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The underworld.

Science.

Punch and kick.

The truth.

A great swimmer.

Forensics.

Sorceress.

Reporter.

Weak body.

Special detective.

Mother.

Secretary of municipal government.

An individual with unsurpassed and exceptional abilities.

Young Master.

Belongs to the Great God.

The heiress.

Neither a smoker nor a drunkard.

What is the use of having power and money?

Can't stand the sight of you.

Not bad. Reasonable and fair.

Take a bath.

Are you kidding me?

Not finicky.

There are clues.

Germany.

Spirit channeling.

Big news.

Chamber of Commerce for Water Transportation.

Master.

De-you!

Father.

Not messing things up. Not afraid of things.

Inference.

Evidence.

Childhood sweetheart.

The people of Tientsin.

Mao Ding.

De-you Guo.

-River God. -River God.

-River God. -River God.

EPISODE 4

You've been living in this old temple for two days.

Have you gotten used to it?

Yes.

It's significantly quieter here than the Chamber of Commerce.

-Hey. -Yes?

You can't do this.

Keep your hands off it.

I can learn.

I didn't know anything when I went abroad.

But I love learning new things. That's my only strength.

Mr. Gui.

Do you have a cigarette?

I was holding a red umbrella just now

to block the sunlight and ward off the wandering soul.

But you were holding the coffin and all the bad luck moved to you.

If you don't mind, I'll light a cigarette

to remove it for you.

-Thank you for doing this. -No worries.

Thank you.

Do you want to learn about tobacco burning?

Of course. But I know I just became your disciple.

My senior will have to learn it first before me.

He won't be able to learn it.

Why?

Anything that is a little irritating is off-limits to him.

Smoking and drinking aside, if his clothes are not clean enough,

he'll feel a tingling sensation once he wears them.

He is susceptible to allergies.

People will choke and cough when they inhale smoke.

It's a defense mechanism of the human body.

Some people have different reactions,

that's why some are more sensitive and reactive to smoke.

In some cases, people even become delirious,

have hallucinations, have their sensory organs enlarged

and even slip into asphyxiation which leads to death.

Are you feeling sick?

No. I'm all right.

-Do you want to take a break at the lobby? -No, thank you.

Yuan-yuan wore this jade earring on the day she was found.

-Young Master. -Mr. Hu.

Are you...

-What is it? -It's nothing.

The daughter of secretary general, Lan-lan Xiao, is going to get engaged.

Give some gift money on behalf of our Chamber of Commerce.

Didn't we have a grudge against the Xiao family?

It was between the older generations.

This is the best time to patch things up.

Today is your big day.

How do you have time to come here?

Please have some tea.

I haven't seen Zi-xian Qian for a week.

Ms. Xiao.

Just think about it.

Perhaps Mr. Qian was busy with something and forgot about it.

I have a hunch that he'll not turn up for the engagement party this evening.

It's all right for Mr. Qian to have a bit of fun once in a while.

-You don't think he... -He disappeared.

He's not out having fun.

Don't be angry.

Mr. Qian is the man of the hour in our Tientsin City.

After tonight,

he will be the son-in-law of Secretary-General Xiao.

It's normal to go outside and take a break before the engagement.

Now, I'll dispatch several people

to ask from door-to-door to see which places Mr. Qian frequents.

We'll get his whereabouts.

Once we find him, we'll make sure he returns to you.

Hey.

-Captain Fu. -Yes.

The Qian family cares about their reputation.

They can refrain from reporting the case for days.

But I don't care about this.

Since the person is already missing, I'm not afraid of losing face.

I only hope

you can have a clearer picture of this matter.

And take it seriously.

Ms. Xiao...

-How about your engagement part tonight? -As scheduled.

Deputy Mayor Xu, a set of diamond jewelry.

Commander Luo of City Defense Regiment, a pair of ivory screens.

Manager Feng of Suxifang, ten bars of gold bullions.

President Sun of Charity Hall, one imported sedan car.

Gosh.

They don't seem to run out of money.

Hurry up! Captain.

Why did it take you so long? Did you go to Peiping to buy the gift?

I’ve really put my heart into it.

They are inexpensive, fresh and distinctive.

You'll be satisfied. When you give them as a gift,

they'll do you proud in every way.

All right. Let me have a look.

Captain, please take it.

What do you think?

So?

Didn't you say you want fresh stuff? They just caught these.

They're so fresh. Each and every one of them is meaty.

Do you want me to be the laughing stock of Tientsin City?

Do you?

No, Captain Fu.

-Captain, please let me explain. -I'm going to kick your ass!

Captain Fu.

Sir.

Thank you for coming. Please come in.

No. We still have official business over there.

Ms. Xiao has asked us to look for Mr. Qian.

What's this?

-This? -Crabs as a gift.

They are so meaty.

This is good stuff.

Ms. Lan-lan likes crab paste.

Well, our captain picked them himself one by one.

In Peiping.

I see.

Please excuse the cheap gift.

It's not good enough to be given as a gift.

That's very kind of you. We are practically family.

Don't let the public know about Mr. Qian.

If you let the cat out of the bag, it'll cause a stir in the city.

Today is Ms. Lan-lan's big day. Please don't upset the secretary general.

Of course, I won't. Don't worry, Third Master.

No matter how busy you are, you have to honor us with a visit.

Please come in.

I better accept your invitation then.

Please.

Where are you going?

-Aren't we going in? -Didn't you hear his instruction?

Stay sharp and guard the entrance.

Give me the gift.

-Captain? -That's it for now.

Captain, are we still looking for Mr. Qian?

-After you, please. -Please.

Captain Fu of Tientsin Municipal Police Station,

a basket of crabs.

Please come in.

Be quick.

Hey.

May I know your name?

Don't you know me?

Are you on the guest list? Let me check.

We're just here to eat a meal.

-Do you have to verify our identities? -Sorry.

-It's mandatory. -Don't try to fool me!

Mom.

Go and ask the people in Tientsin City.

All of them know me as the sorceress.

Don't piss me off.

If I'm pissed off, I'll cast a spell of diarrhea on you!

You'll be doomed!

Goodness.

-What are you doing? -We don't have the invitation card.

We should at least dress properly.

Look at their clothes!

Are we allowed to go inside?

Let's go. I'll buy you a drink.

Do you think I'll drink for nothing? I want to help them.

Hey.

Listen.

Heaven, men, deities and ghosts have their own way.

I've cast a divination for your master.

It had a bad manifestation. I've come to interpret the divination.

Don't you care about your master's wellbeing?

I'm not cursing you, but the groom is in for some bad luck.

Do you understand?

-Master Ding. Come in, please. -They are with me.

Did you hear that? Get lost!

-See you later. -Master Ding of Chamber of Commerce,

500 silver dollars in cash.

Master Ding sure is generous.

-De-you! -Calm down.

You promised to pay me 50 silver dollars.

Are you refusing to pay me?

Would you go with me to Xue's residence tomorrow morning?

We'll settle the account tonight and crack the case tomorrow.

XUE RESIDENCE

The time has come.

Move the coffin.

Please stop, all of you. You can't go in.

Everyone, my daughter is being buried today. What do you want now?

You don't have to bury her right away.

Mr. Xue, you're hiding something from us, aren't you?

Master Ding.

The Chamber of Commerce has deep pockets,

but you're running wild in Tientsin City without qualms.

Aren't you going a bit too far?

Could I ask how Yuan-yuan Xue felt

when she died in her own boudoir?

The deceased is the king.

Stop talking nonsense!

In the previous dynasty, there was a brutal torture.

The criminal's face was covered with soaked painting paper

to seal up his eyes, nose and mouth.

Making them unable to see or speak.

They could only struggle until they died.

Besides,

how ruthless the killer was

not to spare a girl who had just become a mom?

I...

I don't know what your intention is,

but you must be aware

of the consequence of framing my family!

You should know the consequence for doing such a thing.

You're crazy!

Even a vicious tiger doesn't eat its cubs.

Tell me.

Who's the crazy one?

You're being impulsive. You're talking rubbish!

Somebody kick him out!

The weapon that killed Yuan-yuan Xue is in your residence.

Mr. Xue.

You haven't got the time to dispose of it, have you?

Although her nails were polished again,

I could still see that before her death,

she damaged her nails by scratching on some hard object.

Looking at the extent of the nails' damage,

it couldn't be metal or rock.

The most likely thing was wood.

To be precise, it was varnished mahogany furniture.

Mr. Gui, go to the room where I changed into a shroud to have a look.

If she drowned in the river,

her nose and ears would have traces of mud or sand, more or less.

But Ms. Xue's body was clean.

A rich family is particular about it. Still, there's nothing wrong about that.

But her hair smelled like Longjing tea that was picked before Grain Rain.

Besides, the jade earring that she wore

had a scrap of painting paper which had been soaked in tea.

How can you find

traces of fragrant tea and scraps of paper in the river?

I think

Ms. Xue must have died in her room.

The residence has high courtyard walls and servants on night watch.

It was twice as difficult for the culprit to sneak in and commit a crime.

But if the culprit was already inside the residence,

it would be a different story.

Mr. Xue.

What do you say?

If you still don't agree with my statement,

you can follow Detective Ding to the police station. We'll know then.

No matter what had happened, you'd never kill your daughter, right?

We are a noble family of great prestige.

A slight deviation

would ruin our family.

The fair lady of the Xue family had an illegitimate child.

She ruined my family's traditions and my good reputation.

She should have died far away.

Sit down!

After all this time, are you still running around?

Dad.

I raised you, but you left without a word.

-Don't you care about this family? -Listen to me, Dad.

Don't you feel ashamed?

-Dad! -I tried so hard

to hide you

for the fear of exposing this dirty secret.

I'm trying to cover it up, but you want to run away with the child.

If you are seen by the outsiders, our family will be disgraced!

Dad, I'm begging you. I must find him. I beg you to let me go.

-Just disown me as your daughter. -Shut up!

You're going to see that prick, aren't you?

Give the child to me.

Give it to me, Dad. What are you doing?

Dad, what are you doing? Dad?

Don't you dare run away!

There's no point in this. I must go to him.

-Don't you dare run away! -Mr. Gui!

Be quiet!

Even if you don't let me go, he'll take me out of here.

Are you going or not?

There's no use of doing this.

You're not going anywhere!

Where was the child?

It was spirited away.

You just keep on making it all up!

I've come this far.

What's the point of making it all up?

Let him continue.

Be quick!

Make sure you find her.

At that time, Yuan-yuan was just sitting there.

Not a sound.

Don't move!

Who is it?

Give me the child!

Who are you?

If you give me the child, nobody will know what you've done.

What are you going to do?

Don't worry.

It will have nothing to do with the Xue family.

How can I trust you?

You have no choice.

Go!

Do you still remember what that man looked like?

He was wearing a mask. I couldn't see him clearly.

You should at least remember some of his traits.

He seems to be limping.

Ying Gu, get them!

Okay.

Keep an eye on Qing-yang Xue for me.

You've murdered and hidden the corpse. What do you want to do next?

Master Ding, those men don't work for the Xue family.

Who are they working for then?

Master Xue feared this matter would become public

so I hired several pallbearers from the pier.

I don't even know them, let alone Master Xue.

It must be that prick who violated Yuan-yuan!

Apart from limping, does he have any other traits?

-It was dark so I couldn't see clearly. -You should've heard his voice.

Is he an acquaintance? One of the local residents?

I couldn't recognize his accent. He is not an acquaintance.

I only heard him coughing a lot.

THIS WAY UP

Who are they?

You chose such a narrow road to pass through. Must be tough, right?

Should I give you a helping hand?

QINCHANG PAWN SHOP

Give way!

What is he doing? He's opening the coffin!

Keep running! Aren't you good at running?

Are you guys too tired to run as soon as the sun sets?

De-you used to run the whole day and night when I was pursuing him!

Who sent you here? Why did you take the corpse away?

-I don't know. -Trying to be tough, are you?

I...

We only focus on money in our line of work, not people.

Can you ask something else?

Where is the corpse?

We were told to carry it to Yaowa Pier and someone will take it from us.

SELLING BRANDED WATCHES

Stop!

Next, Captain Fu of Tientsin Municipal Police Station will give a speech.

Please, Captain Fu.

Master Ding just joined us

and already managed to crack a major case by himself.

Qing-yang Xue, who killed his daughter ruthlessly, was brought to justice.

That's quite a hors d'oeuvre.

It should be hors d'oeuvre.

Yes, hors d'oeuvre.

Captain, you wanted to say chef d'oeuvre, right?

Hors d'oeuvre is a type of food.

Yes, I was talking about having a feast to boost the morale of our police station.

We should celebrate.

You guys have been working hard with me for so many days

and closed a high-profile case.

-We deserve to eat and drink well. -Yes.

This is my way of showing concern for my subordinates as a captain.

-Yes. -It's not the time to close the case yet.

How about a goat's head?

Mutton soup with sesame seed cakes warms the heart and stomach.

Captain, you shouldn't eat that sort of food.

Yuan-yuan Xue and the child's bodies are still missing.

We'll have slices of boiled mutton then.

The mutton from Yongyuande in the north of the city

is so tender and smooth.

You shouldn't eat that. It will increase your body temperature.

We must find out who these people are and what their intention is.

Let's have fish then.

Squirrel-shaped fish of Shunfulou, shredded tofu and stir-fried lamb organs.

I'll warm up a glass of wine and ask a girl to sing a tune for you.

I'm shorthanded. I need reinforcements and authority!

Drink less wine and be more knowledgeable. A small glass of wine will be enough.

-Yes. -What did you say you wanted to eat?

Where are they? Did you manage to catch them?

No.

You didn't find the coffin? Why?

I found the coffin. It was empty.

One of them jumped into the river while carrying Yuan-yuan Xue's body.

Jumped into the river?

What about the child? Where's the body?

It's nowhere to be found.

Where were the pallbearers?

They ran away.

Turns out you didn't catch anything after all the running!

Since you're the expert, why didn't you do it?

I should've been the one pursuing them and you should watch over Qing-yang Xue.

You?

Who are you trying to blame?

If De-you and I didn't stop you, you'd be buried alive with the dead!

I know.

Let's have roast duck.

Jumping into the river without a word.

I guess that's true love.

Are you saying her lover took the dead body away?

If he didn't love her that much, he wouldn't have done so, would he?

Did I chase them to death?

They destroyed the corpse and wiped off all the traces.

Don't say that as if they died for love.

Would you jump into the river with the corpse while discarding it?

I saw it with my own eyes.

It was right here that he jumped without looking back.

-Did they get out of the water? -No.

But it was already dark.

So I wasn't sure.

Let's go.

Let's have something nice and warm.

Hey.

We are here to investigate the case.

How do we investigate?

Previously, you said the perpetrator jumped in with the corpse, right?

Both have never been spotted again. I think we should search underwater.

Yes. That makes sense. You can go.

You work for the corpse salvage team.

Yes, but where is the corpse?

How would you know if you haven't searched the area?

When you see a patient, do you cut their belly open

and then diagnose them?

I studied forensic pathology, not Western medicine.

I salvage dead bodies, not the Northwest Wind.

Didn't I pay you 50 silver dollars?

That was for investigation, not for salvaging a dead body.

How much do you want?

What's wrong?

Like mining for jade, with one cut, you have to accept it if there's nothing.

But if there is something, it will be a major case

and you'll take the credit, Detective Ding.

-So? -Okay, 50 silver dollars is fine.

Fifty silver dollars for one corpse.

If there are two corpses under there, it will be 100 silver dollars.

All right.

-Ying, be my witness. -Okay.

If there is not a single dead body in the river,

I'll still get 50 silver dollars as agreed.

Hurry up!

I still can't believe it.

How does he hold his breath in the water for such a long time?

That's because you don't have the knack.

De-you!

You won the bet.

Don't be so hasty in trying new things.

I've been soaking in this stuff every day. What's the difference?

Are they the same?

The living and the dead are both humans. Are they the same?

You were born with a weak body.

Every time you dive, I have to prepare a medicinal bath for you.

I wish you wouldn't cause so much trouble.

Fine. You're the master.

You have the final say. I have no objections.

Master, what is that remedy for? I've never seen it before.

That remedy is to cure a foul mouth.

What? Am I forbidden from asking now?

Fine. I won't ask or poke my nose into anything.

I'll just mind my own business.

I'll remind you one last time.

If you dare to smoke again, I'll whip you.

Subtitle translation by Jay Wong