Episode Title: {Chang'an Black Tea} Su Wu Ming Takes Up Office as Sheriff of Chang'an
In the second year of the Jingyun Reign of the Tang Dynasty, Wu Da Qi, a sheriff of Chang'an County, died mysteriously. Su Wu Ming, a disciple of Di Ren Jie, was recommended by Pei Shi Lang to take up the post. Lu Ling Feng, General of the Imperial Guards and a close confidante of the Crown Prince believes Su Wu Ming works for the Royal Princess. Because of that thought, his attitude towards Su Wu Ming is less than cordial, and thus, the two men do not get along well.
Bridegroom Song Chai and Dou Yu Lin are escorting the bride, Dou Cong Xia, to Xin County. Halfway through, the bridegroom leaves to head home first. Dou Yu Lin deliberately frightens the horse, causing it to speed off with the carriage into the wilderness. A corpse is later found dead with the face deeply branded with a physiognomy mask. Lu Ling Feng remembers a similar case that happened a year ago. Song Chai got killed while fleeing during curfew hours.
In the meantime, Sheriff Su is hosted by Pei Jian at his residence, where he meets Yuan Lai, the Magistrate of Chang'an and Wen Chao, the Minister of Household. Pei Jian treats them to drinking the expensive "immortal tea" called "Chang'an Black Tea". Unfortunately, Sheriff Su fainted at the sight of the red tea. On noticing the bridal corpse has not started to rot, Sheriff Su goes to West Market to look for the spice that prevents the dead body from decaying. Kang Yuan Li, a government official of West Market, believes that such spice can only be found in Ghost Market, but he advised Su not to go there unless it is a last resort. At this time, the runaway carriage has been found in a village. Clues led the two men to Dou Yu Lin, but he was found dead.
(Source: Chinese = Baidu || Translation = AnastasiaWun at kisskh)
- Aired: September 27, 2022
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The episode begins with the sheriff of Chang’an being awakened by a cat. It’s actually rather funny him chasing it around with a sword. As he is led outside the cat becomes female demon who further taunts him. As he promises to kill her to save the town, he plunges her first in a pond. I found this funny too but he does not come up spluttering as expected. A disciple of his is called in to inspect the body. From the outset the general of the guard is interested in murder investigations. He and new sheriff butt heads as their investigative methods collide in pursuit of the culprit. After the mysterious death of sheriff a new bride also dies under mysterious circumstances. The smirk of her brother as horse runs off with carriage had me thinking he was culprit. But we find the husband had gambling issues and planned on selling his bride to traffickers but she never arrived at his home. A masked entity finds her wandering around after carriage mishap. Many hours later the new sheriff arrives to find her shrouded with mask plastered to face. What is very unusual is her body is not decomposing and he wants to know what is preserving her. The brother can provide no assistance because he is found hanging in his room. The husband was out after curfew and an overly enthusiastic guard shot and killed him with arrow even as General tried to stop him. The only other aside is the minister of personnel’s daughter has a crush on the general. The new sheriff learned this at his visit before he passed out at the sight of red tea. It is curious why a person who passes out at the sight of blood wants to be a murder investigator. 😝He is an odd duck because he is floating leisurely in the pond where his predecessor died wondering how he could have drowned in such a shallow place. In the west market he learns of a ghost shop that may have the preservative he is looking for. This episode definitely introduces the weird and rivalry of general and sheriff in case investigations.
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It started weirdly (a lot of fantasy) but then as the plot moves, you realise it very Ren Di Jie model.
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