[🔎👁‍🗨The Sleuth of the Ming Dynasty👁‍🗨🔍] [Episode 36]
[Xizhi Gate]
Someone!
Protect His Majesty!
What happened?
Your Majesty.
The sound came from the west of the city.
We haven't determined what that was now.
Nothing happened in the palace.
Your Majesty and Your Highness, please rest assured.
Where is Ding Man?
Your Majesty.
He went out of the palace yesterday and hasn't returned yet.
Ask Wang Zhi to enter the palace immediately.
Did you see that?
It's even more dazzling than daylight!
Although the machine crossbow is strong,
it's still something mortal after all.
But the power of Bolang seems to not
belong to this world.
This is an opportunity given to me by God.
I am bound to get what I want.
Let's go!
Go!
Let go of me.
Tang Fan.
Let go of me. I need to save them!
Tang Fan, calm down.
Let go of me. I need to save them!
Tang Fan, don't go over there!
Tang Fan, calm down!
Everything is blown up!
How did this happen… Why are you stopping me?
Now that Aras is dead and can't give his testimony,
how am I supposed to find out what their scheme is?
Tang Fan, calm down!
I can't solve the case! What kind of magistrate am I?
And I killed my friend!
Tang Fan, calm down!
What kind of Imperial Guards are you guys?
You had so many people here, but you couldn't even protect a friend!
Both of us are responsible for Dora's death.
From now on, I have nothing to do with you.
I don't want to see you again!
Commander!
Ding Rong, come here.
You'll be okay.
Where is Wang Xian?
We sent him back home.
Wang Zhi is here to see Your Majesty.
What happened?
Your Majesty, while I was investigating the machine crossbow,
I found Ding Man
was an Oirat spy who penetrated into the palace three years ago.
An Oirat spy
had been by my side for three years?
I should be punished for that.
He slipped my attention.
All eunuchs in the Harem's Department
have been detained for interrogation in the Western Depot.
We'll replace all of them if necessary.
Where's Ding Man?
He's dead.
He died?
I led a team to hunt him down.
But we did not expect Ding Man had a Bolang.
He detonated it and caused the explosion just now.
What?
Bolang?
How was that possible?
Your Majesty.
It was indeed Bolang.
I saw the explosion with my own eyes.
The explosion three years ago almost destroyed half of the capital.
This thing was too powerful that
I had ordered to destroy all the materials
and stop all related researches.
How did this thing appear again?
What about the casualties?
Fortunately, it was detonated in a remote place.
Not too many civilians were hurt.
Ding Man… It seems that the Oirats
are targeting us again.
What else did you find out?
Her Highness Gu'an's husband Wang Xian is involved in this matter.
Let's follow this lead.
Maybe we can uncover
the mystery of the big explosion three years ago.
Yes.
Turn everything else down.
Investigate this matter with all your strength.
Bolang is very important.
Any mistake can lead to a disaster.
Yes, Your Majesty.
Tang, drink a bowl of soup.
Tang.
Tang, where are you going?
Your Highness.
We are going to take Mr. Wang back to the Western Depot.
I still have some questions for him.
How dare you?
He's a royal family member!
You guys are just our slaves.
I didn't mean to offend Your Highness.
But this is His Majesty's order.
Fine.
I will go to the palace to talk to His Majesty with you.
Sui, you are back!
Sui, Tang went out and hasn't come back.
Sui, what should we do?
Will he be okay?
Sui.
Your Majesty.
You know Wang Xian's illness.
How could such a person be involved in a case?
Please, Your Majesty, let me take him home.
Did you forget the etiquette when you see the emperor?
Gu'an is here to see Your Majesty.
Long live Your Majesty.
You may get up.
This case involves Bolang and the explosion three years ago.
It's a matter of national security.
Whether Wang Xian is involved or not,
as a royal family member, you should focus on the bigger picture.
So You and your husband will cooperate with the Western Depot
to investigate things clearly.
I
Shall do so, Your Majesty.
Isn't it just half done?
Come back and finish it!
Come back and finish it…
Tang Fan.
Wake up, Tang Fan!
You can't save anyone.
Because you are a bane.
No matter where you go, you will only bring disaster to others.
Sir, what happened to you?
You look so pale.
I am alright.
Did you get today's task list?
Yesterday…
Go back and take a day off.
I can work out today's cases by myself.
Sir, something will happen if you work under such a condition.
I am okay.
Something will happen only if I don't work.
I do hear that he is…different.
But I didn't expect him to be like this.
Maybe we should try
torturing him?
I don't think he fakes it.
We can't afford it if he is broken by the torture.
We won't really do it.
Let's scare him to sound him out.
Commander, Her Highness Gu'an wants to see you.
Your Highness!
Please, you can't come in.
Please!
Your Highness.
What brings you to our Western Depot?
I prepared some clothes and food for my husband.
Please give them to him.
Ding Rong.
Yes, sir.
Send Her Highness's things on to Mr. Wang Xian.
Yes.
His Majesty has an order.
Before the investigation is over,
no one is allowed to disturb Mr. Wang.
Not even me?
His Majesty made it clear that no one is allowed.
Then please take care of him for me.
You Highness, don't worry about that.
Who let her in?
Her Highness is a royal family member.
They dared not stop her.
Step aside!
This is the Imperial Guards working on a case!
Move!
Over here! Hurry up!
What are you doing?
Go away!
Stop!
Step aside!
Mom. I have finished my homework.
I finished writing today's fifty characters.
Good boy. Leave it there.
Where are you going?
Now what you need is more than practicing writing.
Yu can't even count.
Rewrite fifty times.
If you don't write them right or less than fifty times,
you won't have dinner today,
and your homework will double to a hundred.
What happened?
Dora was such a good girl.
How could she suddenly…
Don't be too sad.
I'm worried about Fan and Mr. Sui.
What happens if they keep feeling guilty?
Sometimes
there is nothing you can do with your wounded heart.
You can only rely on time to heal it.
Now there's nothing we can do for them.
Maybe we can make them something delicious.
Sui.
Sui, are you home?
Sui.
What happened to you?
You freaked me out.
So you're home.
I thought it was a thief again.
Why didn't you light the light?
Sui, where did all our food ingredients go?
I threw them away.
You threw them away?
Why?
We don't need to cook that way anymore.
We just eat to stay alive.
What are we going to eat then?
Sui?
Are you okay?
I'm not hungry.
Eat it without me.
I'm going to bed.
Found it.
Go on.
Wang Xian was born with dementia.
People suffering from this disease have never spoken since childhood.
They are intellectually challenged and lack of energy
and in poor health condition.
They have scant teeth and scant hair.
They don't feel like talking or eating all day long.
They may laugh or cry very often
and they don't have the common sense of good and evil.
This is not fake
that Wang Xian has a dementia.
Dementia?
Then how did Wang Xian, who suffers from dementia,
become an assistant minister in the Ministry of War
and made powerful weapons such as machine crossbow and Bolang?
I have investigated this matter.
Although most people with dementia are fools,
some people are genius at special skills such as the abacus,
mechanism, musical instruments, or painting.
I guess Wang Xian gained his position with
Princess Gu'an's power
plus he is really good at armament.
Bring Wang Xian's assistant Zhang Gongzhu here.
Yes.
Who is it?
Be careful.
Dong?
Doctor Pei!
Sui is crazy!
Doctor Pei.
I knew it. This is edible.
This thing is called Radish Brick.
Radish Brick?
This is such a strange name.
It might look like a brick,
but it's actually made of radish.
You may not know this.
This thing is very most common in the army.
It can be used to build walls
and when the army provisions are scarce,
the soldiers can also eat it to fill their stomach.
It might look ugly, but while the whole city is in a siege,
it is the most precious dry food for the people inside.
But why would Sui want to eat it now?
Yeah.
Why would he eat this?
It seems that his mental illness is getting worse.
What should I do then?
Actually,
I have been observing Sui Zhou for a long time.
I think
cooking is the only way for him to release his emotions and trauma.
So a gourmet like Tang Fan staying by his side
is definitely the biggest cure for him.
But now the two people fell out because of a misunderstanding.
Sui Zhou even gave up on cooking.
It's definitely not a good thing in curing his mental illness.
So What we should do now…
Don't cry.
It's very simple.
Right now
don't let him give up on the pursuit of delicious food.
Dong!
Tang Yu.
- Dong. - Let her go.
But…
How dare you?
Find Tang Fan!
Yes.
Bye!
I want this and this.
OK!
And this.
Here you go.
Thank you.
Sui?
Excuse me.
Ms. Dong.
Give me more wine.
What is this?
Water.
I said I want wine.
You can't drink anymore.
You are afraid I won't pay you.
I don't want to make money from you today.
You don't have to try to make me feel better.
I never intend to do so.
When a person is happy,
the reasons are limited to few things.
But everyone is sad for their own reasons.
I'm not you.
I won't understand how you must feel now.
Wine is a good thing.
When you're drunk, all your problems seem to go away.
When you're drunk,
you just forget them.
Sui Zhou is a fool!
Idiot!
Mr. Tang.
Commander Wang invites you to go to the Western Depot to discuss something.
I'm not going.
What are you doing?
Let me go!
Stop!
Officers.
What bring you here today?
Commander Wang wants to summon Zhang Gongzhu.
What's wrong?
Go back and put a warrant on Zhang Gongzhu.
Yes.
Sir, please wait!
I've been under the weather recently
so I was staying at home to recuperate.
I don't know why the Western Depot wants to summon me?
Commander Wang wants to see you.
You will know what's this about when you're there.
I see.
I will be there
after I recover.
Go to the Western Depot now.
When he wants to see you,
you don't get to bargain.
Yes.
Bravo!
Well done with the job I gave you.
Thank you.
What should I do next?
Please.
What are you doing?
Rise and shine!
So I helped you sober up.
Don't leave, Mr. Tang.
I need you to do something for me.
Step aside.
Don't you want to know what the thing is?
What else could it be?
Investigating the case, of course.
Don't mention investigating cases to me in the future.
What else are you supposed to do other than investigating cases?
Don't forget you are still a magistrate.
I quit.