Episode 1 recap: Zhao Dashan was killed and turned into a terracotta warrior.
Ding Zhaozhao (played by Li Xingyao), a female inspector of the Six Gates Bureau, unintentionally gets involved in a mysterious murder case and teams up with the thief Chu Bufan (played by Chen Minghao) to solve the case. The incident takes place at the Zhao residence. On that day, the butler of the Zhao family sees the master about to leave for a business meeting. After knocking on the door and receiving no response, he breaks in and finds the master turned into a terracotta warrior, lifeless. The butler is terrified, and he quickly shouts for help, saying that the master was killed by a monster.
After the officials take over the case, they search for suspects everywhere, but the people are discussing how the officials have not yet solved the case. Even the waiter in the teahouse mentions that Zhao Dashan was also killed. Upon hearing about the case, Ding Zhaozhao takes the initiative to go to the Zhao residence to take over the investigation. The butler, seeing a female inspector, clearly does not believe her.
Ding Zhaozhao displays her martial arts skills, but the butler assumes she is a female thief and presents his waist token. The butler tells Ding Zhaozhao that the master brought a beautiful woman home after a business trip and spent a day and night with her without eating or drinking. The next day, the master was found turned into a terracotta warrior. Ding Zhaozhao seeks permission from her superiors to investigate the case and is assigned to team up with Zhou Bingran to fetch medicine.
Ding Zhaozhao secretly investigates at night, hoping to impress her superiors. Wen Sihang realizes that the incident must have occurred at least three days ago. Ding Zhaozhao speculates that the culprit in the Zhao residence might be after something specific. She tries to find out what the culprit is looking for and encounters a masked woman. She hides behind a folding screen and discovers a man covering her mouth from behind.
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