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[Strange Tales of Tang Dynasty III:
To Chang'an]

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[Episode 35]

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Who discovered the body first?

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I did.

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Suchan,

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the dead cannot be brought back to life.

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Now, the priority

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is to find the killer,

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so as to let Mr. Geng

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rest in peace.

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There is no killer.

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What?

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Have you examined the body?

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No, I haven't even touched it.

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But according to
what my father taught me a few days ago,

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the state of his body was caused
by strychnine poisoning.

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And strychnine...

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is exactly what my father

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took to relieve the pain from sores.

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I've observed the scene
and found no signs of struggle.

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So, I can conclude

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that my father

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died of an overdose of strychnine.

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I've heard about

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strychnine poisoning,

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but never seen it happen before my eyes.

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Strychnine is a medicinal material

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that reduces swelling and relieves pain.

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However, it's not commonly seen,

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because patients
can be easily poisoned by it,

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if it's used without caution.

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Once the toxins kick in,

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the affected will be in extreme agony.

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Their bodies will bend into a rigid arch,
with their heads and feet drawing close,

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resembling looms.

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This is why it's also called
"the loom poison."

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Those poisoned by strychnine

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will first experience fatigue

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and neck stiffness.

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Then,

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spasms will occur
in their shoulders and thighs,

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followed by full-body convulsions.

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In the end, their bodies will bend
into bow-like arches.

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This last phase
will repeat multiple times.

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It's fair to say this is the worst pain
in the human world.

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Based on that what you said,

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Mr. Geng was exactly poisoned
by strychnine.

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Let me in!

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Let me in!

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Mentor!

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Sheriff Su,

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how did my mentor die?

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Has his body been examined?

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Not yet.

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We suspect
that he consumed too much strychnine,

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which resulted in fatal poisoning.

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That's impossible.

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My mentor
had a good knowledge of medicine.

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He knew strychnine is highly toxic.

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How could he have taken an overdose of it?

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Could it be that he didn't

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want to live anymore,

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given the excruciating pain from sores?

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Sometimes people just

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lose the will to live

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in an instant.

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Nonsense!

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My mentor endured many hardships
all his life.

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What hadn't he been through?

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How could he have

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possibly taken his own life

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due to the unbearable pain from sores?

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-What do you think you're doing?
-Senior Yin!

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Hands off!

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Sheriff Su,

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please allow me, Yin Yao,

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to examine my mentor's body,

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so as to find the real murderer.

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I'll allow it.

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Suchan,

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assist him.

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Yes.

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[The final chapter:
Why coroners must not kill]

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[Volume 17 of The Autopsy Chronicles]

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[Geng Residence]

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Su Wuming.

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I think it's time we issued a notice.

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People should be advised not to

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pick up life-borrowing pouches again,

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if they see any in the streets,

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especially at intersections.

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This act will cause nothing but panic.

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I've spent a long time
studying the 6 characters

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written on the note
inside the life-borrowing pouch

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found by that beggar.

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The only thing I'm certain of

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is that it must haven't been long

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since the writer
began learning penmanship.

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Mentor!

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The autopsy is complete.

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Yin Yao now believes his mentor

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committed suicide.

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My condolences to both of you.

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It's time you set up

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a mourning hall for Mr. Geng.

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Sir,

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everyone,

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Suchan,

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while you're all here,

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I'd like to make an announcement.

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I owe Mentor a debt of profound gratitude.

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Nothing disappointed him

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more in his life than my choice
to change my profession.

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In Suchan's presence,

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he asked me

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to co-author

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The Autopsy Chronicles

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with him,

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and return to being a coroner,
bearing that identity.

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I didn't agree to it at that time.

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But now that I think of it,

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he was basically using his life
as leverage.

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It was I who caused my mentor's death.

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Today,

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before my mentor's spirit in heaven,

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I call upon all here to witness

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that I, Yin Yao,

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will work as a coroner again

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and stay in this profession forever.

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I will also sign up

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for the upcoming Coroners' Contest.

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I swear to win the championship,

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so that the title of "the best coroner"

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will perpetually
belong to my master's school.

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Great. That's good news.

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Su Wuming,

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despite Mr. Geng's sudden death,

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Yin Yao's return to the coroner profession

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is great news.

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Shouldn't you be happy?

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Didn't Mr. Geng tell you

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that given Yin Yao's talent,

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he would surely become the best coroner?

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Mr. Yin,

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I believe

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what you just said

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would bring peace

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to Mr. Geng's soul.

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But now, the urgent matter

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is to quickly set up a mourning hall.

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Are you Mr. Yin?

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I'm so grateful to you

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for tidying up my father's appearance,

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thus making

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his passing particularly dignified.

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Thank you so much.

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I was only doing my job.

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How much is this box of makeup supplies

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of mine worth?

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Show me what's inside.

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Are you selling them all?

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Yes.

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There are indeed many items.

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Some are truly good stuff.

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I'll offer...

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2,000 coins.

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I ask for 3,000 coins.

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How about 2,300?

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3,000 at least.

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They were used

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by the one and only mortician in Chang'an.

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After today,

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there won't be morticians here anymore.

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These makeup tools are for the dead?

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Then...

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Who will know that if neither of us tell?

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If this entire makeup kit

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were for the living,

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you would be charged 6,000 coins at least.

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Will you take it for 3,000 coins or not?

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Yes, sure.

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You're back.

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There are 3,000 coins.

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Take them.

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I sold my makeup kit.

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Senior Yin,

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I know that makeup kit

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was all you owned.

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Why are you giving me all your money?

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[Funeral]

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Mentor,

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I, Yin Yao,
offer to give Suchan a lifetime of care.

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Now, I'm begging for your consent

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to let me marry her!

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Senior Yin,

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I never thought

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you loved me.

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Why would you say that?

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Because you moved out.

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I moved out...

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so that one day

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I could come back for an eternal stay.

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That doesn't sound right.

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[Funeral]

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This house...

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is too old and shabby.

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Also, it's eery and creepy here.

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The future best coroner in the nation

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will work in the county office.

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He will be revered by all,

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and his descendants
can pursue scholarly honors.

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Therefore,

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we should move to

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a brighter and more spacious mansion.

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Are you so sure
you will win the Coroners' Contest?

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I wasn't that sure before.

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But now,

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as long as I offer The Autopsy Chronicles

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that Mentor and I wrote together
to the county office,

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will anyone dare

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deny me the title of "the best coroner"?

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Senior Yin,

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Father would prefer

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for you to earn a place in the top three

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through your own effort.

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Suchan,

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actually,

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you are not

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Mentor's daughter.

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What?

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In all his life time,

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Mentor only took one wife.

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By the time Zhong Shizai
became Mentor's student,

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[In loving memory of
my father Geng Wushang]

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she had passed away.

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I am an orphan Mentor adopted.

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As for you...

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you were an abandoned baby he took in.

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We came from similar places of pain.

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I promise you

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a lifetime of care

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and a life better than most others'.

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You won't have to work
as a coroner anymore.

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Just bear

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and raise children for me at home.

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Regrettably,

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the last chapter of The Autopsy Chronicles
hasn't been finished.

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Nonetheless,

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as co-author,

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I've come up with proper content for it.

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I'll write about

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how a coroner
should work with the constables

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and make achievements

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in a county office setting.

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[Fair and Impartial]

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Sir,

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three murders happened in a row,

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yet the killers haven't been caught.

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According to protocol,

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the case should be handed over
to Yongzhou Prefecture Office.

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No need to rush.

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Has the mourning hall
for Mr. Geng been set up yet?

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Yes, it's all set.

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Yin Yao said he had chosen a proper day—

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Mr. Geng's burial is today.

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Mr. Geng's burial is today?

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Yingtao,

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make an arrest.

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[Geng Residence]

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Begin the funeral procession!

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Hold on!

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I, Wannian County Sheriff, Su Wuming,

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am here to examine Mr. Geng's body.

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Those unrelated to the matter, step back!

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Sir,

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Senior Yin and I

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already examined the body yesterday.

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Since Mr. Geng was your next of kin,

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the autopsy you conducted
wasn't a proper procedure.

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I've decided to re-examine his body.

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The dead deserve respect.

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00:14:08,390 --> 00:14:10,630
My mentor's body is already in the coffin.

283
00:14:10,630 --> 00:14:12,090
Are you going to open it?

284
00:14:12,720 --> 00:14:15,570
Mr. Geng worked as a coroner all his life.

285
00:14:15,840 --> 00:14:17,840
He must've opened quite a lot of coffins

286
00:14:17,840 --> 00:14:20,270
for case investigations.

287
00:14:20,630 --> 00:14:22,770
A coroner's family is making excuses

288
00:14:22,840 --> 00:14:24,670
to stop a coffin from being opened.

289
00:14:24,670 --> 00:14:26,440
That's beyond ridiculous.

290
00:14:39,870 --> 00:14:41,000
All of you, leave.

291
00:14:42,150 --> 00:14:44,790
I'd like to pay my respects to Mr. Geng.

292
00:15:09,340 --> 00:15:12,050
[Wannian County Office]

293
00:15:25,200 --> 00:15:27,480
What are the autopsy results, Sheriff Su?

294
00:15:27,480 --> 00:15:28,240
Didn't

295
00:15:28,670 --> 00:15:29,870
my mentor die of

296
00:15:29,870 --> 00:15:31,200
strychnine poisoning?

297
00:15:32,030 --> 00:15:32,690
Yes, he did.

298
00:15:34,230 --> 00:15:35,910
Are there scratch marks on his hands,

299
00:15:35,910 --> 00:15:37,040
arms, neck, or face?

300
00:15:37,150 --> 00:15:37,750
No.

301
00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:39,720
Any signs of struggle or resistance?

302
00:15:39,720 --> 00:15:40,200
None.

303
00:15:40,480 --> 00:15:41,360
That is to say,

304
00:15:41,870 --> 00:15:42,440
my mentor

305
00:15:42,480 --> 00:15:44,410
consumed the strychnine himself,

306
00:15:44,600 --> 00:15:45,930
instead of being forced

307
00:15:45,930 --> 00:15:46,840
to take it.

308
00:15:47,150 --> 00:15:47,870
Correct.

309
00:15:48,200 --> 00:15:49,290
Then what was the point
of opening his coffin

310
00:15:49,290 --> 00:15:50,420
to examine his body?

311
00:15:50,750 --> 00:15:52,600
That was utter disrespect to my mentor.

312
00:15:52,600 --> 00:15:53,720
I'll report you!

313
00:15:53,870 --> 00:15:54,670
Report me?

314
00:15:55,120 --> 00:15:57,450
I'm afraid
you won't have a chance to do so.

315
00:15:57,750 --> 00:15:59,790
I found this...

316
00:16:00,790 --> 00:16:02,200
on Mr. Geng's body.

317
00:16:07,200 --> 00:16:08,050
[Notice of Expulsion for Zhong Shizai]

318
00:16:07,270 --> 00:16:08,630
You were filial to him.

319
00:16:08,070 --> 00:16:09,010
[Witnesses: Suchan, Yin Yao]

320
00:16:08,910 --> 00:16:11,120
Mr. Geng also valued you.

321
00:16:09,090 --> 00:16:11,560
[Fair and Impartial]

322
00:16:11,600 --> 00:16:13,080
But when he realized

323
00:16:13,200 --> 00:16:16,300
you might be a murderer,

324
00:16:16,410 --> 00:16:17,790
he hid the evidence

325
00:16:18,200 --> 00:16:20,480
somewhere against his skin

326
00:16:20,510 --> 00:16:23,480
and then ended his own life
with strychnine.

327
00:16:23,550 --> 00:16:27,610
He hoped his despair and death

328
00:16:28,280 --> 00:16:30,200
would end your killing spree.

329
00:16:33,370 --> 00:16:34,900
What are you talking about?

330
00:16:35,270 --> 00:16:36,400
I don't understand.

331
00:16:37,240 --> 00:16:38,610
There's a brush and ink.

332
00:16:39,030 --> 00:16:41,070
Do you dare to write the characters

333
00:16:41,120 --> 00:16:42,380
of one, three, and six?

334
00:16:43,020 --> 00:16:43,950
What do you mean?

335
00:16:44,840 --> 00:16:46,390
Why should I write anything?

336
00:16:46,390 --> 00:16:47,520
Sounds about right.

337
00:16:48,150 --> 00:16:49,750
You're on guard now.

338
00:16:49,790 --> 00:16:51,110
Even if you do as I say,

339
00:16:51,510 --> 00:16:53,440
your writing won't tell anything.

340
00:16:53,480 --> 00:16:56,870
The brilliant Mr. Geng
thought ahead about that.

341
00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:00,130
Write the date down.

342
00:17:01,760 --> 00:17:03,080
June twenty-third.

343
00:17:03,500 --> 00:17:08,940
[June twenty-third]

344
00:17:31,120 --> 00:17:34,390
[Three]

345
00:17:42,260 --> 00:17:44,590
Expelling a disciple

346
00:17:44,610 --> 00:17:47,260
requires signatures from fellow disciples.

347
00:17:47,510 --> 00:17:50,510
That's an unprecedented rule.

348
00:17:51,140 --> 00:17:52,970
Mr. Geng just made that up,

349
00:17:53,030 --> 00:17:54,890
so he could see your handwriting.

350
00:17:55,720 --> 00:17:57,250
How could that be possible?

351
00:17:58,680 --> 00:18:00,280
My mentor was a mere coroner.

352
00:18:00,480 --> 00:18:02,050
A coroner though he was,

353
00:18:02,270 --> 00:18:03,890
he figured out

354
00:18:03,920 --> 00:18:05,680
that Dong Yue's death

355
00:18:05,730 --> 00:18:08,620
was connected to Zhong Shizai
before I did.

356
00:18:09,830 --> 00:18:10,450
Xijun,

357
00:18:10,750 --> 00:18:13,210
compare the handwriting on the note
within the life-borrowing pouch

358
00:18:13,210 --> 00:18:15,620
with that on this document.

359
00:18:15,750 --> 00:18:16,230
Yes.

360
00:18:16,750 --> 00:18:19,490
[Fair and Impartial]

361
00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:21,720
Yin Yao,

362
00:18:22,680 --> 00:18:23,680
it really was you.

363
00:18:25,070 --> 00:18:25,920
Why?

364
00:18:27,200 --> 00:18:29,000
Did you truly care for my father,

365
00:18:29,080 --> 00:18:30,240
or were you afraid that he'd die

366
00:18:30,240 --> 00:18:33,040
before the completion
of The Autopsy Chronicles?

367
00:18:39,350 --> 00:18:40,140
Su Wuming.

368
00:18:41,280 --> 00:18:43,680
What have I done
to deserve your suspicion?

369
00:18:44,030 --> 00:18:46,350
I'm the co-author
of The Autopsy Chronicles.

370
00:18:46,350 --> 00:18:48,320
I'll offer this book to the court.

371
00:18:48,790 --> 00:18:49,440
I'll become

372
00:18:49,440 --> 00:18:51,790
the best coroner
and leave my name in history!

373
00:18:51,790 --> 00:18:53,240
As I said,

374
00:18:53,960 --> 00:18:55,720
you won't have a chance to do so.

375
00:18:55,750 --> 00:18:58,240
Now, look at this.

376
00:19:15,110 --> 00:19:19,490
[Yin Yao is not allowed
to work as a coroner again]

377
00:19:20,650 --> 00:19:24,630
[Yin Yao is not allowed
to work as a coroner again]

378
00:19:24,830 --> 00:19:25,890
That can't be true.

379
00:19:27,310 --> 00:19:29,170
During the three years I was away,

380
00:19:29,640 --> 00:19:31,370
Mentor was drowned in regrets.

381
00:19:32,720 --> 00:19:33,920
He meant to compensate me

382
00:19:33,920 --> 00:19:34,720
by inviting me

383
00:19:35,440 --> 00:19:37,590
to put my name
on The Autopsy Chronicles.

384
00:19:37,590 --> 00:19:39,110
That day, despite the flattering words

385
00:19:39,110 --> 00:19:40,570
he said about morticians,

386
00:19:40,720 --> 00:19:41,580
I was well aware

387
00:19:42,350 --> 00:19:43,810
that he actually wanted me

388
00:19:44,030 --> 00:19:46,030
to return to the coroner profession

389
00:19:46,400 --> 00:19:48,200
and to bring honor to our school.

390
00:19:50,750 --> 00:19:52,310
Mr. Geng already decided

391
00:19:52,400 --> 00:19:55,000
the title of the final chapter

392
00:19:55,030 --> 00:19:56,200
of the last volume

393
00:19:56,480 --> 00:19:58,200
of The Autopsy Chronicles.

394
00:19:58,310 --> 00:20:02,430
[The final chapter:
Why coroners must not kill]

395
00:19:59,550 --> 00:20:01,920
It's called "why coroners must not kill."

396
00:20:03,310 --> 00:20:05,770
I also found it hard
to understand the title,

397
00:20:05,830 --> 00:20:07,960
judging from it alone.

398
00:20:08,030 --> 00:20:10,110
But after seeing this note,

399
00:20:10,580 --> 00:20:11,910
I figured it out.

400
00:20:12,590 --> 00:20:14,890
Mr. Geng actually dropped a hint.

401
00:20:13,180 --> 00:20:15,070
[Yin Yao is not allowed
to work as a coroner again]

402
00:20:15,090 --> 00:20:16,850
[The final chapter:
Why coroners must not kill]

403
00:20:15,440 --> 00:20:16,550
You're not allowed

404
00:20:16,590 --> 00:20:18,440
to work as a coroner again

405
00:20:18,480 --> 00:20:19,480
exactly because

406
00:20:21,070 --> 00:20:23,170
you killed.

407
00:20:33,210 --> 00:20:36,050
In fact,
you've already given yourself away.

408
00:20:36,750 --> 00:20:38,920
When Dong Yue's disciple died,

409
00:20:39,070 --> 00:20:40,800
behind his body,

410
00:20:40,830 --> 00:20:42,720
a square area on the floor

411
00:20:43,110 --> 00:20:44,590
was not tainted by blood.

412
00:20:45,270 --> 00:20:46,400
That happened

413
00:20:46,960 --> 00:20:50,220
because of what you call
"the mortician's ritual," right?

414
00:20:55,110 --> 00:20:56,830
No one else knows I'm here to tidy up

415
00:20:56,830 --> 00:20:58,560
Dong Yue's appearance, right?

416
00:20:59,110 --> 00:20:59,720
Right.

417
00:21:00,270 --> 00:21:03,000
I know my mentor and your school
were on bad terms.

418
00:21:03,070 --> 00:21:03,680
So...

419
00:21:05,310 --> 00:21:07,240
Thank you for coming here, Mr. Yin.

420
00:21:17,240 --> 00:21:18,240
What is this for?

421
00:21:19,870 --> 00:21:21,270
The mortician's ritual,

422
00:21:21,400 --> 00:21:23,530
a ceremony that the deceased deserve.

423
00:21:44,550 --> 00:21:45,830
How may I help?

424
00:21:46,350 --> 00:21:47,480
Stand in front of me.

425
00:21:48,750 --> 00:21:49,790
Do as I do.

426
00:21:55,790 --> 00:21:57,200
Turn around to face the door.

427
00:21:57,200 --> 00:21:58,550
Pray for your mentor.

428
00:22:04,270 --> 00:22:05,710
Keep the posture.

429
00:22:05,960 --> 00:22:06,960
Close your eyes.

430
00:22:44,740 --> 00:22:46,310
It was midnight.

431
00:22:46,360 --> 00:22:48,890
The night watchman
must've passed by the coffin shop.

432
00:22:48,890 --> 00:22:50,550
Out of fear of being discovered,

433
00:22:50,550 --> 00:22:51,880
you fled in panic,

434
00:22:51,960 --> 00:22:53,160
and didn't have time

435
00:22:53,240 --> 00:22:55,150
to wipe the blood on the floor,

436
00:22:55,250 --> 00:22:57,030
thus leaving evidence behind.

437
00:23:02,200 --> 00:23:03,530
Comparison completed.

438
00:23:08,480 --> 00:23:09,520
The handwriting

439
00:23:09,680 --> 00:23:11,270
attributed to Yin Yao on this document

440
00:23:11,270 --> 00:23:13,550
and that on the note
within the life-borrowing pouch

441
00:23:13,550 --> 00:23:14,950
are from the same person.

442
00:23:15,590 --> 00:23:17,350
Mr. Geng was a wise man.

443
00:23:17,510 --> 00:23:18,630
I'm sure

444
00:23:18,720 --> 00:23:20,790
he wouldn't have poisoned himself

445
00:23:20,880 --> 00:23:23,270
if he hadn't found solid evidence.

446
00:23:24,510 --> 00:23:27,350
At the thought of that,
I opened his coffin for an autopsy.

447
00:23:27,350 --> 00:23:28,440
Just as I expected,

448
00:23:28,680 --> 00:23:31,160
in his bosom, he did hide a note

449
00:23:31,200 --> 00:23:32,580
that you wrote on

450
00:23:32,680 --> 00:23:35,200
when you were off guard.

451
00:23:40,070 --> 00:23:41,350
I should've been more careful.

452
00:23:41,350 --> 00:23:43,440
I saw that document
when I examined his body.

453
00:23:43,440 --> 00:23:45,240
I meant to have it buried with him

454
00:23:45,510 --> 00:23:46,720
under the ground,

455
00:23:48,240 --> 00:23:49,880
so no one would ever know

456
00:23:50,440 --> 00:23:52,570
that I was the one borrowing lifespan.

457
00:23:52,680 --> 00:23:53,790
When I write again,

458
00:23:54,590 --> 00:23:56,940
I'll change that stupid writing habit.

459
00:23:57,030 --> 00:23:57,880
Why did you

460
00:23:57,920 --> 00:23:58,960
do all that?

461
00:24:02,790 --> 00:24:06,000
Mentor adopted me when I was little.

462
00:24:07,510 --> 00:24:09,910
But I really hope
I had a different adopter.

463
00:24:11,590 --> 00:24:14,590
His face was full of wrinkles,
with gloomy looks in his eyes.

464
00:24:14,590 --> 00:24:16,720
He dealt with dead bodies all day long.

465
00:24:17,790 --> 00:24:18,920
I feared him so much.

466
00:24:19,400 --> 00:24:21,110
I wanted to learn to read and write,

467
00:24:21,110 --> 00:24:23,110
but he made me learn
how to examine dead bodies.

468
00:24:23,110 --> 00:24:23,910
He even told me

469
00:24:24,510 --> 00:24:26,070
that a coroner's knowledge
was passed down orally,

470
00:24:26,070 --> 00:24:27,640
so there was no need to become literate.

471
00:24:27,640 --> 00:24:28,310
However, later on,

472
00:24:28,310 --> 00:24:30,240
he taught Suchan to read and write.

473
00:24:30,680 --> 00:24:32,240
I found him repulsive,

474
00:24:33,680 --> 00:24:34,810
but I knew I'd starve

475
00:24:35,590 --> 00:24:36,830
to death if I left him.

476
00:24:37,790 --> 00:24:39,750
Then, gradually,

477
00:24:40,640 --> 00:24:41,680
I took a liking to

478
00:24:41,720 --> 00:24:42,980
deal with dead people.

479
00:24:43,790 --> 00:24:45,450
I realized I have a gift for it.

480
00:24:46,110 --> 00:24:46,920
Meanwhile, he was

481
00:24:46,920 --> 00:24:48,180
exploiting my talent.

482
00:24:48,640 --> 00:24:49,240
It would be

483
00:24:49,270 --> 00:24:50,830
more accurate to say
I was half a mentor to him,

484
00:24:50,830 --> 00:24:51,400
than to say

485
00:24:51,400 --> 00:24:52,750
he was my mentor,

486
00:24:53,170 --> 00:24:54,350
because it was I who first came up with

487
00:24:54,350 --> 00:24:56,350
the Open-Pit Bone Steaming Method.

488
00:24:56,350 --> 00:24:57,300
Three years ago,

489
00:24:57,400 --> 00:24:59,070
he wrote all that
into The Autopsy Chronicles,

490
00:24:59,070 --> 00:25:00,330
which deeply upset me.

491
00:25:00,550 --> 00:25:01,400
Writing it into the book was equal

492
00:25:01,400 --> 00:25:03,070
to claiming that method as his invention.

493
00:25:03,070 --> 00:25:04,070
Not a word about me

494
00:25:04,110 --> 00:25:05,220
would be recorded.

495
00:25:05,750 --> 00:25:06,350
Besides,

496
00:25:06,550 --> 00:25:07,510
when the Ministry of Justice
and the Court of Judicial Review

497
00:25:07,510 --> 00:25:09,030
asked him to recommend a coroner,

498
00:25:09,030 --> 00:25:10,890
he always opted for Zhong Shizai.

499
00:25:11,550 --> 00:25:12,950
He even said Zhong Shizai

500
00:25:13,070 --> 00:25:14,550
was adept
in both literature and martial arts,

501
00:25:14,550 --> 00:25:16,440
praising him as a rare all-around talent.

502
00:25:16,440 --> 00:25:18,480
That just nurtured more hatred in me!

503
00:25:18,480 --> 00:25:19,740
If he thought that way,

504
00:25:20,110 --> 00:25:22,160
why didn't he teach me
how to read and write

505
00:25:22,160 --> 00:25:24,360
and shape me into a well-around talent?

506
00:25:27,400 --> 00:25:28,720
In the past three years,

507
00:25:28,720 --> 00:25:30,590
you not only learned to write,

508
00:25:30,990 --> 00:25:33,560
but also studied martial arts,

509
00:25:33,790 --> 00:25:36,250
judging from the force
of your sword strike.

510
00:25:36,350 --> 00:25:37,810
I don't know martial arts.

511
00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:39,200
But I'm very strong.

512
00:25:40,830 --> 00:25:44,160
Every night, steeped in hatred,

513
00:25:44,410 --> 00:25:46,340
I practiced stabbing and slashing

514
00:25:46,400 --> 00:25:47,420
with all my might.

515
00:26:02,030 --> 00:26:03,040
I'm not a fool.

516
00:26:05,110 --> 00:26:06,370
I changed professions

517
00:26:06,590 --> 00:26:08,910
only to provoke guilt in him.

518
00:26:09,820 --> 00:26:10,950
I knew him well.

519
00:26:11,350 --> 00:26:12,590
All his life, he cared about nothing

520
00:26:12,590 --> 00:26:14,090
but passing down his autopsy skills.

521
00:26:14,090 --> 00:26:15,400
Zhong Shizai was eager for quick success.

522
00:26:15,400 --> 00:26:17,600
He would get in trouble sooner or later.

523
00:26:17,830 --> 00:26:19,300
I was waiting for that day.

524
00:26:19,790 --> 00:26:20,720
When that happened,

525
00:26:20,720 --> 00:26:22,640
in order to persuade me to return
to the coroner profession,

526
00:26:22,640 --> 00:26:24,440
my mentor would definitely make a gesture.

527
00:26:24,440 --> 00:26:25,300
He would either

528
00:26:25,590 --> 00:26:27,790
let me inherit The Autopsy Chronicles,

529
00:26:27,880 --> 00:26:28,510
or give me

530
00:26:28,920 --> 00:26:29,830
the recognition

531
00:26:29,830 --> 00:26:30,720
I deserved—

532
00:26:30,750 --> 00:26:32,280
the co-author of this book!

533
00:26:33,920 --> 00:26:35,400
I waited three years.

534
00:26:35,830 --> 00:26:37,960
This day nearly didn't arrive,

535
00:26:40,120 --> 00:26:41,650
because his sores flared up

536
00:26:41,680 --> 00:26:43,080
and he might die anytime.

537
00:26:46,240 --> 00:26:47,470
Then I remembered

538
00:26:48,350 --> 00:26:49,590
a case we worked on

539
00:26:49,640 --> 00:26:51,000
when I was young.

540
00:26:51,440 --> 00:26:53,970
A merchant borrowed lifespan
for his father.

541
00:26:55,030 --> 00:26:56,110
You know what?

542
00:26:56,680 --> 00:26:58,830
Though the merchant
was cut in half at the waist,

543
00:26:58,830 --> 00:26:59,550
his father did

544
00:26:59,550 --> 00:27:01,200
manage to live several more years.

545
00:27:01,200 --> 00:27:01,830
So,

546
00:27:02,750 --> 00:27:04,610
I decided to borrow lifespan too.

547
00:27:04,720 --> 00:27:05,720
I needed my mentor to stay alive

548
00:27:05,720 --> 00:27:06,790
till The Autopsy Chronicles was finished!

549
00:27:06,790 --> 00:27:09,430
I must rise to fame with this book's help!

550
00:27:10,940 --> 00:27:12,520
[Fair and Impartial]

551
00:27:11,110 --> 00:27:12,820
How can an evil creature

552
00:27:12,960 --> 00:27:15,170
like you work as a coroner?

553
00:27:15,510 --> 00:27:17,240
It's important to have talent,

554
00:27:17,480 --> 00:27:19,780
but one's nature matters most!

555
00:27:21,640 --> 00:27:22,440
Yin Yao,

556
00:27:22,680 --> 00:27:25,160
you will receive severer punishment

557
00:27:25,350 --> 00:27:27,070
than your senior Zhong Shizai did.

558
00:27:27,070 --> 00:27:29,830
You will pay for the deaths
of those three innocent people

559
00:27:29,830 --> 00:27:30,890
with your own life.

560
00:27:31,560 --> 00:27:35,460
[In loving memory of
my father Geng Wushang]

561
00:27:50,110 --> 00:27:51,200
That night,

562
00:27:52,590 --> 00:27:54,120
Father asked me a question.

563
00:27:55,110 --> 00:27:55,830
Suchan,

564
00:27:57,030 --> 00:27:58,510
if you attended the Coroners' Contest

565
00:27:58,510 --> 00:28:00,160
on behalf of me and your fellows,

566
00:28:00,160 --> 00:28:01,510
and the examiner asked you

567
00:28:01,510 --> 00:28:03,810
why coroners must not kill,

568
00:28:04,160 --> 00:28:06,170
what would be your answer?

569
00:28:07,550 --> 00:28:09,730
Coroners must not kill...

570
00:28:11,590 --> 00:28:12,950
Some may say

571
00:28:13,110 --> 00:28:14,710
this is stating the obvious,

572
00:28:14,720 --> 00:28:15,510
because no one

573
00:28:15,510 --> 00:28:16,590
should take another's life.

574
00:28:16,460 --> 00:28:18,820
[Speak and Seek Truth]

575
00:28:17,070 --> 00:28:19,530
But that's the code of conduct
for coroners.

576
00:28:19,550 --> 00:28:20,950
Here's the first reason.

577
00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:22,680
Coroners are accustomed to seeing corpses

578
00:28:22,680 --> 00:28:23,740
and murder scenes.

579
00:28:24,030 --> 00:28:25,310
They're usually numb when looking at

580
00:28:25,310 --> 00:28:27,510
the horrific scenes
where killings have happened.

581
00:28:27,510 --> 00:28:29,160
Coroners also know a lot about the weapons

582
00:28:29,160 --> 00:28:30,760
and methods used for murder.

583
00:28:30,880 --> 00:28:32,350
Therefore, it has to be emphasized

584
00:28:32,350 --> 00:28:33,950
that coroners must not kill,

585
00:28:34,070 --> 00:28:36,350
or they could become bloodthirsty fiends.

586
00:28:36,350 --> 00:28:36,960
Second,

587
00:28:37,310 --> 00:28:39,380
if coroners kill and examine bodies,

588
00:28:39,480 --> 00:28:41,640
the truth will be buried forever.

589
00:28:42,550 --> 00:28:43,520
Third,

590
00:28:43,790 --> 00:28:44,770
a coroner's duty

591
00:28:44,830 --> 00:28:46,070
is to reveal the truth

592
00:28:46,070 --> 00:28:47,130
and serve justice.

593
00:28:47,480 --> 00:28:48,720
If coroners kill,

594
00:28:49,030 --> 00:28:49,750
what will people

595
00:28:49,750 --> 00:28:51,210
think of this profession?

596
00:28:51,550 --> 00:28:52,750
When trust is eroded,

597
00:28:52,880 --> 00:28:54,270
people will no longer

598
00:28:54,310 --> 00:28:56,770
associate coroners with truth and justice.

599
00:28:57,270 --> 00:29:00,000
So, it has to be stressed
that coroners must not kill.

600
00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:00,790
Only in this way

601
00:29:00,790 --> 00:29:03,070
can this profession
be preserved and honored.

602
00:29:03,070 --> 00:29:03,880
Well said.

603
00:29:06,500 --> 00:29:07,500
Excellent!

604
00:29:08,640 --> 00:29:10,070
I'll put your remarks

605
00:29:10,680 --> 00:29:11,840
in the final chapter

606
00:29:12,400 --> 00:29:13,930
of The Autopsy Chronicles.

607
00:29:14,490 --> 00:29:21,260
[In loving memory of
my father Geng Wushang]

608
00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:21,350
I think Mr. Geng left

609
00:29:21,480 --> 00:29:23,980
the final chapter unfinished

610
00:29:24,110 --> 00:29:25,070
because

611
00:29:25,130 --> 00:29:27,030
he wanted you to be his co-author.

612
00:29:27,750 --> 00:29:28,430
What?

613
00:29:28,550 --> 00:29:29,820
It was you

614
00:29:29,850 --> 00:29:31,420
who first stated

615
00:29:31,640 --> 00:29:33,960
why coroners must not kill.

616
00:29:34,270 --> 00:29:35,820
As Mr. Geng's daughter,

617
00:29:35,920 --> 00:29:39,680
you're responsible to finish this book
for him.

618
00:29:40,400 --> 00:29:42,630
With this book's help,

619
00:29:42,680 --> 00:29:44,500
you will earn great respect

620
00:29:44,550 --> 00:29:46,440
in the coroner profession.

621
00:29:46,510 --> 00:29:47,240
I believe

622
00:29:47,680 --> 00:29:49,820
Mr. Geng intentionally

623
00:29:50,200 --> 00:29:51,930
left this opportunity for you.

624
00:29:57,350 --> 00:29:58,440
Complete the book.

625
00:29:58,720 --> 00:30:01,960
Perhaps its influence will extend
a thousand years into the future.

626
00:30:01,960 --> 00:30:04,790
It may become an essential read
for those who are to enter

627
00:30:04,790 --> 00:30:06,190
the coroner profession.

628
00:30:14,570 --> 00:30:20,050
[In loving memory of
my father Geng Wushang]

629
00:30:31,350 --> 00:30:32,680
The Emperor has ordered

630
00:30:32,680 --> 00:30:34,640
the Coroners' Contest to be cancelled.

631
00:30:34,640 --> 00:30:35,880
That said, since Geng Wushang

632
00:30:35,880 --> 00:30:36,720
and his daughter, Suchan,

633
00:30:36,720 --> 00:30:38,650
made great contributions
by writing The Autopsy Chronicles,

634
00:30:38,650 --> 00:30:40,880
Suchan is specially permitted
to work in the county office

635
00:30:40,880 --> 00:30:42,280
as a designated coroner.

636
00:30:42,440 --> 00:30:43,510
She's removed
from the status of social inferiority,

637
00:30:43,510 --> 00:30:45,200
and her descendants can choose

638
00:30:45,200 --> 00:30:46,270
to be coroners or not

639
00:30:46,270 --> 00:30:47,270
of their own will.

640
00:30:47,440 --> 00:30:49,840
They can also take imperial examinations.

641
00:30:49,920 --> 00:30:51,550
This is wonderful news.

642
00:30:55,440 --> 00:30:57,830
I've also heard of something.

643
00:30:58,310 --> 00:30:59,750
Why are you being so mysterious?

644
00:30:59,750 --> 00:31:00,410
Just say it.

645
00:31:02,240 --> 00:31:03,930
The Emperor planned to hold

646
00:31:04,000 --> 00:31:05,440
the Coroners' Contest

647
00:31:05,480 --> 00:31:07,940
because he read the memorial
you submitted.

648
00:31:08,240 --> 00:31:09,700
The memorial I submitted?

649
00:31:09,750 --> 00:31:10,350
Yes.

650
00:31:10,720 --> 00:31:12,270
Didn't you hand in a memorial

651
00:31:12,270 --> 00:31:14,930
when you came back
from your journey to the west?

652
00:31:16,310 --> 00:31:17,370
Are you indicating

653
00:31:17,440 --> 00:31:18,880
this entire series of murders

654
00:31:18,880 --> 00:31:20,450
was actually caused by me?

655
00:31:20,590 --> 00:31:22,000
I didn't say that.

656
00:31:22,510 --> 00:31:23,850
How dare you, Su Wuming!

657
00:31:24,160 --> 00:31:26,200
That memorial was as much mine as yours.

658
00:31:26,200 --> 00:31:28,130
I stated clearly in it that you and I

659
00:31:28,160 --> 00:31:29,890
wrote that memorial together.

660
00:31:31,200 --> 00:31:33,130
What's this temper tantrum about?

661
00:31:33,510 --> 00:31:34,920
I was trying to say

662
00:31:35,110 --> 00:31:37,880
that the Emperor often reviews
the memorials submitted by you.

663
00:31:37,880 --> 00:31:38,880
What does that mean?

664
00:31:38,880 --> 00:31:41,080
It means in His Majesty's heart,

665
00:31:41,160 --> 00:31:43,290
you, Lu Lingfeng, are very important.

666
00:31:46,000 --> 00:31:46,640
Is that so?

667
00:31:50,590 --> 00:31:53,350
His Majesty asked to see me
in the palace tomorrow.

668
00:31:53,350 --> 00:31:55,550
I don't know what the meeting is for yet.

669
00:31:55,920 --> 00:31:57,320
Something good, I guess.

670
00:31:58,410 --> 00:32:00,470
It definitely is for something good.

671
00:32:01,820 --> 00:32:03,040
I hope so.

672
00:32:06,010 --> 00:32:10,460
[Imperial Polo Ball]

673
00:32:34,030 --> 00:32:35,510
The Yenisei Kirghiz Team scored!

674
00:32:35,510 --> 00:32:36,810
Five to three!

675
00:32:36,960 --> 00:32:38,000
Bravo!

676
00:32:38,110 --> 00:32:39,160
-Bravo!
-Bravo!

677
00:32:39,200 --> 00:32:40,640
The Yenisei Kirghiz Team scored!

678
00:32:40,640 --> 00:32:41,880
Five to three!

679
00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:43,680
Our Tang Team isn't even playing.

680
00:32:43,680 --> 00:32:45,050
Why is she so excited?

681
00:32:45,240 --> 00:32:46,700
Look how delighted she is.

682
00:32:50,750 --> 00:32:51,830
That was a great hit.

683
00:32:51,830 --> 00:32:52,680
Natie has scored

684
00:32:52,680 --> 00:32:53,880
three points in a row.

685
00:33:15,200 --> 00:33:17,240
The Yenisei Kirghiz Team scored again!

686
00:33:17,240 --> 00:33:18,780
Six to three!

687
00:33:18,330 --> 00:33:20,940
[Yenisei Kirghiz Team]

688
00:33:20,160 --> 00:33:20,900
Nice play!

689
00:33:24,150 --> 00:33:29,610
[Yenisei Kirghiz Team] [Tulo Team]

690
00:33:25,310 --> 00:33:26,640
The match is over!

691
00:33:26,880 --> 00:33:28,700
Final score: six to three!

692
00:33:28,750 --> 00:33:30,410
The Yenisei Kirghiz Team won!

693
00:33:31,510 --> 00:33:32,070
We won!

694
00:33:32,110 --> 00:33:34,070
The world's greatest polo player!

695
00:33:35,000 --> 00:33:36,660
A warrior of Yenisei Kirghiz!

696
00:33:38,480 --> 00:33:39,540
Truly impressive.

697
00:33:41,000 --> 00:33:43,530
[Yenisei Kirghiz Team] [Tulo Team]

698
00:33:45,180 --> 00:33:48,440
[Peace and prosperity]

699
00:33:46,270 --> 00:33:48,500
I, Minister of Ceremonials,
Pei Mian from Hedong,

700
00:33:48,500 --> 00:33:53,070
[Minister of Ceremonials, Pei Mian]

701
00:33:48,550 --> 00:33:49,750
hereby announce

702
00:33:50,400 --> 00:33:51,480
that 10 days later,

703
00:33:52,070 --> 00:33:54,030
the polo final will be held
between the Tang Team

704
00:33:53,120 --> 00:33:55,200
[Peace and prosperity]

705
00:33:54,110 --> 00:33:55,640
and the Yenisei Kirghiz Team,

706
00:33:55,640 --> 00:33:56,780
which will decide

707
00:33:56,880 --> 00:33:59,140
the champion of this international polo

708
00:33:59,160 --> 00:34:00,030
tournament.

709
00:34:00,400 --> 00:34:02,610
Natie! Natie!

710
00:34:02,790 --> 00:34:05,000
The world's greatest polo player!

711
00:34:05,110 --> 00:34:07,200
Natie! Natie!

712
00:34:07,440 --> 00:34:09,620
The world's greatest polo player!

713
00:34:09,760 --> 00:34:11,870
Natie! Natie!

714
00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:14,150
The world's greatest polo player!

715
00:34:15,230 --> 00:34:16,510
What we hated to see

716
00:34:16,550 --> 00:34:17,750
has happened anyway.

717
00:34:18,030 --> 00:34:19,900
Our Tang Team is going to fight

718
00:34:20,110 --> 00:34:21,440
a formidable rival in the final.

719
00:34:21,440 --> 00:34:22,360
Natie

720
00:34:22,550 --> 00:34:25,400
is the younger brother of Nasha,
Khan of Yenisei Kirghiz.

721
00:34:25,400 --> 00:34:27,670
It's said
that he has loved polo since childhood.

722
00:34:27,670 --> 00:34:28,820
Today's match

723
00:34:28,960 --> 00:34:30,170
was a good one.

724
00:34:30,480 --> 00:34:32,469
But in the face of our Tang Team,

725
00:34:32,670 --> 00:34:35,170
they'll surely be losers.

726
00:34:36,360 --> 00:34:37,320
That's for sure.

727
00:34:37,550 --> 00:34:39,030
You officials
of the Bureau of Guest Reception

728
00:34:39,030 --> 00:34:40,400
must see to
the Yenisei Kirghiz's

729
00:34:40,400 --> 00:34:41,630
daily accommodation and meals.

730
00:34:41,630 --> 00:34:43,000
Otherwise, once they lose in the game,

731
00:34:43,000 --> 00:34:44,000
they'll blame us

732
00:34:44,230 --> 00:34:45,670
for not feeding them properly.

733
00:34:45,670 --> 00:34:46,360
This concerns

734
00:34:46,360 --> 00:34:47,800
the etiquette of our Tang Empire.

735
00:34:47,800 --> 00:34:48,550
As you command.

736
00:34:48,550 --> 00:34:50,320
Consider it done, Chief Minister.

737
00:34:50,320 --> 00:34:52,100
This polo tournament

738
00:34:52,190 --> 00:34:54,000
is hosted
by the Court of State Ceremonials,

739
00:34:54,000 --> 00:34:55,670
with assistance from Yongzhou Prefecture.

740
00:34:55,670 --> 00:34:57,630
Given that, Chief Administrator Xiong,

741
00:34:57,630 --> 00:34:59,400
make sure you do your utmost.

742
00:35:01,590 --> 00:35:02,480
Yes, yes.

743
00:35:03,630 --> 00:35:05,630
Grand General, you're responsible

744
00:35:05,670 --> 00:35:08,130
to maintain security
on the day of the final.

745
00:35:09,280 --> 00:35:10,880
Rest assured, Minister Pei.

746
00:35:11,150 --> 00:35:13,350
"The world's greatest polo player"...

747
00:35:14,360 --> 00:35:15,320
This title

748
00:35:15,510 --> 00:35:16,630
was taken by Natie,

749
00:35:16,630 --> 00:35:18,090
a Yenisei Kirghiz person?

750
00:35:18,360 --> 00:35:20,590
That title was just given
by the Yenisei Kirghiz themselves.

751
00:35:20,590 --> 00:35:22,710
After they play the final
against our Tang Team,

752
00:35:22,710 --> 00:35:24,260
their arrogance today

753
00:35:24,440 --> 00:35:25,500
will surely become

754
00:35:25,590 --> 00:35:27,470
a laughingstock in Chang'an.

755
00:35:27,760 --> 00:35:28,820
That's right, Pei.

756
00:35:29,710 --> 00:35:30,920
On the day of the final,

757
00:35:30,920 --> 00:35:31,960
I will personally lead the Tang Team

758
00:35:31,960 --> 00:35:32,970
against the Yenisei Kirghiz Team.

759
00:35:32,970 --> 00:35:34,030
I'll have them know

760
00:35:34,360 --> 00:35:35,440
the Tang Empire is unrivaled

761
00:35:35,440 --> 00:35:37,040
in the world's polo circles.

762
00:35:37,230 --> 00:35:37,960
Lu Lingfeng!

763
00:35:39,030 --> 00:35:40,090
Yes, Your Majesty.

764
00:35:40,510 --> 00:35:41,190
Do you know

765
00:35:41,550 --> 00:35:43,590
why I summoned you to the palace today?

766
00:35:43,590 --> 00:35:44,630
Do you remember the previous

767
00:35:44,630 --> 00:35:46,230
international polo tournament
from four years ago?

768
00:35:46,230 --> 00:35:48,510
It was exactly the great teamwork
between you and I

769
00:35:48,510 --> 00:35:49,480
that turned the tables

770
00:35:49,480 --> 00:35:51,260
for the Tang Team in the final.

771
00:35:51,360 --> 00:35:53,110
We defeated the Tulo Team at last.

772
00:35:53,110 --> 00:35:54,000
You will join me

773
00:35:54,070 --> 00:35:55,670
in the polo game 10 days later

774
00:35:56,070 --> 00:35:58,070
to defeat the Yenisei Kirghiz Team.

775
00:35:58,230 --> 00:35:58,800
Wait.

776
00:35:59,590 --> 00:36:01,840
Your Majesty cannot play this final.

777
00:36:05,590 --> 00:36:07,790
Are you concerned about my safety, Pei?

778
00:36:07,800 --> 00:36:08,530
Don't worry.

779
00:36:08,550 --> 00:36:09,320
With Lu Lingfeng's

780
00:36:09,320 --> 00:36:10,510
close protection for me,

781
00:36:10,510 --> 00:36:11,880
what is there to worry about?

782
00:36:11,880 --> 00:36:12,680
That's not it.

783
00:36:12,920 --> 00:36:14,280
Safety is not the reason

784
00:36:14,320 --> 00:36:15,230
that I'm advising

785
00:36:15,230 --> 00:36:17,480
Your Majesty not to play the final.

786
00:36:18,000 --> 00:36:20,550
Four years ago,
Your Majesty was Prince of Linzi.

787
00:36:20,550 --> 00:36:23,230
It was certainly fine
to gallop across the polo field.

788
00:36:23,230 --> 00:36:24,070
But now,

789
00:36:24,280 --> 00:36:26,140
Your Majesty is the Tang Emperor.

790
00:36:26,400 --> 00:36:27,760
The Yenisei Kirghiz Khan

791
00:36:27,760 --> 00:36:28,560
didn't come to

792
00:36:28,590 --> 00:36:30,250
Chang'an for the games at all.

793
00:36:30,360 --> 00:36:32,330
Therefore, it doesn't comply with

794
00:36:32,430 --> 00:36:34,090
the etiquette or the protocol

795
00:36:34,480 --> 00:36:36,480
for Your Highness to play the final.

796
00:36:37,760 --> 00:36:38,390
Pei,

797
00:36:39,150 --> 00:36:40,550
can't we find a reason

798
00:36:40,630 --> 00:36:41,830
to make an exception?

799
00:36:42,480 --> 00:36:44,070
For example... it allows me
to share joy with the populace?

800
00:36:44,070 --> 00:36:44,550
No.

801
00:36:44,960 --> 00:36:47,560
That's a ridiculous excuse.

802
00:36:49,710 --> 00:36:52,280
Please refrain from doing so,
Your Majesty.

803
00:37:03,110 --> 00:37:04,070
Fine.

804
00:37:05,220 --> 00:37:06,310
Forget what I said.

805
00:37:23,550 --> 00:37:25,480
I am the Emperor of the Tang Empire.

806
00:37:25,960 --> 00:37:28,760
On the day of the final,
I'll simply take the field.

807
00:37:28,840 --> 00:37:30,770
Let's see what Pei Mian can do to me.

808
00:37:31,070 --> 00:37:33,150
I remember Your Majesty once said,

809
00:37:33,760 --> 00:37:35,510
"Though I sit on the imperial throne,

810
00:37:35,510 --> 00:37:37,510
I still uphold the diplomatic protocols
made by the Court of State Ceremonials

811
00:37:37,510 --> 00:37:40,510
and observe the etiquette
respected by all vassals."

812
00:37:40,920 --> 00:37:42,400
I wonder what that means.

813
00:37:42,760 --> 00:37:44,290
How bold of you, Yin.

814
00:37:44,670 --> 00:37:46,670
You cited my own words to lecture me?

815
00:37:46,670 --> 00:37:47,470
I dare not.

816
00:37:47,510 --> 00:37:49,370
Please forgive me, Your Majesty.

817
00:37:57,800 --> 00:37:58,600
Your Majesty,

818
00:37:58,880 --> 00:37:59,880
a secret message.

819
00:38:01,440 --> 00:38:02,370
Where is it from?

820
00:38:02,710 --> 00:38:03,910
The Yenisei Kirghiz.

821
00:38:19,920 --> 00:38:20,460
Your Majesty,

822
00:38:20,460 --> 00:38:22,150
Grand General of the Right Imperial Guard,
Lu Tong,

823
00:38:22,150 --> 00:38:23,550
requests an urgent audience.

824
00:38:23,550 --> 00:38:24,230
Let him in.

825
00:38:24,480 --> 00:38:24,960
Yes.

826
00:38:37,510 --> 00:38:38,280
Your Majesty,

827
00:38:38,280 --> 00:38:39,670
I received a piece of urgent intelligence.

828
00:38:39,670 --> 00:38:40,070
Say it.

829
00:38:40,670 --> 00:38:41,460
Soon,

830
00:38:41,550 --> 00:38:43,360
some Yenisei Kirghiz spies
will sneak into Chang'an

831
00:38:43,360 --> 00:38:44,960
and make contact
with someone code-named "Wolf,"

832
00:38:44,960 --> 00:38:46,480
who has infiltrated the city.

833
00:38:46,480 --> 00:38:48,150
With the final of the polo tournament
approaching,

834
00:38:48,150 --> 00:38:50,000
I'm worried that they may be plotting

835
00:38:50,000 --> 00:38:51,400
against Your Majesty.

836
00:38:51,630 --> 00:38:53,070
Is the intelligence reliable?

837
00:38:53,070 --> 00:38:53,800
It should be.

838
00:38:54,400 --> 00:38:55,110
What's the source?

839
00:38:55,110 --> 00:38:56,360
My subordinate Li Zhuang

840
00:38:56,360 --> 00:38:57,110
bought it at a high price

841
00:38:57,110 --> 00:38:59,230
from an Intel Stall in the Ghost Market.

842
00:38:59,230 --> 00:39:00,070
Li Zhuang?

843
00:39:01,320 --> 00:39:02,720
If I remember correctly,

844
00:39:02,840 --> 00:39:04,400
you've trained him for years

845
00:39:04,400 --> 00:39:05,960
and designated him
to do intelligence work, right?

846
00:39:05,960 --> 00:39:06,500
Yes.

847
00:39:06,630 --> 00:39:07,690
He's trustworthy.

848
00:39:09,800 --> 00:39:12,150
That said... there are many swindlers

849
00:39:12,150 --> 00:39:13,280
in the Ghost Market.

850
00:39:13,320 --> 00:39:14,220
At the moment,

851
00:39:14,440 --> 00:39:16,110
I think it's better
to assume the threat exists

852
00:39:16,110 --> 00:39:17,170
than to dismiss it.

853
00:39:18,190 --> 00:39:18,960
The key is,

854
00:39:19,360 --> 00:39:21,030
we'll be up against the Yenisei Kirghiz

855
00:39:21,030 --> 00:39:22,690
in the polo tournament final.

856
00:39:23,230 --> 00:39:24,560
The Yenisei Kirghiz...

857
00:39:25,110 --> 00:39:27,030
is the Tang Empire's strong rival.

858
00:39:27,030 --> 00:39:29,360
They've always had rapacious ambitions.

859
00:39:29,670 --> 00:39:31,280
Grand General, come here.

860
00:39:39,320 --> 00:39:39,920
This is...

861
00:39:40,320 --> 00:39:42,050
It's from the Yenisei Kirghiz.

862
00:39:42,070 --> 00:39:43,510
I doubt the validity of it.

863
00:39:43,510 --> 00:39:45,590
So, keep it between us only.

864
00:39:48,590 --> 00:39:49,150
Got it.

865
00:39:55,190 --> 00:39:56,170
Where is it from?

866
00:39:56,840 --> 00:39:59,900
A carrier pigeon
sent by the Yenisei Kirghiz in secret.

867
00:40:00,590 --> 00:40:01,010
[If Your Highness
promises us the land of Tingzhou,

868
00:40:01,010 --> 00:40:02,150
when we attack the Tang borders...]

869
00:40:07,550 --> 00:40:08,410
You've read it?

870
00:40:09,360 --> 00:40:09,990
Yes.

871
00:40:10,250 --> 00:40:11,980
How dare you bring it to me then!

872
00:40:12,280 --> 00:40:18,530
[Crucial Nexus]

873
00:40:13,250 --> 00:40:15,850
The Yenisei Kirghiz
must be out of their minds.

874
00:40:15,880 --> 00:40:18,280
Who are they
to demand the land of Tingzhou?

875
00:40:18,990 --> 00:40:21,390
Cut off all contact with them immediately.

876
00:40:22,070 --> 00:40:24,860
If I ever ascend to the throne,

877
00:40:25,190 --> 00:40:26,510
the first thing I'll do

878
00:40:26,550 --> 00:40:28,440
is to send troops to the Yenisei Kirghiz,

879
00:40:28,440 --> 00:40:31,300
seize their Khan,
and have him brought to Chang'an!

880
00:40:32,190 --> 00:40:33,920
Your Highness, please calm down.

881
00:40:33,920 --> 00:40:34,590
If we cut off

882
00:40:34,630 --> 00:40:35,920
contact with them right away,

883
00:40:35,920 --> 00:40:37,780
they won't attack the borders,

884
00:40:37,960 --> 00:40:39,320
and we can't transfer Lu Tong
out of Chang'an

885
00:40:39,320 --> 00:40:40,720
in the name of letting him

886
00:40:40,920 --> 00:40:43,090
lead troops to fight the enemy.

887
00:40:44,280 --> 00:40:46,220
I'd rather postpone this matter

888
00:40:46,920 --> 00:40:48,030
than accept any terms

889
00:40:48,030 --> 00:40:49,020
of theirs.

890
00:40:49,440 --> 00:40:50,880
Your Highness, please reconsider.

891
00:40:50,880 --> 00:40:52,540
There's nothing to consider!

892
00:40:54,000 --> 00:40:55,290
But word from the palace says

893
00:40:55,290 --> 00:40:56,350
the Imperial Guard

894
00:40:56,550 --> 00:40:57,900
has learned that spies
for the Yenisei Kirghiz

895
00:40:57,900 --> 00:40:59,360
will soon enter Chang'an.

896
00:40:59,360 --> 00:41:01,210
If they are caught,

897
00:41:01,360 --> 00:41:03,070
then the secret of us having contact

898
00:41:03,070 --> 00:41:05,470
with the Yenisei Kirghiz may be disclosed.

899
00:41:05,840 --> 00:41:07,680
What's so scary about that?

900
00:41:08,630 --> 00:41:10,540
Even if this secret is disclosed,

901
00:41:11,190 --> 00:41:13,110
what can the man sitting on the throne now

902
00:41:13,110 --> 00:41:14,590
do to me?

903
00:41:15,960 --> 00:41:19,150
I am the State-guarding Grand Princess
of the Tang Empire.

904
00:41:19,150 --> 00:41:21,000
I will not trade the land of Tang Empire

905
00:41:21,000 --> 00:41:22,100
for anything!

906
00:41:23,880 --> 00:41:24,810
Chancellor Cui.

907
00:41:26,190 --> 00:41:27,650
Go to Yongzhou Prefecture

908
00:41:27,960 --> 00:41:29,400
and bring Lu Lingfeng to me.