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DETECTIVE SAMOYEDS
Why are you here?
My father heard that you were wounded.
He asked me to bring you Crane Crimson* (*a type of poison)
I wish you get re-incarnated as soon as possible.
Clean the wound and apply the medication once a day.
Take it for ten days, ten times in total.
You'll recover soon enough.
Give him my thanks.
I shall pay him a visit another day.
By the way, I'm here to warn you.
Don't do something like that again.
I don't want to bring you medication again.
If I didn't block the sword, Samo would have been dead.
Are you stupid?
You could have lost your own life, too.
Life and wealth are a matter of destiny.
Not to mention my promise to Samo that I will look after him.
As a decent man,
I have to keep my promise.
Vengeance of the Psychic Cat
Chancellor Li.
When did it happen last night?
Some time after 1 AM.
The rain was particularly heavy last night.
Some customers couldn't go home,
so I extended my business hours.
Was there someone with him?
Yes.
But one of them went home before him.
The other one also disappeared afterwards.
I couldn't find that guy anywhere.
Should we make the victim's identity public?
Not now, take him to Dalisi first.
Let's wait for the autopsy result from Shuangye.
Alright. Carry him away.
Samo, serve the dishes.
Coming.
Go serve the lamb chops. Be careful.
Appetizing...
Here come the delicious lamb chops.
Your lamb chops, my guests.
Please enjoy yourselves.
I'm on my way.
Have a look at this.
It's our restaurant's specialty.
It's very delicious.
Keep up the good work.
Yes!
Please enjoy yourselves.
I'll be back in a moment.
Alright.
The incident in the Fengqin Pub last night was extremely odd.
Indeed.
The pub is located in the downtown area.
No one could have entered it.
I know!
Tang Guan has been a wanted criminal for a whole year.
He can run, but he can't escape.
It seems to me
that he wasn't killed by a human at all.
Why?
The body was torn into pieces,
as if he was killed by wild beasts.
Are you slacking off again?
I'm not.
Enjoy the food.
You know what?
I heard that
someone died in the Fengqin pub last night.
Relying on their pub's prime location,
they serve diluted wine all the time.
They deserve what they got.
We could also close our inn for a few days.
We can design new dishes during this time to prepare for a huge wave of customers.
You are daydreaming. Where are you going?
To Dalisi.
Damn you jerk!
Stop right there! Get back to work!
[Dalisi]
Shuangye!
Can you please keep little Ashley from running around?
Can you please keep your things in order?
Why don't you put it up on the city walls?
I think we can rule out the possibility of a human killer.
Why?
The tooth marks on the throat are too deep.
There are also tearing marks all over the body,
which was possibly caused by a huge beast.
Are there any huge beasts in Chang'an city?
Come in.
Is it Zisu?
Yes.
I heard what you said.
Was the body found on a tree?
Yes.
I heard that
panthers like to hide their prey in trees.
Panthers?
But boss,
the nearest mountain forest is in the north-west direction.
Should I go there to pry into it?
Yes, prepare the carriage.
Our preliminary investigation concludes that the victim was killed by accident.
The victim's identity as a wanted criminal can be made public.
Got it.
Chancellor Li, isn't it a bit too early to jump to conclusions?
We did not invite you here.
The case is too strange.
I'm afraid that if I don't extend a helping hand,
you won't be able to turn the tables.
Name your price.
I'll do it for free this time.
You blocked the sword for me last time.
I'm repaying your favor. We are all square now.
Come on, be careful.
Hurry up, let's go.
Go. Go. Go.
Why is it like they're seeing plaguing spirits when they see us?
Come back here. Come back.
Hurry.
Come here.
Here you go.
Don't be afraid. We are officers from Dalisi.
Thank you.
What happened here?
Officer, haven't you been informed yet?
Someone died in Chang'an city yesterday.
That's the reason why we are here to investigate.
Officer, please help us.
We didn't do anything that could give us a guilty conscience.
Why do you say that?
The beast always stays in the mountain forest.
It was seen once, ten years ago.
After that, it never reappeared again until now.
But this time, the beast went directly into Chang'an city.
Someone must have offended it.
That's why it killed that person.
It's terrible.
Was someone killed ten years ago?
Yes. He was killed in the same way.
What kind of beast is it?
I don't know
what it is, exactly, either.
But I heard some rumors.
Rumor has it that the beast is a black panther.
But it is also said that
those who had seen it have all died.
That's ridiculous.
How could a black panther appear in Chang'an city?
Little kiddo, here you go.
Thank you. Thank you.
Thank you.
Come on, let's go. Go.
If you ask me,
it must have been the beast coming down from the mountain for hunting.
It just met a ready-made prey.
The beast may have come from the mountain,
but it may not have come by itself.
Someone brought it into Chang'an.
How do you know?
Why not make use of this preceding case at our hands?
Let's go home.
What?
You didn't even go into the village.
We already got us useful information.
Staying here would only confuse us. Let's go!
Let's go.
Have you found any clues?
Zisu,
Liu Yuan, the Chief of the Ministry of Rites, General Wu Sa, and the merchant named Fang.
Can you help me check them out?
Zisu.
Yes?
Liu Feng, the son of the Chief of Rites,
died in a gambling house some time ago.
The murderer was Tang Guan?
Yes. Exactly.
What if the beast did not leave the mountain on its own accord, but has been held captive by someone instead?
Who has the privileges to
obtain and encage a black panther?
Liu Yuan is the Chief in the Ministry of Rites.
What if he
colluded with the tribes
and asked for tribute?
Dalisi is here on duty.
I have a question for you.
In the last two days,
were there any large carriages passing by?
There aren't too many large carriages these days.
So I remember them clearly.
They belong to the Chief of the Ministry of Rites, Liu Yuan,
General Wu Sa from the Ministry of Defense,
and a merchant called Fang.
What was in the carriages?
Well,
I didn't get the order to inspect them,
so I let them go.
Check more carefully in the future.
Yes, sir.
My guests, I'm so sorry.
My Lord has caught a cold.
If you didn't make an appointment,
he is probably not able to meet you today.
Please tell him that Li Zhi from Dalisi has important things to tell him.
It won't cost him too much time.
Alright, this way, my guests.
My Lord loves his son dearly.
He always wanted him to inherit the family property.
The young Lord failed the imperial examination.
He went to the gambling house and wasted his money for distraction.
Unexpectedly, he came across
a murderer who valued money more than life.
As a result, he lost his great future altogether.
So,
Mr. Liu wasn't a frequent visitor to the gambling house?
It was his first time in a gambling house.
Mr. Butler.
I'm sorry, my guests.
My Lord really doesn't want to recall
the incident regarding our young Lord.
Please wait till our Lord is feeling better.
We will then invite you two sires over
to our manor again.
In this case,
we should take our leave.
Let's go.
Goodbye, have a safe trip home.
This way, please.
Please.
No need to see us off.
You go back first.
I will make a trip to the Fengqin pub.
Let's go together.
You're an officer, everything is so formal about you.
Who wouldn't be scared of you?
How could you get them to talk?
Just wait for me, I'll be back soon.
Boss,
A jug of rice wine, please.
Coming right away.
It appears that you don't have a lot of customers recently?
Ever since that incident,
people are afraid to come to my pub.
I heard that
the two men who were here with Tang Guan that day
have also disappeared.
Well actually,
they went into hiding.
Why is that?
I see you are not an officer,
so I'll tell you more about it.
Those two are Tang Guan's sworn brothers.
They are all from the South of the Five Ridges.
They often take care of my business.
After Tang Guan escaped from jail,
they secretly provided for him.
If someone wanted to take revenge on Tang Guan,
those two will certainly get caught up in it, too.
Well, I feel so sorry for them.
Yes, one of them
has even opened up a bakery.
You see, he's too afraid
to do business these days.
[Bakery]
[Yangming Bakery]
Is anyone there?
Anyone?
Is anyone there?
Who are you?
Are you the owner, Mr. Su?
Yes, I am.
Well, I'm from Dalisi.
Our owner isn't here, please leave.
I just want to have a little chat with you.
Which part of what I said didn't you understand? Mr. Su isn't home.
No, wait.
Can you please tell me
Chen Li's address then?
Aren't you an officer？Go find out yourself.
What the heck, what an attitude!
That hurt!
What a bad day!
Help! Help!
[Dalisi]
This is the victim Chen Li.
This is the previous victim Tang Guan.
I can confirm that
the wounds on the two victims are almost exactly the same.
So were the crime scenes.
It should have been the same killer.
This should be a serial homicide.
I heard that another person died in Pingkang brothel last night.
Yes, it was confirmed to be a suicide.
Is there a connection between that person and these two victims?
Yes, of course.
I dropped by the Pingkang brothel on my way here.
Why did you go there?
I heard in Fanshe that
there was a girl called Xue'er who hanged herself.
I found out that the victim Chen Li
had an affair with Xue'er.
Also, a cousin of Minister Liu
wanted Xue'er to be his concubine.
Minister Liu? You mean Liu Yuan, Chief of the Ministry of Rites?
Exactly.
His cousin Liu Bo
lives with him in his mansion.
Let's go!
This is my cousin Liu Bo.
He came to Chang'an for business recently.
Excuse me, Minister Liu. Your cousin...
Why does he look so familiar?
Maybe it's because we are brothers
and thus look alike.
No no no.
I must have seen him elsewhere.
Have you been to the Pingkang brothel?
Yes... I have.
Do you know about
Xue'er's death?
I... I've heard about it...
Stop pretending!
It was you, who wanted to buy back her freedom and make her a concubine, wasn't it?
No, no, no! I...
It was him. So what?
You are extremely impolite
and aggressive.
What the hell is your intention?
The previous case of Tang Guan along with the death in the Pingkang brothel
both have close connections to you.
Minister Liu, you should know the consequence
for a high minister of committing a crime.
I have always been holding myself open and upright.
If I did it, I would admit it!
Then do you mind explaining to us
What your carriages,
which have entered the city recently,
were carrying?
I don't think it's necessary to tell you.
Another thing, what's in that room?
It's just a storage room.
Why then is it the only room in your mansion that is locked up?
Are you afraid something could get out?
Sheer nonsense!
Boss.
Boss, I've indeed found a panther
in the locked room.
But it isn't black.
It's also sick, just like Minister Liu.
Wait...
You look quite healthy actually.
Who are you
to dare intrude into my house without my permission!
Who am I? Isn't it obvious?
Minister Liu, the evidence is irrefutable.
Do you still have anything to say?
Chancellor Li, you've got us wrong.
My Lord, the situation is out of control.
Don't hide the truth, it is useless.
My Lord suffers from arthralgia.
The sickness tortures him constantly.
He learned from a great master that
panther bone could cure his muscle ache
and arthralgia.
Hence, he took advantage of his position to obtain a sick panther and
encaged it in our backyard.
Everyone in our residence can stand witness for it.
The sick panther has never left the mansion,
let alone kill someone.
I'd like to return to the scene of crime.
Let's go, Samo.
Sanpao.
Thanks.
Siniang,
have you ever heard of a cat transforming into a black panther?
There's no such thing.
You Dalisi officers
are so odd.
What an attitude.
Perhaps we have been wrong from the beginning.
Have you got an idea?
Not yet.
It's even more difficult to figure it out now.
The traces of cat claws were found in both cases,
but the victims were more likely killed by a fierce beast.
Zisu, please go and check out the connection between the three people
Tang Guan, Chen Li and Su Yangming.
I've done that already.
These guys have travelled extensively
with no fixed abode.
I failed to find out more on them.
Have you found nothing from the old records?
They have been in Chang'an for merely one or two years.
Then please go check whether there have been any major cases
during the time they stayed here in Chang'an.
The suspects are from Lingnan, so pay attention to that place especially.
Does anyone want something to eat?
I do!
Roasted chicken, duck and goose!
Sooner or later I will roast you.
Bu San, Bu Si, get the food ready.
What is it?
Uh, why isn't Sanpao here?
I told him to sneak into Mr. Liu's manor
to look for clues.
That's not right.
Minister Liu has got nothing to do with this case.
Come with me.
Miss Zisu.
I found two cases.
One is a robbery case in Qianzhuang.
The second case is the murder of a Lingnan bandit.
A bandit? What's the background?
There has been a group of bandits
who committed their crimes by a public road.
Where is that road?
It's in the southern part of the city, leading into the mountains.
Let's go.
[Public Road]
Grandpa. Can I ask you about something?
Yes.
Has there been a group of bandits here, robbing people's money, a few years ago?
Bandits? No, there hasn't.
It is very safe here.
But a few years ago, a relative of mine went into the mountains
and got eaten by a black panther.
A black panther?
Yes, it ate a lot of people.
Their bodies were all here,
but without their heads.
Enough, enough, enough.
The old man is getting too old. Don't listen to his nonsense.
Has a black panther appeared around your area?
Some people did die,
but they are not from this area.
They are mostly merchants or officials.
I think it was due to the dirty money they earned.
So they weren't killed by a human?
Who knows.
Also,
there used to be a teashop here.
But ever since it moved away, the black panther has never showed up again.
Alright, thanks.
I know what happened.
What should we do?
I need your help.
Sorry.
We are closed. Sorry for your inconvenience, please leave.
Excuse me.
I, I am here for the owner, Mr. Su.
I came to look for him before.
You can tell him not to be scared any more.
We found out
who killed Tang Guan and Chen Li.
Please come in.
What happened to Mr. Su?
His two friends were killed one after another.
It has been a huge shock to him.
He feels that it was his fault failing to protect them,
especially my elder brother, Chen Li.
So Chen Li is your brother.
What are your plans now?
There are too many painful memories in Chang'an.
We want to return to our hometown to reopen our business.
Yunxi, please let our guests have some tea.
Sure.
Sirs, please take a seat.
I just heard that
the killer was found.
That's correct.
The killer has applied the same method
to rob people once before.
He then mutilated the victims to make it look like they were killed by beasts.
That's gruesome.
Please have some tea.
Why did he kill my brothers?
Let me have some tea first.
However, I came here today,
in hope that you could provide us with more details.
I will help you any way I can.
Yunxi and I
will try our best to help you solve the case.
Excuse me, I need to go to the bathroom. Wait for me.
Yunxi
please pour them some tea.
Here, please enjoy.
Thank you.
By tomorrow morning,
You will be just like Tang Guan and Chen Li,
ripped to pieces by a black panther.
Samo is right.
The murderer is you.
Impossible!
I saw you drink up the tea with my own eyes.
A little trick learned from the streets.
Samo, the performance is over, get up.
Samo, get up now, get up!
Samo. You knew that the tea was poisonous. Why did you drink it?
Samo, Samo!
Hurry up!
Samo.
Do you admit to your guilt, Su Yangming?
I am not guity.
I did what should have been done.
Let Samo do the questioning, then.
Meow.
You, Tang Guan and Chen Li
came to Chang'an two years ago
and joined the bandits to open up an underground inn.
Your modus operandi was simple, but at the same time very difficult uncover.
You ran a teashop next to a public road.
You drugged your tea and alcohol.
Once the guests drank them, they had to go to the washroom.
Meanwhile, their minds were getting cloudy.
Then,
you would sneak the cat in, misleading the guests to think that it was a black panther.
Next, you would use the steel claws
to kill and mutilate them.
This made it look like they were killed by wild beasts.
You are really ruthless!
Since the cases weren't committed by humans,
they were never included in the Ministry of Punishment.
As a result, Zisu knows nothing about them.
Later, the head of your gang was caught.
The three of you decided to wash your hands and quit the illegal business.
You planned to open up a store,
then to marry and have kids
to live a peaceful life.
However, the two sworn brothers of yours
kept dragging you down.
They asked you for money all the time.
You wanted to marry Yunxi.
On one hand,
you had to keep the shop running to make a living.
On the other hand,
you still had to provide for Tang Guan.
In addition, you had to prepare a bride-price for Chen Li.
Eventually, you had enough of such a life.
Therefore, you decided to kill them both.
Ain't I right?
When did you find out?
When I first came to your shop
to pay you a visit,
the door of your shop was left unlocked.
It left me puzzled.
The rumor had it that Tang Guan was killed by an old foe.
Ever since his death, you, as his sworn brother,
neither went into hiding nor locked up your doors.
You obviously didn't fear someone would come after you.
Also, I arrived with my purpose clearly stated.
But you still shut the door to an officer.
An innocent commoner wouldn't behave like that.
I asked you for Chen Li's address.
You told me to find it myself.
You were afraid to draw fire against yourself.
Thus, the intent to kill Chen Li grew on you.
Through examination,
we found hallucinogenic narcotics in your teapot.
They deserved to die.
They had no right to hold me back
from living the life that I want.
Have you ever considered Yunxi's situation?
Do you think that after you killed her brother, you two could still live together
as if nothing had happened?
What is this?
Tell me, what is this?
What did you do with it?
Tell me!
Tell me A'ming, tell me!
Stop drinking!
Stop your grouching!
If it wasn't for your brother, we wouldn't have ended up like this.
You...
Yunxi,
I did it all
for the sake of our baby.
Let me go!
I don't want our child
to be looked down upon since his birth.
But even if what he did was inexcusable,
he is still my brother.
Yunxi, Yunxi!
Let go!
We worked hard for the money.
Why should we let your brother spend it in a brothel?
He can support any girl he likes,
but he shouldn't do it with our money.
Does he know that
he is exploiting his own sister?
Even if that's true, you still shouldn't have killed him. How could you be so cruel!
How could you!
After my brother disappeared,
I felt that there was something wrong.
But I was too scared to imagine
A'ming could be able to do such a thing.
Yunxi,
why does no one see my sufferings?
I asked for nothing.
All I wanted was you.
It is such a simple wish.
I just want us
and our baby
to live an ordinary life.
I once thought
that I could beg
your brother and Tang Guan
to stop disturbing us.
But they just wouldn't leave us alone.
What else could I have done?
Su Yangming, do you admit to your guilt?
I am not guilty.
I never regret
what I've done.
Officers, take him away!
Jail him and schedule a day for the sentence.
Buy some flowers
Pancakes
Look at my flowers.
Pancakes! Delicious pancakes!
Here you are.
Take care.
You've got flour on your face.
I's fine.
What are you doing? Are you having a crush?
I'm not!
I only have eyes for roasted chicken, not for people!
I am getting back to work! Work! Work!
I heard that he saved you again.
It doesn't count this time.
I did it on purpose.
Is it worth it?
It was only a case!
Is it worth it to take poison?
What if you really lost your life!
Don't you know what's more important?
I remember an old saying of your culture that
a favor in a drop of water
should be rewarded with surging gratitude.
I, I haven't done that on purpose.
I'm going back to work.
He is an officer while we are bandits.
Just like cats and mice, we should never ally with each other!
Samo Duoluo!
They are quite efficient.
In such a short time, they have already solved two major cases.
The younger generation shall surpass the older one.
It is all thanks to your wise eyes, your majesty.
But I still feel uneasy.
Why is that?
Samo, Li Zhi's assistant in solving the case,
lives in Fanshe.
I've heard that Gongsun Siniang, the boss of Fanshe,
used to be a powerful leader of bandits
many years ago.
Do you mean to convict her?
My informants have told me that
Siniang is prejudiced against Li Zhi.
I fear that she may harm him.
Why don't you find an opportunity to test her.
If she has redeemed herself,
let bygones be bygones.
But if she still bears him malice, execute her immediately.
Yes, your majesty.
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