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[Ancient Detective]

[Episode 3]

This morning,

you felt that you were at a disadvantage.

You wanted to get away from being a suspect,

so you attacked Zhan Shiqi together with the others,

even though you've never suspected her.

It's not like I had a choice.

My master cared the most about Hanyue Villa's reputation.

He was like a father to me.

The thing that he is concerned about the most...

is also what bothers me the most.

I see.

Young Hero Jian,

since you had already noticed something was off,

why didn't you mention anything when we were at the ancestral hall?

Because I had a doubt.

Only you and Second Master Li know the martial arts of the broadsword.

However, isn't it too obvious to kill people using this martial move?

I doubt it's that simple.

Someone is trying to imitate you and frame you for this offense.

That's why you've been protecting Zhan Shiqi

and hid the truth about the sword wound.

You're a real detective.

Mr. Jian,

thank you for keeping it a secret.

Please accept my bow.

Brother Hua Yuan, that's what I should do.

Hero Hua, I kept my mouth shut to avoid unnecessary disturbance.

A sword wound isn't enough to solve the case.

As a detective, before finding out the truth,

I can't jump to any conclusions.

Please rise.

Thank you.

Let me be alone.

Brother Zhao, let's go.

Brother Jian, do you think that probably...

Hua Yuan and Second Master Li wanted to avenge the late Eldest Master Li,

and that's why they killed Ah Jie?

If that really was the case,

the best option for Hua Yuan was to kill us both to cover it up.

I don't know martial arts and you have no weapon.

Why does he want to wait until now?

Don't you think so?

You're right.

Brother Zhao,

out of so many good weapons,

why are you carrying a big sickle like a farmer every day?

I don't know what is on your mind.

I like it heavy.

I feel better when I brandish it.

It's the best choice for me after much consideration,

so I just use it.

BrotherZhao, it looked like someone just was here.

There's no one here. You must be mistaken.

No. I saw someone just now.

Let me ask you something.

You really don't know martial arts?

This...

I really don't know.

My father told me when I was young,

there are all kinds of experts in this martial world.

They are good at swords, daggers, or cudgels.

None of them are as good as your father's Acupoint Technique.

I was thinking you knew it.

To be honest, the Acupoint Technique of Shenji Valley,

I've practiced a little.

Really? Please teach me.

Brother Zhao. Brother Zhao.

Jian, are you joking?

Can you stop joking with me?

I haven't practiced it for a long time,

so my skill has turned a bit rusty.

Regarding the specific reason,

I'll tell you tonight.

I think you really don't know about it.

I don't have to fight anymore.

I'll make some good wine and food tonight.

Let's talk while we drink.

Okay.

Brother Jian, it looks like your Acupoint Technique is working.

Brother Jian, come back to save me.

- Brother Jian. - Enough, stop pretending.

Miss Zhan, what brings you here?

I didn't say anything during the day.

Are you here to kill me?

I came because there's something I must tell you.

I've figured it out.

Someone was trying to kill me, right?

You're right.

It's not hard to guess.

We have a murder case here.

My job is to find out the murderer.

He definitely won't let me off.

My father wrote these in his notes before.

The closer you are to the truth,

the closer you are to death, as well.

Hence,

he told me that a detective must learn martial arts.

How's your practice going, then?

I don't know martial arts,

but I won't die.

There's always someone who wants to know the truth more than I do.

They'll do everything they can to keep me alive.

I'm not interested in the truth.

Then, what are you doing here?

I'll leave after asking you a question.

Please ask.

Why did you save me today?

I'm just doing what I want to do.

Now, I'm going to do what I have to do.

Miss, what are you doing?

He is here.

Who?

The one who wants to kill you.

The murderous aura has vanished. He must have gone far away.

Miss Zhan, you're injured.

Take a seat.

Let me get you some medicine.

Did you see him?

No.

He didn't want to kill you. He came here to kill me,

and he was using a sword.

Right, he has great swordsmanship.

Who knows how to use a sword here?

He keeps quite a low profile.

Forget about him. It's more important to treat your injury.

What are you doing?

I'm burning my wound to disinfect and stop the bleeding.

I have a better idea.

Sorry, I'm sorry! I didn't do it on purpose.

I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

I'm so sorry.

The bleeding has stopped.

I can't believe you know this.

I don't know martial arts.

But to survive in this martial world,

I have to be good at some other skills.

Speaking of which,

how did you know that someone wanted to kill me?

As an assassin, I'm sensitive to any murderous aura.

This morning, at the ancestral hall... and Ah Jie's room,

I felt some strong murderous aura.

It was coming for you.

You lured them away from Ah Jie's room...

because you wanted to protect me. Right?

As a detective,

if you know the truth, you must reveal the truth. Right?

You've been following me all day, haven't you?

What happened to your shoulder?

It's fine. It's an old wound.

Let me see.

This is a serious injury.

When did you get it?

Before I came here.

As an assassin, I've gotten used to it.

This is not a big deal.

Your wound is infected.

It might be a bit more painful than just now.

Bear with it.

Does it hurt?

My name is Zhan Shiqi.

I'm an assassin.

I've been trained diligently on assassination skills at Ten Killing Gate since young.

I am no different from other assassins.

I've forgotten who the first person I killed was.

But I remember my first stab,

the moment when it accurately stabbed the sword into my target.

I realized that...

when fresh human blood splatters on your arms,

it is as hot as boiling water.

Slowly, I realized,

I'm different from them.

I don't like to wear black.

I also don't like hiding in the dark.

I used the money that I earned from killing...

to buy colorful clothes and beautiful accessories.

They fill up in my room.

I just don't have the chance to wear them.

What I fancy and what I hate,

made it hard for me to blend in with anyone else.

Anyway, after one of the missions,

I ran away.

No matter how painful the wound,

- I won't shout. That's the life of an assassin. - It's of no use. Traitors will only have one outcome: death.

Even though, I've always thought...

how nice it would be to have fair and smooth skin.

Zhan Shiqi, you will spend your whole life on the run.

What's the point?

You don't understand.

I don't know how long I can hide in this villa.

I don't know how long they can live in this martial world.

All I know is that I'm Zhan Shiqi,

and I want to be a woman.

Why did you come to Hanyue Villa?

I heard that there was a competition here.

Everyone knows that...

there's Yan Mountain in the north and Hanyue in the south.

No one dares to simply trespass.

I took the opportunity to participate in the competition...

so that I could hide here and wait for my recovery.

But you are more injured than before.

It's almost done.

Brother Jian, look!

Brother Zhao, why are you here so suddenly?

Why is there no one in this room?

Brother Jian, I've got something to ask you.

Tell me the truth.

Go ahead.

Do you like Zhan Shiqi?

I...

- What's wrong with you? - You're done!

You hesitated. I was right.

Brother Zhao, you have misunderstood.

There's nothing between us.

Just now, someone wanted to kill me, that's why she came to my room.

You don't even know.

The way she looked at you wasn't right.

She looked at me in that way because I know she is an assassin.

She was afraid that I'd expose her identity.

No, the way she looked at you, it was definitely something.

Then...

I got it!

Because she is an assassin,

it's normal for her to have sharp eyes.

She has sharp eyes? Nonsense!

The way she looks at us is sharp.

The way she looks at you,

that was soft and gentle.

It was like she wanted to throw herself at you.

What? Throwing herself at me?

I don't know martial arts.

Why would she want to do so?

Brother Jian, that was a scary idea.

Do you know how handsome you are?

Don't blame me for not reminding you.

This female assassin is not easy to deal with.

Brother Zhao, she saved me.

I should repay her kindness.

It's good that you are grateful,

but this is a dangerous martial world.

If you're not careful enough,

your chastity will be gone.

What chastity?

You don't know?

Brother Jian, let's do this.

I'll sleep with you from now on.

I'll guarantee your safety.

Okay.

You sleep with me, then.

But you have to promise me one condition.

On what condition?

Don't say anything about Miss Zhan any more.

The chicken is cooked. Let's eat some chicken.

Brother Zhao, I'm serious!

The chicken smells so good!

Brother Jian, let's eat the chicken!

- The chicken smells so good. - Brother Zhao, you...

- It smells good. - Brother Zhao.

What are you doing?

Let's eat. One's already done.

Brother Jian, please sit.

Come on. We have wine and meat.

Brother Jian, you promised to tell me a story tonight.

Please tell.

It's a long story.

Everything should begin from eight years ago and

the tragedy of Shenji Valley.

The tragedy eight years ago that you mention...

is the Battle of Shenji Valley?

You know it, too?

Of course, I do.

That was the biggest mystery in the martial world.

Brother Zhao, give me a bowl of wine.

Come on.

Nonetheless,

all I've heard is that...

a devil came from a foreign land back then.

He was called Ban Jiang Ku Ye, Wang Hua.

He had slaughtered people throughout the whole martial world.

In order to defeat him,

famous heroes from all around the martial world had joined forces.

But none of them made it back.

In the end, the owner of the valley, Jian Jinhuan,

died together with this devil.

Were you in that battle?

I was there,

but I can't remember anything.

It is ironic.

I experienced that myself,

but I don't know much more than you guys.

Why?

Because on the day of the incident,

I heavily hurt my head and lost all my memories.

What happened that day?

Why did Wang Hua want to wipe out the Central Plains?

How did my father and those martial arts experts fight him?

Why don't I know any martial arts?

Why was I the only one who survived?

I know nothing about this.

Then, you came here to see Second Master Li...

because he can help you to regain your memory?

He can't help me regain my memory. I came for him...

because he fought in that battle, as well.

All the martial arts experts whom my father had invited,

most of them had died in Shenji Valley.

Rumor has it that only four people survived.

Second Master Li of Hanyue Villa was one of them.

Another one is Master Bai Caozhe from Yan State,

Handy Tang from Changle Casino,

and Chief Wang from Santong Security Escort。

The four of them are still alive.

So I came here for Second Master Li to ask him about the tragedy.

He told me that, after the competition,

he'd tell me everything.

Where did you learn your detective skills?

It's a long story.

Brother Jian, don't beat around the bush.

This good wine and food are served to you for your long story.

- Come on. - Come on, Sister.

Come on.

- Come on. - Come on, Brother Jian.

Bottoms up!

Tell us.

All my memories started under that big tree.

Eight years ago, when I woke up,

I realized that I couldn't remember anything.

My whole body was riddled with injuries.

My head hurt.

I was very scared.

I didn't know why I was lying there.

I wasn't sure if someone was going to kill me at any time.

Suddenly, I found that...

I was holding a piece of jade with the word, Jian, engraved on it.

I started walking aimlessly with it.

Then, I passed by a village.

I heard the villagers... were talking about Jian Jinhuan of the Shenji Valley,

and how he fought Wang Hua and they died together.

I was too hungry.

I ran into the kitchen.

Once I filled my stomach,

I had the energy to face things that happened after that.

Then?

I found Wang Hua's body in the kitchen.

He looked weird.

His hair was red and he didn't look like someone from the Central Plains.

It was him...

who killed my father.

He killed so many heroes in the martial world.

When I saw his dead body,

I wasn't so scared anymore.

I was filled with anger.

I wanted him to die one more time.

So, I picked up a wooden bucket and hit him hard.

That's when I realized that I didn't know martial arts.

What did you do to him after that?

I beat up his dead body...

until I was exhausted.

Then, I disposed of it in the forest to feed the wolves.

So you got all your family background information from the villagers?

I found a notebook in my father's study.

There was an Acupoint Technique martial art book as well.

I learned the detective skills from my father's notes.

Your father was good in both literature and martial arts.

Luckily, all those were not lost.

Because only as long as I've learned all those skills,

will I be able to continue to look for the truth.

What about the Acupoint Technique?

It was your father's specialty.

I didn't master it.

Why?

I tried to learn it according to what my father wrote,

but my brain hurt like it was fried.

It has always been like this for the past four years.

So in the end, I thought, possibly because my brain was seriously injured,

was why I couldn't practice martial arts anymore.

It isn't a big deal.

But in the fourth year,

from my father's letter,

I suddenly realized that I made a huge mistake.

A bigger secret was hidden.

It was also because of this mistake,

I decided to leave the valley...

to seek the truth about the past.

Was there something wrong with your father's death?

It was the opposite.

There was something fishy about the death of Wang Hua.

Do you remember the strange red-haired corpse, which I mentioned just now?

The Devil Wang Hua?

No, he wasn't.

He was the Western Region Master invited by my father.

His name was Nuo Xie.

He was a good man.

After this incident,

I searched through my father's letter again.

I cross-referenced all the bones again.

But I still didn't find the owner of the Black Sword,

which is the real body of Wang Hua.

You mean, Wang Hua is not dead yet?

I'm not sure.

But it is also what I suspect.

Because I think what had happened back then,

wasn't that simple.

That's why I came to ask Second Master Li about the details.

With enough evidence,

I'm unable to continue my investigation.

It's actually good to forget.

It gave you a chance to choose again.

You're right.

When Wang Hua's matters are done,

I should start thinking about my future.

All right. You two shall stop talking about this now.

Brother Jian, you're a detective,

so I'm sure you'll get to the bottom of this.

Come, let's drink!

Come, Sis believes you, too.

Come on!

I just want to have a drink.

What's going on?

It's about to rain.

Let's go back to our rooms first.

Okay.

Let's move.

It's a real bummer.

My chicken!

Are you satisfied?

What are you doing?

You only know to eat.

Let's go!

Bad news!

Senior Brother is dead!

Bad news!

Bad news! Senior Brother is dead! Bad news! Senior Brother is dead!

Senior Brother is dead!

Bad news! Senior Brother is dead! Bad news! Senior Brother is dead!

Is there anyone?

Hurry up! Senior Brother is dead!

Over there!

Drop the axe!

Why do you let him go there?

Mind your own business.

It'll be good if he falls down.

Fall down.

Fall down.

Not bad...

This...

He was here this morning.

Why did you make such a joke so early in the morning?

No, he was here this morning.

I was fixing the fence here this morning.

When I was fixing the second stick, I saw Senior Brother was lying there.

He was covered in blood! I saw it clearly!

There was a broadsword stabbed in his waist.

Where is his body then?

Would someone have moved it?

Where could it be moved to?

I know it.

After Hua Yuan killed himself,

he knew we would be here to take a look.

He was ashamed to face us.

So, the corpse came back to life and ran away?

How could a corpse run?

A corpse can't run?

What about that zombie? Did it come in a horse carriage?

They're not the same. The corpse came back to life.

What's the difference? They're all corpses.

Hua Yuan wouldn't commit suicide,

and his corpse wouldn't come back to life.

Even if he was murdered, then he should have appeared at...

Something is up! Come with me.

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♫ Are you just going to leave like this? ♫

♫ The rain is falling on the dimmed beach ♫

♫ The birds have also stayed put ♫

♫ It’s as if the tears of the sky ♫

♫ have seen the dusts of time ♫

♫ I want to see your place ♫

♫ Are there lies and indebtedness there? ♫

♫ I only want to embrace you and say “Goodbye” ♫

♫ When can I see your smiling face again? ♫

♫ Without you, it is bitterly cold ♫

♫ Imprisoned in between the mesh of light and darkness ♫

♫ The everlasting smile that you left behind ♫

♫ is like the galaxy twinkling ♫

♫ I will never stop loving you ♫

♫ The yearning left behind is all in my mind ♫

♫ After a rain, the light of the morning sun is bright and colorful ♫

♫ That’s you ♫

♫ it’s also me when I see you ♫

♫ I can say “goodbye” to you every day ♫