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[Body examining room]

-It's been so long, is Examiner Ran coming? -Exactly.

We’ve been waiting for so long.

Xiao Song.

This Examiner Ran...

Is she coming or not?

Please wait for a little longer.

I believe she will come.

Lord Xiao it is not that we do not believe you,

it's just that we've been waiting for her for 1 ho^ir already.

Why don't...we change to another examiner?

She must be the one to examine these bones.

Why is that?

Because only she knows to respect the dead,

and only she...

and ensure true justice is served for each victim!

It's rare that Lord Xiao would praise me!

Greetings Lord Lu.

Your Excellencies.

You came...so you agreed to the contract?

We haven't agreed on the price yet.

If you are late next time,

I will deduct all your pay!

My old man is not here today.

Little loyal...

Lord Bai.

Be my assistant.

I will be your assistant today.

Lord Xiao..

This is...

not appropriate right?

500 coins.

You asking for the sky?

200 coins.

Xiao fish, there are 5 skeletons.

You can't be that stingy!

450.

Your Excellencies.

Sesame oil and ginger are used to reduce the stench of blood and rotting flesh.

Don't be so difficult. 300 coins.

Deal!

Bai Yi help me record this.

Can you determine the time of death of these skeletons?

These skeletons seems to have been cleaned.

So it is hard to determine it.

But in order for the body to become a skeleton like this,

it requires 6-8 years in soil,

and in water, it needs to take 4-5 years.

4 skeletons are complete and intact.

Only this one is missing is missing the bones on it's calf.

The jade screen!

All these bones are from the calf of a man.

The bones within his calf are curved

which means he was born with a disability.

Bring the bones we found in the jade screen over!

A perfect fit.

There are marks from a sword on these skeletons.

First skeleton.

A cut on a left rib.

And one on the femur.

And one on the breastbone.

The cut on the breastbone was the deepest.

Then the blow to the breastbone must be the cause of death.

Second skeleton, cut to the cervical vertebrae, (neck bones)

That should be the cause of death.

The third skeleton, cut to the right arm,

A cut to the shoulder, and one on the space between the brows.

The cause of death should be the one on the brow.

The fourth skeleton.

There is a cut to the temporal and occipital bones.

The depth of both cuts are about the same.

The cut on the occipital is closer to the artery

So that cut...should be the cause of death.

The scratch on this bone...

It does not look like it's from a sword.

Between the shoulder blades

is a star shaped perforation/hole.

Deep in the front, and narrow at the back.

There is a star shaped perforation on each palm too.

And they are the same as the ones on the shoulder blades too.

There are star shaped perforation on his feet too.

There are six in total.

Can you tell what pierced the bones?

I cannot tell right now.

is there new cotton around?

The cotton is scratched by it.

It shows from head to toe, his bones have been sharpened.

Which means...

he was beaten when alive.

There are no sword wounds.

Could the cause of death be torture?

It seems the killer hated this person.

At the jueyinyu acupoint (near the top of the thoracic spine), are two black spots.

Which means....he was injured here when alive.

Except...those two black spots are of a flattened oval shape.

As if they were bruised by something....

Or perhaps were struck by something.

There are also two black spots in the same position In the other 4 skeletons too.

On all five skeletons, there are two flattened black oval on the lumber spine area.

But why is the location of injury in the same place?

The hands and feet of these four bodies are quite large.

They seem to be attendants.

As for the 5th we suspected it was Cai Yu's.

Bring the autopsy report

of the Cai family's murder case 7 years ago to

The fatal dagger injuries of the Cai family's attendants

was a complete match with these 4 attendants.

The person and bodies who disappeared

appear once again 7 years later.

And all these are related to Zhang Yong.

Zhang Yong knows foreign sorcery.

wanted to murder Chu Yue Zhu using hypnosis.

He is either one of the bandits from back then

Or he is part of the Cai clan!

Foreign sorcery is merely something used to frighten people,

there are no curses that can hurt anyone!

But we only discovered these bodies in Mistress Liu's courtyard

And Mistress Liu almost hung herself!

This was a set up by the culprit. And his scheme.

He wishes to use this to hide his true murder intent!

This lowly inferior greets Your excellencies.

I came on the orders of Lord Su to deliver an important document to examiner Ran.

His Lordship personally ordered for me to deliver this to Examiner Ran personally.

Your Excellencies, I bid my leave then.

Lord Xiao.

You are right.

This Zhang Yong's real name is Zhang Guang Zhi.

He's Gai Yu's personal guard.

Since he was little he learned his martial arts from a foreign monk.

Lord Su said he managed to identify his true identity

from his martial art techniques.

He has a wife.

Called Yu Xiu.

We do not know where she is now.

This Zhang Guang Zhi is skilled in martial arts,

No wonder we cannot find him even now.

It is clear what has happened.

7 years ago, someone attacked Gai Yu's personal manor,

killing his subordinates.

Cai Yi may have tried to resist,

and was tortured by the culprit.

7 years later, this Zhang Guang Zhi used this as an excuse

to terrorize the witness who is not the wife of Lord Liu,

Chu Yue Zhu.

As long as we capture Zhang Yong,

we can expose the truth of this case.

But Zhang Yong is Cai Yu’s subordinate,

why did he not look for the true culprit,

instead terrorize Chu Yue Zhu?

And used hypnosis

to make her hang herself.

it seems all the questions

lie with Chu Yue Zhu.

My Lord.

Ever since something happened to Cai Yu, the Cai clan has locked up the manor.

And no-one ever stepped foot into it again.

Is there anyone residing nearby?

My Lord, there are no neighbours.

Where was the horse carriage?

According to the autopsy report 7 years ago,

the carriage was parked next to the door.

The constables even searched the carriage,

but they found nothing.

Open the gate!

Yes!

My Lord.

My Lord this blood stain belonged to victim Cai Dong.

He was lying here and the fatal blow was to the neck.

There are three stains.

It should be from....

Left rib, femur and breastbone.

Cai Xi who was injured in 3 places.

Examiner Ran you are amazing. You are absolutely right.

My Lord, Cai Nan was lying in the supine position here.

There are quite a few blood stains here.

It should be that body with the cuts to the right humerus, shoulder and brow

the body that was injured in 3 areas.

My Lord you have good eyesight.

My Lord the last area is in the study.

The last body...

was attacked on the occipital and temporal bones.

Each attack was cruel.

This culprit can simply take his money,

yet they inflicted a lot of pain.

It looks like it was for revenge.

Chu Yue Zhu said..

she and Cai Yu were in the hall,

they only came running out when they heard a sound.

These four attendants were killed,

yet Cai Yu disappeared.

The target of the killer seems to be Cai Yu.

Not right.

He did not trip on it.

If it was,

he would have knocked the stool and table over

instead of being shattered.

But...why did Cai Yu's body disappear?

And the next time it appeared it was at the Liu manor.

And there were star shaped perforations on his body?

I am here to pour some tea for His Lordship.

Where's Wan Lv?

Wan Lv?

Your brother asked her to help him out in the front.

I've poured the tea, enjoy it.

I will not disturb you.

I have never seen this star shaped weapons before.

I wonder what it is.

It’s from a star tipped nail/lever.

Old man how do you know?

This kind of star tipped nail is a tool used by those foreign monks when they cast a spell.

There are 6 of them.

Two to nail the shoulder blades,

Two on the palm, and two on the feet.

I remember in the books,

the monks would cast a reincarnation spell on these star tipped nails

those who had this nailed on their body will be reincarnated.

Cai Yu's body had a mark left by these nails.

Could someone have tried to revive him?

Someone hired some bandits 7 years ago

and killed Cai Yu's subordinates.

Then kidnapped Cai Yu

and tortured him.

And then beat him to death.

Then inserted this nail into his body

in order to revive him from the dead.

This kind of curse is only a way to fool people.

But there are no curses in this world.

Their methods are so cruel.

They are extremely cruel.

But I still do not understand.

How did the body manage to get to the Liu Manor?

Only Chu Yue Zhu managed to survive.

So all the mysteries are lie with her.

Perhaps...she is concealing something.

My Lord it is my fault.

Staining your clothes.

There are some new clothes next door, if you do not mind,

you can change into them there.

Excuse me.

My Lord please come here.

Your clothes are behind that screen.

The clothes you change out of, we will deliver them to your manor when cleaned.

Good.

Go now.

Yes.

Why are you here?

My Lord.

I have urgent business at home, I must return home.

Go then.

Feel free to search

what you want.

[Murder cases from the 3rd year of the Wu De era]

Lord Sun!

Xiao Song?

You are trying to offend the Court of Judicial review by forcing your way in here.

Lord Sun that is too much.

Liu Dao Ran is your subordinate, and this case involves him.

I hope you can let bygones be bygones and help me resolve this case.

Everyone knows that you are the sorrow of the ghosts at Chang’an?

J want to see how you can solve this case

without the help of the Court of Judicial Review.

Lord Sun did you not send Su Fu to assist me on this case?

As you refuse to allow me to look through the records

why don't you let Su Fu...

Let him help you?

I am not that generous.

My Lord!

Lord Sun.

I wonder what brings Lord Xiao to the Court of Judicial Review?

I came here to discuss a matter.

As both parties cannot come to an agreement, then this inferior minister...

bids his leave.

My Lord do you have any instructions?

No need.

Then...

I bid my leave.

Xiao Fish..

I was wondering....if I should sentence you for stealing

and arrest you

I only went to investigate because of you! How could you pay my kindness with ingratitude!

I was so worried about you.

Promise me.

In the future before you do anything,

please inform me first.

Understand?

Chu Yue Zhu has an elder sister called Chu Yue Ying.

Chu Yue Ying?

Chu Yue Ying and Chu Yue Zhu are sisters.

Their father was the personal scribe of the Emperor Yang of Sui,

Chu Sheng.

Later when the Sui dynasty was overthrown

he was thrown into jail by the Gaozhu Emperor of Tang.* To wait for a sentence.

His wife took care of the twins who were only 7 at the time,

and died after 6 months in prison.

And they depended on each other during their time in prison.

The elder sister had a strong personality, the younger sister had a weaker disposition.

Then where is Chu Yue Ying right now?

I do not know.

The document only stated that Chu Yue Ying left the prison because she was unwell.

And then she mysteriously disappeared.

In the 4th year of the Wu De year,

Emperor Gaozhu felt that because Chu Sheng was only a civil offical,

and Chu Yue Zhu was young

so he released them and returned their manor to them.

If Chu Yue Ying was not dead,

then why did she hide?

And what was her relationship with Cai Yu's case?

I fear...we will have to find that Chu Yue Ying first.

My wife has a fragile stomach, how can she eat sour plums?

Do you remember that I once told you about Chu Yue Zhu's change?

She never eats sour plums.

Yet she are it at the end.

You suspect that the one who ate the plums was Chu Yue Ying?

Chu Yue Ying only left the prison

because she started to suffer from migraines.

Even if she was cured from this ailment,

it will still affect her day to day life.

Yuan Zi once told me

Chu Yue Zhu once visited the Baiwei clinic for a migraine problem.

It seems the two of us has something to do.

Come with me.

Let go! I can walk myself!

No wonder she has fragile health.

This prescription is not suitable for her condition.

Inflammatory bowel disease...

This is the wrong prescription.

Dysentery that will help solidify the stool.

This prescription is right.

Uncle Wu, I asked you to see how many conditions Chu Yue Zhu suffered from.

Not which prescription is right.

As soon as I see a prescription I always out of habit see if it's right or not.

My Lord is waiting for my answer.

So today we must identify what conditions Chu Yue Zhu is suffering from.

Oh look at this.

You found it?

Does Chu Yue Zhu suffer from a migraine?

Not at all.

You sure?

Alright I will go find My Lord.

Thank you Uncle Wu.

Alright.

Cai Yu.

Ran Yan got someone to see if I suffer from a migraine.

She may have discovered that I, the elder sister is not dead.

To stop her from investigating further,

we must shut her up.

Who are you? Let me go! Let me go!

Stop!

Someone asked me to deliver this letter to this official.

Thank you! Thank you My Lord!

Ran Yan is at Ling Yuan mountain.

She is in danger.

The fragrance from Delphinium flowers.

How are you?

Fortunately this saved me!

Who captured you?

I do not know, he ran off!

It cannot be Cai Yu!

You are still thinking of him?

It's been 7 years.

He has died 7 years ago! Yet you still cannot forget about him!

When can you look at me properly?

I am your husband!

I am the person who truly loves you!

I will never abandon you.

I will always protect you.

And be by your side, do you understand?

Yue Zhu (I) am feeling unwell,

I wish to rest.

[Cai Yu]

You abandoned me back then.

But why did you come back now?

Fox, are you sure this is Cai Yu’s body?

What happened?

Lord Liu was attacked, he has an injury in his left arm.

He said Cai Yu attacked him.

Could Gai Yu be alive?

This person has died many years ago.

It's impossible to identify him.

It seems like...we must find another way.

I forbid you from hurting Dao Ran again.

If this happens again, I will report it to the authorities.

Yue Zhu...

I've been waiting for you for 7 years.

Why do you refuse to forgive me?

Why...

do you care about that Liu Dao Ran?

I got Sang Chen to recreate the appearance of this body using a mould.

Sang Chen, are you mistaken?

Isn't that Cai Yu?

You can insult my intelligence but not complain about my skill in sculpture

That's impossible!

Then if this body belonged to Cai Yu, who pretended to be him and attacked Lord Liu?

And is exactly alike to Cai Yu in appearance!

The scent on this handkerchief smells nice.

This is evidence do not touch it!

Where did you get this handkerchief from?

When you were in danger,

someone sent a beggar to deliver it.

Bai Yi.

The handkerchief is covered with the scent of Delphinium flowers.

When I was in danger by the cliff side, I was surrounded by these flowers!

That means the owner of this handkerchief

is someone who loves flowers!

Nonsense!

This is a man's handkerchief.

Could it belong to the killer?

Because he visited the Ling Yuan hills,

and accidentally was in contact with those flowers so the scent rubbed off him.

And someone hurriedly used their rouge to write this message on it before

delivering it to the Ministry of Justice.

We can prove that this body belonged to Cai Yu.

Then that Cai Yu Lord Liu ran into

is who?

Either Liu Dao Ran ran into someone else,

or...he is lying.

I seem to have seen the handwriting on this handkerchief before.

It’s Chu Yue Zhu's handwriting!

I've seen Liu Dao Ran use a similar handkerchief!

/ invited Lord Xiao here.

Chu Yue Zhu does not leave her home much.

If she had to send a message in a rush...

Liu Dao Ran?

Your Excellencies, Lord Liu left early, and is not back yet.

Did he tell you where he went?

Your Lordship he did not say.

My Lord, Liu Dao Ran is missing.

My Lord.

We could not find him.

Is Mistress Liu here?

She has always been in her room, never leaving.

To her room!

This way please.

My Lord this way.

Where is your mistress?

My Mistress...

is inside.

I am begging you stop committing crimes!

Hurry and leave!

They are searching for you outside!

I am not leaving! I wish to protect you!

I as your elder sister will always protect you!

My Lord there is no-one else.

Was there a back door?

Your Lordship there was no-one else.

Not right.

I clearly heard the voice of a man and a woman.

Where did you hid them?!

I do not know what you are talking about?

Stop acting pitiful in front of us!

You are merely the daughter of a minister from the last dynasty!

Miss Ran..

I have always treated you with kindness.

Why do you slander me like this?

Your kindness was merely a front.

You are..

a woman who killed your Father, Mother, sister and husband!

You deserve to be scolded and bullied!

No...

I do not wish to be scolded!

I do not wish to be bullied!

I do not wish to be scolded! Sister! Sister!

Help me!

I want to see which one of you dares to bully my sister!

Mistress!

Shut up!

It was because of you dratted wench

who made my sister suffer!

It was you who discovered that I sent someone to investigate you in the Bai Wei clinic,

that was why you tried to kill me to shut me up.

You woman..

Why do you have to do this?

You have to examine bodies to investigate the matter of the Chu family!

In order to protect my sister,

how can I leave you alive?! I will kill you now!

Let go!

You all bully Yue Zhu! I will get Cai Yu to kill all of you

You dare to bully Yue Zhu?

I will kill you now!

Let go of me!

What is wrong with her?

Chu Yue Zhu suffers from a mental disorder.

In the records, it says that when she was seven,

she was bullied in prison.

She saw her parents die and her sister pass away/leave.

Her weak disposition was completely traumatized.

She was afraid of being alone,

so she imagined herself to be her sister and Cai Yu.

And she kept switching her identity between herself, Cai Yu and her elder sister.

When she is not ill,

she is herself.

You should take your medicine.

I will take it later.

When she encounters something she cannot escape from, and wish to hide,

she will become her sister Chu Yue Ying.

When she needs to be loved,

she will become the Cai Yu who has died.

This is an illness similar to delusion of sight and hearing.

The Book of Divine pivot once noted that,*

In madness, ones sees things one should not

and hear things one should not and is in complete delusion

which will create hallucinations.

Causing her to be unable to accept the truth,

Making her believe that her sister and Cai Yu was still alive.

No...

They all exist!

I have seen them!

They all exist!

I do not believe it!

Then who is the killer? Liu Dao Ran or her?

It must be her.

This woman is cruel and heartless.

It must be her.

As she is the killer,

then throw her in prison and wait for her execution!

It is not her!

Yue Zhu.

Do not be afraid, I am here.

Just like 7 years ago,

when I first saw you.

I swore that

I will spend the rest of my life protecting you,

and love you.

But you have a....cripple by your side.

I hated her.

So...

You...

Yes.

I ordered my men to disguise themselves as bandits and killed his four subordinates

and then I locked him up in the derelict building and tortured him!

Then I abused my authority

and threw his family out of Chang'an and forced them to never to return!