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[White Cat Legend]

[Episode 10]

[Court of Judicial Review]

Stop crowing!

All right, hurry up.

The buns are waiting for you to taste them.

Okay.

Stop crowing.

Come on. Hurry.

Stop crowing.

Mr. Wang.

Mr. Wang. Mr. Wang.

Mr. Wang, don’t go.

I made it in time.

Here, a hot bun.

If it's not enough,

there's more. Take these.

This...

This is too much. I can't finish them.

It's okay. Take your time.

How is it?

The bun tastes so good.

Eat up.

Chen Shi.

I really didn't expect you to be

the one to send me off

in the end.

Those ungrateful people.

We

haven't spent a lot of time together.

How about I teach you how a few things are done

in the Court of Judicial Review...

I...

have already been kicked out.

I shouldn't teach you how to do things.

Chen Shi.

In the future,

take care of yourself.

Mr. Wang.

Are you really leaving?

It is Vice Minister's order.

How can I disobey it?

The mountains remain unchanged

and the waters never stop flowing.

Chen Shi.

If we meet again some day,

don’t call me Mr. Wang.

Call me Wang Qi.

Qi is fine too.

Hope to see you again.

See you.

Mr. Wang.

Take care.

Remember to finish the buns!

Take care.

You...

Why didn't you say something?

You scared me.

I'm incoherent and speechless.

I don't know what to say.

Master said

I shouldn't be

saying goodbye to people face to face.

It's bad luck.

Nevertheless,

Mr. Wang has left. In this vast world,

you don't even know if you'd ever see him again.

How could you not say anything?

Isn't he just across the street?

Yeah.

Wang Qi doesn't know where to live.

So he's temporarily staying at

Alibaba's private house.

He's just a few steps away

from the Court of Judicial Review.

We're going there later.

Come to us if you need anything.

There's something!

Why didn't you tell me earlier?

I used up all my money

to buy meat stuffing

for Uncle Cai to make buns for him!

I gave them all to him!

Why didn't you tell me earlier?

Why didn't you tell me earlier?

That's all the money I had.

Here.

No!

I just want my buns.

Can't you get it with money?

What?

I'll take the small one.

Thank you.

By the way,

Cui Bei said yesterday

that he would be with us.

Did you see him?

No.

No.

Vice Minister.

Vice Minister.

Here are all the books from Councilor's place

you asked me to bring.

Except for the case files of the Ministry of Justice,

even the siblings' ledgers

for recording debts,

the parents' betrothal letter, and...

poetry books for initiating education;

I've brought them all here.

Thank you.

Forgo the formalities.

Leave them here.

Yes.

[This is to certify that Wang Qi, the judicial commissioner of Mingjing Hall, will not be retained because of his mistake]

[This is to certify that Wang Qi, the judicial commissioner of Mingjing Hall, will not be retained because of his mistake]

Vice Minister.

I'm sorry!

Don't bother.

I'll do it myself.

Yes.

Vice Minister.

It's fine.

Just now,

I saw Wang Qi's dismissal letter.

Logically,

the dismissal letter should have

the official seal of the vice minister.

Could it be

you're still undecided on

the dismissal of Wang Qi?

You have something to say about that too?

Vice Minister.

Wang Qi did make a mistake,

but since he entered Mingjing Hall,

he has done everything conscientiously.

He has always been impartial and selfless with his work.

This oversight was a case

where the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.

Mingjing Hall has a lot of work to do.

If we suddenly lose Wang Qi,

the few of us

might have a tough time.

Please think twice

about Wang Qi's dismissal.

I have my own thoughts on this matter.

Stop asking so much.

Get back to work.

Yes.

You...

You're thirsty.

You...

Have some water.

You're tired.

Let me take over for you.

I...

Why have I never seen you before?

I'm new here.

My surname is Hua.

I'm Hua Zhi Yi. Got it?

-Yes, Hua Zhi Yi. -Hua Zhi Yi.

Do you want to go out for a walk?

I stayed up all night.

I want to go to the toilet.

Go on.

Wait.

The keys.

Go on.

Who are you?

Are you here

to save me or kill me?

I'm here to play games.

But I realized you are no fun.

So I don't want to play with you.

But...

you are quite suitable

to be a toy.

Are you toying with me?

[I swear on my life to pass the Mandarin Level 8 Exam]

Dear parents.

The Holy Birthday Festival

is coming.

Congratulations, my parents.

I...

This is so embarrassing.

How can I write it?

Mr. Li.

I saw you ran out of gum.

I made some more.

I'll leave it here.

Thank you.

No problem.

How have you been

getting along with them these days?

Pretty good.

Mr. Cui, Mr. Sun,

and Baba.

Everyone is nice.

They teach me how to attend classes

and how to read.

They also hope

I can join the Court of Judicial Review soon.

Also, today...

I just sent Mr. Wang off.

I knew you would say that.

Actually, the case of Councilor

is not over yet.

Logically,

I should take people from Mingjing Hall

to investigate with me.

But I haven't decided

if I want to let them join.

But didn't everyone

catch the mason

together?

But we haven't figured out his motive

for murder.

We don't know what he's looking for

either.

I'm thinking

if it's related to those dossiers.

The dossiers?

Before Councilor died,

he brought back a batch of dossiers

he was organizing from the Ministry of Justice.

[Openness and Justice]

When Cui Bei reviewed the case,

he retrieved the physical evidence again.

But there were no wet dossiers

in his house.

Is it possible that

it just so happened

that no other dossier got wet?

I don't think so.

Do you remember

when the Councilor's sister

was about to have her coming-of-age ceremony?

Look at this.

These are the handwritten poems the Councilor prepared

for his sister's

coming-of-age ceremony,

which were also by his hand.

There was a leak at that time

and rainwater fell on the dossier.

The Councilor is very strict

with business affairs.

The dossier got wet,

so he immediately used the poems

to remove the water stains.

That's why three words

are left on it.

On the back.

And these words

are similar to

[Yi Zhi Hua]

the clues I've found before.

Yi...

Mu...

Yi Mu... something... Hua?

Yi Zhi Hua.

He is that

Jiazitou behind the mask.

A death-row inmate

whose traces were deliberately erased.

So,

that mason

killed someone

for the dossier in Councilor's hands?

His motive is to get

the dossier of Yi Zhi Hua?

Was it to get it

or to destroy it?

Someone doesn't want this case

to be investigated.

And I found the clues about Yi Zhi Hua

from

the Minister of Rites' Mansion.

It means Yi Zhi Hua

is also related to

the demon cat murder case three years ago.

This case

is more complicated than we thought.

It might also

be related to my secret.

So I haven't decided

if I should let them join.

What's that sound?

Mr. Li!

Mr. Li!

Mr. Li.

This...

[My slave]

This...

[My slave]

This...

Oh no.

Mr. Li!

[Self-discipline and Self-respect]

Mr. Li!

Vice Minister Li! Vice Minister Li!

Well...

General Qiu of Jinwu Guards wants to see you.

What is he doing here?

[Self-discipline and Self-respect]

Vice Minister Li.

General Qiu, you're at our Court of Judicial Review

to take someone away again.

Vice Minister Shangguan, you are wrong.

I just want to solve the case too.

What exactly brings you here, General Qiu?

About the criminal

your Court of Judicial Review caught when you reviewed the case

of the Ministry of Justice's Councilor,

I'm afraid

the Jinwu Guards needs to borrow them for a while.

Why?

Isn't it obvious?

He is either a death-row inmate

who escaped from Jinwu Guards' prison

or is related to some case

the Jinwu Guards is investigating.

To take someone away

from the Court of Judicial Review,

General Qiu would make up any reason.

Do I need a reason?

I just want to do my best

to maintain the long-term peace

of Shendu.

Of course.

General Qiu, you are

in charge of tens of thousands of Jinwu Guards

and responsible for the security of Shendu.

Even if it’s just empty talk

without any evidence,

you're still a man of your words.

A man of my words?

How can I compare to your father,

Minister of Defense, Shangguan Lian,

Lord Shangguan?

In a war of thousands of miles,

how many soldiers can narrowly escape death?

It's all just contingent on

his words.

What are you trying to say?

General Qiu.

Even in front of His Majesty,

the Court of Judicial Review is where the law lies.

There is no reason why prisoners who have not been tried in the Court of Judicial Review

should be handed over to others,

right?

Vice Minister!

[Self-discipline and Self-respect]

Bad news.

What happened? Why are you so flustered?

That mason is dead.

Madam.

This person just died

due to excessive bleeding.

The criminal stabbed his chest with a sharp weapon,

leaving dozens of scars

which are deep and visible.

It's an extremely cruel method.

Prison guard!

What happened?

Vice Minister.

Well...

I have no idea.

He was fine just now.

I just went to the toilet.

After I came back,

he was dead.

By the way,

when I left,

someone from the court

would keep an eye on him.

Madam, you can just ask around.

Where is that man who took your place?

He said

his surname is Hua.

He's called Hua Zhi Yi!

Well...

The Court of Judicial Review

hasn't had any newcomers recently.

Chen Shi is the only newcomer.

I’ve never heard of

Hua... Hua Zhi Yi.

Hua Zhi Yi...

Yi Zhi Hua?

What did he look like?

Vice Minister.

I...

I don't remember either.

It's strange.

He suddenly appeared.

Also...

Also,

since he gave me

a bowl of water,

I became confused

and agreed to whatever he said.

The Court of Judicial Review is indeed where the law lies.

Their prisoner

actually died in prison.

What a coincidence.

Whenever I visit the Court of Judicial Review

to get a criminal,

[Camp waiting for you]

they have either run away

or been killed.

If the criminal was killed,

we just need to do our best to catch the murderer.

General Qiu, you don't have to

be sarcastic

and beat around the bush.

It's as if you have something against

the Court of Judicial Review.

Vice Minister Shangguan, you're too paranoid.

I'm just stating the facts.

Whether it's the culprit or whomever,

since they died in the Court of Judicial Review,

the Court of Judicial Review is naturally suspicious.

Even if I say the whole Court of Judicial Review,

including you all here, is guilty of killing him,

it is not entirely implausible.

General Qiu, your deduction is possible.

But without evidence,

this is just a frame-up.

When the prisoner was killed,

you and the Jinwu Guards

were here too, right?

In that case,

all the more is this case

related to me.

Before the investigation results come out,

my Jinwu Guards and I

can't leave the Court of Judicial Review.

If I'm right,

the words written in blood are the clue.

Vice Minister Li,

also known as Yao Bing,

you are the best at investigating cases.

Why don't you broaden my horizons

and show me how you find the murderer?

I'm afraid not.

Vice Minister Li.

So there are times when you are afraid of difficulties too.

Because what you have

is half of the clue.

When you led your men

to my Court of Judicial Review just now,

someone left the other half

by my door.

The two pieces can be

matched together.

What is this?

They look like foreign characters.

[I'll wait for you at the slave camp]

They seem to be Zixu characters.

General Qiu, three years ago,

you once fought in Zixu.

You should know a thing or two.

No.

Vice ministers.

If it's a foreign language,

our Court of Judicial Review has a judge.

Maybe he can decipher it.

Chen Shi.

Go get Alibaba.

Get Alibaba.

Yes, Mr. Li.

This talisman seems familiar.

What's your plan?

What plan can I have?

Staying at Shendu,

I don't know what I should do

right now.

I should at least inform them if I'm going back to Yangzhou.

My father said long ago

that I couldn't make a name for myself in Shendu.

It'd be embarrassing to go back now

with my tail between my legs.

But

it's not a long-term plan.

Not a long-term plan.

You are full of strategies.

But I didn't see you

put in a good word for me

in front of Vice Minister.

You can run,

but you can't hide.

The monk can run away,

but the temple won't run with him.

Alibaba.

We were colleagues after all.

Don't tell me you're trying to kick me out?

I know.

Why don't you take the Mandarin Level 8 Exam with me?

I'm not a foreigner.

Why should I take the Mandarin Level 8 Exam?

Right.

Go ask the master for good fortune

and find a place to go.

Mr. Wang!

Guys.

Everyone!

Chen Shi.

You're here.

I didn't expect

to meet you so soon.

By the way,

the two vice ministers asked me to find...

Did Vice Minister regret his decision?

Is he rehiring me again?

I knew it. Mingjing Hall can't crack a case

without me.

No.

The two vice ministers asked me to get...

get Alibaba.

Me?

The vice ministers?

Vice Minister Shangguan is looking for me too?

Well, that’s right.

Let's go. Come on.

There's no time to lose.

Let's go.

There's no time to lose.

There's a case.

You...

should go.

[I'll wait for you at the slave camp]

These are Zixu characters.

But they're a little different from those I've seen

in my country before.

Can you understand it?

Yes.

I can understand most of it, I guess.

This indicates a location.

But I've never heard of it.

Where?

It's a... slave camp?

Nonsense!

The mason's death is very important.

How can you let a foreigner

decipher it casually?

General Qiu.

Although he hasn't

officially joined the Court of Judicial Review,

he is still the judge of Mingjing Hall

of the Court of Judicial Review.

You first planned to take the criminal away

today,

then framed the Court of Judicial Review

for the death of the criminal.

Now you're openly questioning the judge

of Mingjing Hall of the Court of Judicial Review

and insinuating that how we handle cases is nonsense.

I doubt the Jinwu Guards

are this powerful

in Shendu.

Or

did some minister promise you

some vice minister position

again?

General Qiu.

Don't you think you've gone too far?

Since the criminal that

the Jinwu Guards is looking for is dead

and the Court of Judicial Review can't solve this case,

I don't have to

waste my time here any further.

What kind of temper is that?

I didn’t say anything special.

Vice Minister Shangguan, thank you for your parental love.

Choose your words properly.

Whose your parent?

Your flattery is inappropriate!

Let me tell you.

Just now, our vice minister's

righteous and stern words

caused General Qiu to leave in embarrassment.

Vice Minister Shangguan.

There is still something fishy about this case.

I think this clue

is related to the Councilor's case.

Please leave it entirely to Mingjing Hall

to handle it.

Vice Minister Li, do as you wish.

Mr. Li.

Thank you.

Mr. Li.

These red characters...

Let's talk when I'm back.

Mr. Li.

I wanted to say that those red characters

have...

This is now a case of Mingjing Hall.

Let’s talk at Mingjing Hall.

Vice Minister Shangguan.

We'll take our leave.

Those red characters

are really...

Vice Minister.

This case

might be a huge case.

Are we giving it to Mingjing Hall

just like that?

The Councilor's case

was assigned to Mingjing Hall anyway.

It was also someone from Mingjing Hall

who recognized those characters.

General Qiu

was so devoted to this matter,

but now he's avoiding it.

It must be a hot potato.

Li Bing is indeed extraordinary.

Let him handle it then.

Impressive, Vice Minister.

You have great foresight.

Don't think I don't know

my father asked you to follow me

to the Court of Judicial Review

to support me

and to keep an eye on me.

About the conversation between General Qiu and me today,

don't say anything you shouldn't.

Vice Minister.

Young Miss... Young Miss, don't worry.

I got it.

I-In the Court of Judicial Review,

I'm always

y-your judicial commissioner first

and your servant second.

Good that you know.

Young Miss!

Vice Minister Li?

General Qiu.

Why are you here?

Why do you ask when you already know?

That's right.

With your wisdom,

it's not surprising

that you can guess it's this place

just through those few characters.

It's not just that.

After Councilor and Minister of Rites died,

there were traces of the murderer behind them.

This person is eccentric

and enjoys teasing others.

You really came just in time.

When the mason died, you came to pick him up.

Also, you didn't find these characters written in blood

from the deceased victim's clothes,

right?

There was blood on all the victims' chests.

But the paper

is untainted with blood.

Vice Minister Li.

I'm just investigating the case to arrest him.

If it's just a case,

why did you come here

alone?

If I remember correctly,

this is the slave camp

you escaped back then, right?

Don't move!

W-Who are you?

You escaped from the slave camp?

How did you know?

You smell like paint

and you have paint in your nails.

Only the slave camp

in the Southern City is still involved with jobs

that handle such paint.

Besides,

you have so many calluses on your hands.

You must have been working there for many years.

When I came in,

I heard a patrol guard shouting outside.

Are they looking to arrest you?

Don't report me.

I'll leave after hiding here for a while.

Report you?

Do you know who my father is?

Eat up.

It's delicious.

How is it?

That's my father,

not a bad guy.

Hide here.

Don't make a sound.

Come on.

Regarding the case of Minister of Rites,

you obey him

and protect him at all costs.

After the minister was arrested,

you took away the murderer's clue

from him.

How did you know?

I have my own way.

What do you have

in their hands

for you to disregard the law,

to obey the Minister of Rites,

and to go against the Court of Judicial Review

for such a killer?

When I escaped from the slave camp,

your father took me in

and I studied with you.

It was you and your father who promised

that after returning from the battlefield,

I would be free

and emancipated from my slave status.

After coming back from the battlefield,

you pretended not to know us.

Besides, you were the Left General.

Why would you mind...

No matter what,

you and your father failed to keep your promise.

Everyone is afraid of being taken advantage of

by someone with ulterior motives.

I want to make more progress.

This is my obstacle.

So the minister threatened you with this.

Now the killer has something on you?

You are...

Jiazitou?

Yi Zhi Hua?

It doesn't matter who I am.

As long as you can catch up with me,

my secret will be yours.

Come on!

Who exactly are you?

I knew you would ask

such a mundane question.

Boring.

Fine.

If you want to know who I am,

let's fight.

I'll tell you if you win.

You're weak!

You can't defeat me.

How can I answer your question?

What a headache.

I remember.

I remember.

I remember.

You didn't fight me with all your strength.

What did you say?

Li Bing.

Why don't you shapeshift

to fight me?

You can shapeshift.

I know that.

Shapeshift!

Shapeshift!

Shapeshift!

Shapeshift!

Shapeshift!

You should shapeshift.

What do you know?

What do I know?

I know everything.

But if you can't defeat me,

you won't find out anything.

You're not the minister's killer.

Who?

I'm a killer.

But I'm not someone's killer.

I kill whomever

makes me unhappy...

or

whomever makes me happy.

What about Qiu Qingzhi?

Do you have something on him

to make him obey you?

Qiu Qingzhi?

I have something on

many people.

Qiu Qingzhi

is nothing.

Then why are you

doing all this?

Aren't you tired of asking so many questions,

Li Bing?

All this

is just a game.

What's the most important thing in a game?

It must be interesting.

And what is

the most interesting aspect in this game?

No one knows

if they are the players

or just being played

in the game.

Judging from the current situation,

you can't play this game.

You can only be played.

Do you know why?

You're so stupid.

What?

You're stupid because you think

no one knows your secret.

Right?

And I

have prepared all the clues

for the people...

who should know!

[Sun, moon, wood, behind, cat]

i saw this on the table

upon waking up.

I don't know what it is.

They do look like Zixu characters.

But I think they're written wrongly.

I think

this is a talisman.

This may have nothing to do

with the case.

Maybe I was too sleepy

and drew nonsense when I was writing.

The ink on it

clearly doesn't come from the Court of Judicial Review.

You couldn't have written it.

If only Wang Qi were here.

Maybe

he might come up with some tricks.

Why don't we secretly

let Wang Qi see it?

I think that works.

It's inappropriate.

Then what should we do?

Can we only wait for Mr. Li to come back?

You want to run away?

It's too late.

What do you think?

Either you let them know

your secret

or you can reveal your secret

to me.

What do you think?

Do you still think this game

is interesting?

It's interesting.

There's another way.

Either

kill me to silence me

or you can

kill them all.

What do you think?

[Sun, moon, wood, behind, cat]

Chen Shi.

Yeah?

What did you practice writing last night?

I...

The simple ones...

They're still here.

Here.

These simple words

and strokes.

Why?

Alibaba.

Hold this for me.

What's going on?

Sun Bao.

Help me hold the candle.

Okay.

Where should I shine it?

Here?

[Sun, moon, wood, behind, cat]

It's right again.

Let me see. Hang on.

[Sun, moon, wood, behind, cat]

Sun, moon, wood, behind, cat...

It's on fire! It's on fire!

Go get some water.

Hurry up.

Water.

It's you?

It's you again!

Don't kill him! Keep him alive!

You didn't ask him anything

and just killed him?

It was inconvenient to arrest him.

Seeing that you were in danger,

I helped you out.

It was urgent, so I had no choice

but to kill the murderer.

Are you so afraid

of what he has on you?

Fine.

[Court of Judicial Review]