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♪The Upper Three hold the seals♪

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♪A valiant general, an opera star, and a ruthless cripple♪

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♪The Middle Three stir the clouds♪

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♪A fiend, a wandering hero, and a master of the blade♪

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♪The Lower Three deal in gold♪

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♪A beauty, a seer, and a scholar♪

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♪The Upper, Middle, and Lower Three♪

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♪Represent the nine houses of old Changsha♪

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♪Together, they are known♪

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♪As the Mystic Nine♪

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[Mystic Nine]
[Adapted from the novel of Kennedy Xu]

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[Episode 2]
[This story is purely fictional]

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[Wu's Residence]

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[Memorial Tablet of Late Brother Wu Tie]

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You weren't this reserved before,

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Master Zhang.

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What's wrong?

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You haven't come by in so long.

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Getting shy now?

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Everything's different now.

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So,

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I should dress more decently.

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Even as enemies,

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anyone from the Mystic Nine should face each other openly.

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This rule

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was set by you.

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The water's not as hot as it used to be.

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People's hearts have grown even colder.

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Did the Eighth Master tell you everything?

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Why do you always send him to talk to me?

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Don't tell me

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you don't have the nerve to face me?

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What is this?

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Fifth Master, if you're interested,

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why not go down and have a look yourself?

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I'm not interested.

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No?

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Then why ask me here?

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Because you need my help.

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Finally, I get to set the terms.

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Even if I'm not interested, I have to be.

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As expected of you. Straight to the point.

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Lives are at stake.

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We should depart at once.

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Hold on.

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How long

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has this wall been there?

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It's been buried underground for over eighty years.

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Over eighty years?

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So

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waiting another year or two

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wouldn't make much difference, would it?

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You agreed to see me.

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You certainly didn't come here to waste my time.

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Get to the point.

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But what I want to talk about

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may not be what you want.

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Laogou,

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I didn't come to you

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because I had no other choice.

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Is that so?

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I found something.

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No idea whose it is.

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Since you're an official,

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take a look.

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Where's my wife?

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I picked up something,

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not a woman.

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Where is my wife?

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Can't wait to kill me?

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Looks like

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you're not an upright official at all.

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You take the law into your own hands

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and treat people's lives like they're nothing.

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What exactly do you want?

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Your wife, or your soldiers.

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Pick one.

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As a member of the Mystic Nine,

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you went back on your oath

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by laying a hand on an ordinary civilian.

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Have you no shame

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calling Yin Xinyue an ordinary civilian?

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If you can kill, why can't I?

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One life

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for 127 lives.

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That's a fair trade, isn't it?

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You're still stuck in the past.

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No.

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I'm stuck

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in the day you pulled the trigger.

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Zhang Qishan,

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admit it.

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You're selfish.

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You can't decide.

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I removed a bone from your spine.

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It won't kill you,

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but you'll be crippled for life.

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The longer this goes on, the less you'll be able to move.

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I'm not even afraid of death.

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Why would I fear being crippled?

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You may not,

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but those men under you will.

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They'll come begging me to save you.

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They'll surely release my wife

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and bring the dogs

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to rescue my soldiers.

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Xiaozhu,

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bite me.

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I know you wouldn't hurt innocent people.

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But every wrong

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has someone to answer for.

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If it's a life you want,

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take mine.

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Name your price.

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I want you to disappear.

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I'll return your wife

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and save your soldiers.

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But you

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must leave the Mystic Nine

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and leave Changsha.

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I never want to see you again.

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Fine.

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You agree?

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Once I leave the Mystic Nine,

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Xie Jiu will take my place.

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I can leave with peace of mind.

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I promise.

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I'm a man of my word.

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I don't believe you.

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Put it in writing.

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I'm not writing that.

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Then what do you suggest?

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Swear an oath.

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Fine.

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Tiezui.

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Call Tiezui over.

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Laogou,

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can we skip a couple of lines?

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No.

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Not a single word.

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Swear it.

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Fine.

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I...

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I swear.

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Today, I witness the agreement

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between Master Zhang and Wu Laogou.

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If Laogou rescues

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those who disappeared under the hospital,

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Master Zhang will...

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He...

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He will leave the Mystic Nine.

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If I fail to make sure he keeps his word,

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from this day on,

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no matter how much money I make, I will lose it all.

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Every shop I own will burn down.

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The Qi Clan line will end with me,

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leaving no descendants.

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And if Master Zhang breaks this oath,

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Laogou will no longer be bound by the rules of the Mystic Nine,

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and the Zhang and Wu Clans may fight each other.

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No one may interfere.

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Happy now?

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You two are such a pain.

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Get everyone out,

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and I'll leave the Mystic Nine.

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That's the deal.

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When do we leave?

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Tomorrow morning at eight.

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Where's my wife?

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Don't worry.

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My word is my bond.

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When I give my word,

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I keep it, no matter what.

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Zhang Qishan.

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I'll do this for you.

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But let me make one thing clear.

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I'm not doing this

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to help you.

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I'm doing it

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for those still missing.

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Get this through your thick skull.

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Between you and me,

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you owe me a life.

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Laogou,

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I'll be on my way.

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Bye.

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Master Zhang.

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Master Zhang.

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Wait.

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Wait for me, Master Zhang.

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I...

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I'll go with you.

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Tiezui,

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what kind of person am I

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to you?

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Master Zhang,

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you're not taking me back?

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You hesitated.

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I'm not happy.

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Wait, I...

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Master Zhang.

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Master Zhang!

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Master Zhang!

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You...

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It's a long way back.

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Are you making me walk all the way back?

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You're ditching me already?

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You...

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Jeez.

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Master Zhang,

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I've had them seal up the hole.

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We'll be going down there too,

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so be careful not to get possessed.

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Possessed?

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It can spread?

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Ghosts or demons,

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there's always someone pulling the strings.

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Pick our best men

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and have them ready.

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We move out

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first thing in the morning.

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Yes, sir.

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What about Madam?

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Laogou won't go back on his word.

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He may not be educated,

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but he's no petty villain.

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Knowing Madam's temper,

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once she gets back...

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[Wu Kennels]

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Good morning.

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Fifth Master.

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Fifth Master.

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How is it?

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Don't worry.

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Tianpeng and I have been watching.

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Not a sound from inside.

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The drug probably hasn't worn off yet.

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Madam Zhang is still unconscious.

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Good.

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Kidnapping someone's wife wasn't exactly our choice,

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but it's pretty shameful.

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Send her back before she wakes up.

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Open the door.

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Alright.

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Fifth Master,

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see?

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I told you.

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Fifth Master!

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[Yin Xinyue]

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As per the Wu Clan's rule,

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we don't hit women.

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You!

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You said it yourself.

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No hitting women.

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Wu Laogou,

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why are you here?

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Not bad.

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You turned the junk here

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into traps.

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You've learned quite a lot from your husband.

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I'm the young mistress of Xinyue Restaurant.

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I've been playing with this stuff

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since I was a kid.

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Xinyue Restaurant.

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The biggest auction house in Beiping.

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When will you take me there,

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Young Mistress?

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Not while you're alive.

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Maybe after you're dead.

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The body of Wu Laogou of the Mystic Nine

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should fetch a reasonable price.

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You have so many enemies.

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There wouldn't be enough to go around even if I chopped you into pieces.

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Give them back.

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What?

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My Twin Chime Bracelets.

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You stole them.

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My husband gave them to me

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as our love token.

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They're important to me.

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Give them back.

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Give them back.

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Now.

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- Don't hit me. - Give them back.

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You!

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You kidnapped me.

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What are you planning to do to my husband?

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Little wretch.

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Like husband, like wife.

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We're cut

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from the same cloth.

292
00:17:26,270 --> 00:17:27,620
That's why he's my husband.

293
00:17:28,110 --> 00:17:29,660
We've finished talking.

294
00:17:30,270 --> 00:17:31,330
I'll send you back later.

295
00:17:32,110 --> 00:17:32,980
What did you two talk about?

296
00:17:33,440 --> 00:17:34,900
That's between men. Don't ask.

297
00:17:34,960 --> 00:17:35,810
Between men, my foot.

298
00:17:35,880 --> 00:17:36,290
Tell me.

299
00:17:36,790 --> 00:17:38,290
What did you and my husband talk about?

300
00:17:42,790 --> 00:17:43,700
You won't say?

301
00:17:45,480 --> 00:17:46,530
I'll kill you.

302
00:17:47,160 --> 00:17:48,490
Whatever you agreed on

303
00:17:48,640 --> 00:17:49,570
won't count anymore.

304
00:17:50,830 --> 00:17:51,620
Go on then.

305
00:18:03,070 --> 00:18:03,620
What's going on now?

306
00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:04,290
Uh.

307
00:18:04,830 --> 00:18:05,900
She's not leaving?

308
00:18:06,550 --> 00:18:07,420
She has to.

309
00:18:07,830 --> 00:18:08,700
Otherwise, Master Zhang will think

310
00:18:08,720 --> 00:18:09,770
we broke our word.

311
00:18:10,070 --> 00:18:11,090
Let's carry her out.

312
00:18:12,030 --> 00:18:12,570
Enough.

313
00:18:14,310 --> 00:18:14,770
Hold your horses.

314
00:18:14,960 --> 00:18:15,700
No more fooling around.

315
00:18:16,510 --> 00:18:17,490
They'll take you back.

316
00:18:20,590 --> 00:18:21,980
There's no point staying here.

317
00:18:22,750 --> 00:18:23,860
An agreement between men

318
00:18:23,880 --> 00:18:25,090
isn't easily broken.

319
00:18:27,790 --> 00:18:28,180
Fine.

320
00:18:28,960 --> 00:18:30,490
I'll have Zhang Qishan come get you himself.

321
00:18:31,350 --> 00:18:32,140
Wu Laogou.

322
00:18:33,550 --> 00:18:35,330
You don't understand women.

323
00:18:35,880 --> 00:18:37,330
Or men, for that matter.

324
00:18:39,750 --> 00:18:40,940
Do you think

325
00:18:41,240 --> 00:18:42,330
a man who knows

326
00:18:42,400 --> 00:18:43,860
the woman he loves

327
00:18:43,920 --> 00:18:44,980
has been bullied

328
00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:47,570
would still work with you?

329
00:18:49,880 --> 00:18:50,860
My dear lady,

330
00:18:51,550 --> 00:18:53,140
what exactly do you want?

331
00:18:53,720 --> 00:18:54,980
Renegotiate everything.

332
00:18:55,200 --> 00:18:55,730
Out of the question.

333
00:18:56,440 --> 00:18:57,940
Zhang Qishan must leave the Mystic Nine.

334
00:18:59,920 --> 00:19:01,250
Leave the Mystic Nine?

335
00:19:03,510 --> 00:19:05,010
Your deal with my husband

336
00:19:05,240 --> 00:19:06,620
was for him to leave the Mystic Nine?

337
00:19:08,510 --> 00:19:09,730
I'll level with you.

338
00:19:10,590 --> 00:19:12,330
He asked me to look for Unit 401.

339
00:19:12,920 --> 00:19:14,140
The place where they disappeared

340
00:19:14,240 --> 00:19:16,050
is extremely dangerous. There's little chance of making it back alive.

341
00:19:16,590 --> 00:19:17,770
But once they're found,

342
00:19:18,200 --> 00:19:19,380
he'll leave the Mystic Nine immediately.

343
00:19:21,590 --> 00:19:22,380
And he agreed?

344
00:19:22,680 --> 00:19:23,180
He did.

345
00:19:24,920 --> 00:19:25,940
That's wonderful!

346
00:19:31,880 --> 00:19:32,490
Wu Laogou,

347
00:19:33,350 --> 00:19:34,250
well done.

348
00:19:38,030 --> 00:19:38,900
You just said

349
00:19:38,920 --> 00:19:41,140
the Wu Clan doesn't hit women, right?

350
00:19:47,030 --> 00:19:48,250
You two had a hand in this too, didn't you?

351
00:20:13,420 --> 00:20:15,740
[Changsha Defense Headquarters]

352
00:20:21,270 --> 00:20:21,660
Master Zhang.

353
00:20:28,790 --> 00:20:29,380
Are you alright?

354
00:20:34,350 --> 00:20:35,460
Did Wu Laogou threaten you

355
00:20:35,750 --> 00:20:36,860
with me?

356
00:20:40,310 --> 00:20:41,050
And you agreed?

357
00:20:44,510 --> 00:20:45,460
Zhang Qishan.

358
00:20:46,480 --> 00:20:48,140
Have you always thought I was a burden?

359
00:20:50,070 --> 00:20:51,090
You're laughing?

360
00:20:52,270 --> 00:20:53,860
Did you really think he could keep me locked up?

361
00:20:54,110 --> 00:20:55,940
I beat them out of their crap all by myself.

362
00:20:56,110 --> 00:20:56,900
Hadn't you stepped in,

363
00:20:56,920 --> 00:20:57,900
I would've made it back on my own.

364
00:21:04,160 --> 00:21:06,010
I bought your favorite pastries.

365
00:21:08,640 --> 00:21:09,770
You must be starving.

366
00:21:19,790 --> 00:21:20,290
Try this.

367
00:21:24,400 --> 00:21:24,940
Is it good?

368
00:21:26,830 --> 00:21:27,460
No.

369
00:21:27,550 --> 00:21:28,200
Too sweet.

370
00:21:32,110 --> 00:21:32,570
Try this one.

371
00:21:40,750 --> 00:21:41,380
Just so-so.

372
00:21:41,920 --> 00:21:43,900
Walnut pastries from Sanjizhai are pretty good.

373
00:21:44,070 --> 00:21:45,460
Have them send more.

374
00:21:45,830 --> 00:21:46,770
Not the ones from Laosanhuang.

375
00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:48,090
They're awful. Don't buy them.

376
00:21:49,070 --> 00:21:49,730
Yes, sir.

377
00:21:55,880 --> 00:21:56,730
Zhang Qishan,

378
00:21:57,720 --> 00:21:58,810
Wu Laogou said

379
00:21:59,270 --> 00:22:00,460
you're going somewhere.

380
00:22:00,790 --> 00:22:01,920
It's extremely dangerous.

381
00:22:04,400 --> 00:22:06,010
Just be careful.

382
00:22:08,110 --> 00:22:08,570
Alright.

383
00:22:09,350 --> 00:22:09,900
I will.

384
00:22:11,640 --> 00:22:12,860
I'm not interested

385
00:22:12,880 --> 00:22:13,940
in Mystic Nine business anyway.

386
00:22:14,920 --> 00:22:15,730
Zhang Qishan,

387
00:22:16,590 --> 00:22:18,420
my father wants me to return to Beiping.

388
00:22:19,240 --> 00:22:20,220
He says there are many matters at the Xinyue Restaurant

389
00:22:20,240 --> 00:22:21,620
that need my attention.

390
00:22:22,750 --> 00:22:23,460
When?

391
00:22:24,110 --> 00:22:25,090
Tomorrow.

392
00:22:30,960 --> 00:22:31,980
Once I'm done,

393
00:22:33,590 --> 00:22:34,660
I'll go to Beiping immediately to see you.

394
00:22:41,350 --> 00:22:43,460
My father hasn't accepted you as his son-in-law.

395
00:22:43,720 --> 00:22:44,980
You'd better think carefully

396
00:22:45,680 --> 00:22:48,220
about how to win him over.

397
00:22:49,070 --> 00:22:49,570
Don't worry.

398
00:22:50,030 --> 00:22:50,570
This time,

399
00:22:52,480 --> 00:22:54,380
I'll try everything I can to make him accept me.

400
00:22:55,380 --> 00:22:58,100
[Changsha Defense Headquarters]

401
00:23:03,440 --> 00:23:03,900
Master Zhang,

402
00:23:05,350 --> 00:23:06,140
a telegram from the Ministry of War.

403
00:23:10,720 --> 00:23:11,380
Qishan,

404
00:23:12,350 --> 00:23:13,460
have you made up your mind

405
00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:15,180
about the Mystic Nine?

406
00:23:16,920 --> 00:23:17,900
Don't put it off any longer.

407
00:23:29,300 --> 00:23:32,080
[Taihe Pleasure House]

408
00:23:32,080 --> 00:23:33,080
Don't disappear for so long again

409
00:23:33,080 --> 00:23:34,040
like last time.

410
00:23:34,040 --> 00:23:34,780
Alright.

411
00:23:34,780 --> 00:23:35,560
I'll come by whenever I can.

412
00:23:36,030 --> 00:23:36,900
It's a promise.

413
00:23:39,250 --> 00:23:40,240
Take care.

414
00:23:40,620 --> 00:23:43,300
[Huo Xiangu, Huo Clan of the Mystic Nine]

415
00:23:52,330 --> 00:23:53,430
Have a drink with me.

416
00:23:54,140 --> 00:23:55,150
Sure.

417
00:23:55,150 --> 00:23:56,510
This is for you.

418
00:24:02,900 --> 00:24:07,060
[Ding Qiansui, Manchu loyalist]

419
00:24:21,400 --> 00:24:22,330
Wait outside.

420
00:24:23,100 --> 00:24:24,920
[Huo Nianyi, Huo Clan; Huo Xiaomei, Huo Clan]

421
00:24:24,920 --> 00:24:25,570
Miss Huo,

422
00:24:26,310 --> 00:24:27,570
we'll go in with you.

423
00:24:28,790 --> 00:24:29,220
No need.

424
00:24:30,200 --> 00:24:31,730
But Ding Qiansui

425
00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:33,140
has always been a bully.

426
00:24:33,880 --> 00:24:34,660
We're worried...

427
00:24:39,310 --> 00:24:39,900
Miss Huo,

428
00:24:40,240 --> 00:24:41,420
sorry to trouble you

429
00:24:41,640 --> 00:24:43,050
with this trip.

430
00:24:43,480 --> 00:24:44,250
But don't worry.

431
00:24:44,400 --> 00:24:45,380
Everything has been arranged.

432
00:24:45,790 --> 00:24:47,420
Not a word will get out.

433
00:24:49,240 --> 00:24:49,730
Thank you.

434
00:25:00,880 --> 00:25:01,490
Ding Qiansui,

435
00:25:02,400 --> 00:25:03,490
Miss Huo is here.

436
00:25:07,270 --> 00:25:08,940
Miss Huo,

437
00:25:09,270 --> 00:25:11,320
sorry to make you come all this way.

438
00:25:11,320 --> 00:25:12,400
Well,

439
00:25:12,400 --> 00:25:14,110
I really am sorry.

440
00:25:14,790 --> 00:25:16,290
No need for that, Ding Qiansui.

441
00:25:17,680 --> 00:25:18,770
You didn't invite me here

442
00:25:19,310 --> 00:25:20,810
to catch up.

443
00:25:21,790 --> 00:25:23,050
Let's get to the point.

444
00:25:23,680 --> 00:25:25,250
You're straightforward.

445
00:25:25,590 --> 00:25:27,900
Then I'll skip the pleasantries.

446
00:25:28,510 --> 00:25:29,900
I heard

447
00:25:30,110 --> 00:25:33,490
Zhang Qishan and Wu Laogou have joined forces.

448
00:25:34,440 --> 00:25:36,900
They're heading under the hospital

449
00:25:36,960 --> 00:25:39,330
to search for a missing military unit.

450
00:25:40,830 --> 00:25:42,770
I'd like you

451
00:25:42,790 --> 00:25:44,660
to go down there with them.

452
00:25:48,880 --> 00:25:50,350
Find out

453
00:25:50,350 --> 00:25:52,380
what's going on.

454
00:25:53,200 --> 00:25:55,220
You have plenty of people

455
00:25:55,920 --> 00:25:57,860
who are good at doing dirty work.

456
00:25:58,790 --> 00:26:00,460
Have they all died?

457
00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:03,180
Now you want the head of the Huo Clan to spy for you?

458
00:26:06,030 --> 00:26:06,730
Ding Qiansui,

459
00:26:07,590 --> 00:26:08,460
we may

460
00:26:08,460 --> 00:26:09,570
do business together,

461
00:26:09,960 --> 00:26:11,530
but I can't agree to this.

462
00:26:19,750 --> 00:26:20,530
Miss Huo,

463
00:26:21,310 --> 00:26:22,940
are you leaving?

464
00:26:25,620 --> 00:26:26,920
[Loan Note]

465
00:26:26,920 --> 00:26:29,140
This is your Huo Clan's loan note.

466
00:26:29,920 --> 00:26:33,220
Next month, your family will borrow three thousand silver coins from me.

467
00:26:34,160 --> 00:26:35,290
If I refuse,

468
00:26:35,480 --> 00:26:39,050
your aunts will come begging again.

469
00:26:40,070 --> 00:26:41,700
As for how they'll beg,

470
00:26:42,680 --> 00:26:43,490
well...

471
00:26:45,480 --> 00:26:46,940
Without that money,

472
00:26:49,240 --> 00:26:52,090
whether the Huo Clan can make it through next month,

473
00:26:52,720 --> 00:26:54,180
I couldn't say.

474
00:26:55,310 --> 00:26:56,530
In times like these,

475
00:26:57,400 --> 00:26:59,220
it's not easy for women to survive.

476
00:26:59,920 --> 00:27:01,010
For the Huo Clan

477
00:27:01,270 --> 00:27:03,530
to earn a place among the Mystic Nine was even harder.

478
00:27:06,440 --> 00:27:07,770
This is the fate

479
00:27:07,790 --> 00:27:08,810
of every woman in the Huo Clan.

480
00:27:09,380 --> 00:27:10,110
[Huo Yuping]

481
00:27:10,110 --> 00:27:11,140
[The Huo Sisters Guild]
You have to accept your fate.

482
00:27:14,270 --> 00:27:17,140
I'm just worried

483
00:27:19,720 --> 00:27:21,940
that if the Huo Clan falls

484
00:27:24,030 --> 00:27:26,090
and your enemies

485
00:27:27,590 --> 00:27:30,570
come after you,

486
00:27:34,880 --> 00:27:37,010
what will you do?

487
00:27:53,240 --> 00:27:54,250
So soft.

488
00:27:55,830 --> 00:27:57,730
Your skin is as soft as a baby's.

489
00:27:59,590 --> 00:28:00,570
Xiangu,

490
00:28:01,030 --> 00:28:02,700
you're so beautiful.

491
00:28:03,310 --> 00:28:05,770
If those enemies ruined your face,

492
00:28:05,880 --> 00:28:06,330
I'd be

493
00:28:07,920 --> 00:28:10,050
heartbroken.

494
00:28:16,790 --> 00:28:17,770
Just agree

495
00:28:18,510 --> 00:28:21,050
to spy for me down there,

496
00:28:21,510 --> 00:28:22,620
and I'll lend the money

497
00:28:23,480 --> 00:28:25,660
to the Huo Clan.

498
00:28:26,400 --> 00:28:27,660
Not only that,

499
00:28:28,110 --> 00:28:29,490
I'll wipe out

500
00:28:30,240 --> 00:28:32,330
all your debts.

501
00:28:34,960 --> 00:28:36,220
I know

502
00:28:37,310 --> 00:28:39,660
you're no ordinary woman.

503
00:28:41,310 --> 00:28:43,290
You know how to make a deal.

504
00:28:44,510 --> 00:28:48,250
Does Wu Laogou know about those old debts?

505
00:28:49,790 --> 00:28:51,380
If he did,

506
00:28:52,200 --> 00:28:54,940
I'm sure he would do something.

507
00:28:56,590 --> 00:28:57,050
Would he?

508
00:29:13,960 --> 00:29:14,530
Miss Huo.

509
00:29:16,070 --> 00:29:16,700
Miss Huo,

510
00:29:17,200 --> 00:29:18,220
are you really going to put up with this?

511
00:29:18,680 --> 00:29:20,330
Do we have to do what Ding Qiansui wants?

512
00:29:22,880 --> 00:29:23,660
I'll take care of it.

513
00:29:24,310 --> 00:29:25,180
If you take this matter

514
00:29:25,480 --> 00:29:26,490
to Master Zhang,

515
00:29:27,070 --> 00:29:28,140
by the rules,

516
00:29:28,400 --> 00:29:29,620
he won't agree.

517
00:29:30,720 --> 00:29:32,220
Getting Wu Laogou's help

518
00:29:33,550 --> 00:29:34,700
would be even harder.

519
00:29:34,830 --> 00:29:35,330
Exactly.

520
00:29:35,750 --> 00:29:36,530
Wu Laogou

521
00:29:36,790 --> 00:29:37,980
flirted with you last time,

522
00:29:38,160 --> 00:29:39,290
and even said he wanted to court you.

523
00:29:40,240 --> 00:29:41,810
The elders were strongly against it.

524
00:29:43,000 --> 00:29:45,290
You must hate his guts.

525
00:29:45,920 --> 00:29:47,380
And now you have to ask him for help.

526
00:29:49,000 --> 00:29:50,010
What are you going to do?

527
00:29:51,480 --> 00:29:52,180
Enough.

528
00:29:54,110 --> 00:29:55,010
You wouldn't understand.

529
00:29:56,440 --> 00:29:58,700
Do you have that much faith in Huo Xiangu?

530
00:29:59,720 --> 00:30:02,660
I wouldn't say I have faith in her.

531
00:30:03,270 --> 00:30:06,460
Actually, I have faith in Wu Laogou.

532
00:30:07,070 --> 00:30:09,860
Love is always dependable.

533
00:30:39,880 --> 00:30:40,860
You can go back.

534
00:30:44,480 --> 00:30:45,860
Love

535
00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:48,050
is also the easiest thing to take advantage of.

536
00:30:51,790 --> 00:30:52,860
Turn back.

537
00:31:14,590 --> 00:31:15,420
Why are you here?

538
00:31:18,000 --> 00:31:18,730
I heard

539
00:31:18,960 --> 00:31:20,570
someone called Wu Laogou was flirting with you.

540
00:31:21,960 --> 00:31:22,770
How come I never heard about that?

541
00:31:24,830 --> 00:31:26,220
If you don't clear that up,

542
00:31:26,680 --> 00:31:27,900
what will your family think of me

543
00:31:28,880 --> 00:31:30,010
after I marry into your family?

544
00:31:31,720 --> 00:31:33,180
I think you should put it another way.

545
00:31:33,480 --> 00:31:34,250
For instance,

546
00:31:35,240 --> 00:31:36,250
say I owe you money and won't pay it back.

547
00:31:37,880 --> 00:31:39,980
I'm asking why you're here.

548
00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:41,700
Are you angry?

549
00:31:42,830 --> 00:31:44,330
Men like coming to places like this.

550
00:31:45,640 --> 00:31:47,700
You came here to see Ding Qiansui.

551
00:31:48,350 --> 00:31:49,770
But every time you leave after meeting him,

552
00:31:50,270 --> 00:31:52,010
you get upset and take it out on me.

553
00:31:53,240 --> 00:31:54,330
I was worried about you,

554
00:31:54,590 --> 00:31:55,460
so I came.

555
00:31:56,510 --> 00:31:57,860
I've only been out for an hour.

556
00:31:58,750 --> 00:31:59,730
How did you know where I was?

557
00:32:00,510 --> 00:32:02,730
That old geezer sent me a note.

558
00:32:04,920 --> 00:32:06,770
Ding Qiansui has been hiding out here,

559
00:32:07,350 --> 00:32:08,620
yet he's keeping a close eye on Zhang Qishan.

560
00:32:11,480 --> 00:32:12,090
Turn around.

561
00:32:12,590 --> 00:32:13,620
Ding Qiansui wants me

562
00:32:14,070 --> 00:32:15,330
to follow you and Master Zhang down there

563
00:32:15,720 --> 00:32:16,380
and spy for him.

564
00:32:16,830 --> 00:32:18,010
Ding Qiansui

565
00:32:18,640 --> 00:32:20,330
still hasn't given up on Zhang Qishan.

566
00:32:22,510 --> 00:32:23,620
Did you and Master Zhang make up?

567
00:32:26,240 --> 00:32:27,420
That's between him and me.

568
00:32:28,310 --> 00:32:29,090
Stay out of it.

569
00:32:30,790 --> 00:32:31,900
Even you're keeping me in the dark?

570
00:32:35,160 --> 00:32:35,980
I can tell you.

571
00:32:38,440 --> 00:32:39,380
Once we're married,

572
00:32:40,240 --> 00:32:41,420
I'll tell you everything.

573
00:32:47,720 --> 00:32:48,330
Not now.

574
00:32:49,200 --> 00:32:51,180
I haven't secured my place as the clan head yet.

575
00:32:55,790 --> 00:32:57,010
What about after you become the clan head?

576
00:32:58,070 --> 00:32:58,860
Can we continue?

577
00:33:17,750 --> 00:33:20,330
That Ding fellow actually wants you to work as his spy.

578
00:33:21,590 --> 00:33:22,980
Are all his men dead?

579
00:33:25,240 --> 00:33:25,810
No more talking.

580
00:33:26,480 --> 00:33:27,010
I've got to go.

581
00:33:28,110 --> 00:33:29,460
You must let me know

582
00:33:29,680 --> 00:33:30,530
when Master Zhang goes down there.

583
00:33:34,070 --> 00:33:34,530
Don't go yet.

584
00:34:04,550 --> 00:34:05,980
Those are fireworks from Dongshan House.

585
00:34:07,110 --> 00:34:08,530
But we can only see them from Taihe Pleasure House.

586
00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:13,340
I don't understand the Huo Clan.

587
00:34:15,110 --> 00:34:16,260
But fireworks are free.

588
00:34:17,670 --> 00:34:18,780
Even if they last only a moment,

589
00:34:20,400 --> 00:34:21,570
no one can hold on to them.

590
00:34:28,710 --> 00:34:29,880
We're going underground at eight tomorrow morning.

591
00:34:31,400 --> 00:34:31,980
I'll be waiting for you.

592
00:35:25,710 --> 00:35:26,490
Turn it to the left.

593
00:35:27,070 --> 00:35:28,380
Then lift it up a little.

594
00:35:41,920 --> 00:35:42,490
Who are you?

595
00:35:45,400 --> 00:35:46,340
Shift handover documents.

596
00:35:50,550 --> 00:35:51,340
You're not one of the guards.

597
00:35:52,190 --> 00:35:53,130
You're a military engineer.

598
00:35:53,880 --> 00:35:54,240
But

599
00:35:54,480 --> 00:35:55,340
why are you changing shifts?

600
00:35:56,180 --> 00:35:58,700
[Unit 401, Zhang Peiwu]

601
00:35:59,320 --> 00:35:59,980
Unit 401?

602
00:36:01,840 --> 00:36:04,050
Squad leader, he's from Unit 401.

603
00:36:13,320 --> 00:36:13,780
Squad leader.

604
00:36:16,110 --> 00:36:16,460
Squad leader.

605
00:36:22,840 --> 00:36:23,300
Stop!

606
00:36:23,800 --> 00:36:24,860
Or I'll open fire.

607
00:36:53,860 --> 00:36:58,020
♪The past fades like smoke♪

608
00:36:58,380 --> 00:37:01,100
♪A choice is made in silence♪

609
00:37:01,380 --> 00:37:04,180
♪In this labyrinthine puzzle♪

610
00:37:04,580 --> 00:37:08,340
♪Who can reach the shore?♪

611
00:37:08,580 --> 00:37:12,020
♪Just an ordinary farewell♪

612
00:37:12,300 --> 00:37:15,700
♪The sun seems to shine bright over our heads♪

613
00:37:15,780 --> 00:37:23,060
♪But this could be our last trip together♪

614
00:37:23,500 --> 00:37:26,780
♪The spring breeze continues outside♪

615
00:37:27,060 --> 00:37:30,300
♪Who was it who left in such haste?♪

616
00:37:30,460 --> 00:37:34,500
♪Caught in the game, the raging waves fall silent♪

617
00:37:34,700 --> 00:37:38,060
♪Who believes in fate?♪

618
00:37:38,300 --> 00:37:41,660
♪For my home and my country, the years pass like a dream♪

619
00:37:41,900 --> 00:37:45,180
♪When the song ends, who will still be waiting?♪

620
00:37:45,500 --> 00:37:49,180
♪With a nod, we bid farewell and set out again♪

621
00:37:49,380 --> 00:37:52,620
♪Take care♪

622
00:37:52,620 --> 00:37:55,180
♪We once raced♪

623
00:37:55,260 --> 00:37:57,180
♪For the dawn♪

624
00:37:57,340 --> 00:38:00,620
♪Ever-lasting bond, a satisfying vindication♪

625
00:38:00,740 --> 00:38:04,020
♪In the web of fate♪

626
00:38:04,020 --> 00:38:07,220
♪No one can escape♪

627
00:38:08,220 --> 00:38:10,060
♪Life and death cut like a blade♪

628
00:38:10,220 --> 00:38:11,780
♪We too were young once♪

629
00:38:11,860 --> 00:38:15,300
♪Fortunate to brave the raging waves together♪

630
00:38:15,500 --> 00:38:17,820
♪Keep the ember lit♪

631
00:38:17,940 --> 00:38:22,460
♪To illuminate the journey ahead♪

632
00:38:22,580 --> 00:38:25,540
♪The spring breeze continues outside♪

633
00:38:25,780 --> 00:38:29,300
♪Who was it who left in such haste?♪

634
00:38:29,420 --> 00:38:33,180
♪Caught in the game, the raging waves fall silent♪

635
00:38:33,500 --> 00:38:36,980
♪Who believes in fate?♪

636
00:38:37,140 --> 00:38:40,140
♪For my home and my country, the years pass like a dream♪

637
00:38:40,380 --> 00:38:44,140
♪When the song ends, who will still be waiting?♪

638
00:38:44,300 --> 00:38:48,020
♪With a nod, we bid farewell and set out again♪

639
00:38:48,140 --> 00:38:59,580
♪Please, do take care of yourself♪