1 00:01:35,670 --> 00:01:39,970 [Mysterious Lotus Casebook] 2 00:02:07,150 --> 00:02:08,950 [Episode 4] 3 00:02:09,790 --> 00:02:12,710 I've heard people on the verge of death always see ghosts. 4 00:02:13,560 --> 00:02:14,950 I'll help you remember. 5 00:02:17,670 --> 00:02:18,550 Are you crazy? 6 00:02:27,120 --> 00:02:27,770 It wasn't a ghost. 7 00:02:28,050 --> 00:02:29,590 It was that fake miracle physician, Li Lianhua. 8 00:02:31,420 --> 00:02:33,580 Li Lianhua is the Medicine Demon of the Jinyuan Alliance. 9 00:02:33,850 --> 00:02:36,170 He was the one who killed Happy. 10 00:02:36,720 --> 00:02:38,530 He... He must have killed 11 00:02:38,550 --> 00:02:39,390 the Second Young Miss of Yu City too. 12 00:02:39,590 --> 00:02:40,670 Stop killing people. 13 00:02:40,700 --> 00:02:41,400 It's not like that. 14 00:02:49,440 --> 00:02:50,660 Who is Li Lianhua? 15 00:02:53,070 --> 00:02:54,850 I am Li Lianhua. 16 00:03:00,830 --> 00:03:02,190 Take Li Lianhua in. 17 00:03:02,790 --> 00:03:03,670 What are you doing? 18 00:03:04,070 --> 00:03:05,240 We don't know what's going on yet. 19 00:03:05,590 --> 00:03:06,630 Don't kill the innocent. 20 00:03:07,070 --> 00:03:09,400 Take the rest back to the prison. 21 00:03:09,710 --> 00:03:10,160 Yes. 22 00:03:10,180 --> 00:03:10,580 You... 23 00:03:16,230 --> 00:03:16,550 Hurry! 24 00:03:16,580 --> 00:03:16,940 Young Master. 25 00:03:17,410 --> 00:03:18,790 Don't you also suspect that fake miracle physician? 26 00:03:18,820 --> 00:03:19,710 Didn't you also say he did it? 27 00:03:19,750 --> 00:03:20,910 We can't be sure yet. 28 00:03:21,070 --> 00:03:21,980 If he is innocent, 29 00:03:22,030 --> 00:03:23,060 he would have been framed. 30 00:03:26,580 --> 00:03:27,420 Is Madam inside? 31 00:03:27,650 --> 00:03:28,740 Madam is interrogating a suspect in the hall. 32 00:03:29,990 --> 00:03:31,250 Could it be Young Master Zongzheng? 33 00:03:31,590 --> 00:03:31,750 [Zongzheng Mingzhu] 34 00:03:31,750 --> 00:03:32,660 Do you remember me? [Zongzheng Mingzhu] 35 00:03:32,660 --> 00:03:32,810 [Zongzheng Mingzhu] 36 00:03:33,030 --> 00:03:33,750 I am Fang Duobing. 37 00:03:34,190 --> 00:03:35,750 My father is the Minister of Revenue, Fang Zeshi. 38 00:03:35,950 --> 00:03:37,310 We met at your grandfather's birthday banquet. 39 00:03:38,030 --> 00:03:39,160 Your grandfather also mentioned 40 00:03:39,280 --> 00:03:40,950 your engagement with the Second Young Miss of Yu City. 41 00:03:41,260 --> 00:03:42,660 We meet again so soon. 42 00:03:43,350 --> 00:03:44,190 It’s really Young Master Fang. 43 00:03:45,410 --> 00:03:46,170 You are... 44 00:03:47,150 --> 00:03:48,150 Second Young Miss Yu was killed 45 00:03:48,290 --> 00:03:49,300 at Xiaoyan Inn while we were there. 46 00:03:50,070 --> 00:03:51,020 It's a long story. 47 00:03:51,510 --> 00:03:52,190 Young Master Zongzheng, 48 00:03:52,710 --> 00:03:53,350 could you please... 49 00:03:54,310 --> 00:03:54,840 It's a misunderstanding. 50 00:03:54,910 --> 00:03:55,510 Untie him. 51 00:03:55,710 --> 00:03:56,030 Yes. 52 00:03:58,420 --> 00:03:58,900 Thank you so much. 53 00:03:59,460 --> 00:04:00,290 Shuang was killed 54 00:04:00,620 --> 00:04:01,740 and her body was destroyed by a fire. 55 00:04:02,070 --> 00:04:03,190 Sister Hongzhu was too sad, 56 00:04:03,750 --> 00:04:05,550 so she reacted strongly. 57 00:04:05,830 --> 00:04:07,260 Please forgive her. 58 00:04:07,870 --> 00:04:09,590 My father is an old friend of the previous Castellan. 59 00:04:09,870 --> 00:04:11,280 Shuang and I grew up together. 60 00:04:11,580 --> 00:04:14,150 I'm here to prepare 61 00:04:14,180 --> 00:04:15,500 our wedding next year. 62 00:04:16,600 --> 00:04:18,240 I didn't expect Shuang... 63 00:04:19,210 --> 00:04:20,930 Yu Qiushuang's body was indeed destroyed. 64 00:04:22,750 --> 00:04:23,790 My condolences, Brother Zongzheng. 65 00:04:24,420 --> 00:04:25,210 I have something urgent to attend to. 66 00:04:25,290 --> 00:04:26,010 I have to go. 67 00:04:33,270 --> 00:04:34,650 Madam Yu 68 00:04:35,020 --> 00:04:36,210 is such an enthusiastic host. 69 00:04:37,350 --> 00:04:38,040 Cut the crap. 70 00:04:43,750 --> 00:04:44,670 I told you. 71 00:04:45,610 --> 00:04:46,590 I have a bad temper 72 00:04:47,030 --> 00:04:48,140 and no patience. 73 00:04:48,630 --> 00:04:49,820 I'll let you have a good taste 74 00:04:50,660 --> 00:04:52,300 of what Shuang went through. 75 00:04:52,860 --> 00:04:53,220 Tell me. 76 00:04:53,820 --> 00:04:55,030 Why did you pretend to be the Medicine Demon? 77 00:04:55,710 --> 00:04:57,560 Madam Yu really believes me. 78 00:04:57,950 --> 00:05:00,450 Do you know who the Medicine Demon is? 79 00:05:01,310 --> 00:05:03,150 Who are you to question me? 80 00:05:03,990 --> 00:05:04,470 Do it! 81 00:05:20,990 --> 00:05:21,540 Are you okay? 82 00:05:26,070 --> 00:05:26,630 What do you think? 83 00:05:29,400 --> 00:05:30,750 I didn’t expect Li would rat you out. 84 00:05:31,460 --> 00:05:32,340 I'm here to save you. 85 00:05:34,710 --> 00:05:35,750 Who are you? 86 00:05:36,710 --> 00:05:37,390 It was all a misunderstanding. 87 00:05:38,070 --> 00:05:38,710 It was all a misunderstanding. 88 00:05:39,910 --> 00:05:40,430 Sister Hongzhu. 89 00:05:41,080 --> 00:05:43,090 This is the son of Minister Fang, 90 00:05:43,120 --> 00:05:43,680 Fang Duobing. 91 00:05:45,260 --> 00:05:47,860 So you are the Young Master of Tianji Hall. 92 00:05:48,790 --> 00:05:49,450 Excuse me. 93 00:05:49,950 --> 00:05:51,070 I'm impressed by 94 00:05:52,020 --> 00:05:52,550 Yu City's hospitality. 95 00:05:53,510 --> 00:05:54,070 Young Master Fang. 96 00:05:54,740 --> 00:05:56,430 Everyone in Yu City is sad about this tragedy. 97 00:05:56,780 --> 00:05:57,650 I didn’t mean to get you involved. 98 00:05:58,080 --> 00:05:58,910 I'm really sorry. 99 00:05:59,230 --> 00:05:59,980 You should be sorry towards 100 00:06:00,370 --> 00:06:02,000 the innocent lives you took. 101 00:06:02,510 --> 00:06:04,720 Madam Yu said your guards are your slaves, 102 00:06:04,790 --> 00:06:05,590 and their lives are for you to take. 103 00:06:06,350 --> 00:06:08,470 But the owner of Lotus Tower is not from Yu City. 104 00:06:09,020 --> 00:06:10,040 He is also 105 00:06:10,070 --> 00:06:11,270 the renowned and well-respected Physician Li. 106 00:06:11,770 --> 00:06:12,710 Are you going to 107 00:06:12,950 --> 00:06:14,930 kill him without considering the law too? 108 00:06:18,950 --> 00:06:20,580 Young Hero Fang knows how to flatter me. 109 00:06:21,710 --> 00:06:22,630 You’re famous. 110 00:06:22,660 --> 00:06:23,390 It'd be a waste not to use it. 111 00:06:23,710 --> 00:06:25,510 But it doesn't mean you're innocent. 112 00:06:28,680 --> 00:06:31,310 Tianji Hall has never participated in disputes of the martial arts world, 113 00:06:32,470 --> 00:06:34,390 but Young Hero Fang is quite nosy. 114 00:06:35,940 --> 00:06:36,510 But 115 00:06:36,760 --> 00:06:38,090 I'm just handling family matters. 116 00:06:38,390 --> 00:06:39,270 I don't want to make an enemy of you. 117 00:06:39,830 --> 00:06:40,590 Since it was a misunderstanding, 118 00:06:41,030 --> 00:06:42,690 I'll ask someone to prepare a carriage 119 00:06:42,950 --> 00:06:45,690 to send Young Master Fang and this physician 120 00:06:46,450 --> 00:06:47,540 home. 121 00:06:47,830 --> 00:06:48,630 Madam Yu, 122 00:06:48,870 --> 00:06:49,980 please just send my maid back 123 00:06:50,020 --> 00:06:51,460 to let my family know that I am well. 124 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:52,750 I don't plan to leave. 125 00:06:53,700 --> 00:06:54,850 What do you mean? 126 00:06:55,440 --> 00:06:56,080 In terms of personal affairs, 127 00:06:56,510 --> 00:06:58,030 my servant was killed. 128 00:06:58,390 --> 00:06:59,630 I must find the person who killed him. 129 00:07:00,830 --> 00:07:01,350 In terms of official affairs, 130 00:07:01,850 --> 00:07:03,200 as a detective of Baichuan Court, 131 00:07:03,640 --> 00:07:04,350 [Baichuan Court] 132 00:07:05,700 --> 00:07:06,980 I must investigate the murder 133 00:07:07,190 --> 00:07:07,970 and catch the murderer. 134 00:07:08,500 --> 00:07:09,020 So, 135 00:07:09,440 --> 00:07:11,020 before we find out the truth, 136 00:07:11,510 --> 00:07:14,020 please don’t hurt anyone else. 137 00:07:14,790 --> 00:07:16,470 When did I allow you to investigate the case? 138 00:07:17,270 --> 00:07:17,870 Young Master Fang, 139 00:07:18,270 --> 00:07:20,020 don’t push your luck. 140 00:07:20,060 --> 00:07:22,160 No matter how remote Yu City is, 141 00:07:22,860 --> 00:07:24,420 you must follow the legal code of the Great Xi. 142 00:07:29,890 --> 00:07:30,520 What do you think? 143 00:07:30,670 --> 00:07:31,230 Brother Zongzheng. 144 00:07:33,340 --> 00:07:33,910 Sister Hongzhu. 145 00:07:34,150 --> 00:07:36,160 Detectives from Baichuan Court indeed have the right to intervene. 146 00:07:38,820 --> 00:07:39,400 Madam Yu. 147 00:07:40,620 --> 00:07:43,270 Since you don't believe your sister was killed by an evil spirit, 148 00:07:43,510 --> 00:07:45,800 do you just want to kill and vent your anger 149 00:07:46,020 --> 00:07:47,460 rather than find out the truth? 150 00:07:48,310 --> 00:07:50,030 Killing the innocent will only cover up the truth. 151 00:07:50,750 --> 00:07:52,260 The murderer who killed your sister 152 00:07:52,350 --> 00:07:53,670 could escape. 153 00:07:54,910 --> 00:07:55,910 Are you really okay with that? 154 00:08:02,970 --> 00:08:03,960 I have no patience. 155 00:08:04,620 --> 00:08:06,020 I will only give you one day 156 00:08:06,050 --> 00:08:07,560 to find out the truth of my sister's death. 157 00:08:08,740 --> 00:08:10,490 If you can’t find out the truth one day, 158 00:08:11,600 --> 00:08:13,560 please leave Yu City immediately. 159 00:08:14,160 --> 00:08:16,920 I will bury everyone here with Shuang. 160 00:08:17,390 --> 00:08:18,830 It's not up to anyone to judge 161 00:08:18,830 --> 00:08:19,750 Yu City's rules! 162 00:08:20,070 --> 00:08:20,830 One day it is. 163 00:08:26,770 --> 00:08:28,750 Young Hero Fang is really unpredictable. 164 00:08:29,100 --> 00:08:30,580 You said I killed someone, 165 00:08:30,790 --> 00:08:32,740 but now you're saving me. 166 00:08:33,510 --> 00:08:35,430 I've only temporarily ruled you out as a suspect . 167 00:08:35,910 --> 00:08:37,170 I was afraid you'd be wrongly executed by Yu Hongzhu. 168 00:08:37,510 --> 00:08:38,030 Really? 169 00:08:38,780 --> 00:08:40,330 You ruled me out so quickly? 170 00:08:41,150 --> 00:08:41,950 As you said, 171 00:08:42,630 --> 00:08:44,600 the body of Yu Qiuhuang was indeed destroyed by the fire. 172 00:08:45,280 --> 00:08:46,430 If you really did it, 173 00:08:46,990 --> 00:08:48,640 you didn't have to give me any leads. 174 00:08:49,710 --> 00:08:52,710 But even if you were not the murderer at Mount Xiaomian, 175 00:08:53,510 --> 00:08:55,620 you might still be the Medicine Demon. 176 00:08:57,430 --> 00:08:58,780 Young Hero Fang is really smart. 177 00:08:59,300 --> 00:09:00,780 Since I’m no longer a suspect, 178 00:09:00,960 --> 00:09:01,920 I'll take my leave. 179 00:09:01,950 --> 00:09:02,470 Wait. 180 00:09:04,390 --> 00:09:05,310 If we don't solve this case, 181 00:09:05,780 --> 00:09:07,020 those people in prison will die. 182 00:09:08,400 --> 00:09:09,510 You have to stay to investigate the case with me. 183 00:09:12,290 --> 00:09:13,140 I have to stay? 184 00:09:14,160 --> 00:09:14,940 Young Hero Fang. 185 00:09:15,410 --> 00:09:17,390 You agreed to solve the case, 186 00:09:17,870 --> 00:09:18,680 not me. 187 00:09:19,130 --> 00:09:20,170 Why should I stay? 188 00:09:20,200 --> 00:09:21,640 Besides, I hate getting involved 189 00:09:22,120 --> 00:09:23,380 in the martial arts world's affairs. 190 00:09:23,620 --> 00:09:24,390 If you dare to run, 191 00:09:24,880 --> 00:09:25,920 I will dare to incite Madam Yu 192 00:09:26,390 --> 00:09:27,920 to hunt you down 193 00:09:28,230 --> 00:09:30,110 and find everything there is on you, old fox. 194 00:09:31,070 --> 00:09:31,550 Also, 195 00:09:34,980 --> 00:09:35,740 look at this. 196 00:09:37,410 --> 00:09:39,360 I didn’t expect your dog to be so loyal to you. 197 00:09:39,990 --> 00:09:41,880 He followed you all the way to Yu City from Xiaomian Inn. 198 00:09:42,950 --> 00:09:43,470 What a pity, 199 00:09:43,780 --> 00:09:44,510 I found him first. 200 00:09:46,590 --> 00:09:47,310 Let me tell you. 201 00:09:47,750 --> 00:09:49,000 I'm really not the Medicine Demon. 202 00:09:49,530 --> 00:09:51,530 Fox Spirit is just an ordinary dog. 203 00:09:52,070 --> 00:09:53,820 It's too bad that its owner is heartless and wants to abandon it. 204 00:09:54,150 --> 00:09:54,640 Do you think 205 00:09:55,250 --> 00:09:56,650 I should stew or braise it? 206 00:09:57,900 --> 00:09:58,660 It should taste good either way. 207 00:09:59,470 --> 00:10:01,470 Why are you picking on a dog? 208 00:10:01,740 --> 00:10:02,850 I'm not a detective. 209 00:10:03,160 --> 00:10:04,320 Why are you clinging onto me? 210 00:10:04,670 --> 00:10:05,660 Aren't you a miracle physician? 211 00:10:05,990 --> 00:10:07,390 If you can save Yu Qiushuang, 212 00:10:07,690 --> 00:10:09,090 the case will be solved. 213 00:10:10,110 --> 00:10:12,480 I can't revive the dead. 214 00:10:12,910 --> 00:10:13,910 Then be my coroner. 215 00:10:14,580 --> 00:10:15,870 You are so cunning, 216 00:10:16,290 --> 00:10:17,400 you will be useful at something. 217 00:10:21,250 --> 00:10:23,010 You'll let me go once you find out the truth, right? 218 00:10:26,430 --> 00:10:27,560 Second Young Miss's body was originally placed in the hall 219 00:10:27,590 --> 00:10:29,180 while waiting for Madam to come back. 220 00:10:29,250 --> 00:10:31,440 I don't know why a fire suddenly started and burned half of it. 221 00:10:31,650 --> 00:10:32,570 Madam couldn't bear to look at it anymore, 222 00:10:32,750 --> 00:10:33,920 so she put it in the Ice Room. 223 00:10:33,950 --> 00:10:35,030 Please look at it carefully. 224 00:10:35,270 --> 00:10:36,110 Thank you. 225 00:10:47,110 --> 00:10:47,810 That's it? 226 00:10:48,230 --> 00:10:50,620 You want to be a detective when you can't even stand this? 227 00:10:50,950 --> 00:10:51,830 Just go home. 228 00:10:53,710 --> 00:10:54,990 What's wrong with something as minor as this? 229 00:11:07,730 --> 00:11:08,700 Is there a problem? 230 00:11:09,670 --> 00:11:11,000 The smell is so strong. 231 00:11:11,740 --> 00:11:13,340 Is it because the body was burned? 232 00:11:14,110 --> 00:11:16,990 Burnt fat doesn't smell like this. 233 00:11:17,940 --> 00:11:18,850 What's strange is 234 00:11:19,280 --> 00:11:20,280 it's only been a day. 235 00:11:20,760 --> 00:11:23,080 The body rotted so quickly. 236 00:11:25,030 --> 00:11:26,670 The meridians on her neck are intact. 237 00:11:26,850 --> 00:11:28,240 There's no pressure or damage. 238 00:11:28,540 --> 00:11:30,020 She wasn't strangled by the ghost's hands. 239 00:11:30,420 --> 00:11:32,690 Happy was strangled to death, 240 00:11:33,060 --> 00:11:34,220 but Yu Qiushuang was different. 241 00:11:46,620 --> 00:11:47,390 See? 242 00:11:47,780 --> 00:11:48,710 There's a blood clot. 243 00:11:48,990 --> 00:11:50,030 Her abdomen was injured. 244 00:11:50,340 --> 00:11:51,980 Looks like this ghost struck hard. 245 00:11:52,430 --> 00:11:55,540 The blood clot hasn't dissipated after so long. 246 00:11:56,020 --> 00:11:56,740 It seems that 247 00:11:57,060 --> 00:11:59,570 Yu Qiushuang has long been dead. 248 00:12:00,710 --> 00:12:02,610 There is another cause of death that is hard to detect. 249 00:12:14,490 --> 00:12:15,130 See? 250 00:12:15,650 --> 00:12:16,410 The second spot 251 00:12:16,720 --> 00:12:18,490 has a golden needle that went straight through the heart. 252 00:12:19,180 --> 00:12:19,870 Golden needle? 253 00:12:20,870 --> 00:12:22,230 A golden needle and a palm strike... 254 00:12:22,930 --> 00:12:25,260 Aren't these two wounds contradictory? 255 00:12:25,560 --> 00:12:26,360 You're smart. 256 00:12:28,970 --> 00:12:29,970 Palm strikes are close combat. 257 00:12:30,230 --> 00:12:31,440 Needles attack from a distance. 258 00:12:32,150 --> 00:12:34,640 If she'd been struck, why attack her with a needle after she'd run away? 259 00:12:35,350 --> 00:12:36,910 If she was killed from a distance, 260 00:12:37,470 --> 00:12:39,830 there was no need to strike her again. 261 00:12:43,320 --> 00:12:44,970 It's very contradictory. 262 00:12:45,400 --> 00:12:47,860 Also, don't you think it's too aggressive? 263 00:12:48,690 --> 00:12:49,180 Indeed. 264 00:12:50,140 --> 00:12:52,120 I've heard Yu Qiushuang's martial arts skills were only average. 265 00:12:52,360 --> 00:12:53,230 With her ability, 266 00:12:53,490 --> 00:12:55,900 there was no need to kill her twice, and so aggressively. 267 00:12:56,540 --> 00:12:57,700 The murderer killed Happy 268 00:12:57,730 --> 00:13:00,020 to make Yu Qiushuang being killed by a ghost 269 00:13:00,040 --> 00:13:01,440 look more believable. 270 00:13:01,770 --> 00:13:03,560 If Yu Hongzhu hadn't come back in time, 271 00:13:04,710 --> 00:13:06,000 the cause of Yu Qiushuang's death 272 00:13:06,520 --> 00:13:07,810 would have been pushed to the ghost. 273 00:13:08,630 --> 00:13:09,830 Happy died unjustly. 274 00:13:10,210 --> 00:13:11,360 If there was a ghost, 275 00:13:11,590 --> 00:13:12,830 it was someone pretending to be a ghost. 276 00:13:13,420 --> 00:13:14,530 As long as we find the murderer, 277 00:13:14,980 --> 00:13:16,990 we can seek justice for Happy. 278 00:13:20,940 --> 00:13:21,730 It wasn't a ghost? 279 00:13:23,120 --> 00:13:25,820 The only ones in Xiaomian Inn who had inner skills and could use secret weapons 280 00:13:26,150 --> 00:13:27,810 were Yun Jiao and the escorts. 281 00:13:28,360 --> 00:13:30,280 I think they colluded 282 00:13:30,600 --> 00:13:31,530 to kill Shuang. 283 00:13:31,980 --> 00:13:33,360 Madam Yu, it's too early to come to a conclusion. 284 00:13:34,190 --> 00:13:35,230 We’ve checked all the rooms 285 00:13:35,340 --> 00:13:36,620 in the inn. 286 00:13:36,780 --> 00:13:38,700 Young Miss Yu's window couldn't be opened because 287 00:13:39,010 --> 00:13:40,340 it got sealed shut by tree sap from years of ill maintenance. 288 00:13:41,090 --> 00:13:42,310 There was no secret passage 289 00:13:42,350 --> 00:13:42,940 that can lead into the room either. 290 00:13:43,300 --> 00:13:45,340 And there were guards outside the room at all times. 291 00:13:45,530 --> 00:13:46,010 So 292 00:13:46,420 --> 00:13:47,770 whether it was Miss Yun Jiao 293 00:13:47,970 --> 00:13:48,900 or the escorts, 294 00:13:49,220 --> 00:13:50,220 they had no way 295 00:13:50,440 --> 00:13:51,570 of transferring Young Miss Yu. 296 00:13:52,100 --> 00:13:53,290 That makes no sense. 297 00:13:53,780 --> 00:13:55,400 How could a person disappear 298 00:13:55,430 --> 00:13:56,710 from her room 299 00:13:57,280 --> 00:13:58,520 and die somewhere else? 300 00:14:01,380 --> 00:14:04,300 Master Yu's analysis makes sense. 301 00:14:04,960 --> 00:14:06,180 May I ask 302 00:14:06,560 --> 00:14:09,830 why Second Young Miss Yu ran away from home? 303 00:14:10,580 --> 00:14:12,460 When did she leave? 304 00:14:14,590 --> 00:14:16,550 She disappeared a few days before the Ghost Festival. 305 00:14:16,830 --> 00:14:17,930 I didn't see her in the morning. 306 00:14:18,550 --> 00:14:19,790 Her maid, Qingling, said 307 00:14:20,190 --> 00:14:21,550 she was depressed that day 308 00:14:22,070 --> 00:14:23,750 and wanted to go out alone. 309 00:14:23,830 --> 00:14:24,670 She didn't want anyone to follow her. 310 00:14:25,230 --> 00:14:26,590 But she didn't come back at night. 311 00:14:27,430 --> 00:14:27,990 Yes. 312 00:14:28,540 --> 00:14:31,020 My sister's face was bitten by poisonous insects 313 00:14:31,350 --> 00:14:32,070 and was left with a scar. 314 00:14:32,710 --> 00:14:34,590 We thought we could cure the scar 315 00:14:34,710 --> 00:14:35,590 before the wedding, 316 00:14:36,550 --> 00:14:37,920 but we couldn't. 317 00:14:38,100 --> 00:14:39,920 That's why she was depressed 318 00:14:40,150 --> 00:14:41,140 and ran away. 319 00:14:41,710 --> 00:14:43,050 It was my fault for not realizing how she was feeling. 320 00:14:43,490 --> 00:14:45,370 We sent people to search for her all day, 321 00:14:46,060 --> 00:14:49,150 but we got the news that she had been murdered. 322 00:14:51,110 --> 00:14:52,590 Take a look at this. 323 00:14:56,380 --> 00:14:57,710 Do you recognize this? 324 00:15:03,900 --> 00:15:04,980 This golden needle 325 00:15:05,590 --> 00:15:07,780 was found in Second Young Miss's heart. 326 00:15:09,960 --> 00:15:11,110 This needle can kill people? 327 00:15:14,390 --> 00:15:16,990 This is... the Soul Snatching Needle? 328 00:15:18,990 --> 00:15:20,120 How did it get out? 329 00:15:20,510 --> 00:15:21,900 Madam Yu, do you know where this needle came from? 330 00:15:24,140 --> 00:15:25,350 The assassin, Jia Si, 331 00:15:25,970 --> 00:15:27,780 was paid a lot of money to take my father's life. 332 00:15:28,400 --> 00:15:29,340 He was killed by my father. 333 00:15:29,980 --> 00:15:32,350 The Soul Snatching Needle fell into my father's hands 334 00:15:32,830 --> 00:15:33,960 and was placed in the Armory. 335 00:15:34,830 --> 00:15:35,660 It's been ten years. 336 00:15:36,810 --> 00:15:37,670 No one has touched it. 337 00:15:39,000 --> 00:15:40,370 Bring me the Armory's records. 338 00:15:49,510 --> 00:15:49,950 Madam, 339 00:15:50,450 --> 00:15:51,250 I've checked. 340 00:15:51,730 --> 00:15:52,660 The Soul Snatching Needle, 341 00:15:52,710 --> 00:15:54,190 including the device and twenty golden needles, 342 00:15:54,430 --> 00:15:55,840 has been missing since six months ago. 343 00:15:56,250 --> 00:15:56,910 Who took it? 344 00:15:57,350 --> 00:15:57,980 It was... 345 00:15:59,400 --> 00:16:00,080 Second Young Miss. 346 00:16:06,510 --> 00:16:07,060 You may leave. 347 00:16:07,440 --> 00:16:07,840 Yes. 348 00:16:10,620 --> 00:16:13,510 Qiushuang has never entered the Armory. 349 00:16:15,120 --> 00:16:16,710 Yun Jiao must have 350 00:16:16,730 --> 00:16:17,740 asked Qiushuang to borrow it. 351 00:16:19,640 --> 00:16:21,010 She loiters around Yu City all the time, 352 00:16:21,550 --> 00:16:23,270 saying Qiushuang's like a sister to her. 353 00:16:24,790 --> 00:16:26,180 Did she really think I didn't know 354 00:16:26,240 --> 00:16:27,770 why she was sneaking around? 355 00:16:29,260 --> 00:16:31,310 Yun Jiao must have killed Shuang. 356 00:16:32,870 --> 00:16:33,450 Madam Yu, 357 00:16:34,430 --> 00:16:35,760 why do you say that? 358 00:16:36,980 --> 00:16:38,100 If Shuang doesn't die, 359 00:16:39,120 --> 00:16:40,910 how can she get what she wants? 360 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:45,660 Young Hero Fang, 361 00:16:46,070 --> 00:16:47,350 I think the case is closed. 362 00:16:47,710 --> 00:16:48,590 Write the concluding report. 363 00:16:49,830 --> 00:16:52,590 The Yun family won't be able to keep this girl alive. 364 00:16:53,910 --> 00:16:56,070 I'll make her suffer 365 00:16:56,100 --> 00:16:57,180 like Shuang did. 366 00:16:57,990 --> 00:16:58,980 I'll burn her alive! 367 00:17:01,480 --> 00:17:01,840 Let's go. 368 00:17:04,900 --> 00:17:09,620 [Light clouds cover the moon] 369 00:17:12,410 --> 00:17:13,420 I knew it. 370 00:17:14,180 --> 00:17:15,910 It was you who killed Shuang'er. 371 00:17:16,910 --> 00:17:17,620 If you don't confess, 372 00:17:18,070 --> 00:17:21,480 I have thousands of ways to make you suffer. 373 00:17:21,890 --> 00:17:22,620 Tell me the truth. 374 00:17:22,790 --> 00:17:23,270 Stop! 375 00:17:24,470 --> 00:17:24,930 Madam Yu! 376 00:17:25,770 --> 00:17:26,850 Are you going to torture her? 377 00:17:37,530 --> 00:17:39,070 Look at her acting crazy. 378 00:17:40,250 --> 00:17:41,860 If I don't torture her, how can I make her talk? 379 00:17:43,980 --> 00:17:45,970 Ever since Miss Yun Jiao got traumatized at Xiaomian Inn, 380 00:17:46,080 --> 00:17:47,360 she has been dazed. 381 00:17:47,690 --> 00:17:48,730 If you want to ask her a question, 382 00:17:49,250 --> 00:17:50,360 I'm afraid she can't respond. 383 00:17:53,230 --> 00:17:54,870 Physician Li can even revive the dead. 384 00:17:55,300 --> 00:17:56,830 Surely madness is not an issue. 385 00:17:58,630 --> 00:17:59,220 Physician Li, 386 00:18:00,330 --> 00:18:01,050 do something. 387 00:18:03,700 --> 00:18:04,590 Young Hero Fang, 388 00:18:05,500 --> 00:18:06,540 you’re so funny. 389 00:18:07,350 --> 00:18:10,460 Young Hero Fang said Master Li is a renowned miracle physician. 390 00:18:11,150 --> 00:18:11,660 Good. 391 00:18:12,220 --> 00:18:14,780 I also want to see how your medical skills are. 392 00:18:15,190 --> 00:18:19,260 Whether she's really mad or not, she can be cured, right? 393 00:18:19,700 --> 00:18:20,460 Of course. 394 00:18:20,990 --> 00:18:21,890 If he can't cure her, 395 00:18:22,260 --> 00:18:23,660 you can hang him up again 396 00:18:23,700 --> 00:18:24,360 and roast him. 397 00:18:24,910 --> 00:18:26,080 I won't plead for him. 398 00:18:31,700 --> 00:18:34,630 Then I'll give it a try. 399 00:19:04,800 --> 00:19:05,610 Don’t play tricks. 400 00:19:06,700 --> 00:19:09,230 Didn’t Young Hero Fang ask me to show my real skills? 401 00:19:28,690 --> 00:19:29,190 Be careful. 402 00:19:33,900 --> 00:19:35,020 You care about her quite a bit. 403 00:19:37,360 --> 00:19:37,960 Sister Hongzhu. 404 00:19:38,070 --> 00:19:38,510 I... 405 00:19:50,550 --> 00:19:52,710 Looks like Miss Yun is seriously ill. 406 00:19:53,430 --> 00:19:54,990 You can't cure her? 407 00:19:55,930 --> 00:19:56,950 That's not it. 408 00:19:57,300 --> 00:19:58,210 Then why don't you hurry up? 409 00:19:59,280 --> 00:20:00,280 I just need 410 00:20:00,590 --> 00:20:02,960 to find some herbs in Yu City. 411 00:20:03,690 --> 00:20:04,350 There is medicine in Yu City? 412 00:20:05,870 --> 00:20:07,440 I think there must be. 413 00:20:08,160 --> 00:20:09,250 We'll just need to find them. 414 00:20:12,010 --> 00:20:12,810 Hurry up. 415 00:20:18,300 --> 00:20:21,020 This Yu Hongzhu is really overbearing. 416 00:20:21,390 --> 00:20:22,780 If she didn't kill those guards, 417 00:20:23,150 --> 00:20:24,400 we would have witnesses. 418 00:20:36,880 --> 00:20:38,120 Miss, come out. 419 00:20:45,510 --> 00:20:45,910 Miss. 420 00:20:46,470 --> 00:20:47,350 That bowl of porridge... 421 00:20:50,520 --> 00:20:52,440 Miss Yun Jiao is not from Yu City, 422 00:20:53,030 --> 00:20:54,640 but you've taken good care of her. 423 00:20:55,230 --> 00:20:56,150 May I ask 424 00:20:56,660 --> 00:20:59,580 why your Madam doesn't like Miss Yun Jiao? 425 00:21:02,540 --> 00:21:03,190 Don't be afraid. 426 00:21:03,750 --> 00:21:04,750 We're asking because 427 00:21:04,970 --> 00:21:07,210 we want to find the murderer. 428 00:21:07,960 --> 00:21:08,730 Don't you? 429 00:21:10,390 --> 00:21:11,390 At first, 430 00:21:11,580 --> 00:21:14,350 my Madam was nice to Miss Yun. 431 00:21:14,910 --> 00:21:17,270 But once, Miss Yun secretly wrote a love poem 432 00:21:17,790 --> 00:21:19,340 and got caught by Madam. 433 00:21:20,280 --> 00:21:22,560 Madam tore the love poem apart on the spot. 434 00:21:23,020 --> 00:21:24,180 Miss Yun's face was so red, 435 00:21:24,250 --> 00:21:26,000 it was like she was going to bleed. 436 00:21:26,360 --> 00:21:27,160 Since then, 437 00:21:27,870 --> 00:21:29,520 Madam stopped liking Miss Yun. 438 00:21:31,830 --> 00:21:34,640 What was in that poem? 439 00:21:35,680 --> 00:21:38,880 I remember two sentences were, 440 00:21:39,630 --> 00:21:42,390 "The pearl in my heart is hard to undo, 441 00:21:42,990 --> 00:21:46,660 Flying flowers and willow make me miss you." 442 00:21:47,130 --> 00:21:47,720 Pearl? 443 00:21:50,930 --> 00:21:52,520 Miss Yun Jiao has a pearl on her heart? 444 00:21:53,470 --> 00:21:55,060 He's Yu Qiushuang's fiance. 445 00:21:56,150 --> 00:21:57,670 No wonder Madam is angry with her. 446 00:21:57,950 --> 00:21:59,390 But didn't Second Young Miss notice? 447 00:22:00,380 --> 00:22:01,100 No. 448 00:22:01,610 --> 00:22:03,810 Second Young Miss and Miss Yun are close. 449 00:22:04,180 --> 00:22:06,030 A few days ago, 450 00:22:06,470 --> 00:22:07,970 Second Young Miss specially picked 451 00:22:07,990 --> 00:22:09,310 a piece of warm jade for her 452 00:22:09,460 --> 00:22:10,540 as a birthday gift. 453 00:22:11,200 --> 00:22:12,200 Thank you. 454 00:22:24,620 --> 00:22:27,720 [Mysterious Lotus Casebook] 455 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:34,290 Are you looking for herbs to cure Yun Jiao? 456 00:22:35,460 --> 00:22:37,490 What do you think I’m doing? 457 00:22:38,590 --> 00:22:39,820 You look so careless. 458 00:22:40,590 --> 00:22:41,670 You must be thinking about clues. 459 00:22:42,720 --> 00:22:43,360 You're wrong. 460 00:22:43,630 --> 00:22:44,660 I'm looking for herbs. 461 00:22:50,020 --> 00:22:50,730 Excuse me. 462 00:22:50,910 --> 00:22:51,350 Young Master. 463 00:22:51,870 --> 00:22:52,890 Where are we? 464 00:22:53,390 --> 00:22:54,590 These are Madam's quarters. 465 00:22:57,670 --> 00:23:00,180 The osmanthus flowers here are blooming very well. 466 00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:01,690 Madam 467 00:23:01,730 --> 00:23:02,520 likes osmanthus. 468 00:23:02,790 --> 00:23:03,460 In Yu City, 469 00:23:03,580 --> 00:23:05,520 only her quarters have osmanthus flowers. 470 00:23:07,170 --> 00:23:07,820 Thank you. 471 00:23:20,570 --> 00:23:21,540 What are you looking for? 472 00:23:25,780 --> 00:23:26,550 Come and have a look. 473 00:23:34,890 --> 00:23:35,540 Red mud. 474 00:23:36,650 --> 00:23:37,160 Petals. 475 00:23:39,280 --> 00:23:40,920 I've seen these on the soles of Yu Qiushuang's shoes. 476 00:23:44,240 --> 00:23:45,970 This red mud is red pottery clay. 477 00:23:46,280 --> 00:23:47,320 These flowers are osmanthus flowers. 478 00:23:48,020 --> 00:23:51,260 I don't think these two things are common in the north. 479 00:23:51,910 --> 00:23:54,170 Do you remember the weather at Xiaomian Inn? 480 00:23:54,590 --> 00:23:55,350 It was raining. 481 00:23:56,160 --> 00:23:56,920 If there were mud and flowers from Yu City 482 00:23:56,940 --> 00:23:59,260 on her shoes, 483 00:23:59,850 --> 00:24:02,140 they would have been washed away by the rain. 484 00:24:02,800 --> 00:24:05,470 Then why had they been preserved? 485 00:24:05,940 --> 00:24:06,940 There's only one possibility. 486 00:24:08,020 --> 00:24:08,860 She died here. 487 00:24:09,550 --> 00:24:10,560 She died in Yu City. 488 00:24:13,030 --> 00:24:13,680 But first, 489 00:24:14,550 --> 00:24:15,940 if she really died in Yu City, 490 00:24:16,190 --> 00:24:17,830 how did she appear at Xiaomian Inn? 491 00:24:18,240 --> 00:24:18,990 Besides, she looked like 492 00:24:19,020 --> 00:24:20,650 she had just died. 493 00:24:21,520 --> 00:24:22,160 Second, 494 00:24:22,590 --> 00:24:23,270 in Yu City, 495 00:24:23,910 --> 00:24:25,310 there are so many martial arts experts around. 496 00:24:25,630 --> 00:24:26,960 Who could have killed her without anyone knowing? 497 00:24:26,990 --> 00:24:27,800 without anyone knowing? 498 00:24:30,480 --> 00:24:31,550 Once you figure out these two things, 499 00:24:32,670 --> 00:24:33,450 we'll know. 500 00:24:35,340 --> 00:24:35,700 No. 501 00:24:36,300 --> 00:24:36,870 One more thing. 502 00:24:37,260 --> 00:24:38,660 When we were at Xiaomian Inn, 503 00:24:39,090 --> 00:24:40,200 we saw Yu Qiushuang enter the inn 504 00:24:40,380 --> 00:24:41,420 with our own eyes. 505 00:24:46,310 --> 00:24:47,990 Are you sure it was Yu Qiushuag? 506 00:24:49,790 --> 00:24:50,530 What do you mean? 507 00:24:51,270 --> 00:24:53,130 Qingling said it just now. 508 00:24:53,500 --> 00:24:55,840 There was a scar on her face 509 00:24:56,300 --> 00:24:57,820 that she didn't want seen by others. 510 00:24:58,410 --> 00:24:59,770 Do you remember that night, 511 00:25:00,040 --> 00:25:03,280 when Yu Qiushuang came in, her head was held up while she made a fuss, 512 00:25:03,530 --> 00:25:05,120 as if she was afraid others won't notice 513 00:25:05,360 --> 00:25:06,490 she had a scar on her face? 514 00:25:06,990 --> 00:25:09,550 You mean someone pretended to be Yu Qiushuang? 515 00:25:10,420 --> 00:25:11,190 Think about it. 516 00:25:11,380 --> 00:25:13,480 This woman 517 00:25:13,890 --> 00:25:16,100 showed up at Yu City and Xiaoyan Inn 518 00:25:16,530 --> 00:25:17,170 at the same time. 519 00:25:17,750 --> 00:25:18,340 Yun Jiao. 520 00:25:20,030 --> 00:25:21,150 She's acting crazy too. 521 00:25:21,790 --> 00:25:22,830 She must be involved. 522 00:25:23,210 --> 00:25:23,770 Not bad. 523 00:25:23,800 --> 00:25:25,240 You could see she was pretending to be crazy too. 524 00:25:25,550 --> 00:25:26,930 You waved a needle so dramatically 525 00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:28,130 in front of her eyes. 526 00:25:28,450 --> 00:25:29,960 Even a lunatic would hide. 527 00:25:30,350 --> 00:25:31,950 She must have been pretending. 528 00:25:33,090 --> 00:25:35,770 But she was close with Yu Qiushuang. 529 00:25:36,590 --> 00:25:37,640 Why would she harm her? 530 00:25:38,200 --> 00:25:41,280 Is it really related to Zongzheng Mingzhu? 531 00:25:41,510 --> 00:25:42,190 It's simple. 532 00:25:42,700 --> 00:25:44,400 We'll know after we cure Yun Jiao's madness. 533 00:25:54,450 --> 00:25:55,040 Madam Yu, 534 00:25:55,710 --> 00:25:58,190 we've found the herbs for Yun Jiao. 535 00:25:59,450 --> 00:26:00,190 These herbs 536 00:26:00,300 --> 00:26:01,100 need to be boiled into soup 537 00:26:01,330 --> 00:26:02,310 and dried into a paste. 538 00:26:02,630 --> 00:26:04,030 She'll recover after taking it. 539 00:26:05,070 --> 00:26:06,890 These small weeds? 540 00:26:07,830 --> 00:26:08,550 Physician Li, 541 00:26:08,860 --> 00:26:10,020 are you kidding me? 542 00:26:10,150 --> 00:26:11,610 How can I fool Madam Yu? 543 00:26:11,900 --> 00:26:13,750 I promise she will be cured. 544 00:26:17,160 --> 00:26:17,840 I've checked. 545 00:26:18,640 --> 00:26:21,120 Yun Jiao is the only person who has been in contact with Qiushuang recently. 546 00:26:21,730 --> 00:26:22,860 It'll be good if you cure her. 547 00:26:23,270 --> 00:26:23,800 If you don't, 548 00:26:24,350 --> 00:26:25,440 I'll make her talk no matter what. 549 00:26:26,300 --> 00:26:26,860 Guards. 550 00:26:27,340 --> 00:26:28,710 Boil Physician Li's herbs. 551 00:26:28,740 --> 00:26:29,780 Madam, wait. 552 00:26:32,810 --> 00:26:33,690 To be honest, 553 00:26:33,910 --> 00:26:35,880 my herbs are a bit special. 554 00:26:36,110 --> 00:26:37,670 After they have been dried into a paste, 555 00:26:37,830 --> 00:26:39,110 I need to make a special primer 556 00:26:39,250 --> 00:26:41,520 for it to be effective. 557 00:26:43,280 --> 00:26:44,280 Why didn't you tell me just now? 558 00:26:45,830 --> 00:26:46,870 When will the primer be ready? 559 00:26:47,040 --> 00:26:48,760 Madam Yu agreed to give us until tomorrow 560 00:26:48,790 --> 00:26:49,550 to solve the case. 561 00:26:49,770 --> 00:26:50,550 It's just right. 562 00:26:53,680 --> 00:26:55,290 Didn't you say that Yun Jiao will be cured today? 563 00:26:55,310 --> 00:26:56,310 Why did you change it to tomorrow? 564 00:26:56,340 --> 00:26:57,150 Too straightforward. 565 00:26:58,240 --> 00:26:59,210 What? 566 00:27:00,270 --> 00:27:01,290 I didn't sleep well last night. 567 00:27:02,750 --> 00:27:03,820 I need to rest. 568 00:27:04,150 --> 00:27:05,420 The issue hasn't been solved yet. 569 00:27:05,490 --> 00:27:06,370 How can you sleep? 570 00:27:07,390 --> 00:27:08,030 Young Hero Fang. 571 00:27:08,530 --> 00:27:09,930 Solving the case is important, 572 00:27:09,960 --> 00:27:11,360 but your health is more important. 573 00:27:12,100 --> 00:27:13,210 You know 574 00:27:13,480 --> 00:27:14,200 I cherish my life. 575 00:27:14,590 --> 00:27:15,230 Look at you. 576 00:27:15,690 --> 00:27:16,700 You have dark eye circles 577 00:27:16,720 --> 00:27:17,730 and a heaty liver. 578 00:27:17,920 --> 00:27:20,110 You'll get sick if you're too tense. 579 00:27:20,910 --> 00:27:21,540 You may leave. 580 00:27:22,290 --> 00:27:23,450 You're always like this. 581 00:27:23,780 --> 00:27:24,820 You can always keep a distance. 582 00:27:25,140 --> 00:27:25,860 But I can't. 583 00:27:26,220 --> 00:27:27,390 When I close my eyes, 584 00:27:27,430 --> 00:27:28,660 I can only think of 585 00:27:28,680 --> 00:27:29,520 what happened in Xiaomian Inn. 586 00:27:29,720 --> 00:27:31,200 The murderer set everything up a long time ago. 587 00:27:31,450 --> 00:27:32,970 Xiaoyan Inn was just a stage. 588 00:27:33,120 --> 00:27:34,000 It made us watch 589 00:27:34,040 --> 00:27:35,400 a ghost kill a person as if it were a game. 590 00:27:35,990 --> 00:27:38,110 But the people have gotten involved are innocent. 591 00:27:38,300 --> 00:27:38,940 Happy... 592 00:27:43,320 --> 00:27:43,960 Have a drink. 593 00:27:50,250 --> 00:27:51,730 If you hadn't insisted 594 00:27:51,760 --> 00:27:52,760 on taking him on an adventure, 595 00:27:53,420 --> 00:27:54,260 or 596 00:27:54,450 --> 00:27:56,040 if you had kept him under your nose 597 00:27:56,060 --> 00:27:56,830 and kept an eye on him, 598 00:27:56,920 --> 00:27:57,960 he would be fine. 599 00:27:58,320 --> 00:28:00,670 Is that what you think? 600 00:28:01,570 --> 00:28:02,300 No matter what, 601 00:28:03,530 --> 00:28:04,970 I failed to take good care of Happy. 602 00:28:10,930 --> 00:28:11,810 When people are young, 603 00:28:12,470 --> 00:28:13,230 they are at their most energetic. 604 00:28:13,730 --> 00:28:15,500 You always think 605 00:28:15,740 --> 00:28:17,030 it is your responsibility to protect the world. 606 00:28:17,700 --> 00:28:18,780 And you always feel 607 00:28:19,330 --> 00:28:20,850 you can protect everyone around you. 608 00:28:22,110 --> 00:28:23,110 But the truth is 609 00:28:23,880 --> 00:28:24,800 many things 610 00:28:25,490 --> 00:28:27,060 are not as simple as we think 611 00:28:27,950 --> 00:28:30,340 and are out of our control. 612 00:28:34,910 --> 00:28:36,070 Your servant's misfortune 613 00:28:36,400 --> 00:28:37,920 made you very upset. 614 00:28:38,550 --> 00:28:39,580 But you don't have to 615 00:28:39,620 --> 00:28:42,010 blame yourself for everything. 616 00:28:43,830 --> 00:28:44,340 People 617 00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:47,490 must learn to forgive themselves. 618 00:28:48,920 --> 00:28:49,250 Here. 619 00:28:49,910 --> 00:28:50,340 Have some tea. 620 00:28:55,240 --> 00:28:56,410 Are you comforting me? 621 00:28:56,910 --> 00:28:57,990 Didn't you say that everyone in the Jinyuan Alliance 622 00:28:58,020 --> 00:28:59,220 are evil and vicious? 623 00:29:00,070 --> 00:29:01,080 Why are you are so kind? 624 00:29:01,880 --> 00:29:02,760 I told you. 625 00:29:03,390 --> 00:29:04,730 You misunderstood me from the beginning. 626 00:29:10,320 --> 00:29:11,590 But I still think it's wrong. 627 00:29:12,580 --> 00:29:14,570 If Yu Qiushuang really died in Yu City, 628 00:29:14,920 --> 00:29:16,470 she has been dead for more than seven days. 629 00:29:16,780 --> 00:29:18,070 Why was the body still bleeding 630 00:29:18,510 --> 00:29:20,550 when we saw her? 631 00:29:24,690 --> 00:29:25,290 Try it. 632 00:29:25,670 --> 00:29:26,930 Fresh frozen watermelon. 633 00:29:27,490 --> 00:29:29,120 You're still in the mood to eat melon? 634 00:29:29,150 --> 00:29:30,300 The secrets are all inside. 635 00:29:30,590 --> 00:29:30,970 Secrets? 636 00:29:32,160 --> 00:29:32,670 Secrets. 637 00:29:35,110 --> 00:29:35,600 Try it. 638 00:29:42,080 --> 00:29:43,010 It's only been a while. 639 00:29:43,410 --> 00:29:44,250 Why has it gone bad? 640 00:29:48,040 --> 00:29:48,910 The rotten body. 641 00:29:49,460 --> 00:29:50,500 You're quick. 642 00:29:50,860 --> 00:29:53,370 Frozen watermelon always goes bad faster. 643 00:29:53,670 --> 00:29:55,190 No wonder Yu Qiushuang's body 644 00:29:55,780 --> 00:29:57,350 was fine at Xiaomian Inn, 645 00:29:57,800 --> 00:29:59,920 but rotted as soon as we arrived in Yu City. 646 00:30:00,310 --> 00:30:02,070 It turns out she was put into the envoy box together with ice cubes. 647 00:30:02,480 --> 00:30:03,220 The ice cubes 648 00:30:03,990 --> 00:30:05,200 should have been made of blood. 649 00:30:05,720 --> 00:30:08,080 I'm afraid blood was frozen 650 00:30:09,150 --> 00:30:13,900 so that it could melt into blood 651 00:30:14,210 --> 00:30:15,850 and create the illusion that Yu Qiushuang had just died. 652 00:30:15,880 --> 00:30:16,900 It's so detailed. 653 00:30:17,080 --> 00:30:18,020 No wonder it was burnt. 654 00:30:18,640 --> 00:30:19,640 It can't be hidden. 655 00:30:19,880 --> 00:30:21,520 This is just the first mystery. 656 00:30:22,360 --> 00:30:22,910 Think about it. 657 00:30:23,270 --> 00:30:25,360 If Yu Qiushuang died in Yu City, 658 00:30:25,780 --> 00:30:28,610 why would she appear at Xiaoyan Inn? 659 00:30:29,080 --> 00:30:30,000 Because from the beginning, 660 00:30:30,500 --> 00:30:33,340 Yu Qiushuang was in the box. 661 00:30:34,350 --> 00:30:34,830 Let's go. 662 00:30:35,390 --> 00:30:36,300 Xiaomian Inn. 663 00:31:01,570 --> 00:31:02,540 I need to go to the kitchen. 664 00:31:03,040 --> 00:31:03,880 Why? 665 00:31:04,010 --> 00:31:05,290 I think better in the kitchen. 666 00:31:25,710 --> 00:31:27,470 The blood footprints that day are still here. 667 00:31:29,210 --> 00:31:29,500 Come. 668 00:31:29,760 --> 00:31:30,400 Come and have a look. 669 00:31:30,910 --> 00:31:32,340 I'll show you blood footprints too. 670 00:31:43,150 --> 00:31:43,640 Excuse me. 671 00:31:54,770 --> 00:31:55,570 What's going on? 672 00:31:56,060 --> 00:31:58,370 Paste made from red twilight grass is colorless. 673 00:31:58,470 --> 00:31:59,970 But once it encounters water, 674 00:32:00,190 --> 00:32:01,500 it will turn red. 675 00:32:21,120 --> 00:32:22,390 Isn't this the herb 676 00:32:22,410 --> 00:32:24,300 you wanted to use to treat Yun Jiao that day? 677 00:32:26,150 --> 00:32:26,740 Yes. 678 00:32:27,520 --> 00:32:28,530 Red twilight grass 679 00:32:28,560 --> 00:32:29,940 grows in the yard in Yu City. 680 00:32:30,240 --> 00:32:32,100 She picked it, made it into a paste, and painted it into ghost footprints. 681 00:32:32,180 --> 00:32:32,820 Of course she'd recognize it. 682 00:32:33,430 --> 00:32:34,500 After she sees the medicine, 683 00:32:34,730 --> 00:32:36,740 she'll recover naturally. 684 00:32:38,440 --> 00:32:39,480 What about the green ghost? 685 00:32:40,110 --> 00:32:41,720 Everyone in the inn saw it that day. 686 00:32:57,830 --> 00:32:58,590 Fireflies? 687 00:33:00,270 --> 00:33:02,100 She sealed fireflies in the window. 688 00:33:04,590 --> 00:33:05,750 But how did she turn 689 00:33:05,770 --> 00:33:06,970 Yun Jiao into Yu Qiushuang 690 00:33:07,580 --> 00:33:08,510 right under everyone's noses? 691 00:33:26,180 --> 00:33:26,650 Smell it. 692 00:33:32,780 --> 00:33:33,580 Hemp? 693 00:33:34,470 --> 00:33:35,860 The water here 694 00:33:36,550 --> 00:33:37,840 is mixed with hemp 695 00:33:37,920 --> 00:33:39,160 to make people tipsy. 696 00:33:40,180 --> 00:33:41,290 It's easier for Yun Jiao to make the swap 697 00:33:41,600 --> 00:33:44,120 when people can't see properly. 698 00:33:44,230 --> 00:33:44,870 What are you looking at? 699 00:33:45,440 --> 00:33:46,080 Don't look at me! 700 00:33:49,790 --> 00:33:51,340 After she puts down the veil, 701 00:33:52,690 --> 00:33:53,890 everything will be fine. 702 00:33:54,660 --> 00:33:56,500 Yun Jiao put a lot of effort into it. 703 00:33:56,700 --> 00:33:57,350 Unfortunately, we didn't come here 704 00:33:57,350 --> 00:33:58,690 to find evidence of Yun Jiao's crime. 705 00:33:59,250 --> 00:33:59,850 Then what? 706 00:34:00,460 --> 00:34:02,290 To prove Yun Jiao's innocence. 707 00:34:07,820 --> 00:34:08,210 Here. 708 00:34:13,910 --> 00:34:15,790 It's the same as the golden needle that killed Yu Qiushuang. 709 00:34:17,290 --> 00:34:18,110 But this jade is... 710 00:34:18,300 --> 00:34:19,310 It the jade Qingling said 711 00:34:19,660 --> 00:34:22,720 Yu Qiushuang gave to Yun Jiao. 712 00:34:23,370 --> 00:34:24,140 Someone wants to kill her. 713 00:34:25,310 --> 00:34:26,300 It's such an elaborate show. 714 00:34:26,910 --> 00:34:29,020 Yun Jiao couldn't have done it alone. 715 00:35:13,270 --> 00:35:15,060 It hasn't been destroyed yet. 716 00:35:21,900 --> 00:35:22,520 Shadow puppet? 717 00:35:23,040 --> 00:35:23,970 This case 718 00:35:24,330 --> 00:35:26,560 reminds me of a small sect. 719 00:35:27,380 --> 00:35:28,350 The Pu family of Hujiang. 720 00:35:29,170 --> 00:35:30,120 Over ten years ago, 721 00:35:30,820 --> 00:35:34,170 the Pu family of Hujiang were renowned 722 00:35:34,450 --> 00:35:35,440 for their shadow puppetry. 723 00:35:35,650 --> 00:35:36,850 But unexpectedly, 724 00:35:37,060 --> 00:35:39,320 they were destroyed overnight 725 00:35:39,680 --> 00:35:42,030 due to gambling debts. 726 00:35:42,530 --> 00:35:44,690 After that, they disappeared. 727 00:35:47,500 --> 00:35:48,500 The silk strings are very thin. 728 00:35:49,440 --> 00:35:52,110 It seems that as long as the person who holds the strings is skilled, 729 00:35:52,780 --> 00:35:54,820 they can manipulate the puppet from outside the room. 730 00:35:56,320 --> 00:35:56,870 That's right. 731 00:35:59,440 --> 00:36:01,120 Yu Qiushuang died in Yu City, 732 00:36:01,370 --> 00:36:03,800 but her body was sealed into the escort box together with blood ice 733 00:36:03,830 --> 00:36:04,750 and sent to the escort agency. 734 00:36:05,350 --> 00:36:07,910 The murderer then bribed Cheng Yunhe, 735 00:36:07,990 --> 00:36:09,520 claiming it was the body of a prisoner. 736 00:36:09,760 --> 00:36:11,550 Cheng Yunhe didn’t want to be exposed, 737 00:36:11,830 --> 00:36:13,470 so he wouldn’t check the boxes one by one. 738 00:36:13,880 --> 00:36:15,360 So Yu Qiushuang's body 739 00:36:15,400 --> 00:36:17,800 was transported to Xiaomian Inn. 740 00:36:19,830 --> 00:36:22,370 Yun Jiao brought the guards there under the guise of searching for Yu Qiushuang 741 00:36:22,420 --> 00:36:23,900 so she could move in one day early 742 00:36:24,190 --> 00:36:25,870 and set everything up at night. 743 00:36:26,290 --> 00:36:27,020 The next evening, 744 00:36:27,260 --> 00:36:28,730 she came in as Yu Qiushuang 745 00:36:28,890 --> 00:36:31,050 and used shadow puppetry to fabricate a conversation between the two of them. 746 00:36:31,480 --> 00:36:32,600 The guards in the distance 747 00:36:32,910 --> 00:36:35,450 would only think their Second Young Miss had really returned. 748 00:36:37,170 --> 00:36:39,020 The escort boxes were airtight since they were made of cold iron, 749 00:36:39,280 --> 00:36:40,890 so the blood ice melted after exactly six days. 750 00:36:41,230 --> 00:36:42,950 When the goods were carried into the inn, 751 00:36:43,170 --> 00:36:44,690 blood seeped out of the boxes. 752 00:36:44,890 --> 00:36:46,920 Once someone approached, they would notice something was off. 753 00:36:47,790 --> 00:36:49,590 At that time, Yun Jiao took off her disguise 754 00:36:49,610 --> 00:36:50,790 and went down to take a bath alone. 755 00:36:51,380 --> 00:36:52,770 When blood seeped down, 756 00:36:53,070 --> 00:36:54,870 she pointed everyone to the second floor 757 00:36:55,080 --> 00:36:57,160 so the guards would find Second Young Miss missing. 758 00:36:57,650 --> 00:36:59,680 The bloodied escort boxes would be opened. 759 00:37:00,190 --> 00:37:03,090 Yu Qiushuang's body would thus be revealed. 760 00:37:03,570 --> 00:37:05,200 This show of a ghost killing a person 761 00:37:05,450 --> 00:37:06,290 would be complete. 762 00:37:07,790 --> 00:37:08,470 This show needed 763 00:37:09,060 --> 00:37:10,290 someone else killed as a lead-in. 764 00:37:11,150 --> 00:37:13,830 But unexpectedly, Happy happened to be on the second floor. 765 00:37:16,180 --> 00:37:16,920 He was very unlucky. 766 00:37:19,690 --> 00:37:20,980 Yun Jiao was on the first floor, 767 00:37:21,690 --> 00:37:23,180 so it was the person hiding in the shadows who killed Happy. 768 00:37:23,650 --> 00:37:25,420 The person who could make Yun Jiao play so many tricks 769 00:37:25,810 --> 00:37:27,610 and pretend to be crazy... 770 00:37:31,700 --> 00:37:32,620 is Zongzheng Mingzhu. 771 00:37:33,470 --> 00:37:35,240 Yun Jiao went this far, 772 00:37:35,920 --> 00:37:36,960 but how could she know 773 00:37:37,350 --> 00:37:39,740 the murderer wants to kill her too. 774 00:37:40,110 --> 00:37:41,020 What are we waiting for? 775 00:37:41,230 --> 00:37:42,800 For the murderer to strike again. 776 00:37:43,650 --> 00:37:44,620 Before we set off, 777 00:37:45,260 --> 00:37:46,680 didn't you set up a trap 778 00:37:46,710 --> 00:37:47,760 in Yun Jiao's room? 779 00:37:49,510 --> 00:37:50,390 You know that too? 780 00:37:51,370 --> 00:37:52,260 You're really cunning. 781 00:37:54,930 --> 00:37:55,650 Now, 782 00:37:56,000 --> 00:37:57,870 we can only wait for the murderer to get caught 783 00:37:58,440 --> 00:38:00,320 to solve my last question. 784 00:38:01,510 --> 00:38:02,300 What question? 785 00:38:02,710 --> 00:38:04,040 That needle and that palm. 786 00:38:04,190 --> 00:38:06,550 Why did the murderer kill Yu Qiushuang twice? 787 00:38:41,190 --> 00:38:41,920 I've been waiting for you for a long time. 788 00:38:42,790 --> 00:38:44,160 Turn around and show your face. 789 00:38:45,570 --> 00:38:46,190 It's me. 790 00:38:48,250 --> 00:38:48,940 Master Yu? 791 00:38:49,910 --> 00:38:50,630 What are you doing? 792 00:38:52,520 --> 00:38:53,790 You want to kill Yun Jiao. 793 00:38:54,050 --> 00:38:55,810 You're the one who killed Yu Qiushuang? 794 00:38:59,000 --> 00:39:00,570 I was just worried about her condition, 795 00:39:00,810 --> 00:39:01,560 so I came to visit her. 796 00:39:04,190 --> 00:39:05,740 Yun Jiao has been crazy for two days, 797 00:39:05,760 --> 00:39:06,770 but you came here only now. 798 00:39:07,110 --> 00:39:09,400 You're afraid she might say something wrong, right? 799 00:39:09,910 --> 00:39:11,170 Watch your language. 800 00:39:11,600 --> 00:39:12,980 Don't forget our statuses. 801 00:39:13,680 --> 00:39:15,770 What's happening in the middle of the night? 802 00:39:16,010 --> 00:39:16,530 Madam. 803 00:39:18,150 --> 00:39:18,760 Young Master Fang. 804 00:39:19,550 --> 00:39:20,270 What are you doing? 805 00:39:21,200 --> 00:39:21,750 It's a misunderstanding. 806 00:39:26,640 --> 00:39:27,390 Why are you here? 807 00:39:28,140 --> 00:39:29,090 Madam Yu, you came at the right time. 808 00:39:29,780 --> 00:39:32,970 The murderer who killed Second Young Miss is right in front of you. 809 00:39:33,680 --> 00:39:34,250 What? 810 00:39:37,580 --> 00:39:38,560 Wasn't it Yun Jiao? 811 00:39:39,510 --> 00:39:40,480 Yun Jiao 812 00:39:40,870 --> 00:39:42,520 was just trying to help Castellan. 813 00:39:45,740 --> 00:39:48,670 Yun Jiao helped Yu Mulan? 814 00:39:49,370 --> 00:39:50,370 Castellan Yu 815 00:39:50,490 --> 00:39:52,880 has a close relationship with Miss Yun Jiao. 816 00:39:53,360 --> 00:39:55,490 Miss Yun once wrote a poem, 817 00:39:55,910 --> 00:39:57,440 but got found out by Madam Yu. 818 00:39:58,190 --> 00:39:59,950 "The pearl on my heart cannot be untied, 819 00:40:00,130 --> 00:40:02,210 flying flowers and willow catkins make me miss you." 820 00:40:02,660 --> 00:40:04,110 Wasn't this poem for... 821 00:40:04,110 --> 00:40:05,710 Wasn't this poem for Young Master Zongzheng? 822 00:40:09,020 --> 00:40:10,220 Pearl can have many meanings, 823 00:40:10,500 --> 00:40:11,430 I don't dare to monopolize all of them. 824 00:40:11,940 --> 00:40:12,940 I'd like to hear your explanation. 825 00:40:14,170 --> 00:40:15,580 The flying flowers and willow catkins 826 00:40:15,640 --> 00:40:17,520 are what Miss Yun really loves. 827 00:40:17,990 --> 00:40:19,110 It's related to 828 00:40:19,150 --> 00:40:20,380 the dandelion pendant on her writst. 829 00:40:21,250 --> 00:40:23,720 The Pu family of Hujiang has the dandelion as their family emblem. 830 00:40:24,470 --> 00:40:27,810 It seems that Master Pu is very loyal to the Pu family 831 00:40:28,530 --> 00:40:29,930 even after marrying into Yu City. 832 00:40:43,830 --> 00:40:46,580 So you're the one she likes. 833 00:40:47,580 --> 00:40:48,300 Pu Mulan. 834 00:40:48,790 --> 00:40:50,710 You played me like a fool. 835 00:40:51,110 --> 00:40:53,030 You haven't let go of the Pu family. 836 00:40:56,200 --> 00:40:57,840 The Pu family earned a lot of money 837 00:40:58,030 --> 00:41:00,090 through shadow puppetry in those years. 838 00:41:00,840 --> 00:41:01,750 Unfortunately, 839 00:41:01,780 --> 00:41:03,070 the late master was a gambler. 840 00:41:03,380 --> 00:41:05,630 The Pu family wanted to revamp themselves 841 00:41:05,900 --> 00:41:06,940 to gain a good reputation. 842 00:41:24,060 --> 00:41:24,950 Thank you, Miss. 843 00:41:28,120 --> 00:41:29,460 Madam, this shadow puppet 844 00:41:29,490 --> 00:41:31,340 was found at Xiaomian Inn. 845 00:41:31,440 --> 00:41:33,460 The murderer wanted to use shadow puppetry 846 00:41:33,490 --> 00:41:35,220 to create the impression that a ghost was the murderer. 847 00:41:35,630 --> 00:41:37,220 And the other shadow puppet 848 00:41:37,580 --> 00:41:40,220 was found in Master Yu's study. 849 00:41:40,820 --> 00:41:43,920 The Pu family has a unique skill called the "Thousand Transformations of Fire" 850 00:41:44,560 --> 00:41:46,810 which allows the puppeteer to control their strings from afar. 851 00:41:47,070 --> 00:41:49,250 Wouldn't using your ancestors' prized skill to commit murder 852 00:41:49,590 --> 00:41:51,820 make them unrestful? 853 00:41:55,810 --> 00:41:57,570 You just dug up my past 854 00:41:58,200 --> 00:41:59,400 to frame me. 855 00:41:59,870 --> 00:42:01,000 I have no grudge against her. 856 00:42:01,230 --> 00:42:02,510 Why should I kill her? 857 00:42:04,370 --> 00:42:04,900 Fine. 858 00:42:05,580 --> 00:42:06,730 Even if I killed her, 859 00:42:07,330 --> 00:42:08,700 I could have ditched the body far away. 860 00:42:09,230 --> 00:42:10,670 Why would I go to all this trouble 861 00:42:10,700 --> 00:42:11,830 to expose her body? 862 00:42:15,640 --> 00:42:16,720 Of course you had a reason. 863 00:42:17,410 --> 00:42:18,050 Pu Mulan. 864 00:42:18,350 --> 00:42:19,790 You were born with a predilection for gambling 865 00:42:20,060 --> 00:42:21,270 because of your father. 866 00:42:21,580 --> 00:42:23,150 He lost all his assets, 867 00:42:23,440 --> 00:42:25,110 so you could only marry into Yu City. 868 00:42:25,750 --> 00:42:26,870 Unfortunately, 869 00:42:27,160 --> 00:42:29,680 you are a gambler. 870 00:42:29,960 --> 00:42:31,270 In order to avoid Madam Yu, 871 00:42:31,300 --> 00:42:33,820 you could only repay your debt by faking the accounts 872 00:42:33,850 --> 00:42:34,840 while guarding the jade mine. 873 00:42:35,580 --> 00:42:37,940 Unfortunately, Yu Qiushuang holds half of Yu City's property. 874 00:42:38,810 --> 00:42:39,450 According to the rules, 875 00:42:40,230 --> 00:42:41,390 if Yu Qiushuang goes missing, 876 00:42:41,550 --> 00:42:43,230 the mines are still hers. 877 00:42:43,470 --> 00:42:44,670 Only by proving that she's dead 878 00:42:45,080 --> 00:42:46,550 can Madam Yu inherit everything. 879 00:42:47,590 --> 00:42:48,310 Pu Mulan. 880 00:42:49,740 --> 00:42:50,620 Only you 881 00:42:51,370 --> 00:42:53,600 have the chance to fake the accounts to repay your debts. 882 00:42:54,280 --> 00:42:56,330 Yu City is famous. 883 00:42:56,940 --> 00:42:58,660 Maybe it's too rich. 884 00:42:59,230 --> 00:43:00,150 Pu Mulan, 885 00:43:00,470 --> 00:43:01,440 am I right? 886 00:43:04,610 --> 00:43:06,130 You’re slandering me! 887 00:43:06,510 --> 00:43:07,170 Young Master Fang. 888 00:43:14,540 --> 00:43:15,870 The Fang family has banks everywhere. 889 00:43:16,270 --> 00:43:17,320 I asked around 890 00:43:17,500 --> 00:43:19,420 and it was easy to find this gambler's accounts. 891 00:43:21,750 --> 00:43:22,340 Pu Mulan. 892 00:43:22,440 --> 00:43:23,650 I'm afraid you owe money 893 00:43:24,420 --> 00:43:25,790 to all the gambling dens within a hundred li radius from here. 894 00:43:31,360 --> 00:43:32,090 Pu Mulan, 895 00:43:33,070 --> 00:43:34,450 you traitor! 896 00:43:35,150 --> 00:43:36,360 I thought you had changed those bad habits 897 00:43:37,010 --> 00:43:38,490 after marrying into my family. 898 00:43:39,250 --> 00:43:39,980 I didn't expect you would 899 00:43:40,630 --> 00:43:43,540 kill my sister for money. 900 00:43:43,970 --> 00:43:44,590 Madam, 901 00:43:45,400 --> 00:43:48,000 how can you believe these two swindlers? 902 00:43:48,050 --> 00:43:49,130 I didn't. 903 00:43:49,160 --> 00:43:49,840 You didn't? 904 00:43:50,800 --> 00:43:52,830 Castellan Yu really didn't leave anything to chance. 905 00:43:53,270 --> 00:43:55,270 You knew that as long as we investigated Second Young Miss Yu's body 906 00:43:55,560 --> 00:43:56,970 and talked to the guards that were present, 907 00:43:57,120 --> 00:43:58,280 we would definitely find the loophole. 908 00:43:59,050 --> 00:44:00,610 So, you burned the body at night. 909 00:44:01,020 --> 00:44:02,260 But you never thought 910 00:44:02,760 --> 00:44:03,940 Madam Yu would come back early 911 00:44:04,470 --> 00:44:06,670 to rescue the body before it had been burned completely. 912 00:44:07,650 --> 00:44:08,570 Unfortunately, Madam Yu, 913 00:44:08,950 --> 00:44:09,950 you were angry 914 00:44:09,970 --> 00:44:11,490 and killed all the guards. 915 00:44:12,090 --> 00:44:13,850 They never had a chance to speak. 916 00:44:14,140 --> 00:44:16,130 Your disregard for the guards' lives 917 00:44:16,560 --> 00:44:19,280 was exactly what the murderer wanted.