Original subtitles

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Translation and Timing by the Joy of Life Team @ Viki.com

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♫ Have you ever heard of ♫

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♫ the snow mountain’s cliff ♫

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♫ once left people with lingering enchantments ♫

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♫ Legend has it ♫

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♫ that there are treasures on it ♫

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♫ But there is also an hidden abyss ♫

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♫ The smart, foolish ♫

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♫ and kind people ♫

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♫ are all people you’re familiar with ♫

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♫ On the mountain slope, on the cliff ♫

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♫ on the cloud peak ♫

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♫ on this secular world ♫

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♫ Let the snowflakes swirl and flutter ♫

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[Joy of Life]

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[Episode 7]

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There's still something else.

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Release Teng Zijing.

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He was detained in the Punishment Department in the past.

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Moreover, he also returned to Jingdu with you.

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He might be up to no good.

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He's my friend.

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This word "friend" in Jingdu...

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That's too over the top.

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Fine. I will tell them to release him.

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You must be careful.

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Why were you unwilling to apologize to Fan Sizhe just now?

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Which father would apologize to his own son?

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Just keep holding it in.

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Thank you.

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You are thanking me?

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Take it that I owe you a favor.

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Starting from today, as long as you don't create trouble,

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I will stop being enemies with you.

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Are you talking about patching it up with me?

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Your guards wouldn't be able to arrest me.

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Taking you into account, I didn't resist.

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So to say, I should thank you?

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- Did you get the document?

- No.

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- Why not?

- If I talk too much, it won't be easy to find.

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Wang Qinian will deliver it tomorrow.

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That's good then.

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Take it as I owe you for this.

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Why is everyone owing me favors?

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Let's do this. I will kill someone for you.

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- Kill... Kill who?

- Make your choice.

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I just arrived at Jingdu two days ago. I don't know anyone here.

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Why don't I kill Liu Yu for you?

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Stay calm. I can understand you want to express your gratitude towards me, but can we change the method?

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She is a major suspect in the murder case in Danzhou.

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It's just a suspicion. Furthermore, the crown prince is also suspicious now.

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Kill the crown prince. It will get rid of the problems. Let's come up with a good plan.

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Can't we have a normal conversation?

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I don't have any other skills.

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I don't want you to sell your skills.

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Of course, I don't want you to sell your body, either.

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I'm merely joking. Haven't you heard of the phrase "Selling your skills and not your body"?

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No.

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Take it that I didn't say anything.

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Are you familiar with Xu Yunzhang from the Inspection and Control Bureau?

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He's just like me, from the Fourth Division.

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He created the fake order for the assassination in Danzhou.

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If we find him, we will know who the mastermind is.

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He's already dead.

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Do you know who he contacted when he was alive?

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I'm not close with him. I don't like contacting people.

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I could tell.

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I will still kill a person of your choice.

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Save it. When I think of someone to be killed, you will be the first person I will look for. Okay?

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What's wrong?

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I was thinking. Perhaps, there's still another place

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where we can obtain information about Xu Yunzhang.

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- Let's go now.

- I'm a dead man now. I can't expose myself.

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I can go instead.

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- How tall are you?

- What?

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Let me have the measurement tape. I will measure you.

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Come. Let's play.

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Okay, leave it here.

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Look carefully.

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I wonder whether Fan Xian has eaten. I will deliver some snacks to him later.

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I'm done. Are you ready?

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This is the first pair.

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Once the "dead" tile falls, you can't change it.

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Once you place it here, you can't change it.

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I will flip first.

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Nine points.

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There's none bigger than mine. They are all smaller.

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Admit it. Just admit.

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Stop looking. Full house.

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There's nothing bigger than this.

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I calculated. Mother, owes me a tael. Sis, you too.

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Father, you now owe me.

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You owe me 0,2 kg of silver and 58 cents.

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Why did you kick me?

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We are playing as a family and you calculated to the last cent?

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You are wrong in saying this. We are a family. We should calculate to the last cent.

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Why should we play without monies?

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Come! Let's play till our monies run out before we leave. Okay?

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Let's play again.

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This is more like a family.

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Stop trying to get close to me. Even a family needs to get the money, right?

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0,1 kg of silver, 0,1 kg of silver, 0,2 kg of silver and 58 cents.

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Thank you, Father.

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It's done.

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What are you doing? Didn't you say there's a place where I can check for information?

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Wait for me to come back.

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So secretive.

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King! Show me the money.

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- Come, Sis.

- I'm broke.

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It's fine if you are broke. I have money.

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Borrow from me. Who told you to be my biological sister?

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Let's do 9 in and 13 out. How about that?

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The sky is already dark.

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Let's do this tomorrow.

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Mother, did I win all of Father's monies?

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What do you think?

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Father didn't lecture me.

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I'm going back now.

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What do you think of Fan Xian?

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He's okay.

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He can fight and write books.

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His books are well written. They are good sellers.

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We even talked about opening a bookstore together.

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This is not bad.

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He can also teach you a lot.

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Mother, what's wrong with you?

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Don't you usually hate him?

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Looking at it now, it's best not to be enemies with him.

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You are right.

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You still owe me.

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[Fan Mansion]

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Ruoruo.

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Brother, what are you doing?

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If the capital is dray, I need to make a humidifier.

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A humidifier?

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It's to put moisture in the rooms.

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You can just place a basin of water.

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You don't understand. Once it's done, you will understand.

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People, after all, should live in style.

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By the way, how's the game of dominoes?

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Fan Sizhe won everything.

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You are here to borrow money from me?

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No. I'm here to tell you. When we were playing dominoes,

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Father didn't say anything harsh to Fan Sizhe.

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It feels like a family.

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That's good.

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Brother, it's due to you.

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Everything seems to have changed since you are here.

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I can't change anything at all.

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I don't have the capability and intention.

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Brother, what's wrong?

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It's nothing.

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When I went to the Inspection and Control Bureau today, at the stone monument at the gate,

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I saw the writings of my mother.

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What did she write?

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She wants to change the world and rebuild it.

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Rebuild the world?

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It sounds great.

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This is making the whole world as her enemy just by herself.

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This kind of person is indeed amazing.

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[Ye Qingmei]

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But I can't be such a person.

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I just want to live an ordinary life and die when I do.

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It's not bad to live well, too.

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But I also feel that, if the world were to change like what's written on the stone monument,

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I would live a happier life.

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Change it to what's written on the stone monument then.

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Everything will fall into chaos and the world will be a mess.

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Anything is fine, as long as you like it.

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You don't have any principles at all.

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I believe in you. Believing in you is my principle.

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It's okay. There's nothing to hide from Ruoruo.

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It's fine that you trust her.

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- What's this?

- Clothes for night travel. It's tailored according to your measurements.

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- What are you doing again?

- Didn't you want to obtain information? Change your clothes and leave with me.

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Where are you going? For what? Can I go?

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You can't.

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What are you doing?

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Brother, I've wanted to be on adventures like

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in the stories all my life. I'm finally doing it!

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Let me remind you again. Fan Xian is the only person who can enter.

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- Why?

- Because one can only enter with his outfit.

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- Enter what?

- There is a store over there.

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It doesn't sell anything other than information.

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No matter it's the government or the gangs, they all try their luck

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out there.

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Of course, not everyone can enter. You need to know people and pay lots of money for it.

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The most important thing is that you need to dress like you are an assassin.

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- Whose outfit is it?

- Mine.

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Fan Xian, don't get your hopes up.

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Or else, I will not get you to pull the file from the office.

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What file?

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From now on, we are normal people.

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Don't act crazy.

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Let's go.

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What file?

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- This?

- That's right.

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Zijing, this store sounds mysterious, but the storefront is not hidden at all.

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It looks like it's owned by someone sketchy.

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We can go now.

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We are here already. Let's take a look.

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Only he can enter.

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Put down your bets! Put down your bets!

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- What do we do next?

- We wait.

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- Shouldn't we be in there?

- We should be observing on the rooftop.

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- Let's go!

- Can you get up there?

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- I can't.

- Then we wait.

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Put down your bets!

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Hurry up!

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It's opening!

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I want to know who Xu Yunzhang is talking to.

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Wait.

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Come, come, come! Put down your bets!

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Get your hands off the chips!

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There are birds this late!

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Can't there be owls?

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Of course.

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Your Highness, Fan Xian went to the store that trades information.

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He is finding out about Xu Yunzhang.

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Hand it to him then.

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You Highness!

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Come, come, come! Leave your chips!

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Big or small!

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Leave your chips!

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[Give it to Fan Xian.]

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3, 5, 4, big!

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Such bad luck!

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My Lord.

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This is what you asked for.

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It really works!

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Xu Yunzhang is talking with the prince.

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So the crown prince is trying to kill you.

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It's not right.

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People are gone. No one is left.

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What? Do you think this information is fake?

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There are many details and witnesses. It's hard to fake it.

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Why did you go back then?

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Wang Qinian told me that

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Xu Yunzhang's case was in charge by the head of the procuratorate.

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In theory, this information is classified.

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But I was able to get it this easily.

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It's a little too easy.

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Also, my teacher told me that the procuratorate is very powerful.

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That's true. It supervises all the governors and they are afraid of it.

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Since it is that scary, why is there a store like this inside the capital?

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Doesn't the procuratorate know?

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- They probably do.

- Why don't they shut it down?

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I haven't thought of it.

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Are you saying that this store is owned by the procuratorate?

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There is another possibility.

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The owner of this store could be controlled by the procuratorate.

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That can't happen. You probably don't know how powerful the procuratorate is.

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Ever since I arrived at the capital, someone has been messing with the Prince's Manor

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and Prince of Jing invited me to the poetry gathering.

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The truth to the assassination was so on the nose. Everything came.

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It is like there is a hand controlling everything from behind

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and pushed me to the wave.

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Your Highness, Fan Xian went back to the store.

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I'm afraid that he is having doubts.

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The doubts do not matter.

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The store was a shame.

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The store? It was Chen Pingping

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who offered a place for the wild ones.

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Just build another one.

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Did we just tell Fan Xian about Xu Yuzhang and the Crown Prince's Manor's connection?

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Wouldn't that be too direct?

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His status is so much lower.

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Wound't Fan Xian be scared to death?

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If that were so, he couldn't be in charge of the band.

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This hell is my test for him.

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Who do you think would win?

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- There are so many talented people here.

- That's true.

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He's not here yet. Let's wait.

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- I didn't expect this many people to show up.

- Of course, they would. The prince invited them.

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Why isn't His Highness here yet?

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Don't worry, Lord Guo. He will be here soon.

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[Li Hongcheng: the son of Southern Qing's Prince of Jing]

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[Prince of Jing's Manor]

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Prince.

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Sister Ruo, is your brother not coming?

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My brother.... My brother said he needs to change his outfit.

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- My brother prepared this for you...

- Sorry! Sorry!

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I'm late. It just occurred to me that I needed to change my outfit.

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It's my first time visiting. Here are the gifts I prepared.

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This is dry fuit.

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This is sugar.

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This... I'm not sure what seasoning this is. You try it.

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I also got you two bags of persimmons.

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You are the prince and these are persimmons. Sounds about right.

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Is everyone here?

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Everyone is here. They are all waiting for you.

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So are the girls?

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Let's go in! Let's go!

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[Prince of Jing's Manor]

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Persimmon?

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Brother, you said you went back to change. You dress like you were in Danzhou.

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What's wrong with Danzhou? Do you think I'm too unfashionable?

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Tell you what, I was wearing this outfit the day I met the Chicken Drumstick Girl.

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I am afraid she won't recognize me if I change it.

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Brother, all the girls will be sitting over there

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during the poetry.

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What about me?

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Who would come first for poetry?

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That's true. So many talents

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are trying to make it today. They are all here.

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It's my first time seeing this.

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We are so lucky to be here.

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It's wonderful.

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You really made it, even if you are going to embarrassing yourself.

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Since you are here, we...

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Do you really think you can't just pretend that you never hear it and hide?

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He really is...

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Why is this guy here?

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Why is he so rude?

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She is not here!

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People are civilized because of manners.

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One doesn't have to wear fancy clothes, but he can't be civilized without manners.

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Who are you?

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I'm He Zongwei. I've met you at Yishiju.

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Is every girl here?

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No other girls left?

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Fan Xian, why are you so rude?

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Calm down, you two.

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Since it's about poetry, let's talk through poetry.

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Prince, do you know a girl who likes chicken drumsticks?

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She likes... likes what?

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Chicken drumsticks, you know, chicken's legs.

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We offer lunch here. Let's sit, everyone.

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The prince is right.

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Since this is a battle between learned people, we should use poetry to fight.

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What is there to compete? You will surely lose.

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What big words!

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Fan Xian, if you dare not go against me,

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I will not make things difficult for you, either.

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You just need to kneel down and admit your wrongs.

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Didn't I already tell you that the one who will lose is you?

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Preposterous. Who do you think you are? A great poet?

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All right, then you tell me how we should compete.

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One... two... three...

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four... five... six...

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seven... eight.... nine...

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ten.

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Your Highness,

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in ten steps,

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we shall loudly recite verses on the spot.

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Let everyone else decide on who wins and loses. What do you think?

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Interesting.

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[Dream of the Red Chamber]

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This Red Chamber is really incredible.

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Reading such an interesting book is comforting to the soul.

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Speak here.

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Crown Prince has asked me to report about the poetry battle.

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Guo Baokun suggested that within ten steps,

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the poems they make before the moonrises will be the duel.

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Did Fan Xian accept?

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Fan Xian rejected. He said that no matter how many poems Guo Baokun and He Zongwei write,

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he only needs one in order to win.

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Such bold words.

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Good.

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Win in just one poem?

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Lord Fan, do you think Lord Guo and I are so easy to defeat?

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A wild village man can only write one poem.

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You guys can start.

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The poets are here to meet with enthusiasm and I am feeling all kinds of feelings right now.

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I will not be polite.

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"The cloud and the blue sky makes the building hiding behind the fog.

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The little boat draws out the wind.

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The fog hides the sky.

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The thought lights the candle."

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Great poem!

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The last part was great!

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A great poem!

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The intonation is wrong.

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Let's not talk about that first.

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The whole poem is just all fancy words but no heart.

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You-You-You--

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Lord Guo.

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Lord Fan, this is an inherent flaw.

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It is difficult to compose a poem on the spot.

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Since Lord Fan wants to listen so intently,

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I left my hometown

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and went to the capital. While I was looking forward to my future, I made a poem. It's not very well-written,

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but it has my heart in it.

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If you want to recite it then go ahead.

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Your Highness, pardon me.

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Lord Guo.

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"The cloud is on the east side of the shore.

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In white clothes stepping across the snow.

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Don't just think that you are traveling far.

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The mountain is your company."

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Good! Good!

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While writing this poem you do have some pride.

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At that time, did you think that

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you would be someone's retainer and do what they say?

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Lord Fan, your words are like swords.

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I wonder if you can recite a poem?

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Then let's begin.

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Look. There he goes.

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Brother Fan, a poem in ten steps.

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Don't you want to think about it more?

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I didn't find the person I wanted to find.

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So I shall just write it down straight away.

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You both, I will bet with you.

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After I have finished writing my poem,

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if you can write one which is even better,

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I will stop writing poems forever.

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If I lose,

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I will never compose poems again.

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You are not composing poems,

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you are seeking death.

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"The wind blows high and the ape cries.

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The sand is clean and white, and the birds are flying back.

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The leaves are falling and one can't see the edge.

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The endless river flows by."

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Great poem.

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"The autumn sorrow is a permanent guest.

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But I climb up to see the view even when I'm not well.

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The toughness I went through whitened my hair.

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In misery,

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I put down my wine.

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The autumn sorrow and the unwellness."

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Just a short couple of lines describes such sadness.

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Today's gathering, we only need this one

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to leave in the history books.

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I have finished writing.

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You both, just write anything. The more, the merrier.

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As long as you can write better, you are considered the winner.

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This is from Du Fu, the Master of Poetry.

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They say this is the finest 7-liner.

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Don't even think about writing poems in your lifetime.

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Where's the latrine?

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At the back of the courtyard.

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- Which way?

- Over here.

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Take good care of my younger sister.

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- Great poem!

- Great poem!

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It's really a great poem!

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I'm sorry, Master of Poetry.

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They were too arrogant. I used you to teach them a lesson.

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Master Fan.

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Master Fan is definitely excellent in poems.

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It's just us artists who needs to take care of our souls.

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Why look down upon every poet?

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If you can be calm and work on your character,

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I believe you will be a true master of our time.

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Guo Baokun is very shameless.

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You are worse than him.

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When Guo Baokun was insulting someone else, you were agreeing with him.

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Why didn't you tell him to work on his character when he suggested the competition?

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Now you can't beat me, you are telling me to be calm and step down.

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Lord He, do you have no shame?

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[Xie Bian: Second Prince's Personal Guard]

Let him in.

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- Why do I need to come in?

- Go back then.

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[Li Chengqian: Second Prince of Southern Qing]

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Fan Xian.

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Do you know me?

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The crown prince sees you as his foe. Naturally, I must remember your name.

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Who are you?

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You have three chances.

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Second Prince.

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Smart.

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Why are you looking for me?

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There is some animosity between the crown prince and me.

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As for you, the crown prince dislikes you.

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Your Highness wants me to side with you?

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Kill you.

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Use your corpse as a gift to the crown prince

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so that our relationship would be good again.

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Then, how about Your Highness take a guess

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that your sword is fast,

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or my hand reaches you first?

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I guess the sword is still faster.

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Does any one of you have any poems?

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- Your Highness, the Crown Prince.

- This way.

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Lord Fan's poem

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was very unique.

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It's just that...

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the writing was not perfect.

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Isn't that so?

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That is true. The handwriting is intolerable.

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Intolerable!

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We were told we were competing in poems and not handwriting.

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My older brother said,

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you guys can keep writing all you want. This is the only one he has.

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The handwriting is definitely quite ugly.

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What's wrong? Still not taking up your brush?

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If you lose, you will stop writing poems forever.

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Lord Guo is from a well-known family and works in the palace as an editor.

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You will keep your words, right?

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Yes.

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Why don't I tell someone to get the paper and brush for you?

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My Lord, this is the best wolf fur brush for you.

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- Young Master.

- Go over there! You are so ignorant!

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Young Master!

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- Go over there.

- Young Master!

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What do you know?!

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Where did you learn this?

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Scram!

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You are annoying!

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It's sweet.

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Just one word from me and you will die.

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You won't kill me.

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Why not? I already said that

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I will use your head

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to resolve the differences between me and the crown prince.

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Even if you kill a hundred Fan Xians, you still can't go back to the way it was.

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How presumptuous!

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Anything else?

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If you really wanted to kill me,

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you wouldn't do it here.

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And you wouldn't use this tactic, either.

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It's not wise.

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Bian,

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put the sword away.

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The poem was written extremely well.

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I wanted to see you right after you wrote it.

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I don't want to see you.

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If I knew you would be here, I wouldn't have come this way.

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Why?

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If the crown prince knows that I met you here today,

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he will definitely think that I'm depending on you.

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I will have hard times in the future.

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Your Majesty! Your Majesty!

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Your Majesty, Master Fan wrote an extremely rare and excellent poem.

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Read it to me.

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All right.

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"The wind blows high and the ape cries.

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The sand is clean and white, and the birds are flying back.

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The leaves are falling and one can't see the edge.

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The endless river flows by.

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The autumn sorrow is my permanent guest.

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But I still climb the stairs to see the view when I'm unwell.

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The toughness I've been through whitened my hair.

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In misery, I put down my wine."

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This poem sounds like it was written by an old person.

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After he finished writing this poem, Master Fan went to meet Second Prince at the back of the courtyard.

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Second Prince had an assassin guarding him.

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I couldn't get near them to listen to their conversation.

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I couldn't hear anything.

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- Where is the crown prince?

- He is visiting the princess royal.

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That's sweet of him.

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Deliver this poem to him.

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All right.

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Your Majesty, do you have any other instructions?

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Let him read this poem.

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Also, tell him about what happened at the Prince of Jing's Manor.

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Yes.

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"But I still climb the stairs to see the view when I'm unwell."

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"The toughness I've been through whitened my hair.

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In misery, I put down my wine."

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Guo Baokun lost.

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His Majesty had this delivered here.

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He said it was written by Fan Xian.

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He wants you to study it.

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Smart.

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Not only do you have talent as a writer, but you also know how to deal with people.

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It's rare.

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Thank you, Your Highness.

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The crown prince will find out sooner or later that we met. Aren't you worried?

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Your Highness, do you know a young lady who likes to eat chicken drumsticks?

560

Do you believe in love at first sight?

561

I didn't believe it either,

562

but I do now.

563

I met a young lady holding a chicken drumstick.

564

I'm telling this story to you. What do you think?

565

Translation and Timing by the Joy of Life Team @ Viki.com

566

♫ Life goes round and round ♫

567

♫ In the long river of time ♫

568

♫ Layers of memories, of many lives over ♫

569

♫ Get stacked up ♫

570

♫ In an intoxicating river of stars ♫

571

♫ Before you know it, spring is over and it's almost fall again ♫

572

♫ The swallows are gone to their wintering grounds ♫

573

♫ Who can give up the chance ♫

574

♫ To spend this life with you? ♫

575

♫ You have been walking around in your dream for so long ♫

576

♫ The flowers fall from the boughs quietly ♫

577

♫ Year in and year out, we are on the road ♫

578

♫ Counting the remaining days of the year ♫

579

♫ Even if we will never meet again ♫

580

♫ Even if the bond is broken ♫

581

♫ No complaints ♫

582

♫ It's a cold world and I still think of you as I did before ♫

583

♫ The moon is sleepless ♫

584

♫ Leave a warm heart ♫

585

♫ To look after the rest of the year ♫

586

♫ Even if I have to cross a thousand mountains ♫

587

♫ Through the fire of war ♫

588

♫ You are always there for me ♫

589

♫ The flowers leave the boughs, quietly ♫

590

♫ Year in and year out, we are on the road ♫

591

♫ Counting the remaining days of the year ♫

592

♫ Even if we will never meet again ♫

593

♫ Even if the bond is broken ♫

594

♫ No complaints ♫

595

♫ It's a cold world and I think of you as I did before ♫

596

♫ The moon is sleepless ♫

597

♫ Leave a warm heart ♫

598

♫ To look after the rest of the year ♫

599

♫ Even if I have to cross a thousand mountains and through the fire of war ♫

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♫ You are always there for me ♫