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["Water and Flame" by Shu Linzuo]
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♫ The boundless world is pitch-dark as the night ♫
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♫ Your appearance is like a lightning bolt
that tore through the night ♫
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♫ My birth is neither impure nor pure,
neither born nor destroyed ♫
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♫ Perseverance is in my heart behaving atrociously,
who can comprehend? ♫
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♫ The sharp sword that penetrates desire is stained with blood ♫
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♫ The season tainted with the hypocrisy of the world is prosperous yet withering ♫
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♫ Give me some time, I can change everything ♫
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♫ The courageous moth can also extinguish a sea of flames ♫
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♫ Sorrow and delight are interweaving with colors ♫
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♫ Layers upon layers covered by a dense fog ♫
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♫ Numerous obstacles cannot stop me ♫
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♫ To uncover the truth ♫
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♫ A region of burning fire and deep waters ♫
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♫ Calm and blazing both existing ♫
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♫ Who will indulge the wicked flames ♫
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♫ To boil the deep sea ♫
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♫ This is the era of survival of the fittest ♫
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♫ Everything will be planned by oneself ♫
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♫ Even if it is a proud and aloof predestination ♫
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♫ Even if completely incompatible, I’m still here ♫
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[🔎👁🗨The Sleuth of the Ming Dynasty👁🗨🔍]
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[Episode 3]
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Follow me.
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Put her here.
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Sir, where are you going?
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What should I do?
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Sir? Sir?
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What poison is it?
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Eastern Depot's secret poison "Tancha Powder."
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Tancha Powder?
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We tested it seven times. It's definitely correct.
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It seems that tomorrow I need to go to the east to have a chat.
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Why did you ambush Tang Fan?
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Where did that carriage come from?
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Official Tang, the prison is a restricted area! Wait!
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Restricted area, my butt! This is not my first time here.
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Brother, I couldn't stop him.
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- You can go.
- Sui Zhou, you bastard!
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You're getting rid of me once the job is done, aren't you?
(T/N: idiom - kill the donkey once it leaves the millstone)
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You're abandoning your benefactor after you achieve your goal?
(T/N: idiom - destroy the bridge after crossing the river)
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You want to beat the monk once the funeral is over, don't you?
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I just ask you this. Did I have a part in solving the case?
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How many leads did I give you?
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How many times have you teased me?
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How many times have I returned my kindness for your evildoing?
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How many times have you bitten my hands that fed you?
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But for the sake of you retrieving my chopsticks,
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I will forgive you.
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Can we get down to business?
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- This...
- You came right on time.
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He is going to confess.
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He kept his mouth shut under torture for 8 hours.
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He is a tough guy, I'll give him that.
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You Imperial Guards' torture really deserves its name.
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Yes, we have a bad reputation.
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But we're quite efficient working on cases.
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Unlike Shuntian Prefecture which is...
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All right. Let's get down to business.
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Do you speak Mandarin?
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Why did you ambush me?
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It... It was Lin Chaodong who paid me to do it.
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Lin Chaodong?
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Every time this Lin Chaodong used to come to the Iron Market,
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it was always with Owner Li of the pharmacy.
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Owner Li introduced him as a worker that he trusted.
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But six months ago,
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- Lin Chaodong suddenly came to the Iron Market alone.
- Owner.
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- Hello.
- I want some Western Xia grass aconitum.
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- How much do you want?
- I want all that you have.
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But then one day Lin Chaodong came to Iron Market to find us.
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He gave us ten taels of silver,
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saying he wanted us to rob someone for him.
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- I need a favor.
- We asked him what happened.
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He said he wanted us to get a pill bottle from this person.
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Pill bottle?
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Yes.
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Later that night, after we robbed you,
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he suddenly showed up dressed like an Oirat.
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And he also wanted to buy some Oirat's customs clearance papers.
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Help me get two customs clearance papers.
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I want Oirat's papers.
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Money is not a problem, but make it fast.
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I asked him what happened.
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He told us...
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What do you need the papers for?
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I have lived in the capital for too long.
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I want to go elsewhere to take a look.
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Where did you get the Han Mansion's carriage?
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We didn't have anything to do that night.
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So we wanted to go out of town
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to see if there was any new grave in the destitute cemetery.
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We thought we could dig up a dead body or two who didn't have a family
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to get some pocket money.
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When we just arrived at the city gate, we saw a coachman
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driving a carriage back and forth.
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And he kept murmuring something to himself.
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The coachman looked like he was insane,
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so we thought he was easy to handle.
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But who would have thought
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there was a child's body in the carriage?
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The coachman saw the child's body and suddenly went crazy.
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He fought us desperately with a whip in his hand
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like he didn't care about his life.
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So we stabbed him several times and killed him.
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We also found a hundred and twenty coins from him.
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Even the two corpses were sold for money later.
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You Oirats are really scary.
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Who bought the bodies?
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He claimed to be a friend of Lin Chaodong.
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The first time he came,
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he told us that he wanted to buy a female corpse.
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But we didn't have any female corpses.
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We had no choice but to dress up the child's body
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and sell it as a female to him.
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I thought I would never see him again.
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I didn't expect him to come again the next day
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saying he wanted to buy an adult man's body this time.
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I told him... Men's bodies are twice as expensive as women's.
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Why would Lin Chaodong get someone to ambush you?
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And what was that pill bottle he wanted?
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That day Wang Zhi asked me to go to Joyous Brothel to meet him.
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What?
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Wang Zhi took me to Joyous Brothel that day.
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But he is a eun...
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He took you to Joyous Brothel?
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None of this matters. The one thing that matters is...
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After Wang Zhi left early to handle something, I did meet a woman.
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Who?
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Feng Qingzi.
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Zheng Cheng's lover.
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Feng Qingzi...
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Joyous Brothel...
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Pill bottle?
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Do you recognize this pill bottle?
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This is Fuyangchun.
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- I know what happened.
- What?
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That day at Joyous Brothel,
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I showed her Fuyangchun's bottle.
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Shortly afterward, I was ambushed by Lin Chaodong's hitman.
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Their purpose was this pill bottle.
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His lover is Feng Qingzi.
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Lin Chaodong was in charge of filling the prescriptions in Returning Spring Pharmacy.
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Lin Chaodong was the one who prepared all the ingredients for those Fuyangchun pills Zheng Cheng took.
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Yes. And Zheng Cheng's prescription was given by Feng Qingzi.
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When dispensing the ingredients, you can just add some ingredients that would turn the mixture into a slow poison.
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No one would find out.
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Over time, Zheng Cheng would have been poisoned in a chronic way.
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So, Lin Chaodong and Feng Qingzi are the murderers of Zheng Cheng.
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Zheng Cheng's death is a crime of passion.
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Exactly.
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Where is Feng Qingzi?
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After you met her last night,
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she left because she had redeemed her freedom.
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Do you know Lin Chaodong?
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I know Lin Chaodong.
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Why didn't you say so the day Zheng Cheng died?
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You didn't ask me, Your Excellency!
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Every girl working in brothels has several lovers.
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[Eastern Depot]
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Commander Wang, you didn't come to my Eastern Depot
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looking for trouble, right?
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I heard there is a poison. And with precise dosage,
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the culprit can accurately determine when the person being poisoned will die.
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Have you heard of this poison, Commander Shang?
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What are you implying?
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I wasn't implying anything.
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I am simply asking Commander Shang a question.
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Among all the government offices,
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everyone knows Eastern Depot's Tancha Powder.
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You're just playing dumb with me
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pretending you don't know.
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You're giving me too much credit.
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I have always been stupid.
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It is said a master of this
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poison can calculate when his victim will die
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accurately to the very minute. Is this true?
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Of course.
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Then that's troublesome.
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Just say it!
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Don't beat around the bush with me!
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Han Zao, Crown Prince's studying companion,
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was killed by this poison.
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Wang Zhi!
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Don't come here to frame me!
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Others might be afraid of you, but I am not!
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Commander Shang, please calm down.
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I am really here simply to ask for your advice.
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I am the only one who knows about it.
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And the first thing I did was coming here for your advice.
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No one knows about it except me.
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So rest assured.
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This little secret is safe with me.
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My Eastern Depot has no secrets.
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The poison from your Eastern Depot got into the palace
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and even poisoned the crown prince's studying companion.
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To say the very least,
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you can't get away with poor supervision and dereliction of your duties.
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But I believe this case has
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absolutely nothing to do with you.
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I do things following a simple rule.
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I help you and you help me.
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Today, I help you.
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I hope that if I get into trouble one day,
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I can count on you to help me.
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In Eastern Depot, who is in charge of Tancha Powder?
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[Western Depot]
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The fact that your commander would deliver you three to Western Depot
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is enough to illustrate the seriousness of the matter.
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So I'll only ask this question once.
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Who did you give the Tancha Powder to?
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Okay.
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You are no strangers to Eastern Depot's tortures.
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Let's try what our Western Depot has to offer today, shall we?
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- Are you Fulin?
- I am.
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Western Depot needs to ask you some questions. Please come with me.
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Yes, Sir.
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Let's go.
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Go get him!
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Hurry up!
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Useless!
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You can't even catch one man.
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Commander Wang,
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His Majesty wants to see you.
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Find out every person and everything related to the dead eunuch.
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If anything goes wrong again, you'll be the one being arrested.
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Yes, Sir!
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[Joyous Brothel]
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Why are you so gloomy?
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You still have the mood to eat?
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I haven't eaten or had water in 12 hours since we were at the Iron Market yesterday.
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I'm starving. Do you want some?
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Here.
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Feng Qingzi is missing.
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Lin Chaodong's whereabouts are unknown.
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All the leads are at a dead end.
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Are you really not worried?
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Deep-fried dough sticks, just out of the frying pan!
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The leads are like this deep-fried dough stick.
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It doesn't matter if one end hits the dead end.
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You just have to take the other end.
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The other end?
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If you want to work from the other end, you have to give me something.
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Han Mansion's carriage.
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Your Majesty.
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You may rise.
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I want to practice my calligraphy.
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Yes, Your Majesty.
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Is it done?
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Your Majesty, this ink block is...
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I'm asking about the son of Marquis Wu'an
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and Han Zao's case.
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It's a complicated case.
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Your Majesty, please give me some more days.
256
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It was originally just a small case outside the palace,
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but you are making it more and more high-profile.
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First, Eastern Depot caught fire.
259
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Now, even you're making mistakes
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and linking the case to the palace.
261
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Your Majesty, you are talking about...
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the eunuch that died this morning...
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You're doing it too hard and too fast.
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I beg for your mercy.
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If you grind the ink like this,
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the ink will be lumpy with foam.
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And the color will not be glossy.
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Why can't you even do this right?
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I deserve a thousand deaths!
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Your Western Depot's information network is everywhere in the country.
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Are you now curious
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as to how I found out since you didn't report this?
273
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I certainly shall not have this thought.
274
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Your Majesty is a wise emperor without rival in history. You know all the things under the sun and even above the–
275
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Don't think the Western Depot is the only source of my information.
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General Han Yong just passed away.
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And then something happened to Han Zao right away.
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Although they were not immediate family,
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they were still relatives after all.
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Don't delay Han Zao's case anymore.
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Yes, Your Majesty.
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And also stop making things relevant to anyone in the harem.
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I want you to solve the problem,
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not to produce another one.
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Yes, Your Majesty.
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Today's ink is bad.
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You can have this work as a gift from me.
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[Listen to Both Sides to be Enlightened]
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At the crime scene, we found two bodies.
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Zheng Cheng and Han Zao.
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No matter who they were and no matter how many cases there really are,
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all we have to do now is find out the truth
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and find out who killed them.
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We now know Han Zao died of acute poisoning.
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So, who poisoned him?
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Was it the coachman of his family?
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The coachman is dead.
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Dead men can't talk.
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I sent Xue Ling to investigate his background.
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His parents died.
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No wife or children. Lived alone.
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He started as a coachman at Han Mansion when he was a teenager more than 30 years ago.
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He has only one distant relative in the capital.
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Have you found this distant relative?
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People in Han Mansion only heard of this relative.
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They've never seen them visit each other.
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It's fine. The leads require a lot of searching.
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Since there are no shortcuts,
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we can only use the dumbest way.
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I ask questions and you will answer.
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If you can answer them, there's more for you.
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Did you see that carriage a few days ago?
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Yes. There were people fighting here.
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Then, did you see which direction this carriage came from?
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There.
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Thank you, Sir!
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Sir, have you seen this carriage?
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Have you ever seen this carriage?
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No.
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Have you seen this carriage?
321
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No, no.
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Have you seen this carriage?
323
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Never seen it before.
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Have you seen this carriage?
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No.
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Your Excellencies, do you work in Han Mansion?
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Come on, come on in! Take a seat.
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Old Hou didn't drive the carriage for you today?
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- The coachman?
- Surnamed Hou.
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Sir, you know Old Hou?
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I never met the man in person,
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but I know Uncle Hou from next door.
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Every time he comes here to drink tea,
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he always brags about his distant nephew
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who is a coachman for a high ranking official.
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If I didn't see this carriage parked in front of his house two days ago,
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I really wouldn't believe it.
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Where is his home?
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Coming!
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Officials, what's the matter?
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Is Coachman Hou of Han Mansion your distant nephew?
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I don't know who that is.
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You don't? Come to Northern Administrative Court with us.
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Your Excellencies! Your Excellencies!
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He is my distant nephew.
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It was my idea to tell him to run away.
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Please spare my life!
348
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Now everything fits.
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According to the distance and time we just spent, at about 7:30 at night,
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the Oirats saw Coachman Hou of Han Mansion near the city gate.
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Let's go back in time, from 6:00 to 6:30,
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Old Hou was at his distant uncle's house.
353
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The time required to go from one place to another is an hour.
354
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Let's go back in time again.
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His uncle's home to the back door of Han Mansion,
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and then from the back door of Han Mansion to the downtown,
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the time required is about one and a half hours.
358
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So if you do the math, it would be just the exact time
359
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Zheng Cheng and I had a quarrel: 3:30 in the afternoon.
360
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Wait a second.
361
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The case used to be quite clear.
362
00:24:20,010 --> 00:24:22,810
Now, I'm confused by what you said.
363
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We have arrived. Let's get off and take a look.
364
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I was standing next to this stall that day,
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left hand holding candied hawthorn, and right hand holding chestnut cake.
366
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Then I went in that direction and I saw Zheng Cheng.
367
00:24:46,330 --> 00:24:49,969
So, Zheng Cheng was here that day harassing that flower girl.
368
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Right.
369
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Since I saw it, I couldn't just sit back and do nothing.
370
00:24:53,690 --> 00:24:55,009
So you two had a quarrel.
371
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Yes.
372
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But there was another person.
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His servant Zheng Fu.
374
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Yes.
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After I quarreled with Zheng Fu,
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Zheng Cheng was annoyed and he kicked Zheng Fu to the ground.
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The onlookers gathered round and blocked the road.
378
00:25:07,290 --> 00:25:10,410
So Han Mansion's carriage was stuck in the traffic jam at that intersection.
379
00:25:10,410 --> 00:25:12,790
[Zheng's Fragrant Congee Shop]
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Why does he get the biggest portion?
381
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Eat it while it's still hot. It won't taste good if it's cold.
382
00:25:58,010 --> 00:26:00,070
How's your progress?
383
00:26:01,310 --> 00:26:02,649
There are three conjectures.
384
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The first one has been confirmed.
385
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Since Han Zao left the palace,
386
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the only person he encountered was his coachman before he died.
387
00:26:07,690 --> 00:26:09,449
But this person is innocent.
388
00:26:09,450 --> 00:26:12,090
This indicates that the only place he could've taken the poison was...
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In the palace.
390
00:26:16,130 --> 00:26:18,310
How's your progress?
391
00:26:18,310 --> 00:26:20,249
I found that His Highness the Crown Prince is reading
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"Historical Records of Later Qin Dynasty" which is the third chapter of Abridged Comprehensive Mirror to Aid Government.
393
00:26:25,330 --> 00:26:27,690
Take care, Official Wang.
394
00:26:27,690 --> 00:26:29,250
What do you mean?
395
00:26:29,250 --> 00:26:32,249
He meant that Crown Prince regards me as Zhao Gao of the Qin dynasty, a treacherous eunuch,
396
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and every day he wishes me dead.
397
00:26:34,730 --> 00:26:36,810
Does this have anything to do with the case?
398
00:26:36,810 --> 00:26:38,790
Probably not.
399
00:26:40,650 --> 00:26:44,729
I also found out that Han Zao was poisoned by Tancha Powder.
400
00:26:44,730 --> 00:26:47,969
What is that? What can it do?
401
00:26:47,969 --> 00:26:51,590
Tancha Powder is a poison secretly developed by the Eastern Depot.
402
00:26:51,590 --> 00:26:53,209
It's colorless and tasteless.
403
00:26:53,210 --> 00:26:57,189
The poisoner can control the time of the poison showing effects accurate to the minute.
404
00:26:58,530 --> 00:27:00,649
This confirms my other conjecture.
405
00:27:00,650 --> 00:27:01,609
What is it?
406
00:27:01,610 --> 00:27:03,089
The two cases are not related.
407
00:27:03,090 --> 00:27:04,689
It was by coincidences that they intertwined.
408
00:27:04,690 --> 00:27:06,770
What about the third conjecture?
409
00:27:07,730 --> 00:27:09,369
I'll tell you when I confirm it.
410
00:27:09,370 --> 00:27:11,009
- When?
- It's up to you.
411
00:27:11,009 --> 00:27:12,470
Up to me?
412
00:27:12,470 --> 00:27:15,590
You help me and I help you.
413
00:27:17,410 --> 00:27:21,189
It's time you help me now, Official Wang.
414
00:27:32,410 --> 00:27:34,209
So I guess I'll see you tomorrow?
415
00:27:34,210 --> 00:27:36,129
Arresting people is our job.
416
00:27:36,130 --> 00:27:38,570
You don't have to worry about it.
417
00:27:38,570 --> 00:27:39,609
Here it goes again!
418
00:27:39,700 --> 00:27:41,200
You're getting rid of me once the job is done, abandoning your benefactor after you achieve your goal,
419
00:27:41,200 --> 00:27:42,400
and beating the monk once the funeral is over!
420
00:27:42,490 --> 00:27:44,889
Iron Market is not just any normal place. It's unusually dangerous.
421
00:27:44,889 --> 00:27:46,769
I can only take four or five people with me.
422
00:27:46,770 --> 00:27:48,409
I don't have time to take care of you.
423
00:27:48,410 --> 00:27:50,690
You will only become a liability to me.
424
00:27:50,690 --> 00:27:53,349
Liability? I have become a liability now?
425
00:27:53,349 --> 00:27:54,990
Yes.
426
00:28:00,170 --> 00:28:02,170
You will regret this.
427
00:28:39,510 --> 00:28:42,110
Come on! Take a look!
428
00:28:47,330 --> 00:28:49,109
Brother, everything is in place.
429
00:28:49,109 --> 00:28:53,129
As soon as Lin Chaodong enters our encirclement, we can catch him.
430
00:29:10,770 --> 00:29:12,209
What are you doing here?
431
00:29:12,210 --> 00:29:13,329
Shuntian Prefecture is on a case.
432
00:29:13,330 --> 00:29:14,369
What do you want?
433
00:29:14,370 --> 00:29:15,929
This is the crime scene.
434
00:29:15,930 --> 00:29:19,589
That's right! Don't forget, this is my case.
435
00:29:19,589 --> 00:29:21,249
Why don't you say anything?
436
00:29:21,250 --> 00:29:22,569
Feeling guilty, right?
437
00:29:22,570 --> 00:29:23,870
And you should!
438
00:29:23,870 --> 00:29:27,070
If you still have a little bit conscience, don't stop me.
439
00:29:31,650 --> 00:29:32,449
Stab me.
440
00:29:32,450 --> 00:29:34,110
Brother?
441
00:29:34,110 --> 00:29:35,610
Stab me.
442
00:29:35,610 --> 00:29:37,409
You can stay here if you can stab me.
443
00:29:37,410 --> 00:29:39,590
Don't think I dare not do it!
444
00:29:50,250 --> 00:29:52,770
First chance. Go on.
445
00:30:04,650 --> 00:30:06,250
Come again.
446
00:30:16,850 --> 00:30:18,930
And you have died three times.
447
00:30:20,770 --> 00:30:22,710
Do you still want to stay?
448
00:30:41,500 --> 00:30:43,500
Everything will be fine after today.
449
00:30:47,200 --> 00:30:48,400
Let's go.
450
00:31:00,400 --> 00:31:01,800
Thief!
451
00:31:01,800 --> 00:31:03,800
How dare you come here again?
452
00:31:03,800 --> 00:31:05,400
You stole from me!
453
00:31:06,000 --> 00:31:09,400
I will kill you today!
454
00:31:11,000 --> 00:31:12,700
Sui Zhou, that's him!
455
00:31:13,900 --> 00:31:15,400
Stop!
456
00:31:16,500 --> 00:31:18,000
- Go get them!
- Hurry!
457
00:31:36,200 --> 00:31:37,800
Come on!
458
00:32:14,600 --> 00:32:17,000
Chaodong, what should we do?
459
00:32:17,000 --> 00:32:18,400
Hurry up!
460
00:32:22,800 --> 00:32:24,400
Over there.
461
00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:26,500
Come on!
462
00:32:27,400 --> 00:32:29,900
I have hidden two fast horses in the woods outside the Iron Market.
463
00:32:29,900 --> 00:32:32,700
As long as we can get out of here, we'll be safe.
464
00:32:33,400 --> 00:32:35,000
But the customs clearance papers...
465
00:32:35,000 --> 00:32:36,800
We'll figure out a way once we get out of here!
466
00:32:59,200 --> 00:33:00,600
Here!
467
00:33:38,500 --> 00:33:39,900
Go after them!
468
00:34:02,200 --> 00:34:03,600
Over there!
469
00:34:17,450 --> 00:34:18,289
It's over.
470
00:34:18,300 --> 00:34:20,900
It's not over! We still have a chance.
471
00:34:20,900 --> 00:34:22,600
Remember,
472
00:34:24,200 --> 00:34:27,800
when they get you, you tell them I abducted you.
473
00:34:27,800 --> 00:34:29,800
You don't know anything.
474
00:35:09,400 --> 00:35:11,900
Everything was done by me!
475
00:35:13,400 --> 00:35:15,000
She had nothing to do...
476
00:35:21,400 --> 00:35:22,700
Chaodong!
477
00:35:23,900 --> 00:35:25,600
Brother!
478
00:35:25,600 --> 00:35:27,100
Chaodong!
479
00:35:33,600 --> 00:35:35,500
Chaodong!
480
00:35:36,400 --> 00:35:38,300
Chaodong!
481
00:35:41,400 --> 00:35:43,300
Chaodong!
482
00:35:44,930 --> 00:35:47,290
Save him!
483
00:35:49,000 --> 00:35:51,000
- Help me here.
- Save him!
484
00:35:52,000 --> 00:35:54,200
Old Pei, save him!
485
00:35:54,200 --> 00:35:55,600
Hurry up!
486
00:35:55,600 --> 00:35:57,400
- Old Pei.
- Come on!
487
00:35:57,400 --> 00:35:59,800
Old Pei, help him!
488
00:35:59,800 --> 00:36:02,000
Put him here. Excuse me.
489
00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:08,800
You three, stay here.
490
00:36:08,800 --> 00:36:10,200
Others, out.
491
00:36:10,200 --> 00:36:11,000
Pull up the screen.
492
00:36:11,000 --> 00:36:12,400
- Go.
- Yes!
493
00:36:12,400 --> 00:36:15,600
Chaodong! Chaodong!
494
00:36:29,610 --> 00:36:31,209
The arrow is more than two cun deep in the wound.
495
00:36:31,210 --> 00:36:32,449
I'm going to cut the wound.
496
00:36:32,500 --> 00:36:35,200
Tang Fan and Sui Zhou, after I cut the wound,
497
00:36:35,200 --> 00:36:37,000
you two use your fingers to help me open the wound.
498
00:36:37,000 --> 00:36:39,000
I will use the hook to remove the arrow.
499
00:36:39,000 --> 00:36:40,600
Sir, this is hemostatic powder.
500
00:36:40,600 --> 00:36:43,000
- When I say go, you pour the powder into his wound.
- Okay.
501
00:36:43,000 --> 00:36:44,700
Then you will pass me the knife in the brazier.
502
00:36:44,700 --> 00:36:47,000
- I will cauter the wound with it.
- Okay.
503
00:36:48,500 --> 00:36:50,200
Are you guys ready?
504
00:37:00,000 --> 00:37:01,000
Grab it tightly.
505
00:37:01,000 --> 00:37:02,400
I'll find another one.
506
00:37:02,400 --> 00:37:03,400
Pour the powder now?
507
00:37:03,400 --> 00:37:05,300
Wait! Wait!
508
00:38:50,800 --> 00:38:52,200
Go with me!
509
00:38:52,200 --> 00:38:55,000
Didn't you say we would leave together?
510
00:39:42,500 --> 00:39:45,600
Don't you all just want to know what happened?
511
00:39:50,100 --> 00:39:58,100
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♫ Out of the mud but not tainted with the world of mortals ♫
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♫ The sea drifts along while the heart is calm for a fraction ♫
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♫ All alone in the world with no love nor hate ♫
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♫ Being too slow-witted is also an innate intelligence ♫
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♫ The cold fireworks branded the palm lines of predestination ♫
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♫ New wounds cannot easily conceal old scars ♫
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00:40:57,400 --> 00:41:04,200
♫ The naked eye cannot easily break through worldly affairs,
it can only hold on to one’s pure inherent quality ♫
519
00:41:04,200 --> 00:41:09,800
♫ Hold his hand, don’t let him sink into degradation ♫
520
00:41:09,800 --> 00:41:16,400
♫ In this mortal world together, both wandering to the
end of the world ♫
521
00:41:16,400 --> 00:41:22,000
♫ Brushing past each other, there’s no need to be
bothered with the past ♫
522
00:41:22,000 --> 00:41:28,600
♫ A fish lept over the dragon gate (after becoming successful), you eventually forgot your original identity ♫
523
00:41:28,600 --> 00:41:35,210
♫ I only ask for you to always remember my
expression as I gazed back ♫
524
00:41:36,600 --> 00:41:46,000
♫ I only ask for you to always remember my
expression as I gazed back ♫
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