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[White Cat Legend]

[Episode 9]

Let me do it.

It ran away.

Got it!

Got it.

Let me tell you.

In my hometown,

there are many fun things.

Like grass fighting and cricket fighting,

as well as softball.

It's super fun.

We smash clay bowls too.

Here.

Take it.

Don't be afraid.

This is fake.

I was just pulling your leg.

It's made with grass.

Don't be afraid.

It doesn't bite.

At a close glance,

you're not a young girl.

You're a grown lady.

It looks nice!

On such an auspicious day,

a nice touch was added to the coming of age outfit.

What did you say?

Abandon...

Abandon your...

Uh...

Abandon your...

It's okay.

It's okay if you forgot it. It's fine.

Don't you want to play this?

Come on.

Let's clean the radish together.

Then bring it to Uncle Cai.

Look at this big radish.

Sir.

How much is it?

Six taels.

Okay.

Take care.

Okay.

Sir.

Your cutting skills are good.

It's nothing, sir.

Isn't this the business I'm doing?

How long has this shop been open?

Not long, only three years.

What would you like?

Take a look.

I want this.

I haven't cut up this pig yet.

How about you

take a look at these?

They're all the same.

I just want the pig head.

All right.

To be honest,

sir,

this pig was just killed this morning.

It's fresh.

Would you

like to have anything else?

The pork is fresh.

But I

want to ask you something about the past.

Do you recognize this?

[Butcher Zhao]

How about this?

Come in with me, sir.

Please.

What’s your relationship

the former Minister of Judicial Review?

He is my father.

As far as I know,

after escorting Lord Li's

coffin back to his hometown,

no one has heard from his son.

Looks like you haven't

heard anything about Court of Judicial Review in a while now.

I am indeed Li Bing.

I'm the current Vice Minister of the Court of Judicial Review.

But–

You used to be a executioner, right?

The way you cut

and how you hold your knife

has shadows of your past.

You hold your knife tightly

and raise it high.

It actually takes more energy.

But you never noticed.

It's a habit.

Even if you want to get rid of the past,

it's inevitable that you'd choose

a job that is similar in nature with your own disposition.

You're used to blood.

Once you stopped seeing it,

you were not used to it.

I have long heard from Lord Li

that his son is very sharp.

I thought

though Lord Li was Minister of Judicial Review

it's inevitable that

he is like a father in a normal family

and can't help but

praise his own child.

Who knew?

After seeing you today,

it is indeed true.

I came here

to ask you something.

If I can help,

just tell me.

Sure.

If my guess is right,

this should be a serial number of

a convict of the prison camp.

Do you know who it is?

[Jiashen 27]

I will remember it even if I die.

[Jiashen 27]

This is...

Yi Zhi Hua.

Yi Zhi Hua?

Three years ago,

Her Majesty issued an edict

to abolish execution.

So I left my old career

and went to the prison camp

to become a prison guard.

In the past,

I only dealt with death row prisoners.

So putting me among the ordinary convicts,

when they see me,

it's as if they saw the ruler of hell.

They were all afraid of me.

[Yi Zhi Hua]

What are you looking at?

Your teeth are beautiful.

Behave yourself.

He was just a criminal.

But he spoke strangely.

It gave me goosebumps.

I wanted to teach him a lesson.

Remember.

Don't leave a trace.

Yes.

But I never thought

this would be what it was like

when I saw him again.

I told you.

You teeth are more beautiful.

Drink some water.

Okay.

That was the most

afraid I have been in my life.

What happened to him later?

I don't know.

After that,

I was no longer in the prison camp.

I couldn't

stay at that place

any longer.

Later,

Lord Li found me

and helped me hide my identity

so I could open this butcher shop.

And a few months later,

I heard that

that prison camp

was gone.

All the people

related to that prison camp

were all gone.

It's such a big place.

It just disappeared

as if it never existed.

I was lucky

and left early

so I managed to escape a disaster.

So someone...

did it on purpose?

That's possible.

Later,

someone went to the place I used to live

to look for me.

I always feel like

everything that happened

has something to do

with that weird convict.

[Jiashen 27]

Uncle Cai.

Vice Minister Li.

Where did you get the meat?

That has to be 5 kg.

It's from a friend.

Take it to the kitchen

and make it for everyone.

Look.

I got a big fish.

Just wait and see.

Let's go.

This Chen Shi...

Chen Shi!

Chen Shi!

Chen...

Me too.

Have a taste.

Don't catch me.

Buns!

Freshly steamed buns!

Buns!

Second Young Master.

Here.

Take it.

Don't flatter yourself.

This is not for you to look in the mirror.

You just can't stay still, you...

Mr. Yuan.

What's going on?

Is it because the lantern I made

is not pretty?

Why are you the only one buying?

You have to shout

to do business.

Lanterns!

It can't move.

You'll lose if you move other sticks.

Lanterns for sale!

One.

Is the lantern not pretty enough?

Why can only one be sold?

[Accurate Fortune Telling]

Mr. Li,

why are you here?

Chen Shi.

Come back with me.

But my lanterns

haven't been sold yet.

[Know Your Destiny]

Come with me.

What's wrong, Mr. Li.

Did you touch my stuff?

The room was a bit messy,

so I cleaned it up a little.

So you kept the mask

on my desk?

What?

I just arranged the books

and dusted the place.

I didn't touch anything else.

What's wrong?

Why?

From now on,

don't clean my room anymore.

There's a board made out of twine that's

placed next to my desk.

What is that for?

That's...

That's a cat scratcher.

Everyone in my village who owns a cat

knows how to do it.

It's for cats to scratch their nails.

I was afraid that...

that your hands would itch.

Mind your own business.

I promise.

I promise

I won't move your things around again.

I'm not blaming on you.

I just...

What did you buy?

Sugar pastry.

But there's no sugar.

Mr. Li.

This is not for you.

I only bought one

for her.

You're stealing things from a kid?

What are you doing?

No.

She's not a child anymore.

She's almost an adult.

How do you know?

I-I heard it from Mr. Yuan.

She says strange things

sometimes, right?

I don’t understand.

But Mr. Yuan understands.

He said she's saying things for the coming-of-age ceremony.

Although she doesn't talk normally,

[Coming-of-age ceremony A girl will hold the coming-of-age ceremony when they are 15 years old.]

[Han women become adults at the age of 15.]

when she's with me,

she speaks fluently.

She remembers even

the most complex lines.

If she remembers it,

someone must have taught her.

They taught it to her in detail too.

Who is it?

The person who is holding

the coming-of-age ceremony for her.

[Court of Judicial Review]

Sir.

How is it?

It smells good.

Look.

I told you it smells like stewed fish.

Here.

We haven't had something good in half a month.

No wonder Sun Bao smelled fish

the moment he entered.

You really have a cat's nose.

Please. Please.

Everyone,

have a taste of

the pork brought by Vice Minister Li

and the fish I made.

Sir, I'll

leave now.

[Jingshen Hall]

Thank you, Uncle Cai.

Thank you, Uncle Cai.

You're welcome.

Don't just stand there.

Let's talk while eating.

Mr. Li.

We've reviewed

the case of the Councilor.

There's no problem.

It was indeed a suicide.

It was a suicide?

That's not right.

Why?

It can't be wrong.

We

checked

all the parts.

In the process,

there was even a suspect.

But they have been cleared of suspicion.

The Councilor's younger sister's coming-of-age ceremony

hasn't been held yet, right?

The Councilor cares a lot about his sister's

coming-of-age ceremony

and has taught her

what she has to say during the ceremony.

Think about it.

For a child like her

to learn

such obscure and difficult words,

a lot of effort must've been put into it.

With this alone,

he wouldn't have

committed suicide

just before the ceremony.

Think about it

and see if there is anything you missed out.

Sir.

There was a thief that entered

the Couciler's sister's house.

But

she didn't lose anything.

Yes.

What happened to the suspect

you mentioned just now?

He's a craftsman.

But according to the night watchman,

when he left,

the Councilor was still alive

and the timing didn't match up.

The timing didn't match up.

It's not impossible

that the timing can be altered.

Where is the dossier?

We have already handed it to the Ministry of Justice.

Eat.

Sir.

Those people from the Court of Judicial Review are here again.

What more do they want?

Sir.

This is...

Li Bing from the Court of Judicial Review.

Vice Minister Li who cracked the Demon Cat Case.

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

That is me.

Vice Minister Li.

What can I do for you?

The Court of Judicial Review made a wrong judgment.

The review shouldn't be finalized.

We need to reinvestigate the Councilor's case.

You want a reinvestigation?

This...

Sir, this is it.

Goodbye.

Goodbye.

You...

Sir.

Go away.

This...

They really treat the Ministry of Justice

as a fair.

Where is night watchman,

Zhang Da, now?

He suddenly had an illness

and was not feeling well

so he took a leave to return home.

Don't touch that flask!

Our vice minister just wants to take a look at it.

This flask has been fixed before.

Someone used mercury

to tamper with this flask.

That caused the night watchman to misjudge

and the time could be altered.

Zhang Da must have

accidentally become a witness with face evidence.

Besides, mercury is poisonous.

It seems that Zhang Da's illness

definitely has something to do with mercury.

I'll go look for the craftsman

who repaired the roof.

Wait, wait, wait.

Why are you stopping me?

This craftsman is probably not home

but at the Court of Judicial Review.

When I was investigating the case,

I saw that the craftsman was good

so I asked him to go to the Court of Judicial Review

to repair the roof.

How is it?

It's all right!

Take your time!

Don't worry!

I'm holding this for you!

All right!

It'll be fine after airing it for a few more days.

You're done?

Slowly.

Be careful.

I'll catch it.

Take these things.

Okay, okay.

Here.

Here.

Put it down.

More.

I got it.

Yes, okay.

More. More.

Okay.

Come down.

Okay.

I'm holding it for you.

Okay.

Slowly. Be careful.

Be careful.

Okay.

Okay.

It's done.

It's good now.

I'm thirsty.

Can you give me some water?

Sorry.

I forgot about that. Sorry.

I'll bring it to you now.

C-Come here.

Stand here.

Don't run around.

I'll be right back.

Don't move!

Don't move!

Who are you telling not to move?

Mr. Wang! Mr. Wang!

I’m in trouble.

Don't move!

Cut the crap!

Give her to me.

And I'll let this fool go.

Who are you calling a fool?

A soldier can be killed but not humiliated.

Shut up, fool.

You!

I...

Don't move.

This is impossible.

Let's change the conditions.

Let him go.

And I'll let you go.

I...

I let him go and you let me go?

Do you think I'm afraid of death?

It seems that

you don't know the situation yet.

Let me tell you.

Since I did it,

I'm not afraid of you–

Who is a fool? Who is a fool?

Who is a fool?

Who?

[Court of Judicial Review]

[Integrity; Prudence; Diligence]

Do you have anything else to say?

No.

So you admit

you had planned to kill him.

Why are you looking for the Councilor's sister

after killing him?

Is the grudge between you two

this deep?

So deep you won't even spare his family.

He bullied me first.

I hate him so much!

I want to kill both siblings.

What about it?

If the happenings of the case and motive

are clear,

I have only one question left.

Vice Minister,

he's obviously talking nonsense.

Since I'm interrogating him,

listen to me.

Yes.

[Integrity; Prudence; Diligence]

One last question.

Since it was murder first,

then making it look like a suicide,

it's hard to make the way the victim looked when he died

exactly the same as a he hung himself.

And to hang the dead body

on the beam of the house

was not an easy thing.

How did you do it?

Like he hung himself?

That's because he was hanged to death.

I just coaxed him to go up.

It's easy.

Sir,

this should be fine.

Help me get the tools up.

Please tie it for me.

Okay.

Good.

Sir,

I think it's almost done.

Why don't you come up and take a look?

I think the rain

won't stop any time soon.

If there's any problem,

I can fix it immediately.

Okay, I'll come up to check it out.

Be careful.

Sir, be careful.

Yes.

Look, that's the only place.

It's on the left.

More towards the left.

You can only blame him

for being stubborn and suspicious.

On top of that,

you also tampered with the kettle.

It's quite a coincidence.

But unfortunately,

you didn't find

what you wanted to find

at his place, right?

I wasn't sure

why you wanted

to

kill him.

But to be able to come up with

such a meticulous plan to murder,

it can't be done by

a reckless man

for a moment of hatred.

So you have other intentions?

You later looked for

the victim's sister.

That means you haven't found

what you're looking for.

What is it?

Forget it.

Since you don't want to say it now,

it doesn't matter.

Mingjing Hall

will definitely find it out.

Take him away.

Madam.

Li Bing asked you to bring it here?

He solved a class A case.

What he says is quite useful.

Madam,

Vice Minister Li said...

He asked you to take it back,

and you did.

You listen to him so well.

At least leave some for him.

You brought all of them back.

I have lead you to solve the case by myself.

How long will it take?

Madam.

These cases...

have already been solved.

What?

I-I wanted to

tell you this just now

but you interrupted.

Vice Minister...

Vice Minister said.

What did you just say?

I wanted to say

Vice Minister Li

asked me to tell you,

if there are similar cases

in the future,

no matter what class it is,

you can give it to him. It doesn't matter.

Li Bing still

claims to be an ordinary person.

He's really something.

The year end is approaching.

Let's not divide these cases by classes.

Let's deal with them together first.

Yes.

On such an auspicious day,

a nice touch was added to the coming of age outfit.

Abandon your childishness

and achieve virtue.

Wishing you longevity

and prosperity.

[Integrity; Prudence; Diligence]

[Integrity; Prudence; Diligence]

[Tablet of brother Lu Shiying]

[Tablet of brother Lu Shiying]

[Integrity; Prudence; Diligence]

The ceremony is completed.

Miss, please follow me.

She seems to be the same

as before the coming-of-age ceremony.

But it's the same day.

Maybe we are seeing this in the eyes of outsiders

so we can't tell the difference.

That was probably why the Councilor was so eager

to help hold this

coming-of-age ceremony for her.

[Tablet of brother Lu Shiying]

Councilor,

I thought you hung yourself.

Please don't take it to heart.

And thank you.

If we didn't solve your case,

we wouldn't have received full pay.

In the future, during festivals,

I will definitely burn some

joss paper for you.

We have to thank Chen Shi too.

If he hadn't found out

about the coming-of-age ceremony,

we don't even have a chance

to salvage this.

I know.

[Court of Judicial Review]

Mr. Cui

has told me about

her situation briefly.

Sir,

let me say a few more things.

She may be thin,

but she can eat a lot.

She's picky too.

She doesn't eat green onion and garlic.

She's especially afraid of hot things.

So when she eats and drinks water,

they have to be cooled off first.

Also,

when she sleep,

you have to tuck her in.

Otherwise...

I'm being naggy.

We'll be careful.

Give me the bag.

Thank you.

Let's go.

V-

Vice Minister...

[Court of Judicial Review]

Thank you.

Thank you.

Get up.

[Court of Judicial Review]

Take good care of her.

Okay.

Let's go.

[Court of Judicial Review]

Slowly.

Let's go.

[Court of Judicial Review]

Don't worry.

She

won't freeze or starve.

Who knows?

She will live a better life than us in the future.

Really?

I'm close with people there.

I have asked someone

to take care of her.

Besides, the Court of Judicial Review is not far from there.

Go visit her when you have time.

Okay.

I have something to tell you.

[Court of Judicial Review]

[Integrity; Prudence; Diligence]

The Councilor case

has come to an end.

It's time to decide who leaves and stays.

Mr. Li.

Aren't we already over this?

Tell me about it then.

Although I

am thick-skinned,

I know my capacity.

In this case,

you made the most mistakes.

You want credit

[Integrity; Prudence; Diligence]

but is too cautious

and didn't want to offend the Ministry of Justice.

You even let the evidence right in front of your eyes fly away.

Don’t you feel sorry towards Mingjing Hall?

But,

if you hadn't risked your life

to save the Councilor's sister,

it could've been another life gone.

Yes.

You're right.

I do know

I caused this.

I have to take the blame

and redeem myself.

I know I made a big mistake.

I do want to

leave the Court of Judicial Review.

But since

you want to keep me,

I can't just leave.

Am I right, sir?

Very well.

Leave tonight, then.

Tonight?

Who?

Forget it.

Vice Minister really likes to joke.

Leave the Court of Judicial Review tomorrow noon.

I have to leave you some time

to pack up.

The few of you, don't just stand there too.

Help him pack up.

[Integrity; Prudence; Diligence]

Wh-What?

Dismissed.

Wait.

Huh?

Mr. Li.

If it's about Wang Qi,

don’t say anything.

No.

Mr. Li.

Mr. Wang is smart.

It’s a pity for him to leave like this.

Let me ask you.

What is the most important thing in the Court of Judicial Review?

Law!

That the law is strict

and one can distinguish right from wrong.

You've only been here for a few days

and you already know it.

Wang Qi has been here for more than two years.

but he still doesn't understand.

But...

There's no buts.

But you,

don't think about putting in a good word

for others in the future.

I'm not as Mr. Wang

but I get to stay in the Court of Judicial Review.

What you do

is actually more than what you think.

Do you want to try

joining Mingjing Hall?

You can start from being a non-staff scribe.

Although you don't have a rank,

at least you're not an attendant scribe

or a servant.

You will be a member of the Court of Judicial Review

who can help investigate cases.

If you can

pass the test later on,

you can also officially join the Court of Judicial Review.

I can investigate cases?

And go out with you?

Yes.

I want to do it!

Lower your voice.

I can hear you.

Sorry.

I want to do it.

The first thing to do is...

Is...

What is it?

Within a month,

memorize all these words.

Th-This...

Mr. Li!

Th-This...

This is too much Mr. Li!

Wait!

Mr. Li!

Th-This...

Can you give me more time?

Mr. Li!

Mr. Cat!

[Court of Judicial Review]

[Mingjing Hall]

[Integrity; Prudence; Diligence]

[Integrity; Prudence; Diligence]

[Integrity; Prudence; Diligence]

[Integrity; Prudence; Diligence]

[Court of Judicial Review]