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Water Margin

Water Margin

Water Margin

Water Margin

A TV Maxi-Series

Water Margin

Written by Shi Nai'an and Luo Guanzhong

Episode 24 Rebellion Poem in Xunyang Tower

Why can't he absolve me?

Honestly, Zhang Wenyuan in Yuncheng County

sued you for contacting those in Mount Liang

Disgusting!

Rebellion cannot be forgiven

So I'll never rise again?

Please wait, brother. I'll inquire further

Copyist Office Only for Clerks

Clerk Song

You're awake

Where is Warden Dai?

He saw you were sleeping, so he left

-And Li Kui? -No idea

Please get washed up

Life or death, weal or woe, fortune or poverty

I know all about your last life and your future

Old man, it's so late and no one is here in the street

Come on

The wind is cold. Please go home to rest

No callus on your hands. You're an intellectual

Arms are abnormally long. You'll have a rich life and high status

Thank you for your kind words

Don't dodge me, sir

You're in bad luck now. Some difficulties lie in store for you

But good luck will follow hardship

Thank you for your instruction

You're a great man, sir

Good fortune only comes after multiple adversities. Goodbye

Xunyang Tower

May I help you, sir?

Mutton, chicken, and fish, I want them all

How many people?

Is this enough?

It's too much

Just take it

Warden Dai

I'll drink this for you

Li Kui, my brother, let's drink together

This is

to my father

I'm more than thirty now

but haven't made any achievement

I'm a shame to our family. I even couldn't look after you

Father, I'll drink this for you

This is

to Chao Gai, my brother. I want to be a loyal man

But Heaven forbids me from being loyal to my country and friends

Fill it

Make it full

This is…

This is to the Xunyang River

Only the surging river

knows my heart

Emperor Zhao

Emperor Zhao

Today I'll drink with you as well

You can't tell right from wrong. You wasted my literary talent

and loyalty

Today

I'll show you

who Song Jiang is

Fill my cup

Emperor Zhao…

you have to see the real Song Jiang today

Fill it

Wait, what's written on the white wall?

Those literary men wrote them

I don't know what they are

Bring a brush and ink

Yes

Waiter, can you read this?

You write well, sir. But I can't read

Nice! So good

Waiter, can you read the poem?

-No -I'll read it to you

Soul in Shandong, body in Wu, drifting around makes me sigh

When I fulfill my ambition, no one will see Huang Chao as a rebel

Waiter, do you know me?

There will be a day everyone knows my name Song Jiang

Can you keep it in mind?

Song Jiang of Yuncheng

Soul in Shandong, body in Wu

drifting around makes me sigh

When I…

When I fulfill my ambition

no one will see Huang Chao as a rebel

I'm so happy!

The curse of the country is home and wood

The head of the rebellion is water and work

Thirty-six invincible braves

Shandong will put us in a terrible fix

Assistant Prefect Huang has something important

Cai Jiu, Prefect

Something important? He just wants a job

Tell him the Imperial Court granted an amnesty

The prisoners are all released

There's nothing for him now

Sir

We can talk tomorrow

Please wait, sir

It's about our country, so I have to say it now

What is it?

Someone wrote a rebellion poem in Xunyang Tower

Look what's in it, sir

When I fulfill my ambition, no one will see Huang Chao as a rebel

He related himself to Huang Chao, a rebel

So he intends to rebel against the current government

It's only a complaint from a poor literary man

Don't take it seriously

Sir, you should take Song Jiang seriously

I just heard a children's rhyme in the street

The curse of the country is home and wood

The head of the rebellion is water and work

What?

The curse of the country is home and wood

Home and wood, the two very radicals

make up the character of "Song"

and water and work the character "Jiang"

So his name is in the rhyme

Have you heard of the rhyme?

Some children sing it indeed

Where is he now?

I've inquired about that

Song Jiang is a new prisoner from Yuncheng

Prisoner?

Alright, investigate it, Assistant Prefect Huang

Yes, my lord

You're checking them so carefully, Assistant Prefect Huang. Why?

Someone wrote a rebellion poem in Xunyang Tower. Serious

But how do you know

the rebel is here?

It's written there. He was banished to Jiangzhou

And he signed his name Song Jiang

How can you find him in so many prisoners?

Yes, it's here!

Why are you flustered, brother?

You went to Xunyang Tower?

Yes, I did

And wrote a poem there?

I was drunk, so I don't remember

So you didn't

Maybe I wrote a few lines

That's terrible

You wrote a poem about rebellion and signed your name there

Now Huang Wenbing knows it

He reported it to the prefect and is now investigating

What should I do, my brother?

The evidence is solid, so we can't deny it

Please help me, brother

I have an idea, but…

A gold hammer weights eight hundred catties. Kill! Kill!

Bring Song Jiang

I'm Jade Emperor's son-in-law

He asked me to assault Jiangzhou with 100,000 heaven soldiers

The King of Devils attacks first

The Ghost General follows

Help me out of the sedan

Jade Emperor's son-in-law?

I thought he was a rebel

But he's only a mad man

Help me out of the sedan

You can't believe him, sir

I saw his poem myself

A mad man can never write like that

He's cheating

Kneel down, all of you

Jade Emperor gave me a gold hammer of enormous weight

Eight hundred catties!

I'll kill you bastards. Kill, kill!

Beat him to death!

Kill! You bastards

I'll kill you. What are you doing? Bastards!

How dare you beat me?

I'm Jade Emperor's son-in-law

I have a gold hammer of great weight to hit you bastards

My gold hammer is very heavy, you bastards

I'll let my father-in-law shit on your heads

Beat him until he admits it!

Very heavy! Kill you bastards!

You're dying now. Just admit it, will you?

Alright

If it were not Assistant Prefect Huang, he would have cheated us

Sir, please write to your family now

Ask your father to send the letter to the Capital immediately

Let the emperor know this

You did a good thing to our country

The emperor must be happy

and will move you to a higher position as a reward

That's a good idea. I'll write the letter now

Sir, in your letter, please mention

what I did in this

Sure. I won't forget your great role in it

I'll prepare ink for you, sir

Brother

Brother

There is a man Dai Zong whose nickname is Magic Traveler

Traveling 400 km per day, he can go and return in ten days

He's the best one for this errand

You want me, lord?

Dai Zong, I have a letter

Send it to Grand Preceptor's Mansion in the Capital

and get my father's letter of reply

Don't waste any time or made any mistake

You'll get huge reward for the errand

Thank you, Warden Dai

I'm waiting for Grand Preceptor's letter to deal with prisoners

Just leave it to me, Lord

Looks like an extraordinary man indeed

Honestly speaking, the poem is also magnificent

and extraordinary

Thanks to your rebellion poem

I've got an opportunity to be promoted

Unluckily, you're in prison waiting for death

Otherwise, I would definitely reward you for this

Actually, I'm kind of like you

I've worked hard for many years but saw no hope in my career

Sometimes I wanted to write a few lines too

But I restrained myself

Goodbye

I'll go to Mount Liang for help

Please look after our brother Song Jiang

Alright

Take good care of him. Don't drink too much

Leave it to me, brother

I'll stay with him

If anyone dares to harm my brother

I'll chop him with my axes

See you

Brother

These are your favorite foods

Please have some

Eat some and you'll have strength, brother

If you don't, my brother

I won't eat anything from now on

Just stay there, brother. Let me feed you

Counselor

-Counselor -What's the matter?

I drugged an official from Jiangzhou by the water

and got a letter from him

It intends to harm Brother Song Jiang

Where's the official?

Bring him here

Warden Dai? Warden Dai

You may not know, this is Dai Zong

He's called Magic Traveler

Warden Dai

The letter is here. Do you remember me, Warden Dai?

You're the Counselor

I almost… Go and save Song Jiang now. Hurry up

Where is he?

You only wrote one rebellion poem. I can't write

If I can, I'll put down a hundred lines!

Don't worry, brother

Just eat and sleep as usual

Forget those useless things

If possible, I'd like to die instead of you

I'm not afraid

It's only to kick the bucket and sleep away

Brother, if you don't want to die

I'll carry you out with my two axes

No one dares to stop us!

We need to hurry, brother

If I go back late, they'll suspect

I have an idea

What is it?

We can fake a letter in the name of Cai Jing

Ask Cai Jiu to send Song Jiang to the Capital

Then we can save him on the road

How can we write like Cai Jing?

Four writing styles are popular now

namely Su, Huang, Mi, and Cai

Cai refers to Cai Jing's handwriting style, known to everyone

We can ask Xiao Rang, the Sacred Handed Scholar, to imitate it

and write the letter

Then, we forge Cai Jing's seal according to the copybook

The letter is done

Let's do it right now

It's getting late. We can't afford to wait

I'll arrange it

Alright

-How is it? -No one can tell it’s fake

Warden Dai, thank you for the journey

Goodbye

Goodbye

Be careful on the road, brother

What time is it now?

It has been a few days

since you spoke last time. It's about midnight

What do you want, brother?

This is my fate

What I can't do in this life, I have to leave it to my next life

Brother, if you talk about life and death again

I'll break the prison door and carry you out

Let's talk about happy things, brother

If I had known this, I would have stayed in Mount Liang

Unfortunately, Emperor Zhao couldn't tell right from wrong

As a result, I'll lose my life

Brother, there is no cure for regret in the world

A lout like me feel regret sometimes

Let alone a great man like you

Bro

If you go to Mount Liang again, I'll follow

My brother

can you teach me how to stay away from regret?

Chief Chao

Chief Chao

Why are you flustered, Counselor?

I'm afraid I made some mistakes that put Song Jiang in danger

What do you mean?

Yesterday, we shouldn't have

used the seal on the letter, and the salutation was wrong

It's my fault. I was too careless

Ask someone to get Warden Dai back

Wait

Dai Zong can travel 400 km a day. We can't make it

Damn it! What should we do?

Quiet, quiet!

Tell me, how can I save my brother Song Jiang?

I racked my brains and found only one way out

Tell us, Counselor!

Hurry up

All brothers leave the mountain?

To save him at the execution ground in Jiangzhou

Yes! Good idea!

-Let's do it -Do it!

That Jiangzhou is extremely heavily guarded

We can't beat them even with all of us

I'm afraid we can't save Song Jiang

and we will get caught in Jiangzhou

We should go even if it costs our lives

Yes

We can't do it recklessly. Maybe they've known we would do this

If we fail to save Song Jiang and get caught as a whole

our lives will be wasted

Once they find out, Jiangzhou will have more guards

You're worried too much!

We can't stay here doing nothing!

I'm not afraid of death

But this matter involves all of us. We can't afford to be rash

I'm in Mount Liang because I cherish our brotherhood

Remember this, no matter what happens

our brotherhood always outweighs our lives

Song Jiang is in this situation

because he wanted to save us

Even if we have to bleed and die in Jiangzhou

we must take action to save him

He's right

Follow our leader, brothers. We're ready to die!

Ready to die!

Sir

your father wants to execute the rebel here, right?

You're wrong this time

He wants me to send the prisoner to the Capital

Sir, if you execute him here

and give the rebellion poem to the emperor

he will be happy and praise you

for your great contribution to our country

If you send the rebel to the Capital

they may find problems in it

and thought of him as only a drunk lunatic

Sir

you can't let him embarrass you

Your father is the prime minister

He must know what's in this

You think too much

My father wrote it here. It can't be wrong

Sir, may I…

It's a family letter, but you're not one of my family

Your father's handwriting is very famous

I admire him for long but have never seen his work

Would you please allow me to appreciate it, sir?

Alright

Sir

the letter is fake

Do you think I can't recognize my father's handwriting?

Sir, please allow me to ask

When your father wrote letters to you

did he use this seal once?

He doesn't use the seal on a family letter

But the handwriting…

It is definitely written by my father

Copybooks of Cai's calligraphy are ubiquitous

If one works hard enough, he can easily imitate it

So what do you mean?

Dai Zong must have contacted those villains

They made a letter to save Song Jiang on his way to the Capital

Ask Dai Zong here

Chief Chao, boats are ready

Please board, brother

This boat is for you, brother

Lin Chong

you stay here to guard our fort

If we're able to go back alive…

Please don't say this, brother

Our fort means life to me

You'll definitely return in victory, brother

Get on

You worked hard in sending my letter

I forgot to give you reward

Thanks

But it's my duty, so I don't deserve any reward

By the way, I have some questions

Who did you hand the letter to?

Who gave you the letter in reply?

I didn't meet the prime minister, so I gave it to the housekeeper

Housekeeper?

Yes

What did the housekeeper look like?

He's a fat man with a red face

Liar!

Dai Zong has returned from Mount Liang

They've got a plan. Please bear this for a few more days, brother

Get out! Go now!

I'm here to send some food and never bother you

Our Lord gave an order

No one can get close to Song Jiang now

Go

Take care, brother

Brother

Leave here

Brother

I, Dai Zong…

Hurry up

Go quickly