The Sleuth Of Ming Dynasty (The Story of Ming Dynasty / Cheng Hua Shi Si Nian / 成化十四年)

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Excuse me.

Take a look at the trinkets!

Six hours?

It was marinated at 6:30 this morning.

Exactly six hours ago.

When did you put rice wine in it to marinate?

Four hours ago.

Was the meat pounded before it was marinated?

I saw with my own eyes, Butcher Zhang cut the meat

and pounded it with the back of his knife back and forth six times.

Thank you, Aunt Dong.

Call me, "Big sister."

Sister Aunt Dong.

This loin is taken from the back

between the fourth and fifth ribs.

It has fat, lean and tendon at the same time.

So it must be pounded before you barbecue it,

so that the meat is tender and easy for the seasoning to get in.

Then use the secret marinade written in Guangling Food Notes

to marinate it for six hours.

Eat it with plum sauce.

It will help get rid of the greasiness and leave a lingering good flavor behind.

It is truly…

a divine delicacy.

Official Tang, sorry!

My meat!

Official Tang, sorry!

My stove!

Make way! Make way!

Get out of the way!

Excuse me!

These cases are too urgent.

- Homicide? - No.

- Someone got hurt? - No.

- Someone went missing? - No.

Then, can't you just let me enjoy my lunch first?

Come on. Although these are just some petty crimes,

these petty crimes happened at the same time.

How about... I do not hold up your mealtime.

You can investigate the cases while eating.

What happened?

I left the plum sauce at Dong's Restaurant!

It's just a sauce!

I owe you a meal, all right?

You have to eat an imperfect lunch this time.

As long as you solve the cases, I'll buy you whatever you want to eat.

- Read it. - "My name is Zhang Quan and I live in Fruit Lane, south of the city—"

Stop!

What now?

It will take ages if they read the pleadings one by one.

Then, what do you want?

Read them at the same time.

"My name is Zhang Quan and I live in Fruit Lane, south of the city—"

- Did it rain yesterday? - Yes.

- Was it heavy? - I'd say so.

Where was the chicken before it started to rain yesterday?

It had been in the henhouse the whole time.

Do you have any evidence?

I spread some lime on the courtyard wall the day before yesterday.

It's a felony with a punishment of exilation to steal government horses.

I was on my way out of town.

This horse kept following me.

Before and after the rain, due to the high humidity,

the smell in the henhouse is quite bad.

So it is absolutely impossible for this chicken to stay in the henhouse all the time.

You said, your chicken was in the henhouse before it rained.

This indicates that you have never raised chickens before.

So this chicken is definitely not yours.

The lime on the wall was washed away by the rain.

You thought there would be no trace left behind.

However, the lime will give out heat when it meets water.

The layer of accumulated moss on the wall, burned by the hot lime water,

became a layer of very delicate moss paste.

There are no traces of lime on you.

But between your fingers and your cuffs, there is moss paste.

How do you explain this?

Is he carrying anything on him?

Official Tang, we found a bag from this old man.

Official, l suffer from a cold-deficiency in my stomach.

The candied fruit is a food supplement for it.

It's true that candied fruit can help cure stomach illnesses,

but it can also be used for other purposes.

Move.

You know horses like sweet food.

So you used this method to steal the horse by alluring it to follow you.

You were thoughtful and experienced.

This shows that you are not only a horse thief,

but also a habitual burglar.

You reckless burglar! Confess now!

Official, have mercy! Official, have mercy!

If you don't start talking,

you'll taste what Shuntian Prefecture has to offer!

Welcome.

What would you like?

A pot of rice wine and some beef.

Got it. Wait for a few moments. I'll be right back.

There's good weather for the crops this year.

It poured last night.

It also rained outside the border, right?

If the wind and rain come on time this year,

the pastures on the grassland should be enough for cattle and sheep to get through the winter.

Then the Oirats will not invade central China because of lack of food and forage.

Then our soldiers guarding the borders can be spared a war.

That means many lives will be spared.

What does this have to do with me?

You joined the army when you were 15 years old.

At 17, you became a squad leader in the battalion of crack troops.

At 20, you were transferred to Datong region with your superior, Ding Rusun,

and joined the force of the Yunzhou Iron Guard.

When you were only 22, you were promoted as a Baihu commander.

During your five years guarding the borders, you had fought in more than a hundred battles.

But on the fifth day of the first lunar month of the year when you were 27 years old,

you killed Ding Rusun, who was already a general of the garrison troops.

You changed your name and escaped outside the border.

For the past eleven years, no one knew your whereabouts.

I think you got the wrong person.

I am only twenty-five years old!

I'm not talking about you.

Jia Kui,

I have been looking for you for a long time.

Here you are: garlic sauce.

Thank you.

Can I talk to you outside?

Sui Zhou, a Zongqi at the Northern Administrative Court of Imperial Guards.

Former soldier?

I spent two years guarding the borders.

You brought seven people?

We know what you're capable of, so we want to play it safe.

Do you think you can beat me?

I don't know, but I want to give it a try.

If you want to escape, the seven of us

can't stop a martial arts master like you.

But if you want to take your wife and kid with you,

it won't be that easy.

If I go with you, can you leave them alone?

What you did is not related to them.

All right. I can give myself up and go with you.

- But… - But what?

I still want to try and see if I can escape.

Chestnut cake just out of the pan in the morning!

Young Master, buy some flowers?

Young Master, do you want to see the flowers?

Stop! Stop!

Would you like to see the flowers?

Young Master, take a look.

You're so pretty.

Young Master, please show some respect!

I can't help it. The flowers are so pretty.

Where are you going, lady?

I want both the girl and the flowers.

- Let's go. - Young Master, please show some respect!

Young Master! Young Master, are you okay?

- Where are you going? - Stop!

The candied hawthorn has your saliva on it.

I don't want it anymore. Here you go.

This is good stuff.

Don't waste it even if you don't want to eat it.

Who the hell do you think you are?

Do you believe I'll kill you?

Who do you think you are to threaten to kill someone

in the downtown of this country's capital?

Capital?

Do you know who I am?

Look over there.

Keep your eyes wide open and look over there. Did you see it?

Even Your Grace Marquis Wu'an himself

wouldn't have made a scene and threatened people.

Not to mention you are just his son.

You know me?

His Grace has two sons, the firstborn of the legal wife and the second is the son of a concubine.

I heard Zheng Cheng, the eldest son,

is illiterate, lascivious and an alcoholic.

Could it be you?

How dare you?

Who gave you the right to call our young master's name?

Why did you admit it?

Young Master, I'm sorry!

You and your big mouth!

Young Master, I am sorry!

Young Master, the road ahead is blocked by some people who are having a fight.

I'll make a detour to go back home.

Young Master!

Why can't you shut up?

Your Majesty,

His Highness's studying companion Han Zao has gone missing.

Father Emperor, Han Zao and I are like real brothers.

We were still studying just a few hours ago.

Now he suddenly… suddenly disappeared.