The Golden Eyes (Huáng Jīn Tóng / 黄金瞳官微)

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So many people trying to catch just us two, isn't it such an excessive show of force?

Hand over the item.

Are you crazy?

You have two roads to choose from.

One, let us go.

Two,

we'll all die together.

Go! Go!

I'll go after her.

There's no need.

Don't act rashly.

Just be good and hand us the jade eye, and you'll still have a chance of getting a lighter sentence.

Mr. Zhuang, I promised you previously that

when the matter is settled, I will explained to you everything about Old Gu.

Let's change to another location to talk.

Old Gu was not killed by me.

Before Grandfather Gu was killed, he received the message sent by you,

"If you want to know what happened in the archaeological team back then,

immediately come to Function Room 102. Ryosuke Nakagawa "

Do you still remember it?

That day, Grandfather Gu was meeting me at Lingyun Tea House.

He went downstairs right after receiving your message. He was killed after that.

Besides you, I can't think of anyone else who can commit the crime in such a short time,

and with such precision.

I admit I had gone to Lingyun Tea House that day.

If you want to know what happened in the archaeological team back then,

I will be waiting for you at Function Room 102, Lingyun Tea House, at 5:15 pm.

Gu Tianfeng?

That day, I went to the Tea House as agreed.

When I opened the door to Function Room 102,

what I saw was the corpse of Old Gu instead.

I'm late by 5 minutes. It is really too discourteous.

Mister Gu!

I'm really sorry, Mister Gu...

Okay. If you are telling the truth,

Grandfather Gu went downstairs at 5:15 pm. You arrived at the scene at 5:15 too.

Then, how did the murdererer commit the crime?

And how did he escape after committing the crime?

It was because I did not arrive on time that day.

It is all due to this difference of 5 minutes,

that caused Old Gu's death.

And I became the murder suspect.

If your conscience is clear, why did you escape to Kiev?

I did not escape to Kiev.

I just had a premonition that these messages, including the death of Old Gu,

were planned by someone before hand.

I was worried about the jade eye's safety, so I flew to Kiev immediately,

to move the jade eye to another location.

Although I was not the murderer, I did not offer myself as a witness to the case immediately at that moment.

So, I feel guilty all this while over Old Gu's death.

Mr. Zhuang, someone used the messages to lure Old Gu and myself to the function room.

After committing the murder, he casts the suspicion onto me.

The real murderer is the person who sent out the messages on our behalf.

Two messages mentioned the inside story of that year at the same time.

What was that inside story back then

that could deceive both Grandfather Gu and you at the same time?

What kind of business is Mr. Ryosuke Nakagawa really involved in?

He even lives in such a big Japanese style villa in Kiev!

Everyone of those antiques just now must be very valuable.

Mr. Nakagawa loves to collect antiques. Of course,

not all the items in the collection belong to Mr. Ryosuke Nakagawa.

A part of them are left by his father, Mr. Yohei Nakagawa.

Look,

he's a rich man. His father is also a rich man. Isn't that so good?

Mr. Yohei Nakagawa loves Chinese culture very much.

When he was young, he joined the scientific expedition team in China,

and pursued archaeological research work.

He only got into business after he returned to the country, and founded the Nakagawa Stock Company.

Then, what is the specific business of the Nakagawa clan?

It is mainly in real estate, electrical appliances, and foreign trade.

Of course, there is also some antique business.

What a coincidence. Young talents like us have the same ideals and interests.

I think we can be introduced to each other, and be friends.

In Beijing's Panjiayuan Shopping Center, we have an antique shop too.

If you are interested, come and tour around.

Don't bother about him.

He gets excited at the mention of money. This is entirely a physiological response.

You said Mr. Yohei Nakagawa was previously an outstanding archaeologist.

Why didn't he continue with his research work after he returned home to your country,

but instead started a business?

Is there any story to this?

Please come this way, both of you.

Forty years ago, during an archaeological expedition to Gansu, my grandfather Zhuang Qiming

disappeared mysteriously. Until now, we didn't hear anything from him.

I suspect he was murdered.

The murderer is likely to be the person with him before he disappeared.

Mr. Nakagawa, do you recognize who this person is?

He is your father, Yohei Nakagawa.

So, can I deduce it in this manner?

Your father, because of certain unknown reason, killed my grandfather.

And Grandfather Gu, after years of investigation, found the clues.

In order to cover up the truth,

you did not hesitate to kill him to prevent this secret from being divulged.

Do you have any evidence?

After my grandfather went missing, your father escaped to Japan.

If he was not guilty,

why wouldn't he say a single word about what happened that year?

He was completely indifferent to my grandfather's death.

Mr. Zhuang, please have a seat.

Your deduction sounds very reasonable.

But, unfortunately, it is all wrong.

My father's return to Japan was not an abscondment,

but rather, he was running for his life.

Running for his life?

After he returned to Japan, my father's temperament changed completely. He became a different person from what he was before.

Under my mother's repeated questioning, he finally told her the truth.

When he was in China, someone tried to kill him.

He was unwilling to talk about the details of it.

He just said that the person who wanted to kill him was a Chinese man who knew the truth of the matter.

I suspect this person was your grandfather, Zhuang Qiming.

I read through my father's expedition diary.

He recorded in it the accident they met with when they were exploring a tomb.

And my father and your grandfather escaped together.

Subsequently, my father escaped back to Japan badly injured, and your grandfather disappeared from the face of the earth.

Don't I have also the reason to suspect

that your grandfather was unsuccessful in his murder attempt and went into hiding, hoping to escape the punishment of the law?

Impossible! My grandfather would never do such a thing!

How well do you understand him?

He did not have any reason to do this.

Reason?

Of course he did.

Because my father had something your grandfather wanted.

This is something you have too.

What is this thing?

It is your pair of eyes.

The golden eyes?

You call them "the golden eyes"? How interesting.

Why is a servant like you wielding a sword?

Why is a crude person like you drinking tea?

This tea is not bad.

This sword must be expensive, right?

This sword can't be measured by a price.

This is a customized 13th century samurai sword made in the Kamakura District.

There are only a few of them in the world, a top quality product among the best.

Incredible.

Relying on what you called "the golden eyes",

my father obtained his first bucket of gold. In the year I was born,

my family clan had already amassed a great wealth.

Following that, certain conditions began to appear in my father's health.

He couldn't taste his food and his vision became blurred.

Then, his hearing ability began to deteriorate.

Finally, he lost the use of his five senses.

In Japan, we have a common saying, "seven days of cherry blossoms".

It implies that life is magnificent and transient,

just like the life that possessed "the golden eyes".

My father sought help from ophthalmologists and neurologists.

They were certain this was a type of pathology of the optic nerves,

which affected the ability of the eye to focus and zoom normally,

leading to the image perceived by one's sight to repeatedly switch between flat and three-dimensional planes.

Just like you, with the help of scientific deduction,

he was able to differentiate the details and authenticity of many objects.

Then...

...did your father...

...also died from the side effects of the golden eyes?

My father obtained the golden eyes during that archaeological expedition.

This is also the reason I suspected your grandfather.

Of course,

it's impossible to confirm those things hat happened in the past.

Who is really that person harboring evil intentions?

We are unable to pursue or interrogate anyone.

Then, is there such a possibility?

During the period of time

when my grandfather and your father were on the run,

there was a third person.

I did think of such a possibility.

Someone else killed your grandfather, and went after my father to try to kill him.

When traces of what happened that year was exposed,

it forced him to kill Mister Old Gu in order to cover up the truth of the matter.

I investigated extensively because of this too.

And the result of the investigation is...

This so-called third person does not exist.

It smells of soil.

You must be referring to the ambergris (a waxy substance from the sperm whale, used in perfume making) in the pomander.

Looks like you don't like this smell very much.

I had previously smelled this scent on Miss Qin.

Are you talking about Qin Xuanbing, Miss Qin?

Yes.

In the west, this type of scent is known as grey amber.

From ancient times, it has been one of the rare and expensive fragrance.