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[Strange Tales of Tang Dynasty III:
To Chang'an]
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[Episode 10]
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I got here first
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and already saw the body.
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It was unbearable to look at.
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The entire skin of the face
had been peeled off.
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What?
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Ever-changing Master?
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The deceased is a young woman,
about 17 or 18 years old.
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She likely died yesterday.
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The age
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and time of death both match.
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We'll have to transport the body
back to the county office
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and have Chi Ying
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identify it.
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It sounds quite cruel,
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but we have no other choice.
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Wu Yang!
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Wu Yang!
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Who was so cruel
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as to tear off your face?
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It's my fault, Daughter.
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I failed to protect you.
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It's all my fault.
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I'll go with you!
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[Righteous and Upright]
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-Wu Yang!
-Auntie Chi Ying!
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Wu Yang!
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Huan.
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Wu Yang...
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You took quite a hard hit.
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Let me check your pulse.
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Madam.
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Taking your own life
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is meaningless.
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We will catch the murderer.
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He's okay. It's nothing serious.
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I'll prepare
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some medicine for you later.
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Chi Ying.
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Xue Huan may look tall and strong,
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but he's actually 2 years younger
than Wu Yang.
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He just risked his life to save you.
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I hope you can take his words to heart.
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Wu Yang is gone.
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How am I supposed to go on living?
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When you identified the body just now,
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did you see clearly?
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I did.
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It was definitely Wu Yang.
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Her outfit
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was what I told her to wear that day.
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What about her build?
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It also matched.
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She's my daughter. I would know.
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Wu Yang!
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You two, get out!
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Please.
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Can I be friends with you two?
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I don't have any friends.
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My name is Wu Yang,
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"Wu" as in dance, "Yang" as in sunshine.
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[Yongzhou Prefecture Office]
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On my first day of
Circuit Trials around the City
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in Shengye District,
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though the well murder case was solved,
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the disappearance case of Wu Yang
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has ended like this.
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As the Yongzhou Judicial Official,
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how am I supposed to
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show my face in Shengye District again?
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I still feel there's something suspicious
about this case.
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Xijun, Yingtao.
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I'll have to trouble you two
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to stay with Chi Ying for now,
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in case she tries
to take her own life again.
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Xue Huan,
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how is your injury?
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I've taken Fei's medicine.
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I should be fine.
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Tonight, come with me to the Ghost Market.
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We must catch
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that Ever-changing Master.
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Yes!
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They're all gone?
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How long has it been
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since we had a proper meal?
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How about we have a drink?
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Sure, let's.
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[Meixiu Skincare Shop]
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We're just drinking like this?
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You're not even getting me a chicken?
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You're a scholar after all.
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Just...
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These roasted beans
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pretty good actually.
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At this hour every day,
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[Meixiu Skincare Shop]
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Wu Yang's mother
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closes her shop and goes home.
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And by now,
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Zhuque Avenue and other main streets
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are already under curfew.
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Only within the districts
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can people still move about freely.
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That girl is already dead.
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Why bring her up?
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Woody.
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Here to collect garbage?
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Yes.
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I know the skincare shop didn't open,
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and there shouldn't be any garbage,
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but this is my routine.
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As a sanitation worker,
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I should still come and check.
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Good lad.
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Gentlemen,
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I heard
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that Wu Yang died.
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Yeah.
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So pitiful.
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I'll be going then.
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Woody!
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-You could've given me a heads-up.
-Scholar Su.
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Anything you need?
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The clue you provided that day
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was very helpful
in solving the well murder case.
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But young man,
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you only did that because Auntie Ling
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tricked you out of 20 cash, right?
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Isn't that
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a bit petty of you?
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I... I was willingly deceived.
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I never truly believed
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she could summon my father's spirit.
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But that day
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was my father's birthday in this world.
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I just wanted to give it a try.
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After all,
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it was the only way
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I could show some filial piety.
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And
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I didn't lie that day.
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She really did curse people.
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I knew she was just running her mouth,
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but I still provided the clue
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because I hoped the officers
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would investigate
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her scam
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and give her a lesson so she'd repent.
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Auntie Ling often cheats people
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by claiming she can summon spirits,
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and I'm worried that
if she keeps doing this,
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she'll get into trouble sooner or later.
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When you put it that way,
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it makes me seem petty instead.
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You're so young,
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yet you have such foresight.
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You truly are a fine young man
of our Tang Empire.
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Please accept my bow.
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I don't deserve this, Scholar Su.
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I also want to ask you,
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since you're often in Shengye District,
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among those who had contact with Wu Yang,
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have you noticed
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anyone suspicious?
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I have, actually.
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There's a white-haired wandering hermit.
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He gave me money
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and asked me to help him deliver
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a letter to Wu Yang once.
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This person has been captured.
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Is there anyone else?
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Anyone else...
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There's
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the one who often delivers herbs
to Chi Ying,
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Physician Bai.
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I've noticed he sneaked glances at
Wu Yang quite a lot,
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with a strange look in his eyes.
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Alright. Take care.
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We finally got it.
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Yeah.
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Miss Wu Yang, tell your mother
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the herbs have arrived.
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Ask her to collect them at the back yard.
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Okay. Thank you.
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Physician Bai...
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Do you know where he lives?
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He lives in Yongyang District,
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right next to the Earth God Temple.
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Next to the Earth God Temple?
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Thanks a lot.
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Master,
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where are we heading to look for clues?
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Do you think
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I'm here to look for clues?
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Then what are we...
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Sometimes looking for clues is too hard.
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We have to get them through
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fighting.
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[Huangquan Tavern]
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Great wine!
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Fill it up! Fill it up!
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Fill it up! Smells wonderful!
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Bring me wine!
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Let's keep drinking.
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Come on! Cheers.
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Bottoms up! Feels great!
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Move aside.
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Can't you see I'm here?
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Let's go!
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Huan,
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sit.
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Do you need something?
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N...
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Nothing.
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If it's nothing, then get lost!
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Hurry up and bring me
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the best wine and food!
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This tastes terrible.
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Is this chicken or some bird?
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Do you have anything to say?
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Yes!
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Anyone daring to cause trouble here
at Huangquan Tavern
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must not fear death.
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Someone will deal with him.
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Let's endure.
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And you?
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It's nothing.
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Nothing, nothing.
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Let's go.
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Let's go.
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Let's go.
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Now we have space.
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Huan,
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let's eat.
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Master.
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We're smashing up this place.
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Is this appropriate?
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Ever since Su Wuming took command of
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Chang'an's secret agents,
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we've received a lot of intelligence.
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I've singled out all the information
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regarding the Ghost Market
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and analyzed it carefully.
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The owner of this Huangquan Tavern
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appears to be the one who has been
hiding in the martial world for years,
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Hell's Pursued.
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Hell's...
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Pursued?
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This man is arrogant,
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claiming even
the King of Hell must pursue him,
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hence the name.
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What a bold claim.
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Those who come here to drink
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are either villains
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or major criminals,
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and what they discuss here
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is mostly about murder and robbery.
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Doesn't this place
deserve to be smashed up?
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I see.
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Let's smash it up properly then.
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He came rather quickly.
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Huan,
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are you full?
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I am.
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Ready for a fight.
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[Boss of Huangquan Tavern: Hell's Pursued]
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Who's so bold as to dare
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cause trouble at my Huangquan Tavern?
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It's me.
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It's a kid?
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Could it be that the Ever-changing Master
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changed your face?
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See?
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We've come to the right place.
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Cut the nonsense.
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State your name!
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Who do you think you are,
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daring to ask my boss's name?
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Do you wish to die?
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Leave him to me.
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Make it quick.
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He looks too skinny
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to make a decent pot of stew.
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He's actually got some skill.
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Hell's Pursued.
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A toast from me to you!
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00:16:38,670 --> 00:16:39,440
Pretty boy,
290
00:16:40,240 --> 00:16:42,140
which enemy paid you
291
00:16:42,750 --> 00:16:43,840
to come for my life?
292
00:16:45,270 --> 00:16:46,510
Looks like you've made
293
00:16:46,510 --> 00:16:47,910
quite a few enemies, huh?
294
00:16:49,120 --> 00:16:50,400
That's all in the past!
295
00:16:50,870 --> 00:16:53,240
These years, I've been running
this tavern in the Ghost Market,
296
00:16:53,240 --> 00:16:54,960
making a living off selling wine.
297
00:16:54,960 --> 00:16:56,270
I haven't offended anyone since.
298
00:16:56,270 --> 00:16:58,270
Last year when the Demon Lord
appeared in the Ghost Market,
299
00:16:58,270 --> 00:16:59,510
you hid like a coward.
300
00:17:00,120 --> 00:17:01,850
That Demon Lord rode a monster,
301
00:17:02,030 --> 00:17:03,630
and he even dared to kill Imperial Guards!
302
00:17:03,630 --> 00:17:05,200
Of course I had to hide from him!
303
00:17:05,200 --> 00:17:05,859
Pretty boy,
304
00:17:06,200 --> 00:17:07,859
I know the rules of your trade.
305
00:17:08,069 --> 00:17:10,270
You won't reveal your employer's name,
306
00:17:10,640 --> 00:17:13,040
but you should at least
state your own name!
307
00:17:13,310 --> 00:17:14,310
Even if I'm to die,
308
00:17:14,720 --> 00:17:16,160
at least let me know who's sending me off.
309
00:17:16,160 --> 00:17:19,910
[Huangquan Tavern]
310
00:17:18,589 --> 00:17:20,200
I'm the former General
of the Imperial Guard,
311
00:17:20,200 --> 00:17:21,880
former Vice Minister
of the Judicial Review Court,
312
00:17:21,880 --> 00:17:23,829
newly appointed
Yongzhou Judicial Official,
313
00:17:23,829 --> 00:17:25,089
disciple of Master Di,
314
00:17:25,109 --> 00:17:26,569
Lu Lingfeng from Fanyang.
315
00:17:28,750 --> 00:17:29,840
So it's you.
316
00:17:31,200 --> 00:17:32,400
Dying by your hand...
317
00:17:33,110 --> 00:17:33,970
I can accept it.
318
00:17:34,440 --> 00:17:35,510
These past years, have you really
319
00:17:35,510 --> 00:17:36,590
committed no evil deeds
320
00:17:36,590 --> 00:17:37,590
and killed no one?
321
00:17:38,270 --> 00:17:38,970
I really haven't.
322
00:17:38,970 --> 00:17:42,830
[Huangquan Tavern]
323
00:17:39,680 --> 00:17:41,610
But this Huangquan Tavern of yours
324
00:17:41,640 --> 00:17:43,040
harbors many criminals,
325
00:17:43,070 --> 00:17:44,550
and they've disrupted
the law and order of Chang'an.
326
00:17:44,550 --> 00:17:45,750
How do you answer for that?
327
00:17:45,750 --> 00:17:46,160
I...
328
00:17:48,140 --> 00:17:49,270
If you spare my life,
329
00:17:49,720 --> 00:17:51,250
I'll burn down this tavern!
330
00:17:51,400 --> 00:17:52,130
That will do.
331
00:17:52,700 --> 00:17:54,670
But I have one condition.
332
00:17:54,770 --> 00:17:57,040
[Huangquan Tavern]
333
00:17:57,750 --> 00:17:59,240
I know that many scoundrels
334
00:17:59,240 --> 00:18:00,300
in the Ghost Market
335
00:18:00,310 --> 00:18:01,830
rely on you as their backing,
336
00:18:01,830 --> 00:18:04,750
including the Ever-changing Master
you just mentioned.
337
00:18:04,750 --> 00:18:05,750
I need to find him.
338
00:18:07,680 --> 00:18:08,240
Now.
339
00:18:10,310 --> 00:18:12,160
You tricked me into coming with you
340
00:18:12,160 --> 00:18:14,750
to Yongyang District with
just a few roasted beans,
341
00:18:14,750 --> 00:18:17,200
crossing half of Chang'an
342
00:18:19,640 --> 00:18:20,790
and passing through
343
00:18:20,790 --> 00:18:21,920
all those curfew patrols.
344
00:18:21,920 --> 00:18:23,240
I was almost scared to death.
345
00:18:23,240 --> 00:18:25,170
If I were to lose my life for this...
346
00:18:26,550 --> 00:18:28,640
The house next to the Earth God Temple...
347
00:18:28,640 --> 00:18:30,000
This should be it.
348
00:18:31,110 --> 00:18:31,970
I'm exhausted.
349
00:18:32,270 --> 00:18:33,400
Do you think I'm not?
350
00:18:48,160 --> 00:18:51,070
This is Criminal Scholar of Yongzhou
investigating a case.
351
00:18:51,070 --> 00:18:53,600
I'll let myself into
the inner room directly.
352
00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:04,880
Who's that?
353
00:19:09,720 --> 00:19:12,600
I heard you call yourself
354
00:19:12,830 --> 00:19:15,070
the Criminal Scholar of Yongzhou?
355
00:19:15,720 --> 00:19:16,640
Is that even real?
356
00:19:16,640 --> 00:19:17,680
I've never heard of
357
00:19:17,680 --> 00:19:19,480
this official position before.
358
00:19:20,920 --> 00:19:22,340
Get up and answer me.
359
00:19:22,590 --> 00:19:23,400
Yes, yes.
360
00:19:40,120 --> 00:19:41,980
The crying seems to have stopped.
361
00:19:43,640 --> 00:19:44,500
Physician Bai.
362
00:19:44,790 --> 00:19:45,350
Officer.
363
00:19:45,510 --> 00:19:47,160
Did you hear
364
00:19:47,160 --> 00:19:48,490
a woman crying just now?
365
00:19:49,550 --> 00:19:51,550
There's crying every night.
366
00:19:51,640 --> 00:19:52,480
This place
367
00:19:52,590 --> 00:19:53,850
has strong yin energy.
368
00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:55,350
There's a female ghost here.
369
00:19:55,350 --> 00:19:56,880
That's why it was so cheap
370
00:19:57,000 --> 00:19:58,440
and I could afford it.
371
00:19:58,480 --> 00:19:59,440
Did you know
372
00:19:59,830 --> 00:20:02,200
that the owner of Meixiu Skincare Shop,
373
00:20:02,240 --> 00:20:04,830
Chi Ying's daughter, Wu Yang,
went missing?
374
00:20:07,160 --> 00:20:08,000
No way.
375
00:20:08,960 --> 00:20:10,420
I just saw her a few days ago
376
00:20:10,640 --> 00:20:12,160
when I went to deliver medicine.
377
00:20:12,160 --> 00:20:12,760
That's...
378
00:20:13,350 --> 00:20:14,610
She's really missing.
379
00:20:14,640 --> 00:20:16,030
Do you have any clues?
380
00:20:16,070 --> 00:20:18,270
Like when you were delivering medicine,
381
00:20:18,270 --> 00:20:20,440
did you run into any strange people
382
00:20:20,640 --> 00:20:22,240
or notice anything unusual?
383
00:20:23,550 --> 00:20:24,880
Now that you mention it,
384
00:20:24,880 --> 00:20:25,830
I actually did.
385
00:20:27,830 --> 00:20:28,760
Tell us about it.
386
00:20:29,110 --> 00:20:31,920
That'll cost 3 gold coins.
387
00:20:32,240 --> 00:20:32,770
Three...
388
00:20:33,110 --> 00:20:34,790
That's way too expensive.
389
00:20:36,440 --> 00:20:38,720
The reason I'm asking for 3 gold coins
390
00:20:39,110 --> 00:20:41,720
is because this information
391
00:20:41,830 --> 00:20:43,240
is very important
392
00:20:43,440 --> 00:20:44,070
and
393
00:20:44,680 --> 00:20:47,000
not easy to come by.
394
00:20:47,920 --> 00:20:51,160
It's because it requires
flaying a person alive.
395
00:20:51,720 --> 00:20:53,750
It's not easy to come by.
396
00:20:58,440 --> 00:21:00,310
Ever-changing Master?
397
00:21:04,510 --> 00:21:05,640
Who are you calling?
398
00:21:05,750 --> 00:21:07,480
I'm calling you.
399
00:21:07,750 --> 00:21:09,200
I've seen you before.
400
00:21:10,340 --> 00:21:12,480
You must have another face,
401
00:21:12,670 --> 00:21:14,990
or even more than one.
402
00:21:15,940 --> 00:21:16,680
You're...
403
00:21:17,240 --> 00:21:19,040
He's the Ever-changing Master?
404
00:21:19,160 --> 00:21:20,110
Are you sure?
405
00:21:22,270 --> 00:21:23,010
I trust you.
406
00:21:23,200 --> 00:21:24,600
Your hearing is the best.
407
00:21:25,830 --> 00:21:26,870
Listen, old man,
408
00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:29,660
we used to hang out together
in the Ghost Market.
409
00:21:29,790 --> 00:21:31,510
I'm the Ghost Market's miracle doctor,
410
00:21:31,510 --> 00:21:34,240
Fei Qiao, Fei Yingjun,
also known as Chicken Fei.
411
00:21:34,510 --> 00:21:35,310
Come on,
412
00:21:35,640 --> 00:21:37,840
show that dead‑pan face of yours.
413
00:21:47,350 --> 00:21:47,720
It...
414
00:21:48,480 --> 00:21:49,680
It really is you!
415
00:21:50,030 --> 00:21:51,090
You, Su something,
416
00:21:51,480 --> 00:21:53,480
I know you're Master Di's disciple.
417
00:21:53,680 --> 00:21:54,880
But judging by today,
418
00:21:54,920 --> 00:21:55,750
you're nothing more than
419
00:21:55,750 --> 00:21:57,750
a fool who doesn't know when to quit.
420
00:21:58,880 --> 00:22:00,350
And you useless piece of trash.
421
00:22:00,350 --> 00:22:02,000
Have you gone senile or something?
422
00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:02,880
Have you forgotten
423
00:22:02,880 --> 00:22:04,480
all my martial skills?
424
00:22:06,110 --> 00:22:07,610
There are two of us.
425
00:22:07,680 --> 00:22:08,880
It's two against one.
426
00:22:09,440 --> 00:22:12,000
No need for the two of us to take action.
427
00:22:15,350 --> 00:22:17,070
The Three Chang'an Constables
428
00:22:17,070 --> 00:22:19,240
have already led dozens of men
429
00:22:19,350 --> 00:22:21,440
to surround this place tightly.
430
00:22:21,960 --> 00:22:22,590
You,
431
00:22:23,270 --> 00:22:25,400
surrender immediately!
432
00:22:28,880 --> 00:22:30,440
When you came in just now,
433
00:22:31,200 --> 00:22:32,150
didn't you hear
434
00:22:33,110 --> 00:22:34,920
a woman crying?
435
00:22:36,270 --> 00:22:38,780
That was the Night-Wandering Lady I kept.
436
00:22:38,880 --> 00:22:40,830
If there really were constables outside,
437
00:22:40,830 --> 00:22:42,240
it would have flown in
438
00:22:42,270 --> 00:22:43,520
to warn me already.
439
00:22:44,590 --> 00:22:45,240
I think
440
00:22:46,270 --> 00:22:47,640
it's you two
441
00:22:48,270 --> 00:22:49,960
who should surrender.
442
00:22:53,480 --> 00:22:54,750
Don't push me!
443
00:22:54,830 --> 00:22:55,480
Su Wuming!
444
00:23:05,640 --> 00:23:06,640
Fei Yingjun,
445
00:23:06,920 --> 00:23:09,070
claiming to be
the Medicine King's disciple
446
00:23:09,070 --> 00:23:10,640
and the Ghost Market's miracle doctor.
447
00:23:10,640 --> 00:23:12,030
Your medical skills
448
00:23:12,110 --> 00:23:13,550
are nothing but trivial tricks,
449
00:23:13,550 --> 00:23:15,200
not worth mentioning at all.
450
00:23:16,160 --> 00:23:18,070
Today I'll show you
451
00:23:19,200 --> 00:23:21,310
how to flay a face alive.
452
00:23:26,200 --> 00:23:29,510
Criminal Investigation Scholar
of Yongzhou Prefecture,
453
00:23:33,350 --> 00:23:34,920
soon this face of yours
454
00:23:35,400 --> 00:23:37,060
will be mine.
455
00:23:37,160 --> 00:23:38,470
First thing tomorrow,
456
00:23:38,640 --> 00:23:40,970
I'll go to the Yongzhou Prefecture Office
457
00:23:41,480 --> 00:23:43,210
and become a scholar myself.
458
00:23:43,350 --> 00:23:43,920
Wait!
459
00:23:45,240 --> 00:23:46,840
Let me die knowing the truth.
460
00:23:47,510 --> 00:23:48,310
Let me ask you:
461
00:23:48,830 --> 00:23:50,860
it was you killed Wu Yang, wasn't it?
462
00:23:51,440 --> 00:23:53,590
We found the body in the Ghost Market.
463
00:23:53,640 --> 00:23:54,200
Her face
464
00:23:54,590 --> 00:23:57,190
had been skinned off
while she was still alive.
465
00:23:58,480 --> 00:23:59,270
That
466
00:23:59,830 --> 00:24:01,030
wasn't Wu Yang.
467
00:24:06,550 --> 00:24:07,680
I don't believe you!
468
00:24:12,720 --> 00:24:15,980
There's a householder at Chengfo Temple
called Chenkong.
469
00:24:16,200 --> 00:24:18,310
He bought two birds from me.
470
00:24:18,720 --> 00:24:20,200
He's truly wealthy.
471
00:24:20,640 --> 00:24:22,240
What he gave me were actually
472
00:24:22,640 --> 00:24:23,890
gold coins.
473
00:24:24,160 --> 00:24:26,880
I was curious and followed him secretly.
474
00:24:27,440 --> 00:24:28,590
Then I discovered
475
00:24:29,200 --> 00:24:31,730
he was making the Chengfo Temple
seem haunted
476
00:24:31,960 --> 00:24:33,610
all for this Wu Yang.
477
00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:34,960
Until one day,
478
00:24:35,160 --> 00:24:36,310
when he was about to kill Wu Yang
479
00:24:36,310 --> 00:24:37,910
in front of the Great Buddha,
480
00:24:37,960 --> 00:24:39,440
I realized
481
00:24:40,720 --> 00:24:42,750
that this little girl
482
00:24:43,160 --> 00:24:44,960
actually resembled
483
00:24:47,070 --> 00:24:49,310
Empress Wu Zetian in her youth.
484
00:24:51,110 --> 00:24:53,370
I thought I could make a fortune
out of it.
485
00:24:54,160 --> 00:24:54,820
Just think,
486
00:24:55,110 --> 00:24:56,430
the Empress's face
487
00:24:56,720 --> 00:25:00,160
should be worth
at least 500 gold coins, right?
488
00:25:03,680 --> 00:25:04,310
So
489
00:25:05,160 --> 00:25:06,720
I knocked Chenkong unconscious,
490
00:25:06,720 --> 00:25:08,240
hoisted Wu Yang onto my back,
491
00:25:08,240 --> 00:25:11,160
left Chengfo Temple,
and entered the back mountain.
492
00:25:11,160 --> 00:25:12,290
But I hadn't gone far
493
00:25:12,550 --> 00:25:13,920
when I was ambushed.
494
00:25:14,270 --> 00:25:16,110
I even got hit in the butt.
495
00:25:19,750 --> 00:25:21,400
Where is Wu Yang now?
496
00:25:22,030 --> 00:25:22,960
Of course she was
497
00:25:23,350 --> 00:25:25,120
kidnapped by the attacker.
498
00:25:26,790 --> 00:25:29,350
Then whose body was it
found in the Ghost Market?
499
00:25:29,350 --> 00:25:31,960
I, the Ever-changing Master,
roaming the martial world,
500
00:25:31,960 --> 00:25:33,920
had never failed before, you know?
501
00:25:34,070 --> 00:25:35,920
That really made me furious.
502
00:25:36,200 --> 00:25:36,810
So
503
00:25:37,030 --> 00:25:37,830
I found
504
00:25:37,880 --> 00:25:39,110
a girl of similar age
505
00:25:39,160 --> 00:25:40,490
and flayed her face
506
00:25:41,270 --> 00:25:42,440
to thoroughly vent
507
00:25:42,480 --> 00:25:43,870
the anger in my heart!
508
00:25:44,480 --> 00:25:46,940
This is where I did the flaying.
509
00:25:48,240 --> 00:25:49,510
Then I took the corpse
510
00:25:50,240 --> 00:25:51,750
and dumped it in the Ghost Market.
511
00:25:51,750 --> 00:25:53,280
Bet you didn't expect that.
512
00:25:53,750 --> 00:25:55,440
You're just a monster!
513
00:25:56,880 --> 00:25:59,450
Your crimes are unforgivable!
514
00:25:59,680 --> 00:26:00,640
But
515
00:26:01,440 --> 00:26:03,790
the one facing death now
516
00:26:04,920 --> 00:26:06,920
is you.
517
00:26:07,440 --> 00:26:08,480
Taste my blade.
518
00:26:08,680 --> 00:26:09,720
It'll be quick,
519
00:26:09,830 --> 00:26:12,230
slitting your throat and bleeding you out.
520
00:26:12,880 --> 00:26:13,830
I promise
521
00:26:14,790 --> 00:26:17,440
you won't feel any pain.
522
00:26:30,750 --> 00:26:31,550
Lu Lingfeng!
523
00:26:31,590 --> 00:26:32,890
What took you so long?
524
00:26:33,110 --> 00:26:34,060
Where is he?
525
00:26:36,920 --> 00:26:38,200
Help!
526
00:26:39,110 --> 00:26:39,680
Help me!
527
00:26:39,680 --> 00:26:40,310
It's Fei!
528
00:26:41,270 --> 00:26:43,310
Help! Help!
529
00:26:44,030 --> 00:26:45,720
Hurry up! Help!
530
00:26:47,270 --> 00:26:48,000
Help!
531
00:26:48,240 --> 00:26:48,640
Hurry!
532
00:26:50,680 --> 00:26:52,550
You're finally here.
533
00:27:01,110 --> 00:27:01,510
Quick!
534
00:27:03,030 --> 00:27:03,630
He's dead.
535
00:27:05,440 --> 00:27:06,790
-Help me up!
-He's dead?
536
00:27:09,270 --> 00:27:10,720
The lead I'd finally obtained
537
00:27:10,720 --> 00:27:12,110
was ruined by a single kick.
538
00:27:12,110 --> 00:27:13,400
What should we do now?
539
00:27:13,440 --> 00:27:14,960
Give me a break.
540
00:27:15,200 --> 00:27:17,160
If you had kicked any later,
541
00:27:17,270 --> 00:27:19,070
your face would've been flayed!
542
00:27:19,110 --> 00:27:20,570
You're really something.
543
00:27:21,070 --> 00:27:21,640
Fei,
544
00:27:21,720 --> 00:27:22,640
examine his wounds immediately.
545
00:27:22,640 --> 00:27:24,350
If he was telling the truth,
546
00:27:24,440 --> 00:27:26,050
then Wu Yang is still alive.
547
00:27:27,400 --> 00:27:27,830
This...
548
00:27:27,830 --> 00:27:28,760
Xue Huan, quick,
549
00:27:28,830 --> 00:27:30,360
help me pull down his pants.
550
00:27:40,830 --> 00:27:42,600
This wound on his buttock
551
00:27:42,830 --> 00:27:44,650
is very similar to the one
552
00:27:44,790 --> 00:27:46,020
on Liu's shoulder.
553
00:27:46,350 --> 00:27:47,750
The armor-piercing awl?
554
00:27:49,680 --> 00:27:52,840
[Yongzhou Prison]
555
00:27:50,830 --> 00:27:51,270
Hurry!
556
00:27:52,550 --> 00:27:52,920
Move!
557
00:28:10,550 --> 00:28:11,790
Who are you?
558
00:28:12,440 --> 00:28:13,590
Didn't you claim
559
00:28:13,680 --> 00:28:15,790
you could only fall asleep
560
00:28:15,830 --> 00:28:17,160
under the Great Buddha?
561
00:28:18,070 --> 00:28:18,880
You know what,
562
00:28:19,880 --> 00:28:22,110
since I was thrown into
the Yongzhou Prison,
563
00:28:22,110 --> 00:28:23,070
the food has been good,
564
00:28:23,070 --> 00:28:24,600
so I've been sleeping well.
565
00:28:25,240 --> 00:28:26,640
What did you do to Wu Yang?
566
00:28:26,960 --> 00:28:27,720
Wu Yang?
567
00:28:27,960 --> 00:28:29,260
Wasn't she kidnapped?
568
00:28:29,510 --> 00:28:31,570
How would I know what happened to her?
569
00:28:32,470 --> 00:28:33,200
Torture him.
570
00:28:35,160 --> 00:28:37,270
What kind of disciples
of Master Di are you,
571
00:28:37,270 --> 00:28:39,160
torturing an old man?
572
00:28:40,200 --> 00:28:41,660
You claim I killed Wu Yang.
573
00:28:41,960 --> 00:28:43,420
What evidence do you have?
574
00:28:46,110 --> 00:28:46,840
That day,
575
00:28:47,110 --> 00:28:49,640
after Chenkong kicked you
out of Chengfo Temple,
576
00:28:49,640 --> 00:28:50,640
you didn't leave.
577
00:28:50,830 --> 00:28:51,680
Soon after, you saw
578
00:28:51,680 --> 00:28:53,070
Physician Bai carrying Wu Yang,
579
00:28:53,070 --> 00:28:54,880
leaving through the back door
of the Chengfo Temple
580
00:28:54,880 --> 00:28:56,400
and heading toward the back mountain.
581
00:28:56,400 --> 00:28:57,920
You ambushed him,
582
00:28:58,160 --> 00:29:00,110
wounded him with an armor-piercing awl,
583
00:29:00,110 --> 00:29:01,310
and took Wu Yang away.
584
00:29:03,510 --> 00:29:05,640
Since you've figured it all out,
585
00:29:06,640 --> 00:29:07,440
I'll confess.
586
00:29:12,880 --> 00:29:13,840
I, Li Fengjie,
587
00:29:14,640 --> 00:29:16,640
will go down in history eventually,
588
00:29:17,550 --> 00:29:18,200
because
589
00:29:18,880 --> 00:29:20,160
I've drowned that demon empress
590
00:29:20,160 --> 00:29:21,750
in the Qu River,
591
00:29:23,640 --> 00:29:25,920
never to be reincarnated again.
592
00:29:55,030 --> 00:29:55,630
Old man.
593
00:29:56,590 --> 00:29:57,850
Why are you doing this?
594
00:29:58,030 --> 00:30:01,440
The only thing to blame is that
you look too much like that demon empress.
595
00:30:01,440 --> 00:30:02,550
I, Li Fengjie,
596
00:30:02,790 --> 00:30:04,790
am merely atoning for my past sins.
597
00:30:06,400 --> 00:30:07,800
All because of that woman
598
00:30:09,440 --> 00:30:11,240
who I've never even met?
599
00:30:31,270 --> 00:30:32,790
No remorse at all
600
00:30:33,070 --> 00:30:34,550
yet full of excuses.
601
00:30:35,680 --> 00:30:37,210
Someone as shameless as you
602
00:30:37,830 --> 00:30:40,560
is not worthy of calling yourself
a Tang citizen!
603
00:30:46,510 --> 00:30:47,880
You're a bad person—
604
00:30:50,790 --> 00:30:52,960
a bad person who's gotten old.
605
00:31:07,510 --> 00:31:08,680
Lu Lingfeng!
606
00:31:08,830 --> 00:31:10,070
If you can't hold it anymore,
607
00:31:10,070 --> 00:31:11,640
just come up!
608
00:31:16,850 --> 00:31:18,180
I must learn how to swim.
609
00:31:18,720 --> 00:31:19,980
The one underwater now
610
00:31:20,270 --> 00:31:21,470
shouldn't be Master.
611
00:31:21,510 --> 00:31:23,070
You still have a lot to learn.
612
00:31:23,070 --> 00:31:23,730
Don't rush.
613
00:31:26,480 --> 00:31:27,540
It's been two days.
614
00:31:28,440 --> 00:31:30,040
Even if we find the iron cage,
615
00:31:30,590 --> 00:31:31,720
Wu Yang must have...
616
00:32:06,110 --> 00:32:06,770
He's out!
617
00:32:06,880 --> 00:32:07,790
-He's come out!
-Lu Lingfeng!
618
00:32:07,790 --> 00:32:08,400
Master!
619
00:32:24,350 --> 00:32:25,010
Be careful.
620
00:32:25,110 --> 00:32:25,510
Quick,
621
00:32:25,750 --> 00:32:26,440
put this on.
622
00:32:35,550 --> 00:32:36,350
He's alright.
623
00:32:36,400 --> 00:32:37,200
He's alright.
624
00:32:39,590 --> 00:32:40,240
No one's in there.
625
00:32:40,240 --> 00:32:42,100
Could she have been eaten by fish?
626
00:32:42,790 --> 00:32:43,720
Near the iron cage,
627
00:32:43,720 --> 00:32:44,980
I didn't find any body,
628
00:32:45,240 --> 00:32:46,270
only these items.
629
00:32:52,240 --> 00:32:53,230
This rope
630
00:32:53,510 --> 00:32:55,440
appears to have been cut by a knife.
631
00:32:56,070 --> 00:32:57,070
This is good news.
632
00:32:57,240 --> 00:32:59,000
Perhaps Wu Yang is still alive.
633
00:32:59,590 --> 00:33:00,830
Someone rescued her
634
00:33:01,240 --> 00:33:02,840
and then abducted her again?
635
00:33:03,000 --> 00:33:05,100
This is just unbelievable.
636
00:33:05,270 --> 00:33:06,930
She's just an ordinary woman.
637
00:33:25,590 --> 00:33:26,400
Come on.
638
00:33:27,030 --> 00:33:28,000
Chief Administrator Du.
639
00:33:28,000 --> 00:33:28,830
Have some tea.
640
00:33:29,830 --> 00:33:30,940
Forget the tea.
641
00:33:31,640 --> 00:33:33,240
When will the case be closed?
642
00:33:34,350 --> 00:33:35,880
It will take some more time.
643
00:33:36,640 --> 00:33:37,840
I can't wait anymore!
644
00:33:39,200 --> 00:33:39,640
You...
645
00:33:41,920 --> 00:33:43,180
This is all your fault.
646
00:33:44,030 --> 00:33:45,730
How is this my fault?
647
00:33:45,960 --> 00:33:47,550
I'm just a humble scholar.
648
00:33:47,640 --> 00:33:48,440
Even my monthly salary
649
00:33:48,440 --> 00:33:50,400
isn't paid by your Yongzhou Prefecture.
650
00:33:50,400 --> 00:33:51,110
You dare say
651
00:33:51,310 --> 00:33:53,200
that bringing judicial officers
into the district for case investigation
652
00:33:53,200 --> 00:33:54,400
wasn't your idea?
653
00:33:59,310 --> 00:34:02,370
If you, Chief Administrator Du, say so,
then it must be.
654
00:34:03,240 --> 00:34:04,750
Wasn't that a good idea?
655
00:34:04,830 --> 00:34:05,760
You call it good?
656
00:34:06,680 --> 00:34:08,630
A woman went missing in Shengye District,
657
00:34:08,630 --> 00:34:10,550
and now all of Chang'an knows about it!
658
00:34:10,550 --> 00:34:11,840
If the officials hadn't come to
the district for case investigation,
659
00:34:11,840 --> 00:34:12,710
would this have happened?
660
00:34:12,650 --> 00:34:15,750
[Discipline and Service]
661
00:34:12,880 --> 00:34:14,610
-Isn't that because...
-Also,
662
00:34:15,190 --> 00:34:15,790
you went to
663
00:34:16,139 --> 00:34:17,190
the Great Buddha Hall at Chengfo Temple
664
00:34:17,190 --> 00:34:18,590
in the middle of the night
665
00:34:18,590 --> 00:34:19,710
to clean the murals.
666
00:34:19,710 --> 00:34:20,590
And what happened?
667
00:34:20,590 --> 00:34:22,360
You released all the demons
668
00:34:22,400 --> 00:34:23,230
that were sealed away
669
00:34:23,230 --> 00:34:24,800
behind the dust and cobwebs!
670
00:34:24,800 --> 00:34:26,280
My dear Chief Administrator Du,
671
00:34:26,280 --> 00:34:27,920
you actually believe that?
672
00:34:28,030 --> 00:34:29,320
I don't have to,
673
00:34:29,630 --> 00:34:31,760
but the common folks are all
spreading it.
674
00:34:31,760 --> 00:34:32,710
And once a rumor spreads long enough,
675
00:34:32,710 --> 00:34:35,170
won't it eventually be heard
by His Majesty?
676
00:34:39,190 --> 00:34:40,920
Although the ages don't match,
677
00:34:42,000 --> 00:34:43,280
the missing woman
678
00:34:44,070 --> 00:34:45,440
has still been wildly rumored
among the townsfolk
679
00:34:45,440 --> 00:34:47,969
to be the reincarnation
of Empress Wu Zetian.
680
00:34:48,110 --> 00:34:48,630
Yin,
681
00:34:49,630 --> 00:34:50,630
what do you think?
682
00:34:53,000 --> 00:34:55,060
Can a person really be reincarnated?
683
00:34:56,480 --> 00:34:57,190
Perhaps.
684
00:34:58,190 --> 00:34:58,880
Otherwise,
685
00:34:59,960 --> 00:35:00,800
how could I have dreamed of
686
00:35:00,800 --> 00:35:02,260
you and me in our next life?
687
00:35:06,320 --> 00:35:08,630
When I was little, I was terrified of
seeing the Empress.
688
00:35:08,630 --> 00:35:09,670
I was even
689
00:35:09,840 --> 00:35:12,100
afraid to enter the palace because of it.
690
00:35:14,150 --> 00:35:14,960
Now,
691
00:35:15,440 --> 00:35:18,040
although I've become
the master of the palace,
692
00:35:18,670 --> 00:35:20,000
I'm restless day and night because of
693
00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:22,330
an ordinary woman from Shengye District.
694
00:35:24,070 --> 00:35:25,270
Aren't I, as Emperor,
695
00:35:25,800 --> 00:35:27,030
somewhat pitiful?
696
00:35:29,000 --> 00:35:30,930
Your Majesty is worrying too much.
697
00:35:31,150 --> 00:35:32,750
Tonight, I'll prepare an extra portion of
698
00:35:32,750 --> 00:35:33,750
gastrodia powder
699
00:35:33,800 --> 00:35:35,330
to help Your Majesty sleep.
700
00:35:45,840 --> 00:35:46,790
I once said
701
00:35:46,840 --> 00:35:49,440
I wanted to meet that woman called Wu Yang
702
00:35:49,590 --> 00:35:51,590
and take her in as my adopted daughter.
703
00:35:51,590 --> 00:35:52,790
But unexpectedly...
704
00:35:53,510 --> 00:35:54,920
It's said that woman was targeted
705
00:35:54,920 --> 00:35:56,190
all because of her looks.
706
00:35:56,190 --> 00:35:57,230
However, there's a rumor
707
00:35:57,230 --> 00:35:58,590
that she is the reincarnation
of the Empress
708
00:35:58,590 --> 00:35:59,510
—that she didn't actually die,
709
00:35:59,510 --> 00:36:01,240
but simply ascended to heaven.
710
00:36:06,480 --> 00:36:08,440
Do the people of this world
711
00:36:08,960 --> 00:36:10,320
love my mother
712
00:36:11,190 --> 00:36:12,030
or
713
00:36:13,150 --> 00:36:14,400
hate her?
714
00:36:14,960 --> 00:36:16,160
Even a perfect person
715
00:36:16,480 --> 00:36:17,880
will have people who envy them,
716
00:36:17,880 --> 00:36:18,810
and some may even
717
00:36:19,360 --> 00:36:20,630
turn love into hatred.
718
00:36:22,920 --> 00:36:25,620
Mother encouraged agriculture,
719
00:36:25,800 --> 00:36:27,120
imposed light taxes,
720
00:36:27,480 --> 00:36:28,740
promoted irrigation,
721
00:36:28,920 --> 00:36:30,630
and established the military farm system.
722
00:36:30,630 --> 00:36:32,000
During her reign,
723
00:36:32,400 --> 00:36:34,800
although there was intrigue in the palace,
724
00:36:34,960 --> 00:36:36,820
the common people lived in peace,
725
00:36:36,880 --> 00:36:38,880
and the granaries were always full.
726
00:36:39,590 --> 00:36:41,230
The population of our Tang Empire
727
00:36:41,230 --> 00:36:43,070
grew by well over a million!
728
00:36:43,510 --> 00:36:46,710
Mother also perfected
the imperial examination system,
729
00:36:46,880 --> 00:36:50,150
giving commoner scholars the chance
to enter officialdom.
730
00:36:50,150 --> 00:36:54,150
At that time, it could truly be said
that all nations came to pay tribute.
731
00:36:54,190 --> 00:36:56,360
Such a great Empress,
732
00:36:57,190 --> 00:36:58,960
yet some people hated her.
733
00:37:00,230 --> 00:37:01,230
Could it really be
734
00:37:02,110 --> 00:37:03,880
just because she was a woman?
735
00:37:07,190 --> 00:37:09,390
This case must be closed no matter what!
736
00:37:09,630 --> 00:37:10,630
Fine, fine, fine.
737
00:37:10,630 --> 00:37:12,280
Close the case, close the case.
738
00:37:12,280 --> 00:37:13,030
Su Wuming.
739
00:37:13,590 --> 00:37:14,720
What are you talking about?
740
00:37:14,720 --> 00:37:17,630
[Discipline and Service]
741
00:37:16,360 --> 00:37:17,800
My dear Official Lu.
742
00:37:18,360 --> 00:37:20,230
The murderers, Li Fengjie and Shen Yu,
743
00:37:20,230 --> 00:37:21,360
have been captured.
744
00:37:21,400 --> 00:37:23,760
They've confessed to all their crimes.
745
00:37:23,880 --> 00:37:25,630
The notorious Ever-changing Master
746
00:37:25,630 --> 00:37:26,840
has also been brought to justice.
747
00:37:26,840 --> 00:37:28,640
Of course the case can be closed.
748
00:37:29,630 --> 00:37:31,920
This will also serve to give His Majesty
and Her Highness
749
00:37:31,920 --> 00:37:32,960
an explanation,
750
00:37:33,800 --> 00:37:35,590
so that Chief Administrator Du can
751
00:37:33,900 --> 00:37:36,470
[Discipline and Service]
752
00:37:35,710 --> 00:37:37,000
muddle through.
753
00:37:38,180 --> 00:37:39,370
[Map of Chang'an City]
754
00:37:38,440 --> 00:37:39,150
Su Wuming!
755
00:37:42,110 --> 00:37:42,960
I misspoke.
756
00:37:43,320 --> 00:37:44,580
Not "muddle through,"
757
00:37:44,630 --> 00:37:45,960
but "report properly."
758
00:37:46,030 --> 00:37:47,030
Report properly.
759
00:37:49,280 --> 00:37:50,010
Lu Lingfeng!
760
00:37:50,760 --> 00:37:53,510
You and I are
Chief Administrator Du's right-hand men.
761
00:37:53,510 --> 00:37:55,510
We must act in
Chief Administrator Du's best interest
762
00:37:55,510 --> 00:37:56,480
at all times!
763
00:37:56,760 --> 00:37:57,760
Alright, alright.
764
00:37:57,760 --> 00:37:59,230
Let's not talk about me now.
765
00:37:59,230 --> 00:38:00,110
Just close the case,
766
00:38:00,110 --> 00:38:01,440
so Guangxiao from Chengfo Temple
767
00:38:01,440 --> 00:38:02,840
can finally be relieved.
768
00:38:02,840 --> 00:38:04,230
Now the townsfolk are
spreading the word
769
00:38:04,230 --> 00:38:04,890
that Shen Yu
770
00:38:04,920 --> 00:38:06,800
was never Empress Wu Zetian's lover,
771
00:38:06,800 --> 00:38:08,550
but a demon raised by Guangxiao.
772
00:38:08,550 --> 00:38:09,280
Some even say
773
00:38:09,400 --> 00:38:11,510
Qin Xiaobai was possessed
when painting the wall,
774
00:38:11,510 --> 00:38:13,110
which is why he painted so many demons.
775
00:38:13,110 --> 00:38:15,040
And Guangxiao was behind that too.
776
00:38:15,400 --> 00:38:16,460
Some even claim
777
00:38:16,630 --> 00:38:19,190
that the abbot of Chengfo Temple
is the murderer
778
00:38:19,190 --> 00:38:21,320
who has killed many young women
779
00:38:21,440 --> 00:38:22,970
and flayed all their faces.
780
00:38:23,170 --> 00:38:24,000
Right, right.
781
00:38:24,320 --> 00:38:26,480
I've heard about these rumors as well.
782
00:38:27,110 --> 00:38:28,280
What started as
783
00:38:28,320 --> 00:38:29,650
an ordinary murder case
784
00:38:30,190 --> 00:38:30,880
has now
785
00:38:31,360 --> 00:38:32,400
become a threat
786
00:38:32,430 --> 00:38:34,630
to the capital's safety and stability!
787
00:38:35,590 --> 00:38:37,000
Lu Lingfeng, Su Wuming!
788
00:38:37,800 --> 00:38:38,400
You two
789
00:38:38,710 --> 00:38:40,030
must find a way
790
00:38:40,760 --> 00:38:42,030
to silence all these rumors
791
00:38:42,030 --> 00:38:43,690
circulating in the district!
792
00:38:47,510 --> 00:38:49,910
Chief Administrator Du, please take care.
793
00:38:52,590 --> 00:38:53,400
What should we do?
794
00:38:53,400 --> 00:38:53,880
I...
795
00:39:03,790 --> 00:39:06,160
[Chengfo Temple]
796
00:39:14,510 --> 00:39:15,770
Quick! Close the gate!
797
00:39:15,960 --> 00:39:16,880
Hurry!
798
00:39:17,590 --> 00:39:18,520
What's going on?
799
00:39:20,440 --> 00:39:21,570
Open the gate for me!
800
00:39:22,960 --> 00:39:23,960
It's Official Lu.
801
00:39:24,000 --> 00:39:25,410
Quick! Open up!
802
00:39:24,260 --> 00:39:28,700
[Chengfo Temple]
803
00:39:25,800 --> 00:39:26,530
Official Lu.
804
00:39:26,760 --> 00:39:27,840
It's broad daylight.
805
00:39:27,840 --> 00:39:29,770
Why did you close the temple gates?
806
00:39:29,840 --> 00:39:32,280
Those who come to the temple now
aren't pilgrims.
807
00:39:32,280 --> 00:39:34,110
They're all here to insult Master.
808
00:39:34,110 --> 00:39:35,190
Besides closing the door,
809
00:39:35,190 --> 00:39:36,320
what else can we do?
810
00:39:36,510 --> 00:39:37,590
How is
811
00:39:37,760 --> 00:39:38,820
your Master doing?
812
00:39:39,710 --> 00:39:41,440
He has been fasting for many days.
813
00:39:41,440 --> 00:39:42,320
He won't take any food or water.
814
00:39:42,320 --> 00:39:43,710
He won't listen to anyone.
815
00:39:43,710 --> 00:39:45,240
I'm afraid he intends to...
816
00:39:45,480 --> 00:39:46,760
Attain parinirvana.
817
00:40:00,320 --> 00:40:01,520
Buddhist Guangxiao,
818
00:40:02,000 --> 00:40:03,930
why are you doing this to yourself?
819
00:40:04,960 --> 00:40:06,630
In this life,
820
00:40:08,190 --> 00:40:10,440
I've accumulated merits,
done good deeds only,
821
00:40:10,440 --> 00:40:12,100
and devoted myself to Buddha.
822
00:40:12,510 --> 00:40:14,510
I've never done anything evil.
823
00:40:15,710 --> 00:40:18,550
All I wish is to achieve
complete spiritual merit.
824
00:40:18,710 --> 00:40:20,170
But who would have thought
825
00:40:21,150 --> 00:40:24,590
I'd end up being accused as
a murderer by the public
826
00:40:25,360 --> 00:40:27,000
and be reviled?
827
00:40:28,760 --> 00:40:30,840
What's the point of my meditation
828
00:40:31,280 --> 00:40:33,210
and worship of the Buddha anymore?
829
00:40:33,440 --> 00:40:34,440
I might as well
830
00:40:34,920 --> 00:40:37,960
remain here in quiet extinction
831
00:40:39,230 --> 00:40:40,960
and go to the Western Paradise
832
00:40:42,280 --> 00:40:44,030
to meet the Buddha sooner.
833
00:40:44,710 --> 00:40:45,920
My mind is made up.
834
00:40:46,550 --> 00:40:48,670
Please don't try to persuade me,
gentlemen.
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