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EIGHT-DIRECTIONS GOODS SHOP
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Alright.
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EIGHT-DIRECTIONS GOODS SHOP
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- Mr. Sun.
- Mr. Su.
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It's only been a few days.
Here to collect debts again?
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No.
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I just wanted to ask about something.
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What do young ladies
usually like to eat here?
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The young ladies on these streets
all love my snow-pear tonic.
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Snow-pear tonic?
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Yes. That one.
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Give me one to go.
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All right, please wait a moment.
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Go ahead and enjoy my snow-pear tonic.
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I'll choose a good one.
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- This one?
- This will do.
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And these red beans.
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I'll give you extra to take along.
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Enjoy it.
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You are welcome back anytime.
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Here you go, Mr. Su.
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Thank you, Mr. Sun.
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No, Mr. Su.
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- How could I take your money?
- Take it.
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No.
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Then, thank you, Mr. Su.
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Lying low.
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The wind will stop soon enough.
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But look at you.
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Doing all this makes it look as if
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I were truly planning to flee.
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Boss.
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Who do you think you can fool?
You cannot fool me.
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Did you not once say
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that half of Chang'an belonged
to you, Boss?
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But the one you serve
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is Emperor Yan.
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With such a powerful backer,
why would you need to lie low?
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Then the one you offended
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must be Emperor Yan.
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You brat.
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You are a little too clever.
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So I guessed right, didn't I?
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Then this really is fleeing.
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So bringing all these things is right.
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I should have brought even more.
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Tell me,
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what if we never return?
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We would not worry about living.
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Boss, your business
spans the entire realm.
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Even if they liquidate
one shop after another,
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they will not finish
in eight or ten years.
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But Boss,
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you still need someone at your side.
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I must find the right person for you
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and be sure they're worthy.
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Why is that?
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Boss, do you not know yourself?
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You are not an easy master to serve.
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Is that not why I have you?
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Losing a bit of business is nothing.
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Do not worry.
I will still pay you double wages.
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This is not about wages.
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If that day truly comes,
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once I settle you properly,
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I will still return to Chang'an.
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For that girl at the clinic?
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No.
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Boss, you have forgotten, have you not?
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I remember.
Your revenge has not been taken yet.
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Yes.
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With blood unavenged,
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I am unworthy as a son.
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His story is the same as yours.
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He carries a hatred as deep as the sea.
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That child came from Pingfang Township,
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a run-down village outside Chang'an.
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When he was 11 years old,
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he saw with his own eyes
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his father trampled to death
by a young master riding back to Chang'an.
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From then on,
he swore to avenge that blood debt.
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He waited five years
before coming to Chang'an,
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bringing all his belongings.
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A total of 17 wen
was only enough to buy one knife.
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Why wait?
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He waited until his mother passed away.
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Because if he died first,
he would fail in his filial duty
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and she would grieve.
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When he found the young master,
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the young master's family
had already fallen,
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leaving only him and his mother
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living in a weed-choked courtyard.
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When the boy surnamed Su saw this,
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he did not strike.
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He began to wait again.
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Later he met Yang Chuhao.
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Yang Chuhao learned his story
and asked him
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whether he spared him out of softness.
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He said no.
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No matter how miserable
a foe becomes, he is still a foe.
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And when it comes to vengeance,
he will show no mercy.
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But he had to wait a little longer.
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He would only act
after the young master's mother died.
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Only then would he strike.
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Because if the young master died,
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there would be no one left
to care for his mother.
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Later on, Yang Chuhao took him in.
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That child was truly clever,
one in a thousand.
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And meticulous.
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Naturally he became
Yang Chuhao's confidant.
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Yang, as I see it,
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raised him like a son.
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Boss, how could you do work like this?
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Let me handle it.
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Kid, it's not that bad. I can do it.
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It is that bad.
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I have to do everything I can
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to be worthy of the wages Boss gives me.
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You.
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What if one day I really run away,
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and you're not by my side?
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What am I to do then?
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This story
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is fake.
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Only two people can tell
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that this story is fake.
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You and me.
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Yang
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doesn't know.
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What caught my eye was not his cleverness,
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but how well he hid himself.
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He lived as an obedient servant,
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and might have lived that way forever,
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earning himself a reputation
as a kind man.
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That would've been no ill fate.
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But when the chance comes,
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he will remember that he is no good man,
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but a flower grown from poisoned soil.
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How did you know
Su Changlin's story was fake?
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People who have crawled out of hell
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are easily content
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with ordinary things.
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But when something seems too good,
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they usually don't believe it.
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I spoke with Su Changlin.
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He could become an excellent Huben member.
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But before that day comes,
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he needs a merit to his name.
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At this very moment, Yang Chuhao's life
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has already become that merit.
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Yang is your father's old friend,
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and my friend.
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I do not rejoice in his death,
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not in the least.
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But he must die.
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Sure enough, in this world,
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anything that seems too good
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is rarely worth trusting.
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Tell me honestly,
do you really have to go?
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The moment the siege
on Yan Fengshan failed,
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I knew the Huben in Chang'an
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had not been wiped out completely.
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If you ask whether there is anyone
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in this dynasty worth trusting,
there must be.
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But I do not dare to gamble.
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No matter whom I entrust with command,
I cannot rest easy.
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I must go north myself,
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bring back the Baiwenhu,
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and retake Chang'an.
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The journey is long,
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and you have only a few men.
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Be careful along the way.
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Do not worry.
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This time I will not let the general
come to any harm.
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After nightfall,
leave through Jinguang Gate.
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Master has arranged someone
to meet you there.
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My thanks for your help.
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Huai'an risked his life to enter the game
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to buy my return from the palace
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and to make Wuyin Chong
agree to his terms.
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I do not know
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whether he ever said
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what one must do
to leave Yan Fengshan's side.
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The letter he left behind
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did not mention it either.
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That courtyard seems ordinary,
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but it is full of hidden traps.
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There must be secret sentries all around.
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With the forces we can muster now,
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breaking in would be extremely difficult.
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You must not attack by force.
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Even if you break through
the outer defenses,
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Yan Fengshan is still inside.
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In today's Chang'an,
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there is no longer anyone
who can stand against him.
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There is no need to worry too much.
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By now you surely know Xie Huai'an.
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He must have prepared
a formidable backup plan.
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Do not worry.
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Indeed.
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I promised him that I would not die.
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Then he will not die either.
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Everyone,
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I must trouble you
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with everything in Chang'an.
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So many people have died.
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We have to burn some money
to send down to them.
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Burn some for Yang Chuhao as well.
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After all, he is your friend.
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Not only Yang Chuhao.
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Tonight is also
Wang Pu's first seven days.
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I sent Zhiying to burn paper at his grave.
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The child you raised for 25 years
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was your shackle.
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If not for him,
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you would have lost control
of your urge to kill
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and turned into a madman long ago.
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It does not sit well with you, does it?
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Bai Wan's death
must have grieved you deeply.
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She was the only family you had left.
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You hid her away and guarded her.
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In the end she was stabbed to death.
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She is buried right here.
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Of course I know that.
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From the moment
we moved to this courtyard,
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no one has dared set foot
on this patch of ground.
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You really are so tender-hearted.
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When she turned one,
I carved her amulet myself.
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Naturally, I felt sorry for her.
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But I still had to kill her.
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Killing her and breaking you
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were the only way I could win.
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And you really did it.
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I have always worked with great care,
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spending a great deal of time
on my layouts,
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thinking through every detail.
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Yet in the end,
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I was still one move short,
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and all my last kin died.
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She died.
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That was when I became a madman.
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Do you know that?
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I can see her.
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At first I only saw her once in a while.
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Slowly,
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she began to appear more often.
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Later,
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whenever I thought of her,
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she would appear by my side.
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White Hair.
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What is it?
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Very mad, am I?
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But if you cast reality aside…
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and imagine wildly
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that the dead could be brought back
to your side.
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Do you not find that amusing?
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Can you not see Wang Pu?
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So it is not you who is mad,
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it is me who is mad.
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It is not you who is mad,
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it is me who is mad.
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This is your junior sister's clinic.
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You are not even helping.
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Do your work. Stop talking nonsense.
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My eyelid has been twitching
for the past two days.
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I wonder how matters stand with Huai'an.
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BLESSINGS ABOUND, MISFORTUNE FADES
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Do not move.
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Careful, there may be hidden weapons.
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Xiaoqing, this is for you.
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Then I will take it back to my room first,
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so you two won't steal
my late-night snack.
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Xiaoqing has never been good at the arts,
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but she is a glutton.
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May I ask you, what does she like to eat?
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She does like a few sweet treats.
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What are you thinking about?
278
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Someone fancies your junior sister,
and you're displeased?
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This dessert was given
by that servant beside Yang Chuhao.
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He likes Xiaoqing.
281
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Huai'an and I both know.
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So?
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He is the closest person to Yang Chuhao,
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like his adopted son.
285
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Huai'an had me investigate him.
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So what exactly are you trying to say?
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What I am trying to say is
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Yang Chuhao is currently fleeing
for his life,
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so there is no reason
he would not take him along.
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At a time like this,
for him to suddenly appear in Chang'an
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is very strange.
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I understand.
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That guy might actually be a traitor.
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Master has not sent word yet.
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We do not know whether Yang Chuhao
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has entered Cangshui River.
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If he has not entered yet,
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then that guy is certainly suspect.
299
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While he has not gone far,
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I will follow him.
301
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This is Chang'an City.
Stop wandering around.
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Take good care of your face.
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I am going.
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Gu Yu has been rescued.
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Wuyin Chong has left.
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You entered the game in person
and won half a move.
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But what comes next?
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You are not someone who leaves no way out.
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I want to know
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what method you have
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to walk out of this courtyard.
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I cannot get out,
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and you will not kill me,
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will you?
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Not right now.
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But someday.
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Then there is still time.
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You are waiting for Xiao Wuyang.
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Not only him.
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00:25:03,600 --> 00:25:05,840
I arranged for 400 men
and still failed to kill him.
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White Hair,
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you really are a bit mad.
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Every moment you are trapped here,
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anything that happens outside,
you cannot respond to.
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You know that, don't you?
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Come in.
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Greetings, General Fengshan,
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Mr. Huai'an.
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00:25:59,760 --> 00:26:01,960
Have you decided to join the Huben Army?
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Where is your merit?
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00:26:04,960 --> 00:26:06,760
Yang Chuhao is already dead.
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00:26:07,920 --> 00:26:09,520
That is my merit.
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00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:13,040
These injuries
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came from a little trouble
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00:26:16,840 --> 00:26:18,600
on the way just now.
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00:27:10,360 --> 00:27:11,360
Is he dead?
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00:27:11,440 --> 00:27:12,480
Almost.
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00:27:13,760 --> 00:27:14,800
Before dawn,
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he should die in the streets of Chang'an.
340
00:27:28,960 --> 00:27:30,600
It was Ye Zheng's sword.
341
00:27:31,640 --> 00:27:33,440
I have trained with the blade
for ten years.
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00:27:33,520 --> 00:27:35,400
This is the first time
I've faced such a trying foe.
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00:27:36,720 --> 00:27:40,200
Ye Zheng is truly a worthy opponent.
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00:27:40,800 --> 00:27:41,920
It is a pity
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he is too ruled by his emotions.
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00:27:49,560 --> 00:27:50,880
No matter what,
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00:27:51,400 --> 00:27:53,120
my feelings for Xiaoqing are real.
348
00:28:28,520 --> 00:28:31,880
I told you this is the risk
you have to take.
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00:28:31,960 --> 00:28:33,040
Trapped here,
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00:28:33,120 --> 00:28:36,120
you cannot deal with anything outside.
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00:28:38,200 --> 00:28:39,360
This courtyard
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is truly lovely.
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00:28:47,800 --> 00:28:48,880
Tonight
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is the end.
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00:28:58,520 --> 00:28:59,560
Go ahead.
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00:29:25,320 --> 00:29:28,400
Sir, Yulong Ridge lies ahead.
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00:29:29,440 --> 00:29:30,840
In these past decades,
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the wisest,
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00:29:33,280 --> 00:29:34,800
the strongest,
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00:29:35,760 --> 00:29:37,160
and the most cunning
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00:29:37,240 --> 00:29:39,200
have all gathered in Chang'an.
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00:29:41,200 --> 00:29:42,400
Tell me.
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00:29:48,160 --> 00:29:49,760
Is it time?
364
00:30:19,960 --> 00:30:22,160
It is snowing
even after the Spring Equinox.
365
00:30:23,680 --> 00:30:26,000
This is not a peaceful year.
366
00:30:26,080 --> 00:30:29,640
When your father died,
it was also a snowy night.
367
00:30:31,440 --> 00:30:34,920
Your father, covered in wounds,
was brought before me.
368
00:30:35,520 --> 00:30:38,120
And the one who delivered
the final blow was not Liu Ziyan.
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00:30:38,200 --> 00:30:39,280
It was me.
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00:30:40,040 --> 00:30:42,200
I even gathered his remains
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00:30:43,000 --> 00:30:44,680
and built a grave for him.
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00:30:46,960 --> 00:30:48,800
Did you find that grave?
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00:30:49,680 --> 00:30:52,120
Did you ever weep before it?
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LIU ZIWEN
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Accept your fate, White Hair.
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00:31:13,520 --> 00:31:15,800
Stop struggling.
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00:31:17,360 --> 00:31:18,440
Accept such a fate?
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00:31:22,000 --> 00:31:23,600
Tell me.
379
00:31:24,960 --> 00:31:26,280
How does one accept fate?
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00:31:27,560 --> 00:31:29,200
One kowtow at a time.
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00:31:29,960 --> 00:31:32,520
That is how the word fate is written.
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00:32:06,080 --> 00:32:07,440
I'll kill him for you.
383
00:32:21,160 --> 00:32:23,720
Ever since you rescued
Gu Yu from Chang'an,
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00:32:24,400 --> 00:32:27,160
the four regional commanders
have all pressed me for battle orders.
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00:32:27,960 --> 00:32:31,600
They refuse to see Gu Yu return
with the northern Baiwenhu Army
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00:32:32,320 --> 00:32:34,600
and join forces with Xiao Wuyang's army.
387
00:32:40,280 --> 00:32:42,640
Many people are destined to die tonight.
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00:32:45,320 --> 00:32:46,440
Go.
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00:32:47,080 --> 00:32:49,360
I permit you to die where you grew up.
390
00:32:50,600 --> 00:32:53,160
My men outside will see you off
on your final road.
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00:33:42,840 --> 00:33:43,960
You are tired.
392
00:33:45,200 --> 00:33:47,200
I will stir the charcoal and leave.
393
00:33:48,080 --> 00:33:50,520
Cease this pretense of serving me.
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00:33:51,800 --> 00:33:53,360
Come back tomorrow.
395
00:33:54,280 --> 00:33:57,040
Tell me what you want.
396
00:34:08,239 --> 00:34:10,320
I had wanted to kill Xie Huai'an myself.
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00:34:10,960 --> 00:34:12,880
Killing a man like him
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00:34:13,920 --> 00:34:15,280
felt like an accomplishment.
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00:34:16,040 --> 00:34:19,199
But now it seems that if he were to die
under the blades of the Huben,
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00:34:19,840 --> 00:34:22,320
as the tales say his father did,
401
00:34:26,480 --> 00:34:27,360
it'd be far more interesting.
402
00:35:15,480 --> 00:35:18,760
When I was seven,
I learned to make dumplings.
403
00:35:18,840 --> 00:35:20,720
And I even wrapped
404
00:35:22,520 --> 00:35:23,520
a copper coin inside,
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00:35:24,560 --> 00:35:26,200
hoping you would be the one to eat it.
406
00:35:27,560 --> 00:35:29,800
Hoping you would live a thousand years,
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00:35:30,400 --> 00:35:31,680
safe and at peace.
408
00:35:38,800 --> 00:35:41,800
{\an8}Does that Xie Huai'an have a weakness?
409
00:35:42,600 --> 00:35:43,680
{\an8}He does.
410
00:35:44,880 --> 00:35:46,840
He wants too badly to kill someone.
411
00:35:53,640 --> 00:35:54,720
That is right.
412
00:35:55,440 --> 00:35:56,640
You guessed correctly.
413
00:35:59,040 --> 00:36:00,760
He wants to kill me.
414
00:36:06,000 --> 00:36:08,120
One who keeps thinking only
of killing you,
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00:36:09,120 --> 00:36:10,600
does that count as remarkable?
416
00:36:11,880 --> 00:36:13,840
Killing intent is instinct.
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00:36:13,920 --> 00:36:15,840
If one is too driven by instinct,
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00:36:16,680 --> 00:36:18,480
it is easy to lose oneself.
419
00:36:19,480 --> 00:36:20,320
On the contrary,
420
00:36:21,240 --> 00:36:24,520
to be able to put down the desire
to kill someone
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00:36:25,560 --> 00:36:27,640
is what makes one extraordinary.
422
00:36:35,280 --> 00:36:36,360
General.
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00:36:37,520 --> 00:36:39,240
I heard the elder Huben say
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that when you were young,
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00:36:41,800 --> 00:36:43,360
you were also steeped in bloodshed.
426
00:36:53,960 --> 00:36:55,120
Later,
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00:36:56,000 --> 00:36:57,440
you appeared.
428
00:36:59,680 --> 00:37:00,520
Me?
429
00:37:02,280 --> 00:37:05,000
The number of people
who kill for me keeps growing
430
00:37:05,080 --> 00:37:06,320
and I am getting older.
431
00:37:07,160 --> 00:37:10,440
I no longer need to swing every blade
with my life on the line.
432
00:37:11,040 --> 00:37:12,520
Perhaps for this very reason,
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00:37:13,120 --> 00:37:15,840
my killing intent slowly faded.
434
00:37:17,680 --> 00:37:18,520
General.
435
00:37:20,400 --> 00:37:21,560
I am returning to Chang'an.
436
00:37:23,520 --> 00:37:25,280
I am the one who kills for the general.
437
00:37:26,440 --> 00:37:27,320
On this trip back,
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00:37:29,320 --> 00:37:30,760
I will kill Xie Huai'an.
439
00:37:48,400 --> 00:37:50,640
As long as you return safely.
440
00:38:24,280 --> 00:38:30,560
THE FESTIVAL APPROACHES SPRING,
AND THE NEW YEAR IS BLESSED