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Everyone outside is on the move.
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The city will soon be in chaos.
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Those with somewhere to go
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are all thinking of fleeing.
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TRAVEL PASS
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The realm is in peril,
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yet I still have a place to go.
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Thank you, sir.
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I know what's on your mind.
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But at your age,
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it's too soon to speak of life and death.
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But, sir,
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I've harmed people.
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Innocent people.
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Heaven and earth are vast,
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and life is long.
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Go farther,
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see more of the world,
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and learn to forgive yourself.
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I believe
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those you wronged have forgiven you.
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Come on.
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The men escorting you
are all old friends of mine.
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They'll keep you safe on the road.
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Move.
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RICE AND GRAIN STORE
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What?
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Why is the gate closed?
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Right. Why's it shut?
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SILK AND SATIN
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- Sir.
- What's going on?
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Why have you stopped?
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There's no way ahead.
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-What happened?
-What's going on?
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Look.
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- What's all this?
- Why are there so many people down?
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- What's happening here?
- How are we meant to get out?
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- Exactly.
- This is absurd.
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- We're completely stuck.
- What’s wrong with them?
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This is strange.
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What is this?
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The gate is shut.
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Starting today,
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entry and exit are only permitted
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through Yanping Gate.
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- That'll be a long detour!
- Exactly.
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Look, we're already…
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-Let us out!
-Why are they doing this?
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ZHAO'S TAVERN
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-I'll help you.
-Come here.
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FLATBREAD
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Open the door. Open it!
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Open the door!
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How can I help you?
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I'll take 700 flatbreads
and 350 bowls of noodle soup.
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Well…
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- I…
- You refuse?
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My… My shop is too small.
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I'll give you time and money.
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So the Tiemo people
entered the city just like that.
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WONTONS
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- It feels like a dream.
- Exactly.
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- What do we do?
- Flee?
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Flee?
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The city gates are all in their hands.
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Who knows how many
Tiemo soldiers lie outside?
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Exactly. We're just common folk.
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Where can we run? How would we run?
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Then what do we do?
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I'm staying.
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If our army fights its way back,
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I can kill a few Tiemo scoundrels myself.
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That's what I was thinking.
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But first, eat.
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Sir.
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- Three bowls of wontons.
- All right.
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Once the Tiemo army arrives,
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we commoners
will be the ones who suffer the most.
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Truly.
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Tell me about it.
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Who knows how many more meals
we'll get from this stall?
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Eat while we still can.
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WONTON
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Your wontons are ready.
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- Come on.
- Careful. They're hot.
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All right.
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- Thanks, sir.
- We've got it.
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Thank you, sir.
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Sir.
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Sir?
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You haven't eaten, have you?
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Come have a bowl of wontons.
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I don't want wontons.
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I have no appetite, and no money.
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What money?
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Come.
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It's only a bowl of food. Sit.
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With the Tiemo army approaching,
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money means nothing.
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Consider this a small favor.
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If you knew what I've done,
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you wouldn't help me.
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Xie Huai'an said
you'd understand everything
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when you saw this rice.
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You must stay strong.
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I said I'd cook it,
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but he insisted on doing it himself
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and burned one of my pots.
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Burned it clean through, you hear?
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What a waste!
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Go on, eat.
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I will stay strong.
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I can stay strong.
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It's just a lad who can't truss a chicken,
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yet they sent a whole crowd to tail him.
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They truly have nothing better to do.
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The Tiemo people are already in the city.
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People are terrified.
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The shadow guards
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they've planted in the city
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aren't enough to hold Chang'an.
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They're waiting for their troops.
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Until they arrive,
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they won't touch the common folk.
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You seem
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confident.
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I planned for years
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to return to Chang'an
and kill Yan Fengshan.
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But the Tiemo invasion
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and my kin's betrayal
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were beyond my calculations.
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Life is
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truly unpredictable.
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Tomorrow, at the Shen Hour,
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a wind will rise.
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I don't know why,
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but looking at you now
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gives me
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a strange feeling.
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Oh?
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What feeling?
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As if you were an old man.
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I am.
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I truly am.
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My parents are gone.
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I have no family left in this world.
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Living in this world,
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I can only cling to memories.
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Such days
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must come to an end.
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End? What end?
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Huai'an, don't say that.
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Silly girl.
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Don't worry.
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Heaven above,
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please show Huai'an
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some kindness.
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Xiaoqing,
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I need a walk.
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It's dangerous outside.
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Where's Zheng?
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Zheng…
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I already sent him off.
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I want to look around outside.
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All right.
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This pot is ruined.
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I need it mended.
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As for Heaven's kindness,
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we'll see.
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Don't tell your senior brother.
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Let's go.
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EARTHENWARE
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Huai'an,
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they sell new pots here.
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Let's take a look inside.
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Sir, why is there so much smoke?
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Do you mend pots, or do you cook?
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Three chi down the alley
is an eatery's kitchen.
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When they start cooking,
the smoke drifts over.
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Huai'an, I don't think
they mend pots here.
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Let's ask.
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Sir,
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my pot is broken.
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Take a look.
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Can you mend it?
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I can.
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When do you want it done? Today?
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Not today.
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I'm too tired to walk.
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Tomorrow.
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Tomorrow? At night?
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Not at night.
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Tomorrow, at the Shen hour.
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Shen hour?
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Very well. I'll have it done then.
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My thanks.
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Think nothing of it.
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Let's go.
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Huai'an,
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there was something odd about that man.
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How so?
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He almost seemed
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afraid of you.
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You're overthinking things.
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Come with me to a clinic.
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TEA AND HORSE POST
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If we could return
to the Imperial Physician's Hall,
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we wouldn't need to go to another clinic.
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Can a clinic in a place like this
really be trusted?
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Yes.
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Your senior brother's life
was saved there.
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Really?
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Yi Zhihu.
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Yi Zhihu is real?
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How did you meet this physician?
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I've been hunted for years.
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One winter, Yi crossed paths with me
and saved me.
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Yi said she'd never seen
obsession as deep as mine,
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and wished to see how it would end.
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Yi Zhihu,
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you're a woman?
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I thought Yi would be some ugly old man.
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Rumor says that a northern healer,
hideous of face,
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can bring the dying back to life
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and wed a young bride at 50.
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But in truth, Yi Zhihu is a woman.
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The ugly one
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is her helper.
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Those who come to me
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have all been to the verge of death.
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Without a few tricks,
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I couldn't have survived.
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Treating your senior brother last time,
for example,
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drew the Huben guards upon me.
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Step out, will you?
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Why should I?
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I need to examine his wounds.
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There is no need
to keep things from Xiaoqing.
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There's nothing she can't know.
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Is that so?
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Seems to me you're still
hiding something from her.
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Where is he?
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The King of Tiemo is in Chang'an.
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Is your blade ready?
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With the enemy at the gates,
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killing him alone won't be enough.
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I've devised a plan
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to kill every Tiemo invader.
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Do you have enough forces?
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Of course.
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- General.
- General.
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- General.
- General.
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Where are the others?
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Have my orders
lost all weight in this camp?
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General,
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- the other officers are gone.
- What did you say?
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The other officers and their men
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have vanished.
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Have they deserted?
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Then track them down!
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General, it's been nearly five days.
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We have no trail to follow.
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Xiang Xuehuai!
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Please.
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How are you still drinking tea?
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Look,
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he caught us.
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This is Mr. Xie Huai'an's friend,
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Ye Zheng.
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He's brought Mr. Xie's command.
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Whatever the order is,
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we have a greater internal crisis.
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Do you realize what is happening?
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Six entire units have disappeared!
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I know that.
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That was due to Mr. Xie's first order.
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Then why not tell me?
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Calm yourself.
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I know your temper, so I held back.
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The messenger that day
was from the Huben Army.
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This letter is from Xie Huai'an.
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If we follow his strategy,
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we may
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have a chance to defeat the Tiemo.
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Farewell.
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Wait.
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Why are you helping us?
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You are soldiers. So are we.
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That's why Xie Huai'an trusts me.
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Where will you go next?
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The four regional commanders
hold massive forces.
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I will carry Xie Huai'an's order
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to each of them.
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Five days ago,
Mr. Xie Huai'an secretly ordered me
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to send out our finest troops.
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Where were they sent?
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They're all in Chang'an.
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When do we strike, and what is the signal?
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Tomorrow
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at the Shen hour.
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The wind will rise.
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Where have you been?
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00:24:57,120 --> 00:24:58,920
Zheng, how thoughtful you are.
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You look grumpy,
305
00:25:00,120 --> 00:25:01,680
but the congee you made smells wonderful.
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Thank you.
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You and that mouth of yours.
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Come in. The food's ready.
309
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Tiemo shadow guards
won't risk alerting us.
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If they're walking openly with axes,
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they're likely just neighbors.
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Come on.
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Cen Pickles!
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Is Cen Pickles not home?
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Why are you here?
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For a meal!
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You've run out of grain already?
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We're saving it.
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Once the war begins,
supplies may be cut off at any moment.
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We'll eat his grain first, then ours.
Come on.
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Shameless.
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You flatter us.
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- Your Majesty.
- Have you found Xie Huai'an?
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Not yet.
325
00:26:48,520 --> 00:26:50,720
We're sending more men to search.
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He's Liu Ziwen's son.
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Everything
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the Huben Army learned, he learned.
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00:26:59,960 --> 00:27:03,080
Finding him won't be easy.
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There is another matter
331
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- Your Majesty may want to hear.
- Speak.
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Sha from the wonton stall
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00:27:11,840 --> 00:27:14,840
treated Xiao Wenjing to a bowl of rice.
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00:27:16,840 --> 00:27:18,120
Rice?
335
00:27:18,200 --> 00:27:19,080
Yes.
336
00:27:20,760 --> 00:27:22,080
He used the chance
337
00:27:22,680 --> 00:27:25,920
to see how many of us
were tailing Xiao Wenjing.
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00:27:32,440 --> 00:27:35,440
They may act soon.
339
00:27:36,640 --> 00:27:38,240
Then we've likely
340
00:27:39,800 --> 00:27:42,160
found Xie Huai'an.
341
00:27:44,040 --> 00:27:46,240
And Cen Weizong.
342
00:28:07,840 --> 00:28:08,880
Thank you.
343
00:28:08,960 --> 00:28:10,400
All right, that's enough.
344
00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:11,560
Full?
345
00:28:11,640 --> 00:28:12,840
- Yes.
- Good. We're leaving!
346
00:28:12,920 --> 00:28:14,360
- We'll take the clay pot tomorrow.
- We're leaving.
347
00:28:14,440 --> 00:28:16,440
- Keep this for me.
- We're leaving.
348
00:28:16,520 --> 00:28:17,960
I'll come back tomorrow.
349
00:28:18,040 --> 00:28:19,840
- We're leaving, sir.
- Be careful.
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00:28:19,920 --> 00:28:20,960
Come on.
351
00:28:25,040 --> 00:28:27,280
Your neighbors in Ronghua Alley
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are treating your home
like it's a granary.
353
00:28:33,360 --> 00:28:34,400
Those you saw,
354
00:28:36,360 --> 00:28:37,680
and those who didn't come today,
355
00:28:38,960 --> 00:28:41,000
come here to eat whenever they like.
356
00:28:41,600 --> 00:28:42,960
I gave them nicknames:
357
00:28:43,640 --> 00:28:44,680
Gulouzi,
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00:28:45,480 --> 00:28:47,000
Gourd Chicken,
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00:28:47,080 --> 00:28:49,280
Noodle Soup, and Boiled Lamb.
360
00:28:52,080 --> 00:28:54,040
Food is the primary need of the people.
361
00:28:54,920 --> 00:28:55,960
When grain runs out,
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00:28:56,680 --> 00:28:57,520
their world collapses.
363
00:29:02,600 --> 00:29:04,240
Sha told me
364
00:29:05,920 --> 00:29:07,320
that in the old days,
365
00:29:07,400 --> 00:29:09,400
the founding emperor, you, my father,
366
00:29:09,480 --> 00:29:11,000
and Wu Zhongheng
367
00:29:11,720 --> 00:29:13,680
often gathered in that little shop
368
00:29:14,480 --> 00:29:15,720
for a bowl of wontons.
369
00:29:17,080 --> 00:29:18,920
Sha worked all night
370
00:29:19,000 --> 00:29:20,880
and barely earned a few coins.
371
00:29:22,640 --> 00:29:24,160
So he complained?
372
00:29:25,520 --> 00:29:26,960
But he's right.
373
00:29:28,480 --> 00:29:29,800
It's been nearly 20 years.
374
00:29:30,400 --> 00:29:32,920
Among the few of us, I'm the one
who achieved the least.
375
00:29:34,200 --> 00:29:36,280
But I enjoyed being with my friends.
376
00:29:51,480 --> 00:29:52,920
Wu Zhongheng
377
00:29:54,720 --> 00:29:56,400
is now the King of Tiemo.
378
00:30:04,360 --> 00:30:06,080
Are you still friends?
379
00:30:16,360 --> 00:30:17,400
Most likely not.
380
00:30:19,680 --> 00:30:21,080
After your father
381
00:30:22,680 --> 00:30:24,640
hung the red silk on the hemlock tree,
382
00:30:25,760 --> 00:30:27,360
I never showed up again.
383
00:30:28,680 --> 00:30:30,840
Wu Zhongheng must have known then
that I belonged
384
00:30:30,920 --> 00:30:31,960
to the Liu faction.
385
00:30:36,720 --> 00:30:37,960
If we were still friends,
386
00:30:38,640 --> 00:30:40,600
I could have walked into his courtyard
to kill him,
387
00:30:41,280 --> 00:30:43,280
regardless of the outcome.
388
00:30:46,120 --> 00:30:47,520
The Grand Preceptor cannot die.
389
00:30:50,520 --> 00:30:51,520
As for killing him,
390
00:30:53,760 --> 00:30:55,200
I already have a plan.
391
00:31:33,920 --> 00:31:35,000
Are you hungry?
392
00:31:36,360 --> 00:31:37,200
Want some congee?
393
00:31:38,320 --> 00:31:40,360
- Here.
- No, thanks. You go on and eat.
394
00:31:40,440 --> 00:31:41,320
I'm not hungry.
395
00:31:42,440 --> 00:31:44,400
Then why the long face?
396
00:31:48,440 --> 00:31:49,440
I feel uneasy.
397
00:32:59,520 --> 00:33:00,800
It's freezing out there,
398
00:33:01,720 --> 00:33:03,240
yet he sits alone like that.
399
00:33:06,040 --> 00:33:07,560
He'll catch a cold.
400
00:33:07,640 --> 00:33:09,280
- I'll call him back.
- Don't.
401
00:33:12,800 --> 00:33:14,040
We'd better
402
00:33:15,200 --> 00:33:16,480
let him be.
403
00:33:29,480 --> 00:33:33,240
YOU HOUR
404
00:33:52,840 --> 00:33:54,680
- Open the door.
- Yes.
405
00:34:15,840 --> 00:34:17,520
My men have been negligent.
406
00:34:18,560 --> 00:34:20,639
You are, after all,
about to be an emperor.
407
00:34:21,440 --> 00:34:23,520
How could they serve you a meal like this?
408
00:34:27,120 --> 00:34:28,800
The empire is collapsing.
409
00:34:31,239 --> 00:34:32,920
What emperor?
410
00:34:34,360 --> 00:34:36,480
It's only a show,
411
00:34:38,840 --> 00:34:40,400
with me playing the monkey
412
00:34:42,560 --> 00:34:43,560
for the Tiemo people.
413
00:34:45,760 --> 00:34:47,280
This is the peace treaty I drafted.
414
00:34:49,880 --> 00:34:51,159
Accept it,
415
00:34:51,239 --> 00:34:52,800
and you can save your nation,
416
00:34:53,320 --> 00:34:54,880
Your Majesty.
417
00:35:12,800 --> 00:35:14,000
FIRST, THE TWO NATIONS
SHALL BE AS BROTHERS.
418
00:35:14,080 --> 00:35:15,320
SECOND, THE THREE PREFECTURES NORTH
OF THE NORTH OFFICE ARE CEDED TO TIEMO.
419
00:35:15,400 --> 00:35:17,440
"All land north of the North Office
420
00:35:18,520 --> 00:35:20,280
belongs to Tiemo…"
421
00:35:27,960 --> 00:35:31,440
"Annual tribute: 250,000 liang of gold,
422
00:35:32,280 --> 00:35:34,280
250,000 liang of silver,
423
00:35:35,200 --> 00:35:37,040
100,000 horses,
424
00:35:37,640 --> 00:35:39,280
300,000 bolts of silk,
425
00:35:43,640 --> 00:35:46,520
900,000 DAN OF GRAIN
426
00:35:52,120 --> 00:35:53,960
and 900,000 dan of grain…"
427
00:35:59,880 --> 00:36:02,440
Even the fertile fields of Ganzhou
428
00:36:03,640 --> 00:36:05,920
yield only 200,000 dan a year.
429
00:36:07,880 --> 00:36:09,640
Huzhou, Huai'an, and the others
430
00:36:10,800 --> 00:36:13,640
yield less than 100,000 dan a year.
431
00:36:17,400 --> 00:36:19,560
Yet you demand 900,000 in tribute?
432
00:36:22,480 --> 00:36:24,920
You call this a peace treaty?
433
00:36:28,240 --> 00:36:30,200
Isn't this
434
00:36:30,280 --> 00:36:34,160
just turning my people into your slaves
and livestock?
435
00:36:44,760 --> 00:36:46,720
Past Xigu Mountain City,
436
00:36:47,480 --> 00:36:49,800
Chang'an has no natural defenses left.
437
00:36:50,400 --> 00:36:53,880
My main forces are just 300 li away.
438
00:36:56,520 --> 00:36:57,960
When they arrive,
439
00:36:58,040 --> 00:36:59,480
the well-off people of Chang'an
440
00:36:59,560 --> 00:37:02,200
won't just be slaves or livestock.
441
00:37:03,000 --> 00:37:05,120
Even the chance to stay alive
442
00:37:07,040 --> 00:37:09,080
won't belong to everyone.
443
00:37:16,640 --> 00:37:17,680
Tomorrow,
444
00:37:18,240 --> 00:37:19,560
tear off that mask of yours,
445
00:37:20,160 --> 00:37:22,280
show yourself as the Emperor of Chang'an,
446
00:37:23,400 --> 00:37:25,360
and sit on your throne.
447
00:37:26,440 --> 00:37:28,920
We will seal this treaty by exchanging
448
00:37:29,720 --> 00:37:31,600
letters of credence.
449
00:37:33,200 --> 00:37:34,120
In return,
450
00:37:35,720 --> 00:37:38,160
your people will live.
451
00:37:54,880 --> 00:37:56,720
I was once a useless emperor,
452
00:37:59,600 --> 00:38:01,320
blind to the sufferings of the people.
453
00:38:05,320 --> 00:38:06,840
But now I understand.
454
00:38:09,440 --> 00:38:10,600
A bowl of rice
455
00:38:11,680 --> 00:38:12,880
or a single flatbread
456
00:38:14,080 --> 00:38:15,960
can be the line between life and death.
457
00:38:22,400 --> 00:38:24,640
If you can't even give them that,
458
00:38:28,120 --> 00:38:29,480
then attack.
459
00:38:35,720 --> 00:38:37,680
When you do, the people of Chang'an
460
00:38:41,560 --> 00:38:44,120
will die fighting with you.
461
00:39:00,440 --> 00:39:01,680
You can try.
462
00:39:02,400 --> 00:39:03,440
If you lose,
463
00:39:03,960 --> 00:39:06,280
Chang'an will be a wasteland.
464
00:39:21,200 --> 00:39:22,240
Monster.
465
00:39:27,680 --> 00:39:29,480
And so am I.
466
00:40:46,320 --> 00:40:49,280
Huai'an, why are you sharpening my blade?
467
00:41:04,320 --> 00:41:06,680
Here. It's done.
468
00:41:18,440 --> 00:41:19,480
Huai'an,
469
00:41:20,560 --> 00:41:21,640
you're acting strangely today.
470
00:41:23,320 --> 00:41:24,840
Are you hiding something from me?
471
00:41:24,920 --> 00:41:26,040
No.
472
00:41:26,840 --> 00:41:29,560
You're the one hiding something.
473
00:41:35,120 --> 00:41:37,560
The pageboy is locked
in the Imperial Guard Station.
474
00:41:37,640 --> 00:41:39,040
You scouted out the place, right?
475
00:41:39,120 --> 00:41:40,400
So?
476
00:41:40,480 --> 00:41:41,960
Did you find a way to rescue him?
477
00:41:43,040 --> 00:41:44,320
You knew?
478
00:41:46,600 --> 00:41:48,280
We're friends.
479
00:41:48,360 --> 00:41:50,520
How could I not know what you're thinking?
480
00:41:54,200 --> 00:41:55,440
I'm not confident.
481
00:41:55,520 --> 00:41:57,480
There are too many guards.
It's hard to break in.
482
00:41:58,160 --> 00:41:59,960
Once the Shen-hour plan begins,
483
00:42:00,040 --> 00:42:02,360
the Tiemo people will kill him
the moment they feel threatened.
484
00:42:02,440 --> 00:42:03,480
He won't die.
485
00:42:04,720 --> 00:42:06,200
Give me one battalion.
486
00:42:06,280 --> 00:42:08,960
I will take the station within two hours.
487
00:42:09,040 --> 00:42:11,520
If you storm it, he may truly die.
488
00:42:14,440 --> 00:42:15,680
Ye Zheng,
489
00:42:17,160 --> 00:42:18,560
the Shen-hour plan
490
00:42:19,320 --> 00:42:20,760
cannot afford
491
00:42:21,520 --> 00:42:23,040
a single misstep.
492
00:42:23,800 --> 00:42:24,760
Therefore,
493
00:42:25,280 --> 00:42:28,240
you must appear at the exact place
I designated for you
494
00:42:29,800 --> 00:42:30,840
and wait for me there.
495
00:42:33,400 --> 00:42:34,640
I will
496
00:42:35,480 --> 00:42:36,440
rescue the pageboy.
497
00:42:37,840 --> 00:42:38,960
How?
498
00:42:42,360 --> 00:42:43,400
Yesterday,
499
00:42:44,440 --> 00:42:46,840
I had Sha serve him a bowl of rice.
500
00:42:46,920 --> 00:42:48,280
I let the Tiemo see it on purpose
501
00:42:48,360 --> 00:42:49,760
so they'd believe
502
00:42:50,480 --> 00:42:51,960
I intended to rescue him.
503
00:42:53,080 --> 00:42:54,160
That means today,
504
00:42:55,160 --> 00:42:56,200
the pageboy will be forced
505
00:42:57,320 --> 00:42:59,000
to exchange letters of credence with Tiemo
506
00:42:59,560 --> 00:43:00,840
as the Emperor of Chang'an,
507
00:43:01,840 --> 00:43:05,360
and the best moment to act is when he is
508
00:43:06,040 --> 00:43:07,760
on his way to the palace.
509
00:43:10,160 --> 00:43:13,280
But why expose such a flaw?
510
00:43:13,360 --> 00:43:15,000
It's the only
511
00:43:15,640 --> 00:43:17,440
and the most convincing way.
512
00:43:18,440 --> 00:43:19,480
Only by doing so
513
00:43:20,360 --> 00:43:23,080
can the Shen-hour plan remain concealed.
514
00:43:24,080 --> 00:43:25,480
No. Absolutely not.
515
00:43:25,560 --> 00:43:27,480
You will expose yourself.
516
00:43:27,560 --> 00:43:28,800
You will be risking your life!
517
00:43:30,640 --> 00:43:32,040
It is a life for a life.
518
00:43:33,720 --> 00:43:34,560
Ye Zheng,
519
00:43:35,280 --> 00:43:37,200
if you were the one in danger,
520
00:43:37,920 --> 00:43:39,120
I would do the same.
521
00:43:41,680 --> 00:43:43,200
- But…
- Enough.
522
00:43:43,800 --> 00:43:45,080
No more arguing.
523
00:43:46,040 --> 00:43:48,000
If we do manage to
drive out the Tiemo people,
524
00:43:48,080 --> 00:43:50,880
don't forget to reunite with Zhaolu.
525
00:43:53,920 --> 00:43:55,320
I will.
526
00:43:55,400 --> 00:43:57,480
When all this ends, I will find her.
527
00:43:57,560 --> 00:44:00,240
But until then, I must keep you safe.
528
00:44:00,320 --> 00:44:01,880
If anything happens to you,
529
00:44:01,960 --> 00:44:03,040
what do I live for?
530
00:44:13,800 --> 00:44:14,840
I know
531
00:44:16,360 --> 00:44:17,640
that once you decide something,
532
00:44:18,920 --> 00:44:20,120
no one can sway you.
533
00:44:21,400 --> 00:44:22,480
Since I began following you,
534
00:44:23,360 --> 00:44:25,280
I've never questioned your decisions
535
00:44:26,520 --> 00:44:29,680
or faltered in carrying out your orders.
536
00:44:29,760 --> 00:44:31,280
But this is different.
537
00:44:31,360 --> 00:44:33,440
You're walking straight into death.
538
00:44:35,240 --> 00:44:36,280
Huai'an,
539
00:44:38,160 --> 00:44:40,280
sometimes you should put yourself first.
540
00:44:54,240 --> 00:44:55,280
Huai'an,
541
00:44:56,800 --> 00:44:58,400
your hair…
542
00:45:04,920 --> 00:45:06,280
I was born white-haired,
543
00:45:07,280 --> 00:45:08,520
and I'll die white-haired.
544
00:45:11,080 --> 00:45:12,320
What is there to fear?
545
00:45:24,400 --> 00:45:25,440
All right,
546
00:45:26,040 --> 00:45:27,080
time for me to go.
547
00:45:27,840 --> 00:45:29,040
At the Shen hour,
548
00:45:29,640 --> 00:45:30,920
we'll meet again.
549
00:46:12,640 --> 00:46:14,760
Zheng. Zheng…
550
00:46:16,200 --> 00:46:17,240
Master once said
551
00:46:20,280 --> 00:46:21,640
that he was born white-haired.
552
00:46:23,800 --> 00:46:25,080
The Grand Preceptor divined
553
00:46:27,080 --> 00:46:28,520
that he would live
554
00:46:30,680 --> 00:46:31,920
until his hair turned white again.
555
00:46:39,560 --> 00:46:41,320
Looks like his mind is set.