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[Mysterious Lotus Casebook]

[Episode 33]

Let's go.

What's on your mind?

Since no one went out all night,

the murderer and the body

might not have left.

Li.

Li.

Why is there such a big red candle here?

These are all instructed by the Second Sect Master.

She likes luxurious things.

She likes lively moods.

She also wanted the bridal chamber to be lit up

by candlelight for three days and three nights.

So she specially ordered these big red candles.

There are some more in the cabinet.

Here, have a look.

It's all gone.

They're all burned up.

It's only been one night since the wedding.

How did they burn so fast?

Look at this.

There's something inside.

What are these?

These are fragments of the red jade bed.

A few years ago,

my mother got some fine raw red jade.

She made our beds with them.

It's warm in the winter and cool in the summer. It's very useful.

Red jade bed?

This is not red jade.

It's wax.

The red candles in the cabinet disappeared.

The red candles on the candlestick are of varying lengths.

Looks like someone broke the bed

and melted the red candles in the room

to cover it up.

Looks like

the broken red jade fragments

were probably scattered

in every corner of the room.

If I'm not mistaken,

the body

is under the red jade bed.

Why is it a female body?

Judging from her hairstyle,

she should be a maid of the Tianji Mountain Manor.

This seems to be Er Yue.

Er Yue?

Why don't I know her?

She only came recently.

Young Master hasn't been home.

It's natural that you don't know her.

She only came recently?

On her back.

There's a strangling mark on her neck.

Her neck bone is broken too.

It's a fatal injury.

Such a thin strangling mark.

That means the murder tool

must be tough and fatal.

But there is no such thing

in this room or the entire manor.

This is the murder weapon.

Looks like this woman came prepared.

The murderer

killed her with her own item.

I'm afraid she wanted to kill someone,

but she was killed instead.

But originally,

only the Second Sect Master and Wei Qingchou were here.

Unless, last night,

someone escaped your sight and barged in.

Otherwise, the other possibility is that

the groom is not dead.

He plotted all this.

He deliberately embroidered the same pattern

on the murderer's back

and pretended to be dead.

Then, he ran away.

That's right.

Look.

There's a wine stain here.

Why is there a wine stain here?

Did someone spill it here on purpose?

That means

Wei Qingchou knew something was wrong with the wine.

But he never pointed it out.

It's likely that the wine

was poisoned by Er Yue herself.

She sneaked into the bridal chamber with her

hidden weapon and intended to kill Wei Qingchou.

But unexpectedly,

she was killed by Wei Qingchou instead.

But I kept guard outside the entire time.

How did Er Yue get in?

If I'm not mistaken,

the wedding night is full of rites.

So a lot of people were moving in and out.

Maybe this Er Yue

came in to decorate the room and never left.

Er Yue hid in the room,

drugged the wine,

and waited for the chance to attack Wei Qingchou.

But when Wei Qingchou returned to the room,

he noticed something wrong

and decided to play along.

He pretended to be drunk, went to bed,

and waited for the chance to kill Er Yue.

I was thinking about this.

If someone had knocked into the dressing table during the fight,

shouldn't the dressing table and mirror rack

both topple with the mirror?

Why did the first two remain untouched

while the mirror alone fell down?

You mean

Wei Qingchou used this mirror

to kill Er Yue?

After Wei Qingchou took Miss He to bed,

he pretended to use the mirror to tidy up his appearance.

Er Yue thought Wei Qingchou

was already drugged by the wine,

so she prepared to strike.

But Wei Qingchou had long noticed

Er Yue's every move.

So this mirror

is evidence of Wei Qingchou killing Er Yue.

But...

But what?

The mark on the neck

is very clear.

It's obviously a fatal move.

It proves that the murderer

is not bad at martial arts.

Zhan.

Are you sure Wei Qingchou is bad at martial arts?

I once tested his skills.

His moves were clumsy

and cowardly.

His inner power was weak too.

He admitted defeat

within two to three moves.

That's strange then.

Who is Wei Qingchou?

Why did Er Yue want to kill him?

Also,

how did he

avoid Zhan's surveillance and escape the room?

Er Yue's headpiece

seems to be different from yours.

I think I've seen the shape carved

on the silver plate of the headpiece before.

This pattern

is the same as the pattern on Xing Ziru's jade pendant.

Is she Xing Ziru's spy?

Did they use this pattern to identify each other?

Oh no.

Er Yue was also here for the Rama Heavenly Ice.

Let's go check on Xing Ziru.

Let's go.

Young Master.

Xing Ziru is missing.

What happened?

Didn't I ask you to keep an eye on him?

It's our fault.

We had someone keeping an eye on Xing Ziru at first.

But the incident in the bridal chamber

attracted many people in the manor.

Xing Ziru took the chance to sneak into the crowd

and disappeared.

What about the Rama Heavenly Ice?

Guardian Zhan guarded the secret warehouse.

It is safe.

But not long before Xing Ziru went missing,

he did wander outside the secret storehouse for a while.

He disappeared later.

The entrance to the villa is still sealed.

He can't escape from the villa.

Take some men to search around.

Yes.

Let's go.

Since Er Yue

was the link between Wei Qingchou

and Xing Ziru.

Let's see if she left anything behind.

This was Er Yue's bed.

[Book of 300 Poems]

Book of 300 Poems?

Oh, right.

Er Yue often

sat alone in the corner reading this book.

She had the mood to read when she was here to kill someone.

That's similar to Xing Ziru's and his mood for chess.

Take a look.

Which poem is this?

Are you kidding me?

This is not the Book of 300 Poems.

[Carefree and Innocent Pastime Collection]

Carefree and Innocent Pastime Collection.

Look.

Xing Ziru

set up the chess pieces according to this book.

Er Yue also had a copy of this book.

This can't be a coincidence, can it?

The picture of the Four Immortals of Chengdu.

I knew it.

What do you mean?

Look.

The text on the right page

of every chess array in this book

has exactly 19 rows and 19 columns.

It's exactly the same as the number of lines on the chessboard.

You mean,

the position of each word

corresponds to an intersection on the board?

If I'm not mistaken,

every piece in the chess array

represents a corresponding character.

The picture of the Four Immortals of Chengdu

that Xing Ziru displayed

has two more chess pieces than usual.

The same goes for the other three arrays.

Pretty much every array has two to three extra pieces.

The corresponding words of these extra pieces

will form the message Xing Ziru wanted to send out.

Xing Ziru's Shangqing array

has an extra white piece

in the third column of the seventh row.

The word in the third column of the seventh row

is "Bride".

There's also an extra black piece.

This one corresponds to "Groom".

Bridegroom.

[Bridegroom. Rama Heavenly Ice. Another in the secret warehouse. Change of plan.]

Bridegroom. [Bridegroom. Rama Heavenly Ice. Another in the secret warehouse. Change of plan.]

[Bridegroom. Rama Heavenly Ice. Another in the secret warehouse. Change of plan.]

Rama Heavenly Ice. [Bridegroom. Rama Heavenly Ice. Another in the secret warehouse. Change of plan.]

Rama Heavenly Ice.

Another in the secret warehouse.

Change of plan.

"Another in the secret warehouse" should refer to

the Rama Heavenly Ice displayed by my mother.

As for the Bridegroom...

Is the missing Rama Heavenly Ice

in Wei Qingchou's possession?

Xing Ziru is missing.

Could it be that he knows where Wei Qingchou is?

Maybe.

When he heard that something had happened in the Manor,

he probably knew

that Er Yue had an accident.

If we can find out

how Wei Qingchou left the bridal chamber,

we can follow the clues to find his whereabouts.

Li, the group of you

had been on standby outside.

Then who found out about the incident today?

We came in together.

According to the rules, this morning,

the eight of us bridesmaids were supposed to

bring the basin in for the couple to groom themselves.

But after knocking at the door,

no one answered for a long time.

We were afraid of a delay,

so we decided to enter the room ourselves.

Then, we saw the mess on the floor

and a bloody bed.

And then?

I was scared at the beginning.

I saw everyone run out,

so I followed them.

Me too.

Me too.

Who ran out first?

Who called for help?

It wasn't me.

It wasn't me.

Not me either.

I was so scared,

I could only focus on running.

I didn't have time to call for help.

I think you were in front of me.

You shouted, didn't you?

I didn't.

Neither did I.

This is strange.

None of us ran out first?

None of us yelled for help either.

But I definitely heard it.

Indeed.

I heard it too.

A woman called for help.

That's why I rushed here.

Since none of you ran out first,

and none of you yelled for help,

that means

a ninth person called for help.

A ninth person?

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.

There's no ninth person here.

You mean Wei Qingchou

disguised himself as a maid,

mixed into the group, and escaped?

Exactly.

Since Er Yue can make use of the crowd

to sneak in,

why can't Wei Qingchou

use the same method to sneak out?

This explains why

Er Yue's outer clothing is missing.

If we were talking about a woman,

that's completely possible.

But Wei Qingchou is a man.

No matter how good his disguise was,

he couldn't possibly have changed his voice.

Maybe the groom

is a woman.

Li Lianhua.

Can you stop fooling around?

Fang Xiaobao, did you forget?

You couldn't recognize Su Xiaoyong

when she disguised herself as a man.

I...

I wasn't looking clearly back then.

Besides,

there are so many people here.

Can't any of us tell the difference between a man and a woman?

Besides, my aunt and Wei Qingchou

spent so much time together.

How could she not have noticed?

I just figured it out.

Brother Zhan,

you said Wei Qingchou's martial arts

were clumsy and cowardly.

Did you notice that

he was constantly shielding his Shenque acupoint

and didn't dare to fight freely

during the spar?

How did you know?

That's it.

Have you heard of

a unique martial arts

called the Dragon Phoenix Shift?

The Dragon Phoenix Shift?

Rumour has it that

this magical skill can temporarily change one's gender.

In actual fact, it can only change

one's appearance and voice.

Still, it's hard for ordinary people to tell the difference.

But it's a hard skill to master.

That's why few people in the martial world know it.

I know someone who does.

Liangyi Fairy.

Liangyi Fairy was the wife of Four-faced Qingzun,

one of the three masters of the Jinyuan Alliance.

I heard she had completely mastered the Dragon Phoenix Shift.

Four-faced Qingzun?

Didn't we find out in the Girls' Mansion that

Four-faced Qingzun was

one of the four descendants of Nanyin?

That's right.

Maybe

this is the real reason why Liangyi Fairy

also wanted the Rama Heavenly Ice.

Sect Master.

I've got the kitchen ledger for you.

Thank you.

Since Wei Qingchou came,

eels have been included

on the daily menu.

The chef said Wei Qingchou told him himself.

He said he was weak and

needed to replenish blood every day.

It's not for replenishing his blood.

But he did need it

to maintain the Dragon Phoenix Shift.

What does it have to do with that?

All eels

are born female.

After laying eggs,

they turn male instead.

So eating the eels

can maintain the stability of the Dragon Phoenix Shift.

Is the Shenque acupoint

the weakness for dispelling this skill?

Yes.

So, Wei Qingchou...

No.

I should call her Liangyi Fairy.

When you fought her,

her moves were clumsy and cowardly.

But when she killed Er Yue,

she didn't have to hide her gender.

So she killed her with one move.

According to your analysis,

after killing Er Yue,

Liangyi Fairy turned back to her female self.

[Liangyi Fairy]

Madam?

Master?

Blood!

Help!

Somebody!

There's blood!

Liangyi Fairy realized that they knew

the Rama Heavenly Ice was in her hand.

So she pretended to be killed,

cut off the skin on Er Yue's back,

embroidered the same tattoo she had on it,

and finally hid the body.

This way, she made her secret escape.

So,

Wei Qingchou was really Liangyi Fairy in disguise?

That's how

he managed to escape

under Guardian Zhan's nose.

My poor silly sister.

Currently, the Rama Heavenly Ice

must still be with Liangyi Fairy.

The Dragon Phoenix Shift consumes a lot of inner power.

Liangyi Fairy must be extremely weak right now.

So we must

find her before Xing Ziru does.

Exhausted, you say?

Mother,

do you remember the ice fire hot spring in the back mountain?

Did Liangyi Fairy visit that place

during the time she was here?

Yes.

Why didn't I think of that?

The hot spring balances Yin and Yang perfectly.

It must be a good place to help people restore their power.

With your aunt's personality,

she must have taken Wei Qingchou there

when she saw that

he was heavily injured.

I believe the Liangyi Fairy

is there right now.

This Liangyi Fairy.

How dare she lie to me!

Just wait till I catch her.

It’s really her.

Give me the Rama Heavenly Ice

and I'll spare your life.

Dream on!

How dare you

make a scene in Tianji Hall's territory?

Xiaofeng!

I'll deal with you later.

Second Sect Master.

Do you still intend

to protect this husband of yours?

So what if I do?

We had a wedding together.

Her matters are my matters.

And I'm the only one

who can decide her fate.

That'll depend on your ability.

Be careful!

I was drugged.

I haven't fully recovered.

If you dare,

we'll fight again

when I fully regain my martial arts skills.

Good.

You can leave with me.

Once we leave this place,

I'll have plenty of time to wait for your recovery.

Yunfei!

Aunt!

Are you okay?

Are you okay?

I'm fine.

How dare you ask?

Why didn't you come to save me?

If it weren't for Yunfei,

I would have been

abducted by Xing Ziru

to be his trophy wife.

Thank goodness Zhan is here then.

Let's meet up with Li Lianhua.

[Tianji Mountain Manor]

[Mysterious Lotus Casebook]

Li Lianhua.

How is she?

Her true force is exhausted.

I'm afraid

there's nothing we can do.

It doesn't matter.

I've done

what I was requested to do.

Is this matter you speak of,

related to the Rama Heavenly Ice?

So the Rama Heavenly Ice

is really with you.

Master He.

Master He.

Mr. Pi helped us a lot.

Before he died,

he told me to give you

the Rama Heavenly Ice.

Before he died?

So Senior Pi...

After he left Tianji Hall,

he was ambushed

and lost function in both legs.

He was saved by Fo, Bi, Bai, and Shi of Baichuan Court.

So he decided

to help Baichuan Court

guard the 188th prison,

the Dragon King's Coffin.

Since then, he never entered the martial world again.

No wonder

he disappeared for the past years.

My husband and I

were trapped in the Dragon King's Coffin for years.

He was injured when he was still alive,

and Mr. Pi helped him several times.

I don't know how

the Jinyuan Alliance found the location of the Dragon King's Coffin.

They came to attack us.

In order to protect the Dragon King's Coffin,

Mr. Pi

died in battle.

Jiao Liqiao ventured into the 188 prisons several times

to find the Four-faced Qingzun

and take away his Rama Heavenly Ice.

That's right.

Unfortunately, 10 years ago,

my husband noticed that Jiao Liqiao

secretly coveted the Rama Heavenly Ice.

He had also started to distrust the Jinyuan Alliance.

So before he died,

he gave the Rama Heavenly Ice to Mr. Pi.

When the Dragon King's Coffin was broken into,

Mr. Pi knew this item was dangerous,

but he couldn't destroy it.

So he asked me to take Rama Heavenly Ice

to Tianji Mountain Manor

and pass it to Master He.

In that case,

why did you lie to me?

Xiaofeng.

I didn't mean to lie to you.

Unfortunately,

after I got out of the 188th prison,

I've been hunted by Jiao Liqiao's henchmen.

In order to conceal myself,

I had to turn myself into a man

using the Dragon Phoenix Shift.

But

I was badly injured.

So, I fainted

on the roadside that day.

Then,

I saved you and brought you back to Tianji Mountain Manor.

But Master He was not home.

Mr. Pi asked me to

hand it to you personally.

I dared not give it to anyone else.

Meanwhile,

Xiaofeng proposed to marry me.

I thought,

Master He would surely return

for Xiaofeng's marriage.

So

I agreed.

Xiaofeng.

I'm sorry.

I used you.

So,

you were the one who mixed the

Rama Heavenly Ice among the wedding gifts?

I didn't want to expose my identity

and be noticed by Jiao Liqiao's people,

which would certainly result in trouble.

That's why I came up with this plan.

I planned to leave

the day before the wedding,

just after Master He had received the Rama Heavenly Ice.

Unexpectedly,

I saw someone

using a flying skill from the Jinyuan Alliance.

At that time, I knew that

Jiao Liqiao's people may not have recognized me,

but they'd followed me to Tianji Mountain Manor.

As expected, I saw

a man in black looking for something from room to room.

I thought a spy must have mixed into the manor

and compromised its safety.

So I had to take the Rama Heavenly Ice away first.

When you entered the bridal chamber last night,

you noticed someone had already sneaked in

and tampered with your wine.

You found that someone was stalking you.

So,

you killed the assassin.

That's right.

But Er Yue

was not the man in black I saw that day.

The enemy was in hiding,

while I was in the open.

I wanted to

resolve the crisis here.

So I played along.

It was an urgent matter.

I didn't have time to explain to everyone.

So I hid the body

to complete my plan.

What a fool.

What made you think

you can complete all the plans

and get out of here unharmed?

Since I planned to use myself as bait,

I'd never thought of leaving unscathed.

You don't have the Rama Heavenly Ice.

It was hidden somewhere else.

It's in Xiaofeng's sachet.

I've done

what Mr. Pi asked.

What about the skin with the tattoo?

Do you

have something to tell us?

The pattern on the skin

was embroidered on my back by my husband.

It recorded

the way to exterminate the Karmic Bug.

Unfortunately,

I don't know what it means.

I knew

my days were numbered.

So I embroidered the pattern

on Er Yue's back

and kept it in the room.

Remember.

The remains are buried in bliss.

Ascend towards Yujing.

Xiaofeng.

I hope

you won't blame me.

I, Liangyi,

did not let my savior down.

I did not

let my husband down either.

I...

Have no regrets.

No regrets...

She was a person of chivalry and loyalty.

Oh no.

An enemy is attacking.

We'll go check it out.

Do you think the likes of you can stop me?

After so many years,

the Tianji Mountain Manor is still so overconfident.

Who is speaking with such arrogance?

Shan Gudao.

It's you.

Master He.

Long time no see.

Who wants to see you?

The earlier you die, the better.

If it weren't for you,

my sister wouldn't have lost her life.

I can't die.

If I die,

how can I repay you

for raising my son?

Enough.

What do you want

today?

What?

After so many years,

Is this how you were taught

to talk to your father?

Last time, you pretended to be righteous and convinced me to go with you.

Today, you came here with an army.

Since you are so stubborn,

I don't have to spare any consideration

for you anymore.

You don't have to get involved in the adults' matter.

Go in first.

No need.

I should face my own matters

myself.

Regardless of whom,

if he dares to harm the world and the martial world,

I will fight him

to the end.

My son

has spent too much time with you.

He's starting to sound like you back in the day.

Don't you think so,

Xiangyi?

Xiangyi?

It's him?

This...

Really?

Are you really Li Xiangyi?

I knew it.

Li Xiangyi wouldn't have died so easily.

This is great.

Senior.

Long time no see.

You're still so weak.

I guess

you're here for the Rama Heavenly Ice, right?

Junior.

I see you still like playing these cheap tricks.

Looks like you haven't improved much either.

But you are still my junior.

You know exactly

what I want.

Don't worry.

I won't give you the Rama Heavenly Ice.

That's not up to you.

Look at these Xianri Sedans

and the martial arts masters around me.

They're itching for a good fight.

Demon Monk!

[Demon Monk]

The Demon Monk,

the third-strongest martial artist on the ranking list.

Give me the Rama Heavenly Ice,

and I will spare your lives.

Senior,

did you forget about me?

Do you think you are still the same Li Xiangyi?

Your remaining strength is so meager,

it's not worth mentioning.

Really?

Then why do you need so many helpers?

You need their help to get the Rama Heavenly Ice today.

Oh, Shan Gudao.

You're still a weakling.

Fine.

I'll exchange 10 moves with you instead.

If you can defeat me,

I'll leave here with my men.

If you lose to me,

I'll not only take the Rama Heavenly Ice,

but also your life.

Deal.

Li Lianhua.

You can't go.

Come at me instead!

Don't worry.

He has never defeated me before.

Please be okay.

I remember Master and Madam

always wanted us to compete in the past.

It's been more than ten years.

I haven't witnessed your strength

in a long while, Senior.

Then,

I'll give you a good demonstration today.

Ten moves.

I could only hold on for ten moves.

I must win within ten moves.

Senior.

I won again.

Looks like you've changed.

After ten years,

you've improved a lot.

It's all thanks to Master

and his generous teaching before he died.

What did you say?

What?

You don't believe me?

My move just now

can only be executed by using

Master's unique inner power.

Are you surprised?

What did you do to Master?

I just told him

about your life and death situation

at the East Sea, against the Jinyuan Alliance.

Unfortunately, Master

was at a critical moment in his meditation training.

When he heard that his favorite disciple

was in trouble,

he became anxious

and lost control of his inner power.

It backfired on him and fatally injured him.

You're really despicable.

Master loved you so much.

After knowing you were in trouble,

he disregarded his injuries

and transferred all his powers to me

so that I could save you

in his stead.

But he

was spent and died a pathetic death.

Master fell for your lies

because he wanted to save me.

Why?

Master

saved our lives.

We're indebted to Master and Madam.

Why didn't you let Master go?

It's all because of you!

I...

Because of your arrogance

and self-righteousness back then!

Ten years!

Ten years later, you finally lost to me!

You still lost to me!

Master.

You're indeed indebted to Master.

But I'm not.

Master never had me

in his heart.

Even when he died, he was thinking about you.

Did he ever think about me?

He asked me to go to the East Sea to save you.

Did he ever consider my safety?

Once a teacher, forever a father.

I treated him as my family.

I practiced hard every day

just to beat you and prove myself to him.

But Master had only ever scolded me.

Did he ever consider my feelings?

Now, I have his entire life's worth of power.

It's what I deserved.

You're a traitor and a murderer.

I must avenge Master!

You...

Yangzhouman is truly amazing.

Even when poisoned by the Bicha Poison,

he managed to survive

for ten years thanks to it.

And you've mustered such strong inner power just now.

I underestimated you.

But so what?

Don't forget.

Only the Styx Flower can

cure the poison in your body.

Without it,

no one can save you.

Think about it.

How long can you live?

Didn't you tell me

your poison has been cured?

Stop nagging and dragging.

I'm losing interest in killing you.

Fang Duobing.

I’ll give you one last chance.

Give me the Rama Heavenly Ice.

Stop wasting my time.

Stop dreaming!

Fine.

Then don't blame me for being ruthless.

Charge!

His power has increased. Be careful.

Don't worry.

I won't die.

Be careful.