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[White Cat Legend]

[Episode 19]

[Sanqing Hall]

In that case,

why don't you open it?

[Sanqing Hall]

How about this?

As the Minister of Judicial Review,

I order chief clerk Cui Bei

to verify the case in this dossier.

If there's anything wrong or missing,

investigate it thoroughly.

Look!

Does it have anything to do with you?

March, third year of Jinglong,

Shannan Province's Zhuzhou

has been flooded since the previous year.

Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Works, Cui Xun,

was ordered to help the people.

Along the way, he solved cases of the collusion of soldiers and bandits

and officials embezzling money,

and wanted to secretly report this to the emperor.

However, the bandits found out

so...

so he was killed.

It was disguised as an accident.

Xue Huairang, the governor of Xiangzhou, investigated under suspicion

to find out the truth.

The bandits have been captured

and are now executed.

The leader of the bandits

also committed suicide to escape punishment.

How could this be...

You didn't let your father go back then

because you were young

and weak.

The Court of Judicial Review is a place

where one fights against injustice in the world

and investigates the roots of

disasters.

So in some sense,

you are born for the Court of Judicial Review.

Even though we are being unfairly treated now

and no one treats us nicely,

what we can do is

to do good deeds

and leave the rest to fate.

To do good deeds

and leave the rest to fate.

♫The light♫

♫At the end of the world♫

To do good deeds

and leave the rest to fate.

♫In the distance♫

♫Above the dark clouds♫

♫In the center of the darkness♫

♫I cross the barren world♫

♫To find the light♫

♫There's nowhere to hide♫

♫The entanglement of fate♫

♫I wander in the long night♫

♫And also fantasize♫

These are all the things there are in this temple.

It may be a bit shabby.

It's enough.

Thank you.

♫I can't wait until dawn♫

Chang'an is in the southwest of Shendu.

♫There's no need to hesitate♫

That is the southwest.

♫There's a sun in your heart♫

♫When the people on the ground♫

♫Open their eyes and gaze up sincerely♫

♫How many wishes♫

♫Are singing to the unnamed star♫

♫With the same voice?♫

♫They will always yearn♫

♫The sky above the dark clouds♫

♫In the distance at the end of the storm♫

♫I find your unchanged smile♫

Go back.

♫Is also on my face♫

Let's go.

♫The unnamed starlight♫

♫The destined confusion♫

♫Is never forgotten♫

Let him look.

He probably won't come again.

He won't come again?

♫These has never been a single bright day♫

Gosh, what should we do then?

Let's get some mountain goods

♫How to be brave?♫

and bring them back to the people in the court..

I think that sounds good.

I'll pay.

All right!

Good idea!

Cui Bei.

♫But even if I'm flustered♫

♫With your gaze♫

Chen Shi is going to go buy some mountain goods.

♫There's no need to hide♫

Let's go.

-Let's go. -Let's go.

Let's go.

Let's go.

Come on.

♫When the people on the ground♫

Come.

Let's go.

♫Open their eyes and gaze up sincerely♫

-Let's go. -Let's go.

How many brothers?

Don't worry.

How many brothers?

A lot.

♫How many wishes♫

A lot.

A lot.

Let's go.

♫Are singing to the unnamed star♫

♫With the same voice?♫

[Court of Judicial Review]

♫The unnamed starlight♫

Come out.

I brought delicious food.

Food?

Hurry up.

Come over.

Give me one.

What is it?

Give me a bag.

-Here. -Fruits?

It's delicious.

Give me a bag.

Try it.

Here.

Here.

Back to Court of Judicial Review again

and Qing Ming is over.

This is delicious.

What do you think Vice Minister

will be met with more things?

I can't be sure.

Do you want to bet?

Sure.

Yes.

I bet

something bad will definitely happen to Vice Minister today.

He will, he will.

Why do you get to bet first?

I came up with this.

No, you...

Yes.

Here.

Come on.

Sir.

Mind your words and actions.

Sir.

Oh right, Sir,

keep this.

What is it?

It's a talisman. I asked Mr. Yuan for it.

I...

I don't want it.

Just take it, Sir.

Yes, we all have this.

Just take it.

-Look. -Yes.

Mine.

Just keep it, Sir.

Look, I have one too.

Sun Bao also prepared it for Chen Shi.

-We all have one. -Yes.

Go eat.

Yes!

Let's go.

Let's go.

It's sweet.

Chen Shi!

Time to eat!

Time to eat.

Time to eat!

Hurry up. You guys share this.

-Go ahead. -Go ahead.

You go first.

[Astute and Impartial in Judgment]

Let's go. What are we eating?

Stir fried radish with radish.

We will become a huge radish after eating it.

Radish?

I like radish.

There's also stir fried ginger with ginger.

We will become a huge ginger after eating it.

Sun Bao.

Wang Qi?

Alibaba!

Chen Shi!

Where are you?

Wang Qi!

Wang Qi!

Chen Shi!

Why are you here?

Come down!

What are you doing so high up?

For such a long time,

it has always been you who accompanied me.

You are a little dark,

and a little unlucky too.

But...

Without you,

I probably

wouldn't have come this far.

Wh-What's wrong?

Why are you crying?

What?

You're leaving?

You don't want to be a dark cloud anymore?

To do good deeds

and leave the rest to fate.

So you remember

what I said.

Father.

Mother.

You have never resented me.

Is that true?

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

What are you doing?

I hereby announce

the annual Court of Judicial Review

martial arts test

begins now!

You

won't fight

nor retreat.

What is that for?

Well, I...

We...

I'll go first.

You have a lot of courage.

Then, choose one.

Arm wrestling.

Okay.

Wait.

I'll let you use your other hand too.

You said it yourself.

Push harder.

Harder!

Finish him.

Harder. Harder.

Harder.

Harder!

Hang in there.

Next.

Wang Ruyi.

How is he so good?

Of course.

Sun Bao

used to be a scout in the army.

No one can beat him.

There won't be a good outcome

to this martial arts test.

He said it was an assessment.

But he made everyone in the Court of Judicial Review

his opponent.

He thinks he's good at martial arts

so he lets his opponents

choose anything they want to fight in.

As long as you win him, you can be considered outstsanding.

And you won't have to take

the martial arts test next year.

How arrogant!

Ridiculous!

Nonsensical!

Expose oneself to ridicule?

That's right.

Next.

It's only once a year.

Look at him.

Well,

has no one won

Mr. Sun before?

No.

Sun Bao is amazing.

Next!

Cui Bei.

My hands are numb.

Cui Bei.

Cui Bei.

What do you choose?

I...

I give up.

Why did you give up?

What else can I do?

Why?

Where is your dark cloud magic?

Dark cloud?

It's gone.

Next one.

Wang Qi, it's your turn.

Why is it my turn?

It is your turn.

Only you guys are left.

Friend.

It's your turn.

It's time for me, the outstanding horse's turn.

What are you choosing, friend?

He's looking confident.

Yeah.

Wrestling!

Wrestling?

You dare to fight a close combat with me?

You're not just brave.

Cut the crap.

Don't talk all big.

Bring it on. Come on.

Behind you!

Wang Qi!

He can't beat him at all.

Use more strength.

Why did you choose wrestling if you couldn't defeat me?

Wang Qi.

Wang Qi!

Release me!

What is this?

Good.

Wang Qi!

Wang Qi! Wang Qi! Wang Qi!

Sir! Sir!

Please show mercy.

Bao is the best.

Not bad.

When I taught Chen Shi,

you must've peeped.

You found my weakness

and counter-attacked.

You've put in a lot of effort.

What a pity.

Wang Qi lost.

Next,

Alibaba.

What do you choose?

The Six Arts.

Rites, music, dance, archery, horse riding, calligraphy, and mathematics.

You don't know that?

Today,

I'll battle with you.

Archery and horseriding.

The wind is blowing.

That's wrong.

It's inauspicious to say this now.

Ready.

Alibaba!

Alibaba, come on!

Alibaba, come on!

Alibaba! Alibaba!

Nice! Nice!

Nice shot!

Good!

Nice shot!

There's a chance.

There's a chance!

Bravo! Bravo!

Hold it.

Alibaba!

Are you okay?

Alibaba.

Here.

I didn't expect this.

Your archery and horse riding skills

are good.

Why didn't I notice it before?

I...

I just practiced it.

Unfortunately,

you were a little impatien

about the last arrow

and made a mistake in controlling the horses.

Our horses in the Central Plain

don't understand your nonsense.

In that case,

I shall announce

no one has passed the

martial arts test this year.

Wait.

Wait.

There's me left.

This happens every year.

I really missed you.

But

you haven't officially entered the court yet.

You can't win anyway.

How about we just forget it?

What?

I-I mean

I am a member of Mingjing Hall too.

You can't leave me behind.

Forget it.

Us superior beings

have already lost.

Chen Shi.

Why humiliate yourself?

I've been waiting for so long.

How–

What do you want to choose, Chen Shi?

I can't win you in a physical fight.

How about

ar-

archery?

You want to compete in archery with me?

I haven't taught you this yet

and you want to compete with me in this?

But not with this thing.

Can we use this?

A slingshot?

Sure.

A-Also.

We won't ride the horse.

I'm not good at that.

Shall we shoot the bell?

Shoot the bell.

Bell?

A still target?

Sure. Let's do it.

Okay.

Let's go.

Let's go and take a look.

This is interesting.

Yes, this is interesting.

Yeah.

This one.

What is this?

Isn't this a joke?

Ready...

I knew it.

Chen Shi, I haven’t blown the whistle yet.

Why are you in such a hurry?

The whistle hasn't been blown yet.

You can do it again.

Chen Shi, you can do it.

Chen Shi, stay calm.

Don't panic.

Stay calm.

Come on.

Are you ready?

Ready...

Not bad, Chen Shi.

He hit it!

Chen Shi,

where did you learn this from?

When I was

in my hometown, I shoot down fruits

on the mountain with slingshots.

I got good at it after using it frequently.

That counts, right?

Yes.

Of course.

You are the only one who could draw

with me in these years.

Excellent!

Chen Shi.

You're amazing.

I announce

you are exempted from the test next year.

Okay, that's it.

W-Wait for me.

I think...

I think it's unfair.

Unfair?

How is it unfair?

Mr. Sun,

you're skilled.

Super skilled.

But everyone in the Court of Judicial Review

have different talents

and they have their own specialties.

No one is a martial arts practitioner

like you are.

I got that just by luck.

Otherwise,

I couldn't have beaten you.

If they never beat you,

they will never pass.

You mean...

Exactly.

I'm picking on everyone?

Chen Shi, you're bold.

So Sun Bao is using this

to look cool?

No.

That's not what I mean.

I just want think

if it's possible,

can you change the test method?

What you said

makes sense.

But if you want to change the rules,

you have to defeat me first.

How about this?

Let's compete again.

We've practiced these.

Overcome this obstacle

and touch that bell.

Beat me first.

How's that?

Chen Shi.

Sure!

Let's go.

Let's go.

We're counting on you.

Ready...

Go, Chen Shi!

-Chen Shi! -Chen Shi!

Quick!

Chen Shi!

Quick!

Quick!

Quick!

Chen Shi!

Chen Shi!

Stay calm!

-Good! -Good!

Go!

Go!

Just a little more!

Hang in there.

Chen Shi, go!

Go! Go!

Chen Shi...

Chen Shi.

Are you okay?

Are you okay?

It was so close.

Sorry.

I lost.

Chen Shi.

You didn't lose.

I didn't teach you

how to touch the bell.

But you didn't win either.

The three of them helped you too.

If the four of you work together against me,

it means that I, the martial arts test judge,

is really disliked.

Next year, I'll try another test method.

I

won't stand out anymore.

Well,

what about this year?

This year?

This year,

all of you passed!

[Guiding drug] [Du Zixu] [Yi Zhi Hua] [Minister of Rites]

[Guiding drug] [Du Zixu] [Yi Zhi Hua] [Minister of Rites]

[Jiashen 27]

[My slave]

[I'll wait for you at the slave camp.]

[Guiding drug] [Du Zixu] [Yi Zhi Hua] [Minister of Rites]

[Dragon King Temple]

[Guiding drug]

I don't know if it's true.

Young Master, let me accompany you.

Come on, Sir.

Young Master.

Do you remember it?

Boss.

One bowl of noodles.

Okay.

Here are the noodles.

Please enjoy.

What about you?

Same as me.

Vice Minister Li.

What a coincidence.

Although you've change into commoner clothes,

but the callus from your tough training

is still there.

Bandits?

A fugitive.

He has a knife on him.

There's a child next to him too.

It's really troublesome.

This fugitive

has some experience in the martial world.

He knows it wouldn't be easy to deal with him

when he has a hostage in hand.

It's not like we've

never been met with

a situation like this before.

What are you doing?

It's him!

Take him.

Don't talk.

Let go of me!

Don't move!

Take him away.

Let's go.

D-Don't cry.

Don't...

Don't cry.

I...

Wait.

A sugar man please.

How much is it?

One wen.

Here.

Look.

Don't cry.

Check his background

and send him back.

Yes.

Search along the tavern.

It won't be too far.

This child looks clean.

He should have been abducted not long ago.

Why the tavern?

Your lord

made you this clay figurine,

right?

Look, it's made with white glue

and root powder.

This type of clay is used

in sealing alcohol.

Go.

Let's go.

Let's go.

You are indeed different

from before.

With different things and people I'm meeting,

naturally I've changed.

But I still have to thank you

for your help.

You're welcome.

It's not a coincidence for us to meet

at this noodle restaurant, right?

I'm here for you.

What is it?

I'm looking for someone.

Who is it?

A woman from the Western Regions.

She ran a casino in the city south previously.

This description is quite vague.

Since I came to you,

I'm sure you know her.

She is a spy from a small country.

She came to Shendu to spy on military information.

But Jinwu Guards

has controlled her.

We have to reinvestigate

everyone who has had

close contact with her.

Okay.

I will take

your word for it.

Do you know her well?

She's a key witness to one of my important cases.

What if I were to ask

what case it is?

That is a secret

of the Court of Judicial Review.

I can't tell you anything.

I have to investigate her properly then.

You...

I wonder what happened to you

that you have

become like this?

Vice Minister Li.

What is it?

Mr. Sun.

You're amazing.

Just so so.

You're not bad. You climbed pretty fast.

You're acting all cool now?

Mr. Sun

was a scout

when he was in the army.

How can we compete?

He only gets to stand out once a year

of course he'd take the opportunity to.

He doesn't leave us with any ounce of pride.

We basically die together

and fight to our death.

I've already toned it down.

You just lack training.

If you were in the army,

all of you would be kicked out.

-Got it? -Mr. Sun.

If you keep training me,

I will definitely practice hard.

You are really talented.

You're way better than them.

You can definitely be cultivated in the army.

Really?

Were you really great in the military

back then?

I was nothing.

You were nothing?

What's wrong,

Mr. Sun?

This is an old injury.

I stretched it today.

Are you okay?

I'm fine.

Are you okay?

Our Assistant Minister

is inviting everyone from Mingjing Hall.

There's a case?

Yes.

Lead the way.

-Let’s go. -This way, please.

Let's go.

Bai came ahead of us.

Mr. Li.

Vice Minister.

Assistant Minister.

Sir.

This person

suffered a lot before their death.

His body is covered with injuries.

But they are not fatal.

The only fatal blow

is the one here.

He was strangled to death.

But there are more than one strangling marks.

Judging from how

he was tortured for a long time

and strangled to be suffocated to death,

it doesn't seem like

they want the victim's life.

It's more like...

They're torturing him for information.

Who is the victim?

The victim's name is Zhao Ruyi.

He used to be a thief.

He's a veteran.

He likes to steal from

trading shops and warehouses.

He'ss especially good at unlocking.

He was known as the best in the industry.

But he went to jail

because of a mistake.

After he came out,

he has been quiet.

I didn't expect him to die here.

Are there any trading shops

or storages facilities that were stolen from recently?

When did that happen?

About half a month ago.

This hole

was dug from a private house

on the neighboring street.

This thief

worked really hard.

Don't you have people patroling the warehouses normally?

It's such a big hole.

It can't be dug in just

a day or two.

How could no one know?

Here's the thing.

Look.

That day,

a customer came to collect money.

It was then we found that

his storage was touched.

Officers,

look.

This is our lock in this storage facility.

That day,

the customer was about to open the door

but found a broken key inside.

There's obviously something wrong with it.

So we investigated it.

Then we found

it was empty under this floor.

It was when we opened up the floor

that we saw this hole.

Sun Bao.

Yes, Sir.

Mr. Sun.

Mr. Sun.

The torch.

Did you lose anything?

No money was missing from the storage.

None was missing?

Robbers never leave empty-handed.

This is odd.

Could it be that

the thief couldn't open the lock

and ran away

because he felt guilty?

Not bad. You know idioms now.

He opened the lock.

The locks in our storage facility

are custom-made to prevent thieves.

After inserting the key,

turn in the right sequence

and you can unlock the lock.

It's the same for pulling out the key.

Now that the key

is broken at this spot,

it shows that the lock has been unlocked.

You mean

the thief opened the lock,

didn't take the money insidem

and locked the lock again.

Isn't that unnecessary?

Judging from the situation,

that can be the only explanation.

I find it strange too.

To open this lock,

you need two keys.

That's right.

So,

to be extra safe,

one of the keys is with the storage facility,

and the other is with the customer.

The key in the storage facility

is kept by me.

No one has touched it.

I'm not sure about the one

with the customer.

How's it?

Sir.

there is a well

not far from this hole.

There's a waterway down there

that goes straight to the storage facility.

It's not hard to dig this.

But it takes a lot of effort

to devise this.

But it's strange.

What is he looking for if not money

since he took so much effort to dig this hole?

I remember our village,

we often dig up cellars.

Other than putting money in them,

we also put some other things.

Sometimes, when it's been too long,

we can't even remember what we put in there ourselves.

Do you think

there's something else

in the storage

that the boss doesn't know about?

There are two keys to the storage facility.

One is kept by the boss

and the other is in the customer's hands.

When customers lock it,

they usually do it themselves.

In order to avoid suspicion,

the boss wouldn't stand around to check.

So,

if the customer put something in

secretly when locking it up,

if there's something wrong with this item,

even if it's lost,

they wouldn't tell the boss about it.

The key to the storage facility

has always been in the boss's hands.

Then there must be someone

who's good at picking locks among them.

It could be Zhao Ruyi.

Assistant Minister of Justice Lord Feng Jian once said

he's an expert in unlocking.

He's also known for it in the industry.

But he lost a thumb.

It's such a huge hole.

He can't dig it out by himself.

He has to survey the terrain too.

He has an accomplice?

This is an internal conflict?

They all make sense.

One more thing.

Since the storage door

has been opened,

the tunnel has been covered up,

and lock has been locked up again,

one can think of it as

they don't want the storage facility to find out about it,

but...

By deliberately breaking the key in the lock,

they want the owner to

find out his storage was touched

when he comes.

Where is the owner?

He's already invited to Mingjing Hall.

All right.

Wang Qi, Cui Bei.

You two go to Zhao Ruyi's house

and see if there's anything.

Alibaba, Sun Bao.

Go and ask

people who have criminal records

and see if

there is anything suspicious.

Go ahead.

Yes.

Mr. Sun. Mr. Sun.

Mr. Sun!

-Give it to me. -Okay.

Sun Bao.

Are you up to something?

When Vice Minister was talking about the case,

you wanted to say something but stopped yourself.

I just think

the way this thief worked

is similar to that of a scout's.

What do you mean?

When we scout

to spy on the enemy camp,

we'd sometimes

leave some traces

to make the enemy suspect

their deployment

and lead the enemy to make a judgment.

So that lock...

Why didn't you tell Vice Minister that earlier?

How could a thief be related

to a scout?

You're right.

Wait for me.

When I met Ruyi,

he was no longer a thief.

Our dyehouse is doing very well.

But you know he used to be one?

Yes.

He didn't hide anything about his past from me.

He's a nice person

but happened to be a thief.

I used to be in the brothel.

It was him who redeemed me.

He is a good man.

Even if he stole,

he stole from those that should be stolen from.

Besides,

he chopped this off himself.

[Court of Judicial Review]