The Truth of Scent 闻香探案录 Episode 1

One day during the Republic of China, during the second watch of Hai hour, the watchman accidentally discovered that Xu, a clay figurine in Zhuangyuan Lane, had died tragically in his home. His death was strange, with two arms resting on the window frame. The watchman thought that some ghost was causing trouble and hurriedly fled to report the crime. The next day Early in the morning, the news spread throughout Zhuangyuan Lane.

Not far away on the street corner, a young girl named Wen Xiang appeared. She had just arrived in Shanghai and was very curious about everything. When she was about to find a place to eat, she heard someone asking if she was proficient in medical skills so that she could seek justice for herself.

When Wen Xiang came forward, a woman pulled a boy with a rash on his face and declared that the child had it caused by eating sugar paintings, and asked the sugar painting master whether the raw materials were unhygienic. The sugar painting master denied it, and held his breath after smelling the fragrance. He smelled a smell of mice. Without any time to explain, he found a handful of mouse hairs in the sugar painting master's basket. Unable to shirk responsibility anymore, Wen Xiang proposed to pay three cents in compensation. The master painter thought there were too many and was about to run away. As soon as he turned around, he was stopped by a young man who grabbed his arm tightly and had to admit defeat.

The middle-aged woman got the money, thanked her profusely and left. Wenxiang asked the young man his name, but the young man did not reveal it and turned around and disappeared on the street.

When she came to Shanghai this time, Wen Xiang had one wish: to find her savior Wang Ya, who was the most famous detective in Shanghai. After finding him, he followed Wang Ya to learn how to handle cases. But now that there are not many problems left, the top priority is to find Wang Ya as soon as possible.

Wen Xiang walked to a wonton stall and asked if he had heard of Detective Wang Ya. The stall owner responded enthusiastically: Wang Ya had left Shanghai for a long time because he had handled a wrong case five years ago and killed his good brother. He no longer had the face to stay in Shanghai and simply disappeared.

Wen Xiang had just gotten some clues, but stopped immediately. Just when he was worried, he heard people talking about a murder that had just happened in Zhuangyuan Lane on the street, and he became interested again and ran to Zhuangyuan Lane.

At the scene of the crime, Inspector Zheng Yifei from the patrol room had arrived. Female reporter Zhang Simiao loudly asked when the case would be solved. Zheng Yifei had no confidence, so he said a few official words and hurriedly entered the room. Seeing the strange dead figure of the deceased clay figure Xu, I felt horrified, so I ordered my followers to remove the body of the clay figure Xu from the window frame. Forensic doctor Zhen Yan arrived and conducted a visual inspection of the body, but found no abnormalities.

Wen Xiang in the crowd outside the door guessed that the people in the patrol room probably knew Wang Ya, so he found a gap and squeezed into the room, stating that he had smelled all kinds of herbs since he was a child. He might be able to help solve the case, but at the same time, he had a condition in exchange: help find Wang Ya. Ya, just as he was talking, he smelled the smell of woolly holly and found a pill. Zheng Yifei was dubious and prepared to throw it out. Zhen Yan took the pill and suggested waiting for the test results to come out before making a decision.

Returning to the patrol room, Zheng Yifei was given an ultimatum to solve the case within a week, otherwise he would leave the patrol room. When he was at a loss, he found his former good brother Wang Ya and told him the case in detail. Wang Ya looked nonchalant, but wrote down all the details. In my heart.

Soon, Zhen Yan took out the test results and found that the pill was indeed Mao Dongqing.

At night, the sugar painting master Lao Chen returned home and kept worshiping a statue of Zhong Kui. Then he mysteriously fell upside down in a water tank and drowned. Wen Xiang and Wang Ya met by chance on the street. Suddenly they saw a dark shadow flashing past. They followed him for a while and went to Lao Chen's home. They found Lao Chen who had also died in a strange way.

During Zheng Yifei's night patrol, he discovered Wen Xiang and Wang Ya appearing at the death scene of sugar painting master Lao Chen, and took them back to the police station for further investigation.