1 00:01:36,800 --> 00:01:39,960 [Episode 27] 2 00:01:41,800 --> 00:01:45,065 Aren't you done writing? 3 00:01:45,720 --> 00:01:47,560 Your name... 4 00:01:47,560 --> 00:01:50,577 I'll just add it for you. 5 00:01:55,240 --> 00:01:56,952 Let go! 6 00:01:58,753 --> 00:02:01,960 Since we are both members of the Jin family, 7 00:02:01,960 --> 00:02:05,321 I have prepared Xiaoyao Powder for you. 8 00:02:05,321 --> 00:02:08,127 You can pass away peacefully. 9 00:02:08,714 --> 00:02:11,877 You won't suffer like the Huo girl did. 10 00:02:12,721 --> 00:02:15,400 You killed Miss Huo. 11 00:02:15,400 --> 00:02:21,000 Both of you are dying because you meddled in things you shouldn't have. 12 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:23,920 Remember, if there is a next life, 13 00:02:23,920 --> 00:02:26,827 just mind your own business. 14 00:02:32,559 --> 00:02:34,327 Let go of me! 15 00:02:39,439 --> 00:02:41,990 It seems I'm destined... 16 00:02:43,320 --> 00:02:45,390 to be branded a murderer. 17 00:02:50,559 --> 00:02:53,079 Can you wait two days before killing me? 18 00:02:54,079 --> 00:02:55,960 What tricks are you trying to play? 19 00:02:55,960 --> 00:02:57,360 In two days, 20 00:02:57,360 --> 00:02:59,515 it will be the Suwen Assembly. 21 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:02,159 I can help you win. 22 00:03:02,159 --> 00:03:04,319 Take the position of Jin Chief. 23 00:03:04,319 --> 00:03:06,000 I only have one condition. 24 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:07,270 Take in my younger brother. 25 00:03:07,270 --> 00:03:08,760 Let him in. 26 00:03:08,760 --> 00:03:10,990 Raise him in Fourth Uncle's house. 27 00:03:12,799 --> 00:03:14,320 Help me win? 28 00:03:14,320 --> 00:03:18,079 You don't mean by using that prescription you wrote? 29 00:03:18,079 --> 00:03:19,360 The clerk is right here. 30 00:03:19,360 --> 00:03:23,440 Don't you realize that prescription is already in my hands? 31 00:03:24,209 --> 00:03:26,869 To be honest, 32 00:03:26,869 --> 00:03:28,964 your prescription is indeed excellent. 33 00:03:29,679 --> 00:03:32,440 If you were to stay alive, 34 00:03:32,440 --> 00:03:35,120 it would be very hard to surpass you. 35 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:08,002 Please. 36 00:04:09,240 --> 00:04:11,320 Give him a stable life. 37 00:04:11,320 --> 00:04:13,093 Even if... 38 00:04:13,720 --> 00:04:16,565 let him join your lineage. 39 00:04:17,200 --> 00:04:19,960 Let him call you brother. 40 00:04:19,960 --> 00:04:21,677 Please. 41 00:04:23,040 --> 00:04:24,761 I'm begging you. 42 00:04:24,761 --> 00:04:26,727 Call me Brother? 43 00:04:34,400 --> 00:04:35,960 I'm not that fortunate. 44 00:04:35,960 --> 00:04:38,627 Asking your brother to call me brother? 45 00:04:42,240 --> 00:04:45,000 I will never let your brother set foot in the Jin house. 46 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:50,880 He will live with the stigma of being a killer's brother forever. 47 00:05:02,520 --> 00:05:05,960 Couldn't you just pretend to agree? 48 00:05:07,560 --> 00:05:10,960 Even if it was a lie, 49 00:05:10,960 --> 00:05:13,800 so he could die in peace? 50 00:05:13,800 --> 00:05:15,415 I did have regrets. 51 00:05:16,240 --> 00:05:18,400 I regret being too hasty 52 00:05:18,400 --> 00:05:20,360 and not letting him finish speaking. 53 00:05:20,360 --> 00:05:21,488 If I had heard him out, 54 00:05:21,488 --> 00:05:24,505 I would have obtained the Day-Long Cocoon. Wouldn't my position as the Jin Chief 55 00:05:24,505 --> 00:05:26,118 have been much more secure? 56 00:05:26,118 --> 00:05:28,425 Even now, 57 00:05:29,480 --> 00:05:32,721 all you care about is yourself. 58 00:05:32,721 --> 00:05:36,322 You have lived for 15 years with the glory that belonged to my brother. 59 00:05:36,322 --> 00:05:40,387 You stole everything from him. You killed those who could have been saved! 60 00:05:41,320 --> 00:05:42,600 Even now, 61 00:05:42,600 --> 00:05:45,241 do you not feel a shred of remorse? 62 00:05:45,241 --> 00:05:47,480 I do. 63 00:05:47,480 --> 00:05:50,880 I regret that I wasn't ruthless enough to send someone to end your life. 64 00:05:50,880 --> 00:05:54,587 I let you return to take revenge on me and on our Jin family. 65 00:05:55,680 --> 00:05:58,281 I regret leaving knife marks on that Huo girl, 66 00:05:58,281 --> 00:06:01,400 which gave Qiu Han leverage over me. 67 00:06:02,360 --> 00:06:05,480 Do you think being the Jin Chief is an easy task? 68 00:06:05,480 --> 00:06:07,281 It's been 15 years. 69 00:06:07,281 --> 00:06:09,662 I've long had enough. 70 00:06:09,662 --> 00:06:11,640 Qiu Han used that prescription to trade for the murder weapon, 71 00:06:11,640 --> 00:06:15,420 and used it to blackmail me into concocting Yemotian. 72 00:06:15,420 --> 00:06:16,721 All these years, 73 00:06:16,721 --> 00:06:19,680 I have been nothing more than a dog he keeps by his side. 74 00:06:19,680 --> 00:06:22,040 You chose this path yourself. 75 00:06:22,040 --> 00:06:24,360 You brought this upon yourself. 76 00:06:24,360 --> 00:06:26,449 Brought it upon myself? 77 00:06:34,360 --> 00:06:36,400 You're right. 78 00:06:36,400 --> 00:06:38,440 I brought this upon myself. 79 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:45,320 The position of the Jin Chief was my own choice. 80 00:06:45,320 --> 00:06:47,000 Therefore, 81 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:49,040 I had no choice but to obey him. 82 00:06:49,040 --> 00:06:52,920 I couldn't let what happened back then be revealed at all. 83 00:06:52,920 --> 00:06:55,201 To keep the water from overflowing, 84 00:06:55,201 --> 00:06:58,320 the dam must be built higher and higher. 85 00:06:58,320 --> 00:07:01,280 Even if it might burst one day, 86 00:07:01,280 --> 00:07:04,910 I had to keep going. 87 00:07:12,960 --> 00:07:14,791 San Lang. 88 00:07:17,781 --> 00:07:18,840 You wicked creature! 89 00:07:18,840 --> 00:07:19,873 Bai. 90 00:07:19,873 --> 00:07:22,240 I can't believe you've done so many heinous things. 91 00:07:22,240 --> 00:07:25,402 How could the Jin family have a beast like you? 92 00:07:26,160 --> 00:07:27,401 Impossible. 93 00:07:27,401 --> 00:07:28,560 I checked your pulse. 94 00:07:28,560 --> 00:07:30,920 You were clearly on the verge of death! 95 00:07:30,920 --> 00:07:33,000 I may be a failure as a physician, 96 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:36,401 but I know which major acupoints to seal in the body, 97 00:07:36,401 --> 00:07:40,897 one can fake severed heart vessels and signs of being in critical condition. 98 00:07:44,520 --> 00:07:46,481 Lord Zhan. Miss Huo. 99 00:07:46,481 --> 00:07:47,647 Rest assured. 100 00:07:47,647 --> 00:07:49,732 The Jin family will not tolerate evil. 101 00:07:49,732 --> 00:07:51,200 We will publicly announce his crimes 102 00:07:51,200 --> 00:07:52,801 to the entire clan, 103 00:07:52,801 --> 00:07:54,480 and hand him over to the authorities. 104 00:07:54,480 --> 00:07:56,262 Guards! 105 00:07:58,120 --> 00:07:59,912 Take him away. 106 00:08:03,320 --> 00:08:05,197 Zhan Zhao. 107 00:08:05,197 --> 00:08:07,720 Are you truly not afraid of death? 108 00:08:07,720 --> 00:08:09,680 What do you mean by that? 109 00:08:11,320 --> 00:08:13,685 He's just making a deathbed struggle. 110 00:08:14,921 --> 00:08:16,281 Bai Yu Tang. 111 00:08:16,281 --> 00:08:17,801 Huo Ling Long. 112 00:08:17,801 --> 00:08:20,280 If you want to reopen the case, 113 00:08:20,280 --> 00:08:22,281 Zhan Zhao will surely die. 114 00:08:22,281 --> 00:08:26,080 I'd like to see if you two will still reopen this case or not. 115 00:08:27,080 --> 00:08:28,880 Make yourself clear! 116 00:08:28,880 --> 00:08:30,949 Bai. 117 00:08:34,833 --> 00:08:35,840 Lord Zhan. 118 00:08:35,840 --> 00:08:38,185 Little Seventeen's wounds must be treated at once. 119 00:08:38,185 --> 00:08:41,640 Could you leave this wretch under the Jin family's custody for now? 120 00:08:41,640 --> 00:08:43,235 Okay. 121 00:08:57,080 --> 00:08:58,847 How is Bai? 122 00:08:59,520 --> 00:09:00,841 He has lost too much blood. 123 00:09:00,841 --> 00:09:03,200 After his acupoints were sealed, he forced his inner energy, 124 00:09:03,200 --> 00:09:04,838 and coupled with his emotional turmoil, 125 00:09:04,838 --> 00:09:06,640 his meridians have been severely disrupted. 126 00:09:06,640 --> 00:09:10,320 Fortunately, Zhan used his inner force to help stabilize him. 127 00:09:10,320 --> 00:09:11,543 Now, 128 00:09:11,543 --> 00:09:13,878 he just needs proper rest. 129 00:09:14,440 --> 00:09:16,120 Tang Sect has many matters to attend to. 130 00:09:16,120 --> 00:09:18,410 I shall take my leave now. 131 00:09:25,880 --> 00:09:26,920 Zhan. 132 00:09:26,920 --> 00:09:30,600 What did Jin Zhen Ping mean by then? 133 00:09:31,520 --> 00:09:33,880 Before the Suwen Assembly, 134 00:09:33,880 --> 00:09:36,197 Jin Zhen Ping came to see me. 135 00:09:39,760 --> 00:09:42,000 The green marks on your back... 136 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:44,160 They have reappeared, haven't they? 137 00:09:45,161 --> 00:09:47,161 You were poisoned by Yemotian, 138 00:09:47,161 --> 00:09:49,510 yet you remain unharmed. 139 00:09:50,200 --> 00:09:52,320 Do you know why? 140 00:09:52,320 --> 00:09:54,080 You still contains the residual poison, 141 00:09:54,080 --> 00:09:56,985 Old Souls at First Glance. 142 00:09:57,755 --> 00:09:59,401 That poison is extremely potent 143 00:09:59,401 --> 00:10:01,161 and counteracts Yemotian. 144 00:10:01,161 --> 00:10:03,120 That is why the Yemotian... 145 00:10:03,120 --> 00:10:05,401 was forced out of your system. 146 00:10:05,401 --> 00:10:06,800 Little Seventeen 147 00:10:06,800 --> 00:10:09,240 only knows that Lament Pill, 148 00:10:09,240 --> 00:10:11,840 but he don't realize that in this world, 149 00:10:11,840 --> 00:10:13,960 all things have their matches and counters. 150 00:10:13,960 --> 00:10:15,521 When Lament Pill 151 00:10:15,521 --> 00:10:17,797 encounters Old Souls at First Glance, 152 00:10:18,720 --> 00:10:20,401 it can only suppress it, 153 00:10:20,401 --> 00:10:22,080 not fully neutralize it. 154 00:10:22,080 --> 00:10:23,440 Furthermore, 155 00:10:23,440 --> 00:10:25,560 you exerted your inner energy in the cave. 156 00:10:25,560 --> 00:10:27,927 That caused the residual poison to take effect faster. 157 00:10:27,927 --> 00:10:29,840 That is why the green marks 158 00:10:29,840 --> 00:10:31,313 on your back have reappeared. 159 00:10:31,313 --> 00:10:32,560 And... 160 00:10:32,560 --> 00:10:34,801 it will continue to spread. 161 00:10:34,801 --> 00:10:36,480 In this world today, 162 00:10:36,480 --> 00:10:41,234 I am the only one who knows which residual poisons are left in you. 163 00:10:44,600 --> 00:10:48,281 If you give up on helping Little Seventeen, 164 00:10:48,281 --> 00:10:50,160 perhaps... 165 00:10:50,160 --> 00:10:52,413 I can save your life. 166 00:10:54,680 --> 00:10:56,440 The Suwen Assembly is imminent. 167 00:10:56,440 --> 00:10:58,080 Chief, 168 00:10:58,080 --> 00:11:00,401 you should go back and prepare. 169 00:11:00,401 --> 00:11:02,720 Tomorrow, we will arrive on time. 170 00:11:02,720 --> 00:11:04,881 Bai Yu Tang is no relation to you. 171 00:11:04,881 --> 00:11:07,840 Is it worth risking your life to help him? 172 00:11:07,840 --> 00:11:09,720 Think it through. 173 00:11:09,720 --> 00:11:11,240 Your life... 174 00:11:11,240 --> 00:11:13,729 is in my hands. 175 00:11:17,001 --> 00:11:18,572 If you don't care about your own life, 176 00:11:18,572 --> 00:11:21,610 I will go to Bai Yu Tang and Huo Ling Long! 177 00:11:23,401 --> 00:11:25,560 If you dare approach them, 178 00:11:25,560 --> 00:11:29,161 I will do something that will make you suffer a hundred times more than that trial 179 00:11:29,161 --> 00:11:32,426 at the Suwen Assembly. 180 00:11:32,426 --> 00:11:34,881 You are a man of the law. 181 00:11:34,881 --> 00:11:37,210 You wouldn't dare harm me. 182 00:11:41,240 --> 00:11:43,251 I am a man of the law, 183 00:11:43,921 --> 00:11:46,399 but I am also a dying man. 184 00:11:48,680 --> 00:11:50,572 Whether I dare or not, 185 00:11:50,572 --> 00:11:52,735 you are welcome to try me. 186 00:12:05,160 --> 00:12:08,281 You are risking your life just to overturn the case. 187 00:12:08,281 --> 00:12:09,901 You're also putting your life 188 00:12:09,901 --> 00:12:12,560 on the act. 189 00:12:12,560 --> 00:12:14,281 Even if we all tried to advise you, 190 00:12:14,281 --> 00:12:15,881 we still couldn't change your mind. 191 00:12:15,881 --> 00:12:17,600 I am doing this for my brother. 192 00:12:17,600 --> 00:12:18,921 But why must you? 193 00:12:18,921 --> 00:12:20,281 My Lord. 194 00:12:20,281 --> 00:12:22,200 You hid this from Miss Huo and Bai 195 00:12:22,200 --> 00:12:23,810 to avoid affecting the case. 196 00:12:23,810 --> 00:12:26,432 But why did you hide it from me too? 197 00:12:27,080 --> 00:12:29,240 Ming Zhu Er, 198 00:12:29,240 --> 00:12:30,595 I just didn't want you all to worry. 199 00:12:30,595 --> 00:12:32,401 How can you say that, My Lord? 200 00:12:32,401 --> 00:12:33,641 If we had known, 201 00:12:33,641 --> 00:12:35,720 we would have done everything we could to save you. 202 00:12:35,720 --> 00:12:37,360 Even if we had to give in to Jin Zhen Ping. 203 00:12:37,360 --> 00:12:39,001 That wouldn't do. 204 00:12:39,001 --> 00:12:40,801 It wasn't easy for us to come this far. 205 00:12:40,801 --> 00:12:43,185 We can't let it all go to waste. 206 00:12:43,185 --> 00:12:46,822 Besides, this poison won't take my life now. 207 00:12:49,921 --> 00:12:51,229 I kept it from you 208 00:12:51,229 --> 00:12:53,515 because I felt it wasn't that dire yet. 209 00:12:56,360 --> 00:12:57,960 Don't worry. 210 00:12:59,001 --> 00:13:00,360 You've been poisoned, 211 00:13:00,360 --> 00:13:01,801 yet you tell us not to worry? 212 00:13:01,801 --> 00:13:04,080 How are we supposed to be at ease? 213 00:13:04,080 --> 00:13:06,040 I'm really fine. 214 00:13:24,160 --> 00:13:25,835 Zhu Zi, 215 00:13:25,835 --> 00:13:27,599 you're pouted long enough. 216 00:13:27,599 --> 00:13:28,880 Go keep him company. 217 00:13:28,880 --> 00:13:30,399 I'm not going. 218 00:13:30,399 --> 00:13:32,200 He won't tell me anything. 219 00:13:32,200 --> 00:13:34,239 He knows we're mad at him, 220 00:13:34,239 --> 00:13:37,040 yet he won't say something nice to coax us. 221 00:13:37,040 --> 00:13:38,849 I'm just giving you time 222 00:13:38,849 --> 00:13:41,565 to scold me properly. 223 00:13:50,775 --> 00:13:53,840 Expecting a dying man to console you instead... 224 00:13:53,840 --> 00:13:55,760 How could you be so heartless? 225 00:13:55,760 --> 00:13:57,319 Pah! My Lord, 226 00:13:57,319 --> 00:13:59,280 can you stop being so pessimistic? 227 00:13:59,280 --> 00:14:01,545 Who said you're dying? 228 00:14:04,880 --> 00:14:06,480 Earlier, when I said 229 00:14:06,480 --> 00:14:08,719 the poison wouldn't kill me right away, 230 00:14:08,719 --> 00:14:10,199 you were angry. 231 00:14:10,199 --> 00:14:11,560 Now, when I say 232 00:14:11,560 --> 00:14:13,155 I'm a dying man, 233 00:14:13,155 --> 00:14:14,987 you're also angry. 234 00:14:15,800 --> 00:14:17,479 I really don't know what I should do. 235 00:14:17,479 --> 00:14:20,325 You're still in the mood to joke around. 236 00:14:21,800 --> 00:14:22,959 Fine. 237 00:14:22,959 --> 00:14:24,559 Let's stop joking then. 238 00:14:24,559 --> 00:14:27,800 Let's all talk about serious matters. 239 00:14:27,800 --> 00:14:28,880 Ling Long, 240 00:14:28,880 --> 00:14:31,880 regarding this case, there's only one question left. 241 00:14:31,880 --> 00:14:37,425 Where exactly did your auntie go to learn the truth about Seven-Day Drunken Dream? 242 00:14:38,840 --> 00:14:41,760 Auntie liked to travel the world. 243 00:14:41,760 --> 00:14:44,200 Maybe she overheard it by accident. 244 00:14:44,920 --> 00:14:47,520 You can ask Jin Zhen Ping again. 245 00:14:48,467 --> 00:14:49,480 Good idea. 246 00:14:49,480 --> 00:14:51,559 I intend to interrogate him, 247 00:14:51,559 --> 00:14:54,712 and make him hand over the antidote to save your life. 248 00:15:09,120 --> 00:15:11,714 The Chief is at Qinghui Hall discussing matters with the elders. 249 00:15:11,714 --> 00:15:13,080 He said that when you arrived, 250 00:15:13,080 --> 00:15:15,240 you should wait for a moment. 251 00:15:16,920 --> 00:15:18,839 It must be about Jin Zhen Ping. 252 00:15:18,839 --> 00:15:21,880 Fifth Granduncle promised us he would inform the whole clan of this. 253 00:15:21,880 --> 00:15:23,280 Come on, young masters, catch me! 254 00:15:23,280 --> 00:15:24,839 - No? Take the strike! - Don't you run! 255 00:15:24,839 --> 00:15:26,400 - Slow down, Young Master. - You can't hit me! 256 00:15:26,400 --> 00:15:28,840 - Take this! - Young Master. Slow down! 257 00:15:28,840 --> 00:15:31,959 - You missed! - Watch the steps, Young Master. 258 00:15:31,959 --> 00:15:34,275 - Come here! - Take this! 259 00:15:36,920 --> 00:15:39,160 Has anything major happened in the manor? 260 00:15:39,160 --> 00:15:40,479 No. 261 00:15:40,479 --> 00:15:41,760 What could have happened? 262 00:15:41,760 --> 00:15:43,079 Didn't the Chief tell you 263 00:15:43,079 --> 00:15:46,000 he was opening the ancestral hall to announce the matter of Jin Zhen Ping? 264 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:47,600 That's not such a big deal. 265 00:15:47,600 --> 00:15:49,160 No need to open the ancestral hall. 266 00:15:49,160 --> 00:15:50,800 The Chief left to travel and practice medicine. 267 00:15:50,800 --> 00:15:52,400 He's done that a few times before. 268 00:15:52,400 --> 00:15:55,280 - Does that count as a big deal? - Travel to practice medicine? 269 00:15:55,280 --> 00:15:56,406 He's already gone? 270 00:15:56,406 --> 00:15:57,520 Yes. 271 00:15:57,520 --> 00:15:59,937 He left before dawn. 272 00:15:59,937 --> 00:16:01,675 We've been tricked. 273 00:16:06,439 --> 00:16:08,962 Where is Jin Zhen Ping? 274 00:16:09,680 --> 00:16:12,000 I won't tell you. 275 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:14,120 If I tell you, he'll lose his life. 276 00:16:14,120 --> 00:16:16,366 He committed such heinous and heartless acts, 277 00:16:16,366 --> 00:16:17,599 yet you are shielding him! 278 00:16:17,599 --> 00:16:18,920 You are so biased. 279 00:16:18,920 --> 00:16:22,724 When my brother was framed for murder, you just left him to die! 280 00:16:22,724 --> 00:16:24,133 I am not being biased. 281 00:16:24,133 --> 00:16:25,873 It is just that everyone knew 282 00:16:25,873 --> 00:16:28,160 Jin Xue Wen a profligate. 283 00:16:28,160 --> 00:16:31,300 No one thought he represented the dignity of the Jin family. 284 00:16:31,908 --> 00:16:33,280 If he was guilty, 285 00:16:33,280 --> 00:16:36,087 he was merely a black sheep. 286 00:16:36,087 --> 00:16:37,920 But Jin Zhen Ping is different. 287 00:16:37,920 --> 00:16:39,852 He is the Chief... 288 00:16:39,852 --> 00:16:43,400 whom the Jin family handpicked and groomed since childhood. 289 00:16:43,400 --> 00:16:45,640 Little Seventeen, you must understand. 290 00:16:45,640 --> 00:16:48,839 Jin Zhen Ping's name cannot have the slightest blemish, 291 00:16:48,839 --> 00:16:52,040 let alone a heinous reputation. 292 00:16:52,040 --> 00:16:53,742 I cannot let 293 00:16:53,742 --> 00:16:56,400 the Jin family's century-old reputation be ruined because of him. 294 00:16:56,400 --> 00:16:57,920 The Jins have practiced medicine for ages 295 00:16:57,920 --> 00:16:59,479 and performed countless good deeds. 296 00:16:59,479 --> 00:17:02,319 How can one scoundrel destroy a century of prestige? 297 00:17:02,319 --> 00:17:04,839 The Jin family's century-old foundation is renowned far and wide. 298 00:17:04,839 --> 00:17:08,400 The higher it is held, the harder it will fall if something goes off. 299 00:17:08,400 --> 00:17:11,239 For the dignity and honor of the family, 300 00:17:11,239 --> 00:17:13,000 even if I had to die right now, 301 00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:15,040 I would not hesitate. 302 00:17:15,040 --> 00:17:16,640 If you... 303 00:17:16,640 --> 00:17:18,920 are still not satisfied, 304 00:17:18,920 --> 00:17:21,239 then kill me. 305 00:17:21,239 --> 00:17:23,319 What is the use of killing you? 306 00:17:23,319 --> 00:17:25,959 You are even more shameless than Jin Zhen Ping. 307 00:17:25,959 --> 00:17:28,280 Think of the two innocent victims. 308 00:17:28,280 --> 00:17:30,760 Do you not feel any guilt at all? 309 00:17:30,760 --> 00:17:33,400 I am indebted to you and Miss Huo, 310 00:17:33,400 --> 00:17:35,655 and I have failed the deceased. 311 00:17:35,655 --> 00:17:38,120 Though I cannot give you the justice you deserve, 312 00:17:38,120 --> 00:17:39,880 I have punished Jin Zhen Ping. 313 00:17:39,880 --> 00:17:41,760 Traveling to practice medicine? 314 00:17:41,760 --> 00:17:43,546 What kind of punishment is that? 315 00:17:43,546 --> 00:17:45,880 He can never return to the Jin family. 316 00:17:45,880 --> 00:17:47,959 Two years later, I will announce to the public 317 00:17:47,959 --> 00:17:51,559 that he died in an accident while traveling. A new Chief will be chosen. 318 00:17:51,559 --> 00:17:54,360 He can only live under an assumed name. 319 00:17:54,360 --> 00:17:56,360 To him, such a punishment 320 00:17:56,360 --> 00:17:59,040 is more painful than death. 321 00:17:59,040 --> 00:18:00,640 Fine. 322 00:18:00,640 --> 00:18:02,812 If you won't deal with him, 323 00:18:02,812 --> 00:18:04,680 I'll use my own way. 324 00:18:04,680 --> 00:18:06,575 How dare you! 325 00:18:08,319 --> 00:18:11,012 Don't you want to save his life? 326 00:18:12,280 --> 00:18:15,400 Before San Lang left, he told me everything. 327 00:18:15,400 --> 00:18:18,959 The disciples of our Jin family will certainly produce the antidote. 328 00:18:18,959 --> 00:18:20,319 However, 329 00:18:20,319 --> 00:18:23,120 if anything happens to San Lang, that will be a different story. 330 00:18:23,120 --> 00:18:26,120 Not only will the antidote be canceled, but I will also report you. 331 00:18:26,120 --> 00:18:28,479 I'll testify that Bai Yu Tang killed San Lang. 332 00:18:28,479 --> 00:18:31,079 The whole world knows that you have always harbored hatred for him. 333 00:18:31,079 --> 00:18:33,319 And murdering your own cousin is an even more heinous crime. 334 00:18:33,319 --> 00:18:34,599 Do you... 335 00:18:34,599 --> 00:18:37,862 want to follow in your brother's footsteps? 336 00:18:39,960 --> 00:18:41,240 If you want the antidote, 337 00:18:41,240 --> 00:18:44,230 bring that murder weapon to trade for it. 338 00:18:44,840 --> 00:18:48,840 What I was just discussing with the Chiefs 339 00:18:48,840 --> 00:18:52,640 was to bring Jin Xue Wen's tablet back to the Jin family. 340 00:18:52,640 --> 00:18:54,560 Little Seventeen. 341 00:18:54,560 --> 00:18:56,200 Have you thought it through? 342 00:18:56,200 --> 00:18:58,480 Do you want your brother 343 00:18:58,480 --> 00:19:00,400 to return to the Jin family? 344 00:19:00,400 --> 00:19:02,519 Think about it? My foot! 345 00:19:02,519 --> 00:19:04,840 You should be grateful that Zhan Zhao is here. 346 00:19:04,840 --> 00:19:08,600 Otherwise, I'd have closed the doors and burned down your Qinghui Hall! 347 00:19:08,600 --> 00:19:10,320 As for the Jin family, 348 00:19:10,320 --> 00:19:12,784 we're better off not entering it. 349 00:19:15,960 --> 00:19:17,080 You guys go back. 350 00:19:17,080 --> 00:19:18,760 I'm going to find Jin Zhen Ping. 351 00:19:18,760 --> 00:19:20,640 Let's go to the magistrate's court. Draw a portrait of Jin Zhen Ping. 352 00:19:20,640 --> 00:19:22,199 It will be easier to find him that way. 353 00:19:22,199 --> 00:19:23,760 You search your way, I'll search mine. 354 00:19:23,760 --> 00:19:25,719 Today, I will make sure he hands over the antidote. 355 00:19:25,719 --> 00:19:30,039 - How could he possibly hand it over willingly? - Then I will kill him! 356 00:19:30,039 --> 00:19:31,959 - Bai! - Lord Zhan! 357 00:19:31,959 --> 00:19:33,400 Lord Zhan! 358 00:19:33,400 --> 00:19:34,600 Please go to the court. 359 00:19:34,600 --> 00:19:36,519 The Chief Justice Dali has arrived. 360 00:19:36,519 --> 00:19:39,875 Zhan. You go to the office. I'll go talk to him. 361 00:19:43,439 --> 00:19:44,439 Bai! 362 00:19:44,439 --> 00:19:45,519 Leave me alone. 363 00:19:45,519 --> 00:19:47,320 As long as Jin Zhen Ping lives, 364 00:19:47,320 --> 00:19:49,239 your auntie and my brother will never rest in peace. 365 00:19:49,239 --> 00:19:50,799 And now Zhan Zhao is going to die because of them too. 366 00:19:50,799 --> 00:19:51,959 Can you just accept that? 367 00:19:51,959 --> 00:19:54,325 What else can I do? 368 00:19:55,045 --> 00:19:56,640 Isn't the priority right now 369 00:19:56,640 --> 00:19:59,044 the person who is still alive? 370 00:20:03,775 --> 00:20:05,537 [Promote Virtue and Spread Culture] 371 00:20:18,320 --> 00:20:20,439 I never imagined... 372 00:20:20,439 --> 00:20:22,600 that Xiangzhou City... 373 00:20:22,600 --> 00:20:25,279 would be ruled by these vermin. 374 00:20:25,279 --> 00:20:28,650 It truly is a tragedy for the people. 375 00:20:30,480 --> 00:20:33,880 [Promote Virtue and Uphold Justice] Are Your Highness submitting this evidence 376 00:20:33,880 --> 00:20:36,039 to His Majesty? 377 00:20:36,039 --> 00:20:38,143 Naturally. 378 00:20:45,660 --> 00:20:47,607 Chief Justice Cheng. 379 00:20:48,239 --> 00:20:50,150 What is it? 380 00:20:50,880 --> 00:20:54,050 If anything, just speak plainly. 381 00:21:03,519 --> 00:21:05,840 I am considering Your Highness's interests, 382 00:21:05,840 --> 00:21:09,025 as well as the stability of the Song Empire. 383 00:21:09,640 --> 00:21:11,880 The contents of this box... 384 00:21:11,880 --> 00:21:14,650 it would be best not to submit them. 385 00:21:17,700 --> 00:21:19,640 Why? 386 00:21:19,640 --> 00:21:22,000 Think about it, Your Highness. 387 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:23,759 If we hand these over, 388 00:21:23,759 --> 00:21:25,905 won't it create a dilemma for His Majesty? 389 00:21:25,905 --> 00:21:27,191 If he doesn't punish them, 390 00:21:27,191 --> 00:21:28,840 it would fail the people of the world, 391 00:21:28,840 --> 00:21:30,719 and fail to silence the public outcry. 392 00:21:30,719 --> 00:21:32,999 But if we uproot all these officials, 393 00:21:32,999 --> 00:21:34,640 wouldn't it announce to the world 394 00:21:34,640 --> 00:21:37,120 that within Xiangzhou's jurisdiction, there are only corrupt officials? 395 00:21:37,120 --> 00:21:40,050 Where would that leave the dignity of the imperial court? 396 00:21:40,799 --> 00:21:42,479 According to Chief Justice Cheng, 397 00:21:42,479 --> 00:21:44,400 these vermin break the law, 398 00:21:44,400 --> 00:21:46,680 yet the court must feign ignorance, 399 00:21:46,680 --> 00:21:48,320 and cover up for them? 400 00:21:48,320 --> 00:21:51,237 Naturally, we cannot do nothing. 401 00:21:51,237 --> 00:21:52,479 But in my opinion, 402 00:21:52,479 --> 00:21:56,120 demotions and fines as a warning should be enough. 403 00:21:56,120 --> 00:21:57,720 Knowing they escaped death, 404 00:21:57,720 --> 00:22:00,160 they won't dare act recklessly again. 405 00:22:00,160 --> 00:22:01,840 They will surely serve the court well. 406 00:22:01,840 --> 00:22:04,560 Such a fallacious argument from you, 407 00:22:04,560 --> 00:22:07,300 I'm is truly unheard of. 408 00:22:08,439 --> 00:22:10,600 When you say these things, 409 00:22:10,600 --> 00:22:12,440 do you remember just sighing 410 00:22:12,440 --> 00:22:14,938 about the people's hardships? 411 00:22:14,938 --> 00:22:16,519 Your Highness, 412 00:22:16,519 --> 00:22:17,760 behind every case of injustice 413 00:22:17,760 --> 00:22:20,039 recorded in these booklets, 414 00:22:20,039 --> 00:22:23,775 there is a victim like Jin Xue Wen waiting for their name to be cleared. 415 00:22:24,519 --> 00:22:25,920 In all things, 416 00:22:25,920 --> 00:22:27,279 one must prioritize the big picture. 417 00:22:27,279 --> 00:22:29,039 After suffering for so many years, 418 00:22:29,039 --> 00:22:32,279 haven't they already chewed up and swallowed their bitterness, 419 00:22:32,279 --> 00:22:33,959 bowing their heads to fate? 420 00:22:33,959 --> 00:22:35,320 Commoners, 421 00:22:35,320 --> 00:22:37,920 only care about their daily lives. 422 00:22:37,920 --> 00:22:40,039 They might cry out about the past, 423 00:22:40,039 --> 00:22:42,360 but in the blink of an eye, it will all be forgotten. 424 00:22:42,360 --> 00:22:44,360 Give them a few more days of peaceful living, 425 00:22:44,360 --> 00:22:46,880 and they'll be grateful to the court again. 426 00:22:46,880 --> 00:22:50,080 You weave so many fallacies... 427 00:22:50,080 --> 00:22:52,975 only because your name is in it too, right? 428 00:22:56,799 --> 00:23:00,039 Guard Zhan, there were some misunderstandings between us. 429 00:23:00,039 --> 00:23:03,400 - You are magnanimous-- - I am not a vengeful person. 430 00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:06,519 What happened today was definitely not for personal revenge. 431 00:23:06,519 --> 00:23:08,850 Guard Zhan, you-- 432 00:23:12,320 --> 00:23:14,920 Your Highness. Please give me a chance to make amends. 433 00:23:14,920 --> 00:23:19,937 - It was a momentary oversight-- - The recorded cases are no less than dozens. 434 00:23:19,937 --> 00:23:23,039 This is definitely not a simple oversight. 435 00:23:23,039 --> 00:23:25,625 Your Highness, please investigate. 436 00:23:28,999 --> 00:23:30,120 Your Highness. 437 00:23:30,120 --> 00:23:31,600 Please let me explain. 438 00:23:31,600 --> 00:23:34,987 Every single case, I can explain them all. 439 00:23:57,320 --> 00:23:59,050 Zhan Zhao. 440 00:24:01,920 --> 00:24:04,960 Are you really going to submit these to the Imperial Court? 441 00:24:04,960 --> 00:24:09,239 Are you going to drive so many colleagues to a dead end? 442 00:24:09,239 --> 00:24:12,239 Since you've read that booklet, you should understand. 443 00:24:12,239 --> 00:24:15,799 I didn't want to be a corrupt official reviled by everyone. 444 00:24:16,799 --> 00:24:19,687 I had no choice. 445 00:24:21,160 --> 00:24:23,640 What made you have no choice? 446 00:24:23,640 --> 00:24:26,187 I am all ears. 447 00:24:28,479 --> 00:24:31,760 Every single one of these cases involves high-ranking officials. 448 00:24:31,760 --> 00:24:34,000 We all serve in the same court. 449 00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:36,360 It's inevitable to look the other way for a colleague today, 450 00:24:36,360 --> 00:24:38,920 and tomorrow, spare a powerful man's life. 451 00:24:38,920 --> 00:24:40,840 You've been an official for years. 452 00:24:40,840 --> 00:24:44,680 Do you really not understand how these social politics work? 453 00:24:44,680 --> 00:24:47,160 Have you never done anything against your conscience? 454 00:24:47,160 --> 00:24:49,799 Have you never handled a wrongful case? 455 00:24:49,799 --> 00:24:52,479 Do you really think you're a saint? 456 00:24:52,479 --> 00:24:54,039 If you were in my position, 457 00:24:54,039 --> 00:24:57,337 you'd be forced to be a corrupt official too! 458 00:25:00,560 --> 00:25:02,799 I am no saint. 459 00:25:03,899 --> 00:25:07,560 But I truly do not understand Chief Justice Cheng's words. 460 00:25:07,560 --> 00:25:09,479 You receive a salary from the Emperor, 461 00:25:09,479 --> 00:25:11,680 so you must be loyal to him. 462 00:25:11,680 --> 00:25:13,439 Care for the people's worries, 463 00:25:13,439 --> 00:25:15,719 and act on their hopes. 464 00:25:15,719 --> 00:25:19,479 But you sacrifice justice for the people to advance your own career. 465 00:25:19,479 --> 00:25:22,479 Yet you have the audacity to say you were forced to be a corrupt official. 466 00:25:22,479 --> 00:25:27,950 - Have you no shame? - Don't put on this saintly act to lecture me. 467 00:25:31,479 --> 00:25:33,664 Your Highness, Zhan Zhao speaks with such conviction. 468 00:25:33,664 --> 00:25:35,160 He seems to be pleading for the people, 469 00:25:35,160 --> 00:25:38,560 but in truth, he only wants to overturn the case for Bai Yu Tang's brother. 470 00:25:38,560 --> 00:25:40,186 If the case is retried, 471 00:25:40,186 --> 00:25:41,760 it will expose the Xiangzhou officialdom. 472 00:25:41,760 --> 00:25:45,120 Officials of all ranks were controlled by a mere clerk. 473 00:25:45,120 --> 00:25:47,400 It would be the laughingstock of the world. 474 00:25:47,400 --> 00:25:50,737 This case must never be reopened! 475 00:26:05,120 --> 00:26:07,600 Anyone who exposes such a scandal... 476 00:26:08,479 --> 00:26:12,080 will surely become a target for everyone in the imperial court. 477 00:26:12,080 --> 00:26:15,360 And presenting such a dilemma before His Majesty 478 00:26:15,360 --> 00:26:18,239 is no different from slapping His Majesty's face. 479 00:26:18,239 --> 00:26:20,950 Zhan Zhao's incitement of Your Highness... 480 00:26:21,600 --> 00:26:23,920 Truly despicable! 481 00:26:23,920 --> 00:26:26,640 My Lord didn't mean that at all! 482 00:26:31,880 --> 00:26:33,680 Guard Zhan, 483 00:26:33,680 --> 00:26:36,039 have you seen the tactics these people use? 484 00:26:36,039 --> 00:26:39,012 And this is only the beginning. 485 00:27:37,759 --> 00:27:40,680 Are you going to agree to the Jin family's terms? 486 00:27:40,680 --> 00:27:42,360 We went through so much hardship. 487 00:27:42,360 --> 00:27:44,799 Finally, be able to overturn the case. 488 00:27:44,799 --> 00:27:46,680 Are you just going to give up? 489 00:27:46,680 --> 00:27:47,880 Yes. 490 00:27:47,880 --> 00:27:50,200 I'm giving up. 491 00:27:50,200 --> 00:27:52,200 If justice must be bought by sacrificing a good man's life, 492 00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:54,040 then I don't want it. 493 00:27:59,039 --> 00:28:01,080 The real killer of your auntie... 494 00:28:01,080 --> 00:28:02,680 is still at large. 495 00:28:02,680 --> 00:28:04,920 Jin Xue Wen has been wronged for 15 years. 496 00:28:04,920 --> 00:28:07,880 No one has the right to give up on their behalf. 497 00:28:07,880 --> 00:28:09,160 Ling Long. 498 00:28:09,160 --> 00:28:11,112 Give me the evidence. 499 00:28:11,759 --> 00:28:14,762 I know I've failed my auntie. 500 00:28:14,762 --> 00:28:17,350 I will go to her grave and beg for her forgiveness. 501 00:28:18,959 --> 00:28:20,725 Zhan. 502 00:28:22,162 --> 00:28:24,987 I can't just watch you die. 503 00:28:29,039 --> 00:28:31,150 Divine law will prevail. 504 00:28:31,759 --> 00:28:33,712 Trust me, all right? 505 00:28:34,600 --> 00:28:36,162 Give it to me. 506 00:28:41,100 --> 00:28:42,400 The wicked commit endless evil, 507 00:28:42,400 --> 00:28:44,120 yet the good are losing their lives. 508 00:28:44,120 --> 00:28:46,040 Is this the divine law you speak of? 509 00:28:46,040 --> 00:28:48,320 You spoke to me of the law and of justice. 510 00:28:48,320 --> 00:28:50,439 Today, you speak of divine law. 511 00:28:50,439 --> 00:28:52,160 Zhan Zhao. 512 00:28:52,160 --> 00:28:54,479 When I listened to you before, 513 00:28:54,479 --> 00:28:57,080 it wasn't because I believed in the law or that justice always exists. 514 00:28:57,080 --> 00:28:58,920 It was because I believed in you. 515 00:28:58,920 --> 00:29:02,000 Divine law is inherently unfair. Why should I believe in it? 516 00:29:02,640 --> 00:29:04,360 You must live. 517 00:29:04,360 --> 00:29:07,360 That is the only divine law for me. 518 00:29:07,360 --> 00:29:09,080 Zhan! 519 00:29:11,519 --> 00:29:12,959 Stop it. 520 00:29:12,959 --> 00:29:13,959 Ling Long. 521 00:29:13,959 --> 00:29:16,400 Let us be selfish for once. 522 00:29:16,400 --> 00:29:18,439 Call me unreasonable, 523 00:29:18,439 --> 00:29:20,425 or I'm ignoring the big picture. 524 00:29:21,387 --> 00:29:23,640 We've fought for so long, 525 00:29:23,640 --> 00:29:26,440 but we can't find this so-called justice. 526 00:29:28,999 --> 00:29:31,625 If I can save your life right now, 527 00:29:32,600 --> 00:29:34,502 then I won't fight for it. 528 00:30:05,320 --> 00:30:08,880 Zhan Zhao. Are you truly not afraid of death? 529 00:30:08,880 --> 00:30:11,719 If anything happens to San Lang, that will be a different story. 530 00:30:11,719 --> 00:30:15,600 Not only will the antidote be canceled, but I will also report you. 531 00:30:15,600 --> 00:30:16,799 Do you... 532 00:30:16,799 --> 00:30:19,400 want to follow in your brother's footsteps? 533 00:30:19,400 --> 00:30:20,759 Zhan Zhao speaks with such conviction. 534 00:30:20,759 --> 00:30:22,199 He seems to be pleading for the people, 535 00:30:22,199 --> 00:30:25,640 but in truth, he only wants to overturn the case for Bai Yu Tang's brother. 536 00:30:25,640 --> 00:30:26,799 If the case is retried, 537 00:30:26,799 --> 00:30:28,320 it will expose the Xiangzhou officialdom. 538 00:30:28,320 --> 00:30:31,680 Officials of all ranks were controlled by a mere clerk. 539 00:30:31,680 --> 00:30:33,600 It would be the laughingstock of the world. 540 00:30:33,600 --> 00:30:35,880 And presenting such a dilemma before His Majesty 541 00:30:35,880 --> 00:30:38,719 is no different from slapping His Majesty's face. 542 00:30:38,719 --> 00:30:40,759 Zhan Zhao's incitement of Your Highness... 543 00:30:40,759 --> 00:30:42,279 Truly despicable! 544 00:30:42,279 --> 00:30:44,387 We've fought for so long, 545 00:30:44,387 --> 00:30:46,160 but we can't find this so-called justice. 546 00:30:46,160 --> 00:30:48,477 Divine law is inherently unfair. Why should I believe in it? 547 00:30:48,477 --> 00:30:50,400 If justice must be bought by sacrificing a good man's life, 548 00:30:50,400 --> 00:30:52,280 then I don't want it. 549 00:31:47,560 --> 00:31:49,719 Aren't you taking me to the authorities? 550 00:31:49,719 --> 00:31:51,687 Why did you bring me here? 551 00:31:55,120 --> 00:31:57,280 If you kill me, 552 00:31:57,280 --> 00:32:00,600 Bai Yu Tang will be charged with murder. Think carefully! 553 00:32:00,600 --> 00:32:02,803 If the Yaksha did it, 554 00:32:02,803 --> 00:32:04,279 it wouldn't. 555 00:32:04,279 --> 00:32:06,719 The court hasn't sentenced me yet. 556 00:32:06,719 --> 00:32:09,425 How dare you lynch me? 557 00:32:12,479 --> 00:32:14,324 Please, spare me. 558 00:32:14,999 --> 00:32:16,920 I will definitely turn over a new leaf. 559 00:32:16,920 --> 00:32:20,759 I'll leave the Jin family for good. I'll spend my life as a doctor saving lives. 560 00:32:20,759 --> 00:32:23,325 I will surely atone for my sins. 561 00:32:34,880 --> 00:32:37,390 I'm begging you. Spare me. 562 00:32:37,390 --> 00:32:39,039 I'm begging you. Please? 563 00:32:39,039 --> 00:32:40,120 I'm begging you. 564 00:32:40,120 --> 00:32:42,206 Back then, Huo Ling Long and Jin Xue Wen 565 00:32:42,206 --> 00:32:45,279 must have pleaded with you like this too. 566 00:32:45,279 --> 00:32:47,560 But did you ever feel a shred of pity? 567 00:32:47,560 --> 00:32:50,120 Did you ever give them a chance? 568 00:32:50,120 --> 00:32:51,899 Zhan Zhao, 569 00:32:51,899 --> 00:32:53,239 you are a man of the law. 570 00:32:53,239 --> 00:32:55,840 Why tarnish your own reputation for the sake of Bai Yu Tang and the others? 571 00:32:55,840 --> 00:32:57,600 It's not worth it. 572 00:32:57,600 --> 00:32:59,750 It is worth it! 573 00:32:59,750 --> 00:33:01,120 If I don't kill you, 574 00:33:01,120 --> 00:33:02,920 they will. 575 00:33:02,920 --> 00:33:04,560 My time is running out. 576 00:33:04,560 --> 00:33:08,634 It is only fitting that I be the one to do it! 577 00:33:10,953 --> 00:33:12,360 Zhan Zhao. 578 00:33:12,360 --> 00:33:14,360 In this world, 579 00:33:14,360 --> 00:33:16,560 I am the only one who knows... 580 00:33:16,560 --> 00:33:19,080 exactly what poisons remain in you. 581 00:33:19,080 --> 00:33:20,959 Only I can save you. 582 00:33:20,959 --> 00:33:23,160 If you give me time, 583 00:33:23,160 --> 00:33:26,080 I can keep you alive. 584 00:33:31,962 --> 00:33:33,920 My life's ambition... 585 00:33:33,920 --> 00:33:36,080 has been to punish evil, 586 00:33:36,080 --> 00:33:38,400 and uphold justice. 587 00:33:38,400 --> 00:33:40,840 I once made a grave mistake doing so. 588 00:33:41,650 --> 00:33:43,825 That is why I swore... 589 00:33:44,475 --> 00:33:47,320 never to take the law into my own hands. 590 00:33:47,320 --> 00:33:49,799 But there are always villains like you 591 00:33:49,799 --> 00:33:52,840 who treat the law and justice as a joke. 592 00:33:52,840 --> 00:33:56,199 Why is it so easy to kill a good man, 593 00:33:56,199 --> 00:33:58,640 yet so difficult... 594 00:33:58,640 --> 00:34:01,767 to kill a villain? 595 00:34:01,767 --> 00:34:03,975 Do you really think killing me... 596 00:34:05,347 --> 00:34:07,832 will change the way of the world? 597 00:34:08,575 --> 00:34:11,920 The people of Xiangzhou worship the Yaksha as a god. 598 00:34:11,920 --> 00:34:14,000 But can this god... 599 00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:17,589 truly rid Xiangzhou of every last evildoer? 600 00:34:17,589 --> 00:34:19,655 He cannot. 601 00:34:19,655 --> 00:34:21,680 You've been in Tanxi Town for so long, 602 00:34:21,680 --> 00:34:23,640 entangled with me for so long. 603 00:34:23,640 --> 00:34:27,920 Can you ever truly repay what I owe Jin Xue Wen from 15 years ago? 604 00:34:27,920 --> 00:34:29,187 You cannot. 605 00:34:29,187 --> 00:34:31,800 Can you bring that Huo Ling Long back to life? 606 00:34:31,800 --> 00:34:33,840 Still, you cannot. 607 00:34:33,840 --> 00:34:35,142 Killing me 608 00:34:35,142 --> 00:34:40,320 will only make the people feel the Jin family lost a great healer. 609 00:34:40,320 --> 00:34:41,999 As for Jin Xue Wen, 610 00:34:41,999 --> 00:34:45,920 he will still be despised and cursed by everyone. 611 00:34:45,920 --> 00:34:47,120 So, 612 00:34:47,120 --> 00:34:49,560 if you kill me today, 613 00:34:49,560 --> 00:34:52,280 I still win against Jin Xue Wen. 614 00:34:52,280 --> 00:34:54,480 I win against all of you. 615 00:34:55,550 --> 00:34:58,592 The world shouldn't be like this! 616 00:35:05,240 --> 00:35:07,424 I've brought the thing you want. 617 00:35:08,120 --> 00:35:09,479 Give me the antidote. 618 00:35:09,479 --> 00:35:11,279 Only then will I destroy this. 619 00:35:11,279 --> 00:35:12,439 Fine. 620 00:35:12,439 --> 00:35:14,120 I'll find a way. 621 00:35:14,120 --> 00:35:16,479 But Old Souls at First Glance is a complex poison. 622 00:35:16,479 --> 00:35:19,720 I'm afraid that we won't be able to find a proper cure right away. 623 00:35:19,720 --> 00:35:21,479 You must be patient and wait. 624 00:35:21,479 --> 00:35:22,560 I can wait. 625 00:35:22,560 --> 00:35:24,560 But Zhan Zhao cannot. 626 00:35:24,560 --> 00:35:28,400 Notify the entire family and help. Go and find the antidote now! 627 00:35:28,400 --> 00:35:30,479 We will do its best for the cure. 628 00:35:30,479 --> 00:35:32,120 - But-- - Old Chief! 629 00:35:32,120 --> 00:35:33,799 Old Chief! 630 00:35:33,799 --> 00:35:35,840 Bad news! Old Chief! 631 00:35:35,840 --> 00:35:37,519 - What is it? - Bad news! 632 00:35:37,519 --> 00:35:41,650 Zhan Zhao has killed San Lang! 633 00:35:41,650 --> 00:35:43,160 People at the docks saw it with their eyes. 634 00:35:43,160 --> 00:35:44,799 He was taken by Zhan Zhao. 635 00:35:44,799 --> 00:35:47,719 These items were found by others at the Yaksha Temple. 636 00:35:47,719 --> 00:35:49,640 They recognized the medicine box in this bundle. 637 00:35:49,640 --> 00:35:52,475 That's why they sent the things back to us. 638 00:35:57,120 --> 00:35:58,279 - Old Chief. - Old Chief. 639 00:35:58,279 --> 00:35:59,319 Report. 640 00:35:59,319 --> 00:36:00,960 Report it at once! 641 00:36:00,960 --> 00:36:03,040 Zhan Zhao is an officer of the court, 642 00:36:03,040 --> 00:36:05,359 yet he dared to use extrajudicial torture! 643 00:36:05,359 --> 00:36:08,120 - Yes! - He must pay for San Lang's life! 644 00:36:08,120 --> 00:36:10,160 Now you remember to report? 645 00:36:10,160 --> 00:36:11,600 If any of you dare report this, 646 00:36:11,600 --> 00:36:16,640 I'll expose how the Jin family hid a killer and drove a witness to their death. 647 00:36:16,640 --> 00:36:19,032 Think about it. 648 00:36:22,359 --> 00:36:25,025 - Old Chief. - Old Chief. 649 00:36:33,275 --> 00:36:35,150 [Promote Virtue and Spread Culture] 650 00:36:41,087 --> 00:36:42,279 Reporting to Your Highness. 651 00:36:42,279 --> 00:36:44,080 We've searched every possible place. 652 00:36:44,080 --> 00:36:46,360 But we haven't found Lord Zhan. 653 00:36:46,360 --> 00:36:48,200 Rumors are rampant in Tanxi Town. 654 00:36:48,200 --> 00:36:50,879 Word is that the master of the Jin family died at the hands of Lord Zhan. 655 00:36:50,879 --> 00:36:53,319 And he knows the list of officials in the ledger. 656 00:36:53,319 --> 00:36:54,719 - Could he have-- - What nonsense are you saying? 657 00:36:54,719 --> 00:36:57,160 My Lord is not that kind of person. 658 00:36:57,160 --> 00:36:59,319 Your Highness. Many officials have arrived outside. 659 00:36:59,319 --> 00:37:01,719 They are all clamoring to see you. 660 00:37:01,719 --> 00:37:04,040 These corrupt officials are well-informed. 661 00:37:04,040 --> 00:37:05,160 Go and tell them 662 00:37:05,160 --> 00:37:06,640 that I am ill, and I am not seeing visitors. 663 00:37:06,640 --> 00:37:08,425 Yes, Your Highness. 664 00:37:09,960 --> 00:37:10,960 Ling Long. 665 00:37:10,960 --> 00:37:12,680 I will first dispatch my personal guards. 666 00:37:12,680 --> 00:37:14,960 Zhao Zhi Er and Ming Zhu Er will lead a secret search for him. 667 00:37:14,960 --> 00:37:16,080 You two should think. 668 00:37:16,080 --> 00:37:18,375 Where would Guard Zhan go? 669 00:37:26,680 --> 00:37:29,600 Were you planning to use the weapon to trade for the antidote, 670 00:37:29,600 --> 00:37:32,484 and then kill Jin Zhen Ping yourself? 671 00:37:32,484 --> 00:37:33,920 With people like the Jin family, 672 00:37:33,920 --> 00:37:37,719 I never intended to honor any gentlemen's agreement. 673 00:37:37,719 --> 00:37:40,480 Zhan must have seen through our intentions. 674 00:37:40,480 --> 00:37:42,879 He acted on our behalf. 675 00:37:43,720 --> 00:37:45,680 Did we do something wrong? 676 00:37:45,680 --> 00:37:48,440 Is that why we pushed him to this point? 677 00:37:48,440 --> 00:37:51,160 If Zhan Zhao wanted to kill Jin Zhen Ping, 678 00:37:51,160 --> 00:37:56,112 why would he leave a blood-stained bundle so conspicuously at the Yaksha Temple? 679 00:38:21,280 --> 00:38:23,799 Sir, are you stopping for a meal or a room? 680 00:38:23,799 --> 00:38:25,000 Get me a fast horse. 681 00:38:25,000 --> 00:38:26,759 And pack some dry rations. Thank you. 682 00:38:26,759 --> 00:38:28,450 Right away! 683 00:38:30,759 --> 00:38:33,040 [Joyful Stay] It's my fault for sleeping so soundly. 684 00:38:33,040 --> 00:38:35,560 I didn't even know my Lord hadn't returned all night. 685 00:38:35,560 --> 00:38:36,919 Don't worry. 686 00:38:36,919 --> 00:38:39,359 Do you really believe what they are saying? 687 00:38:39,359 --> 00:38:41,680 That he killed someone and fled? 688 00:38:41,680 --> 00:38:43,480 He always explains his actions beforehand. 689 00:38:43,480 --> 00:38:45,239 Just wait for him to return in peace. 690 00:38:45,239 --> 00:38:47,440 But he's currently poisoned, 691 00:38:47,440 --> 00:38:50,087 and there's no one to look after him. 692 00:39:06,879 --> 00:39:08,594 Father. 693 00:39:11,837 --> 00:39:13,712 Ling Long. 694 00:39:13,712 --> 00:39:16,025 You look exhausted. 695 00:39:16,719 --> 00:39:17,919 Ling Long. 696 00:39:17,919 --> 00:39:21,839 Uncle Huo came to me, and he didn't even take a rest before rushing here to find you. 697 00:39:21,839 --> 00:39:24,480 Regarding your auntie, it's all my fault. 698 00:39:24,480 --> 00:39:26,919 You were so young and all alone. 699 00:39:26,919 --> 00:39:29,399 Yet you were investigating her case. 700 00:39:29,399 --> 00:39:31,812 You've been through a lot. 701 00:39:35,399 --> 00:39:36,839 So that's how it was. 702 00:39:36,839 --> 00:39:38,919 If I had arrived a step earlier, 703 00:39:38,919 --> 00:39:42,584 I could have finished off the man who murdered your auntie. 704 00:39:44,000 --> 00:39:47,067 Jin Zhen Ping cannot die yet. 705 00:39:47,919 --> 00:39:49,440 Only he knows 706 00:39:49,440 --> 00:39:52,055 how to cure Zhan's poison. 707 00:39:53,680 --> 00:39:57,919 Shao Ji Zu said you refuse to marry because of Zhan Zhao. 708 00:39:57,919 --> 00:40:00,640 Ling Long, tell me the truth. 709 00:40:00,640 --> 00:40:02,440 What is really going on? 710 00:40:02,440 --> 00:40:04,359 I don't want to marry him. 711 00:40:04,359 --> 00:40:05,560 It's not for anyone else's sake, 712 00:40:05,560 --> 00:40:07,800 but for my own. 713 00:40:07,800 --> 00:40:11,040 In front of you all, he puts on the act of a refined gentleman. 714 00:40:11,040 --> 00:40:12,680 But in my eyes, 715 00:40:12,680 --> 00:40:16,712 he is arrogant, conceited, and hypocritical. 716 00:40:17,960 --> 00:40:19,719 As for Zhan Zhao, 717 00:40:19,719 --> 00:40:21,839 ever since I met him, 718 00:40:21,839 --> 00:40:23,600 I've become more certain... 719 00:40:23,600 --> 00:40:27,062 that I will never marry someone like Shao Ji Zu. 720 00:40:34,879 --> 00:40:36,837 I understand. 721 00:40:37,759 --> 00:40:39,399 Alright. 722 00:40:39,399 --> 00:40:41,520 I will speak with the Shao family 723 00:40:41,520 --> 00:40:44,099 and call off this engagement. 724 00:40:45,719 --> 00:40:48,480 But Lord of Xiangyang was the matchmaker. 725 00:40:48,480 --> 00:40:50,261 Father... 726 00:40:51,080 --> 00:40:55,279 Your brother also urged me last time to reconsider this marriage. 727 00:40:55,279 --> 00:40:56,799 Ling Long. 728 00:40:56,799 --> 00:40:58,399 You're my only daughter. 729 00:40:58,399 --> 00:41:00,879 I've cherished you since you were little. 730 00:41:00,879 --> 00:41:04,080 I won't let you suffer at all. 731 00:41:04,080 --> 00:41:05,080 Don't worry. 732 00:41:05,080 --> 00:41:07,359 Even if Lord of Xiangyang gets angry, 733 00:41:07,359 --> 00:41:10,762 I will stand up for you. 734 00:41:15,662 --> 00:41:16,680 Pack your things. 735 00:41:16,680 --> 00:41:18,837 Come home with me. 736 00:41:18,837 --> 00:41:21,359 But I can't go back yet. 737 00:41:21,359 --> 00:41:23,359 Aunt's case isn't closed yet, 738 00:41:23,359 --> 00:41:25,680 and Zhan's poisoning hasn't been cured either. 739 00:41:25,680 --> 00:41:27,399 I know. 740 00:41:27,399 --> 00:41:28,839 I want you to go back 741 00:41:28,839 --> 00:41:31,560 so that you can see your great-aunt. 742 00:41:31,560 --> 00:41:32,960 Regarding Zhan Zhao's poison, 743 00:41:32,960 --> 00:41:36,110 she might have a way. 744 00:41:36,759 --> 00:41:39,050 Does she know about poisons? 745 00:41:39,625 --> 00:41:41,160 I never told you, did I? 746 00:41:41,160 --> 00:41:44,319 Your great-aunt once married into Miaojiang. 747 00:41:44,319 --> 00:41:46,212 Miaojiang? 748 00:41:48,919 --> 00:41:50,840 The Baihua Sect? 749 00:41:50,840 --> 00:41:52,847 She knows people from the Baihua Sect? 750 00:41:52,847 --> 00:41:54,359 That's right. 751 00:41:54,359 --> 00:41:58,879 The Baihua Sect is revered as a sacred site by all poison-using sects. 752 00:41:58,879 --> 00:42:01,640 The Xiuluo Cult and the founders of the Tang Sect, 753 00:42:01,640 --> 00:42:04,359 they all have ties to the Baihua Sect. 754 00:42:05,359 --> 00:42:06,640 Silly girl. 755 00:42:06,640 --> 00:42:08,560 You only care about others. 756 00:42:08,560 --> 00:42:11,887 When have you ever cared about your father these months? 757 00:42:11,887 --> 00:42:13,987 Father, have some tea. 758 00:42:29,520 --> 00:42:33,279 My father just said that my great-aunt knows people from the Baihua Sect. 759 00:42:33,279 --> 00:42:36,759 Maybe they can save Zhan's life. 760 00:42:36,759 --> 00:42:38,799 I've decided to go home. 761 00:42:38,799 --> 00:42:40,120 Come back quickly. 762 00:42:40,120 --> 00:42:42,199 I'll also look for other ways. 763 00:42:42,199 --> 00:42:45,640 Then are we no longer looking for my Lord? 764 00:42:45,640 --> 00:42:48,799 When your Lord is ready, he will show up. 765 00:42:48,799 --> 00:42:51,000 I don't care if he killed Jin Zhen Ping, 766 00:42:51,000 --> 00:42:54,262 or if he can keep his lousy official post. 767 00:42:54,960 --> 00:42:56,739 I just want him to stay alive. 768 00:42:56,739 --> 00:42:58,387 Count me in. 769 00:42:58,950 --> 00:43:02,399 What? You're interested in that rare poison, Old Souls at First Glance? 770 00:43:02,399 --> 00:43:04,120 Just like you, 771 00:43:04,120 --> 00:43:06,600 I want Zhan Zhao to live.