How to say "正要进一步调查 却死于非命" (zhèng yào jìn yí bù diào chá què sǐ yú fēi mìng) in Chinese dialogue

zhèng正yào要jìn进yí一bù步diào调chá查 què却sǐ死yú于fēi非mìng命

But before he could dig deeper, he was killed.

Idioms & Colloquial Expressions
INTERACTIVE SCRIPT TIMELINE
LINE 0126:28
guǒ rán tā yī dào huái xī biàn chá chū yǒu rén xū bào jūn xū mào lǐng jūn xiè果然 他一到淮西 便查出有人虚报军需 冒领军械

“Indeed, right after arriving in Huaixi, he uncovered fraud involving military supplies and weapons.”

LINE 0226:34
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zhèng yào jìn yí bù diào chá què sǐ yú fēi mìng正要进一步调查 却死于非命

“But before he could dig deeper, he was killed.”

LINE 0326:38
dà大chǔ楚lì立kè刻pài派gōng公shū输yǎng仰qián前wǎng往diào调chá查

“Dachu immediately sent Gongshu Yang to take up the investigation.”

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Source MediaTV Series
Season & EpisodeS1 E22
Timestamp26:34
TMDB ID292696 →