Young Sherlock
Timing and Subtitles by The Chivalrous Team @ Viki
♫ Let love subtly weave our separations and reunions ♫
♫ I do not regret how persistent I was in staying by your side ♫
♫ Everyone hopes for a time ♫
♫ When they can love someone without thinking about moral sense ♫
♫Hear the wind howl, the lilting sound of the flute as you are lost in your thoughts ♫
♫ He who holds the sword dances lightly in the wind on the journey home ♫
♫ The song has spread ten thousand miles. Where are you now? ♫
♫ Can you hear it clearly? ♫
♫ I am here, waiting for you. ♫
Young Sherlock
Episode 32
Department of State Affairs Office
Come in.
Why have you come?
Xiao Hu said you weren't in a good mood
so I came to check on you.
I'm not. Just a bit tired.
There are no problems between you two, right?
We're fine.
It's late. You should go rest.
I have a present for you.
Mengyao, thank you.
Yuanfang.
Why are you guys here?
What did you discover while checking the anonymous female corpse?
- I didn't discover anything. - Nothing?
When Wanqing and I went to check on the corpse,
it had already been burnt.
- What? - It's very obvious.
Someone wants to destroy the evidence.
Tell me. What did you discover?
I found this.
Looking at the workmanship,
it's from the palace.
Father.
Did you do it?
You are right.
I was the one that ordered it.
She is my older sister.
I cannot let Di Renjie find any evidence.
Nor can I let him find out
the female corpse is your older sister.
Because I don't know
if he'll really be on our side.
Why?
She is your biological daughter!
I know! I am also heartbroken.
She is my most beloved daughter.
We have no other choice.
Father, why don't you believe me?
Di Renjie is an upright person.
He will not allow himself to be used by others.
Father, he will definitely stand on our side
and find out the truth.
How many times do I have to tell you?
In the cruel political arena,
we can only believe ourselves!
But Sister...
I know.
You can't accept the ruthlessness of it.
You have been close with your sister since childhood.
But we have no other choice now.
Department of State Affairs
Huaiying.
Liangyi Hall
Sir, please wait.
Sir, Her Highness is still dressing herself.
Your Highness.
Your Highness, Young Sir Di has arrived.
Young Sir Di, why have you suddenly
forced your way into my private quarters?
Your Highness, I just want to ask about
the whereabouts of your personal maids.
After the deaths, everyone in the palace panicked,
and started slacking off on their usual chores, so I replaced them.
Is there anything wrong?
No.
You would've felt more safe and calm after doing that.
Do you have any breakthroughs regarding Suo Lang's case?
Unfortunately, there have been no breakthroughs.
I hope you can solve the case as soon as possible.
Thank you, Your Highness.
I will do my best.
I will take my leave.
Looking at the workmanship,
it's from the palace.
Consort Li
Your Highness, that Di Renjie has been on the case for several days, yet hasn't found anything.
Is he capable of solving it?
You must be patient.
The case isn't as simple as it seems.
Wu Meiniang would like to meet Consort Li.
Let her in.
Greetings, Consort Li.
No need for formalities, Sister.
Your Highness, I picked some cherries from Cuiwei Residence.
They're fresh and delicious.
I especially brought some over for you.
Lian'er, go and wash them.
I'll taste them with you.
- Yes, Your Highness. - Sister, come sit down.
Sister, did you like the presents I gave you last time?
You gave me such precious gifts.
I liked them a lot.
Except, I don't have any gifts of a similar standard.
I can only give you a jade hairpin.
My mother left it to me,
and now I'm giving it to Your Highness. I hope you will like it.
Such a pretty hairpin.
I am glad Your Highness likes it.
If your Highness doesn't mind, I am willing to help you wear it.
How can I do that?
You gifted me a hairpin, and now you're offering to help me wear it.
I feel embarrassed.
It is my honour to help you wear it.
It's really pretty.
Thank you, Sister.
Young Master.
Young Master. Young Master, are you inside?
Young Master, may I come inside?
Come in.
What is it?
I didn't see anything just now.
What is it?
Master had someone deliver this letter.
Indeed.
What is it?
Guess how many dead people there are in this case.
Suo Lang is one.
If that female corpse is also from the palace, then another one.
I just came back from the palace.
If this letter is right,
then there is another dead person.
It's just that we haven't found the corpse yet.
Another one?
Let's go take a look.
I really didn't see anything!
Oh, I'll go prepare horses!
Let's go.
This is the scene of the crime?
More accurately speaking, it's one part of it.
What do you mean?
When I first looked at the scene, I overlooked some details,
so I thought this wasn't the first scene of the crime.
But now that I look at it, this is indeed the first scene of the crime.
Look.
Suo Lang is about as tall as I am. If he was murdered here,
based on his height and the height of this water container,
It's impossible for him to be thrown into it.
That's right.
What if it were a woman?
Woman?
If a woman was thrown inside,
and that woman was Suo Lang's lover,
he would've leaned over to save her.
Come out.
Er Bao.
And then someone would have—
Young Master!
But didn't you say three people died?
There's another person?
- I don't know. - Young Master!
- Don't know? - Done yet, Young Master?
If I'm not wrong, Consort Li's personal maid Xiao Zhao is already dead.
Young Master!
Do you have proof?
I asked Consort Li and she said Xiao Zhao went back to her hometown.
I sent my dad's people to go check,
but the people in her hometown said she didn't come back.
So then where did she go?
So...
Would you believe such an obvious excuse?
So that unidentified female corpse is Xiao Zhao?
I found out that the thread that Yuanfang found
came from Consort Li's canopy curtain.
So that unidentified female corpse is someone by Consort Li's side.
But if it's not Xiao Zhao,
then one more person died.
Young Master, can I come out?
Are you handicapped? Come out yourself.
Now, the biggest question is the murder weapon.
Murder weapon?
I've already inspected the wound,
but it didn't seem like an ordinary weapon.
On the contrary, it seemed like...
What are you doing?
Hey.
I got it.
Got what?
Wait for me at home.
Young Master!
He went to see a woman again.
Aren't you a woman?
Di Renjie.
You went to see someone, Your Highness?
I went to give Consort Li a gift.
You have quite a close relationship with Consort Li.
But not so with Concubine Xu.
The way you say it, it sounds like you know something.
I push myself to my limits to investigate this case, but I still don't know as much as you do, Your Highness.
Tell me, what do you want to ask?
I want to know where Xiao Zhao is.
All this time, Your Highness has helped me with investigating.
At this time, you should help me.
Okay, I'll tell you.
Xiao Zhao is already dead.
Xiao Zhao is Consort Li's trusted maid, so naturally, she felt superior.
She's offended many people in the palace.
Concubine Xu hates her to the core, so a month ago...
Seriously.
- Hold it. - General.
I was wondering who it was. So it was you, Xiao Zhao.
General, spare me. I didn't see anything.
Thank you, General. Thank you, General.
If I let you go, will you let me go?
At that time, you just watched.
Why didn't you say anything about it afterwards?
I, Wu Meiniang, am only a concubine without title.
I have no power and no one to rely on.
I want to live a bit longer
and enjoy His Majesty's affections a bit longer.
Since you've told me so much,
I'll also tell a story.
Tell me.
The situation at that time should've been like this.
Oh no, hurry and leave. Don't let someone find you.
Okay, be careful.
Hold it.
General, please spare me.
I... I didn't see anything.
You mean you want me to spare you?
Who's over there?
No-no one.
I'm by myself.
Your Highness.
To live, I'll have to do this.
You mean the murderer was always watching by the side?
What do you think, Your Highness?
From what I remember, there seems to be something missing here.
What?
A jade hairpin.
A jade hairpin that stab someone to death.
Di Renjie, you sure have a wild imagination.
Thank you, Your Highness.
I just want to know why.
What is the motive?
Come and ask me after you've found all the evidence.
Okay. I'm sure it won't be long.
I will leave.
Your Highness, last question.
Who exactly is the unidentified female corpse?
Your story is so perfect.
You probably know all the answers. Why bother asking me?
Di
How far is it from here to Shama Town?
Your Excellency, it's about an hour.
The landscape here is so elegant.
I can't believe bandits are causing chaos here.
Reportedly, some mountain bandits spontaneously formed into an army.
They're not a strong army and they're nothing to be scared of.
When the time comes, just give us some time and we will completely defeat the bandits.
They'll disperse in confusion.
- Hurry! Hurry! - Sir! Sir!
Hurry! Leave quickly!
Kill!
Brothers! Today is a good day!
Steal as much as you can! Take as much as you can!
Minister Di will be here soon.
We'll give him a big present!
Yes!
Di
Stop.
Your Excellency, bad news! Something bad has happened in Shama Town.
You found out so quickly?
How many people are there?
From what I saw from the mountain top, there are around 200 people.
How dare these bandits revolt near the capital.
Everyone, let's go faster.
Charge into Shama Town with me to eliminate these bandits!
Yes.
Villager.
Minister Di.
I've been waiting for you for a long time.
How dare you, criminal!
Minister Di, you can't just destroy the bridge after crossing the river!
You commanded me to seize Shama Town and wait for your arrival!
How dare you!
Kill!
Traitor Di Zhixun! You colluded with bandits and created your own army.
You intended to start a rebellion! Hurry and tie yourself!
General, it's a misunderstanding.
I am under His Majesty's orders to come here to pacify the bandits.
How come I've become a traitor?
Minister Di, everyone in the royal court knows you are talented and scholarly.
You were known as one of the capital's four great heroes.
Even His Majesty gave you deferential treatment.
No one would've thought that you'd do such traitorous deeds!
Come! Arrest Di Zhixun!
Protect Minister Di!
Whoever wants to harm even one hair on Minister Di's head, I'll fight him to death!
Minister, we've fallen into a trap.
Di Zhixun, I used to admire you for how loyal you are.
I can't believe you are a traitor.
Now you've even murdered someone to silence him.
I guess you won't confess without being pressed.
Come! Tie Di Zhixun for me!
Your Majesty, Minister Wang wants to see you about something urgent.
- Your Majesty. - Minister Wang, why are you so flustered?
Di Zhixun... Di Zhixun is a traitor!
He staged a rebellion!
What?
There was a huge rebellion in Shama Town.
I know about that.
That's why I sent Di Zhixun to pacify them.
But the truth is
He also gathered an army.
Under the guise of going to Shama Town to pacify the unrest,
he was actually going there to contact the bandit army
in an attempt to charge into Changan and attack the palace.
That... how is that possible?
Minister Wang, there must be some misunderstanding.
Your Majesty, we've all been deceived by Di Zhixun!
This hypocrite used his loyal and wise appearance to win over everyone's trust.
But in his bones, he's an extremely ambitious traitor who harbors ill intentions!
Impossible. That's impossible.
Minister Wang, you and Di Zhixun were schoolmates.
From twenty years ago when he was nominated from the list of those who passed the imperial exams,
Di Zhixun has never cared about fame or fortune.
He's rejected my rewards many times.
How can he be a traitor?
Impossible. Absolutely impossible.
Your Majesty, this is all because you trust him too much and take his side too often!
So you're not willing to believe that this is true.
I was his schoolmate and close friend,
so I don't want to believe that this is true either!
But we have to see the truth before us!
Is that so? This came up suddenly. I just...
I understand how you feel.
I'm also grieving over this.
But we must face the truth.
And regarding Suo Lang's death,
I've thought it was strange, so I've been investigating it secretly.
After Yuanfang came back, I had him assist in the investigation.
We've finally gotten to the bottom of it.
It turns out that Di Zhixun has always intended to rebel.
He and Suo Lang were collaborating together and preparing to stage a mutiny.
Who knew that Suo Lang would die so mysteriously.
So Di Zhixun won your trust
and came back to take authority over the imperial guards.
Then he recruited able-bodied men and created an army.
He deliberately planned to rebel.
Look! Look!
This guy is too good of an actor.
I was also fooled.
Fortunately I found out in time.
Otherwise, everything would be too dangerous.
Where is that letter right now?
I have those letters.
Minister Wang, where are these letters from?
Some of them, my trusted aide found in the quarters of the imperial guards.
I still can't believe it.
Why would Di Zhixun do that?
I usually treat him very well!
Your Majesty, don't you think this is a trap?
Isn't everything too coincidental?
Minister Wang, what should we do now?
Before that, we must pacify the imperial guards.
Imperial guards?
Who can we trust right now?
Di Renjie is Di Zhixun's son. We can't trust him anymore.
Right now, I suggest giving the authority over the imperial guards back to Liu Meng.
Although he is rough and simple-minded, he is loyal.
But this case isn't solved yet. If we do this—
Your Majesty, if we wait until it's solved, everything will be too late.
We'll lock Di Zhixun up for now and then investigate slowly.
If someone is framing him,
we will get to the bottom of it and prove his innocence.
Alright.
We'll do as you say.
We'll lock Di Zhixun up for now.
You have full authority over handling this matter.
Also, take back Di Renjie's royal badge.
Yes.
We'll leave Suo Lang's case to Yuanfang for now.
Thank you for your trust. I will go handle it now.
Young Master! Young Master!
Young Master, something happened! Something big happened!
What are you shouting for?
Master has been imprisoned.
Er Bao, you can't make those kinds of jokes. I'll beat you up.
- I'm not joking! It's true! It happened just now. - Just now?
They said Master was staging a mutiny!
They also said... I can't remember what they said, Young Master!
Young Master!
Hold it!
The prison is an important place. You can't just enter as you wish.
I want to see Di Zhixun.
Yes, Your Excellency.
Father. Father.
Huaiying, why did you come here? It's dangerous here.
Father, hurry and tell me what happened.
Why are they saying that you staged a mutiny?
I don't know either.
They say that I staged a mutiny, and some bandits have testified against me.
I don't even have the chance to explain.
Who set you up?
I don't know.
But it definitely has something to do with Suo Lang's death.
Huaiying, it's too dangerous here.
Go back and take Er Bao and the others out of the capital for a bit.
I'll come up with a plan for this situation.
Father, look at your situation. What plan can you come up with?
Furthermore, you're in prison. How can I leave?
Don't worry. I'll definitely think of a way to prove your innocence.
Huaiying, remember, someone in the royal court must have set me up.
There must be some big secret.
It's not something that will be easily figured out just from solving the case.
All of this isn't as simple as it seems.
You're right.
Minister Wang.
Brother Di, how could this happen?
What exactly happened?
I don't know either.
I was framed.
Brother Di, don't worry.
You are my schoolmate and close friend.
I won't let you suffer wrongfully.
I will definitely prove your innocence.
Thank you, Minister Wang.
Uncle.
No need to say anything. I understand.
His Majesty ordered that I take back your royal badge.
And Suo Lang's death and this case will be handed over to Yuanfang.
Don't worry. Yuanfang will definitely prove your innocence.
Thank you for your care, Uncle.
Okay then.
You two must have more to talk about. I will leave first.
Take care, Minister Wang.
- Huaiying. - Father.
Remember, you must not attempt to do the impossible.
Right now...
only one person can help you.
Department of State Affairs Office
You don't have to see me off.
About Uncle...
It's okay. You don't have to say anything.
You don't have to worry about anything else. Just investigate the case.
You don't have to concern yourself with what I do.
Yuanfang.
Mengyao, don't say anymore. Let's go.
♫ If the flowers hadn’t bloomed and died as if a dream, ♫
♫ Why would I let myself struggle in the wind? ♫
♫ The fondness for the secular world makes it hard for me to differentiate truth from lies. ♫
♫ When our love ends, silence replaces our answer. ♫
♫ I cannot tell who is hurt the most by all the lies. ♫
♫ Even though the blossoms can be carried away in the wind, they will not reach the ends of the earth. ♫
♫ In the end, pain makes people affectionate and afraid. ♫
♫ The heart hides within the cold wind, and feels the drop from heaven to earth. ♫
Son.
Father.
Put your feelings aside for now.
Right now, the urgent matter is investigating Di Zhixun's case.
What about Suo Lang's case?
I think helping your Uncle Di is more important right now.
What do you think?
But you must be mentally prepared.
If they really were plotting a rebellion, we can't show tolerance.
Father, that's not possible.
Not everyone can control their desire for power.
Those who can control the devil in their hearts...
there are increasingly fewer of those people.
So I advise that you not have too much hope for anything.
Or else in the future, you might be really disappointed.
Look at this letter.
These are secret letters between him and Suo Lang.
See if there are any clues or evidence.
Father, then I will go back to my room.
Okay, hurry along.
I will take my leave.
Timing and Subtitles by The Chivalrous Team @ Viki
♫ I will accompany you as you grow old ♫
♫ But who knows what's on my mind? ♫
♫ Even the sky clears as my questions are answered ♫
♫ Only fools will have such worries ♫
♫ It is hard to control the timing of fate ♫
♫ I sincerely believe that ♫
♫ No one wants to see a pair of swallows fly separate paths ♫
♫ Moral sense can be cut away with one slice of the sword ♫
♫ The Heavens are too high for us to reach ♫
♫ And no amount of guessing will help ♫
♫ The pugilist world is too dangerous ♫
♫ Once you enter, you cannot leave ♫
♫ Entangled fates cannot be revealed nor explained clearly. ♫
♫ Why don't you understand my heart? ♫
♫ As a wanderer, I am willing ♫
♫ To walk to the ends of the world with you ♫
♫ The yearning is so strong. I can't break free from it. ♫
♫ What should I do ♫
♫ Relationships are too weak and can't hold up. ♫
♫ They intertwine in the mortal world. ♫
♫ Entangled fates cannot be revealed nor explained clearly. ♫
♫ Why don't you understand my heart? ♫
♫ As a wanderer, I am willing ♫
♫ To walk to the ends of the world with you ♫
I want to know the truth.
Is this farewell?
I don't know. Perhaps.
Is this a trap?
Even if it's a trap, I'll still jump in.
I think it's time.
Proceed as planned.
Di Renjie, why don't we make a deal?
Right now, you only need to do one thing.
And what's that?
Kill Wu Meiniang.