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[The Wanted Detective]

[Episode 31]

Be careful.

It's an earthquake!

It's an explosion.

I think someone's following us.

Let's get out of here first.

Let's go!

Beiming!

Tong Shuang!

♪ I drift in the wind like grass ♪

Where's your home?

Pingyuan Escort Agency.

Wasn't that already...

Wiped out, yeah.

♪ I open my hands to block ♪

Then you can come with me.

♪ The brewing storm ♪

♪ Fate rips off the sleeves ♪

Tong Shuang!

♪ The scarlet color is so heavy ♪

♪ A drop of rain ♪

♪ Soaks through ♪

♪ The pupils ♪

Tong Shuang.

I spoke too harshly this morning.

♪ Sometimes nightmares linger endlessly ♪

I apologize to you.

♪ On the cliffside, there is always ♪

If he really dies,

♪ No calmness to be found ♪

I won't let you off easy.

♪ How can a few words soothe ♪

♪ The pain in the heart ♪

♪ If the heart feels guilty ♪

♪ Dare not seek clear skies ♪

♪ Hands have once grasped at emptiness ♪

♪ Wish to fly in the dark like fireflies ♪

♪ The fragile light ♪

♪ Illuminates the void ♪

Just keep calling me Madman.

I'm not used to

♪ Traveling the long night with countless obstacles ♪

being called Coroner Feng.

Madman.

♪ Through the undercurrents ♪

That sounds better.

♪ Never stopping ♪

♪ I want everyone to see me clearly ♪

♪ The unyielding fire ♪

♪ The passionate pulse ♪

♪ See the abyss ♪

I'm sorry, Beiming.

♪ And see the sky ♪

♪ The world is ever-changing, like ink spilled on paper ♪

♪ Only by giving my all ♪

♪ Can I keep from being swallowed whole ♪

♪ Yet I've never regretted diving head-first ♪

♪ Into the storm ♪

♪ I still remember that face ♪

♪ From that day on, every time I reached out ♪

Are we just going to stand by

and watch Beiming die?

♪ I never walked away empty-handed ♪

♪ Wish to fly in the dark like fireflies ♪

Madman, are you okay?

♪ The fragile light ♪

♪ Illuminates the void ♪

♪ Traveling the long night with countless obstacles ♪

♪ Through the undercurrents ♪

Papa Feng!

♪ Never stopping ♪

♪ I want everyone to see me clearly ♪

♪ The unyielding fire ♪

♪ The passionate pulse ♪

♪ See the abyss ♪

♪ And see the sky ♪

Beiming,

you haven't had a drop of water

in a whole day and night.

Get up and have some water.

I lost him.

I promised him

I'd take him

to try the pastries at Phoenix Market

and drink the wine from Huangni Village.

I also promised him

that after solving the case,

I'd take him

to propose

to the tofu maker's daughter on West Street.

He trusted me so much

and left everything in my hands,

but I lost him.

This isn't your fault.

It is.

It's my fault.

It's all my fault.

If I hadn't taken him in back then…

If I hadn't asked him

to help me investigate…

If…

If I had run faster

in that cave,

just a little faster,

he would've been fine.

Beiming, stop blaming yourself.

You…

Where are you going?

I'm going to Lonely Town.

Tong Shuang is waiting for me there.

I need to find him.

Beiming.

Don't stop me.

Calm down!

Don't stop me!

What are you doing?

Are you thinking clearly now?

Xiao Beiming,

look at yourself right now—

lost and confused,

dejected and depressed.

No one wants

to see you like this!

Coroner Feng has nothing to do with the Yesha case,

yet he's been risking his life

with us all this time.

Why is he doing that?

Dairong doesn't know martial arts,

yet she insisted on coming

with us to Haiya.

Why did she do that?

Chief Fang and Zhuge Kongyun

hold official positions in the capital.

But they're risking the lives

of their whole families for us.

Why are they doing that?

You're grieving, but who isn't?

You have regrets, but who doesn't?

But this matter

isn't over yet.

Look at you now.

Are you giving up?

You want to go to Lonely Town.

Fine.

I'll go with you.

You want to dig through rocks?

I'll dig with you.

If we can't find him in a year,

we'll dig for two.

If not in two,

then 10—

until we find him.

Then let him look at you,

look at the man

he sacrificed his life to save,

look at the big brother

he valued more than his own life.

Let him see what you've become.

Then you can ask him yourself

if it was worth it and if he'd regret it.

Aren't you going?

Let's go.

I'll go with you.

We all went searching,

but all we found in the rubble

was this.

I understand how you feel right now,

because everyone

here

has experienced

the pain of losing loved ones.

But besides wiping away the tears

and gritting your teeth to live on,

there's no other choice.

Because worse than losing your life

is losing

hope.

Thank you

for bringing us hope again.

I'm truly sorry

we couldn't help you more.

Beiming.

Tong Shuang,

[Here lies Tong Shuang, Xiao Beiming's brother]

we have to go now

to keep working on the case we haven't finished.

You've worked hard for so long

and can finally get some rest.

Just have a good sleep

and wait for me to return.

I'll bring you

pastries from Phoenix Market

and wine from Huangni Village.

I'll keep every promise

I made to you.

As for the tofu maker's daughter,

stop thinking about her.

With your hot temper,

you'd probably scare her off.

Tong Shuang,

just watch.

Watch Beiming

catch Yesha with us.

[Here lies Tong Shuang, Xiao Beiming's brother]

We will catch him,

avenge you and your family,

and then bring you home.

Trust me.

It won't be long.

We'll be back soon.

Let's go.

[Here lies Tong Shuang, Xiao Beiming's brother]

Are you saying

my brother and the others were poisoned

because of the water?

That's right.

They drank water from Lonely Town.

What's wrong with the water?

So many people died

in Lonely Town back then.

There must have been a lot of corpses,

but inside the town,

we didn't see many remains.

So I think

the Canfeng Army

must have burned

all those bodies.

What about the burned remains?

They were dumped into that lake.

It's stagnant water,

and over the years,

the pill toxin spread throughout the entire lake.

I guess

your brother and his group

came into contact with it

while gathering supplies

in the town,

and that's how they got poisoned.

After they returned,

the poison gradually took effect.

So that's what happened.

As for those wild beasts,

they probably drank from the lake too

while foraging in the town.

After generations,

they've turned into

the crazed beasts we see now.

I-Is there a cure for this poison?

Although we don't have a cure now,

we've obtained

the Swift Wind Pill's formula.

We have the best physician with us.

He'll definitely

create an antidote.

But before then,

if you must go to Lonely Town,

don't touch the lake water.

I understand.

The danger isn't over yet.

Are you sure

you won't come with us?

Mr. Xiao,

we're grateful for everything

you and your friends have done,

but the journey ahead is too dangerous.

We'd only

slow you down.

Most importantly,

no matter what,

this is our home.

Until this is resolved,

we don't wish

to set foot in the Qi Kingdom.

I understand.

But if anyone

should be thankful, it's me.

Thank you for waking me up,

for reminding me

what the living

should do.

I promise you,

my friends and I

will make sure the people of Haiya

get an answer.

Let us help.

-Thank you. -Let me.

Thank you, Miss Xiaoyue and Miss Luo,

for looking after us all this time.

Don't mention it.

Thank you.

We couldn't have done it

without your help.

That hope—

we'll keep it in our hearts

and never go back on our word.

Farewell.

Take care.

This white jade thumb ring

was the key

Bei Hai gave my father back then,

but my father never told me a thing.

Master didn't tell you

because he wanted

to end all of this himself.

Beiming,

have you already...

It all started with

the Case of the Blood-Weeping Statues.

Back when the late emperor was gravely ill,

those four officials were senior aides.

According to my father's records,

these four officials were the ones

[Kill]

who orchestrated the Haiya massacre.

When Yesha took revenge,

they were on the kill list.

My father served in the Canfeng Army.

He knew right away

that the Case of the Blood-Weeping Statues

was connected to Haiya.

Not just that,

even before the Fengbo Lake case,

Master had already known

who Yesha was.

The real Yesha,

or rather the first Yesha,

was Miao Jie.

Miao Jie?

After the Canfeng Army disbanded,

Miao Jie transferred to the Ministry of Personnel

and later became the Minister of the Imperial Secretariat.

With the intelligence network of the Imperial Secretariat,

he could easily track those

who advised

and promoted the massacre,

as well as the whereabouts of the Canfeng Army members.

But that isn't enough to prove

that Yesha was Miao Jie.

[Zhong Yunchi]

That's right.

He served in the Canfeng Army too.

It makes no sense that after the massacre,

he'd seek revenge against himself.

Exactly.

Mr. Zhong and my father

were both in the Canfeng Army,

and they remained silent

about what happened back then.

There's no way

they had thought about revenge.

Because Miao Jie

was different from everyone else.

Miao Jie was from Haiya.

He witnessed his hometown

being massacred with his own eyes.

He was also the first orphan of Haiya.

How do you know

he was from Haiya?

This gesture looks familiar.

I think I saw it somewhere before.

This is the gesture

the Haiya people made at Luo Sen's funeral.

That's right.

I asked Luo Shu about it.

She told me

it's a farewell gesture,

meant to guide the souls of the deceased

back to their homeland.

It's a custom unique to Haiya.

But that wasn't

the first time I'd seen it.

The first time

was three years ago.

Three years ago?

When I saw it,

I didn't think much of it.

I thought Miao Jie did it unintentionally.

[Lu Wenzhong] [Qin Ye]

But now it seems

[Shen Bi] [Huo Zongyao]

Miao Jie was indeed bidding farewell to the dead,

[Zhong Yunchi] [Fan Jingzhi]

but the one he was saying goodbye to

was himself.

He wished

his soul could return home.

The entire Fengbo Lake case

was a death trap

that he and Master set for each other.

They used themselves as bait

and staked their lives on it.

I don't understand.

I just said

Master had known who Yesha was

before the Fengbo Lake case.

[Ghostly Judge Yin Er, Psychic Mei Baiyu, Minister Miao Jie]

I understand now.

Miao Jie and my father fought side by side on the battlefield.

My father knew he was from Haiya.

So when Miao Jie's name appeared

among the three suspects,

my father connected

all the dots.

From start to finish,

he had his eyes

on Miao Jie alone.

Exactly.

And Master knew

that Miao Jie's next target

would be him.

That's why he set up

the trap at Fengbo Lake

and why he left final instructions with us.

If I fall

in the fight with Yesha this time,

having you by her side

will set my mind at ease.

What exactly

was my father's plan at Fengbo Lake?

I believe Master's original plan

was to put knockout drops

in the tea on the ship.

The unsuspecting Yin Er and Mei Baiyu

would certainly drink it and pass out.

Miao Jie was right.

Master meant to kill him to silence him.

For the stability of the Qi Kingdom,

Master had already prepared

to sacrifice himself.

How was that possible?

Are you saying my father poisoned himself?

Because that poison was used twice.

What?

Back then, after Miao Jie fell for

the four-carriage trap,

he knew his identity

couldn't be hidden anymore,

and he knew our wedding

was just nothing but a trap.

He even foresaw

all of Master's plans.

So that means

the second poisoning…

It was done by Miao Jie.

He replaced the incense on the ship

with knockout drops,

so whether they drank

Master's tea or not,

they'd be poisoned and pass out—

something Master never anticipated.

Afterward, Zhu Yitie

followed Miao Jie's orders

and sewed and killed

everyone on the ship except me,

including Miao Jie himself.

This is the true story

behind the Fengbo Lake case.

If he had known

all the plans,

why didn't he run?

Why did he have to

kill himself too?

And why did he spare your life?

That doesn't make sense.

Because for Miao Jie,

his own death was the most important step.

He wanted to use his death

to kill

three birds with one stone.

Three birds with one stone?

With his identity exposed,

killing Master

was his first goal.

And the second?

I was shot and fell into the lake.

I blacked out

and woke up in the shallows.

I thought I was just lucky,

but now I realize

Miao Jie must have

instructed his men ahead of time,

making sure

I could survive

and become a fugitive.

As long as you were alive,

everyone's attention

would be on you.

So his second goal

was to frame you.

No.

Framing me was just a cover-up.

His second goal

was to hide someone—

the one we've been fighting all this time.

That person

is also the one mentioned

by Qing Ying, Huang Wuchang, and Old Bug.

He should be a young man

who's the second Yesha.

The second Yesha?

Miao Jie used his own death

to mislead all investigations,

making it impossible for us to verify

whether Zhu Yitie's testimony was true.

My God,

how could someone

be so scheming and terrifying?

The most terrifying part isn't that.

Miao Jie's third goal—

and his most important one—

was me.

He framed you,

hid the second Yesha,

forced you into a dead end,

and nearly got you killed.

What more could he want?

From the moment I boarded that ship,

everything was already

part of Miao Jie's plan.

He knew

how close I was to Master,

and he knew my competitive nature.

Look,

I'm here with the guests.

Nothing's improper here.

Father, I...

Beiming, go back.

Mr. Zhong,

since the groom wants to come

and the bride doesn't mind,

why not let him

go out on the lake with us?

A long time ago,

on the border of the Qi Kingdom,

there was a small city

called Haiya.

-What do you want to say? -King Zhong of Constables,

I suppose Constable Xiao has no idea

that you actually know

what Yesha really means.

Have you never told him

because you're afraid

he'll discover what you did back then?

So he deliberately mentioned

Haiya on the ship,

forcing Master to attack him.

Apart from making me suspect Master,

his real aim

was to etch the word "Haiya"

on my mind.

According to his plan,

he knew that after I escaped,

I'd dig into everything about Haiya

to uncover that history.

You mean

we...

Yes.

Us being here now

is also part of his plan.

How could he have

calculated things to this extent?

What about the second Yesha?

Have you figured out who it is?

[Miao Jie, male infant, Miao Yun]

The boy Miao Jie adopted back then.

Miao Yun?

If Miao Jie had been planning revenge all along,

then the boy he adopted

would indeed be the perfect successor.

No, that's not right.

We looked into that child.

He

went missing.

Whether he is

the second Yesha or not,

we need to find him first.

With less than 30 miles to go,

we can reach the capital tomorrow.

We need to go faster.

Chief Fang is covering for us.

The sooner we get back,

the less trouble for the Elite Constabulary Unit.

Then we'll travel through the night

and try to reach the capital by dawn.

We can go without rest,

but the horse needs to eat.

Alright then,

let's take a short break.

What's wrong?

Chief Fang has been taken by the Secret Investigation Unit.

What happened?

Yesterday, my father

received a mysterious tip-off.

He then led men to storm

the Elite Constabulary Unit's prison.

Fang Tianzheng,

as the Chief of the Elite Constabulary Unit,

you actually released a key criminal.

Have you lost your mind?

Tell me—

why did you release Xiao Beiming?

Where did he go?

Despite being tortured,

Chief Fang didn't say a word.

However, His Majesty has decreed

that if he doesn't confess within 10 days,

he'll be executed

for releasing a key criminal.

Fortunately, you sent me a message

by carrier pigeon a few days ago

and told me about Haiya.

Then I rushed here

as quickly as I could.

We need to hurry back

to save Chief Fang.

Absolutely not!

You are now

wanted criminals.

The Elite Constabulary Unit has been shut down,

and everyone you know

is being watched by the Secret Investigation Unit.

If you go back and get caught,

everything will be over.

But we've already uncovered

the secrets of Haiya

and figured out

Yesha's identity.

Yes.

If we go back and tell the truth,

proving that the Fengbo Lake case

had nothing to do with Beiming,

the charge of releasing a key criminal

can be re-examined,

and Chief Fang will be saved.

It's not too late

if we go back now.

Beiming.

Beiming.

We can't reveal ourselves yet.

Why not?

Even if we know

who the new Yesha is,

Miao Jie is already dead.

Right.

Even if all your deductions

are correct,

there isn't enough evidence

to prove them.

More importantly,

if we tried to prove

that I'm not Yesha

by revealing everything

we discovered at Haiya,

it'd mean exposing

that dark history to everyone.

Neither His Majesty

nor the Qi Kingdom

is ready

to face it.

The nation would be thrown into chaos,

and that's exactly what the new Yesha wants.

So we'll just stand by

and watch Chief Fang be executed?

There's only one way to break this deadlock.

Within 10 days,

we must capture the new Yesha.

We need to find Miao Yun quickly.

You sent me a message

by carrier pigeon a few days ago,

so I looked into Miao Yun's whereabouts.

Miao Jie lived his entire life alone,

with no family or servants.

He even ate and slept at the Imperial Secretariat.

He was aloof and cold

and never spoke of personal matters to anyone,

so no one knew

he had an adopted son.

But his name is

on the registry.

He might have hidden Miao Yun somewhere.

I thought so too,

so I checked

all the documents related to him

and found that he bought a house

in Mount Nan, outside the capital.

Very suspicious.

Unfortunately, with what suddenly happened with the Elite Constabulary Unit,

I never had the chance to check it out.

The situation has changed now.

If you continue investigating,

your father will become suspicious.

I understand.

I'll prepare some uniforms

of the Secret Investigation Unit for you.

But from now on,

you're on your own.

Thank you.

About Tong Shuang…

He was a good constable.

[Wanted]

This is the house Zhuge Kongyun

tracked down.

Miao Jie wouldn't have bought

such a rundown house in these remote mountains for no reason.

Something's definitely off.

If Miao Jie had really raised Miao Yun

to become the second Yesha,

then the fewer people who knew,

the better.

A house in such a remote place

would be ideal.

But

there's no village for miles.

Who can we even ask?

Over there.

Excuse me, sir.

Secret Investigation Unit.

[Secret Investigation Unit]

Officers,

I'm just a physician.

I've just come back from gathering herbs.

Relax.

We just want to ask you a few questions.

Officers,

go ahead and ask.

I'll tell you everything I know.

Sir,

how long have you been practicing medicine here?

I've been practicing medicine here

for over 10 years.

So the villagers nearby

all come to you when they're sick?

Folks living in Mount Nan

are all poor,

and it's hard for them to go downtown for treatment,

so I

settled down here.

I usually

just treat small ailments

like headaches and fevers.

You're a true physician with a kind heart.

You flatter me.

It's just a physician's duty.

Sir,

have you ever treated anyone from this house?

This house has been abandoned

for over 10 years,

but I do

remember its owner.

What do you remember?

It was when I

first started practicing medicine here.

It was pouring rain that day.

The owner of this house

told me

that his son had a high fever that wouldn't break

and asked me to take a look.

My son has had a high fever for days.

He's unconscious

and rambling nonsense.

Don't worry. Let me examine him.

All right.

There were only two people in that house.

One glance at the boy,

and I never forgot him.

Why?

Because that boy was very unusual.

His entire body

was covered in scars

and all kinds of wounds, both fresh and old.

And he had a slight limp.

Though just a child,

he looked like

an old soldier

who had just returned from battle.

It gave me quite a shock.

Sir,

do you still remember

what the boy looked like?

I can't recall his face,

but I do remember

that when I went,

he had been ill for a long time,

and his condition was very serious.

I prescribed two doses of medicine,

but they didn't help,

so I had no choice but to leave.

Later,

when I wanted to check on him again,

they had already moved away.

All right. Thank you for your help.

Judging by the dust

in the house,

it's been at least a decade

since anyone entered.

If what that physician said

is true,

Miao Jie must have taken Miao Yun away

for treatment.

But Miao Jie was an Imperial Secretariat official.

According to Zhuge Kongyun,

he lived alone in the capital,

even residing in the Imperial Secretariat.

There's no way Miao Yun could have

stayed with him without being noticed.

So

he hid Miao Yun somewhere?

The Imperial Secretariat officials

didn't know about Miao Yun's existence.

Master and General Huo were both in the capital,

and they also had adopted

Haiya orphans.

If he had deliberately hidden Miao Yun,

it'd have aroused their suspicion.

So how did he

conceal Miao Yun's existence

without drawing the attention of Mr. Zhong

and my father?

A method that Minister Miao Jie

would use,

but Yesha wouldn't.

You mean

the Cixin Orphanage?

[Cixin Orphanage]

I never knew

the Secret Investigation Unit had female officers.

It's for the convenience of investigation.

The boy you're talking about, Miao Yun—

I remember him.

Is he still here?

He left long ago.

Do you know where he went?

Children leaving the Cixin Orphanage

should have records.

Regular children certainly do,

but Miao Yun

was an exception.

To be honest,

when he arrived,

he was already mentally impaired.

Mentally impaired?

We have a rule here—

never ask about a child's past.

As for who sent him here

or why he was mentally impaired,

nobody knows.

When he arrived,

he couldn't speak,

only smiled foolishly,

and often wandered off.

Shortly after, he disappeared.

We sent people to look for him

but never found him.

The matter

was eventually dropped.

Do you remember what he looked like?

I do.

He had

scars all over his face and body

and a limp in his right leg.

A truly pitiful boy.

Could you draw

his portrait for us?

It's been so long,

but I'll try.

So this is the second Yesha?

This boy with an intellectual disability

is Miao Jie's successor?

The intellectual disability might be a disguise,

a way to deceive others.

After all, if he had been a normal child,

Miao Jie would have had no excuse

to send him to the Cixin Orphanage.

Whether Miao Yun was actually mentally impaired

isn't the point now.

The point is—

where do we find him?

This is what he looked like

many years ago.

People's looks change.

Just one portrait

is far from enough.

Besides, we can't be sure

if he's in the capital.

Even if he is,

with the capital so large

and the few of us

hiding while searching,

there's not enough time.

Father.

What is it?

Regarding Chief Fang...

Regarding Fang Tianzheng's case,

I believe

there's more to it,

so could you please

petition His Majesty

to postpone the execution?

His Majesty's word is law.

How can it be changed so easily?

Besides,

the Chief of the Elite Constabulary Unit turned traitor.

It's such a shocking scandal.

If we don't execute him quickly to appease the public,

the imperial court will lose its dignity.

But Father,

you know better than anyone

that Fang Tianzheng is cautious and timid.

Could something

have happened

to force him

into such an audacious act?

You've seen for yourself

how tight-lipped he is now.

I no longer care about

why he turned traitor.

It's a fact that he released a key criminal.

What we need to do

is capture Xiao Beiming as soon as possible.

But Father,

have you considered one possibility?

Are you trying to say

that Xiao Beiming might not be Yesha?

I've been thinking about it.

Maybe Xiao Beiming

somehow

gained Fang Tianzheng's trust

and convinced him

he wasn't Yesha,

which is why Fang risked his life

to help clear his name.

After all, the Fengbo Lake case

and the Huang Wuchang case

are full of holes.

Full of holes?

What if there's

another possibility?

Maybe Xiao Beiming and Fang Tianzheng

were Yesha's accomplices all along.

Their sinister ambitions

were discovered by Zhong Yunchi,

so they killed him on Fengbo Lake to silence him.

Then one fled,

and the other stayed in the Elite Constabulary Unit

to continue their evil deeds.

After Xiao Beiming was captured,

Fang Tianzheng went to great lengths

to release him,

but his plot was exposed,

and he was caught on the spot.

Father,

d-don't you think that assumption

is too far-fetched?

You'd rather believe that a fugitive

might be wrongly accused

than trust

the evidence we've gathered.

Whose theory sounds more far-fetched here?

At this point,

I'll just speak my mind.

Regarding the Yesha case,

your approach and judgment

have never convinced me.

What did you say?

I still can't understand—

with so many

unanswered questions in the Yesha case,

why are you so sure

that Xiao Beiming is the only suspect?

If he truly had such malicious intent,

wouldn't the King of Constables,

who was so close to him, have noticed?

Because Zhong Yunchi himself was

a hypocritical and cunning man!

The Elite Constabulary Unit

appears righteous and honorable,

but they're actually filthy and corrupt inside,

treacherous and despicable!

I'm not surprised by any evil deeds

committed by the disciples

and subordinates trained

by such a person!

Father,

why are you

so prejudiced against them?

Because I became like this

all because of Zhong Yunchi!

You keep calling him King of Constables,

but do you really know him?

Let me tell you—

I know Zhong Yunchi

better than anyone else.

Because I was once

a constable in the Elite Constabulary Unit!