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Detective Samoyeds
Heed the night curfew between the soundings of the gate drums.
Non-observance of curfew and entering of private property without valid reason are forbidden.
According to the Clepsydra law, after the clock is drained during the day it becomes night,
after it is drained during the night it becomes day.
Entering of private property at will without valid reason present entails a caning of forty strokes.
A demoness!
There is a demoness up there! Look!
She is right there! She's hanging there!
Do you see?
Where?
Where? Where? There's no one there!
I didn't see anything.
Zhang Qian, you must have made a mistake. I didn't see anything.
Zhang Qian, you must have made a mistake.
Or did you get up on the wrong side of bed? You must be confused.
You must have made a mistake.
Zhang Qian! Zhang Qian! Zhang Qian!
Wake up!
Zhang Qian!
The Shadowless Demoness
Zhang Qian is such a scaredy-cat.
Even if he has seen a ghost,
it shouldn't have made him pass out on the spot.
You are so right.
I brought him home last night.
He was so scared he peed himself.
Zhang Qian is such a scaredy-cat.
I think he's faking it so he doesn't need to go on night patrol.
What nonsense! I think he's faking it so he doesn't need to go on night patrol.
What nonsense!
Cut it out!
Look!
Quick! Go check if he's dead or alive!
It's Zhang Qian!
The cause of death is quite simple.
His heart stopped beating after suffering an extreme shock.
But I can't examine his face.
Really, how his eyes got gouged out...
We're lucky Zisu isn't here.
Did you find him here?
Yes, he already looked like this when we found him.
He should have been on night patrol with us.
But he suddenly called in sick yesterday.
Why?
That, er...
We need to request instructions from General Huo for that. Otherwise, we do not dare to speak of it.
[Ruoshui Guildhall]
I'm betting on small.
Those are all important guests that came today. Keep your eyes peeled.
Don't make any mistakes.
I know.
No one may move!
Keep down!
I'm talking about you!
Isn't this General Huo?
Come here!
General Huo.
Are you acting on orders from above? Or is this a secret arrest?
You should know that my Ruoshui Guildhall,
it's...
Shut your mouth!
Kneel down.
Persons gambling with property will be sentenced to a flogging of 100 strokes.
People setting up gambling halls will be sentenced to three years of imprisonment.
Severe cases of ill-gotten gains will be dealt with as theft!
Arrest all of them!
Yes, Sir!
Move! Move! Move!
Move it!
You all can forget about having a peaceful night tonight!
Don't you want to inquire about
Ruoshui Guildhall's background?
Go to hell!
Samo is so dead!
You should be helping my boss with his case not following me.
I mean....
Er...
We wanted to talk business, but, er, he just had to come.
I'm really sorry.
Don't worry.
I have heard a lot about brother Samo.
Since brother Samo is your brother, It makes us buddies.
We'll share each other's fortunes and earn money together.
Yes yes yes!
Er, don't keep us guessing.
So where are you making a fortune these days?
Let me put it this way.
If I can guarantee profit with no losses,
how much money can you invest?
Well, er...
This is the money I made a few days ago. It's nothing worth mentioning.
You really did make a fortune!
It's nothing.
How did you get your hands on it?
I've got a tip-off, knowing which merchandises are about to rise in price.
That's the way I made that money.
So that's what you do?
How about it? Are you in?
I believe we shouldn't keep this on a small scale anymore.
We should invest everything we have.
Let's make a big one!
We are brothers.
You are officers.
I wouldn't dare lie to you.
But I'm telling you,
my money for my marriage, my funeral,
for just about anything is in there, got it?
He borrowed more than a little money.
It's really a lot.
I made things difficult for you.
Sanpao.
You really don't want to join in?
I...
I borrowed a little bit.
If you dare make me lose money, I'll kill myself in front of you!
Don't worry.
You won't lose any money.
I can guarantee you profit.
Come on, let's drink.
This way, please.
Here.
Even though I joined this business quite late
and can't be compared to the likes of Du Yuanshan,
but I'm actually one of the quicker ones.
That Du Yuanshan you just talked about,
did you mean the one who got turned out of his house by his father Mr. Du, the Minister of Personnel?
Indeed.
This Du Yuanshan
was already crushing giants as a young man.
There is almost no one in Chang'an City who can surpass him.
Not just Chang'an City.
He's got connections to businessmen all over the country.
He has even befriended the influential courtiers.
They all go to him for loans.
Anyway,
it's really strange,
as long as it's merchandise that he has handled,
after he buys it, it will rise in price without exception.
And once he tosses it out, this merchandise will fall in price.
I mean, he's only two years older than me.
That's just unreal.
Oh right.
Do you know that a few days ago the Great General
has closed off the Ruoshui Guildhall?
This Ruoshui Guildhall belongs to Du Yuanshan.
Isn't the owner of the Guildhall Zhou Tai?
You're too naive.
Zhou Tai is just a small potato.
Everyone in Chang'an City knows
that Du Yuanshan is the real boss behind the Ruoshui Guildhall.
Just wait.
In less than two days, Zhou Tai will be released completely unscathed.
It's a great honor to have you here, General Huo.
I feel greatly honored!
Please get to the point.
Ruoshui Guildhall is being investigated on gambling.
Many of the men arrested are important members of the imperial court.
Their offense is quite heavy.
That's why you all feel uneasy. isn't it so?
General Huo is quite the boy wonder.
But you are too blunt in the way you do things.
You leave others no leeway.
When it comes to leading a troop in a battle,
you would surely get promoted.
But
when it's about being an official in the imperial court...
Wei Junqing!
Who do you think you are?
How dare you lecture me!
Let me tell you.
For me, this matter is a case based on irrefutable evidence!
You won't be able to overturn it!
You have no right to negotiate with me.
I know I'm not qualified.
This is an invitation letter by someone who is.
Look! Look!
There's a ghost!
Look!
What's happening?
Nothing's there.
There's nothing there.
There's a ghost!
A ghost! There's a ghost! There's a ghost!
Where?
Didn't you see? I saw it!
Where is it?
Right there!
Where? Where?
Where's the ghost?
Why didn't I see anything?
There was no ghost!
I'm Hu Qiu the Sorcerer!
I'm a thousand years old demoness.
What a presumptuous little demon!
*Bardo: the "intermediate state" in Tibetan Buddhism. Go back to the territory of Bardo*!
You mere mortals have offended a malignant star.
Are you still not begging for mercy?
Leave at once!
I will take your life!
*Laojun, a deity in Taoism, was in charge of alchemy. Taishang Laojun* taught me how to kill ghosts!
by giving me a godly method.
Preaching for the Jade Lady, subduing the evils.
Climbing mountains with rocks cracking, wearing a seal.
Covered by a canopy,
riding on a Kuigang.
Which deity could not be subdued, which ghost could resist!
Quickly comply with my command!
Don't be scared.
I scared you. Don't be scared.
I scared you.
I was indeed using dark spells.
I was fighting poison with poison.
I think your son must have unintentionally triggered his "ghost-seeing eyes" and stumbled across a very powerful demoness.
Once this demoness is awakened she will surely want to vent her anger on him.
The most terrible thing is that this demoness is constantly changing her appearance.
Those who encounter them unintentionally will die in the same shape they saw the spirit in.
But don't be afraid.
Here, this is holy water.
Drinking this can temporarily keep one safe.
Here, drink this holy water.
Don't be scared. Don't be scared.
Drink up.
Drinking holy water will keep you safe.
Holy water?
Sorcerer!
You have to help me, Sorcerer!
You can't just do nothing to save me, Sorcerer!
Sorcerer!
I saw the demoness.
She was floating in midair!
But-But I was the only one who could see her!
Her face...
You can't call that a face!
That wasn't a human face, Sorcerer!
Sorcerer!
Please save me, Sorcerer!
I beg you, please save me!
First, stop calling me Sorcerer, okay?
I'm the second son of Marshall Hu from Tongzhou.
Second, let me tell you this.
Life and death is decided by fate.
Since the demoness is already awakened,
whoever runs into her is out of luck.
You can't be saved, little brother.
But, it's not like there is absolutely no chance of a turnabout.
This is a talisman I spent years on
casting one hundred and eight thousand spells.
Carrying this will temporarily keep one safe.
So little money?
Wait for your death then!
Please have mercy, give me some money..
I got nothing. I got nothing.
Please give me a little.
Be merciful.
Chongli, don't be afraid.
Demons have to speak justice, too.
We've got nothing on our conscience.
We don't need to be scared of ghosts.
How can I not be scared?
The Sorcerer told me whoever sees how the demoness looks like
will die in the same way she did.
And even if I did buy that talisman,
it could only keep me safe for a while.
It's still better than nothing.
Why didn't you buy it?
The price he wanted was far too high.
What's more,
if I bought the talisman I'd have no money left to buy you this present.
What present?
If you give me this now, mother will take it away when she sees it.
You know that.
I know.
Xiao Bai.
This is the bride price for when I marry you.
Trust me.
I'm just about to make a fortune.
Once I've saved up enough money, I'll buy you free and marry you.
You must wait for me!
General Huo!
General Huo, Zhou Tai was released.
Released?
Yes.
General Huo, thank you so much.
I heard that there are orders from above instructing the Patrol Unit to release Ruoshui Guildhall's men.
Thank you. Thank you.
Our Boss, Mr. Du has been waiting for you to visit him.
Du Yuanshan Manor
Mr. Du.
Long time no see.
You are quite busy, General Huo.
It's not easy to meet up with you these days.
I'm not busy.
I'm not busy at all.
You released everyone I arrested.
I have nothing to do.
Let's drink a few cups.
I'm not here to be a guest.
Why are you still so boring?
I'd like to visit the Guildhall to gamble a bit.
But it seems like
it's been three years since someone could last more than one round.
Why do you always have to bet so big?
Who would want to bet his life and family possessions to gamble with you?
It's not like they'd die tomorrow.
Du Yuanshan.
I know that you disdain keeping wrong from right.
But don't you feel ashamed of the shady business you are doing?
Feel ashamed?
Feel ashamed for whom?
In this world...
who do I have left?
Don't think I don't know about
all your petty niggling.
If you're still not willing to quit, let's fight each other to death then.
Don't you think enough people have died around you?
That Sorcerer Mr. Hu felt Chongli didn't give him enough money.
He didn't give him the talisman.
He even said that he will die for sure.
He died in less than two days.
You are talking about that Hu Qiu who acts all spooky everyday?
Before, a soldier died after running into an evil spirit.
The Sorcerer Hu gave his family a talisman which kept them safe.
Am I going to die?
Xiao Bai.
We are here, don't be afraid.
I want to know,
since you and Chongli are lovers, and he recently stroke it rich,
do you know where he got the money from?
If he didn't buy that blue jade bracelet for me,
he'd have money to buy the sorcerer's talisman.
It's all my fault!
I got Chongli into trouble.
Prostitutes don't deserve happiness.
With me here nothing will happen to you!
Samo, take her to Fanshe and let her stay there.
Let's pull ourselves together
and catch the culprit.
Start confessing!
Hu Qiu.
As a mere clergy, you spread rumors about demonesses all over the place,
creating panic for personal gain!
You will suffer the wrath of heaven!
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Don't waste your time with him.
Let's get out the tools.
I've got ev...
I've got everything prepared!
Don't give me that.
With no evidence at hand you have no right to extract confessions from me by torture.
Do you know who I am?
Do you know who my father is?
The prefectural magistrate of Tongzhou, Hu Jingtang.
Your father is a good Marshall.
* Er: Second; Gongzi: son of an official Er Gongzi*.
Why are you nothing like your father?
Dalisi
Put him to torture! Dalisi
Put him to torture!
Officer, I was wrong!
Have mercy, sir!
My father won't let you off if you kill me!
That's all we know.
Zhang Qian joined with the last group of people.
But as for his situation before joining the Patrol Unit...
we are not clear on that.
Good.
If you think of something else regarding him look for me in Dalisi any time.
Yes, sir.
Chancellor Li.
Are you still without any leads on Zhang Qian's case?
In my opinion,
handing this case over to Dalisi...
there was not much point to it.
If you can't figure this case out, might as well let me handle it.
General Huo.
There's something about you I can't figure out.
You spoke of arresting gamblers.
Why was everyone of the Guildhall released?
The ministry of war...
Don't force me to speak offensively.
Chancellor Li.
I don't care if you slander the three departments and six ministries.
But please do me the favor of solving the case first.
Don't let my brothers die under strange circumstances!
Bathing, bathing.
I bathed for so long my skin is wrinkly all over.
You two really took your time bathing.
Huang Sanpao, Huang Sanpao.
*Sanpao could literally mean going for "three dips". Of course he needs to go for three dips*.
Have you had enough?
Oh right.
We made a major discovery.
Me too.
Du Yuanshan has been using his nationwide trading companies
to smuggle weapons across the border.
Xiao Bai as well as Chongli know about it.
After He Chongli died,
Xiao Bai was afraid she'd get silenced as a witness.
She sent me a letter explaining the sequence of events behind the matter.
Some time ago, a caravan was halted by soldiers near Luoyang,
they found that those thirty trunks of goods were prohibited weapons.
That caravan was registered under the name of Du Yuanshan.
That clergy's father, Tongzhou's Marshall Hu Jingtang, started a thorough investigation
but was stopped by the Secretary-General.
You all know that Mr. Du holds much power in the imperial court.
After the incident, he had planted agents in Luoyang
who tipped off the Ministry of Punishments.
Its high-ranking officials met at the Ruoshui Guildhall to discuss this matter.
Xiao Bai happened to be called there to drink along with them.
So she unintentionally eavesdropped on it.
She told He Chongli about what she heard.
But who'd have expected He Chongli would lose it and use the information to threaten Wei Junqing.
He wanted to get trade secrets on how they manipulate the market to make a fortune.
No wonder He Chongli was so overly confident.
Looks like
Mr. Du let him have a taste of honey.
So the next step would be to do away with the witnesses.
He Chongli really lost his head.
How did he not see this coming?
He was asking for death.
Smuggling a bit of money and silkworm eggs wouldn't have been a big deal,
but smuggling weapons on such a large scale
clearly speaks of the intent of treason.
But...
even if they killed He Chongli because he was a witness,
what's the reason for Zhang Qian's death?
Also, for Du Yuanshan,
killing them is an easy matter.
Why did he make such a big deal out of it?
There must be facts hidden from us for us to be unable to figure it out.
Oh, Sanpao.
Take a trip to Luoyang with an official letter.
Go have a chat with Tongzhou's Marshall Hu Jingtang.
He is very important.
I'll go if you treat me to another bath.
Shut it!
I suddenly got really hungry.
How can we solve cases without a midnight meal? How can we think, Siniang?
Where-Where is my roast chicken?
Sanpao, where is the pancake you promised me?
Shuangye, Shuangye!
Where is the braised pig's feet you left me?
Don't go, I'm talking to you!
Did you think of your past?
Xiao Bai made me think of my mother.
Come on.
Drink up this wine.
Prostitutes who mix with influential officials
won't come to a good end.
My heavens, I'm so beat!
I haven't rested for three days and three nights!
You're back?
My goodness!
That Mr. Hu has told me everything.
Their superiors
are like an iron slab
that could hardly be pried.
He needs to secure his official post, too.
So he can't investigate this smuggling case for now.
Though unable to investigate, this Marshall Hu has befriended General Huo's father many years ago.
That's why he has written a secret message and told General Huo.
Even though the case can't be followed up on, but having someone at the imperial court here is a good thing.
Why is his son so awful?
It suddenly dawned on me...
Didn't we fail to understand
why Du Yuanshan wanted to turn this murder case into such a strange issue involving ghosts?
Let's look at it from another perspective. If this case involved supernatural beings,
who would most likely be suspected?
Hu Qiu?
Clever.
Does Du Yuanshan hold a grudge against him?
If Hu Qiu was really convicted of murder,
can his father Hu Jingtang still keep his official post?
What's more, we did a background check on Zhang Qian.
Du Yuanshan's men have also pulled a few strings for him.
He is the spy he placed there!
He was highly appreciated by Huo Xiao as soon as he went over there.
Zhang Qian felt grateful or perhaps he got obsessed by the idea and wanted to change his affiliation.
That's why his old boss wanted to eliminate him.
Then General Huo must know about the smuggling case!
Is he in any danger?
A demoness!
Are you all right?
General Huo! General Huo!
Are you all right? What's the matter?
I'm fine, I'm fine.
General Huo saw a demoness.
But we didn't see anything!
Do you need Dalisi's men for protection?
Shut up!
Yuanshan, I knew you'd come.
Whatever means you got,
play them all out!
I want to go, too.
Stay here and look after the inn.
I will go!
Me too!
You won't get paid, Siniang.
Good bye, take care!
Suicide to escape punishment?
Arrest Huo Xiao!
The culprit is none other than Huo Xiao.
Dalisi
Minister Li, Minister Zhou and Vice-Manager Wang, we have found out the truth behind this case.
The culprit
is General Huo Xiao.
Good, bring out the evidence.
Yes, Vice-Manager.
These two so-called Demoness Cases
are odd in that the demonesses are shadowless.
There's a demoness!
Where?
Right there!
But why is it that every time only the victim can see her,
but everyone else at the scene can't?
There is only one possibility.
Which would be that all witnesses have been lying.
I know that all of you think that the situation of the two cases are quite different.
Even the witnesses aren't the same.
To have every witness
help the culprit and give a false testimony
is almost impossible.
But the killer
took advantage of this oversight of us
to carry out his little trick
and made the impossible possible.
Then tell us
what exactly happened.
In the first two cases,
when Zhang Qian and He Chongli came across the demoness,
the people at the scene were actually of the same group.
They are men of the Patrol Unit's most trusted troop under Huo Xiao's command.
Which is the second night patrol squad Zhang Qian is also a member of.
And this legendary shadowless demoness
is actually
a subordinate of General Huo in disguise.
This man is a highly skilled martial artist,
*a technique in Chinese martial arts. especially in the arts of Qinggong*.
*literally "to fly above the grass" People call him Cao Shangfei*.
Zisu checked out the files of the Patrol Unit.
Half a month before the incident, this master suddenly completed his military service.
Not to transfer posts.
He completed his service.
It was an early retirement.
Without General Huo's approval,
this would have been impossible for him.
What a ridiculously far-fetched story.
It has nothing to do with this case.
General Huo.
You must be too impatient to hear me out.
But the others still don't know the ins and outs of the case.
The first case was actually quite simple.
Zhang Qian was patrolling the streets with all the fake witnesses from the second night patrol squad.
The fake demoness was hanging from the eaves of the high building across from them.
All the other soldiers at the scene must have pretended not to see her.
In the end, Zhang Qian got so scared he fainted.
In the second case
the cunning killer
took advantage of this oversight of us.
No one would ever think
that the witnesses at the scene of the second ghost-sighting incident
which happened at the bathhouse
were disguised by the soldiers from the first incident.
In fact, the day He Chongli saw the ghost,
the whole bathhouse was rented out by the culprit.
The doormen were changed to soldiers on duty, preventing guests from entering.
Sanpao.
Afterwards, Samo and I went to the Qingquan bathhouse.
We bathed for so long our skins were almost peeling off.
We finally met a witness.
This is Mr. Gu, the owner of the mercer shop, Changshoufang.
He is a perennial VIP of the Qingquan bathhouse.
On the day when He Chongli met the ghost,
did you go to the Qingquan bathhouse?
I did.
I'm a frequent visitor there.
I bathe there on the 5th, the 15th as well as at the end of every month.
On that day...
I remember that the bathhouse was open.
But a few guys standing at the entrance didn't let me in.
He said something about it not being open to the public that day.
I always got VIP-treatment in that bathhouse.
I couldn't stand such poor treatment. So I picked up a fight with them.
I have a bad temper and a loud voice.
A lot of pedestrians saw it.
We have found eight people who witnessed this scene from nearby.
They can all testify that Mr. Gu
was blocked at the bathhouse entrance by some young men.
Bring them in.
That's him!
He was the one who started the fight.
Look, that's him.
These people are soldiers from the second night patrol squad
as well as the witnesses of the first ghost-encounter incident.
But they all appeared at the scene of the
second ghost-encounter incident again.
Furthermore, they prevented uninvolved persons from entering.
This can't be deemed as a mere coincidence anymore, can it?
General Huo.
Let me show you a familiar face.
Lu Jing!
Wait a second.
How did you know it's him?
I only mentioned the person who disguised himself as the demoness.
But I didn't say his name.
General Huo, you're making an unintentional confession.
But this corpse isn't him, actually.
Stand up.
So, all of this can prove that the so-called ghost-encounters
were single-handedly set up by Huo Xiao.
Huo Xiao, do you have anything to say for yourself?
You solved the modus operandi quite well.
The problem is that I don't hold any ill feelings towards the two victims.
I don't have any reason to kill them.
Not to mention,
why would I kill someone
in such an exaggerated style?
The root of it all is your intention to put the blame on Du Yuanshan.
In what way?
During our investigation of the case, Du Yuanshan was indeed our number one suspect.
This is the result of the culprit deliberately fooling us.
We have given you an account of
the smuggling of weapons by Du Yuanshan.
Huo Xiao took advantage of this fact
to engineer Du Yuanshan's motive for murder.
Because the victim He Chongli is aware of the smuggling case,
he is a witness needing to be silenced.
He Chongli has even blackmailed Du Yuanshan.
As for Zhang Qian,
he was placed as a spy in the Patrol Unit by Du Yuanshan.
But he has recently gotten closer to General Huo.
Hence,
the possibility of a defection arose.
That's how Du Yuanshan gained a reason for killing him.
Du Yuanshan has a strange temperament.
Making the modus operandi so mysterious and terrifying
on one hand conforms to his way of behavior
and on the other hand, more importantly, it tricked us into believing
that Du Yuanshan set up the ghost-encounters to put the blame on Hu Qiu.
Regarding this, Hu Qiu indeed behaved quite suspiciously.
Plus, Du Yuanshan has every reason to pin it on him.
Hu Qiu's father,
Tongzhou's Marshall Tong Jingtang, discovered his smuggling.
He also couldn't get bribed.
It meant a great hidden trouble.
You brought us to a line of thought that seemed reasonable.
Which is that Du Yuanshan wanted to put the blame on Hu Qiu by creating those murder cases,
and hence bring Marshall Hu into trouble so he will lose his official post.
That way,
Du Yuanshan became the number one suspect.
I have to acknowledge
General Huo's courage and cleverness.
Convict Huo Xiao,
why did you go to such lengths to set all of this up and frame Du Yuanshan?
Since you seem to love to talk,
please continue.
Because he wanted to destroy Du Yuanshan.
Why?
Because Du Yuanshan
is his best friend.
There is a type of person in this world
who is severe with oneself
but even more so with others.
Someone who is extremely controlling.
When they face people or things they care about, this becomes especially true.
They demand that everything meets the rules and regulations they set for themselves.
If not, a strong feeling of abhorrence would emerge.
It's comparable to the situation of a couple, where both want to demand from the other
to change according to their will.
But Huo Xiao's will is much stronger than that of an ordinary person
and much more biased.
Because his standards are completely subjective.
When Huo Xiao noticed that Du Yuanshan did not develop according to his will
and that he had no way of changing that,
an idea began to form inside his mind.
To destroy him.
Isn't that right, General Huo?
It started out as a mere thought.
Then it began to expand and grow larger
until it got out of hand.
In the end
you wanted to kill Du Yuanshan every time you saw him.
Because he let you down too much.
I wanted to give you a reminder.
Du Yuanshan's arms smuggling case
is not simply a matter of smuggling.
I have made an undercover investigation.
No matter how much of a genius he is,
he couldn't have opened up chambers of commerce
all over the country in just a few years.
He must have cooperated with someone
based on mutual benefit.
Those people helped Du Yuanshan set up trade routes.
At the same time they used his market channels
to export large quantities of Datang's advanced military arms.
That's why
this isn't a simple issue about money.
Huo Xiao.
If you long knew about such a serious issue, why didn't you expose it?
If you wanted to destroy him, you could have just exposed him!
And you dare call yourself loyal and brave! Do you even know how the words are written?
How could I?
Yuanshan said so once.
Only fools walk the right path.
If I want to destroy him, I have to do it beautifully.
Otherwise his fall under my hands would have become a wasted opportunity.
He has been more clever than me since he was little.
For once, I have to make him lose to me.
You are clever enough.
When you noticed we were beginning to suspect you,
in order to cast away suspicion
you put on a show where you yourself encountered the ghost.
You then called Du Yuanshan out to have a duel with him.
That way, even if you accidentally killed him,
it'd be in self-defence.
Your good friend Du Yuanshan
knew about everything you did, didn't he?
Then how would he grade
your strategy?
Yuanshan!
Brother.
Do you really want me dead?
For the sake of some so-called
bullshit justice?
No.
You've finally won a round.
All right, everyone.
The demoness-case can be closed now.
But the matter hasn't ended.
The arms smuggling case of Du Yuanshan must be thoroughly investigated.
Who has been cooperating with Du Yuanshan behind the scenes?
What are their objectives?
Cheng Ye.
Yes, sr.
Can your special investigation team take over the case?
Leave it to us.
Aren't you bored drinking wine by yourself?
Here, let me treat you.
Can you have such good intentions?
This jug of wine
is to thank you for catching Huo Xiao.
What do you mean?
Every time he goes on night patrol with the Patrol Unit,
it drives me crazy.
All that drivel about his rules.
He loves to impose fines, too.
Now that he is gone
our business at night
will be alive with peacefulness and plenty of money.
Enjoy the wine.
There's more if you want.
Hold on Siniang.
I'd like to ask you to inquire about the arms smuggling case,
whether there is recently any rumor going around out there.
You want more?
This is something I could get myself killed for.
I'm not getting myself involved.
I advise you not to get involved in it, either.
You got scared.
This case is much bigger than the ones you handled before.
It's a complex business.
What do you know about it?
I only know
that you are people I care about.
To stay alive and well is more important than anything else.
Goodnight.
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