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Why is this tomb so strange?

And this scent too.

My Lord.

From the footsteps and drag marks on the ground,

the snow demon probably dragged their victims in and out from here.

Has Su Fu ever left the Su family?

According to my investigation, Su Fu will use traveling as a reason

to leave home two to three months every year.

Travel? That reason is quite unique.

You suspect him?

Don't you think that he resembles a certain someone?

Please enlighten me.

Assassin.

If Su Fu was the assassin Li,

then why is Examiner Ran with him?

What is their relationship?

That District..

My Lord!

-My Lord! -Come here!

Stop!

My Lord has some questions to ask Examiner Ran about the case.

Starting from now, I forbid you from leaving my side.

Xiao fish why do you manage me all day?

You do not want your bracelet?

It is not worth any money, l'll give it to you.

Fine. You don't have to do it.

You will lose your pay for examining the bodies last month.

Surely you will not try to get out of it?

You can try it.

See if I dare or not.

Xiao fish, if you do not pay me,

even if I must cross seas of fires I must get it!

Double.

Deal, remove your hand!

Do not use force next time.

This is not force it is...

Hurry and bid farewell to your lover.

We must get to work.

You go back, I have some matters to attend.

Li Yuan must be hiding somewhere.

Search!

if I knew it would be so tiring I would not have volunteered for Miss Ran.

I overexerted myself.

Miss Ran! Miss Ran save me!

Miss Ran save me

It is broad daylight, yet you kidnap a person in front of this minister.

How bold of you.

I am the 6th son of the Cui clan in Boling.

May I ask, who you are?

He is Lord Xiao from the Ministry of Justice.

Lord Xiao? I am sorry about the rudeness.

My Lord, I only wish to take my son back to arrange a marriage for him.

Son?

So your surname is not Sang, but Gui?

I am merely a normal civilian. A Teacher.

A Sculptor.

Really?

In your first year, you took part in the preliminary Imperial civil exams,

and came first.

In the next year he applied to the Imperial civil exams,

and came first.

In the next year when he took the Imperial civil exams,

he still came first.

And in the 4th year he came first once again.

That person is named Cui Chen.

Yes, he is my son. He is my son.

He comes from a noble family. Why did he pretend to be a normal civilian?

As a noble, he treats others well.

Unlike a certain someone who abuses his authority,

and constantly bullies others

-What are you doing? -Lord Xiao.

I only wish to take my son home to arrange a marriage for him

But he was unwilling so I had no choice

I could only tie him up, please forgive me.

Father.

I already know who l wish to marry.

That person is...

Your son is talented, has good breeding

and a handsome face.

You should find him a virtuous wife.

It's a shame he is talented.

Why don't you let me recommend him,

and let him follow me to the capital and build a good career.

Thank you for your good will but my son is unwilling.

What to do?

It's simple if you're unwilling.

Let your Father find you a wife who is of similar class to you.

What do you think?

No! I do not want that! I do not want it!

My backside.

Why do I feel as if it is burned? Help me!

What.......That is...

Take a few men to expand the search area.

And search it thoroughly.

Yes.

Follow me.

Fox. what method are you going to employ to examine this body?

-Follow me. -Yes.

Why did you paint them in ink?

I want to see if the body was damaged with ink.

There are 24 bodies.

They've been bitten by animals before.

So some bodies are incomplete.

When the ink is completely dried,

wash the bodies with ink.

If there is damage to the bones,

the ink will seep into the bones.

Look.

The bone has a split through the middle.

It was probably crushed by something after death.

I noticed there were black stains on the bones at the neck.

They were poisoned.

What poison?

These bodies have been here for many eyars.

The newest one died a year ago.

The oldest one was at least over ten years ago.

So it is hard to discover what poison it was.

Could it be the thunder god vine?

You suspect these bodies are from the snow demon case?

These bodies are similar

to Zhou Jin and Xua Kun.

There were poisoned by the neck.

Could it be a coincidence?

The killer is so erjjel?

They killed so many in these 10 years?

Are these bodies men or women?

At the head behind the ears, they have eight different bone ridges and there are transverse joins on the back of the skull.

All 24 skeletons are men.

It seems this killer despises men.

I am now interested by Li Yuan came to the manor.

Mistress Yin.

I remember you telling me Li Yuan has a strange temperament,

and does not like speaking with others.

Although that is,

but I find it hard to reconsile myself with the fact Li Yuan is the snow demon.

Why did Li Yuan come to Yingmei manor?

Li Yuan is a pitiful woman.

her family betrothed her to a man.

When they were first married, they were in love.

But she was unable to bear him children even after 7 years.

His husband was unsatisfied with her,

and wanted to find another wife

wanted to disown her.

Li Yuan wanted to persuade her husband to give up the idea of

disowning her as they were once in love.

But who knew he would beat her?

And did not treat her as a human.

Li Yuan could not stand it.

And escaped.

She made her way here,

so...you let her stay here?

We are both women.

how could I sit by and watch?

Perhaps it was because of the abuse she suffered from

so after she escaped she rarely interacted with anyone.

and would often conceal herself.

And sometimes will mention the past.

Whenever she talks about it,

she would silently cry.

And would hate men too.

So she decided that,

she will not marry anyone ever again.

How long has she been here for?

About...ten years ago.

Tomorrow at 7pm someone will bring the pearl

and meet up with Li Yuan in the pagoda tree wood in the hills behind us.

Who is Li Yuan?

The cook of the Yingmei manor.

It looks like the Ying Mei manor has some exceptional people

No wonder Xiao Song would come here to investigate a case?

Why did you provoke Xiao Song?

The calm collected Xiao Song was provoked.

He has already lost his calm over a woman.

This cat and mouse game only began to get interesting now.

If he came down from the mountain why are his clothes and shoes so clean?

Retreat.

That side.

Miss Ran here.

Now everyone is here.

As your teacher I can start the lesson now.

The weeds grow incessantly, the dew on it's leaves shine brightly.

A beautiful woman walks past who has a delicate and gentle aura.

I did not understand a Single word.

What do you want to say?

Those phrases mean...

A man daydreaming about his crush.

I do not wish to waste my time.

My Lord do not fret, I simply wish to lure Li Yuan out.

Please patiently continue to listen.

May I ask Your Lordship if the dead and those skeletons are all men?

Yes.

Miss Ran before Zhou Jin and Xu Qun die were they engaged in....that...

You mean sexual activity?

Before they died they did indeed...

What are you doing?

That's why semen was found on the body and their pants.

So embarrassing.

So...you want to say?

I want to say.

Li Yuan once experienced true love.

But that love hurt her deeply.

As they say when things go to extreme it will turn on itself, too much love and you get hate.

And evil comes with hatred.

Li Yuan did not kill husband and wives, but those on an affair.

That proves she vented her hatred on these innocent couples.

And when night falls, she will pretend to be the snow demon and kill all of them.

That does seem reasonable.

Every time a body is discovered,

it was during 7pm.

But she's hidden herself away. It's impossible to capture her.

The authorities may not be able to gether but I have a brilliant way to lure the snake out of her hole!

What is your idea?

Only the few of us have the courage and the capability in this manor.

You are counted as one?

I am so surprised.

What I mean is let's pretend to be women and men engaged in illicit affairs

and walk around the manor.

When that Li Yuan sees it will trigger her hatred once more

and she will attack once more.

Seems like it will work.

Then who will be the ones engaged in an affair?

We have 4 men, and 2 women.

We have exactly 3 pairs!

We are missing a woman.

That's why I need one of them to pretend to be a woman.

I do not agree.

It is unsuitable for my lord to dress up as a woman.

That is not a bad idea.

I do wish to try it.

How do we decide?

Through a draw!

Miss Ran and Wan Lv does not need to make the draw.

I engraved their names on the sticks.

Whoever gets the name,

will be with that person.

But one of us will get the female stick.

The one who picks that one will...

Lord Xioa you go first.

I am younger than you, I will go first.

You!

Miss Ran, Miss Ran, Miss Ran.

We all heard you.

Bring it here.

The inner courtyard of the manor matched with a fake woman.

The inner courtyard is where you will lure Li Yuan out!

As for the fake woman...

Your luck with women.... brings you so much pain!

You are the fake woman!

Two beautiful men are most seductive under the moonlight.

No...

Master Su and I are in the front courtyard.

Then Miss Ran is with Lord Xiao.

All matched up!

The stars have all but disappeared,

From now on I must leave.

Received the Imperial decree to head to battle,

There is no reunion date for this separation

I let out a long sigh as we clasp hands for the final time

Because it could be a separation of death so there is so much tears.

Why do I feel as if this poem is full of the pain of separation?

Do not touch me!

If I do not touch you, how can it be loving?

If it is not loving, how can we attract the snow demon?

If you dare to touch me today,

I...I will die in front of you!

Alright.

You came up with the idea of dressing up as a woman.

And you picked out that stick.

You decide.

I am a girl as beautiful as a flower.

No, no.

I am a girl as beautiful as a flower.

I am a girl as beautiful as a flower!

Alright, do it!

Don't touch me! It's harrassment!

Say Xiao fish.

Anyone else who dresses up as a scholar will look honest.

But why when you wear it,

you do not resemble a scholar at all.

Instead you look like a rich spoilt heir.

Let's get to work.

We do not look like a couple engaged in an affair like this.

The snow demon will not fall for it.

You are right fox.

Xiao fish, are you sure we can lure the snow demon out like this?

Do not say anything, pretend to enjoy it.

Fox.

I wish I could embrace you like this forever.

It's the smell of the snow demon.

It seems to be coming from over there!

There are bite marks from a beast on his neck

And claw marks on his body.

Why was Guo Fu killed by the snow demon?

Last time when you asked me to seduce him

and retrieve the pearl in his room,

is that pearl really important?

Xiao fish,

are you on a secret mission?

I can tell you.

But after I tell you, the only outcome for you is death.

I am not interested in your mission.

I examine the body, you pay me.

Very good idea.

I feel weak all over.

And it seems like everything is deformed.

Not good! It's Devil snare?

Could it be Li Yuan?

-I refuse to leave! -Leave!

Don't hinder me! Leave!

Master Su, what took you so long?

Su Fu!

Su Fu!

Miss!

Xiao Song is in trouble! The snow demon is attacking him!

Hurry and save him!

See I was right?.

How could you abandon His Lordship by himself and run off?

Miss Ran is a weak woman, what can she do? Of course she has to run!

I am asking you a question!

How can you be in the mood to appreciate flowers?

My Lord! My Lord!

It turns out that the hallucinogen was placed was placed within the stigma of the flower.

Could Li Yuan have been framed,

or working under the orders of someone?

To the Ancient Tomb!

If you did not stop us in time last night,

I fear we would have fallen for Xiao Song's sly trap.

It was a moment of carelessness on my part for being unable to detect that it was a trap.

Was it carelessness?

Or you fell in love with her?

Xiao Song and Ran Yan set you up to lure you into this trap,

with your usual alertness how could you not detect it?

Even I cannot believe it.

If Ran Yan told Xiao Song my identity,

he would have arrested me long ago, he would not wait until now.

Do you know what that woman Ran Yan is like?

Liu Can met up with someone at the Qingli brothel.

Such a coincidence, Ran Yan was there too.

And it also demonstrated her ability to examine dead bodies.

Without Xiao Song's permission

how could she have contact with Liu Can's body so easily.

She was forced to examine the body through my threat.

Even if she was forced by you and forced to examine the body

what about Zhuang Bifan?

She examined that body too!

Is that a coincidence too?

All of these cases were intimately linked to the Marquis of Sui's pearl.

Also...

that District Governor Li.

You discovered he was a member of the Neiwei department.

But....

he committed suicide and died in prison.

What did he say to Xiao Song before he died?

Perhaps he said something to Xiao Song before he died triggering his suspicions to Ran Yan.

This incense was made specially by camphor.

I could smell it on the snow demon too.

There seems to be a hole there.

Bring me a torch!

Hurry and guard the outside.

I have to and see.

Will there be ghosts down there?

Miss wait for me!

What is that smell? Why does it stink of blood?

It's human blood.

Zhou Jin? Wasn't he the man from 2 days ago,

who was attacked by that snow demon?

Could the blood in these flasks of blood,

were the blood of the men that were attacked by the snow demon?

There were also 24 skeletons which were found Sang Chen in the cave.

If we add Xu Qun, Zhou Jin, Guo Fu

there should be 27 blood flasks here!

27?

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,

Miss! Miss! Hurry and look over here!

[Xiao Song]

My Lord?

He is still alive

It turns out the beastly costume was made using fluffy white cloth

And the claws that hurt humans were made using the claws of leopards.

And the teeth that bit the humans were also the teeth of the leopards.

An ornament in the shape of cicada, made from the sap of camphor trees.

Within the stigma of the flowers is the powder of devil's snare that can weaken a human and cause hallucinations.

That is why we get hallucinations when we see the snow demon.

That is why when you were attacked in the main hall that night,

and saw countless snow demons, because of this reason?

But I clearly discovered the devil snare in the food back then.

But Xiao Song and I did not consume anything when we went to the woods.

Which means...Li Yuan is not the killer?

Then who is the real killer?

Who is so twisted as to place these tanks of blood in this tomb?

We do not know if Li Yuan is the killer or not yet.

But i really want to know...who is lying in the coffin.

This person has died at least 10 years ago.

Why is there an unknown woman buried in this tomb?

Could she have some links to the snow demon?

If we want to know their relationship we must ask the man who came to pay their respects.

Let's go!

Miss Ran how was it?

Miss Lv.

Were there any bodies down there?

There were no bodies just a collection of blood flasks.

Flasks of blood?

C-Could this be the home of the snow-demon?

When I saw that person by the grave the other day,

he wore a long sky blue robe,

and he was around your height.

Sk-y/blue robe?

The person you described sounds to me like the one I saw in the hut in the forest.

The time when I ran into you!

You are talking about...

Brother Huai Yin?*

Huai Yin! Come Out!

What brings you all here to see me?

There is a grave within the hills, do you know who it belongs to?

They are an acquaintance of mine.

Then what is your relationship with them?

That is between me and them.

It is inconvenient to tell you.

Then did you erect that tomb?

Yes.

Where is Lord Xiao?!

I do not know what you are on about?

Nor have I seen a Lord Xiao.

I only rested in my room.

If we request the help of another person, we should show them respect?

Why must we use such a forceful attitude?

Brother Huai Yin is a good person! You do not need to suspect him!

There is fresh mud on his shoes, which means he was outside just now

He is lying!

Search!

We came uninvited! And now we search his quarters? This...

This goes against reason!

We have no time for reason! This has to do with someone's life!

Is Miss Ran suspecting Brother Huai Yin too?!

I only care about the truth!

The truth is your Brother Huai Yin did pay his respects at the grave.

Team Leader.

We found a cave over there.

Let's go.

The cuts on the floor feels as if they were the work of our Lord's sword.

He was here?

Huai Yin!

What is this?!

Wasn't the snow demon...

Brother Huai Yin hurry and explain this!

The snow demon's cave is just outside his hut,

I fear he cannot explain it!

Where is Xiao Song?

I am asking you where is Xiao Song!?

Hurry and tell me he's alive!

Please calm down Miss Ran!

Brother Huai Yin is determined to abide to the highest moral code, he will not sin.

He is not a villain who sins!

Please calm down Miss Ran, let him explain before you scold him!

Miss Ran..

Miss Ran?

Take him back to the Yingmei manor.

It is better for a girl to refrain from drinking. If you drink too much it harms your health.

How could you know my feelings?

If it was not for me, Xiao Song would have been fine.

I have been through this.

How do you plan to punish Huai Yin?

We will punish him as the law dictates.

He is a suspect for murder.

I fear it will be capital punishment.

He cannot die!

Actually...the person buried in that tomb was my cousin.

Yin Wan Wan.

What was her cause of death?