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The Scholar and the Emperor
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What a beautiful young lady.
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Fine jade for a fair beauty.
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Why not try this one?
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You don't look like you're from Shazhou.
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May I ask your name?
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I'm Shen Zhishu.
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I'm looking for a friend.
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What does he look like?
I'll help you find him.
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A gentleman.
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He has a capital accent.
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As for his looks,
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Not as handsome as me.
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And a touch less refined.
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As for his height,
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And a little shorter.
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Lord Shen.
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Old Huang!
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I finally found you.
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All the way from the capital to Shazhou,
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and you still found time to flirt.
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Old Huang,
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they nearly worked me to death.
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I crossed mountains and valleys,
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crossing rivers and sleeping rough.
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And then...
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I finally laid eyes on a Shazhou beauty.
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Why are you here?
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His Lordship knew when you'd arrive
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to wait here for you.
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Wait here.
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Where's my beauty?
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You didn't escape from prison, did you?
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No ordinary jail could hold me.
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The Dings have the whole city after you.
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They want you dead.
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You're bold, coming here.
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What do you want?
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I've come to help.
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You?
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And how exactly?
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Jiuyou City is Black
Tiger Hall's territory.
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I know you're probing the arms trade.
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and posing as a wealthy Beijian
merchant to get close to Ding Chong.
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You've come this far
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because you want proof of their collusion
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and illegal arms trade.
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As for me,
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I grew up in Shazhou.
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I know this place inside and out.
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I've already uncovered
everything you mentioned.
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You're no longer useful to me.
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You, on the other hand,
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are a fugitive with no
hope of taking the exam.
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It seems you're the one who needs me.
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Young Master He,
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I failed to recognize who you really were.
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Now I'm a fugitive
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and can't sit the exam.
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Whether I earn rank or not is secondary.
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But I can't lose even the
right to sit the exam.
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Since you're here to investigate,
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I trust you're honorable.
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You need a guide.
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I need a way out.
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We can each get what we need.
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We can purge Shazhou of this corruption
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and restore my status as
a law-abiding citizen.
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You're right, Miss Meng.
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But I can't take you inside.
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I only have one travel pass,
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and I paid Ding Chong dearly for it.
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What a coincidence.
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I have one too.
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That was an impressively
smooth theft, Miss Meng.
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Have you been practicing since childhood?
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It's how I survived.
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If you can forge one,
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why steal mine?
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Jiuyou City's market opens
once every seven days.
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To prevent forgeries,
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the passes are marked every seven days
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with a different hidden design.
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You truly are a woman of
many talents, Miss Meng.
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You're quite the fighter yourself.
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Since this pass is genuine,
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I'll gladly keep it.
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Give me the fake one.
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You certainly planned
yourself an escape route.
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It's time.
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Let's go.
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To live in Shazhou,
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be Black Tiger Hall's dog.
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This place never sees the light of day.
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Murder and arson are common here.
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Merchants who couldn't
pay protection money.
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See the glow in those skulls?
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Black Tiger Hall uses their
skulls as ever-burning lamps.
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The more resentment,
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Move faster back there!
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the brighter they glow.
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A week-old pass?
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And you dare pass it off as valid?
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Get inside.
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Next.
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Go on.
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Get in.
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Everyone, hurry!
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Someone's selling border-trade permits!
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They'll be gone if we're late. Come on!
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Hurry!
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The court issues border-trade permits
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for prefectures to verify and record.
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Reserved for established merchants.
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with impeccable reputations.
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How can they be sold here?
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They openly sell salt and iron,
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even though the government
strictly prohibits it.
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A mere document is nothing by comparison.
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Ding Chong's greed knows no bounds.
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He auctions them for fortunes,
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a thousand gold pieces each.
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The Yan family once offended him,
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he withheld it for six months.
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They had to offer two chests of gold
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to get it back.
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The court opened border trade
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to help frontier communities.
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Yet parasites like him use
it to line their pockets.
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Best quality anywhere!
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The finest goods!
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Come take a look.
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Only the best!
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Why aren't any weapons being sold?
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Weapons involve the military.
That's no small matter.
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Even Ding Chong wouldn't sell them openly.
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And whoever backs him inside the garrison
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must value his own life even more.
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Young Master He,
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what would you do
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without a guide like me?
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I have my own ways.
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But since you seem so confident,
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I'd like to see
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what you have planned.
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Follow me.
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We travel by lamplight.
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Is the way bright, black, or dark?
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Cloud and mist obscure the path.
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We follow the crowd.
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We name neither light nor dark.
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Miss Meng,
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the gentleman you've brought this time
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is far better than those
ugly specimens before.
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His face is awfully sour, though.
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Anyone would think a
creditor had come calling.
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It's not just his sour face.
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His temper is terrible too.
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Arrogant,
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contemptuous,
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and self-important.
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Honored guests,
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what information are you seeking?
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There isn't a thing in Shazhou
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that I don't know.
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I want to buy weapons
from Black Tiger Hall.
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How do I make contact?
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He even discovered that Black
Tiger Hall sells weapons.
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The arms trade
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is a business that can cost you your head.
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Forget it.
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I'll ask elsewhere.
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See? I told you he had a bad temper.
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I'll show you both
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the way in.
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Money can make even ghosts work.
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More like even a dragon
must bow to the local snake.
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Without me,
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who knows where you'd be?
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We're here.
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Hall Master Feng gave strict orders.
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Do honest business in Jiuyou City,
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and you'll be honored guests.
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But if you act suspiciously
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or harbor ill intentions,
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you'll be sent to your deaths.
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Are you all right, Miss Meng?
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All right, Young Master He?
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What an excellent guide you found.
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She led us down quite an unusual path.
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Enough with the sarcasm.
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You're the one
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who gave us away by asking to buy weapons.
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This passage has been sealed.
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We're not really going
to die in here, are we?
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I brought you inside.
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I won't let you get hurt.
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What's that sound?
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Watch out!
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That gold-ringed snake is highly venomous.
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A fighter of your caliber
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fears one little snake?
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Who's afraid of it?
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I'm wary because it's highly venomous.
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I'm not.
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You really do have tricks up your sleeve.
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You promised I wouldn't get hurt.
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The rest is up to you.
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Low on phosphorus powder.
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Talisman paper.
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Let's go.
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There's a draft.
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-Cheers!
-Cheers!
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Good thing Brother Ding
was one move ahead.
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That man He thought he could
pose as a rich merchant
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and investigate Black Tiger Hall.
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He must have a death wish.
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Exactly.
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He thought he was so capable.
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But who would've guessed
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Governor Ding had already
investigated them thoroughly?
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Those two
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must be dead in the snake pit by now.
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Of course they are.
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No one has ever made it out of that pit
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alive.
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Anyone who trespasses in Black Tiger Hall
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will never leave.
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Brothers!
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The snake pit connects to
tunnels beneath Black Tiger Hall.
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That saves us a great deal of trouble.
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That scar-faced man
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is Hall Master Feng Lu.
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They outnumber us.
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We'll have to outsmart them.
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Take their leader first.
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Brothers!
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Keep drinking!
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-All right!
-All right!
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Doesn't it smell like something's burning?
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Hall Master!
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I think I saw him.
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Who?
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-Who?
-Don't move.
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Hall Master!
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Come closer
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if you want him dead.
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Brother,
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I know you're investigating the weapons.
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But opposing Black Tiger Hall
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means opposing Governor Ding.
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You can't bear the consequences.
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Hall Master Feng,
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whether it's Black Tiger
Hall or Ding Chong,
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do you really think either frightens me?
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Salt, medicine, tea, porcelain...
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These are Jiuyou City's
transaction records.
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The profits from porcelain alone
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equal nearly a year's
tax revenue for Shazhou.
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The shares are clearly recorded.
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One for the Hall, one for Ding Chong.
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The third is listed vaguely,
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marked only as "the garrison."
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What?
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You won't even write the full name?
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Your arms trade is remarkably brazen.
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The garrison official working with you
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must hold a very high rank.
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You two think you can interrogate me?
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Are you going to talk or not?
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Find out yourself if you're so capable.
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Now that we've found the ledger,
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we'll naturally blame everything
on Hall Master Feng alone.
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Feng Lu:
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illegal fees for the women's exam,
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operating the Jiuyou City market,
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selling permits,
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and demanding protection
money from merchants.
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You lying bitch!
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I didn't do any of that!
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00:19:52,040 --> 00:19:53,720
All I do is kill people!
282
00:19:53,800 --> 00:19:55,560
Feng Lu alone colluded with the garrison
283
00:19:55,640 --> 00:19:56,760
and trafficked arms.
284
00:19:57,440 --> 00:19:59,520
I don't even know where
the garrison gate is!
285
00:19:59,600 --> 00:20:00,640
It was Wang...
286
00:20:03,560 --> 00:20:04,760
Wang Qi.
287
00:20:05,400 --> 00:20:07,120
Military Governor of the Shazhou garrison.
288
00:20:07,200 --> 00:20:09,120
He's long served Shazhou and is respected.
289
00:20:09,200 --> 00:20:11,960
Wang Qi has guarded Shazhou
since the late emperor's reign.
290
00:20:12,040 --> 00:20:15,120
He won many battles
beside General Gao Meng.
291
00:20:15,200 --> 00:20:17,200
After so many years in command,
292
00:20:17,280 --> 00:20:20,040
he has a great many men to support.
293
00:20:20,120 --> 00:20:21,960
He must have stopped
being a general long ago
294
00:20:22,040 --> 00:20:23,560
and become a businessman instead.
295
00:20:23,640 --> 00:20:25,800
You have a keen understanding
296
00:20:25,880 --> 00:20:27,000
of human greed, Miss Meng.
297
00:20:27,080 --> 00:20:28,400
So
298
00:20:28,480 --> 00:20:30,800
Hall Master Feng bought Wang Qi off?
299
00:20:30,880 --> 00:20:32,320
I told you, it wasn't me!
300
00:20:32,400 --> 00:20:34,480
Who turns down money these days?
301
00:20:35,520 --> 00:20:37,000
An arms operation this big
302
00:20:37,080 --> 00:20:38,520
is a prize everyone wants.
303
00:20:38,600 --> 00:20:39,640
Wang Qi...
304
00:20:40,920 --> 00:20:42,280
and Ding Chong go back years.
305
00:20:42,360 --> 00:20:44,680
When Ding Chong persuaded
Wang Qi, he told him,
306
00:20:44,760 --> 00:20:47,200
"No armor in this world, however strong,
307
00:20:49,200 --> 00:20:50,920
can withstand an arrow made of gold."
308
00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:52,200
Look it over.
309
00:20:52,280 --> 00:20:54,000
If the testimony you just gave
310
00:20:54,800 --> 00:20:56,040
is correct,
311
00:20:56,120 --> 00:20:56,960
sign it.
312
00:20:57,040 --> 00:20:58,240
I can't read.
313
00:20:59,440 --> 00:21:01,680
I wrote your name for you. Here.
314
00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:05,960
Now put your thumbprint on it.
315
00:21:13,920 --> 00:21:16,360
You act with remarkable
speed and decisiveness.
316
00:21:16,440 --> 00:21:17,640
Like the Justice Ministry.
317
00:21:18,200 --> 00:21:19,040
Young Master He,
318
00:21:19,840 --> 00:21:21,120
we have his testimony.
319
00:21:21,200 --> 00:21:22,560
Now we need the arms ledger.
320
00:21:24,720 --> 00:21:26,600
Who bought the weapons from you?
321
00:21:26,680 --> 00:21:29,000
Where is the real arms ledger?
322
00:21:29,080 --> 00:21:30,960
I don't know who the buyer is,
323
00:21:31,040 --> 00:21:32,800
and I've never seen the arms ledger.
324
00:21:32,880 --> 00:21:35,120
Black Tiger Hall is only the middleman.
325
00:21:35,760 --> 00:21:38,920
We simply exchange the
money for the goods.
326
00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:42,040
You're about to die, yet you
still protect Ding Chong?
327
00:21:42,120 --> 00:21:43,200
When you fall,
328
00:21:43,280 --> 00:21:45,680
the first thing he'll do is silence you.
329
00:21:45,760 --> 00:21:47,200
Once your head rolls,
330
00:21:47,280 --> 00:21:49,440
he'll slaughter every one of your men.
331
00:21:49,520 --> 00:21:51,600
Then he can replace you
with ten more Feng Lus.
332
00:21:59,520 --> 00:22:01,200
Greetings, Governor Ding.
333
00:22:01,280 --> 00:22:03,080
Governor, our master was captured.
334
00:22:03,160 --> 00:22:04,320
Please save him!
335
00:22:04,400 --> 00:22:06,160
Are all your men here?
336
00:22:06,240 --> 00:22:07,280
Every last one.
337
00:22:07,360 --> 00:22:08,600
Good.
338
00:22:08,680 --> 00:22:10,560
Follow me inside and kill them.
339
00:22:10,640 --> 00:22:11,920
Yes!
340
00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:12,840
Brothers!
341
00:22:12,920 --> 00:22:14,720
Charge in and save the Hall Master!
342
00:22:14,800 --> 00:22:16,600
-Charge!
-Let's go!
343
00:22:28,920 --> 00:22:29,760
Sixth Hall Master,
344
00:22:32,480 --> 00:22:35,360
Black Tiger Hall has
trafficked military weapons
345
00:22:35,440 --> 00:22:36,600
and countless other crimes.
346
00:22:36,680 --> 00:22:39,000
Today, I will lead my
troops to eradicate them
347
00:22:39,080 --> 00:22:40,440
and uphold justice.
348
00:22:40,520 --> 00:22:41,960
Leave no one alive.
349
00:22:43,760 --> 00:22:44,720
Hall Master!
350
00:22:45,400 --> 00:22:47,880
That bastard Ding Chong
brought a huge force
351
00:22:47,960 --> 00:22:49,520
to wipe us out.
352
00:22:49,600 --> 00:22:51,480
Our brothers are dead or wounded.
353
00:22:51,560 --> 00:22:54,800
Ding Chong arrived even
sooner than I expected.
354
00:22:56,200 --> 00:22:58,040
My brothers...
355
00:22:59,160 --> 00:23:01,920
Ding Chong, you son of a bitch!
356
00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:03,480
I'll kill him!
357
00:23:03,560 --> 00:23:05,160
Hand over the real ledger,
358
00:23:05,240 --> 00:23:06,240
and I'll keep you alive.
359
00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:08,760
It's beneath my bed.
360
00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:10,960
Let me go!
361
00:23:23,720 --> 00:23:25,120
At least you've got backbone.
362
00:23:28,840 --> 00:23:30,120
How did Ding Chong know?
363
00:23:40,520 --> 00:23:41,360
Lord Shen,
364
00:23:41,440 --> 00:23:43,560
you brought the Chancellor's
orders yourself.
365
00:23:43,640 --> 00:23:46,200
I am deeply honored.
366
00:23:48,440 --> 00:23:50,040
The Chancellor remembers old loyalties.
367
00:23:50,120 --> 00:23:52,640
He sent me to save your head.
368
00:23:53,560 --> 00:23:55,760
I'm slow-witted. Please
enlighten me, Young Master.
369
00:24:00,240 --> 00:24:02,600
The court has sent a
secret envoy into Shazhou
370
00:24:02,680 --> 00:24:04,960
to investigate the illegal arms trade.
371
00:24:06,080 --> 00:24:07,680
Could it really be that man He?
372
00:24:09,720 --> 00:24:11,080
The Left Chancellor said
373
00:24:11,160 --> 00:24:13,160
that if you wish to escape unscathed,
374
00:24:13,240 --> 00:24:15,200
you should dispose of
Black Tiger Hall at once.
375
00:24:19,880 --> 00:24:20,760
When the time comes,
376
00:24:20,840 --> 00:24:22,200
place all the evidence
377
00:24:22,280 --> 00:24:23,640
on their shoulders.
378
00:24:24,240 --> 00:24:25,640
After all, the dead
379
00:24:26,160 --> 00:24:27,560
cannot protest their innocence.
380
00:24:30,800 --> 00:24:32,480
The Left Chancellor is truly farsighted.
381
00:24:33,440 --> 00:24:36,160
It seems he and I had the very same idea.
382
00:24:36,880 --> 00:24:38,440
I'll see to it immediately.
383
00:25:15,600 --> 00:25:16,720
Ding Chong!
384
00:25:32,200 --> 00:25:34,200
Three years ago, you injured your leg.
385
00:25:34,800 --> 00:25:38,720
If I hadn't carried you
from Qingzhou to Shazhou,
386
00:25:39,320 --> 00:25:41,640
the wolves would've eaten you.
387
00:25:44,520 --> 00:25:48,240
I've treated you as a
brother all these years,
388
00:25:49,080 --> 00:25:52,400
and you slaughtered all my men!
389
00:25:52,480 --> 00:25:54,000
Old Feng,
390
00:25:54,080 --> 00:25:56,080
if we're brothers, then help me out.
391
00:25:56,680 --> 00:25:59,160
You have to die so I can live.
392
00:25:59,720 --> 00:26:01,120
Ding Chong!
393
00:26:13,520 --> 00:26:14,880
Surround this place.
394
00:26:14,960 --> 00:26:16,240
Leave no one alive.
395
00:26:16,320 --> 00:26:18,040
-Yes!
-Everyone, stop!
396
00:26:21,600 --> 00:26:22,480
Lord Shen.
397
00:26:22,560 --> 00:26:24,720
Black Tiger Hall has
committed countless crimes.
398
00:26:24,800 --> 00:26:27,000
I have captured its ringleader, Feng Lu.
399
00:26:28,680 --> 00:26:29,800
Cousin!
400
00:26:30,760 --> 00:26:32,160
Cousin, are you hurt?
401
00:26:32,240 --> 00:26:33,080
I'm fine.
402
00:26:34,120 --> 00:26:35,840
Ding Chong, your crimes are monstrous!
403
00:26:35,920 --> 00:26:37,320
Surrender at once!
404
00:26:37,400 --> 00:26:38,360
Seize him!
405
00:26:41,880 --> 00:26:42,720
Lord Shen,
406
00:26:42,800 --> 00:26:45,520
-is there some misunderstanding?
-Huang Bo.
407
00:26:47,480 --> 00:26:48,440
Ding Chong,
408
00:26:48,520 --> 00:26:50,240
you are an official of the imperial court,
409
00:26:50,320 --> 00:26:51,400
yet for personal gain
410
00:26:51,480 --> 00:26:53,280
you trafficked arms with Black Tiger Hall,
411
00:26:53,360 --> 00:26:54,920
oppressed people and killed witnesses.
412
00:26:55,720 --> 00:26:56,880
For all your crimes,
413
00:26:56,960 --> 00:26:59,520
ten deaths would not
appease the people's fury.
414
00:26:59,600 --> 00:27:00,480
Who are you really?
415
00:27:01,280 --> 00:27:02,520
I can tell
416
00:27:02,600 --> 00:27:03,440
you hold high office.
417
00:27:04,360 --> 00:27:05,760
All officials are alike.
418
00:27:06,360 --> 00:27:08,160
Why make things difficult for each other?
419
00:27:08,240 --> 00:27:10,600
Tell me what you want.
420
00:27:10,680 --> 00:27:11,720
If you let me go,
421
00:27:12,280 --> 00:27:13,320
Ten thousand gold taels.
422
00:27:13,400 --> 00:27:16,600
Not even that could buy
your worthless life.
423
00:27:16,680 --> 00:27:17,680
Ding Chong is in custody.
424
00:27:18,360 --> 00:27:19,840
Before it's too late,
425
00:27:19,920 --> 00:27:21,760
lay down your weapons now,
426
00:27:21,840 --> 00:27:23,360
and you may still redeem yourselves.
427
00:27:23,440 --> 00:27:24,840
Continue resisting,
428
00:27:24,920 --> 00:27:26,480
or share his punishment.
429
00:27:26,560 --> 00:27:27,920
Hurry!
430
00:27:30,160 --> 00:27:32,720
Take Ding Chong and the others
back for interrogation tonight.
431
00:27:33,320 --> 00:27:34,760
Find where the weapons went.
432
00:27:36,720 --> 00:27:38,200
Lord Shen...
433
00:27:38,280 --> 00:27:39,120
Lord Shen!
434
00:27:41,560 --> 00:27:42,680
Protect the Young Master!
435
00:27:54,720 --> 00:27:56,160
Huang Bo, after him!
436
00:27:56,240 --> 00:27:57,440
Yes!
437
00:28:02,720 --> 00:28:04,360
This arrow penetrates with great force.
438
00:28:04,440 --> 00:28:05,720
It must be refined iron.
439
00:28:05,800 --> 00:28:08,280
It's made of the same material
as the trafficked arrows.
440
00:28:08,360 --> 00:28:10,760
Could they be melting the
weapons down and reforging them?
441
00:28:10,840 --> 00:28:12,640
Such a precise ambush on Ding Chong
442
00:28:12,720 --> 00:28:14,040
must know the inside details.
443
00:28:14,120 --> 00:28:16,080
The genuine arms ledger
444
00:28:16,160 --> 00:28:18,360
lists a huge shipment whose
destination is unknown.
445
00:28:18,440 --> 00:28:19,840
That man in black
446
00:28:19,920 --> 00:28:22,160
is likely connected to the true buyer.
447
00:28:27,600 --> 00:28:29,680
The pattern on this is unusual.
448
00:28:32,720 --> 00:28:35,320
Find out where both the man
and this bolt came from.
449
00:28:35,400 --> 00:28:36,240
Governor!
450
00:28:41,960 --> 00:28:43,400
-Governor!
-Take him away.
451
00:28:46,320 --> 00:28:47,160
Everyone involved
452
00:28:47,240 --> 00:28:48,360
-Let go!
-Take them all.
453
00:28:49,040 --> 00:28:49,920
Move!
454
00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:50,960
Governor!
455
00:28:51,040 --> 00:28:51,880
Move!
456
00:29:08,720 --> 00:29:10,040
Ding Chong is dead.
457
00:29:10,120 --> 00:29:11,320
You're no longer a fugitive.
458
00:29:11,920 --> 00:29:13,840
I'll have Lord Shen register you again.
459
00:29:14,400 --> 00:29:15,680
Take the exam without fear.
460
00:29:17,920 --> 00:29:20,960
Now we're completely even.
461
00:29:34,680 --> 00:29:36,520
Run! The soldiers are raiding us!
462
00:29:39,240 --> 00:29:40,080
Put that here.
463
00:29:44,280 --> 00:29:45,120
You there, hurry!
464
00:29:56,400 --> 00:29:57,760
Mother, what happened?
465
00:29:57,840 --> 00:29:59,000
Keep your voice down.
466
00:30:00,840 --> 00:30:01,680
Your uncle is dead.
467
00:30:01,760 --> 00:30:04,040
Officers are arresting people everywhere.
468
00:30:04,120 --> 00:30:05,480
Change clothes and follow me.
469
00:30:06,680 --> 00:30:09,040
They're hideous!
470
00:30:09,120 --> 00:30:10,080
I won't wear them.
471
00:30:10,160 --> 00:30:11,600
I'd rather die than put them on!
472
00:30:13,320 --> 00:30:14,800
Do as I say if you want to live.
473
00:30:16,440 --> 00:30:17,280
Put them on.
474
00:30:21,880 --> 00:30:22,960
Hurry!
475
00:30:25,840 --> 00:30:27,400
This reeks!
476
00:30:27,480 --> 00:30:29,600
This is no time to complain. Get in!
477
00:30:35,560 --> 00:30:36,600
Hurry!
478
00:30:36,680 --> 00:30:38,440
All right!
479
00:30:47,840 --> 00:30:48,680
Your Majesty,
480
00:30:48,760 --> 00:30:51,440
Wang Qi and all garrison
commanders are in custody.
481
00:30:51,520 --> 00:30:53,480
All case records are sealed.
482
00:30:53,560 --> 00:30:54,760
Block all news immediately
483
00:30:54,840 --> 00:30:56,400
and secretly take them to the capital.
484
00:30:56,480 --> 00:30:58,680
The Left Chancellor must
hear nothing of this.
485
00:30:59,240 --> 00:31:00,280
-Yes.
-Your Majesty.
486
00:31:00,360 --> 00:31:02,360
Ding Chong's entire faction
has been eliminated.
487
00:31:02,440 --> 00:31:04,960
His estate and Jiuyou City
holdings have been seized.
488
00:31:05,040 --> 00:31:06,480
Every merchant involved
489
00:31:06,560 --> 00:31:09,120
has been punished according
to law. None escaped.
490
00:31:09,200 --> 00:31:11,080
This operation was a complete success.
491
00:31:11,160 --> 00:31:13,200
We should leave for the capital now.
492
00:31:13,280 --> 00:31:14,920
The Left Chancellor's deadline
493
00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:17,840
-is only three days away.
-Are you telling me to obey him?
494
00:31:17,920 --> 00:31:19,240
I wouldn't dare.
495
00:31:19,320 --> 00:31:20,680
Of course we obey Your Majesty.
496
00:31:22,440 --> 00:31:23,760
Your father, Grand Tutor Shen,
497
00:31:23,840 --> 00:31:25,160
was sent to oversee the exam.
498
00:31:25,240 --> 00:31:26,880
By my count, he should arrive soon.
499
00:31:27,680 --> 00:31:29,160
There are still matters in Shazhou
500
00:31:29,240 --> 00:31:30,400
I must discuss them with him.
501
00:31:30,480 --> 00:31:32,720
After we've spoken, we can
travel through the night
502
00:31:32,800 --> 00:31:34,840
and reach the capital
before the seclusion ends.
503
00:31:38,280 --> 00:31:40,000
And for the women's special examination,
504
00:31:40,080 --> 00:31:41,600
Meng Tinghui's results...
505
00:31:41,680 --> 00:31:42,560
watch them closely.
506
00:31:43,520 --> 00:31:45,240
Your Majesty...
507
00:31:45,320 --> 00:31:46,320
do you fancy her?
508
00:31:46,400 --> 00:31:47,760
Taken a liking?
509
00:31:50,520 --> 00:31:52,280
She lies, cheats, and swindles.
510
00:31:52,360 --> 00:31:54,520
She's cunning, unpredictable,
and utterly shameless.
511
00:31:54,600 --> 00:31:55,640
She's hard to forget.
512
00:31:55,720 --> 00:31:56,720
Your Majesty means...
513
00:31:56,800 --> 00:31:58,560
I understand it completely.
514
00:31:58,640 --> 00:31:59,800
A street rogue like her
515
00:31:59,880 --> 00:32:01,520
will be kept under the strictest watch.
516
00:32:01,600 --> 00:32:02,880
She'll never enter court.
517
00:32:04,480 --> 00:32:05,320
Old Huang,
518
00:32:05,960 --> 00:32:07,760
you're reading me better and better.
519
00:32:07,840 --> 00:32:09,280
How long have I served Your Majesty?
520
00:32:10,320 --> 00:32:12,080
I meant those streetwise methods of hers.
521
00:32:12,160 --> 00:32:13,160
At the imperial court,
522
00:32:13,240 --> 00:32:14,920
they often beat lofty principles.
523
00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:16,640
His Majesty said he likes her.
524
00:32:16,720 --> 00:32:17,880
Still don't understand?
525
00:32:17,960 --> 00:32:18,800
Huang Bo.
526
00:32:18,880 --> 00:32:21,120
Do you remember this place?
527
00:32:21,200 --> 00:32:22,920
Ten years ago, Shazhou faced drought,
528
00:32:23,000 --> 00:32:24,240
and fierce sandstorms.
529
00:32:24,320 --> 00:32:25,400
To stop the shifting sands,
530
00:32:25,480 --> 00:32:27,440
you led us in planting these poplars.
531
00:32:27,520 --> 00:32:29,440
Now sand retreats and greenery returns.
532
00:32:29,520 --> 00:32:31,080
Every time we come to Shazhou,
533
00:32:31,160 --> 00:32:33,920
the danger is greater than before.
534
00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:35,720
Do you remember
535
00:32:35,800 --> 00:32:37,560
the little girl who stole my jade pendant?
536
00:32:52,640 --> 00:32:56,120
I do. She was being coerced.
537
00:32:56,200 --> 00:32:57,560
And because of her,
538
00:32:57,640 --> 00:33:00,640
Your Majesty destroyed Shazhou's
child-trafficking ring.
539
00:33:35,360 --> 00:33:36,480
Sister Ah Xiang, eat up.
540
00:33:46,760 --> 00:33:47,600
Let's go.
541
00:33:48,400 --> 00:33:50,800
-Where?
-Bofeng House.
542
00:33:50,880 --> 00:33:53,080
I hear Bofeng House is
Shazhou's newest restaurant.
543
00:33:53,160 --> 00:33:55,160
And Shazhou's lamb
noodles are exceptional.
544
00:33:55,240 --> 00:33:57,160
I fasted in your stead
at Sacred Ancestor Hall,
545
00:33:57,240 --> 00:33:58,200
then came all this way.
546
00:33:58,280 --> 00:33:59,920
I still haven't had one proper meal.
547
00:34:00,000 --> 00:34:00,880
I've grown so thin.
548
00:34:00,960 --> 00:34:02,600
You don't look any thinner to me.
549
00:34:18,480 --> 00:34:19,480
Sir.
550
00:34:19,560 --> 00:34:21,040
Ding Chong and Feng Lu are dead.
551
00:34:21,120 --> 00:34:24,240
Those greedy dogs of Great
Ning are no longer useful.
552
00:34:24,320 --> 00:34:25,360
Let them die.
553
00:34:25,440 --> 00:34:26,640
Sir,
554
00:34:26,720 --> 00:34:28,480
we've acquired some
weapons over the years,
555
00:34:28,560 --> 00:34:30,200
but nowhere near enough.
556
00:34:30,280 --> 00:34:32,040
Now that this supply line is gone,
557
00:34:32,120 --> 00:34:33,880
we'll have to find another.
558
00:34:33,960 --> 00:34:36,680
Our first priority is to
conceal our movements.
559
00:34:36,760 --> 00:34:39,240
No one can discover who we are.
560
00:34:39,320 --> 00:34:40,160
Yes, sir.
561
00:34:41,040 --> 00:34:42,920
It seems Great Ning's days
562
00:34:43,520 --> 00:34:44,440
are numbered.
563
00:35:07,880 --> 00:35:09,200
Fire!
564
00:35:09,280 --> 00:35:11,160
Someone come put it out!
565
00:35:11,240 --> 00:35:12,320
Mengmeng, it's me.
566
00:35:15,000 --> 00:35:17,280
Fuzhi, what are you doing?
567
00:35:17,360 --> 00:35:19,120
We've had terrible luck
these past two days.
568
00:35:19,200 --> 00:35:21,040
I'm driving the bad luck away.
569
00:35:21,120 --> 00:35:22,000
Driving it away?
570
00:35:22,960 --> 00:35:24,840
Mengmeng, you were incredible!
571
00:35:24,920 --> 00:35:27,320
The clouds over Shazhou
have finally parted.
572
00:35:27,400 --> 00:35:29,920
It's just a shame Jiang
Mei'er disappeared.
573
00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:30,840
She got off easy.
574
00:35:30,920 --> 00:35:32,920
The wicked always meet their fate.
575
00:35:33,000 --> 00:35:33,840
Fuzhi,
576
00:35:34,680 --> 00:35:35,920
could you move this brazier?
577
00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:37,720
I have more good news.
578
00:35:37,800 --> 00:35:39,440
Bofeng House finally belongs to me.
579
00:35:39,520 --> 00:35:40,440
Business is booming.
580
00:35:40,520 --> 00:35:42,520
Xi'er and Haitang can barely keep up.
581
00:35:42,600 --> 00:35:44,560
My father also canceled
that dreadful marriage.
582
00:35:44,640 --> 00:35:46,760
You should've seen my stepmother's face.
583
00:35:46,840 --> 00:35:48,920
Like she'd eaten a hundred live flies.
584
00:35:50,840 --> 00:35:53,320
I'll wait for Young Master
He at Bofeng House with you.
585
00:35:54,000 --> 00:35:55,480
He still has my registration form.
586
00:35:55,560 --> 00:35:57,560
I won't rest easy until I get it back.
587
00:35:57,640 --> 00:35:58,640
Right...
588
00:35:58,720 --> 00:35:59,560
Move it away.
589
00:36:00,240 --> 00:36:01,520
Absolutely not.
590
00:36:01,600 --> 00:36:02,680
We must ward off bad luck.
591
00:36:05,720 --> 00:36:07,920
Left hand.
592
00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:09,280
Right hand.
593
00:36:09,360 --> 00:36:10,520
Left foot.
594
00:36:10,600 --> 00:36:11,440
Turn around.
595
00:36:13,280 --> 00:36:14,200
Fuzhi,
596
00:36:47,880 --> 00:36:48,760
my form...
597
00:36:58,920 --> 00:37:00,440
At least buy me a meal first.
598
00:37:19,960 --> 00:37:22,080
With lamb noodles, always
sip the broth first.
599
00:37:22,160 --> 00:37:23,680
Warm broth in your stomach
600
00:37:23,760 --> 00:37:25,080
it awakens your appetite.
601
00:37:30,480 --> 00:37:31,320
All right.
602
00:37:32,200 --> 00:37:33,120
I'll try it.
603
00:38:11,080 --> 00:38:12,960
I've been to Shazhou before,
604
00:38:13,040 --> 00:38:14,480
yet I never tasted this.
605
00:38:15,120 --> 00:38:16,080
Try this.
606
00:38:16,720 --> 00:38:17,720
A Shazhou specialty.
607
00:38:18,920 --> 00:38:20,320
You've been to Shazhou before?
608
00:38:23,720 --> 00:38:25,360
I was in a hurry on my previous visit
609
00:38:25,440 --> 00:38:26,680
and had no time to explore.
610
00:38:27,440 --> 00:38:30,120
We met here by clashing first, Miss Meng.
611
00:38:30,200 --> 00:38:31,240
I gave back your form.
612
00:38:31,320 --> 00:38:33,080
One bowl can't be all I get.
613
00:38:33,160 --> 00:38:35,320
I'm returning to the capital in two days.
614
00:38:35,400 --> 00:38:36,520
Would you...
615
00:38:36,600 --> 00:38:38,120
be willing to show me around?
616
00:38:39,600 --> 00:38:41,160
The provincial exam is near.
617
00:38:41,240 --> 00:38:42,480
Every moment is precious.
618
00:38:43,800 --> 00:38:44,960
I still need to study.
619
00:38:45,040 --> 00:38:46,240
Without your form,
620
00:38:46,960 --> 00:38:48,280
how will you...
621
00:38:57,520 --> 00:38:59,240
You really are a cunning one.
622
00:39:01,520 --> 00:39:02,360
Where to?
623
00:39:03,720 --> 00:39:05,280
Can you ride, Miss Meng?
624
00:39:26,840 --> 00:39:29,280
You're an excellent rider.
625
00:39:29,360 --> 00:39:31,800
The desert is vast. Riding across it
626
00:39:31,880 --> 00:39:33,000
feels remarkably free.
627
00:39:33,960 --> 00:39:35,480
You're brave and resourceful,
628
00:39:35,560 --> 00:39:37,240
and you know so many ways to survive.
629
00:39:37,320 --> 00:39:38,600
I'm curious.
630
00:39:39,360 --> 00:39:40,640
How did you grow up?
631
00:39:47,720 --> 00:39:49,120
I had no parents growing up.
632
00:39:50,200 --> 00:39:52,040
Human traffickers abducted and sold me.
633
00:39:52,840 --> 00:39:55,240
They taught me to steal and cheat
634
00:39:55,320 --> 00:39:56,480
to make money for them.
635
00:39:57,680 --> 00:39:59,640
What you call courage and resourcefulness
636
00:40:00,440 --> 00:40:01,880
was nothing more than survival.
637
00:40:04,480 --> 00:40:07,040
The lesser punishment
was a brutal beating.
638
00:40:08,480 --> 00:40:09,320
The greater...
639
00:40:10,280 --> 00:40:11,760
was death.
640
00:40:36,160 --> 00:40:37,680
You little brat!
641
00:40:37,760 --> 00:40:39,440
You dare try to kill me?
642
00:40:50,880 --> 00:40:52,680
Sister Ah Xiang, run!
643
00:40:58,160 --> 00:41:00,200
Did you remember something, Miss Meng?
644
00:41:06,160 --> 00:41:07,320
Only the past.
645
00:41:09,760 --> 00:41:12,520
Shazhou is bathed in sunlight,
646
00:41:13,680 --> 00:41:14,840
yet lives in darkness.
647
00:41:16,400 --> 00:41:18,000
Its officials do nothing.
648
00:41:18,080 --> 00:41:20,000
I want to take the special examination
649
00:41:20,080 --> 00:41:21,360
not only to protect myself,
650
00:41:21,440 --> 00:41:23,000
but to hold authority
651
00:41:23,880 --> 00:41:26,480
and stop the wicked from
preying on the people.
652
00:41:27,840 --> 00:41:29,200
Since you have such ambition,
653
00:41:30,560 --> 00:41:31,880
I know a shortcut.
654
00:41:31,960 --> 00:41:33,560
My uncle, Grand Tutor Shen,
655
00:41:33,640 --> 00:41:35,920
will soon arrive to preside
over the provincial exam.
656
00:41:36,000 --> 00:41:38,960
Lord Shen could introduce you to him.
657
00:41:39,040 --> 00:41:42,120
Everyone knows Grand Tutor
Shen is an incorruptible man.
658
00:41:43,480 --> 00:41:45,680
You're arranging an introduction for me.
659
00:41:46,840 --> 00:41:48,160
Why does that
660
00:41:48,760 --> 00:41:50,200
sound like you're setting me up?
661
00:41:51,520 --> 00:41:53,920
When it comes to setting people
up, I could never match you.
662
00:41:55,160 --> 00:41:56,240
It's simply that...
663
00:41:56,320 --> 00:41:59,080
you helped me bring down these
corrupt officials and bandits.
664
00:41:59,920 --> 00:42:01,200
I can only repay you
665
00:42:01,280 --> 00:42:02,680
by lending you a hand.
666
00:42:04,280 --> 00:42:05,640
Look at that tree.
667
00:42:05,720 --> 00:42:07,920
It knows how to use the slope of the dune,
668
00:42:08,000 --> 00:42:10,880
so it grows much taller
than the other poplars.
669
00:42:12,080 --> 00:42:13,400
Sometimes, following the current
670
00:42:14,120 --> 00:42:15,680
is how you break an impasse.
671
00:42:17,160 --> 00:42:19,160
Survival in the desert
672
00:42:19,240 --> 00:42:21,320
isn't about which tree grows tallest,
673
00:42:21,400 --> 00:42:23,200
but which has the deepest roots.
674
00:42:24,520 --> 00:42:26,080
I know my own station.
675
00:42:26,160 --> 00:42:27,680
If I go to the capital,
676
00:42:27,760 --> 00:42:29,240
having a friend like you
677
00:42:29,320 --> 00:42:31,240
would certainly strengthen my position.
678
00:42:32,120 --> 00:42:33,600
But I still want to rely on myself.
679
00:42:34,280 --> 00:42:35,440
Then may you...
680
00:42:36,880 --> 00:42:38,360
achieve everything you wish.
681
00:42:43,240 --> 00:42:44,440
Returning this to its owner.
682
00:42:45,320 --> 00:42:48,320
Keep this as thanks for
helping me solve the case.
683
00:42:50,560 --> 00:42:52,760
We've finally settled our debts.
684
00:42:53,720 --> 00:42:54,960
I don't want to owe you again.
685
00:43:03,480 --> 00:43:04,600
Miss Meng.
686
00:43:06,760 --> 00:43:08,160
Until we meet again.
687
00:43:08,760 --> 00:43:09,600
If fate permits,
688
00:43:10,560 --> 00:43:11,680
we will.
689
00:43:13,204 --> 00:43:15,204
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