Strange Tales of Tang Dynasty II To the West Episode 4

Paint and inspiration

The mural is still not complete. The artist refuses to let another complete it and yet cannot seem to find inspiration to complete. XiJun reminds him of the freedom of painting and how that was lost when he became famous. She encourages him to find his former self and he will easily complete the work. Let’s hope she has become his muse or heads will roll….literally. Lu LingFeng finds himself benched from the case by both royals. Fei is keeping him knocked out enough to heal. And Su has started investigating the buyers of the special flying light paint. Since he sprung his trap too early in Cloud Tower he is embedding himself with the masked buyers to see how the black market works. They have been put off for two days and highest bid gets the prize but now all 4 suspects can be followed prior to sale. The old man in the North building has steered Lu to two cases in particular his subordinates hid with the old cold cases. Lu learns this after arresting him and bringing him in and Su recognizing him as the one Di offered shelter. They have also learned that Dr Li was murdered. They found his body and realized he was paralyzed by needles in ears and then his liver was removed while he was alive. They are guessing him to be first victim. It seems most of the activity started around the time of the magic show and was hidden away by the activity and confusion after that. Lu did a search for the body first and was lead to a trap where he encountered the three new lady shop owners . The one he had spoken to the night his friend killed was poised to take his liver. She was in for a surprise but they escaped . There is a conspiracy amongst the monks with four people that hid amongst the monks but no longer there. A clue was given about fake monks and fake walls. The minister of last rights is devastated that his office was so misused and that the bodies did not get the respect they were supposed to. They are unraveling the conspiracies a bit at a time but it has been slow going with many variables. The one shop owner was just trying to survive with the competition of the bigger shop that more willingly deals with illegal items. The artist has til the princess arrives to consecrate his mural and time is counting down for gathering guilty parties of liver stealing campaign. The Princess’ underling is a danger to Lu and yet is a direct product of the Princess’ teachings and ideals. Quite the irony. 😝

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