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Girl!

It seems like this rascal is unfortunate.

Girl it's useless!

Girl! He's dead! You have to face the truth!

@id you have always accepted death when it's due, why do you have to force this?

Dead fish!

You bad fish!

Hurry and wake up!

Do you want to get out of your debt?

Hurry and pay me back! Hurry and pay me back!

Master bring me a duvet!

Girl stop daydreaming.

Zhang Zhong Jing's manual for the cold instructed for

the warming of the victim with a duvet.

Compress the chest and it may help someone on the brink of death be revived!

Hurry, hurry.

Hurry.

Girl.

He has a pulse now.

The beautiful days will never return

Only left with storms that weather life away. *

It's another night when my brush tip holds my longing for you

This medicine will make you nausea, once you vomit out all the poison you'll be fine.

The flashbacks of the past weakly floats up my memory

Dead fish!

I almost cursed you to become a dead fish.

I saved you.

Murry and pay me back.

Fox..

You want to take advantage of me again?

Xiao fish.

You are so foolish.

I was pretending to be mad all this time.

I tricked you!

My fault for committing this lifetime long sin

Desperately try to be freed from these torturous chains in vain

It's a destiny that can never be satisfied

It's fine as long as you are well.

As long as you're fine.

everything else is unimportant.

Hand me that time,

and I will save you.

How to. use it?

Mistress help me! Mistress help me!

Mistress! Mistress! Save me! Mistress!

My Lord.

My Lord are you sure you do not need to rest?

I am fine, I can endure it.

What about you?

As you can bear it, I can as well.

Let's go.

My Lord do you not blame Examiner Ran for deceiving you?

That little fox had no choice.

Someone is trying to hurt her.

In order to survive and find the true killer of her Mother,

she had no choice but to pretend to be a madwoman.

It's a shame someone saw through her act.

And used Wan Lv's life to threaten her.

You purposefully revealed to Mistress Gao that

the item Examiner Ran found was in the Governor's office,

as expected, someone attacked us that night.

In my opinion, Mistress Gao is the mastermind.

She ordered the spy in the manor to switch Examiner Ran's sleeping drug to poison.

Her daughter cannot marry me

so she has to ruin me.

She is cruel and merciless.

That Mistress Gao will try again now that she's failed.

My Lord you must take care.

I will be...

Oh yes My Lord.

I've investigated Qiao Chu and Mistress Yu's background.

Mistress Yu is a close female attendant of the Emperor Yang of Sui.

And that Qiao Chu is the daughter-in-law of Mistress Yu.

They are both searching for their missing son/husband.

His name is Yu De Zhi.

And disappeared 12 years ago.

I heard that Yu De Zhi has a unique physical characteristic.

He has 6 toes on his right foot.

Mistress Yu and Qiao Chu discovered 6 months ago that Yu De Zhi

was last seen in Suzhou city.

That's why both of them came to Suzhou to search for him from Chang'an.

The old woman and daughter-in-law...

one came to search for her son.

The other her husband.

Yet they split up to search.

Why did they conceal their identities in Suzhou city?

And why were they murdered?

I found this metal ball on the lantern stand.

And a similar metal ball was found on Guo Fu's body.

He was first killed by someone

who disguised his murder as an attack by the snow demon.

Both Qiao Chu and Mistress Yu's murder were disguised as an accident.

They seem to be unlinked

but the one who attacked Examiner Ran exposed their identity by throwing this metal ball.

Only I do not understand...

how Examiner Ran's Mother was involved with people like that?

Could Examiner Ran's Mother recognize them 12 years ago?

12 years ago,

fox's Mother died.

That Yu De Zhi

also disappeared within the Suzhou city too.

There must be something between the two incidents.

Bai Yi.

Investigate that Yu De Zhi immediately.

Yes.

Come in.

I've been waiting for you all this time.

[Divorce settlement]

Divorce settlement?

I need to take her away.

She is my woman right now.

She does not belong to you.

Right now...she...belongs to me.

That is mine!

Give it back to me!

It's an heirloom my Mother gave me!

You fox...

he is still in your heart.

Guards! Arrest him!

-Yes -Wait.

I have something to say to him.

Let her pass.

Thank you for saving Wan Lv for me

But...

Xiao Song was poisoned because of me.

So...

I must stay here now.

if you are unwilling to leave with me because the Su family

called off the wedding,

then i can tell you clearly

that was not my meaning.

I just had my reasons

for not appearing

when you needed me.

I can be at ease now that I hear that.

When his injury recovers, will go and find you.

Then I will wait for you.

Will you leave me

when I recover from my injury?

My Lord.

Speak.

We found a body in the bogs outside the city.

My Lord.

Lu De Zhi disappeared around here, so I brought some people over.

And as soon as I got there, I found a body.

e found them in the bog.

He is covered in mud, and he does not smell nice.

Prepare yourselves.

This smell..

I will get someone to burn some Chinese honeylocust and Atractylodes.*

No, this is the bog.

There is swamp gas* so it's best to not start a fire.

Bring me a bucket of tea water.

Yes.

I must clean the body first.

This body...has 6 toes.

Could this body be Yu De Zhi?

Yu De Zhi?

Yu De Zhi disappeared in Suzhou city 12 years ago.

Mistress Yu and Qiao Chu who died are his Mother and wife.

It was 12 years too.

Why is the body black?

And it hasn't rotted at all? it's like a skeleton with skin.

There is a high level of acidity within this bog.

Those things can stop the process of rotting.

And soften skin too.

So it can protect the body to some extent.

I see.

What are you doing?

These tea leaves can absorb the smell of the body.

Once they dry, the smell will not be so bad.

There are fractures to the ribs and the fibula (smaller leg bone)

Did that fracture occur before or after death?

We will only know in the next step of the investigation.

Fetch me brush, ink and paper, hurry.

Why is there a box shaped indention against his ribcage?

The''fracture in the leg should be before death.

It was broken through something like a wooden stick.

The injury on his rib cage was also before death.

Only we do not know what caused that.

Seems like he fought someone before he died.

He was injured in the front of the chest, back back of head.

He tried to escape from this bog

however he ended up trapped lhere.

Not right.

How is it not right?

if they wanted to kill him, they could do it directly.

Why force him to the bogs and kill him here?

They didn't want to kill him.

They wanted to push him to desparation

so that he will give them some information.

During the fight,

they accidentally struck the item that he was carrying against his chest.

That is why there is a square indentation against the front of his chest.

Then was that item taken away

Hard to say.

May have sunken into the bog already.

Perhaps...you can get them to search around the place the body was discovered.

I found something!

Why is i t a bracelet?

This

The natural pattern within the agate from the Western Regions is irregular.

it is very different from the agate from the Tang.

Miss Ran the natural pattern of your agate shows it's from the Tang kingdom.

The pattern in this agate...

It must be my Mother's!

Yan'er...

Do not be sad.

Mother...

It's been 12 years.

It's been a full 12 years

before I was able to find the bracelet that truly belonged to you.

I am so foolish.

There is so much injustice in this world.

But Yan'er you must remember.

Karma will be repaid.

Those who die cannot come back.

But the kinship within your family can continue.

The item my Mother kept at the Qingli brothel

must be very important.

After I retrieved it,

I discovered someone was following me.

I felt that..

So I hid it in the Qingli Brothel.

Where exactly?

The kitchens.

Investigate carefully

-Yes. -Yes.

Team Leader Bai, look.

This crystal box has a myraid of dancing colors,

covered with jade and gold.

It looks like it was from the Imperial palace.

My Mother was not from the palace,

how could she have anything belonging to the palace?

That depends on what is contained inside.

Why did my Mother leave this useless lambskin for me?

And why would anyone kill me over this?

A secret must be hiding inside it.

But I cannot see anything special about it!

A crystal lens?

It turns out the markings on this lambskin was a strange language.

And the crystal lid is a magnifying lens.

You can only see the characters using it.

But...

I do not understand what the characters mean.

I wonder what it means.

The Marquis Sui's Pearl?

This is a lead to the Marquis Sui's pearl?

This lambskin is important?

You better now ask.

I don't care why it's important.

I only care about why my Mother has it!

I remember now!

When I was six,

I discovered something within one of the acnestral memorial tablets.

That thing...

was this.

After fox retrieved the item her Mother

left in the care of that Madam,

someone set their sights on her.

And it forced her to pretend to be mad.

That mark found at Mistress Yu's murder scene,

can only be made by fox and Mistress Gao's bracelet.

Afterwards when I went to ask for Ran Yan's hand in marriage.

I purposefully used a fake to inform Mistress Gao that I have it

so that I can investigate who was behind Fox's attack.

And on the wedding night

someone borrowed fox's hand to posion me.

And on the next day, a group of highly skilled assassins attacked the Governor's manor.

Wanting to kill me.

Their target changed from Ran Yan to me.

If Mistress Gao thought that the lead to the Marquis Sui's pearl was in my hands,

Then this will make sense.

What is Mistress Gao's identity?

But the girl believe that...

her Mother was did not commit suicide,

she was murdered.

The old musician Mistress Yu

was once the palace attendant of Emperor Yang of Sui.

After Emperor Yang of Sui died,

she left the palace.

But no-one knew that

she left taking something away with her.

This lambskin scroll?

No-one knows why this lambskin was under the care

of Mistress Yu.

But someone found out about it.

And so those people started to try to assassinate her.

Mistress Yu and her family concealed their identities

but they discovered her in the end.

Those people knew that the lambskin was in the hands of her son Yu De Zhi.

So..they snatched the lambskin and killed them.

After they murdered him,

they hid the box in the memorial tablet.

However...I discovered it.

You were still young then,

you did not know the importance of this.

So the killer attacked my Mother.

That killer was at the Ran residence.

She should be Mistress Gao who has the same bracelet as my Mother.

Fish.

I wish to use the lambskin to lure the snake out of it's lair.

I will not let you risk yourself.

No matter who they are,

I will not let my Mother die unjustly.

We cannot determine that Mistress Gao will personally snatch the lambskin herself.

As they say dogs in desperation will jump it's wall.*

What if...I burn it?

Master, how can you still not forgive me?

I was just overcame with a moment's of folly, it has nothing to do with Mei Yu.

If you wish to punish someone, punish me!

Father, everything my Mother did was for me.

Just punish me if you have to punish someone.

Do you think you have not caused me enough trouble?

Because of you, the entire Ran family has lost face!

Master, Wan Lv is back.

She said she has something important to tell you.

Let her come in.

Yes.

Master, my Miss plans to cremate Mistress' body

tomorrow at 9am.

Cremate?

Indeed, Miss said

the body is simply a stinky carcass.

And it's cleaner this way.

Also, Miss also told me

to retrieve some of Mistress' belongings.

and to burn with it the heirloom Miss just found.

You must be quite confused,

as to how I discovered this place.

Is it not easy for Lord Xiao to

find a particular place?

Ran Yan found her Mother's heirloom,

that item is quite important.

Someone has been searching for that item for over a decade,

and will attack' Ran Yan once more.

Ran Yan decided to lure the snake out of it's lair during the funeral procession.

You want to risk Ran Yian.

She is determined.

No-one can change her mind.

Besides in order to find justice for her Mother

and waited for 12 years painfully.

Then what do

To snatch the heirloom Ran Yan's mother left forher.

I don't want Ran Yan to be in danger.

So we must get someone to pretend to be an assassin

and snatch that heirloom back first.

If the item is on me,

then naturally the killer will attack me.

And Ran Yan will be safe.

I believe you will accept it.

You're not afraid i'll kidnap Ran Yan?

I only worry that you...

will not dare to pretend to be that killer.

For Ran Yan..

I can accept your proposition.

Good.

I will send Bai Yi and 10 constables

to pretend to be assassins with you.

As for Ran Yan's heirloom,

cannot go missing.

You're risking the reaching?

If we wish to lure the snake out,

we must use the real thing.

The assassin you will pretend to be...

will be called...Li.

Tomorrow at 9am.

It seems like Xiao Song has already guessed your identity.

I found out that

Xiao Song has already found the lambskin containing the secrets of the Marquis of Sui's pearl.

That lambskin accidentally fell into the hands of Ran Yan's Mother

who hid it for 12 years.

On the surface that Xiao Song

wishes to help Ran Yan find her Mother's true killer using the lambskin,

but in truth,

he wishes to lure out the real mastermind.

And expose your identity as assassin Li.

If I was not the one who lost the lambskin

does he have any reason to suspect me?

What are you up to?

I will make some arrangements

according to Xiao Song's instruction.

What if the lambskin was a fake?

Whether it is fake or not

it is worth a try.

Mei Yu.

When you see Lord Xioa in a bit, hurry and ask for forgiveness.

So you can get his forgiveness you hear me?

Will Lord Xiao forgive me?

As long as you lower yourself and beg for his forgiveness,

naturally he will give you face.

Coming, let's go.

Lord Xiao.

Mei Yu is here to ask for your forgiveness.

My Lord! I was wrong!

I should not have set you up!

But I have always loved you deeply,

please forgive me.

Today Ran Yan is seeing off her Mother.

Let's talk about it another day.

My Lord if you do not forgive me, I will not stand up!

If you truly wish to apologize,

you will not do it on the say of my Mother's funeral.

I think you have ulterior motives.

I fear you are the one..

with ulterior motives.

You pretended to be mad,

your motive was to get his pity and force Lord Xiao to marry you right?

It was I who volunteered to marry her.

She did not force me.

My Lord.

We both deceived you, why can you forgive Ran Yan

yet refuse to forgive me?

I lied to his lordship in order to escape from an assassin.

And you pretended to be pregnant

it's tainting his reputation

and caused the Ran family to lose face!

This has nothing to do with deceiving,

this is about your morality and character!

What right do you have to talk about me?!

Apologize to my Mother!

It's just a broken tablet, why should I apologize/!

Mei Yu! Mei Yu!

You!

How dare you strike your sister!

I forbid you from seeing your Mother today

before you give me an answer!

I will not allow anyone to hurt Ran Yan!

Lord Xiao!

How can you be so heartless?

My Mei Yu has always been sincere about you!

My pitiful Mei Yu!

Be careful!

You retrieve it.

Su Fu got Bai Yi to retrieve the lambskin.

Looks like he came prepared.

Stop!

As expected it was you.

I did not expect that the funeral-procession was,a front

it truth you were trying to set me up.

So this is your spy within the Governor's manor?

It was he,

who switched Ran Yan's medicine

and tried to poison me!

My tactic was...

luring the snake out of her lair,

before making it easy prey to trap!

Arrest her!

Don't move! Don't move!

-Kneel! -Mother!

Why? Why do you know martial arts?

Why are they arresting you?

Yu De Zhi....

Mistress Yu....

Qiao Chu...were all killed by you right?

12 years ago,

you discovered that Yu De Zhi...

had an item you needed.

So you cornered him into the bogs

and murdered him.

12 years later,

you discovered Mistress Yu and Qiao Chu

came to Suzhou to find her son.

So you used an excuse

to trick Qiao Chu to go to the city wall.

And killed her also.

And then you disguised Mistress Yu's murder

into an accident.

If I guess correctly,

when Gao Fu identity as a member of the Neiwei department was discovered by Zhuang Bifan.

so you killed him to shut him up too.

It looks like,

you are from the Neiwei department too.

Those who are useless..

will only drag me down if left alone.

I originally planned

to say "Be careful of Ran Yan" to you before

District Governor Li died,

in order to drive a wedge between you two.

And then borrow your hand to discover the secret hidden within the lambskin,

I did not expect that you would trust her even more

ruining our plans completely!

I've been searching for you for 12 years.

You used the Ran family as a cover

to find that item!