Original subtitles

=To Kill a Songbird=

(Adapted from Shen Xiaoguan's Bird Kills Seven People)

=Episode 4= (Jiang Saw Only Black and White)

If I must leave,

I can stand anywhere.

But I have things I must do.

I cannot leave.

Thank you for your guidance.

Can you speak a bit closer?

Master Jiang, look here.

How many blue strands

and red strands are there?

Blue.

- Red. - Yes.

Count them carefully.

When you're done, close your eyes.

I have something to ask you.

You have something to ask me?

Blue.

Red.

No blue.

No red either.

Why?

Why are there no blue or red?

You're not very skilled.

You even failed at confusing the mind.

It can't be my fault.

Then whose fault is it?

It's his eyes.

Jiang Chun.

Yes.

13 years ago,

you lived in Huachang County, right?

Yes.

How old were you then?

14.

You picked up a severed head, didn't you?

Yes.

How did you come across that head?

I didn't pick it up myself.

I...

I went to fetch it.

That night,

it rained heavily.

My father slipped on duty and broke his leg.

The magistrate's office didn't want to rehire him.

I wanted to ask my father's colleagues again

to put in a good word for him.

But I think I got lost.

The rain was heavy,

and it was dark all around.

I took shelter under a random eave.

Coincidentally,

I heard two people talking inside a house.

It's nearly ruined.

Take it to the magistrate's office tomorrow for the reward.

And the reward money from that gentleman

should be able to let us live comfortably for a few years.

Is the location safe?

Qili Slope is a place no one goes to.

I didn't understand what they were saying at the time,

only that there was reward money.

If there was money,

I could hire a physician to heal my father's leg.

I feared they would dig up the treasure

the next day,

so I ran to Qili Slope that night.

From the slope,

I dug up the long-missing head

of Shen Xiu, the murder victim.

I think I heard about this case too.

You did all this just to investigate?

What's your connection to it?

Could it be

that you're a victim?

Alright, I get it.

No more questions.

Stay away and be a dog.

Do you have a problem with your eyes?

Yes.

I'm colorblind.

I can only see black and white.

Some people made a fuss,

insisting on blue and red.

Yet he cannot see them at all.

Who did you

go to for help?

Do you remember where they lived?

The first person I went to lived on Yuehua Street.

East of the county magistrate's office.

There were many alleys. I got lost.

But the general direction was correct.

You want to find

the house that hid the head?

If you follow his directions,

you probably won't find it.

In the fifth year of Chongning,

there was a fire around Yuehua Street.

The 5 lanes and 19 streets

were all rebuilt.

Locations, sizes, and residents

were all very different from 13 years ago.

How do you know?

Since I came to Huachang County,

I would check the local county records

and other case files.

Coincidentally,

I also have a photographic memory.

So don't bother

trying to scare me with your so-called poison.

If I get scared,

I might forget everything.

How could I do that?

I still

have to rely on you.

Come over.

Get to work.

Me?

You've been called here too?

Who is this old man?

Why is he so fierce?

Mr. Cui San is the county coroner.

You can offend the county magistrate,

but never offend

Mr. Cui.

This old man

tricked us into doing labor.

Where did he go?

This young lady

is extremely bold.

Are you sure he won't remember this when he wakes up?

Normally, he wouldn't.

And if he does?

Then I'm doomed.

And

I'll take you down with me.

Give him

one of your Don't Defy.

You think it's a jujube cake

that's always available?

It's the only one, and it's been used on you.

We might as well go all in.

How about

locking him up with Fan Jili?

No need to test me.

No need to get this close either.

County Magistrate Jiang.

Sorry for knocking you out earlier.

But you have to understand me.

Suddenly seeing a man

break into my fiancée's room,

it's normal that I didn't react gently.

Fiancée?

She...

She's Divine Lady Thrush of Xuezhao Residence.

What's with Divine Lady Thrush?

I fell in love with Yuan Yuan at first sight.

Yuan Yuan

also agreed to be with me forever.

Besides, when I fell into the water a few days ago,

it was Yuan Yuan who saved me.

Since then, I kept thinking of her.

Ms. Li.

You...

Thank you for understanding.

Shi is the fate I cannot escape.

I voluntarily stayed here

to marry him.

In that case,

I acted unnecessarily.

Farewell.

Yuan Yuan?

(Gathering Auspiciousness With the Sun) Fate I cannot escape.

In terms of being cheesy and exaggerated,

you're no worse than me.

This guy is quite strong,

but he's not very clever.

We actually fooled him with nonsense.

Still not as good as you.

Extremely cunning

and full of lies.

You lied.

What do you mean?

You were just talking nonsense.

Tell me.

What did you do to me?

Jiang Chun, don't forget

I'm your superior.

You speak,

or you speak.

How dare a mere county magistrate...

Don't yell.

Don't you want to know how the head came about?

I'm a warrior,

not a fool.

Fan Jili had just died,

and you came for me.

How could it be so coincidental?

I had no dealings with Fan Jili.

The only connection is the Thrush Case.

You're investigating it.

Since seven or eight years ago,

I run down this street daily.

Why?

A child of ten

may indeed understand nothing,

but does one remain clueless forever?

When I grew older,

I figured out the key points

and understood the mystery of that head.

I could no longer find peace.

You want to find the people who talked that night.

Investigate every doubt.

But many years have passed.

I need solid evidence

to continue the investigation.

The people who talked that night are solid evidence.

But the fire on Yuehua Street

changed everything.

Finding them again after so many years

would be extremely difficult.

Yes.

But with the county magistrate from Bian Jing here,

things are very different.

I have a feeling

that you two

are even more closely linked.

Since our goals align,

why did you attack us just now?

Because I was a bit upset earlier.

I...

Since Magistrate Lu has seen the original maps,

we might as well compare on site.

Helping County Magistrate Jiang recall is easy,

but

to survey and pinpoint locations on the spot

won't be easy.

Yuehua Street ran east-west,

about 1.5 li long and 2 zhang wide.

What lay to either side,

and how far away?

To the north lay Yongquan Lane,

one zhang away.

To the south was the market, two zhang away.

The street had 126 households, shops, and land plots.

Arranged systematically.

Each about 1.5 zhang wide.

That day I walked toward higher ground.

it should be due east.

I ran for half a tea session's time at first.

I passed dozens of houses

before coming across a fork in the road

and got lost.

But I felt the direction was right.

The direction was right,

so the two forks weren't straight paths.

Probably with a small angle in between.

The path going in one direction should be

Chunxing Street.

The fork branched into a crossroad.

You could see a white pagoda in the distance

from one side.

That night's hut

should be right here.

(Memorial, Huang Family Shop)

♪A thrush's song pierced the endless night♪

♪Blood splattered on the bamboo cage, reflecting the cool moonlight♪

♪Thirteen years of frost and snow sealed the old study window♪

♪I twisted the needle, prying open the past♪

♪A cold stone marrow pressed against my palm♪

♪My older brother lay buried afar♪

♪Flames licked across that place♪

♪A list of righteous hearts♪

♪Who laughed in the dark at the panic?♪

♪I'm the shadow caged within as well as the flying light♪

♪Only when hatred burns out did we know how scorching our obsessions were♪

♪You said you'd die if you hit a stone♪

♪Yet you crashed into my fate's web♪

♪Pear blossoms fell all over the wound on your shoulder♪

♪The wind in the bamboo forest dispersed the hexagrams♪

♪The thrush carried the past away♪

♪I stood at the end of the fireworks and gazed♪

♪You lifted a lantern to illuminate♪

♪That page♪