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♪ I walk across the mountains with elegant footsteps ♪

♪ How much time has passed unknowingly ♪

♪ There's loneliness hidden behind your smile ♪

♪ I'm unable to guess the fire in the water ♪

♪ I'm afraid my youth fades with the wind ♪

♪ Searching the cause and ignoring the results ♪

♪ Asked where I'm from and where I'll be going ♪

♪ I can't say nor can I escape from myself that I don't know about ♪

♪ Who am I in the past ♪

♪ Who will recognise my face ♪

♪ The person that you know ♪

♪ Is it even me and who am I living for ♪

Maiden Holmes

Episode 8

What is this black stain on the cloth?

Look.

It is coal.

Coal?

It is impossible to have it in the middle of nowhere.

Perhaps

it got stained when we were in town.

You.

I like you better

when you are free from disturbance.

Stop it.

One tael of silver.

I'll pay you ten.

Take your time to count. How do you think?

What happened to your hand?

Nothing.

Maybe it got injured when I was looking for the wine jar.

Stop scratching.

You're going to make it worse.

Feeling better now?

I said I was fine.

Just a little bit itchy.

What if

I teach you how to navigate by the stars

to divert your attention?

Then you won't think about your itchy hand anymore.

Sounds great.

Teach me.

There are seven stars at the eastern sky

that forms the shape of a dipper.

Can you see it?

Three.

Four.

Five.

Six.

Seven.

It really looks like a dipper.

That is the Big Dipper.

Can you spot the position of the handle?

Yes. I saw it.

Now it is autumn.

The handle of dipper is pointing to the West.

It is what's stated in the ancient books that

"When the handle pointed to the west, autumn begins."

How about summer?

You just need to remember all the directions

and the seasons.

So

the handle will point to the south during summer?

Smart girl.

I'm impressed.

I can't believe you can identify directions by constellation.

I learned it during my time in the war.

At that time, we had to ambush enemies at night.

So we can only rely on it to find the directions.

But now

I can no longer see them.

Look.

There are two brightest stars in the galaxy.

Do you know what they are called?

Where is their exact position?

Reach out your hand. I'll draw for you.

This is the galaxy.

One of them is here.

One is here

and the other one is here.

Do you know

they are Altair and Vega?

They are placed on opposite sides of the galaxy.

They love each other

but not able to live together.

I see.

How much longer do we have to wait?

Once we are in town

let's go to the most famous tailor shop

to get you a new dress, okay?

Sure.

Excuse me, pal.

When will the gate open?

It should be open soon. Let's just wait for a while.

Alright.

Brother Pei, look.

Uncle Li.

You are so early everyday.

Finishing work early makes me feel relaxed.

I'll leave you to it.

Excuse me.

Yesterday, when you were sending coal to the town,

have you seen

a young man right here?

He was plastered.

Waiting here to get into the town.

I did.

You may go in.

Sir.

Please have a look.

Is he the one who hit your cart?

That's him.

I felt like I was hit by something outside the town.

I'm still experiencing pain in my waist now.

Guard.

Yes.

Check his body.

Detective Su.

He indeed has a bruise on his waist.

It looks like

after the town gate was closed,

he was outside the town for the whole night.

It's impossible for him to get in.

And this proved that

he was away at the time of the crime.

Sir,

come in please.

Are you finished eating?

Rushuang, don't be sad.

Have some osmanthus cake.

It tastes so sweet.

How can I get to investigate the crime

with Brother Su?

Why do you have to be with Brother Su?

Because it makes me feel happy.

What makes you happy?

It is hard for me to explain.

Anyway.

I'm happy as long as I'm with Brother Su.

Investigate crime makes me happy too.

I will get double happiness

if I'm able to investigate the crime with Brother Su.

You're not happy

hanging out with me?

Of course I'm happy.

But the feelings are different.

What makes them different?

I feel relaxed

when I'm hanging out with you.

But as time goes by, I feel a little bit empty.

But the feeling changes when I'm with Brother Su.

Whenever there is new progress in crime cases,

I will gain a sense of accomplishment.

Maybe because you have your own target.

The reason I likes to travel around

and bring justice to people

is that I don't want to sit idle.

I hope I can be the one who is needed.

Yes, that's the feeling!

Rushuang.

If investigating crime with Brother Su is what you wish,

then just go ahead.

I will fully support you.

Come, have some osmanthus cake.

The bigger one is for you.

The most beautiful moment,

cherish it.

The most beautiful moment,

cherish it.

Young master.

Young master.

Young master.

Here are new portraits of concubine candidates.

Quick, have a look.

Fei Yuan.

What are you doing?

I have scrutinized these portraits.

Look at this.

She is Miss Yang.

She wrote all these poems on her own.

Take away. I don't want to see it.

I'll get you another one then.

How about...

Look at this.

How about this?

Look.

She drew it herself.

Isn't she talented?

I understand.

I will take them away.

Boss.

Has my order arrived?

Yes.

Brother Su.

Rushuang?

What are you doing here?

I want to investigate the crime with you.

Rushuang, actually I...

Quick, take a look.

It's so unpeaceful.

Brother Su.

It looks like something is happening there.

May I know which officer you are from Mingjing Office?

Su Ci.

My Lord.

This lady has just been salvaged from the river.

Why

did she kill herself suddenly?

And she is wearing the wedding dress.

I heard that few days ago

there was also a lady in wedding dress

jumped off the gate tower.

Such a coincidence!

Exactly.

How could this happened.

No signs of being poisoned.

Her lips turned green and purple.

There are round spots in her eyelid as a result of bleeding,

and pale red foams in her mouth and nose too.

She should be died from drowning.

Poor thing.

Couldn't agree more.

Her nails are

clean and white.

This implies no signs of struggle.

Her clothes were soaked

but tidy

and clean.

No signs of struggle too.

My Lord, did you find anything else?

It seems that

it is indeed a suicide case.

If so, we could end the investigation.

Rushuang.

Brother Su.

There is one thing I need to clarify with you.

The reason I want to investigate the crime with you

is not because I like to stick around with you.

I'm not...

I started to study about poisons since I was a kid.

I'm not good at other stuff.

But other than poisoning people,

I really don't know what else I can do

by studying this.

Since I investigated crimes with you,

I found that

I could be the key to solve mysteries too.

It made me feel happy

and that I was a worthy person.

Brother Su.

If you don't like

what I'm doing right now,

it's fine.

I will figure out another way.

Because it's what I really want to do.

Follow me.

There are many cases in Mingjing Office.

Usually we will hire some incredible people

from outside to help us.

We will record their information in a book

for later use.

So...

So.

Follow me to register at the Mingjing Office.

Your Highness.

Marquis Zhengyuan comes to visit.

Your Highness.

Marquis.

Why are you here?

I just reported military information to Your Majesty

and dropped by to visit you.

Marquis. Please have a seat.

Your Highness has been so concerned with the borders,

I really

feel relieved.

Since Marquis led soldiers to safeguard the borders,

it's been a while since we last met.

Every time I'm simulating military strategies,

it reminds me of the lessons taught by Marquis.

Your Highness has flattered me.

I really feel abashed.

The reason why Marquis come to the capital this time

is the war in Beirong, right?

And also your personal matter.

Any further news on that?

Please.

I had ordered someone to check it.

The arrow you sent to me

was indeed made in Beirong.

As I expected.

And...

Recently,

in several massive deals in Beirong,

we have found something as mentioned by Your Highness.

Pieces of silver.

How can the disaster relief fund flow into Beirong?

Someone used the money for personal gain,

selling arms in secret,

even found hand in glove with the enemy

to train their troops.

Their motives

are obvious.

Your Highness.

You must be careful.

Yes, I will.

Your Highness could forgive the past offences.

It's certainly not easy.

And you still care for the country.

That is really impressive.

You overpraise me.

Oh, yes.

I heard that Your Highness is getting married soon.

I was wondering whether I'm able to attend your wedding?

It is up to the Empress Dowager

to decide.

If I'm really getting married,

I will surely visit you personally

to give you my wedding invitation card.

Zhi

must be very happy then.

Xu Zhi also comes along with you?

Yes.

It is hard for me to come back here.

So I bring her together.

I still remember I met her

when I was a kid.

She was a pure person

and straightforward like a man.

The border is wide and broad.

I want to let her grow up without any constraints.

I can see that Marquis loves Xu Zhi very much.

Of course.

I'm blessed only with one precious daughter.

Detective Su.

She is Miss Lin's mother.

She insists to meet you.

My Lord!

My daughter wouldn't have killed herself!

There is no reason for her to commit suicide!

My Lord, please help us to investigate it! Lady.

Please calm down.

Don't worry, Detective Su will help you.

She is the only child in our family.

She has never been hurt since she was born.

Even her future husband were carefully selected by us.

If she was not willing,

we wouldn't force her to do so.

She asked her dad

to find the most famous painter in town to draw.

She said that she wanted us to keep it before marriage.

So that we could miss her.

Your daughter had a beautiful face.

Were there any guies trying to approach her before?

We rarely let her go out since she was a kid.

If we did,

we would cover her face with a long veil.

She was quite obedient.

She never approached any unruly vagabonds outside.

Did you notice something unusual before she died?

When she got engaged,

the whole family was so happy.

We still went to Puhua Temple to make wishes together.

I remembered now.

Sometimes she looked stunned.

One time

she stared at the windows and said it was raining outside.

But that day was a bright sunny day.

My daughter tried to fool us sometimes.

So I thought she was just kidding me.

Heard the rain in a sunny day.

I can't believe it was made in Beirong.

The disaster relief fund we had plotted

flowed into Beirong.

What?

Beirong has always been famous for casting weapons.

You mean...

Your Majesty, do you still remember

Shadu who was killed in Worry-free Bar?

That guy was a notorious arm dealer.

There are people who used the disaster relief fund

to buy piles of weapons from him.

He was killed

due to the arms sale.

That guy had created cases of disappearance of funds

in many places.

He had gained a lot of money from that

and buying piles of weapons from Beirong.

Those people who besieged me in Qingshui County

had these weapons in their hand.

They were well-trained.

Their moves were structured.

I guess they were the private army trained by those behind.

Training soldiers secretly.

Trying to evoke commotion.

I'm afraid that it is linked to

what happened seven years ago.

Although they had planned for a long time

because of some flaws,

their plan was exposed after all.

Finally I'm able to investigate crimes legitimately!

Congratulations Rushuang!

But you might be very busy after this.

There are still a lot of places I haven't show you around.

I have moved here.

We still have plenty of chances ahead.

You are right.

Don't forget to bring me along.

No problem.

Little Su.

Brother Pei.

You look distracted.

There are many problems recently.

The death of Miss Du

is not an isolated case.

This is so good.

When will you make it again?

It tastes good, right?

I will make it for you again next time.

You can never keep your mouth shut.

I'm sorry

for the interruption.

There was another suicide case

happened this morning.

The victim was Miss Lin.

A young and beautiful lady in a wedding dress.

No motive of suicide.

Such a coincidence.

In wedding dress again?

Let's leave other questions aside.

Miss Lin

had also heard the rain in a sunny day.

So did Miss Du?

All these details are the same.

It is definitely not a coincidence.

Before Miss Du killed herself,

someone said that ghost bride came back to kill again.

Again?

It means that the same things happened before?

Yes.

So I planned to go there

to investigate the similar cases

in recent years after lunch.

Let's eat.

Rushuang, try this.

Something just crossed my mind.

If all of them are suicide case,

some families

might not want to report it to the government.

You mean

the record of these cases are incomplete?

That is just a piece of cake.

Just leave it to me.

Oh, yeah!

Brother Xie is an expert in

finding people and asking stuff.

Rushuang.

You should call me Warrior Xie now.

Alright.

Thanks in advance.

Don't mention it.

Warrior Xie.

Can you do me another favour?

Nobody here are able to do it.

After thinking twice, I feel that only you can help me.

Rushuang.

As long as it is related to you,

I will definitely do it.

Sister Rushuang,

what is the matter that needs Brother Xie to go alone?

How do you feel?

Sweet.

How come?

How about now?

It's getting sweeter.

That's not possible.

Could it be I got the formula wrong?

Rushuang.

Did you just

apply poison on me.

Yes.

I'm using your hand to test for poison.

Did you add itching powder

inside there?

Why do I feel itching

in my heart?

Can you be more serious?

If you keep acting in this way,

I won't bother you anymore.

No, Rushuang.

Please don't do that.

I'm joking with you just now.

Please don't be angry. I...

What's wrong with you?

I felt like burning.

Yes. It should be felt like this.

Let me see.

It seems like

I have to figured out a perfect way

to leave the selection of concubine unsettled.

Why is it still burning

after so long?

Brother Pei.

Why are you drinking here alone?

This wine

should be drunk in this way.

Nice.

Come.

Here's a toast to you.

Nice wine.

Brother Pei.

Tell me honestly.

You don't want to choose a concubine, right?

Are you falling in love with someone?

Fine.

I won't force you if you don't want to tell.

We are true men.

There is nothing to hide.

Come.

I know you do.

Tell me, who is she?

Sometimes

I'm quite jealous of you.

Free from rules and constraints.

Able to do whatever you like.

So

you don't want to let others know that

you are Prince Qi?

Actually...

when I become Pei Zhao,

I feel more like myself.

Come. Let's drink.

But

with your ability,

why don't you just suggest

the one you love?

Her current identity is not qualified.

Not qualified?

Then just make it qualify.

That's all.

Easy said than done.

Why is it so difficult to get a wife?

Drink some water.

Brother Pei.

I know it now.

I understand now!

It must be like this!

Brother Pei.

Brother Su.

Both of you...

Brother Pei.

Are you in a relationship with Brother Su?

I knew it! I...

Why didn't I think about it before?

If it is true...

Brother Pei,

it must have been so hard for you.

But don't worry.

I'm an open-minded person.

No matter what is your choice,

I will support you.

Good.

Come.

Thanks brother.

Brother?

Being able to become the brother of Prince Qi

who is respected by the people.

That feeling is really good.

But

you're not bad too

for having a heroic brother like me.

This is your fortune.

Come, let's have one more drink.

Alright.

Come.

Come.

Brother Pei

I can't drink with you anymore.

I still have to do my work.

Otherwise, Rushuang

will give me a hard time.

Take your time to enjoy the wine.

No. Don't drink too much. I've got to leave now.

What a heartless fellow.

Your Highness.

I have asked the Imperial Astronomer to calculate

the birth date and Ba Zi of

the candidates of Princess Consort Qi

How's it now?

Your Highness.

The imperial Astronomer has tried hard to calculate it.

But there are too many of them.

It is not yet completed.

The reason I look for you

is because I would like you

to do me a favour.

Your Highness is too kind.

Just tell me if you need anything else.

This...

All the names of ladies

on this name-list...

Your Highness doesn't want to see again

during the second round selection.

I...

Junior Mentor, you don't understand?

Junior Mentor.

The Ba Zi of these ladies

are not compatible with Prince Qi.

Alright.

I understand.

Please.

Alright.

Let's go to the data room.

Okay.

Brother Su.

There is a case

matches the conditions you said.

Really?

Let's go and check it out.

Let's go.

Rushuang.

You better not follow us.

Why?

I...

I got to go now.

Alright.

Please visit again.

You have come.

Go back in.

Sir, please come in.

You look so beautiful today.

Stop teasing me.

Drink again.

One more.

It turns out to be like this in Lixiang Restaurant.

How do you find it this time?

Childe Wang, are you satisfied?

Rushuang, I came here for serious business.

Sure. Sure.

Listen to me.

You'd better not visit too frequently

to this place.

This place is not suitable for ladies.

The main reason I came here

is because of this case.

It must be done right here.

You annoying fella.

Why are you coming again?

Again?

How many times you have visited here?

Explain it properly.

What do you mean by again?

Did I come here to listen to music?

You came here every time to ask me questions.

Never listen to music.

I never request a song.

Tell me.

Are you the spy

from Chulan Restaurant?

I...

Detective Su.

You come to arrest people again?

I recognized all the faces here.

There is no miscreant for you to arrest.

I came here today

to investigate a case that happened few years ago.

You want to ask about

the case of Jing Niang right?

Yes.

I have explained everything I know to him.

I don't know anything other than that.

You also believed that Jing Niang

had become a ghost

to kill these brides?

I really don't know about it.

I just know that

the bridegroom Wang who wished to married her

had been falsely accused.

He had prepared the ransom money

to marry her.

But she killed herself suddenly.

It meant that the rumours were untrue.

Of course.

Before Jing Niang hanged herself,

did you notice any of her unusual act?

I really don't know about that.

You can ask We Wen about it.

Jing Niang was closest to her when she's still alive.

Rushuang.

I knew it from...

Sister Jing was a cheerful person.

But a few days before she died

she kept staring into space

and rarely talked.

When I talked to her,

she acted as if I didn't even exist.

Logically,

that should be the happiest moment in her life.

Because she was going to leave here and getting married soon.

That's true.

Jing Niang was the

most popular lady in Lixiang Restaurant.

Her hair was as black as the black cloud.

I dare to say that

there are not many ladies in town as beautiful as her.

Is it possible that

she was not truly falling in love with Mr. Wang?

Impossible.

Sister Jing had always been loyal to him.

I accompanied her went to Puhua Temple before.

She made a wish that she could have a long and loving life with him.

It sounds like

there is no reason for her to kill herself.

Then someone must have trickled her mind.

Please think again carefully.

Is there anything unusual happened before?

Anything unusual?

I remember

I was talking to her

in the morning before she committed suicide.

But she asked me to speak softly out of a sudden.

She said that

she was listening to the sound of rain.

Sound of rain?

And the strangest thing was

that day was a bright and sunny day.

Young master.

Victims in these three cases

were died of suicide.

jumped into the river,

and jumped off from tower.

Investigation has been done at the crime scene.

There were no signs of homicide.

They were in wedding dress.

and in a confused state of mind.

All of them said that they heard the sound of rain.

And they

were all pretty good-looking.

Yes.

When so many coincidences happened,

it's not considered as coincidence anymore.

It might be a certain tactic of the murderer.

But

it has been over two years since the previous case.

This killer had so much patience.

It could be more than two years.

There might be more victims.

I planned to go to Puhua Temple tomorrow.

PuHua Temple?

Brother Su.

Are you going to pray to the god to help you?

What are you talking about?

Did she look like she needs help from god?

That's right.

Brother Su is a great detective.

Exactly.

Alright. Alright.

Did you just discover anything?

Wen Wen told me that

Jing Niang had been to Puhua Temple before.

So I want to go there and have a look.

Jing Niang...

Miss Lin and her family also had been there before.

How about Miss Du?

Fu Zizhuo mentioned about it before.

It seems like

we have to pay a visit to Puhua Temple.

♪ Dawn in the spring of March ♪

♪ Waiting for you to return on the pavilion ♪

♪ A one-sided love is frustrating ♪

♪ The drizzle is mixed with my tears ♪

♪ Feeling lonely and left out ♪

♪ The whimpering of the flute and the faraway star ♪

♪ I don't know when I'll return as long as my travel goes on ♪

♪ I dream of coming back every night ♪

♪ Through the rain and dust ♪

♪ A deep love I feel for you ♪

♪ Looking at the vast lands and sighing out of loneliness ♪

♪ Waiting for you to return every day ♪

♪ A promise for life from both of us ♪

♪ After many separations and gatherings ♪

♪ I will not disappoint you when we meet again ♪

♪ I will never disappoint you for life ♪

♪ Feeling lonely and left out ♪

♪ The whimpering of the flute and the faraway star ♪

♪ I don't know when I'll return as long as my travel goes on ♪

♪ I dream of coming back every night ♪

♪ Through the rain and dust ♪

♪ A deep love I feel for you ♪

♪ Looking at the vast lands and sighing out of loneliness ♪

♪ Where can I go to find you ♪

♪ A promise for life from both of us ♪

♪ After many separations and gatherings ♪

♪ I will never disappoint you when we meet again ♪

♪ For life ♪