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[Detective L]

[Episode 8]

[Higanbana: B]

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

I'm here to request you

to investigate

the cause of his death

But the news said, the cause of death was heart attack

Everything of this

related to a mysterious song

Every one here

is suspicious

Although they usually practice together,

they have a lot of arguments

All of them hate Xiao Lang

Thus, they have the motive to kill him

Guan Er

He's dead

It should be a serial murder

He's considered a second victim

Any discovery?

Injection pinhole

I have done the relevant pharmacological test

and found some remains of tears

Tears?

A secret compartment

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 this 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

Sure enough

Look at this

Here

Drug Murder Case

New Drug - Tears

Luo Fei

I've been…

I've been looking for you

Why are you here?

What about you?

Did you manage to collect Xiao Lang's blood sample? Yes, I did

Ben Jie Ming found the drug, Tears

in his blood

How about you?

We also found remains of tears

in Xiao Lang's music score case

as well as Guan Er's violin case

Thus we suspect that they

used performing abroad as an excuse

to sell Tears

Musicians sell drugs?

Don't underestimate Tears

It has a very high value in the market

This is the performing abroad record

of the Municipality's Orchestra

I've checked the newspaper

of the country they visited

Each time after they visited a country,

crimes that related to Tears

will start happening

So we suspect there is an underground factory in the French Concession

But to avoid attentions,

they use the Municipality Orchestra to sell drugs

Xiao Lu

Since you're the assistant of Xiao Lang,

are you one of them?

He became Xiao Lang's assistant a month ago

I guess he doesn't know about it

Even if he is one of them,

he wouldn't come and find us

But from the amount of the drugs,

there should be more people involved

besides Xiao Lang and Guan Er

Okay, I will go and request for an arrest warrant

to arrest all the members of the Municipality Orchestra

and interrogate them one by one

Bye

I won't agree

Sir

People are dealing drugs

How could you just sit back and watch?

They didn't do it in French Concession,

it's not under our control

Tears will harm more and more people

We have to stop it Qin Xiao Man

Don't be too overwhelming

Solving case requires police forces and fund

This is a huge drug case,

it will be hard to investigate

without any supports from the superior

Do you know the background of Municipality Orchestra?

They are the ambassadors of cultural exchange and

also represent the image of French Concession

How much it will affect internationally

if people know they are dealing drugs?

Do you think they will let this happen?

But our job is to…

Stop!

We're done here

Get out!

Damn!

Bringing justice and fairness

is our job, isn't it?

How can we just sit back and watch

the criminals committing crime?

He has his own reasons

He ignored that we secretly conducted an autopsy

That means deep down,

he agreed us to carry on it

This is the best he can do

But we can't even

interrogate any suspects now

How do we proceed?

There's always a way,

we still have other leads

Why did they play the same song

before they died?

What's the secret behind it?

If we can find out the secret,

this case will be solved

Maybe they felt guilty

about themselves

and wanted to play

the same song to

purify their sins

Are you serious?

A man has nothing to hide when it comes to death It is a possibility, alright?

Oh yeah

I used to read a spy fiction before

The spy syndicate in the story used the music to convey messages

Could there be some

hidden message that can be only

decoded by the dope ring?

Maybe

I've played this song before

but it was a bit off key

So,

I tried to compare with the original copy

I found some differences

I heard it too

Why didn't I notice anything?

You're not sensitive to music

You can't tell the pitch

as well as

the harmony in the melody

What do you mean?

I mean,

you're tone deaf

I…

Look

Here

Here

Here and here

Are there any hidden message

in these notes?

Mi La So La La So

What does it mean?

Let's change it to numbered notation

It's 365665

If the message is hidden in the song,

it should be related to music

What is the relationship between them?

Qin Xiao Man

You know nothing about music

You will only disrupt our analysis and waste our time

I'm telling the truth

I don't mean anything else

I'm sorry

that I'm too stupid,

and dragged your investigation

But don't worry,

I can solve the case on my own

without you

Miss Xiao Man

-She… -Let's continue

Look

All these were found from

Xiao Lang's music score case

Every score sheet

has 6 false music notes

Although the positions are different,

but it's very obvious to musicians

who are familiar with the song

by playing it

Guan Er must have played it after discovering the score sheet

in order to find the notes differences

Look, there are numbers here

172643

This is Xiao Lang's writings

After receiving the score sheet, Xiao Lang will write it out after decoding the code

He got killed before he managed

to write the last one

In this score sheet,

the 6 notes represent

213

253

It doesn't seem like a simple music score

They didn't do it in French Concession,

it's not under our control

You know nothing about music

You will only disrupt our analysis

and waste our time

Morse code, Atbash Cipher,

Caesar Cipher

We have tried everything

Nothing works

Maybe you're just over thinking

Xiao Lang is not that smart

He can't decode something that difficult

But the easiest way to decode

is to change the notes from the staff

to numbered notation

But it doesn’t match with Xiao Lang's answer

Numbered notation has the range from 0 to 7

But look,

Xiao Lang wrote a 8 here

There's 9

Yes

Why didn't I think about it?

About what?

Now I see…

Actually,

this is numbered notation Solfège,

but it uses a different scale

You said

there're 6 mistakes in this score sheet

If we decode using numbered notation,

it will be 213253 And there's a problem in numbered notation,

from 0 to 7, there are only 8 numbers,

there are no 8 and 9

But how do you use numbered notation

to record every number? The easiest way is to

change the scale of 8

I think I'm getting it

Look

Actually this 3 different 2-digits numbers

21, 32

53

But this is the scale of 8

But if you change to the scale of 10

172643

It's exactly same as Xiao Lang's answer

That's right

The code for this score sheet should be

302253

But these are bunch of numbers

We still don't know the meaning

If I'm not mistaken,

it should be the password for safe box

If they are the syndicate

that deals Tears,

there should be a secret trading spot

Using safe box is

the safest way to trade Tears

Then where will the safe box be?

Don't worry

Someone will lead us there

Mr. Guan Er was my best friend

Our relationship

is like a brotherhood

The orchestra is our home

Mr. Guan Er

was a talented artist

He was born for music

Beside busy performing and practicing,

he also practiced

with his band members during free time

Napoleon once said,

a great warrior

should die on the field

Thus,

a great artist

should die with his instruments

I remember when I first met Mr. Guan Er,

his economic status is not stable

He used to go to cinema and play for silent film

He never gets slack in music

But he always played beautiful music

This gave me a very deep impression

Guan Er

You were feeble when you were alive,

but why did you die hopelessly?

Enough

Cut it out

Guan

We can only play together

in the next life

Guan Er

Rest in peace

I will visit you every year

Guan Er

"Higanbana" is the last song

you played before you left

I hope music

brings you happiness in another world

It's quite scary here at night

Where is Madam Qin?

If she's here, I will feel safe

She said she want to investigate on her own

I think she should get a boyfriend

She shouldn’t be with you every time

What's the problem?

Her personality is not suitable for boyfriend

"Higanbana" was played at night

Beauty has passed away

Someone's here

It's Zheng Dong

Yes

Follow him

Chelus Hotel

is a classy place where celebrities hangout

No one will suspect here

It's safe and hidden

Stop!

Xiao Lu, be careful

I'll wait you at home

Excuse me

Excuse me

Stop!

Stop!

Miss

Miss

We're closing

I'm sorry, let me pack things up

You like Xia Lu Na too?

Do you know him?

Of course

She was good at piano and beautiful too

People listen to her music

because of her prettiness

Unfortunately,

she passed away

Do you know how she died?

You won't believe it

In the night before her death,

there's music of piano

came from her room

It was "Higanbana"

Some say

her soul was taken away by the song

Do you know where she lived?

Every year, her fans will

leave some flowers at the ground floor at her apartment

on her death anniversary

I think she lived at

Charles Apartment

Thanks

Xiao Man

I thought you wanted to investigate alone

Why are you following me?

I'm not following you

I followed the leads

What leads?

Since "Higanbana"

was cursed,

that means Xiao Lang is not the first victim

The first victim's name was

Xia Lu Na

She died mysteriously

after playing the song at her home

5 years ago

The death sign is exactly like Xiao Lang's

I just came here

and saw Zheng Dong

sneaking into the house

I wanted to wait outside

to see if he has any partners

Then, I meet you

You're just trying your luck

Why did you kick me?

"Higanbana"

Xiao Man

Come here

I think the killer is still nearby

The windows are closed

But when we came up,

we didn't meet anyone going down

The killer must still be here

There's no place to hide

Why is he holding a music box?

It doesn't belong to him

It should belong to the owner of the house,

Xia Lu Na

Zheng Dong

Someone's coming

Zheng Dong

Silly, forgot to close the door

How's it? Did you get the money?

It's Guo Rong

He's the cellist of the band

You made me come all the way here

Zheng Dong

Freeze

I'm a cop!

What are you doing here?

Zheng Dong called me

and asked me to meet him here

You're familiar with this place

It was my colleague's house

Wait

Are you interrogating me?

Did I do anything wrong?

You murdered Xiao Lang and Guan Er

Nonsense!

I…

Why did I kill them?

For money

You guys used performing abroad

as an excuse to deal drugs

Zheng Dong has told me everything

And this time,

you killed both of them

because you refused to share the money

Detective

I didn't kill anyone

It was done by Zheng Dong

He wanted to pocket the drugs

Ask him out,

I can confront him

Zheng Dong

Is he dead?

I thought you said he confessed everything?

I was lying to you

He was dead before I came here

The death sign is same as Guan Er's

Detective

I'm thirsty

Can I drink some water?

Thank you

Stop!

Go after him, I'll take the music box

Stop!

Let's go

-I got it -Close the door

It's exposed

What is that picture?

The music box

The weight is 2 times heavier than the parts inside

I think something was hidden inside,

thus I dismantled it

How about you? Any discovery?

Policeman stopped Guo Rong's car

at Road Ban Song Yuan

near 16th harbour last night

Supports quickly

arrived after receiving orders,

but didn't manage to find him

I think he might be escaped on a boat

No

He hasn't gotten his money, he won't leave yet

Do you think

he will go to find another member

of the dope ring?

I have no idea about it

But according to what you said,

you judged rashly

that he's going to 16th harbour because he drove to Road Ban Song Yuan

Take a look at the map

This road

leads to another place that they usually go

Municipality Hall

They usually practice there

Yes

I'm on it

Sorry

Miss

Who are you looking for?

Hello, I'm police and I'm here for an investigation

No one practise tonight?

It's still early, they are not here yet

I think I've seen you

in Xiao Lang's memorial ceremony

Why are you so early?

I am the logistics staff here

I will always clean this place up before they practice

Then I'll leave you and walk around

Okay

What happened to the bloodstains?

Freeze

Guo Rong

Is it you?

Guo Rong

Guo Rong

He's dead…

Dead?

Didn't you hear any gunshot?

No

Seems like he committed suicide

Do you have a phone?

Let me call the police station

Yes, it's outside

Okay

It's all life photos

Why are they keeping it secretly?

The fifth member of the dope ring

is Uncle Cao

What the hell!

People who used to practice together

are all dead now

Madam, you have to…

How do you know Zheng Dong is dead?

You said you were a bit earlier than me

But all the chairs and sheet stands

are all arranged nicely on stage

Guo Rong's body

was put as if he committed suicide

But according to the blood traces,

he was obviously dragged to that place

The floor is dirty but you chose to

mop first instead of sweep the floor

You're trying to clean the blood, right?

Stop!

Freeze!

Freeze!

Uncle Cao

Stop hiding

You're the 5th member of dope ring

I used to think all the members

were all musicians

But I forgot that

you have been following

them in and out

and taking care of them

Am I right?

Uncle Cao

Where's the thing?

What thing?

Stop pretending

The thing in the safe

I'm a detective

How can I do something like this?

Detective

Everything is polluted

You all pretended

to follow law enforcement

In fact, you guys did all the bad things

There're merely any failures in police force

If I were the murderer,

why did I come for Guo Rong?

How about the drugs? Who took it?

Isn't you?

You're the last man standing,

you killed everyone

just to pocket the drugs

You know nothing

All the members…

I treated everyone

like my kids

How can I kill them for money?

So you allow your kids to commit crimes? I…

They did wrong, but refused to correct it

I've scolded them, but the ignored it

What else I can do?

I have no other choice beside closing my eyes

I joined them, I watched them

I wanted to protect them

I didn't want them to become like this

Good talk

But at least,

you killed Guo Rong

Guo Rong…

I didn't do it on purpose

I didn't mean it

This morning,

Guo Rong came here

when I was cleaning the place

Guo Rong, why are you hurt?

Dead…

All dead…

Even Zheng Dong was dead

Zheng Dong was dead?

Stop pretending

It must be you

You want to kill all of us

to pocket the drugs

What are you talking about?

What am I talking about?

Zheng Dong asked me to meet at Xia Lu Na's house, but he's dead

There were two detectives waiting for me

What do you think I'm talking about?

You must have killed Zheng Dong

and taken the drug

Where is the drug?

Guo Rong, calm down

-Tell me! -Guo Rong

-Or I will kill you -Guo Rong, listen to me

Guo Rong

Guo Rong

Guo Rong

Guo Rong

I didn't want to kill him

and I have no idea who took the drug

So, the murderer who killed 3 of them

is someone else?

I might know who

Who?

Xia Lu Na

It must be her soul,

she's back for vengeance

You guys killed her

5 years ago?

You know too much

I'll call the police and tell them

that you were shot by Guo Rong

during the gun fight

You'll be remembered as a heroin

Browning pistol has

total 5 bullets

4 were used yesterday,

you killed Guo Rong with 1 bullet

Now the pistol is empty

You missed it

I was lying to you

You only used 3 yesterday

but now,

it's really empty

Luo Fei, why are you here?

After you left,

I developed all the pictures When I saw the pictures, I realized

why did Xia Lu Na hide

the film

Although they are all her life pictures,

but one of them

captured the process

of you guys dealing Tears

There're 5 people in the dope ring

including you

Uncle Cao

You can't fool me with you silly tricks

But there's something I don’t understand

How was this photo taken?

All because of Xiao Lang

He's such a playboy

Make it as flat as possible

Xiao Lang

Lu Na, why are you here?

You've been ignoring me

and never pick up the calls

I thought you were flirting with someone else

No, we're just working here

What are you doing?

Cleaning the musical instruments

Yes Right

What is this?

Washing powder?

Lu Na

Cut it out

Give me the camera

No

Give it to me No, I won't

Please, Lu Na

Go

Lu Na

So, you all

killed her

No

She used the photo to blackmail us

and asked for money from us

We can break up but

we've been together for so long

How are you going to pay for my loss?

Say it

How much you want?

Not much

10,000 Silver dollars

That's too much

Never mind then

I won't force you

Oh yeah

What were Guan Er and the gang doing at your house that day?

I think it was something fishy, right?

If the picture is exposed...

Lu Na

I'm warning you

Cut it out

Give me the picture

I'm not kidding

[Preview]

Is this your sister?

She's innocent

She has nothing to do with this

You better don’t hurt him

Here's a boat ticket

to America

You're trying to escape

The murderer killed Guan Er

in front of us

With a deception,

he easily did an impossible murder

Luo Fei

Did you catch Captain

10 years ago?

Where is

Captain now?

It doesn't matter

But I'm sure

Captain is not

the main frame behind the drug

Don't you want to know how did the murderer escape from the chamber

after killing Guan Er?

I don't understand

why did Guan Er play violin here

When he's dead,

I came to this house

But I felt something was missing

compared to the first time

I knew it

I knew the secret of murder in the chamber