Original subtitles

Don't let him go.

Hurry.

Arresting someone so late?

Oh no. It's Fu Sheng's place.

[Treasure at Dawn] ♪Reach the highest level♪

♪Reach the state of no desire, illuminate the virtuous light♪

♪Man is upright because he is moral, and he is strong because he is upright♪

♪Upright, strong, and fair♪

♪I am the fire♪

♪Burning out all desires♪

♪River can't put me out♪

♪Yang's beginning leads to development. Wu Chi creates Tai Chi♪

♪People are blinded by body and form, letting delusion rule their hearts♪

♪People make their own enemies♪

♪Books are all about reason. People are full of purpose♪

♪People are overrun by illusions♪

♪They are fascinated by illusions♪

♪With a pure mind, sitting in the clouds♪

♪Watching people creating dreams♪

♪Is it painful to live in the world?♪

♪Learn from nature. Forget all your desires♪

♪How about clearing all my thoughts?♪

♪Moths fly into the fire♪

♪The fire melts old shackles♪

♪Today, I know it's me♪

[Treasure at Dawn]

[Episode 3] [Fu Sheng Flees Shangyi, The Sealed Book Hidden Away West]

You really left me a letter.

Is this what you wanted to tell me?

[Letter Content]

Father.

Come here.

Sit down.

I have something to tell you.

My son.

I guess

you have read the letter

I left for you.

Yes.

That means

I must have been dead.

Based on your medical skills,

you must have found

that the poison I was poisoned with is different from that of others,

or you must have guessed my identity.

Yes.

I did this.

Innocent lives

were lost at my hands,

all to cover up a shocking secret.

My son.

The Bird Jade Plate you've carried

since childhood

is the very root of this secret.

It is the key to the Treasure of the Sealed Book.

Only when you collect

the three jades of Cloud, Water and Mountain

and combine them with the Bird Jade Plate

can the treasure be opened.

You must be wondering

what the Treasure of the Sealed Book is

and why it matters so much.

Legend has it

that it holds

immeasurable wealth.

If someone seeking to rule the realm gains it,

they'll raise armies

and claim the throne,

leaving the people in misery.

My son.

I know you must be confused

and want me to help you solve your doubts,

but I still

have some selfish thoughts.

Those things

should not be borne by you,

so

I want you to decide for yourself.

If you want to live an ordinary life,

go find your master.

With your medical skills,

you could simply heal the sick and save lives.

But if you don't wish to see

the people suffering everywhere,

their lives in ruin,

then go to Xichuan.

Find someone called

Song Jingye.

He has the Cloud-shaped Jade.

And he can solve all your doubts.

Father?

Father!

Fu Sheng, how are you doing?

Can you do it?

Where's Crazy Fu?

He has been checking inside

and he won't let me in.

There's something wrong.

I saw Magistrate Yang

leading a group of officers coming this way,

as if they were here to arrest someone.

Crazy Fu, you must go now.

I've got the truth.

It was my father.

I have to confess.

Are you insane?

You want to confess?

Open the door!

Mr. Yang is here.

The murderers, Fu Sheng and Gu Tian,

surrender now.

You hear me?

You and I are both wanted.

Magistrate Yang is making such a big fuss

just to use us as a scapegoat.

Our lives will be over

if we step out of this door.

We can't leave.

I have to tell Mr. Yang the truth.

Fu Sheng.

You two must go.

I will deal with these people outside.

They dare not touch me.

Crazy Fu.

It doesn't matter if I die with you,

but I still have two younger brothers.

And

your father

would want you to live.

Magistrate Yang.

I'm telling you.

Take her.

What are you doing?

Take her away.

Send her back to Xichuan.

Let me go.

Hands off.

Search him!

Yes.

Sir, he's gone.

Fu Sheng and Gu Tian

committed the Murder of Physicians and fled for fear of being punished.

Issue a bounty now.

Close the gates.

And search them.

Yes.

Murderer!

[Notice] Crazy Fu did kill all those physicians.

His father was among the victims!

- He killed Mrs. Yang too! - Crazy. Completely crazy.

Fu Sheng.

He killed the County Magistrate's wife as well!

- They say Mrs. Yang's belly was cut open! - Yeah!

Her wound oozed with pus!

He must have used some sort of poison.

How are things?

Yang is one ungrateful weasel.

You saved his son's life,

yet he has already forgotten his debt!

The notice says

that you killed Mrs. Yang.

What's that about?

What are you saying?

Mrs. Yang is dead?

People at the board said

something like she has been

having fever

after you had surgery on her.

The wound oozed with pus.

That's why Lord Yang held you responsible.

That's impossible.

I boiled the utensils with water.

Nothing went south in the process.

You know what?

Come with me to check Mrs. Yang's body.

I need to know what happened.

Dude!

Are you insane?

If you go check her body now,

you'll become a body

just like her soon!

Please!

Just look where we are now.

Brother,

what should we do?

Gu Tian,

what about going to Xichuan?

Xichuan?

I've thought this through.

I need to find the Treasure of the Sealed Book.

It can't fall into the wrong hands.

Do you know the location of the treasure?

No.

That's why

I need to visit someone first.

We'll be back

once this jade plate thing is solved.

Okay.

Let's go to Xichuan.

Brother,

don't leave us behind.

This is not what I want either.

I am wanted right now,

and anything can happen on this journey.

It could be dangerous for you

to come with me.

Gu Tian,

we can't leave them in Shangyi.

What if Lord Yang comes after them?

I've thought about that.

Here.

They deserve this.

Gu Bao. Gu Liang.

Yinshu will take you to our aunt in the rural area.

The money

should be able to provide for you for a while.

Take this.

I'll make a fortune in Xichuan

and get lands and houses.

I'll get you there by then,

and we'll live a steady life together.

- Brother! - Brother!

Leader.

Brother!

We'll be back.

After what happened to your father, you were arrested.

The neighbors who owe him favors

built this tomb for him.

We are able to worship him now thanks to that.

[Here lies Fu Wenshan, a father]

Dad,

I thought I knew you well.

Now I know

that I knew nothing.

As a simple man,

you've been carrying such a huge secret for years.

It must have been exhausting for you.

I came here today

to say goodbye to you.

[Here lies Fu Wenshan,]

[a father] It's a long journey.

And it won't be a pleasant one.

Give me your blessings

on the other side

and protect me.

Don't worry.

From now on,

I will treat Fu Sheng like my own brother.

Our journey to Xichuan

is going to be a long one,

but I will keep him safe.

♪Reach the highest level...♪

Let's go.

Okay.

♪Man is upright because he is moral, and he is strong because he is upright♪

♪Upright, strong, and fair♪

[Here lies Fu Wenshan, a father]

♪I am the fire♪

♪Burning out all desires♪

♪River can't put me out♪

♪Learn from nature♪

♪Break all old shackles♪

♪Today, I know it's me♪

Stop!

Well,

I need to take a biobreak.

Order some delicious tea for me.

Yes.

Jiu!

[Wen Jiu, Xichuan City Lord's Mansion]

His Excellency asked me to bring you back.

Jiu, in my journey,

I found a guy

with excellent medical skills.

Help me bring him to Xichuan, will you?

His Excellency's order is about you.

No physician was mentioned.

He agreed.

He said he'd come to Xichuan and help my father.

Let's take him with us!

In that case,

he would come by himself if his words meant something.

You are the only one I'm bringing back this time.

Bring me back...

What's that over there?

Up there!

Again? Don't you think I have dignity as well?

Let me down!

What did you say

in front of my dad's tomb?

Nothing.

I seem to have heard

something like

we are brothers from now on.

We need to be clear about that.

Who's the older one,

and who's the younger one?

Is that even a question?

I'm the older one.

Judging from your appearance,

you can't be much older than me.

When is your birthday?

I am older than you.

I changed your diaper when you were young.

Don't you remember that?

Come on, Fu Sheng.

Call me older brother.

How boring.

What's the rush?

Fine, you don't have to say it.

♪Leave a mark on our journey♪

♪Through hardships♪

[Shangyi]

[Xiangshui Lake]

Did you find out anything?

Come with me.

Fu Sheng.

That's Xichuan.

We are here.

That's Xichuan.

[Xiangshui Lake, Outskirts of Xichuan]

[Xichuan]

Jue,

already impatient

after such a short time?

Dad,

meditation

is just not my thing.

Please let me go.

[Wen Yu, Lord of Xichuan]

When can you

be more sophisticated?

Forget it.

You might change after you get married.

Dad, why are you bringing that up again?

Are you

tired of seeing me around?

I mentioned

Xubu Huai, a lieutenant of Ma Gang to you.

Do you remember him?

He asked his servant

to bring a gift to you again today, a necklace this time.

I think

he has shown sincerity,

so I accept this on your behalf.

Put it on.

Come on. Here.

Nice.

Dad,

you are the Lord of Xichuan,

yet this shabby necklace is all it takes

for you to sell me out?

Nonsense!

Why the word "sell?"

I think he's serious about you.

Besides,

you are at the age to start a family now.

You know what?

He will come to the mansion

in a few days.

I'll introduce you two.

No.

Jue...

Your Highness,

have some melon.

Just help yourself!

Look!

This is the crowded place

that we saw on the hill.

I heard that in Xichuan,

the Chamber of Commerce and the Ma Gang are nemesis.

This is the territory of the Ma Gang.

The Chamber of Commerce might send people

to cause trouble later.

I think we should

head to the city and find Wen Jue.

We shouldn't stay here.

Fu Sheng.

You can't stare at girls like that.

You are not even trying to hide it.

You may get roughened up.

What are you thinking?

Don't you think these people look strange?

All the villagers

have red rashes and sores across their faces.

They must have caught some kind of strange illness.

You are right!

Is there a plague going on here?

We'd better leave.

Sir, may I have a moment of your time?

I'd like to know

if this village

is suffering from any strange illness.

There's no plague here.

This place is haunted.

Thus the Nuo dance.

It's for exorcism.

This is the fault of the Ma Gang.

They made a pestilence devil from the lake,

and the devil poisoned the lake water,

which used to be clean.

Commoners like us have no other water source.

To survive,

we had to drink water from the lake,

which gave us

sores all over the body.

Why not drill a well?

We tried,

only to find

that the well water

is also poisonous.

After a while,

people stopped trying.

I can see

that you two are young physicians

with decent looks.

If you don't want to be like us,

don't drink

from the Xiangshui Lake.

Keep that in mind.

Take care.

Your Excellency.

We've collected over half of the ores

required for the Golden Bloom Banquet.

Yet that's not enough for the banquet.

Merchants are swarming into Xichuan,

and we need more Star Gold.

That's okay.

Jiu,

let me ask you something.

Do you know

why I got to be

the lord of this city

for so many years?

Your Excellency's outstanding capability.

A kind heart for the people.

Forgive me for my dullness. Please enlighten me.

Look.

The talents in Xichuan?

God's will.

[Star Gold Mine, Xichuan]

I found it!

I found it!

Star Gold!

This is Star Gold!

I haven't got

your name yet.

I'm Liu.

Congratulations, Mr. Liu,

for finding the Star Gold!

Weigh it.

The ore weighs six taels and is worth a hundred taels of gold.

Congratulations, Mr. Liu.

Mister, will you keep digging

or go back to the city to put your feet up?

I'm going back to the city for a few days

and I'll be back to keep digging.

All right.

Get Mr. Liu his one hundred taels of gold!

Come on.

Slice the melon.

Your Excellency, enjoy.

Impressive!

Melons have cold properties. You shouldn't have too much.

Fine.

Better than nothing.

Sweet!

I just hope that spoiled girl

can be half as sensible as you are.

After hearing about my headache,

she claimed that she wanted to help me out

by finding a physician to cure me.

Looking back now,

she was just

not happy about the marriage arrangement I made for her

and made up an excuse

to avoid me.

Her Highness has always adored you.

She was trying to get you a physician this time.

I think she's refusing all the marriage arrangements

because she doesn't want to leave your side.

Do you think I don't know that?

Her mom was taken from us too early.

I brought her up myself.

Our tie is deep.

I don't want her to leave me either.

If it's not because of...

Your Excellency,

your symptoms have been getting worse.

Let me get you a physician.

Don't bother.

There's no physician

in the whole Xichuan

who hasn't tried to cure me.

Don't waste your time.

I'm fine.

I just need a break.

I'll be fine.

Jiu,

if I'm taken by this disease one day,

Xichuan will be in chaos.

Enemies will rise from every direction.

Jue will not be strong enough

to face the Jibei Chamber of Commerce

and the Xiangshui Ma Gang.

I'm trying to find her a match

so that she'd have someone to rely on

when I'm gone.

Come on, Fu Sheng.

Let me show you something new.

♪Musk for epilepsy♪

♪Thorowax for jaundice♪

♪Oriental arborvitae seed for convulsion...♪

What's that song about?

The song is about beasts devouring devils.

This is a Nuo Opera.

The character in the middle is Fangxiang,

a god who fights against the pestilence devil.

The characters surrounding him

are the eight beasts.

They always dance with Fangxiang

to drive off devils.

♪Semen Raphani for indigestion♪

♪Water chestnut and kudzu vine♪

♪For lunacy♪

Xubu Huai!

[Xubu Huai, Lieutenant of Ma Gang]

I'm here to return what is yours.

Why?

Do you not like it, Your Highness?

I'm here to tell you

Dream on!

I'm not marrying you.

The princess of Xichuan surely has a bad temper.

Let me be straight with you.

Today is the day the Ma Gang prays for the people.

I don't have time for this.

I'll have some free time tomorrow

and I'll pay you a visit.

If you like the Nuo Opera,

feel free to join the audience.

Nuo! Nuo! Nuo!

Wen Jue?

Nuo! Nuo! Nuo! Nuo!

Help! Someone has been killed!

Save him!

You never hold back, do you?

The devil is out to kill!

Someone is killed!

- The devil is out to kill! - Someone is killed!

The devil is out to kill!

Fu Sheng?

Who are you?

We are just passing by.

This is Fu Sheng, a physician.

I'm his brother,

Gu Tian.

Get lost.

You intend to hurt my friend?

You think I'll allow it?

Interesting.

This is the territory of the Ma Gang.

Even the gods will have to stay low

in this area.

When did Xichuan

become the territory of the Ma Gang?

Your Highness.

Someone was killed.

Nothing for you to watch. Go back home.

General Xubu was quite the hero back then.

I dare you

to repeat it in my father's face.

No need to go so far, Your Highness.

I was just trying to teach these two rouges a lesson.

Fu Sheng is a physician.

I assume that he came to the stage

to save the dancer's life.

Yet you, General Xubu,

drew your sword without asking.

What?

Is this how the Ma Gang entertains guests?

This is an internal affair of the Ma Gang.

Please stay out of this, Your Highness.

Fangxiang died mysteriously during the performance.

How is this Ma Gang's internal affair?

Fangxiang died because his skills were not well-honed.

He failed in the exorcism, and the pestilence devil took his life.

This is not the pestilence devil's doing.

It's a homicide.

Oh, really?

Do you have evidence?

The wound of the deceased is evidence.

This is a wound caused by a wrist crossbow

or a slingshot arrow.

This kind of crossbow

features short ranges and low accuracy.

The shooter cannot be far from the target.

If I remember correctly,

General Xubu was standing

by the side of the stage when Fangxiang got hurt.

Did you see

an arrow of some sort

soar toward the stage?

No.

That adds up.

Besides, Fangxiang was surrounded

by the beasts.

If the arrow came from outside the stage,

it would have hit a beast first.

Are you saying

that the killer is not one of the viewers,

but

one of the eight beasts?

That's right.

That's just his deduction.

That can't prove that Fangxiang wasn't killed by the pestilence devil.

Find the beasts, ask them questions,

and we'll have the answer.

Go.

Arrest those beasts and bring them to me.

Yes.

Hurry.

Boss!

What is this?

How come there's one missing?

One of them got away at some point.

He ditched the costume to escape.

What do you have to say now, Xubu Huai?

Consider leaving yourself

with some space when speaking.

What are you waiting for? Huh?

Someone is on the loose! Aren't you going to chase after him?

Yes!

Boss...

Which direction should we go?

You...

What a no-good!

There's nothing around here. Where can he go?

Ask our men to spread out.

With ten miles as the range,

start searching!

Yes!

All of you, let's go.

Do you think Fangxiang

was killed by that thing?

The physician said

that this is not the devil's doing,

but a man's.

I wouldn't be so sure.

I observed

from a short distance.

If an arrow caused the death,

then it should be on the site.

But guess what?

Fangxiang's neck

is pierced through with a huge hole,

yet there's nothing

inside the hole.

Forget about an arrow,

I didn't see anything.

Drilling a hole

in a man's body

with everyone watching,

that sounds

like the pestilence devil to me.

How dare you mention that thing's name?

Trying to get yourself killed?

Such a whammy!

What is that sound?

Is that...

Is the devil onto us already?

You have always been the bold one.

Go check it out!

Why don't you go?

Go! Take the torch.

Yeah! Hurry up.

Go!

Come here!

There's... There's someone here.

Thank you, my lords.

You are the actor of one of the beasts.

What happened to you?

I am

the actor of one of the beasts.

When the eight of us

were preparing for the performance earlier,

I suddenly felt the urge to pee.

I went to the back of the tree

to take care of my business.

Suddenly,

someone knocked me out

and tied me up.

My clothes are gone.

Did you see the one who did this?

Even if he didn't see anyone,

his words prove a man is behind this

instead of the pestilence devil.

Loser.

Go on about your business.

Yes!

We don't have the killer,

and the murder weapon is nowhere to be found.

You keep claiming that it's not the pestilence devil's doing,

but check out the wound.

There's not even an arrow inside.

How could a man do that?

Xubu Huai,

do you have a vendetta against the Ma Gang?

Hey, watch your words!

If you have nothing against the Ma Gang,

why insist on putting this pestilence devil problem

on the Ma Gang?

This man is doing all he can to help you prove

that there's no pestilence devil involved here.

Why do you keep getting in his way?

But this guy...

- I... - If you don't want the Ma Gang to be suspected,

stop the yelling.

I found the arrowhead.

From what I can tell,

Fangxiang is not killed by an ordinary arrow,

but an arrow

made from an animal bone.

The bone is harder than human bones.

This could only be

the bone of a bear or a tiger.

Bear bones and tiger bones are different.

The pores on bear bone

are larger than those on tiger bone.

This piece is tough and dense.

I think it's a tiger bone.

[The animals in the show are props]

[No animals were harmed during the filming]

♪Under the sky, light and shadow go together♪

♪The reflection of prosperity and splendor♪

♪Hides many secrets♪

♪It's like♪

♪Every page of your life♪

♪It's all about destiny♪

♪The story has tragedy and comedy♪

♪To discover the mystery♪

♪We go on adventures♪

♪We don't run away or compromise easily♪

♪When dawn comes♪

♪The light shines♪

♪We follow the path of discovery♪

♪To chase and welcome♪

♪Every unknown story♪

♪We take a trip together♪

♪With hot blood and original purpose♪

♪We seize the day and live it to the fullest♪

♪Leave a mark on our journey♪

♪Scatter the darkness with our hearts♪

♪Aspire to make a difference♪

♪To discover the mystery♪

♪We go on adventures♪

♪We don't run away or compromise easily♪

♪When dawn comes♪

♪The light shines♪

♪We follow the path of discovery♪

♪To chase and welcome♪

♪Every unknown story♪

♪We take a trip together♪

♪With hot blood and original purpose♪

♪We seize the day and live it to the fullest♪

♪Leave a mark on our journey♪

♪Scatter the darkness with our hearts♪

♪Aspire to make a difference♪

♪Make a difference♪

♪We take a trip together♪

♪Through hardships♪

♪We will find the glory♪

♪Aspire to make a difference♪