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These Qian Nui guards excel at martial arts,

yet they were all killed.

It seems our opponent is quite powerful.

One fatal strike to the neck.

It seems the Huoqi alliance is here too.

Huoqi alliance?

Could it be the best assassin in the Huoqi alliance,

Li?

The Huoqi alliance support the overthrown Sui dynasty.

They appear and go mysteriously andlhave eyes everywhere.

Surely they did not appear at a time like this for the Pearl of the Marquis of Sui?

Guards!

Search all the shops and homes around this area.

Yes!

Move it!

-Over here! -This side.

Open the door! Hurry up! Get out!

My Lord.

My Lord there is just us two elderly people.

I really do not know.

I did not hear about it.

My Lord.

We could not find it.

Is there anyone else close by?

There is an ancillary building in the west, belongs to the Ran family.

Ran family?

Yesterday night someone was hiding inside your carriage.

But that person did not leave the carriage and be inspected by any of us.

So could that person be related to yesterday’s murder case?

Who is it?

Open up! The authorities are here to investigate a case.

Your Excellencies, what brings you here?

We are searching for a wanted criminal.

W-What c-criminal?

My Miss has already fallen asleep why don't you come back tomorrow?

Do you want to be taken away?

I don't want to drag you in this.

You've already done that!

Get in, I'll handle it.

You cannot enter my miss' bedchamber!

You will ruin her reputation!

My Lord!

Surely you are not pressurizing me to become your personal medical examiner in my home?

The two of you...

Fox.

I am here...to see..

to see if you’ve secretly taken a bite of hidden food?

Xiao fish, this is my land, I am in charge here!

Even if I secretly ate some hidden food, surely it has nothing to do with you?

Present.

Yes!

Xiao fish! This is my house!

This man...he...

He caressed you!

It's poke! Not caress!

Miss Ran.

I did not expect you to like bodies so much.

I do not like bodies, I just like to search for the truth!

Don't break any of my jars.

These are priceless skeletons, aged anything from thousands to tens of thousands of years.

Why did it fall? Did you do it?

It was clear you dropped it.

My Lord, no-one is in the backyard.

Xiao fish! Xiao fish! That’s my room there!

I'm an unmarried woman! As a minister how could you...

That is mine!

That's something my late Mother left me!

Hurry and return it to me! Hurry and return it! Hurry!

Become my personal medical examiner,

and I'll return it to you.

I will never sell my...

Myself.

Then I will help you keep it for now.

Bai Yi, withdraw.

When you think it through,

come and find me at the Qingli brothel tomorrow at 5pm.

Wan Lv!

Dratted girl, where did she run off to now?

she will feel refreshed from head to toe.

Miss, are you awake yet?

Surely she's not sleeping still?

I have never allowed a woman save me.

I wish to repay this debt.

When you run into danger,

just release this smoke messenger.

Miss!

Why did you not answer me if you're awake?

What is that?

Did you make the jaggery soup?

Every time I don't make it for you, you hit me.

Hurry and buy the groceries!

Miss, what's wrong?

You were the one who examined Liu Can's body?

Who are you? What do you want?

What did you discover on his body?

Liu Can was strangled.

Nonsense! You clearly found a metal needle on the top of Liu Can's head

That is the confidential, how did you know?!

Could you...have spies in the governmental office?

If you tell us frankly we will let you go.

Or else..

This woman is mine.

I am here to repay my debt.

Close your eyes, don't move stay within that circle.

I do not owe you anything.

In the future if I see you again, and you hurt my interests,

I will kill you.

M-M-Miss!

Miss.

D-Did you kill someone?

Miss! Miss!

Wan Liu, go and report it to the authorities.

Tell them..

Someone attacked your Miss,

and a masked hero

What masked hero? Was he handsome?

Was he gentle and clothed in white, or manly and dressed in black?

He was..

I didn't see it clearly.

Miss!

You only know to bully me.

Why is there a leafy cricle on the ground?

Where did all these leaves come from?

My dear leafy, who killed you?

This subordinate was unable to get any information about Liu Can from Ran Yan,

please forgive me Master.

His etiquette is of those from the palace,

could these people clothed in black be from the Palace?

That Xiao fish is the waste amongst human waste.

A human beast.

When he speaks, he is aloof and puts on airs. He's the sort that will not spit out bones if he was a cannibal.

Every time he ridicules me he plasters a fake smile.

He is a hypocrite who is the exact opposite to what he pretends to be.

But why did I hear from Wang Lv that he is handsome,

But why did I hear from Wang Lv that he is handsome, full of grace, has a dignified aura

and there are few men who can match him-in beauty.

That is because Wan Lv is someone who is sheltered.

Girl.

Say you've been studying my profession with me for over a decade right?

hasn't it because you hope to re-investigate the body one day?

Don’t glare at me.

As you wish for it, why don't you try it?

Now there is such a good chance in front of you.

There is such a handsome man who is inviting you, a girl to examine a body,

and you will be paid too.

What is that?

T-this is completely...

Adding chilli to white wine,

a blind mouse managed to catch a rat,

such a coincidence.

Who are you calling a rat?

Xiao fish.

That’s more like it.

Give me some wine.

You always come and talk to me.

Those who know it know I am your master.

Those who don't know think you are my Master.

When you talk to me, you are so disrespectful don't even use courtesy words.

Say, are you unsatisfied with me?

My disciple is like my daughter, I am willing to go for my daughter.

Uncle Wu, remember.

In your left hand is real wine.

Don't worry.

I am so clever, if Miss became drunk she will be in a drunken fit.

Girl.

I'll be frank with you.

No matter how annoying, how overbearing that Xiao fish is,

but he's a court official.

Do not upset him.

Besides...

if you truly have the chance to encounter different bodies and

investigate their deaths

isn't that what you wish to do all this time?

Indeed that's what I've wanted all this time.

Actually I know that the ones in the medical profession,

is an lowly profession.

Anyway I have taught you everything I have.

Everything else, depends on you.

Ever since my Mother passed away

my Father and that woman locked me up in the ancillary building

So many years have passed,

I do not even know where my Mother is buried.

There is not much of the money I earned from examining bodies left.

I fear...

I will never be able to find my Mother's burial site.

You will find it, definitely.

Master.

I know,

you are the person who treats me the best in this world.

Although I have not done much good

and always cause trouble for you,

but don't worry,

if one day someone dares to bully you,

even if I lose my life I will protect you.

Pretending to be dead?

Scared me to death!

The murderer is amongst these people.

Do you know who it was?

The killer...

Is her.

Give me a reason.

Yesterday it rained all day.

Although the rain stopped at dawn.

but when I passed by the entrance of Qingli brothel

I noticed lots of puddles of water.

anyone who came and left Qingli Brothel will pass by that puddle?

But your shoes are very clean.

Which means...

this pair of shoes never left Qingli brothel.

And you only changed into those shoes after arriving at the Qingli brothel.

You told her to disguise herself as the killer

in order to test me?

The killer probably hid himself...

the roof of the pagoda Liu Can was in.

The killer used a special crossbow to murder Liu Can.

When everyone's attention was on the fact that Liu Can was dead,

killer quietly made their way into the river, swam to the shor and changed into the clothes they left there beforehand.

The killer was one of the guests

or perhaps one of the Qingli brothel workers.

All the musicians and dancers are suspects.

My subordinates investigated all of them, they all like Ning Xiang.

If one of them discovered that Ning Xiang died a mysterious death,

perhaps one of them will seek revenge for her.

There's the murder motive.

Musician Cui Mei was on break on the night of the murder

but caught a cold in the process.

She is my prime suspect.

It seems you do know what to do.

It seems you are quite satisfied.

Satisfactory.

If I guess correctly, you came on my invitation

because you agree to my demand.

Your request!

I have a body for you to examine.

Wait.

Although I agreed to your request,

I will examine every body you ask me to, I have conditions.

Your pay will be full to the penny.

Not only money, there’s something else!

First, one body, 100 coins.

If the complexity increases, pay is increase in ...

How can we distinguish if it is difficult or not?

I'll help you distinguish it.

Secondly, bodies that I examine,

I forbid anyone from getting telling me what to do

especially.... Lord...Xiao.

I clearly wrote Xiao fish!

Do not change my words!

Thirdly I need my own examination room,

And you must prepare a set of tools I need.

That's no problem.

Fourth, I will examine it when I'm happy,

and not examine it when I’m not happy.

I can withdraw anytime,

it all depends on my will.

This contract is not fair.

You find it unfair? I am very sorry then.

I'm unwilling to do it.

I must be at the scene when you are examining the body.

You don't trust me?

I trust myself more.

To make it convenient to examine these bodies, I want to freely come and leave the offices.

This is a seal of the Ministry of Justice.

Also do not request anymore conditions.

I know my position. Hurry and sign it.

It seems you're quite satisfied.

Satisfactory.

Can we start now?

You..get out.

I go everywhere my Lord goes.

Lord Xiao...

Bai Yi, you leave first.

Yes.

Can we start now?

This is..

Mer...man..

I am always serious when I have walk to do.

I do not like jokes.

I made this incense with Atractylodes lancea and Gleditsia sinensis.

used to get rid of the smell of the decomposing body.

I do not have time to joke around and poke fun at Your Lordship.

He died the same way as Liu Can,

a metal needle was inserted into his skull too.

His name is Ahmoli, he is...

recognize him.

When Liu Can died, he was quite anxious.

Which means...

ttie two of them knew each other long ago yet pretended not to.

You’re responsible for investigating the case, my role is to just examine him.

What do you mean?

Don't you know someone must make a record

This strangulation wound is exactly the same as Liu Can's.

The body is still in rigor mortis.

From his facial expression and the way his hands are,

he seems to be suffering from some pain.

His chest is bloated, there should be some fluid inside,

he probably suffers from asthma when alive.

There is a white foamy fluid inside his nasal cavity.

Help me turn him over.

And pull away his clothes.

I will now cover his back with white vinegar

in order to see any bruising there.

I can see large patches of cyanosis,

His chest is bloated, he struggled painfully whilst he died,

Struggled painfully whilst dying?

That night, I saw him looking around on the bridge,

he was in no mood to see the sights.

A shadow suddenly appeared inside the boat.

After Ahmoli saw it, his expression was quite strange

and started to struggle.

and then collapsed onto the ground.

During the time of the 6 kingdoms, heartbreak grass managed to make it's way into the country,

and was later known as opium.

Those addicted on it, if they do not have a dosage of it,

they will be in immense pain.

He takes opium?

That’s right, opium!

a s soon as Ahmoli collapsed, I immediately headed to the boat.

But the shadow had disappeared without a trace long ago.

What about that shadow?

How can it run so fast?

Have you noticed the riverflow?

The river water seems to be moving a little quicker over there.

That is because there is a hidden river passageway there.

My guess is the shadow knew long ago so it escaped in the over of darkness.

When Ahmoli suffered from withdrawal symptoms,

that metal needle was shot at him.

From the way Ahmoli knelt onto the floor as he died,

that metal needle was shot from the roof.

Which means, at the time the killer...

was hiding on the roof.

The killer was clearly pretending to be a ghost in the boat,

how did they manage to get on the roof?

If it was a ghost, it is possible,

but if it was a person,

it's impossible for them to achieve that in such a short time.

There were two killers.

One pretended to be the ghost of a dancer attracting everyone’s attention

The other...

was on the roof, committing the murder in the chaos.

Why were you at Ahmoli's murder scene?

because at the Gurenlai inn, the culprit, returned a room there to the state Ning Xiang's room was in at the time of her murder,

After Liu Chan died,

I found the first notice of dead in the lantern of the pagoda.

Before Ahmoli died,

I found another death notice in the fake Ning Xiang’s room.

There was no color on each of the notices.

if there was a 3rd victim,

this 3rd death notice,

where will it be?

Liu Can died because of a needle to the skull,

Ahmoli also died from a needle to the skull,

could...

Come and help me out.

Help me hold down his head.

You can do it.

Don't you want to find a new lead?

I..

Does this count as the 3rd notice?

[The merchant head]

My Lord.

My Lord from my investigation,

merchant's head is a famed major supplier of opium in Suzhou

The government has been alerted about him long ago, but it's a shame we haven't been able to capture him.

But I received news that

there will be someone with the nickname Mister Six

who will trade opium with him in the south gate on the streets.

Guest, enjoy.

[South gate]

Please get in the carriage, the one with the keepsake.

If you wish to see the Head, you must be blindfolded.

-My Lord. -My Lord.

Follow that carriage.

Follow them!

Yes!

What are you doing?

Searched them all, His Lordship were not in the carriages.

Team leader Bai, that Dalasha ran off!

Master six, we finally meet again.

They mistook me for Master six.

I can use their plan against them.

This is a rather unique way of welcoming your guests.

I hope Master Six will accomodate us for this.

May I ask Master Six, are you a cold one (Minister) or an empty one (outsider)?

Using the code of the Jianghu to ask if I am a court official or an outsider.

it seems they do not trust this Master Six entirely.

I am one of your own.

As I expected one of our own.

Good.

Do you want to go up the mountain or to clean your teeth?

I am a man of course I have to go up the mountain.

As for mouthwash..

That is a drink for women.

Take Master Six up the mountain!

Master Six please.

As chief you do not trust me, Master Six,

then let's forget about this trade?

How much do you want?

I will take as much as you've got.

If you chew off more than you bite,

I worry you will not be able to digest it all.

The highest quality.

Master Six you come from a quite good background.

Deposit, 10,000 taels.

5000.

-9000. -5000.

Bring the items here.

The highest quality.

Final price, 8000.

As Master Six showed me so much sincerity,

then I will give you that face.

As expected, you are so accomodating.

I hope our partnership will be fruitful and long.

I am looking forward to it too.

As our trade is sealed now why don't....

As our trade is sealed now why don't...

we amuse ourselves?

Alright! For amusement!