[Detective L]
[Episode 9] [Higanbana: C]
We found residue of "Tears"
in Xiao Lang's music score case
as well as Guan Er's violin case
Thus we suspect that they
used performing abroad as an cover
to sell "Tears"
Mi La So La La So
What does it mean?
this is numbered notation solfeggio,
but it uses a different scale system
If I'm not mistaken,
it should be the passcode for a safe deposit box
Someone is coming
It's Zheng Dong
He's dead
The fifth member of the drug trafficking ring
is Uncle Cao
Although she had received the money,
she became a problem we had to eliminate
I gave you the picture
What else do you want from me?
I want the negative
Where is the negative?
I burned it
Is this your younger sister?
She's innocent
She has nothing to do with this
Don't hurt her
This is a ferry ticket
to America
You want to run away?
It's for my sister
She's going to study abroad in America
So, she has to come here
We'll wait for her then
Maybe your sister
will tell me where the negative is
Xiao Lang
Please leave her alone!
I'll return all the money to you
Leave her alone
She's innocent
Now you come to your senses
It's too late
Let her go
Give her one more chance
What?
Say that again
What are you thinking?
You want to go against Captain's orders?
You want to end up like her?
Xiao Wen!
-Don't come back! Run! -Stop her!
-Pull her back! -Come on!
-Run! Xiao Wen -Cover her mouth!
Cover her mouth!
Guan Er
Lu Na
"Tears"
won't make you suffer
On the contrary, it will make you euphoric
Lu Na
Let me play
your favorite song
to send you on your final journey
The man who instructed you behind the scenes to sell "Tears"
was Captain
Exactly
But nobody has ever seen him
He only called us on the phone
Soon after, the calls stopped coming
But only sent the music scores
That's his style
How did Captain
set up your organization?
He only called
and contacted Xiao Lang
What about Xia Lu Na's sister?
After Xia Lu Na's death,
she disappeared into thin air
and never turned up again
Don't run!
Untie me first!
Luo Fei
Young detective
Don't you know that the older, the wiser?
lit. "old ginger is spicier than new"
This is my domain!
Go to hell!
Be careful
Why are you here?
Last night, I ran after Zheng Dong
and got hit by a car
I was admitted to the hospital
I looked for you once I was discharged this morning
But you weren't around
So I came here to find Zheng Dong
when I happened to see this thrilling scene
Zheng Dong is dead
All members of the drug trafficking ring
are dead
He was a member...?
I see
I didn't mean to do it
I just wanted to help you
Don't worry
I'll explain it to the police
Moreover,
the other detective on the scene
can be your witness too
What are you two talking about?
Quickly untie me
Luo Fei
Did you catch Captain ten years ago?
Then where is Captain now?
It doesn't matter
The point is that I'm sure
Captain is not
the mastermind behind the drug
Then who's the murderer behind it all?
Could it be Uncle Cao lied
just to clear his own name?
Unlikely
Okay
Since the case is solved,
I'll be off
It isn't solved yet
Don't you want to know
how the murderer escaped from the locked room
after killing Guan Er?
Well...
That's your problem
As for me,
the mystery of the musical murder was solved
I don't really care about anything else
Now I just want to
sit back and relax
and enjoy some Italian opera
and French ballet
Luo Fei
I got it
I know the secret of the locked-room murder
Xiao Lu
Let's go to Xiao Lang's house
Don't keep us in suspense, tell us
I know how the murderer did it
The murderer killed Guan Er
right under our nose
He used a clever smokescreen
to pull off an impossible murder
A smokescreen?
Yes
I didn't understand
why Guan Er was playing his violin here
He wanted to find out the six incorrect notes
to crack the passcode, right?
No
The murderer wanted to make us think
that Guan Er was still alive
But before we even heard the music,
Guan Er was already dead
While the music
was coming from the gramophone
I remember you said
there was no record on the gramophone
True
That's because the murderer made the record disappear
after it finished playing
But how could such a large object
disappear into thin air?
After Guan Er's death,
I came back to this room
and I felt something was missing
compared to my first visit
Here it is
Spring tape?
Exactly
The murderer used this
to set up the locking mechanism in the locked room
First,
the murderer pulled out the spring tape
and tied a short string to it
One end was tied to the gramophone needle,
while another end
was taped to the edge of the record
Then they tied the other end of the spring tape
to the leg at the bottom of the bookshelf against the wall
Second,
They taped one end of a 5 m long fishing line
to the latch of the door
while the other end
was wrapped around the cylinder of the gramophone
and the middle of the thread dragged on the floor
After the murderer killed Guan Er,
he started to play the record
Then,
he quickly ran from the crime scene
At that time, we were downstairs
and didn’t notice everything that happened upstairs
Xiao Lu
Please go out for a while
Next,
we'll wait until the room
becomes a locked room
The door locked itself
Take it easy
It's not finished yet
Xiao Lu
Come in
Kick the door!
This is what we saw
when we came in on that day
We only found the corpse on the floor
Not a sign of any record
Xiao Lu
Please recover the record
I'll bring it back for fingerprint comparison
That's strange
You were outside the room
How did you know
where to find the record?
That's right
How did you know?
The room is not that big
Where else could it have been hidden?
I just made a simple guess
No
I'm positive
that you killed Guan Er
Freeze!
Detective Qin, calm down
Luo Fei
You say I'm the murderer
Where's your evidence?
I started to suspect you
since yesterday
When I was busy finding clues,
you intentionally interrupted me
What's wrong?
I saw this case and thought
there might be something inside
You managed to distract me
with the music score
So,
I temporarily stopped suspecting you
But when we were
at my apartment earlier,
you crossed your legs while sitting on the sofa
Now I just want to
sit back and relax
and enjoy some Italian opera
and French ballet
The tape on the sole of your shoe
was from the tape on the door
If you don't mind,
can you let us take a look?
Lift up your foot
Xiao Lang, Guan Er and Zheng Dong
were all killed by you
You caused internal strife in the drug trafficking ring
which led to Uncle Cao mistakenly killing Guo Rong
Although you killed Uncle Cao to save me,
in fact,
you planned to kill him from the start
Xiao Lu
Why did you do this?
You're our client
Let me introduce you
The guy in front of you now
is Xia Lu Na's sister
Xia Xiao Wen
Sister?
My parents died young
I was raised by my sister since I was small
Because I looked delicate
My sister used to
dress me up like a girl for fun
You can just about fit
in my old clothes
Will I look pretty like you
when I grow up?
Silly boy
You are a boy
Boys become handsome when they grow up,
not pretty
But I just want to be like you
Don't be like me
I'm not a good person
Don't touch that
Mom left it to me
Are you hiding your boyfriend's picture in here?
Nonsense
Give it to me
Come and get me!
Naughty boy!
Give it to me!
Although she was a celebrity
in the eyes of outsiders,
in my heart,
she was my cute
and energetic sister
When we lived together,
we were always happy
Until...
Xiao Wen, come quickly
Sis, what's the matter?
Xiao Wen
I bought a ferry ticket for you
This is for your living expenses and tuition fees
Don't lose it
I don't want to go to America
Xiao Wen
You'll understand one day
Everything I've done was for your sake
Promise me
No matter what happens,
you must live a courageous life
Lu Na
Damn! They're here
Xiao Wen, remember
No matter what happens,
don't come out
Open the door, Lu Na!
I never expected
that would be our last meeting
After those villains got in,
they pushed my sister into a chair
They turned the room upside down
Xiao Lang
Please leave her alone
I'll return all the money to you
Leave her alone
She's innocent
Now you come to your senses
It's too late
Let her go
Give her one more chance
You want to go against Captain's order?
You want to end up like her?
Xiao Wen
-Don't come back! Run! -Stop her!
-Pull her back! -Come on!
-Run! Xiao Wen! -Cover her mouth!
Cover her mouth
Xiao Wen Run!
My sister knew that I was hiding in the closet
But she was shouting out the window
I knew
she wanted to protect me
and warn me not to come out
Guan Er!
I will never be able to forget this horrific melody
It's just like a knife
stabbing me in the heart over and over again
Sis, I promise
I definitely will have a good life
And I also promise
I definitely won't let them off
After I left Shanghai,
I studied abroad with the money my sister left me
But I never forgot my plan to come back
and avenge my sister
Seven years later,
you figured you had the necessary skills
So you came back to Shanghai
and got a job as Xiao Lang's assistant
Xiao Lang didn't know that Xia Lu Na had a brother
So he never suspected you at all
You secretly observed him by his side
and figured out they communicated with Captain
through the music score
Take it easy, the stock is here
It's in the safe at the Chelus Hotel
I'll go and get it once I get the passcode
Recently, I heard that someone
in the Concession
was interested in "Tears"
Um...
What do you mean?
We always take such a big risk
for such a tiny profit margin
If we could...
Are you crazy?
How dare you go against Captain?
Did you forget how Xia Lu Na died?
Then, I finally knew
why my sister had to die
When I thought of her tragic death,
I couldn't wait to send those murderers straight to hell
But I was too impatient
This song...
Do you know it?
No, I don't
Really?
The title of the song
is "Higanbana"
It's part of the standard repertoire of our orchestra
We used to have a musician named
Xia Lu Na
While she was playing this piece at home,
she died mysteriously
Xiao Lu
Have you heard of Xia Lu Na?
No
Come
Xiao Lu
How old are you?
20
So seven years ago you were thirteen
Similar
You look so similar
Xia Lu Na and you
look exactly alike
Don't stop playing
Continue
Maybe you don't know
Xia Lu Na
has a sister
Since her death,
There's been no news about her sister
We got the gender wrong
She has no sister,
but a brother
Let me tell you
I'm Xia Lu Na's sister
Tell me where Captain is
Tell me!
Captain
You can't get to him
But he will get to you
You need a reason
to get Captain to contact you
So the drugs
were taken by you
To get to the drugs,
you needed the passcode for the safe
Since Xiao Lang was dead
and you couldn't crack it yourself
you needed someone who's good at code-breaking to help you
Yes
You were the only one who met my criteria
But you knew
that a mere rumor wouldn't be enough
to get me to join the investigation
You had to let me witness
the magic of the musical murder
So,
you set up this locked room
You used the legend of the musical murder
to pique my curiosity
and then found an opportunity
to lure Guan Er into the locked room
It's in that drawer
After you killed Guan Er,
you put the music score next to his corpse
to catch my attention
I must say,
that was very risky
After Guan Er's death
you purposely put the focus of the case
on the music score
to inspire me to crack the passcode of the safe
You grabbed the drugs inside before we got to it
In fact, you didn't go to the hospital last night
You went to Xia Lu Na's house instead
and set an ambush for Zheng Dong
Sir
Are you okay?
I'm okay
I need to go somewhere
Hurry up!
-Okay -Get into the car!
Don't scream
"Tears" won't make you suffer
It will only make you feel incomparably happy
Xiao Man
But you never expected
Xiao Man and I to arrive at Xia Lu Na's house so soon
In a hurry,
you hid inside the closet once again
So you were with us
for the whole night
He heard our conversation with Guo Rong
He knew that Guo Rong
would definitely go to Uncle Cao
So he set up an ambush in the hall
Until the moment I was in danger,
when you appeared to save me
I shouldn't have saved you
You saved me
because you're not a bloodthirsty monster
You only wanted revenge for your sister,
not to hurt innocent people
Xiao Lu
No matter your motive,
murder is still murder
Come with me to the station
No way
Not yet
Captain is
the real culprit behind my sister's murder
Since I know the murderer
is still beyond the arm of the law,
how can I abandon my revenge?
Big brother!
Luo Fei
Captain
I'll take you to see Captain
When you see him,
you can decide if you still want revenge
Luo Fei
But I have a condition
Turn yourself in afterwards
Alright
You said you would bring us
to Captain, right?
This is Captain
I don't believe you
Ten years ago,
the police force and I
managed to catch him and his gang
He was shot when he tried to escape
Although it didn't hit anything vital,
it made him into this
Keep quiet
Do you really think
he killed your sister?
Even if you kill him,
will it bring your sister back to life?
Xiao Lu
Your sister would not want
to see you take revenge in her name
and turn into a criminal
Luo Fei, thank you
When I told you I didn't want to be a detective
I didn't mean it
Unfortunately, I won't have the chance to solve another crime with you anymore
Don't worry
We will definitely arrest the culprit behind your sister's murder
Feeling reluctant to part?
Xiao Man
Did you guys get a new police car?
No
What's wrong?
Damn
The car's license plate number
is a new registration
Hurry up!
Xiao Lu
Captain
Dear Aunt,
How are you?
Today,
we solved a musical murder case
The murderer deceived people
in order to get revenge for his sister
Fate may hand misfortunes
to every one of us at any time
Being blinded by hatred
and becoming a mindless puppet driven by hatred
will only make people fall into the dark abyss
Only a righteous, kind
and indomitable heart
can help people break through hardships
lit. "hack through brambles and thorns"
and overcome misfortune
to move forward on the path of life
Why did Xiao Lu write Captain before he died?
Maybe his obsession just ran that deep
Or are you saying
you suspect the Captain in the prison is faking it?
[Case Closed]
[Preview]
The fatal cut was on the right side of her neck,
her carotid artery was cut
The murderer must have used a knife
with a triangular blade
After the murder,
he used the same knife to cut the deceased's face
Maybe
he wanted to convey a special message
The cheongsam she was wearing
was made by imported enamel fabric
It's fitted,
must be tailor-made
Who has used this fabric
to order a cheongsam made?
We can rule out these three people
Their size doesn't match the deceased
Where's your wife now?
She's out and about all day
Let her die out there for all I care
This fabric was used to make four cheongsams
Who received the remaining dress?
What do you mean?
Why are you asking me this?
He blamed his wife when his business dropped
and threatened her with scissors
I bet you killed your wife
with these scissors
[The Wrathful Begonia]
[Stay tuned]
[Extra - Who stole Su Su's ring?]
None of then stole your ring
Let them go out and play
No way
Look! Da Wang disagrees with you too
When did they come here?
They're my relatives' kids
It's the school break
So they came to Shanghai
They came yesterday
and my ring went missing today
What a coincidence!
Listen to me
Let them go out and play
No way
No one can go out!
Luo Fei
Last night before I went to bed,
I took off the ring
The door was closed at night
It just went missing this morning
I bet they stole it
Okay
Kids
Come here
Come on
Look at them
They're short
and can't reach the place you keep the ring
Look at her
There are still sleep marks on her face
and water marks near her mouth here
They slept like a dog last night
and had no time to steal your ring
Who stole it then?
Promise me three things
I promise, you'll see
your ring again tonight
Alright
First,
let them go out and play
Go out and play
Wait a moment
Go out and play
Don't go too far
Don't ever tell Aunt Wang
what I told you just now
Okay?
Go out and play
You just spoke so loudly
Did you mean for me to hear it?
Exactly
Second,
don't bother the little boy
and don't question him
Third,
Don't take out the trash today
Wait until I come back tonight
Trash?
That's right
Must be in the trash, right?
[At night......]
Seems I can't turn in early tonight
Finally, you're back
Where's my ring?
I guess your dog
made a big poop today
That's right
How did you know?
This is how it happened
There are many kids in the house
playing with sandbags in your room
Accidentally, a sandbag hit
the ring in your jewelry box
So, the ring
dropped into the dog food
Da Wang ate the ring unintentionally
This morning,
Da Wang was not feeling well
and kept making noise
Why didn't you tell me earlier?
You treat Da Wang
like your own child
Would you feed him laxative?
Of course not
So,
I asked a favour from the little boy
to put some laxatives into
the dog food without you noticing
Your ring was in the poop
I told you not to dump the trash
You didn't mention dog poop!
It's all your fault
(English) Fine
(English) Sorry
Xiao Man
Alright, Su Su
I'll go with you to find the poop
Quick!