【Multi|FULL】EP05 The murderer of Song Rou is actually someone else🕵️ | Coroner‘s Diary朝雪录 |iQIYI
[Coroner’s Diary] [Episode 5] Fuling, get me some alum, clear water, and filter cloth. Your Highness. Your Highness. Excuse me, Miss Qin. Someone robbed my coroner’s kit just now. I ran after him for a while,
but still lost him. I was thinking about turning to constables. Then I found the coroner’s kit
right in front of the office. Missing any autopsy tools? That’s the weird part. I checked carefully. Nothing was lost. What’s more, the tools
are in the exact same place as before. Open it and let’s see. [Postmortem Report] Anything wrong? Jinyu Bone-setting Ointment, a precious and priceless medicine to heal bones and tendons, only sold in the capital. And you even know the medicine
only sold in the capital? I’m a physician curious about special medicines. In this case, the thief not only has a bone injury but also comes from a rich family. Is it a strong smell? Yes. This person probably has nothing to do
with the wedding procession. He didn’t know
the previous autopsy results, so he held and checked
the report for quite a while, leaving the smell of the ointment. Your Highness, you can smell it. I didn’t see anything. I swear I didn’t. Stand straight and speak. News from the capital. Wei Qizhi, the Wei family’s eldest
legitimate young master, wasn’t injured taming a horse, but got his right leg
broken by Duke of Song and was locked up at home. So his half-brother, Wei Yanzhi,
sent the bride off instead of him. The day after the wedding procession left the capital,
Wei Qizhi escaped and has been missing since then. That day, the man who pushed the tower and hurt me seemed crippled. Would Duke of Song
badly injure the Wei family’s legitimate young master? Unless Wei Qizhi
made a horrendous mistake. If he was Song Rou’s lover… Song Rou would marry another nobleman. Love turned into hatred; he killed her out of wrath. That makes sense. But who was the one
playing ghost to scare me? Wei Qizhi couldn’t be
so light on his feet. His leg injury may not be real. Only by finding him can we figure out the truth. You can examine it here. I’ll have Bai Feng protect you. I’m going to meet Wei Yanzhi and see what he has to say. Duke of Song not only failed to discipline his daughter but also asked his nephew to destroy the body and evidence to deceive His Majesty. Your actions have shown a complete disregard
for my Yue family, for His Majesty, and for the national law! Please calm down, Your Grace. I simply couldn’t bear to see Rou be accused of infidelity after her death. So I ordered Wei Cheng to burn the body in case the postmortem report
to the Ministry of Justice would make both our families
a laughing stock in the capital. I will take all the blame. Please spare the others
in the wedding procession. I made the decision to burn the body. It has nothing to do
with Vice Commandant Wei. Wei Cheng! Song Rou’s death is closely related to the person
whom she had an affair with. You were in such a hurry
to destroy the evidence. Was it to cover up your family’s stigma or to protect the adulterer? I just… Please stop covering
for the Eldest Young Master, my lord. Your Highness, Your Grace, the person who had an affair
with Lady Song Rou is our Eldest Young Master, Wei Qizhi. Is there any solid evidence? The Eldest Young Master
admitted it himself. Madam found that Lady Song was pregnant, so Lady Song had no choice but to confess her affair
with the Eldest Young Master. Duke of Song was so furious that he broke
Young Master Qizhi’s leg. Regardless of your motives, you committed a severe crime of arson. You’re under arrest. Take him away. Go. Vice Commandant Wei, did Wei Cheng tell the truth? My brother had been on good terms
with Rou since childhood. So I didn’t overthink it. Not until Duke of Song asked me
to send Rou off instead of my brother did I find out that he and Rou had made a terrible mistake. You and Wei Qizhi lived
under the same roof. How come you don’t know his whereabouts? Two years ago, I rode on Duke of Song’s coat-tails
and joined the Patrol Battalion. My brother had a big fight with me, and he’s refused to talk to me since then. So I really have no idea. Why did you have a big fight? Because my father’s legitimate wife
wanted my brother to marry Rou. But given the Wei family’s
average background, Duke of Song didn’t approve of it. My brother’s pride resulted in the growing distance between him and the Duke of Song. He didn’t want me to accept
the Duke’s help, I guess. Is Wei Qizhi left-handed? Yes, he is. It’s said that
being born left-handed is a jinx. So his mother forced him to use
his right hand since he was young. Few people know about this. Your Highness, I lied to you in order to protect my brother. I shouldn’t have done this. You… You almost screwed things up! I have let you down, sirs. Miss Song passed away in Jingzhou. Before we catch the murderer, you’ll be grounded in the Eastern Courtyard. We’ve finally got to the bottom of it. We still need to verify the truth. The priority now is to find Song Rou’s head and the murder weapon. Fuling, silver chopsticks. My Lady, the alum indeed removed all the residues. It looks like some sort of silk gauze. Not gauze. It’s paper. Wei Yanzhi confessed. What did he say? He turned in his brother, Wei Qizhi, who had long been in love with Song Rou. And he was born left-handed. Born left-handed? Does he usually use his left hand? Then many people should know that. He was forced to use his right hand
since he was young. So few people know it other than those really close to him. I found this paper scrap
from Song Rou’s stomach. Song Rou had been living
a luxurious life since birth. Why would she swallow such coarse paper? How important
is the content written on it? Maybe the key is not the content. Sometimes, to protect the source of information,
the spy in the army will destroy
insignificant intelligence as well. The source of information? Different types of paper can reveal the writers’ habits. Although the handwriting on this has been dissolved by gastric fluid, this paper appears unusually durable, not something
ordinary people can purchase. My Lady, is that sparkling thing gold powder? Not as bright as gold powder. It’s orpiment. Orpiment is often used
to make golden lacquer. Add raw golden lacquer
to wood pulp to produce the dusted-gold paper,
also known as “mini scattered-gold paper.” I know that! I know the dusted-gold paper. This kind of paper gives off
a faint lacquer tree scent. And it’s cheaper
than scattered-gold paper. Ordinary aristocrats who can’t afford
scattered-gold paper would write on dusted-gold paper instead. According to the information
from the capital, the Wei family
may be an average household, but Wei Qizhi is pretty pretentious and willful. He likes playing the zither, so he learnt
how to make the zither himself. He likes horse riding, so he tried to tame the horse on his own. He likes porcelain. So porcelain items
are everywhere in his house. In this case, this dusted-gold paper
suits his temperament. Right now, this paper scrap is the only evidence
related to the murderer. The Wei brothers grew up together. I want to meet Wei Yanzhi
for confirmation. It’s said that Wei Yanzhi fell ill with a high fever after he went back. The Yue family can’t ignore it. If you want to see him, you’ll have to spend some time treating him. Sir, two buns, please. Okay. Two. Thief! Catch him! Stop there! Catch the thief! Catch the thief! Where did he go? Thief! Catch the thief! You got this. Okay. Thief, you wanted to steal the postmortem report? Thanks to His Highness’s brilliant idea, we caught you, the key figure in the case. Will you surrender yourself, or do you want us to take you by force? Young Master Qizhi, I… As if I had a choice. Come in, please. You have a high fever. There’s no need for courtesy. Thank you, Your Highness. You’re seriously ill, but why did you open the window? I wanted to get some fresh air. You are taking a turn for the worse. Is the medicine not right? Any prescriptions? It’s on the table. Don’t worry, Vice Commandant Wei. Miss Qin is a miracle-working physician
who cured the Grand Princess. She came all the way here to treat you. I dare not trouble you, Miss Qin. Don’t worry, Vice Commandant Wei. It’s a physician’s duty to treat patients. Vice Commandant Wei, please. Have you taken a bath
with cold water recently? I came back late on the night of the Autumn Festival. I had no time to wait for hot water, so I used well water. That prescription is correct. It’s just that your long, tiring journey and constant worries have taken a toll on your illness. After all, I’ve failed the Yue family and Rou. I can’t feel at ease. Is it the famous Chengying Sword? Sharp eyes, Your Highness. Can I take it off to have a closer look? Hold on. This sword was given by Duke of Song. It’s as important as my life. I never dare to play with it. Please forgive me, Your Highness. A man of taste appreciates swords. I won’t blame you for it. Thank you for your magnanimity,
Your Highness. You’re indeed our role model. Vice Commandant Wei, you can change it to a charcoal basin
to warm the room up. The high stove is producing excessive scorching heat, not good for your recovery. I always feel freezing cold at night. I will just reduce charcoal during the day. That works too. You don’t need to change the prescription. A few days of rest will help you recover. Thank you, Miss Qin. Thank you, Your Highness. Get some rest, Vice Commandant Wei. Take care. Wei Yanzhi had a stove
burning in his room, but the window was open with super strong incense. There must be something off. Chengying Sword is famous and priceless. Why would Duke of Song
highly value his nephew born of a concubine? The burning ashes
in the mansion are all here. It’s not winter yet. Only a few people are burning charcoal. So they are
basically from Wei Yanzhi’s room. Little Wan’er, what are you and Chi looking for? It’s so dirty. Let the servants do it. They can’t understand. Do you have to search them all? Master, Wei Qizhi has been arrested
and imprisoned. Did he confess his crime? Not yet. But Prefect Huo has tortured him. Ning, keep a close eye on these ashes. Let no one touch them. Okay. Let’s go to the prefect’s office. Let’s go. Your Highness, Miss Qin. Wei Qizhi only confessed that he sent the servant, Wu Shu,
to steal the postmortem report. He refused to admit anything else. They are really stubborn. Even torture couldn’t make them
spit out the truth. Without evidence, how could you torture them, Prefect Huo? Besides, I haven’t checked
his leg injury yet. Where is he? Your Highness,
the prison is foul and filthy. Please… I’ll punish you for the arbitrary torture. Prefect Huo, I’m impressed by your way of interrogation and torture. Were you trying to force him
to confess by torture? He said his leg had been broken. Of course, we should go for the fatal spot. So I hit his injured part. But he refused to confess. You broke his injured leg again. Now we can’t tell whether he was limping before. Besides, the leg injury is hard to heal. If he is disabled because of this and proven innocent later, how can you make it up to him? If he had no evil intentions, why would he
follow Song Rou all the way to Jingzhou? On the wedding day, he lingered at the Shili Temple. He stayed there one more day definitely to remove the traces of murder. Sir, I’m innocent! Sir! Sir! Take him away. Let him speak. Sir, my Young Master was afraid that Miss Song’s secret
would be exposed, causing her to be abused
by the Yue family, so he came here despite his injured leg. When we arrived in Jingzhou, we heard about Miss Song’s death. So he ordered me to steal
the postmortem report to figure out how exactly Miss Song died. My Young Master and Miss Song
didn’t have an affair! In no case would he murder her! Sirs! We’re innocent! Stop talking nonsense! Wei Qizhi admitted that
he had an affair with Song Rou. Young Master Qizhi cherished Miss Song
as his own sister. There’s no way they had an affair! No way he killed her! Does Wei Qizhi write with his left hand? Yes, so what? Many people can write
with their left hands, like our Second Young Master! Why can Wei Yanzhi
use his left hand to write? Young Master Qizhi was plagued by rashes
when he was little. Madam Wei was worried that
being left-handed jinxed it. So she forced him
to write with his right hand. But he was so stubborn that he refused to change. To prevent Master Wei from favoring
the concubine’s son because of it, she forced Second Young Master to write with his left hand to destroy him. But Young Master Qizhi didn’t want Young Master Yanzhi to be implicated, so he changed to use his right hand. So Second Young Master ended up with better left-handed writing than Young Master Qizhi. Since when did Wei Qizhi
start to use porcelain only? It’s not that Young Master Qizhi
likes porcelain items only. He’s just disliked the scent of lacquer
since childhood. Other types of utensils almost all contain lacquer more or less. So he uses white-porcelain items
for convenience. I swear with my life that Young Master Qizhi is innocent! Prefect Huo, please get a physician
for Wei Qizhi right now. I’ll be on my way. I didn’t kill Rou. It wasn’t me. I didn’t kill her. I didn’t. Stop searching. I can arrest him first and interrogate him in turn. When he’s exhausted, I’m sure he’ll give himself away. But we need sufficient evidence
to convict him. The testimony can only serve as one of it. It’s not enough to confirm that person as the murderer. But this slow investigation might give the real murderer a chance to escape. Then our efforts will all be in vain. It’s easy for you
to convict someone, Your Highness, but a wrong conviction
will ruin a man’s entire life. Don’t let impatience wreck the fairness of the laws. Is this also the saying of Minister Shen Yi who you admire? Yes. Thank you for your guidance. Miss Qin, please continue
to gather the evidence. Leave the arrest work to me. Thank you, Your Highness. But I want to ask you for one more favor. [Jingzhou Prefecture Office] Wei Qizhi, since your leg is badly injured, you can sit down and talk. Thank you for your kindness, sir. I can stand. Wei Qizhi, tell me how you got your leg hurt. Two months ago, in the capital, Duke of Song broke my leg. And yesterday, you… That’s enough. I’m asking you why Duke of Song beat you so hard that time. Because I admitted my affair with Miss Song. So is it true that
you had an affair with her? No. Then why did you admit it? Out with it! Rou’s reputation outweighed my life. She said it was me. Then I’d admit it. Wei Qizhi, it’s very likely that Song Rou was killed by the one she loved. Can you really bear to see the murderer get away with it? That day, Rou came to me, crying and saying that
she had an affair with someone. After Duke of Song found out, she blurted out my name out of panic. Rou, tell me. I asked her who that man was, but she cried without saying anything. In the end, she even forced me to claim
to be her lover by hurting herself. Who on earth is he? I can’t say it! If others find out, his future will be ruined. I really love him. A few days later, Duke of Song showed up with his men, breaking my leg
without giving me a chance to explain. In view of my previous grudge
against Duke of Song and my promise to Rou
to pretend to be her lover, I admitted it out of anger. Later, I was recuperating at home. Yanzhi said that
Duke of Song didn’t punish Rou. So I didn’t rush to ask her
for the whole story. Until she left the capital for marriage, the person she was protecting
still hadn’t shown up. What a coward. How is it? Young Master, Miss Song was murdered. She even got beheaded. I was afraid that person would betray her. If the Yue family finds out about her infidelity, she wouldn’t be able to survive. So I followed her here secretly to confirm her safety. I didn’t expect to hear this bad news. What the hell are you doing? Guards! Hold him down. Wei Qizhi suffers from a rare disease. His contact with the lacquerware
will lead to rashes. At worst,
wind evil can infiltrate his organs, knocking him out. So it’s rumored in the capital that
he only uses white-porcelain items. That’s the reason. Judging from his symptoms just now, he’d never use the dusted-gold paper that contains golden lacquer. Yes. So the victim swallowed
the dusted-gold paper to protect someone else instead of him. So, he’s not Miss Song’s lover? Yes. Now I know who the murderer is. Bet you do too, Miss Qin. Your Highness, just do it. I will get the real culprit with solid evidence. Vice Commandant Wei, where are you going in such a hurry? Take it out and get what’s inside. Yes. Your eldest brother has been arrested. If you are innocent, why are you trying to run away? I’m not running away. I just want to go back to the capital
and report this to the elders. What? Are you going to lock me up
in this mansion forever? Still can’t let me touch it? A man of dignity can be killed,
but not humiliated. Chengying means a lot to me. No one can touch it. Did you hear that, Prefect Huo? Vice Commandant Wei said it himself that even I couldn’t touch his Chengying Sword. Yes, I heard it clearly. Good. Bring it in! Wei Yanzhi, do you know what this is? This is the glue left by the burnt fat. Although you broke the skull, lit the incense, and opened the window to ventilate, you forgot to clean the iron tongs. Silver-frost charcoal
wouldn’t leave such a stain. Take the evidence away. Yes. Found it, Your Highness. Give it to Miss Qin. He really killed Miss Song. According to the traces on the skull, the murderer must have stabbed the sword directly into the victim’s occipital bone
from behind and cut off her head
to hide the sword mark. Wei Yanzhi, the evidence is irrefutable. Do you have anything else to say? The murderer dipped the victim’s blood, disguised the wedding sedan
as the crime scene, dressed the victim up in the wedding gown, and put her in the sedan. To stop Miss Qin from examining the body, you played the headless female corpse
to scare her. You also tried to use
the ink on the wedding gown to frame your legitimate brother,
Wei Qizhi. To pin the crime on Wei Qizhi and get rid of me, the examiner, you sent your loyal Captain of the Guard,
Wei Cheng, to impersonate Wei Qizhi and assassinate me at the lantern fair. When you found that
the assassination failed, and the autopsy was inevitable, you ordered Wei Cheng
to burn the morgue overnight and attempted to destroy
the evidence once again. Also, you heated up the stove to burn the victim’s head. Now, we have the witness and evidence. You murdered the victim, Wei Yanzhi. How ruthless and insane. We’ve got solid evidence. What else do you have to say? Me? Ruthless and insane? That woman was insane! She had such a great marriage with a member of the Yue family, but why did she pester me and force me to elope with her? Why? My elder brother
is the legitimate young master! They broke his leg like it was nothing. What if it were me? I would have been dead, I guess. Sha had no idea about the consequences
of going against the Duke! Yanzhi. You’re finally here
to take me away with you. Why did you come out
in your wedding dress? If someone witnesses it, you and I will be done for. I was anxious to meet you. Don’t worry. I’ve sent the Nanny away. She won’t notice. Do you have my letter with you? I was afraid that the Nanny might see it, so I swallowed it secretly. Oh, dear… Why? It must’ve been a pain
to swallow the dusted-gold paper. For you, I’m not afraid of any pain. Yanzhi, take me away tonight. I’d rather die than let other men touch me. I won’t marry anyone other than you in my life. Can we be together forever? Don’t think like that. I’ll feel bad. Let’s leave tonight. We’ll go far, far away. Our destination is wherever you want to go. If you say yes, I’ll cherish you, love you,
and be with you forever and ever. Nothing will separate us. There will be neither
the legitimate young lady of Song family nor the young master’s wife of Yue family. I will only be Mrs. Wei, plainly dressed. I would go anywhere with you as a loving couple forever. But… I don’t want that. She gave up
the wealthy and luxurious life for you, yet you killed her
for your selfish desire. How dare you say
she didn’t care about your feelings? As a concubine’s son,
I’ve been through trials and tribulations, including those caused by my legitimate mother, to come this far. Why should I give up my future and live a low-profile life for her? Why should I? This foolish and hateful woman tried to ruin my life with love. She deserved to die. The woman you said is called Song Rou. The most foolish thing she did was to use all her intelligence to protect you! If she didn’t swallow
that paper you used to lure her
into your deadly trap, you’d have
been brought to justice long ago! You cruelly hurt the woman
who loved you deeply. You’re the one who deserves to die! So what? As long as I don’t love her, even if she died
ten thousand times for me, it’d only be a mistake. A mistake! If Miss Song knows someone still cares about her, she’ll rest in peace. Without you, the person who cares about her
wouldn’t have survived. Xu He. Since the case is closed, now let’s repair Miss Song’s body. Miss Qin, I don’t understand. The case is closed. What’s the point of repairing her body? Normally, we’d return the body to his or her family. If no one takes the body, we’d buy a coffin and bury the body at the back mountain. We had to choose the autopsy
to prove someone’s innocence. The victim’s corpse revealed the truth to us. We should restore her dignity. Miss Qin, why did you start to call her Miss Song again just now? Because from today onwards, I don’t need to see her
as evidence anymore. I can finally send Miss Song off without feeling bad. ♪ Bleak wind and rain ♪ ♪ Sharp crowing ♪ ♪ Here I meet you, gentleman ♪ ♪ In sheer excitement ♪ ♪ Endless wind and rain ♪ ♪ Echoing crowing♪ ♪ Here I meet you, gentleman ♪ ♪ In absolute relief ♪ ♪ Gloomy wind and rain ♪ ♪ Ever-lasting crowing ♪ ♪ Here I meet you, gentleman ♪ ♪ In pure delight ♪ ♪ Endless wind and rain ♪ ♪ What a pity ♪ ♪ Endless wind and rain ♪ ♪ What a pity ♪ Thank you. You have only half an hour. Don’t forget. Yes. What are you doing here? To laugh at me for your mother? Yanzhi, I just want to ask you. Rou loved you deeply and was pregnant with your child. Have you ever had
any real feelings for her? You want to scold me for her? Even now, you still feel no remorse? Who are you to scold me? Because I’m your elder brother! I don’t have an elder brother. As the Wei family’s
legitimate young master, you were born with all the honor and everyone’s love. What about me? I’m just a concubine’s lowly son who couldn’t even see
his own mother before she died. Your mother made my mother
die a miserable death. Do you think I don’t remember? All these years, when your mother disciplined you, I’d suffer double the punishment with you. I couldn’t join the Patrol Battalion due to your dislike for Duke of Song. I was the one
who liked learning the zither, but your mother
only allowed you to learn it. Were it not for this, I wouldn’t have
turned to Rou to learn the zither, and things
wouldn’t have ended up like this! So you’ve been holding
deep grudges against me. I’m sorry. No more hypocritical look of grief. After all these years
of the game of fake brotherhood, I’ve had enough. Now, leave. No matter what you think, I have never tried to hurt you. After we part today, I hope you can find peace in your next life. [Here rests Miss Song,
Duke of Song’s legitimate daughter] Poor Miss Song. Were it not for Grand Princess
and Young Master Wei Qizhi, she wouldn’t have had a proper burial. Young Master Wei Qizhi
insisted on burying her in Jingzhou. Seems like he’s completely disappointed
in the Song family. Maybe because he knows them too well, he chose to do it this way. Given Duke of Song’s character, he wouldn’t let Miss Song be buried in their family cemetery. It’d be better to bury her here. It’s a beautiful place, guaranteeing a peaceful next life. Whenever I think about it,
I feel terrified. A woman got killed due to her infatuation. In order to protect
the family reputation, her father just left her body alone like this! She couldn’t even return to her hometown. Are these men heartless? It has nothing to do with gender. Be it Duke of Song or Wei Yanzhi, they are selfish people who care about themselves only. Seems like as women, we’d better stay single
to protect ourselves. Master, the case is closed. Should we go back to the capital now? Bai Feng, I think I’ve made some progress on the case we’re investigating. You mean new clues
about Prince Jin’s case? Nope. But we got a more powerful sidekick to investigate this case. Send a message to the capital to suspend my entry
to the Ministry of War. I want to be transferred
to the Ministry of Justice.