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=To Kill a Songbird=

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

=Episode 13= (Public Affectionate, Private Resentful)

(Yuyue Prefecture, Office)

(During my trial,)

(I will try to buy time.)

(You can search the magistrate office for evidence against Zhai Lu.)

(Received 18 units of tong oil.) (Central Magistrate's Office Ledger)

(There really is something fishy.)

Thank you.

Urgent matters require flexibility.

Don't worry.

Once this is settled,

I will ensure a new start for you.

Go somewhere scenic and serene.

Remarry someone else.

I promise

that your reputation won't be harmed.

Thank you for risking your own reputation

to tell such a massive lie for me.

Sir.

Ms. Li.

This is not the place to speak.

Then please take her back to the county magistrate office first.

Ms. Li, please.

Sir.

I can't believe Huachang County.

Magistrate seizes people, and county magistrate tears down houses.

I really underestimated you all.

What's missing?

This...

Go after Jiang Chun!

Yes.

Why are you standing there?

Yes.

Go.

Mr. Cui.

Thank you for your protection.

That so-called corpse

was probably not a little girl,

but a small yellow dog.

(Pure And Righteous Mind) Now that I think about it,

that fake corpse of Fan Jili in the magistrate office being burned

was probably with your tacit approval.

Investigating old cases

benefits no one.

I helped secretly,

only hoping you wouldn't be punished for it.

Forget the past soon

and live freely.

Then why

are you willing to come forward?

Because someone asked me to.

What?

Nothing.

Why aren't

your arms burned?

I also find it strange.

Fan Jili was so certain

in identifying me in court,

so his description of that day must be true.

He really saw

a little girl with burned arms.

You mean...

Exactly.

Though I saw my parents' corpses with my own eyes,

the fire was too strong that day.

I didn't enter the house,

so my arms weren't burned.

If the girl Fan Jili saw

wasn't me,

then that means

there was another child

in the house before the fire started.

We probably can't sleep in separate rooms these days.

Zhai Lu will send someone to keep an eye on us.

What's on your mind?

Why hasn't County Magistrate Jiang returned?

You care about him all the time.

He offended a superior

for me.

I offended Zhai Lu openly in court in broad daylight.

Did I not offend a superior too?

I know you suffered injustice, but you're not the only one.

You can't expect me to focus only on your old case.

Do you understand?

I understand.

Thank you.

Li Fuyuan.

Li Fuyuan.

You didn't apply medicine today.

I have no strength,

and it's inconvenient.

Waiting until tomorrow is fine anyway.

You'd rather endure the pain

than tell me?

You sacrificed yourself to save me

out of justice as well.

I know

you don't like dealing with women like me.

If I'm still delicate and spoiled,

wouldn't that be unwise?

When did I...

Never mind.

Lie down. I'll apply the medicine.

Why are you so cold?

Sorry.

Come in.

I didn't know Ms. Li was here.

I'm here,

and you can just barge in?

Did you find anything?

Indeed.

What is it?

(Central Magistrate's Office Ledger) The prefectural office's ledger.

(Received 18 units of tong oil.) Tong oil and lamp oil were bought.

36 dou in total.

This amount is definitely suspicious.

Tong oil and lamp oil.

36 dou in total.

Tong oil.

The fire at Luofu Manor.

Yes.

(Misty Peaks and Cloud-Wrapped Hills) Such a large estate.

Even with mountain winds,

starting a fire immediately

would not be easy.

I suspect

they secretly brought accelerants

into the manor beforehand.

This reminds me

of that fire 13 years ago.

What a ruthless method.

Zhai Lu has been in the prefectural office for years.

Following this route

will probably fail.

Even if we have proof,

who should we go to?

- Liang Andao. - Liang Andao.

(Map) A month ago,

Liang Andao left from North Zhejiang,

(North Zhejiang) heading south.

By boat, he should arrive in Haining soon.

The prefectural office will send

(Qiushuiyan) someone to welcome him at Qiushuiyan.

We must meet Official Liang at the official post station there

to submit evidence

- of Zhai Lu's arson. - Exactly.

Zhai Lu has already set his sights on me.

I have to trouble you to make the trip.

(When did she make)

(such a meticulous plan?)

(Qiushuiyan) (Zhenghe Year 8.)

(The and day of the 6th month.)

(The sky clears up again.)

(Everything is just getting started.)

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

Miss.

What is this?

A little beggar delivered it.

He said it was for me.

How strange.

This...

Why is there so much money?

Keep it.

It's meant for you.

Do you know who gave it to me?

You will know very soon.

By the way,

wait in my room.

If Master Lu asks later,

say I felt unwell and slept.

Yes.

(Jiang Chun should have drawn the watchers away.)

(This matter mustn't involve others.)

(I must find Liang Andao myself.)

(Gathering Auspiciousness With the Sun)

Miss is asleep.

Where did she go?

When did she leave?

Miss.

- She... - Acting alone is dangerous.

If you don't tell me, I can't help her.

She left at the Hour of Wei.

I don't know where she went.

(Yuyue Prefecture Office) Just as you expected.

Jiang Chun was only a decoy.

After he left,

Lu and that woman left the city too.

Are the men ready?

Yes.

They are on the way out.

Li Ji's sister is quite capable.

She's in cahoots with Lu.

I want to see

how they escape this time.

♪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 presses 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 gaze♪

♪You lifted a lantern to illuminate♪

♪That page♪