[Detective L]
[Episode 22] [City In Crisis: A]
[Notice Board]
[Jin Bu Bai - first degree repeat felony]
[Reward of 100.000 silver dollars]
Listen to me
It was hard to get these movie tickets
so you have to go
Right!
Hey, stop knocking! What do you want?
That wasn't for you
I'm turning myself in
What did you do?
I've done so many things
But lately,
I'm planning to rob Manager Wei's vault,
kidnap the son of President Ouyang
and bomb Chief Chen's cruise ship
I guess all three have already received my threatening letter
Who are you?
The wanted man you're looking for
Jin Bu Bai
Jin Bu Bai, don't move
Jin Bu Bai
Freeze!
-Don't move -Don't move
I am a man of leisure from Wollongong
Lines from the Beijing opera "The Ruse of the Empty City"
relying on yin and yang...
Sir
This guy
Are you really Jin Bu Bai?
My crimes are all capital offenses
Who would pretend to be me? They'd be put to death
Why did you suddenly turn yourself in?
For fun
For fun?
Yeah
But the handcuffs and the shackles
are quite heavy
Please take them off
I have a record in my bag
Can you please
get me a gramophone?
Are you crazy?
You want a gramophone?
You're on death row! Gramophone, my ass
Alright
You all came to listen to me
Superintendent Savoy
You have a son studying in Japan
He's quite impressive
There was a test last week,
and he almost got full marks
Unfortunately, he got one place name wrong
Didn't he?
You...
You there, detective
You're Ye Chang Qing from Anhui
Your father died early
Your mother and your younger sister
brave the elements every day
to go fishing in your hometown
What a hard life
What do you want?
Are you looking for death?
Anhui dialect, huh?
I'll let you bite the bullet
Chang Qing
This is Qin Xiao Man
The first female detective
Awesome
Your parents died early
You grew up with the help of your aunt
over the years
You studied at the Police Academy
Right?
What do you want?
I want a gramophone to listen music
This is only a small request
Chang Qing, go and get it
Okay
I'll get it for you
But if you dare to hurt my mother and my sister,
I'll kill you
Sir Ye, go and complete your mission!
I want to see someone else
Who?
Luo Fei
See me?
Why?
You'll know when you see him
Why should I?
I'm not available
What do you mean?
You've been staring at this ashtray for half a day
This isn't a normal ashtray
It was found at the crime scene
I can see that
It's stained with blood at the bottom
Can you identify the killer
with the ashtray alone?
Of course
The victim was a young female teacher
All her fingers were smooth
without any smoke stains
That means she doesn't smoke
So she doesn't need an ashtray
Where did the weapon come from?
The killer brought it with him?
There are many weapons
better than an ashtray
Scissors, fruit knifes
or even a rolling pin
So the killer picked up the ashtray at random
during a struggle with the victim
and struck her dead with it
That means
the ashtray was originally present on the scene
Didn't you say the victim didn't smoke
and didn't need an ashtray?
Exactly, she prepared the ashtray
even though she didn't smoke
The only explanation is
she prepared it for someone else
A man who always comes to her house
No
Two men who always come to her house
Two men?
Exactly
There are two kinds
of tobacco ash in this ashtray
Cloud cigarette with a lighter flavor
and
Camel cigarette with a more pungent flavor
It's impossible a single man
would smoke both at the same time
with such different flavors
So,
you can check the school where the victim worked
and see if you can find those who smoke these two kinds of cigarettes
And
the man who smokes Camels
is probably married
He had a bigger motive
You should focus on him
Okay
I'll arrange someone to investigate the victim's school
About Jin Bu Bai
I hope you'll meet with him
I don't want to see him
I've dealt with him before
He's insane
But he said you love to solve crimes
So he prepared three cases especially for you
which are taking place simultaneously
Having your meal?
Detective Luo
You never expected
that I would turn myself in, right?
Your surrender is
within my expectations
You have two motives
First,
Your recent second-in-command, Wei Feng
suddenly decided to better his ways
lit. "renounce the dark and seek the light"
You're afraid of being deserted by your supporters
and the unstable situation
So you presumably came here to lie low until it blows over
Second,
I just solved a crime
The victim was a female teacher
And I just got a message from the school
There's a chemistry professor who's back from America
who smokes Camel cigarettes
And this man will be locked up here too
So I think you're probably very interested in that chemistry professor
Exactly
I'm here
to have a good talk with the professor
We're going to talk about the formula for a powerful virus
A virus?
Before,
I really liked to read the news about you
You solved mysterious cases time and again
Look at you now
Wei Feng is stealing
all the limelight from you!
Hurry up! Move it!
Move it out, come on!
Don't move
Freeze!
Take them away
Wei Feng?
[Wei Feng]
-Good! -Good!
Wei Feng
[Hu Jiang Daily Reporter - Fu Yuan Yuan]
Wei Feng
It's always Wei Feng
I sincerely advise you to stay here
Don't let your men out there mess around
Wei Feng knows too many secrets
My subordinates,
my secret stronghold
Even what's in my mind, he knows it all
But the game is getting more fun now
You and I both know
who we should get rid of next
You want to get rid of him?
It's fun
Exciting
Fun?
Then stop playing with others
If something's up, just come to me
Wei Feng has been spending lots of time with me lately
If there's nothing else,
I'll be off
Wait a minute
Who's this person?
Wei Feng
Don't tell me you think it's not him?
I'm asking
who's the person who took his picture?
Sorry,
I really don't know
I know Wei Feng very well
He doesn't like to smile
There are so many pictures in the newspapers
This is the only picture where he smiled
He didn't smile just for the camera
So,
the photographer
must be a beautiful girl
and they know each other
No, no
Should be more than that
Look at his smile
Should be more intimate
Did he betray me
because of this girl?
Get me a new gramophone
I'll give you hundred times the price
Get me a gramophone
It's good you're here
I was looking for you
I need t talk to you too
Bring Fu Yuan Yuan, the reporter
of Hu Jiang Daily here immediately
What's wrong with Yuan Yuan?
Jin Bu Bai knows about her
and about your relationship
He thinks you betrayed him because of this woman
Now, Fu Yuan Yuan is in more danger than you are
Don't say anything
Let's go and pick her up right now
Let's go
I must bring you to justice
You want to clear your name, huh?
No way!
Wei Feng
[Municipal Council Chairman - Lu Wen De]
You want to clear your name, huh?
Ask my wife what she thinks about that
[Nine months ago]
My name is Wei Feng
I have waited two years
to finally get my first mission
from Jin Bu Bai, Master Jin
My target is this fat guy
But I don't want to kill him
Because I'm a good guy working undercover at Jin Bu Bai's side
Be careful
Wake up, Xiao Qian!
Help!
The fat guy managed to escape,
but my bullet hit Lu Wen De's wife
Although she's not dead,
she's paralyzed
Since then, Lu Wen De
has a grudge against me
Jin Bu Bai and Luo Fei are alike
He's able to glean
so much information from the newspaper
His ability to gather criminals from all walks of life
is even more frightening than this
Xiao Man,
do you remember the note in Huo Wen Si's hand
during his coma?
Of course
It said,
Captain Jin
Is that "Jin"
meant to be Jin Bu Bai?
What is the connection
between Jin Bu Bai and Captain?
What's the motive behind his surrender?
Is it just to be able to see Captain?
Impossible
Aren't the two of them locked up alone separately?
I hope he wakes up soon
Oh right
a friend of mine
gave me a reliable piece of news
He said
he had discovered Jin Bu Bai's new crime plot
Does it have something to do with a virus?
How did you know?
Exactly
It's related to a virus
But he couldn't tell me
too much on the phone
So he asked me to meet him tonight
When did he call you?
Before you came back
I left the prison at 9:30 am
Then I took some time to meet Ben Jie Ming
It's about 11 am now
That means,
there's a 1.5 hour interval
You mean...
This phone call could be a trap
1.5 hours
is ample time for Jin Bu Bai to arrange the manpower
I thought Jin Bu Bai
was locked up in jail
and kept separate from others?
How could he arrange such a thing?
Jin Bu Bai has more money than he can spend
Did your friend stress that
he only wants to meet you alone?
Yes
And at night
Yes
Alright
After we pick up your girlfriend,
let's go back to Sullivan Apartments
Don't go anywhere else today
Don't worry
I trust my friend
Jin Bu Bai wants us to make a mistake
We can't jump headfirst into his trap
But what if the intel is true?
If someone must go
then let me go with Xiao Man
Stop the car
Yuan Yuan
A-Feng
What a coincidence!
I'm here specifically for you
Listen to me
You're being targeted by bad guys
You're in danger now
I want you to hide at my place
Hiding out at your house?
For how long?
It's okay
I have interviews during the day
and I'll go home before dark
I'll be fine
Unless you stay with me,
I will worry
It's fine
I can't live without a job or a life
just hiding in your house like a rat
I know you're worried about me,
but I am really in a hurry
I'm going to be late
A-Feng
I have time tomorrow night
Let's have dinner together
She's stubborn
and I couldn't convince her
What should we do now?
Don't worry
She's very cautious
and careful
I'll secretly protect her
when I have time
I hope nothing goes wrong
Where are you going?
I just made dumplings
Save them,
we'll be back for dinner tonight
Come with us to meet Wei Feng's friend
Okay
He made it very clear on the phone
He only wants to see me
and no strangers
Don't worry
You go up on your own when you get there
We'll wait for you downstairs
Let's go
Luo Fei
Here it is
You and Xiao Man
should wait for me at this cafe
Don't worry
I have an appointment with the superintendent
We'll wait for you here
If you run into any problems,
we're here to support you immediately
Okay
Be careful
Luo Fei,
you are too cautious
with Wei Feng
The entire police force
came here to watch him
We don't have to do our jobs, huh?
Jin Bu Bai will do whatever it takes to kill Wei Feng
We can't let that happen
Don't worry
There are so many policemen here
-Nothing will happen -Exactly
What was that sound?
A gunshot
Gunshot!
Hurry up!
[Tian Bai Chuan]
He's dead
There's no sign of a struggle at the scene
The window's closed, but unlocked
The door was kicked in
I'm the one who kicked it
What did you see when you kicked the door in?
I didn't see anything
I only saw Tian Bai Chuan lying there
Were the windows closed like they are now?
Yes
What about outside?
Anything unusual on the windowsill?
I know what you want to ask
But I'm sure
nothing's wrong with the windowsill outside
I remember that you told me
This might be a trap
So I didn't dare to come in
Why did you kick in the door?
I heard a gunshot
I rushed up and found that the door was locked
I feared Tian Bai Chuan was in danger,
so I kicked it
This is the fifth floor
Where were you when you heard the gunshot?
Third or fourth floor
How long did it take you to get here?
Five seconds
What about the time to kick in the door?
Seven or eight seconds
Less than ten seconds
That means,
the time between hearing the gunshot and and finding the body,
was only about ten seconds
I've checked the inner room
Only the living room windows are closed,
but not locked
Since the door was locked
the killer can only run away
via the windows
It all took less than ten seconds
The killer shot the victim,
walked to the window,
climbed out the window,
shut the window with one hand,
and escaped from the fifth floor
How could he do that
in less than ten seconds?
It's too difficult
Look
What did I find under the bed?
It must be the murder weapon
Sir
It means,
the killer made another additional move before he left
He went into the bedroom and threw the pistol under the bed
All in less than ten seconds
That's completely impossible
There's only one possibility
He's the killer
He killed the victim,
threw the pistol under the bed
and waited for us to come
He had enough time
Chang Qing, go back to the police station
and investigate this pistol
No need
It's mine
I've registered it
Why are you looking at him like that?
I'm sure Wei Feng's not the killer
Do you have new evidence?
No, but Wei Feng...
That's exactly what Jin Bu Bai wants to see
He's just trying to frame him
Don't you understand?
We understand
But Wei Feng is the most likely suspect right now
In fact, your logic is sound
From hearing the gunshot until kicking in the door,
only ten seconds passed
Only Tian Bai Chuan and I were on the scene
The pistol was found under the bed
which rules out the possibility of suicide
From all the evidence,
I'm the most suspicious person
No
I'm the only suspect
Wei Feng
Even if they don't understand Jin Bu Bai's style, the two of us do
He'll only act against his enemies
when victory is certain
I think
there's a lot of evidence against me
in this room aside from this pistol
When I entered the room,
I observed the kitchen on the left
There are a lot of muddy shoe prints on the floor
I think mine are there too
I'm so sorry
Ye
Sir
Can you let Wei Feng go first?
Then tell me
How did the killer disappear
without a trace in ten seconds?
I don't know how he did it
But there must be a way
Wei Feng's definitely not the killer
Unless you have the evidence
I will do this strictly by the book
Luo Fei, excuse me
Let's go
Wait a minute
Sir
Can you arrange
a single cell for Wei Feng?
Let's go
Wei Feng
Xiao Man will send you food and essentials every day
Don't touch anything in prison
I think you
shouldn't focus on me
Maybe
that's what Jin Bu Bai wants to see
You meant
Jin Bu Bai is trying to distract us
Most likely
I'll continue to keep an eye on the virus
About the virus
Even if Tian Bai Chuan didn't say much on the phone,
he revealed one thing
He asked me to watch out for severe influenza
Severe influenza?
Xiao Man
Go visit the major hospitals in the Concession
every morning and afternoon
If you run into a patient with severe influenza,
get their gender, age
onset date and onset location
and note it all down
Okay, got it
Yes
What?
Wei Feng has been locked up?
Wicked guy
Don't think I won't kill you
This is Lu Wen De from the Municipal Council
There's a new prisoner in your prison named Wei Feng
Investigation showed
he committed a capital crime
against public safety
Put him in front of the firing squad immediately
I'll send someone...
No
I'll send the order myself
I have examined Tian Bai Chuan's body
He was shot in the heart by a gun
Yes
We heard a gunshot yesterday
I found no other trauma
and no signs of a struggle
It should be done by an acquaintance
Tian Bai Chuan has other acquaintances besides Wei Feng
Now the key is still here, making it a locked room
If Wei Feng wasn't the killer,
then how did the killer disappear?
I have no idea either
In most locked rooms, it's very easy to leave behind a flaw
Furthermore...
Xiao Man
What's wrong?
Okay
What's going on?
There are three patients with severe influenza
in St. John International Hospital this morning
I'll have to go there
Help me inform the superintendent
I'll be right back
These are the families of the patients
We can't stop them
Do they need to be quarantined?
They're temporarily out of danger
[Dr. Hao]
I'm afraid the families
won't agree to be isolated
Are you sure they're not in danger?
After taking some anti-inflammatory and antipyretic drugs,
antipyretic = drug to reduce fever
their condition is basically stable
Xiao Man
Did you jot down the time and location of the illness onset?
Yes
For the first two cases, the onset time
was 7.30 am,
and 8.30 am
The outbreak time of the third case
was fifteen minutes later
which was 8.15 am
The locations are scattered
Two in the east of the city
and one in the south of the city
Chang Qing, show me the map
This is the first onset location in the east
Have you been to other hospitals?
Do they have similar cases of severe influenza?
There are another two cases in two other hospitals
Time and location
The locations are scattered
and the time is not regular
Luo Fei
Do you think we made a fuss about nothing?
From the first onset location
until the second onset location,
there's an interval of thirty minutes
From the second to the third case, there's an interval of fifteen minutes
From the third to the fourth case, there's an interval of 25 minutes
From the fourth to the fifth case,
there's an interval of twenty minutes
It means,
the culprit was going by foot
You mean the five severe influenza cases
are all man-made?
Exactly
Man-made serial poisoning
There are going to be
more victims after this
Sir
Send someone to bring the other two patients to this hospital
to make our protection and observation easier
Okay
Who's the first patient?
The bespectacled man out there
He's a university student
University Student - Guo Yong Qiang
His name is Guo Yong Qiang
He just got back to Shanghai by train from Guangzhou
The second patient is the one in the bed
[Chen Da Li
His name is Chen Da Li
He's a coolie at the pier
unskilled hard laborer
Today was his day off
And then the third patient is this girl
[Liang Jing]
Her name is Liang Jing
She's a primary school teacher
In the two other hospitals,
there are two patients
One of them is a small boy
I need to confirm the name and occupation of the female patient again
Wait
Five people
Different gender, different age and different occupation
The killer poisoned indiscriminately
Is he trying to
incite a city-wide panic on purpose
to make us force him out?
It's not that simple
Since it's a trap by Jin Bu Bai,
he must have his own reasons
The five patients case
is more like
an experiment
Different age
Different gender
and different physique
He want to test their ability to withstand the virus
and see how contagious the virus is
Maybe the hospital's treatment abilities
and the virus strain infection rate
were tested at the same time
Dr. Hao
I'm sure
there will be more serious patients after this
Okay
I'll get ready then
Okay
Sir
Send half of the police force to track down the criminal on the streets
Since he's on foot,
there must be a chance of meeting him
Chang Qing,
do as Luo Fei says
Okay, let's go
Sir
Can you bail Wei Feng out first?
He's the key to beating Jin Bu Bai
Wei Feng is a homicide suspect
He can't be bailed out
Dr. Hao just said,
the five patients are out of danger
I can't release a killer because
a couple of people have the flu
Superintendent Savoy
There's a call for you
It's from the jail
This is Savoy
What?
Alright
What happened?
The Chairman of the Municipal Council, Lu Wen De, has demanded Wei Feng's execution
Lu Wen De?
Did you forget?
When Wei Feng went undercover,
he hurt his wife by mistake
It seems Lu Wen De wants Wei Feng dead
How much time do we have?
At the earliest this evening
At the latest tomorrow morning
I heard Lu Wen De
has been digging up black marks on Wei Feng's record
Once his case against him is ready,
he's going to give the orders to shoot Wei Feng
Before that,
I have to find evidence to solve the mystery of the locked room
I'm going to see Lu Wen De
You must hurry
Yes
Besides traces of the victim and Wei Feng,
there's no new discovery on the scene
Are you looking for a compartment or a hidden chamber?
If there was a third person at the scene
at the time of the crime,
he wanted to disappear without a trace within ten seconds
The best way
is to hide here
So, you suspect
there's a mezzanine in this room
Very likely
But policemen
have cordoned off this room
and guarded it for 24 hours
No suspect has been in or out
That means,
the killer could still be hiding here
But we have thoroughly investigated it
It's all solid
and there's no mezzanine
Then how could the killer
disappear from a sealed room within ten seconds?
Did you forget?
The room wasn't sealed
The windows were unlocked
But they were closed
You can't throw a pistol
under the bed in just ten seconds
-and... -Xiao Man
Ben Jie Ming
If you were the killer,
could you do all those things
and climb out through the window
within ten seconds?
It would be very difficult
What are you thinking?
I was thinking what if the killer wasn't alone
What if it was two people working together?
Can they do it in ten seconds?
You mean,
there's another killer
waiting for his companion outside the window
Exactly
The other killer just needs to kill,
throw the pistol,
and climb out of here
But don't forget
There are footprints in the kitchen
It's still hard to do it in ten seconds
You're right
It's indeed hard even for two people
Let me in
I'm looking for Mr. Luo
Miss Fu
Let her in
Hi
I'm Fu Yuan Yuan from Hu Jiang Daily
Superintendent Savoy said,
Lu Wen De wants to shoot A-Feng
So I came here in a hurry
to see what's going on
Don't worry
We're gathering evidence right now
We'll try our best to save Wei Feng
I got it!
I have encountered the similar locked-room case before
Everything in the locked room was arranged in advance
The killer hid in the next room and fired a shot
It caused the illusion of a locked room
Hid in the next room and fired a shot?
Exactly
A psychological locked room
Well
Let's ask the occupants of this floor
and see if we can find anything
If you discover anything out of the ordinary,
please inform me
Alright, no problem
Thank you
Don't mention it
Thank you
You're welcome
Did you find anything?
Now,
besides Tian Bai Chuan's house
there are people living in other units
And they've been living here for more than ten years
There's nothing suspicious about their identities
That means,
last night before the crime,
no one's entered these units
So the killer couldn't have hidden next door
to fire a shot
Is there another way?
I'll answer the call
What exactly happened on this floor last night?