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[Ancient Detective]

[Episode 4]

What's the matter?

Senior Brother...

Senior Brother has a sword in his chest,

kneeling before the Eldest Master's statue.

Shut up!

He was so good at martial arts. How is that possible?

Hua Er.

Hua Er.

Hua Er! Hua Er!

fHua Er!

Hua Er.

The orchid finger gesture.

Sir, the dead can't come back to life.

My condolences.

The only thing we can do now,

is to find the real killer.

Consider it as a way to help the dead rest in peace.

I'm a blind old man.

As for getting the killer, my hands are tied.

Jian. I trusted your father the most.

I'm counting on you now.

You must find the real killer.

Hua Yuan told me...

that you treated him like a son.

Even if you didn't ask me to,

I would surely get to the bottom of this.

May I know if Hua Yuan had any enemies?

Since he was little,

he grew up in this villa.

Although he had great martial skills,

he remained a modest man.

He couldn't possibly have any enemies.

Sorry for interrupting.

You can solve the case first.

I shall take my leave.

Second Master Li.

I shall not get involved with your family affair.

As to who owns the villa, we can talk about it later on.

Da Dan, let's go.

Please wait.

Sorry.

Before the case is solved,

no one is allowed to leave.

On what grounds?

The killer is among us.

Your investigation might go on for days.

Heck, it might even take years.

If you can't crack the case at all,

does it mean I have to die of old age here?

I quit!

Like I have to stay just because you asked me to?

I'm going to leave this place for sure today.

Let's see who dares to stop me.

I shall take my leave.

My buddy has said the word. No one is allowed to leave.

Don't you understand?

Just with you alone?

Guys.

Please show me due respect.

Mr. Shen. Yesterday, I promised to solve the case within two days.

I still have one day left.

Before nightfall, if I can't keep my promise...

I'll be at your disposal.

Have you made up your mind?

A detective is a man of his word.

Since you're so eager to take the responsibility,

I'll grant you your wish, then.

Jian!

Jian, are you all right?

Drop your weapon. If you kill me,

he won't be able to live.

What did you feed him?

A bug. The Burning Heart Poison.

It won't kill you for the time being.

But your body temperature will make it hatch.

After 12 hours, it will grow and gnaw your heart.

At that time, you'll suffer chest pain like it's burning.

I'm the only one who can treat this Gu poison.

You said you'll solve the case before nightfall.

If you fail, don't bother to come and see me.

Just be the feed for my bugs.

Give me the antidote.

Ms. Zhan.

It's fine.

I'll give you the answer before nightfall.

"Close Door Impermanence"

"Zombie"

The killer is quite something.

So? Why did you laugh?

You're going to die.

It's all right.

Someone else is in the same predicament as me.

Who?

The killer.

If I crack the case, he'll die.

If I fail, I'll die.

That's a fair bet.

Besides, didn't you just exchange blows?

It's time for me to meet him.

This case is really complicated.

Besides, there are two doubtful points.

The first is the sweat on Hua Yuan.

The sweat?

Why were Hua Yuan's clothes wet?

Perhaps, he was sweating.

I don't think so.

I remember when I lifted his clothes...

his skin was dry.

That I don't know.

Sweat comes out from the inside.

First, the skin. Then, the undergarment.

Lastly, the outerwear.

But Hua Yuan's body was wet on the outside and dry on the inside.

That doesn't make sense.

There's another doubtful point.

The single-log bridge.

If what Wang Xiao Shao said is true,

that Hua Yuan died in the garden...

But when we got there,

his body was gone and showed up in the ancestral hall.

That means the killer moved the body,

after Wang Xiao Shao left.

But there's one thing,

that didn't make sense.

The single-log bridge is the only way,

to get from the garden to the ancestral hall.

It can't bear the weight of two people.

The killer couldn't possibly have carried the body here.

The bridge will be broken. Could he have tossed him over?

There were no signs of abrasion or bruises after falling on the body.

How did he move him here?

When there's a mystery in the case,

the mystery itself is an important clue.

It'll help us find the culprit.

Mr. Jian, this is bad.

The corpse walker, Shen Lin ran away.

Ran away?

Shen Lin is pretty skilled in martial arts.

And he's very cunning.

There is more than one way down the mountain.

He might have escaped through the forest.

Xiao Shao, take the horses and go after him with Zhang Da Dan.

The remaining people search the forest in pairs.

Remember. Once you find him,

set off the fireworks.

The others must quickly close in around him.

The sun is setting.

It's alright.

Let's continue with the search.

He can't go far.

Be careful.

Will someone like me...

get you in trouble if I stay by your side?

As a detective,

this is nothing for me.

Hang in there.

Once we find him, I'll force him to treat your poison.

Well, let's quickly find him, then.

Where could he have possibly gone to?

Ms. Zhan.

Ms. Zhan!

Mr. Jian?

Zombies are a disguise made by the living.

Shen Lin is a swindler.

Why did he run away?

Zhao.

You keep following me. Aren't you worried about Jian?

He's with a female assassin. It's very dangerous.

There's no place for me with him now.

Besides, you're here alone.

I'm worried too.

You sure are protective of women, huh?

You've underestimated a woman's ability to survive.

It's too soon to tell...

who's the one protecting the other person.

Of course, I'm the one who will protect you.

If we run into Shen Lin or the zombie,

I'll cut them in half.

Why are you laughing?

I...

What is it?

You look a lot like the person I loved when I was younger.

Mr. Jian is blessed...

to have a friend like you.

No.

I'm the one who's blessed to have a friend like Jian.

When you put it that way,

I start to have a bad feeling.

What if Zhan Shi Qi isn't a match for them?

That's right. Quickly get over there now.

Don't worry about me.

I'm strong.

Be careful.

Sir.

I'm old now. My legs are weak.

Zhang Da Dan and the others went too fast.

I couldn't catch up.

It's all right.

Both of us are slow. We can keep each other company.

All right.

It's getting late now.

You don't have to remind me. I know.

If we can't find him before nightfall,

I'm going to die.

Don't you feel scared at all?

There are at least four more hours to go before it gets dark.

A detective is born to deal with the matter of life and death.

Things that are left hanging in the balance...

and hovering between life and death...

aren't anything new.

Mr. Jian.

Quickly get over there.

Let's go and take a look.

Widow, what happened?

I...

Shen Lin, I advise you to come with me.

That will save you from all the pain.

Corpse walker?

Corpse...

That's the whole story.

When I found them here,

they were already dead.

It scared the crap out of me.

- After that...- I got here.

I was the one who set off the fireworks.

Another one died.

Everyone thought he was the killer.

It turned out to be someone else.

The truth is more complicated than I thought.

Young man.

The Gu poison in your body...

There's nothing here.

Since Shen Lin couldn't make the corpse cross the bridge,

why did he run away then?

Back then, he poisoned me.

He just wanted me to quickly crack the case.

Stop looking. It's pointless.

I'm poisoned with Gu, not a poison.

No one can treat it besides the caster himself.

Wang Xiao Shao.

Could you help to get me some cold water?

I want to let my body cool down.

Perhaps, the Gu poison will not be activated so quickly.

Alright. I'm on it.

Did you really not notice anything fishy here?

Jian.

I've solved the mystery for you.

Stop pretending already.

Stand up.

Stand over there.

Still pretending, huh?

Lower your arms!

You're not a zombie.

You're a living person.

He and Shen Lin...

knew there's a martial art competition.

So, both of them pulled some tricks to get themselves in here.

One is out in the open, the other is hiding in plain sight.

Their motive is to get rid of all their opponents in the competition.

First, both of them...

went to Ah Jie to get him to throw the match, but it failed.

So, they killed Ah Jie.

Ah Jie wrote the word "Shi" before he died.

The corpse walker and the zombie.

That was the two of you.

With Ah Jie out of the picture,

the opponent left...

was just Hua Yuan.

They asked Hua Yuan to the garden to discuss the deal in secret.

Impossible!

That was never going to work with Hua Yuan.

So, you killed Hua Yuan.

Both of you wanted to escape knowing your scheme has fallen through.

The ill-gotten gains weren't fairly shared.

So, you killed Shen Lin, too.

So, he's the real killer.

Mr. Jian.

I left the water in your room.

Sweaty outerwear can be taken off.

We seem to be getting closer to the truth.

I didn't kill them.

We're victims too.

Shen Lin was my biological brother.

Don't falsely accuse us.

When you woke me up,

I just learned that my brother...

had died.

You're washing your hands of the whole matter.

My name is Shen Lu.

Shen Lin was my brother.

We used to run the armed escort business.

My brother was a bad egg.

He wasn't liked by people.

So, we could only work as corpse walkers.

My brother played the role of a corpse walker.

And I play the role of a zombie.

My brother and I didn't kill anyone.

Someone else killed my brother.

By whom?

I don't know.

They knocked me out.

Who knocked you out?

Had I known, I would have told you.

Of course, you don't know because you're the killer.

How could I possibly kill my brother?

You can even do such a horrible thing to pretend to be a zombie.

What else can't you do?

We didn't kill Hua Yuan.

And we couldn't make the corpse cross the bridge, too.

Your brother was a corpse walker.

Isn't that what he was good at?

My brother didn't know how.

If he knew, I didn't have to disguise as a zombie.

You disguised as a zombie and gave me quite a scare.

- I'll chop you off!- Don't interrupt.

Give me the way to treat the poison.

Both of us learned different skills. My brother learned witchcraft.

And I learned Iron Shirt.

I really don't know how to treat the poison.

Iron Shirt, huh?

- Iron Shirt, you said? - Spare my life. Please.

Besides my brother,

my brother's master, Madam Hei Wu, knows how to treat the poison.

Where is she?

Madam Hei Wu is in Heiwu Ridge, a thousand miles away from here.

Even if you freeze his body with well water,

I'm afraid he won't live past tonight.

If my buddy dies,

- I'll make you go down with him.- Zhao.

- He's innocent.- What?

Give me just a little more time.

I'm so close to it.

If that's the case...

the killer will surely...

That's right.

That wasn't the orchid finger gesture.

He was trying to release the pressure points.

- Jian!- Mr. Jian.

Put down your weapons!

He...

has been hit with my Cold Ice Palm.

The cold poison of the Cold Ice Palm penetrates the bone marrow.

From now on,

his internal organs...

will become cold.

The colder the weather, the worse it gets.

The more painful is it for him.

This is the only way to stop the Gu bugs...

from continuing to activate.

You should thank me.

It's so cold.

Sir, let me get you a cotton-padded jacket.

Wait.

While I can still talk,

and everyone is here...

I shall conclude this case now.

I've solved all the mysteries.

I've found the killer.

Let's look back on the entire case.

When we first came for the martial arts competition,

everything was fine.

The next morning...

we found Ah Jie's body...

showing up here.

There's a note on him written "Close Door Impermanence".

This is the crime scene.

There was an incomplete word "Shi" left on the table leg.

Perhaps, Ah Jie left it behind.

Or perhaps, it was the killer.

Then, I asked everyone...

what you did the night before.

Yesterday, my master and I were at the medical hall,

sorting out the newly dried herbs.

Of course, I was sleeping in my own room.

What else could I do on my own...

in the middle of the night?

Jian.

I slept early last night.

That's right.

Everyone was in their room.

We didn't come here.

Based on your alibi,

none of us could be ruled out as a suspect.

Next.

Due to Ah Jie's sudden death,

we didn't conduct the competition the next day.

Wang Xiao Shao.

You said you found Hua Yuan's body in the garden.

But when we got to the garden,

we didn't see Hua Yuan's body.

His body somehow ended up here again.

If Wang Xiao Shao wasn't lying,

it proved only one thing.

The killer is very smart.

He's trying to create some strange events to confuse us...

and make us believe that the killer,

has some sort of mysterious power.

The "Close Door Impermanence" note...

made us feel fearful...

and disagree with one another.

In the end, it will make us give up pursuing the matter.

However, I firmly believe that there is no ghost in this world.

To unveil the killer,

we have to solve the impossible.

That means we have to figure out how Hua Yuan's body...

was moved from the garden through the bridge to the ancestral hall.

At first, after given much thought, it still perplexed me.

After that, seeing Xiao Shao covered in sweat,

it hit me.

Wang Xiao Shao.

Perhaps, you wouldn't believe...

that the one you saw wasn't Hua Yuan.

Mr. Jian.

Why don't you believe me?

- That was indeed my Senior Brother.- All right.

Let me ask you.

When you saw Hua Yuan's body,

did he have a high or low nose bridge?

Did he have a single eyelid or double eyelid?

Long eyelashes or short eyelashes?

How could I possibly remember that so clearly?

That was indeed my Senior Brother.

It's easy to recognise him.

That's the problem.

You thought he was easily recognizable.

That's why you neglected it.

If I'm right...

the real Hua Yuan wasn't there.

Well, the one I saw was...

The one you saw was the killer.

"Close Door Impermanence"

Where was the real Hua Yuan?

The real Hua Yuan...

has been in the ancestral hall all along.

He has never left.

That's because his pressure points were hit and he couldn't move.

How did you know that?

Because during the autopsy...

it suddenly dawned on me,

his hand was in a state of orchid finger gesture.

I was wondering why.

I thought he was trying to send us a message.

After that, it became clear to me...

that he was trying to release the pressure points.

He was pressing his passage hub.

Actually, this is the actual process of murder.

He sneaked into Hua Yuan's room at night,

and hit his pressure points.

Then, he put on Hua Yuan's clothes...

and secretly moved him to the ancestral hall.

He took Hua Yuan's sword.

But he wouldn't kill him right away.

He was waiting for the sun to rise...

and for Wang Xiao Sao to show up in the garden.

That's because the killer knew,

that Wang Xiao Shao will work in the garden every morning.

That's why he had to get there in advance.

Wang Xiao Shao was the perfect candidate.

He wanted Wang Xiao Shao to see the illusion with his own eyes.

If we believe that was the truth,

we would have fallen into the killer's trap.

The garden is located four miles away from the villa.

Wang Xiao Shao doesn't know martial arts.

Even if he ran with all his might, he couldn't go that fast.

After Wang Xiao Shao left,

the killer got up and returned to the villa.

For him, it will not take up much time to travel for four miles.

He quickly surpassed Wang Xiao Shao,

and returned to the villa in advance.

Meanwhile, Wang Xiao Shao was still on his way here.

When the killer returned to the ancestral hall,

he put on the clothes for Hua Yuan.

Since the killer ran frantically back here,

the killer's sweat permeated Hua Yuan's clothes.

That's why I found out that Hua Yuan's outerwear was wet,

when I conducted the autopsy.

But his skin and undergarment were dry.

Because of that, I suspected that,

the sweat might come from someone else.

After doing all that,

the killer stabbed Hua Yuan in the chest and killed him.

After that, he snuck back to his room.

At this moment, Wang Xiao Shao just got back to the villa.

When Wang Xiao Shao was gasping for breath and knocked at every door,

to tell us the bad news,

the killer has had everything prepared,

and pretended to be awakened by us.

This is how the killer created a perfect murder,

and killed Shen Lin who ran away.

Where's the killer?

He's right among us.

He killed Hua Yuan...

Ah Jie...

and Shen Lin who ran away...

to create an illusion of terror.

The real Close Door Impermanence...

is you.

Wu Ling Er!

Am I right?

Look, Jian.

Did the Gu bugs eat your brain and had you all confused?

You're right. Everything you said makes perfect sense.

But you said that I'm the killer.

What is this?

Jian, could you have mistaken it?

Jian.

I remember when we attacked Ms. Zhan...

you said you hate accusing others without any proof.

Why is it when it comes to me...

What proof do you have?

That's right.

If I remember correctly,

you've been scratching your arm today.

Do you mind letting us see...

what's the matter with your arm?

Just tell me if you want to take advantage of me.

Why beat around the bush?

About my arm.

I was exposed to dry cold winds when we were drinking last night,

and got some rashes.

What does this have to do with the case?

Senior Brother had this measles too.

What happened to your hand?

Perhaps, you didn't know...

how you got infected with this measles.

Let me tell you.

We have a zombie here.

You should know this symptom best.

You got poisoned with my brother's Butterfly Poison.

Butterfly Poison?

The Butterfly Poison is less toxic.

As long as it doesn't get into your eyes but only get on your skin,

it will cause rashes in red patches and itchiness.

But it'll be gone in three days.

When all of you surrounded and attacked Zhan Shi Qi,

Hua Yuan was injured by Shen Lin and the poison powder got on his sleeve.

Due to your negligence...

you didn't notice the poison on his sleeve.

You put on his clothes and got the poison on the same spot.

This evidence is enough to prove that...

you're the killer.

Most outstanding people come from among the youth.

Just when I thought I planned down to the tiniest of details...

there are still things that I overlooked.

The smallest of details of a poison didn't escape your notice.

That's right.

It was me.

I was the one who killed them.

I'm the killer.

Don't hurt my buddy.

Ms. Zhan, think it through.

Before your umbrella flies over, his neck will be spurting blood first.

Let her finish.

Wu Ling Er!

Who are you?

I'm a nobody.

I just came to do what I should do.

To take the revenge that I should.

Revenge? What revenge?

Wait a second.

Your weapon belongs to Hanyue Villa.

That's right.

It belonged to Li Chi, your late Eldest Master.

He gave it to me.

The late Eldest Master's broadsword?

You know my brother?

Not just that.

He was my fiance.

He was supposed to be my groom.

It's all because they killed him!

If not, right now...

we would be so happy together.

Are you saying that...

the ones who killed the late Eldest Master Li...

were Hua Yuan, Shen Lin and Ah Jie?

That's right. It was them!

Mr. Jian.

Since you're a detective, I'll give you another clue.

There was one other person...

who killed Li Chi.

He's not dead yet.

Are you saying that there's a fourth person?

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