A Pillow Case of Mystery

Be smart

You too, make sure you look good

His Honour here

Welcome...

Your Honour, please address my wrongful case

l am Wong Tin-pak, l want justice done

What are you doing?

Welcome, welcome...

l quit

What were you two doing? We said no slapping on the face

What were you doing? l paid you, make it more real

l quit too, so little money

Sister Yung, just a rehearsal Don't have to be so exact

You, you shut up, you were the worst

Welcome, welcome... You have not eaten?

Now go and do it again

l want no glitches in the welcome ceremony

l want no troublemakers, no petitions No assassinations

l want the new magistrate to feel at home

You are so tight with money This is big spending to you

Of course, l need the new magistrate to have a good impression of me from the start

lt has to be Jiangdu County's best welcome ceremony ever

l understand, make him happy And money comes your way

lf not for money Why should l be a yamen matron?

Hold it What?

Something seems to be missing, check it out Check out what is missing

At this hour, it should be...

He is late again

How come he is so early?

Come on, everyone

The new magistrate is here

Be enthusiastic, come on

Welcome...

Well, Counselor Simon Yes

Distribute my past records to them Yes

Wow, even beats Magistrate Pao

lf he is Magistrate Pao, l am out of luck

His Honour has solved more than 300 cases big and small

ln his jurisdiction, doors are not locked and lost articles are always returned

l will do my best to make Jiangdu County thief free

And turn it into the country's model county

Awesome, awesome Classic, classic

Bravo, bravo

Welcome, welcome, welcome Magistrate Sze

You are... Yamen Matron Mai

Yamen Matron Mare?

Your Honour, you are funny

Her surname is Mai

She is the Yamen Matron of the county

She organized this welcome ceremony

Really? Yamen Matron is responsible for bondservant girl buying and selling

And taking care of the female cell

You are so young and already a matron

So yamen must be a place of easy money

Of course not

l serve the people of the county

Your Honour, please get on the stage

Excuse me

Hey...

Lord

lt is all right, Mother here to protect you

l am here, assassins have no chance

You come to play the assassin now? He is the real magistrate

lndeed

Your Honour, don't be scared

He is not an assassin he is a citizen of this county

But he is an idiot, right?

lt hurts

He has his heart in the right place

He wants to present this bamboo for you

Just presenting bamboo

He admires Your Honour

So he bought this lucky bamboo as a welcome present

He wishes you a prosperous future

Ask him to do it more properly next time

Everything is fine now, back on position

Your Honour, the stage please

Old Lady is the most generous

So it is a tidy profit after all

Yamen Matron, good for you, a tidy profit

l didn't scrimp on investment

l used up quite a bit in checking His Honour's family out

l really covet your job Yes

Wait till you have become a woman

Yamen Matron Yes

Business for you Of course, what else

Well, what do you want?

l want abalone

Sure, and shark's fin too if you want it 5 taels

5? Last time it was 4

The price has gone up

The goods are now more expensive in your husband's silk shop

All right

Be good to yourself, eat well

When your husband visits you the next time He will compensate you

Make it quick

Matron What do you want?

My leg hurts, could you find me a doctor?

But that's all l have

Don't fall ill if you have no money

You will be dead before you are released

All right, get you a doctor tomorrow

No business is too small

That's you l...

What? lt is your duty to take care of the female inmates

You are paid for it Why you still want bribes?

And so much? A big bag

No, no, this is gift from Old Lady

Don't drag Old Lady in

l can tell you are the cunning type

l hate corrupt people most, l should...

Counselor Simon Yes

What should l do with her?

You are new to the post Yes

You should take it easy... Yes?

These bad practices can be corrected

Let me correct her

All right, you correct her

Make her turn a new leaf Yes

You watch your steps

Taking bribes is all right But not so openly

You will make it difficult for His Honour

That means l can do it covertly

You are smart, you know what to do

A cut for His Honour

Corrupt official indeed

So it is no business too small for you And made a show at my expense

Rascal

Lord, look at the puppy, isn't it cute lt's name is Lucky Lucky?

Where did you get Lucky?

Lord, you like my rouge?

And my mahjong set, made of ivory Very exquisite

And this Fertility Buddha, how gorgeous

You all have to look at it daily, get it? Yes

Mother, where came all these trinkets? Who gave them to you?

Yamen Matron Mai helped us get them

But she didn't charge us She is nice

That Matron Mai again

l hate corruption And she even takes bribes from inmates

She is a bad person You shouldn't take presents from her

Not presents, we gave her tips So it was payment

Still, Mother, we shouldn't give others a chance to gossip

That Matron is thin in the face You can tell she is up to no good

And she is too smooth with her tongue She must be wicked inside

Lord, she... Yes?

She...let us not talk about her anymore

Anyway, that Matron Mai corrupted the yamen

But she has some good points She is efficient

Keep an eye on her and it will be fine

Mother, let us not talk about her anymore

She gives me headache

Then you don't think about her

Leave it to Counselor Simon

You pay him good salary for the job

Dinner Yes

Yes, Old Lady Yes, dinner

Missus, time to play with me, come on

l am not free, l have a lot of work to do You go play yourself

No, l want you to play with me now Be a good boy

Let me take you to the kitchen for chicken bun, all right?

Yes, yes, go, go

Good, chicken

ldiot Ming is really silly

But he is pitiable, no parents and no one to take care of him

Tin-pak is very good to him Sees him as his own son

To take care of him You two have made a lot less

Sometimes, it is not just money

lt doesn't sound like you Hey, you

l have to go to work

Lord Yes

You are hardworking, second day on the job

And you go out to see how the people live and feel

What is happening?

Brother Sz

My rice dumplings are stolen

What? Your rice dumplings are stolen?

Yes Mine too

Stealing rice dumplings? That's odd

Let us check it out

The rice dumplings stolen

With no rice dumplings as offering lt will be bad luck this year Right

Your Honour Your Honour

l overheard that your rice dumplings are stolen, right?

Yes My rice dumplings are stolen

l said l would make this place thief-free

So whatever it takes l will catch this rice dumpling thief

And give him proper punishment

Thank you, Your Honour Thank you

Please enjoy

Where to start for this rice dumpling theft

Lord, don't think too much

lt's dark and it will give you headache

Now my head aches

l was fine before you mentioned it Now it aches

You are great at prophesizing Of the bad and unlucky things

See, l told you not to think too much

lf Mother knows it She will give me a dressing down

Ouch, but with a thief on the loose l have to catch him

Ouch What now?

Bellyache, l have to use the loo Bellyache again?