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[White Cat Legend]

[Episode 12]

You have something to tell me?

But instead of speaking,

you'll gesticulate.

It's a game,

like a charade?

Interesting.

Go ahead.

It seems that he wants Vice Minister Li

to be his translator.

Minister Li.

Why don't you give it a try?

My pleasure,

Your Majesty.

Come here. Come here.

Come here.

Come.

Alibaba?

What are you doing?

It's a holiday.

Why does Vice Minister Shangguan stay in her office

instead of going out for a walk?

It's none of your business.

Vice Minister Li has gone to the court.

Not every day is a holiday.

Can you ask Vice Minister Shangguan

to go out as well?

Alibaba,

what are you playing at?

I just think

Vice Minister Shangguan has been working too hard.

She should take a break

and go out for a walk.

Leave it to me.

I'll

talk to her for you.

But remember,

don't do anything

out of line.

Don't worry.

Nothing will go wrong.

Everyone's taking a day off for the Holy Birthday Festival.

Why are you still here?

Go buy some food

and drink.

Don't worry.

I'll watch the gate for you.

Okay.

Let's go.

Don't worry.

Let's go.

Let's go for a drink.

This is so great.

Look over there.

This pond is so big.

This way.

This way.

This way.

Okay.

Isn't it great?

Yeah.

I've never seen such a grand mansion before.

This way.

Mind your step. Mind your step.

This way. Be careful.

I'm fine.

Mr. Sun, will this work?

I didn't expect

the codes I learned in the army as a scout

would be used to do this one day.

This is more tiring than fighting a war.

Am I down on my luck recently?

What?

Don't overthink. Let's go.

Magnificent.

Look.

Qi.

This is very improper.

What do you mean, Mom?

You're a vice minister now.

I let it go when we were in your residence,

but now that we're in your office,

why haven't you changed into your official uniform?

I-It's a holiday.

So I'm not wearing it.

Everyone else is wearing their official uniforms.

Why are you…

You had a lot to say about everything he did when he was young.

He's an adult now.

He can wear whatever he wants.

I just want to see our son

in his official uniform.

What's wrong with that?

Well,

boys,

help me change.

Change...

Hurry up.

No problem.

Go.

He should

set a good example for his subordinates.

Dad.

Mom.

Great.

You look amazing.

Turn around. Let me look at you.

You look great.

Let me look at you.

The fabric of your uniform

is no better than my…

The fabric doesn't matter.

What matters is…

It's also a bad fit.

Yeah. Why does it look like

you're wearing my clothes?

I've been too busy with work lately

and lost weight.

Dad.

You should lose some weight too.

Oh, you've been so busy with work

that you…

Then continue to work.

Continue to work.

I want to see you work.

Cui Bei.

Vice Minister,

is there any work

that's left to be done?

Look. Our son

is so busy.

Vice Minister…

Vice Minister,

the case files that you need to go over

are all here.

He looks so cool.

Look at his frown.

He's got so much work to do.

Write your remarks.

Write your remarks.

Is he really going to do it?

Do as your mom said.

Okay.

Look at those circles he drew.

His handwriting is better than mine.

Of course.

He's the vice minister.

Guys,

here's the thing.

We

are the parents

of your vice minister,

but

we're also just ordinary people.

We shouldn't

have bothered you at work.

How about this?

His father and I

will go have a walk in the yard.

Good idea.

We'll leave you to your work.

You guys,

show my parents

around.

Yes.

We're the vice minister's parents.

When we want to go out for a walk,

you should let us.

Please.

Let's go.

Go on with your work.

Go on with your work.

He's the vice minister now.

Write as many remarks as you can.

We're proud of you, son.

Awesome.

[Silk is not waterproof. It'll be ruined after being soaked in water for too long. How could it be intact? It was probably forged. Look into the victim's husband.]

Egrets soar into the sky,

gliding over the marshes in the west.

My guest

is as elegant as the egrets.

Respected in his own fief,

he's also praised here.

May he stay diligent and cautious

so that his good reputation can last forever.

It's a poem from a volume called Zhenlu in The Book of Songs.

[Zhenlu]

It extols King Zhou

and his vassal,

depicts their pleasant meeting,

and wishes that their friendship could last forever.

Great.

Amazing.

Wonderful.

Wonderful.

I've never enjoyed

a show so much.

Maids.

Bring me

my favorite pair of palace lanterns.

I'll give one to either of them

as a reward.

Yes.

Great.

Is this the law court?

Yes.

Look.

Look. How magnificent!

Yeah.

Young man,

what's your name?

How many years have you been working here?

My name is Sizhi Jia.

I've been working here for over a year.

Your name means a rich judicial commissioner.

So you're the judicial commissioner

of the Court of Judicial Review?

No.

I'm just a judge.

My name is Sizhi Jia.

My father

wanted me to be

a righteous

and rich man.

So he named me Sizhi Jia.

What an interesting name.

You're good. Keep working hard.

Try to be Shaoqin Jia,

a rich vice minister.

Yeah.

Shaoqin Jia.

Go on with your work.

Let's go over there.

Who are they?

Witnesses in a case.

What they saw at the crime scene was too much for them.

So they…

Mr. Wang. Mr. Wang.

It's been so long.

Is Mr. Li coming back soon?

I want to ask that too.

Madam Wang.

Why don't you come with me

to Vice Minister Wang's residence?

Vice Minister Wang

is going back soon.

Why don't you go wait for him there?

Our son is going back.

Let's wait for him at his residence.

Okay.

Yes.

Wait.

Sizhi Jia.

I need to borrow this.

Our son's house is dirty.

I'll do the cleaning for him.

Okay.

Where is everybody?

This place was never so empty

on holidays in the past.

Madam.

We've been working on

several major cases lately.

Maybe everyone is tired.

Hurry.

Madam.

I didn't expect to see

a girl in the Court of Judicial Review.

Don't be rude.

She's Vice Minister Shangguan,

not just a girl.

A female vice minister?

You and my son are colleagues.

My son is also a vice minister.

I'd be grateful

if you could help him at work.

Are you Li Bing's...

What Bing?

Not Li Bing?

Then…

My son is Wang Qi.

Vice Minister Wang.

Wang Qi?

Wang Qi?

Alibaba.

Did I say something wrong?

What's going on?

I was wondering

why you were so nice to me today.

I didn't know

Mingjing Hall was so bold.

You appointed a new

vice minister so soon.

I…

I…

Vice Minister, I…

What?

For the Holy Birthday Festival, your Vice Minister Li

has gone to the court to see a show.

Do you want a show too

so you put on one in Mingjing Hall?

Ridiculous.

You're so ridiculous.

Hu Si.

Did you know their plan?

Was that why you persuaded me to go out?

No, no, no.

Madam, I knew nothing about it.

I didn't know

they'd do such an absurd thing

and make me take the fall.

Drop your hands.

Shangguan Qin.

We're both vice ministers.

Why are you so disrespectful

to my parents?

I'll request an audience with Her Majesty

and tell her about your horrible behavior.

Let's go, Dad.

Wait.

You're a vice minister?

Where is your token?

What token?

Where is your token?

Show it to me.

Where is it?

-Your token. -What are you doing?

People are watching.

How dare you lie to your father?

I'll beat you to a pulp today.

Like father, like son.

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

Vice Minister.

Stop fighting!

Stop fighting!

Don't beat him!

[The Court of Judicial Review]

Chen Shi.

Why are you out here?

[The Court of Judicial Review]

Mr. Li.

I heard that in Shendu, there is no curfew

on the Holy Birthday Festival.

Why don't we go for a walk?

I'm in the official uniform.

Where can I go?

[The Court of Judicial Review]

What's the matter?

[The Court of Judicial Review]

I…

Mr. Li.

When will you help me find my brother?

Don't worry.

I told you I'd try my best to find him for you.

[The Court of Judicial Review]

Mr. Li.

One more thing.

Mr. Li. Mr. Li.

You brat!

Don't stop me!

Stop fighting!

How dare you!

Stop fighting!

Where are you going?

Help!

Vice Minister Li, it's a pity

that you weren't here tonight.

No matter how good the show in the court was,

it couldn't be more interesting than the show

in Mingjing Hall.

I didn't know until today

that everyone in Mingjing Hall

could be

a vice minister.

Don't be so harsh, Vice Minister Shangguan.

I'll discipline my subordinates

in Mingjing Hall.

Wang Qi, let me ask you.

Why didn't I stamp

the dismissal letter?

You made a mistake,

but we all hoped

that you could change.

But you wallowed in self-pity

and acted out.

You even did

such a ridiculous thing today.

Tell me.

Do I have any reason

not to stamp that letter?

Vice Minister.

I know I was wrong.

Yeah, Mr. Li.

Mr. Wang…

Vice Minister.

Shut up.

From today onwards, Wang…

Vice Minister.

Dad.

Mom.

Vice Minister.

Can we say something?

Sorry,

but this is official business.

I know it's official business.

But in a way,

it's also our family business,

isn't it?

Wang Qi is our youngest son.

We had him

when we were already middle-aged.

So,

I've been doting on him.

As the saying goes,

doting children is ruining them.

So, as his parents,

we're also responsible for his mistake.

Vice Minister.

For the sake

of his father and me,

please give him another chance,

will you?

Thank you, Vice Minister.

Vice Minister.

I want to add something.

I noticed

something was wrong with him.

Those shoes gave him out.

He's bow-legged.

I can tell from the wear on these shoes

that they don't belong to him.

The owner of these shoes

should have an imposing appearance

and a light gait.

It should be someone like you.

Dad.

Mom.

Stop.

Let me say something.

Vice Minister.

I failed to solve

the case from the Ministry of Justice

because I wanted to take shortcuts

and was too eager to prove myself.

It was also because I was lazy

and liked to cut corners.

What I did today

is unforgivable.

I apologize.

I'm too ashamed to beg you

to let me stay in Mingjing Hall,

but I want to tell you

that as long as you can let me stay

in the Court of Judicial Review

to work with my buddies

behind me,

I'll work very hard

even if I only get to do scut work.

I'll try my best to get admitted to Mingjing Hall again.

What do you think, Vice Minister Shangguan?

Wang Qi is from Mingjing Hall.

How to punish him is your decision to make.

But in the past two years,

when I was the only vice minister

in the Court of Judicial Review,

Wang Qi has impressed me

as someone with great potential.

All right. It's getting late.

I'm leaving.

Vice Minister.

This is the case file

that Wang Qi made remarks on without permission

when he was pretending to be a vice minister.

Silk is not waterproof.

It'll be ruined after being soaked in water for too long.

How could it be intact?

It was probably forged.

Look into the victim's husband.

Wang Qi.

Are you sure about it?

Sir.

I did textile business with my father

when I was young.

I'm sure of that.

If your judgment is correct

and the murderer can be caught,

you can stay in Mingjing Hall.

Thank you, Vice Minister.

Thank you, Vice Minister.

However…

Great.

He made a mistake after all.

Mingjing Hall has its rules.

Yeah.

You're demoted to scribe.

Do you have objections?

No.

No.

No, no.

I have to punish you.

Of course.

Then, your punishment will be

giving me a new official uniform.

My wife is a great tailor.

I'll make it for you.

She's great at making clothes.

Yeah. I'm great at making clothes.

You'll know when you wear it.

[The Court of Judicial Review]

Chen Shi.

Come and help.

What's wrong?

Hurry. Give me a hand.

-Coming. -It's so heavy.

Hurry up.

My parents

bought these delicious foods for you

before they left for home.

Come here.

Come here, guys.

Careful. Careful.

Careful.

My arms are so sore.

Give it to me.

So many fruits.

Guys,

don't just eat.

I'm so thirsty.

Can anyone get me a glass of water?

I'll do it.

Enjoy the food.

I want some nuts.

The scumbag

who killed his wife

because she caught him cheating

has finally been put in jail.

Your conspiracy finally worked.

What are you going to do?

Didn't you hear what Vice Minister Li said?

I'll work as a scribe

to prove myself competent again.

Scribe?

I'm one rank senior to you.

You need to listen to me now.

I'm still senior to Chen Shi.

What? What did you say about me?

I said you're a nice man.

Wait.

Your parents bought us so many foods.

We can't even finish them in half a month.

What if they go bad?

Just eat. Don't worry.

Eat up.

Delicious.

Mr. Li.

Before Mr. Wang's parents left,

they bought these foods

for us.

Eat up.

Come on. Let's eat.

Yeah. Let's eat.

Come on. Eat.

Come on. Eat.

Mr. Sun. Mr. Sun.

Yeah.

Here. Try this.

Try this.

Your parents bought them.

Don't waste them.

Vice Minister, try this.

Eat.

Tighten your core.

Tighten your core.

Good.

[Mingjing Hall]

Let me make it more challenging for you.

No, no.

[Mingjing Hall]

Chickens and rabbits are kept in the same coop.

There are rabbits in the Court of Judicial Review?

Where are they?

Where are they?

This is a question from The Mathematical Classic of Master Sun.

Chickens and rabbits in the same coop.

35 heads above.

94 feet below.

How many chickens

and rabbits are there?

What?

It means

some chickens and rabbits

are kept in the same coop.

There are 35 heads

and 94 feet in total.

Can you figure out

how many chickens and rabbits there are?

There are…

Why?

Why do you have to

keep chickens and rabbits in the same coop?

Can't you separate them?

Mr. Cui. Mr. Cui.

Calm down. Calm down.

I've figured it out.

There are 12 rabbits

and 23 chickens.

A-Am I wrong?

Think about it, Mr. Cui.

A rabbit has four legs.

A chicken has two legs.

So,

there are 12 rabbits

and 23 chickens.

A-Am I wrong?

You're right.

Can't you give me a break? No, wait.

Come with me.

Mr. Wang.

In my opinion,

math is not important.

What Cui Bei taught you is useless.

What's the most important thing

in case-solving?

It's dealing with people.

Only when you're good at it

can you sort out the intricacies.

Also,

you need to change your accent.

Otherwise, when you try to solve a case,

people can't understand

what you're talking about.

Repeat after me.

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked.

Who is Peter Piper? Why did he pick peppers?

If Peter…

Just repeat after me.

What…

What are you going to do?

It's my turn.

Baba, what

are you going to do to me?

I'm going to teach you to read.

I'll tie your hair to the beam

and jab your side with an awl to keep you awake.

Please don't.

It takes courage

to learn Mandarin,

and there's a price to pay.

Come on.

What are you going to do?

Come on.

No, no, no.

Chen Shi.

Mr. Wang. Mr. Wang.

Come on.

[Mingjing Hall]

[Ahh! Help!]

No!

Help!

No.

No.

No!

Mr. Yuan.

When did I fall asleep?

You fell asleep while we were talking.

You've been sleeping for two hours.

[Accurate Fortune Telling]

It seems

I'm too tired from studying.

The Court of Judicial Review

is taking students now?

Mr. Li…

[Know Your Destiny]

Mr. Li has allowed me

to work in the Court of Judicial Review.

But I didn't have any skills,

so he asked Mr. Sun and the others

to teach me something.

You've had a hard time learning?

I'm too stupid

to learn anything.

I came to Shendu

to look for my brother.

I didn't expect to work at the Court of Judicial Review.

Why is it so hard

to be a public employee?

Stop complaining.

As a country boy,

you're very lucky

to have found a job in the Court of Judicial Review.

Not everyone can be so lucky.

Now that you work in the Court of Judicial Review,

isn't it easy for you to find your brother?

Why did you come to me for fortune-telling?

Mr. Lin and the others

are all busy.

I don't want to trouble them,

so I didn't ask them for help.

You should.

They're your colleagues.

You can ask them for help.

Well,

let me do a reading for you.

I don't have enough money to pay you.

It's free.

Take it

as a gift.

Congratulations

on getting a job in the Court of Judicial Review.

Okay.

[Accurate Fortune Telling]

Careful. Careful.

My legs.

I can't feel my legs.

Give them a massage.

Qian.

Kan.

Gen.

Li.

Kun.

Dui.

Reveal.

Yin.

Yang.

It's the Kan Trigram

in the north.

It symbolizes water.

Water?

In the near future,

you may have to

deal with water.

Water?

And you may find a clue

as to how to find your brother.

Really?

[Know Your Destiny]

Careful. Careful.

I'll find my brother soon?

I just said you may find a clue.

Besides,

the Kan Trigram

is not a good sign.

You must be careful.

Alright.

The reading is done.

I won't charge you. You can go now.

Weird.

Why did you ask me to leave?

You're in an official uniform.

People would think

I was in trouble.

You're in the way of my business.

Sorry.

I see.

[Accurate Fortune Telling]

I'm leaving.

Be careful.

Okay.

See you, Mr. Yuan.

I'll bring you buns next time I come.

I don't want cabbage buns.

I want pork buns.

Pork buns?

I got it.

[Accurate Fortune Telling]

Fortune-telling. Fortune-telling.

S-Sorry.

[April 16, 2nd year of the Shenggong Era, in the North Market]

Thank you.

You're welcome.

Coming through.

Where is it?

Sir, take a look.

Pendants.

Sir.

Officer,

what can I do for you?

What officer?

You're talking about me.

I'm not an officer.

You appeared to be looking for something.

I was careless

and lost something just now.

It's not worth much.

It's just a pouch

my mother made for me.

Don't bother with it, officer.

Wait.

Look. Are you looking for this?

Yes, yes.

Thank you, officer.

-It's okay. -Thank you, officer.

Open it and take a look.

Is anything missing?

No, no.

Thank you, officer.

Put it away.

Don't lose it again.

Okay.

Sir.

Is this your water cart?

Let me help you.

Let me help you.

Thank you, officer.

You're welcome.

I sell water.

A water seller.

Sir.

Do you happen to have anything to do with the north?

I'm from the north.

Sir, wait a second.

I need to ask you something.

Water cart. North.

Do I look familiar to you?

Have you met someone

who looks like me

and is called Chen Jiu?

Officer.

You look like a kind man.

But I'm afraid

I've never seen anyone who looks like you before.

It's all right.

I must have missed my brother too badly.

It's okay. I'll leave you then.

See you. See you.

I'm leaving.

Pancakes.

Pancakes.

Chen Shi.

I'm so disappointed in you.

I told you

that if someone attacks you from behind,

you should thrust your elbow

into his stomach

to take him down.

Let's do it again.

No, no, no.

Yield, yield.

I yield.

Mr. Wang.

I…

I bought you braised pork

from Zuixian Restaurant

and

desserts from Susheng Bakery.

Here.

Where is the sour plum soup from Dasixi Restaurant?

Where is it?

Sorry, I forgot to buy it.

I spent

some time with Mr. Yuan and forgot about it.

I…

Just as I said,

you're so forgetful.

Do the suplex again.

Please don't!

Mr. Cui. Mr. Cui.

I bought what you asked for too.

50 pieces of paper,

brushes, and ink.

Thank you.

I also asked you to buy hard yellow paper.

Paper?

I bought paper. Look.

It's white and cheap.

Hard yellow paper is used for sutra transcription.

This paper…

I made a mistake again?

Do the suplex.

Here we go.

Do it another time.

These are the questions I selected

from The Mathematical Classic of Master Sun.

Give the paper back to me after answering them.

Okay.

Chen Shi.

The seams on these training clothes

have come apart.

You're good at sewing. Sew them up.

You'll wear them when you practice martial arts.

Okay.

And my boots.

Thank you.

Okay.

Okay.

I'm exhausted.

Mr. Li.

Mr. Li.

How is

Yi Zhi Hua's case going?

I've gone over all the dossiers

in the Secret Chamber.

Logically speaking,

he was once in prison

and had no scruples,

so he must have left traces behind.

But I couldn't find any clues at all.

What can I do to help you?

Help with what?

I've been in the Secret Chamber these days.

Have you learned anything?

Are they good teachers?

They

taught me a lot.

I…

Good.

Mr. Li.

You promised

to help me find my brother…

Vice Minister.

Why did he follow me here?

What?

Vice Minister.

He…

Vice Minister, someone died.

Someone died?

[Xintan Wharf]

Vice Minister.

My family was worried

that I might need money,

so they sent me some.

When I went to the dock,

I found it very crowded.

I thought it was because a merchant ship

had arrived with valuable goods

that those people were so excited

and scrambled to take a look.

I wanted to take a look too.

But there were too many people

at the dock.

Fifteen minutes passed,

but I still hadn't gotten to the front.

Then I came up with a brilliant idea.

I took out my token from the Court of Judicial Review…

The crowd dispersed.

What did you see?

No, no, no. The crowd didn't disperse yet.

I don't care about that.

Get to the point.

Make it short.

Someone died in the Dragon King Temple

near the dock.

It's a strange death.

People from the Ministry of Justice have arrived.

So I hurried back

to report it to you, Vice Minister.

This way.

Chen Shi.

This will be the first time that you've assisted with an investigation

since you came to the Court of Judicial Review.

Be discreet.

Assistant Minister Feng from the Ministry of Justice is there.

Don't bring disgrace on Mingjing Hall.

I won't.

[Dragon King Temple]

Vice Minister Li.

What brought you here?

I heard about the strange death

in the Dragon King Temple.

So I came to check it out.

Tell me if there is anything I can do.

I've long heard that you're good

at solving bizarre cases.

You've lived up to your reputation.

If you hadn't double-checked

the councilor's case,

we wouldn't have been able

to find out the truth.

If

we had wronged our own colleague,

the Ministry of Justice

would have failed at our job.

The Ministry of Justice and the Court of Judicial Review are important to each other.

I just did my job.

It's not worth mentioning.

Vice Minister.

I can't agree more.

Our two departments

are different sides of the same coin.

We should look out for each other

and help each other.

I'm glad that you're back

and in charge again.

It's a good thing for both the Ministry of Justice

and the Court of Judicial Review.

Vice Minister, look.

Why is the victim

in such a strange posture?

[The Court of Judicial Review]