Strange Tales of Tang Dynasty II To the West Episode 15

A posse of sheriffs

This episode took an interesting twist. The sheriff that arrived was not a sheriff and the hermit is. Stories are exchanged and the sheriff the bandit admires turns out to be the hermit. They find interesting clues and more footprints than missing people. Everybody took a leap back when the vat is opened and no one inside. Brave YingTao goes inside and finds an escape hatch underneath. There is a path that leads behind the counter. So they know landlady and old man hiding. The pearl is missing from the god and an escape route is found above and below the god of treasure hunters. The Shen sheriff was looking for a dozen missing construction workers and adding this murder case along with it. This episode has many shrewd minds working together to investigate surroundings. It is decided that because of the number of bowls seen that all the men should assist the sheriffs in finding them. They have just headed down when they find the door locked and the old man poised with a fire tipped arrow. The stairs have been coated in copper oil so if ignited the men below will definitely not survive the fire. I am very glad I don’t have to wait to see next episode. I enjoyed the fight scenes. They were well choreographed. The interaction between all the ‘sheriffs’ was also fun to watch. I like the idea of an underground maze and hope they get to live long enough to find it.

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