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Episode 18

Whose house is on fire?

I don't know.

What's going on?

I didn't notice that.

Yeah.

That's my apartment!

Mr. Lu, you can't go inside!

You can go in there, Mr. Lu!

That's so pitiful.

Is his family still in there?

I think so.

Everything is burnt to ashes.

You cooked again without permission.

No. It wasn't me.

I swear.

But rest assured.

The fire fighters came as soon as the fire just started.

What about my room?

Everything is safe.

But got smudged by the smoke and ashes.

They might need some cleaning up.

Didn't I warn you before?

I'll pay the cleaning fee

and everything you lost the fire.

I wasn't talking about the money!

What if you were trapped in the house?

Were you going to use the water in your brain

to put out the fire?

Don't…Don't cry.

Here.

I am not crying.

Wipe your face.

You look like you were digging coal.

Leave me alone.

It's so cold outside.

Where should we stay for the night?

Sleeping on the street?

Let's go to a hotel.

You have the money for it?

You didn't bring any money with you?

I don't have any money at all.

Or

we can go to your home to stay overnight.

Your dad…

Don't mention my dad!

I'd rather freeze to death

than let him laugh at me.

Have you heard a Danish fairy tale called

"The Little Match Girl"?

Once upon a time,

there was a little girl with her head filled with nothing but water.

She was straying on the street covered with snow and ice.

So she could only

sell matches while blowing her nose.

Master, there is news from Shanghai.

How did it go?

Young Master declined

the job of teaching at St. George University.

Why?

Young Master Qian didn't say.

He just asked me to tell you that

Young Master is doing well there,

so you don't have to worry about him.

He's gone too far on the wrong path!

Not that serious, I hope?

Zhiqing?

Yes, it's me.

Are you available recently?

Can you go to Shanghai to do me a favor?

Sir.

Let go of me and stand by.

Sir.

This place is so deserted.

I'm afraid you might be in danger.

Under broad daylight

what danger can there be?

I heard

this pagoda is haunted.

Well, it is just a hearsay.

Haunted?

Do you know who the ghost is most afraid of?

The wicked.

Sir!

Don't you go with him?

He just told us to stand by.

You can follow him if you want to.

How much did he drink?

At least 400g of rice wine

last night.

Now he is emboldened by the wine,

I don't have the guts to stop him.

Why don't you

come up with me and take a look?

You go first.

if anything happens, just give me a shout.

I will keep the engine running here.

OK.

Who is it?

Stop pretending to be a ghost!

Show yourself!

Mo Lan?

Are you a human or a ghost?

Sir!

Sir!

Sir!

Morning.

Did you two sleep here last night?

There was a fire at our apartment.

Fire?

Then why not go to the hotel?

We didn't carry any money.

Go home then.

Someone didn't want to go home because her brain is filled with water.

Then do you want to fresh up now

or to investigate the case first?

What case?

The Vice Principal of Shuren Middle School

died of a fall at six this morning.

Suicide or what?

We're not sure yet.

So hurry and go to the scene.

I can't.

We both have to go to the building materials market to redecorate.

then we need to clean up the aftermath of the fire.

Leave it to me.

I'll find someone to clean up for you.

I'll also pay for the redecoration.

The case is the priority now.

Just a vice principal of a middle school,

why is his case worth so much to you?

Shuren Middle School is a prestigious school

Many of the student parents are powerful or wealth people.

Ding Rongxian, the vice principal of a school,

he knew more mafia tycoons than I do.

You want to go out like this?

Right, I forgot.

Do you have a toothbrush, towel or something here?

No.

Lift it.

It must be very profitable to be a principal.

His outfit is worth my income of six months.

Don't take pictures. Nevertheless, he was an educator.

It's not appropriate.

This pagoda…

This pagoda was built in the Song Dynasty.

It has suffered many floods

but it is still standing so far.

Why did that principal

come here early in the morning?

His secretary said he received an anonymous letter before.

"Six o'clock tomorrow morning, Yuning Pagoda. Be there or be square."

And he actually showed up as the letter asked?

Early in the morning, in such a spooky place,

going up there alone?

How bold was him?

They said he drank all night at Baxianlou Restaurant last night.

He could barely stand when he was finally out of the restaurant.

I suppose it was Dutch courage.

Why here?

What's the special significance

of this pagoda for him?

Five years ago Shuren Middle School organized a spring tour.

There was a stampede accident.

A little girl fell off the pagoda

and died on the spot.

How do you know that?

You forgot?

I am a reporter.

Free fall.

There are no signs of dragging the body.

Suicide?

No way.

How can you be sure?

Shuren Middle School

will hold an election for the next principal next month.

Ding Rongxian was sociable and of complex background.

If nothing else,

the principal's position was his.

So?

So, also his son was born last month.

He was over the moon.

Was there any reason for him to commit suicide?

How do you know that?

I am a reporter.

Explain nicely.

I have a friend who is a teacher at Shuren Middle School.

Do you even have friends?

So gloomy.

How many haunted ghosts must be in this pagoda?

Do you feel that?

No.

Aren't you afraid of ghosts?

That kind of ghosts in a school uniform floating in the air,

with hair fluttering.

Although this pagoda was built in the Song Dynasty,

it is open to tourists all year round

so there can't be any cultural relics here.

Even if you spook me away,

you won't steal anything valuable.

I..

Is it so obvious?

Duh!

What's on this wall?

It looks like blood.

Architectural painting with the color of blood.

It was freshly painted.

This color is meant to drive away evil spirits.

Witnesses also claimed that

the dead heard the sounds of an explosion

and girl's crying on the pagoda.

Ghost of female student!

Revenge of wraith!

Here comes the title of my article!

There's heavy smell of sulfur.

And these residues.

They are all explosive residues.

What about the sound of girl crying?

Mostly likely the wind.

Most ghost stories were born this way.

The pagoda has been renovated.

These are not Song Bricks at all.

Let's go home.

Hello, my name is Lu Yao.

Nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you.

Are you OK?

I was in a hurry and fell when I came here.

It's just a scratch.

What's your name?

My name is Xie Zhen.

I was the secretary of Vice President Ding.

I am also one of the witnesses at the time of the incident.

What is the income like

being a secretary?

It's okay. Enough to support my family.

Then do you usually have

the so-called off-the-books income?

Well…

Everyone wants their children to enter a well-known school.

How much is it

for a student to get enrolled while they shouldn't have the right?

Mr. Lu,

I am just a secretary.

Even if what you said did exist,

I don't have that power in my hand.

If that's the case,

why did you leave the driver there

and came file the case on your own?

Because I get dizzy when I see blood.

After seeing the principal 's body,

Suddenly my legs felt weak.

Fortunately, Mr. Xie was beside me.

It was the first time I saw so much blood.

My head went blank.

Xie Zhen took the initiative to report the case.

No. I was so dizzy

that I couldn't even drive.

So Mr. Xie had to hail a rickshaw

to the police station to report the case.

After that

did you see any suspicious person pass by?

No.

But Mr. Ding shouted some before he died.

"Mo Lan, are you a human or a ghost?"

Who is Mo Lan?

That is a long story.

Tell me about the anonymous letter.

He received the letter

more than a month ago.

Mr. Ding didn't pay attention to it.

But he drank some wine yesterday.

Emboldened by the alcohol,

he wanted to see who the person was.

The driver and I wanted to follow him before he went up the pagoda.

But he wouldn't let us.

How was Vice President Ding like?

He was kindly and straightforward.

He had many friends from all walks of life.

How much off-the-books income did he have?

Mr. Lu.

I don't know how to answer your question.

I am just a secretary.

Then

Have you heard of a torture-rack?

What do you mean?

If you play dumb with me again,

I'll find someone to torture you until you talk.

Salim!

Yes, sir!

Take him away

and put him to the worst tortures!

Are you sure?

Drag him out of here!

Let go of me! I can walk on my own!

What is this?

Inspector Qiao.

To punish him. His order.

Let go of him!

Wait!

He is the reporter, not the suspect.

Torture him? Is there any evidence?

What do you think a police station is?

I was just kidding.

Not funny.

Anything else do you want to ask him?

If no, I'll release him.

You're getting cockier with each passing day.

Sorry for that.

You can go now.

It's alright. Thank you, inspector Qiao.

Go.

There must be something fishy with this dude.

His uncle is Hu Zhuxuan.

I just wanted to scare him a bit.

You almost scared me to death.

Can you use a brain

before you are about to do something?

Grab a bite. You can work after that.

No, I haven't written any article a week.

They'll deduct my salary if I don't give them anything.

Shuren Middle School paid

the dead girl's family a pension

and then fired Ms. Mo Lan, one of the teachers who led the students that day,

to allay people's anger.

The driver mentioned her before.

Is she your friend?

Of course not.

Mo Lan was the school's librarian.

She jumped off the Yuning Pagoda and died a month ago.

Didn't you say it was a female student who jumped off the pagoda?

A schoolgirl died in the stampede accident.

The teacher jumped off the pagoda.

Are you having a low blood sugar again?

Before he died, Ding said,

"Mo Lan, are you a human or a ghost?"

Maybe Mo Lan is still alive.

She is really dead. Salim collected her body.

The autopsy report clearly stated that she's dead.

And I saw the body with my own eyes.

Her twin who revenged her sister?

We checked the household registration.

Only child of her family.

Then right after the twin sisters were born,

they were taken away and raised separately.

After they grew up

they bumped into each other on the street

and learned the shocking truth!

If she wrote a novel,

it should sell well.

The information says

Mo Lan was very introverted

and had a tendency to commit suicide.

After the suicide, the school was afraid the family would look for trouble,

they gave them money to prevent them from talking.

That's weird.

After the stampede event

the school's attitudes towards the two teachers

were completely different.

Mo Lan was fired.

Ding Rongxian was not even suspended.

Instead he was promoted step by step.

Three people died

during such a short period of time,

this Shuren School is an ill-boding place.

I'll make a long story short.

Mo Lan was introvert.

She should be more suitable for administrative work.

Why did you put her

in charge of external lending?

Mo Lan had a serious tendency of depression.

I was hoping she could meet more people,

or even better, to make friends.

Is Mo Lan in the photo?

Yes.

This is her.

Everyone was wearing white clothes.

Why was she alone wearing green clothes?

Mo Lan

worked hard.

But she could hardly take care of herself in life.

She washed her clothes of different colors together.

So her white clothes were dyed by green clothes.

I tried to tell her this was no OK,

but she cried in her room for the whole night.

So I had to let her be.

She didn't change her clothes all year round.

Her socks were not paired.

She often wore a

weird hat when she went out.

Her colleagues

would hide from her.

There is a woman called Zhu Yingjiang.

Does the name ring a bell?

Zhu Yingjiang?

I really don't remember.

I had asked around before I came.

This Zhu Yingjiang has been here complaining at least three times.

Every time you received her in person.

But I…

You can either tell me the truth,

or go back to the station with me.

There they have a lot of ways to get you start talking.

Fine.

I'll talk.

Before Mo Lan's death,

Zhu Yingjiang and her husband

went to the library several times

making a scene.

They said

Mo Lan was the murderer of their daughter.

I almost crashed because of this.

How did the school resolve this matter?

What else could we do?

We gave them money.

Later the school decided to fire Mo Lan.

I didn't want to

but my hands were tight.

I could only let her go.

After Mo Lan left,

Mr. and Mrs. Zhu never came again.

OK.

Do you have the address of the couple?

This is a gynecological clinic.

The andrology clinic is next door.

Police.

We're here to investigate a case.

What case?

Do you know Ding Rongxian?

Of course I know that scumbag.

He died this morning.

Really?

Yes.

Six o'clock this morning,

he fell from Yuning Pagoda and died.

Good, good.

This is great!

Great

Xiaoya…

What is she murmuring?

Something about divine justice.

There is divine justice after all.

Where were you at six this morning

and doing what?

Why? Do you think I am the murderer?

You have enough motive to kill.

That's right.

I dreamt of killing them both.

Mo Lan, Ding Rongxian.

They were incompetent teachers.

God punished them

and let them fall off one by one.

Unfortunately

I couldn't

revenge my daughter myself.

I was at the farmer's market this morning.

I left home at 5:30 in the morning and returned at 7:00.

My neighbors could be my witnesses.

Where is your husband now?

Casino

That's his home away from home.

The little money the school paid us

after Xiaoya's death

was all lost by him on the gambling table.

Thirty one, thirty one, thirty one!

Thirty one, thirty one!

Thirty one, thirty one.

When was the last time you exercised?

Rest assured.

I will definitely catch him.

I'll go back and issue a warrant right now.

What is his charge?

Suspected of intentional homicide.

But he had been gambling from the night before to just now.

Never left the casino.

Then why did he run the moment he saw me?

Don't forget,

other than an police inspector,

you have another identity to them.

H thought I came as a loan shark.

You surely look like one.

Casino staff all said

he hasn't eaten, drank or slept for two days.

But you still didn't catch up with him.

Good for you.

Why didn't you say so earlier?

Wouldn't it nice for you to exercise for a while?

I…

Inspector, take a look.

Falling from height

caused multiple organ damage and death.

He did die from falling.

It matched the two eyewitness's story.

Skull fracture, brain contusion,

intracranial hemorrhage, and severe brain stem damage…

This shows that he was unconscious when he fell.

So he landed on his head.

Yes.

If you fall while you're in your senses,

the most severe damages will be the shattered limb bones.

Why?

You…

What are you doing?

Nothing.

I wanted to show you.

Show me?

If people run into danger when they are awake,

they will extend their limbs to protect themselves.

This is human instinctive reaction.

So if he was awake

when the fall occurred,

fractures of limbs should be the most severe.

Run some blood tests

to see if the deceased had been poisoned.

Ok I will get it as soon as possible.

One died in a stampede accident.

Two responsible persons died one after another.

Between these three deaths,

there must be connections that are still hidden.

The dead schoolgirl's family members made a scene in school

try to get more money.

After the school paid them the money,

it fired the female teacher involved in the accident.

But it didn't punish Vice President Ding.

I can't understand this matter.

How about

you go to school

to investigate the stampede incident

and I'll ask around

to see who made the trouble go away for Ding Rongxian?

Why not just ask the principal directly?

You think he dares to tell you?

This Ding Rongxian had gang backgrounds.

Someone must get his back.

Mr. Lu, this way, please.

I'm sorry about what happened last time.

It's alright.

But it really scared me.

When I got home, I had nightmares for several nights.

I was just kidding. Please don't take it personal.

I heard your uncle is a big name.

My mother died early

I was her only child.

My uncle has been taken care of me all these years.

But as you can see,

I am not cut out for the underworld.

Did your uncle have any dealings with Ding Rongxian?

Not that I know of.

No.

My uncle was a senior in the underworld,

but he retired a long time ago.

He rarely receives visitors.

I'm here this time

to know more about

the stampede accident.

I was not there that day.

The two teachers who led the students

had died one after another.

What about the students?

Yes.

Liu Xinxin.

Sir.

Come here.

She and the dead girl Xu Xiaoya were classmates.

She was there when the accident happened.

She knows better than anyone.

If you have any questions, just ask her.

Thanks.

You're welcome.

OK, Mr. Lu, I have a meeting.

Excuse me.

What happened that day?

Don't worry.

No matter what you say,

it stays between us.

I just want to know

what happened that day.

Xu Xiaoya was your classmate, right?

You don't want a girl who was still so young

died without anyone knowing what happened, right?

Mr. Ding the Vice President is dead.

Really?

He fell off the Yuning Pagoda and died this morning.

So you don't need to worry about anything.

Tell me everything you know.

I promise you no one can hurt you.

At that time, Miss Mo Lan and Mr. Ding

had a fight over whether going into the pagoda or not.

No, Mr. Ding!

This pagoda is too high.

There might be some accident when kids chase and fight.

They are already 11 or 12 years old. What can possibly happen?

These boys are at the naughtiest age.

In case something goes wrong, who will take the responsibility?

I will.

You are too cautious.

Mr. Ding!

Fine, you stay here.

I'll take the kids up.

Hi guys.

Who wants to climb to the top of the pagoda with me?

Me, Me!

OK, see? The minority shall obey the majority's opinion.

Follow me.

Let's go.

Follow me and watch out!

Did you hear that?

"Monkey King fights with demons"

"Monkey King fights with demons"

Liu Xinxin.

The clothes you wear today are so pretty.

Go away.

Don't touch me with your dirty hands.

Ghost!

After the accident,

Mr. Ding talked to us one by one.

And so…

And so

you all lied.

He would kick us out of school

if we didn't listen to him.

A few students wanted to tell the truth at the beginning.

But they were followed by someone

on the way home after school for days.

Everyone was scared.

Then he was just threatening you guys?

He didn't promise you anything?

He promised when we graduated,

he would get some places for us to

go to top universities without taking the exams.

That's a human life we're talking about!

Sorry. I didn't want to either.

Next time when you encounter similar things,

go home and talk to your parents first.

I did.

My parents didn't dare to let me tell the truth.

My family is poor.

It was not easy for me to get admitted to Shuren School.

If I was expelled from school,

my life will be over.

Ding Rongxian

was the main person in charge for the stampede.

Is there any evidence?

One of the students has confessed to me.

You believe in a kid?

Take a closer look at Ding Rongxian's testimony.

Mo Lan led the team to go up the pagoda.

Then he suddenly saw Xiaoya's shadow

falling off from the pagoda.

He was at the bottom of the pagoda at that time.

Do you still remember the structure of Yuning Pagoda?

it is in an octagon shape with nine stories.

The floor area is gradually decreasing from bottom to top.

One window per floor.

First floor on the north side, second floor on the south,

third floor on the west and fourth floor on the east.

I seem to understand what you're getting at.

Xiaoya fell from the fourth floor of Yuning Pagoda

with window facing east.

It was four in the afternoon.

The sun came in from the west.

If he was really at the bottom of the pagoda,

Xiaoya's shadow was blocked by the pagoda.

In other words, he couldn't have seen her shadow.

Yes.

In order to shirk responsibility,

Ding Rongxian swapped his position with Mo Lan in his side of story.

But why didn't Mo Lan say anything after she was framed?

She was an introverted girl

who knew nothing but reading.

He used a stick-and-carrot policy on her.

She didn't know what to do but to plead guilty.

No wonder when I asked around, I learned

Axe Hong of Zhabei

once led his men to follow Mo Lan

for several consecutive weeks.

What are you waiting for? Arrest him!

Your friend again?

Former colleague.

Then I'll go arrest him.

Forget it, I'll do it.

He is a villain.

Inspector Qiao.

You do make a rise in your life.

Now you even arrest me.

Don't get me wrong.

I asked you to cooperate with the investigation of a case.

If I remember correctly,

old Zhabei is not your territory.

You need to have Uncle Lin's permission if you want to arrest me.

I asked, he told me to "do it by the book".

So what's your relationship with Ding Rongxian?

Old friends.

He was a vice principal of a middle school.

Why were you friends?

You know my son is a stupid kid.

He couldn't get into a good school on his own.

Mr. Ding helped me a lot.

Since we became friends,

I needed to return the favor when he needed me, right?

So he asked you to follow Mo Lan?

Just following.

Nothing else.

I didn't bother to ask

what they had against each other.

We agreed

I would only scare her

to keep her mouth shut.

You also know

my style of doing things.

If I really wanted to do something to her,

I wouldn't leave any traces behind.

But Mo Lan

jumped off the pagoda and committed suicide.

She was not tough in mental quality.

This is not my fault.

Didn't you do similar things a lot

when you were younger?

I am gonna kick your ass!

The autopsy report came out.

Look directly at the book in front of you.

Page 1,546.

The seventh entry

"Quinine can also inhibit myocardial contractility

and increase uterine's rhythmed contractions".

I don't understand.

You don't understand?

Among all the people involved in this case

who is possible to possess a lot of quinine?

We're one step too late.

I got sloppy.

When we came last time she said she was shopping at farmer's market

with witnesses.

Is this drug so toxic?

If you take quinine

for more than four grams in one day,

it can directly damage your nervous system

and cause the retina blood vessels to constrict.

Your field of view will narrow

and it can also cause phenomena such as diplopia and amblyopia.

You mean

Zhu Yingjiang poisoned

Ding Rongxian in a chronic way.

And then when he ascended the pagoda,

he suffered a sudden optic neurasthenia

lost his bearing, and fell off the pagoda?

But there is a problem.

How did she control the time of poison taking effect?

Ding Rongxian's sudden blindness broke out exactly when he was up at the pagoda.

This timing is just perfect.

What you mean is…

Let's go to Ding's house.

This is my husband's medical records.

They're all in here.

Three months ago

he had a fever.

He had been to Southeast Asia once

and had a fever after returning back to China.

I accompanied him to St. George's Hospital.

He was diagnosed with malaria.

The doctor prescribed a lot of medicine and he didn't finish them.

I haven't brought myself to throw them away.

What's in it?

Quinine.

So the quinine in Ding Rongxian's body

was normal residue from his medication.

If that's the case,

why would Zhu Yingjiang run?

Where are you going?

Something might happen!

Let's go!

Buddhists said

the one who committed suicide shall never reincarnate again.

I don't care.

My daughter died.

My husband only comes home for money.

I'd rather not see him though.

He beats me up every time he sees me.

With such a life,

what's the point of staying alive?

You stayed alive

to find justice for your daughter.

Thank God.

Ding and Mo Lan who were responsible are dead.

There was only one responsible person.

What did you say?

Investigation showed

Ding Rongxian should

take full responsibility for the stampede incident.

Although he is dead now,

his reputation is still intact.

Don't you want to wait longer

to see the day he is discredited?

I can't wait for that day to come.

You can see that day for me.

You think your daughter is dead,

you'll be set free once you commit suicide, right?

But Mo Lan was innocent.

She was harassed by you all the time,

who didn't know the truth at all,

until she finally jumped off the pagoda and died.

It's safe to say you have direct responsibility for her death.

Ding was the arch-criminal and the rest of you were all accomplices.

What are you saying?

It's not like it…

No…

You don't have the right to die yet.

If you still have a hint of humanity,

you should hang in there.

You are not allowed to die until

you use your lifetime to atone for your sin.

What are you up to recently?

Writing some articles.

Articles?

This painting is good.

What took you so long

I was working on the case.

Is it closed?

Nope.

Then what are you doing here?

The exhibition is not important.

There is a buffet party here.

You can leave after you are full.

You still have a little conscience.

What's the fun with this stupid exhibition?

Look at this.

It's not impressionist

while also not an abstract work.

This is a mess and a waste of paints.

Let me introduce you two.

This is Mr. Gu Weiyun.

These are his works.

Pardon?

This is Mr. Gu Weiyun.

These are his works.

Mr. Gu, right?

Yes.

Lu Yao.

Nice to meet you.

Mr. Lu,

if you have any thoughts about my works,

you can share with me bluntly.

No, it's the first time I came to an art exhibition.

I just made some casual comments.

It's OK.

Please feel free to say anything.

I can stand it.

The biggest feature

of this work is the adoption of

color red of different shades

to render the atmosphere of the entire work.

In people's stereotypes

red represents enthusiasm and excitement.

But your work

just gives the viewers a completely opposite emotion.

It speaks peace, calm

yet still fascinating.

Don't you think it's shameful to try so hard

to get free food?

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