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

[Episode 40]

You listen to me!

Listen to me!

Xian, can you please listen to me?

I know you are mad at me.

But you have to listen to me now.

Listen to me, Xian.

Hear me out.

You have to finish these Bolangs.

Only when you finish these Bolangs

can we leave here.

I know this is all my fault.

You have every right to blame me and hate me.

But now we have no other choice.

Do you understand me?

They are wrong.

I'm not sick.

I just can't talk like you guys

with the fake greetings,

flattering blandishment,

and sugar-coated lies.

I never told anyone about my dream

until I met her.

The only one who understands me.

My wife.

I fell in love with her

at first sight.

I saw a little girl covered with scars.

She was different from you.

She believed in my dreams.

She believed the wood kite can fly to the sky.

She believed we could change the world together.

But later I found out

what she really wanted

was not just helping me achieve my dream.

Because there was a flame in her eyes.

It was a burning flame of revenge.

But I love her

so I decided to help her fulfill her dream,

to seek justice against this world.

But when I finished the Bolang,

I realized

what she wanted to destroy

was not just her enemies.

She wanted to destroy this world,

and herself with it.

This number is not right.

Compared with the number we found in the files,

this is only half of the total quantity!

Are you sure?

We fell into her trap.

Gu'an tried hard to rescue Wang Xian

because the Bolangs they got haven't completely finished.

I think only Wang Xian can finish the last steps.

You mean... They still have Bolangs in their hands!

I was wrong.

I knew Gu'an wanted to destroy her enemies even at the cost of her own life.

But many clues indicated that Li Zilong also played a part in this.

However, it is not as simple as we saw.

This thing is not over yet.

I am afraid there will be a bigger plot coming.

Mr. Wang Xian.

I know that you are not really a fool.

You know what to do better than I do.

Do you really think I don't dare to kill her?

Three,

two,

one.

Can you calm down?

I'm calm.

You don't look like you're calm.

What else am I supposed to be?

They have long gone and there is no trace of their whereabouts.

We only got half of the Bolangs this time,

which means there are Bolangs of the same amount in Gu'an's hand.

All these bad news aside, to make things worse,

Wang Xian, the only one who can finish and

detonate them, also ran away.

In such circumstances, I think I am already calm enough.

It won't help even if you are anxious.

Now we have to come up with a way to fix it.

Where is the city map?

Why?

In this case, we can only use the good old-fashioned way.

Method of exclusion.

This is a map on which Gu'an marked all the Bolangs.

Tang, there is an application from the Ministry of War

to the Ministry of Revenue.

The person in charge is Wang Xian.

What's the application about?

After a month there will be a fireworks ceremony.

The Ministry of War needed to purchase

a lot of firework materials in advance.

They said they're going to store the fireworks materials in

the discharge ground outside the Zhengyang Gate.

And the Ministry of Revenue replied:

agreed.

That is very close to the Imperial City.

Fireworks are used to celebrate the solar term of Beginning of Spring.

The materials needed for the fireworks are gunpowder.

And so that would be

the best position to place the Bolangs.

Fireworks are always a part of Beginning of Spring celebration every year.

But this is not enough to prove they hid the Bolangs there.

Sui Zhou found these four dates in a box Wang Xian cherished the most.

This is the earliest date.

Does this date make any sense?

Ceremony of Emperor Yingzong's second time to ascend to the throne.

On the evening of that day

Wang Xian also lit fireworks in the ceremony for the first time,

at this place.

But this day was also the day when Emperor Jingtai died.

I heard Gu'an mentioned that

the first time she saw Wang Xian, she discovered his talents,

hence this plan to destroy the whole capital.

I have never related this date

to the relationship between Gu'an and Wang Xian.

I always thought these four dates

are the most precious dates to Wang Xian.

Actually they're not.

These four days are all related to Gu'an.

The eighth day of the eleventh lunar month of the year of Jichou

was the day the two of them got married.

The 21st day of the second lunar month of the year of Gengyin

was when Gu'an disguised herself as Zhang Gongzhu

and became Wang Xian's assistant in the Ministry of War.

The 29th day of the eleventh lunar month of the year of Wuxu

was the day when the two finally finished a Bolang.

And this day

was the first time they met.

Everything Wang Xian did was for Gu'an.

This day

was not only the day Wang Xian set off fireworks for the first time.

It was also the first time Gu'an had ignited the flame of vengeance.

This place was the beginning of everything for them.

And it will be where everything ends.

All Bolangs are installed.

I have completed what you asked me to do.

Let's get out of here.

Your Highness.

Before you leave, I have another lavish gift for you.

Behold.

After watching the marvelous masterpiece of Mr. Wang,

I took the liberty to find a group of skilled craftsmen

to make a bigger one according to Mr. Wang's elaborate design

as a gift to you.

I shall bid my farewell.

I doubt we'll ever meet again.

Sir, a Bolang has been placed in the wooden kite.

We can't let any other people use Wang Xian.

It's too dangerous for a person like him to stay alive.

Sir, this is a wise decision.

No. Get a team to follow them to make sure they are dead in the end.

Yes, sir.

Wang Zhi, shoot them! Now!

Why?

Why?

I told you to run.

Why would you stay behind and die with me?

Why?

Gu'an.

Do you remember when we were younger,

I said I would take you to fly to the sky?

OK.

OK.

Your Highness!

We found these in the Ministry of War.

These four dates are the date when you met, the date of your wedding,

the date you entered the Ministry of War,

and the date you two made a Bolang together.

Mr. Wang chose to love everything about you, including your hatred.

He didn't realize you wanted to go on a suicide mission

until you guys finished the Bolang.

But he didn't want you to get into the depths of self-sacrifice and

self-destruction because of your hatred.

So he wanted to save you even by being abducted by the Oirats.

Gu'an! Gu'an!

Gu'an, you idiot!

This kite is Li Zilong's death trap!

He just wanted to destroy you.

Get off it now!

Gu'an?

Fly to the sky?

You mean leaving here?

Can you take me with you?

You have memorized

the manufacturing and assembly processes of Bolang, right?

I know them thoroughly by heart.

Hurry up and mass produce them.

Make as many as you can before the Beginning of Spring Ceremony.

By the way,

it's time for us to contact our friends out there.

Yes, sir.

Tang Fan.

Tang Fan.

Tang Fan.

Zhou.

You haven't cleaned up yet?

Do you have a mysophobia?

Then hurry up and clean it.

I am hungry.

Tang Fan.

Tang Fan, get up!

We are going home for dinner.

Dong is still waiting for us!

I want mince noodles.

You may get up.

The two of you did a good job solving the case of Bolang this time.

I am very pleased.

Thank you, Your Majesty.

What rewards do you two want?

Sui Zhou.

You made some minor mistakes before the case.

So your achievement this time will be seen as amends for the mistakes.

I will grand you a reinstatement.

You will be back the Northern Administrative Court

and get your title of baihu back.

Thank you for your mercy. Your Majesty.

You may get up.

Tang Fan.

Yes, Your Majesty.

If my memory serves me right, you won the first place

in the final imperial exam presided over by me three years ago,

right?

No. I only got the fourth place

because of my slight talent and superficial scholarship.

No.

I remember it now.

Someone said you only turned 20 that year.

So you might get arrogant

because you had gained such an achievement and my favor at such a young age.

I shall not dare to do so.

After such a contribution, you are still so humble and down to earth.

I like it.

It looks like I was treating you unfairly back then.

But this time I will make it up for you.

I want to give you an unprecedented promotion.

How about the Minister of Punishments?

I think I am still too young and lack of experience.

I'm afraid such a fast promotion

will provoke much discussion among the officials.

I see.

Then what do you want?

I think I still need to gain more experiences.

So I was hoping I can go back to the Shuntian Prefecture

to continue to do grass-roots work to hone myself.

Since this is what you want,

so be it.

Thank you for your mercy, Your Majesty.

He even turned down an unprecedented promotion by His Majesty!

What is Tang Fan really up to?

I don't know what he is up to.

But this puerile young man rejected His Majesty's kindness

in front of everyone.

Let's wait to see him dig his own grave.

That is a good point!

Let's go, Mr. Wan.

You guys go without me.

Where are you going?

Put in a good word for you.

Put in a good word?

He's getting cocky and arrogant because of my favor for him!

Your Majesty, please don't get mad.

Tell me, what is Tang Fan really up to?

I think Tang Fan just didn't know what is good for him.

Your Majesty said so much in the imperial meeting just so that

you could stop the pedantic officials from objecting it

and then we could bend the rule to give him that promotion.

But this rascal didn't know what Your Majesty did for him.

This is a public disobedience.

I know you should kill him for that!

Your Majesty, don't let the anger impair your health.

Such a naive young man

doesn't deserve you to get seriously mad at him.

He is just still so young so he is restless all the time.

He must think

the paperwork of the Ministry of Punishments is too boring.

And he'd rather solve cases and catch bad guys all day long.

He has no ambition at all.

I wanted to patronize his career.

But now it seems that he won't make it too far.

Let him stay in his humble Shuntian Prefecture to

catch petty thieves forever.

Yes.

Your Majesty has made a wise decision.

Your Majesty.

There is one more thing for you to decide.

Go on.

In this case, we also seized 48 uncompleted Bolang bombs.

I was wondering what to do about them.

Keep these Bolangs properly.

Find someone to develop a method to finish the last steps as soon as possible.

Other matters will be discussed later.

Also,

this matter should not be handle by the Ministry of War anymore.

You will see to it.

Yes, Your Majesty.

The oil temperature is too high for frying the fish!

The meat will be too dry.

Dong.

Keep basting oil on it.

Okay, Sui.

Dong, didn't I tell you

the pork knuckle should be marinated for at least four hours?

There is not enough flavor!

I was keeping track of time.

I did marinate it for four hours.

Then you didn't put enough seasoning.

It tastes so plain!

Hey!

Dip the sheep's stomach in boiling water and immediately get it out!

Otherwise it might get chewy.

Are you quite finished?

It's not that I am being picky.

Do you know how terrible his cooking has been recently?

Plus, we haven't dined together for a long time.

I must supervise him.

What if the dinner's messed up

just because I didn't keep an eye on everything?

Sui.

You guys are going too far!

How could you?

That's enough!

- Cheers. - Cheers.

Let's dig in!

Try this.

Who could that be?

Who is it?

It's me.

You're here as soon as I said let's dig in.

Such a perfect timing.

Will you believe me

if I say I was waiting outside the door for a long time?

I will.

Such a rich dinner.

Join us.

Yes.

I did it on purpose.

I risked my life and rushed into the explosion site to save you that day.

But what about you?

You didn't even remember me!

When I woke up, you were already home for dinner.

Come on.

Get up.

How did you feel?

Where is Tang Fan?

Tang Fan already... What happened to him?

He went home.

Commander Wang.

Come on.

Eat as much as you can!

Try some fish.

I am so sorry.

Come on. Dig in.

Come on.

Your Majesty.

You may get up.

Your Majesty.

In order to express their determination of fence-mending with Ming,

the Oirat Khan Bolonahal is willing to send back a prisoner

who was captured together with the late emperor in the Tumu Crisis.

Do you know who was sent back?

Your Majesty.

The prisoner is General Gao Yi

who was in charge of the late emperor's bodyguard squad.

You mean that Gao Yi who shot Esen Taishi's horse to save my father?

Exactly.

Father had two generals to lead the bodyguard squads.

Fan Zhong and Gao Yi.

General Fan died in the battlefield.

Before he died,

he killed eunuch Wang Zhen who caused the big disaster.

General Gao tried to protect Father

and was captured by the Oirats together.

It's been thirty years.

I can't believe he's still alive.

Such a loyal general deserves generous rewards.

When General Gao returns to the capital,

I want to see him immediately.

Yes, Your Majesty.

General Gao!

General Gao is back!

It surprised me he could still come back!

General Gao Yi!

You're a great hero!

General Gao Yi.

Who is this old man?

Why is there such a big parade for him?

You don't even know him?

That's General Gao Yi!

General Gao is not dead.

He is finally back!

General Gao.

General Gao is back.

General Gao.

This is great!

This is great!

General Gao!

Sir, the person you want to make contact with has shown up.

Gao Yi, your culpable subject,

is here to see Your Majesty.

General Gao, you have suffered a lot.

I want to throw a feast to welcome you.

Your Majesty, please forgive me.

I have been away from home for thirty years.

I miss my wife at home.

So I venture to implore Your Majesty

to let me go home to see my wife first.

I was being oblivious.

Of course, you need to reunite with your family first.

Let's choose another day to hold a banquet to welcome you back.

Someone!

Yes, Your Majesty.

Give my decree immediately.

I will choose an auspicious day to knight General Gao Yi.

Yes, Your Majesty.

I will ask them to take you home.

Thank you. Your Majesty.

General Gao!

General Gao!

He looks so high-spirited.

I know, right?

Back then he was...

Yes.

- Really? - Yes!

Such a joyful event.

Mrs. Gao must be over the moon!

Who are you guys?

They are finally reunited.

Honey.

My husband died in Oirat's land many years ago.

This person

is not Gao Yi.