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=The Road to Splendor=

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(Adapted from China Literature author
Zhizhi's novel of the same name)

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=Episode 14=

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(Bandit Camp)

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Come. Drink!

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Come on.

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Drink up.

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Hurry up!

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Zhao.

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I let you go last time.

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And you actually dare to come back?

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You've got a death wish.

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Precisely because you let me go,

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I'm here to return the favor.

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Do you know Lu Dahu?

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That scoundrel Lu Dahu.

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Commander Wang trusted him so much.

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But he messed up the job.

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Someone found out.

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What did he mess up?

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What have you

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found out this time?

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Killing civilians
to claim military merit.

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That's a grave crime.

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That's a crime punishable by death.

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Zhao.

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What does Lu Dahu have

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to do with me?

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Why are you causing trouble on my turf?

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Guards.

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Drag him out

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and execute him.

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Then Mr. Tuo, who will you

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do business with from now on?

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Now I'm Commander Wang's trusted man.

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What I just said

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is also what he is worried about.

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Lu Dahu

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is definitely not getting out.

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From now on,

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I'm in charge.

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Then does Commander Wang

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have any new instructions?

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Business stays as usual.

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I don't care how much
Lu Dahu used to give you.

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I'll give you thirty copper coins
per tael.

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That's higher than the market price.

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Brother,

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I told you before.

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We're bound by fate.

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Being fated isn't enough.

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What about the profit?

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Tell me.

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How much do you want to take?

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You just need to tell me

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where those warhorses

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came from.

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What warhorses?

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These are just ordinary mounts.

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Nothing worth mentioning.

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How could I possibly have warhorses?

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Take a look at the goods yourself.

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When it comes to business,

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you're not my only option.

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On the fifth of every month,

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at the mining site
15 kilometers north of here,

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the Wangur people

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are in urgent need of iron for weapons.

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They trade

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secretly with foreign merchants.

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This whole thing with Zhao

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is getting more and more absurd.

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Back in Linchun Town,

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when we crossed swords with him,

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he didn't even flinch.

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There's no way he'd flee from battle.

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Listen.

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Go and see Miss Xie.

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Tell her

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that we've already

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sent cavalry to search for him.

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Set her mind at ease.

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Rest assured, General.

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What concerns you concerns me.

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Even if you hadn't said a word,

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I would have done the same.

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You're always so understanding.

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Miss, wait.

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Miss,

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you dropped something.

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My young lady doesn't own such a thing.

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It must belong to some other lady.

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Go find its owner elsewhere.

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Miss,

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let's go.

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Miss!

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Such a lecher.

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What a waste
of a deputy battalion commander title.

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The small fry are harder to deal with.

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Just steer clear of him.

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No matter.

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Haste

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makes waste.

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Her man has already run off.

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She should be

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easy to handle.

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Leave it to me.

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Even Commander Lu,
who went with him, is back.

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Why hasn't he returned yet?

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Mr. Zhao isn't back yet?

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What if something happened to him?

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All you do is ask questions.

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Go to the garrison and find out.

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I shouldn't have been so stubborn
with Mr. Zhao.

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Here in Ganlin Town,

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people die every day.

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The men,

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all desperate to earn merit,

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will fight tooth and nail
to get to the battlefield.

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But what about us women?

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We don't care about any of this.

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All we want

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is someone who truly cares for us.

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Right?

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What news do you have?

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Just tell me.

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You poor thing.

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Banner Commander Zhao

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is gone.

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You can't just say things like that.

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Without any proof,

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how can you be so sure?

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My brother saw it with his own eyes.

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Last night,

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General Mo also received
the official notice.

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It's just that the public announcement

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won't come for a few more days.

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Honestly, I shouldn't be

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the one telling you this.

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But

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I figured if things come to that,

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you need to have a plan, right?

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As women,

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we have to plan

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for our future,

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right?

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I've been thinking

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that my younger brother

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is a deputy battalion commander.

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He's a considerate man too.

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So that's

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what you've been scheming all along.

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It's all for your own good.

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In Ganlin Town,

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there are
no fewer than seven or eight known gangs

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of idle thugs

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who target unprotected families.

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At night,

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they break down doors,

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beat people unconscious,

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stuff them in sacks,

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and sell them to pleasure houses
and gambling dens.

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Or

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to the barbarians beyond the pass.

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You...

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By regulation,

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any officer under orders

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who abandons his post

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must be reported by his superior

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and confirmed by the Regional Commander.

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Only then is it final.

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Right now, Mr. Zhao is still away
on campaign.

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And yet you come to pressure me,

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to trick
and seduce a fellow officer's wife.

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That deserves military punishment.

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Don't bother trying to scare me.

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Your man is gone,

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plain and simple.

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Serving one man

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is better than serving a whole pack.

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Miss Xie.

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We meet again.

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Men and women
should keep their distance.

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Commander Lu,
please show some restraint.

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Don't rush off.

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With this floral hair ornament on,

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you'd look beautiful.

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You shameless wretch!

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Yi.

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Zhao Ling is out fighting,

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and you're here seducing his fiancee!

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General, please calm down!

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I'll beat you, you sneaky scoundrel!

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I'll kick you to death!

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I'll hit you every time I see you!

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When did you get here?

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Why didn't you tell me?

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Why are you protecting him?

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Why don't you keep
your good-for-nothing brother in line?

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Calm down.

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Calm down.

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Miss Xie,

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I'm truly sorry.

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But rest assured,

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that wretched scoundrel

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will never come to bother you again.

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Thank you, General Mo.

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General,

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have you truly received word
of Mr. Zhao?

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I've already sent men to look for him.

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As soon as there's news,

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I'll have someone come and tell you.

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Didn't Concubine Lu

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tell you?

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What she said

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and what you said

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are not quite the same.

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Please forgive me, General.

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From now on,

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please don't send her to see me anymore.

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If she keeps coming to press me,

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day after day,

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it will only breed ill feelings.

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Has she been

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making things hard for you?

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She tried to arrange for her brother

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to marry my young lady.

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What?

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It's all my fault.

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It must have been something I said

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that made Miss Xie misunderstand.

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General,

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I've been with you
since I was seventeen.

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After all these years of devotion,

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don't you trust me?

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Come here.

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Get up.

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What I said today was harsh.

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But

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you need to take it to heart.

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Then, General,

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won't you stay the night?

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No.

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You know how things are

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at home.

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That scheming wretch.

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Who does she think she is?

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How dare she speak ill of me
to the General?

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Once that Zhao

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is confirmed as a deserter,

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I'll wait to see her cry.

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Even if he doesn't die today,

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he'll die tomorrow.

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I'll curse him

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to death!

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General...

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General...

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I think I just lost my mind.

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I...

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I don't know

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what came over me today.

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I...

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I...

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I...

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I...

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General...

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I...

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I...

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Here.

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Eat some more.

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Father,

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have some.

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Eat.

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Dig in.

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Why does Father look so distracted?

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Him?

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His heart's in pieces.

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Quick, pick them up

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and put your father back together.

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What are you staring at?

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Eat your meal

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and don't take after your father.

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You too.

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Eat first.

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Move over.

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Why are you giving me money?

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They say

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when love fails,

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luck in gambling prevails.

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Take it out

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and win some back.

292
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That way you'll be of some use.

293
00:15:06,247 --> 00:15:07,288
Why are you...?

294
00:15:38,168 --> 00:15:38,887
Miss Xie!

295
00:15:38,968 --> 00:15:40,408
There's news of Mr. Zhao!

296
00:15:40,408 --> 00:15:41,607
Chuan is back.

297
00:15:41,767 --> 00:15:42,408
Miss Xie,

298
00:15:42,408 --> 00:15:43,208
Chuan is back!

299
00:15:43,208 --> 00:15:43,968
Where is Mr. Zhao?

300
00:15:44,487 --> 00:15:46,208
Mr. Zhao took the brothers
to capture warhorses.

301
00:15:46,328 --> 00:15:47,208
He sent me back

302
00:15:47,208 --> 00:15:47,928
to bring reinforcements.

303
00:15:48,127 --> 00:15:48,928
He'll be back in a few days.

304
00:15:49,288 --> 00:15:50,288
He was worried you might be anxious,

305
00:15:50,288 --> 00:15:51,247
so he sent me to tell you.

306
00:15:51,727 --> 00:15:52,767
They went out to prepare for battle.

307
00:15:53,007 --> 00:15:53,928
Everything was going fine,

308
00:15:53,928 --> 00:15:54,928
so why the sudden change of plan?

309
00:15:54,928 --> 00:15:56,127
It's all that Lu Dahu's fault.

310
00:15:56,847 --> 00:15:58,448
Not only did he trip us up,

311
00:15:58,928 --> 00:15:59,487
but he also

312
00:15:59,487 --> 00:16:00,288
killed civilians and claimed credit.

313
00:16:00,367 --> 00:16:01,568
He wanted our heads.

314
00:16:02,247 --> 00:16:03,487
He's absolute trash.

315
00:16:04,247 --> 00:16:04,688
So

316
00:16:04,688 --> 00:16:05,808
are you all alright?

317
00:16:06,328 --> 00:16:07,367
We just got humiliated.

318
00:16:07,688 --> 00:16:08,367
Don't worry.

319
00:16:08,647 --> 00:16:09,727
We'll take those warhorses

320
00:16:09,808 --> 00:16:10,928
and won't come back empty-handed.

321
00:16:12,168 --> 00:16:13,208
Shameless wretch!

322
00:16:14,328 --> 00:16:15,808
I thought Lu Dahu

323
00:16:16,007 --> 00:16:17,328
was just a shameless lecher.

324
00:16:17,487 --> 00:16:18,847
I figured I could just stay
out of his way.

325
00:16:19,527 --> 00:16:20,367
Who would've thought

326
00:16:20,847 --> 00:16:23,048
he'd do something this vile,

327
00:16:23,208 --> 00:16:24,448
and even make
Mr. Zhao's life miserable?

328
00:16:28,208 --> 00:16:29,448
You go help Mr. Zhao first.

329
00:16:29,647 --> 00:16:30,607
He needs you more.

330
00:16:30,968 --> 00:16:31,847
But Miss Xie...

331
00:16:32,448 --> 00:16:32,968
Don't worry.

332
00:16:33,288 --> 00:16:33,887
I'm here.

333
00:16:34,727 --> 00:16:35,448
And me.

334
00:16:37,808 --> 00:16:38,968
A monster like that

335
00:16:39,767 --> 00:16:41,168
isn't worth dirtying our hands over.

336
00:16:46,127 --> 00:16:46,727
Miss Xie.

337
00:17:00,367 --> 00:17:01,367
The other day,

338
00:17:01,688 --> 00:17:03,448
I was rude to reject your kindness.

339
00:17:04,087 --> 00:17:05,968
I have let your goodwill go to waste.

340
00:17:06,848 --> 00:17:08,408
With Banner Commander Zhao gone,

341
00:17:08,888 --> 00:17:09,968
I must find

342
00:17:10,408 --> 00:17:12,208
someone to lean on.

343
00:17:12,648 --> 00:17:13,848
If you are willing,

344
00:17:14,287 --> 00:17:15,487
the Lu family will always welcome you.

345
00:17:16,168 --> 00:17:17,247
I will be home

346
00:17:18,727 --> 00:17:20,047
alone tonight.

347
00:17:37,208 --> 00:17:38,128
My dear.

348
00:17:42,968 --> 00:17:44,047
My dear.

349
00:17:57,727 --> 00:17:59,047
I didn't expect you

350
00:17:59,047 --> 00:18:00,368
to be even more eager than I am.

351
00:18:01,287 --> 00:18:02,527
Already in bed.

352
00:18:07,327 --> 00:18:08,448
I brought you

353
00:18:08,448 --> 00:18:09,448
some fine wine.

354
00:18:10,727 --> 00:18:12,608
I had hoped
we could share a drink or two,

355
00:18:13,047 --> 00:18:14,128
to lift the spirits.

356
00:18:56,327 --> 00:18:57,168
Back then,

357
00:18:57,327 --> 00:18:58,968
I met Sanniang by chance

358
00:18:58,968 --> 00:19:00,247
through a twist of fate.

359
00:19:00,487 --> 00:19:02,168
If it weren't for Sanniang,

360
00:19:02,848 --> 00:19:03,527
then...

361
00:19:04,247 --> 00:19:04,888
Right.

362
00:19:04,888 --> 00:19:06,928
It was Miss Xie who saved me first.

363
00:19:06,928 --> 00:19:08,247
And then I saved her.

364
00:19:08,247 --> 00:19:08,888
Shall we

365
00:19:09,007 --> 00:19:10,408
call it a day?

366
00:19:10,408 --> 00:19:11,567
It's late and chilly.

367
00:19:11,567 --> 00:19:13,128
We should get some rest.

368
00:19:15,567 --> 00:19:16,168
Madam.

369
00:19:16,368 --> 00:19:17,047
Something's wrong.

370
00:19:17,047 --> 00:19:17,848
There's trouble!

371
00:19:20,368 --> 00:19:20,888
Madam,

372
00:19:21,327 --> 00:19:22,688
Lu Dahu was bitten by dogs.

373
00:19:23,287 --> 00:19:24,047
Dogs?

374
00:19:27,968 --> 00:19:29,007
Where did it happen?

375
00:19:29,007 --> 00:19:30,168
At your place.

376
00:19:31,767 --> 00:19:33,247
Please seek justice for me, Madam.

377
00:19:34,928 --> 00:19:35,527
Dahu,

378
00:19:35,968 --> 00:19:37,047
are you alright?

379
00:19:37,047 --> 00:19:38,007
Everyone, leave now.

380
00:19:38,408 --> 00:19:39,767
He's just a scoundrel.

381
00:19:39,928 --> 00:19:41,087
Nothing worth seeing.

382
00:19:45,086 --> 00:19:46,186
(Zhao Residence)

383
00:19:46,208 --> 00:19:47,888
Please seek justice for me, Madam.

384
00:19:49,648 --> 00:19:52,208
My brother was not bitten by accident.

385
00:19:54,047 --> 00:19:54,888
It was her.

386
00:19:56,807 --> 00:19:58,448
You cruel wretch.

387
00:19:58,968 --> 00:20:00,168
If you weren't willing,

388
00:20:00,688 --> 00:20:02,007
you could have just rejected.

389
00:20:02,007 --> 00:20:03,727
Why did you set the dogs on my brother?

390
00:20:03,727 --> 00:20:04,848
Don't listen to her, everyone.

391
00:20:07,487 --> 00:20:09,408
My dogs only know
how to guard the house.

392
00:20:09,968 --> 00:20:10,807
If your brother hadn't

393
00:20:10,807 --> 00:20:12,327
come out of nowhere,

394
00:20:12,448 --> 00:20:13,848
how would he have been bitten?

395
00:20:13,848 --> 00:20:14,807
That's right.

396
00:20:14,807 --> 00:20:16,208
I beg you to investigate, Madam.

397
00:20:16,368 --> 00:20:18,688
My brother
is a deputy battalion commander.

398
00:20:19,208 --> 00:20:20,688
A junior fifth-rank official.

399
00:20:21,527 --> 00:20:22,448
This cannot be

400
00:20:22,448 --> 00:20:24,047
left unresolved.

401
00:20:24,047 --> 00:20:25,047
Madam Wang,

402
00:20:25,448 --> 00:20:27,007
I beg you.

403
00:20:28,567 --> 00:20:29,888
If you cannot

404
00:20:29,888 --> 00:20:31,287
deliver justice for us today,

405
00:20:32,087 --> 00:20:33,567
I will beat the Dengwen Drum

406
00:20:33,567 --> 00:20:35,168
and demand an answer!

407
00:20:35,327 --> 00:20:35,767
Right.

408
00:20:36,527 --> 00:20:38,688
Look what they did to my brother!

409
00:20:40,727 --> 00:20:41,688
Yes, beat the drum.

410
00:20:41,688 --> 00:20:42,527
Beat the drum.

411
00:20:42,527 --> 00:20:44,688
Look what it did to my brother.

412
00:20:46,763 --> 00:20:49,610
(Abandoned Wangur Mine)

413
00:20:49,928 --> 00:20:51,007
The silver notes are all here.

414
00:20:54,448 --> 00:20:55,007
How is it?

415
00:20:55,208 --> 00:20:55,928
Not bad.

416
00:20:56,807 --> 00:20:58,928
Our cooperation
will keep getting better.

417
00:20:59,848 --> 00:21:00,688
Of course.

418
00:21:04,168 --> 00:21:05,567
You go count the goods.

419
00:21:06,287 --> 00:21:06,727
Go.

420
00:21:33,247 --> 00:21:33,888
Brothers,

421
00:21:34,648 --> 00:21:35,448
capture the warhorses!

422
00:21:54,247 --> 00:21:55,807
We've got so many warhorses this time.

423
00:21:55,888 --> 00:21:57,047
Our military merits are sealed.

424
00:21:57,448 --> 00:21:58,047
Right.

425
00:21:58,247 --> 00:21:59,247
I'd like to see what Lu Dahu

426
00:21:59,247 --> 00:22:00,567
has to say now.

427
00:22:05,390 --> 00:22:09,015
♪I lift a cup of humble wine
to the passing breeze♪

428
00:22:09,047 --> 00:22:09,648
Follow me.

429
00:22:11,362 --> 00:22:16,557
♪Looking back,
I see this life as a ballad♪

430
00:22:20,550 --> 00:22:26,303
♪Looking back,
I see this life as a song♪

431
00:22:27,487 --> 00:22:28,128
Company Commander Zhao.

432
00:22:28,128 --> 00:22:29,168
It seems something has happened
at your home.

433
00:22:30,688 --> 00:22:32,168
You go report to Commander Wang
about the warhorses.

434
00:22:32,408 --> 00:22:33,247
I'll find him later.

435
00:22:33,608 --> 00:22:33,968
Alright.

436
00:22:44,527 --> 00:22:45,287
How is he?

437
00:22:47,208 --> 00:22:48,928
Commander Lu's tendons are all torn.

438
00:22:48,928 --> 00:22:49,688
I'm afraid...

439
00:22:52,807 --> 00:22:53,807
Afraid of what?

440
00:22:55,128 --> 00:22:56,888
I'm afraid he'll be crippled for life.

441
00:22:56,888 --> 00:22:58,047
You're lying!

442
00:22:59,608 --> 00:23:00,007
Sister!

443
00:23:00,128 --> 00:23:00,727
Sister!

444
00:23:01,128 --> 00:23:02,168
It's alright.

445
00:23:02,608 --> 00:23:04,408
I didn't...

446
00:23:04,408 --> 00:23:05,487
It's alright.

447
00:23:05,487 --> 00:23:06,247
I didn't...

448
00:23:06,247 --> 00:23:07,767
It's alright.

449
00:23:11,688 --> 00:23:13,208
Madam Wang.

450
00:23:14,527 --> 00:23:15,527
Madam Wang.

451
00:23:16,608 --> 00:23:19,208
Ever since my brother could walk,

452
00:23:19,208 --> 00:23:20,527
he could wield a blade.

453
00:23:21,567 --> 00:23:24,247
He hasn't even made his name yet.

454
00:23:25,047 --> 00:23:25,848
Commander Lu.

455
00:23:25,928 --> 00:23:28,527
Look at what he's been reduced to!

456
00:23:29,007 --> 00:23:30,247
Madam Wang,

457
00:23:30,448 --> 00:23:33,287
you must deliver justice for us today!

458
00:23:33,487 --> 00:23:35,007
Madam Wang!

459
00:23:35,007 --> 00:23:36,767
After all, your dogs hurt him.

460
00:23:37,368 --> 00:23:38,928
What do you propose to make amends?

461
00:23:41,287 --> 00:23:42,287
Please ask the healer

462
00:23:42,448 --> 00:23:43,968
to prescribe the best medicine.

463
00:23:44,448 --> 00:23:45,408
Whatever it costs,

464
00:23:45,408 --> 00:23:46,448
use the most effective remedies.

465
00:23:46,767 --> 00:23:47,527
I'll cover

466
00:23:47,767 --> 00:23:48,408
all the expenses.

467
00:23:49,408 --> 00:23:50,168
Miss Xie.

468
00:23:51,567 --> 00:23:53,368
He was the one who did wrong first.

469
00:23:55,007 --> 00:23:56,688
Shut up!

470
00:23:58,327 --> 00:24:00,888
My brother is now crippled.

471
00:24:01,327 --> 00:24:04,368
Can a mere dose of medicine fix that?

472
00:24:04,888 --> 00:24:06,487
So none of you are willing
to take responsibility?

473
00:24:06,807 --> 00:24:07,567
Fine.

474
00:24:07,688 --> 00:24:09,007
I'll take this to the authorities!

475
00:24:09,727 --> 00:24:11,408
Careful, Commander Lu!

476
00:24:11,408 --> 00:24:12,128
Dahu.

477
00:24:12,448 --> 00:24:13,727
Xie!

478
00:24:14,087 --> 00:24:16,688
Xie!

479
00:24:17,527 --> 00:24:18,368
Dahu.

480
00:24:18,487 --> 00:24:18,888
Madam Wang.

481
00:24:18,888 --> 00:24:19,408
Enough!

482
00:24:20,527 --> 00:24:22,128
Do you have to shout?

483
00:24:22,327 --> 00:24:23,327
What do you propose?

484
00:24:25,487 --> 00:24:26,888
Xie,

485
00:24:28,087 --> 00:24:29,968
I'll make you pay for this!

486
00:24:30,487 --> 00:24:33,047
You have to marry him

487
00:24:33,527 --> 00:24:34,888
right this second!

488
00:24:34,888 --> 00:24:35,727
In your dreams!

489
00:24:36,648 --> 00:24:38,247
My dogs only bite scoundrels.

490
00:24:38,487 --> 00:24:39,527
He ended up like this

491
00:24:39,527 --> 00:24:40,888
because he had it coming!

492
00:24:40,888 --> 00:24:42,487
You're talking nonsense!

493
00:24:43,087 --> 00:24:44,247
Move!

494
00:25:43,327 --> 00:25:44,527
Zhao Ling!

495
00:25:47,608 --> 00:25:47,968
Zhao...

496
00:25:47,968 --> 00:25:48,247
Zhao...

497
00:25:48,247 --> 00:25:48,848
Zhao Ling.

498
00:25:49,408 --> 00:25:50,208
What are you doing?

499
00:26:20,368 --> 00:26:22,327
I'm sorry, Zhao Ling.

500
00:26:22,408 --> 00:26:23,648
I know I was wrong.

501
00:26:31,247 --> 00:26:31,848
Zhao Ling.

502
00:26:31,848 --> 00:26:33,448
Please don't kill me!

503
00:26:33,567 --> 00:26:34,928
Please don't kill me!

504
00:26:35,128 --> 00:26:36,688
Please! I'm begging you!

505
00:26:40,247 --> 00:26:41,567
Lu Dahu,

506
00:26:45,527 --> 00:26:47,168
you scumbag!

507
00:26:47,848 --> 00:26:49,287
No!

508
00:27:13,487 --> 00:27:14,727
I killed him.

509
00:27:15,727 --> 00:27:17,128
Miss Xie had nothing to do with it.

510
00:27:17,888 --> 00:27:19,128
But as for why Lu Dahu

511
00:27:19,128 --> 00:27:20,968
set his sights on Miss Xie
time and again,

512
00:27:21,128 --> 00:27:22,327
you owe me an explanation.

513
00:27:23,208 --> 00:27:24,208
I just

514
00:27:25,007 --> 00:27:25,487
wanted

515
00:27:25,567 --> 00:27:26,807
to find my brother

516
00:27:26,807 --> 00:27:27,327
someone

517
00:27:27,408 --> 00:27:28,888
to care for him.

518
00:27:29,608 --> 00:27:31,247
Who put you up to this?

519
00:27:34,767 --> 00:27:36,047
Could it be

520
00:27:39,128 --> 00:27:41,168
that Zuo is involved too?

521
00:27:46,648 --> 00:27:48,128
So she was behind it all along.

522
00:27:56,087 --> 00:27:56,767
Madam Wang.

523
00:27:57,408 --> 00:27:58,087
I'm sorry to have disturbed you.

524
00:28:23,433 --> 00:28:28,780
♪Once a bird in a cage,
longing for the boundless sky♪

525
00:28:29,860 --> 00:28:35,353
♪To break through a thousand barriers
and cast off a life of illusion♪

526
00:28:36,306 --> 00:28:38,437
♪Bearing wings through stormy tides♪

527
00:28:38,487 --> 00:28:39,087
Don't look.

528
00:28:39,143 --> 00:28:42,279
♪Wash away the stain
of every false accusation♪

529
00:28:42,755 --> 00:28:48,128
♪May all common folk share one roof,
every lantern rest in peace♪

530
00:28:49,034 --> 00:28:54,496
♪Let this humble name carry me
through a life adrift♪

531
00:28:54,527 --> 00:28:55,327
I'm back.

532
00:28:55,609 --> 00:29:00,873
♪With wit and strategy,
I enter this game without regret♪

533
00:29:01,568 --> 00:29:04,296
♪Let the past remain beyond recall♪

534
00:29:04,339 --> 00:29:08,645
♪Trade it for boundless blue skies
to fly free and far♪

535
00:29:09,038 --> 00:29:14,039
♪I seek no mercy lent by mortal world♪

536
00:29:15,561 --> 00:29:19,120
♪This mortal world♪

537
00:29:20,936 --> 00:29:26,480
♪Let this fleeting world carry me
through a life adrift♪

538
00:29:27,303 --> 00:29:31,900
♪With wit and strategy,
I enter this game without regret♪

539
00:29:33,456 --> 00:29:35,989
♪Though each move is forced upon me♪

540
00:29:36,243 --> 00:29:41,121
♪May it buy the world
one moment's peace from the storm♪

541
00:29:41,329 --> 00:29:48,050
♪I crave no clarity
from outside my soul♪

542
00:29:52,567 --> 00:29:53,567
Company Commander Zhao.

543
00:29:54,408 --> 00:29:55,608
Where did you get

544
00:29:55,608 --> 00:29:57,408
these warhorses?

545
00:29:57,848 --> 00:29:59,567
Some foreign merchants colluded
with the Wangur people.

546
00:30:01,448 --> 00:30:02,688
Someone tipped me off.

547
00:30:03,448 --> 00:30:04,287
I seized them.

548
00:30:04,487 --> 00:30:06,128
Who told you?

549
00:30:06,287 --> 00:30:07,368
Someone with the means

550
00:30:07,368 --> 00:30:08,928
to trade salt in Ganlin Town.

551
00:30:16,928 --> 00:30:18,247
Military regulations state

552
00:30:19,287 --> 00:30:20,968
that for every ten warhorses seized,

553
00:30:20,968 --> 00:30:23,087
one level of merit is granted.

554
00:30:23,648 --> 00:30:24,368
This time,

555
00:30:24,448 --> 00:30:26,247
you could have earned significant merit.

556
00:30:27,168 --> 00:30:28,408
But Lu Dahu,

557
00:30:28,408 --> 00:30:30,128
after all,
was a deputy battalion commander.

558
00:30:30,208 --> 00:30:31,648
He held an important post.

559
00:30:32,727 --> 00:30:33,928
You killed him.

560
00:30:34,327 --> 00:30:36,047
That is a heavy offense.

561
00:30:36,608 --> 00:30:37,727
Before I joined the garrison,

562
00:30:37,727 --> 00:30:38,848
I too traded in salt.

563
00:30:39,767 --> 00:30:41,448
I've dealt with all kinds of people.

564
00:30:41,688 --> 00:30:42,767
Whatever Lu Dahu could do,

565
00:30:42,767 --> 00:30:43,688
I can do too.

566
00:30:44,527 --> 00:30:46,487
I will not let Ganlin Town
run out of salt.

567
00:30:47,287 --> 00:30:50,448
The garrison turning a blind eye
to smuggling is also a grave offense.

568
00:30:50,527 --> 00:30:51,567
Are you aware of that?

569
00:30:55,208 --> 00:30:56,487
If I handle it this way,

570
00:30:58,047 --> 00:30:59,408
I am also easing your burden.

571
00:31:01,128 --> 00:31:03,168
And I will ensure
no third party ever finds out.

572
00:31:09,928 --> 00:31:10,608
Good.

573
00:31:13,128 --> 00:31:13,807
Zhao Ling.

574
00:31:14,888 --> 00:31:17,128
What you think of me does not matter.

575
00:31:18,007 --> 00:31:20,448
What matters
is that the troops have salt.

576
00:31:21,487 --> 00:31:22,848
With morale steady,

577
00:31:23,487 --> 00:31:26,007
the border towns will remain secure.

578
00:31:32,208 --> 00:31:32,968
Mo Yi!

579
00:31:36,888 --> 00:31:37,408
Commander.

580
00:31:38,327 --> 00:31:40,527
Zhao Ling seized warhorses
and has rendered meritorious service.

581
00:31:41,567 --> 00:31:42,968
He is to be appointed
Deputy Battalion Commander.

582
00:31:43,648 --> 00:31:44,767
All benefits

583
00:31:45,128 --> 00:31:46,648
shall be that
of a deputy battalion commander.

584
00:31:46,928 --> 00:31:48,448
Once the external review is completed,

585
00:31:48,448 --> 00:31:49,448
he will be officially promoted.

586
00:31:50,688 --> 00:31:52,727
As for Lu Dahu's death...

587
00:31:54,247 --> 00:31:55,047
General Mo.

588
00:31:55,807 --> 00:31:57,408
You failed to maintain order.

589
00:31:57,408 --> 00:31:58,968
You allowed your concubine
to cause chaos,

590
00:31:59,047 --> 00:32:00,208
to entice a fellow officer's fiancee.

591
00:32:01,208 --> 00:32:02,767
You are relieved of your post
as Commander.

592
00:32:03,727 --> 00:32:05,047
You are demoted to battalion commander.

593
00:32:08,608 --> 00:32:09,688
I accept your command.

594
00:32:09,863 --> 00:32:12,663
(Dadong Temple)

595
00:32:12,888 --> 00:32:14,287
I warned you before.

596
00:32:14,408 --> 00:32:16,327
If you ever crossed me again,

597
00:32:17,047 --> 00:32:18,287
you would die.

598
00:32:18,408 --> 00:32:20,727
I am willing to spend
the rest of my days in prayer.

599
00:32:20,727 --> 00:32:22,327
I beg you to show mercy.

600
00:32:27,208 --> 00:32:28,848
This temple is too small,

601
00:32:30,128 --> 00:32:31,448
and your ambitions are too grand.

602
00:32:31,448 --> 00:32:32,968
It may hold you for a time,

603
00:32:33,287 --> 00:32:35,047
but not for a lifetime.

604
00:32:36,208 --> 00:32:37,168
How about

605
00:32:38,168 --> 00:32:39,727
you return to the Fu family
to recuperate?

606
00:32:43,327 --> 00:32:45,527
I hear there is a family temple there.

607
00:32:45,888 --> 00:32:46,527
It is called...

608
00:32:49,767 --> 00:32:50,928
It is called Biyun Nunnery.

609
00:32:53,648 --> 00:32:54,567
Spare my life, Madam!

610
00:32:56,208 --> 00:32:57,527
Spare my life, Madam!

611
00:32:57,527 --> 00:32:58,527
Please, Madam!

612
00:32:58,688 --> 00:33:00,087
I don't want to go back!

613
00:33:00,527 --> 00:33:01,767
I don't want to go back!

614
00:33:02,047 --> 00:33:03,168
Please, Madam!

615
00:33:03,168 --> 00:33:04,608
Don't send me back!

616
00:33:05,567 --> 00:33:06,128
Madam!

617
00:33:06,128 --> 00:33:07,208
I know I was wrong!

618
00:33:07,208 --> 00:33:08,287
Spare my life, Madam!

619
00:33:08,567 --> 00:33:09,327
Spare my life.

620
00:33:10,968 --> 00:33:11,888
Spare my life, Madam!

621
00:33:12,007 --> 00:33:12,648
Madam!

622
00:33:12,648 --> 00:33:13,247
Madam!

623
00:33:13,368 --> 00:33:14,128
Madam!

624
00:33:14,567 --> 00:33:15,208
Madam!

625
00:33:17,487 --> 00:33:18,688
I'll wait outside.

626
00:33:18,928 --> 00:33:19,648
If you need me,

627
00:33:19,968 --> 00:33:20,688
just call.

628
00:33:27,688 --> 00:33:28,487
Zuo.

629
00:33:30,087 --> 00:33:31,487
There is only one thing
I don't understand.

630
00:33:33,448 --> 00:33:35,128
I have taken the surname Xie.

631
00:33:36,287 --> 00:33:37,848
Why do you still hate me so?

632
00:33:38,928 --> 00:33:40,527
What exactly did I do wrong?

633
00:33:46,767 --> 00:33:48,767
Do you know what an embittered woman is?

634
00:33:58,567 --> 00:33:59,928
An embittered woman

635
00:34:00,208 --> 00:34:02,487
is one who lives

636
00:34:02,767 --> 00:34:04,287
only to resent others.

637
00:34:04,888 --> 00:34:06,128
You did nothing wrong.

638
00:34:06,928 --> 00:34:08,167
You were simply unlucky

639
00:34:08,328 --> 00:34:09,968
to become the object of my hatred.

640
00:34:10,808 --> 00:34:12,087
Clinging to you

641
00:34:12,207 --> 00:34:14,127
is what makes my life interesting.

642
00:34:14,207 --> 00:34:15,848
This is what the Fu family

643
00:34:17,647 --> 00:34:19,007
owes me.

644
00:34:22,647 --> 00:34:24,968
If you had only targeted me alone,

645
00:34:26,487 --> 00:34:27,368
I might have let it be.

646
00:34:29,007 --> 00:34:30,527
But what about the others?

647
00:34:31,328 --> 00:34:33,127
You mistreated the students.

648
00:34:33,687 --> 00:34:35,328
You used Concubine Lu
to stir up trouble.

649
00:34:35,408 --> 00:34:36,567
You even put other girls

650
00:34:38,567 --> 00:34:40,007
at risk in the hall.

651
00:34:40,207 --> 00:34:40,928
So?

652
00:34:42,167 --> 00:34:43,487
Why should they be spared

653
00:34:43,647 --> 00:34:44,928
what I went through?

654
00:34:46,047 --> 00:34:48,007
What you did in Huaying

655
00:34:48,928 --> 00:34:50,928
may have been born
from your own bitter grievances.

656
00:34:51,288 --> 00:34:52,888
But what about what you did in Ganlin?

657
00:34:53,007 --> 00:34:53,808
In the end,

658
00:34:55,408 --> 00:34:57,288
it was all for your selfish desires.

659
00:34:57,687 --> 00:34:59,047
You draped your misery

660
00:34:59,047 --> 00:35:00,328
over your malice like a veil.

661
00:35:05,607 --> 00:35:06,768
How dull.

662
00:35:11,928 --> 00:35:13,928
So you saw through me after all.

663
00:35:16,647 --> 00:35:17,408
Enough.

664
00:35:19,487 --> 00:35:20,768
As for my life,

665
00:35:21,848 --> 00:35:23,808
the first half, I was a chaste widow.

666
00:35:25,768 --> 00:35:27,888
The second, I was a fallen woman.

667
00:35:31,728 --> 00:35:33,167
I've lived as I pleased.

668
00:35:36,448 --> 00:35:38,288
You've been talking to me this long

669
00:35:38,888 --> 00:35:40,928
just for that written confession.

670
00:35:42,448 --> 00:35:43,527
I can give it to you.

671
00:35:44,848 --> 00:35:45,768
Back then,

672
00:35:47,248 --> 00:35:49,768
I did want my brother to marry you.

673
00:35:49,888 --> 00:35:51,047
But that scheme

674
00:35:52,448 --> 00:35:54,448
was Yu Jingxiu's idea.

675
00:35:57,487 --> 00:35:58,687
Why would he do this to me?

676
00:35:59,728 --> 00:36:01,087
He didn't want to marry you.

677
00:36:02,848 --> 00:36:04,328
So he deliberately

678
00:36:04,328 --> 00:36:05,647
sent me a letter

679
00:36:06,087 --> 00:36:07,207
to slander your virtue.

680
00:36:07,237 --> 00:36:08,463
(To Madam Zuo)

681
00:36:08,487 --> 00:36:09,328
For this,

682
00:36:10,687 --> 00:36:13,448
Yu Jingxiu even promised my brother
an official post.

683
00:36:14,127 --> 00:36:15,808
When fortune fell into my lap,

684
00:36:17,527 --> 00:36:19,328
(Framing Fu to break the engagement)
of course I'd seize it.

685
00:36:20,687 --> 00:36:22,808
But words alone wouldn't suffice.

686
00:36:23,527 --> 00:36:25,448
Fortunately, Moxiang

687
00:36:25,768 --> 00:36:26,928
was soft-hearted.

688
00:36:27,928 --> 00:36:28,928
She agreed

689
00:36:30,007 --> 00:36:31,768
to obtain your undergarment.

690
00:36:32,368 --> 00:36:33,328
As for the rest,

691
00:36:34,808 --> 00:36:36,047
you already know.

692
00:36:39,047 --> 00:36:39,607
Thanks.

693
00:36:48,970 --> 00:36:49,610
(Written Confession)

694
00:36:49,630 --> 00:36:50,516
(Yu Jingxiu instigated the coercion
of Fu Tingyun to marry my brother.)

695
00:36:50,549 --> 00:36:51,136
(Signature of Declarant:
Madam Fu, nee Zuo)

696
00:36:51,163 --> 00:36:52,063
(Acting on Zuo's orders,
slandered Fu Tingyun)

697
00:36:52,083 --> 00:36:52,996
(Fabricated charges of secret affairs
against her.)

698
00:36:53,016 --> 00:36:53,776
(Signature of Declarant: Zuo Junjie)

699
00:36:53,797 --> 00:36:55,094
(Having been sworn sisters with Tingyun
for years, she was framed.)

700
00:36:55,104 --> 00:36:55,801
(Signature of Declarant: Fan Yake)

701
00:37:01,368 --> 00:37:02,687
I saw your light was still on.

702
00:37:05,087 --> 00:37:05,808
Still up?

703
00:37:10,728 --> 00:37:12,167
How about we sit outside for a bit?

704
00:37:17,607 --> 00:37:19,248
My grandmother used to say

705
00:37:20,527 --> 00:37:21,527
that for a woman, marriage

706
00:37:22,328 --> 00:37:23,888
is like being born anew.

707
00:37:26,167 --> 00:37:28,248
At first, I only saw
the Zuo family's greed.

708
00:37:28,328 --> 00:37:30,047
I was afraid of being used
as a stepping stone

709
00:37:30,408 --> 00:37:31,487
and falling into the abyss.

710
00:37:33,607 --> 00:37:35,007
Little did I expect that in the end,

711
00:37:36,007 --> 00:37:37,928
it was Mr. Yu who cast me aside.

712
00:37:39,607 --> 00:37:41,248
If he were a man of character,

713
00:37:41,768 --> 00:37:42,848
he should have been straightforward

714
00:37:42,848 --> 00:37:44,167
and told his mother
he didn't want to marry you.

715
00:37:45,087 --> 00:37:46,408
Instead, he plotted and schemed

716
00:37:46,808 --> 00:37:47,647
to destroy your reputation.

717
00:37:50,167 --> 00:37:51,687
He is utterly despicable.

718
00:37:53,288 --> 00:37:54,127
The fault is not yours.

719
00:38:00,808 --> 00:38:02,248
And don't let the past trouble you.

720
00:38:06,248 --> 00:38:07,248
Don't worry, Mr. Zhao.

721
00:38:08,607 --> 00:38:09,647
At this point,

722
00:38:09,968 --> 00:38:11,848
we finally know who our opponent is.

723
00:38:11,848 --> 00:38:13,448
That's not necessarily a bad thing.

724
00:38:15,768 --> 00:38:16,968
I was just thinking,

725
00:38:17,928 --> 00:38:19,248
the Yu family is powerful.

726
00:38:20,248 --> 00:38:21,687
How are we going to get

727
00:38:21,687 --> 00:38:23,207
the fourth written confession?

728
00:38:39,567 --> 00:38:40,527
Right will prevail over wrong.

729
00:38:42,207 --> 00:38:43,567
No matter how dangerous it is,

730
00:38:46,768 --> 00:38:47,607
I'll be with you.

731
00:39:19,968 --> 00:39:20,487
Sister.

732
00:39:22,087 --> 00:39:22,607
Sister.

733
00:39:22,968 --> 00:39:23,687
Junjie.

734
00:39:24,288 --> 00:39:25,328
Sister, you finally came.

735
00:39:25,328 --> 00:39:26,127
I knew

736
00:39:26,127 --> 00:39:27,527
you wouldn't abandon me.

737
00:39:29,687 --> 00:39:30,047
Sister.

738
00:39:30,047 --> 00:39:30,368
Come on.

739
00:39:30,368 --> 00:39:30,888
Get up.

740
00:39:33,368 --> 00:39:34,448
You must've had a hard time.

741
00:39:34,448 --> 00:39:35,047
Come on.

742
00:39:35,647 --> 00:39:36,207
Get up.

743
00:39:36,207 --> 00:39:37,768
I brought your favorite food.

744
00:39:44,928 --> 00:39:45,567
Sister.

745
00:39:47,328 --> 00:39:48,968
I'll never be an official now.

746
00:39:48,968 --> 00:39:50,647
I have nothing left.

747
00:39:51,167 --> 00:39:52,768
All I have is you.

748
00:39:54,728 --> 00:39:55,527
Don't be afraid.

749
00:39:55,888 --> 00:39:57,768
I've already made all the arrangements.

750
00:39:58,408 --> 00:39:59,328
Tonight,

751
00:39:59,647 --> 00:40:01,087
someone will come to take you away.

752
00:40:03,487 --> 00:40:04,007
Here.

753
00:40:04,768 --> 00:40:05,487
Don't choke.

754
00:40:06,968 --> 00:40:07,448
Sister.

755
00:40:16,687 --> 00:40:17,487
Junjie.

756
00:40:20,288 --> 00:40:21,487
You've been through so much.

757
00:40:43,207 --> 00:40:44,207
It hurts so much.

758
00:40:47,250 --> 00:40:50,350
(Dadong Temple)

759
00:41:04,408 --> 00:41:05,888
It took me so much

760
00:41:06,487 --> 00:41:08,768
to crawl out of the Fu family
in Huaying.

761
00:41:10,728 --> 00:41:13,288
I don't want to go back
to that gloomy place anymore.

762
00:41:15,647 --> 00:41:17,368
This memorial arch,

763
00:41:18,687 --> 00:41:19,888
whoever wants it

764
00:41:20,607 --> 00:41:22,448
can guard it themselves.

765
00:41:23,768 --> 00:41:25,808
I've spent my whole life
merely existing.

766
00:41:28,328 --> 00:41:30,087
Now it's time to truly live.

767
00:41:56,210 --> 00:41:58,850
(Next Episode)

768
00:41:59,248 --> 00:42:00,687
Jin Yuanbao sent word.

769
00:42:00,968 --> 00:42:02,968
(Yu Jingxiu, Compiler)
After Yu Jingxiu became the top scholar,

770
00:42:02,968 --> 00:42:03,968
he entered the Hanlin Academy

771
00:42:04,368 --> 00:42:05,848
and became a compiler.

772
00:42:06,368 --> 00:42:07,728
What does it have to do
with the external review?

773
00:42:08,527 --> 00:42:10,127
His showing up in Ganlin Town now

774
00:42:10,408 --> 00:42:11,968
probably means he's up to no good.

775
00:42:12,728 --> 00:42:14,527
Ganlin Town is like a swamp.

776
00:42:15,328 --> 00:42:17,728
You have to walk over corpses
to carve a path forward.

777
00:42:17,728 --> 00:42:19,288
Ten lifetimes won't be enough
to get ahead.

778
00:42:20,087 --> 00:42:20,687
(Coincidentally,)

779
00:42:21,487 --> 00:42:22,888
(you've run right into me.)

780
00:42:23,567 --> 00:42:24,487
(Want to turn things around?)

781
00:42:25,487 --> 00:42:26,288
(That's a bit difficult.)

782
00:42:28,047 --> 00:42:29,647
You hypocrite.

783
00:42:42,881 --> 00:42:47,201
♪The past brushes by
like a falling leaf♪

784
00:42:50,801 --> 00:42:55,161
♪So light, yet my steps still pause
for you♪

785
00:42:57,281 --> 00:43:01,921
♪Through every rise and fall,
our memories remain without regret♪

786
00:43:02,161 --> 00:43:04,961
♪Carved into the rings of time♪

787
00:43:06,121 --> 00:43:10,761
♪How I wish I could stay
a little longer, but I can't♪

788
00:43:13,961 --> 00:43:20,801
♪I turn away, afraid goodbye will fill
my eyes with tears♪

789
00:43:21,681 --> 00:43:28,201
♪Etched deep within my heart,
yet buried without a word♪

790
00:43:29,161 --> 00:43:32,601
♪The warmth of your hand in mine♪

791
00:43:33,121 --> 00:43:37,321
♪Still makes us want to believe♪

792
00:43:37,601 --> 00:43:43,281
♪One promise for a lifetime,
echoing long after we part♪

793
00:43:55,401 --> 00:43:59,281
♪For one fleeting moment, I found you
in the crowd♪

794
00:44:03,201 --> 00:44:07,201
♪Without a word, you lit up
half my life♪

795
00:44:08,921 --> 00:44:13,601
♪In silence, a love too deep for words♪

796
00:44:13,921 --> 00:44:16,601
♪Kept close within my heart♪

797
00:44:17,681 --> 00:44:22,521
♪From now on, no one else
is worth waiting for♪

798
00:44:26,041 --> 00:44:32,961
♪I turn away, afraid no one
will ever come home to me again♪

799
00:44:33,841 --> 00:44:40,321
♪If we can build our future together,
no storm can chill my heart♪

800
00:44:41,201 --> 00:44:44,721
♪The warmth of your hand in mine♪

801
00:44:45,161 --> 00:44:49,521
♪Still makes us want to believe♪

802
00:44:49,721 --> 00:44:55,441
♪One promise for a lifetime,
echoing long after we part♪