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EIGHT TREASURES The eight Chinese treasures are: dragon's pearl, gold coin, lozenge, mirror, stone chimes, books, rhinoceros horn, leaf

EPISODE 14 MESALLIANCE

It's barely dawn, and you're already up.

Good morning, Uncle.

What's on your mind?

I'm trying to understand a message.

Do you think spirits can have the same level of intelligence they had in life?

I can't give you an unequivocal answer to this question.

This is a first for me.

A spirit keeps showing me a symbol I can't figure out.

And yesterday he took us to the place where we found some unknown person.

He must have despaired and proceeded from symbols to actions.

What's not to understand?

I think it was a regular thief.

Everything is regular and ordinary with you, Anton Andreyevich.

Who else? The servants left, the house is sealed off.

Have officers examine the house, see if anything is missing.

Right.

Good sirs, is the owner at home or away?

I have a letter for him.

Give it here, I'll pass it along.

Go on, we're the police.

Thank you.

To Mr. Bryzgalov Ignatiy Petrovich 11, Vsesvetskaya Str., Zatonsk From B.S.

Any other father would have cursed you a long time ago.

But I want you to be happy.

This is Naila.

Ekzam-apa's daughter.

Look what a beauty she is.

She is good-tempered, too.

She will make you a good wife. - Father.

Don't.

Damn you and your mulish stubbornness, Arslan!

Go to your room!

You'll stay there until you start seeing sense again!

You're going to Rybisnk, to stay with Natalya Parmenovna.

I am not going anywhere!

How do you not understand that you can't stay in town in disgrace?

There is no disgrace on me!

Fine, if you don't want to go to your aunt

you'll sit in the house, locked up!

Good day, Maria Yevmentyevna, Boris Pavlovich.

Anna Viktorovna, I'm so glad you have called on us.

Perhaps you'll manage to talk some sense into her.

Ignatiy, this is too much. No more money for you.

Leave me alone once and for all.

This is blackmail.

Pure and simple.

And a new motive for the murder, Yakov Platonovich. Who sent it?

No return address. Only the initials: B.C.

It is immensely curious, reading letters addressed to dead people.

Well, Mr. Bryzgalov will certainly leave this B.S. alone now.

But we won't.

I wonder what I can do for you...

There is nothing to be done now, Anna Viktorovna.

I don't want to live without Arslan Ali.

Hush, stop, what are you saying?! You have everything ahead of you.

Things will change a hundred times over.

Can you get a note to him?

I can.

This is the last one.

How did you find the house?

The furniture has been moved around, the mirror is broken, he was probably careless.

No valuables are missing,

I dare presume the visitor was looking for something specific.

For that very letter, perhaps.

I suppose.

There's no denying it.

Yakov Platonovich, look.

Who is this?

Bryzgalov.

No. Who is the other man?

Bogdan Savelyev, a local merchant.

To my dear friend Ignatiy, a token of friendship. From B.S.

He has a house with a balustrade.

Go see him, find out what kind of friends he and Bryzgalov were.

Don't forget the letter!

I'm going to visit the Kaysarovs

and find out who has bought their harness recently.

Well, Aleksey Yegorovich, do you have any information for me?

The only places Viktor Ivanovich visited all day

were the courthouse and the bakery on Polkovaya street.

What time was that?

Around five.

He returned home around midnight.

Maria Timofeyevna, I must confess: I lost him.

I dozed off in the sun.

Some sleuth you are.

I hope he didn't notice you.

This is out of the question.

I'll do better, I promise.

I am relying on you.

Head of Investigations Department too see you, sir.

Good day, Bogdan Silych.

Anton Andreyevich. To what do I owe the honor?

Something happened to a friend of yours.

Mr. Bryzgalov was murdered a while ago.

He has not been my friend for a long time.

But you used to be friends?

Yes.

Why did you stop?

Just stopped.

People... change, you know.

However, I have every reason to believe he was blackmailing you.

You wrote this, didn't you?

Yes. I won't deny it.

When did it start?

Several years ago.

I thought everything was settled but

a couple of weeks ago, he started demanding money again.

If only people knew how dangerous it is to indulge blackmailers.

Let me be the judge of that.

Of course.

So, did he set up a meeting?

No, he sent a letter demanding 400

which he told me to leave in the specified place.

I did all that.

But he wrote to me again a week later.

And you replied what?

That he wouldn't get any more money.

We read it in your letter.

It was delayed at the post office and

we got it after Bryzgalov's demise.

Did you keep the letters-- the old letters where he demands money?

Yes. Here's one.

I must say, Ignat has become much better at spelling over the years.

Where were you the day before yesterday and yesterday?

At home.

Interesting. Is there anyone who can confirm this?

Of course. My wife, my daughter. The servants, at the very least.

Well, I won't take up any more of your time.

Goodbye.

Oedipus the King!

Perseus and the Gorgon Medusa!

Ivan the Terrible Killing His Son!

Othello! Othello and Desdemona.

Yes, yes. Bravo, bravo!

I adore charades!

Well, it's your turn now.

- Our turn? - Yes, yes.

Anna Viktorovna.

I'm ready.

He is so nice, this Kliuyev of yours. God willing this will work out.

Oh, Sasha, knock on wood.

Well, what are we showing? Romeo and Juliet or

Andrey Petrovich, I wanted to ask you a favor.

Go ahead.

Marfa Muromova gave me a letter to pass to Arslan Ali.

But my showing up at the Kaysarovs will be suspicious.

Could you visit them?

Say, under the pretext of looking for a horse to buy...

and quietly slip the letter to the young man.

Of course, I can do it.

- Really? - Of course.

To be honest, I feel so sorry for this young couple.

What can you do? The world is always unjust to people in love.

Yes, but we can fix it, can't we?

There you go.

Are all your buyers here?

Yes.

All buyers over the last three months.

Do you need more?

No, this will do fine.

Help yourself.

Thank you.

How is your son?

He refuses to eat, two days now. I don't know what to do.

Go easy on him.

Do you remember this one? Vlas Stepanov.

You must remember him. He bought harness from you a week ago.

No, I can't, not offhand.

It was the first time he bought from me.

Interesting. Why you of all people?

Because my goods are the best in town.

He has been released from prison recently after doing time for a murder, and

he's on our surveillance list.

And he doesn't own horses.

Do you think he could have strangled Mr. Bryzgalov?

It's not impossible.

Can I take this?

Vlas Stepanov, open up!

Open the door!

Surround the house!

Stop!

Stop, Vlas!!

Stop!

You won't jump far enough to make it to the next roof!

It's either hospital or the precinct now,

but it's going to be the precinct after hospital anyway!

Good morning!

I slept so little last night.

- Is the coffee hot? - Of course.

Viktor Ivanovich, a messenger is asking for you.

- For me? - Yes.

Excuse me.

What messenger?

He has brought a cake from the bakery on Polkovaya Street.

Go ahead.

- Is something the matter? - Just a minute.

Go.

Ladies.

Mashenka...

For so many years you have been filling my life with love and happiness.

And, most importantly, with meaning.

Oh my God... Vitenka.

Well... I'm sorry, my darlings, but, unfortunately, I have to run.

I have so much to do in town.

The bakery on Polkovaya Street.

What?

Bakery... on Polkovaya Street.

Innocent? Innocent, he says!

Why didn't you open the door? Why did you run?

I was afraid.

Weren't you afraid to strangle the second guild merchant Bryzgalov with your harness?

- What harness? - Horse harness!

What merchant?

The harness you bought from the Tatar horse-breeder Kaysarov.

Read this, if you don't remember. Can you read?

Why me? Why not all the others?

You--

You are the only one of them who doesn't have horses.

And you don't work anywhere.

What do you need harness for?

Answer.

Fine, I confess. I killed him.

But why?

What were your reasons?

Mr. Savelyev told me, so I killed him.

What did he promise you in exchange? How much did he pay you?

He promised me a job.

How did you know Bryzgalov wouldn't be spending the night in his house?

- How could I have known? - That's what I'm asking, how did you know?

Savelyev told me.

Good day. My name is Andrey Petrovich Kliuyev.

I am new in town and I've been told you keep the best trotters.

It's true.

Would you like to see them?

Be my guest.

Not only do we keep the best trotters in town, sir.

We also have the best harness, saddles...

We can arrange a ride, if you wish.

Anton Andreyevich, what is the matter?

Why was I dragged here under escort, like a criminal?

I demand an explanation.

Bogdan Silych, we were able to detain a runaway convict...

One Vlas Stepanov.

And he confessed to killing Bryzgalov.

Congratulations, gentlemen. Only what does it have to do with me?

Stepanov said he had done it at your behest.

But he's lying.

It's not true.

However, you did have a motive.

Bryzgalov was blackmailing you, you told me that yourself.

Me and my big mouth.

And now I'm done for...

But believe me, I didn't ask him to kill Ignatiy!

Of course, he was a scoundrel, but I'm not a murderer!

Your witness is lying.

I did not expect you to confess immediately anyway.

Take the arrestee away!

It's a good trotter. The best, right?

A very nice one, yes.

You like the price, too, don't you?

Not the price, no.

Ha! A competitive spirit!

We'll bargain, yes?

No more than half of it.

Thank you for the tea. Goodbye.

Andrey Petrovich, I'll throw in the best harness, completely free of charge!

I'll show you, just a moment.

I still don't get it, Yakov Platonovich.

If Savelyev planned to have Bryzgalov killed, why did he send the letter?

It's evidence against him.

Yes, you're right, it was an odd thing to do.

As always, I kindly ask you, dear heart,

leave 400 roubles for me at the same spot.

Marfinka, my angel,

I am sending you a brooch, a gift for my love,

and my love for you is great and forevermore...

...my dear heart.

Anton Andreyevich, don't you think these letters...

were written by two different people?

Andrey Petrovich, good day.

The assignment is completed, Romeo has received the letter from his Juliet.

Thank you.

Not at all, I was glad to help the desolate lovers.

Oh, have you heard? Bryzgalov's murderer has been found.

Oh?

As it turns out, it was one Savelyev, a local merchant.

Bryzgalov was blackmailing him and he hired an ex-convict to assassinate him.

How strange.

Do you find this odd?

No, I was just thinking about something personal.

You know, Andrey Petrovich, I have a night shift tonight.

So I'll go now, excuse me.

- See you. - See you.

What do you want from me?

Stop it.

You know what, I'm sick of you. Enough!

Tell me, good man, have you worked here long?

Well, six years, going on seven.

- Do you get paid nicely? - Yes, sir, yes I do.

Not much though.

Say... the gentlemen who just walked by, have you seen him here before?

Yes, sir, yes I have. He comes here for business every day.

He's gambling here, isn't he?

No, it's the other joys he's enjoying here.

He visits a young miss here.

And he pays for her apartment.

How is the patient in Room 5? Is he asleep yet?

Yes, I gave him a morphine injection, and he fell asleep.

Good.

You must rest, too. It's late.

Doctor, doctor, quickly!

What is the matter?

Oh God! Stretchers, now!

Doctor, save her, please!

- Come on, come on! - What's wrong with her?

Veins, she cut her veins...

She's lost a lot of blood...

My girl... - Go, go, go!

Doctor, please, she's my only daughter, please, save her!

I'll do my best.

Doctor, doctor!

What happened?

Stretchers!

Anna Viktorovna. Camphor, please.

I'm coming, Doctor.

Aleksandr Franzevich...

Do you think we'll pull them through?

Of course, they have lost a lot of blood.

But they are young and strong.

Let's hope so.

What happened here?

I never left the house, watching him, and I still missed it.

Here. Someone passed him a note.

My love, we can't be together.

Remember our vow? God willing we'll meet on the other side.

Wednesday, midnight. Forever yours, M.

Did your daughter write this?

Yes, this is her handwriting.

How is she?

Your daughter is alive.

But she needs complete rest, she's staying in the hospital.

Thank you, Doctor, thank you.

And my son?

Your son is alive, too. He is conscious.

Is something wrong?

What are you looking at?

I think I got it.

Marfa...

Where is Marfa...

Where are your thoughts, son?

Open your eyes.

Look at me.

Priest...

What? You meant mullah.

No. A priest.

I am Christian.

You are no longer... my son.

I'm going to ask you to leave.

The patient needs rest.

Good morning. How are you feeling?

Thank you. Do you know how Arslan Ali is?

He's alive and he's recovering, so no need to worry.

However, I have something serious to discuss with you.

You extorted Mr. Savelyev.

Don't deny it, I know it's the truth.

You imitated the handwriting well, only made a couple of mistakes:

You wrote a letter in your usual way, curling it downward instead of upward.

It happens, it's a habit.

But how did you know that Mr. Bryzgalov had blackmailed Savelyev once?

I'll tell you everything.

Would you like some liqueur, my dear Marfa Borisovna?

I don't drink.

- It's time for me to go. - Stay!

Stay another minute.

Very well.

Do you really love me so much?

I'm losing my mind, Marfa Borisovna.

I thought at first it was just marrying you for your father's connections, but now--

But I am marrying you for your money, Ignatiy Petrovich.

I will earn your love, you'll see.

And you will want for nothing with me.

I know how to handle my affairs, unlike your father.

Do you know how I got the money for my business?

He got very drunk

and started telling me

about blackmailing his friend, Savelyev,

because of the promissory note from five years ago.

And then he began to extort money from him.

And when Savelyev moved to Zatonsk,

you decided to write to him as Bryzgalov.

He had paid you once, wasn't that enough?

I needed money.

And you thought you'd found an easy way to get it.

But you did not expect

Savelyev to put an end to the blackmail once and for all

and have your fiance murdered.

- Didn't you think of that? - Did anybody think of me?

My father knew I loved another man!

But he was still forcing me to marry Bryzgalov

because he wanted to improve his situation, he was selling me!

So Arslan Ali and I decided to run.

Where could we get the money?

I do feel sorry for you.

Maria Timofeyevna, you look extraordinarily beautiful today.

Thank you.

What happened? Why did you want to see me so urgently?

You see, this is a delicate matter...

I don't know where to start.

Don't frighten me like this.

I would like to suggest a topic for your new essay.

Divorce in our day.

Divorce?

But it is impossible, with very rare exceptions. Why write about it?

So you will research these exceptions.

I don't know... I'll think about it, Aleksey Yegorovich.

By the way... I've been meaning to ask you.

No need to follow my husband anymore.

It's not right.

I agreed without thinking it through.

Your wish is my command.

Thank you.

What do mean?

What do you mean, you're taking back your testimony?

What does that mean?

I don't feel like going to prison. I was at home that night.

There are people who can confirm.

We'll check that.

- Why did you falsely accuse Savelyev? - I wanted to get back at him.

I worked for him like a slave all spring long

but he never paid me.

Just some punishment for the louse, that's enough.

Take him away.

You will still be tried for slander.

They don't give much time for slander.

We'll have to release Savelyev. Looks like he's innocent.

And the case is still wide open!

Tregubov won't be happy.

You report to him then.

Well, Marfa Borisovna...

That's a fine mess you've made...

But, given your young age and...

passionate love...

the court will be lenient.

Thank God.

I will be defending you daughter, pro bono.

- Thank you. - Thank you, Viktor Ivanovich.

I will forever be in your debt.

But what if... prison?

I hope it won't come to that.

Did you and Marfa Borisovna get engaged?

We have taken Arslan Ali in for now,

because his parents disowned him

for converting to Orthodoxy.

It's very noble of you but

how do you see your future?

How are you going to make a living?

I will enroll in the Kazan University

and study to be an engineer.

He has taken the entire gymnasium course on his own.

Well, this is, of course, a worthy goal.

But, Marfa, are you going to wait for your fiance four years?

Why wait?

I am going to Kazan

with my husband.

Husband?

We were wed in the sloboda.

Well, God bless you. God bless you.

What is meant to be, will be.

Well, father...

Get the icon, we will give them our blessing.

Well, gentlemen, I see you're not doing great.

If you mean the investigation, Nikolai Vasilievich,

it's nearing completion.

Do you know something I don't?

Well, we--

I believe Anton Andreyevich means that the testing of each theory

brings us closer to the truth.

Exactly.

What do you have there?

The list of Mr. Kaysarov's customers.

We have already checked one suspect,

and the others seem to have no connection to the victim.

May I?

Does Mr. Brusnitsyn still buy harness in Zatonsk?

Yes.

But he moved to the neighboring uyezd three months ago.

I did not know that.

How would you know that?

You didn't have dinner or play pool with him.

So he moved?

He bought a larger house and moved.

He writes that he has a horse-breeder in the new town, a good one too.

How curious. May I?

Frol, Brusnitsyn's employee...

He bought a harness on the day of Bryzgalov's murder.

- This is not a coincidence. - Not a coincidence, not at all, gentlemen.

I think you need to hurry and find out

why Brusnitsyn sent his Frol over the hills and far away for some harness.

Will do, sir.

Good day to you, gentlemen.

I have come to see Marfa Borisovna.

Please, call her.

The young mistress ordered the carriage and left, about an hour ago, with her husband.

- With her husband? - With her husband.

I can call Maria Yevmentyevna, she's resting after lunch.

Oh no, no need.

I just wanted to inquire after Marfa Borisovna's health.

But since she is already out riding, with her husband...

What is that?

A gift from Marfa Borisovna's former admirer.

Mr. Rysakov, I think.

I'm so sorry.

Say, is Mr. Shtolman... I have something to tell him, urgently.

Mr. Shtolman went to the Kaysarovs.

Aha. Excuse me.

Arslan, what if he doesn't want to see you?

I'll invite him to the wedding.

The rest is up to him.

Wait here, I'll be right back.

Can you describe that Frol?

No, I don't remember him.

Brusnitsyn usually sent Makar,

and that Frol must be a new groom, I'd never seen him before.

Father.

Why have you come here?

You are no longer my son, get out of here!

Let's talk, calmly.

Help! Quickly, help!

Help!

Stop!

Arslan!

This is Frol.

You were asking me about him.

Isn't this too many crimes for just one man?

Why were you trying to kidnap Miss Muromova?

Mrs. Kaysarova.

Daughter... My girl.

Come here.

Do you know this man?

Yes, I know him very well.

He asked me to marry him a year ago.

I said no.

I loved you.

I did and I still do. You will be mine in the end.

Easy, easy, sir.

So the motive of all your crimes is your passion.

You strangled Mr. Bryzgalov--

with the harness you'd bought from Mr. Kaysarov

to throw suspicion on his son, didn't you?

I should've gotten rid of both of them.

Marfa would have been mine now.

Without her, my life is worse than hard labor in exile.

Wait until you're actually there to make this judgment.

For now, tell us how you found out

that Mr. Bryzgalov would be spending the night at the Muromovs.

When the plan with the chandelier failed.

I knew he wouldn't go back alone at that late hour of night.

Why did you go back to his house a couple of days ago?

What were you looking for?

Was it this, by any chance?

I have lost... I have lost everything.

At least give me this back.

Andrey Petrovich, if you only knew

how happy I am that this story ended so well...

When I think they could have died because of me...

You have nothing to blame yourself for.

Hadn't you passed that note, they wouldn't be together now.

Well, that much is true.

May I tell you something?

Of course, I'm listening.

I love you.

I-- I didn't think this could happen to me, but it has... happened.

You are the woman I have been dreaming of my whole life.

I don't need a cook or a concubine.

All I need is a friend, who would be my equal.

I know that you don't love me, but...

We have become friends.

We understand each other, we look at things the same way.

And this is already a lot.

Please...

be my wife.

MESALLIANCE

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