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=To Kill a Songbird=
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(Adapted from Shen Xiaoguan's
Bird Kills Seven People)
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=Episode 15=
(Goose Cries Echo. Obsession Endures)
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(Gathering Auspiciousness With the Sun)
Mr. Cui.
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Do as I instructed yesterday.
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Split up and keep searching.
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Leave this place empty.
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Not a single soul?
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I'm counting on you.
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(Gathering Auspiciousness With the Sun)
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(Official Liang is not staying
at the courier station.)
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(None of the main routes show
any sign of him either.)
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(A high official of the second rank)
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(cannot simply vanish without a trace.)
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Miss Li.
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What brings you here?
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Why are you in such a hurry?
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You?
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I came across some excellent tea today.
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Sit down and share a cup with me.
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Ah, yes.
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I have yet to introduce myself.
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My name is Liang Andao.
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There is no need for formalities.
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You arrived in Huachang County long ago
in plain clothes.
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If I never step outside,
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how could I see
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or hear what truly happens?
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Then why would I come at all?
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At my age, am I here just
to admire the scenery?
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Miss Li.
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We have already submitted the evidence.
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I have reviewed it all.
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I never imagined
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that an old unresolved case
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would hide so many dark turns.
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Murder to steal another man's wife.
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False testimony.
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And framing the innocent.
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All these cases are connected.
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I know these words are long overdue.
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Still, I hope
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they are not too late.
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Miss Li, you have suffered greatly.
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I will see that justice is done for you.
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Thank you, Official Liang.
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Alright.
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At last, I can give an answer.
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When you fell from the cliff,
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it threw Magistrate Lu into a panic.
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He pressed me
to seek out Official Liang.
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I have a favor to ask.
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I fear Jiang Chun lacks
the ability to find him.
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As for Official Liang…
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Very well.
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I give you my word.
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So it was he who sent you
to seek Official Liang.
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(If one day I were gone,)
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(would you grieve for me?)
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From the moment
I fell from the cliff until today,
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has anything in his conduct
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seemed out of the ordinary?
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Inspecting Envoy Zhai arrives.
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Master Zhai.
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You didn't waste a single second.
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He attempted
an assassination last night,
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and today he sent everyone away.
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Even if he believed I was dead,
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he would not act
with such reckless arrogance.
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Did he leave
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any trace behind last night?
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Such as
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marks or wounds on his body.
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(The Sun Rises, The Moon Endures)
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Lu Yanchong, so it truly was you.
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How dare you!
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I'm sure you already know
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what I'd dare to do.
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He meant to
draw Zhai Lu out to find him.
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What is he truly plotting?
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Gentlemen.
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I am the assassin who attacked
Master Zhai last night.
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Guards.
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(The Sun rises. The Moon endures.)
Come and seize me!
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I have a conjecture.
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Outside the capital region,
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should two officials
of the seventh rank or above
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die suddenly or meet an unnatural end,
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the case may not be tried locally.
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It must be sent
to the Court of Judicial Review,
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to be retried
and held for further judgment.
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If Magistrate Lu and Zhai Lu
were to meet misfortune together,
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then even without my involvement,
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this case
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would be quietly buried.
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Once it is reported
to the capital circuit,
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Zhai Lu's influence in Haining
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would no longer avail him.
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His ties at court would fail.
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When matters are forced into the open,
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Miss Li would naturally be protected,
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and the Thrush Case
would no longer be suppressed.
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Still, Miss Li,
you need not worry too much.
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Perhaps I have guessed wrongly.
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Is there truly someone in this world
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who would stake his career and his life
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for an old and unresolved
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cold case?
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Seize him.
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Hold.
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Master Zhai.
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There are certain matters
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best not discussed before others.
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For example,
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Luofu Manor.
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Wait outside.
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- Yes.
- Yes.
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Please.
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Your struggle is futile.
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That woman
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is already dead.
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That is true.
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She is dead.
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Everything comes to nothing.
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Nothing remains.
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Sit.
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I once met Li Ji.
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When I first took office,
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the Thrush Case had not yet occurred.
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Li Ji had fine handwriting
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and solid learning.
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He served for several months
as a clerk at the county office.
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He and I
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crossed paths a few times.
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You two
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bear some similarities.
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Do we?
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I assumed
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you relied
on the current Grand Chancellor,
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while I,
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after writing that poem at Tunhai House
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that offended the Chancellor,
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earned your deep dislike.
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Walk this road long enough
and you will understand.
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In officialdom, and in life,
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nothing is ever purely black or white.
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If you wish
to accomplish certain things,
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you must inevitably
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let go of some principles.
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Believe it or not,
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when I was in my early twenties,
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I was not the man I am today.
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What you said to me today
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was rather amusing.
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That said,
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I am nothing like Li Ji.
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A woman alone
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is not enough to make me
throw my life away.
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But yesterday,
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had I not staged that scene,
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you would not have
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revealed yourself so easily.
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Some matters
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can only be discussed
in private, face-to-face.
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What is it you wish to discuss?
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You know me well enough.
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You should know I am no fool.
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Helping Li Ji's sister
overturn the verdict
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was a calculated risk on my part.
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I wagered that the Thrush Case
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would stir enough waves in Haining
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to win me
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a reputation
for integrity and uprightness.
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But now that the woman is dead,
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and the victim is gone,
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this case
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is unlikely to make any further impact.
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If I wish to advance further in office,
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I must seek another path.
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After much thought,
I came to one conclusion.
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It is easier to rest
in the shade of a great tree.
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Master Zhai,
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this time,
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I have come to offer my allegiance.
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Empty promises.
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Since I dare sit down
to bargain with Your Excellency,
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I would not come without goodwill.
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Everything here
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is evidence tied
to the Thrush Case at Luofu Manor.
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It has never been shown.
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Your roots in Haining run deep.
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You may not fear my accusation,
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yet such leverage in another's hands
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is never safe.
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Now,
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I return it all to you.
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That should count
as sufficient sincerity.
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What do you want?
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Luofu Manor was burnt down,
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but Zhao Chengxi's wealth
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cannot have vanished entirely.
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I want the estate.
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The land.
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And the northwest ginseng routes.
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That should be easy.
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This is daylight robbery.
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If I take possession of this property,
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you are not losing out.
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I am handing you a leverage this large.
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From this day on,
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we stand or fall
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as one.
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That way,
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you can finally rest easy.
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Everything I have done
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was for gain,
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and for a future.
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Just sign here.
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From here on,
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we walk the same path.
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(Hereby granted to Lu Yanchong the estate
and the northwest ginseng transport permit.)
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(Hereby granted to Lu Yanchong the estate
and the northwest ginseng transport permit.)
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(Hereby granted to Lu Yanchong the estate
and the northwest ginseng transport permit.)
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(Signed by Zhai Lu.)
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What is this?
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Why is there another document?
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Something that can convict you.
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You are playing me.
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(Lu Yanchong.)
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(Master Lu.)
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You came just in time.
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Do you see that box over there?
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It is made of metal.
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Fire should not damage it.
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Take it with you.
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What is inside?
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Evidence that will
clear your brother's name.
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Turn around and leave.
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Do not look.
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He is about to die.
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Will you do nothing?
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Only if the two of you die together
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will this case be sealed beyond doubt.
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Besides,
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he prepared the tung-oil fuse.
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It has nothing to do with me.
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Very well.
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Human affection
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is as thin as water.
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From this day forth,
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may you be like a kite with wings,
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free to soar any sky as you please.
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Stop right there!
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♪A thrush's song
pierced the endless night♪
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♪Blood splattered on the bamboo cage,
reflecting the cool moonlight♪
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♪Thirteen years of frost and snow
sealed the old study window♪
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♪I twisted the needle,
prying open the past♪
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♪A cold stone marrow
presses against my palm♪
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♪My older brother lay buried afar♪
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♪Flames licked across that place♪
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♪A list of righteous hearts♪
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♪Who laughed in the dark at the panic?♪
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♪I'm the shadow caged within
as well as the flying light♪
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♪Only when hatred burns out did we know
how scorching our obsessions were♪
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♪You said you'd die if you hit a stone♪
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♪Yet you crashed into my fate's web♪
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♪Pear blossoms fell all over
the wound on your shoulder♪
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♪The wind in the bamboo forest
dispersed the hexagrams♪
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♪The thrush carried the past away♪
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♪I stood
at the end of the fireworks and gaze♪
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♪You lifted a lantern to illuminate♪
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♪That page♪
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