Original subtitles

=To Kill a Songbird=

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

=Episode 5= (Night Visit, Ambushed in the Rain)

(Miao Clinic)

That night's hut

should be right here.

Able to fight and run.

Such a darling

is now a county magistrate.

He's indeed stubborn

and not very sharp.

(Huang Family Shop)

You're always hunting,

and now your prey pecked your eye.

You've been poisoned by that young lady.

Interesting.

This medicine is for taming animals.

It's not lethal.

Did you find anything?

She probably changed her name, so it took some effort.

But we figured it out.

She's the culprit in the Thrush Case.

Li Ji's younger sister,

Li Yuan'er?

Can you run fast?

Why is it so clean here?

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.

There should still be some left.

Don't chase.

Stop investigating.

Leave this place.

(Meeting stone in water.)

(A small bird meets a stone and dies.) (This person holds a high position)

(and will inevitably involve you.)

(You're saying)

(if I insist on seeking the truth,)

(I will die at the hands)

(of someone connected to Shi.)

Quick, put out the fire!

The case files are inside. Hurry.

(Document Building)

Over there.

- Bring water. - Hurry!

- Quick. - More water!

(Zhenghe 8th year, 27th day of the 5th month)

(Rain stopped, wind ceased.)

(Waves stretch for miles.)

(Hidden behind clouds.)

(11 Days Until the 7 Day of the 6th Month)

Once I settle accounts with your master,

I'll come back for you.

(I was unconscious yesterday)

(and didn't apply acupuncture.)

(Has it come to this?)

(What a killer.)

(Tea) Let me see this.

Good eye.

A bowl of tea, please.

Here.

Wet your throat first.

Miss, what's

the rush?

Thank you.

I have an important matter to handle,

but there are obstacles.

Friends and foes are unclear.

I'm close to failing.

There's nothing in this world that can't be done.

Only...

Only what?

Only things that can't be finished.

Thank you.

How about this one?

Take a look.

Here, I'll put it on you.

- Is it pretty? - Yes.

This one's nice too.

Take another look at this one.

(You're obsessed with blood revenge,)

(so you can't grow up like an ordinary girl.)

(Is it worth it?)

Why don't we take these two home for Mother?

Alright.

We'll take these two.

Sure.

Master Jiang.

You didn't leave.

Lu said you already left Huachang County.

What you said yesterday is right.

Lu Yanchong and I

aren't the same kind of people.

I'm an orphan.

I received a great favor from Li Ji, the mastermind behind the Thrash Case.

That's why I want to uncover the truth.

Between the two of you,

I trust you more.

By the way,

what exactly happened last night?

When I chased halfway,

that person suddenly threw the gold ingot back to me

and disappeared.

It has been recast.

We can't tell much.

For now,

we can only check

the household registry of that shop back then.

Who was the lease registered under?

What is it, Master Jiang?

Document Building caught fire yesterday.

All the household records were completely destroyed.

The original case files of the Thrush Case

were also lost in the flames.

I'm afraid all the leads are gone.

Where did Lu Yanchong go?

He only appeared once at dawn,

said a few words to me,

and then left.

No.

(Mount Changyun)

Why do you say the lead isn't lost if we follow him?

At first, Lu Yanchong

didn't refuse to act with us.

But once we checked the shop,

he immediately turned hostile.

He didn't even enter the house with us

and see the box of gold,

but he immediately sent someone to steal the ingots and distract you.

What does that mean?

He had seen Huachang County's household registry records,

knew who owned the Huang Family Shop,

and guessed the identity of the person hiding the gold ingots.

(Mount Changyun) So the lead is at Mount Changyun.

There are two leaders of the Mount Changyun bandits.

I heard they're brothers.

The two people we spoke with at Huang Family Shop

must be connected to the Mount Changyun bandits.

Everyone.

The medicine has arrived.

Looks like he's disguised as a pharmacy staff.

Could someone on this mountain be sick?

The chance to enter the mountain is fleeting.

Meet me outside.

I'll head over first.

I want to enter the mountain stronghold.

Daqiang.

It's not safe on Mount Changyun lately.

How dare you go alone?

Who's this?

My wife.

Mr. Feng sent me to deliver medicine.

Why aren't you filling prescriptions behind the counter?

Why come here in broad daylight?

I...

Also from the pharmacy?

Our second-in-command

happens to need treatment.

Here.

What are you doing?

♪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♪