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[🔎👁🗨The Sleuth of the Ming Dynasty👁🗨🔍]
[Episode 41]
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Who are you guys?
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Honey.
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Mrs. Gao.
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General Gao Yi is back.
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This person is not Gao Yi.
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Bin.
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Do you miss this Governor's official uniform?
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You can take it.
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My thing is as good as yours.
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No. I am feeling sorry
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because I was this close to wearing
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the uniform of the Assistant Minister of Punishments.
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Tang Fan!
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Why are you so stupid?
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Couldn't you just gratefully obey His Majesty's order
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and just say, "Thank you"?
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Then you would be the Minister of Punishments now!
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Of course
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I would become a third rank Assistant Minister of Punishments.
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But look at what I am now!
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You came back to be a humble Governor of Shuntian Prefecture
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which made me
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have to follow you to
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become a fourth rank vice governor!
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Bin.
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To be honest with you,
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I have been feeling guilty that I cost you your job as the governor.
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So when we came back this time,
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to outsiders you will still be the vice governor.
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But in fact you can do all the work of the governor.
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And I will continue to do a magistrate's job.
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Consider it my way to apologize to you.
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What about your salary, huh?
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If that's the case, shouldn't you give
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me your salary as the governor, too?
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The court is now in session.
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Lady.
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Who is this lady?
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This is the widow of General Gao Yi,
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who was a meritorious general during the Zhengtong reign.
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Mrs. Gao.
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What did you beat the drum and appeal for justice for?
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Sir.
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I came to the court to seek justice for my dead husband.
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Who are you suing?
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Gao Yi.
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Gao Yi?
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Sir.
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My husband died a long time ago.
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This person must be an imposter.
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Since you are suing someone for being a sham,
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where is the defendant now?
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General Gao can't go home.
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They temporarily arranged him to stay in the official courier hotel.
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Sir. Please find justice for me.
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Mrs. Gao.
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Can you remember what physical characteristics General Gao has?
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This case involves the past 30 years ago.
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We need time to verify the facts.
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Mrs. Gao, please go home for now.
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Thank you, sir.
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Fan.
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What should we do?
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This is a weird case.
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Whether this Gao Yi is fake or genuine, I have to see him first.
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How did General Gao's visiting his family go?
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Your Majesty.
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General Gao has not returned home.
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Why not?
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Mrs. Gao didn't recognize him.
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What do you mean by recognize?
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She believes that General Gao is dead.
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Whoever came home is an imposter.
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Do you think that's possible?
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He was captured a long time ago.
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People who knew General Gao back then
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either died in battles or died a natural death.
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It is difficult to find other witnesses or physical evidence.
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Even if we check his files, we can only find things 30 years ago.
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It's really hard to be sure.
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You will be in charge of verifying his identity.
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If he is genuine, don't let this old general be wronged.
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If he is an impostor, make sure he pays the price.
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Yes, Your Majesty.
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The day of the knighting ceremony has been fixed.
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I want to know the truth before that.
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I understand.
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You can leave.
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What can I get you?
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Same as him.
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General Gao was once wounded in battles.
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This is his medical record.
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It contains his injury time, the size and position of the wounds.
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Just in time. I'm going to meet him next.
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You go to the prairie.
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Check General Gao's life there in the past thirty years.
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Yes, sir.
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This must be kept secret.
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No one else can know about it.
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Come in.
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General Gao.
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I am Tang Fan, Governor of Shuntian Prefecture.
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Sorry that I came to visit late at night.
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Mr. Tang, help yourself.
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General.
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Is something bothering you?
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I have a home that I can't go back.
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That's exactly why I am here.
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Mrs. Gao went to our court saying you're an imposter.
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I recognized her at first sight.
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But my wife didn't recognize me.
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It's been thirty years.
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But I guess she's still mad at me.
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How did you recognize your wife?
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How can I forget my own wife?
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She gets older,
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but her face is still the same
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which I will never forget.
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General Gao.
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You suffered a lot during the past three decades.
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It's water under the bridge.
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I can understand you don't want to mention
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your experiences being a prisoner of war.
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However, you must also suffered a lot
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from your experiences in the countless battles.
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I know what you are really getting at.
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At that time,
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I killed Esen Taishi's horse to protect the then emperor.
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Esen Taishi was a very vengeful man.
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He tortured me burning my whole back by covering
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a burning linoleum on it.
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My back has been hurting like hell since then.
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I am so sorry to bring up your pains.
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My own wife doesn't recognize me.
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Who else will recognize me?
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I am sure doubts will clear up when the facts are known.
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I will take my leave.
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Your ratio of ingredients
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is getting more and more precise.
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In a few more days I will have to call you Dr. Tang.
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I don't want to be a doctor.
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I don't want to be your competitor.
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Hi, Fan.
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Pei.
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You asked my sister to work overtime.
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You need to pay her more salary.
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Your sister is the one paying me.
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She has all my money.
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Tell me,
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between a married couple,
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if you haven't seen each other for 30 years,
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will you forget what he or she looks like?
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This is unlikely.
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Why?
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If the two people are in love,
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no matter how long they haven't seen each other,
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they'll never forget what the other party looks like.
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This is to infuse the flavor into the pig knuckle.
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Come on, try it.
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Turn around and cut it.
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What should I do next?
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Next drizzle the caramelized sugar
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on the pig knuckle.
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Put it into the wok.
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OK.
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There you go.
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Zhou.
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An imposter?
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I am still investigating it.
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But all the scars he had which can be used for identification
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were now unrecognizable because they were ruined by tortures.
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There is no clue for me to follow now.
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What should I do?
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You know me so well.
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I want you to meet General Gao.
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You both had experiences in the army.
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If there is anything suspicious, maybe you can tell.
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It looks tasty.
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How is the taste then?
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It's good.
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The skin melts in my mouth and the meat is so tender.
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It's rich and tasty.
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Especially the honey works well in it.
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Yummy!
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Tang, since you moved back, Sui is in a much better mood.
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My name is Sui Zhou. I am from the Northern Administrative Court.
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General, I heard about your stories such as
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killing Esen Taisha's horse.
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With great admiration for you, I thought I could pay you a visit.
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Judging by your physique and the way you walk,
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you are also a veteran?
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I had defended the borders in Yansui Town for three years.
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Sit down.
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Yansui Town.
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In the tenth year of the Zhengtong reign,
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I was there for months
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to supervise the expansion of the frontier defense walls and forts.
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At that time I could already feel the terrifying power of the Oirats.
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But never had I expected that just four years later
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they defeated us so utterly in Tumu Fortress.
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In my years of defending the borders,
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I had many engagements with them.
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Thanks to the Yansui Defense Wall you expanded, we survived.
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Many engagements?
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Yes.
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The prairie calvary was brave and vicious.
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The Datong Commander-in-Chief
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was killed on the spot when fighting them.
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The fact that you came back alive shows your extraordinary ability.
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I just got lucky.
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There is no such thing as getting lucky on the battlefield.
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Once our squad was ambushed by their cavalry.
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All my fellow soldiers were dead.
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I don't know why
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I was the only one who survived.
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It's right to embrace the fact that you might die on the battlefield.
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But if you survive, you don't have to blame yourself for that.
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Being alive means you and I still have missions to complete.
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Let's just keep serving the country.
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Thank you for the enlightenment.
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What did you learn from
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the engagements with them?
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Their cavalry is extremely mobile.
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They are good at both offensive and defensive.
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In a head-to-head confrontation,
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Ming's soldiers will find them hard to defeat.
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Although their cavalry is tough,
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it's not like they have no weaknesses.
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Just lure them to canyons and valley terrains,
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their advantages will disappear.
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I have learned so much for you today.
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Mrs. Gao.
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I still have some questions to ask you about your husband.
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Sure.
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Can I ask how your relationship with him was after you got married?
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After we got married,
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we got along well and respected each other.
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But soon he went to a battle with the late emperor.
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Since then I heard little news from him.
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Later
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we heard that the late emperor's military operation was defeated
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and my husband was captured together.
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I could only pray to heaven that my husband could return safely.
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But one year later,
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only the late emperor was released.
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When he regained the throne,
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he gave titles and rewards to my husband.
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It wasn't until then that I learned
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my husband killed Esen Taishi's horse
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to protect the late emperor.
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He became a prisoner of war in a foreign land
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and no one knew whether he was alive.
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Please excuse my discomposure.
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What happened after that?
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After another seven or eight years
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everyone said my husband already died there.
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I also gradually lost hope.
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But I didn't expect
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the other day someone even pretended to be him.
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I was so devastated by it!
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How can you be sure that person is a sham?
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My husband and I were married for some time after all.
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Not to mention we were in love.
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If it were really him, I would know at a glance.
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Do you know the wounds at General Gao's back from battles?
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Do you know the exact positions?
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On his back…
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There were indeed a few scars.
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But I am old now.
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I don't remember the exact positions.
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I have checked scars on General Gao's back.
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So
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What the result was?
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They were covered by burns.
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So they're unrecognizable.
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I am grateful for what you have done to identify my husband.
278
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You're welcome.
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I am only doing my job.
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Although I might be old and get dim-sighted,
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if it was really my husband, I can recognize him
282
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no matter what his look has turned into.
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Mother!
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Mother.
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This is Gao Xiang, my adopted son to inherit Gao's family line.
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Mother.
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Xiang.
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This is Mr. Tang.
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How do you do? Mr. Tang.
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I will get out of your hair.
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Goodbye.
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Goodbye.
293
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That's what happened.
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She rejected to recognize Gao Yi?
295
00:20:39,320 --> 00:20:40,840
How could this happen?
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I do not know.
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00:20:44,480 --> 00:20:46,056
Where is he now?
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In the official courier hotel.
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Official courier hotel.
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I heard the Ming's royal court
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is already investigating Gao Yi's identity.
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Go to arrange for me to see him.
303
00:20:59,880 --> 00:21:00,880
Yes, sir.
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Come on. Have some more.
305
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It's been a long day!
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Try this.
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Noodles are coming!
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Thank you, Ms. Dong!
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Call me your big sister.
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Mrs. Gao checked out, at least that's what I thought.
311
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What she said sounds right.
312
00:21:29,160 --> 00:21:32,216
But there are still some details which made me feel strange.
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Strange?
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She claimed that she and General Gao were in love.
315
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But she didn't know the positions of the scars on his back.
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But if they were not close, how can she be sure
317
00:21:42,240 --> 00:21:45,040
she would recognize General Gao when she saw him?
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I talked about this with General Gao.
319
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He said that he left home for the battle right after they got married.
320
00:21:50,600 --> 00:21:52,696
So the two of them didn't spend much time together.
321
00:21:52,720 --> 00:21:54,480
Then why would Mrs. Gao lie?
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I can't figure it out now.
323
00:22:02,440 --> 00:22:05,216
After you met General Gao, did you find anything weird?
324
00:22:05,240 --> 00:22:06,896
General Gao masters the art of war.
325
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His words and deeds are typical of a general.
326
00:22:10,080 --> 00:22:12,336
That sounds that there is no problem with General Gao's side, either.
327
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This is exactly where the problem lies.
328
00:22:15,880 --> 00:22:19,200
This Gao Yi sounds like a general too much.
329
00:22:20,160 --> 00:22:22,096
Well, he had been fighting for years before he was captured.
330
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It's normal he still sounds and looks like a general.
331
00:22:24,120 --> 00:22:25,840
I was once captured by the enemy.
332
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I have also seen many captives of both ours and the enemies.
333
00:22:28,960 --> 00:22:29,960
As a prisoner of war,
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the experience will absolutely leave indelible marks in you.
335
00:22:34,160 --> 00:22:38,696
When General Gao spoke of how he was tortured, he sounded calm.
336
00:22:38,720 --> 00:22:40,296
Maybe he had already recovered from the trauma?
337
00:22:40,320 --> 00:22:41,656
No matter how much you recover,
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after being a captive for thirty years,
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he shouldn't have the current momentum.
340
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At least not like a general.
341
00:22:48,840 --> 00:22:51,440
Whether he is an imposter or not, our conversation
342
00:22:52,320 --> 00:22:54,800
undid a knot in my mind.
343
00:22:55,360 --> 00:22:59,360
It's right to embrace the fact that you might die on the battlefield.
344
00:23:00,560 --> 00:23:04,296
But if you survive you don't have to blame yourself for that.
345
00:23:04,320 --> 00:23:08,800
Being alive means you and I still have missions to complete.
346
00:23:09,400 --> 00:23:12,160
Let's just keep serving the country.
347
00:23:25,840 --> 00:23:27,576
He's gone for thirty years.
348
00:23:27,600 --> 00:23:29,560
We have no lead to follow at General Gao's side.
349
00:23:30,840 --> 00:23:32,080
What are you going to do?
350
00:23:34,640 --> 00:23:38,000
Since General Gao is a dead end, let's check Mrs. Gao first.
351
00:23:38,520 --> 00:23:40,456
She has been staying in the capital for the past 30 years.
352
00:23:40,480 --> 00:23:42,920
So it should not be difficult to investigate her situation.
353
00:23:44,320 --> 00:23:45,320
Where are you going?
354
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Huichun Pharmacy.
355
00:23:54,200 --> 00:23:55,136
Mr. Tang.
356
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I have another favor to ask you.
357
00:23:56,760 --> 00:23:57,760
It's my pleasure.
358
00:23:58,280 --> 00:23:59,896
What can I do for you?
359
00:23:59,920 --> 00:24:02,616
Did Mrs. Gao ever get her prescriptions and buy medicines here?
360
00:24:02,640 --> 00:24:03,976
Which Mrs. Gao?
361
00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:05,280
General Gao Yi's wife.
362
00:24:06,600 --> 00:24:07,976
Sir.
363
00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:09,976
There are many well-known families in the capital
364
00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:11,456
coming to us to get and fill their prescriptions.
365
00:24:11,480 --> 00:24:13,856
We do keep their records.
366
00:24:13,880 --> 00:24:15,936
Then I'd like to see her medical records.
367
00:24:15,960 --> 00:24:16,960
I can't do that.
368
00:24:17,720 --> 00:24:20,856
The reason we can become a time-honored pharmacy in the capital
369
00:24:20,880 --> 00:24:22,816
is we put emphasis on our customers' privacy.
370
00:24:22,840 --> 00:24:24,536
The records of medicines they bought
371
00:24:24,560 --> 00:24:27,216
is a private matter of those blue bloods.
372
00:24:27,240 --> 00:24:29,896
Keeping them secret is our obligation.
373
00:24:29,920 --> 00:24:31,736
I can't give them to anyone
374
00:24:31,760 --> 00:24:33,976
except the Eastern and Western Depots or the Imperial Guards.
375
00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:35,720
Please forgive me.
376
00:24:37,920 --> 00:24:39,096
Zhou!
377
00:24:39,120 --> 00:24:41,760
Mr. Li said he would only hand the records to the Imperial Guards.
378
00:24:47,800 --> 00:24:52,376
I told you this Flying Fish suit looks best in you.
379
00:24:52,400 --> 00:24:53,976
I haven't seen you for days,
380
00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:55,536
- The records.
- You're promoted to baihu again.
381
00:24:55,560 --> 00:24:56,536
Yes, sure.
382
00:24:56,560 --> 00:24:57,560
I'll get it.
383
00:25:02,920 --> 00:25:04,720
See? This uniform works every time.
384
00:25:14,040 --> 00:25:15,856
Mrs. Gao's records are here.
385
00:25:15,880 --> 00:25:17,840
Gentlemen.
386
00:25:26,440 --> 00:25:27,816
I will return it as fast as possible.
387
00:25:27,840 --> 00:25:29,176
It's OK.
388
00:25:29,200 --> 00:25:30,400
Take your time.
389
00:25:33,520 --> 00:25:34,096
Pei!
390
00:25:34,120 --> 00:25:35,480
Help me check these prescriptions!
391
00:25:51,320 --> 00:25:54,896
Where did you get the prescription records?
392
00:25:54,920 --> 00:25:55,920
I transcribed them.
393
00:25:57,040 --> 00:25:58,200
You transcribed them?
394
00:25:59,240 --> 00:26:00,480
Why?
395
00:26:03,440 --> 00:26:05,216
And whose records?
396
00:26:05,240 --> 00:26:06,376
It's about the privacy of others.
397
00:26:06,400 --> 00:26:07,576
I can't tell you.
398
00:26:07,600 --> 00:26:09,000
What can you tell from the records?
399
00:26:09,880 --> 00:26:12,217
It seems that the owner of these records
400
00:26:12,241 --> 00:26:14,816
must suffer from some private tragedies in the early years
401
00:26:14,840 --> 00:26:17,136
and had been sad over it for a long time.
402
00:26:17,160 --> 00:26:19,136
So look, there were a lot of prescriptions for soothing the mind.
403
00:26:19,160 --> 00:26:21,600
Immediately after that she slowly recovered.
404
00:26:22,240 --> 00:26:23,560
Probably 20 years ago,
405
00:26:25,400 --> 00:26:27,200
she was pregnant.
406
00:26:27,840 --> 00:26:29,600
Pei, don't talk nonsense!
407
00:26:30,280 --> 00:26:31,576
Are you sure?
408
00:26:31,600 --> 00:26:33,000
I am sure!
409
00:26:34,560 --> 00:26:35,560
Look.
410
00:26:36,360 --> 00:26:38,656
Semen strychni, arisaema aridum, and aconite Root
411
00:26:38,680 --> 00:26:40,240
are all herbs for an abortion.
412
00:26:41,800 --> 00:26:43,696
Scutellaria, atractylodes, macrocephalae and donkey-hide gelatin
413
00:26:43,720 --> 00:26:46,056
are all for miscarriage prevention.
414
00:26:46,080 --> 00:26:46,817
But there is just a short interval
415
00:26:46,841 --> 00:26:48,056
between the two totally different prescriptions.
416
00:26:48,080 --> 00:26:50,800
So There is only one possibility.
417
00:26:51,480 --> 00:26:52,696
She didn't abort the child successfully.
418
00:26:52,720 --> 00:26:54,000
So she had to protect the fetus.
419
00:26:58,800 --> 00:27:00,256
Starting here onwards
420
00:27:00,280 --> 00:27:02,576
are all medicines for recovery after giving birth.
421
00:27:02,600 --> 00:27:05,576
Going further forwards, these are tonics
422
00:27:05,600 --> 00:27:08,120
needed for a baby, and then a toddler all the way growing up.
423
00:27:11,240 --> 00:27:12,696
I see.
424
00:27:12,720 --> 00:27:20,720
On that yellow mountain there is a yellow rainbow.
425
00:27:27,840 --> 00:27:34,496
I remember my mother who fed me.
426
00:27:34,520 --> 00:27:37,240
My heart is overwhelmed by missing her.
427
00:28:01,800 --> 00:28:02,936
Let's go.
428
00:28:02,960 --> 00:28:04,536
Let's go back early.
429
00:28:04,560 --> 00:28:06,920
- We'll come again in another day.
- Today's ballad is good.
430
00:28:19,760 --> 00:28:20,457
You sung a wonderful ballad of
431
00:28:20,481 --> 00:28:22,736
the battles with Tartars at the east and Uihurs in the west.
432
00:28:22,760 --> 00:28:23,760
Thank you.
433
00:28:25,120 --> 00:28:27,440
Who is the Black General mentioned in the ballad just now?
434
00:28:29,200 --> 00:28:30,656
The Black General
435
00:28:30,680 --> 00:28:34,880
was an alien general who was captured by Esen Taishi.
436
00:28:36,560 --> 00:28:40,560
He was once a general by a Ming's emperor's side.
437
00:28:41,360 --> 00:28:44,840
After surrendering to our Khan, he made great contributions to us.
438
00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:49,160
Who is this Black General
439
00:28:53,920 --> 00:28:54,960
in the story?
440
00:28:55,520 --> 00:28:57,176
Why do you want to know?
441
00:28:57,200 --> 00:28:58,360
What do you want?
442
00:29:23,440 --> 00:29:27,440
To what do I owe the pleasure of your visit?
443
00:29:30,840 --> 00:29:32,040
Where is Gao Xiang?
444
00:29:34,560 --> 00:29:37,216
Xiang hasn't returned yet.
445
00:29:37,240 --> 00:29:38,560
Then I'll wait for him here.
446
00:29:41,560 --> 00:29:43,080
Did Xiang make
447
00:29:44,480 --> 00:29:49,000
some kind of mistake?
448
00:29:50,040 --> 00:29:51,176
Mrs. Gao.
449
00:29:51,200 --> 00:29:52,600
Let me tell you a story.
450
00:29:54,520 --> 00:29:55,880
Please.
451
00:29:56,960 --> 00:29:59,416
A woman was just newly married
452
00:29:59,440 --> 00:30:01,816
when her husband had to travel far away from home
453
00:30:01,840 --> 00:30:03,136
and she had never heard his news ever since,
454
00:30:03,160 --> 00:30:04,976
not even he was still alive or not.
455
00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:09,136
This woman experienced pain, sadness, despair
456
00:30:09,160 --> 00:30:10,560
but recovered slowly after that.
457
00:30:11,160 --> 00:30:14,800
At this time there was a man who appeared in her life.
458
00:30:15,640 --> 00:30:18,401
This woman who had been lonely for a long time fell in love with him.
459
00:30:19,040 --> 00:30:20,496
However, this woman
460
00:30:20,520 --> 00:30:23,376
was already honored by the royal court as a dead man's chaste widow.
461
00:30:23,400 --> 00:30:27,680
Under all kinds of pressure, this man finally chose to leave her.
462
00:30:28,200 --> 00:30:31,016
But then the woman found out she was pregnant.
463
00:30:31,040 --> 00:30:33,416
She thought about aborting this child,
464
00:30:33,440 --> 00:30:36,040
but she gave birth to him in the end.
465
00:30:37,040 --> 00:30:40,776
After the child was born, in the name of inheriting the family line,
466
00:30:40,800 --> 00:30:43,280
the woman took her own flesh and blood in, as an adopted son.
467
00:30:43,960 --> 00:30:47,320
But she did not expect years later, her husband suddenly came back.
468
00:30:48,200 --> 00:30:50,080
The woman didn't know how to face her husband.
469
00:30:50,720 --> 00:30:53,560
So in a panic attack, she pretended that was not her husband.
470
00:31:15,080 --> 00:31:17,400
Everything is my fault.
471
00:31:18,120 --> 00:31:19,720
I am willing to be punished
472
00:31:20,560 --> 00:31:22,120
without any complaint.
473
00:31:23,480 --> 00:31:24,480
But
474
00:31:25,720 --> 00:31:27,680
please don't punish Xiang.
475
00:31:29,920 --> 00:31:31,720
He is innocent.
476
00:31:45,800 --> 00:31:47,760
Go ask Xiang to come out.
477
00:32:03,560 --> 00:32:04,560
Honey.
478
00:32:12,960 --> 00:32:15,240
Do you know me?
479
00:32:19,120 --> 00:32:21,040
Although you don't know me,
480
00:32:21,920 --> 00:32:24,520
I like you very much.
481
00:32:26,560 --> 00:32:30,176
I didn't expect I can still have a son in such an old age.
482
00:32:30,200 --> 00:32:32,760
This is really a happy event.
483
00:32:34,200 --> 00:32:35,240
Xiang.
484
00:32:35,840 --> 00:32:37,160
Greet your father.
485
00:32:40,040 --> 00:32:41,296
Father.
486
00:32:41,320 --> 00:32:42,057
Good boy.
487
00:32:42,081 --> 00:32:43,680
Come on, get up.
488
00:32:44,280 --> 00:32:45,280
Good.
489
00:32:48,360 --> 00:32:50,320
Yi, I…
490
00:32:55,600 --> 00:32:56,600
Honey.
491
00:32:58,360 --> 00:33:00,120
Honey…
492
00:33:02,400 --> 00:33:03,496
Honey.
493
00:33:03,520 --> 00:33:06,696
Sorry for what you've been through for the past years.
494
00:33:06,720 --> 00:33:08,416
Although I'm a loyal minister to the royal court,
495
00:33:08,440 --> 00:33:09,800
I am not a good husband to you.
496
00:33:12,880 --> 00:33:16,536
I hope you can forgive me and give me a chance
497
00:33:16,560 --> 00:33:20,096
to let me make up for what I owed you over the past thirty years.
498
00:33:20,120 --> 00:33:21,240
Honey…
499
00:33:22,920 --> 00:33:23,920
Honey…
500
00:33:28,960 --> 00:33:31,976
General Gao Yi has been brave and fierce.
501
00:33:32,000 --> 00:33:35,040
He protected the late emperor by killing Esen Taisai's horse.
502
00:33:35,560 --> 00:33:37,656
During more than thirty years of suffering in the northern deserts,
503
00:33:37,680 --> 00:33:40,376
he has stayed loyal to Ming and unyielding.
504
00:33:40,400 --> 00:33:42,640
The Heaven and Earth is witness of his loyalty.
505
00:33:44,080 --> 00:33:45,240
So I am now bestowed him as
506
00:33:46,080 --> 00:33:47,400
Earl Anding.
507
00:33:48,120 --> 00:33:50,320
Thank you, Your Majesty.
508
00:33:56,160 --> 00:33:57,760
I'd like to make a toast to General Gao.
509
00:34:06,360 --> 00:34:07,360
General.
510
00:34:07,880 --> 00:34:10,920
How was my father like in the Oirat army?
511
00:34:12,230 --> 00:34:15,126
Although the late emperor was captured by the enemy
512
00:34:15,150 --> 00:34:18,080
he always maintained the integrity as an emperor.
513
00:34:18,630 --> 00:34:20,606
In the face of threats and temptations of Esen Taisai,
514
00:34:20,630 --> 00:34:23,600
he refused to go south with them or a marriage with the Oirat princess.
515
00:34:29,080 --> 00:34:30,416
This toast is for
516
00:34:30,440 --> 00:34:33,816
the loyalty that you showed by killing Esen Taishi's horse
517
00:34:33,840 --> 00:34:35,646
to protect my father.
518
00:34:35,670 --> 00:34:39,646
And also for the suffering you had in the
519
00:34:39,670 --> 00:34:41,336
more than thirty years being imprisoned by the Oirats.
520
00:34:41,360 --> 00:34:42,630
Thank you, Your Majesty.
521
00:34:48,400 --> 00:34:50,920
I can't imagine
522
00:34:52,080 --> 00:34:53,960
the pains you must have suffered.
523
00:34:56,120 --> 00:34:59,760
It's nothing because everything I did was for our Ming.
524
00:35:01,000 --> 00:35:03,576
But there is something
525
00:35:03,600 --> 00:35:06,656
I don't know whether I should say to Your Majesty.
526
00:35:06,680 --> 00:35:08,280
General, please do share.
527
00:35:10,800 --> 00:35:13,816
The late emperor once trusted the Eunuch Wang Zhen unduly
528
00:35:13,840 --> 00:35:15,576
which led to his decision of personally leading the troops to a battle.
529
00:35:15,600 --> 00:35:17,536
The decision harmed the country and made himself
530
00:35:17,560 --> 00:35:19,496
become a prisoner of war.
531
00:35:19,520 --> 00:35:23,296
A total of 66 civilian and military officials going with him
532
00:35:23,320 --> 00:35:24,856
were almost killed in the battle.
533
00:35:24,880 --> 00:35:27,896
Fan Zhong, who was also a leader of royal bodyguards,
534
00:35:27,920 --> 00:35:31,336
killed Wang Zhen with his last stroke before he died.
535
00:35:31,360 --> 00:35:33,136
Because he was afraid if Wang Zhen was still alive,
536
00:35:33,160 --> 00:35:35,280
he would continue to harm the country and the people.
537
00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:39,400
So I venture to ask Your Majesty to take this as a lesson
538
00:35:39,920 --> 00:35:41,656
to stay away from treacherous court officials.
539
00:35:41,680 --> 00:35:45,120
Never trust an eunuch's words readily.
540
00:36:03,000 --> 00:36:04,656
Did Jia Kui send back any news?
541
00:36:04,680 --> 00:36:05,736
Not yet.
542
00:36:05,760 --> 00:36:06,616
Urge him.
543
00:36:06,640 --> 00:36:07,896
And tell him to return to the capital right after the investigation.
544
00:36:07,920 --> 00:36:08,920
Yes.
545
00:36:51,480 --> 00:36:53,080
This is a God-given opportunity.
546
00:37:02,200 --> 00:37:03,576
Why did you follow me?
547
00:37:03,600 --> 00:37:06,296
Because you asked around about the Black General in the market.
548
00:37:06,320 --> 00:37:08,296
So someone sent us to kill you.
549
00:37:08,320 --> 00:37:09,560
Kill me?
550
00:37:47,720 --> 00:37:48,720
Did you put it here?
551
00:37:49,680 --> 00:37:51,736
An old man put it here.
552
00:37:51,760 --> 00:37:52,760
Who was it?
553
00:37:53,400 --> 00:37:55,040
He came in a carriage.
554
00:37:56,000 --> 00:37:57,080
He just left.
555
00:37:57,960 --> 00:37:59,200
What kind of carriage?
556
00:38:00,440 --> 00:38:02,840
A brown carriage with a black horse.
557
00:38:23,440 --> 00:38:25,320
Take a look at it!
558
00:38:27,360 --> 00:38:29,656
Take a look at my goods.
559
00:38:29,680 --> 00:38:31,160
Sesame cake!
560
00:38:32,000 --> 00:38:33,680
Sesame cake!
561
00:39:01,800 --> 00:39:03,176
Sir,
562
00:39:03,200 --> 00:39:05,456
people from all over the country coming to the capital to discuss cooperation with you
563
00:39:05,480 --> 00:39:06,480
have arrived.
564
00:39:09,320 --> 00:39:10,320
Let's meet up.
565
00:39:14,880 --> 00:39:16,040
Why haven't you moved?
566
00:39:16,880 --> 00:39:18,136
Sir.
567
00:39:18,160 --> 00:39:21,040
Do you want to see them together, or do you want to meet one by one?
568
00:39:22,200 --> 00:39:24,600
Then let's meet them together all at once.
569
00:39:25,120 --> 00:39:27,936
I don't like to repeat my words.
570
00:39:27,960 --> 00:39:28,960
Yes, sir.
571
00:39:42,880 --> 00:39:44,120
Congratulations, General Gao.
572
00:39:46,080 --> 00:39:47,440
Mr. Tang.
573
00:39:49,600 --> 00:39:53,880
I don't think your visit is just for congratulating me.
574
00:39:55,000 --> 00:39:57,240
I want to ask you to dine with me.