[I dare not to look at Guanyin anymore since then.]
[Butterfly Lovers]
[London, 1925]
I've been studying in Britain for five years.
My parents are getting older.
I can't serve them by their side.
[I'm an unfilial son.]
I'm an unfilial son.
Now, I can only work as hard as possible.
[hard]
I'll learn the best of them.
I won't let my parents and teachers down.
[I've been studying in Britain for five years. My parents are getting older. I can't serve them by their side.]
[I'm an unfilial son. Now, I have to work hard.]
[I'll learn the best of them. I won't let my parents and teachers down.]
[The University of Edinburgh]
Waiting for someone?
Happy New Year.
Happy New Year! Ladies and gentlemen.
Damn it.
Who told you to shoot?
Come on, Thomas.
I'm just trying to set the atmosphere, man.
Damn it.
Don't call my name, Diego.
Why did you say my name? You asshole.
[Land of Treasure]
What the f..?
Don't worry.
I'll take care of this.
Wing Ch...
Get out.
[Land of Treasure]
Everybody. Put your goods on the table and your hands where I can see them.
Damn it.
Good.
Let go of me.
Thank you, baby.
Let go of me!
Thank you very much.
Let me go.
You gotta be kidding me.
Hello.
Is there a problem?
I'm talking to you.
Hello.
Are you hard of hearing?
You are deaf.
Look.
We got a deaf guy here.
What did you do?
Help me, Thomas!
Let me go!
Thomas!
I told you, don't say my name in public. Never!
Oh shit!
Damn it.
Did you see that? A pig.
Look!
What's your name?
I'm Manqing.
Luo Xiafei.
[The Great Illusionist 2]
[1932. The North Sea]
The sky and the earth are clear.
I'm here to ask for your order.
I draw the figures to expel the evil and summon the gods.
I draw for an invulnerable body
and drive away all the evil spirits.
I kick the door of hell
to remove my name in the Book of Life and Death.
Know the earth first, and then the heaven.
In the human world, no one knows it.
Ji!
Fish scale?
The victim is Xu Shaoqing,
the only son of Xu Wanfu, president of Dacheng Bank.
[Xichang Police Department Investigation Record]
Three days ago, Shaoqing was resting at home due to injured feet.
Suddenly, he started talking nonsense,
saying that someone kept calling his name in his ear.
His family thought he was possessed
and invited a priest to perform a ritual.
Then something happened.
The priest was still performing the ritual on the stage,
but the young master suddenly died.
There was no wound on the body,
but his tongue disappeared.
It looks like it was ripped off alive.
It's so weird.
Rumor has it that the ghost killed him.
Do you believe in ghosts?
I know one thing.
What is invisible
doesn't exist.
You can't see the air, either.
But they exist.
Long Cong.
You've been watching for a long time.
Do you think they can talk?
No way.
Boss,
do you also believe it's the ghost?
Sometimes,
humans are more scarier than ghosts.
The victim's eyes are bleeding,
the pupils are wide and blue,
and there are irregular purple spots behind the ears.
It's a typical symptom of drug poisoning.
Do ghost use poison
to kill?
The strangling marks are new.
Looks like the murderer sneaked into Xu's house from here.
If the murderer pretended to be a ghost and killed him,
what's his motive?
Who is there?
Who?
Who? Come out!
Don't shoot!
[Gold]
My name is Hua Ling, a reporter from Beihai Daily.
[Reporter ID]
[Interview Department]
[Name: Hua Ling]
[Reporter ID]
[Interview Department]
[Name: Hua Ling]
[Republic of China]
[Name: Hua Ling]
[Interview Department]
Since you're a friend from the media department,
[Republic of China]
[Reporter ID]
then, we're not strangers.
Come on.
Put down your guns.
Put it down.
[Republic of China]
[Reporter ID]
I'm Ma Decai.
The chief officer of the North Sea Police Department.
Deputy chief officer.
I heard
there is a murder case here.
It's not a big deal.
Well...
Long.
What kind of person do you think the murderer is?
Long?
I've preliminarily conjectured that
the murderer is an introvert,
typical borderline personality.
He left the scales and paper dolls
to mislead the police.
He wanted to make the case complicated.
So, he pretended to be a ghost and kill people.
There's no way to find out.
Edmond Locard once said,
"Anyone who passes by will leave traces."
Locard.
We’re friends.
What did you mean?
The murderer is right behind you.
[Happiness Community]
It was raining last night. By footstep tracing method,
we can know their height, weight, age
and gender, by footsteps
and gait.
6′ 2″ tall, weighing 60kg, male.
5′ 2″ tall, weighing 45kg, female.
Limping left leg, three foot tall.
Weighs 20kg, female.
7′ 2″ tall.
Weighs 75kg, male.
[Yongjia Community]
That's not right.
No.
That's all wrong.
[Mailbox]
No.
Stop!
Stop! Stop!
What are you waiting for? Go get him!
Go!
What are you doing?
Stop! Stop!
Get out of the way!
Move!
Make way!
Move!
Move! Get him!
Hurry!
Get him!
[White rice]
[Fu Yuese Cloth]
Stop!
Chief!
[Ye Yu Butcher Shop]
[Fu Yuese Cloth]
[White rice]
[Ye Yu Butcher Shop]
[Repairing Services]
[Bicycle]
[Rickshaw]
[Repairing Services]
[Bicycle]
[Rickshaw]
Go after him!
Hurry up!
[Repairing Services]
[Mid-Autumn Mooncake]
[Fu Juchang's]
Stop!
Move!
Go get him!
Get out of the way!
[Pancake and stewed fish]
Get out of the way!
After him!
Up there!
Over there! Hurry!
[Manxing Yong's]
Go!
What are you chasing?
Pull me up.
This is the extraction from the victim's nose.
Its scientific name is Wufeng Powder.
It was extracted from a cactus oversea,
called Wuyu Jade.
Inhalation of it makes people hallucinate.
Witches in the Middle Ages used it to control their believers.
[Xichang]
But the side effects are strong.
Careless handling will do harm to the user as well.
[Zhao Benxi's Autopsy Report]
It's common to see purple spots behind the ears.
[Autopsy Report of Xichang Police Department]
[Testee]
[Test Record]
[Testee]
When did this come to China?
[Zhao benxi's Autopsy Report]
It's rare.
You studied abroad for nothing.
[Zhao Benxi's Autopsy Report]
It is sometimes used as painkillers,
and usually effective for Leprosy patients.
[Beihai Leprosy Hospital]
[In maintenance. No Entry.]
From the director to janitor,
[Keep quiet]
everyone's information is here.
[Employee Information of Leprosy Hospital]
Who is he?
Luo Xiafei, the most suspicious one.
He studied in Europe and came back five years ago,
and he happens to be a pharmacist.
Why are you dressed like this?
[Pay attention to hygiene.]
[Prevent diseases.]
I heard that people dressed like this abroad
to solve the case more efficiently.
[No smoking]
[Import]
[Mysterious murder occurred in the city.]
[The incompetent police are helpless.]
[Beihai Daily]
Darn it. The unscrupulous media.
[Ward]
Whose family did you just say?
Zhang Xiaojun's.
I don't think we have this patient.
[Pharmacy]
There is a Li Xiaodong after all.
Yes, Li Xiaodong.
His father remarried and changed his name.
It doesn't sound real.
Where is the man who came with you?
He needs to pee.
You don't look like a good person.
You're not here to do bad things, are you?
I'm going to call for help.
Don't.
Actually,
I'm also a patient.
When I first saw you,
my heart
pounded,
[Six. The category of medicine.]
pounded,
[Six. The category of medicine.]
and pounded.
[Six. The category of medicine.]
Can you see what's wrong with me?
[Files]
[Medical equipment]
[Western Medicine]
Don't move.
How dare you harassed me?
I'm a policeman.
Then, I'm the director!
It hurts!
Hurts!
[Pharmacy]
What are you looking at? Help me!
Wow.
[Medical Waste]
How did you get in?
You two are police?
[Medical Waste]
Luo Xiafei.
I'm arresting you for murder.
You better surrender now.
Murder?
Luoxifei, how dare you!
I'm the chief officer!
[Treatment Room]
Let me out if you dare. Let's fight!
Excuse me.
[Medical Waste]
Brother!
[Medical Waste]
Brother?
A pile of medicine was stolen last week.
The Wufeng Powder you are looking for is in there.
Sorry.
I thought the thief was here again.
Stop pretending!
A man died and you lost the medicine.
What a coincidence!
It hurts.
The hospital has records.
You can check it if you don't believe what I said.
I don't believe you!
Sorry to bother you.
You're leaving just like that?
He's a suspect.
Look at him. Handsome, well-educated and skillful.
A perfect candidate for a psychopath killer.
It's not him. The height and body shape do not match.
[No smoking]
Are you sure?
And he looks familiar to me.
I must have seen him somewhere.
Boss.
Paper dolls
are here again.
Mr. Xu's son died mysteriously.
It's been three days. We haven't caught the murderer yet!
All right. Calm down.
Now, my daughter is like this.
Useless police!
Do you have any manner?
What's with that attitude?
Do you know who I am?
Your chief officer has to bow in front of me.
Do you know the Natural Resources Commission?
So what?
What did you say?
I said I'll catch the murderer
and avenge for you.
It's a high fever caused by shock.
She'll be fine after a few days of rest.
Zhang Lanzhi, do you know Xu Shaoqing?
We're classmates from Xichang High School.
All of these are curses.
These are all curses of the Great Spirit King.
Don't worry.
Take your time.
Five days ago,
it was Shaoqing's birthday.
A few of us celebrated his birthday.
He was drunk that day.
I've tasted the bitterness of parting at world's end.
Shaoqing, slow down.
When I returned, I didn't expect the flowers would be scattered.
We look at each other without a word beneath the flowers,
the spring by the window fades with the passing day.
I would like to express my yearning under the lamp light,
a skein of new joy, a thousand skeins of old regret.
[Temple of the Great Spirit King]
Shaoqing.
Let me kiss you.
Lanzhi, Lanzhi!
Stop messing around, the God is watching!
If the God really is watching us,
we would have been punished long ago.
Look at me.
God?
God...
Shaoqing!
There's a ghost! There's a ghost!
There's a ghost! Let's go!
Let's go, Shaoqing.
Slow down.
Let's go!
Brother Long.
I've investigated,
this Great Spirit King was originally a farmer.
It is said that one day, he became an immortal,
gathered a group of disciples and established the cult, Guiyi Tao.
But it was suppressed ten years ago.
Someone has been burning incense.
Is it the remnants of Guiyi Tao who
punished them for their blasphemy of the statue?
I knew it!
Could it be that Luo Xiafei is the disciple of the cult?
He had been studying in England,
and only came back five years ago.
I'm so curious...
Why is he playing tricks
when he can just kill the victim?
He thinks killing as hunting,
and enjoys playing with his prey.
Don't freaking let me catch him.
I'll send someone immediately
to check all the disciples of Guiyi Tao in the city.
No need.
He will definitely approach Zhang Lanzhi.
What about Luo Xiafei?
There's nothing to do with him?
If you don't trust him,
get him here.
And...
This is to show the bravery of you, Chief Ma Liu.
This is to portray the bravery of you, Chief Ma Liu.
Chief, let me talk to you.
Dr. Luo,
thanks for coming.
As long as we can catch the murderer
and prove my innocence,
I'll do it.
I need to pee.
Guard the door!
Let's go!
Alert!
Liu...Liu!
Whose child is this?
Close the door!
Hurry up!
Am I dead?
Hold on!
Be careful!
Let's go!
What's going on? Save them!
Get reinforcements!
Guards.
Guards!
Watch out!
There's a monster!
Why are you haunting me?
Do you think I want to come?
Brother Long.
Brother Long,
I am the one who asked Hua Ling to come here.
Brother!
Brother.
[Guiyi Sect]
[Great Spirit King]
[Hell of Tongue-Ripping]
[Hell of Heart-Removal]
[Hell of Incineration]
[Deceiving and Lying]
[Hell of Decapitation]
[Hell of Abdominal-Stabbing]
[Guiyi Sect]
Brother.
It's okay.
It's all over.
Dr. Luo.
I'm sorry.
Now I'm cleared of suspicions.
Now I've cleared the suspicions of myself.
Luckily, it's just a minor injury.
Otherwise, I won't let you two go.
Ling.
My sister has always been like this,
please don't mind.
This was captured last night.
H-H-His hand...
Paper doll! Paper doll!
Hurry!
You will be rewarded greatly for putting out the fire and saving lives.
You will be rewarded greatly for putting of the fire and saving lives.
Long Cong
Jin Wenfei is dead too.
Jin Wenfei?
The classmate of Zhang Lanzhi and Xu Shaoqing?
Zhang Lanzhi said,
only she and Xu Shaoqing entered the Temple of the Great Spirit King that day.
If they were punished for blasphemy,
then why did Jin Wenfei die?
He never stepped into the Temple of the Great Spirit King.
Could it be that the murderer is taking revenge on the police's investigation?
We've been dragged around.
Maybe this is not a murder case of cult.
Xu Shaoqing, Zhang Lanzhi, Jin Wenfei,
what do they share in common?
Xichang Middle School.
[To Xichang Middle School]
[Mr. Wu Wenhua, the star of education]
Those three students...
I know them.
They were naughty in the class,
and even smoked cigerattes.
Your mouth will smell if you smoke cigarettes.
you'll run in a red light tomorrow,
you'll run in red light tomorrow,
and rob the bank the day after tomorrow.
As teachers, we do our best to teach them.
A child miseducated today
is a child lost in the future.
They are not good at learning,
Three of them have quit the school four years ago.
Three of them have quitted the school four years ago.
Why?
I don't know.
it doesn't matter if the children
study or not.
When they grow up, their parents will settle everything for them.
When they grow up, the adults will arrange for them.
You're lying.
I'm not lying.
When people lie, they will touch their nose unconsciously,
dare not look anyone in their eyes,
dare not look at anyone,
and shake their feet.
You have all these traits.
It's a crime for not reporting case related information.
Now I remember,
something happened,
and someone died.
What happened?
I don't know.
I remember it again.
It was a shooting case,
and was published in the newspaper.
I have filed it,
let me show you.
and stole the gun from their house to play with.
and stole the gun from house to play with.
But it was fired unintentionally,
and killed a passerby.
Found it.
It was said that the victim's surname was Qi,
and was a waitress in a restaurant.
[Beihai Daily]
[Four teenagers stole gun and accidentally killed a passerby]
[Four teenagers]
[Accidentally killed a passerby]
who is the last person?
I think his surname is Pei...
His surname should be Pei...
Pei Jingzhi, that's his name.
The four of them are best friends,
He is the one who fired the shot
He is the one who fired the shot.
Where is he now?
Where is him now?
How would I know where he is?
We only have some information about him,
let me look for them.
It should be more than a year since he was released,
but there was no trace of him,
[Student, Pei Jingzhi]
and he just disappeared.
[Student, Li Weigeng]
Last question,
does he have a broken finger?
How did you know
that he has a broken finger?
Officer, you have to keep the witness safe.
Don't say it was me.
Again?
Why am I so talkative?
[Jiuyuexiang Restauant]
[Fair price and run with honesty]
Send out all the men
to find anyone who knows Pei Jingzhi by tomorrow morning.
OK.
I'll go back to the office and inform the newspaper to publish a wanted notice.
I'll go back to the office and inform the newspaper to find someone.
[Xuehua Cream]
Who's the one who drove the car?
Who‘s the one who drove the car?
Mom?
Cong.
Run!
Cong.
Run!
Cong, run!
Hua Ling.
Hua Ling!
Welcome to my house.
You finally showed up,
Pei Jingzhi.
Little cop,
you're quite capable.
You found me in no time.
You can't hide the truth.
You killed someone,
you must plead guilty.
The truth?
The truth is like a little girl who can be dressed up by anyone.
Let me tell you,
what the truth is!
Shaoqing,
let me play.
Shaoqing.
My dad told me that
when he is pointed at with a gun.
when he is pointed with a gun.
Brother Shaoqing, don't.
Let me ask you,
do you like her?
Tell the truth!
One.
Two.
Shaoqing.
Three!
Shaoqing.
What should we do, Shaoqing?
Shaoqing!
H-Help me.
Please.
What should we do, Shaoqing?
Shaoqing!
What are you doing, Shaoqing?
Come and help if you don't want to go to jail.
I can't let my father know about this.
Never.
If he finds out,
I'm dead.
What should we do?
I'm dead.
What should we do?
Shaoqing.
Each of you shoot her once,
or I'll kill you.
I dare not... I dare not!
Each of you shoot her once,
or I'll kill you.
I dare not.
Fire!
Come here!
I dare not.
Come here.
I dare not.
Fire! Fire!
Fire!
Did you see it?
Yes.
What did you see?
Everyone.
Everyone shot.
Yes.
Everyone shot.
But I was the only one
who was sent to jail for three years.
Do you know why?
are rich and powerful and can do whatever they want.
are either rich or powerful, and they are exceptionally adept in trickery.
They were all in cahoots,
insisting that I was the only one who shot.
Poor me.
Poor me. Without money and power,
I became the scapegoat.
Officer Long,
in this world,
do rich people live long?
And should poor people just die?
You should know
that this can't be the reason for killing.
People who just talk about benevolence and morals all day long.
You hypcrites. Full of fine words.
Because you are not the ones suffering.
It's been three years.
My father died and my mother went crazy.
The moment I was released, I told myself
everyone had to pay with their lives.
Everyone,
including people like you.
No.
Ling.
Are you OK?
How are you?
I'm fine.
Long.
Are you okay?
I won't die.
Brother.
Don't hurt the innocent anymore.
Stop it.
Officer Long.
in this world,
is there justice?
[Yifeng Shop]
[Jiuyuexiang Restaurant]
[Yongxingyuan Shop]
Long Cong.
Why did Ling invite me
and you at the same time for her birthday?
Who do you think she is interested in?
Extra! Extra!
Ma Decai, the police chief, showed his invincible might
by solving the serial murder case bravely.
[Restaurant]
Extra! Extra!
[Restaurant]
Don't you think this case went too well?
Isn't it good?
Don't interrupt me.
You have Si Feng.
You can't date another girl on the side.
I saved your life.
You should be grateful.
You should have a grateful heart. Wait for me.
[Yongxingyuan Shop]
Happy birthday.
Thank you. Come in.
Where's Dr. Luo?
He went out.
Have a seat.
I'll cook.
Let me help you.
[Set spiritual values for the world in general. Establish meaning of life for men at large.]
[Perpetuate waning wisdom of ancient sages. Build foundation of lasting peace for future.]
[Set spiritual values for the world in general]
[Establish meaning of life for men at large]
[Build foundation of lasting peace for future]
[My wife Qi Manqing]
I heard that
[Beihai Daily]
the victim's surname is Qi.
She was a waitress in a restaurant.
Officer Long.
Dr. Luo.
Sorry for coming in without permission.
Not at all.
The newly picked Phoenix Narcissus Tea.
Come and drink with me.
There's one thing I don't understand.
I want to ask you, Dr. Luo.
Let's hear it.
After Pei Jingzhi was released,
how did he come up with the idea of using Wufeng Powder to cast illusions?
After all,
he's just a wronged student.
Who is guiding him?
The newspaper said the case had been closed.
Why are we still discussing it?
I'm a police officer.
What I want
is not just to close the case.
Four years ago, a shooting incident happened in the suburb.
A passerby named Qi was shot to death by a flying bullet.
Then it was defined as an accident.
I couldn't find a reason to suspect you.
Until I found out that the innocent passerby
was Qi Manqing.
She's your late wife.
Until now,
Ling thought that Manqing
died in an accident.
So,
you did all this?
Four years ago,
one afternoon,
I was taken to a villa.
The owner of the villa told me
that my wife died.
She died in an accident.
When their children were playing with guns,
the guns went off by accident
and my wife was shot.
Later I found out
there were two versions of the truth.
It was not an accident.
It's tuberculosis.
I don't have much time now.
So you found Pei Jingzhi
and taught him how to use illusions.
You used him to kill people.
It's terrible to say that I used him.
It was just revenge for our common enemy.
[Temporary Memorial Tablet of Qi]
But Pei Jingzhi died in the end.
Because that we failed.
So he must die.
You too.
Do you think
you can see through everything?
You can't see anything.
You are scared.
Even if you kill them,
and everyone,
Qi Manqing won't come backe to life.
Officer Long,
if you were me,
what would you choose to do?
Mr. Zhang, I really have no money.
Mr. Zhang.
Please, Mr. Zhang.
Where are you going?
Please give me a few more days.
Mr. Zhang.
Mom.
Please.
Mom.
Cong.
Guys, hold her tight.
Let him go!
Mom!
Mom.
Now you understand
how it feels
when the pain comes to you?
Officer Long,
as long as you agree
to pretend nothing has happened,
tomorrow
I'll leave Beihai and disappear forever.
OK?
Set spiritual values for the world in general.
Establish meaning of life for men at large.
Perpetuate waning wisdom of ancient sages.
Build foundation of lasting peace for future.
Dr. Luo.
If I disagree,
will you kill me?
[One month later]
[Yimin Grocery Store]
Why do people nowadays
love to go abroad?
Is the grass always greener on the other side of the fence?
Ling.
If you feel lonely in London,
just send me a telegram.
Then, I'll go for you right away.
[Xichang Pier]
Specialty pastries. Have a look.
Specialty pastries. Cheap and delicious.
I'm not going.
Go ahead.
I cry easily,
and I'm afraid I can't control myself.
Let's go.
Specialty pastries. Cheap and delicious.
Cigarettes and matches, sir?
Cigarettes?
Would you like some?
Cigarettes and matches.
Take a look.
[No smoking]
Okay.
Let's call it a day.
I'll send you telegrams when I'm free.
Telegram is too expensive.
Write a letter.
Are you sure?
What? It's not like we're going to part forever.
[No smoking]
See you again.
The scientific name is Wufeng Powder.
[Autopsy Report of Xichang City Police Department]
[Test Record]
The side effects are strong.
[Testee]
[Test Record]
The user will be affected if he uses it carelessly.
[Test Record]
It's common to see purpura behind the ears.
Why?
What?
[No smoking]
I'm so stupid.
You two got along day and night.
People who knows how to use Wufeng Powder
are not only Dr. Luo.
When did Dr. Luo find out that you're avenging for Qi Manqing?
Maybe when I first found him,
he knew everything.
Some people
are animals.
Dr. Luo had been covering for you.
But in the end, you killed your own family.
That shot.
He let me fire that shot.
Brother.
Ling.
I don't have much time left.
No, brother.
You will get better.
You will.
Officer Long is smart.
He'll find out sooner or later.
If that day comes,
I'll kill him.
No.
Those bad guys are dead.
He's a good man.
It's time for us to stop.
Ling,
I don't have much time left.
When that day comes,
you have to kill me
No.
to eliminate your suspicion.
No.
You must do this.
Silly girl.
Do what I said,
or I won't rest in peace.
Officer Long,
You suspect I'm the murderer.
But that's just your guess,
isn't it?
Indeed, I have no evidence.
You can get on the boat now
and leave forever.
But let me guess again.
I didn't understand why Pei Jingzhi committed suicide.
Now I understand.
Maybe it's because he fell in love with a girl.
Or that girl
made him fall in love with her.
That kind of love
can make him stop when hearing the girl say "Stop".
To protect her,
he
killed himself without hesitation.
Even if he knew
that love
may be just a sheer fraud
for her revenge.
[Ling. My Sister]
[Happy birthday]
[Sister Manqing]
Hua Ling, someone is here to see you.
Yingtai, you are not a girl.
Why are there ring marks on your ears?
There's a reason for the ring marks.
Why are you so suspicious, Brother Liang?
There are many temple fairs in the village to thank gods.
I'll play Guanyin every year.
Brother Liang, you need to focus on your study.
Think about your future instead of the girls.
I dare not look at Guanyin anymore.