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[Detective L]

[Episode 7]

[Higanbana: A]

[Xiao Lang's assistant - Xiao Lu]

Mr. Xiao

Mr. Xiao

Mr. Xiao

Mr. Xiao

Mr. Xiao

Mr. Xiao, get up!

Mr. Xiao, get up!

[Pianist - Xiao Lang]

Stop!

Put it down!

The victim pounced onto the bed

and wanted to pull out a pistol under the pillow

The suspect fired his first shot to the pillow

When the victim turned his body,

the suspect fired the second shot

Again

Turn over

The feathers on your body

are same as the scene

But the suspect said,

the victim fired the gun first

That's why he fired a shot

If that's the case,

the feathers on the victim's body

shouldn't be like this

So, the suspect was telling lies

He was not defending,

but murdered

Can I get up?

Sure

Thank you

What next?

Clean it up

That's all?

That's all

Well...

Besides acting like a dead and cleaning up the room,

do I need to do any others actions

of higher level?

No need

Cleaning job doesn't need a brain

It's suitable for the brainless person like you

Is Mr. Luo Fei staying here?

So sorry

You didn't lock the door

So I came in myself

Sorry

It's okay

I admired you since long time ago

You're Detective Luo Fei, the famous detective in Shanghai Beach, right?

All the mystery fiction lovers know you

Sorry to disturb you

and your girlfriend

I'm not his girlfriend

What makes you here?

My name is Xiao Lu

My grandma passed away last month

She left a locked diary with pin number

But I couldn't open it up

So I want to ask for your help

to crack the pin number

So sorry

I can't help on this

You used to say that you're good at speculating

I can't believe that you're unable to crack the pin number

There are 4 numbers

Your grandma must use

a set of meaningful numbers as the pin

Have you tried her date of birth?

I have tried all the dates of birth, year of birth

and wedding anniversary

Did she have any habit

or catch phrase?

No

My grandma was old

and had an Alzheimer

She always talked rubbish with people

What kind of rubbish?

She always said, "Ready hand" Ready hand?

Did she like Mah-jong? Yes, she liked to play Mah-jong in the past

The neighbours used to call her "Queen of Mah-jong"

It's a nickname from south

The Mah-jong game was divided into South and North

It has the most scoring in North

All the same suit and nine full winning

In South, they used the term of 4 Ready Hands

Detective Luo

You knew Mah-jong very well, huh?

What's their house number?

Route Ferguson, 123, 45-505

No "0" in Mah-jong game

If we rule out "0",

it will be 1 2 3

4 5 5 5

Ready Hand will be

1

4

3

6

Win!

I guess it doesn't belong

to your grandma

You're really smart and deserve the title as Detective L

Why did you come to us with an empty note book?

He wanted to test my skill

I think

he came to me

to solve another case

The conductor, Xiao Lang died in the house suddenly last night

Actually, I'm

Xiao Lang's assistant

I'm here to request you

to investigate

the cause of his death

But the news said,

the cause of death was heart attack

That's right, but not accurate

Everything of this

related to a mysterious song

"Higanbana"

Who was the sender?

No sender's name here

It's a prank

It must be a prank

Why did he send you the music score?

Because it's not a common song

Have you heard it before?

Higanbana

is the Flower of Hell

It's said that's a song under a curse

No matter who plays it,

he'll die with no reason

Really?

Of course not

How could you believe it?

They tried to curse me with it

It's childish

I didn't concern much

Higanbana

about it

On the next day, I went to see Xiao Lang

I heard the sound of piano

from his room

Mr. Xiao

Mr. Xiao

Mr. Xiao, get up! Mr. Xiao

According to the doctor,

he died because of heart attack

So, you think

the song killed him?

Did you tell the police about it?

No

It's ridiculous

and no one will believe it

That's why I came to you

Because you are a detective,

you might be interested in it

You should look for a witch

We're not interested

in those superstition

No

I'm interested in it

I came across a similar news in a foreign magazine

There's a song in Hungary

which the rhythm was too sad

All the people who has listened to it committed suicide

All the artists who have played it

quitted from performance since then

How could you believe the story

from the magazine?

This is not a story,

but a psychological hint

The sad rhythm

will make someone depressed and started to have a mind to commit suicide

It's understandable

Where is the music score now?

Should be on the piano

So,

let's go to Xiao Lang's house

It's crowded

They are fans of Xiao Lang

They held a memorial ceremony themselves

The artists are Xiao Lang's colleagues

and members of Municipality Western Orchestra

He is a violinist, Guan Er

[Violinist - Guan Er]

He is a cellist, Guo Rong

[Cellist - Guo Rong]

He is a violist, Zheng Dong

[Violist - Zheng Dong]

The white-shirt man is the concertmaster cum conductor

[Concertmaster - Liu Zhi Min]

He is the bro-in law of the president of Municipality

It seems the orchestra comes from a strong background

Xiao Lu, you're here

They are...

They are my friends

He is the logistics staff of orchestra, Uncle Cao

Hi

Hi

[Logistics Staff - Uncle Cao]

Please help yourselves

Come on

Let's go

to the piano room

You stay here

Watch them

Xiao Lang died in this room

The music score was on the piano

Why is it gone?

This one?

Exactly

After Mr. Xiao fell down, I went to help him

and never touch the music score

Someone stole it?

Who's the sender?

Don't know

When I opened the mailbox,

it was already there

It was stated "To Xiao Lang" It must be put in directly by someone

Stop playing it!

What's wrong? I'll go for a while

What are you doing?

-Now... -What do you mean?

Why did you stop me? What now?

You made a mistake

You missed the tempo

How could you blame me?

Apparently, you missed it

as you're distracted

I don't know what's in your mind

What do you mean?

What's in my mind?

What's in my mind?

Who knows? You should know about it

Alright, two of you didn't make a mistake

It's all my fault Carry on it

Cut it out!

You missed the tempo too

Zheng Dong! Enough is enough!

We shouldn't argue in this ceremony

What now? Ceremony? So what!

I can't carry on

Are you happy with it?

Only the people who did it will feel happy

No...

Don't go! What's wrong?

I'm guilty, I'm leaving too

Too bad...

Don't go!

They are all gone, we can't perform

Hey!

Uncle Cao, quickly get them back!

I'll go and comfort them

[Reporter - Zeng Shuai]

Excuse me

You're Detective Luo

Zeng Shuai

What brings you here?

Xiao Lang was a playboy

So I came here to dig some news

I tell you

I got some hot news

What?

Let's make an equivalent exchange

Tell me

all the story about the case of Chamber of Commerce

Then, I'll tell you

the exclusive leads of Xiao Lang's death

How?

Deal

Every one here

is suspicious

Look at that girl

She's Xiao Lang's ex girlfriend

She hates him because of love

and wants to kill him long time ago

The concertmaster who just went out

Xiao Lang owed him a lot of money

And the guys who were fighting just now

Although they usually practice together,

they have a lot of arguments

Please come over

Dear all

Sorry

about the incident happened just now

Mr. Xiao Lang just passed away

All the members of orchestra

are not in the mood

and caused a small argument just now

I hope you could understand it

Now this is the memorial ceremony of Mr. Xiao Lang

There are so many friends join us

As the concertmaster of the Municipality Orchestra,

I feel touched

I remember

When I knew Xiao Lang before,

he was facing a hard up.

But,

He used to go to cinema

and play for silent film

He never gets slack in music

But he always played beautiful music

Are they still fighting?

I couldn't get them back

All the members run away when the situation falls

If Xiao Lang was here,

they won't do that

Well...

Guo Rong

from the reporter?

Xiao Lang snatched Guo Rong's girlfriend before

Guan Er is jealous of Xiao Lang's status in the orchestra

Zheng Dong is feeble

He was always teased and fooled by Xiao Lang

All of them hate Xiao Lang

Thus, they have the motive to kill him

Every one of them has the motive?

It means they are not suspicious

What did you get?

I heard...

Listen, sound from a violin

Violin

"Higanbana"

2nd floor

Guan Er

He's dead

Is this the missing music score?

Yes

Is this his violin?

He always brings it along

All the windows are framed

No one can go out through the windows

Is that because of heart attack?

No, it should be a serial murder

He's considered a second victim

Xiao Man briefed me about it before

I guess it's just a coincidence

and psychological confusion

Luo Fei

Don't be stubborn

It's late now

Let all the guests go back

No way

I must question

every one of them

Do you know who are they?

The president's son and the wife of an ambassador

They are all ranked

If you let them go now,

we could hardly question them again

Who is the superintendent? You or me?

Let them go

Dismiss

Music can cause a certain psychological hint

It will affect a man's emotion

When the bad hints turn up,

our brain will secrete some chemical object

It will cause the heartbeat speeds up and out of breath

But it's impossible to attack an organ

and kill a person

through music

How did you know it's about a murder?

I have heard about the rumours

The song murder

Since a song can't kill a person,

we'll leave first

So sorry, Dr. Huo

Sorry to disturb you

It's alright, I'm always willing to help

See you

Since a song can't make a hypnosis and cause someone committed suicide,

it might...

I thought you hate Huo Wen Si

and don't believe him

I don't like Huo Wen Si

but I'll consider the views from a professional

Oh yeah

I used to read

a mystery fiction from England

The room where the victim died

was a chamber

The only entrance

was a ventilation fan which connected to the next room

The murderer used this

to train a poisonous snake

to kill the victim through the ventilation fan

I read it before too

To control a snake,

people use ring to launch the signal of attack

Do you think "Higanbana"

will be a kind of signal too?

When someone plays the music,

it will attract the mysterious killing animal

But,

how could we prove it?

No way It's very dangerous

It's okay

According to the previous situation,

the murderer will only attack the music player

You won't be attacked

No way

I can't let it

attack you

Well...

Close your eyes then

Xiao Lu, bring me the music score

Wait

It seems we couldn't crack

the secret of music score tonight

It's late now I'll leave first

Okay

Can you leave the music score to me?

I'll look into it again

Okay

See you

See you

Are you

going back to your room?

As a police detective,

I have the responsibility

to ensure your safety

Where are you going?

Sleep

Don't lock the door

Okay

Luo Fei

Luo Fei

Luo Fei, are you still alive?

My goodness!

Get out

I think

it's better that we stay

in the same room

Where are you going?

To make a police report

A lady cop

is disturbing her neighbour in the night

You...

Are you ready?

It will be more exciting today

-Hey, mate! -Luo Fei

-Mate! -Bro Fei

It's been a long time we never meet I bring something for you

Come on!

I bring it for every one of you

This is for you

For you

For you

Hey!

Look at this

Smell it

Smell it

How?

-How is the taste? -Not bad

Not bad

Look

Look at this

A lot of ants here

Does it mean

it will rain soon? It's far from it

When you see a lot of ants,

it might rain because the ants are moving to another place

Do you want to know

which one is the ant's father, mother

and son?

Let me speculate it

You...

Look at me I just learnt a new magic

1

2

3

How is it?

Hold it and try it

I don't want t disturb you again

Luo Fei is strange today So strange

Weird

Mate!

Any complicated case for today?

It's just alright

I see

You worked hard recently

I'll buy you coffee someday

Thanks

Wait

Sir

Get back to your work

Wait

What is that?

-Specimen -Corpse

Sir

Sir

There's a call from the President of Municipality

That's right

-Take your time -Sir

Thank you for your hard work

-Take a rest -Take your time Thank you

See you

See you

Quick

The deceased's face is in dark purple

Bleeding from the nose

There are cyan and dark red spots between the fingers

The toes were swollen and deformed

All these are due to

metabolic poisoning caused by hypoxia

Look at here

The deceased's stomach is swollen

There is an obvious symptom of hydrocephalus in the belly

Apparently, the dead got a Sudden Cardiac Death due to heart attack

Any leftover poison in his stomach?

No

What about his blood?

It contains high protein

Might be caused by general inflammation

Could it be drugs injection?

I have checked the whole body

We didn't find any injection pinhole

Check it again

Luo Fei

Luo Fei

Hey you!

Guan Er

Xiao Man

Can you do a shave?

Shave?

Yes

It's done

But why did you

ask me to do this?

Look

Excuse me

What did you find? Injection pinhole

What kind of poison can cause an illusion of heart attack

and hard to be detected

when it is injected to the blood?

It's hard to say

Any special symptom found when he died?

He was happy,

but there're tears in his eyes

I suddenly recall it

I have done the relevant pharmacological test

and found some remains of Tears

Tears?

It's a high purity drug

in white powder

When people consumes it,

he'll get an illusory happiness

Overdose

will cause a Sudden Cardiac Death due to heart overload

The dead will be in tears when he died

Can someone suck or

get injection of the drugs?

Impossible

Unless he wanted to commit suicide

Commit suicide?

If he committed suicide,

why did he hide

the injection pinhole?

Go to the funeral home

to get the blood sample of Xiao Lang

for lab test

Okay

Are you going with me?

I have something more important

Why did you call me here?

Don't you want to know

the cause of death of Xiao Lang and Guan Er?

Before Guan Er's death,

he was playing this violin, right?

Yes

Xiao Lang collected many albums

But he didn't allow

people to touch it

The album is a compilation

of "Higanbana" with all kinds of music instruments

It has the version of violin too

That means

when Guan Er died,

what we listened

was from the album

When I came here before,

I noticed the gramaphone

But there was no album on it

Ben Jie Ming

Xiao Lang's blood sample

I tell you It's lucky that I went there early

Otherwise,

he was burnt into ashes

Why do you want to test Xiao Lang's blood?

Tears

What?

If you didn't fall asleep,

you won't ask the stupid question

You should blame Luo Fei, he went crazy

-last night... -Open your mouth

What's that?

Mint candy to refresh your mind

It's your reward to protect Luo Fei for the whole night

Thank you

What are you doing?

To recover the scene of the chamber

Any discovery?

Only some scattered clues

But, if we could join all the clues together,

we might see a complete puzzle

What's wrong?

I saw the case there

I thought there's something inside

This is Xiao Lang's music score case

It seems it's not his first time

to receive the music score of "Higanbana"

Someone has been sending the music score to curse him

He couldn't help to play the music

Eventually,...

A secret compartment

Did he bring the case along

in every performance?

Yes

He never lets people to touch it

He said the case will bring him good luck

What about the others in orchestra?

Do they have their music score case too?

No

He never lets people to touch it

He never lets people to touch it

[Preview]

Did you get Xiao Lang's blood sample?

Yeah

Ben Jie Ming found the drug, Tears

in his blood

We found remains of Tears in

Xiao Lang's music score case as well as Guan Er's violin case

Why did Xiao Lang and Guan Er play the same score before their death?

I used to read a spy fiction before

The spy syndicate in the story

used the music to convey messages

It doesn't seem like a simple music score

You like Xia Lu Na too?

You know her?

Stop!

She was good at piano and beautiful too

In the night before her death,

there's music of piano

came from her room

It was "Higanbana"

Xiao Lang, Guan Er

Zheng Dong, Guo Rong

Yes

Why didn't I think about it?