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Episode 4

Big brother.

Daheng.

Big brother.

You cut class again?

I don’t.

The school has a day off today.

Really?

All students go to fight.

No one goes to school.

So I come over.

What school is it?

What happened to you?

Xiao...

Brother Ai.

Louder.

Stop that.

Big brother.

This girl is as pretty as a yellowbird.

Who is she?

She is not a yellowbird.

She is your sister-in-law.

Sister-in-law.

Don’t listen to him.

You can call me Yingying.

Yingying. Sister-in-law.

Stop that.

If you want to chat,

you can talk later.

I have business to do now.

You two boring people

don’t follow me around.

Do you hear me?

Big brother.

What’s up?

That girl is Tao Tao, right?

She must send meal for you.

Impossible.

That is not the way to school.

How about we stalk her?

Let’s go.

Go. Go. Go.

No wonder she behaves so strangely.

It turns out she is meeting her lover.

Bullshit.

Do you think everyone is like you?

Boyi.

I’ve thought about it.

What you worry about is reasonable.

We can’t

contact with each other in a corner

like this.

If we are seen by the others,

we can’t even explain.

How about that?

You tell people that

you employ me to

help you do the housework.

We can keep this relationship

till we get married.

Ning’er is a daughter from a rich family.

Her family is rich and powerful.

If I marry her,

I will have a promising future.

Then I willl soon bring honor to my ancestors.

While the woman in front of me...

Tao Tao.

Stop for a while.

I have something to say.

What happened?

How about we break the engagement?

What do you say?

I say we should break the engagement.

I have a girl in mind.

I fall in love with her at the first sight and she likes me, too.

But we...

We are not a good match.

Boyi.

You don’t mean it, do you?

You promised to marry me.

I was young and innocent at that time.

Boyi.

You told me you have to observe mourning for you parents for three years.

Then I waited for three years.

You tole me you should finish you study first.

I still waited for you.

I have been waiting for you

these years.

I never regret it.

To help you finish your study,

I worked so hard to earn money

to support you.

If you think I am not good enough,

I can become better.

I know

you are kind to me.

So I just keep it in my heart.

But as time passes by,

I really think we are not a good match.

If I don’t tell you, it will be my fault.

I can’t make mistakes

time and time again.

How can you say these words to me?

You promised if you pass the exam and become an official,

you will marry me in public.

You have promised me.

Yes, I have.

Will you listen to my words?

If I ask you to leave,

will you leave me?

Boyi.

Sorry. Sorry.

Boyi.

Bastard.

Scum!

He needs a good lesson.

Shhh.

Lower your voice.

The couple is just quarelling.

Can we just ignore them?

It’s none of our business.

Can you

be a little compassionate?

My Lord.

If you want to show your kindness to women,

you should just ignore her.

She is pretty,

but she has been dumpled just now.

Shameless.

What the hell are you saying?

Come on.

This is the statement.

Print on it,

and just break our engagement.

I won’t do it.

Boyi.

Do you have any difficulties?

You can tell me.

I will help you.

Why are you so stupid?

Do you really want to force me to say that?

Do you fall in love with another girl?

That’s right.

She is from a rich family.

Her family is pretty rich and powerful.

If I marry her,

I will have a promising future and bring hornor to my ancestors.

What can you give me?

I think we get well with each other now.

Why?

I just can’t bear this poor life.

I was not born to suffer this.

No need to say more.

Come on.

Print on it.

And then we will be disengaged.

Come on.

I won’t do it.

I won’t do it.

I won’t.

Come and hurry.

I won’t do it.

Come on.

Come on. You stupid woman.

We have no connections if you print on it.

Shameless!

What are you doing?

Daheng.

Don’t hit me on the face.

Don't hit me on the face.

Don’t.

Take her to the clinic.

Bastard.

Hu County

Could you please tell me

why you call me here today?

County Magistrate Assistant Meng, you tell him.

I heard from Master Gu that,

Scholars in the school will fight

with weapons on the Huangdaxian Mountain.

You want to know this?

I also heard about that.

But you know more about

what these scholars look like than me.

If they want to fight, just let them go.

It’s none of our business.

How could that possible?

They are sons or nieces of

minority headmen and leaders of bribes nearby,

once they fight with weapons,

it must cause injuries or death.

Their families won’t let go.

Once bribes start fighting,

we can’t control the situation.

Then what do you mean?

What he means is that

we, as officials,

must stand out

and try to mediate.

Right?

But,

if we can’t make it,

you should take charge.

Me?

You know that, My Lords?

The captors around me

just run away fast

when something happens.

I just take charge of

helping you seduce the murder

who killed Lord Ai from Imperial Court.

The other things are none of my business.

You shouldn’t pass the buck.

You should

take yourself as a real Judicial Clerk now.

Right?

If you don’t show up to solve the case,

everyone will know that you are the fake one.

That’s right.

Lord Ai.

You should go.

It really matters.

Well.

I’ll

try my best.

Good.

Ning’er.

You’re so pretty today.

Where are you going?

You again!

I heard that people are fighting at the Huangdaxian Mountain.

I want to watch the fun.

Fun?

How about taking me with you?

How old are you?

Do you need me to take you there?

I’m still young.

And I have no sense of direction.

It’s not safe here.

I can’t go there myself.

If you take me there,

I will treat you candies.

No.

Have some candies.

It’s yummy.

You can’t eat it this way.

My little butterfly!

You’re so cruel.

The notary comes.

Big brother.

Look at me.

You guys.

Anyone who wants to fight

should sign here.

What?

Do we need to sign our names?

It’s true that you have neither learning nor skill.

Have you thought about struggling by reasoning or resorting to violence?

Will you fight for one round or three rounds? Do you understand that?

No.

I guess so.

Then here comes the second one...

He is talking nonsense.

I think he is of great wisdom.

Do you think so?

I think he is stupid enough.

If I were him,

I must have beaten him.

Who is kicking my butt?

Who is that?

You all stop.

Do you forget that?

You are sons or nieces of the leaders of each bribe.

You will become minority headmen,

or elders of your bribe in the future.

You are going to

deal with great things.

How could you just know fighting

all day long?

How couldn’t we?

Alright.

Let me tell you.

I will never allow you to

go against the laws and play the gangster.

Li.

Big brother.

Are they going to beat us?

I have plan B. Don’t worry.

What is it?

Run.

Run?

Kill.

After them.

Hurry.

Stop.

Don’t run.

Stop.

Stop. Don’t run.

Don’t run. Don’t run.

Stop.

Hurry. Wait for me.

Hurry.

Wait for me.

Be careful.

Ning’er.

Wait for me.

Stop.

Stop.

Hurry.

Stop.

Don’t run.

Don’t move.

If anyone of you dares to play with fire,

I’ll kill her.

You all don’t move.

This is a real knife.

Do you think it works?

Do you think so?

You’re so capable.

As an offical,

you even hostage a woman to control them.

It’s you.

Let me go.

Give my knife back.

Don’t come over.

She is good at fighting.

I forgot you were on his side.

No. It’s a mistake.

You shut up.

Deal.

How about we make a deal?

You want to fool me again?

Do you really think I’m a fool?

Don’t be afraid.

I won’t kill you.

I just want to leave a mark on your face

and teach you a good lesson.

How about I cut one of your ears?

I only cut one and leave you one.

Then call you One-ear Judicial Clerk.

That sounds good.

It’s about Xu Boyi.

If

I tell you

a big secret about Xu Boyi,

can we make it even?

Deal?

What secret could he have?

Just tell me.

No.

Before I tell you that,

you should make an oath.

Why?

Because the secret about Xu Boyi

that I’m going to tell you

is very big.

You are a kungfu master,

I can’t compete with you.

Once you get excitied after hearing that,

you will beat me.

So I ask you to make an oath.

You promise not to touch me

even my toes.

And then I will tell you.

I promise.

I, Zhan Ning’er swear to the God

that if you tell me

the secret about Xu Boyi,

I will never beat you

with my hands or feet.

If I eat my words,

the God may punish me.

Good.

Tell me.

Actually, Xu Boyi has married.

What did you say?

It’s true.

You can be with him everyday.

But you don’t know that

it’s very hard for his fiancee

to see him once.

What’s more,

his fiancee works as a cook in a rich family

to support his study.

But what did he do?

To marry you, a rich gril,

he even beat her and forced her

to sign the statement.

You are cheating me.

You are cheating me again.

I once cheated you.

But this time I am serious.

You lie to me.

Stop.

Ning’er.

What he said is true.

And you also cheat me with him.

I don’t.

I see it myself.

That day, I saw Xu Boyi

bully his fiancee

and force her to sign on the statement.

I never expected that

he shifts his love to you.

Big brother.

Why don’t you take me away?

Where are you going?

What are you doing?

Do you come here to fight?

Why do you stand still?

Are you all afraid of death?

No.

I’m warning you.

I am the Judicial Clerk here.

Today,

if you dare to fight,

I will punish you severely.

If you are not capable,

I think you shouldn’t get involved into this.

Big brother.

I have arranged

over ten buddies in the fighting to

protect your son.

Please rest assured.

They are black sheep

called by people in the martial arts world.

Forget it.

You can’t stop them.

They will fight sooner or later.

Let’s go back.

Big brother.

Big brother.

Look, there is a blue cloud in the sky.

Ning’er.

That’s the whole thing.

You didn’t cheat me, did you?

I really didn’t cheat you.

And you also met that girl.

Did I?

Do you remember the girl

you saved that day in the lane?

It’s her.

What are you going to do?

She...

I advice you to be sensible.

Don’r refuse a toast only to drink a forfeit.

You want to buy the tiger skin with 0.5 tael.

It’s robbery.

Even if you give me 5 taels,

50 taels or 500 taels,

I won’t sell it to you.

I will pass it to my desendents

as the family heirloom.

My Lord takes fancy to this tiger skin.

He even pays you the money.

It’s his kindness to you.

Don’t gain an inch.

Hand out the tiger skin.

Hand it out.

Get out.

Get far away from here.

Alright.

You have guts!

You really have guts!

You dare to go against Master Qi.

You know what?

You are the only people who dare to go against him in Hu County.

You are the Hua family, right?

Just keep my words in your mind today.

From today on,

there will be no Hua family in Qingshangou Village.

Buddies.

Let’s go.

Get lost.

Just wait.

Wait and see.

You’d better be careful.

Just keep in mind.

Wait and see.

Go!

Wait for your death.

Honey.

Are you okay, father.

Father.

Why didn’t you tell them who you are?

I am a secret spy.

I should keep my identity a secret.

That’s the point.

You tell me.

How can I

expose my identity?

Honey,

Don’t be mad.

You can’t flare up.

Brother Xu,

he is so disrespectful,

we shouldn’t let him go.

Right.

Yeah.

You rest assured.

I have my plan to deal with him.

Guan-guan go the ospreys,

On the islet in the river.

You have been engaged, haven’t you?

Ning’er.

It’s not like that.

I can explain.

Why did you cheat me?

I didn’t.

You did.

You’re lying through your teeth.

I saw you beat Tao Tao.

I saw you force her to sign on the statement.

I saw all of this that day.

Ning’er.

Beat him.

Don’t listen to her bullshit.

That woman is

a cook of Luo Daheng’s family.

She

took facy to me.

That day she came to my house

and said she liked me.

And then

she said

she wanted to sleep with me.

You!

How can you tell such a lie?

Ning’er.

Don’t trust his words.

Just beat him.

Beat him.

What else do you want to say?

Stop.

Stop it.

Don’t hurt him.

Please let him go.

It’s you!

You have engaged,

haven’t you?

Xu Boyi.

Yes.

I did lie to you.

But I didn’t lie to you for one thing.

I like you

not because of your family background

or your identity.

I just like you.

Well.

Since you come from a rich and powerful family,

do you think I like you because I have other purposes?

Or

because of your family,

you can’t have a man

who really likes you?

I swear to God,

I like you, Ning’er.

With no bad intentions.

If it’s not true,

may heaven strike me dead.

Tao Tao.

Poor you!

Boyi.

Are you hurt?

Shut up.

This is the statement.

You get lost now.

Beat him.

Ning’er.

Ning’er.

Ning’er.

Ning’er. Listen to me.

Since I met you,

I have been in love with you at the first sight.

I can’t control myself.

Ning’er.

Please believe me.

I like yot.

It’s not like what they said.

I like you not because of your family.

What’s more,

I have disengaged with Tao Tao.

I...

Xu Boyi.

You make me sick!

You are a scholar.

Do you feel shameless?

He is a ruffian

in scholars’ gown.

People like him would always tell lies.

Right?

Hypocritical and obscene.

Obscene.

Change about.

Change about.

Blow hot and cold.

Hot and cold.

Anything else?

I forget it.

Hurry, just think!

Shameless.

Is this girl whose skirt was taken off

on the Huangdaxian Mountain?

It’s her.

Her skirt was taken off?

What’s the story? Tell me.

He refused?

Yes.

I have talked to him for a long time.

But they just didn’t

agree to sell the tiger skin.

I didn’t say I wanted to buy it.

Well.

I understand.

Open the door.

Get out.

Get out. Do you hear me?

You eat your words.

What.

You’ve promised

not to beat me

if I told you Xu Boyi’s secret.

But now, you eat your words.

No.

You even dare to come here.

I’m an official,

but you still treat me like this.

What will you do to the common people?

You...

Maybe you would say

you will treat them politely

because you don’t people say that you bully the weak.

But you treat me like this.

Do you think you are not bullying the weak?

I...

No much talk.

Anything you say is sophistry.

You should judge a person

by what he does not what he says.

A lion doesn’t catch mice.

I forgive you.

This is the last time.

I finally catch up with you.

What about your revenge?

Do you think I am useless?

No.

Don’t drink.

Or you will get drunk.

Let me alone.

Ning’er.

It’s worthless for you to

punish yourself like this.

Tell me.

Why was I cheated by

such a bad man like Xu Boyi?

What was on my mind?

You know what?

When I was a child,

I really

liked handling weapons

just like a boy.

When I grow up,

I read some book about

the love stories of scholars and beautiful ladies.

I was infatuated with scholars.

In fact, what I like

is his identity as a scholar.

Right.

I don’t like him.

I just like his identity.

Through it,

I know what I really want.

And that’s a good thing.

Ai Feng.

Luo Daheng.

Xia Yingying.

You all

ruined my fame,

separated Ning’er and me.

I will

keep it in mind.

When I succeed,

I will pay all shame you gave me today back to you.

You’re back.

Father.

Can just stop for a while?

Where the hell have been in the early morning?

Did you go to the Huangdaxian Mountain

to visit the ghost?

I didn’t.

Can you just do something right?

If you don’t like study,

if you really don’t like it,

you can learn how to do business.

Do you hear me?

500 taels each, father.

Three, four, five and six.

You give me six pieces. 500 taels each.

4,000 taels.

I will ask you when I spend all of them out.

Stupid.

500 taels each. I give you six.

Calculate it. Is not right.

This money I gave you is

not for having fun

or consuming.

I know.

I invest this sum of money for your business.

I don’t want to pressure you.

I just want you to open a shop.

At every month end,

I will check it out.

If you can earn a little...

Forget it.

I shouldn’t expect you can earn some money since you are not that smart.

You only need to avoid loss.

Okay.

Remember.

This is not 4,000.

It’s 3,000.

When you do a business,

you shouldn’t be mean.

When choosing a shopfront,

you should choose the most expensive one.

You don’t need to save money.

Okay.

About

what you are going to sell,

since you are not smart,

you can choose to sell some articles for daily use

or those things people will buy

without reconsideration.

So, you will never lose money

if you operate in a normal way.

Alright.

I will give you one month.

After that period of time,

if you lose money,

you go back to the school

for study.

Rest assured.

Father. How about this?

You give me another 2,000

and make it to 5,000.

Sounds reasonable.

Right.

Come over.

3,000 is enough.

It’s enough.

Brat.

500 taels each.

Six in total.

Big brother.

I don’t agree.

I didn’t say anything.

You don’t agree with what?

Have you guessed it?

I know you well.

When you please me for no reason,

nothing good is going to happen.

So I won’t agree

or don’t want to know that.

Listen to me, big brother.

I want to open a shop.

But I don’t know how.

I want you to help me and find a shop.

My father gave me 3,000 tales

and he wanted me to do business.

I think I should do it well this time.

So if I do it alone...

Wait.

Do you agree?

No.

You owe me money.

For what?

Don’t pretend not to know.

You owe me 50 taels.

Big brother.

It’s not the end of the month.

You are really...

I always collect money

five years ahead.

I don’t ask you for the interest.

I think I am kind to you.

What’s up?

Are you poisoned?

No.

When I think about that I have not paid you

the interest for five years,

and I take so much advantage of you,

I feel like...

My Lord.

Laugh by yourself.

What happened?

Someone reports a case.

Report a case?

Go to work.

Go to work.

Go to work.

He really thinks he is something.

Shut up.

Why are you crying at the gate?

Get away.

If anyone dares to make trouble,

I will kick his ass.

Step aside.

The lord is coming.

Step aside.

My lord.

I’m the Judicial Clerk of Hu County.

What have you suffered? Just tell me.

My Lord.

My Lord, please help us.

Don’t cry.

What do you want to say?

Who do you want to sue?

My Lord.

My son

was wronged and died.

He was wronged.

My Lord.

We and the Xu family are neighbors.

There is an open space between our house.

We take up half of the land

to plant vegetables.

But now, the Xu family builds a new house.

They occupied the whole land

and even connected

their house with our gable wall.

My son was so angry

to argue with them.

I never expected that

Xu Lin, the villain,

beat

my son to death.

My Lord,

you should help us.

Mother-in-law.

What’s wrong with you?

Men.

Take her to the next room and have a rest.

Mother-in-law, are you okay?

Yes, My Lord.

Mother-in-law.

Are you alright?

Take care.

What the hell!

Xu Lin is so ferocious.

He even dares to kill people in public.

He just ignores the law.

Li Yuncong.

This guy!

What the hell is he doing?

He ran away so fast.

You!

Shift Head Zhou.

Come over here.

My Lord.

We can’t arrest Xu Lin.

Why not?

He killed people.

My lord.

Xu Lin

used to be a ruffian here.

We can arrest him if he was still a ruffian.

But now he is on Master Qi’s side.

He is Master Qi’s follower.

Then we should be careful.

Master Qi?

Who is he?

Qi Mu.

Master Qi.

Who

is this Qi Mu?

You don’t know him?

Qi Mu is a powerful man

in the Hu County.

We can’t offend him.

I don’t believe it.

Even Qi Mu’s dog bites a man to death,

but we,

as the government officials,

can do nothing but turn a deaf ear.

My Lord, how about this?

Lord Meng

and Master Qi call each other brothers.

Lord Meng is your superior.

If you want to arrest Xu Lin, Master Qi’s follower, you should tell Lord Meng,

don’t you think so?

I don’t believe it.

This is not a small deal.

This is about people’s life.

Will

Lord Meng ignore people’s life like this?

Come with me.

Where are we going?

My Lord.

Shift Head Zhou.

You work in this place everyday.

You must have read the words on this stone, haven’t you?

I have.

Do you know the meaning?

I...

If you don’t know,

I can read it for you.

Your salary comes from people’s devotion.

It’s easy to cheat ordinary people, but never the God.

My Lord.

I know this is the law.

But the Emperor lives far away.

Even if you don’t obey the law,

you should be justice.

Now I act as the Judicial Clerk here.

I don’t expect people to scold me.

You’re right.

As you wish.

Xiaoyu.

I have said so much.

Why do you just ignore it.

I’m telling you.

Your brother killed people.

If you cover him up,

you will be punished.

How about telling me where he is?

What’s the story?

The lord will make his judgement.

Are you deaf?

Don’t you understand what I’ve said?

I’ve said that I don’t know.

Why are you still nagging?

Xiaoyu.

Let’s keep cool.

You can’t scold me.

Scold you?

I scold you! So what?

Look at you!

Do you think you are something

when you put on these clothes?

Pah!

People say you work as a dog.

But I think you are no good than dog’s leg.

You are just a pig fed in the Yamen.

You...

Xiaoyu.

You brother killed people.

So what?

The Guo family deserves to death.

If you are capable, you can go to arrest my brother.

Go.

He is in Master Qi’s house.

You stupid!

I guess

you don’t have the guts to go there.

You...

Xiaoyu.

I told you not to scold me.

Why don’t you listen to me?

You are a girl.

You can’t say dirty words.

It’s none of your business.

You stupid pig.

I scold you.

I scold your whole family.

You parents are so stupid that

they gave birth to the so stupid you.

Do you think you can bully me?

You bully me.

You bully me.

You dare to bully me.

You beat me.

The captor beats me.

The captor bullies me, a good woman.

Help me.

Help me.