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Mr. Lan,

have some porridge at least.

Your stomach would feel better.

Mr. Lan,

you had nothing to eat the whole day.

Your body couldn't handle that.

I have no appetite.

Take it away.

Peizhi.

Mowen.

Having a stomachache again?

When I'm home on sick leave, how's everything in the court?

Her Majesty is holding her temper.

But the courtiers all know

that she failed to topple Mr. Liu but lost Xuan Ji unexpectedly

and she's being really upset.

In the phoenix head's case, I first offended Her Majesty,

and took advantage of His Majesty.

I'm afraid I can't be the Minister of Rites.

Nor can I go to Nandong as an envoy.

In Moluo Village's case, all insiders are dead.

Only the whistle can be kind of a clue.

But it's too far away.

All ways to vindicate my father have failed.

Peizhi, be patient.

Let's take our time for a solution.

Take our time?

I don't know how long it has to take.

Sir!

Sir, I'm back!

What have you got?

Sir.

Following the marks on the map, I went near Moluo Village but couldn't find it.

The village is said to be in a secret location deep in the mountain.

Only one or two old guides knew the way.

But 20 years later, they've been dead.

What... What about the whistle?

Only some old guys found it familiar.

But none of them could remember the detail.

Is this a dead end, too?

I'm sorry, sir.

Sir.

Sir.

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Father.

Your son came to bother you again.

I'm too incapable

to give you a tomb or tablet for regular worship.

I'm so sorry.

In the past 20 years,

I've wanted nothing, but to vindicate you.

For this,

I did many things against my will.

Funnily, after 20 years of effort,

I still failed to vindicate you.

If I always have to fail, what's the point of my life?

There's a point.

As long as you live, there's hope.

These days, I've been thinking of the secret buyer.

Then I checked Chang Wei's house again.

I found no clue, though.

Let's think of another way.

All ways have failed.

Continue the investigation and we will find something.

Mr. Lan,

I haven't figured out what on earth happened that year.

And I'm not sure whether you were good or evil.

But I'll try my best to find out the truth.

Who's knocking so early?

Zhang Ping?

What for?

To take care of Mr. Lan's stomach.

We've got a doctor. You're not needed.

The doctor uses medicine while I use food.

Yeah. We've brought the ingredients.

But...

Stop. Stop here.

Liuyun, here.

Make room for Zhang.

He cooks perfectly.

Write it down.

He ate very little. No dishes. A mouthful of porridge.

Embalmer and Chang Wei didn't start to commit crimes

until they were instigated by someone mysterious.

What a coincidence!

Is it possible that the same guy instigated them?

It's so late, but why is Zhang Ping still busy?

I don't know what he's busy with lately.

After asking me to bring you the haw jelly, he went back to his room.

[Capital City.]

[Moluo Village.]

What manner of place is Moluo Village?

And what on earth happened that year?

Xuan Ji summoned Chang Wei in a letter.

So, Xuan Ji was behind all this.

But now he's dead, too.

Zhang,

poor as we are, must we buy such expensive herbs for Mr. Lan?

Mr. Lan saved my life many times.

I can't be stingy. I must repay him.

But the herbs look costly.

Will you really not ask Xu Dong for some money?

Fine.

Later, I'll haggle over the price and save as much as we can.

Go.

Sir, fill the prescription, please.

For one month.

Gentlemen, one and a half taels.

What?

Sir, could we have a discount?

We're scholars for the imperial exam.

No.

The price is fixed.

But sir, there's always an exception.

If it works very well, we'll buy some more later.

Musk?

Be careful.

It's the best musk. Very valuable.

Foxglove.

Red ginseng, cassia twig, and sesame.

Isn't it the Heart-calming Paste?

[Prescription]

It's indeed the prescription.

Even the dosage is the same as Xuan Ji's.

Sir, whose prescription is this?

Why do you ask?

Do you or do you not buy this?

If you don't, leave.

We do.

Zhang,

I haven't got a discount yet.

Please decoct it for us.

Two more pennies?

Zhang, we can decoct it back home.

Just save as much as possible.

I saw that prescription before.

It's special for Xuan Ji's disease.

But Xuan Ji is dead. Who would still use this prescription?

Well, it sounds really weird.

- There you are. - Is everything ready?

Yes.

All right.

Here.

I should go.

See you.

He's Xuan Ji's servant.

Right, right.

Put the valuable luggage in that cart.

That one.

- All right. - Tie it tightly in case it falls. Do you hear?

Yes.

Are they leaving the Capital City?

Go inform Mr. Lan.

All right.

Here. Give it to me.

Be careful.

Careful with that.

Chen Chou told me about it.

So, you're suspecting Xuan Ji faked his death to leave the Capital City?

Yes. Xuan Ji is dead for only one week, but his servants are packing already.

Really weird.

We must check it out immediately.

Otherwise, if they leave, we would get no clue.

But if we investigate openly, we'll alert them, right?

When I heard about Mr. Xuan's death, I didn't have time to pay my respects.

Today, I brought some presents as compensation.

It's so nice of you, Mr. Lan.

Thank you, on behalf of my dead master.

Two more boxes.

Why have you hired so many porters?

Here's the thing.

Our master's last wish was to return to his hometown after he died.

So, we'll carry his coffin to his hometown for the burial.

Get to your business. I'll wait here.

Pardon me, then. I'll be right back.

Butler.

What's up?

I'm the clerk from the pharmacy.

In the drug you took away, some poisonous aconite was mistakenly used.

What?

You... How could you make such a terrible mistake?

- I... - You wait here.

Butler delivered the drug to the secret chamber.

Xuan Ji must be hiding in it.

This is the mechanism to open the chamber, I guess.

"Fire" is in the south

with "Wind" and "Earth" on both sides.

[Heaven, Lake, Thunder, Fire] But the positions are wrong now.

[Earth, Mountain, Water, Wind] But the positions are wrong now.

If we put them in the right positions, can we open the chamber?

Try it and we'll know.

The cabinets are set with crossbows.

If we turn the wrong way again, they'll keep shooting, I'm afraid.

The out ring is fixed and can't be turned.

I turned the inner ring first but it was wrong.

Must we turn the center ring?

You have to try again. Be very careful.

Mr. Lan.

Here.

Take it.

Just be careful.

[Heaven, Lake, Thunder, Fire, Earth, Mountain, Water, Wind]

Xuan Ji.

I had His Majesty informed that you faked your death and is hiding in the secret chamber.

How much longer can you still hide?

Want to kill me?

Not that easy.

Go to hell!

Why?

We're not enemies.

Don't be scared, Mr. Xuan.

I didn't come to catch you,

but to ask you about Moluo Village.

Moluo Village?

What is that?

Don't know what you're talking about.

At Chang Wei's house, we found the letter you wrote.

You summoned him to the South.

He set out on the same day Mr. Lan's father visited Moluo Village.

How is this village involved in my father's case?

There's no way out for you.

If you confess, maybe I'll consider helping you.

Fine, then.

I took my men to kill all villagers in Moluo Village.

Because they were spies from Nandong Kingdom and colluded with your father for treason.

My father was upright and loyal.

He would never do anything like that.

But he disclosed our military intel so that our troops were annihilated. It's true, isn't it?

Think carefully.

What I want is the truth.

Tell me about it now, or tell His Majesty about it!

Your father

was indeed framed.

Moluo Clansmen were vicious and they could do witchcraft.

They deceived your father to the South

and got intel from him with witchcraft.

Your father felt something wrong and wrote to me for help.

Because I was in charge of the Department of Incantation

and I ruled some excellent wizards who could deal with Moluo Clan.

Upon receiving your father's letter,

I took my men to Moluo Village and killed all the villagers!

Unfortunately, I was still late.

The intel had been delivered.

And our troops were slaughtered.

So,

your father was charged with treason.

Did they send a woman to get my father?

Yes.

The witch from Moluo Clan.

It's her.

It's indeed her.

Go.

Tell everything to His Majesty and Her Majesty!

I can't go!

- You promised me. - Be patient, Mr. Lin.

His confession is suspicious.

If Moluo Clansmen were spies from Nandong Kingdom,

you could have exterminated them with the right reason.

But why did you disguis it as the divine retribution?

I...

Confess!

Fine.

What I just said is true.

But the disclosure of intel had something to do with me.

- With you? - With you?

20 years ago, I was the one who recruited the witch to the Department of Incantation.

In case the court found it out and punished you, you massacred Moluo Village, right?

Yes.

[Moluo Village, Lingnan District]

This is Moluo Village?

I'll count on you, then.

I recruited two wizards.

One was good at making poison.

He could make some red powder that was instantly lethal.

The other was Chang Wei.

He was unmatched in making sky lanterns.

To disguise the massacre as the divine retribution,

I put a lot of gunpowder and red poisonous power in the sky lantern.

Then I made the lanterns fly above Moluo Village with the help of the wind.

When the fuel was burned to a level, gunpowder would be triggered

and the sky lantern would explode.

The scarlet mist hung over.

Then, you wanted to kill them, too.

So, Chang Wei and Embalmer lived behind false identities for years.

I had to keep myself alive!

Chang Wei often went to the site of the Immortal Instrument.

Haven't you ever seen him?

I have heart palpitation.

So, I've never been up there.

If you hadn't come to me,

I would still not know what it had to do with Chang Wei.

I thought it was a perfect chance to help Her Majesty topple Mr. Liu.

A secret buyer asked Chang Wei to steal the phoenix head.

Do you not know him, too?

Someone asked Chang Wei to steal it?

Is it him?

The survivor of Moluo Village.

Is he back for revenge?

It must be him.

He's back for revenge.

There's a survivor?

Hiding in the shadow, he did witchcraft.

The entire Sacred Lake was bubbling.

It was witchcraft.

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