1 00:01:28,780 --> 00:01:31,919 =Remnants of Gold= 2 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:34,478 (Adapted from Gu Long's "Flying Eagle over the Great Land") 3 00:01:34,479 --> 00:01:37,540 (The main characters in this drama are fictional) 4 00:01:38,020 --> 00:01:40,700 =Episode 2= 5 00:01:57,520 --> 00:01:58,681 My name is Zhang Luyao. 6 00:02:05,961 --> 00:02:07,240 Please wait a moment. 7 00:02:29,200 --> 00:02:30,400 That's a very fine incense. 8 00:02:32,281 --> 00:02:33,400 I'll need to borrow it. 9 00:02:51,161 --> 00:02:52,201 Deputy Yu, 10 00:02:52,680 --> 00:02:53,800 I'll step outside. 11 00:02:59,601 --> 00:03:00,560 Who is she? 12 00:03:04,360 --> 00:03:05,400 A dancer. 13 00:03:08,608 --> 00:03:10,440 Wait about 8 minutes before going out. 14 00:03:12,080 --> 00:03:13,680 The men outside have been drugged. 15 00:03:14,112 --> 00:03:15,400 The sedative is still in effect. 16 00:03:17,281 --> 00:03:19,041 I'll borrow your fine incense. 17 00:03:19,400 --> 00:03:20,960 They'll be perfectly fine in 8 minutes. 18 00:03:34,321 --> 00:03:35,441 Forgive my intrusion. 19 00:03:35,640 --> 00:03:36,921 I hope you won't take offense. 20 00:03:37,840 --> 00:03:39,201 Whatever you wish to ask, 21 00:03:39,441 --> 00:03:40,800 I'll tell you everything I know. 22 00:03:41,441 --> 00:03:42,721 Once you have finished asking, 23 00:03:43,441 --> 00:03:45,080 I'll ask my own questions. 24 00:03:56,441 --> 00:03:57,921 Is this incense of mine 25 00:03:58,400 --> 00:03:59,201 any good? 26 00:04:00,921 --> 00:04:02,441 It should be seven sticks to a bundle. 27 00:04:03,441 --> 00:04:06,120 Four taels of sandalwood, two taels of agarwood, 28 00:04:06,560 --> 00:04:07,960 3.7 g of storax, 29 00:04:07,960 --> 00:04:09,881 18.5 g each of clove and cinnamon, 30 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:11,520 and 3.7 g of ambergris. 31 00:04:12,640 --> 00:04:14,481 Beyond that, I can't identify the ingredients. 32 00:04:15,321 --> 00:04:16,680 It's incense of the finest quality. 33 00:04:25,161 --> 00:04:26,320 I mean no disrespect 34 00:04:26,320 --> 00:04:27,521 to sit. 35 00:04:28,208 --> 00:04:30,000 I'm frail and easily short of breath. 36 00:04:30,704 --> 00:04:32,600 I need to rest after moving around for a while. 37 00:04:35,568 --> 00:04:37,680 You drugged the guards and entered without permission. 38 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:38,921 You've got some nerve. 39 00:04:41,081 --> 00:04:42,880 Liangzhou is just a small frontier guard. 40 00:04:43,216 --> 00:04:45,080 You're the official responsible for its people. 41 00:04:45,880 --> 00:04:47,680 Twenty-seven of my family died. 42 00:04:48,120 --> 00:04:49,601 Crying won't change anything. 43 00:04:50,096 --> 00:04:51,990 Should I just sit and wait at the Escort Agency 44 00:04:52,081 --> 00:04:53,601 instead of coming here? 45 00:05:00,176 --> 00:05:01,950 Deputy Military Commissioner, do you always 46 00:05:02,401 --> 00:05:04,041 look people straight in the eye? 47 00:05:05,601 --> 00:05:06,721 That's not a good habit. 48 00:05:15,680 --> 00:05:17,568 The sedative outside hasn't worn off yet. 49 00:05:19,041 --> 00:05:20,240 Let's talk for a while, 50 00:05:21,841 --> 00:05:23,601 and then you and I can leave together. 51 00:05:24,721 --> 00:05:26,120 What's wrong with 52 00:05:27,504 --> 00:05:29,232 looking someone straight in the eye? 53 00:05:31,041 --> 00:05:33,120 It lets people see what kind of person you are. 54 00:05:39,240 --> 00:05:40,601 What kind of person am I? 55 00:05:41,440 --> 00:05:43,161 You're proud at heart 56 00:05:43,880 --> 00:05:45,360 but cautious in your conduct. 57 00:05:46,384 --> 00:05:47,960 You observe the proper order of rank. 58 00:05:50,320 --> 00:05:51,521 What makes you say that? 59 00:05:53,161 --> 00:05:54,841 Your outer robe is gauze over silk. 60 00:05:54,992 --> 00:05:56,800 It uses neither colorful weaving nor dyeing, 61 00:05:57,000 --> 00:05:58,481 nor any gold or silver thread. 62 00:05:59,281 --> 00:06:00,601 That shows your restraint. 63 00:06:08,081 --> 00:06:09,880 But the gauze bears subtle hidden patterns. 64 00:06:11,200 --> 00:06:12,401 With the slightest movement, 65 00:06:13,721 --> 00:06:15,560 the patterns beneath emerge, 66 00:06:16,760 --> 00:06:18,521 like flowing streams and pine trees. 67 00:06:19,760 --> 00:06:20,961 That reveals your pride. 68 00:06:22,080 --> 00:06:24,370 Clothes like these are rare, let alone in the Northwest. 69 00:06:24,401 --> 00:06:26,000 Even in Yangzhou, they're seldom seen. 70 00:06:28,800 --> 00:06:30,560 But clothes can't conceal your eyes. 71 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:33,841 Your eyes are filled with weariness. 72 00:06:35,200 --> 00:06:36,401 What am I weary of? 73 00:06:37,161 --> 00:06:38,120 I don't know. 74 00:06:39,120 --> 00:06:40,601 I only want to know 75 00:06:41,760 --> 00:06:44,120 how the 27 members of my family died. 76 00:06:47,560 --> 00:06:48,641 Deputy Yu, 77 00:06:49,320 --> 00:06:50,481 how did my father and brothers 78 00:06:52,161 --> 00:06:53,360 die? 79 00:07:10,360 --> 00:07:11,800 The poison was put in the horse feed. 80 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:14,521 We don't know how the poison takes effect 81 00:07:15,161 --> 00:07:16,800 or how to cure it. 82 00:07:18,360 --> 00:07:21,120 Both groups at Lieyang Well and Shiquan Fort were wiped out? 83 00:07:21,961 --> 00:07:23,320 The guardians of the gold did it. 84 00:07:25,601 --> 00:07:28,000 There really are 300,000 taels of gold in the desert? 85 00:07:28,240 --> 00:07:30,481 Someone already knows where the gold is buried. 86 00:07:30,784 --> 00:07:33,424 They tried to reach it twice, and everyone died both times. 87 00:07:33,921 --> 00:07:35,961 So they turned to the Zhang Escort Agency. 88 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:38,880 My father and brothers were honest men. 89 00:07:39,120 --> 00:07:41,320 They had no extraordinary abilities. 90 00:07:41,800 --> 00:07:43,641 Who thought so highly of the Zhang family? 91 00:07:45,161 --> 00:07:47,120 Who gave the Zhangs the escort contract? 92 00:07:48,896 --> 00:07:50,160 I'd like to know that, too. 93 00:07:53,760 --> 00:07:54,961 Deputy Yu, 94 00:07:55,680 --> 00:07:56,760 Miss Zhang, 95 00:07:57,281 --> 00:07:58,401 what you're discussing 96 00:07:58,401 --> 00:08:00,120 shouldn't be overheard by outsiders. 97 00:08:00,281 --> 00:08:01,281 I'll step outside. 98 00:08:07,281 --> 00:08:07,961 What's going on? 99 00:08:07,961 --> 00:08:09,180 Why is everyone on the ground? 100 00:08:11,184 --> 00:08:11,840 Come quickly... 101 00:08:11,961 --> 00:08:14,360 Who are you to block the Deputy Military Commissioner's door? 102 00:08:14,760 --> 00:08:15,360 Move aside! 103 00:08:15,664 --> 00:08:17,312 Protect the Deputy Military Commissioner! 104 00:08:45,480 --> 00:08:46,001 Pingping, 105 00:08:46,241 --> 00:08:46,800 come back. 106 00:09:16,641 --> 00:09:17,480 Mr. Wu, 107 00:09:18,200 --> 00:09:19,161 it's me, Luyao. 108 00:09:39,560 --> 00:09:40,960 Weren't all 27 Zhangs 109 00:09:41,761 --> 00:09:43,080 supposed to be dead? 110 00:09:43,281 --> 00:09:44,641 We just found this man. 111 00:10:24,161 --> 00:10:24,921 Mr. Wu, 112 00:10:27,960 --> 00:10:28,960 it's me, Luyao. 113 00:10:39,361 --> 00:10:41,600 Who brought the Zhang family the escort contract? 114 00:10:47,200 --> 00:10:48,041 Tell me. 115 00:10:48,600 --> 00:10:49,521 It's all right. 116 00:11:12,480 --> 00:11:13,800 Could you let me out? 117 00:11:16,600 --> 00:11:18,200 Could you let me through? 118 00:11:18,200 --> 00:11:19,200 Let me through. 119 00:11:55,921 --> 00:11:56,800 Mr. Wu, 120 00:11:57,401 --> 00:11:59,281 who gave the Zhangs the escort contract? 121 00:11:59,800 --> 00:12:01,001 Is that person here? 122 00:12:12,440 --> 00:12:13,320 Seven. 123 00:12:35,800 --> 00:12:36,800 Deputy Yu, 124 00:12:38,840 --> 00:12:40,320 is he one of your men? 125 00:12:41,001 --> 00:12:41,840 No. 126 00:12:43,041 --> 00:12:44,200 Of course not. 127 00:12:45,001 --> 00:12:46,960 So, why is he at your residence? 128 00:12:48,001 --> 00:12:49,080 You'll have to ask him. 129 00:12:54,080 --> 00:12:55,840 Who do you think you are? 130 00:12:56,921 --> 00:12:58,761 Even the General means nothing to us. 131 00:13:01,241 --> 00:13:02,800 In our eyes, 132 00:13:03,480 --> 00:13:04,720 people like you 133 00:13:05,281 --> 00:13:06,560 are nothing. 134 00:13:11,960 --> 00:13:13,728 Deputy Yu, are you going to silence him? 135 00:13:16,720 --> 00:13:18,121 I am. 136 00:13:39,881 --> 00:13:40,600 Deputy, 137 00:13:41,008 --> 00:13:42,352 Officer Pu has gone mad. 138 00:13:42,368 --> 00:13:44,464 He's attacking people at the Zhang Escort Agency. 139 00:13:45,800 --> 00:13:46,560 Chi... 140 00:13:46,672 --> 00:13:49,408 Chi said the poison from the guardians' fodder has taken effect. 141 00:14:03,320 --> 00:14:04,200 Block the door. 142 00:14:04,320 --> 00:14:05,361 Don't let him out. 143 00:14:40,161 --> 00:14:41,281 Officer Pu. 144 00:14:43,080 --> 00:14:44,041 Officer Pu, 145 00:14:44,048 --> 00:14:46,050 I'm the Deputy Military Commissioner of Liangzhou. 146 00:14:46,064 --> 00:14:47,320 Be careful, Deputy. 147 00:14:49,320 --> 00:14:51,281 He won't listen to anything now. 148 00:14:52,048 --> 00:14:54,900 If Officer Pu sheds even a drop of blood or suffers the slightest injury, 149 00:14:54,944 --> 00:14:55,600 you'll die. 150 00:14:55,881 --> 00:14:58,440 No, he insisted on smelling the poisoned horse feed himself. 151 00:14:58,560 --> 00:15:00,320 I smelled it and was fine. 152 00:15:01,881 --> 00:15:03,161 Doesn't he want the gold? 153 00:15:04,001 --> 00:15:06,401 200 taels is too much. Who would dare take it? 154 00:15:07,184 --> 00:15:08,920 Could it be the guardians of the gold... 155 00:15:08,921 --> 00:15:09,761 Shut up. 156 00:15:09,761 --> 00:15:10,761 (Zhang Escort Agency) 157 00:15:25,361 --> 00:15:26,720 You're weak 158 00:15:27,248 --> 00:15:28,680 but highly skilled in martial arts. 159 00:15:32,001 --> 00:15:33,960 You should be more skilled than I am. 160 00:15:34,576 --> 00:15:36,144 My skills are different from yours. 161 00:15:36,440 --> 00:15:37,560 Long spears and halberds, 162 00:15:37,570 --> 00:15:39,250 fighting in formation and risking my life. 163 00:15:40,080 --> 00:15:41,281 They're only meant for killing. 164 00:15:44,161 --> 00:15:45,440 You didn't know the dancer 165 00:15:46,121 --> 00:15:47,560 and the man who took his own life, 166 00:15:48,881 --> 00:15:50,401 did you, Deputy? 167 00:15:52,200 --> 00:15:52,881 No. 168 00:15:56,401 --> 00:15:58,641 They're all people after the 300,000 taels of gold. 169 00:16:04,281 --> 00:16:05,921 Don't you want the gold, Deputy? 170 00:16:13,200 --> 00:16:14,480 I've never met 171 00:16:14,840 --> 00:16:16,200 anyone like you. 172 00:16:17,616 --> 00:16:19,264 Have you ever been to Jiangnan? 173 00:16:20,361 --> 00:16:21,200 No. 174 00:16:21,641 --> 00:16:22,720 So how did you know 175 00:16:23,361 --> 00:16:25,440 my clothes are rare even in Yangzhou? 176 00:16:26,960 --> 00:16:28,600 You never wear 177 00:16:29,641 --> 00:16:31,241 those clothes outside, do you? 178 00:16:33,001 --> 00:16:33,680 No. 179 00:16:37,680 --> 00:16:38,960 Why don't you leave? 180 00:16:42,881 --> 00:16:43,641 Leave? 181 00:16:46,161 --> 00:16:47,680 Leave the desert and go to Jiangnan. 182 00:16:55,761 --> 00:16:57,480 I joined the army at 19. 183 00:16:58,440 --> 00:16:59,521 In this life, 184 00:17:01,320 --> 00:17:03,001 I'll never leave the Northwestern desert. 185 00:17:08,720 --> 00:17:10,121 Don't look at me like that. 186 00:17:14,280 --> 00:17:15,720 If your thoughts are seen through, 187 00:17:16,760 --> 00:17:18,000 you would kill? 188 00:17:22,760 --> 00:17:23,760 What thoughts? 189 00:17:26,040 --> 00:17:27,561 Your eyes are weary, 190 00:17:28,801 --> 00:17:30,121 but your heart is uneasy. 191 00:17:35,881 --> 00:17:37,200 Uneasy enough to kill? 192 00:17:37,960 --> 00:17:39,240 If you kill Pingping and me, 193 00:17:39,881 --> 00:17:41,161 that would just add two more 194 00:17:41,161 --> 00:17:42,480 to the twenty-seven already dead. 195 00:17:43,440 --> 00:17:44,641 You haven't made a move. 196 00:17:45,881 --> 00:17:47,561 Is it because you need something from me, 197 00:17:48,280 --> 00:17:49,720 or because 198 00:17:49,808 --> 00:17:52,224 you're the official responsible for the people of Liangzhou? 199 00:17:56,520 --> 00:17:57,561 I need something from you. 200 00:18:07,440 --> 00:18:08,601 Deputy, give your order. 201 00:18:09,321 --> 00:18:10,300 In the armory is an 202 00:18:10,310 --> 00:18:12,990 Embroidered Uniform Guard officer sent by the Court to investigate. 203 00:18:13,081 --> 00:18:14,081 He's seventh rank. 204 00:18:15,720 --> 00:18:17,161 If he breaks out, 205 00:18:17,248 --> 00:18:18,800 I'll have no choice but to kill him. 206 00:18:18,921 --> 00:18:20,321 That wouldn't be good for any of us. 207 00:18:25,240 --> 00:18:26,161 I'd like to ask you 208 00:18:27,328 --> 00:18:28,520 to cure him of the poison. 209 00:18:33,480 --> 00:18:34,520 What poison? 210 00:18:35,040 --> 00:18:35,881 It's in the hat. 211 00:18:36,512 --> 00:18:38,496 The poison used by the guardians of the gold. 212 00:18:40,321 --> 00:18:41,641 What case is he investigating? 213 00:18:42,480 --> 00:18:43,881 Shiquan Fort, Lieyang Well, 214 00:18:44,561 --> 00:18:45,520 and the massacre 215 00:18:45,520 --> 00:18:46,480 of your family. 216 00:18:50,881 --> 00:18:51,641 Can you do it? 217 00:19:14,380 --> 00:19:16,780 (Blacksmith Shop) 218 00:19:18,280 --> 00:19:19,121 Miss, 219 00:19:20,720 --> 00:19:22,200 where are we taking this? 220 00:19:23,361 --> 00:19:24,561 Zhang Escort Agency. 221 00:19:29,921 --> 00:19:31,121 Go. 222 00:19:31,720 --> 00:19:32,480 Hurry. 223 00:19:34,680 --> 00:19:35,561 Hurry. 224 00:20:25,040 --> 00:20:25,801 Deputy, 225 00:20:26,401 --> 00:20:27,240 the officer 226 00:20:27,561 --> 00:20:28,361 has collapsed. 227 00:20:29,801 --> 00:20:31,081 He's down. 228 00:20:31,641 --> 00:20:32,720 What's his name? 229 00:20:33,641 --> 00:20:35,200 Officer Pu Ying. 230 00:20:56,121 --> 00:20:57,040 Deputy! 231 00:20:57,841 --> 00:20:59,081 What is it? 232 00:20:59,520 --> 00:21:00,240 Coroner, 233 00:21:00,361 --> 00:21:02,641 they said we should go carry in the food and liquor. 234 00:21:03,321 --> 00:21:04,200 Who? 235 00:21:04,520 --> 00:21:05,121 Well... 236 00:21:05,361 --> 00:21:06,121 Me! 237 00:21:16,561 --> 00:21:17,480 Officer Pu. 238 00:21:33,081 --> 00:21:34,240 Open your eyes. 239 00:21:39,680 --> 00:21:40,801 Can you see me? 240 00:21:44,240 --> 00:21:45,161 Yes. 241 00:21:47,440 --> 00:21:50,272 When this poison takes effect, everyone looks like a vengeful ghost. 242 00:21:50,641 --> 00:21:51,881 You're all right now. 243 00:21:59,921 --> 00:22:01,440 It was like a dream. 244 00:22:07,881 --> 00:22:09,280 I'm Zhang Luyao. 245 00:22:11,760 --> 00:22:13,641 The 27 people of the Zhang Escort Agency 246 00:22:14,144 --> 00:22:16,352 were all my family, including my father and brothers. 247 00:22:19,904 --> 00:22:22,200 5 years ago, I married into the Tang Clan in Northern Shu. 248 00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:24,240 For the first 3 years, 249 00:22:24,720 --> 00:22:27,240 I tested 236 poisons for the Tang Clan. 250 00:22:28,601 --> 00:22:30,440 I came close to death 100 times. 251 00:22:31,632 --> 00:22:33,880 The benefit is that I'm now immune to all poisons, 252 00:22:33,920 --> 00:22:35,650 and my martial arts have improved greatly. 253 00:22:36,561 --> 00:22:37,641 The downside 254 00:22:37,650 --> 00:22:39,776 is I've been frail and short of breath ever since, 255 00:22:40,921 --> 00:22:43,520 and I never got to see my family one last time. 256 00:22:46,520 --> 00:22:47,680 What do you mean? 257 00:22:53,121 --> 00:22:54,680 I grew up in the Northwest. 258 00:22:56,040 --> 00:22:57,361 I've never heard 259 00:22:57,361 --> 00:22:59,720 of 300,000 taels of gold hidden in the desert. 260 00:23:02,520 --> 00:23:04,081 If it weren't for the gold, 261 00:23:05,440 --> 00:23:06,561 in this lifetime, 262 00:23:08,321 --> 00:23:09,841 we would never have met. 263 00:23:16,520 --> 00:23:17,321 Move. 264 00:23:20,680 --> 00:23:21,760 Seeing you 265 00:23:22,480 --> 00:23:23,841 feels like a dream. 266 00:23:29,401 --> 00:23:31,081 Officer Pu, try standing up. 267 00:23:41,121 --> 00:23:43,121 I've cured you of the poison from the feed, 268 00:23:43,841 --> 00:23:45,401 but I've also given you a new poison. 269 00:24:00,601 --> 00:24:02,200 Officer Pu, take a breath. 270 00:24:05,641 --> 00:24:06,480 Do your Chong 271 00:24:06,720 --> 00:24:07,841 and Yang Heel Meridians 272 00:24:08,440 --> 00:24:10,280 feel slightly painful or blocked? 273 00:24:14,720 --> 00:24:15,921 Take another breath. 274 00:24:17,361 --> 00:24:18,161 A deep breath. 275 00:24:23,081 --> 00:24:25,000 Your Baihui and Fengchi points are throbbing. 276 00:24:25,361 --> 00:24:28,520 From now on, breathe gently and speak softly. 277 00:24:28,640 --> 00:24:30,752 Otherwise, you'll lose your senses and your mind. 278 00:24:31,760 --> 00:24:33,000 I feel perfectly fine. 279 00:24:33,561 --> 00:24:35,000 I'm not falling for your nonsense. 280 00:24:36,561 --> 00:24:37,921 You can stand up now. 281 00:24:50,680 --> 00:24:51,680 Don't walk forward. 282 00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:57,200 Take 3 steps to either side. 283 00:25:14,976 --> 00:25:17,248 You'll feel a chill in the joints below your waist. 284 00:25:17,360 --> 00:25:20,352 The poison travels through the Ren Meridian and blocks the Shenmen point. 285 00:25:20,760 --> 00:25:22,561 I'll give you an antidote every 5 days. 286 00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:25,921 Miss, 287 00:25:26,801 --> 00:25:28,401 we have no quarrel with each other. 288 00:25:34,280 --> 00:25:35,960 Officer Pu, you came from the Capital 289 00:25:37,121 --> 00:25:38,720 to find the guardians of the gold 290 00:25:39,480 --> 00:25:41,000 or to catch the killers? 291 00:25:42,760 --> 00:25:44,161 I'm all alone. 292 00:25:44,841 --> 00:25:47,641 No one in the Liangzhou or Ganzhou Guard can be trusted. 293 00:25:49,081 --> 00:25:51,361 That's why I poisoned you and asked for your help. 294 00:25:52,601 --> 00:25:53,841 Once we find the killers, 295 00:25:54,720 --> 00:25:56,401 I'll cure you of the poison, and submit 296 00:25:56,416 --> 00:25:58,030 to whatever punishment you decide. 297 00:25:58,040 --> 00:25:59,561 What if I kill you? 298 00:26:01,520 --> 00:26:02,361 I'll die, 299 00:26:03,264 --> 00:26:04,880 and the poison will leave you crippled. 300 00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:07,321 I'll kill you right now. 301 00:26:09,040 --> 00:26:10,040 Walk slowly. 302 00:26:10,416 --> 00:26:12,040 Come out and have some liquor and meat. 303 00:26:23,081 --> 00:26:24,401 How is it? Is there enough to eat? 304 00:26:24,410 --> 00:26:25,056 Eat some more. 305 00:27:05,601 --> 00:27:06,960 We should honor the dead, 306 00:27:08,520 --> 00:27:09,321 but this liquor, 307 00:27:09,321 --> 00:27:10,480 I'd rather not pour it out. 308 00:27:10,921 --> 00:27:11,801 Can I drink it? 309 00:27:12,601 --> 00:27:13,720 As you wish, Officer Pu. 310 00:27:13,720 --> 00:27:14,561 I wasn't asking you. 311 00:27:15,921 --> 00:27:17,081 Can I drink it? 312 00:27:18,040 --> 00:27:18,801 Yes. 313 00:27:19,760 --> 00:27:21,160 Don't say that unless you're sure. 314 00:27:22,760 --> 00:27:23,881 You really can. 315 00:27:32,200 --> 00:27:33,240 Miss Luyao, 316 00:27:33,408 --> 00:27:35,000 have you cured Officer Pu of the poison? 317 00:27:37,280 --> 00:27:38,240 Was it easy? 318 00:27:38,520 --> 00:27:39,841 Very easy. 319 00:27:40,881 --> 00:27:42,601 It's nothing particularly potent. 320 00:27:44,040 --> 00:27:46,280 It won't take effect while mixed in the fodder. 321 00:27:46,960 --> 00:27:48,760 Only after cattle or horses chew it, 322 00:27:48,784 --> 00:27:50,160 and their saliva mixes with water, 323 00:27:50,161 --> 00:27:51,801 does the poison become airborne. 324 00:27:52,121 --> 00:27:53,921 It's most potent within 10 paces. 325 00:27:54,440 --> 00:27:57,100 Anyone who inhales it goes mad as if possessed by a vengeful ghost. 326 00:27:57,120 --> 00:27:59,920 But spray it with clean water, and the poison dissipates immediately. 327 00:28:03,881 --> 00:28:05,480 Where does that poison come from? 328 00:28:05,921 --> 00:28:07,000 Who made it? 329 00:28:07,280 --> 00:28:08,361 Who knows how to use it? 330 00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:10,881 Is it a poison used by someone here in Gansu 331 00:28:11,240 --> 00:28:12,680 or by a sect from another province? 332 00:28:25,760 --> 00:28:27,280 I have to eat. 333 00:28:27,680 --> 00:28:28,921 5 times a day. 334 00:28:29,361 --> 00:28:30,361 Just a little each time. 335 00:28:30,361 --> 00:28:31,040 Eat. 336 00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:36,240 May I see the bell in your pouch? 337 00:28:37,360 --> 00:28:38,680 It's just an ordinary old bell. 338 00:28:39,040 --> 00:28:40,081 I saw you use it 339 00:28:40,081 --> 00:28:41,881 to take down Officer Pu with ease. 340 00:28:43,000 --> 00:28:43,841 Yu Hou! 341 00:28:43,841 --> 00:28:44,680 Deputy! 342 00:28:45,480 --> 00:28:47,280 You think you're quite something, huh? 343 00:28:47,361 --> 00:28:48,081 I wouldn't dare. 344 00:28:56,624 --> 00:28:59,440 I came all the way from the Capital to Liangzhou to investigate a case. 345 00:28:59,881 --> 00:29:01,401 You sent a coroner 346 00:29:01,561 --> 00:29:03,680 to get rid of me with 200 taels of gold. 347 00:29:04,280 --> 00:29:05,561 I traveled all this way, 348 00:29:05,561 --> 00:29:07,680 and you expected me to travel all the way back. 349 00:29:08,720 --> 00:29:10,240 How could this happen? 350 00:29:13,601 --> 00:29:15,121 You've got some nerve. 351 00:29:16,240 --> 00:29:18,760 200 taels of gold is a vast sum. 352 00:29:19,841 --> 00:29:22,200 Is everyone in Gansu really that lavish? 353 00:29:22,801 --> 00:29:24,121 How could that be? 354 00:29:25,081 --> 00:29:26,200 The 200 taels of gold 355 00:29:26,200 --> 00:29:28,720 are evidence in the Zhang family massacre. 356 00:29:33,561 --> 00:29:35,000 The 200 taels of gold 357 00:29:35,696 --> 00:29:38,120 were the fee paid to the Zhang Escort Agency for this job. 358 00:29:43,392 --> 00:29:45,632 My father and brothers are gone, but I'm still here. 359 00:29:46,161 --> 00:29:47,401 When entrusted with a task, 360 00:29:48,161 --> 00:29:49,520 I must see it through. 361 00:29:53,040 --> 00:29:54,081 What do you mean? 362 00:29:56,200 --> 00:29:58,841 Whoever is willing to go to Lieyang Well and Shiquan Fort, 363 00:29:59,480 --> 00:30:01,801 risk their life, and head west with me 364 00:30:01,801 --> 00:30:04,081 to meet the murderous guardians of the gold 365 00:30:07,561 --> 00:30:08,480 gets these 366 00:30:08,480 --> 00:30:09,561 200 taels of gold. 367 00:30:11,960 --> 00:30:13,321 The journey west is dangerous. 368 00:30:14,321 --> 00:30:15,401 Miss Luyao, 369 00:30:15,712 --> 00:30:17,968 tell me where the poison from the fodder comes from. 370 00:30:18,040 --> 00:30:19,000 The Liangzhou Guard 371 00:30:19,040 --> 00:30:20,528 will capture the guardians of the gold 372 00:30:20,544 --> 00:30:22,688 and seek justice for the 27 members of your family. 373 00:30:25,321 --> 00:30:26,321 Deputy Yu, 374 00:30:28,321 --> 00:30:29,760 I don't trust you. 375 00:30:32,784 --> 00:30:35,680 I still haven't determined where the poison from the fodder comes from. 376 00:30:36,081 --> 00:30:37,161 Once I head west, 377 00:30:38,200 --> 00:30:39,841 the people who killed my family 378 00:30:40,280 --> 00:30:41,280 will reveal themselves. 379 00:30:43,720 --> 00:30:46,000 In the Northwestern desert, if you can't trust me, 380 00:30:46,561 --> 00:30:48,081 who can you trust? 381 00:30:50,720 --> 00:30:52,040 I trust Officer Pu. 382 00:30:56,480 --> 00:30:59,520 And I trust the desperate men who will come for 200 taels of gold. 383 00:31:04,980 --> 00:31:07,620 (Zhang Escort Agency. 300,000 Taels of Gold) 384 00:31:17,601 --> 00:31:18,520 Come on, drink! 385 00:31:35,680 --> 00:31:36,520 What are you doing? 386 00:31:36,520 --> 00:31:37,200 Go back. 387 00:31:41,801 --> 00:31:43,601 Go where? Do what? 388 00:31:44,960 --> 00:31:45,841 Another round! 389 00:32:06,881 --> 00:32:08,161 Buy something. 390 00:32:24,641 --> 00:32:25,520 Futu! 391 00:32:26,240 --> 00:32:27,601 Where is Futu? 392 00:32:32,040 --> 00:32:32,801 Futu! 393 00:32:33,520 --> 00:32:34,321 Futu, 394 00:32:36,921 --> 00:32:38,480 Seven and Sixteen are both dead. 395 00:32:42,960 --> 00:32:43,641 What did you say? 396 00:32:43,921 --> 00:32:45,280 Seven killed Sixteen 397 00:32:45,720 --> 00:32:47,161 and killed himself. 398 00:33:25,361 --> 00:33:26,921 The Zhang family is wiped out? 399 00:33:27,801 --> 00:33:28,561 No. 400 00:33:29,081 --> 00:33:30,760 The poisoned escort has been silenced. 401 00:33:31,072 --> 00:33:33,000 But the Zhang lady accepted the escort order. 402 00:33:33,392 --> 00:33:35,200 She's going to use the 200 taels of escort fee 403 00:33:35,216 --> 00:33:36,656 to hire people to escort her west. 404 00:33:37,200 --> 00:33:38,520 Escort what? 405 00:33:39,401 --> 00:33:40,720 Yu Hou didn't ask her 406 00:33:40,768 --> 00:33:42,640 where the poison from the fodder came from? 407 00:33:44,440 --> 00:33:45,321 I don't know. 408 00:33:45,881 --> 00:33:47,881 What kind of escort job can a woman take on? 409 00:33:48,641 --> 00:33:50,520 Where are the 300,000 taels of gold? 410 00:33:50,680 --> 00:33:51,881 Where are they heading? 411 00:33:52,440 --> 00:33:54,641 First to Lieyang Well, and then to Shiquan Fort. 412 00:33:54,752 --> 00:33:56,080 That's the escort order we issued. 413 00:33:56,841 --> 00:33:58,720 What is Yu Hou doing? 414 00:33:59,720 --> 00:34:02,000 Seven and Sixteen didn't have to die. 415 00:34:02,280 --> 00:34:04,040 Yu Hou was there and did nothing 416 00:34:04,480 --> 00:34:05,440 just because 417 00:34:05,440 --> 00:34:06,921 the Zhang lady was there. 418 00:34:08,752 --> 00:34:10,320 Her martial arts are exceptional. 419 00:34:11,080 --> 00:34:12,281 How exceptional? 420 00:34:13,160 --> 00:34:15,536 If she's so skilled, why does she need to hire anyone? 421 00:34:17,180 --> 00:34:21,980 (Yu Residence) 422 00:34:25,321 --> 00:34:26,440 Hurry up. 423 00:34:30,721 --> 00:34:32,080 Hurry up. 424 00:34:35,080 --> 00:34:36,000 Very good. 425 00:34:40,361 --> 00:34:41,401 Officer Pu, 426 00:34:41,401 --> 00:34:43,921 the horse you rode here was exposed to the poison. 427 00:34:44,040 --> 00:34:46,201 I'm sure you wouldn't want to ride it again. 428 00:34:46,256 --> 00:34:48,220 The Deputy Military Commissioner is thoughtful. 429 00:34:48,241 --> 00:34:50,640 There's plenty of food, drink, and supplies 430 00:34:50,640 --> 00:34:51,881 for your journey. 431 00:34:52,841 --> 00:34:53,841 Two horses. 432 00:34:54,000 --> 00:34:55,560 You can alternate between them. 433 00:34:58,000 --> 00:34:59,080 What do you mean by this? 434 00:34:59,080 --> 00:35:01,520 You've seen what happened to the Zhang family. 435 00:35:01,921 --> 00:35:03,801 Miss Luyao intends to head west. 436 00:35:04,201 --> 00:35:05,841 You can return directly to the Capital 437 00:35:05,841 --> 00:35:08,520 or go to Ganzhou to see the General. 438 00:35:08,530 --> 00:35:10,160 You're making me leave now? 439 00:35:10,600 --> 00:35:12,000 That's not what we mean. 440 00:35:12,120 --> 00:35:14,520 You can rest at the Liangzhou Post. 441 00:35:14,520 --> 00:35:16,128 Then leave first thing tomorrow morning. 442 00:35:16,160 --> 00:35:18,400 The Deputy Military Commissioner has arranged everything. 443 00:35:33,568 --> 00:35:35,088 And this is all you're giving me? 444 00:35:40,921 --> 00:35:42,321 It's not for me to say, 445 00:35:42,520 --> 00:35:45,480 but you refused the 200 taels of gold offered earlier today. 446 00:35:51,761 --> 00:35:53,640 Everyone wants gold, 447 00:35:54,721 --> 00:35:56,520 but there's something 448 00:35:56,761 --> 00:35:57,960 more important than gold. 449 00:35:59,721 --> 00:36:02,201 What else do you want, Officer? 450 00:36:02,201 --> 00:36:03,321 Respect! 451 00:36:12,560 --> 00:36:14,681 I don't want to raise my voice. 452 00:36:15,520 --> 00:36:16,841 I'm seventh rank. 453 00:36:17,040 --> 00:36:18,281 From the moment I arrived, 454 00:36:18,290 --> 00:36:19,700 a mere Deputy Military Commissioner 455 00:36:19,710 --> 00:36:21,990 has carried himself with more authority than the General. 456 00:36:22,560 --> 00:36:23,401 Tell him to come out. 457 00:36:28,480 --> 00:36:31,440 Officer, the Deputy really isn't here. 458 00:36:32,241 --> 00:36:34,881 I could cut you down as easily as a chicken. 459 00:36:38,520 --> 00:36:40,520 Those are harsh words, Officer. 460 00:36:41,681 --> 00:36:43,560 We frontier folk don't know any better. 461 00:36:43,648 --> 00:36:46,120 Why don't you just treat me like a chicken and cut me down? 462 00:36:46,120 --> 00:36:47,721 Come on. Give me a slash. 463 00:36:54,801 --> 00:36:55,600 I will. 464 00:36:56,040 --> 00:36:57,040 Just you wait. 465 00:37:00,440 --> 00:37:01,721 Get out of my way. 466 00:37:06,120 --> 00:37:07,040 Move. 467 00:37:08,321 --> 00:37:08,960 Out of the way. 468 00:37:10,440 --> 00:37:11,440 Move. 469 00:37:12,160 --> 00:37:14,520 You're just looking to get yourself killed. 470 00:37:15,040 --> 00:37:16,480 Officer, please take off your shoes. 471 00:37:27,801 --> 00:37:30,281 I already told you he isn't here. 472 00:37:30,816 --> 00:37:32,920 Then, why are there so many guards at the door? 473 00:37:33,520 --> 00:37:36,721 They say two assassins came during the day. 474 00:37:37,321 --> 00:37:38,921 So we're taking extra precautions. 475 00:37:40,841 --> 00:37:41,321 Officer. 476 00:37:41,321 --> 00:37:42,281 Assassins? 477 00:37:43,680 --> 00:37:44,960 Who were they trying to kill? 478 00:37:45,560 --> 00:37:47,520 I wasn't there, either. 479 00:37:50,480 --> 00:37:53,281 They say someone from the Zhang Escort Agency was still alive. 480 00:37:53,281 --> 00:37:56,640 He was brought here, only to be killed by assassins. 481 00:37:58,080 --> 00:37:59,080 Where are the assassins? 482 00:38:00,520 --> 00:38:02,401 He killed himself. 483 00:38:06,260 --> 00:38:10,500 (Liang) 484 00:38:12,580 --> 00:38:15,841 (Liangzhou Guard) 485 00:38:15,850 --> 00:38:17,456 In Liangzhou, it's only after nightfall 486 00:38:17,472 --> 00:38:19,200 that we get even the slightest breeze. 487 00:38:20,512 --> 00:38:22,768 Didn't they see you come up to the city wall, Deputy? 488 00:38:24,440 --> 00:38:25,120 No. 489 00:38:25,721 --> 00:38:27,440 I just came to say a few words to you. 490 00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:32,384 Can I take the meat back to the barracks and eat it later? 491 00:38:35,361 --> 00:38:37,241 How far have you been beyond the city walls? 492 00:38:39,440 --> 00:38:40,761 Only three times. 493 00:38:42,528 --> 00:38:45,380 The General pacified the west, and there hasn't been a war in 10 years. 494 00:38:45,721 --> 00:38:47,000 I'm bored to death. 495 00:38:49,960 --> 00:38:50,721 Deputy, 496 00:38:51,136 --> 00:38:52,880 when are we going back to Lieyang Well? 497 00:38:55,640 --> 00:38:56,721 Lieyang Well... 498 00:38:58,032 --> 00:38:59,840 Six of our men were poisoned and died there. 499 00:39:00,608 --> 00:39:02,040 Deputy, take me back there to fight. 500 00:39:04,241 --> 00:39:06,241 Today, I met someone remarkable. 501 00:39:08,321 --> 00:39:10,801 I've never left Gansu in all my life. 502 00:39:11,376 --> 00:39:13,824 I've guarded the frontier with the General since I was young. 503 00:39:13,840 --> 00:39:16,320 I fought my way up from squad leader to where I am today. 504 00:39:17,401 --> 00:39:20,080 The General entrusted the Liangzhou Guard to me. 505 00:39:20,761 --> 00:39:21,560 But... 506 00:39:23,040 --> 00:39:25,160 I've never met anyone like her. 507 00:39:26,241 --> 00:39:27,281 Who? 508 00:39:29,401 --> 00:39:30,600 A woman. 509 00:39:34,560 --> 00:39:36,721 No one is more remarkable than the General. 510 00:39:37,536 --> 00:39:38,960 If I'd been born ten years earlier, 511 00:39:39,201 --> 00:39:40,600 I could've followed the General 512 00:39:40,841 --> 00:39:42,080 into battle as you did. 513 00:39:44,040 --> 00:39:46,000 Now I can't even get an audience with him. 514 00:39:50,000 --> 00:39:51,841 If the General ordered you to die, would you? 515 00:39:52,608 --> 00:39:54,120 As long as it's the General's order. 516 00:39:57,361 --> 00:39:58,721 I used to feel the same way, 517 00:40:02,761 --> 00:40:04,040 and I still do. 518 00:40:08,048 --> 00:40:10,400 Can I take the meat back to the barracks and eat it later? 519 00:40:12,361 --> 00:40:14,000 Fang, aren't you going to ask 520 00:40:15,721 --> 00:40:17,960 what kind of woman I met? 521 00:40:20,281 --> 00:40:21,000 I'll ask. 522 00:40:22,080 --> 00:40:23,721 Deputy, what kind of woman did you meet? 523 00:40:37,120 --> 00:40:38,120 This spear 524 00:40:39,120 --> 00:40:41,841 was custom-made for me by a Persian merchant. 525 00:40:42,881 --> 00:40:45,201 I waited three years for it to be brought back from Persia. 526 00:40:46,241 --> 00:40:47,401 I've never used it. 527 00:40:48,201 --> 00:40:49,000 Open it. 528 00:40:56,321 --> 00:40:57,080 Smells like iron. 529 00:41:00,120 --> 00:41:01,761 The spear is so short? 530 00:41:13,560 --> 00:41:15,040 You're the best fighter in Liangzhou 531 00:41:15,040 --> 00:41:16,304 and most skilled with a spear. 532 00:41:16,801 --> 00:41:17,681 It's yours. 533 00:41:18,600 --> 00:41:19,960 It's convenient to carry. 534 00:41:20,201 --> 00:41:21,040 Really? 535 00:41:21,761 --> 00:41:22,520 Yes. 536 00:41:22,801 --> 00:41:23,721 I'm giving it to you. 537 00:41:28,384 --> 00:41:29,800 It's convenient to keep with me? 538 00:41:30,080 --> 00:41:31,120 So where am I going? 539 00:41:33,520 --> 00:41:34,480 Lieyang Well, 540 00:41:36,120 --> 00:41:36,881 and then 541 00:41:37,321 --> 00:41:38,440 Shiquan Fort. 542 00:41:40,321 --> 00:41:41,321 When do I leave? 543 00:41:42,721 --> 00:41:43,401 Tomorrow. 544 00:41:44,120 --> 00:41:45,160 You're going alone. 545 00:41:50,881 --> 00:41:52,600 There's a woman at the Zhang Escort Agency 546 00:41:53,160 --> 00:41:54,080 named Zhang Luyao. 547 00:41:55,401 --> 00:41:56,881 All 27 members of her family 548 00:41:57,936 --> 00:42:00,144 were poisoned to death by the guardians of the gold. 549 00:42:00,944 --> 00:42:02,350 Just like our men at Lieyang Well? 550 00:42:02,361 --> 00:42:03,321 Listen to me. 551 00:42:04,401 --> 00:42:05,721 Don't ask what you shouldn't. 552 00:42:08,832 --> 00:42:11,480 She's hiring skilled fighters to head west. You're one of them. 553 00:42:11,480 --> 00:42:13,721 You're not a soldier of the Liangzhou Guard. Understand? 554 00:42:14,440 --> 00:42:15,241 Understood. 555 00:42:15,520 --> 00:42:17,201 In front of her, you're not my brother, 556 00:42:17,761 --> 00:42:19,761 nor are you the General's soldier. Understand? 557 00:42:21,721 --> 00:42:22,520 Understood. 558 00:42:25,401 --> 00:42:26,841 Do whatever she tells you. 559 00:42:28,120 --> 00:42:30,000 Keep her alive. Understand? 560 00:42:32,120 --> 00:42:34,000 Is she heading west to find the gold? 561 00:42:38,272 --> 00:42:40,560 She's going to find the people who killed her family. 562 00:42:41,560 --> 00:42:43,321 Who killed her entire family? 563 00:42:50,801 --> 00:42:51,401 Hou, 564 00:42:51,600 --> 00:42:52,801 can I ask one more question? 565 00:42:55,721 --> 00:42:56,321 Ask. 566 00:42:58,000 --> 00:43:00,201 Does the General know I'm going to find Miss Zhang? 567 00:43:02,721 --> 00:43:03,881 He'll know tomorrow. 568 00:43:07,080 --> 00:43:08,560 I understand everything now. 569 00:43:12,300 --> 00:43:14,700 (Preview of the Next Episode) 570 00:43:15,241 --> 00:43:17,120 Have we planted our man among them? 571 00:43:17,520 --> 00:43:18,321 Yes. 572 00:43:18,401 --> 00:43:19,440 Who are you? 573 00:43:20,201 --> 00:43:21,040 I'm Fang. 574 00:43:21,072 --> 00:43:21,880 I'm here to apply. 575 00:43:21,920 --> 00:43:23,800 We put out one recruitment notice, and two people showed up. 576 00:43:23,960 --> 00:43:25,160 Don't you find that suspicious? 577 00:43:25,721 --> 00:43:26,761 Let's see what you can do. 578 00:43:27,000 --> 00:43:28,560 If only one of you is left, 579 00:43:28,608 --> 00:43:30,240 you won't have to split the 200 taels. 580 00:43:40,481 --> 00:43:45,481 =Remnants of Gold=