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(Legend has it that in the early Ming Dynasty, 300,000 taels)

(of gold were hidden in the Hexi Corridor.)

(For years, 18 guardians of the gold)

(awaited treasure hunters willing to risk their lives.)

(Lieyang Well)

Deputy Military Commissioner.

Why aren't we riding horses?

We've already reached the Lieyang Well.

But we'll still have to walk to Shiquan Fort tomorrow.

I don't really trust horses.

Can we trust them, then?

We paid them well.

They trust money.

Deputy Military Commissioner, why hire outsiders?

The Liangzhou Guard can...

Shut up.

Does the General know our Liangzhou Guard?

Shut up.

Shut up.

Is there plenty of water at Lieyang Well?

My name is Bana.

Seven horses, and fifteen men.

We'll stay half a day.

We'll leave for Shiquan Fort tomorrow morning.

Shiquan Fort is deserted.

How did that happen?

Why?

There's said to be 300,000 taels of gold somewhere in Gansu.

Really?

They say it was buried 30 years ago.

Two months ago,

a group of treasure hunters from another garrison came to Shiquan Fort.

They went mad and became vengeful ghosts.

That's why Shiquan Fort was abandoned.

Why would they suddenly

turn into vengeful ghosts?

They say the guardians of the gold did it.

Could Shiquan Fort

be where the gold was buried?

I don't know.

Bana,

this is your territory?

In 30 years,

it's never been this deserted.

We're going to Shiquan Fort to find the guardians of the gold.

Either we become vengeful ghosts,

or we capture one of the guardians

and ask where the 300,000 taels of gold are actually buried.

What would you need that much gold for?

Why bury that much gold in the first place?

Stop!

Fang.

Fang.

Fang.

Fang!

=Remnants of Gold=

(Adapted from Gu Long's "Flying Eagle over the Great Land")

(The main characters in this drama are fictional)

=Episode 1=

(Shaanxi Branch Regional Military Commission)

General Ha.

Let's just forget it.

Don't call me General.

I, Ha Bingzhong,

am only a guerrilla commander.

In life, I serve the Commander-in-Chief.

In death, I remain loyal to him.

A guerrilla commander is still a general.

It's all the same.

Yu Hou.

Do you know what kind of poison it was?

The same poison.

The Seven Riders of Mobei hired by Futu brought their own horse feed.

Earlier, outside the garrison,

the treasure hunters heading to Shiquan Fort

were also poisoned through their fodder.

What poison was it?

We've brought the horse feed back.

We don't know what poison it was.

Trace the poison to its source,

and we'll find the guardians of the gold.

If we find them,

will that lead us to the gold?

Do we have anyone here who's skilled at identifying poisons?

No.

But at the Liangzhou Guard,

the Zhang Escort Agency

has a woman who married

(Zhang Escort Agency) into the Tang Clan in Northern Shu.

Word in the martial world

is that this woman

willingly became a poison tester for the Tang Clan.

For three years,

she tested all manner of poisons.

Would a married woman really willingly

let others use her to test poisons?

She fell off a cliff while making her way

along the Shu Road to her wedding.

It took three days to pull her back up.

By the time she reached the Tang Clan, she was no longer of any use.

She willingly tested poisons for the Tang Clan.

Three years have passed.

She didn't die. Instead, she survived.

So,

does this woman really exist?

Yu Hou,

the Liangzhou Guard is under your jurisdiction.

Futu, you know more about it than I do.

That's right.

The Zhang Escort Agency has a daughter who married into the Tang Clan.

Her name is Zhang Luyao.

If we ask her to come back and identify the poison,

how much would it take?

A woman like her

can't be persuaded

with money.

What about 200 taels of gold?

General,

isn't that rather generous?

Two hundred taels of gold.

None for Zhang Luyao.

Give it all to the Escort Agency.

Father.

The escort order says

to head west,

first to Lieyang Well,

and then to Shiquan Fort.

Was this just delivered?

Yes.

The escort order says to head west,

first to Lieyang Well,

and then to Shiquan Fort,

to guard 300,000 taels of gold.

And then?

Don't we still have the fodder

from the Seven Riders of Mobei?

Anyone who heads west for the gold

could be poisoned and become a vengeful ghost.

Wouldn't that bring the woman back?

When the time comes,

we can just ask the woman

where the poison came from, can't we?

Will the Tang Clan let her leave?

It's been three years.

She must have tested every poison there was to test by now.

Yu Hou,

wouldn't this make things much easier?

General Ha, I don't understand

what you mean.

Wait for the woman to come back

to mourn and identify the poison.

That will require

the Commander-in-Chief's decision.

Everything

has to be decided by the General.

I'll go ask.

Where are the 300,000 taels of gold?

They said they'll pay another 200 taels at Shiquan Fort

to reveal where the gold is buried.

Let's go.

Master Zhang.

Master Zhang.

Everyone in Liangzhou

knows that we

accepted 200 taels of gold

and are heading west.

Who accepted the escort order and the gold?

I did.

Who delivered them?

Two men with Shazhou accents.

Quick.

This way.

What's going on?

Luhao.

Father!

Father.

Luhao.

Father.

(Shaanxi Branch Regional Military Commission)

(May Divine Might Protect Us Forever)

The General is feeling much better.

The Zhang lady has already left Shu

and is on her way to Liangzhou.

The imperial court has sent a man

named Pu Ying.

He's a seventh-rank Banner Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

He was sent to investigate the cases at Shiquan Fort and Lieyang Well

involving the poisoning and deaths of treasure hunters. Now, he may

be heading to the Zhang Escort Agency in Liangzhou.

Very good.

If we find the 300,000 taels of gold, how do we split it?

Quite a few people have already died.

How do we split it?

How?

We do the work.

As for the riches,

the General decides.

The General

won't even see me.

Why does the General see you?

Futu, you're highly skilled.

Not everyone at Lieyang Well died.

There's still one survivor.

Me.

There was another one.

A young fellow.

Everyone went mad and started killing each other.

Only the best fighters survived to the end.

Don't we need to silence him?

He's one of my men from the Liangzhou Guard.

Someone from the Zhang Escort Agency

also survived.

Find him and silence him

after returning to Liangzhou.

Yu Hou,

I'm talking to you.

Why do you never look at me?

I'm afraid.

So even you are afraid of me.

I'm afraid that if I look at you too long,

I'll kill you.

But the General still needs you,

so I try not to look at you.

You think you can kill me?

Guarding the Northwestern frontier,

our lives are worth no more than weeds.

Brave as you may be,

you're still no more than a blade of grass.

I wasn't like this before.

And you're not the only thing I fear.

Now I fear everything in this desert.

And the fear keeps growing.

Yu Hou,

whatever you fear,

you kill, huh?

That's human nature.

Aren't you the same?

My men

will return to Liangzhou with you.

Why?

I issued the Zhang family's escort contract.

I sent the 200 taels of gold.

I poisoned them, too.

The killings and arson were all my doing.

The General

has been taking medicine for three months and still won't see me.

And the Embroidered Uniform Guard

has sent the Banner Commander...

I'm afraid you might change your minds when the time comes.

If you're going to do something, leave no loose ends.

The Zhang family

must be wiped out completely.

You

don't trust me?

Silencing would put my mind most at ease.

Does Futu trust you?

I don't know.

Then you need to earn his trust.

Of course.

(Zhang Escort Agency)

(Zhang Escort Agency) Two hundred taels in total.

Pure gold.

All 27 members of the victim's household have been buried.

The sun is scorching.

The bodies couldn't be kept any longer.

As for this gold,

no one has come to claim it.

It wasn't registered,

nor was it entered into any records.

Officer Pu, you may take it.

What do you mean?

Officer Pu,

you've come all this way from the Capital.

And you have a long journey back.

And I take this gold back?

It's only right that you do so.

I just got here.

I came to investigate the incidents at Lieyang Well and Shiquan Fort.

Now there's also the massacre of the Zhang Escort Agency.

They're all dead now.

It's so hot.

Lieyang Well and Shiquan Fort are even hotter.

There's no need to go there.

What's your position?

Coroner.

My surname is Chi.

You can call me Chi

or Coroner Chi.

Coroner...

Is this how you handle things around here?

You're just giving me 200 taels of gold?

Do you know how much I earn in a year?

I'm not exactly giving it to you.

I'm simply asking you to take it with you.

I'm a seventh-rank Banner Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

I've traveled all the way from the Capital to Gansu.

I can understand the Commander-in-Chief not showing himself.

But where is the Deputy Military Commissioner of the Liangzhou Guard?

Instead, a coroner like you comes here to speak to me.

Do you have a death wish?

Officer Pu,

how much do you earn in a year?

2,678 kg of rice.

That's worth 40 taels of silver.

Well, these 200 taels of gold

shouldn't seem too little to you, Officer Pu.

I've never heard

of a coroner

being sent to give me 200 taels of gold.

What's the Deputy Military Commissioner's name?

Yu Hou.

Tell him to come here!

What about this gold?

Leave the gold right here. Don't touch it.

If he isn't here within an hour,

I'll give you a slash.

Seriously?

I'll give you a slash.

And you'll have taken it for nothing.

(Deputy Military Commissioner's Residence)

Deputy,

we've found the surviving escort from the Zhang family.

Bring him here.

There's a bit of trouble.

He attacks anyone he sees.

Bring him here, dead or alive.

(Yu Residence)

What is it?

The coroner is asking you to come over, Deputy Military Commissioner.

Why?

A Capital Embroidered Uniform Guard is at the Zhang Escort Agency.

I'm not going.

The Embroidered Uniform Guard officer will leave eventually.

As a coroner, just tell us what a coroner should.

How did the 27 members of the Zhang family die?

Poisoning.

They hacked each other to death.

What poison?

The horse feed was poisoned.

The same thing happened at Lieyang Well and Shiquan Fort.

We don't know exactly what poison it was.

Is there any of the poisoned horse feed left?

There might be a little left.

Bring it here.

Careful, Coroner Chi.

It's fine.

Go.

I won't get poisoned, will I?

Well, I haven't been poisoned.

Officer Pu, you probably didn't expect

it to be this hot here, right?

Why don't you take off your outer robe?

This is my first assignment away from the Capital.

I never expected

people down here to handle things so brazenly.

Is that good or bad?

Is the Deputy Military Commissioner of Liangzhou

coming or not?

Of the Ming's nine major frontier garrisons,

this Regional Military Commission oversees 12 guards and four battalions.

The Commander-in-Chief holds command over the Northwest.

He's the deity of the Northwest.

I didn't ask about the General.

Is the petty Liangzhou Deputy Military Commissioner coming?

The Deputy Military Commissioner is no petty official.

And this gold

is no small sum either.

It's like a dream.

Under this scorching sun,

sometimes it really does feel like a dream.

Now, it's just you and me.

We'll split

the 200 taels of gold equally.

I'm not lucky enough to enjoy such a fortune.

Officer Pu, you've finally come around?

I'm leaving.

Have a safe journey.

If the Deputy Military Commissioner won't come,

I'll go find him myself.

Officer Pu,

what are you doing?

Don't move!

Don't harm him!

The poison in the feed is taking effect.

Officer Pu,

put your blade away.

It's the poison from the feed.

It's me!

Go

seal the entrance.

This room is sturdy. Lock him inside.

Yes.

What is it?

The dancer is here.

My name is Liu Rusi.

The dancer who used to dance for you has gone back south.

She just left.

I dance better than she does.

Who are you?

Liu Rusi.

I'm one of Futu's people.

We all serve the General.

Why make a distinction?

Futu serves the General.

I serve Futu.

And now,

I'm dancing for you.

Deputy Military Commissioner, do you prefer Guanshaan's battles

or do you prefer

Huainan's pleasures?

Huainan's pleasures.

I like them, too.

Deputy Military Commissioner,

were your eyes closed the whole time just now?

You may leave.

If you don't like it,

I can wait outside.

Wait for what?

What is it?

My name is Zhang Luyao.

(Preview of the Next Episode)

My name is Zhang Luyao.

You drugged the guards and entered without permission.

You've got some nerve.

How did the 27 members of my family die?

Who gave the Zhangs the escort contract?

Whoever is willing to risk their life and head west with me

to meet the murderous guardians of the gold

gets these 200 taels of gold.

(Zhang Escort Agency) What escort job can a woman take on?

Her martial arts are exceptional.

How exceptional?

=Remnants of Gold=