[Detective L]
[Episode 3]
[Fresh Off the Boat: C]
I guess your mother
gave you the good idea to hide the corpse here
Ma Bo Yuan
You accidentally killed Ruan Meng Zhu
But, if you kill us now,
it's a murder
I didn't kill anyone
The corpse was found
They confirm the deceased is Ruan Meng Zhu
The cause of death is due to a strong blow by a heavy object
It matches the characteristics of a car accident
The cheongsam
was made at Bao Da Xiang
Only one in Shanghai
I tried to get closer
She turned her head
Ghost!
It was Meng Zhu's soul
Mr. Ma
Are you okay?
Although he accidentally killed her,
he should still be punished according to his crimes
We can't let him stay beyond
the arm of the law just because he's rich
No
I won't let the murderer
evade capture
The case is not as easy
as it seems
Maybe Ma Bo Yuan is not the murderer
He's a victim too
According to the interrogation record,
all the street lights were malfunctioning
Someone cut the wire of the light on purpose
Exactly
During the accident,
there's a person hiding here
Why?
To murder
Watch out
[Wu]
Who are you looking for?
Mr. Wu
We are his friends
This is my name card
Wait a moment
Consultant Luo, Detective Qin
What makes you here?
Didn't you say that we would meet again?
Are you moving to another place?
I'll be working in Nanjing
No longer working for the Ma family?
Madam Ma has almost sold
all their assets to bail Mr. Ma out
They have even sold the mansion
and have no funds left to retain a lawyer
Luckily my friend in Nanjing
recommended a job to me
I'll be off tomorrow
Are you sure you want to talk here?
Can we come in?
Please come in
Xiang, prepare the tea
Have some tea
Consultant Luo
Alright, what brings you here?
We need to talk about the case of Ma Bo Yuan
Wasn't the case closed?
Don't you want to know the truth behind it?
The truth behind it?
I have a story
Are you interested?
Alright, just tell me
In a village of Jiangnan,
there's a girl named Ruan Meng Zhu
A few years ago, she married into the Ma family a rich Shanghai family
Although the Ma family is living in reduced circumstances now,
due to the reputation of Mr. Ma
who was the former Chairman
of the Chamber of Commerce,
they still have some power in Shanghai
After Ruan Meng Zhu married,
she had a low standing in the Ma family
She was unhappy
When I went to the Ma mansion for the first time,
I saw many pictures
of the Ma family on the wall
But, I didn't see Mrs. Ma's picture
Moreover,
the tyrant Madam Ma
and useless Mr. Ma
gave her
a very hard time
So, Ruan Meng Zhu always
wanted to run away from home
But the Ruan family always sent her back
to the Ma mansion for the sake
of their reputation
I have heard about this before
But, as a lawyer,
it's not appropriate for me
to interfere in their family affairs
So you were never concerned
about Mrs. Ma?
We weren't very close
So strange
I saw Ma Bo Yuan's IOU
in Mrs. Ma's nightstand
You worked for the Ma family
Shouldn't you have helped Mrs. Ma
handle the debt of Ma Bo Yuan?
I mean, we didn't talk to each other
besides about legal affairs
Now I remember
Besides the IOU, I saw a book too
"Fate in Tears and Laughter"
I didn't see chapter 1, but only chapter 2
I guess
someone lent it to Mrs. Ma
What a coincidence!
It's the same book in my hand now
"Fate in Tears and Laughter", Chapter 1
No chapter 2
What a coincidence!
The bookstore stamp mark is the same
Mr. Luo
You said you want to tell me a story
I thought it was related to the case
I didn't expect you to make up some nonsense
I'm really not interested at all
Take it easy
I'm almost there
You and Mrs. Ma
started to get involved with each other
You felt pity to her
and decided to bring her away from the family
But, you knew that
no matter what, the Ma family would definitely
bring her back for the sake
of their reputation
and that her parents wouldn't help her
So, in order to escape, she had to die
Do you suspect that I
killed Mrs. Ma?
You're not that stupid
You had a smarter plan
What plan?
First, you ordered a custom-made cheongsam from Bao Da Xiang
which was exactly same as the one
Mrs. Ma was wearing
You bought the same jewelry too
Then you cut off the wire
of the street lights in the garden
You blocked half of the road with the gardener's wheelbarrow
It was a dark night
Mrs. Ma pretended to fight with Ma Bo Yuan
and grabbed the car door tightly
At that time,
you were hiding in the bush
dragging a corpse that you had prepared earlier
The corpse was wearing
the exact same outfit as Mrs. Ma
When Ma Bo Yuan's car passed by the bush,
Mrs. Ma pretended to fall down into the bush
And you
pushed the corpse under the car
and let the car drive over the head of the corpse
It was badly mutilated
Ma Bo Yuan thought
he has accidentally killed his wife
Since then,
Mrs. Ma got her freedom back again
Now,
I guess Mrs. Ma has left Shanghai
and is waiting for you
somewhere around Nanjing
What a mysterious story!
Do you have any evidence?
This is the tailor receipt of Bao Da Xiang for this month
The shopkeeper said,
a man wearing glasses gave him a size to custom make
a cheongsam with yellow flowers and crepe-sewing
Mrs. Ma asked me to order
a cheongsam for her before
I just helped her to deal with the tailor
What about the another cheongsam?
How would I know?
Yu should ask Mrs. Ma
We found a footprint of leather shoes
in the bush at the Ma mansion
The size and the pattern
are exactly same as yours
There are a lot of shoes that have
the same sole and size in Shanghai
But, only you can enter the Ma mansion
as you like
I suddenly remember
Once I had to pee in the bush
because I couldn't hold it
Is it a crime to urinate?
You!
Such a harsh movement when you pee!
Your glasses fell onto the ground
and one of the lenses was broken
During our first meeting,
you were wearing two different lenses
One was new
and here is the broken lens
I found it in the bush
I believe
the dioptre (prescription) is same as yours
Consultant Luo, Detective Qin
If you have an arrest warrant,
you can arrest me now
But I must remind you
The evidence that you mentioned
is not admissible in court
The judge and the jury
might treat your story
as a strange conjecture
If by that time, you can't bring me down
your title as Shanghai's Grand Detective
will become a joke
Wu Qing Feng
Cut it out!
Come with me to the police station now
I'll treat it as you surrendering yourself
Hey, little girl
You're such an immature girl
The law is strict and
evidence is very important
The evidence you have
could only prove that I've been to the Ma mansion
It can't prove your strange story
You need a key piece of evidence
to make it valid
What piece of evidence?
The corpse
You said I faked the death of Mrs. Ma
with a female corpse
It means I must have a female corpse
But, as far as I know
there's been no recent death or
missing case of a woman
Where did I get
the corpse of a woman?
We have found
the identity of the corpse
Little girl
Don't avert your eyes when you're lying
Am I right?
Consultant Luo
Alright
If you have nothing else,
I need tend to my luggage
How detestable!
How dare he deny it?
He's right
The key piece of evidence is the corpse
I wanted to trap him
Unexpectedly, he didn't fall for it
I lost this round
Lost?
How could you give up so easily?
So, next...
Luo Fei
Where are you going?
The evidence you have
can only prove that I've been to the Ma mansion
Where did I get
the woman's corpse?
Where did I get...
I know whose corpse it is
10 AM
No. 22, Jessfield Road
Mr. Wu
Madam Qin
Are you here to say goodbye?
I'm just passing by
Are you in a hurry?
Yes
I'll be working in Nanjing
I told you yesterday
Working?
I guess you'll be disappearing soon
Of course no
I'm not guilty
Sir
Superintendent Savoy
Are you looking for me?
You wanted to see me, right?
No
Who wrote the note?
You?
Not me
It was me!
Boss, keep the change
The food was delicious
Luo Fei
What kind of trick are you playing?
Not me
Mr. Wu is the one playing the trick
I'm here today
to catch a ghost
Mr. Wu
I have found
the key piece of evidence
Really?
How did you get it?
I'm curious about it
Take it easy
The wontons (dumplings) were a bit salty
Let's go for a drink
I'll tell you about it
Apologies, I have a train to catch
Your train will depart at 11.30 AM
I only need 10 minutes
Luo Fei
What happened?
Do you want to find it out?
Come listen
Mr. Wu
I'll only give you 10 minutes
If you show me the evidence,
I'll go to the police station with you
Otherwise,
stop bugging me
No problem
This way please
Mr. Wu
Can you serve me some tea?
So sorry
We packed away all the tea leaves
What about the tea you made yesterday?
It's good for eyes
Luo Fei
I have things to do at the station
It's early in the morning
I did not come here to watch you put on a one-man show
Okay
Sir
I found the third person on the scene
when the accident happened
and I have come to a conclusion
I'll now show you the evidence
What a shame
It's such a high-quality cup
Sorry, I was too careless
The shards
might injure someone
Please clean it up
Let me help you
Be careful
The shards are sharp
and your skin is so smooth
I can't let you get hurt
Mrs. Ma
Let me tell you
She is Ma Bo Yuan's wife
and Wu Qing Feng's lover
She is Miss Ruan Meng Zhu
Luo Fei
What is happening?
Mr. Wu
You are right
My previous deducation lacked a key piece of evidence
I only deduced
that you used a corpse to replace Mrs. Ma
But I didn't deduce
where you got the corpse from
So, during this time I've been at the hospital
and the slums
trying to find corpses of missing women
But that was a waste of time
Until one day I suddenly realized
you confused me
It's impossible for me
to find out the identity of the corpse
because there have been no missing women recently
In other words
even if she went missing,
except for you
nobody will know
The corpse is Xiang?
Exactly
You killed your maid, Xiang
and disguised Mrs. Ma to look like her
to replace her
A faked death and a disappearance
A perfect match.
So perfect!
You almost tricked me
But let me tell you
in this world
there is no such thing as a perfect crime
No matter how perfect your plan is,
there will be a flaw
Sir, have a seat
When I entered your house yesterday,
I passed a name card to Xiang
When she accepted the name card,
she looked at
the words thoroughly
According to your neighbour,
Xiang came from a village
she was illiterate
So,
I confirmed my suspicion
She is a fake
She is not the real Xiang
I did it
No
Mrs. Ma
You're just an accomplice
You've never seen Xiang
and didn't know that her body size
is similar to yours
How could you plan it?
I'm the one who did everything
But I was forced to do that
Once, I called Meng Zhu
and Xiang heard it
Then, she threatened me
I accidentally killed Xiang
because I was too impulsive
I panicked
I didn't know what to do with the corpse
But after I calmed down,
I noticed that Xiang's body size
was similar to Meng Zhu's
So I came up with that plan
Before, I deduced
that your plan
was to fake the accident scene,
make Ma Bo Yuan a scapegoat
and then take Ruan Meng Zhu away
Killing two birds with one stone
I underestimated you
You were trying to kill three birds with one stone
Wu Qing Feng, Ruan Meng Zhu
The law is merciless
Chinese idiom with more or less the same meaning as the Latin idiom "dura lex sed lex"
Come with me to the police station
Come on!
Take them
Yes
You don't want to go back with them?
I'm not feeling well
I have requested a half day leave
Where are you unwell?
My heart feels uneasy
The case was solved
You should be happy
But I didn't expect it to turn out like this
Ma Bo Yuan is a glutton, a drunk and an adulterer who abused his wife
and in the end he's not guilty
Wu Qing Feng saved Mrs. Ma from from a living hell
and in the end he became the murderer
The world is not black and white
People can't simply
be classified as good or bad
Every criminal has something worthy of sympathy
And the victims
may not be innocent
Do you still want to bring
all criminals to justice?
A philosopher once said,
in this world
there may be no such thing as absolute justice
But the police has a duty
to make everyone
believe in the existence of justice
Who is the philosopher?
Me
Dear Aunt
I have solved my first case
with the assistance of detective Luo
Maybe the world isn't black and white
But the law that upholds justice
can't be trampled
by anyone for any reason
I'm proud to be a police detective
and a warrior upholding the law
I'll perform my duty
and make everyone
believe in justice
Come in
I know what experiment you did
Look
There's ink blots on the ceiling
It was to mimic a bloodstain, right?
Continue
The victim's carotid artery was severed
and blood sprayed everywhere
The murderer moved the corpse away
and cleaned all the bloodstains
But he missed the bloodstains on the ceiling
You reconstructed the crime scene
The drawing on the floor
is not the location where the corpse was found
It's the scene of the murder
Am I right?
Good
Now let me ask you
When the victim fell on the floor,
he was dragged away right after
Tell me
How long do traces of the bloodstain remain?
Sullivan is my husband's surname
He bought
the apartment for me
Don't look down on it
After the carotid artery was severed,
the bleeding will last for 3 minutes
The murderer might drag
the victim
at 50m per second
Time starts now
You must struggle since you're still alive
Do you know the Chairman of the China-Western Chamber of Commerce,
Dou Ma Li?
-He likes it here very much -You are getting weaker
Your voice is getting weaker
Help!
You lost too much blood and fell into a coma
Help!
-I drop you here -Help!
and stab you
I don't want to stay here!
No! I don't want to stay here!
Don't go!
What the hell are you doing?
I...
We're doing an experiment
[Case Closed]
[Preview]
150,000 refugees were displaced and homeless
The Chamber of Commerce is collecting donation to help the victims
-Enough! -Stay away!
Look
720900
Do you know
Han Wei Wei?
No, I don't
Someone sent
a death threat letter to the chairman
Yes
When I got back,
I saw
a letter on the table and sofa
The mysterious murder of Han Wei Wei
The mystery of the locked room
These two cases are fascinating
[The Missing Boyfriend]
[Stay tuned]
[Extra - "How strong is Xiao Man?"]
Shanghai is so lively!
Miss
Where do you want to go?
Sullivan Apartment
I know the place, 2 silver dollars
2 silver dolars?
It's cheap
Okay
Let me take your baggage
Catch the thief!
Get up
Thief!
Stop!
-Catch the thief! -Catch the thief!
Stop!
Get out of the way!
Stop!
What's wrong?
Get your weapons
Stop it!
What are you doing?
Stop it!
Don't move! Get up
Don't move, get down!
Get down!
Thank you for your help, are you okay?
I'm okay
We're colleagues
I'll leave it to you
Don't move
For you
Thank you
You're awesome!
Thank you
Let's go to Sullivan Apartment
Come on
Excuse me