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Su Chengxi.

Who do you think you're saving?

[Decline]

[Episode 1]

[Half a year ago]
There's a ghost!

Ghost!

Get out of the way.

- There's a ghost.
- What did you see? Tell me.

[Yuxiang Theatrical Troupe]

[Yuxiang Theatrical Troupe]
I saw a ghost eating people!

- You, how dare you?
- What are you shouting about?

Don't you know our young master?

Your young master, who is he?

Listen, the Hezhou murder case.

It's a serial homicide.

Right, and the Ling County
secret room murder case.

It's the Secret Room ice pick murder case.

- What?
- Right.

Our young master found the murderers in all these strange cases in one day.

- Half a day.
- Right, half a day.

Our young master's name is so famous and overwhelming all over the world.

Stay low.

After all these talking, so who is your young master?

I am Su Chengxi.

[Su Chengxi]

So, My Lord, you came here to…

To investigate.

Just leave, don't interfere
with the investigation.

[Suburb Kirilow Groundsel Herb]

[Yuxiang Theatrical Troupe Flag]

[The Costumes Are Clean]

There's a ghost. Ghost.
A ghost is eating people!

Yesterday early morning,

I was patrolling the city and sounding the night watches as usual.

It's dry and flammable.

Be careful with fire and candles.

I didn't expect to run into a ghost.

[Chicken Blood]

♫ Stretch my brow, and meet once ♫

♫ The road ahead is dangerous,
and the wind is blowing tonight ♫

♫ Separated by mountains and rivers,
I suddenly dreamed back ♫

Get out of the way.

Hanbai.

Hanbai is so cool.

♫ Breaking through the clouds and fog ♫

♫ There is no way back to life ♫

♫ Regardless of the long night,
who cares about life and death ♫

♫ Knowing you as before,
I think of you as always ♫

♫ Hot blood in your heart
melts the cold night snow ♫

Hanbai, go!

- Lady, please go back.
- Hanbai, go!

♫ With you here,
I enjoy the moon falling and sunrise ♫

Who are you?

[Famous Constable of Dayong City, Sui Hanbai]

Take him down.

Young master, I'm here to save you.
[Zhao Yin]

How's the evidence gathering going?

It's done.

If you don't believe me,
come and search yourself.

Hey.

Do you know who I am?

Have you heard of my young master?

Su Chengxi, Zhao Yin.

You entered a crime scene posing as court officials and stealing the evidence.

Three months' jail under the law of Dayong.
[Statement of Criminal Charge]

Let me tell you.

You'd better show some mercy.

There will be a time for you to ask me.

You are dreaming.

Who?

[Zuo Tangfeng]
Su Chengxi.

My Lord, why would we
need a prisoner to help us?

You just got transferred.

There are some things you don't know.

This Su Chengxi is the first-ranked folk detective in Dayong City.

You're Su Chengxi.

I've admired you for a long time.

Stay low.

I can't believe
the detective's been arrested too.

My Lord, I can solve the case myself.

No more talking.

This is about my career.

Li Zongzheng ordered me to solve the case in three days.

Young master, you didn't hand it all in.

I always have plan B.

How could I possibly hand it all in?

I still need it to solve the case.

With this thing, can you solve the case?

This will solve the case as soon as I have it.

Li Zongzheng is
the most powerful in Dayong City.

We must have Su Chengxi.

Hanbai.

City Lord. Lady, I'll take my leave.

Hanbai, don't go.

I have something to talk to you. Hanbai.

Father.

Father.

Why is Hanbai ignoring me again?

I wonder if he doesn't like me.

I don't know if he likes you or not, babe.

If you really like him,

wait for him to finish his work,

I'll arrange it for you.

Okay?

[Zuo Hanling]

[Dayong Official Document]
Mr. Sui.

Release Su Chengxi.

Yes.

My Lord.

Su Chengxi said…

What did he say?

He told you to get lost.

How dare he!

Young master, why are you staring at him?

Nonsense.

Don't you see he's staring at me?

So I'll stare at him back and
we can win with four eyes.

Su Chengxi.

It's me, what can I do for you?

Lord Zuo has issued the order to let you assist me

in investigating the case of the city gate.

Let me assist you, then who are you?

Sui Hanbai.

Get lost! I don't have time for you.

You entered a crime scene posing as court officials

and destroying the evidence.

Now one more, you tore up an official document.

Now you can come with me, or spend the rest of your life in prison.

- Let me think.
- Tell me.

I'll go with you.

Young master, are you okay?

Young master, where are we going now?

You'd go investigate
the Yuxiang Theatrical Troupe.

And which shops sell Tianxiang silk and
Persian fragrant ink stick?

What about you? Are you really going to
investigate the case with Sui Hanbai?

What if this case doesn't
have what you're looking for?

How do we know if we don't check?

I see.

Let's go.

I have to go back and take a bath
to get rid of the bad luck.

The case matters. Don't waste time.

The case matters to you.

Taking a bath matters to me.

I'm going back to take a bath.

I feel good.

Tianxiang silk and Persian fragrant ink stick,

there are only a handful of people
in the Dayong City can afford them.

How could such a precious painting appear on the carriage
of the theatrical troupe?

Interesting.

It's getting late. We should go.

Alright. Wait a little longer.

To get rid of bad luck, I need to bath for at least six hours.

Why don't you go bath too?

Put on your clothes and come out.

- Where's your manners?
- Come out.

Mr. Sui, I'm just taking a bath.

What law did I break?

Don't be glib and get out.

Fine.

Why are my clothes ripped?

Did you ruin it?

Enough!

I hate it when people interrupt my bath.

I feel good.

Su Chengxi.

Mr. Sui, you're too slow.

- It took you a whole hour to come over.
- Give me back my clothes.

To be honest, wearing your clothes,

your men are all paying respect to me.

Give it back to me.

Did you smell the fragrance?

Stop playing tricks.

Didn't you smell the fragrance
by the carriage at the city gate?

Only it was light then, not as strong as it is now.

Looks like it came from over there.

I've never seen a ghost.

Mr. Sui, you work for Dayong Mansion.

How long have you been
working in Dayong Mansion?

What's your monthly salary?

Are you married?

Keep your paws to yourself.

What are you doing?

Put them down and examine the body.

Wait.

Alright, be careful.

Don't get anything dirty on my clothes.

Wait.

What now?

Don't go over this line
when you lay out the bodies.

You're troublesome.

Don't judge me. Just do as I say.

Be careful.

[Yuxiang Theatrical Troupe Token]

There are 11 people in
the Yuxiang Theatrical Troupe registered.

But there are only nine bodies here,

the actress Liu Yuan and the accountant Yi Tianren
are still missing.

You turn over the one on the far right.

Let me take a look at his neck.

Fine, I'll do it myself.

If one was strangled to death,

the ligature marks will appear dark red
at first and black over time.

If one was strangled after death…

If one was strangled after death, at first, the marks will have no blood mark,

only white mark, and later, they will turn brown.

The victim had stab wounds, and the cuts are strange.

Although the stab wounds are severe, none of them are fatal.

- The cause of death is--
- Poisoning.

The poison is still unknown.

Can't you let me finish a sentence smoothly?

Why do you keep interrupting me?

There's a fragrance on the dead.

Just like the scene
at the city gate's carriage,

the ground is very clean with no blood stains.

So the woods weren't the first crime scene.

I can't do this anymore.

I didn't mean to interrupt you.

Don't flatter yourself.

You!

Forget it, I won't argue with you.

And it takes you so long to take notes.

I wonder when you'd finish.

I'm tired, and I'll take a nap.

Lazy and gluttonous.

It's morning. You are still not finishing?

That's way too slow.

Do you even use your hands?

Su Chengxi, don't forget
you're here to investigate.

Someone said I'm lazy and gluttonous,

so I have to make it happen.

Be lazy yesterday, and be gluttonous today.

Perfect.

Take it easy.

Who is shouting over there?

Help!

Murder!

Miss Zuo, stop.

Hanbai, be careful.

Beauty, who are you to that block head?

My Hanbai is not block head at all.

Who are you then?

I am the master of your Hanbai.

Could you be the wife of my apprentice?

Y-You'd stop talking nonsense.

My Hanbai is the best
martial artist in the world,

why would he need a master?

If you keep talking nonsense, I'll have my father have you arrested.

Who's your father?

My father is the City Lord of Dayong City.

So you are the daughter of the City Lord.

Now you'd get it.

Hanbai, did you catch them?

They ran away.

Why are you here?

I'm here to solve this case with you.

- Nonsense.
- Beauty.

So you are here for love.

Su Chengxi, don't talk nonsense.

Fine, I won't stay to wait for the bailiffs with you.

I have to get back for the bath.

Again?

Come on. I've stayed with the dead all night,

I need to get rid of the bad luck.

Beauty, goodbye.

Hanbai.

Let's go.

Young master, as you ordered, I went to many painting shops,

and I finally found the Tianxiang silk
and Persian fragrant ink stick.

Well done, Zhao Yin.

Of course.

[Many Painting Shop]

Are you sure you went
to the Many Painting Shop?

Yes, and if you want to buy anything in there, there are special conditions.

there are special conditions.

Special conditions?

You need a referral from a friend,

and pay a deposit of 5,000 taels of silver to the shop.

Only then you can choose a painting in it.

5,000 taels of silver? Are they robbers?

You just wait here,
I'll go in and have a look.

I'll keep watch for you.

I guarantee even a fly won't get in.

Why are you here?

Chase.

Hurry up! Chase!

[Double-grooved Knife]

This can make cuts the same as
the stab wounds on bodies in the woods.

Haven't you washed your feet
for hundreds of years?

When someone comes to kill you,

you should just take your shoes off
and get them killed.

It might save your life.

He's dead. He was killed
with a double-grooved knife.

- Did you pull out the knife?
- Of course not.

What else have you moved in this room?

Nothing else.

What about the shoes?
Why did he take them off?

Maybe he dropped them while running away.

Su Chengxi, tell me the truth.

Why are you investigating
the shopkeeper of the painting shop?

What have you stolen in this room?

I didn't take anything,
search me if you don't believe.

Wait, you really search me?

Stand still and don't move.

I don't want to.

You…

What are you trying to do?

Su Chengxi, you've repeatedly destroyed
crime scenes and evidence.

Now you are under arrest.

You're not being reasonable.

I'm obeying the law.

My Lord, it's locked,

Keep an eye on him.

Don't let him out until I say so.

Yes.

Fine, you can lock me up for a lifetime.

If you dare to run, I'll lock you up for a lifetime.

You really did lock me up?

Why are you so moody?

Mr. Sui, Lord Zuo has issued an order the case of the city gate is settled.

What?

My Lord, why do you close the case?

This is Li Zongzheng's order. Just do it.

Ten people have been
brutally killed in this case, and two are missing.

I don't think settling the case like this is appropriate.

Do you want to disobey the order?

I just think…

Cut the crap.

Just do what I say.

This is Li Zongzheng's order.

Even if I'm the City Lord, I have to do it.

What if I insist on investigating?

Then hand in your token.

What you do in the future has nothing to do with Dayong Mansion.

[Constable]

Why is he so strange?

Su Chengxi, your case is settled.
You can leave now.

Settled? Where is your Mr. Sui?

Li Zongzheng hastily ordered the case settled.

This case may be related to him.

Su Chengxi.

I didn't escape.

The noble City Lord had me set free.

He said the case is settled.

Fine.

Sui Hanbai, is the case really settled?

This is a matter for the Yamen,
none of your business.

Since the Yamen is not investigating anymore.

Then I, as a man of justice,

really can't just stand by.

So I decided to continue the investigation.

I don't want to talk
nonsense with you anymore.

What about you?

So many people have died in this case.

I'm not giving up until I get to the truth.

You're really stubborn.

It's my duty.

What a coincidence.

I can't sleep without finding the truth.

I'll investigate with you this time.

Besides, you don't even have your token.

What can you do without me?

Do you really want to investigate?

A real man never goes back on his words.

Are you a real man?

Of course I am, and I have the evidence.

Guess what I got from the carriage?

Bold and reckless.

It's my ancestral technique, amazing, right?

Here.

I'll let you off the hook this time.

Be relaxed.

You took this?

Who am I?

Since we're cooperating, let me get this straight.

Everything has to be on my terms
and you can't act rashly.

I'll try.

Tell me what you've found so far.

The murderer must have parked
the carriage at the city gate on purpose.

I found that the carriage
filled with chicken blood.

But the theater troupe's costumes and props on top were all clean.

This all points to a fake scene.

And the Kirilow Groundsel Herb is a weed that only grows in the eastern suburbs.

So that's why you went there.

And look at this.

Although the painting looks ordinary and the painting skill is mediocre,

the paper and ink are both expensive.

The carriage was full of chicken blood,

only this painting doesn't
have any blood stains.

Someone deliberately put this painting in the carriage.

I can't rule out this possibility.

So I asked Zhao Yin to inquire about the shops
that sell this paper and ink.

So that leads us here.

When we entered, the shopkeeper was already dead.

Whoever killed him probably
didn't have time to clean the scene.

So I got the other half of the painting from his shoe sole.

Shoe sole?

Timing and subtitles by the 🔍The Mystical Investigations Team🔎 @viki.com

Sui Hanbai, do you recognize this place?

Sui Hanbai, seems like you're in charge of this case, right?

Come on, tell me.

- What have you found?
- Double-grooved knife.

Double-grooved knife?

[Decline]

♫ Look forward to the soul
returning to the moonlight ♫

♫ Please allow me to have a drink with you ♫

♫ Dark clouds rise at night ♫

♫ We know but we don't meet
each other in this world ♫

♫ Seeing the bones of the dead,
who touched my heart ♫

♫ Gathering and dispersing,
right and wrong, false and true ♫

♫ No regrets, so this life is complete ♫

♫ Memories have taken my heart ♫

♫ I wish to go together with you
to see the prosperous world ♫

♫ Enjoy the sun, moon
and stars in silence with you ♫