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[White Cat Legend]

[Episode 6]

[Court of Judicial Review]

Vice Minister,

did you see Her Majesty today?

Yes.

Her Majesty wants to see Li Bing too.

I wonder

what she wants to do with him.

Madam,

I heard

Her Majesty—

You're very alert.

You even dare to inquire about the palace's matter.

I dare not.

I'm just afraid

I'll embarrass you,

Vice Minister.

I can tell you.

Her Majesty is already past 60 years old.

However, not only is she aging,

but she's even getting younger.

At first glance, she looks like a child.

Commoner Li Bing

greets Your Majesty.

There is a rumor in the court

that Her Majesty has a strange disease.

People's hearts are wavering.

Her Majesty has been living in seclusion more and more.

Many officials

also disappear from time to time.

It's very mysterious.

Commoner Li Bing?

From what I know,

haven't you been

acting under the name of Court of Judicial Review?

I have sinned.

You've committed

more than one sin.

Let me ask you.

What is with the seal

of the Minister of Judicial Review?

It has been lost for three years.

Why do you have it?

I returned to my hometown as a pallbearer three years ago.

Not long ago, I found this seal

in my late father's coffin.

I knew it was a serious matter,

so I returned to Shendu with the seal

to return it to the Court of Judicial Review,

but I encountered the Demon Cat Case

just as I entered Shendu.

I thought it was very strange,

so I made my own decision.

I decided not to return the seal

to investigate the case myself.

I have sinned.

Please punish me, Your Majesty.

You know

I won't punish you, right?

I dare not,

but Your Majesty,

please don't punish

the families of the missing people.

I have already pardoned them.

Thank you, Your Majesty.

Li Bing,

did you keep the seal

because you don't trust

the current Court of Judicial Review?

That is not so.

If not for the assistance from the Court of Judicial Review,

the case would still be unresolved.

You're quite good with words.

After Minister Li passed away,

the Court of Judicial Review no longer has anyone of use.

The Mingjing Hall that your father

established himself

is now...

I don't blame you

for not trusting others.

You did a good job

with the Demon Cat Case.

Thank you, Your Majesty.

The Demon Cat Case is solved,

but we still haven't found

the missing ones from before.

Li Bing,

since you're back,

return to the Court of Judicial Review.

I don't dare.

Being too modest makes one arrogant.

You should know

to do your duty.

Yes.

The Minister of Rites is the only person

knowledgeable about the missing case.

May I ask

to start with investigating the minister?

Of course.

You brought back the old seal,

but the new seal has been forged.

I need to think about

which seal holds a heavier weight.

With your qualifications,

I will appoint you as the Vice Minister of the Court of Judicial Review

and manage Mingjing Hall.

A conclusion will be made

after some time.

Do you understand?

Yes.

Good.

I hope the Court of Judicial Review

will do well in your hands.

I

will obey Your Majesty's decree.

Mr. Li.

Chen Shi?

Why are you here?

I heard from Mr. Wang

that you entered the palace to talk about the Demon Cat Case,

so I came here to wait for you.

I wanted to tell you

Xiaohuan is well.

Gu too.

People from the government office said

Gu's case is not a big deal.

He'll be home soon.

By the way,

I also want to say goodbye.

Where are you going?

I'm going to look for my brother.

Have you found a place to stay?

Not yet,

but Shendu is big.

It won't be hard

to find food and shelter.

By the way,

this is

wood...

What's the thing you chew on?

G...

Gum.

I exchanged my hometown's specialties

for this small bottle.

The seller said

anything put in this

can last for years

without going bad.

Just take it.

It's beautiful.

Thank you.

No problem.

I'll leave if there's nothing else.

Take care, Mr. Li.

Wait.

There's no rush in finding your brother.

This case is not over yet.

Why don't you go back to the Court of Judicial Review with me?

We need a witness to testify.

Witness?

Then won't I—

This time,

you won't get thrown in jail again.

Really?

Okay then.

Let's go.

Let's go.

Strange.

Why is the lock

hard to open today?

Minister.

Minister.

Minister, it's time to eat.

Minister,

it's time to eat.

The minister is dead.

The minister is dead.

Li Bing is actually back.

What can

a kid manage to do?

We'll do

what we must do.

[Court of Judicial Review]

[Astute and Impartial in Judgment]

All hear!

The edict will be proclaimed.

Kneel.

[Astute and Impartial in Judgment]

The edict is as follows.

Li Bing, son of the former Minister of Judicial Review,

who solved the Demon Cat Case,

is prudent and astute.

As a pillar of talent

and essential to the country,

he is a loyal and just official.

He will be appointed as the Vice Minister of the Court of Judicial Review

and manage the affairs of the Mingjing Hall.

The rest

will also be credited.

Edict concluded.

Bow in thanks.

Bow.

Rise.

Bow again.

Chant.

[Astute and Impartial in Judgment]

Long live the empress!

Long live the empress!

Rise.

Accept the edict.

[Tablet of Late Father Li]

Congratulations, Vice Minister Li.

I

accept the edict.

Since the imperial edict has been received

and I have work to do,

please disperse.

Why are you laughing?

What's wrong?

You're proud

of being credited?

Not at all.

If it weren't for

Vice Minister Shangguan being sensible

and seeing Her Majesty with a blood vow,

we would have lost our lives

long ago.

Why are you back?

Madam,

there is a great ethical matter.

This...

Vice Minister Li,

congratulations.

You're new here.

If there's anything

you don't know,

you can ask me anytime.

I'm not necessarily new here.

I can only say

that I'm revisiting familiar grounds.

Look at Vice Minister Li.

He's well-educated

and eloquent.

Baba, learn from him.

Vice Minister Li,

you must be tired from last night

and you just took office.

You don't have to come

to attendance call tomorrow morning.

Since I've taken office today,

there's no reason

for me not go to attendance call tomorrow.

No need to worry.

Since you are so diligent,

I have no reason

to stop you.

Hu Si.

Yes.

Hurry up and arrange a place

for Vice Minister Li to stay in.

Yes.

Don't bother.

I'll stay in my former residence

in Mingjing Hall.

Vice Minister Li,

your residence

has always been kept ready.

Vice Minister Li,

General Qiu of the Jinwu Guards

has come to congratulate you on your ascension.

General Qiu has always been a lone wolf,

but you are

quite respectful to Vice Minister Li.

You two can chat.

I won't be in the way.

Let's go too.

Sir,

should...

We can talk tomorrow.

You've had a long night.

Go and rest.

Yes.

Vice Minister Li.

General Qiu.

Long time no see.

What is it?

Isn't it inconvenient

to talk here?

How about—

We will speak here.

Personally,

I should congratulate you

for returning to the Court of Judicial Review.

Previously, I offended you

during the Demon Cat Case.

Please forgive me.

Can you get to the point?

There are many unsolved mysteries

in the Demon Cat Case.

The Jinwu Guard will handle them.

You don't need to worry about it.

When I met Her Majesty,

she personally ordered me to investigate this matter.

I wonder whose orders

you're working under.

All criminal cases in the capital

are managed by the Jinwu Guard.

It's my duty.

It doesn't conflict with Her Majesty's order.

The Court of Judicial Review is in charge of

all criminal case in the empire.

Even if the case

is under the Jinwu Guard,

the Court of Judicial Review still has the right

to arbitrarily review it.

Unfortunately,

you are not the Minister of Judicial Review.

You don't have the power of arbitrary judgment yet.

The suspect of this case,

the former Minister of Rites,

is in the prison of the Ministry of Justice now.

I'm afraid even you

can't stop me from following

the imperial edict to put him on trial.

Looks like you still don't know.

The Minister of Rites

has poisoned himself

and died in prison.

What did you say?

I'm afraid

you have no one to interrogate.

Why don't you

leave the rest to the Jinwu Guard?

Goodbye.

[Fairness; Justice; Integrity; Authority]

Did anything abnormal happen

while he was detained?

This case is serious.

There was always someone guarding the cell.

Sir,

I've checked already.

There are no injuries

on the surface of the body.

He was indeed poisoned.

It seems

he used poison to commit suicide.

[Ministry of Justice]

[Lyu's Residence]

[Lyu's Residence]

[Jinwu Guards]

General.

How is it?

Li Bing went to the prison of the Ministry of Justice

but didn't say anything.

He just took a look.

I see.

General.

Wild cat,

I've been looking for you for days.

Why are you here?

No.

Are you hurt?

Come—

Wild cat!

Wild cat!

Wild cat!

[Prosperity and Peace]

Wild cat!

Stop!

Wait for me!

Wild cat,

[Prosperity and Peace]

don't run!

Wild cat!

Come here.

Stop.

[Li's Residence]

You're here?

Mr. Cat?

Mr. Cat.

Mr. Cat,

wait for me there.

I'll put my stuff down

and go up to find you.

You... It's okay.

I'll look for something.

I'll find something and go up there.

It's okay.

I can get up.

Why is it so high?

It's kinda scary.

You noticed long ago, right?

I kept running into danger these past few days.

I didn't have the time to cover it up.

Notice what?

I just thought

you went from...

From this

and turned into this.

Turned into...

You're too amazing.

You know...

You know?

I thought

it's such a handsome

and beautiful wild cat

with

bright and fluffy fur.

I wanted to bring it home

and raise it.

I could comb its hair and stuff.

Who knew

it would turn into

you, Mr. Cat.

Just call me Mr. Li.

Okay, Mr. Cat.

Mr. Li.

You haven't

told others about this, right?

No, no, no.

How can I tell others?

If I tell others,

you'll be treated as a demon.

You don't think

I'm a demon?

I don't think so.

If you were a demon,

you would've eaten me already.

Other than me,

only you

know about this right now.

I got it.

Don't worry.

I definitely

won’t tell anyone,

Mr. Cat.

I definitely won't tell anyone,

Mr. Li.

I just wonder

how you became like this.

Well...

Are you looking for gum?

You should have told me earlier.

I had some,

but I left it in the Court of Judicial Review.

How about this?

I'll go down there

and get you some new ones.

I'll get new ones.

I'll go now.

Thanks.

No problem.

I still want to ask.

How did you become like this?

It's a long story.

I don't actually know either.

You don't know? It's okay.

It's okay.

I won't ask anymore.

I'll go down

to get the stuff.

It's okay.

I can do it myself.

I can do it myself.

What?

I just...

Came down?

I'm okay.

Coming.

Finally.

Hurry up.

Hurry up.

Thanks for the treat.

It's nothing.

Thank you.

Say,

where did Chen Shi go

after he gave his statement

and the Demon Cat Case ended?

Anyway,

he ran away after the case was solved.

If it were me

and I ran into this problem

as soon as I

came to Shendu,

I'd have run away long ago.

How do you have the time to worry about others?

I think

the new vice minister today

is eccentric.

He must be hard to get along with.

Our future

will be hard.

Mr. Cui.

Mr. Know-It-All Cui.

Someone being nice for no reason must have an ulterior motive.

Speak.

Well,

you've been in Shendu the longest

and you

surround yourself with these files every day.

Do you know anything else

about this Mr. Li?

They're just rumors.

You do know things?

It's better to share with everyone than enjoy it alone.

Li Bing

is the son of the Minister of Judicial Review.

He used to have a nickname

called Yao Bing.

Yao Bing?

Yao Bing?

"Yao" as in "the youngest"

but also as in "demon."

For example,

there was a judicial commissioner

who must solve a cold case.

He thought hard

and it kept him up at night.

The case is solved!

The case is solved!

The case is solved!

An annotation

had suddenly appeared in the dossier,

pointing out a critical part.

It solved the case

in just a few words.

The case is solved.

Really?

You can solve cases?

Really! Look.

It really is solved?

How did you solve it?

Let me tell you.

The case has been around for a while.

It matured

and solved itself.

Congratulations.

At first,

the ignorant thought it was a god's doing.

In reality,

it was all done by Yao Bing.

Here's another example.

When a worker was on duty,

he could always hear

the Dengwen Drum for justice

sound at midnight without anyone beating it.

Who is it?

In reality,

it was the suspects that Yao Bing brought back.

This Mr. Li

tied Chen Shi up at night to scare us.

His style hasn't changed.

He's still pretty chaotic.

However,

those in the know didn't see him as defiant

because...

Because his father

was the Minister of Judicial Review.

The Minister of Judicial Review was very strict

with him.

The reason they tolerated him

was because

he was seriously ill.

The doctors of Shendu

all said he wouldn't have a long life.

But I think

he looks youthful and strong.

Or it's because

he had miraculous experiences

in the three years that he was gone for.

Then why did he leave Shendu?

This is related to

the Minister of Judicial Review's

assassination three years ago.

[Li's Residence]

Who are you?

Who ordered you to do this?

Get the Court of Judicial Review's flare.

[Li Ji]

Yes.

Take him down!

Father!

Father!

Father.

Father.

Father.

♫Looking back on the long story♫

Father.

♫Whose face is submerged in time♫

♫And whose body is covered in moonlight?♫

Father.

♫Lonely and sad♫

♫But his back shows his stubbornness♫

Father.

♫The world and nights are too cold♫

♫Joys and sorrows are hidden in the shadows♫

♫The youth's eyes are still passionate♫

♫Who can I talk to about my forbearance?♫

Father!

♫I can't bear to look back♫

♫Who will stay by my side in the end?♫

♫This so-called growth is more like an end♫

♫Only I remain with my tragedy♫

♫Stumbling along the way♫

[Li's Residence]

♫Everything that was once around me♫

♫Suddenly hovers in teary eyes♫

♫In the unreachable distance♫

In grief,

my hair turned white overnight.

My father still had dark hair though.

Then what?

After that,

Li Bing requested

to escort his father's coffin back to his hometown.

There was

no news of him in Shendu after that.

[Tablet of Late Father Li]

[Tablet of Late Father Li]

On the way home

as the pallbearer,

I was ambushed.

I thought I was doomed,

but I survived.

However, when I woke up,

I was in this

half-human, half-cat state.

As for my father's death,

the Ministry of Justice gave an explanation,

but I don't believe it at all.

I even feel that

my ambush

and this state of mine

are both related to this.

My family

was destroyed in a flash

and became unrecognizable.

Everyone says I'm a genius detective

and gave me the title of Yao Bing,

but I don't even know

who is behind all of this.

Mr. Li, I trust

you can definitely

solve this case,

whether it's about your father

or that wild cat.

It took me three years

to organize everything.

I returned to Shendu this time

to find out the truth.

So the really hard

and super weird case

that you told me about

in the beginning

is this?

I investigated a lot

in the three years after my father's death,

but nothing was found.

Nothing.

That's the most suspicious point.

Now, the only clue

is that

I can become a cat.

It's weird.

You can become a cat

and then you ran into the Demon Cat Case.

This...

This is too much of a coincidence.

This Mr. Li

came back at the right time.

He ran into a big case

like a murderous demon cat as soon as he came back.

He even took care of it for us.

It turns out

that the new vice minister is our benefactor.

I need to find a master to look into this.

This is called fate.

Besides, Mingjing Hall

was founded

by Mr. Li's father.

I don't care if he's hard to get along with or not.

Anyway, from now on,

we will have someone backing us up.

One's life and death are predestined by the heavens.

This is not a coincidence.

Countless disappearances

occurred in Shendu in the past three years.

After that,

the legend of the demon cat started spreading.

I was sensitive

to the words "demon cat,"

so I started investigating along the way

and found Xiaohuan's tavern.

Take care.

Come again.

Then I met you.

Wild cat,

what are you doing here?

The demon cat legend

was made by the minister,

but with his power,

if he wanted to perfunctorily close the case,

there was no need to put in so much effort.

There must be something else

behind this case.

That's why he needed to cover it up.

Sir, you are so confident

because you think both the witness and evidence

have been completely erased.

But now, the minister

has died mysteriously.

This lead has reached a dead end.

Could there be

anyone else like me in this world?

What's wrong?

Does it hurt here?

Come.

Are you hurt?

Let me take a look.

It doesn't matter.

That won't do.

This is

ointment from my hometown.

Look.

Apply this and you'll be fine.

Take it.

Take it.

Thank you.

No problem.

Here.

What is this?

It's pretty.

It's...

A talisman?

This is not a talisman.

This is a foreign language.

Well...

What does this mean?

I don't know either.

This is

a clue I got

from the Jinwu Guard's office tonight.

I got it.

You got injured

when you stole this.

I received this.

You received this thing.

Chen Shi,

have you ever thought about

returning to the Court of Judicial Review with me?

Me?

You came to Shendu find your brother,

but Shendu is so big.

Where would you even start looking?

The Court of Judicial Review is in charge of criminal cases,

including household registration records.

If you go to the Court of Judicial Review,

it'll be easier.

How about

you start as a worker of the Court of Judicial Review?

How about being my attendant scribe?

Really?

But

I don't know how to do anything.

You can do it, Chen Shi.

If it weren't for you,

the Demon Cat Case wouldn't have been solved so soon.

You're the only one

who knows my secret.

I need someone

who knows everything about me

to solve this case in Shendu.

You have to believe

that you are really

a kind person.

A place that manages law

needs someone like you.

I'm not that—

So you don't trust me?

No.

I trust you,

but...

There are no buts then.

Let's go.

Where are we going?

Back to the Court of Judicial Review.

Wait a minute.

Coming.

Remember to apply the ointment.

It'll heal faster with the ointment.

Got it.

After applying this,

your leg will be recovered tomorrow.

[Court of Judicial Review]