1 00:00:21,510 --> 00:00:24,000 They're so beautiful, so unique. 2 00:00:32,470 --> 00:00:34,750 There's hot water in the kettle for you to wash up. 3 00:00:34,750 --> 00:00:35,790 It's getting late. 4 00:00:35,790 --> 00:00:37,000 Mrs. Fan, you should 5 00:00:37,200 --> 00:00:38,330 get some rest early. 6 00:00:38,750 --> 00:00:39,880 Thank you, Fuling. 7 00:00:45,390 --> 00:00:46,390 What do you think? 8 00:00:48,920 --> 00:00:49,920 It's pretty good. 9 00:01:00,790 --> 00:01:04,560 This must be the surprise Qianqian mentioned. 10 00:01:19,640 --> 00:01:20,680 The hot water is on the table. 11 00:01:20,680 --> 00:01:21,510 Wash up first. 12 00:01:30,150 --> 00:01:30,820 Okay. 13 00:02:42,310 --> 00:02:43,030 Hold on. 14 00:02:43,800 --> 00:02:44,960 Just pour it in here. 15 00:02:45,079 --> 00:02:47,940 The water in the basin has already gone cold anyway. 16 00:02:59,960 --> 00:03:00,820 Just pour it in? 17 00:03:24,870 --> 00:03:26,730 You don't like soaking your feet? 18 00:03:35,680 --> 00:03:36,470 I... 19 00:03:36,680 --> 00:03:38,560 I don't know what you're used to, 20 00:03:39,120 --> 00:03:40,120 but in my family, 21 00:03:40,400 --> 00:03:42,310 we all soak in the same basin. 22 00:03:46,190 --> 00:03:47,079 Or I can 23 00:03:47,079 --> 00:03:50,000 ask Fuling to boil another kettle of hot water for you later. 24 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:50,630 No need. 25 00:03:51,150 --> 00:03:52,480 That's not what I meant. 26 00:03:55,360 --> 00:03:57,750 I'll just go outside and rinse with cold water in a bit. 27 00:03:57,750 --> 00:03:58,560 Cold water? 28 00:03:59,190 --> 00:04:01,710 In weather this cold, washing with cold water— 29 00:04:01,710 --> 00:04:03,030 you'll catch a chill. 30 00:04:03,680 --> 00:04:04,710 I'm used to it. 31 00:04:23,600 --> 00:04:25,390 There's only one bed here. 32 00:04:29,270 --> 00:04:30,800 You and Changning rest first. 33 00:04:30,800 --> 00:04:32,600 I'll go stay outside for a while. 34 00:04:36,120 --> 00:04:38,680 You can't stay outside all night, can you? 35 00:04:39,630 --> 00:04:40,870 Fuling said 36 00:04:41,190 --> 00:04:43,070 this is the only guest room left. 37 00:04:44,120 --> 00:04:44,950 It's alright. 38 00:04:47,340 --> 00:04:49,720 I'll ask the staff here at Yixiang Restaurant 39 00:04:49,720 --> 00:04:52,120 if I can share a room with them for the night. 40 00:05:03,950 --> 00:05:05,080 I'm going out first. 41 00:05:23,800 --> 00:05:25,630 What went wrong? 42 00:05:28,050 --> 00:05:30,380 Did the ambush with the sack scare him off? 43 00:05:32,110 --> 00:05:34,040 Or did the foot-soaking scare him? 44 00:05:34,930 --> 00:05:37,260 Is soaking feet really that frightening? 45 00:07:05,620 --> 00:07:10,850 [Pursuit of Jade] 46 00:07:10,870 --> 00:07:13,570 [Episode 15] 47 00:07:37,720 --> 00:07:39,680 Mr. Yan, it's late. 48 00:07:39,680 --> 00:07:42,280 Why haven't you gone back to your room to sleep? 49 00:07:42,800 --> 00:07:43,630 She has her little sister with her, 50 00:07:43,630 --> 00:07:44,890 so it's inconvenient. 51 00:07:46,750 --> 00:07:48,430 I hadn't thought of that. 52 00:07:49,190 --> 00:07:51,510 The staff here share rooms, two per room. 53 00:07:51,870 --> 00:07:54,720 But one of them snores terribly loudly, 54 00:07:54,720 --> 00:07:57,000 so no one can sleep well beside him. 55 00:07:57,800 --> 00:07:59,190 If you don't mind, 56 00:07:59,800 --> 00:08:01,600 you may rest in his room tonight. 57 00:08:02,510 --> 00:08:03,390 I don't mind. 58 00:08:37,080 --> 00:08:38,200 Don't tell me 59 00:08:38,549 --> 00:08:41,350 you really don't plan to take the sisters with you? 60 00:08:41,440 --> 00:08:44,240 Once you leave, it'll be hard to see them again. 61 00:08:45,480 --> 00:08:46,940 How can I take them with me? 62 00:08:48,240 --> 00:08:50,960 Take them to the front lines to endure hardships, 63 00:08:50,960 --> 00:08:53,150 with their lives on the line every moment? 64 00:08:53,150 --> 00:08:56,320 Precisely because the battlefield is fraught with peril, 65 00:08:56,320 --> 00:08:58,240 you need a woman who can shoulder the responsibility 66 00:08:58,240 --> 00:09:00,370 of being the matriarch of your family. 67 00:09:01,240 --> 00:09:02,120 In my view, 68 00:09:03,390 --> 00:09:04,720 she's no fragile woman. 69 00:09:30,670 --> 00:09:31,670 She's wonderful. 70 00:09:32,750 --> 00:09:36,210 She is resilient, more so than many women from noble families. 71 00:09:36,480 --> 00:09:38,030 But I only want to see her 72 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:41,600 grow wild and free, like grass in an open field. 73 00:09:43,120 --> 00:09:47,170 The role of matriarch would only confine her. 74 00:10:18,320 --> 00:10:18,910 Wake up. 75 00:10:19,270 --> 00:10:19,910 Wake up! 76 00:10:25,510 --> 00:10:26,240 Scholar Song? 77 00:10:26,240 --> 00:10:27,300 Quick, help him up! 78 00:10:28,440 --> 00:10:29,150 Easy, easy. 79 00:10:30,440 --> 00:10:31,400 Scholar Song, 80 00:10:31,600 --> 00:10:32,840 you're covered in wounds. 81 00:10:32,840 --> 00:10:34,670 W-Were you robbed? 82 00:10:36,150 --> 00:10:36,790 One... 83 00:10:37,870 --> 00:10:38,670 Two... 84 00:10:40,080 --> 00:10:40,960 Three... 85 00:10:41,750 --> 00:10:43,280 -Four... -L-Last night... 86 00:10:44,630 --> 00:10:45,840 Five... 87 00:10:47,390 --> 00:10:49,720 -Six... -I think I was beaten up by a child. 88 00:11:17,390 --> 00:11:19,450 You didn't stay up all night, did you? 89 00:11:24,720 --> 00:11:25,750 I told you last night. 90 00:11:25,750 --> 00:11:27,630 That attendant in the dormitory snores terribly. 91 00:11:27,630 --> 00:11:29,840 You must've been kept awake by the noise. 92 00:11:29,840 --> 00:11:31,670 How about I go get you some tea? 93 00:11:37,320 --> 00:11:38,470 Go get some sleep. 94 00:11:39,440 --> 00:11:42,200 The staff at Yixiang Restaurant are looking after Changning. 95 00:11:42,200 --> 00:11:43,270 Don't tell me 96 00:11:43,600 --> 00:11:46,400 you really don't plan to take the sisters with you? 97 00:11:47,390 --> 00:11:48,600 Once you leave, 98 00:11:48,910 --> 00:11:50,640 it'll be hard to see them again. 99 00:11:53,390 --> 00:11:55,090 Are you listening? 100 00:11:57,480 --> 00:11:58,270 Go on. 101 00:11:59,120 --> 00:12:00,720 What are you thinking about? 102 00:12:01,630 --> 00:12:02,390 Nothing. 103 00:12:03,440 --> 00:12:04,510 I just woke up, 104 00:12:04,510 --> 00:12:05,720 so I'm a bit out of it. 105 00:12:06,670 --> 00:12:07,870 What did you just say? 106 00:12:07,960 --> 00:12:08,750 I said 107 00:12:08,750 --> 00:12:11,720 the staff at Yixiang Restaurant are looking after Changning. 108 00:12:11,720 --> 00:12:13,750 I can manage the braised meat shop by myself. 109 00:12:13,750 --> 00:12:14,440 It's okay. 110 00:12:14,630 --> 00:12:15,710 I'll go with you. 111 00:12:16,030 --> 00:12:17,800 I need to buy something at the bookshop anyway. 112 00:12:17,800 --> 00:12:18,600 Fatty Celery! 113 00:12:36,840 --> 00:12:38,490 Mr. Yan, Mrs. Fan, 114 00:12:38,840 --> 00:12:40,240 sorry about that, sorry. 115 00:12:40,910 --> 00:12:42,840 Not that way. This way! 116 00:12:43,550 --> 00:12:44,670 Instant karma... 117 00:12:50,150 --> 00:12:50,880 Are you okay? 118 00:12:53,320 --> 00:12:54,000 I'm fine. 119 00:13:00,280 --> 00:13:01,100 [Noodles] 120 00:13:12,960 --> 00:13:14,320 You have no appetite? 121 00:13:15,080 --> 00:13:16,480 You seem out of sorts too. 122 00:13:16,670 --> 00:13:19,070 Did the bookshop owner give you a hard time? 123 00:13:20,230 --> 00:13:20,830 No. 124 00:13:25,720 --> 00:13:26,600 Waiter, bill. 125 00:13:26,840 --> 00:13:27,390 Coming. 126 00:13:27,210 --> 00:13:30,510 [Noodles] 127 00:13:27,840 --> 00:13:28,630 Sir, 128 00:13:28,630 --> 00:13:30,360 that will be 30 wen. 129 00:13:30,960 --> 00:13:31,620 I'll get it. 130 00:13:31,910 --> 00:13:32,600 Okay. 131 00:13:33,270 --> 00:13:35,320 A grown man out to eat with a woman, 132 00:13:35,320 --> 00:13:36,630 and he lets her pay? 133 00:13:37,150 --> 00:13:38,750 Isn't he ashamed of himself? 134 00:13:41,670 --> 00:13:44,030 Could he be a kept man? 135 00:13:46,150 --> 00:13:47,510 I know that guy. 136 00:13:47,750 --> 00:13:49,120 He's the An family's matrilocal husband— 137 00:13:49,120 --> 00:13:50,320 he lives off his wife. 138 00:13:50,840 --> 00:13:52,440 Heaven knows what the An family's daughter 139 00:13:52,440 --> 00:13:53,970 sees in that spineless man. 140 00:13:54,600 --> 00:13:56,400 Just his pretty face, I suppose. 141 00:14:00,360 --> 00:14:01,200 Are you full? 142 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:04,630 Waiter, bill! 143 00:14:04,300 --> 00:14:07,660 [Noodles] 144 00:14:04,630 --> 00:14:05,320 Coming. 145 00:14:07,750 --> 00:14:09,390 That will be 21 wen. 146 00:14:09,510 --> 00:14:10,150 Just 147 00:14:10,320 --> 00:14:11,360 make it 20 wen. 148 00:14:27,480 --> 00:14:29,510 Could he be a kept man as well? 149 00:14:29,720 --> 00:14:32,470 With looks like that, he's certainly cut out for it. 150 00:14:32,470 --> 00:14:33,150 Yeah. 151 00:14:35,910 --> 00:14:38,240 Did you buy too many things for Changning? 152 00:14:39,440 --> 00:14:41,340 No, it's just that I... 153 00:14:41,440 --> 00:14:42,150 I bet 154 00:14:42,150 --> 00:14:43,960 he saw the An family's matrilocal husband embarrass himself 155 00:14:43,960 --> 00:14:45,490 and was trying to save face. 156 00:14:53,150 --> 00:14:54,550 The money's underneath. 157 00:14:59,150 --> 00:14:59,790 No need. 158 00:15:00,510 --> 00:15:02,440 I'm afraid they won't have change. 159 00:15:06,670 --> 00:15:09,360 Your New Year's gift. Open it. 160 00:15:11,910 --> 00:15:13,440 Money is of no use to me. 161 00:15:16,030 --> 00:15:17,320 You're not taking it with you? 162 00:15:17,320 --> 00:15:17,870 Wait... 163 00:15:29,240 --> 00:15:29,970 Give it to me. 164 00:15:30,750 --> 00:15:32,210 This isn't like you at all. 165 00:15:32,750 --> 00:15:34,150 Having a wife really does change a man. 166 00:15:34,150 --> 00:15:35,240 Why do you have so much to say? 167 00:15:35,240 --> 00:15:36,240 Here, here, here. 168 00:15:36,870 --> 00:15:38,620 Sir, you must be joking. 169 00:15:38,720 --> 00:15:40,870 We're just a small shop. Such a large silver ingot… 170 00:15:40,870 --> 00:15:41,720 We really 171 00:15:41,720 --> 00:15:42,600 can't break it. 172 00:15:43,550 --> 00:15:44,270 I... I... 173 00:15:44,790 --> 00:15:45,940 I have some loose coins. 174 00:15:45,940 --> 00:15:46,670 That's good. 175 00:15:46,670 --> 00:15:47,720 Let me pay with the coins. 176 00:15:47,720 --> 00:15:49,320 Alright, please come again. 177 00:15:49,630 --> 00:15:50,780 Then take this. 178 00:15:54,270 --> 00:15:55,480 Look at this young gentleman, 179 00:15:55,480 --> 00:15:56,510 so young... 180 00:15:57,480 --> 00:15:59,000 Then I'll keep it for you. 181 00:15:59,000 --> 00:15:59,860 Maybe 182 00:15:59,910 --> 00:16:01,570 he's some noble young master, 183 00:16:01,720 --> 00:16:02,960 coming to our area 184 00:16:02,960 --> 00:16:04,720 to observe the lives of common folks. 185 00:16:04,720 --> 00:16:05,870 Yes, exactly. 186 00:16:09,440 --> 00:16:12,360 Who would carry a whole silver ingot just to pay for a meal? 187 00:16:12,360 --> 00:16:14,440 Where did you get so much money? 188 00:16:16,440 --> 00:16:18,840 Don't tell me the bookshop owner gave it to you again. 189 00:16:18,840 --> 00:16:20,080 Just keep it. 190 00:16:21,050 --> 00:16:24,650 [Xigu Lane] 191 00:16:37,720 --> 00:16:39,150 You're finally back. 192 00:16:39,150 --> 00:16:40,550 Something terrible has happened! 193 00:16:40,550 --> 00:16:41,410 What happened? 194 00:16:42,560 --> 00:16:44,720 The county office suddenly requisitioned grain. 195 00:16:44,720 --> 00:16:45,780 Not only grain— 196 00:16:45,810 --> 00:16:47,080 they want money too. 197 00:16:47,080 --> 00:16:48,750 They're levying it per person— 198 00:16:48,750 --> 00:16:50,480 four taels each. 199 00:16:50,480 --> 00:16:51,390 That much? 200 00:16:52,080 --> 00:16:53,360 Isn't that daylight robbery? 201 00:16:53,360 --> 00:16:54,030 Exactly! 202 00:16:54,030 --> 00:16:55,690 Our family can barely manage, 203 00:16:55,910 --> 00:16:58,120 but those landless hired hands and tenant farmers— 204 00:16:58,120 --> 00:16:59,600 they have neither money nor grain. 205 00:16:59,600 --> 00:17:00,790 And the New Year festival just passed. 206 00:17:00,790 --> 00:17:02,480 What are they supposed to do? 207 00:17:03,150 --> 00:17:05,270 -Yeah, we can't survive this. -What are we supposed to do? 208 00:17:05,270 --> 00:17:06,109 I also heard people 209 00:17:06,109 --> 00:17:09,160 from the neighboring village went to kneel at the county office to beg for mercy. 210 00:17:09,160 --> 00:17:10,069 They knelt all day 211 00:17:10,069 --> 00:17:12,440 but didn't even get to see the Magistrate. 212 00:17:14,109 --> 00:17:15,750 Our family can manage to pay 213 00:17:15,750 --> 00:17:17,150 some taels of silver now. 214 00:17:17,440 --> 00:17:19,160 But in Xigu Lane, there're folks 215 00:17:19,160 --> 00:17:20,160 who can't even scrape together one tael, 216 00:17:20,160 --> 00:17:22,020 even if they empty their savings. 217 00:17:22,240 --> 00:17:24,240 It's just after the New Year festival; 218 00:17:24,240 --> 00:17:25,640 everyone is out of money. 219 00:17:26,440 --> 00:17:28,440 I have to go check on my grandfather. 220 00:17:28,680 --> 00:17:30,000 Since Uncle passed away, 221 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:31,730 who will pay this money for him? 222 00:17:33,030 --> 00:17:34,560 Do you need me to go with you? 223 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:36,750 No need. 224 00:17:37,400 --> 00:17:39,310 I'll just sneak a look and leave. 225 00:17:39,310 --> 00:17:41,180 I won't run into that woman. 226 00:17:41,400 --> 00:17:43,860 You going would attract too much attention. 227 00:17:45,640 --> 00:17:47,590 Well, why would the county office 228 00:17:47,590 --> 00:17:49,320 suddenly demand so much money? 229 00:17:51,480 --> 00:17:53,590 When the government requisitions grain, 230 00:17:53,590 --> 00:17:55,590 all county offices in the Jizhou Prefecture 231 00:17:55,590 --> 00:17:57,720 receive the same official documents. 232 00:17:57,720 --> 00:17:59,720 Requisitioning both grain and money like this— 233 00:17:59,720 --> 00:18:01,380 it's practically unheard of. 234 00:18:01,590 --> 00:18:04,120 Unless other counties are doing the same, 235 00:18:04,440 --> 00:18:07,270 it's possible the Magistrate here is taking the chance 236 00:18:07,270 --> 00:18:08,600 to line his own pockets. 237 00:18:10,680 --> 00:18:11,540 That's enough. 238 00:18:17,070 --> 00:18:17,670 Oh, right. 239 00:18:23,110 --> 00:18:25,550 Slip the money quietly into Mrs. Zhao's house. 240 00:18:25,550 --> 00:18:26,680 The New Year just passed. 241 00:18:26,680 --> 00:18:28,410 Everyone's pockets are empty. 242 00:18:28,550 --> 00:18:30,280 Don't let the old couple worry. 243 00:18:31,270 --> 00:18:31,800 Okay. 244 00:18:40,720 --> 00:18:43,200 Requisitioning both grain and money... 245 00:18:43,720 --> 00:18:45,830 They're pushing us into a dead end! 246 00:18:47,880 --> 00:18:49,310 Some old wretches 247 00:18:49,680 --> 00:18:52,350 can't carry anything or do any work, 248 00:18:52,880 --> 00:18:55,160 yet they hole up in their rooms 249 00:18:55,160 --> 00:18:56,270 all day, 250 00:18:56,270 --> 00:18:58,200 eating and drinking at others' expense! 251 00:18:58,200 --> 00:19:00,400 They're just a burden to everyone! 252 00:19:03,400 --> 00:19:04,680 As the saying goes, 253 00:19:05,070 --> 00:19:08,000 "An old man who won't die is a thief." 254 00:19:24,830 --> 00:19:25,630 Grandfather. 255 00:19:27,920 --> 00:19:28,750 Grandfather! 256 00:19:30,200 --> 00:19:30,830 Get up! 257 00:19:36,350 --> 00:19:38,110 Are you all right, Grandfather? 258 00:19:38,110 --> 00:19:40,590 Changyu, what are you doing here? 259 00:19:41,110 --> 00:19:43,510 Go. Go, quickly. 260 00:19:45,200 --> 00:19:46,790 I'm just a useless old man. 261 00:19:47,550 --> 00:19:51,510 I've brought this suffering on myself. 262 00:19:55,930 --> 00:19:58,500 Your son is dead, yet you still sponge off your daughter-in-law! 263 00:19:58,500 --> 00:19:59,830 You shameless old fool! 264 00:20:02,790 --> 00:20:04,160 You wretched old thing, 265 00:20:04,750 --> 00:20:06,880 I'll kick you out sooner or later! 266 00:20:11,110 --> 00:20:12,440 You jinx! 267 00:20:19,160 --> 00:20:21,490 Grandfather can't even get a sip of water, 268 00:20:21,510 --> 00:20:23,590 yet... yet you sit here eating meat! 269 00:20:23,640 --> 00:20:24,310 You... 270 00:20:24,790 --> 00:20:25,830 Get out of here! 271 00:20:26,030 --> 00:20:26,960 Pah! 272 00:20:28,070 --> 00:20:29,450 This house is mine! 273 00:20:29,920 --> 00:20:31,680 Get the hell out immediately! 274 00:20:31,960 --> 00:20:34,020 Back then, you and your husband said, 275 00:20:34,310 --> 00:20:35,920 "If there are no males in the family, 276 00:20:35,920 --> 00:20:38,000 the property goes to the nearest male kin." 277 00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:39,240 Your husband is dead now. 278 00:20:39,240 --> 00:20:40,960 What gives you the right to occupy this house? 279 00:20:40,960 --> 00:20:43,200 My eldest daughter can bring in a husband! 280 00:20:43,200 --> 00:20:45,130 The Legal Code of Great Yin states, 281 00:20:45,270 --> 00:20:46,880 "If a wife is unfilial after her husband's death, 282 00:20:46,880 --> 00:20:49,960 the father-in-law can repudiate her in his son's name!" 283 00:20:49,960 --> 00:20:51,200 You jinx, 284 00:20:51,200 --> 00:20:52,550 you're full of crap! 285 00:20:54,880 --> 00:20:55,880 Fan Changyu, 286 00:20:55,880 --> 00:20:58,160 bullying your elders will land you in prison! 287 00:20:58,160 --> 00:20:59,510 Dad! Dad! 288 00:20:59,510 --> 00:21:02,310 Fan Changyu slapped your eldest daughter-in-law, Dad! 289 00:21:02,310 --> 00:21:04,110 Fan Changyu slapped me! 290 00:21:05,680 --> 00:21:07,290 Open your darn eyes and look. 291 00:21:07,020 --> 00:21:12,110 [Buyer: Fan Erniu] 292 00:21:08,240 --> 00:21:10,880 The name on this title deed is my father's. 293 00:21:12,550 --> 00:21:14,010 Grandfather can testify. 294 00:21:15,510 --> 00:21:16,640 What is this? 295 00:21:17,240 --> 00:21:18,370 This is impossible. 296 00:21:18,440 --> 00:21:21,240 I can throw you out of this house whenever I please! 297 00:21:29,480 --> 00:21:31,880 Changyu, I'm begging you! 298 00:21:32,270 --> 00:21:35,270 Please don't kick us out! I'm just a widow with children! 299 00:21:35,270 --> 00:21:38,070 Your uncle's mourning period isn't even over yet! 300 00:21:38,200 --> 00:21:41,980 -Please, Changyu! -My parents' mourning period wasn't over 301 00:21:42,010 --> 00:21:44,210 at that time either, and what did you do? 302 00:21:46,350 --> 00:21:47,480 Get out. 303 00:21:59,750 --> 00:22:00,550 Grandfather, 304 00:22:01,030 --> 00:22:03,720 keep the title deed with you. Put it away safely. 305 00:22:05,270 --> 00:22:07,530 Whether to kick the whole lot of them out, 306 00:22:07,880 --> 00:22:09,110 you decide. 307 00:22:11,310 --> 00:22:12,550 Changyu, 308 00:22:14,160 --> 00:22:15,880 you're just like your father— 309 00:22:17,160 --> 00:22:19,750 good and kindhearted. 310 00:22:22,830 --> 00:22:25,000 Just go. Leave me. 311 00:22:25,440 --> 00:22:27,830 Life and death are fated. 312 00:22:28,350 --> 00:22:29,550 What fate? 313 00:22:29,680 --> 00:22:30,790 I don't believe in fate. 314 00:22:30,790 --> 00:22:32,960 -Come with me. Let's go home. -Go! 315 00:22:33,350 --> 00:22:35,110 Even if I smash my head against this place and die, 316 00:22:35,110 --> 00:22:36,640 I won't go with you. 317 00:22:37,240 --> 00:22:40,240 I don't deserve it. 318 00:22:40,550 --> 00:22:41,640 What are you saying? 319 00:22:41,640 --> 00:22:44,100 What's all this talk about deserving or not? 320 00:22:47,510 --> 00:22:51,640 Your father wasn't my biological son. 321 00:22:52,990 --> 00:22:55,790 It's my fault your whole family suffered. 322 00:22:57,000 --> 00:22:58,480 This is my retribution. 323 00:23:00,030 --> 00:23:02,590 It's all retribution. 324 00:23:05,920 --> 00:23:07,640 Seventeen years ago, 325 00:23:09,110 --> 00:23:12,000 your father came to Xigu Lane with your mother. 326 00:23:13,080 --> 00:23:14,960 He gave me a large sum of money, 327 00:23:14,960 --> 00:23:18,960 saying he had made enemies while working as an escort 328 00:23:18,980 --> 00:23:20,350 and needed to lie low. 329 00:23:21,250 --> 00:23:24,790 My real son, Erniu, was snatched by human traffickers when he was little. 330 00:23:24,790 --> 00:23:26,050 So he asked me 331 00:23:26,110 --> 00:23:29,310 if he could register under Fan Erniu's identity. 332 00:23:30,790 --> 00:23:32,890 Then, I told outsiders 333 00:23:33,310 --> 00:23:35,440 that Erniu, who had gone missing all those years ago, 334 00:23:35,440 --> 00:23:37,610 had found his way back. 335 00:23:38,590 --> 00:23:40,750 The day before the incident, 336 00:23:41,880 --> 00:23:46,750 your father and mother came to me. 337 00:23:48,030 --> 00:23:50,480 They gave me a final letter 338 00:23:50,750 --> 00:23:52,550 and this title deed. 339 00:23:53,680 --> 00:23:55,000 I asked 340 00:23:55,400 --> 00:23:58,400 if the enemies from back then had finally found him. 341 00:23:59,270 --> 00:24:01,240 He wouldn't say anything. 342 00:24:01,640 --> 00:24:02,590 He just said 343 00:24:02,960 --> 00:24:04,720 that only by their deaths 344 00:24:05,070 --> 00:24:09,350 could they protect the lives of you and your sister. 345 00:24:10,920 --> 00:24:12,400 As you know, 346 00:24:12,990 --> 00:24:17,390 Daniu had fallen into gambling over the years. 347 00:24:18,440 --> 00:24:20,800 After the incident with your parents, 348 00:24:20,920 --> 00:24:24,180 he just stole that letter and burned it, 349 00:24:24,400 --> 00:24:27,960 wanting to seize all your family's property! 350 00:24:28,830 --> 00:24:31,960 I'm old and useless. 351 00:24:32,750 --> 00:24:36,030 I couldn't control him at all. 352 00:24:37,160 --> 00:24:39,910 Later, Daniu met with misfortune, 353 00:24:40,350 --> 00:24:42,110 and his wife was unfilial... 354 00:24:42,920 --> 00:24:43,790 I believe 355 00:24:44,790 --> 00:24:48,830 this is all retribution for my selfishness. 356 00:24:55,720 --> 00:24:57,590 Father and Mother already knew 357 00:24:58,200 --> 00:25:01,000 their days were numbered before they were killed. 358 00:25:01,750 --> 00:25:03,030 Why did Father believe 359 00:25:03,030 --> 00:25:06,090 that dying with Mother would protect Changning and me? 360 00:25:06,110 --> 00:25:08,640 But why is it different from what Lord Li said? 361 00:25:09,460 --> 00:25:11,320 What really happened? 362 00:25:16,750 --> 00:25:18,480 Why are you sitting here alone? 363 00:25:21,550 --> 00:25:22,350 Well, 364 00:25:23,330 --> 00:25:25,990 did my parents really die at the hands of bandits 365 00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:27,160 over a treasure map? 366 00:25:27,830 --> 00:25:28,550 You want to 367 00:25:29,510 --> 00:25:30,710 avenge your parents? 368 00:25:32,400 --> 00:25:33,000 I do. 369 00:25:33,920 --> 00:25:35,520 I dream about it every night. 370 00:25:36,200 --> 00:25:38,220 Then what if everything the authorities said 371 00:25:38,220 --> 00:25:39,880 when they closed the case was a lie— 372 00:25:39,880 --> 00:25:40,880 what would you do? 373 00:25:41,960 --> 00:25:43,760 Why would the authorities lie? 374 00:25:44,710 --> 00:25:48,080 Just as your uncle colluded with Advisor Guo when he tried to 375 00:25:48,100 --> 00:25:49,790 seize your family's property— 376 00:25:49,790 --> 00:25:51,110 even a small county office 377 00:25:51,110 --> 00:25:52,590 is full of intrigue. 378 00:25:52,990 --> 00:25:53,950 Higher up— 379 00:25:54,270 --> 00:25:56,030 in the prefecture and the court— 380 00:25:56,030 --> 00:25:58,690 the web of relations becomes even more tangled. 381 00:25:59,270 --> 00:26:02,370 Factions, colleagues, mentors and students, and family ties— 382 00:26:02,370 --> 00:26:03,970 the officialdom of Great Yin 383 00:26:04,610 --> 00:26:06,740 is bound together like a spider's web. 384 00:26:06,750 --> 00:26:08,270 But what does my parents' death 385 00:26:08,270 --> 00:26:11,200 have to do with the government or the imperial court? 386 00:26:13,880 --> 00:26:15,480 I was only giving an example. 387 00:26:19,640 --> 00:26:21,790 No matter how vast the Great Yin court is, 388 00:26:21,790 --> 00:26:22,650 it simply means 389 00:26:23,080 --> 00:26:25,140 there are more officials with power. 390 00:26:25,920 --> 00:26:27,250 If it comes to the worst, 391 00:26:27,590 --> 00:26:30,480 I'll take my grievance all the way to the Emperor. 392 00:26:31,480 --> 00:26:32,790 No matter 393 00:26:32,920 --> 00:26:34,750 who is involved in my parents' death, 394 00:26:34,750 --> 00:26:36,410 I will investigate to the end. 395 00:26:36,590 --> 00:26:38,880 I don't care about Great Yin's spiderweb. 396 00:26:38,880 --> 00:26:40,400 They must follow state laws and social rules. 397 00:26:40,400 --> 00:26:42,110 There must be reason and justice. 398 00:26:42,110 --> 00:26:44,590 Otherwise, the world would fall into chaos. 399 00:26:49,070 --> 00:26:50,400 If I were a man, 400 00:26:51,350 --> 00:26:53,590 I might take the imperial examinations or the military examinations 401 00:26:53,590 --> 00:26:54,790 to enter officialdom 402 00:26:54,790 --> 00:26:57,320 and get to the bottom of my parents' deaths. 403 00:27:01,070 --> 00:27:02,440 But I'm only a woman. 404 00:27:04,240 --> 00:27:05,770 I can't become an official, 405 00:27:05,790 --> 00:27:07,790 nor do I know any high-ranking ones. 406 00:27:09,270 --> 00:27:10,720 The only way... 407 00:27:13,700 --> 00:27:15,770 is to let money do the talking. 408 00:27:20,110 --> 00:27:22,200 But the money needed to move those high officials 409 00:27:22,200 --> 00:27:23,590 won't be a small amount. 410 00:27:24,790 --> 00:27:26,070 Every obstacle can be overcome; 411 00:27:26,070 --> 00:27:27,530 there will always be a way. 412 00:27:33,200 --> 00:27:34,600 I've been meaning to ask— 413 00:27:34,750 --> 00:27:37,280 is there anything you want for your birthday? 414 00:27:39,310 --> 00:27:41,770 I'm not in the mood to celebrate my birthday. 415 00:27:42,610 --> 00:27:43,790 Just make a wish. 416 00:27:44,360 --> 00:27:45,290 Think of it as... 417 00:27:50,340 --> 00:27:53,140 Think of it as a gift for all your birthdays to come. 418 00:27:55,090 --> 00:27:56,140 You're leaving? 419 00:28:04,980 --> 00:28:08,380 ♪ In a lifetime of storms, a fleeting bloom ♪ 420 00:28:07,340 --> 00:28:08,670 Do you really have to go? 421 00:28:08,810 --> 00:28:11,630 ♪ The most beautiful scenery becomes a poem ♪ 422 00:28:12,260 --> 00:28:15,470 ♪ For a chance encounter ♪ 423 00:28:16,710 --> 00:28:20,280 ♪ A single letter of longing, half a lifetime apart ♪ 424 00:28:19,240 --> 00:28:20,440 Listen to me, 425 00:28:20,790 --> 00:28:22,960 ♪ I'll burn out my passion for you ♪ 426 00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:23,390 it's not like you're leaving forever. 427 00:28:23,390 --> 00:28:26,850 ♪ Just for a glance ♪ 428 00:28:27,220 --> 00:28:27,980 ♪ In this life ♪ 429 00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:30,390 ♪ All that I can see or hear ♪ 430 00:28:30,410 --> 00:28:32,200 ♪ Is that we'll live and die together ♪ 431 00:28:31,050 --> 00:28:31,840 Right? 432 00:28:32,650 --> 00:28:33,500 ♪ On this journey ♪ 433 00:28:33,530 --> 00:28:36,430 ♪ You're all that I care about ♪ 434 00:28:36,460 --> 00:28:38,390 ♪ My soul yearns and my dreams linger ♪ 435 00:28:38,420 --> 00:28:39,060 ♪ After we part ♪ 436 00:28:39,080 --> 00:28:42,240 ♪ Where love dwells, where fear lies ♪ 437 00:28:42,280 --> 00:28:44,390 ♪ Just one thought makes me sick ♪ 438 00:28:44,420 --> 00:28:49,100 ♪ I wish to leave this world with you ♪ 439 00:28:49,870 --> 00:28:52,780 ♪ We'll never be apart ♪ 440 00:28:55,840 --> 00:28:58,820 [Li's Mansion] 441 00:28:57,610 --> 00:29:01,540 My engagement to the Princess Royal is, for now, agreed upon as stated. 442 00:29:09,960 --> 00:29:11,720 Since Her Highness has said so, 443 00:29:11,720 --> 00:29:13,650 this marriage is set. 444 00:29:13,720 --> 00:29:16,920 What does it matter if the wedding is delayed by two years? 445 00:29:19,680 --> 00:29:22,080 I thought you would be angry, Grandfather, 446 00:29:22,090 --> 00:29:24,620 since the wedding won't happen immediately. 447 00:29:24,960 --> 00:29:26,580 Following your sister's appointment as royal consort, 448 00:29:26,580 --> 00:29:29,030 the Princess Royal is willing to marry into our Li family. 449 00:29:29,030 --> 00:29:32,600 Our clan shall once again shine with honor. 450 00:29:32,750 --> 00:29:34,400 My wish in this life 451 00:29:34,430 --> 00:29:35,910 is now fulfilled! 452 00:29:39,270 --> 00:29:39,880 By the way, 453 00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:43,860 this urgent dispatch arrived today, sent express. 454 00:29:44,200 --> 00:29:45,410 Take a look. 455 00:29:57,610 --> 00:29:59,470 Wei Xuan has detained General He? 456 00:30:05,960 --> 00:30:07,560 Please forgive my rudeness. 457 00:30:08,170 --> 00:30:09,860 General He is a loyal and capable general 458 00:30:09,860 --> 00:30:10,990 and also my teacher. 459 00:30:11,880 --> 00:30:13,510 Seeing him persecuted like this, 460 00:30:13,510 --> 00:30:14,910 I cannot just sit idly by. 461 00:30:17,720 --> 00:30:18,720 So, 462 00:30:19,400 --> 00:30:21,070 you leave tonight. 463 00:30:21,070 --> 00:30:23,440 Go back and assist He Jingyuan. 464 00:30:23,640 --> 00:30:24,900 And while you're at it, 465 00:30:25,240 --> 00:30:26,840 hinder Wei Xuan. 466 00:30:27,880 --> 00:30:31,080 Grandfather, do you not mind that he's of the Wei faction? 467 00:30:31,750 --> 00:30:32,790 Wenkan, 468 00:30:33,720 --> 00:30:34,790 do you know 469 00:30:35,030 --> 00:30:37,920 how turbulent the Imperial Court's situation is at this moment? 470 00:30:37,920 --> 00:30:39,450 Your teacher, He Jingyuan, 471 00:30:39,680 --> 00:30:42,860 is a loyal and righteous general. 472 00:30:43,400 --> 00:30:45,960 He submits to Wei Yan solely for the sake of the Imperial Court 473 00:30:45,960 --> 00:30:47,640 and the people. 474 00:30:47,640 --> 00:30:50,750 But it was because of Wei Yan's groundless suspicion 475 00:30:51,160 --> 00:30:54,960 that he ended up in prison. 476 00:30:55,110 --> 00:30:56,440 You mean, Grandfather, 477 00:30:56,920 --> 00:30:58,920 Wei Yan letting Wei Xuan act this way 478 00:30:59,000 --> 00:31:00,660 is to isolate loyal subjects? 479 00:31:02,790 --> 00:31:03,750 Back then, 480 00:31:04,510 --> 00:31:07,110 Wei Yan and I both served the Eastern Palace. 481 00:31:07,750 --> 00:31:09,510 We once swore solemnly 482 00:31:09,830 --> 00:31:12,280 to protect the realm of Great Yin. 483 00:31:12,640 --> 00:31:15,350 But now, he's become a powerful minister, 484 00:31:15,750 --> 00:31:18,750 monopolizing the court and eliminating dissidents. 485 00:31:18,830 --> 00:31:19,960 Our Li family 486 00:31:20,070 --> 00:31:23,000 has naturally become a thorn in his side. 487 00:31:24,680 --> 00:31:25,790 I know 488 00:31:26,270 --> 00:31:28,030 you're like your teacher— 489 00:31:28,030 --> 00:31:31,400 you care for the common people and aim to protect them. 490 00:31:31,790 --> 00:31:33,750 To realize your ideals, 491 00:31:34,440 --> 00:31:36,160 there is only one way. 492 00:31:37,070 --> 00:31:38,160 That is 493 00:31:38,640 --> 00:31:42,370 to thoroughly eradicate the treacherous officials led by Wei Yan. 494 00:31:42,440 --> 00:31:44,970 Only then can the chaos in the court be quelled 495 00:31:45,030 --> 00:31:47,720 and the foundation of the state secured. 496 00:31:51,160 --> 00:31:52,270 Wenkan, 497 00:31:53,750 --> 00:31:55,590 you're a good child. 498 00:31:55,590 --> 00:31:56,790 Your sense of loyalty 499 00:31:57,160 --> 00:31:58,690 is your greatest strength, 500 00:31:58,920 --> 00:32:02,470 but it's also your weakness. 501 00:32:04,550 --> 00:32:07,830 It is I who have burdened you. 502 00:32:11,550 --> 00:32:13,060 I do this willingly. 503 00:32:13,180 --> 00:32:14,480 I'll do everything in my power 504 00:32:14,480 --> 00:32:17,010 to help you bring down Wei Yan once and for all. 505 00:32:22,270 --> 00:32:25,200 Reports from the front say our Northwest Army is retreating in defeat. 506 00:32:25,200 --> 00:32:27,610 The Eldest Young Master has even imprisoned He Jingyuan. 507 00:32:27,610 --> 00:32:28,680 He refuses to follow military orders 508 00:32:28,680 --> 00:32:30,530 or return to the capital with his troops. 509 00:32:30,530 --> 00:32:33,680 He says, "A general in the field is not bound by every command from above." 510 00:32:33,680 --> 00:32:34,880 He wants to regroup 511 00:32:35,480 --> 00:32:36,410 and fight again. 512 00:32:36,590 --> 00:32:37,590 Fight again? 513 00:32:40,440 --> 00:32:43,400 The army is defeated and exhausted. How can they fight again? 514 00:32:43,400 --> 00:32:44,310 Moreover, 515 00:32:44,720 --> 00:32:46,350 it's the middle of winter, and the New Year has just passed. 516 00:32:46,350 --> 00:32:48,750 Where would there even be a battle to fight? 517 00:32:53,240 --> 00:32:53,960 You, 518 00:32:54,070 --> 00:32:55,200 take my commander's seal 519 00:32:55,200 --> 00:32:58,580 and force him to hand over military authority and He Jingyuan. 520 00:32:58,580 --> 00:32:59,500 Then, 521 00:33:00,550 --> 00:33:02,410 tie him up and bring him back to me. 522 00:33:03,550 --> 00:33:04,370 Yes, sir. 523 00:33:23,960 --> 00:33:24,760 Grandfather, 524 00:33:25,550 --> 00:33:28,310 the Marquis of Wu'an, Xie Zheng, was set up during the battle in Chongzhou. 525 00:33:28,310 --> 00:33:29,920 I have reliable information 526 00:33:29,940 --> 00:33:32,220 that he's still alive. 527 00:33:32,880 --> 00:33:34,110 I believe 528 00:33:34,300 --> 00:33:37,030 if we can join forces with the Marquis of Wu'an... 529 00:33:37,400 --> 00:33:39,660 He's different from Prime Minister Wei. 530 00:33:40,890 --> 00:33:44,160 Even if the uncle and nephew have fallen out as rumored, 531 00:33:44,160 --> 00:33:46,730 blood is still thicker than water. 532 00:33:47,160 --> 00:33:48,460 Do not mention 533 00:33:48,880 --> 00:33:51,880 allying with the Marquis of Wu'an in front of me again. 534 00:34:08,639 --> 00:34:10,070 Spread out and check if anyone is still alive. 535 00:34:10,070 --> 00:34:10,880 -Yes. -Yes. 536 00:34:16,880 --> 00:34:18,940 It was Wei Xuan's troops who did this. 537 00:34:20,030 --> 00:34:21,520 Such wanton slaughter— 538 00:34:22,400 --> 00:34:24,000 it's absolutely monstrous. 539 00:34:25,630 --> 00:34:26,710 It wasn't Wei Xuan. 540 00:34:27,360 --> 00:34:29,889 I've had men tracking his troops' movements. 541 00:34:30,510 --> 00:34:34,040 I'm afraid another group is stirring the pot behind the scenes. 542 00:34:34,760 --> 00:34:36,400 Quick, send word to Lord He. 543 00:34:36,400 --> 00:34:37,000 Yes, sir. 544 00:34:57,630 --> 00:34:58,710 My Lord, look. 545 00:34:59,480 --> 00:35:00,510 There're footprints. 546 00:35:00,510 --> 00:35:01,590 Someone escaped. 547 00:35:02,960 --> 00:35:05,020 Could they have let one go on purpose? 548 00:35:07,110 --> 00:35:08,930 Murder... Murder... 549 00:35:09,230 --> 00:35:11,280 Murder... Murder! Murder! 550 00:35:11,670 --> 00:35:13,960 Everyone, our Ma Village is poor. 551 00:35:14,440 --> 00:35:16,230 We could barely pay the grain and taxes, 552 00:35:16,230 --> 00:35:19,030 so our Community Head took us to the county office to petition, 553 00:35:19,030 --> 00:35:20,790 hoping for a chance to survive. 554 00:35:21,510 --> 00:35:22,670 But who could've predicted 555 00:35:22,670 --> 00:35:27,070 that halfway there, we'd be ambushed and cut down by the county's own soldiers? 556 00:35:34,000 --> 00:35:36,640 I only survived by playing dead! 557 00:35:38,440 --> 00:35:39,360 Fellow villagers, 558 00:35:39,360 --> 00:35:41,920 we should gather everyone in the village 559 00:35:41,920 --> 00:35:44,190 and go with me to find the damned corrupt official 560 00:35:44,190 --> 00:35:45,360 to get justice 561 00:35:45,360 --> 00:35:46,590 and take back our grain! 562 00:35:46,590 --> 00:35:47,550 -Take back our grain! -Take back our grain! 563 00:35:47,550 --> 00:35:49,360 -We want justice! -We want justice! 564 00:35:49,360 --> 00:35:50,230 Kill that corrupt official! 565 00:35:50,230 --> 00:35:51,000 -Kill that corrupt official! -Kill that corrupt official! 566 00:35:51,000 --> 00:35:52,200 Take back our grain! 567 00:35:52,230 --> 00:35:54,630 -Take back our grain! -Take back our grain! 568 00:36:03,320 --> 00:36:03,890 General. 569 00:36:03,920 --> 00:36:04,850 Why are you here? 570 00:36:04,960 --> 00:36:08,250 General, the Wei Army has slaughtered those innocent villagers. 571 00:36:08,250 --> 00:36:11,070 Looks like Lord Changxin has made his move. 572 00:36:11,100 --> 00:36:16,820 [Yixiang Restaurant] 573 00:36:16,540 --> 00:36:19,770 A perfectly healthy person, dead just like that! 574 00:36:19,890 --> 00:36:20,670 We can't let this go! 575 00:36:20,670 --> 00:36:21,220 Exactly! 576 00:36:21,240 --> 00:36:22,700 She must pay with her life! 577 00:36:24,060 --> 00:36:28,330 [Yixiang Restaurant] 578 00:36:26,550 --> 00:36:27,960 He died from their food! 579 00:36:27,980 --> 00:36:29,510 A man died just like that? 580 00:36:32,510 --> 00:36:34,540 Sir, what happened? 581 00:36:34,560 --> 00:36:35,730 You don't know? 582 00:36:35,840 --> 00:36:38,000 A man has died after eating at Yixiang Restaurant! 583 00:36:38,000 --> 00:36:40,550 His family came early this morning to seek justice! 584 00:36:40,550 --> 00:36:42,880 This Yixiang Restaurant is nothing but a criminal den! 585 00:36:42,880 --> 00:36:43,690 If you ask me, 586 00:36:43,710 --> 00:36:45,630 that woman manager should be arrested and beheaded! 587 00:36:45,630 --> 00:36:46,150 Right! 588 00:36:46,170 --> 00:36:47,760 A life for a life! 589 00:36:47,760 --> 00:36:49,110 Don't you all agree? 590 00:36:49,110 --> 00:36:50,110 -Yes! -Exactly! 591 00:36:50,590 --> 00:36:51,690 A life for a life! 592 00:36:51,920 --> 00:36:53,360 They charge such high prices, 593 00:36:53,360 --> 00:36:54,630 and they poison the food on top of it! 594 00:36:54,630 --> 00:36:56,510 Yesterday, a customer suddenly fell ill in the restaurant. 595 00:36:56,510 --> 00:36:58,800 The manager noticed and thought it might be epilepsy, 596 00:36:58,800 --> 00:37:00,470 so she immediately sent someone to fetch a doctor. 597 00:37:00,470 --> 00:37:02,960 The customer's family was very grateful at first. 598 00:37:02,960 --> 00:37:04,560 But after they took him home, 599 00:37:04,630 --> 00:37:06,290 he died suddenly in the night. 600 00:37:06,550 --> 00:37:07,710 Early this morning, 601 00:37:07,710 --> 00:37:09,840 they brought a coffin to the door and made a scene, 602 00:37:09,840 --> 00:37:11,880 demanding we pay for the old man's death. 603 00:37:11,880 --> 00:37:13,510 Isn't that outright extortion? 604 00:37:13,510 --> 00:37:14,440 -Yes. -Exactly. 605 00:37:15,510 --> 00:37:16,770 What did Qianqian say? 606 00:37:17,320 --> 00:37:19,070 Our manager tried to reason with them 607 00:37:19,070 --> 00:37:20,150 and offered money 608 00:37:20,150 --> 00:37:22,080 to send those troublemakers away. 609 00:37:22,110 --> 00:37:25,030 But those scoundrels refused no matter what we offered. 610 00:37:25,030 --> 00:37:26,760 They're clearly here to cause trouble. 611 00:37:26,760 --> 00:37:28,360 The manager got suspicious, 612 00:37:28,360 --> 00:37:30,480 fearing another restaurant had set this up, 613 00:37:30,480 --> 00:37:31,800 so she went to report it to the officials. 614 00:37:31,800 --> 00:37:34,000 But it's been a long time now, 615 00:37:34,000 --> 00:37:35,320 and she hasn't come back yet. 616 00:37:35,320 --> 00:37:36,710 This is so worrying! 617 00:37:36,710 --> 00:37:37,950 -Yeah. -Yes. 618 00:37:38,710 --> 00:37:40,400 Someone is clearly scheming against you. 619 00:37:40,400 --> 00:37:42,000 What should we do now? 620 00:37:42,000 --> 00:37:43,440 We can't just keep waiting here and do nothing. 621 00:37:43,440 --> 00:37:44,030 Well... 622 00:37:46,710 --> 00:37:47,550 I have an idea. 623 00:37:47,840 --> 00:37:51,570 But you'll have to lure the police runners away from the door first. 624 00:37:54,710 --> 00:37:56,400 That's so wicked! 625 00:38:01,430 --> 00:38:02,490 See them? 626 00:38:03,000 --> 00:38:04,190 Those three who talk the most. 627 00:38:04,190 --> 00:38:05,310 The one with stubble. 628 00:38:05,310 --> 00:38:06,440 The one with the hat. 629 00:38:06,980 --> 00:38:08,140 And the one in black? 630 00:38:14,440 --> 00:38:16,650 I'm never coming to the restaurant again! 631 00:38:16,650 --> 00:38:17,630 Never again! 632 00:38:18,030 --> 00:38:19,890 They must give us an explanation! 633 00:38:20,160 --> 00:38:23,780 [Decheng's Tavern] 634 00:38:20,420 --> 00:38:22,080 I heard long ago that the manager of Yixiang Restaurant 635 00:38:22,080 --> 00:38:23,280 knows some shady tricks. 636 00:38:23,280 --> 00:38:23,960 Do it! 637 00:38:25,130 --> 00:38:26,190 What are you doing? 638 00:38:28,280 --> 00:38:30,610 Repaying debts is a universal principle! 639 00:38:30,750 --> 00:38:32,240 Never seen a gambling house beat someone? 640 00:38:32,240 --> 00:38:33,380 Never seen debt collectors at work? 641 00:38:32,450 --> 00:38:34,590 [Decheng's Tavern] 642 00:38:33,550 --> 00:38:35,320 What are you looking at? Get lost! 643 00:38:35,320 --> 00:38:36,070 Get lost! 644 00:38:38,510 --> 00:38:39,360 Take it away! 645 00:38:45,200 --> 00:38:46,330 Behave yourselves. 646 00:39:03,550 --> 00:39:04,320 Speak. 647 00:39:05,250 --> 00:39:08,180 Who sent you to cause trouble at Yixiang Restaurant? 648 00:39:12,030 --> 00:39:13,710 No one sent us. 649 00:39:14,050 --> 00:39:16,670 Someone died from the food here. 650 00:39:16,700 --> 00:39:18,800 Are we not allowed to seek justice? 651 00:39:18,820 --> 00:39:20,440 You've tied us up and brought us here. 652 00:39:20,440 --> 00:39:21,570 Do you want to kill us 653 00:39:21,590 --> 00:39:24,150 to silence everyone? 654 00:39:24,360 --> 00:39:26,710 Yixiang Restaurant is no restaurant. 655 00:39:26,710 --> 00:39:29,150 It's clearly a murderous den of thieves! 656 00:39:29,150 --> 00:39:30,110 -Exactly! -Exactly! 657 00:39:30,110 --> 00:39:31,770 It's clearly a criminal den! 658 00:39:36,620 --> 00:39:38,070 You talk too much. 659 00:39:41,920 --> 00:39:43,980 That tongue of yours is quite nimble. 660 00:39:45,440 --> 00:39:47,400 Cut it out, chop it up, and feed it to the dogs. 661 00:39:47,400 --> 00:39:48,070 No. 662 00:39:48,590 --> 00:39:50,840 Heroine, that's against the law! 663 00:39:51,230 --> 00:39:51,710 Heroine! 664 00:39:51,710 --> 00:39:52,480 Wait, wait! 665 00:39:54,400 --> 00:39:55,310 I mean it! 666 00:39:55,880 --> 00:39:56,940 Spare me, Heroine! 667 00:39:57,630 --> 00:39:58,400 Of course! 668 00:40:10,840 --> 00:40:12,770 That fellow struggled quite a bit. 669 00:40:13,070 --> 00:40:15,070 I couldn't get the whole tongue out, 670 00:40:15,110 --> 00:40:17,110 so I only managed to chop off a piece. 671 00:40:17,420 --> 00:40:19,820 This pig's tongue looks quite convincing. 672 00:40:20,320 --> 00:40:21,250 Bring a dog here. 673 00:40:22,360 --> 00:40:24,160 Take it out and feed it to the dog. 674 00:40:44,400 --> 00:40:45,110 Speak. 675 00:40:45,440 --> 00:40:47,370 Who sent you here to cause trouble? 676 00:40:47,640 --> 00:40:49,080 If you utter a single lie, 677 00:40:49,630 --> 00:40:52,670 your tongues will also be cut out and fed to the dog. 678 00:40:53,400 --> 00:40:54,030 I'll talk. I'll talk. 679 00:40:54,030 --> 00:40:55,000 I'll tell you! I'll tell you! 680 00:40:55,000 --> 00:40:56,110 -I'll go first! -I'll go first. 681 00:40:56,110 --> 00:40:57,550 -Me first! -I'll go first! 682 00:40:57,550 --> 00:40:58,760 -Me! -Me! 683 00:40:58,760 --> 00:40:59,580 Enough! 684 00:41:00,880 --> 00:41:01,510 You speak. 685 00:41:01,550 --> 00:41:02,480 It was Advisor Guo... 686 00:41:02,480 --> 00:41:05,040 It was Advisor Guo's page boy who sent us. 687 00:41:10,070 --> 00:41:11,000 You're lying! 688 00:41:11,150 --> 00:41:13,670 Milady, we really aren't lying! 689 00:41:13,670 --> 00:41:16,330 It really was Advisor Guo's page boy who sent us! 690 00:41:18,550 --> 00:41:21,320 Advisor Guo has no grudge against Yixiang Restaurant. 691 00:41:21,320 --> 00:41:22,920 Why would he make you do this? 692 00:41:23,190 --> 00:41:24,280 We don't know either. 693 00:41:24,280 --> 00:41:25,670 Still not telling the truth, huh? 694 00:41:25,670 --> 00:41:26,550 Someone come here! 695 00:41:26,550 --> 00:41:28,000 Cut off their tongues and feed them to the dog! 696 00:41:28,000 --> 00:41:29,030 -We really don't know! -We really don't know! 697 00:41:29,030 --> 00:41:30,840 We don't know! We really don't know! 698 00:41:30,840 --> 00:41:31,800 We really don't know! 699 00:41:31,800 --> 00:41:32,960 Let them go. 700 00:41:40,400 --> 00:41:43,260 Aren't you taking them to court for confrontation? 701 00:41:43,590 --> 00:41:45,510 You just got it out of them yourself. 702 00:41:45,510 --> 00:41:48,170 It was Advisor Guo who instructed those people. 703 00:41:49,880 --> 00:41:52,030 Some restaurant trying to steal your business 704 00:41:52,030 --> 00:41:53,690 found their way to Advisor Guo 705 00:41:53,840 --> 00:41:55,230 and tried to frame you? 706 00:41:57,480 --> 00:41:58,920 It's even worse than that. 707 00:41:58,920 --> 00:42:00,580 Then what exactly is going on? 708 00:42:04,150 --> 00:42:06,350 Yixiang Restaurant is about to be lost. 709 00:42:06,570 --> 00:42:07,590 I was out all morning, 710 00:42:07,590 --> 00:42:08,920 calling in every favor I could— 711 00:42:08,920 --> 00:42:11,250 but I didn't get to see a single one of them. 712 00:42:11,340 --> 00:42:14,410 Even Magistrate Cui avoided me. 713 00:42:19,590 --> 00:42:21,510 My family has some connections with Constable Wang at the county office. 714 00:42:21,510 --> 00:42:22,440 I'll go speak with him 715 00:42:22,440 --> 00:42:23,920 and see if he can help you. 716 00:42:23,920 --> 00:42:24,880 It's useless. 717 00:42:26,710 --> 00:42:28,310 I appreciate your kindness. 718 00:42:28,590 --> 00:42:30,320 Don't go to Constable Wang for help either, 719 00:42:30,320 --> 00:42:31,850 lest you bring him trouble. 720 00:42:34,320 --> 00:42:35,440 Manager, bad news! 721 00:42:35,550 --> 00:42:37,800 Police runners have forced their way in through the back door. 722 00:42:37,800 --> 00:42:38,800 I'll go there now. 723 00:42:39,320 --> 00:42:40,070 I'll go take a look too. 724 00:42:40,070 --> 00:42:41,110 I want to know who exactly they are 725 00:42:41,110 --> 00:42:43,040 and what they're trying to do here. 726 00:42:43,070 --> 00:42:44,030 Don't stick your neck out for me. 727 00:42:44,030 --> 00:42:46,160 You'll only end up caught in a lawsuit. 728 00:42:46,280 --> 00:42:48,070 I know Magistrate Cui very well. 729 00:42:48,070 --> 00:42:49,840 I have my own way of handling this. 730 00:42:49,840 --> 00:42:51,440 What's more important now is 731 00:42:51,630 --> 00:42:52,670 that you stay here 732 00:42:53,030 --> 00:42:54,890 and make sure no one finds Bao'er. 733 00:43:02,920 --> 00:43:05,250 You're Manager Yu of Yixiang Restaurant? 734 00:43:05,280 --> 00:43:05,920 I am. 735 00:43:06,670 --> 00:43:07,470 Take her away! 736 00:43:09,880 --> 00:43:10,440 Okay. 737 00:43:10,930 --> 00:43:12,400 I'll come with you to the county office.