01x19 - Episode 19

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[Shadow Punisher]

[Divine Constable Tally]

[Episode 19]

Qin Dayuan,

I know you can hear me.

Didn't you set up these 7 fish tanks

just to let me

see through the mechanism

and lure me to this place?

If so,

why are you hiding now?

If I recall correctly,

Tang Wei was unmarried, right?

Yes.

Tang Yiming died 10 years ago.

Tang Wei attained an epiphany
and devoted himself to Taoism,

vowing never to marry.

If so,

check that out.

Why is there

a baby's pillow?

And why is this baby's pillow

made of stone?

The fish tanks are all in the same spot

in each room from the 1st floor

to the 7th.

The spots where the moonlight
reflects on the ceilings

through the fish tanks,

from the 1st to the 7th floors,

are also almost the same.

Except for this huge deviation

on the 7th floor.

This is due to

the different height of this floor.

Each floor

of Lanyue Pavilion from the 1st to the 6th

is about 5 meters high.

But this 7th floor

is clearly much shorter.

There's only one way to explain it—

there is a hidden space

above this 7th floor.

Something's off.

This mechanism is way too obvious.

We just found out Tang Wei
committed suicide,

and then you guys

found his suicide note so quickly?

Tang Wei's parents are dead.

He had no wife or children.

Then who did he

write this suicide note to?

And who does this word,

"you," refer to?

Seems like Tang Wei's suicide note

was also meant for us.

Qin Dayuan,

if you still don't show yourself,

don't blame me for being rude.

Huang g*ng.

Jiang Zeshui.

Ascend to Heaven.

Is this

General Hu Hai who jumped
into the furnace for liberation?

I once read the records
in Tianshu Pavilion.

"Liluo has pearls, often seen in darkness;

they don't gleam like the moon,
but blaze like the sun."

So it's a luminous pearl.

Throughout the records
of hundreds of years,

there is only one luminous pearl

as large as this one.

It is Liluo's national treasure,

the Mirror Moon.

After Liluo fell, they searched

the entire national treasury

but failed to find this Mirror Moon.

Never thought it would be here.

Tang Yiming was an official

credited with conquering Liluo back then.

He must have

looted plenty of treasures

from the Liluo Imperial Palace.

Who exactly is this corpse?

Qin Dayuan?

Then who is

inside this 4th statue?

The corpse

inside this 4th statue

is the former Minister of Works.

He was also my master,

Tang Yiming.

Why is he here?

He went missing 3 days ago.

Why did he die here?

Butler Qin.

It must've been rough,

lurking in the darkness

on the 8th floor of Lanyue Pavilion.

But it's reasonable.

The Divine Constable Bureau
is searching everywhere.

There's no way you can escape.

Well?

At this point,

are you still not going to come clean?

How should I come clean?

Why don't we

start with Kongyuzi?

Since you mentioned this name,

you must know she was my wife.

You were husband and wife after all.

Why did you have to k*ll her?

Because

there was one thing

you couldn't accomplish

without k*lling her.

Divine Constable Qingyang.

Do you want to guess...

what I

accomplished?

Huang g*ng,

Jiang Zeshui,

Hu Hai, Tang Yiming—

the four of them

once joined forces to destroy Liluo.

Their deaths

are Liluo's revenge.

You got it half right.

Huang g*ng and the others

caused too much bloodshed

when they destroyed Liluo,

so it was only natural

for them to feel uneasy

when they got old.

Hu Hai and the other two
were long in the tooth.

Because they had

their hands coated in too much blood,

they were scared of death

and sought medical help everywhere,

but to little avail.

Therefore,

Mr. Tang told them

that he knew the way
to seek immortality and liberation.

Hu Hai

was the first one.

The Young Master built

a secret passage
in the sword-forging furnace.

When Hu Hai fell
into the furnace for liberation,

he took Hu Hai away, k*lled him,

and sealed him here.

Mr. Tang couldn't use martial arts.

So of course,

the Liluo demon-men helped him

do everything you mentioned.

But Huang g*ng and Jiang Zeshui

were no easy marks like Hu Hai.

So,

you renovated the Jiang Mansion
and Huang Mansion,

using Lanweichun

to hide the image of Haiqu,

Liluo's God of Revenge,

in the mural.

This caused Haiqu's figure

to flicker in and out of view,

forcing the two veterans

to believe in

Tang Wei's theory of mystic cultivation.

That day,

Mr. Tang accurately foretold

the date of his own death

and jumped from this Lanyue Pavilion,

convincing Huang g*ng and the others

completely.

And then,

he entrusted everything to you,

leaving you to carry out

the rest of the plan.

You guessed this part right.

In order to achieve immortality,

they all

ended up believing Tang Wei's words.

Hence,

Huang g*ng climbed up
the "heaven ladder,"

Jiang Zeshui crossed the lake,

and Hu Hai jumped
into the sword-forging furnace.

But in the end,

they were all captured
by the Liluo demon-men

and brought here.

With the Liluo people on my side,

why would I go

to so much trouble

instead of asking them
to k*ll the guys directly?

You made Lord Huang and the others

believe that ascension was real,

only to reveal everything

at the very last moment when they were

so close to fulfilling their wishes,

and tell them

that ascension was actually a lie,

letting them die in fear.

Only in this way

could the revenge be satisfying.

The Master reached the immortal land.

The whole Huang family fell off the cliff.

Hu Hai's beloved little granddaughter

took poison.

If we hadn't arrived in time that day,

the whole Jiang family would have
drowned in the lake, too.

What a cruel and ruthless scheme.

To seek revenge,

you wiped out their entire families.

Huang g*ng, Jiang Zeshui, and Hu Hai.

I brought the three of them over here.

I told them ascension was a lie,

and it was their greed

that got their families k*lled,

leaving them crying out

in remorse

with no response.

My Lord, My Lady!

My Lord, My Lady,

Lord Yan reported that

Divine Constable Qingyang

went up Lanyue Pavilion alone!

He went to Lanyue Pavilion alone.

Could it be that

he found out something?

There is one thing that puzzles me.

Tang Wei is one of the Tangs.

Why would he take revenge for Liluo?

Master Tang had a large and rich family,

yet Tang Wei was his only child.

Could it be...

Because Tang Yiming was impotent.

Tang Wei was not Tang Yiming's child?

He was from Liluo?

Divine Constable Qingyang,
you've finally got it right.

How about I tell you

a story?

Forty-seven years ago,

Great Shi attacked the capital of Liluo,

while the Moon Queen of the Kingdom
of Liluo, Qiangong Linglong,

was about to give birth.

[Qiangong Linglong,
Regent Moon Queen of Liluo]

Greetings, Moon Queen.

Who is the father
of the child in your womb?

Please forgive me, Moon Queen.

The child is innocent.

My child

is also your child.

He will surely dedicate everything

to you, Holy Queen.

Please don't k*ll him.

Please allow him
to sacrifice himself for Liluo.

You are very loyal to me, the Holy Queen.

In this case,

I hereby allow you

to sacrifice your life for Liluo.

I see.

Thank you for your mercy, Moon Queen.

[Huang g*ng]

[Jiang Zeshui]

[Hu Hai]

[Tang Yiming]

She is in the Moon Robe.

Holy Queen, Qiangong Linglong.

We must eliminate the root!

Hold on!

The child is innocent.

Tell me!

Where is the treasure vault

of Liluo?

Tell us what you know,

and we can spare your life.

You are wrong.

Liluo's sorcery is powerful.

Only if we k*ll their leader

can we shatter their morale

and secure a complete victory.

Let me be frank with you.

We'll both take the treasures

and your life.

However,

if you tell us,

we can give you a quick death.

Will you tell us or not?

Guys, guys, listen to me.

Having the Moon Queen of Liluo

and the little prince as hostages,

we can make the remnants of Liluo

hesitate to attack

and yield to us.

Tang,

do not be excessively soft-hearted.

She is at death's door

and still refuses to say anything.

The so-called Liluo treasures

are probably just a rumor.

That's right.

We can k*ll this woman first

and then go look for the treasures.

Let's go find the treasures.

Understood!

Let's go.

Guys,

we've k*lled the enemy leader.

We won.

Long live His Majesty! All hail Great Shi!

-Long live His Majesty! All hail Great Shi!
-Long live His Majesty! All hail Great Shi!

Tang, what are you waiting for?

His Majesty has decreed

to arrange a 3-day celebration

for us outside the city.

Save my child...

They didn't know that

after they left,

my master granted that woman's request

and saved her child before she died.

Master Tang felt sorry for them

and took the child in.

That child was Tang Wei.

Exactly.

Later,

the Liluo demon-men told Tang Wei
what happened

back then.

The Young Master had long wanted revenge,

but Huang, Jiang, and the others held

high positions and great power back then.

Moreover, my master

saved the Young Master's life

and raised him,

so

the Young Master couldn't bring himself
to hurt the Master.

Therefore, he kept waiting

and enduring it all

until 10 years ago.

Until 10 years ago,

he finally made a move
against Master Tang?

Nope,

Master Tang died of illness.

Over the decades,

the Young Master inherited

all my master's techniques
in crafting and carving.

So he faked

master's ascension to Heaven
on a wooden bird

and took over Lanyue Pavilion.

Therefore,

Huang g*ng and the others

firmly believed in the cultivation

to immortality Tang Wei said

only because

they witnessed Tang Yiming's ascension

to the immortal realm
with their own eyes back then?

Back then, in the secret chamber
of the Imperial Palace,

the Young Master's mother

died in fear.

So the Young Master

wanted them to taste

that feeling, too.

I think

Tang Wei must've

lived in agony all these years.

His death

somehow delivered him

from torment.

Nonsense.

The Young Master got his revenge

and died with a smile,

not in agony.

Divine Constable Qingyang,
your life's been smooth sailing.

You could never understand this.

I understand, of course.

I just don't understand

why you only remember

Young Master Tang's feud

but ignore Master Tang's grace.

My family's land deed was seized

by Master Tang back then,

so I was forced
to be sold to the Tang family

and bullied by everyone.

At that time, everyone in the Tang Mansion

looked down on me,

except for the Young Master,
who treated me with respect.

So the Young Master's wish

is my wish.

I see.

I've had his revenge.

Divine Constable Qingyang,

come on!

Arrest me and bring me to justice.

Butler Qin,

since you are okay with being arrested,

why have you been hiding here?

Because I wanted

to lure
the Divine Constable Bureau's personnel

to the 8th floor of Lanyue Pavilion

and tell you

what

those four people have done.

Only when the Divine Constables
reveal the truth to the public...

can the Young Master and his mother

rest

in peace.

So that's how it is.

So,

you were afraid we couldn't find you

and even spread the news that

Butler Qin came to Lanyue Pavilion

to mourn for his young master 3 days ago.

I've been waiting not only for you

but also

for the people of Liluo.

Zhenzhu!

Yan,

at the Tang Mansion,

we found Qin Dayuan's body

as well as the Liluo treasures.

What?

It even involved the treasures?

If Dark Night comes to search this place,

then

the Divine Constable Bureau
can easily catch them like rats in a trap

and purge Dark Night in one fell swoop.

However...

Butler Qin, how did you know

that once you disappeared,

Dark Night

would definitely come looking for you?

What do you think, My Lord?

For the Tang household to have the money
to build this Lanyue Pavilion,

they must have made a k*lling.

Could it be...

The Liluo treasures?

The Liluo treasures?

There really are the Liluo treasures!

My master secretly brought back
the treasures

of the Kingdom of Liluo

and hid them in the secret chamber
of the Tang Mansion.

The people of Dark Night

are desperate to get the treasures

to bankroll the overthrow of Great Shi.

But they have no clue about

the whereabouts of the treasures.

After Master Tang and Mr. Tang died,

you're the only one who knows

the location of the treasures.

When you disappeared,

the Liluo demon-men

had to go find you.

I had already arranged it before I came.

The treasure is left
to the Divine Constable Bureau.

Weird.

It was just reasonable for Tang Wei

to take revenge on Great Shi.

But

why would he want

to eliminate the Liluo demon-men
who helped him

take revenge as well?

What do you think?

Qingyang should still be up there.

Calm down.

Meng is on his way here with the body.

How can I calm down?

I'm almost worried sick!

The Liluo imperial family

used Tang Wei's mother as a scapegoat,

so they could escape unscathed.

Therefore,

to Tang Wei and his mother,

the Liluo imperial family

were also their bitter enemies,

just like Huang g*ng and the others.

Butler Qin,

there is one more thing
I'd like to confirm.

Who on earth

is the former citizen of Liluo

who had been in contact with Tang Wei

over the past 3 decades?

Let me think.

Gunpowder?

My wish is fulfilled.

Once I activate the mechanism,

the entire Lanyue Pavilion
will be blown away!

Wouldn't it be a pity

to destroy the Top 1 Pavilion

just like this?

Pity?

Not at all.

What a pity that the people

of Liluo didn't come.

Wait!

You can k*ll me,

but you cannot stop me

from igniting the gunpowder.

You've taken such great pains
for this all these years.

I don't want you to end up

dying without knowing the truth.

You have waited for years.

It doesn't hurt to wait

just a bit longer, right?

Li Si!

There is gunpowder here!

No!

Don't come any closer!

No one can stop me

from reuniting with my young master.

"Young master"?

Is Tang Wei really your young master?

Or rather,

are you really Qin Dayuan?

Are you out of your mind?

He is my young master,

the one I have followed all my life.

In this case,

see who this is.

Bring it over.

Yan, go find the Chief.

Got it.

What...

What happened?

What's this all about?

Sir,

Kongyuzi,
whom you k*lled with your own hands,

was not your wife, actually.

You...

What are you talking about?

The moon's reflection
turns into the flower in the mirror,

replacing old forms with new faces.

As one of the Five Wonders of Liluo,

the Illusion of Mirrors and Water
is indeed

an unparalleled disguise technique
in the world.

Zhenzhu,

check the back of his head

and see if there's anything unusual.

He is really not Qin Dayuan, as expected.

I am Qin Dayuan.

I-I am Qin Dayuan.

The Illusion of Mirrors and Water

can completely alter

a person's skin, flesh,

and even bones,

making the one truly

become a different person.

Since it is sorcery,

how could it be used in Tianhuang City

under the Absolute Prohibition?

This is just
a martial arts mental technique,

not sorcery.

The Illusion of Mirrors and Water

can not only change his appearance

but also his figure and voice?

What... What did I originally look like?

I want to see.

See for yourself.

Who is he? Who?

You still

haven't recalled anything?

You are the former Minister of Works,

the world's greatest craftsman,

Lord Tang Yiming.

He is Tang Yiming?

But...

But Tang Yiming is already dead,

right?

T-That's right,

Tang Yiming is already dead.

He is right in...

The Illusion of Mirrors and Water
combined with the soul-shifting hypnotism

can make you firmly believe

that you are someone else.

Please take a closer look.

Do you remember now?

Why is it empty?

With the Liluo people's help, Tang Wei

learned the Illusion of Mirrors and Water.

Ten years ago,
when you were seriously ill,

he seized the chance
to alter your appearance

and applied the soul-shifting hypnotism.

This way,

you were completely convinced

that you were the butler
of the Tang Mansion,

Qin Dayuan.

The proof is that

the Divine Constable Bureau

couldn't find
Tang Yiming's corpse anywhere.

He's not dead,

so there's no corpse of his.

Tang Wei wanted Tang Yiming to live

and even become another person

to help him take revenge

and k*ll the accomplices like Huang g*ng

and Jiang Zeshui.

But come to think of it.

If we hadn't exposed

the Illusion of Mirrors and Water,

Tang Yiming would have died

believing that he was Qin Dayuan.

In this case,

wouldn't Tang Wei's revenge

come to nothing?

Where did you find this corpse

and the luminous pearl?

There is a secret chamber
in Tang Wei's room.

Tang Wei left a will stating that no one

is allowed to enter his room other than

those from the Divine Constable Bureau,

not even Qin Dayuan.

I see.

This way,

even the silliest person would know

that there is a secret
hidden in that room.

Turns out that Tang Wei had long planned

for the Divine Constable Bureau
to find the body.

Once we find the body,

we'd know that he is fake Qin Dayuan.

There is a secret left
in this luminous pearl.

So,

even if we failed to expose

the trick
of the Illusion of Mirrors and Water,

we would still be able to learn the truth.

What if I say this item

is related to Liluo?

So,

Mr. Tang left the jade pendant

to me

actually for this purpose.

He knew we would definitely

find the luminous pearl,

and he also knew
you would definitely discover

the mechanism of the luminous pearl
and the jade pendant.

Tang Wei recorded how he used

the Illusion of Mirrors and Water to alter

Lord Tang's appearance

in the form of images.

The Tang family's mechanisms

are indeed ingenious.

Can't believe

he recorded all the crimes

he committed one by one.

As long as we discover the images stored

in this luminous pearl,

the whole story and the truth

will just come to light.

I taught him the mechanism skills.

This child was really talented.

He was clever

and surpassed his master.

He made this for me to see.

He wanted me

to regret it for the rest of my life.

Lord Tang,

please go back with us.

Although you k*lled General Hu,

Lord Huang, and Lord Jiang,

your mind was controlled by someone else.

You are also a victim.

You won't receive a heavy sentence.

What is

the point

of living for me?

Lord Tang,

Mr. Tang was scheming,

but

he never forgot the bond you shared

as father and son.

The bond we shared as father and son?

You are wrong.

Wei didn't hate Huang g*ng,

Hu Hai,

or Jiang Zeshui.

He hated me.

He hated me for saving him,

raising him,

and making him suffer

in this living hell for 47 years.

You are wrong.

Look.

I will definitely

give you the best of everything.

I will make it up to you

and raise you to be an outstanding man.

This is...

Father, try this.

It's really delicious.

No, thanks.

Just take a bite.

Just one bite.

Alright, I'll take a bite.

[Dignity]

Father!

Wei.

[Dignity]

Wei,

I will be away for a few days.

Don't forget to do your homework.

Don't worry, Father.

Although Tang Wei hated you,

he remembered

every moment

you shared.

That's right.

The Liluo luminous pearl is priceless.

He insisted on making this mechanism

even at the cost of destroying it.

It's enough to prove that your bond

mattered so much to him.

Wei,

you painstakingly

laid out your plans for the past 10 years.

And you left alone,

without even knowing

if your plans would succeed.

Wei,

you were just like how you used to be
when you were a child.

I am coming to reunite with you now.

My Lord.

Perhaps living was the real pain

to him, just as he said.

Before he died,

he learned that Tang Wei
still cared about him.

I suppose...

he died without regrets.

[God of Hatred, Haiqu]

-Chief.
-Chief.

Tang Yiming is dead,

but we still haven't figured out

who the former citizen

of Liluo he mentioned really is.

This case is not solved yet.

Li Si,

you once said that

a middle-aged man with a square face

and narrow eyes

showed up at Lanyue Pavilion.

I asked him before,

and he said he forgot.

How would he confess?

He must be hiding something.

Seems like we still need

to arrest everyone

in the Tang Mansion
for strict interrogation.

With so many people at Lanyue Pavilion,

someone must have seen
that former citizen of Liluo.

I wonder if you agree, Chief.

So you've been thinking about

that person outside the Tianshu Pavilion

and suspecting me

ever since the Lanyue Pavilion case.

Then,

follow me.

[Tianshu Pavilion]

You're here.

What took you so long?

Master,

I am looking for a middle-aged man

with a square face and narrow eyes.

Too bad

I haven't seen such a person.

The person I'm looking for

once stayed

at Lanyue Pavilion several days ago.

What a coincidence.

I actually went

to Lanyue Pavilion the other day.

It's the Top 1 Pavilion in Great Shi,
where you can

go up high
and enjoy the view from up there.

And best of all,

it's quiet.

It's much more to my liking

compared to your Star-Gathering Pavilion.

The person I'm looking for

is from Liluo.