards.

Since you like being cooped up,

lock yourselves here forever

and say prayers for him every day.

Thank you for finding out the truth

and avenging Master.

Do you not hate Yu Louchun at all?

The outside world

is too dangerous for women.

We got no worries when we stayed here serving Master.

Entertaining one person

is easier than entertaining lots of people.

But…

Not everyone wants the same thing.

I wish you all the best.

They've been cooped up here for too long

and gotten used to it.

Don't force them.

They're cowards.

So is Xin Jue.

Is everyone in the martial world so cowardly?

That's so boring.

Some people are fearless,

some just want to stay alive.

That's the real martial world.

Li Lianhua.

You've been quiet tonight.

What are you thinking?

I'm thinking

why there was mud on the flower.

I didn't see any mud.

I mean the night of Mountains Red.

Flowers grow in the soil.

What's weird about that?

The hibiscus tree is more than three meters high.

The flowers blooming high were stained with mud.

That's very weird.

Maybe the girls dropped them on the ground when picking them.

It was mud splash

so the flowers weren't stained

by being dropped to the ground.

How did the girls splash mud

over the flowers three meters high?

Also,

half of the body was in plain sight.

Why is the other half hidden?

Xin Jue admitted that he was the Machete Ghost.

But why wouldn't he confess to murder?

It's obvious.

What?

The answer is obvious.

Obvious?

Fine. Tell us what you think.

You tell me a secret

and I help you three times in the Fragrant Mountain.

Is this the third favor?

Don't push your luck.

Why don't you tell me the secret first?

Who knows if you'll go back on your word?

How could you say that, Fei?

Have I ever gone back on my word openly?

Don't look so sulky.

Fine. I'll tell you.

You said

you know you don't want me to die

but don't know why.

The reason

is that you want me

to save an important person for you.

Save someone?

Who's it?

That's another question.

Fei, tell us.

What have you found?

The cuts on those three bodies are different.

The cuts on the three of them

look the same,

but when examining more carefully,

we can notice differences in the murderers' states of mind.

The cuts on Dongfang Hao are quite calm.

Those on Yu Louchun

are determined.

Those on the head guard are hesitant.

So there are three murderers?

It's imitation.

Imitation?

Don't get distracted by the Hash Slash.

Yu Louchun died first.

The head guard is the second.

To imitate the Hash Slash

on Yu Louchun's body,

the murderer left slashes on the head guard that looked like hash marks.

Same goes for Dongfang Hao.

But the cuts on the head guard show a different state of mind

from those on Dongfang Hao.

That's because the murderer was inexperienced

when killing the head guard.

When he killed Dongfang Hao,

he was much more skilled.

Li Lianhua.

That's not right.

Yu Louchun died first

but the cuts on him are the most skilled.

Why did the murderer become less skilled

when killing the head guard?

Also,

if Yu Louchun died first,

where is the machete that ended him?

He couldn't be dismembered without a machete.

You remind me.

We haven't found that machete yet.

No.

No one can do the Hash Slash without a machete.

We don't know how the murderer

dismembered Yu Louchun without a machete,

but since he was capable of that,

we can be sure that Xin Jue is not the murderer.

Because in that case, he wouldn't have to hide his machete

to arouse suspicion.

The missing part of Yu Louchun's body

can definitely tell us who killed him.

That's all we need to know

that Xin Jue is not the murderer?

And this.

Take it, Fei.

We thought

that Xin Jue is the most likely one

who hung the vine under the cane basket.

Yes.

He burned the vine after he came down the peak.

That's not right.

Think about it.

If the vine were put down from above

and lit from below,

only one end would be burnt.

But both ends of the vine are burnt.

Didn't you notice that?

Do you mean someone is trying to make us believe

that Xin Jue is the murderer?

Xin Jue is not the murderer?

Then who is the murderer?

The murderers are a few smart people.

A few?

Xin Jue isn't the murderer,

so the killings required collective cooperation to be done.

Let's go meet Xin Jue.

Those guards beat you like this?

They beat me the same way

I used to beat them.

Now all the evidence points to you.

Tell me whatever you want to say.

Tomorrow morning,

I'll die from the Loyal Potion.

No one can save me now.

You…

Why did you save me?

I gave you the antidote

because I don't want anyone to be wrongfully convicted.

I didn't kill Yu Louchun.

Neither did I kill Dongfang Hao.

But I've sinned.

From the moment I worked for Yu Louchun,

I was beyond redemption.

Sirs,

ask me whatever you want.

I'll tell you everything I know.

Did you notice anything or anyone

unusual yesterday?

Yesterday?

We were preparing for Mountains Red,

so the whole Girls' Mansion was unusual.

Was there anything too strange?

No.

What about you?

Me?

You claim that someone knows you're the Machete Ghost

and framed you.

Maybe you can recall something unusual

about yourself.

About myself?

Except that I woke up very early,

nothing was unusual.

Did you wake up very early yesterday?

Yes.

As Yu Louchun's guard, I went to bed at midnight

and had to get up at four.

Usually, when the bell chimes four,

I'm still very sleepy.

But yesterday, I waited for a long time after waking up

before the bell chimed four.

The moon.

Yes. Something's wrong with the moon.

Calm down.

What's wrong?

The moon is wrong so the time is wrong.

It's the eighth today.

Yesterday was the seventh.

The moon at midnight

should hang low in the western sky.

After I met Yu Louchun here last night,

the bell chimed midnight.

Bihuang was dancing at that moment.

But the moon was in the west above her head,

hanging high in the sky.

So the chimes of midnight

were early last night.

Xin Jue went to bed at twelve and got up at four.

Since he isn't the murderer,

the real murderer had only four hours

to go up the peak and commit murder.

But if the bell chimed early,

the murderer would have more time.

If Yu Louchun was killed

before four o'clock,

why was his severed arm still bleeding

when it was found in the morning?

Let's find out why the bell chimed early first.

The bell is in a faraway temple.

We can definitely find clues there.

But those from the Baichuan Court won't arrive until tomorrow

and only then will the drawbridge be put down.

Fang Xiaobao,

how can we go to that temple now?

Fei!

You…

Don't point at me.

Go to the temple with the bell

and find out why the bell chimed midnight early last night!

It's fine that he orders me.

Who are you to order me around?

You helped Li Lianhua three times in exchange for one secret.

I'll tell you a secret too.

You just need to help me once.

What do you think?

Isn't it a bargain?

Can I believe you?

I'll tell you the secret first.

You used to be a super villain

who was great at martial arts

and killed lots of people.

Many people wanted you dead but no one dare to mess with you.

What do you think?

It is a bargain, isn't it?

You can go to the temple now.

OK.

Fang Xiaobao.

You shouldn't tell him that

so early.

You're so glib.

You can make it up later.

By the way,

what should we do next?

You tell me!

Detective Fang.

She danced on the Zhaixing Stage the whole night.

We should meet her.

[Qunfang House]

Where are you going?

I'm moving out.

I'll leave here tomorrow morning.

I don't want to stay

with those cowards.

Aren't you supposed to be with Xin Jue?

What are you doing here?

Bihuang danced all night last night.

How is she?

You're very caring.

I…

Come tomorrow.

Bihuang caught a cold last night

and has gone to bed.

Qing'er.

What kind of person is Bihuang?

She's the housekeeper of the Girls' Mansion.

She seems strict

but is actually soft-hearted.

She's a good person.

Did she like Yu Louchun?

She was meticulous with everything he asked her to do.

Of course she liked him.

Yu Louchun must have put a spell on her.

Was there anything

in her charge yesterday

during Mountains Red?

The rouge.

She made the girls'

rosy rouge herself.

I have some here.

Here.

There are opium poppies in it.

Are there opium poppies in the Girls' Mansion?

There is an opium poppy field behind the mountain.

Opium poppies are used to make opium.

So Yu Louchun

did illegal business to make money.

No wonder that junkie Dongfang Hao

sold him girls to cozy up to him.

Bihuang has opium poppies

so she could make anesthetics here.

Do you remember

the fish soup during Mountains Red?

Late Spring Nowhere to be Found.

There was Baizhi and Danggui in it.

Opium poppy, Baizhi, and Danggui

make up an anesthetic.

That's why those who had the fish soup

and kissed the girls fell into heavy slumber yesterday.

No wonder they all slept in.

Li Lianhua.

I fell asleep because I used her glass

by accident.

What happened to you?

Don't ask so many questions.

-I… -Miss Qing'er.

Last night,

the girls gave the guests

hibiscuses as gifts.

Where did they pick them?

The best hibiscuses here

grow on Yu Louchun's Kanyuan Peak.

So we have to go the Kanyun Peak

to find other evidence against Bihuang.

Are you suspecting Bihuang?

It can't be her.

She's very nice

and liked Yu Louchun very much.

How could it be her?

Miss Qing'er.

If Bihuang really liked Yu Louchun,

why would she put her silk handkerchief

among the items?

She knew that if her item got picked, she'd have to sleep with the guest

but she did it nonetheless

because she wanted to be punished in front of everyone.

Why did she want that?

The answer is at the Kanyun Peak.

I see.

Li Lianhua.

Have you figured out

the reason why Bihuang wanted to be punished on the Zhaixing Stage?

She needed to know the situation at the Kanyun Peak

and keep an eye on the guards.

In the Girls' Mansion,

the only place where she could do that

is the Zhaixing Stage.

Do you mean that Bihuang was keeping watch

on the Zhaixing Stage for the real murderer?

Who on earth is the murderer?

Yu Louchun's missing body parts can tell us the answer.