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[Episode 25]
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My Lord was invited by his friend, Bai Yu Tang,
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to come and observe as he and the Masters
of Medicine compete in medical skills.
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His Highness's presence truly
brings honor to us.
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However, we have never hosted
such a noble guest.
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I fear we may lose face before the royalty.
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Chief, do not worry.
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His Highness is easygoing.
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Your family only needs to host this event
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as grandly as in previous years.
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- Sure thing.
- Indeed.
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As long as His Highness can see
his good friend at the assembly,
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his spirits will not be dampened.
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Understood.
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I shall take my leave.
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You gave me money
and paid for my stay at the inn.
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Do you really just want me
to tell everyone the truth?
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We've taken up two days of your livelihood.
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This money is to compensate you.
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Please, you must tell everyone exactly
what you told us once more.
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Alright.
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This is Yao Yu Shan's house, right?
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No news for so many days.
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I'm afraid he's met with an ill fate.
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His poor wife is all alone.
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Lord Zhan.
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Our Chief invites you
to Cuixi Forest for a talk.
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This is clearly a trap they've set.
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If we actually go,
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we'll be falling right into their trap.
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Just brush them off.
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Say a major case broke out in the district,
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or that you've fallen seriously ill.
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What's this about a Prince visiting?
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It's just a bluff.
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Don't be hasty.
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Let's wait a bit.
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Come in!
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I failed the task.
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That was to be expected.
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I will find another way
to postpone the Suwen Assembly.
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I'll buy you time to silence the witnesses.
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Or... I'll make sure the assembly
fails to happen.
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No.
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The assembly must be held,
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and it must be held on schedule.
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On this small board,
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it may look like a deadlock.
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However,
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by sacrificing one stone,
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one can see how many chips the opponent holds.
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Why not take the risk?
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Indeed.
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We should thank Zhan Zhao.
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He has gathered all the witnesses
and evidence for us.
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Lord Zhan...
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since he wants to trap us,
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we shall simply enter the trap.
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[Joyful Stay Inn]
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Zhan. Bai is back.
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You're here.
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Mrs. Jiao and her son have been
settled in the next room.
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With us guarding them, nothing will go wrong.
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Good.
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We are only missing one key witness,
Yao Yu Shan.
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If we can find him,
our chances of winning will be much greater.
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But I was thinking,
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if Luo Wen Jie is truly Si Ming,
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even if we have all the witnesses,
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he'll find a way to evade the charges.
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I want to go to Flying Petals Col.
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What?
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It will rain heavily tonight.
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Sunny-Rainy Grass will be easy to spot.
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If I can find the Day-Long Cocoon
from the notes,
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I can prove that my brother
was indeed was indeed in the mountains.
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But you're injured.
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How can you go looking for it?
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My brother grew up in luxury.
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He was physically weak and frail.
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Even he could climb up there.
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What's a little injury to me?
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This is the only thing I can still do for him.
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But it's far too dangerous.
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Even if you find the Day-Long Cocoon,
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it might not be enough to convict Si Ming.
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Be careful.
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If I'm not back by tomorrow morning,
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go straight to Qinghui Hall.
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Don't wait for me.
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Bai!
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Bai!
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He's still injured.
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Let him go.
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If he doesn't give it his all tonight,
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he'll regret it for the rest of his life.
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It's about to rain.
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Let's eat first.
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Miss Huo, don't worry.
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Before Bai set out,
we gave him plenty of climbing gear.
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He'll be fine.
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That's right, Miss Huo.
The food is getting cold.
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There's still no sign of Yao Yu Shan.
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Could he...
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have fallen into Si Ming's hands?
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If he's coerced into giving false testimony...
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When we passed Yao Yu Shan's house today,
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you said something, remember?
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"He still hasn't been found."
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"He's likely met with an ill fate."
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Not that one.
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You said,
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"His poor wife is all alone."
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Her husband has been missing for days,
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yet she's in the mood to give to beggars.
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She knows exactly where Yao Yu Shan is.
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My husband really hasn't come back.
How would I know where he is?
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He's in great danger right now.
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I really don't know.
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You should look elsewhere.
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If he's caught by others first,
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it will be a disaster!
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It's about to rain.
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It's not proper for you to stay here.
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Please leave.
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[Settle in Calm, Stay with Joy]
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This rain is really coming down hard.
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Miss Huo, does it always rain
this strangely here in Xiangzhou?
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Always like this in autumn.
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For tomorrow's Suwen Assembly...
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Will our plan actually work?
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I wonder how Bai is doing.
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It'll be fine, Miss Huo.
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Our Prince said,
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"Heaven looks after good people."
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No matter how heavy the rain,
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it will eventually pass.
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[Settle in Calm, Stay with Joy]
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Sunny-Rainy Grass.
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It really is Sunny-Rainy Grass!
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[Jin Mansion]
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Chief!
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Chief!
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Chief!
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A group of people
from the prefectural court has arrived.
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They say the Governor is here for the ceremony.
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- The Governor is here too?
- The Governor?
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This year's Suwen Assembly is certainly lively.
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We can finally see Si Ming's true face.
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[Luo Wen Jie, Governor of Xiangzhou]
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He doesn't seem like much.
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Come, look. Another carriage!
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How grand!
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I wonder which noble it is.
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I heard it's Prince Hui.
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He's a prince. Of course it's grand.
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I'm Luo Wen Jie, Governor of Xiangzhou,
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welcome, Your Highness.
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I am Zhao Zhi Er,
manager of the Prince's manor.
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Greetings, Governor Luo.
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To answer you,
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His Highness saw some beautiful scenery
along the way.
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So he wants to take a stroll.
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Please go ahead. He will arrive soon.
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Lord Luo, please.
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You are number six.
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[Immortal of Longevity Arts]
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The auspicious hour is near.
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I'm afraid His Highness won't make it.
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His Highness has specifically instructed.
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Do not delay the Suwen Assembly because of him.
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I'll go find fast horses
to welcome His Highness,
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Zhan Zhao of Kaifeng Prefecture.
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By Prince Hui's order,
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I am here to attend to Governor Luo.
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I wouldn't dare.
You are a high official from the capital.
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How could I let you serve me?
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[Jin Mansion]
The auspicious hour has arrived!
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Governor Luo.
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Once the Suwen Assembly begins,
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all three courtyards will be closed.
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No one can leave during that time.
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This tradition hasn't changed in a century.
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Let us not break their rules.
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Since His Highness can't make it,
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let's invite Governor Luo...
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to take the seat of honor.
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Governor Luo, please.
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I cannot. That would be overstepping.
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His Highness isn't that particular.
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Governor Luo, please.
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Please.
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I shall obey your request then.
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[Suwen Assembly]
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[Qinghui Hall]
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Governor Luo, please.
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If I'm not mistaken,
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His Highness didn't come at all, did he?
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Look at you.
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How could that be?
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Miss Huo.
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Even the Prince of Nanqing Palace
came to attend the ceremony today.
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I really want to go outside and see.
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Yeah, so many people this year.
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Who rang it? It's not time yet.
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- What the hell? Aren't we both here?
- The auspicious hour has arrived!
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It's only a few minutes early.
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If the Chief finds out that
we rang the bell at the wrong time,
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we'll definitely be punished.
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I'll ring it then.
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Friends and family,
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thank you for attending the Suwen Assembly.
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The Jin family is deeply grateful.
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Especially today,
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with Governor Luo's visit.
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Your presence brings light to our humble home.
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I, Zhen Ping,
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thank you for coming.
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According to the tradition
of the Suwen Assembly,
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each participating disciple holds
a number plate they have selected.
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Inside this brocade box,
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are the corresponding number plates.
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In a moment,
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the disciple whose number I draw
must come forward for the test.
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There must be no delay.
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Why isn't Bai here yet?
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He's been gone all night.
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He should've found the medicine by now.
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[Six]
Number six.
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Is number six here?
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If not, it will be considered a forfeit!
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He saw that Bai wasn't here,
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so he rigged the draw on purpose.
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I am number six.
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Bai Yu Tang asked me to take the test for him.
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What? A proxy for the contest?
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This is unheard of.
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How can someone take the contest for another?
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Calm down, everyone.
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Bai Yu Tang and I are not here today
to participate in the tournament.
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Since Governor Luo is here today,
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we would like to take this opportunity...
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to appeal to you, Governor Luo,
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regarding an old case of injustice.
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Go to the magistrate's court for that.
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This place...
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is not a court of law.
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No court in Xiangzhou
dares to accept this case.
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That is because this case...
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was personally closed by you, Governor Luo.
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Did the Jin family...
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invite me here...
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just for this?
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You!
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You, you, you...
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Give it to me!
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When the Chief agreed to let
Little Seventeen take the contest,
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I was extremely cautious.
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Where is Little Seventeen?
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Where is that brat?
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Come out!
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You are an outsider.
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What right do you have to meddle
in the Jin family's affairs?
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This is not just your family's business.
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Bai's brother was the eldest son of the fifth
branch of the Jin family's 13th generation,
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Jin Xue Wen.
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He was accused of murdering a young woman.
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Everyone here must have heard of it.
269
00:24:58,735 --> 00:25:01,415
And the victim back then was my auntie.
270
00:25:01,415 --> 00:25:04,198
How am I not qualified
to cry out for justice here?
271
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You...
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Everyone.
273
00:25:06,581 --> 00:25:08,833
My aunt died under suspicious circumstances.
274
00:25:08,833 --> 00:25:11,701
The real killer is still at large.
275
00:25:11,701 --> 00:25:13,820
Jin Xue Wen has been wrongly
accused for 15 years.
276
00:25:13,820 --> 00:25:15,980
He was even removed from the family tree.
277
00:25:15,980 --> 00:25:20,180
Today, I ask Governor Luo to
reopen the case before everyone,
278
00:25:20,180 --> 00:25:22,540
and give them justice.
279
00:25:22,540 --> 00:25:25,540
Right and wrong, loyalty and treachery,
good and evil...
280
00:25:25,540 --> 00:25:27,140
Everyone here
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00:25:27,140 --> 00:25:29,189
shall be my witness.
282
00:25:34,980 --> 00:25:37,140
Old Chief,
283
00:25:37,140 --> 00:25:39,580
how can you let her
284
00:25:39,580 --> 00:25:41,515
cause such a scene?
285
00:25:41,515 --> 00:25:42,820
If you indulge her like this,
286
00:25:42,820 --> 00:25:44,729
then this Suwen Assembly...
287
00:25:44,729 --> 00:25:48,117
- might as well be canceled!
- Lord Luo, please calm down.
288
00:25:50,140 --> 00:25:51,754
Young lady,
289
00:25:51,754 --> 00:25:53,460
if you truly have a grievance,
290
00:25:53,460 --> 00:25:55,140
wait until the tournament is over,
291
00:25:55,140 --> 00:25:57,220
then let Governor Luo judge for you.
292
00:25:57,220 --> 00:25:59,940
So many people have come here
to attend the ceremony,
293
00:25:59,940 --> 00:26:02,740
not to listen to a trial.
294
00:26:03,861 --> 00:26:05,272
Old Chief,
295
00:26:05,272 --> 00:26:06,580
in terms of seniority,
296
00:26:06,580 --> 00:26:09,180
you are Jin Xue Wen's granduncle.
297
00:26:09,880 --> 00:26:12,660
A son of the Jin family was wronged
for over a decade.
298
00:26:12,660 --> 00:26:16,140
Is that less important than
a medical evaluation?
299
00:26:16,140 --> 00:26:20,141
I heard that Jin Xue Wen respected you deeply.
300
00:26:20,141 --> 00:26:21,621
Now that his name is still tarnished,
301
00:26:21,621 --> 00:26:24,060
how can you act as if nothing happened...
302
00:26:24,060 --> 00:26:26,260
and host the Suwen Assembly here?
303
00:26:26,260 --> 00:26:28,581
This lady is right.
304
00:26:28,581 --> 00:26:30,780
A physician, besides having medical skills,
305
00:26:30,780 --> 00:26:33,141
must also have a heart of compassion.
306
00:26:33,141 --> 00:26:35,260
The one who was wronged is
a fellow disciple of medicine.
307
00:26:35,260 --> 00:26:37,100
How can we ignore his grievance
308
00:26:37,100 --> 00:26:39,100
and only focus on fame and fortune?
309
00:26:39,100 --> 00:26:41,661
I believe the competition can be postponed.
310
00:26:41,661 --> 00:26:45,030
Hearing this lady's grievance first
is what matters most.
311
00:26:45,621 --> 00:26:49,896
- Well said!
- Well said!
312
00:26:56,181 --> 00:26:59,630
- Retrial!
- Retrial!
313
00:27:15,620 --> 00:27:19,621
How could you ignore the grievances
of the people, Governor Luo?
314
00:27:19,621 --> 00:27:21,260
Please take your seat, sir.
315
00:27:21,260 --> 00:27:25,505
Should I help you fill out the court
with some people to shout the court commands?
316
00:27:39,955 --> 00:27:42,141
I am from the prefectural court.
317
00:27:42,141 --> 00:27:46,867
I travel between various county courts.
318
00:27:49,780 --> 00:27:53,030
Governor Luo will reopen the case, right?
319
00:28:04,067 --> 00:28:07,092
If there is a grievance, speak up quickly.
320
00:28:08,340 --> 00:28:10,060
However,
321
00:28:10,060 --> 00:28:13,076
regarding a case from 15 years ago,
322
00:28:13,076 --> 00:28:15,620
I may not remember it clearly.
323
00:28:15,620 --> 00:28:17,620
Governor Luo.
324
00:28:18,719 --> 00:28:21,236
The case files and physical evidence
are all right here.
325
00:28:21,236 --> 00:28:22,780
If you cannot remember,
326
00:28:22,780 --> 00:28:25,260
feel free to look through them to recall.
327
00:28:36,860 --> 00:28:39,540
How did you obtain these files?
328
00:28:40,517 --> 00:28:41,701
Back then...
329
00:28:41,701 --> 00:28:43,941
this case was settled in Xiangyang County.
330
00:28:43,941 --> 00:28:45,260
The files...
331
00:28:45,260 --> 00:28:48,355
naturally, were requested
from the Xiangyang County Court.
332
00:28:51,820 --> 00:28:53,820
The deputy and registrar even said
333
00:28:53,820 --> 00:28:56,336
that two days ago,
the county office's warehouse caught fire.
334
00:28:56,336 --> 00:28:59,620
All documents and files were incinerated.
335
00:28:59,620 --> 00:29:00,740
Fortunately,
336
00:29:00,740 --> 00:29:03,485
I had requested the files in advance.
337
00:29:04,106 --> 00:29:05,603
If Governor Luo doesn't believe me,
338
00:29:05,603 --> 00:29:07,751
you may go and verify it.
339
00:29:08,740 --> 00:29:10,886
Not necessary.
340
00:29:16,790 --> 00:29:18,500
The files state...
341
00:29:18,500 --> 00:29:20,661
that Jin Xue Wen was convicted
342
00:29:20,661 --> 00:29:23,901
based on three witnesses
and two pieces of physical evidence.
343
00:29:23,901 --> 00:29:27,842
The first witness
was the Jin family's butler...
344
00:29:29,220 --> 00:29:31,144
Xu An.
345
00:29:32,581 --> 00:29:33,861
Mr. Xu,
346
00:29:33,861 --> 00:29:35,842
please step forward.
347
00:29:37,793 --> 00:29:39,740
Xu An,
348
00:29:39,740 --> 00:29:41,860
step forward and answer.
349
00:29:43,980 --> 00:29:45,798
Yes, sir.
350
00:29:50,820 --> 00:29:55,140
You said you saw Jin Xue Wen
harassing the victim before the crime.
351
00:29:55,140 --> 00:29:57,994
Using frivolous language, and getting physical?
352
00:29:57,994 --> 00:29:59,422
Think back carefully.
353
00:29:59,422 --> 00:30:01,084
What exactly did he say?
354
00:30:01,084 --> 00:30:03,967
And how was he getting physical?
355
00:30:03,967 --> 00:30:06,220
What else could he have said?
356
00:30:06,220 --> 00:30:07,740
Whenever he saw a girl,
357
00:30:07,740 --> 00:30:09,060
he would chase after her.
358
00:30:09,060 --> 00:30:13,260
He said, "Sinking fish and falling geese,
hiding the moon and shaming flowers;
359
00:30:13,260 --> 00:30:17,900
Like the Moon Goddess, Chang'e,
or the Goddess of Wushan."
360
00:30:17,900 --> 00:30:19,822
When the girl ignored him,
361
00:30:19,822 --> 00:30:22,220
he would reach out his hand
362
00:30:22,220 --> 00:30:25,941
to touch her hair in broad daylight.
363
00:30:25,941 --> 00:30:29,740
After touching it,
he would put it under his nose to take a sniff.
364
00:30:29,740 --> 00:30:32,540
Is that something a decent person would do?
365
00:30:32,540 --> 00:30:34,740
- Yeah.
- That's right.
366
00:30:34,740 --> 00:30:38,929
Why does this story sound a bit familiar?
367
00:30:38,929 --> 00:30:41,101
It's not just me.
368
00:30:41,101 --> 00:30:44,912
Don't you all find it familiar as well?
369
00:30:45,540 --> 00:30:46,580
Yeah.
370
00:30:46,580 --> 00:30:48,300
In the past ten days,
371
00:30:48,300 --> 00:30:50,220
while visiting the Jin Mansion,
372
00:30:50,220 --> 00:30:53,992
I've heard those same words
no less than three times.
373
00:30:53,992 --> 00:30:55,181
Of course,
374
00:30:55,181 --> 00:30:56,500
every time you tell it,
375
00:30:56,500 --> 00:30:59,905
the girl Jin Xue Wen harassed
is a different person.
376
00:31:00,620 --> 00:31:03,582
I'm sure you all have heard it
more than I have.
377
00:31:06,245 --> 00:31:07,604
But...
378
00:31:07,604 --> 00:31:10,340
Jin Xue Wen was an exceptionally
talented scholar.
379
00:31:10,340 --> 00:31:12,180
Even if he were to use lewd words,
380
00:31:12,180 --> 00:31:14,205
he wouldn't be so repetitive.
381
00:31:14,205 --> 00:31:15,940
Even use the exact same lines
382
00:31:15,940 --> 00:31:18,340
on every single person?
383
00:31:19,980 --> 00:31:22,436
When it comes to the flirting lines,
384
00:31:22,436 --> 00:31:24,500
they're all pretty much the same.
How different can they be?
385
00:31:24,500 --> 00:31:27,075
When you've been scolding us in the manor,
386
00:31:27,075 --> 00:31:31,005
was it always the same, even every single word?
387
00:31:31,620 --> 00:31:34,086
So I can't help but suspect...
388
00:31:34,086 --> 00:31:35,740
that one day,
389
00:31:35,740 --> 00:31:38,672
you heard Jin Xue Wen say those words
to a certain lady,
390
00:31:38,672 --> 00:31:40,756
then you memorized them,
391
00:31:40,756 --> 00:31:43,075
From then on, no matter whose story it was,
392
00:31:43,075 --> 00:31:45,075
you used the exact same script.
393
00:31:45,075 --> 00:31:46,020
I...
394
00:31:46,020 --> 00:31:47,956
Can testimony like this
395
00:31:47,956 --> 00:31:49,115
be taken seriously?
396
00:31:49,115 --> 00:31:51,115
No!
397
00:31:51,115 --> 00:31:52,660
It can't be!
398
00:31:52,660 --> 00:31:55,384
I didn't lie!
399
00:31:55,384 --> 00:31:57,100
You say you didn't lie?
400
00:31:57,100 --> 00:32:02,795
Then repeat exactly what Jin Xue Wen said
when he was flirting with the victim!
401
00:32:02,795 --> 00:32:04,035
- That's right!
- Yes!
402
00:32:04,035 --> 00:32:05,617
Speak!
403
00:32:08,115 --> 00:32:09,192
- Say it!
- Speak up!
404
00:32:09,192 --> 00:32:11,196
Say it!
405
00:32:12,196 --> 00:32:14,555
I'm old! I can't remember!
406
00:32:14,555 --> 00:32:16,355
Is it that you can't remember,
407
00:32:16,355 --> 00:32:18,115
or that you never heard it clearly?
408
00:32:18,115 --> 00:32:21,460
Did you just see Jin Xue Wen
talking to the victim
409
00:32:21,460 --> 00:32:24,207
and assume he was flirting with her?
410
00:32:24,795 --> 00:32:27,555
Xu An's words are merely corroboration.
411
00:32:27,555 --> 00:32:29,756
Even if most of it is unreliable,
412
00:32:29,756 --> 00:32:32,595
Jin Xue Wen's lustful and frivolous nature,
413
00:32:32,595 --> 00:32:34,667
it's known to everyone.
414
00:32:34,667 --> 00:32:36,905
Is that not enough to convict him?
415
00:32:40,660 --> 00:32:43,196
Since Governor Luo says so,
416
00:32:43,196 --> 00:32:47,155
that proves Xu An's testimony is now invalid.
417
00:32:58,515 --> 00:33:01,716
Luo Wen Jie is such a fool.
418
00:33:01,716 --> 00:33:04,436
If it weren't for your hard work,
419
00:33:04,436 --> 00:33:06,867
he'd have been dead many times over.
420
00:33:10,740 --> 00:33:15,100
The second witness in the original case
was the current master of the Tang Sect,
421
00:33:15,100 --> 00:33:17,060
Tang Ji.
422
00:33:19,099 --> 00:33:20,555
In court,
423
00:33:20,555 --> 00:33:22,875
Jin Xue Wen said
that on the night of the murder,
424
00:33:22,875 --> 00:33:25,900
he went to gather herbs at Flying Petals Col,
40 miles from Xiangyang.
425
00:33:25,900 --> 00:33:27,100
Before entering the mountain,
426
00:33:27,100 --> 00:33:31,235
at Chunxin Pavilion at the valley entrance,
he met Tang Ji and a woman,
427
00:33:31,235 --> 00:33:32,371
and even greeted them.
428
00:33:32,371 --> 00:33:33,780
But Tang Ji...
429
00:33:33,780 --> 00:33:35,420
flatly denied it in court.
430
00:33:35,420 --> 00:33:38,140
Tang Ji is not here today.
431
00:33:38,140 --> 00:33:40,282
How are you going to refute his testimony?
432
00:33:40,282 --> 00:33:42,956
I cannot refute it,
433
00:33:42,956 --> 00:33:46,917
but someone can prove
that Jin Xue Wen was not lying.
434
00:34:03,996 --> 00:34:06,030
Who is this?
435
00:34:07,042 --> 00:34:08,835
To answer your honor,
436
00:34:08,835 --> 00:34:10,448
my name is Cui Tian.
437
00:34:10,448 --> 00:34:12,436
I am from Jiang Village.
438
00:34:12,436 --> 00:34:14,275
I hunt for a living.
439
00:34:14,275 --> 00:34:18,842
Every summer and autumn,
I stay at Flying Petals Col for a few months.
440
00:34:18,842 --> 00:34:20,355
20 years ago,
441
00:34:20,355 --> 00:34:23,300
I would often see a man and a woman
at the entrance,
442
00:34:23,300 --> 00:34:25,730
meeting secretly at Chunxin Pavilion.
443
00:34:25,730 --> 00:34:26,956
15 years ago,
444
00:34:26,956 --> 00:34:29,460
even when the plague was at its worst,
445
00:34:29,460 --> 00:34:32,035
they still met often in the mountains.
446
00:34:32,035 --> 00:34:33,979
I remember it very clearly.
447
00:34:33,979 --> 00:34:35,476
Do you recognize Tang Ji?
448
00:34:35,476 --> 00:34:36,955
I do not.
449
00:34:36,955 --> 00:34:38,196
However,
450
00:34:38,196 --> 00:34:40,236
I have seen his portrait.
451
00:34:40,236 --> 00:34:44,515
Indeed, he looks very similar to the person
I saw before.
452
00:34:44,515 --> 00:34:46,542
A portrait?
453
00:34:46,542 --> 00:34:50,676
Based on just a portrait,
you conclude the person you saw was Tang Ji?
454
00:34:50,676 --> 00:34:52,355
Lord Zhan,
455
00:34:52,355 --> 00:34:55,236
you weren't so lenient...
456
00:34:55,236 --> 00:34:57,275
when you were questioning Xu An.
457
00:34:57,275 --> 00:35:00,676
Whether the hunter can identify
that man as Tang Ji is not important.
458
00:35:00,676 --> 00:35:04,730
But what he said is enough to prove
that Jin Xue Wen is not the killer.
459
00:35:04,730 --> 00:35:07,236
On the night of the murder,
he wasn't in the city.
460
00:35:07,236 --> 00:35:08,956
He went to Flying Petals Col instead.
461
00:35:08,956 --> 00:35:11,236
That's why he saw a man and a woman,
462
00:35:11,236 --> 00:35:13,555
meeting at Chunxin Pavilion.
463
00:35:13,555 --> 00:35:15,460
The hunter also said earlier
464
00:35:15,460 --> 00:35:19,275
that this man and woman met
at Flying Petals Col every year.
465
00:35:19,275 --> 00:35:22,820
Perhaps Jin Xue Wen saw them
years before the incident,
466
00:35:22,820 --> 00:35:26,060
and during the trial,
he lied and said it was on that night.
467
00:35:26,060 --> 00:35:28,470
Who says that's not the truth?
468
00:35:28,470 --> 00:35:31,067
Wouldn't that be too foolish?
469
00:35:31,067 --> 00:35:33,135
He claimed that he greeted the man,
470
00:35:33,135 --> 00:35:36,460
and insisted that the man was Tang Ji.
471
00:35:36,460 --> 00:35:38,236
If that were a lie,
472
00:35:38,236 --> 00:35:42,930
wouldn't he just be waiting for you
to find Tang Ji and expose him to his face?
473
00:35:46,955 --> 00:35:49,060
Governor Luo,
474
00:35:49,060 --> 00:35:50,756
there were many suspicious points...
475
00:35:50,756 --> 00:35:53,230
in the evidence back then.
476
00:35:55,700 --> 00:35:57,300
The case file states the tear
477
00:35:57,300 --> 00:35:59,328
on this bloodstained robe...
478
00:35:59,328 --> 00:36:01,475
was scratched by my aunt.
479
00:36:01,475 --> 00:36:03,300
But on Jin Xue Wen's shoulder,
480
00:36:03,300 --> 00:36:05,900
the wound was an inch deep.
481
00:36:05,900 --> 00:36:08,540
Could a human really scratch that deep?
482
00:36:09,867 --> 00:36:11,835
Then in your opinion,
483
00:36:11,835 --> 00:36:14,692
how did he get that wound?
484
00:36:21,420 --> 00:36:23,795
I am Jin Xue Wen's brother.
485
00:36:23,795 --> 00:36:28,380
Let me tell you
how the wound on my brother's body happened.
486
00:36:42,555 --> 00:36:43,955
This is...
487
00:36:43,955 --> 00:36:47,516
what the coroner sketched
based on the wounds on Jin Xue Wen's body.
488
00:36:47,516 --> 00:36:48,875
The proportions,
489
00:36:48,875 --> 00:36:50,116
the size,
490
00:36:50,116 --> 00:36:55,592
and the depth of the wound
are identical to the wound on Bai's body.
491
00:36:55,592 --> 00:36:56,942
They are indeed identical.
492
00:36:57,803 --> 00:36:59,260
There is something fishy about this.
493
00:36:59,260 --> 00:37:01,236
Back then, in court,
494
00:37:01,236 --> 00:37:02,500
my brother said that night,
495
00:37:02,500 --> 00:37:04,236
he was in the mountains picking herbs.
496
00:37:04,236 --> 00:37:06,180
He wasn't lying!
497
00:37:06,180 --> 00:37:09,955
The herbs he was picking
grow next to the cave where falcons nest.
498
00:37:09,955 --> 00:37:13,680
The wounds on his body
were caused by a falcon's attack.
499
00:37:39,180 --> 00:37:42,475
When that falcon returned from hunting,
it saw me lying at the cave entrance.
500
00:37:42,475 --> 00:37:46,567
It thought I was a threat to its eggs,
so it attacked me with all its might.
501
00:37:46,567 --> 00:37:49,060
Back then, my brother must have
encountered the same situation.
502
00:37:49,060 --> 00:37:51,236
That's why he had similar wounds.
503
00:37:51,236 --> 00:37:54,717
As for the herbs he was picking,
I have already found them.
504
00:38:01,940 --> 00:38:03,898
The Day-Long Cocoon.
505
00:38:04,940 --> 00:38:09,180
The Jin Master and the Old Chief
must surely recognize this.
506
00:38:12,140 --> 00:38:16,676
Before it hatches,
it's transparent and scalding like fire.
507
00:38:16,676 --> 00:38:17,875
That's right.
508
00:38:17,875 --> 00:38:19,716
It is the Day-Long Cocoon.
509
00:38:19,716 --> 00:38:22,466
To think you could find such a rare treasure.
510
00:38:22,466 --> 00:38:24,740
In the well of our old house in Pagoda Lane,
511
00:38:24,740 --> 00:38:27,752
I found the Day-Long Cocoon my brother picked.
512
00:38:27,752 --> 00:38:31,692
The top prize 15 years ago
should have been his.
513
00:38:41,196 --> 00:38:43,239
You claim this thing is a Day-Long Cocoon?
514
00:38:43,239 --> 00:38:44,435
Fine.
515
00:38:44,435 --> 00:38:46,900
Even if this lump of mud is a Day-Long Cocoon,
516
00:38:46,900 --> 00:38:52,299
someone saw him leaving the victim's house.
How do you explain that?
517
00:38:52,299 --> 00:38:53,955
Are you referring to...
518
00:38:53,955 --> 00:38:56,180
Mrs. Jiao?
519
00:38:57,756 --> 00:38:59,505
Make way.
520
00:39:12,355 --> 00:39:13,995
I committed perjury back then.
521
00:39:13,995 --> 00:39:17,236
The person I saw that day was not Jin Xue Wen.
522
00:39:17,236 --> 00:39:19,995
The person who came out of that courtyard
was my husband,
523
00:39:19,995 --> 00:39:21,955
the Master of Shengyun Stronghold,
524
00:39:21,955 --> 00:39:23,730
Jiao Chao Gui.
525
00:39:29,116 --> 00:39:30,892
What did you say?
526
00:39:31,556 --> 00:39:34,315
Jiao Chao Gui personally admitted to me...
527
00:39:34,315 --> 00:39:36,516
that he severely injured Miss Huo.
528
00:39:36,516 --> 00:39:38,395
He even ordered me...
529
00:39:38,395 --> 00:39:40,116
to hide the truth from the authorities,
530
00:39:40,116 --> 00:39:42,116
and frame Jin Xue Wen.
531
00:39:42,116 --> 00:39:43,380
He threatened me,
532
00:39:43,380 --> 00:39:45,580
saying he'd kill me if I didn't obey.
533
00:39:46,475 --> 00:39:48,355
I can swear to the Heavens.
534
00:39:48,355 --> 00:39:50,236
If I have spoken a single lie,
535
00:39:50,236 --> 00:39:53,236
may the Jiao family be utterly annihilated.
536
00:39:53,236 --> 00:39:54,475
What the hell!
537
00:39:54,475 --> 00:39:56,795
Jin Xue Wen was truly wronged.
538
00:39:56,795 --> 00:39:58,795
You treacherous woman!
539
00:39:58,795 --> 00:40:03,036
How dare you commit perjury
and deceive me and shield the killer back then?
540
00:40:03,036 --> 00:40:07,716
You caused an innocent man to suffer
for 15 years and die in resentment!
541
00:40:07,716 --> 00:40:08,875
Guards!
542
00:40:08,875 --> 00:40:11,205
- Take her into custody!
- Yes, sir!
543
00:40:12,596 --> 00:40:15,395
Governor Luo,
why the sudden righteous indignation?
544
00:40:15,395 --> 00:40:17,275
Mrs. Jiao was in the wrong,
545
00:40:17,275 --> 00:40:19,294
but you were the one who judged the case,
546
00:40:19,294 --> 00:40:20,756
not her.
547
00:40:20,756 --> 00:40:22,716
You are right.
548
00:40:22,716 --> 00:40:24,756
It was precisely because of her deception
549
00:40:24,756 --> 00:40:27,596
that I misjudged this case.
550
00:40:27,596 --> 00:40:30,236
I have truly failed the Emperor.
551
00:40:30,236 --> 00:40:32,475
And I failed all of you elders!
552
00:40:32,475 --> 00:40:33,915
A case...
553
00:40:33,915 --> 00:40:35,955
It was clearly full of doubts,
554
00:40:35,955 --> 00:40:40,236
yet you relied on the testimony of
a few witnesses and closed the case recklessly.
555
00:40:40,236 --> 00:40:43,383
Completely ignored the contradictions within.
556
00:40:44,036 --> 00:40:45,676
Governor Luo,
557
00:40:45,676 --> 00:40:48,355
were you truly deceived into a misjudgment,
558
00:40:48,355 --> 00:40:50,556
or did you collude with the killer
559
00:40:50,556 --> 00:40:54,017
to intentionally make Jin Xue Wen
take the fall for the murderer?
560
00:41:02,620 --> 00:41:05,201
How dare you slander me in public!
561
00:41:05,201 --> 00:41:07,516
The crime scene was covered in sword marks.
562
00:41:07,516 --> 00:41:10,475
Who replaced the furniture to hide those marks?
563
00:41:10,475 --> 00:41:11,580
And why did the case files
564
00:41:11,580 --> 00:41:15,090
- not mention these sword marks at all?
- What sword marks?
565
00:41:15,090 --> 00:41:16,340
I don't remember any of that.
566
00:41:16,340 --> 00:41:17,955
You don't remember?
567
00:41:17,955 --> 00:41:20,255
Well, someone does.
568
00:41:33,780 --> 00:41:35,395
Governor Luo,
569
00:41:35,395 --> 00:41:36,940
do you remember him?
570
00:41:36,940 --> 00:41:40,580
15 years ago,
when you were the Xiangyang Magistrate,
571
00:41:40,580 --> 00:41:42,676
he and Wang Xing...
572
00:41:42,676 --> 00:41:45,642
were the bailiffs under your command.
573
00:41:48,860 --> 00:41:51,021
I am Yao Yu Shan.
574
00:41:52,355 --> 00:41:54,280
Greetings, Governor Luo.
575
00:42:10,875 --> 00:42:12,530
Yao Yu Shan!
576
00:42:18,076 --> 00:42:20,380
How long did you plan to hide?
577
00:42:29,947 --> 00:42:32,060
May I ask, Lord Zhan,
578
00:42:32,060 --> 00:42:34,380
how did you recognize me?
579
00:42:37,060 --> 00:42:39,156
The second time I visited your home,
580
00:42:39,156 --> 00:42:41,596
your wife didn't seem that anxious.
581
00:42:41,596 --> 00:42:43,116
I should have realized then.
582
00:42:43,116 --> 00:42:45,756
She already knew where you were.
583
00:42:46,756 --> 00:42:47,860
Furthermore,
584
00:42:47,860 --> 00:42:50,236
beggars usually beg in busy markets,
585
00:42:50,236 --> 00:42:53,617
but you guys were deep
in the back alleys.
586
00:42:53,617 --> 00:42:56,068
Won't even leave when it rained.
587
00:42:56,678 --> 00:43:01,341
So I surmised that someone must have
been providing you with food every day.
588
00:43:01,341 --> 00:43:02,980
I recognized you,
589
00:43:02,980 --> 00:43:05,260
because you were quite different...
590
00:43:05,260 --> 00:43:07,274
from the other beggars.