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Battle for treasure

I love YingTao’s character. She is awesome. Again she is right on time to take care of archer and save the heroes. There is quite a battle. The landlady sees her brother in the hermit and he is why so many were allowed to stay. She was devastated to hear he was a sheriff. But ironically the brother she lost wanted to be one. Like the fake sheriff they had a tragic story. But in this case the father committed the crime that caused the harsh sentence. Her weapon was a sword that worked like a boomerang. What puzzled me is once they had it…why keep throwing back at her to use again.? The battle was a good one to include a boar like beast called a fushu. Swords and bodies flying everywhere. The other half of the tongue gem was found and sherif from Shen has commissioned sheriff Lu to return it to proper temple on his way to new job. The battle was fierce with swords and bodies flying everywhere. They did an excellent job. Once the tongue gem revealed, the swordsman killed the old man and declared himself new leader. He ‘graciously’ was going to let all the sheriffs heal up and go home. This plan changed when landlady used her boomerang blades to kill him. After confessing where the 34 worker bodies were buried she jumped into a chasm. They return to let fake sheriff heal. Fei lets him go before he can be arrested. He is also given the old man’s donkey. Poor beast is now going to have to tote him everywhere. Fei also ends up with the pearl that he obtained ‘accidentally’ while examining the jeweler’s body. Right when things calmed down the scholar and merchant took out daggers to stab Lu. The east palace has put a bounty on Lu. Lu had a point. If the Prince wanted him dead, he should have just decreed it directly. This was a fast moving arc that kept you guessing and was very entertaining. I would have liked one more episode to explore the underground maze and hear more from Shen sheriff. But the writer made this case too quick and the last case too slow😝our crew is heading west even as two more assassins are ready to find them.

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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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Five Stars

this episode had a lot more focus on the relationship between ai and her grandmother. honestly i dont like how it went but its kind of realistic for the situation. i wouldnt expect her grandmother to apologize, knowing how stubborn elderly people (especially grandparents) can be, but i appreciated her for being upset at ai stating that it shouldve been her in the crash. ai and may have a great similarity in their situation with their families, but ai cant really say anything considering it contrasts so much with oom's experience in their family. ai is the outsider; oom is not. i love seeing ai and may's relationship develop.

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Meeting Lu WuMing and Su LingFeng😂

Everyone is stunned when the knife blade extends and kills the landlady. They are trying to process her death when an official shows up at the gate. Su goes to greet them pretending to be inn owner while the others hid her body in a wine vat. They tie it up and try to look nonchalant at the tables. They have agreed that they have to keep up the charade because whether or not they participated, everybody viewed and outlawed game. None would be innocent. The official turns out to be a new sheriff headed to Chang’an. He wants wine and to leave. Fei gets to pretend to be servant and the others make excuse to go upstairs. They almost get the sheriff ready to go when the jewel merchant comes in hollering for landlady and that he wants a drink. This starts a whole new round of questioning but they make excuse about Su’s wife and he is handed naan and wine and heads back to the god memorial. Things have calmed down and the sheriff is again getting ready to depart when the other merchant shows up with blood in his hands. The jeweler that was in outer building is now dead and his travel bag is gone. The sheriff decides it is his job to investigate. He makes the men all take turns sitting on the vat with the body inside. Lu goes first and changes his name to WuMing.🤣 He tells a tale of him and wife on a trip to keep promise. XiJun takes it in stride and goes with the story. Su changes his name to LingFeng.😂The women can only roll the eyes at their men taking shots at each other even while being investigated.🙄🤣 Everybody passes the interrogation and all are excused except scholar and swordsman. He tells his deputies to check their rooms. A bag of jewelry is found under the scholar’s bed. He swears up and down he is innocent and framed. Su is impressed with the sheriff’s rendering of the footprint size Now to see what the sheriff does next.

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Handling disappointment, fear and doubt

An interesting episode, well crafted (even with a tiny connection to events of ep. 9) and nicely paced - especially when it comes to the Kit-Shane plot thread (what I liked in particular was when the episode gave Shane time to dismantle everything scholarship related on his cockboard; this was given just enough time to breathe). Kit - again - was how a boyfriend should be: supporting, caring, but not intrusive, patiently waiting for the right moment to step in; Kit just might be a model BL boyfriend. BTW: while Kit is written as caring more for another (his bf) than himself, Shane, Kim and Mon are more about themselves - their plans, views, feelings, doubts and fears come first; this was very visible in this episode, but it wasn't the first time those characters behaved and acted like that. Also, Mon's mom wasn't in this episode - and that's a good thing.

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The place where robbers can become Buddha

The two couples are traveling and reach a crossroads trying to decide which way to go. A monument has Su choosing path. They find an inn rather than outpost and Lu doesn’t want to stay. Fei has already been there and cheating on paying for chickens. This lets the three that wanted to stay override Lu’s vote. They are greeted by landlady who says they must show a unique talent to get in. Even Su passes as long as the doc sleeps in woodshed. Su and Lu find something off about the place similar to haunted post, so use this as chance to investigate. There is an interesting group of people there along with our crew. A couple of merchants, a scholar, a hermit and a swordsman. Lu hears a noise outside and the door is opened to reveal an unknown god. A merchant requests to stay the night and is allowed. I think he is most interested in the pearl the god is holding. The old man is most likely a retired soldier. So…who has he signaled with the red strand on the post? Fei is often annoying. Both to watch and to other characters in the scene.😂 He is shut up with the challenge of a knife game. One gem triggers the blade. The handle rotates and selects one. The player holds handle to chest and pushes top button on handle. The blade is released…or not. It is Russian roulette with a knife.🫣😬 The scholar accepts the challenge and survives. He spins the handle and hands back to land lady for her turn.

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Leaving Shiyang

I called it with the seal and wife statue. 😁 I am glad the wife accepted the coroner training. This will give her penance for her extramarital affairs. She is not guiltless because it takes two. She realized with the divorce decree that she had married the best man. I wanted this case closed, but I sure would have liked to see the autopsy on crooked govt worker. His actions caused much harm. He is a loathsome human being.😝The naan seller deserved his name cleared. It was a long time coming but at least is proven so clearly no more doubts to his name. The night watchman was in a tough spot. He was wrong to point to the wrong man, but considering, for justice, it was the right man. I think Dugu the coroner will be ok with that. The treasure businessman deserves more punishment, but I guess is equitable that he will get neither seal nor girl. Here again I think Coroner Dugu will smile. I have mixed feelings about the magistrate and ChunTiao. These two are fated, but we have already seen his jealousy with first wife….how can we suppose such a weak character will have a good ending when paired with a beauty coveted by many? Maybe if they have children right away? However, these two, I am fearful how their progeny will turn out. Intelligent and psycho? There is no telling where their story will extend next season….hopefully without the magistrate choking somebody.😝 The new emperor seems to want our guys to have ‘accidents’ while they are away from Chang’an. This will keep their senses sharp to stay safe. Su is resigned that YingTao is along. Lu said she was definitely going. Su is the one they’re not sure about.😂 1/10th wages was not appealing to Su. Funny how he was unaware that Lu got no wages.😂The adventure west continues and now to see what happens with Lu’s new appointment.🫣

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Finding the culprit

Su continues to be in and out of consciousness. He wakes up long enough to divulge another clue and goes back to sleep. Lady coroner performed first autopsy well but collapsed during second one. Yingtao is waking up and knows the sign language of mute girl. This lets XiJun draw very accurate rendition of the brother’s activities prior to death. Su is up and asking for court records. When he learns coroner out, he does a method with water and shade to see evidence of broken ribs. The coroner is home making plum cakes. This does not seem to go along with the job, but in fact does. There is a light paper place on corpse’s chest area and the flat cakes placed on top. Once removed, the internal bruising of rib area is expose showing where specific breaks are in rib cage. She is soundly praised by all around her. This is probably first time the coroner’s work has been appreciated. She is offered a higher salary but she just wants justice for her son. Su and Lu get the 4 suspects lined up to do a public hearing so mother can hear. By letting the slime government worker go, they found him trying to flee city with large bag of jewelry. He confesses he does not have the seal and at this point thinks it is pure myth. The naan seller is asked to give his testimony first. Here we find the silver teals are for apprenticeship not a bribe. They are up to the death of executioner and Lu tells him choking someone to death is a capital crime and episode ends….I really want them to clear up this case soon. Hopefully next episode finishes it up. I want to know more about the imperial guards acting as assassins.

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