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[Legend of Zang Hai]

[Episode 39]

What is the other big celebration?

The queen is planning a marriage in Haidong Tribes.

The princess is getting married.

It's a great opportunity for her to break away from the Great Yong.

What did you just say?

The princess is getting married in Haidong Tribes?

Why are you anxious?

Do you

want the princess to marry you?

Come on. Let's drink.

It's time to eat.

- Your Highness. - Your Highness.

Your Highness.

Antu.

Her Majesty has ordered it.

You can only meet him from afar.

Leave us alone.

- Yes, ma'am. - Yes, ma'am.

Zang Hai.

I'm leaving.

Are you really going to get married?

Why are you obeying her?

Don't ask.

Anyway

my sister agreed

that I come to see you one last time.

If you have anything to say

say it now.

That's all they said?

Nothing else?

Yes.

They just talked

about what happened to them at the Great Yong

and some goodbyes.

Nothing else.

Go.

Aye.

I spent ten years in the Great Yong

looking forward

to the day when I could return home

and to my family

but now, my mother is gone

and my sister

seems to be a different person.

I suddenly feel so strange here.

Madam.

I know

you've been thinking about my mother.

Listening to you talk

about the past these days

makes me feel like

I've been home.

Thank you.

Your Highness.

You're finally back

but about to go

to another strange place.

I should have gone

with you

but Her Majesty

doesn't want you

to think of anything else.

You're getting married tomorrow

so why so glum?

It's not me

Moersa is marrying.

Whether I cry or laugh

he won't care.

An emissary from Haidong Tribes

will meet you

at 30 li outside the city.

When the time comes

I will ask an auxiliary

to act as your marriage messenger

and deliver you safely to them.

Your Majesty.

I want Zang Hai to accompany me.

I fear

you will kill him

as soon as I am married in Haidong Tribes

so I want him

to follow my marriage team

to Haidong Tribes.

After my marriage

set him free.

Yinzhu.

This is the only thing I ask of you.

Promise me

will you?

You are getting married tomorrow

so how can I

as your sister, refuse you?

Mother has always loved you the most

but she

can't personally comb your hair

or watch you get married.

In fact, even if you hadn't said anything, I would know

that you were afraid that I'd compete

with you for the throne when I came back this time

but you don't have to worry.

I have already promised my mother

that my last duty to Dongxia

is to fulfill her last wish.

Her last wish?

What's that?

To retrieve the Gui Seal.

The Gui Seal is already in the hands

of the Great Yong's Chief Secretary, Zhao Bingwen.

The Great Yong's Emperor is gone

so Zhao Bingwen will do something about it.

He had said

that he would use the Gui Seal

to build an army in Dongxia.

At that point

Haidong Tribes

and its political marriage to Dongxia

won't matter.

So do you have a way

to take back the Gui Seal

from him?

I'm no match for him

but you're different.

Yinzhu.

You are the Queen of Dongxia.

If you are willing to help me...

Stop imagining.

Prepare to get married.

This will be the last time

we see each other, right?

I won't be coming back.

Princess, please depart.

That's Haidong Tribes' greeting party.

We've traveled thirty li.

That's right.

Are you Haidong Tribes' emissaries?

Yes.

I have been ordered by Khan

to welcome the Princess of Dongxia.

[May we be friends with Haidong Tribes forever]

Are you really going to get married?

Why are you obeying her?

Don't ask.

Anyway

my sister agreed

that I come to see you one last time.

If you have anything to say

say it now.

If I'd known this was going to happen

I'd have preferred

to stay at Zhen Tower

but how will Zhen Tower be run

without you?

How are you going to pay back

the debt you owe?

I can't go back anyway

so I'll just have to

trouble you to pay those debts for me.

The other debts are fine

but

you had been begging me

to ask Mr. Eight

to give storytelling to the champion of the ground polo

which not only

spoiled his plan

but also made them come to you

and forcibly escort you

to his residence.

I'll forget about it if you don't tell me.

What happened then?

Then?

Then

I sold the house

for some money as ransom to save you.

Miss Xiang.

This is the money you owe me

so do you want me

to pay myself back?

I'm getting married anyway

so consider it

your wedding gift for me.

Let's write it off.

No way.

You owe me money

so you can't leave me here alone

right?

Madam.

You're the only one I can trust

in this palace

so I'd like to ask you a favor.

Go to a general of the Great Yong

named Zhuang Zhixing.

Everything is in order.

All the princess's dowry

is on the carriage.

Please take care of our princess.

Don't worry.

We will make the marriage of the princess and Khan

go very well.

Your Highness, please follow the procession

to Haidong Tribes.

Take care.

Thank you.

Let's go back.

Your Highness.

You can come out now.

Go back now.

I'll go to Haidong Tribes with them.

Mr. Zang.

I've been ordered by General Zhuang

to meet you here.

Xiang Hong.

Thank you very much.

Take the stuff in the car with you.

Where is the General?

The General is in his tent

discussing military matters.

They are friends of the General.

Now, prepare

a clean tent.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Zang.

Have some rest first.

I'll let you know

when the General is finished.

Thank you very much.

Thank you

for your help.

Long time no see.

Zang Hai.

You've really changed a lot

in just one year.

Only a year?

I always feel like

it's been five or six years.

When I was indulging

I only felt that time passed too quickly

but when I really suffered

I realized how slowly time was passing.

It's been hard

for you to get this far

at the border.

The commander-in-chief here

was originally the State-Settling General.

Before that

he had been at odds with my father

so he gave me a hard time.

Later, I fought to the death

and made some military achievements

to get myself established at last.

In the Capital

why did I

never hear anything about you?

When I left

I was just an insignificant commander.

If I had died in battle

I wouldn't even deserve a tombstone

so how could you hear anything about me?

Not long ago

the State-Settling General died of illness

so the court made me General of Exemplary Fortitude

to hold this place

in his position.

I didn't let you down, did I?

You've grown up so much faster

than I thought you would

that you've become such a leader.

You're right.

What I have

is the blood of the Zhuang family's generals.

Only after I've fought

and killed

have I realized how many men

need to be sacrificed for a victory.

What about you?

What have you been through?

I was thrown into prison by Zhao Bingwen and about to be executed

but luckily, I escaped death

and came to Dongxia.

Mr. Zhao has no grudge against you

but why did he do this to you?

Because he

is my third enemy.

I didn't realize

my father lied to me.

Zhao Bingwen killed Shi Yiping

became Chief Secretary

framed the Emperor

and planted the evidence on me.

Since then

he has taken over the power.

He's got the Gui Seal

from the Emperor

so no one else in the court can stand up to him.

The court is so far away from me

and I'm at the border

so why are we talking about this?

Zang Hai.

It's hard for us to meet again.

Let's drink some today.

Antu is still waiting for me in the tent

and I'm feeling a bit tired.

You're busy in the army

so rest early.

Tomorrow morning

I will come to you.

OK.

I've asked someone to send some food over.

Go back and eat.

You don't have to rush.

We have plenty of time.

What did you talk about?

Why do you have such a ghastly face?

I expected Huang Zhixing

to grow up quickly in the barracks

but not

that in just one year's time

he'd become the General

of Exemplary Fortitude.

I told him

about Zhao Bingwen's true colors

but he didn't do anything about it

so I'm afraid

that Zhuang Zhixing

has been secretly colluding with Zhao Bingwen.

It seems

that Zhao Bingwen's action

started earlier than I thought.

Would he have other plans

to save us this time?

I don't think so.

Otherwise, how could we have the chance

to talk like this?

However, Huang Zhixing

could pass the news about us to Zhao Bingwen

at any time

so we will be in danger

sooner or later if we stay here.

I just heard

the soldiers outside talking.

They're going around

commandeering laborers from Dongxia

and even forcibly arresting them

to repair the Fengshan Altar.

Fengshan Altar

has been collapsed for years

so why are they

rebuilding it now?

Zhao Bingwen

would never do this

for no reason.

It must have something to do with Gui Seal.

We have to stop him.

Now Zhao Bingwen has the Gui Seal

and is in charge of the court

with the help of Zhuang Zhixing.

What should we do?

For now

we must find a way

to destroy the Gui Seal.

The Gui Seal was taken

by my father from the bowels of Fengshan Altar.

I've asked around royal court

about the Gui Seal

and even asked my sister

but she knew nothing.

My mother died in the Great Yong

so she didn't get to tell my sister much

about the Gui Seal

but I had a matron with me

who had followed my mother

for many years.

She told me a legend

about Gui Seal.

It is rumored that there is another world

beneath the earth of Dongxia.

There is a dome-like sky there

but that sky

is different from the blue sky we see.

It was a turquoise river of stars

which

was the world of ghost soldiers.

Zang Hai.

There is one thing I forgot to tell you.

You are new here

and not easy to move around

so I asked Zhan Hao to protect you.

You can ask him

if you need anything from me.

Thank you, General.

Take good care of him

and Miss Xiang.

Yes.

Mr. Zang.

I'll be right outside.

If there's anything, ask me anytime.

Does Zhuang Zhixing

know about this?

Don't tell him.

Keep your voice down.

Listen to me.

Let's go.

Where are you going?

It's not easy for us to see each other

so how can you leave

without saying goodbye?

I asked Antu to write to you

so that I could destroy the Gui Seal

with your help

after I left Dongxiaroyal court

but I didn't realize

you'd defected to Zhao Bingwen.

So what?

No matter what kind of man he is

all I know is

that he can give me what I want.

His order for you to rebuild the Fengshan Altar

is just a cover.

His real goal

is to bring the Dongxia laborers

together

and turn them

into ghost soldiers with the Gui Seal.

Do you really want to join him?

I'll judge by myself

if what he's trying to do

is right or wrong.

Then judge

this matter seriously.

You only know

that he's the murderer of my family

and the third enemy

I've been searching for

but not the other side of him.

Zhao Bingwen

was my benefactor

and the one who rescued me

after my family was killed.

After he trained me for ten years

the first thing he did

was ask me

to go to your father.

He was helping you get revenge?

Zhao Bingwen

was a close friend of Zhuang Luyin

and Cao Jingxian for decades

yet trained me for the Gui Seal

in order to take revenge on these two.

After getting the Gui Seal

he tried to silence me

not even letting Master Gao Ming

who had followed him

for years, go.

You're still useful to him now

but once you're no longer valuable

he won't hesitate

to throw you away.

Anyone who has merit will be gotten rid of by him.

When you walk up to him

you'll be the first one

he suspects

and wants

to silence.

Is that all you wanted to tell me?

I promised to help you

regain the recognition of the Marquis of Pingjin

and become the glory

of the Zhuang family one day

but I did not expect you

to follow the exact same path

as your father.

Zang Hai.

I have allied myself with you

and considered you a teacher.

Now I

can give you a new name

and a new identity

to hide the fact that you are still alive.

Will you

follow me as you followed

my father?

What I will do now

is destroy the Gui Seal.

What to do now?

Wait.

Okay.

Then let's destroy the Gui Seal.

Let's go.

We've been searching

for so many days

but still haven't found any sign

of the entrance.

Even if Zhuang Zhixing

had told me the location of Fengshan Altar

the path that my father

had entered back then

no longer existed

so we could only think of another way

but

since that was the place where the Gui Seal was sealed

it was bound to follow

certain laws of feng shui and geomancy.

However, Mount Dansui

stretches on forever.

If it could be found easily

it wouldn't have remained a secret.

If even you can't do anything about it

then we really can't find it.

The legend you told me about

also mentioned

that the Mount Dansui vein

is where many of Dongxia's rivers

originate

so perhaps we can look for it

by looking in the direction where the rivers converge.

That way, maybe we'll get a clue.

I've looked through the geography record of Dongxia.

It

used to be a big and deep river

but now

it's a creek.

Back then, the collapse of Fengshan Altar

must have done some damage to the mountain

which caused such a change.

The water of these rivers

probably flowed through some crevice

into one

of the underground caves

so

if we find

where the water disappeared

we might be able

to find a way in.

There's no way in.

Could the entrance be here?

The turquoise river of stars

is the world of ghost soldiers.

This sanctuary

was probably

built by the order of Minglv Huda

the ninth queen of Dongxia.

She was my maternal grandmother

yet I never met her.

Dongxia relied on Gui Seal

to defeat enemies stronger than them.

In the end

the Gui Seal disappeared

and we lost to Zhuang Luyin.

Legend has it

that Queen Minglv Huda

sacrificed her life

and used the Gui Seal to bring forth ghost soldiers.

Do you think

ghost soldiers really exist?

I don't believe there are ghosts

in this world.

Legends about ghosts

are just a way for people

to express their anger at the injustices of the world

and their desire for the right results of being good or evil

but I don't understand

what ghost soldiers are

and how they were summoned

by the Gui Seal.

Zang Hai.

Someone did come here.

It must have been my father.

Now, it is us who have come here

where it all began.

Now that I've made

the same choice

as my father

it's time

to finish

what he didn't.

What are those?

Zang Hai.

Those are...

Watch out.

Antu.

Look at that.

This is Dongxia's uniform.

That's right.

They're Dongxia's soldiers.

Why are they here?

Did they go through something

before they died?

Maybe the truth

is out there.

Light the lamp.

Zang Hai.

Someone died here.

Who could he be?

[Ghost soldiers have fallen from the sky]

What is written in this booklet

seems to be what happened in that year.

In the 35th year of Wuhe

the Great Yong's army crushed Dongxia.

Dongxia's army was defeated

and lost many of its strongholds.

The capital city was about to fall.

At the time when Queen Minglv Huda

was in danger and at a loss

a strategist named Zhang Mie

advised her

that she might follow the example

of the first Queen

of Dongxia

and use the Gui Seal

to repel the enemy army.

At this point, Dongxia was at the end of its rope.

After much hesitation

the Queen sent Zhang Mie to enter Mount Dansui.

Zhang Mie, who was well versed in geomancy

successfully took out the Gui Seal

from the relics

left behind by the Queen of Fuxian.

This was the battle

that decided the survival of Dongxia.

The Queen

summoned 30

and held a sacrificial ceremony

in front of the army.

As she gave wine, she told the crowd

that she had prayed to the heavens

to give them the ghost soldiers for vengeance.

On the battlefield

the soldiers beat their drums and shouted

“Ghost soldiers will come. The Great Yong will be defeated.”

But the ghost soldiers did not come.

It turned out

that the Gui Seal

contained a kind of poison

that was rare in the world.

Zhang Mie soaked the Gui Seal

with his own blood

and poured the poison from the Gui Seal

into the wine.

The soldiers who drank the poisoned wine

realized that they

could no longer feel pain

and that their wounds would continue to heal.

The army was invincible

and won every battle

after that.

Swifter than the beacons

were the rumors.

Everyone believed

that these soldiers, who didn't need

to be fed or bandaged

were ghost soldiers who fell from the sky.

Dongxia's army continued to move south

and captured several cities of the Great Yong.

They were about to capture Dancheng

which

was an important gateway to the Capital region.

Once it was captured

Dongxia would be able to rush

right into the Capital

but Queen Minglv Huda realized

that the soldiers who had been turned into ghost soldiers

would gradually become delirious

and unable to distinguish between enemies and friends.

They could only kill brutally.

As a descendant of Saint Mother Xiling

in order to stop them

from wreaking more havoc

the Queen used her royal blood

to cure Gui Seal's poison.

After exhausting her life

she finally stopped Gui Seal.

From Dongxia came the sad news

of the Queen's death

and the army fell with her.

Before her death

the Queen left her will

and ordered Zhang Mie to build a sacred place

to seal the Gui Seal

and ghost soldiers forever.

No one would ever be able to open it.

So

this is the truth about ghost soldiers.

Dongxia's royal blood

was not used to open the Gui Seal

but to stop it.

This booklet proves that.

There's movement over there.

How can...

Be careful.

There's no wind when they swing the sword.

Antu.

It's all an illusion.

These ghost soldiers are fake.

So what we just saw was...

The murals here are brightly colored

and have a special smell.

Maybe Zhang Mie

added something to the paint

to prevent the Gui Seal from being taken

and make us hallucinate.

We can't stay here any longer.

Let's go now.

Let's go.

What did you find here?

Is it something to do with the Gui Seal?

Have you been following us?

Do you really think

I'll let you guys go

and stop it?

I can tell you

everything.

There's something you've been misunderstanding.

I'm not like my father.

I'm not the least bit interested

in the Gui Seal.

Tell Mr. Zhao

everything you know.

♪Conceal the ambition in my eyes♪

♪In my palm, I hold a dangerous desire♪

♪Turbulent waves hidden in my sleeves♪

♪Silent thunder echoes around♪

♪However cunning you are♪

♪I can see♪

♪Right through you♪

♪Schemes are my armor♪

♪Overt plans are my weapons♪

♪With restrained fury♪

♪I purge the world's corruption♪

♪The night is not dark♪

♪Because♪

♪My heart burns bright♪

♪I control the shifting clouds♪

♪I command the falling rain♪

♪The compass of the human soul is unpredictable♪

♪There will always be ups and downs♪

♪I hold the power of life and death♪

♪I grant and I take away♪

♪When faith burns like the scorching sun♪

♪I will sing aloud with you♪

♪I am the sowing season♪

♪I am the autumn harvest♪

♪I am the world♪

♪I am the people♪

♪And you are also me♪