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The Sleuth of the Ming Dynast
Episode 27
All of you, go out.
Yes, sir.
Sui Zhou,
it's not that I don't want to help you.
But the royal ice cellar has a very strict inventory management.
Even if one ice cube is missing,
I'll have to explain to the Ministry of Works and the Court of Imperial Entertainments.
What I gave you last time
were some icicles in the cellar and some broken ice chips.
This time if I give you ice cubes in bulk,
I might lose my job
and even my life.
I saved your life.
If I help you this time,
we'll call it even.
Now I owe you a favor.
Fine. Take it.
Thank you.
Sir,
I want to exchange them into bank notes.
That'll be four thousand coins.
Four thousand?
According to market price
it should be at least five thousand.
But this is not five taels of silver,
but five taels of official silver.
-You! -Sir.
Four thousand, I'll take it.
Fine.
Hurry up.
Didn't you say four thousand?
Why is there one note missing?
Hey!
Let's go.
Fine.
Rogue.
Let's go!
Bro,
he is bullying us!
Why would you exchange with him?
Do you know why we went to the bank?
Exchange silver into bank notes, of course.
We came here to study the bank in advance.
Bro!
So this is the big job
you said?
But it takes
at least seven or eight people to rob the bank.
Now there are only the two of us.
Bro,
it was sunny a minute ago.
Why does it rain suddenly?
Look.
Sui Zhou.
Isn't this Mr. Sui?
It's ice.
Baihu Sui.
Why? Are you an ice delivery boy now?
My family needs it urgently.
Please let me come through.
Since now Mr. Sui lost his title,
he could only bring out his family to impress us.
Are you guys scared?
I'm. I am scared to death!
Sui Zhou.
Where did you get the ice?
Some stolen goods in black market?
This is from the royal ice cellar.
Not stolen goods from the black market.
Sui Zhou.
You really are not afraid of death penalty?
Royal ice cellar.
I am afraid
you'll really have to go to the court with us.
But if you can wait till the ice is completely melted,
we might let you go.
Are you trying to resist arrest?
Go after him!
Hurry up!
Leave!
Sui, what's going on?
I just had a conflict with the Imperial Guards.
They will come to apprehend me soon.
Where are you going?
I will go with you.
I'm going to find my imposters.
Only by catching them can I prove my innocence.
But
didn't they save you?
The law is the law.
But I do owe them.
I will catch them
but I will also help them.
It's been three years.
It's so difficult to see you.
Do your poisoned arrows
have antidote?
You are interested in this?
One poisoned arrow injured another person by mistake.
You mean Dora.
That was not by mistake.
I ordered them to aim at her.
How can I persuade you
to give me the antidote?
You have something I want.
I also have something you want.
I am a businessman after all.
Let's make a deal.
This is no small matter.
It concerns two countries.
I can't jump to any decision rashly.
I am not in a hurry.
I know all of you are trying to save her.
Didn't the royal court
give her Huanxu Tonic?
She can survive for another three to five days.
You take your time to think about it.
Stop!
Watch carefully. This is you.
You will guard at this spot.
No one can enter.
Tell me if anything happens.
You two
will be here.
We will be inside.
When you hear Ponytail whistle,
rush in immediately
and block the gate.
You must move fast.
At this position
are full of the bank's guards.
So we must do this quick.
I will meet you guys here.
After the guards are under control,
Li You and I will find the owner
and get the key.
Then Li You will find the vault.
Ok, got it!
Then I will
get the money and leave.
Evacuate immediately after you get the money.
You guys waiting outside will wait for us to come out.
Then we will split and escape.
Four hours later,
we will meet here.
Get in there!
Sir.
I saw this guy kept staring at
the temple's plaque and behaved shady.
So I seized him here
for you to decide what to do.
Ponytail.
You caught him?
Yes.
Sir!
How did you catch him?
I am
telling you what,
it took me a lot of efforts
to catch him.
At that time
I saw him kept staring at
the plaque sneakily.
So I threw a dart at him
and then I sprinted towards him.
When he dodged to the left,
I attacked from the left
to give him a kick!
I'm gonna say
he dodged really fast.
Then I thought,
I can't let him keep dodging.
Right?
So I instantly pulled out five darts
and threw at him all in once
aiming at his different parts.
Then I charged towards him, too.
He was not as fast as me this time.
I punched him in the back,
put my knife on his neck
and then just brought him in.
Then I took a rope…
Yes, this one…
Hey…Hey!
If you didn't catch me,
how could I find this place?
Sir,
Help!
Hi, bro.
Calm down.
Why are you here?
I want a peaceful life.
I don't want to be bullied again.
Then you have come to the right place.
How long have you been staying awake?
At least you can eat some food.
Leave it here.
Uncle Pei, you're throw things around.
Give it to mom.
Uncle Pei,
what does this character mean?
Uncle Pei?
Pei.
Which character?
Jinx!
This character means death!
Cheng,
Cheng, come here.
Go out and play, OK?
Come here and grab a bite.
I didn't
receive proper education,
but I heard Fan read a line from a classic that
"Those who have the same disease as a dead man
shall die."
I don't understand this classical style of writing.
But does it mean
when someone is sick
and his doctor is as anxious
and painful as the patient
that he doesn't eat or sleep,
then both the patient and the doctor himself
will be dead?
Did I guess it right?
No. That's not what it means.
Just eat.
Take your time.
Slow down.
The ignition mechanism
is made of mercury and thenardite.
A slight shake
will ignite the sulfur explosives around it.
The scene
must be like a sea of fire
with sound like thunder.
How powerful is this thing?
No tile will be left intact within a hundred steps' radius.
I didn't expect Li Zilong would have such a powerful weapon.
The excellent design
and fine craftsmanship
don't look like something made by folk.
What do you mean?
Don't tell me
it came from the royal court.
What is this?
Take a close look.
It can't ring any bell.
Mr. Ma.
Do you remember
that tragedy which shocked the whole capital?
You mean the big explosion three years ago?
That day the world turned dark.
With dazzling fire and flash
and sound of thunder,
the force of the explosion made the earth tremble.
Thousands of people were either exploded into pieces
or fell on the ground and became pulp.
It was so terrible.
I still feel terrified today.
And you should.
That explosion was an accident
caused by a certain weapon
your Bureau of Provisions of the Ministry of War developed.
Do you know
what kind of weapon caused it?
After that incident
His Majesty ordered to destroy all the weapons involved.
The design drawings and raw materials for making the weapons
were also all burned up.
There is nothing left to check for us.
You remember the scene of the inferno clearly.
But you don't know
what caused it?
Commander Wang.
All the former members of our bureau
died in the explosion.
I came here after the incident.
So I wouldn't know.
This way, please.
Commander Wang.
Mr. Wang has always been like this.
Who was that just now?
His name is Wang Xian, an engineer
in Bureau of Provisions.
He's also the husband of Her Highness Princess Gu'an.
Speaking of which,
almost everyone in the Bureau of Provisions
died in that big explosion three years ago.
But Wang Xian was the only one that survived.
He got off work early that day
and avoided the catastrophe.
Then does he know anything?
He has an aloof and odd temper.
I came here for three years
but he only talked to me once,
"Close the door."
Maybe because he's a proud member of royal family.
Sir, please.
Your Majesty.
This Li Zilong has a wild ambition.
He's trying to seize state power.
He must be eradicated.
Did you meet him?
Yes.
Since you met you,
why didn't you arrest him on the spot?
You have to stay alive.
I still have a lot of things for you to do.
Yes. Your Majesty.
You can go.
If I didn't ask you,
when are you going to tell me
the thing that Li Zilong used to retreat?
Your Majesty,
this thing involves many people.
It's highly possible that it relates to the explosion three years ago.
For those who don't listen to me,
no matter who that is,
none of them shall live.
Commander Wang.
It's getting dark.
His Majesty asked me to see you out of the palace.
Although His Majesty lives in the palace,
he is well-informed.
There is no way to hide him from
what happened outside the palace.
Naturally,
as His Majesty's eyes and ears,
you can't be blind or deaf.
I understand this better than you.
Sir, you are dealing with many and complicated affairs recently.
Take good care of your health.
By the way,
has Mr. Tang from the Ministry of Punishments
improved for the better?
Even the imperial doctors are at the end of their wits.
We can only pray to God now.
Take care on your way home.
Dr. Pei.
They say as long as the doctor really concerns himself with the patient,
his treatment will work.
Bullshit!
Total bullshit!
I have tried all methods.
I don't know what else I can do for him.
Why didn't I…
Why didn't I learn more medical methods?
Why didn't I read more medical books while I could?
Why…
my best friend is sick beside me,
but I can't save him?
People call me a genius doctor.
I am not a genius doctor.
Bullshit genius.
I'm crap.
I can't save Tang Fan.
Don't say that!
I won't allow you to say so!
Dong.
I haven't got the time to teach you in a long time.
Today let's study a poem called "Ballad of Cloud".
White clouds float high in the sky;
hills stretch miles to the horizon.
Paths in the mountains are long,
meandering between mountains high and valleys low.
My love, if you're still alive somewhere,
will there be the day we shall meet again?
Dong,
sooner or later
everyone will leave this world.
You will grow up one day.
And then you will encounter love, hatred and separation,
all the vicissitudes of life.
Maybe you have to leave someone,
or they simply die.
Anyway, you should always cherish the moment.
Cherish the people you love while you can.
Cherish every day of life.
So that when the day of departure finally arrives,
you will have no regret.
Bro!
It's me! Just me.
Bro!
It's me!
Here.
Had a nightmare?
Someone said
this is your dead fellow soldiers trying to tell you something.
You have the same nightmare?
Those of us who had been in battles
will never forget
the scene you saw your comrade-in-arms die in the battlefield.
What do you think?
This place is nice, right?
It is.
Now the country is prosperous
and the people are at peace.
There are fewer people fishing for food.
There are more and more people fishing for pleasure.
The fish in the water
also gets smaller and smaller.
To tell you the truth,
I have searched the whole capital
and only in this position
you can catch big fish.
Mr. Li,
you're such a fishing expert.
I only know
fishing
is about getting familiar with the location.
If you stay in one place for long enough
to know everything about it,
naturally you will be able to catch big fish.
Mr. Ding, you're very insightful.
Mr. Li, you are very patient.
Mr. Li, you have been
waiting for this fish for the better part of your life, right?
But waiting alone won't make any difference.
I thought about it
and I think my bait
still lacks some seasoning.
I wonder if you
can help me with the seasoning.
This is what you want.
What about what I need?
Your fish just took the bait.
Cheng!
Don't run around, Cheng.
Uncle, this is for you.
What is this?
A man gave me when I was outside the door.
He told me to give it to you.
He also said
this is a life-saving medicine.
To judge the ingredients of this pill,
there are three methods.
First,
watch.
It looks like mirror and glass with a glossy surface.
It contains daemonorops draco.
Second,
its smell.
It has a fishy smell and makes you sneeze.
‎The dried venom of toads.
The third method,
weigh it.
The daemonorops draco and the dried venom of toads
do have an
effect of detoxification.
So it's the antidote?
But the density of the pill is lighter
so it's easy to rise.
Then there should be common ingredients such as honeysuckle and Vitex trifolia
for clearing away heat and detoxification.
So it's not an antidote?
Not necessarily so.
The different toxins you and Dora got,
depend and interact with each other.
The several ingredients in this pill
has the character of trading off each other.
The pill and the poison
have something in common.
Just tell me
whether we can take this medicine or not.
The ingredients of this pill are complex and unclear to us yet.
You can't eat it.
Don't bother.
I will just eat one.
If it is an antidote,
give another one to Dora.
if not,
I was going to die anyway.
Wait!
This is the only one we have.
Doctor Pei,
how long are you
going to observe the pill?
Even if this is really an antidote,
there is only one pill.
But Tang and Dora
are both poisoned.
It's possible this is the antidote.
But I still want to take my chance.
Of what?
To see if I can
turn one pill into two.
How are you doing to do that?
Guess the ingredients by the finished medicine.
But you said take your chance.
Then the result may be you get two pills,
or
you destroy the only pill?
Ordinary means
cannot determine the ingredients of this pill.
If I want to reverse the producing process,
I must grind it into powders.
Put them in flames, and soak in water.
Observe the color and taste it
and determine its ingredients.
But if the experiment fails
you won't be able to save either of them.
Give it to me.
Give it to me!
What then if you save him?
If you only save him,
he will hate you forever.