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[Ancient Detective]

[Episode 22]

The murderer who has been killing...

to stop me from inquiring about the truth eight years ago...

is you.

Hu Ba Yue!

Jian, why would it be him?

He saved your life.

He didn't just save my life.

He also saved many lives.

He's always helping the weak.

He's a role model for the people of the martial world.

Hu Ba Yue is just one of his identities.

He has a more distinguished identity.

Bai Cao Zhe of Yan Mountain Sect.

Mr. Bai?

Isn't he dead?

Mr. Bai?

Let Jian finish his sentence.

Well, I'll start with Hanyue Villa.

Back then, Second Master Li...

was killed by the man in white right in front of my eyes.

The person's movement was light.

His attack was quick and with precision.

Even Second Master Li, who was a great martial artist,

couldn't react in time... and got his life taken away.

It's obvious that...

this person's martial skills surpass Second Master Li's.

Besides Mr. Bai,

among great martial artists like Chief Wang and Handy Tang,

the only person left is Wang Hua.

It's true that Wang Hua fought with a sword too.

I didn't find Wang Hua's skeleton among the corpses,

from Shenji Valley massacre.

I had reason to believe that he was still alive.

I once suspected that...

the person who killed Second Master Li was Wang Hua.

But when I arrived in Yan Prefecture, and opened Mr. Bai's coffin,

my judgment wavered.

Although I've never seen Mr. Bai, I'm sure...

that body... wasn't Mr. Bai but someone else.

A sword wielder... has thick and soft calluses...

on the thenar webspace and finger pads.

But that body's thenar webspace and finger pads were clean.

That means he wasn't a sword wielder.

There's a visible ring mark on his left thumb.

Only archers would wear a thumb ring.

Are you saying that...

Mr. Bai passed off an archer as him by laying him in that coffin?

This person had some connection with us.

Do you remember... on the same day Mr. Bai died,

there was a murder in Luo Village, just right outside Yan Prefecture?

The deceased was the former Mountain King.

I remember.

He was known as the Divine Archer.

When we first got there, he was taken by the fox demon.

The fox demon?

Our chief used to be a hunter.

He made himself a good left-hand bow.

In Yan Prefecture, he's known as the Divine Archer.

Because of his superb archery skills,

all the animals in the vicinity had all been killed by him.

That's why he went to the mountainsand became a bandit.

There's no fox demon in this world.

He was taken by Mr. Bai.

Mr. Bai.

You sealed off your breath to trick Bai He into thinking you were dead.

After entering the province,

you laid down the Divine Archer's body into the coffin to take your place...

and secretly went to Liaodong to kill Chief Wang, right?

If you knew that Mr. Bai isn't dead, why didn't you tell Bai He then?

The man in white has been killing to silence those people.

Before I could find out his real intention,

I didn't want to drag Bai He and the others into it.

After that, I made a series of miscalculations.

I got dragged into the fight between Chief Wang and Second Brother Fu.

Chief Wang especially.

As his strength gradually recovered,

I neglected to take precautions... until your plan succeeded just now.

Only then, I came to my senses.

Now that I come to think of it, back in the Hanyue Villa,

the sword technique...

used to kill Second Master Li and Chief Wang was the same.

The ones here who have been to Hanyue Villa...

were Ms. Zhan, Zhao Wo Huan, Hu Ba Yue, Zhang Da Dan, and me.

Chief Wang, Ms. Zhan, Zhao Wo Huan were all by my side.

Given Zhang Da Dan's skills and weapons,

he couldn't have possibly killed Chief Wang.

When I put these things together, there's only one truth.

You are Bai Cao Zhe.

You killed Second Master Li and Chief Wang.

What's hidden in your crutch is the sword you used to kill, right?

You've proven yourself to be Jian Jin Huan's son.

You can just see through any ruse.

That's right.

Second Master Li, Chief Wang, and the Divine Archer...

were all killed by me.

Are you really Mr. Bai?

That's me, Bai Cao Zhe.

If that's the case,

there's still a ray of hope for me to find out the truth.

Mr. Bai.

Please tell me.

Why would you rather kill... than to let me know...

the truth about the things that happened at Shenji Valley?

What had actually happened eight years ago?

My dear, it's a little complicated.

Let's talk somewhere else.

The view here is so beautiful.

It's a shame that Brother Jian couldn't see it.

Many couldn't see it either.

That's right. Many couldn't see it.

There are many brave and chivalrous warriors in the martial world.

That's what I like about it.

So do I.

We can't always do as we like.

Many things come to an end.

That's what I like about it too.

Why is that?

The wonderfulness and helplessness...

make the martial world.

Being in the martial world,

we have to take responsibility for everything that we've done.

I killed them...

because they owed their lives to your father.

Eight years ago, they gave up your father at the critical moment.

Of course.

That includes me too.

When I think of those years, where the six young versions of us...

rose to fame in different sects in the martial world.

Whenever we made a move, it was out of the ordinary.

Your father, the Li's brothers, Handy Tang, Chief Wang and me.

We got together from all over the world, and became sworn brothers.

Your father was the eldest, and I was the youngest.

All of us dreamed to be heroes to rid the world of evil.

In just a few years,

almost all the evil sects had been wiped out by us.

Even a huge assassination organization like the Ten Killing Gate...

dared not to fight against us.

What a glorious moment.

We were determined to build a new ideal martial world.

We thought this could go on until the day we die.

But who knows, eight years ago, the Quick Sword Killer appeared.

He was born cold-blooded.

His martial skills surpassed any of us in Zhongyuan.

He killed anyone in his path.

No one was a match for him.

That was Wang Hua?

That's right.

As we watched how he destroyed the martial world,

we couldn't just sit by and do nothing.

Brother Jian sent out the warriors' invitation...

to gather warriors from all walks of life...

in Shenji Valley to fight Wang Hua.

At that time, we thought...

we would either fight to eliminate Wang Hua...

or fight him to death... and die a heroic death together.

Although this demon's martial skills surpassed us,

it doesn't mean we have no chance of winning.

Brother Jian, you say the word.

When my grandfather was still alive,

there was a murderous devil in the martial world.

He was cold-blooded, quick in his attack,

and mounted a massive purge of the people in the martial world,

just like Wang Hua now.

I've heard of it.

In the end, your grandfather took him down...

and they both died together.

His attack is too fast.

We can't get close to him.

As the saying goes, "Not even Hercules could contend against two."

As long as you are willing to help and find a way to subdue him,

I can surely find a chance... to take him down with a strike.

If so, we'll attack together.

If worse comes to worst, we'll just hold him down together.

When that happens, screw all the decency.

That's right.

We must get rid of this demon today.

For the sake of the martial world,

we'll fight to the bitter end.

We foresaw many different outcomes...

like who will be the first to fall, and those who follow after.

If Wang Hua killed any of us, would Brother Jian kill him...

or would we all be annihilated?

However, when we witnessed Wang Hua in action in the battlefield,

I suddenly realized that...

we youngsters had downplayed certain things.

What was it?

Fear.

His power and cruelty...

had formed an invisible murderous aura in our eyes.

It suppressed our eyes, mouth, nose, heart and lungs...

that we dared not gasp for breath.

I hid behind a tree...

and was afraid that tears on my face would fall on the leaves...

and that he would hear it.

We, who were once invincible and swept through the martial world,

were like a stray dog in front of him.

Wang Hua was like a tiger.

His every move seems like preparation for hunting.

Wang Hua,

I'm your real opponent!

I couldn't imagine...

how Brother Jian felt when he looked Wang Hua in the eye.

That's when I realized he was a real hero.

The rest of us...

are just some highly skilled martial artists who are too coward.

I hid behind the tree on the left of Wang Hua.

Hidden behind the tree on his right was Handy Tang.

In the front left was Chief Wang,

and Second Master Li in the right front.

We should jump out and attack together...

to cover Brother Jian so that he could deal him a fatal blow.

But Wang Hua lingered in the ambush scope for a long time.

None of us made a move.

I know... we weren't waiting for the right time.

But we'd forgotten how to fight or to move forward.

This may sound ridiculous.

Our greatest courage...

was to have an encounter with Wang Hua.

In the face of death, there were only two people I know...

who could do their best.

Brother Jian was one of them.

He didn't even flinch even when he fought against Wang Hua on his own.

He persevered in the showdown with Wang Hua.

He dealt a death blow to Wang Hua.

At the same time, he was stabbed by Wang Hua's sword.

Your father died.

So was Wang Hua.

The four of us... gave up on Brother Jian and survived.

From that moment onwards, we didn't breathe a word of it to anyone...

and never dare to call ourselves warriors any more...

and been carrying a lifetime of regret.

We never met again.

But Wang Hua's body disappeared.

My dear,

the martial world is so huge.

A dead body isn't that important.

What's important is that... you're just like your father.

A real hero who's really hard to come by.

The martial world needs you.

You need to look forward.

But...

My dear, this is the truth of Shenji Valley eight years ago.

I'm sorry, my dear.

You did your best.

Don't you blame us?

If there's anyone to blame, it's Wang Hua.

Please tell me... where Wang Hua is.

Wang Hua doesn't exist in this world any more.

I won't tell you anything else.

My dear,

your regret has come to an end.

I should end my regrets as well.

There aren't that many real heroes in the world.

Knowing you and your father...

is the greatest honour of my life.

It's hard being a hero.

But no matter how hard it is, don't look back anymore.

I'm sorry, my dear.

Some secrets...

have to be kept hidden with death.

Mr. Bai!

Why?

Why are you here?

Are you dead too?

That's right.

You drove me so mad.

How so?

You're awake.

You've been unconscious for days.

I'm not dead yet?

I just had a dream of a very strange person.

A strange person?

Is he awake?

What strange person?

Why are you here?

I heard you're dying.

So I came to see you for the last time,

and let you live for a few more days.

Where am I?

We're in Yan Prefecture.

How's Mr. Bai?

We've laid him to rest.

On our way back, Mr. Ye used bloodletting therapy on you three times.

What matters now is your life.

Don't think about anything else.

How long more do I have?

That depends on Madam Hei Wu's mood.

Madam Hei Wu?

Isn't she in Heiwu Ridge?

My family is quite close with Madam Heiwu.

I knew you wouldn't just go to Heiwu Ridge to get treatment.

That's why I brought her here.

Didn't you go to Tian Mountain?

Why do you care where I go?

Looks like I owe you big time again.

Don't get ahead of yourself.

It's hard to say if Madam Heiwu is willing to save you.

Why?

The deadline for your mission is up.

You need to get it done quickly.

We have help from Yan Mountain Sect.

Why would we still have an agent planted in Yan Mountain Sect?

Isn't Ming Jiu dead?

An agent? Who could it be?

Ms. Ming Yue!

You're here.

Come on. Let's check up on Jian.

Ms. Ming Yue, this way, please.

It depends on her mood to decide if she's treating a patient?

She's got to be kidding me.

That's how she is. No one can do anything about it.

She often makes strange requests to patients.

It would be great if all she wanted was money like I do.

Where is Mr. Ye?

Putting in good words for you.

Don't worry.

Mr. Ye is a good friend of hers.

She'll show him due respect.

Jian, you're finally awake.

Zhao.

Jian, you didn't know.

I was so worried about you.

I'm glad you're fine.

Zhao.

This lady is...

Gong, let me introduce to you.

This is my girl, Ming Yue.

Jian.

Ming Yue has prepared a lot of rare herbs for you.

Fatty, Wang, open it up!

All right.

These are some good nourishing herbs.

Fatty, quickly get me some good yellow wine!

I'm going to make Mr. Jian some donkey-hide gelatin.

All right. I'm on it!

Right, Jian.

There's this too.

Ming Yue surely has your best interests at heart.

She helped to prepare some gifts.

It's said that Madam Heiwu is hard to please.

She'll surely be pleased if you give this to her.

All right, Zhao.

It's the thought that counts.

This way, please. Mr. Jian is inside.

This way, please.

- I'm worried about you. - Jian!

I'm here to write your last words!

Sima Dang?

- Jian. - What brings you here?

- Jian. - I've heard that...

your days are numbered. So I came to see you.

What nonsense is that?

Do you have any regrets? I'll write it down for you.

Don't cry.

Things have changed.

I might not die.

I've written a summary of your life.

- You won't die... - Touchwood!

What's going on?

Madam Hei Wu is here.

There might be hope to remove the Poison Gu.

Madam Hei Wu?

Isn't she in Heiwu Ridge?

Yes, I invited her here. Who are you?

I forgot to introduce him to you.

- He is... - Sima Dang,

the most handsome man in the historical office.

Who are you?

Why should I tell you?

What a harum-scarum.

Forget it then.

It's not like I can't find out.

Jian, you...

Who is this lady beside you?

Which sect is she from? Who's her master?

It's a long story.

I'll tell you next time.

- Take a seat. - All right.

Ms. Ming Yue, I've something to ask you.

Ms. Ming Yue.

Your name is Yu Ming Yue.

Wu Ying Dao is your brother.

Both of you have different last names.

A cousin brother is still a brother too.

Stay away from Ming Yue.

Does Yujiabao have any relatives by the last name Wu?

Look at you.

You started cursing Mr. Jian when you got here.

Now, you keep pestering the lady with all your questions.

Still wouldn't admit that you're a harum-scarum?

What are you looking at? I'm going to stitch up your eyes!

You are... the Wicked Woman of Gong Medical Hall?

You have got a discerning eye.

That explains your sharp tongue.

I heard that your medical hall took in many victims of the Ten Killing Gate.

Tell me.

What do you want to know?

We can exchange information.

Who wants to exchange information with you?

- Don't get so close to me. - Don't go! Let's talk things out!

I have a lot of secrets in my hands.

She's finally met her match.

Let's delay no more and quickly meet up with Madam Hei Wu.

- Come on. Tell me something! - Leave me alone!

If you want to know, you should ask... Who?

It's no use asking.

You, get out of the way!

You should at least tell me why Madam Hei Wu is here!

I can't miss this piece of information.

I went to Tian Mountain and invited her on my way here.

You're lying.

Both places are located on different sides of the world.

It was out of your way!

To me, it's not! What do you care?

- Well, I'll go to see Madam Hei Wu. - Suits yourself!

Wicked Woman...

deliberately invited Madam Hei Wu to Yan Prefecture...

to treat Jian Bu Zhi.

The motive is unclear and her intention...

Don't write nonsense.

I don't write nonsense.

- Are you telling me or not? If not... - Fine!

I'll tell you.

I didn't go to Tian Mountain.

I'm worried about Mr. Jian's illness.

So I waited for him in Heiwu Ridge.

I waited for half a month but he didn't come.

That's why I brought Madam Hei Wu...

all the way from Heiwu Ridge to Dujuan Bay.

Then?

We couldn't find him and went to Yan Prefecture.

After that, I heard that he went to Liaodong.

Just when I was about to go there,

I met them heading back here. That's the whole story.

You...

like Jian Bu Zhi, right?

I...

I guessed it right.

Don't write nonsense.

Gao Fu.

Why didn't I see Bai Hu and the others around lately?

Bai Ma and Bai Tou Weng,

went to Shandong to send Chief Wang's body back.

As for Bai Hu, he sent the Divine Archer's body back to Luo Village.

They are burying the hatchet.

Before he left, he told us... to be a good host to all of you.

That's why I was wondering... why Yan Mountain Sect is so quiet.

Mr. Ye.

Mr. Jian?

You're awake.

Is Madam Hei Wu in there?

Yes.

I heard that you're close to her.

That was before.

I don't know why... she's acting crazy all of a sudden today.

It's okay. I'll talk to her myself.

I'll come with you.

Ye Xiao Xiao?

Didn't he die eight years ago?

It's worth the trip.

Madam Hei Wu.

I'm Jian Bu Zhi of Shenji Valley.

I've been put under the spell of Burning Heart Poison.

I would like to seek your help to cure the poison.

Ma'am, we have brought you gifts.

This is...

Why is Madam Hei Wu a man?

Didn't Ye Xiao Xiao tell you?

I thought all of you knew.

How would I know?

Had I known this, we should have asked Sima Dang first.

We can't give him this gift now.

So he's Madam Hei Wu?

It's exactly the same as the record.

It's recorded...

that although Madam Hei Wu also known as Marquis Hei Wu...

is a physician, he specializes in cultivating corpses and Gu.

He's a preacher of evil sects...

and has an odd or eccentric manners of speaking.

Also, he has the orchid finger gesture.

That's why he's given the nickname as Madam Hei Wu.

He's a selfish person who harbors bitter resentment,

and enjoys giving the patients a hard time.

He loves making sarcastic remarks and has a vicious heart.

Also, he's short-tempered.

It's all nonsense!

Have you seen me being selfish?

Have an odd or eccentric manners of speaking?

Or that I give anyone a hard time?

I just realized... everything written in that book is true.

This is not the time to offend him.

It's all of because of scumbags like you,

who discredited me! That's why I...

I ended up being ridiculed by people wherever I go.

Everyone turns around and hides when they see me.

If I don't vent my spleen...

at these snobbish people,

- why should I save them? - You're absolutely right, sir.

Sir, let's not give a fig to those snobs who talk behind people's back.

Young man, you sure are a wise man.

Would you like to stay and be my disciple?

They did a number on me that I couldn't even find a decent one.

All those that came to me were just so ugly!

I think you're quite good-looking.

Sir, I'm afraid of bugs.

What a shame.

You're such a big guy.

You too, the fool from the historical office!

You take everything people say at face value... and discredited me!

It's all your fault that people misunderstood me!

It's not that serious.

How is it not?

Everyone said that Ye Xiao Xiao died in my wine jar!

Some even said he died on my bed!

My bed?

He died in the wine jar at his own place!

Well, I don't know who wrote that or the source of the story.

But since I'm writing it, I'll definitely not make such a mistake.

Besides, are you sure you've never given your patients a hard time?

Do you want me to read it to you one by one?

Hey, keep that to yourself.

Sir, ignore him.

I don't know what others say.

But in my heart,

you're a righteous person who has good medical skills.

Also, you're the only one who can cure...

those incurable diseases there are in the world.

Ma'am, we have a patient here.

All these years, you're the only one that I like best.

Tell me. Who's Jian Bu Zhi?

Sir, that's me.

Take a seat.

What illness did you say you have?

- I got... - Hold on!

Didn't you say you have gifts for me when you came in?

Show me.

Sir.

Due to time constraints, our gifts are not well-prepared.

That's right, sir.

The gifts we prepared are barely enough.

They aren't worthy of your noble identity.

I think you can treat my buddy first.

I'll go back and prepare them.

I'll send it to you tomorrow.

Cut the crap!

I know, it's the thought that counts.

Come on. Show me.

Our gifts are too small for you.

- Jeez, cut the crap. - Sir...

- It's quite heavy. - We're screwed.

Sir, we brought the wrong gift. I'll fetch you the right one.

Wait a second!

Put it down!

It's not bad.

It's pretty good.

Ye Xiao Xiao died eight years ago...

in the wine jar at his own place.

Mr. Ye, can you tell me... how do people come back to life?

I never deal with people from the historical office.

Only those who have secrets dare not deal with us.

Leave Mr. Ye alone.

He won't tell you.

Come on. I'll tell you.

That explains why you could survive until now.

It turns out that the Cold Ice Palm blocked the Poison Gu.

That's a brilliant move.

Why do you only come to see me now?

Something came up.

- So I went to Puppet Island. - What?

You risked your life and went out to the sea?

After that, I came to Yan Prefecture... and went to Liaodong as well.

You went to Liaodong when you got hit with the cold poison?

Madam Hei Wu.

Is there still hope to cure the Poison Gu and cold poison?

About that...

There's a way.

But the cold poison penetrated deep into his body.

So, it's a little tricky.

Ma'am, name your price.

If it was just an ordinary Burning Heart Poison,

all you had to do was to kill someone, or run naked to please me.

Sir, as long as you can save him, I'm willing to kill for you.

Sir, I don't mind running naked.

I can pay you...

I don't have money, but my buddy does.

That's right.

Sir, if there are any tricky cases, I can help to crack them.

- Actually, I can... - Not you! Get out!

All the things you mentioned...

aren't what I want.

I know what you want.

Let's hear it.

I can teach you medical skills...

including those that we don't teach the outsiders...

in exchange for Mr. Jian's life.

My darling, that's quite an attractive offer you made.

But I'm not interested with your family's secret skills.

The note writer.

Why aren't you saying anything?

I'm from the historical office.

I've no money nor do I know how to kill...

or have any medical skills.

I'm the most handsome man in the historical office after all.

I can't run naked.

- You... - I...

What a shame.

Among all of you...

who are here,

you're the only one who can satisfy my desire...

and give me what I want.

Satisfy you?

What do you want?

I want you...

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