Title: Crimson Mist
Director: Liu Yunlong
Screenwriter: Lin Heping
Release: 2008
Type: TV Series
Region: Mainland China
Episodes: 42 episodes
Language: Mandarin
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Cast:
Director and Leading Actor: Liu Yunlong
Liu Yunlong as Wen Kang
Wu Mian as First Madame, Shi Ke as Second Madame
Zhou Hai Mei as Third Madame, Tan Kai as Zhong Yi
Wang Hua Ying as Director Zheng, Wang Li Kun as Zheng Xiao Cong
Zhao Zheng as Master Eldest Son, Xu Cheng Feng as Younger Master
Rao Min Li as Zi Yu, Xu Cheng as Huang De Biao
Synopsis:
In the mid-1930s, fanatical Japanese militarists extended their claws towards the disaster-stricken China. In the phoenix tree town of Jiangnan, the renowned detective from Shanghai, Wen Kang, encountered a baffling mystery...
Master Xing returned from Shanghai. On the night he was about to become the richest man in Jiangnan and marry his fourth wife, a scream startled everyone: Master Xing was killed in the bridal chamber, and his liver was also removed. The only witness, Fourth Madame Zi Yu, went insane due to extreme shock. The entire Xing residence was filled with bloodshed, terror, danger, and deceit...
Everyone said that Master Xing left behind a secret that could bring hundreds of generations of wealth but also invite bloody disasters. On moonless nights, a voice resembling Master Xing echoed through the Xing residence: "Return my liver!" Ghostly shadows flickered, dark clouds gathered, creating an eerie atmosphere...
Wen Kang conducted a painstaking investigation, unraveling the case bit by bit, but the more he uncovered, the more entangled the situation became - the two pairs of mothers and sons from the first and second households of the Xings were openly competing and secretly scheming; the third wife rekindled her old romance with the eldest son; the director of police's daughter, Zheng Xiao Cong, fell in love with him, while her childhood fiancé, Zhong Yi, suffered silently and appeared melancholic. The weak and incapable Director Zheng of the Police Bureau was overshadowed by Deputy Director Huang De Biao, who ruled with an iron fist. The lake bandit Wu Er Ma Zi arrived uninvited, and the "merchant" from the Japanese commercial association gradually surfaced; Wen Kang's father's ancient zither mysteriously appeared in the Phoenix Tree town...
Wen Kang faced a group of people alone, and every clue would be cut off before his arrival: A murder case from fifteen years ago brought this bloody secret, and those who knew about it were killed one by one, all having their livers removed...
The key to solving the secret lay within a seven-character quatrain, each line recited by one of Master Xing’s four wives. Various characters inside and outside the Xing household competed openly and secretly, calculating every move for the poem. Japanese ronins and local lake bandits revealed their true colors, committing murders. Wen Kang, through courage and wisdom, navigated through life-and-death struggles, like a small boat flowing downstream amidst raging waves, sometimes encountering twists and turns, sometimes finding unexpected opportunities...
How many people were coveting this secret? Forces from how many directions? Was the person in front of him a friend or a killer?
There is a door that should never be opened - that is, the human heart.
Wen Kang finally uncovered the blood-soaked secret - the precious geological map of the gold mine. At this moment, an absolutely unexpected adversary suddenly appeared by his side...
Amidst the flames and gunpowder smoke, the geological map of the gold mine disappeared forever: "No one will ever find that gold mine again. But as long as it's buried under Chinese soil, our descendants will one day find it!"
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