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Di.

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Di!

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We confirmed
Zheng Kai has the long saber.

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It's refined military steel.

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Master.

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We found the physical evidence.

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Why do you look so grim?

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When I was sewing up Madam Shen's body,

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the edges were jagged

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and showed signs of secondary tearing.

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There were gaps along the suture line.

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It wasn't the blade

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that killed Liu Wang.

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We're definitely missing a clue.

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=The Tang Mist S1=

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=Episode 18=

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(If both murders)

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(were done by the same person, )

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(why switch weapons?)

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(But if they weren't, )

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(then Madam Shen's killer)

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(was just copying the Colossus.)

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(To what end?)

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(How are the two killers connected?)

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(As for Liu Wang, )

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(whose cold case did he find?)

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(Wu shall die!)
(Why would the Colossus)

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(target the Heavenly Empress?)

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(What is Luling hiding?)

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(The abducted
pregnant women in Yunluo Village.)

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In such a short time,

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ten expectant mothers were taken.

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And one of them

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was of the Cui clan of Qinghe.

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To think Liu Wang

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hoarded a 15-year-old case file.

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(Zhao Qin Wanwan)
He even kept the list

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(Zhu Li Guiying, Li Sun Nianqing)
of their exact due dates.

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Why abduct pregnant women?

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I know.

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The culprits were never caught.

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Liu Wang figured out who they were,

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and was silenced.

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But pointing the finger at the court?

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Wouldn't that just invite trouble?

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Well...

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If we think outside the box,

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and re-evaluate everything.

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Liu Wang

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(Reporter: Resident of Yunluo Village)
discovered the truth behind

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(Consultation for Zheng Cui Lanqing)
the abductions from fifteen years ago.

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He took his findings to Madam Shen.

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As the Commandant's wife,

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she wouldn't have gotten involved

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unless there was
something in it for her.

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If there were two killers,

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it means

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the killers shared the same motive.

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To bury the truth
of what happened fifteen years ago.

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Master,

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we have no proof.

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Commissioner Di.

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Allow me to toast you with tea.

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We do.

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Duan.

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Buyan.

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Head to Yunluo Village.

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Qinglan,

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you're with me.

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Sir. I picked up some breakfast.

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I hope it's to your liking.

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You've been up all night...

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Lin.

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The long sleep must be exhausting.

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Nonsense.

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Who slept all night?

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I was investigating.

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You can't even read.
What were you investigating?

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Commissioner Di,
your visit was so sudden.

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The meal is quite simple.

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I hope you don't mind.

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Luling County hasn't
been very peaceful lately.

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Last night,

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thieves broke into the Garrison.

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Commissioner Di,

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you should also be very careful.

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Oh?

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Is that so?

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Xu Tong didn't mention it?

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How is Xu Tong even an official?

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This is a serious incident!

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Why didn't he inform me?

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Xu Tong has some nerve.

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He clearly has no respect for you, sir.

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Never mind that.

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Catching the culprits

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and giving the Garrison an explanation

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is what matters.

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Otherwise,

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I'll make sure he gets

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a good flogging.

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Someone must be talking about me.

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As a commoner,
it is an honor to share a drink

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with such prestigious guests.

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Allow me to toast you with tea

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to express my deepest gratitude.

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You're too kind, Young Lady Qinglan.

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Drink.

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I'm not drinking this.

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Qi. Toast Commissioner Di
on your father's behalf.

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Here.

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Something just came to mind.

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What is it?

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Yesterday,

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I heard something at the Bureau.

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Pregnant women were abducted

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in Yunluo Village fifteen years ago.

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I heard

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that you, Madam Cui,

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were also taken by the kidnappers.

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Mother,

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were you hurt?

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Why haven't you ever mentioned this?

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There's no need to panic.

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It's all in the past.

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It's not worth mentioning.

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This case is connected
to Liu Wang's death.

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Madam Cui, please,

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tell me what happened

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back then.

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Well...

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Back then,

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I was pregnant with Qi.

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I was due any day.

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But as the day drew closer,

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I felt an overwhelming sense of dread.

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So,

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I went to Zhaoyun Temple
despite being heavily pregnant,

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to pray for the child.

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But on the way back,

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they suddenly...

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You dare

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block a carriage from the Garrison?

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The person in the carriage stays.

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Everyone else,

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get lost.

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In that case,

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Young Master Yunqi

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is truly blessed.

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To survive such a disaster

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and walk away completely unscathed.

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Not to mention

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he's grown up to be handsome,

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incredibly virtuous,

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and exceptionally talented.

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He certainly lives up to

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the bloodlines
of the Zheng and Cui clans.

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What's wrong with the young master?

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What's wrong with my son?

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It's hives.

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Perhaps he has some kind of allergy.

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Qi.

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What...

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What did you just eat?

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Commandant Zheng dislikes jasmine,

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but that's understandable.

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But Madam Cui, you love jasmine tea.

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How is it that for fifteen years,

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you never knew
your own son was allergic to it?

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The jasmine...

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I didn't want to worry Mother,

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so I kept it a secret.

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It's not her fault.

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It's my fault.

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I was careless.

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Well?

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She smells of lovage root, nutgrass,

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and several other herbs.

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Among them,

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the scent of dodder seed
and deer antler is the strongest.

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These are highly potent tonics.

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A proper physician would
never mix them together.

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It's common knowledge
they shouldn't be combined.

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But judging by her pulse,

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it all makes perfect sense.

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What kind of pulse?

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Madam.

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Let me.

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That of a barren woman.

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She took any remedies she could find.

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Then, it all makes sense.

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Every single move

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Madam Cui makes

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is tightly bound to

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her family's reputation.

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If word got out that she was barren,

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her family would lose face.

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Therefore,

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she staged a fake pregnancy,

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using kidnappers as a cover.

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And Zheng Yunqi

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is the living proof.

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But she already had Zheng Yunqi.

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Why would she murder Madam Shen?

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Because Zheng Yunqi

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has the blood of a commoner.

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The child Madam Shen bore, however,

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carried the true Zheng bloodline.

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And so,

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just like she did fifteen years ago,

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she killed the mother to steal the child.

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So Liu Wang

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was also murdered by Madam Cui?

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The truth will reveal itself soon enough.

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Master!

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Di!

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Master.

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We went to Yunluo Village.

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Fifteen years ago,

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a sudden wildfire broke out.

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It burned the village to the ground.

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No one survived.

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The current residents

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all moved there later on.

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I remember Yunluo Village

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sits right by the Tuoxi River.

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Being that close to the water,

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how could it have burned to the ground?

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Find Xu Tong

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and get me a map.

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Yes, sir.

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(Yunluo Village)

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The terrain of Yunluo Village

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slopes downward from west to east.

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The Tuoxi River splits it

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into a North and South village.

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The mountains running east to west

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block the winds
from the north and south.

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The case files indicate

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there was no wind that night.

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The river was a firebreak.

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So, what kind of inferno

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(Tuoxi River, South and North Village)
could have reduced both villages

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to nothing but ashes?

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We asked the neighboring villages.

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According to them,

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that night,

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no one heard a single cry
for help from Yunluo Village.

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Naturally, no one cried out.

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Because this

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was no wildfire.

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It was a deliberate act

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to completely

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destroy the evidence.

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Tonight,

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I expect to see

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Di Renjie's corpse

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hanging from the archway.

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But...

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He's an imperial official,

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Madam!

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So what?

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What?

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Is he untouchable?

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Well...

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I mean,

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if you wanted to kill Xu Tong,

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we'd do it without hesitation.

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But Di Renjie

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is an Imperial Commissioner!

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You're a bandit.

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You've lived comfortably for too long.

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Have you forgotten what you are?

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Who's there?

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Beneath this bright moon,

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gentlemen,

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I'd like to recite another poem.

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- Master.
- Wonderful.

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Yunluo Village is gone.

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Can we still find the temple
Madam Cui mentioned?

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I went to Zhaoyun Temple
despite being heavily pregnant...

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We can't overlook any clue.

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Fog is rolling in.

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Master, where did this fog come from?

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Old blind man.

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You heard everything?

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00:14:09,600 --> 00:14:10,750
Zhao De.

288
00:14:11,200 --> 00:14:12,920
Stop this.

289
00:14:16,580 --> 00:14:17,550
You

290
00:14:17,600 --> 00:14:19,520
shouldn't have been born
with those ears!

291
00:14:22,200 --> 00:14:25,840
The Colossus is here!

292
00:14:26,170 --> 00:14:27,850
Run!

293
00:14:33,920 --> 00:14:34,960
The Colossus is real.

294
00:14:50,320 --> 00:14:51,320
Save him!

295
00:15:12,320 --> 00:15:13,400
Go!

296
00:15:21,120 --> 00:15:22,200
Move!

297
00:15:35,520 --> 00:15:36,600
Master!

298
00:16:01,560 --> 00:16:02,640
Di Renjie.

299
00:16:03,190 --> 00:16:04,310
The matter of Yunluo Village

300
00:16:04,560 --> 00:16:06,040
is not something you can investigate.

301
00:16:22,760 --> 00:16:24,920
Di!

302
00:16:28,960 --> 00:16:30,280
Master!

303
00:16:31,440 --> 00:16:32,640
Master!

304
00:16:33,270 --> 00:16:34,270
Master!

305
00:16:40,088 --> 00:16:41,280
The arrow was poisoned.

306
00:16:41,355 --> 00:16:42,688
I can't stop the bleeding.

307
00:16:43,200 --> 00:16:45,280
I've used silver needles
to slow the blood flow

308
00:16:45,880 --> 00:16:46,880
for now.

309
00:16:46,960 --> 00:16:48,240
Aren't you a poison expert?

310
00:16:48,280 --> 00:16:49,280
Cure him!

311
00:16:50,320 --> 00:16:51,719
There is no antidote.

312
00:16:51,720 --> 00:16:52,820
What do you mean?

313
00:16:53,160 --> 00:16:54,450
You can't treat him?

314
00:16:54,560 --> 00:16:55,800
Even you can't neutralize it?

315
00:16:56,000 --> 00:16:57,960
Even a healer can't save him?

316
00:17:00,155 --> 00:17:02,000
I could fight the poison with poison.

317
00:17:02,680 --> 00:17:04,880
But the wound is too close to his heart.

318
00:17:05,760 --> 00:17:06,760
A strong dose

319
00:17:06,840 --> 00:17:08,360
could kill him instantly.

320
00:17:08,640 --> 00:17:09,490
We have no choice.

321
00:17:09,530 --> 00:17:10,680
We have to risk it.

322
00:17:11,040 --> 00:17:12,360
No. Absolutely not.

323
00:17:12,920 --> 00:17:14,040
If Commissioner Di dies,

324
00:17:14,560 --> 00:17:15,640
I'll pay with my life.

325
00:17:18,600 --> 00:17:19,600
What are you doing?

326
00:17:21,520 --> 00:17:22,800
Testing the poison on myself.

327
00:17:24,920 --> 00:17:25,920
Let me do it.

328
00:17:32,000 --> 00:17:34,250
First, apply the poison to the wound.

329
00:17:35,560 --> 00:17:37,530
Then, seal the Neiguan, Sanyinjiao,

330
00:17:37,870 --> 00:17:38,880
and Taichong acupoints

331
00:17:39,280 --> 00:17:40,639
with silver needles.

332
00:17:40,640 --> 00:17:42,350
That will slow the bleeding.

333
00:17:42,444 --> 00:17:43,670
Then, we test the antidotes.

334
00:17:44,320 --> 00:17:45,320
Drink this.

335
00:17:45,720 --> 00:17:46,720
No effect.

336
00:17:48,210 --> 00:17:49,210
Drink this.

337
00:17:49,480 --> 00:17:50,480
Still nothing.

338
00:17:51,920 --> 00:17:53,040
Drink this.

339
00:17:53,840 --> 00:17:54,840
Drink this.

340
00:17:57,560 --> 00:17:58,560
Drink this one.

341
00:18:01,200 --> 00:18:02,200
It's still bleeding.

342
00:18:02,760 --> 00:18:03,760
It's not working.

343
00:18:16,320 --> 00:18:17,799
The bleeding stopped.

344
00:18:17,800 --> 00:18:18,840
It worked.

345
00:18:26,155 --> 00:18:27,120
(Luling County Bureau)
Alright.

346
00:18:27,120 --> 00:18:28,040
I'm here.

347
00:18:28,041 --> 00:18:29,230
I'm here. Calm down.

348
00:18:29,280 --> 00:18:30,800
That's enough. Settle down.

349
00:18:31,040 --> 00:18:32,040
Where is Commissioner Di?

350
00:18:32,041 --> 00:18:33,360
I need to see Commissioner Di.

351
00:18:33,840 --> 00:18:35,000
If you have a grievance,

352
00:18:35,200 --> 00:18:36,600
you can tell it to me.

353
00:18:36,920 --> 00:18:38,600
I want to see Commissioner Di!

354
00:18:39,970 --> 00:18:40,690
Well...

355
00:18:40,720 --> 00:18:42,559
I am the magistrate of this county.

356
00:18:42,560 --> 00:18:44,359
Whatever your grievance is,
you can tell me.

357
00:18:44,360 --> 00:18:46,079
I want to see Commissioner Di!

358
00:18:46,080 --> 00:18:47,960
He is not at the Bureau right now.

359
00:18:50,380 --> 00:18:51,570
Hey, wait!

360
00:18:51,610 --> 00:18:52,120
Listen.

361
00:18:52,121 --> 00:18:53,879
Just tell me what the matter is.

362
00:18:53,880 --> 00:18:55,679
I can handle your case just fine.

363
00:18:55,680 --> 00:18:56,760
See that?

364
00:18:57,470 --> 00:18:58,910
What's wrong with me?

365
00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:01,800
At least give me a chance.

366
00:19:03,870 --> 00:19:04,870
It's all my fault.

367
00:19:05,800 --> 00:19:07,080
I failed to protect Master.

368
00:19:09,120 --> 00:19:10,420
He will be alright.

369
00:19:14,911 --> 00:19:16,400
- About earlier...
- Just now...

370
00:19:19,970 --> 00:19:21,510
I was out of line. I apologize.

371
00:19:22,800 --> 00:19:24,870
And thank you
for testing the poison for me.

372
00:19:25,800 --> 00:19:27,240
It was nothing.

373
00:19:28,200 --> 00:19:29,200
If you died,

374
00:19:29,320 --> 00:19:30,400
who would save my master?

375
00:19:33,640 --> 00:19:35,120
How do you and Commissioner Di

376
00:19:35,480 --> 00:19:36,760
know each other?

377
00:19:38,280 --> 00:19:39,400
A few years ago,

378
00:19:39,800 --> 00:19:41,680
Master cleared my father's name

379
00:19:42,360 --> 00:19:43,840
and got me out of Buliangjing.

380
00:19:44,355 --> 00:19:46,488
He hired instructors
to teach me martial arts,

381
00:19:46,760 --> 00:19:48,080
and raised me to be who I am now.

382
00:19:48,840 --> 00:19:50,040
Buliangjing?

383
00:19:53,400 --> 00:19:54,760
If you can't even read,

384
00:19:55,440 --> 00:19:56,530
how did you learn to draw?

385
00:19:58,444 --> 00:20:00,250
When my father died from false charges,

386
00:20:01,560 --> 00:20:03,570
my mother and I
were banished to Buliangjing.

387
00:20:05,360 --> 00:20:07,220
She was a woman of noble birth,

388
00:20:08,280 --> 00:20:10,140
but just to fight for a scrap of food,

389
00:20:11,040 --> 00:20:12,730
she was beaten to death.

390
00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:17,790
I was only five.

391
00:20:18,800 --> 00:20:19,960
After that,

392
00:20:20,680 --> 00:20:22,290
I would take a wooden stick

393
00:20:22,880 --> 00:20:24,420
and trace out her face in the dirt,

394
00:20:25,290 --> 00:20:26,840
stroke by stroke.

395
00:20:34,360 --> 00:20:35,639
Mother,

396
00:20:35,640 --> 00:20:37,630
I miss you.

397
00:20:37,910 --> 00:20:39,500
Over time,

398
00:20:40,200 --> 00:20:41,480
I just got good at it.

399
00:20:42,640 --> 00:20:43,640
Those drawings

400
00:20:45,400 --> 00:20:46,640
must have been beautiful.

401
00:20:52,320 --> 00:20:53,690
Di Renjie,

402
00:20:54,560 --> 00:20:55,560
this case

403
00:20:55,950 --> 00:20:57,960
is beyond your reach.

404
00:21:02,020 --> 00:21:03,140
(Preview of Next Episode)

405
00:21:08,400 --> 00:21:09,410
Today,

406
00:21:10,010 --> 00:21:11,260
we are finally avenged.

407
00:21:12,400 --> 00:21:13,730
Help me one last time.

408
00:21:16,080 --> 00:21:17,320
- Mother!
- Madam!

409
00:21:17,480 --> 00:21:18,839
This case

410
00:21:18,840 --> 00:21:20,720
is beyond your reach.

411
00:21:34,470 --> 00:21:36,050
♪ Night covers the long streets ♪

412
00:21:37,130 --> 00:21:38,840
♪ The city remains silent ♪

413
00:21:40,230 --> 00:21:41,820
♪ Wind turns the old pages ♪

414
00:21:42,080 --> 00:21:44,320
♪ Words still left unspoken ♪

415
00:21:45,720 --> 00:21:47,360
♪ Bloodstains still hold their warmth ♪

416
00:21:48,490 --> 00:21:50,960
♪ Lamplight slowly tilts aside ♪

417
00:21:51,580 --> 00:21:53,059
♪ Who hides in the shadows ♪

418
00:21:53,060 --> 00:21:56,200
♪ Still circling around the truth? ♪

419
00:21:56,820 --> 00:21:58,740
♪ Love is born from desire ♪

420
00:21:59,430 --> 00:22:01,560
♪ Hatred rises out of greed ♪

421
00:22:02,700 --> 00:22:04,359
♪ One thought becomes a snare ♪

422
00:22:04,360 --> 00:22:07,660
♪ A lifetime trapped within ♪

423
00:22:09,110 --> 00:22:10,429
♪ Someone once warned me ♪

424
00:22:10,430 --> 00:22:11,949
♪ To stop upon this shore ♪

425
00:22:11,950 --> 00:22:13,269
♪ But sunlight burns too fiercely ♪

426
00:22:13,270 --> 00:22:14,759
♪ Fragile eyes break too easily ♪

427
00:22:14,760 --> 00:22:15,879
♪ If one thought retreats ♪

428
00:22:15,880 --> 00:22:17,179
♪ Then all things rest in peace ♪

429
00:22:17,180 --> 00:22:18,519
♪ But in this world ♪

430
00:22:18,520 --> 00:22:20,920
♪ Who will make the final judgment? ♪

431
00:22:22,750 --> 00:22:25,559
♪ If truth is cold as a frosted blade ♪

432
00:22:25,560 --> 00:22:27,030
♪ Still I walk ahead ♪

433
00:22:27,260 --> 00:22:28,479
♪ Let it pierce through ♪

434
00:22:28,480 --> 00:22:33,219
♪ The illusions before my eyes ♪

435
00:22:33,220 --> 00:22:35,459
♪ Layer upon layer of deception ♪

436
00:22:35,460 --> 00:22:36,859
♪ Covering every heart ♪

437
00:22:36,860 --> 00:22:38,050
♪ How many people ♪

438
00:22:38,310 --> 00:22:39,679
♪ Weave their own cocoon ♪

439
00:22:39,680 --> 00:22:41,890
♪ Yet call it ♪

440
00:22:42,090 --> 00:22:43,430
♪ Fate? ♪

441
00:22:43,790 --> 00:22:44,969
♪ Life and death ♪

442
00:22:44,970 --> 00:22:46,230
♪ Balanced on a single line ♪

443
00:22:46,580 --> 00:22:47,749
♪ Light and shadow ♪

444
00:22:47,750 --> 00:22:49,009
♪ Hanging side by side ♪

445
00:22:49,010 --> 00:22:50,489
♪ Goodness is not absolute ♪

446
00:22:50,490 --> 00:22:51,899
♪ Nor is evil ever complete ♪

447
00:22:51,900 --> 00:22:53,439
♪ In the end, it is only ♪

448
00:22:53,440 --> 00:22:54,819
♪ A single misguided thought ♪

449
00:22:54,820 --> 00:22:56,379
♪ If unveiling the truth ♪

450
00:22:56,380 --> 00:22:57,719
♪ Requires abandoning tenderness ♪

451
00:22:57,720 --> 00:22:58,889
♪ Then this answer ♪

452
00:22:58,890 --> 00:23:00,249
♪ Can it still remain true? ♪

453
00:23:00,250 --> 00:23:01,649
♪ When love and law ♪

454
00:23:01,650 --> 00:23:03,129
♪ Stand against each other in silence ♪

455
00:23:03,130 --> 00:23:04,529
♪ Which figure before me ♪

456
00:23:04,530 --> 00:23:11,729
♪ Am I meant to believe? ♪

457
00:23:11,730 --> 00:23:14,459
♪ If truth is cold as a frosted blade ♪

458
00:23:14,460 --> 00:23:16,049
♪ Still I walk ahead ♪

459
00:23:16,050 --> 00:23:17,289
♪ Not for fame or glory ♪

460
00:23:17,290 --> 00:23:22,159
♪ Nor caring who wins or loses ♪

461
00:23:22,160 --> 00:23:23,969
♪ Human nature is clouded ♪

462
00:23:23,970 --> 00:23:25,689
♪ Yet still reflects the stars ♪

463
00:23:25,690 --> 00:23:27,159
♪ Though this world ♪

464
00:23:27,160 --> 00:23:28,529
♪ Is filled with mud and mire ♪

465
00:23:28,530 --> 00:23:30,779
♪ There is still a light ♪

466
00:23:30,780 --> 00:23:33,739
♪ Worth pursuing ♪

467
00:23:33,740 --> 00:23:35,559
♪ Every case has its ending ♪

468
00:23:35,560 --> 00:23:36,920
♪ But night does not always fade ♪

469
00:23:37,090 --> 00:23:38,469
♪ The wind stops, the pages close ♪

470
00:23:38,470 --> 00:23:39,710
♪ Yet hearts remain unsettled ♪

471
00:23:39,960 --> 00:23:41,039
♪ If justice stands ♪

472
00:23:41,040 --> 00:23:42,289
♪ Without mercy beside it ♪

473
00:23:42,290 --> 00:23:44,089
♪ Then how is it ♪

474
00:23:44,090 --> 00:23:52,090
♪ Any different from a blade? ♪

475
00:23:53,650 --> 00:23:56,839
♪ If truth is cold as a frosted blade ♪

476
00:23:56,840 --> 00:23:58,319
♪ Still I walk ahead ♪

477
00:23:58,320 --> 00:23:59,709
♪ Even if the world ♪

478
00:23:59,710 --> 00:24:04,439
♪ Refuses to answer ♪

479
00:24:04,440 --> 00:24:06,399
♪ When every hidden truth ♪

480
00:24:06,400 --> 00:24:08,109
♪ Finally reveals itself ♪

481
00:24:08,110 --> 00:24:09,469
♪ I only wish ♪

482
00:24:09,470 --> 00:24:10,949
♪ To hold on ♪

483
00:24:10,950 --> 00:24:15,689
♪ Within the darkness ♪

484
00:24:15,690 --> 00:24:17,690
♪ To the heart ♪