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[Warm on a Cold Night]

[Episode 14]

This Han Zheng

looks fierce usuall.

I didn't expect

he knows how to apologize.

Be it Wen Jun or you,

both of you have your own ways.

I shouldn't interfere.

Without you and him,

I can't say

that I won't be able to survive in Jiuxiao City,

but it definitely would not be as smooth-sailing as it is now.

A red one.

This sugar drop is so sweet.

He promised to send me home.

And he kept his promise.

Alright.

Next, let me think

how to solve

this case.

Xu Youdao

died in Nanfeng Studio

in such a short time.

Could it be...

the murderer is in Nanfeng Studio?

What kind of secret

is Nanfeng Studio

hiding?

It's too complicated.

Let's think about it tomorrow.

Come and have a look.

[He'an Hall]

Where are my clothes?

Oh no.

My sugar drops.

Mother.

Why are you washing my clothes again?

My sugar drops are still inside.

Mother, why did you wash them

without telling me?

It's just a pack of candy.

Why are you making such a fuss?

My sugar drops...

You look so anxious.

Is it from His Highness?

Right.

Why am I so anxious?

What are you saying, Mother?

I feel sorry for

this clothes and my money.

Look at the color.

So many colors.

What's there to feel sorry for?

I can't return the sugar drops.

But as for the clothes...

Wait and see.

This...

What are you doing?

I need to salvage it.

How can you salvage this?

How?

It's just some color.

Here.

When there's will,

there's a way.

Just watch.

Seriously.

It's nothing.

What a waste.

Just wait.

I haven't eaten it yet.

And it's dyed like this.

How can you wash this off?

Look.

Look.

Mother, let me see.

You really washed it off.

Of course.

This strange thing is...

In this painting, the old man that was

fishing in the river

is gone.

Mother,

you are amazing.

Mom, I got it.

- I got it. - Girl.

You haven't had breakfast yet?

I'm not eating.

Why is her leg

suddenly recovered?

You leg is recovering well.

Of course.

I recover quickly.

But do you have to do this?

The first rule of Su Jiu'er,

be simple, crude and effective.

Give it to me.

Catch it.

This...

Why is this iron?

It's so heavy.

Let me do it.

Let me do it.

- Godfather. - Give it to me.

Do we have to go this lengths?

Your Highness.

I think I should knock the gong instead.

Given your small body,

I...

No.

I didn't help manage to help

when investigating the case yesterday.

No one

should take this task from me.

Fine.

What happened?

I haven't finished packing.

What happened?

Let's go.

Take it.

Let's take a look.

Jiu'er,

how is it?

I got everyone here.

They sounded the gong.

Amazing.

Isn't it just hitting the gong?

Are you okay?

What?

Are you okay?

Louder!

What did you say?

Everyone.

The Inspection Bureau is investigating a case.

It's too much of a hassle

if I question all of you one by one.

So,

I gathered all of you here

to ask everything in one go.

Please forgive me.

Inspector Su,

please go ahead.

Here's the thing.

Yesterday,

I visited Nameless Art Gallery at night.

The manager told me

there is a deity

in Nanfeng Studio

and she lives in the painting.

She can come and go freely.

I just want to ask everyone,

if that is true?

Yes, yes.

Have you heard

Wang Jirong also has

a Fishing Alone at Han River painting?

It is said that the old fisherman in this painting

disappeared.

This...

Something like this happened?

How could this happen?

Isn't this a good thing?

Then your painting

will be worth a lot of money.

Yes.

Then why did Senior

redeem that painting?

What’s so strange

about Second Senior redeeming a painting?

But he redeemed it and threw it away.

He seemed afraid of that painting.

Why is that?

Second Senior is eccentric.

We can't guess what's going on his mind exactly.

Then I have to catch the person in the painting

and interrogate him.

She's laying a trap again.

This is ridiculous.

You'll know

if it's ridiculous when I catch the person.

Now I want to ask

if that old man is a man or a woman?

Is he fat or thin?

Is he tall or short?

What are some special features he has?

What clothes was he wearing?

Tell me right now, immediately.

The old man

I saw on the painting

wore a dull yellow straw clothing.

Well...

Is there anything else?

Inspector Su,

are you really going to catch the man in the painting?

Not only that.

I want to have a good chat

with the immortal in the painting.

I want to see what kind of clues

she can give me.

You were born in the spring of 25th year of Dingkun.

Then... what did she say?

And appeared in the 29th year of Dingkun.

And appeared in the 29th year of Dingkun.

Painter Lin.

This girl's investigation

is so unreliable.

Stop wasting time here.

Go back to your room to rest up.

Let's disperse.

Let's go.

Let's go.

They're going.

They're going?

Yes.

They're all gone?

All gone.

Jiu'er.

You've been on this the whole morning.

How do you want to investigate this?

Isn't it obvious?

She's afraid that there'll be too many people in Nanfeng Studio and they collude with each other.

That's why she tried to

gather all of them in one go.

Amazing.

Note that down.

Okay, let me note that down.

And we got

the most important clue today.

What clue?

That old man.

Old man?

What old man?

The people who came here

are all young people.

What are you talking about, Godfather?

My partner is indeed the smartest.

Actually, this is thanks to my mother.

The person in the painting disappeared.

Isn't that just because

the color has disappeared.

It's not that it disappeared out of nowhere.

Why did you spend the whole morning...

This...

I just want to know

how many colors

was used for that old man.

So you're talking about

the old man in the painting?

Don't note this.

So this morning,

you said so much on purpose...

You want the murderer to know

your purpose?

That's right.

Amazing.

Note this down.

As far as I know,

the painters' paints

are made by themselves.

The same color

can have different formulas.

Some use flowers,

and some usetrees.

So the most important thing now

is to find

where that dull yellow color came from,

so we can find the murderer's traces.

Where that dull yellow color came from...

I–

You can unravel

such a\complicated relationship.

Jiu'er,

you're so smart.

Jun,

stop praising

me.

I have

but no choice.

Xu Youdao and Wang Jirong's

cause of death are unknown.

Lin Zhixing

got targeted by the murderer

for no reason too.

I can only find another way.

If I were the murderer,

I'd throw away all these paints.

We haven't

seen each other for so long,

you're still as smart.

Jiu'er,

how did you learn to investigate cases?

Me?

I

was lucky

to be taught by the of top Inspector at the Inspection Bureau,

so

my thoughts became agile

and experienced.

Am I right, Godfather?

Yes.

Very much so.

Listen, kid.

I...

am a lucky person.

Hu solved the case

because of my daughter's intelligence.

Sir Han...

He's missing again.

I really don't want to see

that useless guy who only knows how to flatter people.

Young Master H–

Han.

Why are you looking for me?

Brother Han,

you came out of nowhere.

Lass said

you would keep an eye on Lin Zhixing.

She's afraid you can't handle it alone,

so she asked me to help you.

She's getting all flattered

by that Wen Jun.

Why would she think of me?

Are you...

Jealous?

The password.

Speaking of which,

you were obviously jealous.

You're jealous.

Painter Lin,

these dishes

were carefully prepared

by us Inspection Bureau,

there won't be any problems.

Thank you, Inspector Yue.

You're welcome.

We can help each other

on this case,

and get what we need.

After we catch the murderer,

we won't bother you anymore.

But Officer Yue,

the Inspection Bureau is so blatant about protecting me.

Will the murderer not show up

if he's hiding in a corner observing?

That is a possibility.

But what we think is,

we're just trying to protect you.

In that case,

how long does Inspector Yue need to protect me?

Well...

We won't stay in Nanfeng Studio

forever in any way.

I'll protect you.

On the other hand,

and the Prince of Qi who will go after the murderer

together.

The case will be solved soon.

What?

You don't believe me?

I do have a lot of business matters of

Nanfeng Studio I have to take care of.

I have been kept locked in my room.

It's really

inconvenient for me.

You're right.

Let me think of a way for you.

The carriage is ready.

I'll take care of Lin Zhixing.

I'm sure it'll be fine.

Okay.

You guard Nanfeng Studio,

- Okay. - Don't let that lass Jiu'er come look for me.

What do you want?

That damn Yue Daren.

Has he never thought

that Lin Zhixing

might have some secrets?

When did you come?

I told you.

Jiu'er asked me to help you.

I didn't say

Jiu'er wouldn't come.

You're so funny.

Your Highness.

Well,

They are riding a carriage.

They must be very fast.

Can you

take me flying with you?

What are you talking about?

Can you take me with you?

Sorry.

I can't.

No.

You have to take me with you.

I can bring you along.

But get rid of that

burdern.

B-burden...

Are you trying to kill me?

My butt!

Come here.

- Lass. - Jiu’er, quick.

Are you okay?

- Help her up. - I'm fine. Help me up.

That's good.

Come on.

That god you're fine.

My butt!

Why did you run away again?

Lass,

can you be

more ladylike?

You were so crude just now.

Sorry for having you see this, Your Highness.

She's doing this for the case.

Yes.

It's for the case.

Ma'am,

please give me a discount.

Miss,

this is the cheapest I can go.

This looks nice.

Boss,

is there anything

lighter for this green one?

Lighter?

Let me take a look.

Move aside.

This one, lady.

This green is actually quite pretty.

It's the most popular color now.

Make way.

Look.

It looks good on you.

Be careful.

Ma'am,

is there any other color for this umbrella?

This one...

Yes, it's in the back.

I'll go get it for you.

Move aside please.

How's this umbrella?

Be careful.

Ma'am!

Coming.

Which umbrella do you want?

This one.

I'll get it for you.

Thank you.

This one?

Be careful.

My umbrella!

- I’m sorry, Ma'am. - What happened?

Sorry.

Don't worry.

Okay, thank you.

I didn't mean it.

Here. Slowly.

What's going on?

This Lin Zhixing

is indeed suspicious.

Put it here.

Thank you.

Painter Lin!

Killed on the spot.

Why do you keep circling around here?

Live fish.

Killed on the spot.

This fish...

Come again, sir.

It's fresh. Killed on the spot.

Are the fish fresh?

They have just been killed.

Give me this.

Okay.

Make it clean.

Okay.

How is it? Have a look.

Clean, right?

All right. I'll take this one.

I will take this one.

Killed on the spot!

Goodbye, sir.

I let him escape...

What do you think of this one?

Is it fat enough?

This is good.

Okay.

The temperature here

is much higher than outside.

There is also a lot more disgusting smell.

Your Highness.

Do you miss me?

What are you doing?

I'm helping you cool down.

How did you find me?

What do you mean?

Can't you leave a mark?

If I hadn't been smart,

you would've been dead

on the Niulan Street.

It's not that I don't know how to leave a mark.

I just don't want to.

You–

What?

You found me

in the end anyway.

I told you

that's because I'm smart.

I went to

Lin Zhixing's room

to take a look after you left.

It's not hard for him to get rid of Yue Daren.

If he wants to get rid of you,

he has to come up with something.

When Lin Zhixing went out,

it was noon.

It's when the sun is the brightest.

The hottest

and smelliest place in Jiuxiao City

can only be Niulan Street.

What are you thinking?

I'm thinking

how you should repay me

for having saved your life.

Candy?

A brocade?

Or cosmetics?

Forget it.

Just take me to Deyue Restaurant

to have a big meal.

Can you stop thinking with that

accountant-minded mind of yours?

Why should I?

You don't trust me anyway.

Then turn our trust

into a ledger.

It's not that I don't trust you.

I just think

when I'm alone,

my thoughts are clearer.

Your Highness,

are you willing to trust me now?

And sit here

and wait quietly.

Wait for what?

Lin Zhixing might have really ran away.

Don't worry.

I've been to

his room.

He didn't take anything with him.

He won't run away.

I thought

he wouldn't try to get rid of you.

I didn't expect him to be so confident

about his own safety.

I guess Lin Zhixing

will be back soon.

Just right,

the view here is good.

You can recover

while I keep a lookout.

Look at that.

Daren that fool

is also looking for him.

Ma'am,

excuse me.

Do you know where

that customer in white went to?

I think he ran this way.

[Nameless Publisher]

Painter Lin.

Painter Lin.

Painter Lin.

Where did he go?

Kaha!

Push!

Stop skiving.

General.

Isn't that someone from the Inspection Bureau?

If he's wandering around here,

His Highness must be here too.

You're not going to work if His Highness is here?

His Highness assigned

this work to you.

That's not what I meant.

I mean

what kind of clues can we get

working hard labor here?

Cut the crap.

Go push the cart.

When we get there, act miserable.

I'm good at acting.

Don't worry.

Pork for sale!

I just slaughtered the pig.

You guys.

Can anyone help us?

Go move it.

Hurry.

Hurry.

Go.

All right.

Come on.

Your goods are too heavy.

Watch out.

Go ask the boss for money.

Thank you.

Go.

Unload the goods. Hurry.

You, tell them.

Boss, the goods are here.

Here.

Leave.

So little?

Boss,

can you give us more?

You have so many goods

and they are so heavy.

That's all the work you've done.

How much more do you want?

No.

Just give us some more.

My sister is so exhausted.

Boss,

please give us

- one more tael. - No way.

That's all you get.

Take it or leave it.

You two want money, right?

Come here.

Are you two Qi people?

Yes.

It's easy for you Qi people to make

quick money.

Why compromise

here?

Boss,

what do you mean?

Don't you know?

You Qi people

have a natural precious herb

on your bodies.

You can

exchange this for money.

Brother,

tell use where we should go.

Follow me.

Amazing.

She's eloquent and likes eating sunflower seeds.

She must've been a parrot in her previous life.

Lin Zhixing is indeed back.

Painter Lin,

where did you go?

I've been looking for you.

Inspector Yue,

where have you been?

I bought a lot of things,

but I didn't see you when I turned back.

I got very anxious.

I've been looking for you everywhere,

but I couldn't find you.

Well,

it seems like we went in different ways.

Luckily, both of us are smart

and know to wait at the same place.

That's right.

You've spent so much time here

just to buy this?

You mentioned that the painting has committed murder,

so I want to buy tributes

to pray in the Studio

and see if it can repel the evil spirits.

So Lin Zhixing

is so confident in his own safety

because he think

it's a supernatural force causing all these.

That's why he picked

noon, which is when the yang is the strongest,

to come and make his purchase

before going back to exorcise the evil.

You just made

so many inferences on him just now.

You overestimated him.

Why are you laughing?

What's so funny?

Lin Zhixing,

my judgment on you is in vain.

All you did was

bring these things back.

No.

I need to think

about where,

within an hour,

can he walk to.

I need to check it again.

Don't waste your energy.

I have an idea now.

Do you want to hear it?

Your Highness,

you're finally going to show

your strength.

Master,

will this

agitate the Painting Immortal?

As long as we are sincere,

it will be fine.

Lord Yue,

do you want to burn some yellow paper

to ward off evil spirits too?

Painter Lin,

I only worship the God of Wealth.

You go ahead.

We need to search

while he's not around.

I thought

you were up to something big.

So it's another sneak and search.

I think this place

has already been searched.

If something was wrong,

they should have found it.

Do you think–

Are you going to say

us Qians

are not as good as Qis when it comes to searching?

Why ask if you knew?

Can I, a Qian,

sit here

and watch you, a Qi, search?

Fine.

Since you almost

lost your life today,

I'll help you with searching.

There's no secret drawer.

And there are plants

all over this house.

What should we look for?

There are two ways we can think of this.

If he is the murderer,

there must be

a feud between them.

If he is not the murderer,

but the next target,

then there must be something

similar between him,

Xu Youdao, and Xu Youdao.

Something similar between them...

Must be painting!

Xu Youdao painted animals.

There's a head in the body of an animal.

Lin Zhixing paints plants.

But there are so many plants

in this room.

He should paint...

This is the oddest one

in this entire house.

What's odd about it?

The silver fox flower is not in season.

It requires a lot of sun and does not keep well in the dark.

And the location of this pot of flower

is strange.

Sunlight rarely penetrates in.

How could these flowers

bloom so well?

This root...

This root is way too thick!

It's so abnormal!

Wait.

Don't move.

Could there be a trap?

Wait for me.

Why are you always like this?

Your Highness!

Your Highness!

Stop!

What are you doing?

L-lord.

What is this for?

How did you get this?

L-lord.

Could there be any misunderstanding?

I bought this legally.

Stop!

Han Zheng! Han Zheng!

Han Zheng! Han Zheng!

Are you okay, Painter Lin?

Calm down.

Brother Han.

How are you?

- Calm down. - Calm down.

Young man.

Calm down, Brother Han.

We can talk

if there's anything.

Right?

That's right.

You can't commit murder.

What on earth is that?

Everyone,

my senior said

he was frightened today

and didn’t want to see you again.

Especially this Inspector Han.

He can't trust the people

of the Inspection Bureau.

He doesn't want you to protect him anymore.

Please

return.

Painter Feng,

to be honest,

what happened today

is just a misunderstanding.

I'm on a mission.

Can I explain

to painter Lin?

Painter Feng.

Your Highness, you're being ridiculous.

If Painter Lin complains about this

to the Inspection Bureau,

then you...

and Jiu'er have to take up this responsibility.

No.

Then I...

Fine.

There must be something fishy about this.

Otherwise, His Highness

can't be so angry.

But Your Highness,

what is this?

How could it

get you so angry?

Brother Han, are you so angry

because that thing is

the legendary Qi Vital Stone?

- The Qi Vital Stone? - The Qi Vital Stone?

What is the Qi Vital Stone?

This is a kind of medicine.

And it's quite expensive.

It's not a medicine itself.

It's just being used as a medicine by Qian people.

Then what is it?

It is said that

it's Qi peoples' amulate.

- Amulet? - Amulet?

Qi people are powerful.

But when they are born,

they aren't stable.

So they found a spirit stone

which can help them stabilize.

As time goes by,

the Qi Vital Stone will have form a symbiotic relationship

with its owner.

The stronger the Qi person is,

the stronger the Qi Vital Stone will be.

On the other hand,

when they lose their Qi Yuan Stone,

their strength

will also be greatly weakened.

Your Highness.

Why did you

know so much

about us Qi?

No...

Brother Han, you misunderstood.

It's just because my elder brother

specialized in Qi's affairs,

So...

I just heard about it.

In other words,

the person who use the Qi Yuan Stone

are plundering the power of the Qi people.

Right?

You can say that.

Because in the beginning,

Qian people did not know the origin of the Qi Yuan Stone.

They just know that this stone

has the power of the Qi clan.

So it was used

as treatment initially.

Treatment?

How?

You can soak in water with it, or apply it heated on yourself directly.

If you use it appropriately,

it will heighten your five senses.

Isn't that just a medicine?

It will also make you strong

and full of energy.

You won't even feel tired.

If you use it inappropriately,

it will make you dizzy

and hallucinate.

Why is that?

Because the Qi Vital Stone

is not a medicine.

It's just a power of the Qi race.

This power can only be obtained

for a short period of time.

Your Highness,

why does Painter Lin

need this?

Some scholars and artists

always come up with

some weird ideas when they have an artist's block.

But doing this

is deemed unethical by most moral people.

The paintings and poems

made while on the Qi Vital Stone

will be despised by most people.

That's why Lin Zhixing

buried this Qi Vital Stone

in the plants.

This clue is useless then,

Your Highness.

Not really.

I rushed here

because I found

some things related to the Qi Vital Stone

this afternoon in the warehouse.

What is it?

Your Highness.

There are so many kinds of yellow.

How long more do you have to test?

Here, eat something first.

Move aside.

I'm happy to help Jiu'er.

Your Highness, look.

Although Lin Zhixing's

paintings now are quite weird,

but

the paintings he drew before

are quite normal.

Everyone,

please look at the paintings on both sides.

How do you feel?

The painting on the right,

feels traditional and normal.

The painting on the left

gives off some evil aura.

What else?

These are the paintings of those three people,

just of a different period!

That's right.

Although the three of them

have their own characteristics,

but they all have

an odd thing in common.

Suddenly, at some point,

their style changed.

Could this be–

It's because of this

that I remembered

the shopkeeper of Nameless Art Gallery told me

some painters

will have a great change in their style

when they use Qi Vital Stone.

Look at them.

Don't they fit

this characteristic?

Jun.

You're amazing.

I know.

The reason the murderer

took them as their targets

is because they

used the Qi Vital Stone secretly.

Hearing you say that...

The murderer is...

a Qi.

Daren.

You can eat anything you want,

but you can't say anything you want.

We don't know what

the murderer's motive is yet.

Right.

Daren,

as a inspector,

we can't be so arbitrary.

Go.

Anyway,

Lin Zhixing will be in danger.

Your Highness.

We know

what you're going through.

But now,

we have to

protect Lin Zhihang first.

Enough.

I won't protect

someone who uses Qi Vital Stone.

General,

do you really have to give it

just to find some clues?

You don't want to leave your child, but you can't get the wolf.

With such a business in Jiuxiao City,

many people must be implicated.

We must follow the clues

and find out the truth.

General,

I finally

got smarter,

but now I have to

give away my Qi Vital Stone,

won't I get more dumb?

Should we give mine instead?

No, no, no.

You're a girl.

If we have to take it again,

let's just take Kaha's.

What are you doing at my house?

Waiting for you.

Waiting for me?

What's wrong?

I have found some clues about what

you asked me to investigate.

Buy mine.

Buy mine.

Thank you.

Okay.

Go back.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Buy mine.

Buy mine.

Listen.

It's not that I don't want it,

but your body can't take it.

We can.

I can. I can.

It's all to make a living.

Don't hurt yourselves

nor me.

Okay?

Go ask around.

Look at me, how does mine look?

I...

Come on.

I'm going.

Mine works too.

What?

Someone is collecting Qi Vital Stone in the black market?

They look for Qi people

who are desperate

and persuade them to

sell their Qi Vital Stone.

Damn it...

How did they know

about this thing?

It's not surprising they know about it.

Every Qi person

has their own Qi Vital Stone.

The Qi Vital Stone stabilizes

the thoughts and abilities of their owners.

It's a protection amulet.

The stronger the Qi person is,

the stronger the Qi Vital Stone is,

and it will also go on to get stronger.

They must have found

it can carry

the power of Qi people

and want to use it.

But the more the Qi Vital Stone is dug away from them,

the weaker the Qi

will become.

That's why this business

is only under the table.

They will only look for

those Qi who are desperate.

What the Qian doesn't seem to know

is the tight bond between Qi Vital Stone

and their master.

Every time they use,

their consciousness

connect temporarily.

So,

Xu Youdao thinks

it was just a dream.

I've seen it

many times when I dream.

What it also means is...

Mu Yan

should still be alive.

How did he

even end up

having to sell his Qi Vital Stone?

What if he's just trying to set a trap for you?

Impossible.

You still think it's impossible?

I believe he won't hurt me.

If it's really him,

I will find him again.

General.

Please.

You have to work hard

to advocate for the Qian-Qi Six Treaties,

and add a line that

forbids them to transact Qi Vital Stone

into their law.

Easier said than done.

How can you not

have even such confidence?

How naive.

This has nothing to do with my confidence.

Making a law

and making a ban is not difficult.

But countless Qi people

who were discriminated in Jiuxiao City

won't be able to continue living

just because of this ban.

Take it.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Only by eliminating

the barrier

between the two clans,

can the Qi people

and live a good life in the State of Qian.

I don't even know

my own race.

Don't worry too much.

The Qi Vital Stone is not something

the Qian can handle.

If they use it too much,

they will die because they can't bear it.

It won't develop into

the terrifying state

that Xuanqi race did when they used it.

General.

Did you bring Wolf Herb

into Jiuxiao City this time?

What do you need it for?

An autopsy.

An autopsy?

I think...

I know the cause of their death.