Tientsin Mystic Episode 11 Recap

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The story continues with someone from the Chamber of Commerce paying grave robbers to steal Sun Laoqi's corpse, leading to the battle of liberal arts at the wharf and the involvement of living deads. Meanwhile, a discussion among members of the Demon Sect touches on their doctrine of biological evolution, questioning whether humans, once fully evolved, would rely on basic needs like food and water or more abstract concepts like intellect and love.

They dismiss Supervisor Hu's recent actions as low-end instinct but acknowledge that his interference has indeed affected their plans. However, they believe the Chamber of Commerce will still descend into chaos as predicted, or even more so, allowing their "cocoon to transform into a butterfly" before anyone fully understands what is happening. At the Yizhuang in the morning, Ding Mao provided breakfast for everyone.

He explained that within the Chamber of Commerce for Grain Transportation, people of different statuses held different colored badges. Wharf workers and sailors carried blue badges, servants had white badges, while hatchet men like Tianming and Sun Laoqi, whose work often involved bloodshed, held red badges. Supervisor Hu, ranking higher, possessed a silver badge. Guo Deyou humorously noted that as chairman, Ding Mao must then hold a unique, shining gold badge.

Their banter soon turned serious as Ding Mao brought up Feng Erma, a white badge servant who was found wearing swim trunks. Ding Mao wondered why Feng Erma, a servant, was wearing water trousers when he had no need to go to the wharf. He also questioned where Feng Erma, a mere servant, acquired the funds to hire grave robbers to exhume Sun Laoqi's body.

As soy milk and fried dough sticks were served, the sight of the torn food triggered Xiaohai, Feng Erma’s son, to vividly recall the night his father was killed. He collapsed, crying out "river demon" repeatedly. Gu Ying quickly comforted him, urging him to explain what he saw. Xiaohai recounted that his father had taken him to the Yishengmen wharf, where Feng Erma, acting suspiciously, told his son to hide and stay put because the area was dangerous.

Feng Erma then went alone to the riverside to investigate a commotion in the water. Xiaohai witnessed a terrifying scene: his father was dragged into the river and bitten to death. He was still traumatized by the event. Gu Ying relayed Xiaohai's account to Ding Mao and Guo Deyou.

Ding Mao tried to reconcile the facts: Feng Erma hired someone to dig up Sun Laoqi, and then Sun Laoqi, supposedly a dead man, bit Feng Erma to death in the river. He acknowledged the impossibility of it from a scientific perspective but vowed to find a scientific explanation. He outlined two investigation paths: first, to identify who paid Feng Erma to exhume Sun Laoqi's body, and second, to locate Sun Laoqi.

Guo Deyou, recognizing that Sun Laoqi was last seen in the river and that locating him required an expert in the water, leveraged Ding Mao's predicament. He demanded one hundred silver to retrieve the dead man, noting the increased danger of a biting corpse, up from his usual fifty silver fee. Ding Mao returned to the Chamber of Commerce to inquire about Feng Erma.

Yu Si informed him that Feng Erma was a lone individual with no relatives other than his son, Xiaohai. Feng Erma primarily worked for the Hu family, assisting Mrs. Hu and Supervisor Hu, especially after Tianming's death. Yu Si assured Ding Mao that Xiaohai would be cared for. The conversation then shifted to the upcoming "battle of liberal arts" with The Door of Life, scheduled for that very night.

Ding Mao expressed his intention to attend, and Yu Si agreed, stating that his presence would boost morale, but strictly forbade him from participating due to his status as chairman. Ding Mao jokingly agreed, remarking that as a foreign-educated individual, participating would be unfair to the less educated opponents. Yu Si laughed but held back unspoken concerns.

Ding Mao decided to visit Mrs. Hu, only to learn from a servant that she had gone back to her family home to recover from the recent loss of Tianming and Supervisor Hu's imprisonment. In Tianming's room, behind his portrait, Ding Mao discovered a packet of black granules. He took them to his laboratory, where microscopic examination revealed viable biological cells, baffling him.

Meanwhile, Guo Deyou and his team had already deployed their nets in the Hai River, waiting for a sign, with Guo Deyou confidently stating they would only catch "something extremely big." That evening, the "battle of liberal arts" commenced at the Dagu River bank. Madman Cui, leading The Door of Life, confronted Yu Si and the Chamber of Commerce. The "battle" proved far more brutal than Ding Mao had anticipated.

A member of The Door of Life stepped forward, dramatically cut off his own ear, and offered it as a "gift." Yu Si, not to be outdone, had a Chamber of Commerce member prepare to cut off his arm in retaliation, shocking Ding Mao, who realized this was far from the civilized debate he had envisioned.

Captain Fu and his police officers were present, observing from their patrol car, with Captain Fu instructing his men to let the gangs handle their own affairs as long as it didn't escalate too much. As the tension escalated, a commotion erupted in the Hai River. Sun Laoqi, appearing like an inhuman creature, emerged from the water, entangled in Guo Deyou’s net. He charged ashore, terrifying the onlookers who scattered in fear.

Amidst the chaos, people desperately tried to subdue the powerfully deranged Sun Laoqi. Guo Deyou, using a fish fork, forcefully plunged Sun Laoqi’s head into a pot of boiling oil. But to everyone’s horror, Sun Laoqi’s head, now ablaze, violently jerked out before he stumbled and fell back into the Hai River, finally disappearing and bringing an end to his unnatural rampage. The alarming spectacle forced Captain Fu to intervene, admonishing both sides for the unrest.

Madman Cui seized the opportunity to accuse the Chamber of Commerce, stating that the burning figure was their red badge hatchet man, Sun Laoqi, and blaming Ding Mao for disregarding Jianghu principles. He linked Feng Erma's death to Sun Laoqi, claiming the Chamber of Commerce was framing The Door of Life. Yu Si fiercely retorted, asserting that the Chamber of Commerce had won the battle.

Captain Fu, however, silenced their bickering, asserting police authority and ordering an end to the "battle of liberal arts." Before leaving, Ding Mao retrieved a black worm that had fallen from Sun Laoqi's mouth. Guo Deyou recognized the worm, recalling seeing identical ones on the bodies in the charity hospital's morgue during their previous visit. A bad feeling gripped him, and he urgently led Ding Mao back to the charity hospital.

Meanwhile, at the newspaper office, Xiao Lanlan was defying her editor's orders to stop reporting on the twenty-one-year-old flood. She believed there were deeper, hidden connections between the flood, the hundred floating bodies from the charity hospital, and the secret opium den, insisting that the public deserved to know the truth, even as her editor warned her that delving too deep could endanger her and her powerful family.

Guo Deyou knew that if Sun Laoqi could be reanimated by these insects, then the numerous bodies at the hospital might also pose a terrifying threat. The bodies were supposed to be destroyed, but due to Supervisor Hu's incident, the destruction was delayed.

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