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Mr. Wang hasn't finished the arrest, so we have to ask the coroners to do autopsy.

I came late.

How could it be such coincident?

The content of the scroll repaired by the Fengs before their death

turns out to be the legend of the Six Sages.

I think the murderer did it on purpose.

He seemed to hide the red poison into the pigments.

There are only three headless and armless corpses.

Why do there lack three heads, six arms, and a complete corpse?

One body has four heads and eight arms.

The limbs that were lost at the scene could be pieced together into the image of Morengen.

When Mr. Sun was poisoned, he was checking the seeds of herbs, and his body was fixed into this posture.

Chu Qi'er was also fixed into the posture of dancing when she was poisoned.

Did the murderer poison and fix the victims to use their corpses to create the images of Six Sages?

In that case, the murderer also needed the corpses of Mr. Sun and Chu Qi'er.

I've never heard someone would use humans to create statues.

Then why were the gavel and silk put here?

Maybe they were the clues to the rest two victims' identities, and the murderer left them deliberately.

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[Episode 8]

Sir, the autopsy was done.

Sir, the three victims' death states were the same as Miss Chu's.

They were killed by the same poison.

Then why did the three corpses bleed a little?

They had been bled out before their heads and arms were cut.

Then where was their blood?

No blood was left in the pavilion.

Besides, there was another problem.

All the three corpses were bitten by fleas.

Fleas? The Feng family is reputable,

and the Wuming Pavilion is also clean, so how could there be fleas?

Fleas like shady and damp places, so they couldn't appear here groundlessly.

The Wuming Pavilion is guarded heavily, and the four gentlemen from the Feng family

had been drawing here without leaving, so how did the murderer manage to enter here and poison them?

How did he remove the corpses and limbs?

I think there are other channels.

What sound is it?

The smell of blood is so strong.

The murderer actually dug a secret channel behind the cabinet.

Inform Mr. Wang right now.

Yes.

The murderer actually dug through a secret canal.

It's a secret canal again.

It seems the murderer acts through secret canals.

I think he is not far away from us.

There are traces of dragging.

The sound just now seemed to be made by dragging heavy things.

He went to the left.

The flow washed the traces away.

There is another fork ahead.

I don't know which direction we should choose.

Close the sluice.

When the water ebbs, the murderer's footprints will be shown.

Xu Dong, we'll chase after the murderer ahead, and you go to close the sluice.

Sir, be careful. I'll be back soon.

The water level falls his traces will be shown.

Shush.

Go.

The corpses' limbs are all here.

I'm sure the murderer isn't far away from us.

There is a hole.

Let's enter and check.

What place is it?

It seems like a prison.

It's a medicine jar.

The patients were prisoned here.

It's not a prescription of medicine but poision.

What sound is it?

It's the Shocking Thunder Bomb.

Zhang Ping.

Zhang Ping.

Zhang Ping.

Zhang Ping.

Zhang Ping.

Zhang Ping.

Zhang Ping.

Zhang Ping.

It's not safe here. Get up now.

We're stuck.

Stop trying.

- Who is it? - I'm a ghost,

hiding in secret canals all the time.

Stop mystifying deliberately. Who are you?

Look at the intelaced channels.

Don't they look like the network of Capital City?

If we regard Capital City as a human,

this place is a tumor in his veins.

What have you done here?

Everyone that came here

experienced the pain of poison eroding their bones and died.

You killed them.

You're ignorant.

Everyone will experience life and death.

Only when they experience death will they know what life means.

Why did you kill Mr. Sun and Chu Qi'er?

You're smart, so why don't you deduce?

Where is Gong Yuzhen? What did you do to her?

She's my Musician-sage, Ronakin.

It's not time for her to die.

Don't you hurt her.

Do you know why it is covert here?

It's because everyone that comes here is doomed to die.

People inside could leave only when they die.

You're hurt.

It's shady and dirty here, so you're easy to get infected.

You'd better wrap it up now.

Zhang Ping, I know you're still mad at me,

but we're trapped here, and I don't know if we'll be alive or not.

I'm willing to work together with you and...

I have an idea.

The murderer killed people according to the chronological order of the Six Sages' births.

The Musician-sage was born the last.

That's why the murderer said it was not time for Miss Gong to die.

As long as we find the rest two people before he kills her, we'll have a chance to stop him.

You're casting pearls before swine.

I was thinking about the case just now, but I heard your words, Mr. Lan.

You saved me, so I should thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Lan.

However, you indeed did it wrongly on Miss Gong's matter.

No matter what reason you have,

- you can't deny the fact. - You can't deny the fact.

How priceless your loyalty is.

By the way, you said there were rest two people.

Who are they?

I don't know.

Judging from the standard the murderer used to choose victims,

I think the rest two people are the top in their respective fields.

Wait.

Do you remember the silk on the scroll of the Six Sages?

I didn't have time to ponder about it by then,

but now I remember that is the Red Gilding Silk from Yunshang Community.

The silk is woven by gold foil and silk yarns, and it's classified as a tribute.

Only Miss Wu from Yunshang Coummity can weave it.

If so, she is most likely to be chosen by the murderer

to be the Farmer and Sericulturist Sage, Zansang.

How about the gavel?

There is a mark of the Court of Judicial Review on it.

The Warden-sage, Uyu, is Mr. Tao, the judge of the Court of Judicial Review.

Oh, no. He's going to kill the two of them.

We have to leave as soon as possible.

The more we delay, the more dangers they are in.

I don't know when Xu Dong and Mowen will find.

Don't you feel strange?

The murderer has been usually leaving clues since his first murder.

He seems to play games with us.

Perhaps he left a riddle in his mysterious words.

Everyone will experience life and death.

Only when they experience death will they know what life means.

Does he mean everything mutually reinforces, neutralizes, and depends on each other?

Since the entrance is the life gate, there must be the death gate.

People will die after entering from outside.

People inside can leave alive only when they die.

This is the incinerator.

It is the death gate.

Mr. Lan, the chimney is the exit.

Is anyone here?

Please. Save us.

We are here.

It's Zhang Ping.

Where are you?

It's Xu Dong.

Sir. Zhang Ping.

They are underneath. Come on.

Remove them.

Sir.

Peizhi.

Sir.

Are you okay?

Never mind. Miss Wu and Mr. Tao are in danger.

We're pressed for time. Let's split out.

I'll go to save Miss Wu.

Okay. I'll go to save Mr. Tao.

Go.

Go.

[Court of Judicial Review]

A momentary slip will make us feel

everything we've done is wrong.

A momentary slip will make us feel everything we've done is wrong.

Only when I think everything twice before doing it will I feel no regret.

[Brochure of the Persuasion for Goodness] Only when I think everything twice before doing it will I feel no regret.

[Judge of the Court of Judicial Review, Tao Zhoufeng] Only when I think everything twicebefore doing it will I feel no regret.

- Mr. Tao. - You're not allowed to break into here.

Don't do that.

There are no powders.

It's poisonless.

Mr. Lan, what's wrong?

Mr. Tao, I'm afraid a murderer wants to kill you.

Please go to the Quietness Room to hide.

What should I do?

I've been studying the methods to educate and civilize criminals,

so how could they kill me?

I thought no matter how bad criminals were, they had consciences,

and as long as they watched cuckoos in spring, frosts and chrysanthemums in fall, and listened to rain and twitters,

[Brochure of the Persuasion for Goodness] their souls would be purified, and they would repent.

However, they're unworthy of my efforts.

Mr. Tao, the murderer who wants to kill you, killed Chu Qi'er and Mr. Sun.

Why does he want to kill me?

It's a long story.

The murderer's trick is unpredictable, and he could poison you without catching any attention.

You'd better hide in the Quietness Room.

- Well... - The other flowers are also poisonless.

Peizhi.

Miss Wu died.

How could there be a babarian in our civilized dynasty?

Mr. Tao, it's not time to say these words now.

The defense in the Court of Judicial Review...

Mr. Wang, just help yourself since you're here.

You can set up the defense wherever you want.

Catch the criminal above all others.

What are you doing? Are you going to kill me?

Mr. Ma?

Mr. Ma, why do you come to me?

Help me to read a letter.

My son is garrisoning the southern border, and I don't know other literate people, so I come to you.

Okay.

Father, this letter is from your son, Ziyi.

How are you?

I live well in the army, so you don't need to send money to me.

Summer is coming, so please check the price of the silk,

and ask the tailor to make new clothes to spend summer.

Even if you spend festivals alone, you can't spend them carelessly.

You must eat glutinous rice of five colors to pray for good lucks.

In the army, I'm looking forward to going home every day, by Ziyi.

He's grown up.

My son has grown up.

If you receive letters in the future, you can come to me directly.

I'll read them for you.

I won't bother you.

I heard you and Mr. Wang from the Ministry of Justice are investigating Miss Chu's case.

Yes.

Unfortunately, we haven't caught the murderer yet.

I suddenly remember the way of Miss Chu's death is like a southern legend that Ziyi told me.

Please tell me that.

In a mysterious place in southern area, there was a mysterious clan.

This clan was isolated and lived in deep forests over the years.

They had a skill, which was to deprive people's souls.

Because of that,

they broke the taboo and suffered the divine retribution in one night.

It's said that night,

the sky became as bright as the daytime in an instant after rumbling.

Above the village, a cloud of scarlet mist was enveloping the sky and moon.

All clansmen stood to the spot and died stiffly,

and their bodies were cracked as if their souls had been deprived.

All big and important cases from every county will be sent to the Court of Judicial Review to be reviewed again.

If it's true,

[The fourth year of Qingfeng] its recording scroll can be found

in the case archive in the Court of Judicial Review.

[The first year of Yongxuan] Twenty years ago, our emperor ascended the throne

and changed the era name to be Yongxuan. [Wu Village]

[Moluo Village, Yueshang County, Lingnan District]

Scroll of Moluo Village, Yueshang County, Lingnan District.

That's it.

[Moluo Village, Yueshang County, Lingnan District]

In the first July of Yongxuan, a homicide case happened in Moluo Village, Lingnan District.

No villagers survived.

All of them were stiffened and died.

At that time, a cloud of scarlet mist enveloping the sky and moon.

Because of the flash flood, the gallery road was destroyed.

It cost several months to fix it.

It was found the villagers had practiced the sorcery

and suffered the divine retribution in the scarlet mist.

There were no objections after the review.

The case was ended.

There are no divine retributions in the world.

It seems people in the Moluo Village were also killed by the red poison.

How long did it take from Capital City to Moluo Village at that time?

Go back now.

- Where are you going? - It's none of your business.

Do you find clues?

Maybe I can help you.

Don't you want to know how long it took from Capital City to Moluo Village?

The terrain was complex there, so the moving speed was different.

It's hard to calculate it specifically but I can help you.

You had to spend five days to cross the lakes by boat

and spend seven days to pass the forests.

It was hard to pass the marshes, so you had to spend twenty days.

If the map is correct, it cost about ninety days,

[Moluo Village] which was one month longer than going on the official road.

Zhang Ping, go back now.

I have something to talk with Peizhi.

I should know everything that is related to this case.

It's none of your business.

Why?

If the two cases are related, it could help to catch the criminal if we find out the truth.

Zhang Ping, this is my private thing.

Don't you worry about Mr. Tao?

No one is guarding the Court of Judicial Review, so go back to check it now.

- No. - Send off the guest.

Moluo Village was on the post road.

My father left home in early April in the first year of Yongxuan.

He encountered the flash flood on the way, and the gallery road was destroyed.

He sent a letter to me, saying he had to make a detour

and walked three months to arrive in the southern area.

After three months, it was early in July.

Didn't the village suffer the divine retribution at that time?

He was condemned when returning to Capital City early in October.

After calculating the time, I found he started the return journey near the village.

He spent three months back, and the time matched.

That's right.

Peizhi, don't you think the two things are very coincident?

As soon as your father came there, the village was perished.

It was indeed strange back then.

As I recall my father's words before his leaving,

I always feel he wouldn't do bad things although the trip to the southern area was dangerous.

I'm going to the southern area.

If it's smooth, I'll spend about two months.

If not, I'm afraid I have to spend more time.

If it's not smooth, will you encounter dangers?

Could you cancel the trip?

Zengzi once said to Zixiang, "Are you brave?

I heard the real braveness from Confucius."

Then what is the real bravery in Confucius' words?

He said thousands of people stopped me, but I would still go,

so I'm not afraid.

I just don't want others to take this risk for me.

Father, keep this sachet.

Regard it as my accompany to you.

When I met my father again,

he was on the guillotine.

Although everyone said he was a traitor,

I know he wouldn't betray the country even if he was threatened to be killed.

I know.

If the criminal of this case is related to the Moluo Village's case,

we may find out the truth of my father's wrong death if we catch him.

Then why don't you tell this to Zhang Ping?

He is organized and knows the Water Illusion, so perhaps he can help you.

The Army for Southward Crusade were defeated, and thousands of people died in the war.

The court didn't want to mention it.

My father admitted betraying the country, but the court didn't investigate

the strangeness inside it and tried to end the case as soon as possible.

Since they hid it hard, there must be something behind it.

If we investigate the case again, it means we'll challenge the authority of the court.

If Zhang Ping, who is reckless, knows that, he will cause bigger trouble within two days.

Sir.

Sir.

Sir.

Why does he spend so long in the bathroom?

Are you okay?

How about I enter to check you?

I might have eaten something that caused a diarrhea.

Zhang Ping is straightforward and has experienced nothing in officialdom.

That's why he could insist to his conscience.

This is very priceless.

But because of that, he doesn't know how dark the officialdom is

and always has a breach of propriety when doing things.

I'm worried that he will fail from his strong toughness.

Peizhi,

leave this matter to me.

I'll find out the truth of your father's wrong death at all costs.

We've been guarding the Court of Judicial Review for so long, but why hasn't the murderer acted yet?

You've been guarding for a night, so go back to rest early.

No one is in the street since it's early in the morning.

What is he doing?

[Court of Judicial Review]

I've investigated overnight and found the corpses of Mr. Sun and Chu Qi'er

were stolen besides Miss Wu's and the four gentlemen' from the Feng family.

The hole under the secret canal also collapsed.

How about you?

Sir, we were divided into three teams to guard.

Two teams would guard by turns every hour,

and the rest team would keep searching the Court of Judicial Review.

We didn't find the Scarlet Mist Spray.

Mr. Tao went to bathroom twice and ate night snacks twice.

No other extraordinary things happened.

Don't slack off, and continue to guard heavily.

- Yes. - Yes.

Although there are no clues,

I'm afraid it's not a long-term solution for us to stay in the Court of Judicial Review

and wait for the murderer.

Sir, when I and Zhang Ping finished guarding and left, we met a dumb embalmer on the way.

He was pulling a flatbed cart of corpses and signed he was unable to pull it.

He didn't stop pestering us and wanted us to help him.

He looked weird, and so was the way Zhang Ping looked at him.

Then Zhang Ping went to help him.

I also wanted to help Zhang Ping,

but he teased me.

Even pepper made you feel pungent, not to mention smelly corpses.

What did he mean?

Who was disgusted at pepper?

What else did he say?

Won't Mr. Lan come later? Just wait for him here.

He also said other words. My home is in the same direction, but the Lan's Mansion isn't.

No. Zhang Ping's home is in Xiaohaozi Lane, so he must go in the southeast direction.

But the Cemetery is in the west direction, so how could his home be in the same direction?

It must be a hint.

Xuexiao, keep one team here to guard.

Others, follow me to the Cemetery.

Yes.

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