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(The tassel crowns the knight.
The sword is snow white.)

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(In the silver saddle,
he rides like a shooting star.)

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(He kills a man within ten steps.
Invincible he is all the way ahead.)

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(He would leave once it's done.
No trace of him is to be found.)

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=Sword Snow Stride= (Season 1)

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=Episode 18=

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(Solitary Central Plains)

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(Xiangfan, Qingzhou)

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Come and have a look.

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(Xiangfan)

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Hot steamed stuffed buns.

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Hot steamed stuffed buns.

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Bamboo ware.

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Bamboo ware for sale.

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Sir, buy some.

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Umbrellas.

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Miss.

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Durable umbrellas.

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Have a look.

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(Solitary Central Plains)

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Let's go over there.

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Good tea.

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Delicious rice cake.

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Come and have a look.

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What's wrong?

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Vintage wine.

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Nothing.

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- The scene evokes your memories?
- Come.

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Let's buy some vegetables.

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Why can it evoke my memories?

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- If I remember correctly,
- See you, sir.

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- Xiangfan used to be a big town of Chu.
- Come after you drink it up.

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- You were the Princess of Chu.
- What's this?

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- Now you're revisiting this town.
- Celery.

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It looks good.

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You must be touched.

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It's indeed good.

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- I'm no longer a princess.
- This is good.

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Come and have a look.

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Broil it with some salt for dinner.

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Now, I'm only a maid.

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Welcome next time.

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I visited this town when I was little.

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At that time, people on the street

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spoke the accent of Chu.

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Not the accent is gone,

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but people are gone.

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Xu Xiao besieged Xiangfan
for three years

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with 100 thousand soldiers.

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People of Chu vowed to fight
until they died.

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Even civilians guarded
the town spontaneously.

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When the town was broken into,

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less than ten thousand people

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were still alive

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when there used to be
200 thousand people in Xiangfan.

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Later, people from other towns
migrated to Xiangfan

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so that the town prospered again.

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Xu Xiao came here after the war.

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He said,

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hundreds of thousands of ghosts
were buried

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behind the bustling streets

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and they wailed mournfully every night.

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Why did you say this?

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To show off your father's invincibility

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in attacking cities?

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Xu Xiao didn't say that

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to show off.

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Why did he say that, then?

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Actually, there's no such a thing
as a ghost in the world.

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The ghosts he talked about

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weren't buried in Xiangfan,

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but in his heart.

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They've been haunting him forever.

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Slayer Xu Xiao.

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People only know his prestige.

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None of them knows

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how many ghosts are there in his heart.

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Is he regretting it?

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No.

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He's on guard.

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He's reminding himself.

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He wants to tell himself

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that he must stop the wars
to break out again

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at whatever cost.

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He wants to protect the peaceful world.

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So,

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North Liang Army matters most to him.

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What about you?

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I'm different from him.

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I won't be like him.

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If I can't even protect
important people around me,

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what's the point

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of the world

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or the big plan?

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Come and have a look.

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Childish.

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You're childish.

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You're the most childish.

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Who says childish will be childish.

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You. Just you!

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You're child...

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Next,

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where are we going?

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I know where the henchmen
of our family are hiding.

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Let me take you to them.

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Don't bother.

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Why?

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What kind of man is Lord of Jing'an?

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I'm afraid

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he has cleared away the henchmen
of your family.

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What are you going to do then?

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Where's the best inn in Xiangfan?

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Go straight

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and turn right after two intersections.

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We're going to the inn.

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You're going to the Mansion
of Lord of Jing'an.

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Why am I going there?

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To take revenge?

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To take a message.

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What?

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(Xiangfan)

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(Mansion of Lord of Jing'an)

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(Mansion of Lord of Jing'an, Xiangfan)

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Father.

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Have you realized
what mistake you made?

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I didn't expect

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that Xu Fengnian got
so many masters around him.

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That's not the point.

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Behind him

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is North Liang.

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Take your seat.

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I know killing Xu Fengnian

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is like poking a hornets' nest.

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But don't worry, Father.

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I've arranged the scapegoat.

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Even if I failed,

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I wouldn't be in trouble.

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That's why

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you killed Commander Wei's son?

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Wei Dong complies in appearance
but opposes in the heart.

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He's the spy planted in the navy.

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When I killed his son
for Xu Fengnian's case,

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we can warn him

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and frighten the navy.

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I've been telling you

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to read more Buddhist scriptures

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and cultivate yourself.

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Why do you always have

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such a strong intent to kill?

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I've killed his son already.

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The court

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always thinks highly

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of North Liang.

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The legal son of the Lin family
assassinated Xu Fengnian.

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How did they end up?

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They were exterminated.

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You think

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the case can be over

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when Wei Dong's son is dead?

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What do you think I should do?

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Wei Dong

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has only one son.

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He always cares for his son.

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His son died before him.

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How miserable!

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Why not

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let them die all together

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so that they can

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take care of each other in heaven?

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You're saying...?

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So far,

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Wei Dong's family has been dead

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with his son.

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You've killed all his family?

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Only in this way

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can we

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close the case.

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The Wei family is pitiful.

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I have

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given an order.

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Someone

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will hold the funeral

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for them.

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I'm kind of doing a good deed.

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So,

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I've told you before.

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You must

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always be merciful.

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You,

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learn more

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and think more.

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My Lord,

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a guard from Xu Fengnian

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has sent a message at the gate.

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What is it?

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Xu Fengnian

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invited you to the inn.

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Tell him

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that I'm too busy reading scriptures
and practicing Buddhism

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to go out of home for the moment.

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Yes.

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Also,

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the guard who has sent the message

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is Third Graduate Lin.

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He isn't dead?

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Mm.

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I wondered
why the guard looked so familiar

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who used Chixia Swordplay.

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Father,

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they're deceiving His Majesty.

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His Majesty ordered
to exterminate the Lin family.

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We can deal with North Liang with it.

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Pretend we don't know this.

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See him out of our mansion.

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Yes.

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Father,

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even if we don't arrest Lin,

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you should at least check out
what Xu Fengnian will say.

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He represents North Liang, after all.

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If you don't go see Xu Fengnian,

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arrest Lin, first.

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Ignore him.

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Young Master of North Liang
is here in Xiangfan,

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but we're going to ignore him?

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Where's the student

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who offers advice to you?

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He said he would come and visit me.

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Sit and wait, then.

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Let's wait until he comes.

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At this moment,

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Xu Fengnian is more important.

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Why must you wait for a student
in Shangyin Academy?

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(Mansion of Lord of Jing'an)

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(Mansion of Lord of Jing'an)

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(Mansion of Lord of Jing'an)

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(Mansion of Lord of Jing'an)

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I came by appointment,

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to relieve anxiety

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for His Lordship and His Highness.

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I didn't see Lord of Jing'an.

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I was told
that he was busy reading scriptures

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to come out of home for the moment.

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It doesn't matter.

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Let's just wait.

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Will we just live in Xiangfan like this

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until Lord of Jing'an comes to us?

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We can just visit the town.

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You're indeed not afraid of death.

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This is the lair of Lord of Jing'an.

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He can kill you
whenever and wherever possible.

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He won't kill me for the moment.

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Zhao Heng is cunning.

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He's waiting for news.

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What news?

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News from the capital.

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What does it have to do with you?

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Read it.

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Still one coin for a word?

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Always the fair price.

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Greetings, My Lord, Your Grace,

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and Your Highness.

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We've met once.

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Don't stand on ceremony.

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Let's just get to the point.

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Yes, My Lord.

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You want to kill Xu Fengnian by my hand?

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Let me correct it.

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I will help you

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to kill Xu Fengnian.

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Why must I kill him?

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I explained last time.

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If Xu Fengnian is killed,
Xu Xiao will rebel without doubt.

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Only when the world falls into chaos

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can you bring order out of chaos

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and take back the supreme throne.

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I know.

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Han Diaosi is your master.

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As the commander of eunuchs,

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he's proud and insolent.

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But he instructed you

281
00:15:12,310 --> 00:15:13,799
without reservation.

282
00:15:14,235 --> 00:15:16,479
He even gave you Fujiang Armor

283
00:15:16,480 --> 00:15:17,720
which was his shield.

284
00:15:18,310 --> 00:15:19,310
Why?

285
00:15:21,135 --> 00:15:22,510
I guess

286
00:15:23,835 --> 00:15:25,160
you know the answer.

287
00:15:29,035 --> 00:15:30,840
Because your family name is Zhao.

288
00:15:34,310 --> 00:15:36,985
Your mother died early.

289
00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:40,120
After that, Han Diaosi sent you

290
00:15:40,639 --> 00:15:42,000
to the capital.

291
00:15:42,600 --> 00:15:46,480
Then, he sent you to Shangyin Academy.

292
00:15:47,559 --> 00:15:51,639
The Academy always strictly investigates
the family background of students.

293
00:15:52,285 --> 00:15:53,559
You're the only exception.

294
00:15:55,135 --> 00:15:58,855
No one has asked who your father is.

295
00:15:59,560 --> 00:16:00,785
Who do you think

296
00:16:02,960 --> 00:16:04,685
my father is, My Lord?

297
00:16:10,880 --> 00:16:12,600
The Emperor.

298
00:16:21,560 --> 00:16:22,960
Speaking of it,

299
00:16:25,335 --> 00:16:27,200
you should call me Uncle.

300
00:16:28,360 --> 00:16:30,360
I'm not recorded
in the ancestral temple.

301
00:16:32,885 --> 00:16:34,235
I'm not

302
00:16:34,860 --> 00:16:35,880
one of the royal family.

303
00:16:39,235 --> 00:16:40,235
Right.

304
00:16:42,735 --> 00:16:44,510
If the world is in peace,

305
00:16:45,285 --> 00:16:48,319
you will never
be admitted to the capital.

306
00:16:49,880 --> 00:16:51,519
But once the world is in chaos,

307
00:16:51,760 --> 00:16:53,399
you'll have a chance.

308
00:16:54,260 --> 00:16:55,399
Zhao Kai,

309
00:16:57,335 --> 00:16:58,719
you don't want to kill Xu Fengnian

310
00:16:58,720 --> 00:16:59,761
for me,

311
00:17:00,960 --> 00:17:02,679
but for yourself.

312
00:17:03,910 --> 00:17:05,435
There're benefits for you and me.

313
00:17:07,260 --> 00:17:08,360
Like I said,

314
00:17:09,235 --> 00:17:10,675
only when the world falls into chaos

315
00:17:11,735 --> 00:17:13,235
can you return

316
00:17:14,035 --> 00:17:15,799
to the capital.

317
00:17:21,835 --> 00:17:22,835
Somebody!

318
00:17:31,685 --> 00:17:32,685
Take him

319
00:17:33,860 --> 00:17:35,535
to the dungeon.

320
00:17:37,260 --> 00:17:38,319
Wait.

321
00:17:40,910 --> 00:17:43,240
If someone from the martial world
kills Xu Fengnian,

322
00:17:43,810 --> 00:17:45,400
Xu Xiao will have no reason

323
00:17:45,935 --> 00:17:47,440
to blame you for that.

324
00:17:48,835 --> 00:17:51,360
I witnessed the masters
around Xu Fengnian.

325
00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:53,440
I've gathered martial artists

326
00:17:54,285 --> 00:17:55,640
who are able to kill him.

327
00:17:57,535 --> 00:17:58,879
I'm just waiting

328
00:18:00,200 --> 00:18:01,320
until you make up your mind.

329
00:18:13,860 --> 00:18:14,860
Father,

330
00:18:14,910 --> 00:18:16,079
he made sense.

331
00:18:16,260 --> 00:18:17,439
If the world is in chaos,

332
00:18:17,440 --> 00:18:18,440
you'll have a chance.

333
00:18:18,960 --> 00:18:21,720
We can't risk our lives

334
00:18:22,110 --> 00:18:23,440
simply for a small gain.

335
00:18:24,085 --> 00:18:25,680
It's not a small gain.

336
00:18:28,335 --> 00:18:31,240
We're not in a hurry to decide
whether we'll kill Xu Fengnian.

337
00:18:32,285 --> 00:18:34,235
Let's wait for the news.

338
00:18:36,110 --> 00:18:37,110
What news?

339
00:18:38,885 --> 00:18:40,485
Xu Xiao has been traveling at top speed.

340
00:18:41,400 --> 00:18:43,279
He's arriving in the capital soon.

341
00:18:45,435 --> 00:18:46,919
When he heads for the capital alone,

342
00:18:46,920 --> 00:18:47,960
isn't he seeking his doom?

343
00:18:49,360 --> 00:18:50,510
So,

344
00:18:50,735 --> 00:18:52,200
don't be impatient.

345
00:18:53,910 --> 00:18:56,385
If Xu Xiao is killed in the capital,

346
00:18:56,810 --> 00:18:58,535
we can kill Xu Fengnian

347
00:18:58,835 --> 00:19:00,885
to make perfection still more perfect.

348
00:19:01,610 --> 00:19:03,319
If Xu Xiao isn't killed,

349
00:19:04,385 --> 00:19:05,710
why do we bother

350
00:19:06,185 --> 00:19:08,039
sticking our necks out?

351
00:19:09,535 --> 00:19:12,060
The royal family treats Xu Xiao
as the one to cause chaos.

352
00:19:12,860 --> 00:19:14,086
Once he arrives in the capital,

353
00:19:14,110 --> 00:19:15,110
he will be killed.

354
00:19:15,535 --> 00:19:17,519
If he's sure to be killed,

355
00:19:19,535 --> 00:19:22,135
why is he rushing to the capital?

356
00:19:29,160 --> 00:19:30,385
Calm down

357
00:19:30,935 --> 00:19:32,310
and wait for the news.

358
00:19:42,735 --> 00:19:44,295
(Official Posthouse, Capital of Liyang)

359
00:20:45,685 --> 00:20:48,385
(Zhang Julu,
the prime minister of Liyang)

360
00:21:37,160 --> 00:21:38,440
Grand Commander,

361
00:21:39,760 --> 00:21:41,200
what a coincidence!

362
00:21:41,685 --> 00:21:42,985
Prime Minister Zhang.

363
00:21:46,110 --> 00:21:48,285
Long time no see.

364
00:21:49,410 --> 00:21:51,810
You came all the way to the capital.

365
00:21:52,185 --> 00:21:53,879
Why haven't you entered the town?

366
00:21:54,810 --> 00:21:56,760
I just saw the tree.

367
00:21:57,035 --> 00:21:58,275
It reminded me of the old days.

368
00:22:01,760 --> 00:22:03,135
How can the tree

369
00:22:04,635 --> 00:22:06,810
remind you of the old days?

370
00:22:08,485 --> 00:22:11,185
When my wife and I
came to the capital for the first time,

371
00:22:11,660 --> 00:22:13,640
we rested under the tree.

372
00:22:14,185 --> 00:22:15,240
We even made a mark

373
00:22:16,385 --> 00:22:17,599
on it.

374
00:22:18,535 --> 00:22:20,079
So,

375
00:22:20,410 --> 00:22:22,200
you're missing your wife?

376
00:22:23,460 --> 00:22:25,035
She's been dead.

377
00:22:25,585 --> 00:22:26,879
Luckily, the tree is still here.

378
00:22:27,485 --> 00:22:28,635
It's kind of

379
00:22:29,285 --> 00:22:30,359
a souvenir to me.

380
00:22:32,410 --> 00:22:33,519
Cut it down.

381
00:22:50,685 --> 00:22:53,860
It's such a precious tree.

382
00:22:54,060 --> 00:22:57,235
You'd better take it back to North Liang

383
00:22:57,385 --> 00:22:59,519
so that you can see it every day

384
00:23:02,160 --> 00:23:04,080
and miss your wife.

385
00:23:13,060 --> 00:23:14,860
Prime Minister,

386
00:23:15,510 --> 00:23:17,160
you travel with axes?

387
00:23:17,485 --> 00:23:19,240
I only take some axes today.

388
00:23:19,785 --> 00:23:21,559
Isn't it a coincidence?

389
00:23:22,285 --> 00:23:23,285
It is.

390
00:23:25,560 --> 00:23:26,835
It's quite a coincidence.

391
00:23:29,885 --> 00:23:30,885
Let's get into the town.

392
00:24:04,810 --> 00:24:05,920
Don't stop

393
00:24:06,660 --> 00:24:07,910
until you cut it down!

394
00:24:19,285 --> 00:24:26,160
(Zhang Julu provoked...)

395
00:24:28,085 --> 00:24:29,935
(Xu Xiao gave way.)

396
00:25:12,085 --> 00:25:13,085
I'm all right.

397
00:25:23,210 --> 00:25:24,910
This is Xu Xiao?

398
00:25:28,135 --> 00:25:29,709
News just came

399
00:25:29,710 --> 00:25:30,834
that outside the city gate,

400
00:25:30,835 --> 00:25:33,209
Prime Minister Zhang
prevailed over him.

401
00:25:33,210 --> 00:25:34,408
This is the capital,

402
00:25:34,409 --> 00:25:35,649
not North Liang.

403
00:25:37,560 --> 00:25:38,819
It's the imperial palace.

404
00:25:39,160 --> 00:25:40,860
I don't think he dare to be aggressive.

405
00:25:41,985 --> 00:25:42,985
Go.

406
00:25:46,735 --> 00:25:47,779
I'm Xu Xiao.

407
00:25:48,360 --> 00:25:49,739
I ask to meet His Majesty.

408
00:25:51,860 --> 00:25:54,010
Grand Commander,
please wait here for a moment.

409
00:26:22,035 --> 00:26:24,460
You came to the palace
with your blade and horse.

410
00:26:25,260 --> 00:26:27,219
How arrogant you are!

411
00:26:27,985 --> 00:26:29,340
In such an important place,

412
00:26:30,010 --> 00:26:31,735
you'd better behave yourself.

413
00:26:36,260 --> 00:26:37,910
Who are you?

414
00:26:40,760 --> 00:26:42,635
Grand Master for Splendid Happiness,

415
00:26:43,410 --> 00:26:45,136
(Liu Tiren, third-rank master of Liyang)
Liu Tiren.

416
00:26:45,160 --> 00:26:46,380
Oh, sub-third rank?

417
00:26:46,960 --> 00:26:48,409
The old system is adopted!

418
00:26:48,410 --> 00:26:50,100
The Grand Master
for Splendid Happiness

419
00:26:50,235 --> 00:26:51,539
is sort of the third rank!

420
00:26:53,010 --> 00:26:55,219
Oh, sort of?

421
00:26:55,685 --> 00:26:56,738
You're indeed powerful.

422
00:26:56,739 --> 00:26:57,739
Powerful.

423
00:26:58,385 --> 00:26:59,810
I'm not talking about power,

424
00:27:00,085 --> 00:27:02,035
but etiquette.

425
00:27:05,010 --> 00:27:05,635
Oh.

426
00:27:05,735 --> 00:27:06,735
Come on.

427
00:27:15,935 --> 00:27:18,585
It's not only about the robe.

428
00:27:18,685 --> 00:27:20,585
You shouldn't carry the blade, either.

429
00:27:31,460 --> 00:27:32,460
What's this?

430
00:27:32,935 --> 00:27:34,634
The python pattern, clearly.

431
00:27:34,635 --> 00:27:35,635
Python pattern?

432
00:27:36,160 --> 00:27:37,160
How many claws?

433
00:27:41,860 --> 00:27:42,860
Five claws?

434
00:27:43,460 --> 00:27:44,540
According to the etiquette,

435
00:27:44,710 --> 00:27:46,059
who dare

436
00:27:46,160 --> 00:27:47,935
to wear a five-claw robe?

437
00:27:50,060 --> 00:27:53,360
Relatives of the royal family.

438
00:27:54,260 --> 00:27:56,299
The blue robe is usually for lords

439
00:27:57,910 --> 00:27:59,535
with a different surname.

440
00:27:59,835 --> 00:28:01,086
Can a lord with a different surname

441
00:28:01,110 --> 00:28:03,299
carry a blade to the court?

442
00:28:06,685 --> 00:28:08,210
Bestowed by His Majesty,

443
00:28:09,210 --> 00:28:11,299
I can take the blade to the court.

444
00:28:12,410 --> 00:28:14,860
It's an imperial favor from His Majesty.

445
00:28:15,760 --> 00:28:17,420
As a third-rank official,

446
00:28:17,910 --> 00:28:19,380
you want me to take away my blade?

447
00:28:24,485 --> 00:28:25,860
Here it is.

448
00:28:26,635 --> 00:28:27,635
I...

449
00:28:28,660 --> 00:28:30,339
I was just reminding you.

450
00:28:30,340 --> 00:28:31,340
Reminding me?

451
00:28:32,410 --> 00:28:33,560
When a third-rank official

452
00:28:33,860 --> 00:28:34,860
meets a lord,

453
00:28:35,360 --> 00:28:36,760
should he kneel?

454
00:28:40,410 --> 00:28:41,985
You keep talking about etiquette,

455
00:28:42,420 --> 00:28:44,460
but you behave against it.

456
00:28:45,410 --> 00:28:47,309
Mr. Liu, you're having
greater authority

457
00:28:47,310 --> 00:28:50,180
than the favor from His Majesty.

458
00:28:50,285 --> 00:28:51,340
Ridiculous!

459
00:28:51,435 --> 00:28:52,760
Don't talk nonsense!

460
00:28:55,360 --> 00:28:57,200
How dare you beat me!

461
00:28:57,335 --> 00:28:58,485
I just want that.

462
00:29:01,660 --> 00:29:02,860
Somebody!

463
00:29:04,260 --> 00:29:05,260
Help!

464
00:29:07,410 --> 00:29:08,835
Somebody!

465
00:29:08,985 --> 00:29:10,735
Help!

466
00:29:38,310 --> 00:29:39,585
Liu Tiren.

467
00:29:40,460 --> 00:29:42,539
He fishes for fame.

468
00:29:42,860 --> 00:29:47,100
He wants to get an upright reputation
by using Xu Xiao.

469
00:29:47,835 --> 00:29:49,579
How sinister!

470
00:29:51,285 --> 00:29:53,059
Does he really think

471
00:29:53,560 --> 00:29:55,460
Xu Xiao is scared of me?

472
00:30:03,335 --> 00:30:05,860
Have a message sent to Qingzhou

473
00:30:06,210 --> 00:30:08,380
to Lord of Jing'an.

474
00:30:11,210 --> 00:30:13,420
We don't do something
because we're forced to,

475
00:30:14,860 --> 00:30:18,499
but because we want to.

476
00:30:38,285 --> 00:30:40,235
Help me!

477
00:30:49,885 --> 00:30:50,985
Do you know

478
00:30:51,210 --> 00:30:52,739
why I didn't make a fuss

479
00:30:53,010 --> 00:30:55,059
with Zhang Julu?

480
00:30:55,985 --> 00:30:57,559
Because he's the Prime Minister?

481
00:30:57,560 --> 00:30:59,460
It's not because of his position.

482
00:31:00,510 --> 00:31:01,620
Zhang Julu

483
00:31:02,310 --> 00:31:04,135
serves His Majesty,

484
00:31:04,510 --> 00:31:05,810
regardless of his own life.

485
00:31:06,160 --> 00:31:07,258
I have

486
00:31:07,259 --> 00:31:08,738
a little admiration for him

487
00:31:08,739 --> 00:31:09,739
more or less.

488
00:31:12,460 --> 00:31:13,819
As for you,

489
00:31:14,610 --> 00:31:16,660
you're simply asking for trouble.

490
00:31:16,910 --> 00:31:17,620
Come on.

491
00:31:17,620 --> 00:31:18,620
Let's continue.

492
00:31:19,010 --> 00:31:20,010
Come on.

493
00:31:21,260 --> 00:31:22,260
Grand Commander.

494
00:31:22,460 --> 00:31:23,460
Grand Commander.

495
00:31:23,660 --> 00:31:25,498
(Fengtian Hall)

496
00:31:25,499 --> 00:31:27,018
(Monk Yang Taisui)
Greeting, Grand Commander.

497
00:31:27,019 --> 00:31:28,019
Yang Taisui.

498
00:31:29,635 --> 00:31:30,834
Grand Commander,

499
00:31:30,835 --> 00:31:32,510
what are you doing?

500
00:31:33,035 --> 00:31:34,578
I was bored waiting.

501
00:31:34,579 --> 00:31:35,579
I just beat him for fun.

502
00:31:36,510 --> 00:31:38,819
Beating a third-rank official for fun?

503
00:31:39,935 --> 00:31:40,660
He...

504
00:31:40,860 --> 00:31:42,180
He was brave.

505
00:31:43,210 --> 00:31:44,380
Grand Commander,

506
00:31:45,460 --> 00:31:47,260
His Majesty is feeling unwell

507
00:31:47,360 --> 00:31:50,285
and he can't see you for the moment.

508
00:31:55,835 --> 00:31:56,835
Oh.

509
00:31:58,060 --> 00:31:59,060
You,

510
00:31:59,135 --> 00:32:00,539
walk me out.

511
00:32:02,410 --> 00:32:03,437
Come on.

512
00:32:05,260 --> 00:32:06,360
Yang Taisui.

513
00:32:08,460 --> 00:32:10,340
Look at you.

514
00:32:10,940 --> 00:32:12,700
I'm increasingly admiring you.

515
00:32:13,035 --> 00:32:16,258
Kings and bears
often worry their keepers.

516
00:32:16,259 --> 00:32:18,340
But you've kept His Majesty company
for decades.

517
00:32:18,760 --> 00:32:21,459
If you live
for another twenty or thirty years,

518
00:32:21,460 --> 00:32:23,939
you will have served three dynasties.

519
00:32:23,940 --> 00:32:27,140
Then you'll be the real Grand Abbot.

520
00:32:28,160 --> 00:32:30,139
I'm an ordinary monk

521
00:32:30,140 --> 00:32:31,900
without an official position.

522
00:32:32,335 --> 00:32:33,335
Monk?

523
00:32:33,885 --> 00:32:35,940
There's no ordinary monk like you.

524
00:32:39,485 --> 00:32:40,620
Think about it.

525
00:32:40,860 --> 00:32:42,579
How long has it been since we last met?

526
00:32:43,310 --> 00:32:44,310
Yeah.

527
00:32:44,585 --> 00:32:47,410
It's been many years
since you came to the capital last time.

528
00:32:48,585 --> 00:32:49,739
I'm getting old

529
00:32:50,010 --> 00:32:51,340
and I'm getting more cowardly.

530
00:32:52,310 --> 00:32:53,984
You? Cowardly?

531
00:32:53,985 --> 00:32:54,985
Mm.

532
00:32:55,035 --> 00:32:57,285
You beat a third-rank official
in front of Fengtian Hall.

533
00:32:57,585 --> 00:32:59,258
If you were cowardly,

534
00:32:59,259 --> 00:33:00,310
no one in this world

535
00:33:00,585 --> 00:33:02,635
could be bold.

536
00:33:03,860 --> 00:33:04,860
By the way,

537
00:33:05,610 --> 00:33:07,100
is His Majesty

538
00:33:08,410 --> 00:33:09,738
really sick

539
00:33:09,739 --> 00:33:11,860
or does he not want to see me?

540
00:33:12,860 --> 00:33:14,739
Don't you know?

541
00:33:17,735 --> 00:33:18,940
Tell me.

542
00:33:19,503 --> 00:33:20,253
Well,

543
00:33:20,254 --> 00:33:22,218
how long do I have to wait

544
00:33:22,219 --> 00:33:23,380
before he wants to see me?

545
00:33:25,160 --> 00:33:26,979
It depends on

546
00:33:27,210 --> 00:33:29,019
how your son leaves Qingzhou.

547
00:33:33,885 --> 00:33:35,660
You old pal.

548
00:33:36,460 --> 00:33:37,739
You told me the truth!

549
00:33:38,985 --> 00:33:39,685
So,

550
00:33:39,686 --> 00:33:41,099
among millions of people in the capital,

551
00:33:41,100 --> 00:33:42,539
you're my only friend.

552
00:33:44,935 --> 00:33:47,234
I can be your friend

553
00:33:47,235 --> 00:33:48,940
as long as you don't touch my head.

554
00:33:49,785 --> 00:33:50,785
Right.

555
00:33:51,085 --> 00:33:52,535
It's said

556
00:33:52,610 --> 00:33:55,010
that two things can't be touched.

557
00:33:55,135 --> 00:33:56,778
The buttocks of a tiger

558
00:33:56,779 --> 00:33:57,859
as well as

559
00:33:57,860 --> 00:34:00,085
your head.

560
00:34:00,935 --> 00:34:01,939
Here it goes again.

561
00:34:01,940 --> 00:34:02,779
Go, go, go.

562
00:34:02,779 --> 00:34:03,410
Let's go play chess.

563
00:34:03,410 --> 00:34:04,410
Go.

564
00:34:07,835 --> 00:34:12,560
(Zhang Julu provoked
outside the capital. Xu Xiao gave way.)

565
00:34:23,885 --> 00:34:26,019
Zhang Julu provoked outside the capital.

566
00:34:26,385 --> 00:34:28,259
Xu Xiao gave way.

567
00:34:28,885 --> 00:34:31,059
Prime Minister Zhang...

568
00:34:31,410 --> 00:34:32,860
Everybody knows

569
00:34:33,035 --> 00:34:34,380
that he's very ambitious.

570
00:34:35,360 --> 00:34:37,360
What he wants to do most

571
00:34:37,935 --> 00:34:39,539
is to dethrone the lords.

572
00:34:41,260 --> 00:34:42,260
How dare he!

573
00:34:43,660 --> 00:34:46,700
Royal clans like us
are not his first target.

574
00:34:48,310 --> 00:34:50,819
North Liang is the first

575
00:34:51,735 --> 00:34:53,060
he wants to handle.

576
00:34:54,135 --> 00:34:55,135
Xu Xiao?

577
00:34:56,410 --> 00:34:58,499
Zhang Julu provoked Xu Xiao
outside the capital,

578
00:34:59,085 --> 00:35:00,860
to force Xu Xiao to fight him.

579
00:35:02,585 --> 00:35:05,760
Once Xu Xiao kills the Prime Minister,

580
00:35:06,910 --> 00:35:08,420
His Majesty has no choice,

581
00:35:09,085 --> 00:35:10,235
but to execute him.

582
00:35:11,860 --> 00:35:13,860
Doesn't Zhang Julu care
for his own life?

583
00:35:15,135 --> 00:35:17,085
He will risk his life for fame.

584
00:35:17,810 --> 00:35:19,699
That's what intellectuals do, isn't it?

585
00:35:21,760 --> 00:35:22,960
However,

586
00:35:23,380 --> 00:35:24,659
even though

587
00:35:24,935 --> 00:35:26,619
Zhang Julu has
different political views,

588
00:35:27,210 --> 00:35:30,300
Xu Xiao and I

589
00:35:30,685 --> 00:35:32,619
kind of admire him.

590
00:35:34,135 --> 00:35:36,360
Xu Xiao has been in the capital.

591
00:35:37,985 --> 00:35:39,505
Why hasn't His Majesty killed him yet?

592
00:35:39,710 --> 00:35:40,710
His Majesty?

593
00:35:43,160 --> 00:35:44,660
My second eldest brother...

594
00:35:44,810 --> 00:35:46,059
He's far-sighted.

595
00:35:47,560 --> 00:35:49,409
If Xu Xiao dies in the capital,

596
00:35:49,410 --> 00:35:50,740
North Liang Army will rebel.

597
00:35:51,885 --> 00:35:55,499
He wants Xu Xiao to die of old age

598
00:35:55,885 --> 00:35:59,019
so that the playboy Xu Fengnian
will take the throne.

599
00:35:59,335 --> 00:36:01,138
When there's civil strife
in North Liang,

600
00:36:01,139 --> 00:36:03,019
he'll draw some generals over
and drive a wedge.

601
00:36:04,035 --> 00:36:05,795
He doesn't need
to send even a single soldier

602
00:36:06,235 --> 00:36:08,610
before North Liang breaks down.

603
00:36:09,235 --> 00:36:12,340
So, His Majesty disagrees
with Zhang Julu?

604
00:36:14,235 --> 00:36:17,499
Yes, or why would Zhang Julu

605
00:36:18,335 --> 00:36:19,978
provoke Xu Xiao outside the capital

606
00:36:19,979 --> 00:36:21,979
when he was always calm?

607
00:36:24,060 --> 00:36:25,185
He did that

608
00:36:25,810 --> 00:36:28,979
to drive Xu Xiao into the impasse.

609
00:36:29,785 --> 00:36:30,785
No wonder

610
00:36:31,160 --> 00:36:32,440
Xu Xiao didn't fight Zhang Julu.

611
00:36:34,435 --> 00:36:36,979
Xu Xiao is quite crafty.

612
00:36:37,860 --> 00:36:39,860
He won't easily be tricked.

613
00:36:42,110 --> 00:36:45,110
Xu Xiao arrived in the capital
a couple of days ago.

614
00:36:45,685 --> 00:36:47,605
Why does His Majesty
still refuse to see him yet?

615
00:36:48,210 --> 00:36:50,380
He's waiting for our action.

616
00:36:52,260 --> 00:36:53,380
Our action?

617
00:37:03,760 --> 00:37:05,010
This is a message

618
00:37:05,685 --> 00:37:06,780
from Zhang Julu.

619
00:37:06,935 --> 00:37:09,420
We don't do something
because we're forced to,

620
00:37:09,499 --> 00:37:11,760
but because we want to.

621
00:37:14,035 --> 00:37:15,260
What does it mean?

622
00:37:16,485 --> 00:37:17,940
There are five kinds of rites.

623
00:37:18,585 --> 00:37:20,265
The sacrificial rite
is the most important.

624
00:37:21,935 --> 00:37:23,099
We offer the sacrificial rite

625
00:37:24,010 --> 00:37:26,579
not because we're forced to,

626
00:37:26,910 --> 00:37:29,340
but because we want to.

627
00:37:30,360 --> 00:37:31,820
It's about the sacrificial rite.

628
00:37:34,135 --> 00:37:36,910
Not because we're forced to,
but because we want to.

629
00:37:37,885 --> 00:37:39,820
Zhang Julu is reminding me

630
00:37:41,110 --> 00:37:43,979
that we shouldn't take action forcibly,

631
00:37:44,260 --> 00:37:46,760
but spontaneously.

632
00:37:48,660 --> 00:37:50,085
What action?

633
00:37:52,285 --> 00:37:54,010
He's urging me

634
00:37:54,460 --> 00:37:57,185
to kill Xu Fengnian spontaneously.

635
00:37:57,635 --> 00:37:58,635
What?

636
00:38:00,585 --> 00:38:02,685
His Majesty doesn't meet Xu Xiao,

637
00:38:03,960 --> 00:38:05,860
because he's waiting to see

638
00:38:06,260 --> 00:38:08,179
what Xu Fengnian will suffer
in our place.

639
00:38:12,285 --> 00:38:14,460
North Liang and we

640
00:38:15,535 --> 00:38:17,135
have been at a stalemate
for a long time.

641
00:38:18,035 --> 00:38:19,098
If Xu Fengnian

642
00:38:19,099 --> 00:38:21,099
leaves Xiangfan so easily,

643
00:38:22,160 --> 00:38:25,658
His Majesty will suspect

644
00:38:25,659 --> 00:38:28,380
that we've joined hands
with North Liang secretly.

645
00:38:30,410 --> 00:38:32,210
If we kill Xu Fengnian,

646
00:38:32,360 --> 00:38:34,099
His Majesty will be relieved.

647
00:38:35,979 --> 00:38:37,259
We offer the sacrificial rite...

648
00:38:38,185 --> 00:38:39,185
The sacrificial

649
00:38:40,685 --> 00:38:42,860
refers to the death of Xu Fengnian.

650
00:38:45,310 --> 00:38:46,410
So,

651
00:38:46,660 --> 00:38:48,539
Zhang Julu made sense.

652
00:38:49,460 --> 00:38:51,139
Shall we kill Xu Fengnian?

653
00:38:53,760 --> 00:38:55,339
If we kill Xu Fengnian,

654
00:38:55,340 --> 00:38:56,660
North Liang will certainly rebel.

655
00:38:58,160 --> 00:39:00,178
By then, His Majesty is very likely

656
00:39:00,179 --> 00:39:01,860
to apologize to Xu Xiao

657
00:39:02,535 --> 00:39:04,699
with my life.

658
00:39:06,860 --> 00:39:08,134
Prime Minister Zhang

659
00:39:08,135 --> 00:39:09,534
has got a good plan.

660
00:39:09,535 --> 00:39:11,635
He wants me to kill Xu Fengnian.

661
00:39:12,910 --> 00:39:16,035
When Qingzhou and North Liang
are both destroyed,

662
00:39:16,710 --> 00:39:18,780
his plan to dethrone lords

663
00:39:19,635 --> 00:39:21,539
will proceed without hindrance.

664
00:39:22,185 --> 00:39:24,780
Zhang Julu is quite vicious.

665
00:39:25,260 --> 00:39:27,160
Doesn't he fear he'll be involved?

666
00:39:27,810 --> 00:39:29,160
He just sent us a message

667
00:39:29,760 --> 00:39:31,579
without a distinct saying.

668
00:39:33,460 --> 00:39:35,780
He won't be involved.

669
00:39:37,860 --> 00:39:39,220
What a man!

670
00:39:40,085 --> 00:39:41,525
We're stuck in a dilemma, aren't we?

671
00:39:41,760 --> 00:39:43,219
We should neither kill Xu Fengnian
nor keep him alive.

672
00:39:43,220 --> 00:39:44,380
What do we do?

673
00:39:48,785 --> 00:39:50,010
Now that

674
00:39:51,335 --> 00:39:52,455
all parties are watching me,

675
00:39:54,635 --> 00:39:56,179
let me do something.

676
00:39:57,960 --> 00:39:58,960
Get the carriage ready.

677
00:39:59,960 --> 00:40:01,179
My wife and I

678
00:40:01,810 --> 00:40:03,420
are going to meet Xu Fengnian.

679
00:40:07,435 --> 00:40:08,435
She's going, too?

680
00:40:13,460 --> 00:40:16,085
(Solitary Central Plains)

681
00:40:28,710 --> 00:40:33,885
(Yuelai Inn)

682
00:40:50,385 --> 00:40:51,385
What's wrong?

683
00:40:52,560 --> 00:40:53,560
Someone unkind has come.

684
00:40:53,735 --> 00:40:54,900
He's waiting in the backyard.

685
00:40:55,340 --> 00:40:56,420
Go tell His Highness.

686
00:41:09,310 --> 00:41:11,220
Miss Chudong, why did you come alone?

687
00:41:11,985 --> 00:41:12,985
Where's Uncle Wang?

688
00:41:18,360 --> 00:41:20,885
Your Highness, you've got
enough beautiful girls.

689
00:41:21,485 --> 00:41:22,765
I'm not good enough for you.

690
00:41:23,060 --> 00:41:24,380
Please let me go.

691
00:41:24,810 --> 00:41:25,810
What?

692
00:41:27,535 --> 00:41:28,659
You want her?

693
00:41:28,660 --> 00:41:29,260
No.

694
00:41:29,261 --> 00:41:30,659
It's none of my business.

695
00:41:31,610 --> 00:41:32,860
My father said so, too.

696
00:41:33,110 --> 00:41:34,110
You don't believe me?

697
00:41:34,660 --> 00:41:36,210
If you were me, would you believe it?

698
00:41:36,985 --> 00:41:38,619
If you hadn't asked for me,

699
00:41:38,760 --> 00:41:39,978
why would my father
had made me leave with you

700
00:41:39,979 --> 00:41:41,060
after he met you once?

701
00:41:45,585 --> 00:41:46,698
Lord of Jing'an has arrived.

702
00:41:46,699 --> 00:41:48,260
He's waiting for you in the back room.

703
00:41:48,935 --> 00:41:49,940
At last.

704
00:41:50,910 --> 00:41:51,740
Did he come alone?

705
00:41:51,885 --> 00:41:53,509
He came with his wife
and his son Zhao Xun.

706
00:41:53,510 --> 00:41:54,885
A lot of guards, as well.

707
00:41:57,185 --> 00:41:58,185
All right.

708
00:42:00,410 --> 00:42:01,709
I'll be right back.

709
00:42:01,710 --> 00:42:02,460
Don't worry.

710
00:42:02,460 --> 00:42:03,380
When I'm back,

711
00:42:03,381 --> 00:42:05,019
I'll explain to you.

712
00:42:07,560 --> 00:42:09,010
I'll be waiting here.

713
00:42:10,410 --> 00:42:12,510
I hear Lord of Jing'an
loves his wife most.

714
00:42:14,685 --> 00:42:15,740
Does it bother you?

715
00:42:16,110 --> 00:42:17,110
It's very important.

716
00:42:19,710 --> 00:42:20,710
Exactly.

717
00:42:20,910 --> 00:42:22,300
Everyone in Qingzhou knows

718
00:42:22,435 --> 00:42:25,160
Lord of Jing'an treats
Consort Pei Nanwei as a treasure.

719
00:42:25,985 --> 00:42:27,340
Everybody in Qingzhou knows that?

720
00:42:27,510 --> 00:42:28,910
Yes, everybody.

721
00:42:30,960 --> 00:42:32,440
Pei Nanwei is his second wife, right?

722
00:42:32,910 --> 00:42:34,420
His first wife died many years ago.

723
00:42:34,610 --> 00:42:36,660
Now, Pei Nanwei is his consort.

724
00:42:39,785 --> 00:42:40,900
I see.

725
00:42:41,560 --> 00:42:42,560
Hey.

726
00:42:44,260 --> 00:42:46,135
Would you like to go
and meet Lord of Jing'an?

727
00:42:46,740 --> 00:42:48,010
What's the fun of that?

728
00:42:48,460 --> 00:42:49,260
When I don't need to read,

729
00:42:49,261 --> 00:42:50,760
I would rather go out for a stroll.

730
00:42:52,535 --> 00:42:53,535
Let's go.

731
00:43:25,610 --> 00:43:27,490
His Lordship is expecting
Young Master Fengnian.

732
00:43:27,610 --> 00:43:29,285
Irrelevant persons should stay away.

733
00:43:36,060 --> 00:43:36,785
Wait.

734
00:43:36,985 --> 00:43:37,986
Why are you closing the door?

735
00:43:38,010 --> 00:43:39,010
Ning Emei,

736
00:43:40,035 --> 00:43:41,235
don't be rude.

737
00:45:49,140 --> 00:45:51,860
♪ The flower of pain ♪

738
00:45:53,635 --> 00:45:56,435
♪ Blooms in my heart ♪

739
00:45:58,360 --> 00:46:01,280
♪ I made a bet with the dawn ♪

740
00:46:02,360 --> 00:46:06,160
♪ That you'll answer ♪

741
00:46:07,460 --> 00:46:10,360
♪ Forgive this tragic end ♪

742
00:46:12,060 --> 00:46:14,880
♪ Moved by the moment we met ♪

743
00:46:16,885 --> 00:46:19,640
♪ In spite of thunder and lightning ♪

744
00:46:20,660 --> 00:46:24,585
♪ In spite of my falling ♪

745
00:46:25,085 --> 00:46:27,839
♪ When we are apart ♪

746
00:46:27,840 --> 00:46:29,080
♪ I'll collapse ♪

747
00:46:29,860 --> 00:46:33,720
♪ Capture an image of the memory ♪

748
00:46:34,535 --> 00:46:37,284
♪ After all these ups and downs ♪

749
00:46:37,285 --> 00:46:38,720
♪ The vanity ♪

750
00:46:39,210 --> 00:46:43,085
♪ Who will open it again ♪

751
00:46:43,510 --> 00:46:44,884
♪ It's worth it ♪

752
00:46:44,885 --> 00:46:47,720
♪ It's enough ♪

753
00:46:48,135 --> 00:46:50,639
♪ Drowned in sadness ♪

754
00:46:50,640 --> 00:46:53,040
♪ Just to see through ♪

755
00:46:53,335 --> 00:46:55,384
♪ I will whisper love to you ♪

756
00:46:55,385 --> 00:46:57,584
♪ For a lifetime ♪

757
00:46:57,585 --> 00:47:01,800
♪ End the worry in the world ♪

758
00:47:02,160 --> 00:47:03,319
♪ It's worth it ♪

759
00:47:03,320 --> 00:47:06,360
♪ I'll be there for you all my life ♪

760
00:47:06,535 --> 00:47:08,519
♪ After the moments of beauty ♪

761
00:47:08,520 --> 00:47:11,240
♪ You are my reason to be ♪

762
00:47:11,800 --> 00:47:13,639
♪ If there is a way ♪

763
00:47:13,640 --> 00:47:16,159
♪ To start over ♪

764
00:47:16,160 --> 00:47:20,460
♪ Will you still remember me ♪