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Detective Samoyeds
Master, look at the sky, the moon shines bright and stars are few.
There is a comet again tonight .
Within this month,
five comets have appeared from the south-east.
This is a bad omen.
Master.
Sun Zhong.
Go see if the Young Master is resting yet.
Yes, sir.
Master!
Young Master, he...
Nanzhi...
Young Master...
Nanzhi...
Young Master!
Nanzhi...
Young Master.
Nanzhi!
Puzzling Tales of the Strange
Coming!
Have you heard the news?
Last night,
Chen family's Young Master died!
Which Chen family?
The pharmacist Chen Youchang's family!
Could it be
that they sold fake medicine
and someone came to take revenge?
There's another thing I gotta tell you.
Chen Junior died
in an astounding way!
Tell me quickly!
How was it astounding?
I've heard that he
cut open his belly himself
and died inside his room!
Wait, hold on.
He cut open his belly?
I've read a novel
"Record of the Fierce and Strange" by Lanyu Xiaoxiaosheng.
Its first chapter
depicts the same as what you just said.
That's too strange!
Did you have enough?
Where's Samo?
Sanpao.
Samo Duoluo!
Let's go.
Greetings, officers.
Please come in, officers.
Please come in.
He's been dead for 10 hours.
It looks like
the fatal wound is the one on his belly.
His belly was cut open,
the murder weapon should be this dagger in his hand.
So he committed suicide?
If it's suicide, they wouldn't have called Dalisi.
Chen Youchang said
that the victim planned a travel to Shu only yesterday.
Why would he commit suicide the same night?
Correct.
His mouth and eyes are open, his hair knot is loose.
Homicide is more likely the case here.
As for the detailed cause of death,
we need to transport him back to Dalisi
and carry out further inspections.
What's written on there?
When comets pass through the sky,
there will be calamity.
The next day,
the scholar will die, holding a sharp dagger with his belly cut open.
The star of disaster
has befallen him.
It matches it.
It matches it!
It matches it?
The victim died in the same way as it's written in this text!
I've heard about the tales of the strange by Lanyu Xiaoxiaosheng.
It has gotten quite some fame recently.
Who first found the corpse?
It was me.
Sir, it was me.
What was the situation last night?
Last night, after my Master came back from a banquet,
we went into the house to rest.
That's when we saw a comet pass through the sky from the south-east.
Get to the important points.
Sir.
It seemed like
my Master knew something was about to happen.
He told me to go to Young Master's room
and see if he's resting yet.
I saw
Young Master's door unlatched.
I pushed it open and saw Young Master bent over the table
with the floor covered in blood.
This... this...
This must have been the doing of the disaster star!
When did you last see
Chen Nanzhi last night?
Before my Master went out,
Young Master went into his room and said he wished to read.
He hasn't come out since.
What about your Master
and his daughter?
Where are they?
My Master suffered a great shock,
he is still resting inside his room.
The Young Mistress is suffering from depression, she's bedridden.
Till now, I haven't had the heart
to tell her about what happened to Young Master.
Master.
Officers, please help me do justice!
Does the Young Master
have any enemies?
Nanzhi doesn't like managing the business,
he only associates with scholars.
As for enemies...
it would be at most some dispute regarding poems and literature.
I saw a copy of "Record of the Fierce and Strange" on Chen Nanzhi's table.
Did you see him read this book before?
I always thought that tales of the strange
are quite plebeian.
Moreover, one shouldn't stir up matter about gods and demons.
That's why
I always forbid Nanzhi to read these things.
Do you believe the rumors about people being possessed by ghosts?
Nanzhi wouldn't have been...
wouldn't have been...
That's all.
Nanzhi... That's all.
Nanzhi...
Please go back and rest.
We'll look around.
All right.
Sun Zhong.
Take good care of the officers.
Yes, Master.
Who is that person who looks like a scholar?
That is the Young Mistress' teacher.
His surname is Liu.
Mr. Liu, please come here.
I'm Liu Yanhuai. Greetings, officers.
You are quite young for a teacher.
You must be very talented.
You flatter me, officer.
I have passed an imperial examination.
But I'm poor and couldn't take further examinations.
So I stayed in Chang'an and became a teacher.
Mr. Liu associated with Young Master.
Young Master recommended Mr. Liu
to stay with the Chen family.
Oh?
"Record of the Fierce and Strange"! The bestseller of Chang'an!
Have a look! "Record of the Fierce and Strange"!
The bestseller of Chang'an!
Sir, is this book a hit?
Of course!
After Chen Junior died,
I have sold more than 100 copies of this.
Who is this Lanyu Xiaoxiaosheng?
This Lanyu Xiaoxiaosheng is a god!
His writing is concise and has an edge to it, his stories are full of shocking twists.
And most importantly,
no one knows who he is!
Look at how long I've been talking to you, why don't you get a copy?
Look at the other things I've got then.
Where was this copy printed?
The title page says at the Tianya publishing house.
Let's go have some fun at that publishing house.
Excuse us.
Dalisi is here on duty.
Call your owner.
A moment please, sir.
Sirs, what can I do for you?
Are you the owner of this publishing house?
No, no.
I'm just a manager.
Where is the owner?
The owner passed away eight years ago.
He left the publishing house to his son.
But his son loves to enjoy his life,
half a year ago, he went out to travel
and hasn't come back since.
Right now, I'm managing the publishing house.
Have you heard about
the death of Chen Jr. of the pharmacist family?
I have.
Do you know then that Mr. Chen died in the same way as is depicted
in one of the tales in "Record of the Fierce and Strange"
which is printed in your publishing house?
I understand why you came here, sirs.
However,
the publishing house is only responsible for selecting and selling books.
Lanyu Xiaoxiaosheng and our publishing house
only correspond by means of letters.
We have never met each other in person.
If you'd like to continue your investigation,
you can go inquire about him at Fenghualou.
Those scholars who write such tales and plays
all love to discuss with each other at Fenghualou.
My hands are full here.
I have to go.
Sanpao.
Where is Samo?
I don't know.
He's there.
Samo, did you come here to investigate or to get special treatment?
Yeah, you should at least let me have a bite.
Go buy one yourself.
It's enough if you guys go lead discussions with some gifted scholars.
After I'm done with these noodles,
I'll go see how far Shuangye is with her autopsy.
Then we will go back to the inn to eat.
Eat? Aren't you eating right now?
Can't I have two meals?
You'll die from eating so much.
Sir, one more serving of beef noodles.
Not even the emperor can afford your appetite.
Thanks.
Did you find something?
I have examined it.
The fatal wound is the knife wound on his belly.
But...
But what?
If he killed himself,
because of the pain, the wound should be deep where the knife went in
and shallow where it went out.
But if
it was a homicide,
play along, will you?
he will struggle violently,
the depths of his wound would be uneven.
But the wound on this corpse
is much too smooth.
Could he have been
knocked out before he died?
I'm checking that right now.
Just a moment.
Night curfew drums
Close doors and windows to guard against fire and theft!
Darling, it's me.
Help! Something terrible happened!
Someone come here quickly!
Something terrible happened!
Out of the way.
Chancellor Li, you're finally here!
Please look, look!
I came here to help Young Mistress take her medicine ths morning,
but she... I think she...
I think she wasn't breathing anymore!
Why does it smell so good?
Does Miss Chen always use such an intense incence?
Our Young Mistress is in poor health.
She doesn't like to burn incense.
The body doesn't show any signs of injury.
Did she get poisoned?
Who could have done such a cruel thing to Young Mistress?
Wanzai.
You mustn't go in!
Let me in! Don't stop me!
Get out!
Wanzai!
Get out!
- Get out! - Let me in!
Wanzai!
If you don't stop making a scene, I'll take you back to Dalisi!
A lady found herself unable to sleep that night and steps into the garden.
There she meets a man who was handsome and smelled of a rare perfume.
Love grew, a perfect match.
Every night at four o'clock, they meet in her room.
As time went by, the lady became weaker each day,
until she dies bedridden.
The fox spirit has imbibed her soul.
The fox spirit imbibed her soul?
Have you heard about the fox spirit imbibing one's soul?
Enough, enough, enough!
You are disturbing the officers in their work!
Enough, off you go!
Leave, leave!
Leave, everyone!
Geesh.
Sirs, I'm really sorry.
Sir, this is Mr. Liu's room.
Why is it so messy?
It's not like a room of a scholar.
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Please follow us to Dalisi.
We found the manuscript of the "Record of the Fierce and Strange" in your room.
Whatever the case, you have something to do with the murders.
You suspect me of being the killer?
Mr. Liu, should we call you
Lanyu Xiaoxiaosheng?
What luck that we caught this Lan Xiaoxiao,
I mean, Lanyu Xiaoxiaosheng.
Or else, he would still be hiding in that residence,
it would be dangerous!
They're pharmacists all right.
My clothes smell bitter.
The "Record of the Fierce and Strange" include dozens of chapters.
If as many people died as there are chapters,
Chang'an City would become a bloodbath.
We need to interrogate that Liu Yanhuai after we brought him back to Dalisi.
What for? It must have been him!
Where's Samo?
Let's go.
This way.
Three times per day, take the medicine on time.
Yes, thank you, sir.
Okay. have a safe trip home.
Sir! Sir!
Please tell me something.
Did someone looking like a scholar
come here yesterday to buy medicine from you?
There was indeed someone like that.
What did he buy?
The privat matter of the patients, I can't just...
I got you.
Can you tell me now?
I'll be honest with you.
That scholar bought...
Liu Yanhuai.
You started a liaison with Miss Chen, but were caught by Chen Nanzhi.
Seeing that you are a poor scholar, he of course tried to stop you.
That's why you thought of killing him.
In order to deceive the public, you used the methods in your novel to kill him,
creating an illusion that he died by supernatural powers.
But you didn't expect
that Miss Chen would find out about your secret.
Hence, you had no choice but to kill her, too.
The "Record of the Fierce and Strange" was copied from your playbook.
Who could know about the modi operandi depicted there better than you?
Sir, I'm really innocent.
Did you know
that Miss Chen has been pregnant for two months?
A sharp silver needle was inserted into her head.
This is the cause of her death, you've committed a cruel crime!
Liu Yanhuai, do you admit your guilt?
Liu Yanhuai! Do you admit your guilt?
Guards!
I'm here!
I'm here, I'm here.
We're about to close the case!
Why are you so late?
This Liu Yanhuai
isn't the killer.
What?
Sir, I really didn't kill anyone!
Your deduction is quite logical.
But there was one mistake in there
so the whole deduction has to be rejected.
These are the medicines
Liu Yanhuai bought from an apothecary.
Angelica, white paeony root, argy wormwood leaf, bark of magnolia.
This receipt prevents miscarriage.
A receipt to prevent miscarriage?
Wanzai and I
love each other wholeheartedly.
I saw you come out of the Zhang family's apothecary.
I found it quite strange.
The Chen family is the biggest pharmaceutical business.
Why would you walk such a far way to buy medicine at the Zhang apothecary?
Wanzai wanted me to buy medicine to induce abortion.
But it is our child.
I didn't have the heart.
What's the business with the "Record of the Fierce and Strange"?
My real name is Liu Yanhuai.
I came to Chang'an a year ago and adopted my pseudonym, Liu Yedao.
You're saying you are Liu Yedao?
Do you know Lanyu Xiaoxiaosheng then?
Chen Nanzhi
is the former Lanyu Xiaoxiaosheng.
He used my playbook
and changed it into a novel, he became famous overnight.
I stopped writing since then.
He couldn't publish anything else since.
That's why
he found me before I went back to my hometown,
he gave me money
to make me stay at his house
and become his ghostwriter.
How did you give the works you wrote under the pseudonym
Lanyu Xiaoxiaosheng
to the publishing house?
After I'm finished with one, I first let Young Master Chen look over it.
If there's no problem, Mr. Sun delivers it to the publishing house.
I've never heard of someone willing to write on behalf of the person who stole his work.
This is a painful topic for me.
My mother is sick, I needed money urgently.
I used to harbor resentment against him.
But Wanzai and I fell in love with each other.
So I let bygones be bygones.
This is just your side of the story.
Even if you wouldn't kill Wanzai,
you still have a motive for killing Chen Nanzhi.
Moreover, you don't have an alibi.
That night
I was in Wanzai's room.
I was there last night, too.
I stayed there until 4 a.m..
I can swear by Wanzai's name
that I didn't kill Chen Nanzhi!
Even if that's the case,
you still remain a suspect.
Guards, take Liu Yanhuai into custody!
Sir! I'm innocent!
I can swear by god
I didn't kill anyone!
Sir!
I feel like this Liu Yanhuai doesn't seem like the murderer.
Are you questioning my boss' case-handling skills?
If Liu Yanhuai and Miss Chen
are in love with each other,
everything he said would make sense, too.
Plus, Mr. Liu has kind and gentle facial features,
he doesn't seem like a....
Facial features?
Did you change your occupation to face reading after being tired of dead people?
Don't give me that contemptuous look.
Okay, then tell me,
who seems like the killer the most apart from Liu Yanhuai?
Er...
Er.
All right, enough.
Look at all your frowns.
If you hand over Liu Yanhuai, everything will be over and done with.
The first murder was a crime out of revenge,
the second a crime of passion.
No one would care about that medicine
for or against miscarriage.
No one would delve into that matter.
Motive?
What is the motive?
Who would want them both to die?
If Liu Yanhuai isn't the killer,
then we were led by the nose
by the real killer
this whole time.
We thought that the person who wrote that book would be involved in this case either way.
This book is still a key matter.
If we assume that Liu Yanhuai is innocent,
then the killer had the chance to use the book to frame him.
It means that the killer knows he was writing that novel.
Plus,
Liu Yanhuai said he stayed in Chen Wanzai's room till 4 o'clock this morning.
So the killer
knew when he went back.
That's why I think
that the killer is in Mr. Chen's home.
There's another possibility.
It has to do with the book.
It could be someone of the Tianya publishing house.
Siniang,
do you know the owner of Tianya publishing house?
Can you help us inquire about it?
You can count on me.
Good to see you, it's all thanks to you.
Our Young Master and Young Mistress can finally die in peace.
How is your Master feeling lately?
Master is resting in his room.
Please wait in the hall for a moment.
There's a thief!
Sir!
Sir, wait here, I'll go see what the situation is.
Go quickly.
Stop!
Servants! Catch the thief!
Chang'an is the best city.
The tea here smells better than anywhere else.
Good to see you, Zisu.
Zisu.
I left Chang'an a few days back to help my father with his business.
I heard you are investigating
a "tales of the strange"-murder case.
I came here right after coming back.
You came at just the right time.
We are at a dead end again.
I saw Chen Youchang today.
* also known as "Mushroom of Immortality" He had such a huge lingzhi mushroom* in his home.
He was kneeling on a futon
facing the lingzhi mushroom
and muttering something.
It‘s like he was worshipping the dead or something.
That Chen Youchang lost his son and daughter one after another,
there's nothing strange about him worshipping the dead at home.
Think about how pitiful he is.
Doesn't he have a hall at home?
Why doesn't he do it there?
Plus, which father would worship his own children on his knees?
More than that, he worshipped them in secret.
It must be someone else he worshipped.
But the lingzhi mushroom you just gestured to us is far too big, isn't it?
Right? That's what I'm saying,
if the mushroom is really so big, he'd be immortal by now!
You must have made a mistake!
It really was that big!
Zisu, you tell us.
Have you seen such a big lingzhi mushroom?
I've heard father mention that there is indeed such a big lingzhi mushroom in our city.
Really?
But it should have fallen into the river and was lost.
What happened?
About 20 years ago
in the county of Lu,
two herbalist families called Zhou and Chen found a huge lingzhi mushroom
as big as a bronze basin deep in the mountains.
They notified the magistrate and reported it to the imperial court.
The imperial court told them to bring the lingzhi mushroom to Chang'an.
But they encountered river robbers midway,
the whole family of Mr. Zhou died
but the Chen family escaped narrowly.
Another Chen family?
Was this case later solved?
There was no record on it.
What happened to the Chen family afterwards?
I don't know.
I guess they went back and continued being herbalists.
Then how did this lingzhi mushroom
get into the hands of Chen Youchang?
What are you saying?
it's completely normal that there are a few
big lingzhi mushrooms in such a huge city as Chang'an.
Even though big lingzhis are a rare medicinal ingredient,
but Chen Youchang owns a big pharmaceutical business!
Is a big pharmaceutical business owning a big lingzhi so very strange?
A big pharmaceutical business owning a big lingzhi isn't strange,
but worshipping a big lingzhi mushroom?
There's be something fishy about it.
There is indeed something fishy about this Mr. Chen.
What are you talking about?
About a big lingzhi mushroom.
What big lingzhi mushroom?
None of your business.
Siniang, where does Chen Youchang come from?
From the county of Lu.
What was his former occupation?
I don't know.
You can't
treat him like this!
In that case,
there should be another side of the river-bandits-story.
I think that there is something very fishy
about this pharmacist, Mr. Chen.
Hurry!
This way, please.
What are you doing? You two stand guard at the gate.
Where is your Master?
Please follow me.
Sir.
You have to protect our Master.
Don't worry, I'm here.
After you.
Close doors and windows to guard against fire and theft!
Heavenly gods, please bless and protect their child Zhiyuan,
let him be reincarnated and pass to the Pure Land forever.
Heavenly gods, please bless and protect their child Zhiyuan,
let him be reincarnated and pass to the Pure Land forever.
Heavenly gods, bless and protect me.
Master, are you all right?
I'm fine, I'm fine.
Call me if anything's the matter.
Okay.
Sirs, thank you for the trouble.
I found something.
The old owner of the Tianya publishing house
has once adopted a boy with the surname Zhou.
Zhou?
Zhou family.
Could it be a descendant of the murdered Zhou family?
We can't know for sure
by only a surname.
Do you know his name?
He's called Zhou Zhiyuan.
Who is it?
Sirs,
the weather is cold tonight.
I've cooked up some hot soup.
You will warm up after drinking it.
Here, drink it while it's hot.
Drink it while it's hot.
After the old owner died,
Mr. Zhou inherited the publishing house.
But this person is nowhere to be found in this publishing house.
A Mr. Chang manages the business and corresponds with him.
Master, it's me.
I brought you chicken soup.
Come in.
Yes, sir.
Hold on, when did Sun Zhong start working at Mr. Chen's house?
Half a year ago.
Damn it!
Master?
How are you feeling?
I... I feel a bit dizzy.
Sun Zhong.
Sun Zhong!
What are you doing? Help! Help!
Don't waste your breath.
I got rid of
everyone outside!
Sun Zhong, I know by my conscious,
I treated you well.
Why are you doing this to me?
Chen Youchang!
Today
I will dig out that black heart of yours!
It was you!
Why did you kill my children?
Then tell me, why did you
murder my whole family twenty years ago?
I'm telling you to die!
Let me go! Let go of me!
I will kill him today,
or my name is not Zhou!
Zhiyuan? Why didn't you...
Why didn't I die?
Chen Youchang!
For the lingzhi mushroom
you plotted the murder of my whole family!
By luck, my parents threw me into the river,
that's how I survived!
After that I was found by my adoptive father, he raised me.
Half a year ago,
your stupid son touched your treasure!
He came to my publishing house and wanted to use it to bribe me
so I will promote his bullshit novel!
When Mr. Chang showed me the lingzhi mushroom, I recognized it immediately.
It was the thing that caused the death of my whole family!
I knew then that my chance to take revenge has come.
I want you to have a taste of how losing your whole family feels like!
After that I will kill you personally!
You admit your guilt?
That Chen, that sick guy,
he is the biggest sinner!
Enough!
You are both guilty of murder.
Guards! Arrest Chen Youchang!
Yes, sir.
I take responsibility for my actions!
But I don't understand
why you had to appear here now?
Why did you have to appear here now?
You must be wondering where you made a mistake.
Actually, every step you took was a mistake.
On the night of the first murder, you got to the crime scene first.
Under those circumstances,
if you'd want to check the victim's belly wound,
you couldn't have stayed clear of the blood.
But your clothes were as good as new.
This means that
you had the intention to stay clear of being suspected from the beginning.
According to common sense, after being stabbed,
the traces of blood should start at the victim's belly,
creating a spurting pattern.
But that was not the case.
The blood traces were even.
It proves that the victim has been moved there after his death.
The traces were left by the blood running out of his belly at slow speed.
Moreover, blood was splashed onto the manuscripts.
But the table was otherwise perfectly clean.
This place wasn't the original crime scene.
The murderer wanted to lead the clues
to the "Record of the Fierce and Strange".
When I mentioned that ghosts could be the killer, Chen Youchang seemed terrified,
while you seemed almost content.
It's because we fell for your trick.
When Liu Yanhuai appeared,
you immediately told me he has been associating himself with Chen Nanzhi.
You quickly led the clues towards an innocent person who you hold no grudges against.
At the crime scene of Chen Wanzai's murder,
the body showed no signs of injury.
It could have been homicide or sickness.
Before the coroner determined the cause, it was you who jumped out
and asked who her cruel killer was.
This proves that you knew the cause of Chen Wanzai's death all along.
I told them to arrest Liu Yanhuai
so you can drop your guard and continue your plotting.
Sending soldiers into Mr. Chen's residence
was to force you to take action sooner.
I didn't expose you
because I wanted to know your crime motive.
As the adoptive son of the old owner,
you inherited Tianya publishing house.
By chance, you came in contact with Chen Nanzhi's manuscript.
That's how you found clues of that year's
murder case by an odd coincidence.
After that, you changed your name and started working in Mr. Chen's home.
Manager Chang of the Tianya publishing house said
the current owner hasn't come back from his travels half a year ago.
You came here exactly half a year ago.
Isn't that just too much of a coincidence?
Liu Yanhuai said that every time he finished a manuscript,
you would bring it to the publishing house personally.
Mr. Chang said that he corresponded with Lanyu Xiaoxiaosheng only via letters,
they never met in person.
A manager of a publishing house
covering for a servant of an apothecary
is far too strange.
In order to take you revenge,
you even dragged the innocent Liu Yanhuai into this.
Such a poisonous heart shall be punished by death!
Take him away.
Yes, sir!
Go!
Never thought I'd be convicted by a mere handyman of an inn.
God has not been generous!
Have you heard what happened with the Tianya publishing house?
I know.
The owner of the Tianya publishing house and the pharmacist Chen Youchang were executed.
That's the heavenly cycle, that's kharma.
So many people died because of a lingzhi mushroom.
It's not a plant of immortality,
it's a plant of a demon!
We can't bring the dead back to life.
I'm sure Miss Chen
doesn't want to see you get yourself drunk.
I have not yet recovered
from the events of these past few days.
I arranged a position for you in the imperial academy responsible for managing the library.
The pay would perhaps be a little less than what you got from Chen Nanzhi.
But you can study the books collected there.
I believe that it will help you with your writing.
Thank you for your trouble, Mr. Li.
Interesting.
I didn't expect
that this guy has a heart of gold.
Have you taken a fancy to him?
With some people, you can only watch them from afar,
you'll burn yourself if you get too close.
I won't die from getting burnt a little.
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