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["Water and Flame" by Shu Linzuo]

♫ The boundless world is pitch-dark as the night ♫

♫ Your appearance is like a lightning bolt
that tore through the night ♫

♫ My birth is neither impure nor pure,
neither born nor destroyed ♫

♫ Perseverance is in my heart behaving atrociously,
who can comprehend? ♫

♫ The sharp sword that penetrates desire is stained with blood ♫

♫ The season tainted with the hypocrisy of the world is prosperous yet withering ♫

♫ Give me some time, I can change everything ♫

♫ The courageous moth can also extinguish a sea of flames ♫

♫ Sorrow and delight are interweaving with colors ♫

♫ Layers upon layers covered by a dense fog ♫

♫ Numerous obstacles cannot stop me ♫

♫ To uncover the truth ♫

♫ A region of burning fire and deep waters ♫

♫ Calm and blazing both existing ♫

♫ Who will indulge the wicked flames ♫

♫ To boil the deep sea ♫

♫ This is the era of survival of the fittest ♫

♫ Everything will be planned by oneself ♫

♫ Even if it is a proud and aloof predestination ♫

♫ Even if completely incompatible, I’m still here ♫

[🔎👁🗨The Sleuth of the Ming Dynasty👁🗨🔍]

[Episode 15]

I have heard so much about Your Highness's reputation as a well-doer.

I heard a wanted criminal sneaked into your house

so I immediately brought my team here to help.

If something happens to your family,

I'm afraid all the grassroots people in the capital...

No, all the people in the country will kill me.

I am flattered.

I am just doing what's in my meager power to help the people.

But today no one in my family

saw any trace of that so-called criminal.

But all the women and children in the house were terrified by your people.

Commander Wan, if you have finished your investigation,

please leave.

Of course.

I am really sorry that this time they disturbed Your Highness and Her Highness.

Please forgive us.

- Sui Zhou!
- Yes, Sir.

Tell your people to leave, now!

Yes, Sir.

Your Highness, is there a lame carter

working in your mansion?

- No.
- Are you sure?

You! How dare you to talk His Highness like that?

Go!

Please forgive me.

You are really bold and reckless to offend him, a nobleman!

I'm afraid you guys are too good to stay in the Imperial Guard anymore.

God damn it!

I was thinking we could take the credit if we could catch this Dugu Buning in the duke's mansion.

But we were sent here on a wild goose chase.

Look at your disheartened faces.

Sui! Did you find Tang?

What should we do?

Don't worry.

Go home and wait for my news. I'll go talk to someone.

No matter how much I looked into the case, I would never dream that you,

the Well-doer Zhu, are the real murderer.

I analyzed the victim profiles and the characteristics of the homicide cases,

I discovered a pattern.

The victims all had light-colored eyes and pale hair,

and they couldn't speak fluent Mandarin.

I am really curious.

What did you go through

that made you target women with those characteristics?

I even

which included Wanping, Yenching, and Daxing,

and the homicide cases of the missing women with these specific characteristics.

I analyzed all the clues

and made a guess which I thought was the closest to the truth.

I was almost sure it was that lame and hunchbacked Tuo San.

But I didn't expect the real murderer is you.

Tuo San has always been by your side.

So his whereabouts during these two decades

matches the whereabouts of the murderer perfectly.

However, he is just an accomplice.

Because the real murderer

is the Well-doer Zhu who is known for being a Good Samaritan in the capital.

That poor Tuo San.

He's just your loyal pet.

There is still one thing I haven't figured out.

What made you capable of doing such a brutal thing?

Why did you kill those women?

Do you really want to know why?

Yes,

so that I can die without regret.

Let's make a bet.

I bet you didn't come for the girls or the drinks here.

Tang Fan found the serial murderer of the female corpses case.

We suspected the murderer is a lame carter in the Duke's mansion.

Tang Fan went to his mansion to investigate the case

but has been missing ever since then.

I believe something happened to him while he was in the mansion.

Whether he's still alive is unknown.

Do you have any evidence?

Not yet.

But I sounded the Duke out by asking him if there was

a lame carter in his mansion.

He flatly denied it.

But actually I have seen the carter enter the mansion several times during my stake-out.

It's not that I don't want to help you.

All you said is based on nothing but your surmise.

How can I go to search someone in a duke's mansion based on your guessing?

So there's nothing you can do.

My hands are tied.

Do you know what the most terrible thing in the world is?

Not monsters or ghosts.

But loneliness.

I was lonely until I met her.

Her name was Chunhua.

Father discovered our relationship and tried everything to break us up.

He even tried to sell Chunhua to others with a cheap price.

I decided to elope with her.

But by the time we agreed to meet and elope,

she didn't come.

There I only saw my father's retainers who came to bring me back.

At that moment I knew it was Chunhua who betrayed me.

Years later I met her on the street.

She looked at me,

without any guilt in her eyes.

I felt my heart hurt.

But why should I be the only one whose heart hurt?

What about her?

I hated her. Yes.

I hated her for this.

But even the feeling of hatred faded away with time.

You felt like your heart had stopped beating.

So you killed the second person, then the third person.

Killing made you feel your heart beat again, but that feeling lasted shorter and shorter.

So you could only maintain this feeling by killing frequently.

But the Eastern Depot got the wrong suspect for the case seven years ago.

You thought you finally found a scapegoat. So you stopped the killing.

You wanted to use this opportunity to quit completely.

But in the end, you found that you still couldn't resist the temptation.

You are very smart.

But sometimes being too smart will become self-righteous.

You really think I would be afraid that they might find me?

Seven years ago, your father passed away.

You stopped because of this.

The person you hated the most was dead.

Why can't you stop now?

I have never killed a man.

You are the first.

I can kill you quickly on the count of seven.

Or I can also do it slowly counting to 30,

while you can see your heart beating in my hands.

Or...

What do you want to do?

Don't touch her!

Let go of her!

Let go!

The trick is some stonegarlic juice,

so that her heart will still be beating

when I grab it in my hand.

Only then can I really get her soul.

Rest assured.

She will sleep beautifully throughout the process.

Let go of her!

Zhu Jianmou!

Someone outside wants to see you.

Please follow me.

The gods are watching down on you.

Your Highness actually used a Buddhist shrine as a cover of the secret chamber.

Are you really not afraid of being condemned by gods?

Is Tang Fan inside?

Tang Fan and the Oirat woman are inside.

I want to take them with me.

That woman is mine.

No one can take her away.

Do you think you can get away with it just releasing one person?

Then maybe I won't release anyone.

I have my own way to deal with them.

How dare you hit me?

Who do you think you are?

Shut up!

You are humbler than a bug in my eyes.

The only reason I am handling this crap

is to preserve the dignity of His Majesty and the royal family.

You?

I couldn't care less if you died.

Wang Zhi is here, right?

Let me out! We can't let Zhu Jianmou run away!

Here it goes again.

He gave her a lot of stonegarlic juice.

She may wake up in three to five days,

or three to five years. Or she won't wake up again.

During the past twenty-two years, with the exception of the last seven years,

there were forty-five missing cases or homicide cases that fit the characteristics of this serial murder.

But we found sixty-two crocks in the secret chamber.

Inside each one of them was a human heart.

It's both hateful and sad to be born into a royal family.

You know, he did such a horrible thing,

but somehow I can understand

why he became such a monster step by step.

He must be severely punished for what he did.

But we also need to take the royal family's reputation into consideration.

I trust you to take care of it.

Yes, Your Majesty.

General Yu.

You spitted on Commander Wang.

Did I?

Someone didn't watch where he was going.

I didn't see him.

Is Zhu Jianmou now detained in the Western Depot?

Imperial Edict Prison?

Imperial Clan Court?

A duke is in a Duke's mansion, of course.

Why didn't you bring such a wicked person to justice?

I did. He's now in Shuntian Prefecture.

The case is solved with a murderer named Tuo San.

You knew what really happened. Why didn't you punish him?

We have a verdict already.

Zhu Jianmou will be punished accordingly by the royal court.

What you can do now is to try Tuo San and convict him.

This is the best result we can get.

Tuo San is just an accomplice!

You're asking me to employ trickery.

The court needs to give an explanation to the people.

And Tuo San, being an accomplice, is not innocent.

As for Zhu Jianmou, he will be punished accordingly as a royal clan member.

But this is something above your grade.

It's God's will and the emperor's command that,

Duke Zhu Jianmou who is of royal clan,

has been practicing good deeds for many years

and praised by the people.

He is indeed a role model for the royal family,

and a good example of the nobility.

So now I give you my verdict that Zhu Jianmou

and his family will move to Hulumuwei of North Xinjiang

where he shall spread the spirit of good deeds and make it known to a broader area of the country.

Respect that!

Thank you, Your Majesty.

I heard the murderer is a cripple in Well-doer Zhu's mansion.

I know. Such an evil!

Well-doer Zhu is like a Bodhisattva.

Why was there such a bad guy in his mansion?

I heard he killed dozens of young girls.

- Such an evil.
- Yeah.

Such an evil!

Here he comes!

Well-doer Zhu is here.

Well-doer Zhu!

Although I don't know where this case is going,

I can sense something is going to happen

by the murderous look on your face.

Sir, you should go now.

I'll try this case.

Your Highness, you are here.

- Well-doer Zhu is such a kind person!
- Yes.

He comes to see off

such a wicked old carter before he is executed.

Yeah, yeah.

What a great person he is!

The defendant who is in the court now, do you plead guilty?

I plead guilty. I killed them.

Just give me your verdict.

You want to plead guilty?

Not until I say you can.

Who are you really? Tell me the truth!

My name is Tuo San, a carter of the Duke's mansion.

Come here!

Read it.

Shen Chen, Hangzhou native.

At the age of sixteen, he joined the Yenching Troops.

At the age of twenty-three, he became director of guards

in the Duke's mansion because of his extraordinary fighting skills.

This man was once director of guards?

You can't tell.

You had stayed in the mansion for six years before

you were almost beaten to death by the current duke's late father

with the reason of you "offending" his wife.

They thought you were dead and dumped you at unmarked common graves.

But you were saved by a hunter passing by.

You hid for two years and disfigured yourself

because you wanted to seek revenge.

At last, two years later,

you came back to the Duke's mansion with a brand new identity.

No one recognized you

because at this time you were both lame and humpbacked,

with a disfigured face.

But you did not expect

you would stay there until now.

I'm really curious.

Why haven't you seek your revenge yet?

Why?

Because you saw a one-year-old child in the Duke's mansion.

So why did you stop your plan of revenge when you saw the baby?

Someone! Bring Dr. Zhong to the court.

Witness, please tell the court your name.

Your Excellency. My name is Zhong Yishi,

a resident doctor of Guangshuntang Pharmacy.

This matter will determine people's lives. You need to tell us the whole truth.

Tell everyone what happened then.

Your Excellency.

Guangshuntang's resident doctors have been family doctors for the Duke's mansion for three generations.

So I know the late duke had sterility

so he was unable to bear children.

Oh my God.

- Who would see that coming?
- Really?

Really?

Who knows?

When you saw that child,

you knew immediately he is your son, right?

What nonsense are you talking about?

The late duke had only one son.

Don't slander the family with your nonsense.

Your Highness, when you see your biological father today,

don't you want to say something?

I killed all of them!

I have pled guilty!

Don't drag anyone else into this!

What's going on?

He killed himself!

That's right.

He died!

Dead?

Why would he do that?

Yes.

You thought everyone owed you.

All your loved ones chose to abandon you, and leave you.

So you chose to kill to ease your pain.

How is this possible?

Well-doer Zhu? No way!

But have you ever thought about it?

When you thought everyone abandoned you,

in fact, there was one person who protected you silently

and he never let you down, or left you behind.

He even accepted your crooked mindset and brutality.

At the last moment of his life, he chose to take the blame for you.

But you are indifferent

and look the other way.

You are just like the people you hate.

You let him down.

Mr. Tang. I am impressed.

What? Is it really Well-doer Zhu?

I can't believe it!

What a great person Well-doer Zhu is!

I know!

Let's wait and see what's going on.

There must be some kind of mistake.

How did that happen?

Why is there such a twist?

I can't believe it!

Everything has gone so wrong!

He was right.

You have never failed me.

Never abandoned me...

Wasn't everything under control

that Zhu Jianmou would be exiled to the northern border and that's it?

How come everything didn't go as planned and

ended up with such a scandal!

Now great,

everyone knows it.

What does Tang Fan want to do?

So the prestige of Ming's royal family means nothing to him?

Does he really think I won't kill him?

Your Majesty. Tang Fan did deserve to die.

Your Majesty, please calm your anger.

Don't let anger harm your health.

Tang Fan is abominable.

But we can't kill him.

No. This case aroused great resentment among the people.

If we kill Tang Fan now,

I'm afraid it will only cause more condemnation and discussion in the society.

Although it won't change anything,

it'll become an annoying thing to handle.

Then what do you say I should do?

I think we can demote Pan Bin with the reason that

Shuntian Prefecture's poor performance on this case has led to popular discontent.

Then we can banish Tang Fan to Tongzhou.

We can consider what to do with him when the public opinion improves.

Starting from yesterday her pulse and breath have gradually stabilized.

I guess it won't take long for her to wake up.

The real problem is you. Your boldness and disregard of the royal family's reputation.

I am surprised his head hasn't been cut off.

I'm afraid a bunch of people want to cut my head off.

But they could only banish me to Tongzhou for the time being due to public opinion.

- They'd wait for it.
- Wait for what?

Haven't you heard the phrase "settle accounts with sb. afterward"?

Did you regret your decision?

There's nothing to regret.

I was just doing what I should do.

All people are equal before the law.

Since Emperor Hongwu set the Law of the Ming Dynasty for us to follow,

if being a royal family member means you don't have to obey the law,

then what's the point of the Law for?

You did the right thing.

It's time for the souls of the victims to get the peace they want.

Let me ask you, are your sister and Cheng still in Tongzhou?

Yes. I'll consider my being banished to Tongzhou

as a chance to visit my sister.

Then let me prepare some medicines for Cheng. You can give them to your sister for me.

Is anyone home?

Come out!

Who are you looking for?

Is this Sui Zhou's home?

Yes?

Then I am looking for you!

Me?

Looking for me?

Why? I don't know you.

You'll know me soon! Come on!

I think you got the wrong person.

What are you doing?

Come on!

- Come on.
- What are you doing?

Go on!

How dare you want to marry me with your poor skills?

Go on! Go on!

You crazy woman!

Who would want to marry you if you're so crazy?

You!

You don't get to beat him.

There is a woman in your house?

Fine!

I'll tell my elder brother

to cancel the engagement!

Stop!

I won't marry you!

What the heck?

Excuse me. Who are you?

Are you Sui Zhou's friend?

I am Sui Zhou.

Let's go.

I strongly disagree your marriage with the crazy woman.

I am not even sure we'll get married or not.

It's not your decision to agree or disagree.

No means no! It's not negotiable.

I followed your instruction that day

to park that carriage he was in at the gate of Shuntian Prefecture.

But how can you be sure

Zhu Jianmou would get off and go inside?

My father used to nag me a lot.

I was annoyed by his nagging.

But he is gone now.

I am willing to give any price to hear him nag me again.

So I put myself in his shoes.

For so many years the only one who gave up everything

and stayed by Zhu Jianmou's side was his biological father.

Since his father would be executed soon,

I bet he would choose to go in to see him one last time.

How did you know their relationship?

Doctors would keep the medical histories of all royal family

and clan members since they were born.

I found out his dad's sterility.

Based on this I made an inference.

So you were not completely sure.

Desperate times call for desperate measures.

What if you were wrong?

Then I lost my bet.

If it weren't for His Majesty's kindness, your life would be definitely gone.

You are audacious.

You even dare to challenge the authority of the royal family.

You really think you are immortal and no one can kill you?

Since I met you,

"stopped at where it should" with your filthy way.

The Ming Dynasty governs the country by laws.

Why did I want to be an official? I wanted to bring criminals to justice.

But you covered up for criminals again and again.

Where can I find justice in the results?

Why would I bother to be a law enforcement official? I won't be able to change anything!

Things are rarely just "black and white".

This time Zhu Jianmou was already punished

and he wouldn't harm anyone anymore.

But you got in the way and created so many troubles.

Let's not talk about you might destroy your official career,

if you get killed because of this,

how can you serve your country and realize your ideal?

Stop living in your small world.

His Majesty has his own considerations.

What he needs to think about is so much more than you.

Your action on impulse will make the palace very passive.

Okay. Maybe I won't even go to Tongzhou then.

I might as well just resign and enjoy idle life of retirement.

Don't be like that.

Who said...

Commander Wang, you're leaving already?

What's going on?

What's wrong with him?

General Yu. I have been patient with you for many times.

Don't push too far.

You killed my father.

I will never forgive you.

I will seek my revenge

even if Yu's mansion is down to the last person.

If you are really so powerful,

kill every one of my family!

Mr. Sui.

Miss Yu, can I help you?

I was hoping you can help me do a make-over with my horse.

Last time I saw your horse and it was such a glorious beauty.

I am so jealous.

Mine was present from my father.

It is also a fine horse rarely seen.

I hope you can do a make-over on it to make it look like yours.

Sure thing. It's easy.

Give me a moment.

Wuyun!

Mr. Sui.

This lady wants to do a make-over to her horse.

Sure! Please follow me.

Speaking of horse's make-over, there are just a few keys.

Fit-to-purpose, habits and perfect quality.

Saddle, rein, protective gear,

and horseshoes are all indispensable.

And the most important thing is the saddle.

These three saddles were made by my boss.

In addition to saddle, forage is also very important.

Come here. Please follow me.

Here.

This is our best quality forage.

With different horses, the demand for forage is also different.

Brother. Don't start trouble with Wang Zhi again.

And drink less alcohol.

Wang Zhi killed our father!

I will bring him down from his office

even with the cost of my life!

Brother...

Sui Zhou, I heard you have been quite close to him.

I am warning you.

Don't go close to him.

Or you won't be able to marry my sister

even if it was Her Majesty's order!

Brother.

Come in. I need to talk to you.

Come inside!

Sorry, Baihu Sui.

My brother has been rude.

It's ok.

How can you talk to him with that attitude?

What's wrong with my attitude?

Her Majesty wanted you to marry Sui Zhou.

But it is not finally confirmed yet.

If he doesn't listen to me

and continues to collude with that treacherous Wang Zhi,

I'll teach him a lesson!

You're getting more and more ridiculous.

Don't you ever say such things in front of Sui Zhou.

He is a true hero.

He won't get involved with Wang Zhi.

He's a martial arts master?

That's easy then.

Tell him to kill that bastard Wang Zhi righ now.

Then I will give you two my blessing.

I will call him my beloved brother-in-law.

Sorry, Master, Lady.

I am such a butterfingers.

I will clean it up.

You're crazy!

What am I to you? You think I am a reward?

What are you to me? You're my sister!

Listen! Be it a man or a woman,

whoever kills Wang Zhi can marry my sister!

Same old dishes every time.

Is there nothing new?

What are the odds you asked? We hired a new chef yesterday.

He has a signature dish which is so good.

You're going to love it.

Then what are we waiting for?

I was afraid you don't want to let a chef come in here.

This dish must be cooked and served right in front of the diner

to best preserve the good taste.

Call him in to cook.

Yes, Your Excellency. I'll ask him to come.

It does taste good.

We have found out he is a chef of Yu's mansion.

Zhang Degui.

Zhang Degui. He has been working for Yu mansion

Yu Zhengpeng just won't stop.

He told me he would avenge himself on me

even if Yu's mansion is down to the last person.

But I didn't expect he would literally send his chef.

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♫ Out of the mud but not tainted with the world of mortals ♫

♫ The sea drifts along while the heart is calm for a fraction ♫

♫ All alone in the world with no love nor hate ♫

♫ Being too slow-witted is also an innate intelligence ♫

♫ The cold fireworks branded the palm lines of predestination ♫

♫ New wounds cannot easily conceal old scars ♫

♫ The naked eye cannot easily break through worldly affairs,
it can only hold on to one’s pure inherent quality ♫

♫ Hold his hand, don’t let him sink into degradation ♫

♫ In this mortal world together, both wandering to the
end of the world ♫

♫ Brushing past each other, there’s no need to be
bothered with the past ♫

♫ A fish leapt over the dragon gate (after becoming successful), you eventually forgot your original identity ♫

♫ I only ask for you to always remember my
expression as I gazed back ♫

♫ I only ask for you to always remember my
expression as I gazed back ♫