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BEFORE XIE HUAI'AN ENTERS CHANG'AN
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I have lost.
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Then please, Han,
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return the way you came as we agreed.
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On this matter,
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forgive me, but I must go back on my word.
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Do you know why His Majesty
has summoned you?
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Yes,
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and that's exactly why
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I must go.
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If you wish to save Xiao Wenjing,
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you should not go.
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If you do not believe me,
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let's wager once more.
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I will find someone
and disguise him as you
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to meet the Emperor in your place.
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If he dies, I win,
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and you will do one thing for me.
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But how will that man
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know what I am supposed to say?
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He won't need to say anything,
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because the Emperor won't ask.
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The moment Han Ziling meets the Emperor
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will already be the time of his death.
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{\an8}FLATBREAD WITH SOUP
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{\an8}How did you know
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I would die after seeing His Majesty?
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Because I knew
what His Majesty intended to do,
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and I knew
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you were recommended by Gu Yu.
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General Gu has always been loyal.
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Did His Majesty suspect him of treachery?
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His Majesty knew
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Gu Yu was a good man.
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And for that very reason,
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he knew anyone Gu Yu recommended
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would never harm the deposed emperor.
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Killing you
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was to warn Gu Yu
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not to interfere.
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Better to settle it early
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than fall out
with the Gu family afterward.
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Who was the man dying in my place?
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A wanted criminal.
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I promised to give his family
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1,000 liang of gold
if he agreed to do this.
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So it seems, Xie,
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you are not a good man.
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A good man can help neither you
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nor the one you wish to save.
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What do you want me to do?
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Infiltrate a place for me.
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Hidden Soldier Alley.
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- Dump it in the back.
- All right.
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I also prepared a gift for you.
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You'll like it.
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I am sorry, Di.
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I must rescue Gu Yu.
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WINE
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He kept staring at me just now.
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He just realized
you and I were working together.
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He checked my travel passes and wounds,
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but our planning
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left him with no reason to suspect me.
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He truly took you as a friend.
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Yet I was your undercover agent.
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Because of an accident,
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his death became inevitable.
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Scheming…
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Both you and I know how to do it.
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But in the end,
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it is still a blade going in white
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and coming out red.
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But you did nothing wrong.
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If you had hesitated,
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the ones buried underground
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would be you and me.
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I know.
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Whether I liked him had little to do
with whether I should kill him.
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In the end,
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people only kill to save themselves.
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Di Lu
was well-liked in Hidden Soldier Alley.
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His death won't stay hidden for long.
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We need to match our accounts.
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This house faces north and is always damp.
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The smell of wine will
linger for more than ten days.
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It can cover the smell
of the corpse for a while.
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Invited by Di Lu,
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you and I went to try
his homemade pine needle wine.
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We entered his home
in the first half of the Xu hour.
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We drank, talked, and enjoyed ourselves.
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We even got a bit carried away
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and accidentally knocked over a few jars.
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We left before the Hai hour.
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After returning home,
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you had a hangover headache
and stayed in bed,
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while I was busy writing travel passes.
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When we saw each other again,
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two or three days had passed.
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And from that day on,
neither of us ever saw Di Lu again.
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Who is it?
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Me, Li Sangeng.
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What is it?
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Mr. Li Mingtai needs a travel pass,
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but he is ill and bedridden,
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so he sent me on his behalf.
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Please prepare a travel pass for him.
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It's a hot day. Come in for some tea.
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Everyone, take a break.
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- All right.
- All right.
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Li Mingtai is bedridden?
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Was that your doing?
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I needed a proper excuse to visit you,
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so I treated him to
some questionable buns.
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These past few days, I walked every lane.
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So far, I've heard no talk of Di Lu.
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He often took commissions
and disappeared for days.
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A short absence may not raise suspicion.
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A few more days and the lie won't hold.
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Tell me, what have you learned?
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Before I came, you told me
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Hidden Soldier Alley was a concept,
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not just a single alley.
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So after I entered the alley,
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the first thing I did
was confirm its full layout.
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Here in Yanzuo Ward,
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from south to north is 450 bu,
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and from west to east is 650 bu.
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Within this entire area,
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everything except the outermost ring
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is Hidden Soldier Alley.
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The outermost ring
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is where common people live,
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meaning it offers the best cover.
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And in danger,
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the best hostages.
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Now look at the row houses
on the west side.
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They look densely packed,
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but they produce
very little trash each day.
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That means the fewest soldiers
are hidden there,
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and the defense is thinnest.
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So where are the troops kept?
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The northwest and the southeast.
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Both areas have many soldiers.
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Avoid them when you move.
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Even on ordinary days,
go around them if you can.
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Any leads
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on Gu Yu?
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None needed.
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Almost everyone knows where he is.
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Capturing Gu Yu
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is quite a feat for Wang Pu.
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That night, I saw it with my own eyes.
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Wang Pu, with two Huben guards,
dragged Gu Yu
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through the streets and alleys
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{\an8}into the Zuihua Tower by the market.
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What is it?
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Do you know General Gu personally?
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For me, my family, and the realm,
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Gu Yu
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is someone I can't afford to lose.
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I want to take a look
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around the Zuihua Tower by the market.
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Deliver Li Mingtai's travel pass yourself.
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He lives in one of the row houses
on the second floor.
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When the window opens, it faces
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directly toward
the Zuihua Tower by the market.
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Why else
do you think I treated him to those buns?
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Who is it?
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Wang Xing. I've brought your travel pass.
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I feel terrible and can't get out of bed.
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Slide it through the door.
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TRAVEL PASS
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Thank you.
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You are welcome.
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ZUIHUA TOWER
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General, please wipe your face.
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What is it, General?
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Have I done something wrong?
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How many people did Wang Pu pass over
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before choosing you?
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As far as I know,
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around 30 people.
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General, look at me.
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Do I resemble your former attendant?
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Former?
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I am your attendant now,
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and I will remain so.
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You may be staying here
for quite some time.
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As for the girl named Wumei,
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she belongs to your past.
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Mr. Wang Pu said
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he wanted you to feel at home.
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Is that so?
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Wumei always did whatever I asked.
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I can do that too,
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perhaps even better.
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Aside from
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letting you leave this place,
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I can do whatever else
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you need.
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Then bring me a small carving knife
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and a piece
of white camphor wood I can carve.
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If I am really going to stay here
for a long time,
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I need something
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to pass the time.
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You said you would do whatever I asked.
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Surely
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a simple carving knife
isn't beyond your reach, is it?
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Of course not.
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Go, then.
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What did you get out of him?
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He wouldn't say a word.
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The Baiwenhu Army is well-trained.
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It is hard to make them betray each other.
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Open it.
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How many of you came in?
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Say one name,
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and you can trade his life for yours.
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You'll walk free,
and he'll suffer in your place.
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Then again,
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you are like brothers.
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How could you betray one another?
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How about this?
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Say one name,
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and both you and he walk free.
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What do you say?
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Your partners are on my turf.
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Sooner or later, I'll find them.
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But if I can help save one, I will.
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I, Wang Pu,
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am a man of my word.
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Is my offer not good enough?
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Not even one word?
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How impolite.
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So you are not mute after all.
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The regional commanders
are entering the Capital.
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I must go pay them a visit.
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There must still be
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some of their men
hidden in Hidden Soldier Alley.
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To save Gu Yu,
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they will try anything.
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Watch
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everything closely.
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Yes, sir.
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Covering your face
only makes you more suspicious.
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Could you endure this work
without covering your face?
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Thank you for putting up with all this.
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A Baiwenhu soldier
was just burned to death.
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He must have come to rescue Gu Yu.
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The Baiwenhu soldiers who slipped in
have been exposed?
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If you can reach the remaining ones,
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tell them to be very careful.
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Also,
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you and I must be careful too.
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- Take care.
- Take care.
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This thing is fine, isn't it?
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A couple of days ago,
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Di Lu came to ask me for a few of these.
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He said he'd had
a misunderstanding with the new guy
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and wanted to
give him these as an apology.
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Then he vanished.
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You were the last person to see him.
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Tell me,
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where did he go?
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He's dead.
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His body
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is buried under the wine jars
in his house.
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White Hair,
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if you hadn't dyed your hair white,
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I wouldn't have recognized you.
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Since you know who I am,
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you should know
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I am here for revenge.
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No one who deserves death
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will escape me.
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Aren't you afraid
you'll fall into my hands?
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I won't spare you either.
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Of course I'm not afraid.
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There's someone locked up
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in the Imperial Guard prison.
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I wonder how he is now.
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Before I came here,
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I took
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a gold coin from him.
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To the Huben Army,
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Qingyi is nothing
more than an expendable pawn.
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And expendable pawns
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should be tossed away,
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just like Liu Ziyan.
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00:26:36,400 --> 00:26:39,640
But to me, he is still useful.
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If nothing happens to me,
nothing will happen to him.
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If something happens to me,
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he won't even have a body left to bury.
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His fate
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is in your hands.
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Yes, he's my disciple.
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So what?
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The rules of the Huben Army
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come above all else.
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00:27:07,840 --> 00:27:09,520
You are right about that.
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00:27:10,360 --> 00:27:12,120
But if you truly believed that,
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you would have reported me to Wang Pu
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the moment you sensed something was wrong,
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00:27:19,120 --> 00:27:21,200
instead of waiting here,
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fearing I had a plan.
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00:27:23,760 --> 00:27:26,840
Rules are rigid. People are flexible.
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00:27:27,680 --> 00:27:29,480
I know the bond between you and Qingyi
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goes beyond master and disciple.
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Many years ago,
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your only child died young.
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A few years later,
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you found Qingyi
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eating offerings at your child's grave,
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and you took him in
as a gift sent from above.
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00:27:45,880 --> 00:27:46,840
You don't want
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your second child
to die like this, do you?
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All you need to do is keep silent
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and let me stay hidden
in Hidden Soldier Alley.
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Once I leave,
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your second child
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will return to you unharmed.
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00:28:10,800 --> 00:28:12,400
He once schemed against you,
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00:28:12,480 --> 00:28:16,080
and he has done his share
of deeds for the Huben Army.
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00:28:16,680 --> 00:28:18,000
Will you really spare him?
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00:28:22,960 --> 00:28:24,800
I will leave no enemy alive.
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00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:27,600
But I still have
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some humanity left.
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Aunt Xin.
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00:28:49,320 --> 00:28:53,320
You were one of my father's
earliest subordinates.
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I still remember that bond.
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All right.
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00:29:02,520 --> 00:29:03,400
You should go.
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00:29:31,320 --> 00:29:35,880
You don't want your second child
to die like this, do you?
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00:29:36,480 --> 00:29:38,240
All you need to do is keep silent
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00:29:39,000 --> 00:29:41,400
and let me stay
hidden in Hidden Soldier Alley.
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00:29:42,560 --> 00:29:43,960
Once I leave,
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00:29:44,960 --> 00:29:46,120
your second child
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00:29:47,720 --> 00:29:49,800
will return to you unharmed.
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GRAVE OF LIU ZIQI, BELOVED SON
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Beat me or scold me,
but let me finish eating.
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00:30:30,880 --> 00:30:32,760
I come up the mountain every three days
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00:30:33,520 --> 00:30:35,040
to leave some flatbread and fruit here.
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00:30:35,560 --> 00:30:36,760
You can come eat.
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00:30:48,280 --> 00:30:49,400
Who is he to you?
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00:30:53,360 --> 00:30:54,440
He was my child.
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00:30:55,600 --> 00:30:57,400
When he passed, he was about your age.
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00:30:58,960 --> 00:31:00,440
Can you teach me how to survive?
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00:31:00,960 --> 00:31:02,720
I can't eat grave offerings forever.
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00:31:06,360 --> 00:31:07,480
All I know is how to kill.
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00:31:08,560 --> 00:31:09,920
This path leads nowhere good.
352
00:31:11,560 --> 00:31:13,640
I killed the leader of the opera troupe
and escaped.
353
00:31:14,800 --> 00:31:16,000
I'm already on this path.
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00:31:57,800 --> 00:32:01,280
I never dare walk past this place
too fast,
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00:32:01,360 --> 00:32:03,160
afraid you'll mistake me for an assassin
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00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:05,360
and kill me.
357
00:32:06,280 --> 00:32:08,520
I rarely strike without reason.
358
00:32:09,480 --> 00:32:10,480
That is true.
359
00:32:14,080 --> 00:32:15,080
Have you found Di Lu?
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00:32:16,320 --> 00:32:17,320
No.
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00:32:19,000 --> 00:32:21,240
I checked everyone you told me
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00:32:22,120 --> 00:32:23,240
to look into.
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00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:26,760
Nothing seemed off.
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00:32:30,680 --> 00:32:32,120
If you still don't trust them,
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00:32:32,640 --> 00:32:34,000
I can kill them all.
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00:32:35,760 --> 00:32:37,800
I don't have the patience
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00:32:38,880 --> 00:32:40,400
to question every one of them.
368
00:32:42,080 --> 00:32:42,920
Don't kill them.
369
00:32:43,440 --> 00:32:45,000
We need every man we have right now.
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00:32:48,720 --> 00:32:50,080
I'm going away for two days
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00:32:51,320 --> 00:32:52,360
to take care
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of something important.
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00:32:58,800 --> 00:33:00,080
Do what you must.
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00:33:03,080 --> 00:33:04,320
It's chilly at night.
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00:33:04,880 --> 00:33:06,080
Keep yourself warm.
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00:34:10,040 --> 00:34:11,199
Hey.
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00:34:11,280 --> 00:34:12,360
Are you all right?
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00:34:34,199 --> 00:34:37,000
Ungrateful mutt, you're courting death!
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00:35:09,120 --> 00:35:10,080
Don't run!
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00:35:10,920 --> 00:35:12,440
Can you stop chasing me?
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00:35:13,480 --> 00:35:15,080
Stop running! Stand still!
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00:35:31,240 --> 00:35:32,320
This is bad.
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00:35:37,120 --> 00:35:38,160
Don't run!
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00:35:40,000 --> 00:35:41,720
Stop right there!
385
00:35:44,080 --> 00:35:45,080
Got you.
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00:35:48,360 --> 00:35:50,680
So you made me eat like a dog, huh?
387
00:35:57,760 --> 00:35:59,720
And you thought you could outrun me?
388
00:36:05,000 --> 00:36:07,120
Which one of us looks more like a dog now?
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00:36:23,160 --> 00:36:24,560
I didn't want to kill anyone.
390
00:36:24,640 --> 00:36:26,560
I'll ask you one last time.
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00:36:26,640 --> 00:36:28,720
Do you have to go
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00:36:28,800 --> 00:36:30,600
- into Hidden Soldier Alley?
- Yes.
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00:36:32,640 --> 00:36:33,960
Is the Huben Army
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00:36:34,480 --> 00:36:36,400
really worth all this?
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00:36:37,120 --> 00:36:39,080
I have to die.
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00:36:39,160 --> 00:36:40,160
If you go in,
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00:36:40,760 --> 00:36:42,640
my master dies.
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00:36:42,720 --> 00:36:44,280
I was sent to the north
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00:36:44,360 --> 00:36:45,800
and stayed there for three years.
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00:36:45,880 --> 00:36:47,360
I have a wife
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00:36:48,280 --> 00:36:49,600
and a six-year-old daughter.
402
00:36:49,680 --> 00:36:52,240
The neighbors all thought
the man of the house had died.
403
00:36:52,760 --> 00:36:55,080
A rogue at the alley entrance
404
00:36:56,320 --> 00:36:58,480
set his sights on my wife.
405
00:36:58,560 --> 00:37:00,960
I have to go back and kill him myself.
406
00:37:03,000 --> 00:37:05,480
At the entrance
of Wazi Alley in Guiyi Ward,
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00:37:07,400 --> 00:37:09,240
there's a breakfast stall.
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00:37:10,400 --> 00:37:11,560
My wife
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00:37:12,080 --> 00:37:15,680
often wears a worn-out purple robe.
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00:37:19,000 --> 00:37:20,560
Go see for yourself.
411
00:38:37,280 --> 00:38:39,720
Your courtyard is quiet today.
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00:38:41,840 --> 00:38:42,720
Sit.
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00:38:48,320 --> 00:38:49,880
In the next few days,
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00:38:50,400 --> 00:38:52,040
I need to issue
confidential travel passes.
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00:38:53,520 --> 00:38:54,960
Wang Pu sent word
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00:38:55,040 --> 00:38:56,880
to keep the handlers to a minimum,
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00:38:58,440 --> 00:39:00,280
so I sent my helpers home.
418
00:39:01,200 --> 00:39:03,760
So it seems you are no longer suspected.
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00:39:04,960 --> 00:39:05,800
Right.
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00:39:06,440 --> 00:39:09,240
What are they treating
as such a grave matter?
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PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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00:39:20,120 --> 00:39:21,560
"Height six chi."
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00:39:22,600 --> 00:39:24,960
"Square forehead, broad face,
a nose rising straight to the brow,
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00:39:25,560 --> 00:39:27,120
and long hanging earlobes."
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00:39:27,200 --> 00:39:29,720
"From Binning to Chang'an."
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00:39:30,960 --> 00:39:31,960
Is this describing
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Yan…