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Gates of hell, open!

Thank you so much, priest.

The pits of hell have broken open, yet the High Heavens show mercy.

The dead have crossed the dark ford

and escaped the suffering of reincarnation.

I'll take my leave.

Tomorrow is the funeral.

Have my son's comrades and friends been informed?

Everyone has been notified.

Don't worry, Uncle.

It's such a pity he passed like this.

We should let all his friends come and send him off.

When a man dies,

how many come to see him off

depends on whether it rains that day,

doesn't it?

WINE SHOP

Show your travel pass.

Here you go, sir.

Stop.

Do you have a travel pass?

I…

I lost it.

So you don't have one.

No pass, no leaving the city.

Right, what's your name?

I'm talking to you.

I…

I'm Zhang Mo.

Where are you from?

Huzhou.

Huzhou Rear Command Office

should be around Little Yamen Street.

Hurry and get a replacement.

Don't delay your trip. You'll only make your family worry.

- Roasted goose on sale!. - Okay.

Charms for sale!

Smells wonderful.

‪FUZE INN

- Stop running. - Here, take this over to the gentleman.

Wait for me.

Watch where you're going.

Where's the dog?

Someone's watching him. He'll be fine.

About Mo…

I've sent a letter to Huzhou.

His wife and children will be taken care of.

Don't worry.

No.

Just tell them his business in Chang'an is doing well,

and he needs to stay longer.

He's doing it for the sake of the family.

Are you worried

his family will be upset?

Nothing that happened here

can be leaked.

You just won't admit it.

THE UNDERTAKER

Look at him.

Why is he out dressed like this?

It's broad daylight. What an eyesore.

JINHUA TAVERN

There's something you can't see or touch,

but it exists between us.

Guess what it is?

There's something you can't see or touch,

but it exists between us.

Guess what it is?

- Come on. - Let's drink.

SPRING ALE

What bad luck.

A pot of liquor, please.

How many times have I told you?

Don't wear funeral robes in here.

You earn me a pot of liquor

and cost me half a day's business.

Don't be so superstitious.

Who hasn't had a funeral in the family?

Right here,

from Caomen Street to Pingkang Ward.

I've sent off

many people who lived there.

What's wrong with this fellow?

Who knows,

I might be working for you tomorrow.

Bah.

- Touch wood. - What nonsense are you spouting?

- Don't go. - What bad luck!

Let's drink somewhere else.

You serve him then.

There's something you can't see or touch,

but it exists between us.

Guess what it is?

Hatred. Finish the liquor and get out.

Don't, Jinhua.

I come here every day.

Can't you show me a kinder face?

Just smile at me once.

Hua!

There's something you can't see or touch,

but it exists between us.

Guess what it is?

Karmic debt, I suppose.

It is.

Before we return to the Capital,

the blades and men you asked for

are ready.

We await your command.

Liu Ziyan has appeared.

Finally showed himself.

Is he alive or dead?

Dead.

We don't take the living.

You're cruel.

He was your uncle.

A diviner read my fortune.

He said

that after I turned 12,

I'd cut ties with all my kin.

That's easy then.

There's no one I can't send off.

He's Huben's top killer.

Don't get careless.

Huben's top fool.

Say something light. And smile for once.

Don't always keep your face so tense.

You look more like an undertaker

than I do.

Tonight,

do a ritual for me.

You know where to find me.

Is this part of the plan?

No, it's not.

INCENSES AND CANDLES

Lots of deaths this month. Business is good.

Look. We made quite a lot.

Put these gold ingots

outside each of our buddies' doors.

It was a promise I made to them.

I believe they haven't forgotten.

Also,

divide the earnings from these past few years

among their families.

Sir.

It's nothing.

We make our living off the dead.

So every once in a while,

we have to spend it all.

Otherwise,

bad luck will come for us.

Get it done tonight.

Don't forget.

THE UNDERTAKER

PU NICHUAN

General Fengshan said

you were once taken captive.

He asked me to leave you here in Tiemo.

It's a troubled time.

Everyone is displaced and suffering.

You go first.

Wait for me down there.

Huben's top fool.

When it comes to gathering intel and tracking people down,

I suppose my men are better than yours,

who only know how to swing their swords.

If I were you,

with a voice that hoarse,

I'd talk less nonsense.

My men say

there's a physician in Tangshui Alley

who fled with his whole family a few days ago.

Word has it he treated a great swordsman.

Someone with decent skills

managed to abduct the deposed emperor at a critical moment.

Apparently, someone orchestrated it.

Have you found the person behind it?

The mastermind is clever and deeply hidden.

I'm ashamed to say

I haven't found them yet.

Ziyan,

I came all the way to bring you this news,

yet you won't even offer me a cup of tea.

But there's one thing you might find interesting.

Go on.

Your old residence hasn't been sold yet.

The deed

is in the hands of a merchant named Yang Chuhao.

He claims to be a merchant,

but in truth, he secretly handles asset sales

for the royals.

Too many people died in that house.

It's been abandoned for years.

If you don't mind,

you can move back in.

Has this blade killed before?

Sir,

you must have been a great help to this household.

On your 10th birthday,

I prepared a pair of shoes,

wishing you a smooth road ahead.

MEMORIAL TABLET OF LATE BROTHER, ZHANG MO

You're not a sentimental person.

A pageboy dies,

and you'd hold a ritual for him?

On this path,

I've had no pity for the many who lost their lives.

But Mo was innocent.

One innocent death is one too many.

Sounds like

I'm not innocent.

You're not.

But you may not die.

Maybe just get badly injured.

Anyway, don't worry.

I have good physicians.

Then I should thank you. How considerate.

Do you have time?

Yes.

Let's find somewhere nice and have a drink.

Madam, a pot of liquor, please.

Alright.

I haven't seen you in a while.

- Tonight we drink our fill. - We will indeed.

With your stomach for wine?

- Enjoy your drink. - Come on.

Enjoy.

Fill it up.

Speaking of which,

what do you care about most in this life?

Getting justice for the dead.

That's it?

Besides that,

is there anything else

that matters to you?

I will kill my enemy

with my own hands.

Isn't that still revenge?

Is that all you ever think about?

You see,

life can be beautiful.

A lantern swaying in the wind.

A carriage passing by.

The scent of liquor drifting over.

And the tavern owner, right?

She's nice,

but not to you.

Maybe she just doesn't understand you.

You seem to know quite a lot.

Isn't your head full of revenge?

I don't understand,

but I have my own attachments too.

Thanks.

Attachments.

Attachments.

Nothing weighs heavier.

You can't cut them off.

That's why I come here every day for liquor.

But I haven't once seen her smile.

Wait here.

Madam, a plate of meat, please.

Coming.

Here you go.

Madam.

What did you say to her? What did you say to her?

She smiled at me, you know?

Tell me.

Once tonight's task is done,

I'll tell you.

Tell me now.

ALL-GOODS SHOP

Tonight, you'll attack Liu Ziyan's men

and leave clues

to make them follow you.

Sir.

This isn't human blood.

He wants us to find him.

Go inform Mr. Liu.

Sir, we've tracked him.

You didn't track him.

They've been ready for us.

Let's go.

I'd like to see for myself

whether he's a man or a ghost.

An old acquaintance of mine will meet you.

Tonight's plan

is to bring them together

and settle the old debt.

CLOTH, SWEETS

They are also Huben guards!

Where's the dog?

From his position,

he sees more clearly than we do.

Get up.

I'm taking you somewhere.

Ye Zheng.

I… I'll go back with you.

Quick to reincarnate, are you?

Chuan.

I did not merely survive.

I've come to take your life.

Huben's top fool, Liu Ziyan.

You finally got what's coming to you.

I crawled back from hell

for this moment.

You already escaped.

Why come back to this troubled world

and throw yourself into this mess again?

So it was you, you rascal.

See?

This is what happens when you go against me.

From now on,

I'm willing to

be a slave, a dog.

You didn't drink the liquor I gave you.

After all,

you were involved in my father's murder.

Yet you saved my life.

I can't repay you

in this lifetime.

I'll repay that in the next.

We're even.

But the promise I made to you,

I never fulfilled.

All my life,

I've been caught in hatred.

And now that I'm old…

Don't repeat my mistakes.

There really are

many beautiful things

in this world.

Lanterns swaying in the wind,

carriages passing by,

and the scent of liquor

from a small tavern.

Enough talking.

You haven't told me

what you said

to the tavern owner.

She actually smiled at me.

Tell me.

I told her

there's something

you can't see or touch,

but it exists between you and her.

It's fate.

Her smile

was so beautiful.

Her smile

was

so beautiful.