♫ 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. ♫
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Young Sherlock
Episode 2
These four
are the famous Four Young Sirs of the Capital!
Troupe Leader Sun, let them sit.
What are you looking at?
Deyun Hall
Good! Good!
This is called "At an early age a famous teacher guides"
"and learns the skills to capture a tiger."
However, this is a peaceful world, and it is hard to find a fierce tiger.
Good!
He's lived in the East Sea since young, and is known as Duke Huang of the East Sea.
With a set of martial arts skills,
he specializes in hunting down bright-coloured tigers.
He initially wanted to protect the people and become famous through this kill.
Xiao Hu, don't you think that the play here is just better than the ones at home?
You're actually right! Look at his costume and makeup, it's great!
- Isn't that right? - Yes, yes.
...yet he couldn't find a single bright-coloured tiger.
Great!
Look! Look! It is a tiger. A tiger.
Could it be a rat?
Good! Good!
I have waited a long time for you!
Good!
That tiger can spit fire!
Just like you.
Say it again!
Good! Good!
Help! Help!
That's not good.
- Bring water! - Don't use water!
Quickly! Someone!
Put out the fire!
Quick! Quick!
Third Master, you can't die!
Zhang Wu, Third Master treats you very kindly. How dare you murder him?
I don't know either! We have practiced this scene a million times and we've never had an accident.
Everybody knows that you borrowed Third Master's money to gamble.
In the end you lost all of it.
You knew that you couldn't repay it so you wanted to hurt Third Master
to end your debt. Isn't that true?
Yu Feng, don't say such nonsense. I think you're the real culprit.
Don't think that I don't know: ever since Third Master replaced you with Zhu Jun as head actress,
you have always hated him. You've been dreaming of revenge.
Yes I do hate him! Men like him had this coming!
Sister Yu Feng! Did you really do this?
I am not that mean.
However I want to thank the culprit. He relieved me
of this evil.
Vegetable oil.
How do you know it is vegetable oil and not kerosene?
If it was kerosene, Troupe Owner Sun would have smelled it.
You have no right to speak.
Hey! Our Xiao Hu is a very renowned for his skills at cracking cases in Bing Province.
He helped the province officials solve many cases!
Bing Province? What kind of place is that? I've never heard of it.
So ignorant. I can't believe you're a one of the Capital's Four Young Sirs.
In Chang'an, when it comes to investigations, if Brother Yuanfang places himself second, no one would dare to be first.
If that is so, let him tell us who the culprit is!
Vegetable oil isn't highly flammable. He's also wearing a fire chain.
This Young Sir Wang is incredible!
Quickly catch the culprit!
Everyone. I believe the culprit will make a mistake very soon.
Brother Yuanfang is indeed the capital's best detective. He easily picks out the most important information.
Brother Yuanfang, don't keep us guessing. Just tell us the truth already.
I believe it's like this:
The culprit is someone the victim knows well.
The culprit first poured oil on Troupe Leader Sun's costume,
and then helped Troupe Leader Sun wear it when he was distracted.
As soon as the tiger, played by Zhang Wu, spits out fire,
it will ignite the fire chain on Troupe Leader Sun's costume
and then ignite the cooking oil.
This way, Zhang Wu will take the fall for this crime.
You are most wise, Your Excellency.
You're still beating around the bush.
You still haven't told us who the culprit is.
Zhang Wu, bring a bucket of water.
Yes.
Brother Yuanfang, what is this for?
The culprit put oil and a fire chain on Troupe Leader Sun's costume.
Until now, I doubt the culprit would have time to clean up.
I understand. Just by asking them to place their hands in the water,
we will know who the culprit is
Incredible! Really incredible.
What's so great about that? Our Xiao Hu must have thought of it too. Right?
Ok, each of you please.
Sister Zhu Jun, it's your turn.
- Is there anyone else? - These are all, Your Excellency.
How can this be?
The culprit's hands didn't touch any vegetable oil or sulfur powder.
What do you mean?
The culprit must have used something to cover his hands
and then poured the oil onto Troupe Leader Sun.
This explains the matter.
No wonder there were no oil droplets in the water.
Xiao Hu, you're great! I knew that you would know everything.
Unlike some people...
Best detective in the Capital?
What now, Four Young Sirs?
Then tell us who the culprit is.
Exactly...
I don't know who the culprit is.
Why don't you tell me which of them has the biggest motive?
This is a homicide case. Why are you making a joke out of it?
I'm not joking.
I just think Zhu Jun's clothes are very beautiful.
It is much more elegant than Yu Feng's.
Of course!
She is Deyun Hall's new star. Old ladies like me can't compare.
Young Sir, what are you trying to say?
Why did you fold your sleeves up?
It wouldn't show the beauty of your costume then.
Why don't you roll your sleeves down to show us how beautiful your costume is?
Are you here to investigate or look at pretty girls?
Why did you roll your sleeves up so high?
What's so odd about that? It's just sleeves.
It's not odd.
But I have a few queries.
First, in the whole play no one folded their sleeves.
Only she did.
Isn't that odd?
Second, when Troupe Leader Sun was on fire,
Miss Zhu Jun was the first person to take the bucket of water from the servant and pour it on Troupe Leader Sun.
Everybody should know that water can't be used for fire from oil.
This would make the fire bigger.
Unless somebody wants the fire to be bigger
to burn him to death.
But she could have been trying to save him.
In the spur of the moment, she forgot that simple fact.
That may be true, but I have another query. When each of them placed their hands in the water,
their expressions were not calm, because they were a bit nervous.
Maybe they were afraid something would go wrong. Only Miss Zhu Jun was different.
Her actions were calm and collected, as if this were a performance she's practiced for.
She seemed to know she was in no danger.
In addition, when I said that the culprit wanted the fire to grow
and burn Troupe Leader Sun to death,
everyone was shocked, only you looked nervous.
Nervousness represents fear. If you weren't guilty,
why would you be fearful?
According to what you've said, the most suspicious is Miss Zhu Jun. But why? She is the lead here.
You didn't discover any evidence, and only came to a conclusion by examining people's body language. How are you supposed to settle cases like that?
I'm afraid now. Does that mean I'm the culprit?
Hey! You Four Young Sirs,
don't talk if you don't know how to handle a case. Our Xiao Hu is never wrong!
As for the reason, we can only ask Miss Zhu Jun.
Actually I want to know why when Troupe Leader Sun introduced you,
your expression showed much grief. Are you distressed about anything?
You can even tell if people are distressed? Are you a human or a deity?
Let me tell you, don't simply incriminate good people!
That's right. Brother Yuanfang, say something. I don't believe what he says.
In a case, if a person has three points of a suspicion, that person is definitely an accomplice if not the culprit.
Zhu Jun is the culprit? This can't be!
- I can't believe it, either. - Is it really true?
You all can stop guessing. I'm the one who sprayed the vegetable oil.
I made him wear the fire chain, and I was the one who purposely poured the water.
Third Master recognized your worth and even made you the head actress. I can't believe you would do something so utterly devoid of conscience.
Utterly devoid of conscience? He is the one who has no conscience!
Do you all know how I got this lead role?
It's through me. Through my body.
If I knew that it would be like this, I would rather have starved that year and froze to death on the streets.
A year ago, my hometown was struck by famine. To make sure I would live,
my parents gave me their remaining money and food,
and told me to make a living in Chang'an.
- Boss, come give me one. - Okay!
Here, two wen please. Meat buns fresh from the oven! Miss, want to buy some buns?
Mister, my money was stolen. Could you give me a bean paste bun?
No money? How can you buy a bun without money? Go away! Don't disturb my business! Stand aside!
- Mister, take pity on me! - Pity you? Who's going to pity me?
- Just give me a bean paste bun! - Here, give this lady a bean paste bun.
Okay, okay. The bun, Third Master.
Here, take it and eat.
I should have known earlier that there is no free lunch in this world.
- Third Master. - How is the stage like?
Third Master, don't be like this.
I see that you've improved a lot this time.
You'll soon be the lead actress for our Deyun Hall.
- I am grateful to you for training me. But... - But what?
- Is this how you repay your benefactor?- Third Master, don't be like this. - You don't know how to repay!
- If you continue being like this, I'll leave tomorrow. - You'll leave?
You think that you can come and go from Chang'an as you please?
If you take even half a step outside Deyun Hall, you will become a pauper again.
- Only I, only I am so good to you! - Third Master, don't be like this! If you continue, I'll kill myself!
Want to die? Easy! If you die,
your sickly father and lowly mother
will be waiting for you. Do you want them to find out that their only daughter died in the capital?
If you are obedient, I promise I will make you the star of Deyun Hall.
I'll give you a sum of money. You'll be able to go back home and live happily.
You will have enough to remain filial to your parents until their death.
If I had more time, I would definitely have thought of a more comprehensive plan. Yet I couldn't wait any longer.
That beast deserved to die. Zhu Jun,
if I continued to be the star of the show, I'm afraid I would be the culprit today.
Little sister, thank you for lifting my burden. I'm so sorry.
You four, I already told you!
Our Xiao Hu is exceptional right?
Thank you, sir, in helping me solve this case.
I hope to see you later. If you are connected to the magistrate, you should
to help say a few words for poor Zhu Jun
to lighten her sentence.
May I know what your name is?
- Di Renjie. - Wang Yuanfang.
Yuanfang? Then you can call him Xiao Hu!
Xiao Hu?
- Let's go! - Hey, what are you doing!
- Let's go! - Let's go roast lamb meat!
- Young Master, wait for me! - Xiao Hu, Xiao Hu!
Dragon-Slaying Hall
Master, the dragon slaying plan was successful. I am waiting for the next order.
Indeed. You are very efficient.
I will award you accordingly.
Li Zhi was unsuccessful in his worship to Heaven,
and mopes by himself in the Imperial Study everyday.
You dare worship for yourself? You can't even rule the kingdom properly
yet already want to worship the Heavens. What a joke.
My lord, you are most wise. We have placed spies in the palace, and are waiting to see if he really goes to Ganye Temple.
The plan must be carried out slowly. We must not be eager for quick success.
The failed worship at Mt. Tai is just to diminish their confidence,
and acts as a warning. They should not take peace for granted.
Every time we take a wrong step, our previous efforts will have gone to waste.
Hence we must be extremely careful.
Because the court still has Zhangsun Wuji and Chu Suiliang.
Those two are much harder to defeat.
Yes, my lord.
I have helped you remove a bit of the poison in your body.
- Have you thought of other ways? - Thank you for treating me.
I dare not betray you. Even if such a thought just passes my mind,
it feels as if my whole body is being consumed by bugs.
My lord, rest assured. I will serve you until the day I die.
Look. It's already dark. If I don't return home, father will kill me.
Young Master, you're amazing. You managed to beat the Four Young Sirs of the Capital.
Nonsense. Our Xiao Hu has never disappointed me.
Please, you're a lady, disguised as a man.
Pay attention to how you talk and act. Don't embarrass us!
Stop, come back!
Undignified? Hey, I am your bride-to-be.
- I will continue your family line. How dare you complain about me?- No, I don't dare.
- Let's go. - Walk slowly.
- Calm down! Calm down Young Master... - Great Deity of Ganye Temple,
I am lighting incense and offering sacrifices. I beg you...
There's a pig head there. It's so scary!
- Great Diety of Ganye Temple... - Pig head?
- Ganye Temple... - Young Master, I'm hungry.
Hungry again? Want to eat again?
One only cares about eating; the other only cares about... playing!
Tell me. How much time have you wasted? Father is gong to reprimand me until I die.
Enough! Let's go! Are you a pig?
- Dead pig head! You eat the pig head! - Not going? - Coming!
Please don't harm our family.
Brother Di, let's drink to this.
Brother Wang,
what do you think about the rumour that the Emperor is being punished by the Heavens due to the unsuccessful worship?
The scene was horrific.
The soldiers' bodies were burnt like charcoal. The scariest thing was
- that it formed the characters... - Fatuous and self-indulgent.
Brother Di, do you have other opinions?
Though I am just guessing,
yet this issue is definitely unrelated to Heaven's punishment.
If I am correct, this was done by people
greedy for the throne and wanting to destroy the Tang Dynasty.
Though Brother Di is often in other counties, your eyes miss nothing.
Here, Brother Di, let's drink again.
Brother Wang, I heard that His Majesty is going to Ganye Temple to worship the Buddha.
Yes. This Ganye Temple has not been renovated for years.
His Majesty's trip is for the death anniversary of the previous Emperor.
But do you know who is living in the temple?
Brother Di, what is your meaning?
Wu Weiniang.
I know. I know!
Yes, however we don't know who thought of this bad idea
to let His Majesty go to Ganye Temple to worship.
Brother Wang, the future of Noble Consort is unclear.
Father.
Fang'er, hurry and greet Uncle Di.
My pleasure to meet you, Uncle Di.
No need for the formalities.
You truly are handsome and talented.
- Come here. Sit down.- Don't compliment him.
This kid is really arrogant.
Some arrogance is good. It's what can make him a capable man.
My son Huaiying isn't nearly as great as him.
Oh, right. Huaiying and Yuanfang are around the same age.
Why didn't he come here?
Brother Di, you don't come to the capital frequently.
We should let them meet
and let them become sworn brothers.
Brother Wang, that's really flattering.
My son is very mediocre
and never reads classic books. He's always reading obscure things.
He's unlike Yuanfang, who is knowledgeable and fine-looking.
He will really be a great help to our country.
Uncle Di, thank you for your appreciation.
I propose a toast to you.
Your Excellency, there is a male guest waiting for you.
Male guest?
There is an honorable guest needed to be served here today.
If there is anything, tell him to come another day.
He... he said his surname is Di and his given name is... something Jie.
Please wait. Is he a teenager with an attendant beside him?
Right. There is also one delicate-looking young man.
A delicate-looking young man?
Brother Di, did Huaiying come with you?
Don't say anymore.
- Please let them in quickly.- Yes, Your Excellency.
Greetings, father.
You came here quite early.
- It's you?- It's you?
Huaiying, hurry and greet the Official of State Affairs.
Greetings, Your Excellency.
No need for the formalities.
Why, you know each other?
Father, not only do we know each other,
we have even had a competition.
So that's how the story went.
It seems like Nephew Di caused quite a commotion
when he arrived to the Capital.
Your Excellency, thank you for your appeciation. I just happened to walk past.
If Brother Yuanfang had not reminded me, I would not have found the culprit so easily.
Xiao Hu, you clearly solved the crime. How is it related to him?
This is?
This is Young Sir Tong, my classmate from Bing Province.
He was interested when he heard that I was going to Chang'an.
- Your Excellency, I will propose a toast to you.- Sure, sure.
This young man is good-looking and seems talented.
Yes, yes, yes.
Stupid kid, I will question you later.
Sir Tong, let me propose a toast to you.
I apologize for what happened at Deyun Hall.
Don't worry about it!
In the future, tell your friends to stop occupying seats.
I will drink first.
Brother Di. Are there any events that we can add to the fun?
Brother Wang, what is your idea?
Since these two have already competed,
why not let them compete again to liven things up?
No, no, no. He is not talented with martial arts.
He does not deserve to be your son's rival.
Don't let him embarrass himself.
Brother Di, it's just for fun.
This is the same logic as using writings to meet new friends.
Brother Di, are you afraid that your son will get injured?
No, no. He...
Dad, never mind. Brother Di was busy traveling all day.
I think he must be tired right now.
As a result, I would have an unfair advantage.
Brother Wang, what do you want the contest to be?
See? Young people are straightforward.
- Huaiying... - Somebody come here!- Master.
Prepare the backyard.
This was the last test in martial arts this year.
Both of you need to fight within the chains
until one of you get the token of the other par.
And it will be considered as failure if one of you fall down.
Huaiying, will you be okay?
I'm fine, don't worry.
Young Master, forget it. It is too dangerous.
It is not bad to just admit once that you are not capable.
Yes, this is no joke.
Yes. It really does look dangerous.
How about you ask my father to replace me?
Thank you.
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Bother Di, if we keep this up,
neither of us will win by sunrise.
It's okay. Winning is not important, as long as we are having fun.
But I do not think so.
Just admit defeat.
That's not for certain.
You are not as light as I thought.
Come up!
You are good.
Hey!
Good, good, good.
How could you be like this?
If he hadn't saved you, you would have fallen on the ground!
Sir Tong, the winner is decided by the result,
not the process.
This is called "all's fair in war."
Ridiculous. All's fair in war...
It is because of my bad skills. I am impressed.
Hey! Why did you go easy on him?
Victory is not in our hands but instead in our mind.
Why do you hit me?
- It's in your heart. - My heart is here!
Amazing.
Brother Di, are you free the day after tomorrow?
We can go to Ganye Temple together with His Majesty.
Brother Wang, you must be kidding.
Only high officials can accompany His Majesty to this event.
I am just a lowly official. The only way I could come is by dressing as your servant.
All people in this land know about you, Di Zhixun.
In the eyes of His Majesty, you are not a lowly official.
Brother Wang, you are joking
Please.
Di Renjie,
have you heard the story about Ganye Temple being haunted?
- Haunted? - Shangyuan said that you can only see its shadows, but no body.
Strange.
Let me tell you something stranger.
Do you know who is living in Ganye temple?
Who?
A definite beauty.
A definite beauty in a temple?
That is interesting.
Brother Wang, you don't need to walk me further.
- Brother Di...- Your Excellency, I have a request.
Dear nephew, please tell me.
Could you bring me with you to Ganye Temple in two days?
- This... - Huaiying, don't mess around.
If you cause any trouble in front of His Majesty, you will bring inconvenience to Sir Wang.
- You can't.- Brother Di, that's not right.
We are brothers.
I think your son can come with me.
It is good to be able to meet His Majesty.
Father, it's a good idea. I was thinking to compete with Brother Di
to see who will catch the female ghost first.
Fang'er, where are your manners?
Thank you very much, Your Excellency.
You can come, but you need to pretend to be my servant.
No problem, even if I need to pretend to be the driver.
If we can pretend to be a driver, I can also go!
I'm there for proper business. Why would you come?
I... am going to take a look at the beauty.
Take a look at the beauty?
Young Master, then I also want to go.
I haven't met the Emperor before. Plus, you two are both going.
Bringing me along won't make a big difference.
- You two are so annoying.- Sure, you three can all come.
Thank you, Your Excellency.
Then thank you, Brother Wang.
- Brother Di, you are too polite.- Goodbye.
- Take care. - Farewell.
Annoying... Annoying.
Hey! Xiao Hu!
Officials' Office
Your Excellency, will we not do anything to stop His Majesty from going to Ganye Temple?
How can we stop him from going?
He is going to renovate the temple and pay tributes to his father.
How could you stop him from being filial?
Even a child knows that it's not his true intent.
This is bad! From now on, His Majesty will always visit Ganye Temple
to meet that wicked woman from the Wu family in private.
Meet in private?
I am afraid that it will not be that easy.
He might even bring her back to the palace this time.
How could that be possible?
She was a concubine of the previous Emperor. She is considered a mother of His Majesty.
Don't forget that she is now just a nun in Ganye Temple.
She is no longer a martial artist like before.
Also before previous emperor passed away...
But this should not disrupt court discipline.
I doubt that His Majesty will go against the heavens
and forcibly bring Miss Wu back to the palace.
So what if he goes against court discipline?
Don't you remember? When Miss Wu decided to leave for Ganye Temple,
His Majesty was going to abdicate the throne
go to some faraway place
and live a peaceful commoner life with Miss Wu.
Will we really allow Miss Wu back into the palace and let her create a ruckus in court
while ignoring the good of the Tang Dynasty?
The stability of the Tang Dynasty has nothing to do with Miss Wu.
In the years that Miss Wu has been away from the palace,
were there any less problems in court and the Inner Palace?
Exactly. The struggles between Consort Li and Concubine Xu
seems like a petty fight between two women vying for the Emperor's affection,
yet both are greedy for the position of Crown Prince.
Everything seems calm, but is actually in a muddle.
Runze has become wiser.
Thank you for the compliment, older brother. It's unsurprising that I am more knowledgeable after following you for so long.
All the credit goes to you. I will remain humble.
You two friends should stop complimenting each other.
Miss Wu's problem is still unsolved. How are you able to joke around at this time?
Consort Li, Concubine Xu, and Miss Wu are simply women.
Though smart, they have no power. If the Emperor doesn't side with one of them,
and they don't have a patron backing them up, they won't be able to make big splashes.
Rather than worrying about the future, we should just wait and see.
Mystery at Ganye Temple
Ganye Temple
Generals, it's been a long time.
Minister Zhou, Minister Zhang. What business have you come for?
Nothing good will come of it. His Majesty ordered us to renovate Ganye Temple.
Another renovation? Could it be due to the past event...
General Zhao. You must not make random guesses.
Minister Wang.
You four are quite early.
His Majesty is here to pray to the Buddha.
I will have to trouble you two generals in protecting His Majesty.
As for the renovation, I will have to trouble you two.
Minister Wang, rest assured. Minister Zhou and I have already planned everything out.
Great.
Minister Wang. Last night, I was looking at the stars,
and discovered the possibility of a shower during the ceremony. What should we do?
The time of the ceremony cannot be changed.
Generals, I am afraid you two will have to shelter His Majesty from the elements.
Yes, Your Excellency.
His Majesty has arrived.
What are you doing?
Don't startle the Emperor. I won't be able to take responsibility if you do so.
Weren't you excited when you met the Emperor for the first time?
Weren't you curious as to how he looks and what he wore?
He wasn't Emperor when I first saw him. What's there to anticipate?
May your Majesty live for tens of thousands of years.
- All of you may rise. - Thank you, Your Majesty.
Brother Yuanfang, who are those four?
Those two are Ouyang Haotian and Zhao Shuangquan.
They are currently the generals of the Emperor's imperial army. They were once nobodies, but suddenly got promoted for some unknown reason.
The other two are Zhang Jinpeng and Zhou Dao, the Head Ministers of
the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of Rites respectively. Both of them are quite incompetent.
- I'm surprised that you know so much. - Isn't that obvious?
Amitabha. I have brought all the nuns over to greet Your Majesty. Long live your Majesty.
Amitabha.
Abbess, no need for formalities. I have come to Ganye Temple to pray to Buddha
and ask Buddha to bless my people.
I will also make sure the temple is renovated, to prove my gratitude.
Amitabha. You are most kind. [Abbess Huiyuan]
It is our honour that Your Majesty has decided to come here personally.
I will do my best to repay your favours.
Your Majesty, it has been a long way. Please take a rest over there.
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♫ 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 see my heart? ♫
♫ As a wanderer, I am willing to walk to the ends of the world with you. ♫
♫ The air is thick with yearning. Can you tell me how to deal with it? ♫
♫ The human heart is too fickle to leave the secular world forever. ♫
♫ 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. ♫