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In 1915,

a family of four in Yangzhou

suffered a fire in which the parents and the youngest son were burned to death.

The fire started in the kitchen in the middle of the night.

The 9-year-old oldest son was not at home

and therefore survived the fire.

But he went missing after that.

I know.

Li Meng's hometown was in Yangzhou.

After leaving the mutual aid society,

he met Li Danyi who just lost his family

and adopted him.

Then he should thank Li Meng.

Why did he kill him?

Where is the fire's file?

Yangzhou.

OK, let's split up.

You contact Yangzhou first.

Ask them everything about the fire back then,

and don't miss any trivial detail.

What about you?

I have figured out about the Divine Rope.

I just need to go to the crime scene to confirm.

Once there is news from you,

come to the society's altar to meet me right away.

OK.

What about me?

Wait for me.

Don't gather here! Leave!

This is police investigation!

This is a holy place of our God's Message Society. No trespassing!

Do you know who I am?

I don't care who you are.

Guarding the holy place is our duty.

Do you know the Eight Martial Arts Masters in Shanghai?

Qiao Chusheng, Bold Liu,

Stammer Hua, Fat Qiang, King of Shoulder Pole,

Liu San, Axe Hong, Glasses Tao.

I know all of them. Who are you?

Nothing. I was just asking.

Please leave.

We won't let you come inside.

You have to be reasonable.

Do you know what sentence you will get for attacking a police officer?

Are you a police officer?

No, but they are patrol officers.

I can't stop them if they want to enter.

But I dare you to make another step!

So you just target me.

Arrest them all.

I dare you to arrest any of us!

Are you trying to outnumber us?

We have guns!

Actually we don't have guns.

Why not?

No one asked us to bring guns.

We were told to investigate the scene.

No need to bring a gun for that.

Just let me take a look. I'm begging you.

What do you want to see?

The God's Messenger was killed.

I want to find out the real killer

to revenge for him.

Master Li was murdered?

Yes.

I knew it!

Master Li was such a kind man with strong power.

How could it be condemnation of God?

Sir, you must avenge Master Li

and find out who killed him!

You can go inside.

Revenge! Revenge!

These idiots.

They still refuse to leave after they were bilked every penny they had.

Stupid and ignorant.

Find me a ladder.

Ladder?

Find a ladder!

A ladder! Get him a ladder!

Hurry up! Let's move.

Find a ladder.

I knew it.

You're awesome.

Mr. Lu.

What?

Every time you ponder in your thought,

and suddenly open your eyes

after a while,

that means you have solved the case.

It's not that easy as you described.

Actually we all respect you.

In the future when we're at a field invitation,

just leave those trivial no-brainers

to us.

You don't need to do it yourself.

OK, I'd like that.

What shall we do next?

Wait.

Wait for what?

Wait for the next time

I suddenly open my eyes.

What? There was something perplexing?

Okay. I see.

What did the Yangzhou Police say?

There was something perplexing with the fire.

It is said that there was evidence suggesting intentional arson.

According to the neighbors, the couple took in

a monk who came to their house asking for food.

A monk?

Could it be Li Meng who left the temple?

Very possible.

That fire was raging.

Then the fire went out and they went in to find the bodies,

but they only found bodies of the two adults.

They guessed the youngest son was so small

that even the bones were burnt to ashes.

This is so sad!

If the monk the couple took in was indeed Li Meng

and he was also the one who set the fire,

then he could

pretend to be a good Samaritan and adopt

Li Danyi who lost his family in the fire.

Li Danyi must have found something

during these years living with him

so he decided to seek revenge.

Let's go to find Silly Lu.

Where is he?

On the rooftop.

Over here.

What are you doing on the rooftop?

Sleeping. What did you find out about the fire?

Come down and then we'll talk.

No hurry. Find someone to bring some shovels.

Why?

Dig the sand.

Do you want to dig the whole pace?

The whole place over here.

What did you find?

The color of the sand looks fresh.

The pit is recently filled?

Yes.

What is this pit for?

Didn't you keep asking me

the role of the Divine Rope in this case?

So did you figure out?

In fact, how the rope works is very simple.

Someone hides in this pit beforehand

and then cover a

magician's box with a hole at the bottom.

Then the person hiding can manipulate the rope underneath

to make it upright.

The problem is that even if someone is operating it,

how could a rope stand upright

and support a person's weight who's climbing on it?

You have never seen a snake before?

I didn't know how they did it at first

until I saw a snake in the back kitchen.

A light broke in upon me.

Normally a snake looks soft and boneless,

but when it is going to attack,

it will suddenly stand up.

It is thanks to the special structure of the snake bone.

I guess this Divine Rope was inspired

by the structure of the snake bone.

Just add two wires in the rope.

When the operator tightens the wires,

the snake bone rope will become uptight and straight up.

And when he loosens the wires,

the snake bone rope will loosen right away

like an ordinary rope.

Then how do you explain

the clouds at the skylight

and the God's Messenger talked to God?

Just deceiving tricks.

There is a chimney on the rooftop pointing to the skylight.

As long as the boiler room is boiling water,

there will be a lot of water vapor gathering.

I also looked at the bricks on the roof.

One piece is particularly smooth.

Someone often stepped on it.

So, Li Danyi

didn't kill Li Meng.

That's why I asked you to check

what really happened in the fire

to see there was any other survivor

except Li Danyi.

If Li Danyi found out

a family member of his had been

locked in the backyard cellar all these years,

it was only natural he wanted to kill Li Meng.

Was it the youngest yon?

Didn't he die in the fire?

They didn't find his body.

The youngest son is likely to be still alive.

Li Meng locked him in the backyard cellar

learning how to operate the Divine Rope all these years.

Remember the hole in the cellar door?

It's just big enough to fit a rope.

Then

everything Li Danyi did

makes sense now.

He stole the Divine Rope

because he didn't want us to know

there was a person hidden in the cellar.

And he fled quickly

to make us think he ran away to escape punishment.

But there are so many homeless kids who are about the same age.

We don't even know what he looks like.

Where can he find his younger brother?

If everything happened is as we guessed,

I wish

they never get caught.

The God's Message Society has great influence.

One of their God's Messengers died mysteriously.

If we can't catch the killer,

I can't explain to my superior.

Do you know where the best place is to appreciate the moon?

What do you have in mind?

Find a place to drink tea and enjoy the moon.

Isn't it nice?

I heard you were brave today without us.

Who told you so?

The whole team saw it.

You confronted

so many believers alone.

And you even talked to them in underworld's argot.

I didn't!

Didn't you ask him if he knew the Eight Martial Arts Masters?

What?

If he didn't know, you could be an imposter as one of them?

You think I am so shameless?

I actually think

you can just hand in your application

if you want to be acknowledged as one of us.

If Mr. Bai accepts you as his disciple,

you will enjoy high seniority.

Forget it.

If my parents know I join the gangster,

they won't allow me to go home in my life.

Gangster.

I didn't mean that.

I mean with my character and ability,

I'm not good enough to be a gangster.

Today

is a day for reunion.

I killed him.

We all know

what happened to your family

and the secret of the Divine Rope.

You wanted to kill Li Meng to take revenge for your parents,

but you let your younger brother do it.

This is not something an elder brother should do.

What do you know?

When the God's Message Society was founded,

in order to get people

who were small enough to stay in a small hole to control the rope,

they stole children everywhere.

My brother was one of them.

Was the fire in your house

set by Li Meng?

Li Meng

thought my brother was the only child in my family.

When he was about to leave after he set the fire,

he bumped into me at the gate.

So he pretended to tell my fortune

and delayed my time of coming home.

My brother was

taken away by his associate at that time.

Later Li Meng became too old

so he wanted to pass on the secret of the Divine Rope to me.

It wasn't until then that I knew

there were so many children

who had been kept separately in a

four by four feet square cellar without any light in the past dozen years

to be their tool to cheat people for money.

Your brother was only three years old when they kidnapped him.

How did you know he is your brother?

I don't know.

But does it matter

whose brother he is?

What do you want to eat?

My treat.

How did you know they would appear by the river?

Take a guess.

It had something to do with your experience in the cellar.

Come out.

It's me. Hurry!

Come on!

Before anybody sees you,

run!

Where can I go to?

Do you remember where your home is?

No, I can't.

Do you have any place you want to go?

I want to see the sky.

To see the widest sky in the city.

The religion's case has been close.

The believers scattered, the game is as good as lost.

Such good business and it failed at final haul.

While they were searching his place,

we found a list of followers.

My people secretly destroyed it.

Get some new people, find a new place.

We'll do it all over again.

Yes, sir.

Don't make the same mistakes all over again.

Come on, get changed for me to take a look.

What are you doing?

I just bought it for you. I want to see if it fits.

What do you want anyway?

Go to my home for dinner tonight.

No.

I was scared to death by your father last time.

I will also be there this time.

He won't do anything to you.

I really don't want to go.

Your dad's gaze can kill people.

You owed him a favor for last time.

If it weren't for him last time,

you'd be still in prison by now.

If I go to dinner with you,

he'd think we're dating.

So?

He will force me to marry you.

So?

And if I refuse you,

he'd throw me into the Huangpu River.

So I am begging you to let me live for two more years.

Don't worry. Nothing will happen.

My purpose of going home this time

is exactly telling him clearly

we are just friends.

Really?

Really. Say it in advance

to save him from overthinking it.

It's more difficult to get out

if you delay such kind of thing and cause expectations.

Put it on.

How do I look?

If I didn't know your personality,

I'd probably fall in love with you.

Master, Miss is back.

Welcome.

This is a small gift from me.

Thank you.

Mr. Lu, please.

After you.

Mr. Bai hasn't started to eat yet.

Leave me alone.

Youning has been short-tempered since she was a child.

Mr. Lu, I apologize for her.

It's OK. I get along very well with her.

Today this is just a family dinner.

Let's forget the formalities.

Come on, dig it.

Mr. Bai, let me make a toast to you.

OK.

Here, Mr. Lu, cheers.

Cheers.

Few days ago, I was arrested by Inspector Qiao.

Thanks for your help.

Don't mention it.

Youning's friend

is my friend.

He is not my friend.

The two of us are just roommates.

No. Not a friend, but more than a friend.

Mr. Lu.

You must have a lot of friends.

Not many in Shanghai.

Any girlfriend?

What are you planning?

Mr. Lu is young and promising,

and a bachelor.

I want to introduce him a girlfriend.

What kind of good woman can you possibly know?

As a matter of fact,

I do know a few

ladies from high society who studied abroad.

Mr. Lu.

After dinner,

the chauffeur will take you home.

I'll go to the General Association of Zhejiang Entrepreneurs with Mr. Lu for two drinks.

I'd like that.

No way.

Why not?

Those women he knows will be bad influence to you.

I don't think I need others' influence to do that

Cut the crap. You are not allowed to go anyway.

Youning.

You two are just roommates.

You don't have the right to control him.

Or are you…

OK, go wherever you want.

I wish you die at the bar!

Miss, you got angry again.

Your temper is hotter than your mother.

Mr. Bai.

It's getting late.

I am worried about

she walks on the street at night alone.

Go ahead.

Sorry.

I will visit you next time.

I can see myself out.

Ms. Wu.

What did Youning secretly talk to you about?

Miss said

you have a high blood pressure.

She asked me to

put less salt in your food in the future.

My daughter has grown up.

If you have a problem with your dad,

just piss off at him.

Why are you taking it at me?

And I went for a free meal

but I didn't get a eat a bite.

What did I do to deserve it?

Hey, say something. I am asking you.

Hey!

I…

Do you have a problem?

I was trying to save you!

I don't need you to save me!

My dad has his eyes on you.

what does it mean?

I guess

he wants you to join Green Dragon Gang.

Chusheng also said so earlier.

He told me to hand in an application

so your dad would protect me.

What did you say?

Of course I refused him straightaway!

Good. Stay away from them in the future.

I can't even go for free meals?

No, free meals corrupt you.

What about their small gifts?

That's even worse! People say yes to those they owe.

My father is not bad in his heart.

But he is by no means a good person.

Getting involved with him

never ends well.

I know, I know.

It's snowing.

It's so cold. Let's hurry back.

Are you hungry?

Why don't we go eat some Wontons?

You're paying the bill?

Let's go!

Does it still hurt?

Of course it hurts!

You have to pay me medical bills and expenses and loss of working time.

Ok. I can afford them anyway.

Then I might as well kick you one more time and treat the wounds together.

I…I am warning you!

Don't mess with me. I know martial arts!

Do you?

Little cripple.

Mr. Bai.

Don't worry, take care of your body.

OK, no problem.

I'll take them home for dinner when I can.

OK, goodbye.

That girl has an attitude.

Come on.

Finally, knocked before you came in.

I'm here to get paid.

What's wrong with your leg?

Someone hit me…

Got it. Suck it up.

[Invitation for membership]

Platinum Invitation Letter from Zhejiang and Ningbo Chamber of Commerce.

Mr. Bai has paid the membership fee for you.

I think I'll pass.

Why?

Youning said…

Inspector!

A mansion in Jufu Road caught fire!

Fire is fire department's job. Why me?

The one on fire is the Tan Mansion.

Gather the team.

Yes, sir!

[Invitation for membership]

Master is still inside!

Master is still inside!

Let's go!

It's too dangerous inside!

I need to save Master!

Let go of me!

Let go of me!

He, are you alright?

I'm fine, I'm fine!

But Master is still in the house!

I need to save Master.

Let go of me!

Master!

Master!

What happened?

You know the dead man?

Who is he?

A senior.

When I was younger

and didn't know any rules,

he taught me a lot of rules in this world

and also saved my life once.

If it weren't for him,

I wouldn't be still alive today.

Are you OK?

what's up?

I heard them say

Uncle Tan is dead?

Their house was on fire.

But we need to wait for an autopsy report to know the cause of death.

How did that happen?

Uncle Tan was the only one

who successfully retired from the mafia world.

Let's go to the office. I have something to tell you.

Who is the deceased person?

Tan Yixiong.

He once was a big name

in Shanghai's underworld.

He used to be the leader of Dongxing Division

of Green Dragon Gang.

The gang of Mr. Bai?

Yes, since Tan stepped down four years ago,

he retired and got out of the underworld.

How many people are there in his family?

There are three residents.

Mr. He the butler, and his girlfriend,

actually his mistress.

Her name is Luo Shanni.

I think she was a dancer in Paramount Hall before.

They were both at the scene of the fire that night.

And there is his youngest son.

but we still can't get in contact with him.

Does he have another sons?

Two, but both are dead.

How did they die?

One day

his two elder sons disappeared at the same time.

They thought they were kidnapped by Mr. Tan's enemies.

So they asked around

which almost caused a war between gangs.

But one night, to everyone's surprise,

the bodies of the two sons

suddenly appeared in Tan Mansion's pond,

both wrapped with waterweed.

It was a sensation at the time.

Mr. Bai paid huge money and invested his men,

asking the police to investigate everywhere.

But they didn't find the killer, not even a clue.

Rumors on the street was that

Mr. Tan did too many bad things in his days in the mafia.

It was retribution from heaven to punish him.

Detective Lu.

Is the time of death determined?

They got the body out and delivered it to the morgue at 6:30.

But according to the body,

the time of death should be

after half past three in the morning.

Cause of death?

Specific cause of death

needs further examination.

Then what are you still waiting for? Do an autopsy!

The deceased has a special identity.

Without his family's consent,

I dare not do an autopsy on him.

What are you afraid of? Inspector Qiao got your back!

He can't call the shot with this man.

You need to have Mr. Bai's consent.

This won't work.

Don't be a coward.

He was a man of our gang.

Even if he dies, we need to follow the rules of the gang.

Come on!

If he wasn't a member of Green Dragon Gang,

wouldn't you do an autopsy on him?

If he was working for Mr. Du,

and Mr. Du said he would not allow the autopsy,

we will also respect his opinion.

I think it should be murder.

Are you sure?

Not yet.

But it's normal for gangsters to be murdered, right?

But Uncle Tan already retired and gave up his old business.

If one of his enemies wanted to kill him,

they wouldn't have waited until today.

Maybe it was something he did before.

OK, since we are not allowed to touch the body,

let's go to the scene to take a look.

Why would you care so much about this case?

Didn't you say he saved your life?

You have to pay back this favor.

Thank you, Silly Lu.

I need an iron.

I'll buy you two.

Ok. I want a made in German one.

The Poland one always has a leakage.

There are several footprints from the yard to the pond.

There are also traces of the body being dragged.

But there is only a string of footprints from the house gate to the pond.

When we came here, there was only that strings of footprints.

Inspector.

Mr. Tan was wearing these slippers when he died.

There are five or six pairs of shoes of the same size in his room.

The footprints were left by this pair of slippers.

Let's go.

After midnight, the snow stopped, right?

It stopped before twelve o'clock at night.

Adou, step on the snow.

Interesting.

Why? Do you suspect there's something fishy with the shoe prints?

Just a suspicion. I need more time.

Where was his youngest son at the time of the fire?

If nothing else, he should be in an Opium den.

Stop smoking.

Chusheng, I haven't seen you in a while.

I heard that your career is promising.

Something happened to your family.

Did the old man and Aunt Luo get into a fight again?

Any bloodshed this time?

What are you doing?

Qiao Chusheng!

How dare you to disrespect me!

My father will kill you!

Yes, I went home last night.

Sometime around a quarter to nine.

Maybe nine thirty.

He was there too.

I didn't have a penny in my pocket.

I went home to ask some money from my father.

After getting the money, I went back to the opium den

and never left.

I did everything in there.

If you don't believe me, ask the staff working there.

Had Tan Xing returned home?

He had.

But he left immediately he got money.

About what time?

Should sometime after nine.

After he left,

Master cursed him for a while.

I didn't know how to calm him down.

So I just found an excuse

to slip back to my room and went to sleep.

What time was that?

Before half past nine.

Master was getting old.

So he slept lightly.

The two of us had been sleeping in separate bedrooms a long time ago.

I was a bit sleepy last night,

so I said good night to him.

When I returned to my room, it was nine o'clock.

At that time, were Master Tan and Butler He

still awake?

Yes, they were. I always go to bed early.

Staying up late is bad for women's skin.

I didn't know what happened that night.

I felt like I kept hearing caterwaul.

I woke up at half past five in the morning.

That pond has a lot of waterweed with a stinking smell of rotten fish.

But Master never let anyone clean it.

He always stood beside the pond in a daze.

I didn't feel right about the sight of it.

I was afraid something was wrong with Master.

So I hurried downstairs.

I was unconscious.

When I opened my eyes again,

I was already in the hospital.

For now,

there is no contradiction between the stories of the three of them.

It is also possible that they ganged up to make their statements tally.

Is the cause of death determined?

No one dared to do autopsy without your dad's consent.

This is a murder case.

Why do you need his consent?

After all, Uncle Tan was not an ordinary victim.

No matter how special he is, the Concession is not a place beyond law.

Silly Lu, if the coroner didn't dare to do it,

you do the autopsy!

How dare you?

Mr. Bai.

Mr. Bai.

Mr. Lu.

How is the case going now?

Still under investigation.

If you still can't find any lead,

just close the case.

Close the case? It just starts!

Tan's identity is special.

If you keep the case open for too long, I'm afraid there will be chaos in the underworld.

But…

understood.

This is a murder!

In what status do you terminate the investigation?

In what status are you asking me this question?

A reporter of Xinyue Daily.

Sorry, I never give interviews to the media.

Will it kill you to disobey him once?

Enough, guys. Just leave.

I call you here to inform you,

the case will be closed in three days

if no new clues are found.

What about his legacy?

If the deceased didn't leave will before his death,

after the case is closed,

the legacy will be assigned to his relatives according to law.

If there is a will, we'll just follow the will.

You bitch!

Let go.

Go ahead! Strangle me!

Even if you strangle me,

you won't get a penny.

This will is forged!

Forged by this slut!

I have Master's will

he signed and sealed when he was alive.

The three of us just opened it together.

Master's lifesaving of forty-one gold bars are

all stored in a safe of Jincheng Bank

Did he say who he left the gold bar to?

He left ten gold bars to me

as my pension to go back to my hometown.

The rest will

go to Luo Shanni.

Bullshit!

I will not acknowledge this will!

It's not up to you, this is legal document.

Moreover,

you suddenly appeared in this family only four years ago.

Who knows if you are really

Master's biological son?

You bitch!

This is the police station, not your home!

That's right!

Before coming to Tan Mansion,

you were just a rural boy.

What? Being called Young Master Tan for a few years,

now you forget how to respect your senior?

No matter how,

you ought to call me Auntie.

If Master was here,

he would have slapped you on the face.

You shut up, too!

Want to go to the jail again?

You are still here?

What are you planning to do?

You really want to drop this case?

Didn't Mr. Bai say

he doesn't allow an autopsy?

Why? I really can't understand this.

It's a superstitious taboo for mafia to be gutted.

Uncle Tan worked so hard for Green Dragon Gang for many years.

Mr. Bai just wanted to

leave him some dignity with an intact body,

The body might be intact,

but if he was really murdered,

do you think he can rest in peace?

Because of your inaction,

Uncle Tan will come to haunt you every night.

"I was murdered, I was murdered".

Ok shut up.

OK, let's go to his house again.

If I can find evidence that proves he was murdered,

you have to let me do autopsy on him.

OK.

Easy, don't shake the ash down.

My shoes are custom-made.

I waited for two years to buy them.

Watch out!

You did it on purpose!

Head injury or dirty clothes,

pick one.

Are you going to pay for my dry cleaning?

If you can solve this case,

I'll buy you a new set.

Rich man.

How much of your income is from government-paid salary,

and how much is dirty money?

Do you want to die?

Don't feel guilty.

Do you want to ask how much money you can make by joining the gang?

If I want to make money,

I would have worked in the government.

After I graduated from Cambridge

my dad asked me to work in Beiyang government.

I would get 800 silver dollars a month. But I said no anyway.

Why not?

I don't think warlords are the future of this country.

They will eventually die in the long river of history.

Who do you think is the future?

It's not you anyway.

Why did you fall out with your family?

I came from a family of scholars for generations.

In the early years, whey were royalists.

But then the Qing Dynasty perished.

Then they decided to love the people

so my parents sent my two brothers to Beiyang government to work

whether they wanted it or not.

I fell out with my dad

with the most important reason being

I am an outright egoist.

Self-interest is understandable.

Just don't hurt other people for your interest.

My dad always thinks that

in the troubles times like now,

we intellectuals

should devote ourselves to the public interests.

But in this country we are in,

the authorities change so fast and so frequently,

even if I want to devote myself,

I don't know who I should go pledge loyalty to.

That makes sense.

This is interesting.

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