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Episode 26
Dage.
Someone tampered with the lock.
Dage.
The money is gone.
How dare they steal charity fund?
How dare they steal my money!
How dare they steal money from the imperial academy!
I kindly gave you a place to store the money
and gave you the key to the warehouse.
Now that the money is gone,
you shouldn't even consider suspecting my imperial academy.
Bullshit.
Who else was it if not you, us?
Yes, you gave me the key,
but doesn't mean you don't have a spare one.
If it was me,
why didn't I just use my key?
Why should I use force?
Because then
you can frame this on us.
Hey! I...
Enough, enough.
Calm down.
You Jinyiwei are quite impressive.
Not only did you steal the money
and frame it on us,
now you even use your power to lord over us.
I remember now.
Distorting the facts
and telling lies,
that's what you Jinyiwei always do.
I'm gonna beat the hell out of you! I'll... Old Qiao, old Qiao.
Come here. Come here.
Old Qiao.
Arguing with them won't do anything. Let's report it to the local government.
Report it?
What for?
I'm from the government. You want me to report it?
My Jinyiwei was tricked. Why would I ask the runners for help?
Isn't it embarrassing enough already?
Don't say you want the Jinyiwei to come investigate this case?
Let go of me.
Even though we aren't professional detectives,
but we are still better than the men from the yamen.
I will
find out who did this.
If it was really your imperial academy that did it, listen,
I won't let you get away with it.
If you want to investigate us,
then clear yourself of suspicion first.
Why the hell would I be a suspect?
Your imperial academy walls are higher than the prison walls.
How do I steal that much money?
That's right.
The boxes are here.
But the money is gone.
It means that the thief
couldn't carry out the whole boxes of money.
He couldn't move this box
out of the academy, either.
Maybe they moved the money
in small portions.
Even if that's the case,
they couldn't have climbed the walls.
That's right.
This place has patrols at night.
There are runners and night guards outside the wall.
They couldn't have moved the money over the wall.
So that means,
the money can only be transported through the gate.
Lord Si Ye,
you have records of the people entering and leaving, don't you?
We do.
It'll be easy then.
The money was brought her yesterday evening
At night, entering and leaving is prohibited.
So,
if someone transported
a great amount of things by carriage or got in and out many times during this period of time,
then the guards must be aware of this.
Go bring me the gatekeeper who was on duty last night!
- You want to investigate in my imperial academy? - Why shouldn't I suspect you?
The money was lost here.
Who else would I suspect if not you?
Plus, you keep preventing me from investigating.
You got a guilty conscience?
Listen to me,
the lock on the door is perfectly intact,
yet my boxes are open.
Enough, enough.
Brother Qiao,
don't say it like that.
The lock being intact
doesn't prove anything.
If you give me
suitable tools,
I could open this lock, too.
Besides,
the imperial academy selflessly let us store the money here.
We can't just accuse them of something.
Lord Si Ye.
You are an educated man.
You are much more sensible
than us young people.
This money
will be used to help the flood victims.
So we should work together to find the money, right?
Yes.
Sir.
Without this money,
the victims will suffer even more.
Lord Si Ye, we know that your duty is to protect
the imperial academy.
But if you wish to clear the academy's suspicion,
shouldn't you cooperate with us and find the thief
as soon as possible?
If this matter is made public,
it won't do any of us any good.
But if you can't solve this,
then don't blame me if I become unpleasant.
Thank you my Lord.
Sirs,
I'm sorry.
But since your money is gone,
we have to drop this business deal.
Goodbye.
Please wait, Mr. Tong.
This matter isn't trivial.
It relates to the ministry of war, the imperial academy and the Jinyiwei.
So, you should know
to keep this quiet,
don't you?
I know all the stores you have.
Please don't worry, sirs.
My mouth is sealed.
Go.
Tell me,
between 5 pm yesterday evening and this morning,
did you see a group of people
pass through the gate?
Did they carry something heavy with them?
Or use a carriage to move something?
My Lord,
I really didn't.
About forty people have used this gate in total last night.
At most three or four men walked together.
No one carried heavy stuff.
There were no carriages either.
Did someone enter and exit repeatedly?
Er...
I can't remember.
If someone did,
it would be
recorded in the book.
According to the record, only one person passed through the gate twice.
His reason was that he left something in the tavern.
Only two times?
It can't be him then.
He couldn't have moved so much money.
During this later period of time, only 23 people passed through the gate.
Nothing unusual.
Dage,
Yunfei and I checked the left and right doors.
The lock on the left door is rusty.
There aren't any obvious marks.
Looks like it hasn't been used for quite a long time.
I checked the right door, too.
It's the same as the left one.
It's been closed for a long time.
But if the money hasn't been carried out,
then it should still be in the imperial academy.
What?
You want to search my imperial academy?
My Lord,
If we can't get to the bottom of this,
not only the imperial academy but even your reputation
will be on the line.
Alright, alright.
I give you permission.
Thank you, my Lord.
Did you find it?
No.
Search more carefully.
Slow down.
Over there. Over there.
- Daheng, what are you doing? - Yunfei, are you alright?
It-It wasn't me.
It was Daheng.
You are wet now anyway.
Look over there.
Still nothing!
You're so stupid, I'm going down.
Brother Nian,
aren't these people the pest controllers called here by Lord Si Ye?
Are there pests in the well, too?
Brother.
You've lived your whole life in the city.
Of course you wouldn't know this.
When I was young I lived in the countryside,
so of course I know more about this.
Mice can swim.
I reckon that's why
they are checking everything so carefully.
You are quite knowledgable.
You flatter me.
There are mice in this well, unbelievable.
Then the water we always drink...
That's disgusting.
How is it? Find anything?
Nothing.
You checked thoroughly?
I just don't believe it.
As long as the money is still in the academy,
I will find it.
Brother Hongxuan.
What are you doing?
Have you lost something in the toilet?
None of your business.
Go poop your shit.
OK.
Good luck with your search.
Xiaotian.
Did you find anything?
The window hasn't been tampered with either.
No traces of being pried open.
Old Niu.
Take a break.
OK. I've got no strength left in my hands.
Why is this so heavy?
Let's go.
Go.
Dage. What are you thinking about?
No strength left...
Take a break...
Dage.
Why do you care whether they take a break or not?
Yunfei.
I think you told me
that the people who carried the boxes
from the Baishan Restaurant never stopped on their way here.
Yes.
Did you mean they didn't take a single break?
They carried this box the whole time?
Yes.
The boxes never left their hands.
They never stopped walking.
But, dage,
is there a problem?
I get it now.
What is he looking for?
What does he get?
I don't know.
If I knew I'd be the dage.
I get it now.
Again?
What does he get?
I have no idea.
My Lord.
What does he get?
How would I know?
Daheng, Yunfei.
Help me move the bricks.
I understand now.
I finally know what's going on.
What's going on?
What do you understand? Tell us. I'm going crazy here.
Brother Hongxuan. Call Lord Si Ye
and the people who manage this place.
OK.
But, Xiaotian, what on earth did you find out?
You'll know soon.
Lord Si Ye,
when were those bricks put there?
Who put them there and when?
What's going on?
My Lord.
I'm not sure when these bricks showed up.
There weren't any bricks here
the other day.
Do these bricks have anything to do with the case?
Of course they do.
We have proven
that the thieves couldn't have
carried the money out of the academy.
But if it wasn't money that was in the box but bricks,
then the thieves would only need to put these bricks
somewhere close by.
So what you've carried here were actually bricks?
But that's impossible.
We clearly brought our money here.
But you didn't ask me to open the box to check.
Are you suggesting we lied to you?
Calm down brother Qiao.
Lord Si Ye is right.
We were indeed carrying bricks that day.
Because the money
was already replaced at the Baishan Restaurant.
Xiaotian.
How can you be so sure
that the money was replaced at the Restaurant?
We have thought about many different factors,
but we missed one:
The people who were carrying the boxes.
Think about it.
When the boxes carry silver, each box would weigh 150 kg.
But a box of bricks only weighs 50 kg.
It's a distance of three crossroads between here and the Baishan Restaurant.
The men had a difficult time
lifting these boxes.
How is it possible then that once they left the building,
they were suddenly filled with strength
and carried the boxes here
without stopping midway?
This proves
that the money was already replaced
at the restaurant.
If the money was already replaced,
why would they go to such lengths
to open the locks
and move out the bricks?
Actually, there are two parts
of this theft.
In the first step,
they used bricks
to replace the money.
In the second step,
they needed to
get rid of the bricks
to destroy the evidence.
That's right.
That's why they had to replace the bricks
as to distract us.
Thus they created the impression that the money was stolen in the imperial academy
to frame it on the imperial academy.
So we've been cleared
of any suspicion now, haven't we?
Brother Qiao has a point.
I also checked the locks.
The keys with which we used to lock these boxes aren't the keys for the current locks.
This implies that the current boxes aren't the original ones.
The current locks aren't the original locks. Everything has been replaced.
Dage. I don't really understand everything you said
but I think that we should go to the Baishan Restaurant now to get our
money back from those bastards.
Let's go.
Go.
Over there.
I'm still a bit confused. How did they replace it
at the Baishan Restaurant?
The boxes never
left our sight.
We only need to be certain that it happened at the Baishan Restaurant.
For everything else, we'll let them explain themselves.
Are you sure they'll admit
they changed the boxes?
They won't admit easily.
But if we
find the money there?
They have replaced the money but haven't yet moved it?
I bet they didn't have time yet to move it.
With the influx of the victims in the city,
there are many runners patrolling the streets.
Plus, there's a night curfew.
They wouldn't dare
to transport the money recklessly.
Besides,
they already removed the sign of the imperial academy's storehouse.
They are taking a chance.
If we find out in time,
then the money should still be at the Baishan Restaurant.
You have a point there.
Xiaotian.
I brought the men.
Tell us, how do we do this?
Head straight in.
Search.
Wait. Wait.
You usually act in a considerate way.
Why are you so reckless today?
What's wrong?
My life is on the line here. I don't have time to consider everything.
Old Qiao. Let's go.
Search!
Find the money and the alcohol is on me.
Search!
Let's go.
Jinyiwei is here to investigate. No one moves.
Search!
Go. Go.
This way!
Search.
Go.
What are you doing?
My Lord.
Did my Baishan Restaurant break some law?
Why is the Jinyiwei here
to investigate and arrest?
How dare you question me?
Get lost!
My Lord.
If you make such a ruckus here,
how are we to do our business?
To tell you the truth,
our Baishan Restaurant
is the property of the minister of rites.
You should stop this at least out of consideration.
What did you say?
This is the property of the minister of rites?
Yes.
Minister Guan is Guan Xiaokun's father.
Find the money. Turn this place upside down if you have to!
What are you doing?
Qiao Busi.
So it's you who's causing trouble in my restaurant.
Guan Xiaokun.
You are really here.
So this is your property?
Why have you never told me?
Why should I tell you?
Do I know you well?
Qiao Busi, I'm telling you,
take your men and get lost.
Or I'll have you bear the consequences.
You want me to get lost?
Sure.
Give me the relief money
and I'll get lost right away.
What relief money?
I get it now.
Qiao Busi,
the money you raised in the
name of charity is gone.
Qiao.
You stole that money yourself
and now you frame it on me.
This is a frame-up.
Listen very carefully, If you don't explain yourself to me,
I won't let you off.
Guan.
Even if you let me off,
I won't let you off!
Go tell my father,
tell him that the Jinyiwei's Qiao Busi is causing trouble in our restaurant.
Yes, sir.
Why are you telling your dad in such a hurry?
Got a guilty conscience, don't you?
Screw you.
Listen to me, Qiao Busi.
I did
nothing wrong. I have nothing to be worried about.
Come and look.
Dage.
There is a secret door here.
Dage, there actually is something fishy about this place.
I know.
I know how the money got replaced.
It was you.
When Yunfei was in the hall, you stopped him.
Little buddy, slow down.
Don't forget to come drink with us after you're done.
I don't drink.
At that time all the runners were outside the building.
It was the only time
where no one was watching the money.
When you talked to Yunfei.
Your men changed the boxes.
You listen to me, Qiao, don't give me these ridiculous accusations!
Just because this screen door can be opened you frame this on me?
You listen to me. Even if you bring this case before the imperial court,
you can not have me convicted!
Screw you!
I'll... I'll...
- You...! - Brother Qiao.
- Calm down. - Brother Qiao, calm down.
Calm down.
Just wait.
Guan Xiaokun.
You were right.
But I can find another piece of evidence that you won't be able to dismiss.
What evidence?
On that day,
the boxes
were carried by 12 workers of your restaurant.
If I can prove that there's an issue with these 12 men,
then you won't get away with it either, will you?
H-How can you prove it?
Those 12 workers left
left this place with the boxes full of silver and carried them to the imperial academy.
Not even once did they
let go of those boxes.
If I can find the same style of boxes,
fill them with the exact same amount of silver.
if they can carry these boxes using the same route
without taking a break midway,
then I'll bow down and admit I was wrong.
I also understand now
why they broke
the locks of those boxes.
It's because they replaced them,
but your keys can't open the boxes.
That's why they needed to break the locks.
Good!
I'll find the money for you.
Let's go!
My Lord. We have searched the second floor.
Nothing.
My Lord. We have searched the first floor.
Nothing.
Xiaotian.
Perhaps the money
has already been moved?
Impossible.
If the money is already gone,
Guan Xiaokun would deny all accusations.
But look at him now.
The money is still here.
That's right.
The money must be here.
Search again!
On the ceiling, under the beds,
even the toilets, don't miss anything!
Search!
Yes, sir!
Go. Go.
Haven't you searched already?
Why search again?
W-Who are you?
Cut the bullshit.
Get lost!
Search!
Open the pot.
What is this smell?
Do you smell it?
It's the smell of that wastewater.
Weird, why is someone transporting wastewater at this hour?
Because of the many refugees.
To prevent accidents,
the capital no longer allows the influx of refugees.
So the city gate opens at fixed hours.
The limited time isn't enough to move so much wastewater.
At times they work well into the afternoon.
Yunfei. Daheng.
Follow me.
Come.
Put it down.
Out of the way.
Who would have thought.
Are you Jinyiwei starving so much
you won't even let off my restaurant's wastewater?
I don't believe the money is just gone.
Then go on and search.
My family has a lot of money.
If you want I can just close this place for you and let you search it for half a year. I wouldn't care.
Weren't you all reason and facts just now? Where's the money?
Don't think you can
wreak havoc here just because you have Qiao Busi's support.
Listen to me carefully,
You are just like a mantis trying to stop a chariot, over-confident.
It mustn't have been easy to bring your whole family to the capital.
It's not peaceful in the capital.
You should take your family and leave quickly.
Otherwise,
some kind of accident
may happen to your family.
Accident.
You listen to me,
I'm not scared of you.
Are you sure?
A storm may arise from a clear sky. Man's fate is as uncertain as the weather.
Be careful.
Really?
Then you should keep this in mind,
let's wait and see.
Let's go.
Dage.
Come on.
- What's wrong, dage? - Don't move.
Paint.
Where did you get this?
The Jinyiwei is back again to collect wastewater? So sorry, we're out of it.
Dage.
Over there.
Smash it.
Yes, sir.
What are you doing?
Money.
Found it.
Money.
Catch him!
Hey!
Guan.
Speak up.
Do you want to die
or do you want to die?
I almost
got tricked by you.
Who said it just now?
"A storm may arise from a clear sky,
Man's fate is as uncertain as the weather."
Clear this place. Go! Go!
Get out!
What do you want to do?
Steal money?
You steal my money?
Go ahead and steal it!
Steal it!
Beat him up!
Beat him to death!
Yes, sir!
Stop.
How dare you hit him
right in front me?
Guojiuye.
Shouldn't he be beaten?
I already heard about this matter.
He did wrong.
But killing him is too much.
Do you really want to beat him to death?
What is it you suggest then?
Just let this slide?
Guan Xiaokun
was indeed wrong to do it.
But I hope that
you can let him off this once.
No.
Why?
His behavior was indeed despicable.
You can say that he broke the law.
But I think
that teaching him a lesson is enough.
You don't really want to send him to prison, do you?
I believe that after this time,
he will learn his lesson.
Also,
his father, minister Guan, will know about this matter.
After minister Guan hears about this, he will punish him.
Brother Zhang.
Be lenient wherever it is possible.
Hongxuan.
Teacher Le.
Guan Xiaokun is immoral and unprincipled.
The imperial academy can't have him.
Those who helped him steal the money
and frame it on the imperial academy
will not get away with it either.
But
I'm thinking about
whether we can let his family
offer themselves
to let Guan Xiaokun leave the imperial academy.
You and Guan Xiaokun are our students.
Even though this issue is irrelevant to the imperial academy,
but if it is made public, this matter would no doubt stain the imperial academy's reputation.
So,
I think
you should consider this.
Er...
You are right, my Lord.
Brother Zhang.
It'd be better to take a step back.
Yes.
Alright.
I will do Lord Si Ye this favor.
Come.
Take the money.
We're leaving.
Yes, sir.
Take the money!
Let's go!
You helped me greatly.
I will remember this.
Dage.
You just let that bugger off like that. Why?
Daheng, think about it.
Even if he is sentenced to death,
will he really be executed?
After he's done something like this,
though he didn't get arrested,
his father surely won't let him off.
But, why?
Compromise will make
things much easier in the future.
If compromise can bring us more benefit,
then why not let things go?
Why?
2nd brother.
Dage is right.
Alright.
Brothers.
We are done here.
Let's go.
Here.
Xiaotian.
If it weren't for you,
we couldn't have raised this much money.
We
couldn't have found the money so easily either.
Yes, Xiaotian.
It's all
thanks to your wisdom.
You helped clear me of suspicion.
Otherwise,
I really wouldn't know what to do.
You are speaking
too highly of me.
Not only do we have much in common,
through this matter,
we've also been through thick and thin together.
So, be it as an official or a friend,
I shall always give my best to help you.
Alright.
Let's stop with these formal words.
Drink this cup of wine
and we are brothers.
Come.
Xiaotian.
Brother Qiao told me about your trouble.
Don't worry.
We will settle this matter for you.
Brother Zhang is right.
Xiaotian. Just put your mind at ease and stay here.
When an important figure starts to shirk responsibility, it may take a long time to get things settled.
One month, two months,
or one and a half year.
That's normal.
Do you think my dage is like you?
That he has nothing better to do than lazing around?
I think you should
tell your father about this matter.
Though he is not in charge of it,
but telling him may get my brother's issue solved sooner.
No problem.
Though my father works in the ministry of war,
but if he puts in a word in another yamen,
they will listen to him.
In that case,
let me thank you in advance.
It's so big, look.
The capital is so big.
Where do we look for Yingying?
Nephew.
Are you sure that Yingying came here?
Uncle.
I've asked around.
Ye Xiaotian was arrested and brought to the capital.
Little sister must have come here to find him. I'm sure.
This sea of people.
Uncle.
Don't worry.
Little sister came here to find Ye Xiaotian.
If we can find Ye Xiaotian,
we can find her.
You're right.
Go and find out
where the ministry of punishment is.
OK.
I'm on it.
Excuse me.
Where is the ministry of punishment?
Is it a place where people like you can go?
I'm just asking you for directions.
Look at that face of yours, so rude and arrogant.
You look down on us out-of-towners?
Don't be a smart-ass with me.
Stop.
You out-of-towners.
How dare you be so brazen when you're in the capital?
Open your stupid eyes and look carefully,
this is the Guojiuye.
Oh shut up.
Don't shoot your mouth off.
It's the Guojiu.
I'm sorry for the disrespect.
My nephew was out of line.
Forgive me, Guojiuye.
You wild village men,
the city gate guards shouldn't have let you in!
Hey!
To tell you the truth,
I came here
because my daughter was kidnapped by
a bastard called Ye Xiaotian
to the capital.
Ye Xiaotian?
What is the name of your daughter?
My surname is Xia.
My daughter's name is Yingying.
Xia Yingying?
Then you are Lord Xia?
I am Li Xuancheng.
I happen to know your daughter.
That's great.
Please don't worry.
Leave it to me, I'll help you
find your daughter.
♪ zhè cì huàn wǒ zǒu ♪ ♪ This time it's me who's leaving ♪
♪ yě xǔ nǐ néng shǎo xiē qiàn jiù ♪ ♪ Perhaps then you can feel a bit less guilty ♪
♪ jiù shāng kǒu yě xué zhe sān jiān qí kǒu ♪ ♪ The old wound has learned to remain silent, too ♪
♪ chēng zuò mǒu nián de mǒu mǒu ♪ ♪ Call it a certain someone from a certain year ♪
♪ wǒ bú zài shì wǒ ♪ ♪ I'm not myself anymore ♪
♪ shì nǐ yǎn jiǎo yī wān xī hé ♪ ♪ I'm the rivulet down the corner of your eye ♪
♪ yòng qū zhé gài kuò huí yì de duàn luò ♪ ♪ Use twists and turns to summarize the chapters of memories ♪
♪ yòng jù diǎn tì dài wěi shēng de mò ♪ ♪ Use a period to replace the silence of the epilogue ♪
♪ bié wàng le wǒ ♪ ♪ Don't forget me ♪
♪ bié wàng le ài céng yǒu mài luò ♪ ♪ Don't forget that love once held a heartbeat ♪
♪ yǒu shēng zhī nián ♪ ♪ For as long as I'm alive ♪
♪ zhè yàng de xiāng yù zài wú duō ♪ ♪ A meeting as this is never more ♪
♪ wàng le wǒ ♪ ♪ Forget me ♪
♪ zhuāng sǎ tuō zài qiáng zhuāng yōu mò ♪ ♪ Act free and easy, then put on some humor ♪
♪ wēi xiào zhe lèi yūn kāi lún kuò ♪ ♪ Smile softly, tears blurring the silhouette ♪
♪ bié wàng le wǒ ♪ ♪ Don't forget me ♪
♪ bié wàng le ài céng yǒu mài luò ♪ ♪ Don't forget that love once held a heartbeat ♪
♪ yǒu shēng zhī nián ♪ ♪ For as long as I'm alive ♪
♪ zhè yàng de xiāng yù zài wú duō ♪ ♪ A meeting as this is never more ♪
♪ wàng le wǒ ♪ ♪ Forget me ♪
♪ zhuāng sǎ tuō zài qiáng zhuāng yōu mò ♪ ♪ Act free and easy, then put on some humor ♪
♪ wēi xiào zhe lèi yūn kāi lún kuò ♪ ♪ Smile softly, tears blurring the silhouette ♪
♪ tuì le ké chóng shēng le gǔ gé ♪ ♪ Shed the shell, a new skeleton is born ♪