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[The Vendetta of An]

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[Episode 25]

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You're finally here.

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Yes, Master.

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I came to see you.

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Where is Xie Huai'an?

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We survived.

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Huai'an is alive too.

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He told us

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you would appear here.

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So we came.

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Master is from Tiemo.

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He wanted to kill Xiaoqing and me.

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Go on.

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Life or death,

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end it cleanly.

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Master.

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Put away your weapon.

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You raised us

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for more than ten hard years.

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Will you not even spare

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a moment to look at us,

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and hear a few words?

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Thrust.

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Block.

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Like this?

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Food's ready.

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Come taste Chef Ye's cooking today.

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If it's bad, it's free.

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Hurry, come here.

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Stop practicing.

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I'm starving.

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Your cooking is really good.

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Master,

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let us drink well tonight.

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Good.

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Xiaoqing.

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Mind your manners.

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Master hasn't taken the first bite.

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Thank you, Master.

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Master.

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You spoil her.

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Aren't you afraid no one will marry her?

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Here.

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Thank you, Master.

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Here, Zheng.

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Eat more.

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Xiaoqing.

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Let's toast Master together.

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All right.

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We wish Master good health.

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Good.

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Master, a toast to you.

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Good.

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Things have come to this.

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What more is there to say?

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People of Chang'an.

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People of Tiemo.

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Is the difference so great?

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Forty years ago,

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I once had a son and a daughter.

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The winter in Tiemo was too harsh.

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They did not survive.

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Later,

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war broke out again.

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I fled in panic.

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After that,

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I received orders

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to enter Chang'an

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as a shadow guard.

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I then served under General Liu Ziwen.

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A few years passed.

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In Basong Town,

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I found you and Xiaoqing.

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I raised you to adulthood.

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Taught you martial arts and medicine.

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I once believed

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that I had another pair of children.

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But...

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But I cannot forget.

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I cannot forget what I just said.

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War came again.

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I fled in haste.

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During that evacuation,

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I never had the chance

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to bury my children.

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If my homeland were still there,

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if the house had not collapsed,

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my son and daughter's remains

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must still be there.

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With such memories in my heart,

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how could I care

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about our past?

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Master,

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thank you for raising me.

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We understand now.

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We have no right to resent you.

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None of us has the right to hate another.

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If hatred must exist,

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let it be toward the merciless heavens.

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Children,

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rise.

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If you intend to stop me from killing Xie Huai'an,

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then you must

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take my blade.

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Master.

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Master!

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You were the ones who brought the rice.

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Right after I arrived at Cangshui River,

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I saw Master slip out at night,

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so I followed.

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Only then did I learn

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Master kept two memorial tablets inside a cave.

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I did not know whose spirits you honored,

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but we thought

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they must be dear to you.

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So Xiaoqing and I

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would go there to pay respects from time to time.

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Now we understand.

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They were Master's children.

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But Master,

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we are your children too.

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Master,

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we are your children as well.

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Master.

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Master.

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People of Chang'an.

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People of Tiemo.

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Is the difference truly so great?

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But Master,

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we are your children too.

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Master.

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We are your children too.

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When Chang'an falls,

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even in winter,

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no Tiemo people will go hungry again.

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If only you were born in such a time,

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how wonderful it would be.

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What should I do?

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Children...

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What should I do?

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Your identity has been exposed.

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As for your two disciples,

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how do you plan to deal with them?

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Your Majesty must know

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why I followed you back then.

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Of course I know.

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Because your children

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died in the winter of Tiemo.

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Tiemo's winters are bitter cold.

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So many children

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never survive the harsh season.

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I believe you will not betray us,

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because your children

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watch over you

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from the heavens.

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♪Flowers and plants, in their countless shapes and forms♪

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♪Blossom with infinite colors♪

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♪Time passes by, the cycle begins anew♪

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♪The plants survived another winter♪

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♪Looking at the sea of people from afar...♪

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My children's bodies...

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♪That lasts till we die...♪

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My own son and daughter

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not even laid to rest.

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Where else can I go?

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♪Lifting my head, a bright moon hangs in the sky♪

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♪Looking at my hometown, mountains away from me♪

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♪A flick of hand is enough to stir turbulence♪

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♪Oh, this world of splendor...♪

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Is it you?

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White Hair.

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You win.

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♪Thousands of well-lit households...♪

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Mr. Long.

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My father once told me

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that in a village at the foot of Wuxi Mountain,

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before a house,

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there stood a stone hut of pale ash wood.

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There should be

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two children's remains buried there.

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Seven years ago,

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I went to Wuxi Mountain

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and saved Pu Nichuan.

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I also visited that stone hut.

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Rest easy.

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Your children

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have been laid to rest.

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In every letter, you wrote about how you

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endured hardship

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and wandered from place to place.

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Looking at you now,

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you held up well.

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White Hair,

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your father and I

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shared one wish.

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We only hoped you could live safely,

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long enough to grow old and gray again.

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Child,

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come back alive.

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The King of Tiemo is gone.

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He cares nothing for your life or death.

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Let's go.

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Take it slow.

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Come on.

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Let's go.

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Xiaobing.

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You don't want to leave, do you?

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Even if I don't, I must.

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I fear Tiemo's attack as well.

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But I still gave

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someone my word, and haven't fulfilled it.

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Let's go.

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Xiaobing.

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What are you two doing?

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Sir.

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His Majesty ordered me to protect you.

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If I give my word,

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I will see it done.

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My sister and I will escort you to Huzhou.

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Look at these troubled times.

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Why must you two take such risks?

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War is coming anyway.

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It's the same wherever we go.

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Huzhou is farther away.

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Perhaps the war won't reach there.

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Sir.

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Don't feel indebted.

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No...

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In times like these,

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common folk should help each other.

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Will this do?

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It will.

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Huzhou is far,

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so maybe

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we can avoid the war.

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Food, clothes, and expenses on the road

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will all be my responsibility.

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Sir, don't stand on ceremony.

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- No. - You may command me

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along the road as you wish.

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Serving tea, fetching water, massaging legs,

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just call me.

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Treat me as your own son.

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Sir.

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Are you alright?

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I'm fine.

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I'm fine,

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child.

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Xiaobing, Xiaoding.

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Come.

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Take me to Huzhou.

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- Let's go. - Let's go.

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Come, over here.

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Come.

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Come on.

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Let's head off.

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How?

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Are you alright?

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Sorry to keep you waiting.

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Is the porridge ready?

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Sorry to keep you waiting. It's ready.

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The Emperor of the Xiao line

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is now in the King of Tiemo's hands.

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Chang'an is hanging

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by a thread now.

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Even on the brink, we still eat porridge.

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The battle must have gone terribly.

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It truly was a heavy defeat.

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At least we still have porridge.

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I thought

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I would never see the Grand Preceptor again.

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You will not see the Grand Preceptor.

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What you see is Cen Pickles.

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[Cen Weizong]

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Ye Zheng.

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Eat your porridge.

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You remember me?

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Child, have a bowl.

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Warm yourself.

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Old sir,

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why is your courtyard

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full of pickles?

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Winters are long.

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Fresh food won't last in the cellar.

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Pickling them

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brings out a richer taste.

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I met your master when we were young.

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After I retired from the world,

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we lost touch.

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I remember when he took you two in,

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he said he might live in Chang'an forever.

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I naively believed

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he would forget the past.

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Now all has returned to dust.

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Remember his kindness.

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That is enough.

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With that in your hearts,

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you will find peace.

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Do not blame him.

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You,

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00:29:36,460 --> 00:29:37,110
and Gu Yu,

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00:29:38,480 --> 00:29:39,290
both remarkable people.

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Gu Yu survived thirty days on dry buns alone.

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I think you outdo him.

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You could last thirty days

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without food or water.

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This is Ronghua Alley?

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Yes, and all the neighbors

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around here are trustworthy.

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For years,

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I bribed them with pickles.

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Staying here

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will keep you safe for a few days.

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00:30:12,590 --> 00:30:13,860
You might not stay safe for long.

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There is something

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I wish to ask of you.

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I know.

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I return to the palace tonight for duty.

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00:30:31,450 --> 00:30:32,820
Chang'an is about to change.

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Please find a way

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for that person to survive.

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That child is no concern of yours.

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I will see to proper arrangements.

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What you should consider

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is a path of survival for yourself.

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Ye Zheng told me

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you struck a bargain with Yan Fengshan's men.

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If you defeat the Tiemo forces,

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they may take your head.

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Yes.

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If you defeat Tiemo,

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you die.

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If you drive them away,

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you still die.

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White Hair.

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Have you ever wondered

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what you have lived for

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all your life?

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If you can understand this,

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then no matter whether there is

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a way out of your dead end,

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your life will not have been in vain.

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My thanks, Grand Preceptor.

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00:31:55,510 --> 00:31:56,370
The sky has yet to brighten.

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Will you not take a lantern?

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No need.

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I walk as dust upon the world,

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and heaven and earth bear the light for me.

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00:32:39,600 --> 00:32:40,730
I faintly sensed

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00:32:41,920 --> 00:32:43,490
the Grand Preceptor was the one who saved me.

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00:32:46,990 --> 00:32:47,610
That night,

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after Su Changlin wounded me,

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00:32:51,350 --> 00:32:52,020
then...

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Yes.

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It was him.

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The Grand Preceptor saved me.

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Huai'an,

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he is someone we can trust, isn't he?

361
00:33:37,880 --> 00:33:39,440
Fifteen years ago, on the night the Liu family was slaughtered,

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he should have died there.

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My father

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hung a red ribbon on a tree,

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00:33:51,880 --> 00:33:53,770
warning him that the Huben Army had mutinied,

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and thus he escaped death.

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Yan Fengshan and the King of Tiemo

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betrayed my father,

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and betrayed the Grand Preceptor.

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Those who share an enemy

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can at least trust each other.

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The army has pushed three hundred li

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past the North Office.

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00:34:24,490 --> 00:34:26,560
Yet the four regional commanders who hold great legions

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have made no move.

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No rations prepared,

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no troops mobilized,

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as if they have chosen to sit and watch.

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00:34:37,680 --> 00:34:39,020
We have two hundred thousand soldiers,

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hardly a lone force charging deep.

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00:34:42,710 --> 00:34:43,730
And with Xiao Wuyang

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00:34:43,760 --> 00:34:44,770
already in our hands.

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Your Majesty,

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we can take Chang'an now.

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Hold on to it.

386
00:35:13,350 --> 00:35:14,060
Thank you.

387
00:35:14,960 --> 00:35:16,570
Urgent military report to the central court!

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00:35:16,630 --> 00:35:17,390
- How much for a flatbread? - Clear

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00:35:17,390 --> 00:35:18,150
- One wen each. - the way!

390
00:35:18,410 --> 00:35:20,070
Urgent military report to the central court!

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00:35:20,070 --> 00:35:21,010
Clear the way!

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00:35:21,010 --> 00:35:21,850
Watch where you're going.

393
00:35:21,850 --> 00:35:23,730
- Urgent military report to the central court! - Take care.

394
00:35:23,750 --> 00:35:24,810
- Clear the way! - Lately,

395
00:35:24,810 --> 00:35:25,800
news has been pouring in fast.

396
00:35:26,590 --> 00:35:27,820
They say the Tiemo people

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00:35:27,820 --> 00:35:29,110
have reached the North Office.

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00:35:29,840 --> 00:35:31,220
And I heard at Changle Post outside the city,

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00:35:31,220 --> 00:35:31,920
everyone was killed.

400
00:35:32,410 --> 00:35:33,610
Could be the Tiemo people

401
00:35:33,610 --> 00:35:34,710
are already near Chang'an.

402
00:35:35,920 --> 00:35:37,250
I also heard

403
00:35:37,320 --> 00:35:39,290
there's a place outside the city called Cangshui River,

404
00:35:39,290 --> 00:35:40,800
and I heard many

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00:35:40,800 --> 00:35:42,080
were killed there as well.

406
00:35:42,920 --> 00:35:44,210
Truly too tragic.

407
00:35:45,920 --> 00:35:46,860
These are troubled times indeed.

408
00:36:10,840 --> 00:36:12,490
The war reports come faster each day.

409
00:36:12,490 --> 00:36:13,880
Soon we will see the Tiemo horses at the gate.

410
00:36:15,370 --> 00:36:17,010
Yet Xie Huai'an, who holds the command, is nowhere to be found.

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00:36:17,970 --> 00:36:19,220
Even His Majesty's fate is uncertain.

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00:36:21,000 --> 00:36:22,230
And so we wait here,

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00:36:22,230 --> 00:36:23,290
letting grain and fodder go to waste.

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00:36:26,670 --> 00:36:27,350
If you ask me,

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00:36:27,920 --> 00:36:29,230
we should march north

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00:36:29,330 --> 00:36:30,190
and fight the Tiemo head-on.

417
00:36:32,350 --> 00:36:33,430
Did you read the report?

418
00:36:34,550 --> 00:36:36,160
The Tiemo drove straight in.

419
00:36:36,750 --> 00:36:38,140
The Baiwenhu Army fell quickly,

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00:36:38,640 --> 00:36:40,730
and none of the regional commanders moved.

421
00:36:41,000 --> 00:36:42,410
If we rush out now

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00:36:42,410 --> 00:36:43,140
and fight,

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00:36:44,000 --> 00:36:44,810
what if we lose?

424
00:36:45,440 --> 00:36:46,500
Then what of Chang'an?

425
00:36:53,310 --> 00:36:54,690
I believe His Majesty still lives.

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00:36:56,360 --> 00:36:57,170
I believe in

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00:36:57,630 --> 00:36:59,500
Mr. Xie Huai'an as well, the one who holds the command.

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00:36:59,670 --> 00:37:00,730
He must have a plan.

429
00:37:01,790 --> 00:37:03,650
Even Yan Fengshan, the man no blade could kill,

430
00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:05,170
fell to him in the end.

431
00:37:06,710 --> 00:37:09,170
Would the Tiemo be harder to fight than Yan Fengshan?

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00:37:12,360 --> 00:37:13,060
Maybe.

433
00:37:14,150 --> 00:37:15,330
But panicking will not help us.

434
00:37:16,630 --> 00:37:17,290
We wait.

435
00:37:43,270 --> 00:37:43,940
Military grounds.

436
00:37:44,200 --> 00:37:45,000
No unauthorized entry.

437
00:37:55,150 --> 00:37:56,250
I request to see the generals.

438
00:38:09,330 --> 00:38:11,620
The Wuyang Token belongs to Mr. Xie Huai'an.

439
00:38:13,120 --> 00:38:14,770
Did he send you?

440
00:38:16,480 --> 00:38:17,180
I...

441
00:38:20,380 --> 00:38:21,060
No.

442
00:38:25,080 --> 00:38:27,060
I come on behalf of the King of Tiemo.

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00:38:30,630 --> 00:38:31,640
Speak clearly.

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00:38:50,440 --> 00:38:51,580
Generals,

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00:38:51,590 --> 00:38:53,060
you have followed His Majesty for many years.

446
00:39:03,360 --> 00:39:05,020
The scar on the arm

447
00:39:10,200 --> 00:39:11,170
is real.

448
00:39:11,330 --> 00:39:11,920
This...

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00:39:15,480 --> 00:39:16,900
I believe you

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00:39:18,280 --> 00:39:19,420
recognize it.

451
00:39:21,080 --> 00:39:22,170
Where is His Majesty?

452
00:39:23,400 --> 00:39:23,880
Tell me.

453
00:39:25,520 --> 00:39:26,500
Where is His Majesty?

454
00:39:59,440 --> 00:40:00,480
The King of Tiemo

455
00:40:04,730 --> 00:40:06,370
sent me here

456
00:40:07,680 --> 00:40:08,560
with a message.

457
00:40:10,670 --> 00:40:12,290
Chang'an will fall.

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00:40:14,110 --> 00:40:16,090
The Wuyang Army must not storm the city.

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00:40:18,360 --> 00:40:19,420
If you refuse,

460
00:40:22,030 --> 00:40:23,290
His Majesty dies.

461
00:40:23,910 --> 00:40:24,650
What?

462
00:40:25,770 --> 00:40:26,700
Impossible.

463
00:40:27,520 --> 00:40:29,340
The Tiemo are still five hundred li away.

464
00:40:33,360 --> 00:40:34,870
Their shadow guards are already inside the city.

465
00:40:35,710 --> 00:40:37,900
They are using Huben tactics now.

466
00:40:39,000 --> 00:40:41,250
The Wuyang Army must not attack.

467
00:40:41,880 --> 00:40:43,020
If you do,

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00:40:45,510 --> 00:40:46,650
the Emperor will die.

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00:40:49,860 --> 00:40:51,250
When will the Tiemo strike?

470
00:40:59,070 --> 00:40:59,980
I fear

471
00:41:03,230 --> 00:41:04,130
we are already too late.

472
00:42:25,220 --> 00:42:26,700
[Imperial Guards Station]

473
00:44:24,620 --> 00:44:26,860
♪A crimson waning moon shines over the smoke of war♪

474
00:44:27,620 --> 00:44:30,220
♪The broken walls support the lone eaves♪

475
00:44:30,500 --> 00:44:36,460
♪Who's still holding the remaining weiqi pieces that keep Chang'an trapped?♪

476
00:44:37,460 --> 00:44:39,780
♪Roaming alone in an unsolvable cycle♪

477
00:44:40,540 --> 00:44:42,980
♪White robes frosted with weariness♪

478
00:44:43,380 --> 00:44:48,460
♪Ten years of grievance hidden in the brushstrokes on plain paper♪

479
00:44:49,500 --> 00:44:53,900
♪Scabs and cocoons♪

480
00:44:55,700 --> 00:45:00,940
♪Flickering, dying candles♪

481
00:45:02,180 --> 00:45:08,460
♪The game of chess, a fated calamity♪

482
00:45:08,580 --> 00:45:14,060
♪Looking back at my youth♪

483
00:45:14,900 --> 00:45:20,460
♪My left hand rests on the warm inkstone♪

484
00:45:21,300 --> 00:45:26,820
♪Fake masks, real dangers, thoughts of life♪

485
00:45:27,820 --> 00:45:33,300
♪I wish to put out the smoke of war for the betterment of the world♪

486
00:45:34,060 --> 00:45:40,020
♪Losers begrudge, victors grow weary, thousands of schemes♪

487
00:45:40,620 --> 00:45:45,220
♪Return to me the flickering promise♪