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♪ I walk across the mountains with elegant footsteps ♪

♪ How much time has passed unknowingly ♪

♪ There's loneliness hidden behind your smile ♪

♪ I'm unable to guess the fire in the water ♪

♪ I'm afraid my youth fades with the wind ♪

♪ Searching the cause and ignoring the results ♪

♪ Asked where I'm from and where I'll be going ♪

♪ I can't say nor can I escape from myself that I don't know about ♪

♪ Who am I in the past ♪

♪ Who will recognise my face ♪

♪ The person that you know ♪

♪ Is it even me and who am I living for ♪

Maiden Holmes

Episode 29

Mansion of Prince Qi

Dancers and drummers must be well-practiced.

No mistake is allowed

during the birthday banquet.

Yes.

I've asked them to practice more.

In two days,

I will check on them in person.

Yes.

Your Highness!

Fei Yuan, what's wrong?

Your Highness

Brother Jiang, he's...

He's dead!

What?

Mingjing officers

have brought his body back.

Brother Jiang!

How could you leave us?

You caused his death! You should pay with your life!

Fei Yuan! Show some manners!

Officer Liu.

Why

did he die at Mingjing Office?

Your Highness.

Here it's the thing.

We found an unknown corpse in the suburb a few days ago.

He died from a sword piercing through his chest.

On the body...

I'm asking

why did he die at Mingjing Office.

Officer Jiang cut his wrist with a broken porcelain piece.

It's too late when he was discovered.

I suspect that

he committed suicide for fear of punishment.

He's not the murder.

You're talking nonsense.

Your Highness.

There's enough evidence that Officer Jiang killed Tian Yong.

Here's the case file.

Your Highness, please check it yourself.

Your Highness.

We will investigate

Jiang Xiwen's suicide.

But it has nothing to do with Mingjing Office.

He died there yet

it's unrelated to Mingjing Office?

Officer Liu.

You've indeed got some talents

in Mingjing Office for the past two years.

Your Highness, we're sorry.

Case File

The motive is Tian Yong harassed Song Yao previously.

Jiang Xiwen killed him accidentally

on impulse?

Yes.

Where is the murder weapon?

We haven't found it yet.

What is the key evidence for

accusing Xiwen then?

The jade pendant on Jiang Xiwen.

Have you investigated why the jade pendant

was on Tian Yong's body?

Not yet.

The case has not been solved and evidence is missing.

How is that enough evidence?

If you can't even convict him,

how could you say he committed suicide for fear of punishment?

If my subordinate

was to die,

he'd only die on the battlefield for the country.

Not in

the prison of Mingjing Office without any reason!

I will get to the bottom of this case.

If I find any misfeasance,

he'd be doomed.

It's you who discovered Xiwen's suicide?

Brother Jiang might not die

if I could discover it earlier.

It's not your fault.

Don't blame yourself.

Xiwen was my brother in arms.

After the Battle of Honggu,

I thought I could let him live peacefully.

I never thought

that's how he ended up.

He's your brother.

I swear

I will find out the truth.

Trust me.

Thank you.

Maybe Brother Jiang

confessed because he was trying

to protect someone.

Your Highness.

Come in.

Your Highness.

Mrs. Jiang is here.

Your Highness.

Please bring justice to Xiwen.

Please stand up.

I'm so sorry.

Your Highness.

He didn't kill anyone.

He ended up like this because of me.

It's all my fault.

What happened?

Tell me.

I miss you, my beauty.

Let go of me!

Let go!

Xiwen!

Xiwen, stop beating him!

Xiwen, stop it!

Xiwen!

Xiwen, stop it!

You will beat him to death!

I'm beating him to death

for good.

Stop!

Stop it!

Why are you stopping me?

Why are you sparing him?

I don't want you to

ruin your career for me.

He hurt you.

It's fine.

It's my fault.

You suffered because of me.

I will tell His Highness about us.

He'd justify us.

No.

He will not help us.

He doesn't care about other's opinions.

He will definitely understand.

Xiao Yao.

I don't want to keep this a secret.

I want to marry you.

I want to be with you forever.

He must have confessed

to protect my reputation.

It's my fault.

It's my fault!

Xiwen!

Liu Yu.

Take Mrs. Jiang to rest.

Yes.

Mrs. Jiang.

Xiwen.

Why didn't you tell me?

What's this?

Lieutenant Jiang Xiwen

Your Highness, the spy we caught had committed suicide.

He was loyal indeed.

It's no use just being loyal.

It's better to die for something worthwhile.

What is considered a worthy death then?

For me,

I'd send messages to you at the end of my life.

What would you do?

I'd hold the medallion in my hand.

So,

you'd know that someone was trying to harm you

and you could be alerted.

You're the only one

who could come up with this stupid method.

Lieutenant Jiang Xiwen

Xiwen.

I will not let you die in vain.

As for now,

we can bring him justice

only by finding out the truth.

There is a mixture of pink and gold-colored powder

on the face and in the nails of the victim.

It should be rouge.

The rouge made by Sister Song contains minimal gold powder.

This is unique in the capital.

I think Officer Luo found Brother Jiang

with this clue.

Tian Yong was killed with a single strike.

The wound shouldn't be as clean as this

if it was done by an ordinary person.

You are right.

The murderer should be good at martial arts.

Look here.

Rushuang.

What kind of powder is this?

Isn't he a craftsman?

Maybe he got something on him

like lime

when he was working?

No.

If it's lime,

it would corrode his clothes.

But his clothes was not damaged.

What is it then?

We cannot find it out by just looking at it.

Case File

It's not mentioned in the file.

That's something

that wasn't discovered previously.

Let's go to

the crime scene tomorrow morning.

There might be clues that were missed.

Rushuang, I need you and Brother Xie to help me.

Here is the place.

How is it?

It's as the case file mentioned.

It's not the primary crime scene indeed.

They said Tian Yong had a family.

Let's go and ask them.

Alright.

Officer.

Madam, no need to bow.

We come here today

to ask you something.

Alright.

Where did your husband plan to go

on the day he was murdered?

I...

I don't know.

He didn't tell me when he went out.

Did he have any enemies before he died?

He stole things

when he was working previously

so he got beaten up a few times.

I advised him not to but he just ignored me.

Did he steal anything recently?

He repaired a warehouse previously.

He thought there were valuable items inside.

He had been talking about that place

for a few times since we got poor recently.

Where is the warehouse?

It should be...

It should be below the mountains in the eastern suburb.

Rushuang.

They're coming back.

Brother Xie.

Sister Su. Brother Pei.

Have some water.

Here.

Sister Su.

We've asked

the prison guard at Mingjing Office.

Brother Jiang didn't meet anyone

outside of Mingjing Office since he was arrested.

We also found that

Tian Yong wanted to

steal something from a warehouse before his death.

Do you think he was killed when he tried to steal

from the warehouse?

I'll check the warehouse tomorrow morning.

I'll go with you.

We'll go as well.

Look. That should be the warehouse.

It looks empty.

Let's take a look inside.

Alright. Let's go.

This is flour.

What kind of powder is this?

I got it.

The powder on Tian Yong is flour.

He did come here

on the night before he was killed.

The owner hired him to repair this warehouse for a hefty sum

but there's only a jar of flour here.

Isn't that too much?

Yeah.

Something must be hidden there.

Look.

Two storage jars might have been placed here.

They might not be that big in size.

The mark left by the base is still visible.

It should be moved not long ago.

Look at this.

Why are there so many dead bugs?

Xie Beiming.

Get me two pieces of leaves.

I want to collect them.

Alright.

I think these bugs

came in contact with something

which caused all of them to die.

I'll know what the jar contains

after doing some researches on the bugs.

Great.

Rushuang. Here you go.

Rushuang.

It's dangerous. Let me do it.

Hold my blade for me.

Something uncommon

must have been stored here.

Why is that?

This warehouse was modified specially.

There are two layers of lime on the wall.

There's also a layer of dry sand in between.

Also,

there's a layer of lime under the floor too.

A normal warehouse

doesn't have to be this damp-proof.

The door...

seems sturdier than a normal door too.

It's no wonder that Tian Yong

felt there's something valuable here.

I'll check this warehouse's owner.

I believe we'll have a new clue soon.

Brother Pei.

Brother Pei.

It's just you alone?

Where's Rushuang?

She's researching the poison in her room.

Poison?

She wants me to tell you

there's a strong poison in the bugs.

She doesn't know what kind of poison it is yet

but she is sure that

this poison is very strong.

With only a little, one can be dead.

So

after Tian Yong was chased out by Xiwen,

he went to the warehouse to steal something

and saw something he shouldn't have seen.

That is why he was killed.

I'm sure that's what happened.

These are just our deductions.

We don't have any evidence.

We also don't know

what kind of poison is this

at the moment.

Sister Su!

A copy of the deed to the granary was sent from Mingjing Office.

Here it is.

This warehouse

belongs to Sha Du.

Sha Du?

He had been

doing illegal businesses in our country,

He was slippery indeed.

A huge amount of strong poison

and a black market dealer.

I'm afraid there's a conspiracy

behind everything.

Brother Xie.

I'm very worried

about the whereabouts of the poison.

Don't worry.

I've informed everyone in Feiyun Manor.

They will let me know immediately

once they find anything.

It's not that simple.

Sha Du was killed

because of the disaster relief fund.

Unfortunately,

we didn't find the culprit behind.

As this warehouse belongs to Sha Du,

this batch of poison

is most probably...

These purple particles

look like the juice of some plants.

Plants?

Do you know which plant is it?

This is a rare method to make poison.

It uses animal gallstones as well.

If I'm not mistaken,

it should be a method used by the Western Regions.

Western Regions?

Yes. I'm sure.

We need to confirm the contents

of the poison as soon as possible,

so we can be well-prepared

in case we can't locate the poison.

Rushuang, what are you doing?

Hurry, gargle a bit.

How is it?

Do you feel ill?

I got it.

There's also Red Widow inside.

What is Red Widow?

When I smelled it,

I think it smells familiar.

We also talked about the Western Regions.

That reminds me

about the time when I was young.

I accidentally ate a rare item from the

Western Region in my dad's pharmacy.

That was the Red Widow.

It can be found in

the Western Regions and places that are further.

It's a very rare poisonous scorpion.

Poisonous scorpion?

The powder made from Red Widow tails

plus the juice extracted from plants

and finally the gallstones of animals.

Udumbara?

Yes.

Udumbara is a flower.

It's already poisonous when it is extracted

using the poison making methods

of the Western Regions.

Adding in the tail of Red Widows

and gallstones inside the stomach of a male goat

will create a rare but strong poison.

A little bit of it

can kill a man.

The initial symptoms of getting poisoned is similar to coughing diseases.

After five days, a red line will appear on the wrist.

Rushuang, is there an antidote for this poison?

There's no record of it,

but I believe

every poison has its antidote.

I will also try my best to make it.

It's better to be prepared.

Thanks for your hard work.

It's fine.

I'll be leaving.

Alright.

Hopefully, Rushuang can really develop an antidote

so Brother Jiang's sacrifice to give us the message

will not be wasted.

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How dare you lie to me?

Father.

I really don't know that

Su Ci is the remnant of Bai Liang Clan.

You're with them everyday.

How is that possible?

Su Ci never

said anything about this.

If anyone knows, it must be Xiao Yanzhi.

You're not ganging up

with Xiao Yanzhi

to lie to me, right?

I won't dare to do that!

It's you who raised me.

I will never forget or betray you.

Ming.

You are the one

I value the most.

You must never betray me.

Understand?

Stand up.

Yes.

Father.

Should we use

Su Ci's true identity

to hector Xiao Yanzhi?

I've prepared a huge surprise for them.

Ming.

Have a good rest when you're back.

Three days later,

I need you to do something

during the Empress Dowager's birthday banquet.

Yes.

Invitation to the banquet for Su Ci

I'm invited too?

Yes.

What's wrong? Are you afraid?

Well then...

No way.

My parents

and my clans name is going to be cleared soon.

I've been waiting for this moment for a long time.

Actually, I don't want you to go.

I can't be sure what will happen

in the future after all.

I've dreamt about this day

for so long.

I want to unmask Prince Yun in front of

His Majesty and the civil and military officials

and unveil the truth to everyone.

This day is finally here.

How can I not go?

Alright.

I'll be with you

no matter what you do.

It's just that

we haven't found the murderer of Tian Yong yet.

We can't clear Brother Jiang's name yet.

I still feel sad

when I think about that.

I believe

this case will come to an end soon.

Don't worry.

Tell me.

What do you want to do

when everything settles down?

What do you think?

I'll stick with you of course.

I'll go wherever you want to.

I'll do whatever you want

with you.

If that day comes,

I will do nothing.

But I do have something important to do.

What is it?

I want His Majesty

to grant us a marriage.

Brother Xie.

What's wrong?

Something is happening at the capital.

I have other things to do at the birthday banquet.

I'm worried about the security.

So I want you to protect Little Su and Rushuang.

Me?

Yes. You're the most suitable person.

I trust you.

Leave it to me.

Don't worry.

Brother Pei.

I promise you

I'll follow them wherever they go from today.

Great.

♪ A one-sided love is frustrating ♪

♪ The drizzle is mixed with my tears ♪

♪ Feeling lonely and left out ♪

♪ The whimpering of the flute and the faraway star ♪

♪ I don't know when I'll return as long as my travel goes on ♪

♪ I dream of coming back every night ♪

♪ Through the rain and dust ♪

♪ A deep love I feel for you ♪

♪ Looking at the vast lands and sighing out of loneliness ♪

♪ Waiting for you to return every day ♪

♪ A promise for life from both of us ♪

♪ After many separations and gatherings ♪

♪ I will not disappoint you when we meet again ♪

♪ I will never disappoint you for life ♪

♪ Feeling lonely and left out ♪

♪ The whimpering of the flute and the faraway star ♪

♪ I don't know when I'll return as long as my travel goes on ♪

♪ I dream of coming back every night ♪

♪ Through the rain and dust ♪

♪ A deep love I feel for you ♪

♪ Looking at the vast lands and sighing out of loneliness ♪

♪ Where can I go to find you ♪

♪ A promise for life from both of us ♪

♪ After many separations and gatherings ♪

♪ I will never disappoint you when we meet again ♪

♪ For life ♪