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[The Wanted Detective]

[Episode 36]

Hurry up.

This is the place.

We've been here before.

This is where the goods shop

delivered the Bosuo Flowers.

There's nothing left inside.

This is just the entrance.

The entrance?

There's a hidden chamber inside,

and a secret passage.

In this house,

there's a hole behind the closet.

That hole

is dug deep and wide.

The entrance is right here,

and the exit

is over there,

in that courtyard by Fengbo Lake

where there are

three willow trees.

Three trees?

You mean the courtyard

next to Dingfeng Pavilion?

So it's near Dingfeng Pavilion,

hidden right under our noses?

At that time, we were wanted throughout the city.

While searching for Miao Yun,

we hid in Dingfeng Pavilion.

At that time, Chief Zhuge

protected us

by avoiding this area

during his patrols.

So up to now,

this place has never been inspected.

For wanted criminals,

this is the safest place

in the entire capital.

Darn it.

I can't believe we've been helping him.

Li Long.

Take some men and surround

from the courtyard outside Fengbo Lake.

We'll go in from the inside,

and we'll attack from both sides.

We must catch him.

Yes.

Let's go. Hurry up.

Come on.

Let's go.

Master.

I have failed you.

In the end, I wasn't able to kill

that Taoist Yunji.

This place

is about to be exposed.

We should retreat immediately.

It's too late.

They should be

standing right

above us now.

The exit by Fengbo Lake

must have also been surrounded.

Master.

You leave first,

and I'll hold them off.

You take them and leave first.

Absolutely not!

If you stay here

and something happens,

that'll...

Don't worry.

Everything is going as I planned.

Thank you, Taoist Yunji.

It's dangerous here.

You should leave first.

Thank you all for saving my life.

If you successfully capture Yesha,

I won't charge a penny

and will perform for three days straight

to celebrate your success.

Deal.

Thanks a lot.

Everyone, be careful.

You're here.

Stay alert.

You said we would meet again,

and I wouldn't dare miss our appointment.

It seems I've underestimated you.

You have nowhere to escape now.

Hand over the Swift Wind Pill

and come back with us.

Go back?

Where to?

The Elite Constabulary Unit or the Heavenly Prison?

Too bad I've been to both.

There was nothing you could do to me.

You just had to watch me

walk away, didn't you?

We've seen through your tricks.

Do you think

we'd fall for them again?

Then guess,

why would I let Taoist Yunji

see this place,

and why would I be here

waiting for you?

Right.

I did say I underestimated you,

but I never said

you could win.

Do it!

You guys

are such a nuisance.

I'll let you out

once I'm done with what I need to do.

When the time comes,

I'll let you see with your own eyes

that everything you try to protect

will cease to exist,

and the entire Qi Kingdom

will be completely transformed.

Bastard!

I remember when we first came in,

I felt many currents of air

blowing from different directions.

This underground secret passage

must be interconnected,

with more than one exit.

That is to say

our men above

have no chance of capturing him at all.

All our men from the Elite Constabulary Unit

and the Secret Investigation Unit

are focused on this place,

which in turn gave them

the opportunity to commit their crime.

We've all fallen into their trap!

Check out these bricks.

These are bricks fired in an official kiln.

This place was probably not

dug out by them,

but was originally part

of the Qi Kingdom.

This is an abandoned underground waterway.

The underground waterways of the Qi Kingdom

were built very spacious

for flood discharge,

even navigable by boat.

With Gong Fu by his side,

he can now easily control the entire underground waterway system

of the Qi Kingdom.

He just said

he'd destroy everything

we try to protect.

His final plan

is probably to use the underground waterways

to infect the entire population of the Qi Kingdom

with the pill poison.

That's impossible.

He can't possibly

execute such a plan.

Although the capital

is filled with underground waterways,

the drinking water channels are separate from each other,

and the wells

between different streets

are also not connected.

I understand now.

It is exactly to prevent

someone from poisoning the water

and contaminating the entire water supply.

If he wants to poison

the entire population,

he would need to connect

all the drinking water channels of every street.

That would require enormous manpower and resources.

He can't possibly accomplish it.

Do you still remember

the customs of the Heaven Worship Ceremony?

What's with that?

The palace never uses well water for drinking.

The water His Majesty drinks

is all sourced from

the Imperial Spring in the palace.

That water is sweet,

and after each Heaven Worship Ceremony,

His Majesty

would bestow this sweet dew to the people,

which is giving the water from the Imperial Spring

to the common folks.

I remember it now.

There's a shallow well

on every main street in the capital

called the Blessing Well.

But those wells are normally dry.

Only after each annual Heaven Worship Ceremony

does sweet spring water appear in them.

At that time, all the citizens

bring their bowls

to drink a bowl of this so-called sweet dew.

These wells

are specially built water channels

that all lead back to the Imperial Spring.

If Yesha poisons the Imperial Spring

through the underground waterways,

then...

The entire Qi Kingdom will be doomed.

They're traveling by water,

so they probably haven't gone far.

Let's find a way out first.

The mechanism's connection points are the weakest.

Perhaps we can try here!

Are you alright?

This won't do.

Before you break through the gate,

you'll exhaust yourselves.

Everyone, step aside.

It's working.

You took the Swift Wind Pill?

Zhong Xueman!

Are you insane?

There's no antidote for the Swift Wind Pill.

Xueman...

I know the Swift Wind Pill is highly toxic,

but before the poison takes effect,

it gives ordinary people

several times

their normal strength.

I took three.

With my internal energy,

I'll definitely be able to break this place open.

Zhong Xueman, you...

Beiming.

You once said that as a constable,

one should be prepared

to sacrifice at any time,

because there are people

we must protect.

This is the principle you taught me since I was little,

isn't it?

Constable Zhong.

-Xueman! -Constable Zhong!

-Xueman! -Zhong Xueman.

Xueman.

Are you okay?

You go find them first.

I'll stay here with her.

But...

But...

Don't let her sacrifice be in vain.

Go save them.

He's right.

Let's go.

Beiming.

You need to go stop Yesha.

Don't stay here.

I'm not going.

You should trust them.

I'm staying here with you.

I'm afraid.

I'm afraid that after the poison takes effect,

I won't remember you,

and I might hurt you.

It won't happen.

You'll be okay.

I still have time.

I still have plenty of time.

I'll find a way to save you.

I won't let anything happen to you,

Xueman.

♪ If there's no solution ♪

♪ Then say no more ♪

I know

♪ Burn half of my life's passion, don't ask about tomorrow ♪

you are Xiao Beiming,

and Xiao Beiming

will definitely find a way.

♪ A journey of pain, a journey away ♪

♪ Don't look back, don't leave regrets ♪

♪ Breaking through the light, what is there to fear about obstacles? ♪

♪ No regrets, no resentment ♪

♪ Love and hatred are one obsession ♪

♪ If by the abyss ♪

♪ Take a glimpse with this body ♪

♪ For the blood of sincerity ♪

♪ For the brave decision ♪

This is the legendary Dragon Mouth Waterfall,

which is also the source of the Imperial Spring.

♪ For the wish made ♪

Has the bestowing of sweet dew begun?

The palace's sluice gates have been opened.

♪ Even if I die from exhaustion ♪

Then let's get started as well.

♪ For the destined fate ♪

♪ For the endless thoughts ♪

♪ Drink to this farewell ♪

Elite Constabulary Unit on duty!

Everyone surrender now!

♪ From daybreak ♪

♪ The sun and moon in my heart ♪

You bastard.

Prepare to die!

Master!

♪ For the blood of sincerity ♪

♪ For the brave decision ♪

♪ For the wish made ♪

♪ Even if I die from exhaustion ♪

Xueman.

Hang in there.

Hang in there.

♪ For the destined fate ♪

Xueman,

look at me.

You need to hold on.

♪ For the endless thoughts ♪

♪ Drink to this farewell ♪

Xueman.

Xueman.

♪ From daybreak ♪

Hang in there.

You must hold on.

Stay with me.

♪ The sun and moon in my heart ♪

Xueman.

Xueman!

Xueman, wake up!

Xueman.

Xueman.

Xueman!

Xueman!

Tong Shuang!

Xueman...

Xueman...

I'm Xiao...

Here comes the water!

The blessed water is here!

Give me some!

Don't push!

Fill a bucket for me.

Give me some too.

I want some as well!

Indeed.

[Three days later]

Sir.

During the bestowing of sweet dew a few days ago,

did you get to partake of the water?

Of course I did.

The water from the Blessing Well

was so sweet.

Everyone in the capital,

young and old, had to have a taste.

So how are you feeling?

Any discomfort?

What kind of question is that?

Drinking the sweet dew brings longevity.

I'm perfectly fine,

no discomfort whatsoever.

Go away.

Don't disturb my fishing.

What kind of person is this?

You lost.

What exactly happened?

The poison has been neutralized.

No one in the capital has been poisoned.

Your plan has failed.

That's impossible.

The Swift Wind Pill poison

couldn't be cured even by the Unstoppable Old Man.

How did you manage

to neutralize it in just a few days?

Beiming...

The Blood-freezing Frost?

Back then, Old Bug

modified my meridians with gold needles

and forced the frost toxin in my body

into a dormant meridian.

Actually, the antidote to the Swift Wind Pill

has been inside my body all along.

That's why

Old Bug, fully aware

that taking the Swift Wind Pill meant certain death,

still chose

to use it to escape his predicament.

Because he already knew that

the Blood-freezing Frost

was the antidote to the Swift Wind Pill.

This is also why

the Unstoppable Old Man, who could have

easily neutralized

the poison Old Bug placed on him,

still died from the poison.

Because at that time, the Unstoppable Old Man

made the most righteous choice.

[Food as Medicine]

The Unstoppable Old Man, in his quest to develop

the antidote for the Swift Wind Pill,

tested poisons on himself multiple times

and was then ambushed and poisoned by Old Bug,

missing the optimal time for detoxification.

In his final moments,

he fulfilled the mission entrusted by our fathers.

Master!

But he didn't have time

to tell others how to use it.

That's why the Blood-freezing Frost

has always been considered a poison.

I didn't lose.

I didn't lose to you.

I clearly won.

You did indeed beat me,

but you also truly lost.

Justice prevails,

and righteousness endures.

You lost to the righteous spirit

of countless people over these past 20 years.

No.

I understand now.

It's fate.

It's heaven.

It's the heavenly way that won't let me win!

Even now,

it still favors you!

You once asked me

if you joined the Elite Constabulary Unit

and I joined the Pingyuan Escort Agency,

what would become of you

and what would become of me.

I didn't answer you then,

but I can give you

my answer now.

If that were the case,

you might have become

a better Beiming,

but I

would never have become

a more wicked Bei Kun.

What makes you so sure?

Because in this world,

there will always be suffering,

and there will always be

people who are not favored by fate.

But suffering and hatred cannot be

reasons to harm the innocent.

Even if such suffering

had befallen me,

I still firmly believe

that if

Miao Jie had appeared before me then,

I would never have done

what you did.

That's because you don't know

where your roots lie!

But I do.

As someone from Haiya,

I did nothing wrong

seeking revenge for Haiya!

But what about those Haiya orphans?

Zhu Yitie,

Qing Ying,

and Huang Wuchang.

They weren't all living in hardship.

Some could even have lived peaceful lives,

yet because of you,

they all died tragically.

Luo Shu, Luo Sen,

Xing, Xiaoyue,

and all your fellow Haiya people—

which one of them

has lived a better life because of you?

You keep saying

you were doing it for Haiya,

but when have you

truly cared about Haiya in your heart?

You feel pain from your past misfortunes,

and because of that pain,

you demand that others

suffer just as you have.

Because of your selfish desires,

you've caused countless tragedies.

How is the evil you've inflicted on the Qi Kingdom

any different from

what the Qi Kingdom

did to Haiya back then?

Today you seek revenge against the Qi Kingdom,

but who'll bear the Qi Kingdom's hatred

in the future?

Actually, you've had many chances

to turn back.

The moment I left with Miao Jie,

I knew

there would be

no chance for me

to ever turn back in this life.

Back in the underground waterway,

when Xueman and I were trying to escape,

we found explosives all over the walls.

You could have easily

blown us all to death,

but instead, you merely

trapped us inside the mechanism.

I just wanted you all

to witness the fall of the Qi Kingdom with your own eyes.

But I lost.

That cenotaph

built for Tong Shuang in Haiya,

you saw it,

didn't you?

Some things

are just beyond my reach

in this lifetime.

But you once had them in your grasp.

My brother.

If there's a next life,

it's best that you and I never meet again.

♪ I drift in the wind like grass ♪

The sun feels so warm.

♪ I open my hands to block ♪

♪ The brewing storm ♪

♪ Fate rips off the sleeves ♪

♪ The scarlet color is so heavy ♪

♪ A drop of rain ♪

♪ Soaks through ♪

♪ The pupils ♪

♪ Sometimes nightmares linger endlessly ♪

Then come with me.

♪ On the cliffside, there is always ♪

♪ No calmness to be found ♪

♪ 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 ♪

♪ Traveling the long night with countless obstacles ♪

♪ Through the undercurrents ♪

♪ Never stopping ♪

♪ I want everyone to see me clearly ♪

♪ The unyielding fire ♪

♪ The passionate pulse ♪

♪ See the abyss ♪

♪ And see the sky ♪

[One month later]

Are you all leaving?

[Elite Constabulary Unit]

His Majesty has made public

the Haiya incident

and the full details of the Yesha case.

Xueman and I

plan to visit Haiya again

and help them rebuild their homes.

We might be gone for a year or so,

which can be considered

fulfilling our promise to the people of Haiya.

What about you two?

Of course we're going to

travel the world.

Staying in the capital all the time

isn't right.

Besides, the Qi Kingdom is so vast.

There must be many places

that need our help.

Don't you agree, Dairong?

Before we leave,

there's one thing

I want to ask you, Dairong.

What is it?

Would you like to be the second female constable

of the Elite Constabulary Unit?

She wouldn't.

I'd love to!

You're all leaving,

leaving me alone in the capital.

How boring.

Does anyone want

me to come along?

Am I that unlikable?

I heard Chief Zhuge

has already requested retirement from His Majesty.

Can you, the newly appointed

Chief of the Secret Investigation Unit,

really leave the capital?

You're not looking for an excuse to run away, are you?

Don't get me started.

This is what's troubling me

the most right now.

I don't want to be Chief.

It's too troublesome.

I'd rather be a secret agent,

free and easy.

Defying an imperial order is punishable by death.

[Elite Constabulary Unit]

You're not planning to drag us down with you, are you?

Turning your backs on me now?

You were the ones who dragged me into this in the first place.

How about this?

To avoid you, Chief Zhuge,

being bored for too long,

one year

from today,

we'll reunite here.

After all, we still have

an important matter

that requires everyone's presence.

[One year later]

Who would have thought

that Constable Xiao would hold

another wedding after four years?

Indeed.

Mr. Zhuge

is already Chief now,

yet he's still the one leading the horse.

Have some candy.

Back then,

I was the one who led your horse,

and now it's me again.

But now, I'm the Chief of the Secret Investigation Unit.

I really lost face this time.

How should I face people from now on?

That can't be helped. You lost to me again last night.

Besides,

why are you dressed up

so flashy again?

Never mind.

The greatest detective of the Qi Kingdom

marrying the same person twice

and me leading the horse twice

must be unprecedented

and will never happen again.

I'm truly honored.

Next time, I'll lead the horse for you.

Seeing you get married,

I've finally

put one worry to rest.

When I reunite with your mother

in the afterlife,

we'll both be able to rest in peace.

[Happiness]

♪ How long have I awaited this moment in time? ♪

♪ Hand in hand, until the end of our lives ♪

♪ Lanterns illuminate brocade curtains throughout all seasons ♪

♪ How long have I awaited this moment in time? ♪

♪ With melody and wine, idle away while basking in moonlight ♪

♪ Beauty fades as time passes by ♪

♪ Lingering only for you ♪

♪ Breezes stir waves ♪

♪ Gleaming like a vast starry sky ♪

♪ Only because I loved you ♪

♪ Autumn and waters constitute perfect harmony ♪

♪ Even if ♪

♪ Blossoms fall on a silent night ♪

♪ Even if ♪

♪ Swallows return in a hurry with the bleak season drawing near ♪

♪ Climb to the peak and show you my love ♪

♪ Time flies like shooting stars ♪

♪ That scene ♪

♪ Ten thousand charms ♪

♪ Dim the glints and flashes of blades ♪

♪ How long have I awaited this moment in time? ♪

♪ Muttering to myself, endlessly chattering ♪

[Happiness]

♪ Your worries are mine too, the dreams never cease ♪

♪ How long have I awaited this moment in time? ♪

♪ The willows sway gently, and the snowflakes fall softly ♪

♪ Beauty fades as time passes by ♪

♪ Lingering only for you ♪

♪ Breezes stir waves ♪

Honey.

Can't wait any longer?

♪ Gleaming like a vast starry sky ♪

Indeed, I've waited too long.

♪ Only because I loved you ♪

♪ Autumn and waters constitute perfect harmony ♪

♪ Even if ♪

Beiming.

When did you become

♪ Blossoms fall on a silent night ♪

so flirty?

What did you just call me?

♪ Even if ♪

Honey.

♪ Swallows return in a hurry with the bleak season drawing near ♪

♪ Climb to the peak and show you my love ♪

♪ Time flies like shooting stars ♪

♪ That scene ♪

♪ Ten thousand charms ♪

♪ Can withstand the charge of countless horses ♪

♪ This moment ♪

Xiao!

Xueman!

There's a major case!

♪ Is what long yearned for ♪

There's a major case!

It's extremely urgent!

Coming!

[The End]