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Episode 9

Judicial Clerk Ai,

I really admire you for what you've done.

Nice job!

Thank you!

Now I know the fact that

the more remote the place is

and the lower title the officer has,

the less they care about the law.

Do you agree?

No!

Are you afraid now?

Or do you plan to retire?

Afraid? Not quite!

Retire? Not even close!

Qi Mu is dead!

There is no point

for me to stay.

So I'm going back to Shuixi now.

Judicial Clerk Ai,

in case you come down to Shuixi,

please let me know.

I'll surely entertain you with hospitality.

I appreciate that.

But there is an old saying that

a dog and a wolf can't go far.

I think

we'd better not meet again.

You're no scholar.

Screw you!

How impervious!

What about it?

Why didn't you help me?!

Huh?!

It served him right.

Captain Chou,

do you think Ye Xiaotian

deserves death penalty?

Of course not.

Yeah, but our master wants him dead.

What can we do to help him?

Are you a thief?

Why do you come without a sound?

Does it look good?

No!

Why do you always lie to yourself?

What are you doing?

I'm putting it on you.

No, it look bad.

Come here!

Oh my. This is awful.

Actually, this flower is gorgeous,

but you're more beautiful,

which makes the flower not that good.

You are glib.

Shall we

go to Tongren

to visit your family?

What for?

To propose.

As you're marrying me,

of course it should be decent

and clamorous.

Are you leaving Hu County?

It's been quite a while

since I'm here as a fake officer.

The things I did

should be worthy of the 500 taels of gold

of remuneration.

I'm going to confess to them

within a few days,

and then leave for Tongren with you.

We go to your home first.

And then my home.

Yingying,

you went through all of it with me.

The suffering we underwent

is like a journey to the west.

Now,

we should probably get the scripture.

You are right the scripture

that I am willing to get

even if I have to

go through the eighty one calamities.

You're really talkative.

I'm serious, alright?

Wow, you smiled

Your smile means a consent to me.

That's so great!

Allow me to get changed

and then let's go out to have something good

for celebration.

Here you are!

Fine a nice vase for it.

It won't take long. Think about what you wanna have.

I'll be very fast.

Think about what you wanna have.

OK…

What a fool you are! Even if you're really the judicial clerk,

it won't be attractive to my family

since it's a small title.

How could my parents allow me to marry you?

But what should I do?

I'm really sort of into you now.

Good day, boss!

How can I help you, sir!

Come on! You barely come here

ever since the commencement of this shop.

I've been very busy.

Hey, Daheng,

why is there no customer in your shop?

It's alright that no customer now

in the morning.

Three to five customers will come in the afternoon.

Three to five customers?

No wonder you have no customers.

Because it's an unclassified store.

You procure items at will for selling.

Look at this fan.

It's exquisitely made.

Should be worth a few pennies.

What?

It's worth 200 taels.

200 taels!

Daheng,

are you being fooled or going to fool others?

Mam!

Of course it's not procured with such high price.

I got it with 20 taels,

but this fan comes from the east country Japan.

Plus the perfume from Tianfang.

I reasonably need to add up the price a bit.

In that case,

the value of all the items in shop

will add up to over 3000 taels, right?

Yes!

But I procured on credit.

Who would give you the credit?!

No one at first,

but after I told them

who my dad is,

they gave me the credit.

It's already one month

by now.

I bet your dad will be crazy once he finds out.

Definitely.

He is not expecting me to earn so much money

after just a few days of running this shop.

He'll surely be happy.

What?!

Do you mean you earned money?

Yeah!

Starting from 3 days ago,

I've earned about 1000 taels

till today.

In 3 days

you earned 1000 taels.

Yeah!

Are you robbing?

No, brother!

These people cried to give me the money

and I just couldn't refuse them.

Daheng, how did you earn the money?

Brother, I earned it like this.

I opened up an unclassified shop beside an unclassified shop

so that neither of us can do the business well.

Then I give him a good offer

to naturally make him give up the business.

I didn't lose anything.

The cross street is a prosperous place with great value.

If I open up a big shop,

it'll be more costly.

After all this, I actually earned.

But do I really need to make it an unclassified shop?

What can I earn with that?

It won't even be enough

to pay you for the monthly protection fee.

Roadhouses, boites, brothels,

house of games and carriage shops

are all very popular here,

and there are many of them here.

Everyone is earning money from the post road.

But they need to spend the money they earned.

I can do nothing but to earn their money.

Brother, to be honest,

plenty of people enjoyed financial prosperity from post road business

in recent years.

These people need a place to spend their money.

The alien items sold in my shop

match very well with their need

and solve their trouble.

It's the so-called

lucrative business.

It gives me a comfortable life as well as money.

Remarkable!

It's such a surprise that

you're so good at making money.

Now I'm so eager to see

my father's reaction

on knowing me making money.

It must be very delightful.

What are you waiting for?

As you have met his requirement,

just go and tell him.

He'll be happy with it.

Yes, you're right to say!

That's so right!

Dad!

Super good news!

Dad! Dad!

Good news! Good news!

Help me on my feet!

Tell me! What's the bad news!

Dad, I earned 1000 taels.

Who?

Me!

You!

Earned?

Yulan!

We're blessed!

Yulan, did you hear what I said?

We are blessed!

You told me to turn him into a useful man

in your last days.

That's as difficult

as climbing the sky.

And you also asked me to take him to school

so that we'll have a scholar in the family,

but he is just not the type.

I've been always very worried that

the business I have will be ruined by him.

If I'm gone,

who will take care of him?

Now the god is helping us.

We're blessed.

Thank god! Thank god!

That's for your mom. Don't eat it!

She would let me take it if she is still alive.

Yulan,

you see it?

That's how I've been living with him.

The Ais are on their way

here.

As soon as the Ais arrive here,

they'll figure it out.

Neither you nor I will get away with it.

The main problem now

is to resolve Ye Xiaotian.

What do you guy think?

My lord,

it was Meng Qinwei's idea

to let Ye Xiaotian take the place by counterfeiting.

If we look back on it now,

I don't think it's appropriate.

Do we really have to kill Ye Xiaotian?

He's right, my lord!

We should set Ye Xiaotian free

and proclaim that Judicial Clerk Ai has passed away

from serious disease.

I believe Ye Xiaotian will not disclose something as big as this

to the public

Besides, we can give him a big sum of money

to keep him silent.

Master Gu, Superintendent Huang,

how do you ensure that

he can keep the secret?

People usually spill out their secrets

while they are drunk.

People also do it

when they feel carried away.

If he comes across trouble with his living

and threatens with this secret endlessly

for money,

what do we do then?

County Magistrate,

according to my observation of his behavior,

he is not that type of person.

People change over time.

Well, well, well, what's being discussed here?

Probably about

how to kill me?

That's the whole process of the matter.

My lord, you should leave fast.

Yes, my lord.

Don't you hesitate.

Pack your things and just leave.

I was chased down here all the way from Jingzhou.

I don't want to be chased all the way back.

Please, my lord!

Please!

Enough!

Don't worry about me.

I'll settle it on my own.

Ye Xiaotian, what do you want?

It looks like

I'm back to Ye Xiaotian again!

Ye Xiaotian,

I'm discussing important things with all the lords.

Don't you interfere us!

Leave us now!

Alright, magistrate!

What important things is it?

You just want me dead!

All lords,

why don't you tell me

the reason that I come

after I know the truth?

Or you can discuss

if I've got a way

to save myself.

Well, so…

What do you want?

I want nothing.

I just want to

point out a bright path for you.

Daheng,

even though you're sort of unreliable in general,

but now you've made quite an achievement

which is quite reassuring to me

Brother, what do you mean with that?

Are you leaving?

We're going to leave…

Only for a while.

As you know,

we are quite into

each other.

We need to go back to our hometown

and get our marriage arranged.

There is no way to let our parents travel a long journey

for our wedding, right?

Don't worry about it. We'll just be away for a few months.

Brother, that's a long time.

Alright!

We'll be back soon.

Stop crying!

Let me get you some Osmanthus Jelly pudding.

That's not good.

Without you, Osmanthus Jelly pudding…

Folks,

this post road

is the only commercial road in Guizhou

that connects the north and the south.

We must do our best

to get it cleared.

The rain is terrible right now.

Let's take a rest

and continue later.

Thank you, Judicial Clerk Ai!

Thank you!

Judicial Clerk Ai! Judicial Clerk Ai! Judicial Clerk Ai!

Judicial Clerk Ai!

Judicial Clerk Ai!

Judicial Clerk Ai!

Judicial Clerk Ai!

Judicial Clerk Ai!

Judicial Clerk Ai!

Judicial Clerk Ai! Judicial Clerk Ai!

Brothers,

Ai Feng is renovating the road on post road.

Let's kill him.

Sure!

Brother,

Ai Feng is already dead.

Dead?

He was drawn into the valley by sediment.

He must be dead.

Ai Feng, damn you! You deserve this.

Brother,

what do we do now?

We can no longer stay

in Hu County.

Brothers,

pack your things and go for your future.

Yes!

In ninth year of Wanli of emperor, April 20th in Ming Dynasty,

we worship Judicial Clerk Ai, with liquor and meat

in front of this tomb.

We can say nothing but to mourn

for your misfortune.

If there is ghost and god, please deliver my wishes.

Could you hear my words?

Oh, dear me!

Do you think

I can really die with so much honor in future?

Will you be feudal officer?

No!

Then will the whole county

attend your funeral?

Not either!

So…

If I die in future,

I will have anyone to digging a hole for me

and buring me for good.

Why is that?

I don't want it to be that tiring. People will die from it.

Come on!

You will be dead. Why do you care!

Do you feel tired of the thinking?

Time to go!

Let's get going.

Xiaotian,

I need to tell you a thing.

What is it?

My parents spoil me quite severely.

They probably don't prefer me to marry someone far out there.

So it'll be a bit tough for us.

What do you mean?

Don't worry about this.

I'm Ye Xiaotian

who has beaten Qi Mu.

There is no reason that I can't beat my parents-in-law.

Well! Well! Brother,

you revived in less than 7 days of death.

Daheng,

you just don't disappear.

Brother, what capability!

Now you even don't blink while lying.

But not Yinging.

Her expression gives you away.

I have been so puzzled

that why all the labors are fine

but a judicial clerk was smashed

down to the valley

in the collapse of post road.

That's so strange.

So I decided to come here for a try.

I've got all the luck to catch you here.

How do you know to wait us here?

Mam, keeping an eye on you is all the magic.

I'm not your mam!

Daheng,

I have my reasons

for a fake death.

The feudal title I have

is also fake.

Mr. Butler!

Mr. Butler! You must be hungry!

Have some sweet potatoes.

Did you only get sweet potatoes

in your whole life?

Do you know it will produce a lot of waste?

It will bond me with a toilet.

Stop laughing!

Damn!

There is only sweet potatoes out there.

Go get some fireworks. We can't eat it uncooked.

Sure!

Let's go home!

There is no home for us.

Let's go home!

There is no home!

All you know is going home.

I also want to,

but do you know

we need to catch Yang Yao

who will be like a hen

that lays golden eggs.

Now we have nothing.

Let's go home!

Mr. Butler! Mr. Butler!

Mr. Butler! Mr. Butler!

I just saw Ye Xiaotian!

Let's go home!

Stop it!

Daheng!

What's up, brother?

I think

it's about time.

We probably should

say goodbye now.

Will you be back?

I guess no

after we leave here today.

No matter you're Ai Feng or Ye Xiaotian,

you're always my brother.

No matter you'll be back or not,

don't forget

you have a brother here.

Hey, what's wrong with you today?

Normally, you're not like this

with so much sweet words. I've got goose bumps all over me.

Brother, I mean it!

Daheng,

when you have the chance to come to the Capital City,

come to see me.

Find the Ye's at Ministry of Punishment Street.

Ask anyone in the Capital City and you'll find it.

What's the matter, mam? Feeling jealous?

Daheng!

Hope to see you again.

Go! Let's go!

Brother, so long!

Take care!

Dad!

Mom!

The revenge is fulfilled.

But I haven't thanked the person who helped me.

I should go for that now.

What the hell?!

Ye Xiaotian, we finally got you.

Isn't this Yang Sanshou from Yang Yao's family?

Ye Xiaotian,

hand over Yang Yao to me,

or you'll die

in pain.

Run!

Ye Xiaotian, stop running!

Stop!

Stop!

Stop!

Stop!

Brother is gone!

Even the Osmanthus Jelly pudding is tasteless.

Brother,

I knew you wouldn't leave me alone.

Brother!

Run!

Run! Run! Run!

Ye Xiaotian, stop!

You shouldn't come back.

Stand right there!

Stop!

Stop!

The running I did today

outnumbers all the running I did in my whole life.

I'm so tired. My legs are so sour.

So,

you're going to Tongren, right?

How about three of us go there together?

I'm not going home so soon.

My dad will not know it either.

Forget about it, Daheng.

You dad is very strict.

You should head back

lest he will worry about you.

We'll run into these three guys

if we go back.

I'm not expecting you

to get involved into this.

It's alright.

My family have branch in Tongren.

The best way is to let them inform my dad.

Let's get moving to Tongren.

Let's go!

Ai Feng!

So he's not dead yet.

Dang li ge dang li ge dang li ge.

I feel bad inside my heart without seeing my love.

I think hard why she is not showing up!

Dang li ge dang li ge dang li ge.

The lady sings and the man plays qin.

Their hearts are tied up as one.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Stop it!

You're too high.

What's wrong with you?

You have absolutely no tempo.

Kill! Kill! Kill!

Screw that. How does it relate to you!

Ai Feng, you're done!

Brother,

we are being chased again.

Run!

Ai Feng!

Yingying,

I found you always bring me bad luck.

I'm always chased down by others

whenever I'm with you.

Ye Xiaotian,

shame on you!

Ever since I met you,

I'm always being cheated.

The bad luck comes from you.

You two shut up!

Use the extra stamina on your legs

and run faster!

Stop!

Stop running!

I can't run any more.

I'll give up my life.

You guys go ahead!

I'm done!

You can't die

for the sake of your branch in Tongren.

Come on! I won't run any more.

Go to hell!

Fan Lei!

This is not a fair fight.

You should set us free.

Don't you come over.

I have many brothers.

Each of them are adept at fighting.

Then I'll kill you first.

Mr. Butler!

This guys is really awesome.

We are no match against him.

Lord Ai!

Please stand up.

Didn't I tell you that

I'm not a real officer?

I'm a fake one.

My purpose was to help the feudal government find out the real killer.

My real family name is Ye.

We're actually the same type of person,

common people.

It doesn't matter whether you're officer or not.

You helped me fulfilled my revenge.

I'm following you

in days to come.

Brother! Brother!

What's the matter!

Are you stuck with words?

Piss off!

I'm nothing but a poor guy

who can barely raise himself,

let alone another mouth.

Brother!

I've got plenty of money.

So you mean

we are domestic servants for your family?

Eh….

No.

How about you stay

and live with me?

No!

It's acceptable

if you leave hometown for a feudal title,

but it'll be shameful

to be a domestic servant.

Brother!

There is so much danger along the way.

What if those 3 beggars come back?

This guy has good Kung Fu.

He can protect us along the way

and we'll be safe, won't we?

We may as well leave him on his own

after we reach Tongren.

What do you think?

That makes sense.

Dude,

my brother accepts you now.

From today on,

let's treat each other like brothers.

This is your big brother

and sister-in-law.

I am

Put your hands off me.

your second brother.

The journey to Tongren

is more dangerous than safe,

a lot tougher than easy,

and more…

Anyway, the safety of my life

totally relies on you.

Greetings to Big brother, sister-in-law, and second brother.

Have you finished?

Get going!

Good boy!

Cousin,

what do you think grandpa wants to meet us for?

I don't know.

I just got the news from Hu County

that Qi Mu is gone.

And Meng Qingwei, the County Magistrate Assistant of Hu County

and his background, is also gone.

How is that possible!

Is Ye Xiaotian so powerful?

I want to tell great-grandfather a bit more

about this person.

If the imperial court doesn't hire him,

we should.

Will grandpa appreciate

a potato as small as him?

Every big potato grows up from a small potato.

Let's go!

Grandpa!

Do you miss me?

Of course!

How can I not?

So you're fishing.

I'll cook fish soup for you in the evening.

Let me check it out.

It's nothing

but a hobby to me.

There is no excuse

for you catching no fish.

Ning'er,

I need a favor from you.

Can you pay a visit

to Voodo Sect?

Grandpa,

but you have said that they are all evil people from the rural areas.

They cheat the common people

with the capability of applying poison.

So

do we need to cooperate with them?

I don't believe in those,

but a lot of foolish people believe in it.

And because of that,

these people hold great awe

toward Voodo Sect.

It should be fine

if they stay in the rural areas.

However,

now someone is on Voodo Sect,

trying to take control of those

who believe in Voodo Sect

by controlling it.

So what do you have in mind?

The Sect Leader of Voodo Sect is about to pass away soon.

They are electing for a new sect leader.

Now someone is planning something bad

on the new candidate.

Ning'er,

You're very familiar with the tribal leader of Ge Duolao tribe

that believes in Voodo Sect, right?

Keep an eye on that for me.

If his conspiracy succeeds,

come back and let me know immediately.

If that's the case,

we must be careful.

Grandpa,

who is this guy

you're talking about?

The Minority Headman of Bozhou,

Yang Yinglong.

Ning'er,

Be careful about your journey to Voodo Sect.

Don't worry.

I've been to the Capital City already.

I have no fear towards Voodo Sect.

What's the matter?

Don't you notice that

your deadline to 20 years old is approaching?

You should pay more attention on that.

Alright!

I'd probably be a nun.

I can live well without men.

Don't you exaggerate it.

I feel worried for your mom.

Alright!

Don't be nagging.

Go back now.

I'm leaving.

Hey! Watch out for it!

Uncle Fu!

Uncle!

Young lord!

Young lord! My greetings.

Young lord,

what a surprise to see you back so suddenly.

You should let me know in advance.

I want to appear so suddenly

and have a look at your work.

Come here!

Let me introduce.

This is my big brother.

Nice to meet you.

This is the sister-in-law.

Nice to meet you.

This is my little brother.

Prepare the best room

for my sister-in-law.

Sure!

And then a regular room

for my little brother.

I'll stay together with him.

Second brother, are you…

No way!

Take this for me.

And,

tell my dad

that I need to do something in Tongren.

I'll be back after it's done.

OK.

And ask him to arrange a person

to run my shop.

Don't let it bankrupt.

Sure, young lord!

Big brother,

take a rest inside.

I'm gonna deal with a few more things.

Come on!

Please, mam!

OK!

Please, this way!

I'm so thirsty.

We finally reached Tongren.

So when shall we meet your parents?

I'm family of local governor.

My parents will not

let me marry Xiaotian.

There is no way for them to agree.

What are you thinking?

Actually my home is not in Tongren.

It's a little bit

to the west of Tongren.

In fact, I'm pretty worried about you meeting my parents

because they've been very strict with me ever since I'm young.

Whenever they see me with any boys,

my brothers will beat him up.

It's gonna be OK.

I'm good at

amusing the elderly people.

But if you don't amuse them well

but offend them,

they'll lock me down

and we'll never meet again.

Alright!

Stop woolgathering.

Just leave all these matters

to me,

will you?

What?

Is there any other problems?

Since we're already in Tongren,

how about visiting Yaoyao first?

I miss her a lot.

It's a good idea.

Alright!

Let's meet Yaoyao first then.

What does your family do really?

Big brother,

she seems quite concerned about Yaoyao.

She bought so many stuff for her.

Yaoyao is a girl

both clever and thoughtful.

I like her a lot as well.

She's not only thoughtful

but also beautiful.

That's because she resembles her mother.

If she resembles her father…

How come!

Girls always resemble mothers.

That's not true.

Boys always resemble mothers

and girls always resemble fathers.

Actually,

I and my elder brother resemble my mother,

so we are both very handsome.

Right!

I resemble my mother as well.

You!

What?

Then your mother should be a great beauty

in Tang Dynasty.

Look at Daheng's appearance.

It's hard to tell whether he resembles his mom or dad.

I…

I…

But you don't need to worry about it.

No matter our kids

will resemble you or me,

they won't look bad.

You're taking advantage of me again, aren't you?

He's so weird.

Come on!

Come on!

Come on!

Excuse me! I wasn't paying any attention.

Hold it! Hold it!

What the heck!

Are you blind?

You ruined our couplet.

What are you gonna do with it?

I…

It's just a couplet.

I'll pay you for it.

Payment?

Who cares for your money!

This couplet is written by Master Li from Tongren Residence

for the school.

No money can

exchange it back.

Look how badly you ruined it!

Only one character

is left seeable.

What can you do about it?

Don't you bluff me!