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Episode 01
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Three Kingdoms
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In the final years of the Eastern Han dynasty,
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the Yellow Turban Rebellion had commenced
for eight months before it was quelled.
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However, old habits die hard,
and the Han Empire did not prosper again.
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In A.D. 189 the fourteen-year-old Emperor Shao of Han,
Liu Bian, succeeded the throne.
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His power-wielding maternal relative, Commander-in-Chief He Jin,
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in order to exterminate the power of palace eunuchs.
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adopted Yuan Shao's idea
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and secretly ordered Dong Zhuo to
lead his army towards the capital.
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The era of the Three Kingdoms, a period of over
100 years that was full of battles and chaos,
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thus began.
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In A.D. 189, Dong Zhuo deposed Emperor Shao, Liu Bian,
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and appointed Prince Chenliu, Liu Xie,
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to succeed the throne as Emperor Xian.
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Dong Zhuo was appointed the Chancellor,
wielding the entire power of the court.
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provoking the wrath of heaven and men alike,
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thereupon igniting the indignation of the whole country.
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His Majesty has decreed
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that all officials are to send off Chancellor Dong!
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We respectfully send off Chancellor Dong.
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End of session!
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Court dismissed!
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My Lord, today is Minister of the Interior
Lord Wang Yun's birthday.
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Lord Wang has prepared a banquet in his house.
He has invited you.
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Has he invited Dong Zhuo yet?
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I see. Tell him that I will attend the banquet.
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I definitely will.
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Young eunuch.
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Lord Cao.
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I've waited for you for half a day.
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and you still have no message for me?
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You whispered to everyone earlier.
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But why did you not tell me anything?
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Are you looking down on me. Cao Cao?
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Lord Imperial Tutor, you should be able to tell.
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The invitees of Minister Wang's birthday banquet
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are all veteran officials of the late Emperor.
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Naturally!
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I think the purpose of Minister Wang's banquet...
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Lord Yuan!
I think the purpose of Minister Wang's banquet...
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Lord Yuan!
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Cao Mengde!
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We take our leave.
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Please do.
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Goodbye.
Please do.
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Aren't we all colleagues of the same court?
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Yet, some brothers are ashamed to have me in their company.
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Mengde, you indeed have a keen insight.
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If Imperial Tutor does not mind my company,
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may I walk with you a little?
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As you wish.
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Please.
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Imperial Tutor Yuan,
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is it Minister Wang's birthday today?
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Not only do you have a keen insight,
but you have good hearing as well.
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Why do you think those eunuchs.
who were passing the message for Minister Wang,
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invited all of you but left me out?
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You must know that I respect you veteran officials
of the late emperor the most,
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especially Minister Wang.
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Before I answer you.
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I have something to ask you.
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Please ask.
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Just like what you've said. Minister Wang invited everyone.
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But why didn't he invite you, Cao Mengde?
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Good question.
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If you think it's a good question; please enlighten me.
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I think it's because the invitees are all from noble backgrounds
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and are respected by the emperor.
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Yet I, Cao Cao, in everyone's eyes.
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am merely from the filthy family of a eunuch.
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How can such a lowly person keep company with you nobles?
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It is quite incredible that you are able to say it that way.
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Yet, there are other reasons.
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Lord Yuan, do you really want me to spell everything out?
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It was you who wanted to walk with me.
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Is there any meaning if we walk together.
but our paths are different?
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All right.
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Then I will say it.
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The invitees are all veteran officials of the late emperor.
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and also are part of the Emperor's trusted clique
headed by Wang Yun.
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But in your eyes, I, Cao Cao; am but a man of lowly conduct,
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a willing lackey, who bows down to a villain.
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Why did you stop talking?
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Why don't you go on?
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Why are you of lowly conduct?
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How did you bow down?
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To whom are you a lackey?
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Which villain are you working for?
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The National Villain Dong Zhuo!
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Y-y-you... Be quiet.
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What is it, Lord Yuan?
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Isn't this "national villain'' treated with contempt
by old ministers like you,
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and he constantly makes you worried?
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Why don't you dare to say it out loud,
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in broad daylight in the capital palace?
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Don't you all consider the "Hall of Golden Chimes" a holy ground?
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What a flock of sanctimonious ministers!
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All kept silent out of fear, all terror-stricken!
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This really opens my eyes to,what is seniority and subordination.
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letting me to see another concept of
the difference between the two.
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Just a mere sneeze
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can reduce the so-called morally upright to cowards!
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You! You! You!
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My Lord, you're here.
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Please! Please!
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Please!
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Great. Please!
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Please! Please walk carefully.
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My Lord, please!
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Congratulations on your sixtieth birthday, Lord Wang.
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Thank you. Thank you. Please! Please!
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Please! Please! Sure, sure.
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Are all the invitees here?
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Master,
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all of the invited are already here. No one is absent.
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Good.
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Close the gate and extinguish the lanterns.
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Stop the music.
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Do not alarm patrolling lackeys.
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Yes, Sir!
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Congratulations, Lord Wang, on your sixtieth birthday!
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iGentlemen, please!
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Please!
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Great wine! Great wine!
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Come! Come!
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Open the door and welcome a guest!
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Please! Please!
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Master.
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A man who calls himself the Cavalry Commander, Cao Cao,
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came uninvited and insists on congratulating you.
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Cao Cao?
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Cao Ahman is acting so rudely.
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Almost completely shameless!
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/ Once Dong Zhuo entered the capital,
Cao Cao allied himself with the villain,
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obsequiously and shamelessly currying for favor.
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He's a complete embarrassment to all the officials!
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That's right! He used to pay respect every day
when he first started, but now?
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He presents himself twice a day, following him everywhere.
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He's indeed the Chancellors lackey.
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I think this man is almost like Dong Zhuo's adopted son.
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Lord Minister,
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Cao Cao must have come here to eavesdrop
and get news for Dong Zhuo.
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Yes, My Lord! Please drive him away.
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Just chase him away.
Drive him away.
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That's right!
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Not necessarily.
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In my opinion.
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Cao Cao doesn't appear to be Dong Zhuo's lackey.
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At least, he'd be unwilling to live his life like that.
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Cao Cao has always been ambitious.
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He may appear obsequious, but secretly,
he conceals his ambition.
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He may be acting as a trusted aide.
yet in his heart he may harbor other intentions.
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That's right. What you said is right. My Lord.
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That's right! That's right!
That's right. What you said is right. My Lord.
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To come back to the topic,
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he clearly said that he's here to congratulate me.
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How could I chase away a congratulatory guest?
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Housekeeper.
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Yes.
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Add one more seat next to the door,
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place one small table there and add a set of goblets.
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Allow Cao Cao to join the banquet.
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Yes.
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Lord Cao.
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Lord Minister has invited you to the banquet.
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Show me the way.
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Please. Lord Cao, please.
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I, Cao Cao,
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congratulate you, Lord Wang, on your sixtieth birthday.
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Thank you.
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Please be seated.
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Cao Cao really doesn't know his place. Why is he here?
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I thank you for the seat!
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Gentlemen, please!
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Please! Please!
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Please!
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Good wine! Good wine!
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Gentlemen,
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today is not my birthday.
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On the contrary,
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this will be my death day.
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I invited all of you to my humble abode,
using my birthday as an excuse,
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because I want to tell you that.
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our great Han dynasty of 400 years
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is coming to its end.
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The Empire has deteriorated, its days no longer shine,
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the ancestral shrine is destroyed, and evil rules the nation.
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The emperor is humiliated, and his officials bear the shame.
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Inside,the villain Dong Zhuo runs amok in the court.
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Outside, ambitious hegemons play bully.
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Alas! Our society is deteriorating.
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I'm deeply in grief.
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Moreover, Dong Zhuo barges into the palace every night,
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sleeping on the emperor's bed
and raping ladies of the palace as he pleases.
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He's no better than a beast.
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Cao Cao, why are you laughing?
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I am laughing because
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all the men here are acting like women.
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What? This...
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Even if you weep from dusk to dawn.
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will the villain Dong Zhuo die because of all this crying?
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What talent do you have? How dare you speak so frivolously!
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I'm untalented, but
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in a snap, I can hang the head of Dong Zhuo
on the gates of the Palace of Longlasting Joy!
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So arrogant! Extremely arrogant!
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Men!
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Drag this audacious Cao Ahman out of this hall and this house!
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Get out!
Get up!
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Go! Go!
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Wait! Wait! Lord Minister, please listen to my words!
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Speak up!
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Though you're a stubborn old fogey,
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your wine here is not bad.
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How could such a stubborn man like you
be worthy of such great wine?
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Pity. What a pity!
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Drag him out!
Pity. What a pity!
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Get out! Drag him out!
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What a pity! It's good wine!
Get out! Drag him out!
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Get out!
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Scram quickly! Scram!
Scram!
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Cowards! Cowards!
Cowards...
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General Cao! General Cao!
Please stay!
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General Cao?
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What a sudden change in the blink of an eye.
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How did Cao Ahman become General Cao again?
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The inconsistent human nature can change in a flash.
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Servant, what do you want to say to me?
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General Cao, My Lord ordered me to apologize deeply to you.
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He said there were lots of people in the banquet.
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It was unwise to talk about taking Dong Zhuo's head then.
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So, he pretended to be angry and chased you away.
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This was to save your life as well.
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Please wait in the study.
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Once the guests have dispersed.
My Lord will apologize personally to you.
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This is more like Lord Wang Yun.
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All right. Ill wait in the study then,
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but bring me two jars of the banquet wine.
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Don't let me sit thirsty.
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Sure. Sure.
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Brother Mengde.
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Brother Mengde, you've waited long.
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I feel very bad.
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Let me apologize to you again as an expression of my regret.
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Lord Minister, you're being too modest.
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May I ask if/the other ministers have gone?
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They just left.
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There were a lot of people in the banquet.
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It was not convenient for me to talk at great length.
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May I ask, Brother Mengde,
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do you have a plan to eliminate the villain?
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Of course.
do you have a plan to eliminate the villain?
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Please!
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I, Cao Cao,
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am not one who will betray my master for wealth.
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Nor am I someone who makes empty promises.
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In the banquet,
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the ministers actually misunderstood me.
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I bow down to the villain in order to kill him.
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How can you kill him?
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My Lord.
How can you kill him?
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I've obtained the complete trust of the villain, Dong Zhuo.
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Although his mansion's security is tight and
always guarded by many soldiers,
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I can gain access to the inner hall even without being announced.
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But Dong Zhuo always wears an armor under his garment.
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Ordinary weapons cannot harm him.
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I wonder if you still remember the event from last spring.
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when Wu Fu stabbed Dong Zhuo with a sharp blade.
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Because he could not pierce through the armor.
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his effort fell short and his family was exterminated.
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So, Brother Mengde, you mean...
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I heard that in your house,
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you have a heirloom, the Seven Star Dagger.
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It can cut gold and jade and is extremely sharp. Correct?
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If you can lend me this dagger,
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I'm willing to conceal it and enter the Chancellor's mansion.
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I'll get close to Dong Zhuo's side.
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Once I have the chance,
Ill slaughter him like I'm slaughtering a pig.
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With him dead,
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the Xiliang troops will be without a leader and will surely disband.
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Then, great things can be settled with a snap of the fingers.
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Assassination attempt at the Chancellor's house?
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That means.
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Brother Mengde, you won't be able to return alive, either?
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How can a warrior who wishes to rid his country of evil
be concerned about his own life?
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If I can hang Dong Zhuo's head on the city gate,
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my name will be etched in history.
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If I can't,
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the head hanging on the city gate will probably be mine instead.
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Even so, I will still do it willingly.
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Cao Mengde, General Cao.
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If you really can eliminate that villain,
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it'll definitely be an extremely meritorious deed
that will be remembered through the ages.
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The fate of the 400-year-old Han dynasty
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now rests in your hands. Brother Mengde.
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I'll go and take the dagger then.
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Wait.
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Brother Mengde,
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you think that's the Seven Star Dagger?
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Its not?
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Please wait.
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The number one dagger looks so simple and unadorned.
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The worth of valuable treasures in the world
is usually not in their looks.
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In three days,
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I'll make it be remembered in history and covered in blood.
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The Han Dynasty of 400 years is depending on you. General Cao.
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The Cavalry Commander is here to pay respects to the Chancellor.
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My Lord, please!
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You're not planning to search my body for weapons?
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That's for outsiders.
For you, we don't need to adhere to the rules.
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My Lord, please!
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Lord Chancellor, apologies. I am late.
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Mengde is here.
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Good. Good.
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Come. Come.
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Mengde, I'd like to introduce you.
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This is my adopted son, Lü Bu, styled Fengxian.
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He just led his troops from Xiliang to the capital.
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Your famous name has long been known to me.
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People say, amongst men, Lu Bu, and amongst steeds, the Red Hare.
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Moreover, you wield the Trident Halberd.
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Indeed, you are extraordinary, second to none.
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Fengxian, you heard that?
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Cao Mengde's way with words should be
called "second to none" instead.
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Mengde, you over-praise me.
I don't deserve it.
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Mengde, why did you just come?
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I've waited for you for half a day.
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My steed is very frail and weak.
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So, I'm late.
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I apologize.
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Aren't you the Cavalry Commander?
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Why don't you have a good horse?
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Your Excellency may not be aware that
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there was a drought at the start of this spring.
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There's a shortage of rice in the capital for the people
and horses have no feed.
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My steed is almost dying of hunger.
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That's not right. Not right.
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Anyone can starve, except for the steed
belonging to you, Cao Mengde.
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I've received several Ferghana steeds from Xiliang.
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Fengxian,
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go and personally choose a good horse for Mengde.
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Yes, Sir!
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Thank you, General.
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Thank you. Your Excellency.
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Mengde.
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Come. Come.
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Let's have a talk.
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Mengde, let me ask you.
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Do*you know Yuan Shao, Yuan Benchu, well?
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Yuan Benchu and I have known each other since we were young.
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But we're of different social strata.
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That bastard Yuan Shao!
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I should've destroyed him once I got into the capital.
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At the time, I had qualms about his great fame.
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So I was soft-hearted and let that brat escape from the capital.
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I wouldn't have expected, but
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now he has gathered 18 lords to rise up against me!
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Your Excellency, please don't be alarmed.
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Yuan Shao has empty reputation, and no real talent.
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Also, the 18 lords are not on par with the Xiliang troops.
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You just need to send General Lü Bu
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with 30,000 cavalry, and you'll surely have a great victory.
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Of course. Of course!
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Other than Lu Fengxian, I also have Generals Li Jue and Guo Si.
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(They1 re also brave and peerless generals.
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They'll slaughter the 18 lords like they're slaughtering pigs.
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I think,
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the most important thing is you, Your Excellency.
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You've led the army like Han Xin
and governed the kingdom like Xiao He.
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In the entire 400-year history of our Great Han,
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no one has been like you, Your Excellency,
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who has such all-encompassing skills.
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Cao Mengde, Cao Mengde.
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Listening to you really makes me happy.
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Mengde,
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I want to ask you one more thing.
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Please do.
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I know:that the ministers are ostensibly respectful of me,
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yet in their hearts they hate me.
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They hate me so much they want to hang my head on the city gate.
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You're quite well acquainted with these ministers.
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Let me ask you.
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After news came in of Yuan Shao mustering the army,
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did those people behave strangely?
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There were no big movements.
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It was Minister Wang's sixtieth birthday the night before last.
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The ministers were invited to the banquet.
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I went uninvited.
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I wanted to scout for news on your behalf.
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00:30:06,900 --> 00:30:09,290
But I didn't expect to be driven away.
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00:30:13,030 --> 00:30:15,960
Those folks are good-for-nothings!
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They grow fat and lazy on their prince's bread, but
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other than cursing me in their hearts, they have no other abilities!
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I hate them so much that I'd like to behead them
and make a broth with their flesh.
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No, Your Excellency.
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In general, those of high honor are mostly sour people.
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Sour? Sour indeed.
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00:30:43,930 --> 00:30:48,430
The thought of it makes my teeth ache.
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00:30:59,660 --> 00:31:03,190
This blasted place, Luoyang, is much hotter than Xiliang.
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00:31:04,360 --> 00:31:06,930
Look, look. Summer has not yet arrived,
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00:31:07,530 --> 00:31:09,130
and it's already so hot.
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Mengde.
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I'm going to lie down in my room for a while.
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Be careful. Your Excellency.
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Your Excellency.
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Your Excellency?
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Mengde, what are you doing?
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00:32:53,500 --> 00:32:55,190
Report, Your Excellency.
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00:32:55,800 --> 00:32:59,360
I've recently obtained a very valuable treasure.
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The Seven Star Dagger.
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00:33:01,660 --> 00:33:06,290
I was thinking, I am not worthy of using such a valuable treasure.
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00:33:07,430 --> 00:33:10,730
I know that you are very fond of weapons.
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00:33:10,830 --> 00:33:11,530
Yes!
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I would like to present it to you, Your Excellency.
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Bring it to me and let me have a look.
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00:33:22,360 --> 00:33:24,430
This is just a common dagger, right?
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Extremely ordinary.
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00:33:26,400 --> 00:33:28,660
How could you say it's very valuable?
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May I use it for a moment?
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00:34:07,560 --> 00:34:11,030
Heavens! That there's such a formidable dagger in this world!
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00:34:12,260 --> 00:34:16,030
Excellent! It's really excellent!
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00:34:17,730 --> 00:34:19,860
Who's worthy to use such a valuable treasure?
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Only wise and illustrious rulers like you.
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00:34:22,530 --> 00:34:24,860
Your Excellency, are worthy of this treasure.
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Mengde,
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you're really loyal to me.
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I shall thank you.
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I only hate myself for not being able to repay you for your kindness.
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Mengde!
430
00:35:23,660 --> 00:35:25,760
General Lu, what's the matter?
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00:35:25,930 --> 00:35:28,260
Mengde, perhaps you've forgotten.
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00:35:28,360 --> 00:35:30,830
His Excellency wanted me to give you a steed.
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00:35:32,300 --> 00:35:35,460
What do you think of this horse?
I personally chose this one for you,
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a Ferghana horse from Xiliang.
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00:35:37,600 --> 00:35:39,390
It can run 800 miles a day.
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00:35:40,600 --> 00:35:43,860
Such a fine steed!
Won't it be wasted on me?
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You're too/modest.
A valuable steed is worthy of a hero, right?
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Can I try it?
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00:35:52,030 --> 00:35:52,860
Please.
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Brother Mengde,
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this horse is stubborn.
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00:36:10,960 --> 00:36:15,260
If you want it to obey you, you'll need to have the might of a hero.
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00:36:15,400 --> 00:36:17,530
Why don't you try shouting at it?
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Father.
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Fengxian.
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00:36:43,860 --> 00:36:45,460
Have you seen Cao Cao?
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00:36:46,260 --> 00:36:47,990
I just met him outside the mansion.
448
00:36:48,130 --> 00:36:51,060
I followed your order to give him a fine steed.
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00:36:51,560 --> 00:36:55,160
He anxiously tried to ride the horse, galloping around non-stop.
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00:36:56,600 --> 00:36:57,530
Fengxian,
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00:36:58,160 --> 00:37:01,630
Cao Cao just gave me a precious dagger.
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00:37:02,030 --> 00:37:02,790
Look.
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00:37:04,200 --> 00:37:06,960
This thing is indeed an extremely valuable treasure.
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00:37:07,060 --> 00:37:08,360
It can cut through iron like mud!
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Just now, with just one cut.
Do you see that?
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This copper mirror is split in two.
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00:37:13,630 --> 00:37:15,730
This dagger is a peerless item.
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00:37:16,060 --> 00:37:17,060
A peerless item.
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00:37:17,200 --> 00:37:20,060
Father, may I take a look at the dagger?
460
00:37:29,630 --> 00:37:32,630
A precious dagger. A precious dagger!
461
00:37:32,830 --> 00:37:36,160
Cao Cao said it was called the Seven Star Dagger.
462
00:37:38,800 --> 00:37:40,260
The Seven Star Dagger?
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00:37:41,930 --> 00:37:46,330
Father, I heard the Minister of Interior, Wang Yun,
also has a Seven Star Dagger
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that has been handed down the generations.
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00:37:49,260 --> 00:37:50,930
Could it be this dagger?
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00:37:51,460 --> 00:37:52,330
Wang Yun?
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00:37:55,100 --> 00:38:01,030
Cao Cao just said that he went to offer
his wishes on Wang Yun's birthday,
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but he was driven out by Wang Yun.
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00:38:04,060 --> 00:38:07,160
In that case, why would he give him his heirloom?
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00:38:14,830 --> 00:38:17,560
Oh no!
Cao Cao was here to assassinate me!
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00:38:19,130 --> 00:38:21,260
Father, please don't be too suspicious.
472
00:38:21,400 --> 00:38:25,790
Too suspicious?
In these days, being too suspicious saves my life.
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00:38:26,400 --> 00:38:29,190
Once an assassin draws near, I can just smell him out.
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00:38:30,230 --> 00:38:32,130
Now that I think about it,
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00:38:32,260 --> 00:38:34,460
Cao Cao was panicky just now.
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00:38:34,560 --> 00:38:37,490
When he offered the sword, his hands trembled a little.
477
00:38:38,160 --> 00:38:41,760
Also, if he were sincere in giving the dagger to me,
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00:38:41,860 --> 00:38:45,560
why didn't he give it to me earlier, when we first met?
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00:38:45,660 --> 00:38:49,760
Why did he need to wait until I fell asleep to give it to me?
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00:38:49,860 --> 00:38:54,090
If this copper mirror hadn't reflected the flash and woken me up.
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00:38:54,230 --> 00:38:57,890
this dagger perhaps would've been plunged into my back.
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00:38:58,000 --> 00:39:00,460
Cao Cao acted under pretense because I woke up.
483
00:39:00,560 --> 00:39:03,030
So, he pretended to give me this dagger.
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00:39:04,260 --> 00:39:04,930
Men!
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00:39:08,660 --> 00:39:09,890
Your Excellency!
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00:39:10,430 --> 00:39:12,090
Summon Cao Cao to see me immediately!
487
00:39:12,230 --> 00:39:12,930
Yes!
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00:39:20,460 --> 00:39:22,630
Who is that? Dismount for the check immediately!.
489
00:39:22,760 --> 00:39:24,360
I am Cavalry Commander Cao Cao.
490
00:39:24,500 --> 00:39:27,090
His Excellency gave me an urgent order. Step aside!
491
00:39:27,230 --> 00:39:29,590
Take the token out and let me see it!
492
00:39:29,730 --> 00:39:33,060
Time is running out. If you delay His Excellency's order,
don't you fear losing your head?!
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00:39:33,200 --> 00:39:34,130
Get lost!
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00:39:41,200 --> 00:39:41,990
Report!
495
00:39:45,260 --> 00:39:46,290
Report, Your Excellency.
496
00:39:46,430 --> 00:39:48,990
Just now, a messenger under your urgent order
exited through the east gate.
497
00:39:49,130 --> 00:39:51,990
I would like to clarify whether you indeed sent this messenger.
498
00:39:52,100 --> 00:39:53,160
Who is the bastard?
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00:39:53,300 --> 00:39:55,060
He called himself Cavalry Commander Cao Cao.
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00:39:55,100 --> 00:39:57,430
He is an assassin! A villain!
501
00:39:57,530 --> 00:40:00,030
Cao Cao came to assassinate me!
502
00:40:01,160 --> 00:40:04,490
Immediately order 5,000 armed men to apprehend Cao Cao!
503
00:40:05,000 --> 00:40:05,690
Yes!
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00:40:16,530 --> 00:40:19,190
Father, I'm waiting for your order.
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00:40:19,960 --> 00:40:22,860
Let me lead the heavy cavalry to capture Cao Cao.
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00:40:23,960 --> 00:40:24,930
Fengxian.
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00:40:25,660 --> 00:40:28,360
You really like this Seven Star Dagger, right?
508
00:40:30,630 --> 00:40:31,790
I wouldn't dare to.
509
00:40:31,900 --> 00:40:35,030
I'm just asking you if you like it, not if you dare!
510
00:40:35,130 --> 00:40:37,490
Tell me honestly, do you like it or not?
511
00:40:39,200 --> 00:40:41,090
I do.
512
00:40:41,100 --> 00:40:42,360
It shall be yours, then.
I do.
513
00:40:42,500 --> 00:40:44,830
But I have one request.
514
00:40:45,230 --> 00:40:49,460
You must personally use this dagger to sever Cao Cao's head!
515
00:40:52,160 --> 00:40:53,030
Yes, Sir!
516
00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,000
517
00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,000
518
00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,000
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