Psych-Hunter (Haunted House Notes / Xin Zhai Lie Ren / 心宅猎人)

Episode 29

A life for a life

Kindness begets no kindness

"Kindness begets no kindness."

Who are you?

Was that you at the auction house?

Ghost!

Psych-Hunter

So you're saying

Liu Zhi taught you

how to kill?

What does he look like?

Why is he doing this?

He simply told me

I could avenge Zhou Lan

if I did as he said.

He knew how I felt about Zhou Lan.

I would do anything for her.

But I don't know what he looks like.

And I don't want to know.

Judging by his voice,

he must be in his 50s or 60s.

There are lots of people in that age group.

Tens of thousands of them in Changshanzhou alone.

Is he a man or a woman?

A man.

Why didn't you just come in?

-I... -The only door he'd enter

is a double door.

Now you're talking dirty.

You see,

I talked to Qin Er

about this yesterday.

He wouldn't let me in

lest I beat up a certain jerk.

Qin Er,

what did he tell you?

He told me

Liu Zhi

usually finds the perpetrators in advance,

and then he creates cases

for us to solve.

We were his prey

this whole time,

unwittingly dancing

to his tune.

Right now,

Liu Zhi wants me

to solve a Rubik's cube in the Psych.

Every time we solve a puzzle,

the cube changes.

He told me

the clue to the underground river

is in the cube.

We must dance to his tune.

So Liu Zhi's purpose

is to get you

to crack the Rubik's cube,

so that we can find the underground river?

So far,

we haven't even figured out

what his purpose is.

But at least we know

he's a middle-aged man

in his 50s or 60s.

We can only wait for him to strike again

and give himself away.

I guess that's the only way.

The situation is dire now.

War is coming.

Commodity prices are rising.

We're facing severe supply shortages.

I'm working aggressively on it.

Sir,

a supply truck

was robbed near General Zhang's territory.

How dare they take my supplies?

Was it the Zhang family?

It was a bunch of bandits on the prowl.

In these chaotic times,

bandits are wreaking havoc everywhere.

General,

give me a battalion.

I swear I'll wipe them out.

No,

now is not the time.

The situation is unstable.

I have to defend Changshanzhou

against those predators.

Lieutenant Yang,

pass my order.

Let the Peace Preservation Corps

handle this matter.

If they can't even handle a few bandits,

ask them to resign

from their posts.

Yes, sir.

We have a problem.

We have a problem.

The concession border

is flooded by refugees.

We're short-handed.

And Ms Yuan is trapped over there.

-Hurry, call some men over. -Yes, sir.

Let us in!

Let us in!

Let us in!

What are these people doing here?

Ms Yuan, we're going through uncertain times.

I heard a great war is coming to Changshanzhou.

The people are frightened.

Everyone knows the concession is the safest place.

I see.

Folks,

they protect foreigners

and trap us poor people here.

They are leaving us to die.

That's right. They are leaving us to die.

We can't just wait for our demise.

Folks, let's force our way in!

Force our way in!

Force our way in!

Force our way in!

Let us in!

Let us in! Let us in!

Let us in!

Let us in!

Excuse me, excuse me.

Let us in!

Let us in!

Let us in!

Mu Qing!

Yuan Mu Qing!

Mu Qing!

Let us in!

Excuse me.

Excuse me.

Excuse me.

Excuse me.

Jiang Shuo,

your time is almost up.

If you fail to solve my puzzle,

you

will never find out

who

I am.

Not with that creepy face.

You enticed those people to commit crimes.

What is your relationship with those victims?

And why did you choose them?

They are all my prey.

So are you.

So is Changshanzhou.

Jiang Shuo,

your fate

is tied to Changshanzhou.

If you want to save them,

you have to

pass my test.

There.

Look over there.

Year 1912

Serial Number

What does Liu Zhi mean

by showing you this?

Someone said he was going to help me,

yet he himself is overwhelmed.

Check it out.

It's all here.

Where did all these houses come from?

I found them for you.

Well? Are you impressed?

I am indeed.

But there are so many files.

When will we ever find the house?

We'll take our time.

Jiang Shuo,

there's nothing but floor plans here.

It doesn't show us what the house looks like.

Did Liu Zhi leave you any other clues?

No.

He only showed me the house.

And he said

my fate

is tied to Changshanzhou.

Other than that,

the words, "Year 1912"

appeared above the house.

1912?

Isn't that eight years ago?

Let's check the houses from eight years ago.

Hold on.

This is today's newspaper.

I read it in the car.

There's a house that's been deserted for eight years.

It was put up for auction lately.

House of murder put up for auction, Xintai Auctioneers is unscrupulous

Tomorrow is the auction.

This is quite like Liu Zhi's style.

The element of surprise.