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[Ancient Detective]

[Episode 9]

Are you human or ghost?

My body is dead.

It's good to be dead.

I can go wherever I want to go now.

I'm not confined. I can be everywhere.

There's a ghost!

What are you trying to do?

I thought you're smart.

I didn't expect you would be as obsessed as those two.

You broke my rules.

None of you can live.

Wait for me.

Puppet Li, I don't care you are human or ghost, I'll tear you apart!

Come out! Come out!

Calm down.

Since we could deal with him for the first time, we can do it again.

If he is a human, we can still run if we can't beat him.

But he is a ghost.

What do we do?

There must be a way.

Jian.

There is no devil.

Someone preserved Puppet Li's body on purpose.

His intestines were emptied.

His stomach was filled with alkaline.

Dead people are unable to kill.

There are no signs of living people on the island.

There is only one possibility.

The killer came with us to the island.

Besides, he is an old friend of Puppet Li.

I need to clear my head.

There are two people who were killed.

Last night, when Shi Liu was killed, everyone was sleeping.

No one was suspicious.

When Jiang Cen was kidnapped, everyone was at the beach...

to settle the dispute between Zhao Wo Huan and the boatman.

Everyone has an alibi.

That's why we made ourselves believe that...Puppet Li was still alive.

He could move, talk and kill people.

In fact, Jiang Cen was being abducted by Puppet Li,

it was just our presumption.

We were all misled by this presumption.

What if... the killer didn't kidnap Jiang Cen,

but it was Jiang Cen who was afraid of my revenge,

and being killed by Hao Zou Yun,

he hid himself on the roof... when we were at the beach?

- Jiang Cen! - When we found out he was missing...

and left the yard to look for him,

anyone would have the chance to return to the yard to kill him.

I could only deduce this much. It's not enough.

In order to find out the killer, I need more clues.

Moreover, a dry corpse can't talk.

Who is making sound for Puppet Li?

Among us, there is someone who is highly skilled in ventriloquy.

Why can't I recognize his voice?

My investigation skill is not good enough to beat him?

I must find another way.

I've been doing business with a ghost.

I've received money from a ghost.

I ask you something.

You're an expert in this matter.

Where is the safest place to hide this...

and it's easy to be found by our own people?

Under normal circumstances, you can hide anywhere.

As long as you mark it properly.

What are you trying to do?

If I die, it's a waste to bury these records with me.

I guess I've used up all my luck.

Everyone, if I die first, please be kind.

Please bury me with this pile of treasure.

I'll be grateful even if I become a ghost.

You're so serene.

Miss, if you want to kill me...

please put me next to the treasure first, okay?

Why?

Puppet Li wants to kill all of us.

We might as well just let you go.

Whoever can escape, just go.

You're so big-hearted?

Sir, what are you doing?

Sir, what are you doing?

I don't care if you believe me or not,

Puppet Li is not an evil person.

I can't leave him here.

I heard that when wandering ghost has a grave,

it's like a home to them.

fMaybe this old showman doesn't want to kill us anymore.

Everyone, Puppet Li is resting in peace.

Today, everyone...

can take a good rest.

Tomorrow morning, let's fix the boat...

and get out of here.

If during the night time,

Puppet Li's spirit comes to look for someone,

let me, Fairy Sheng, deal with him by myself.

Who is it?

Here.

Sir.

You found him.

Puppet Li!

Zhao Wo Huan, close the door!

Okay.

Hurry up!

You can't catch me.

This sound is different from what I heard last time.

It's gone.

Vanished into thin air?

How could it be?

Impossible. No one's going out of the door.

No way.

There isn't any window in this woodshed.

The only exit was blocked.

How can a person just disappear into thin air?

Is there really a ghost?

No, it's definitely impossible.

I must have missed out something.

Puppet Li!

Drunkard!

- Drunkard! - Drunkard, where are you going?

Where are they going?

Wait for me, wait for me!

Those copper plates again.

Could it be a ritual instrument?

This is left by Puppet Li.

What is the connection between these two things?

- Something isn't right, Sima Dang. - I'm heer.

The Drunkard must have gone to Puppet Li's graveyard. Go check it out.

- Okay, I'll go. - I'll go too.

You don't need to.

You're too slow.

He is so fast.

Puppet Li, come out!

Come out, Puppet Li!

I'll tear you apart!

Burn you into ashes! Burn you into ashes!

Puppet Li, come out!

Come out!

Come out!

You're scared, aren't you?

Are you scared?

Come out!

A head?

I lost him.

What should I do?

I'm doomed.

No way. If I can't escape, I'll be killed.

What should I do?

Don't chase me!

Sima Dang.

He's gone.

The Drunkard was killed at Puppet Li's graveyard...

This...

Why is Sima Dang dead too?

He is not dead.

A wooden head.

How is he, Jian?

He's badly injured.

Whether he will be alive or dead, it depends on his effort.

He is just a historian from the historical office.

He didn't have to get involved in the matters of the martial world.

He is under a lot of pressure, let him alone.

What a vicious killer.

I want to kill someone.

The only way for a detective to kill someone...

is to find out the killer, and destroy him under the sun.

Obviously, Puppet Li wasn't the killer.

His corpse was buried.

The real killer killed Fairy Sheng.

He killed the Drunkard in chaos... and hurt Sima Dang badly.

Sima Dang left three words for me.

A wooden head.

I can't guess what he was trying to convey.

The biggest mystery is the woodshed.

Why was there another Puppet Li?

How could he disappear into thin air from a closed woodshed?

I need to make a breakthrough in this situation.

I don't care who you are.

I'll kill you using my own way.

It seems like it's going to rain again.

It's good to rain.

When it rains, Puppet Li doesn't dare to come out.

I was told that...

Zombie is most afraid of the lighting strikes.

Miss Ming Yue, I'm not talking about you.

I'm talking about zombie.

How did he do that?

Could it really be a ghost?

If I believe in ghost,

I don't deserve to be called Jian Bu Zhi of Shenji Valley.

No matter how perfect is the crime, there must be a flaw.

Would you be able to find it?

It depends on your imagination.

Every heart has a flaw.

Even though your opponent has millions of methods,

under certain circumstances,

he can only choose one or two types of methods.

Sometimes, only one method is used.

If you guess correctly, your opponent must be on the losing end.

Why is there a pear in the wine jar?

Right,

the wine jar isn't just full of wine.

You can also put a pear in it.

The one who is wearing clothes might not be a human.

It could be a wood frame.

This sound is different from what I heard last time.

To me, Puppet Li is not an evil person.

He is a great craftsman.

He doesn't look like someone who loves to kill.

A wooden head.

A wooden head.

Yes.

I should have thought of it earlier.

Such a smart killer.

The mystery is finally solved.

No, wait.

I need something from Fairy Sheng's room.

Yes.

Zhao, come with me.

Great, that's it.

Zhao, please gather everyone.

We are going to have a toast with our dead brothers.

Okay.

Thank you, Drunkard, for taking so much alcohol to the island...

so that we can have a drink at a time like this.

Come on!

To our dead brothers.

Cheers!

Since we had our drinks,

I have to explain to Drunkard and all my dead friends.

I must put an end to Puppet Li's mystery tonight.

I've solved all the mysteries of Puppet Island.

The killer is among us.

Who?

Jian, are you drunk?

How could the killer be among us?

The Puppet Li...is outrageous.

Okay, I'll explain it to everyone.

The biggest mystery of Puppet Island...

is the death of Fairy Sheng in the woodshed.

That was what surprised me the most.

After I've unraveled this mystery, the whole truth will be revealed.

Sir.

We were all there.

We had buried Puppet Li's body, but it appeared in the woodshed.

Then, it suddenly vanished into thin air.

It's unbelievable to all of us.

I think he only did it for one purpose.

That was to send us a message.

He's the spirit of Puppet Li.

Because the living would not be able to do all these.

The killer is so good at it.

But the more he wants us to believe in the existence of ghost,

it proves that he is a living person.

But we were all there.

Puppet Li can't be one of us.

Could it be Duplication Technique?

That doesn't make sense.

It does.

Let's think about the day we just got on the island,

the killer used a corpse as a cover...

to issue orders to us, hadn't he?

This is my last warning.

Anyone who breaks the rules... will die.

Let me ask you a question.

When we were at the woodshed, did Puppet Li move?

He didn't move at all.

Could it be that...

he wasn't a living human?

It was not a human, but a puppet with a cape.

The killer placed the puppet beside Fairy Sheng's body in advance.

Then, he returned to the house, and went to the woodshed with us.

When everyone looked at the scene,

we would naturally think that the puppet killed Fairy Sheng.

It does make sense.

But it's just your speculation.

There is one more thing which would give stronger support to my thought.

That is... the voice.

Puppet Li's voice.

Right, how did the killer make the corpse speak?

I really don't get it.

Of course, the killer couldn't make the corpse talk.

Because the voice of the corpse... was from the killer himself.

Did everyone notice?

There are so many copper plates in this hall.

Isn't it strange?

Yes, I noticed it as soon as I got here.

They are some in the woodshed too.

Those are the tools to reflect voice.

Anyone who breaks the rules... will die.

Did you hear that?

We just need to get close to a piece of copper plate,

lower our voice and speak,

all the copper plates in this room will vibrate.

So we wouldn't be able to figure out the direction of the voice.

We thought it was from Puppet Li who was above us.

The killer placed the copper plates at the woodshed in advance...

to make it easier for him to speak for Puppet Li.

It's because of these copper plates...

make me believe that the killer is right next to us.

He is the person who avoided us when Puppet Li was speaking.

He killed Jiang Cen...and Shi Liu.

He killed Fairy Sheng and Drunkard.

He even killed my important witness, Handy Tang.

The killer who injured Sima Dang,

as well as the person who killed visitors...

on this island for the past ten years is...

Are you,

This... the boatman, Feng Da!

You're the vicious killer, Puppet Li.

Me?

How can I be the killer?

I'm just a boatman.

Yes, Jian, he is just a boatman.

It doesn't matter if you don't want to admit it.

Let us refresh your memory.

When we first came here,

you were the only one who was standing far away from us,

but you were standing very near to the copper plates.

Where is he?

Mr. Puppet Li, I brought some people to see you.

Are you there?

Good job. I've been waiting for a year.

You were standing at the front, and your back was facing us.

Then, you skilfully utilized the trapping mechanism...

to throw the money behind us.

You avoided our sights.

So, we couldn't see you talk.

As long as you guys have the ability to solve the puzzle,

you can take it all.

You have a beard to cover your mouth.

Actually, it is used to cover up your ventriloquy technique.

Right?

You blame what a ghost did on an innocent person,

don't you think it's ridiculous?

Mr. Jian, we know each other, can you talk based on evidence?

Evidence?

In the woodshed,

Puppet Li disappeared in front of all of us, didn't he?

Jian, you said it wasn't Puppet Li, it was just a puppet.

But when we just got in there, Zhao locked the only entrance.

The woodshed was sealed.

Although it was a puppet,

how would I be able to make a big puppet vanish into thin air?

His words make sense.

How could it be me?

As a detective, before< having conclusive evidence,

I won't tell anyone the truth.

To make the puppet disappear from the sealed woodshed,

you said you don't know how to do it.

Let me tell you then.

Firstly, you used the smoke as a cover-up to burn it.

There was not enough time.

Secondly, if you tried to move it out, it was impossible as well.

There wasn't such a big gap in the woodshed.

Out of all possibilities, the only thing left...

is the truth even if it doesn't make sense.

So the truth is...

Puppet Li didn't leave the woodshed.

He was hidden under our watch.

No way, the woodshed was empty.

Where did he hide such a big wooden puppet?

It wasn't a wooden puppet.

Look,

that is Sima Dang's clothes.

But Sima Dang isn't wearing it now.

It is covering two wood logs.

So, you're saying that there was firewood under the cape.

Yes, Puppet Li's body...

was actually supported by a pile of firewood to form a human shape.

For someone who is familiar with puppet, it is just a piece of cake.

Then, he put Puppet Li's red cape on it.

So we couldn't tell the difference.

Zhao Wo Huan, close the door!

Okay.

When the smoke was shrouding, he took off the cape in choas.

The cape could stuff into the sleeves.

Then, he pushed the frame... and made the woods fall on the ground.

So those woods became a part of the firewood.

Hence, the big body structure of Puppet Li...

was disappeared in the woodshed.

He made us think that the killer was a ghost.

Anyway, in order to make Puppet Li disappear completely,

there was short of one head.

What about the head?

At first, I couldn't figure it out.

Then, the pear in Drunkard's wine jar reminded me something.

He probably thought that the wine had a strong smell.

So he put a pear in it to make the wine become more refreshing.

I always thought that... wine jar could only contain wine,

but there was a pear inside.

Zhao's wine jar supposed to be just wine in it.

But it's filled with water.

It's because he can't hold his liquor.

Fairy Sheng's walking stick has a hidden sword in it.

Therefore, boatman,

the money bag which you are carrying... contains only money?

Yes, there's only money.

From everything that was brought to the woodshed,

only the bag which you are carrying could fit a head in.

The wooden head needs to be painted.

As soon as I entered the woodshed, I could smell the paint.

The smell is still coming out from your bag now.

If I'm not mistaken, the head is still inside your money bag.

No one can take my money.

You'll always carry such an important thing with you, right?

You know that... there is a thief by our side.

He can steal whatever he wants.

Perhaps... he might accidentally steal your stuff...

and all your plans will be ruined.

Boatman, what else do you have to say?

It's really you.

What a great detective.

Yes, I killed them all!

I'm using the name of Puppet Li on this island...

to kill people for more than ten years.

You've seen the bones too.

Boatman, you were hiding so well.

I'm not a boatman.

I'm Puppet Li's youngest student.

But it's meaningless to tell you this now.

The result is going to be the same.

What is going to be the same?

It's different!

Same.

Because all of you will die here.

I'll do my best...

to kill you all!

It's too late.

If it was an hour ago,

you could have possibly killed us.

But now, you have to listen to me.

Do you really treat me as a boatman?

Don't you forget that Fairy Sheng died in my hands too?

You have been sweating.

Don't you feel that your inner power... is slowly dissipating?

What happens?

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♫ Are you just going to leave like this? ♫

♫ The rain is falling on the dimmed beach ♫

♫ The birds have also stayed put ♫

♫ It’s as if the tears of the sky ♫

♫ have seen the dusts of time ♫

♫ I want to see your place ♫

♫ Are there lies and indebtedness there? ♫

♫ I only want to embrace you and say “Goodbye” ♫

♫ When can I see your smiling face again? ♫

♫ Without you, it is bitterly cold ♫

♫ Imprisoned in between the mesh of light and darkness ♫

♫ The everlasting smile that you left behind ♫

♫ is like the galaxy twinkling ♫

♫ I will never stop loving you ♫

♫ I will never stop loving you ♫

♫ After a rain, the light of the morning sun is bright and colorful ♫

♫ That’s you ♫

♫ it’s also me when I see you ♫

♫ I can say “goodbye” to you everyday ♫