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Episode 37

After several days of journey,

my waist and legs are a bit exhausted.

Mr. Dai.

Is this Shuiyin Mountain?

Yes.

It’s picturesque and quiet.

It seems that disputes of the villages

hasn’t reached the fatal tension.

We are likely to succeed in

mediating them.

People are

are indeed quiet

when they don’t fight.

Big brother.

Look.

How unruly

and bold you are!

As the people of the Ming Dynasty,

you are actually in a gang fight

for the ownership of the mine,

causing countless deaths and injuries.

Do you

know law?

Ye Xiaotian.

It turns to be you.

You’re just

looking for trouble.

Now in our domain,

I’ll let you have no chance to return

and die without a burial place.

Ge Long, I warn you.

As an official of the Imperial Court,

I come to mediate in the dispute of Shuiyin Mountain

at the order of Prefectural Magistrate.

Kill me?

Do you want to revolt?

Someone.

Help me change my clothes.

I’ll hear a case on the spot today.

Summon the heads of the Zhan, Huang, Ge and Yu families here.

Wei Wu.

Ye Xiaotian,

what do you want to do?

Well,

I wonder what you want to do.

You’re in a gang fight.

Do you know law?

Ye,

how foolish you are!

It’s funny for you to talk about law with us.

Who are you?

I’m Huang Xianmin,

the Subordinate to Headman of Huang Village.

Your father just died.

The new Minority Headman hasn’t been appointed.

Who appointed you as the Subordinate to Headman?

My Lord, how wise you are!

When the Imperial Court appoints me as the Minority Headman

by an edict,

I’ll never allow such a disobedient person

to be the Subordinate to Headman.

It’s not up to you.

Really?

It’s up to me by then.

Don’t mention that.

As long as the Imperial Court doesn’t issue an edict,

you’re all common people.

Another roll call.

Huang Xianda, a common person.

Huang Xianmin, also a common person.

Here are our respects, My Lord.

Since you’re all common people,

why don’t you kneel after seeing me?

You…

It’s almost all right.

Don’t force them so much.

It doesn’t matter.

They are afraid

of failing to be appointed by the Imperial Court.

I can suppress them by chance.

Moreover,

we come to mediate among them,

so we can weaken their arrogance by chance.

Don’t care.

Kneel.

You fool.

You shouldn’t have paraded your ability.

Now only I can help you.

Lord Ye, I, from Zhan Village, offer my respects.

Ning’er,

what do you want to do?

Good.

A girl shouldn’t

stay in the wild.

So you don’t need to kneel.

Thank you, Lord Ye.

Are the other five persons

officials?

I am surnamed Yu,

the Minority Headman of Yu Village appointed by the Imperial Court by an edict.

How about the other four ones?

Your fathers are Minority Officials,

but you aren’t.

So you are common people.

You don’t kneel after seeing me.

Do you know the system of the Imperial Court?

County Magistrate Assistant Ye.

How overbearing you are!

A woman disguised as a man.

So strange!

She is also here.

Who are you?

I am hearing a case here.

How dare you break in by yourself without my order!

As I am here,

here is the law court.

I’ll convict you of contempt for justice.

Do you know?

Are you speaking to me?

I’m asking you.

I am…

Kneel down and answer me.

You ask me to kneel?

Don’t take

the system of the Imperial Court

and the law and dignity lightly.

It makes sense.

It makes very sense.

Someone.

Help me change my clothes.

Isn’t she an official?

Yes, she is.

Oh, no. She is in a red robe.

Lord Ye,

offer your seat to me.

Here is Tian Miaowen, the Fourth-rank General Guangwei of the Ming Dynasty

and the Sixth-rank Prefectural Commissioner of Tongren.

Ye Xiaotian, County Magistrate Assistant Ye of Hu County,

shall pay your respects.

Why didn’t you remind me?

Well, I…

You’re a petty official of the eighth or ninth rank.

Why don’t you kneel after seeing me?

Do you know the system of the Imperial Court?

Why can a woman

serve as the Fourth-rank General Guangwei

and the Sixth-rank Prefectural Commissioner at the same time?

Lord Ye,

when ancestors of the Ming Dynasty conquered the country

and ordered troops to enter Guizhou,

the Tian family first paid allegiance to them

and helped the Imperial Court pacify the turmoil around,

so Emperor Taizu granted the hereditary title

of General Guangwei to her family.

Surely,

it’s just a virtual position.

But the Tian family holds the real power

as the Minority Headman.

So they have the hereditary actual position.

In addition, the Tian family

is one of the four major families, namely the An, Song, Tian and Yang families.

Even the Zhang family was once her subordinate.

Surely,

her family is declining now

and her official position has been degraded again and again.

Now she is Prefectural Commissioner of Tongren.

But, even so,

she is more powerful than you.

In this generation of the Tian family,

she is also the family head,

so she holds

the two official positions.

Why didn’t I see her in the yamen

in normal times?

She dislikes

working there.

Lord Ye,

am I clear?

Will you actually pay respects to me or not?

We’re in the wild.

So forego those formalities, OK?

Do you want to take the system of the Imperial Court

and the law and dignity lightly?

Go. Go. Go.

She is narrow-minded.

Don’t offend her.

How can I kneel to a woman

in public?

Han Xin once crawled between a butcher’s legs.

She didn’t ask you to do that.

A man can’t be subdued by force.

A man should be adaptable to circumstances.

A man shouldn’t kneel easily.

A wise man submits to fate.

Lord Ye,

let me give you a lesson.

The situation of Tongren

is complicated and dangerous.

You shouldn’t have come here.

Got it?

Stand up.

You treat me wrong if I don’t show my power.

Let me kneel to you.

You must be happy, right?

One day,

I’ll get even with you

and let you repay me.

Why are you in Shuiyin Mountain?

We’re here to mediate the dispute of Shuiyin Mountain

at the order of Prefectural Magistrate.

Zhang Duo asked you here?

I should give him face.

The Yu family is subordinate to my family,

so I can ask them to withdraw from the mountain.

What about the other families?

All of them shall withdraw

before the result of the mediation comes out.

Whoever wants to seize the ownership

will be eliminated.

OK.

OK.

Let’s go.

Then what about you?

Let’s wait and see.

Go.

Ning’er,

let’s go.

I’m leaving, Lord Ye.

Well.

Just laugh.

Don’t control yourself.

My Lord,

we finally seized Shuiyin Mountain.

Will we quit now?

Shuiyin Mountain is my small goal.

We should have a long-term sight.

I want

more than Shuiyin Mountain.

I want

the whole Tongren.

My Lord,

I find County Magistrate Assistant Ye and the daughter of the Zhan family

seem to have an unusual relationship.

Does he favor the Zhan family?

Is that so important?

Just a dead person.

A dead person?

If Ye Xiaotian dies here,

will here become worse?

There are horses downstairs

and people upstairs.

We may sleep badly due to the horses’ neigh

and have to bear the unpleasant smell.

County Magistrate Assistant Ye,

don’t be so picky.

Minority Headmen

also live in such houses.

There’re all fine horses in the village,

so villagers are unwilling to keep them outside.

Go. Let’s see upstairs.

People of Yu Village

are so arrogant.

No one welcomes us.

This goes against the way of receiving guests.

If you really think so,

let me invite General Guangwei here, OK?

No need. No need.

This is good.

In this way, we feel at home.

Big brother,

someone sent a letter

and asked me to give it to you.

Mom,

Ye Xiaotian

is really kind to Yingying.

But you don’t know

he is the Sect Leader of Voodo Sect

who may go back to the mountain to practice.

And it’s ruled

he can’t marry.

By then, your great-granddaughter

has to maintain chaste widowhood.

I have no way.

She just likes and takes a fancy to him.

She has fallen in love with him.

My heart also aches for her.

Don’t pound.

Speak.

OK, I will.

Grandma.

Dad.

Yingying misses Ye Xiaotian.

My heart also aches for her a lot.

Do you want to be beaten by me?

Why do you speak for him?

You were firmer than me a few days ago.

As a folk song goes,

the sincere love can even move a piece of stone.

Did Ye Xiaotian say

he would leave

Voodo Sect

in three years?

If he can’t,

we can let Yingying break up with him by then.

Yingying has to wait for him for three years?

Wait…

Three years.

It isn’t long.

A sincere relationship is worth of long waiting.

Girls of our family

can marry easily.

Right?

Yes.

Great-grandma,

I’ll go to Tongren.

Will you?

Grandpa, I’m talking to Great-grandma.

You’ve really

grown up.

You don’t want to suffer lovesickness?

You’re the same as when I was young.

Right,

my grandson?

Grandma.

Right? I wasn’t born at that time.

I don’t know.

Your dad was born.

Yes.

OK. Go. Go.

Thank you, Great-grandma.

I know you’re the kindest to me.

You’re also kind to me.

Dad,

don’t go with me.

Don’t let my elder brothers

go with me, either.

No, no way.

I worry about you.

She goes to meet her lover.

If we go with her,

it’ll be inconvenient.

Got it?

Great-grandma,

I’ll go to pack my luggage.

OK.

Take your time

and dress yourself well.

OK.

Dress yourself well.

Well.

My Lady, how unlucky we are!

We just came to Tongren,

only to find Lord Ye is on a business trip.

My Lady, where will we go?

Let’s go home, OK?

No.

What can we do?

We can buy a house.

Buy a house?

Yes.

Zhan Ning’er.

Yunfei,

I’ll have a talk with her.

Wait for me for a moment.

I’ll wait for you by the river.

OK.

Why are you also in Shuiyin Mountain?

Do you miss me so much

that you chase me here?

Well, stop kidding.

Prefectural Magistrate doesn’t

want to give us relief fund

and even embarrasses me by such a problem.

You fool.

I just come to you for this matter.

You know

Shuiyin Mountain has a complicated situation.

Why do you take this challenge?

Are you stupid?

I knew that

after coming here.

Unexpectedly,

Prefectural Magistrate looks honest,

but he is evil internally.

Well.

As expected, it’s you bitch couple.

Ge Long.

You took Yingying from me.

Now you’re with Zhan Ning’er.

How amorous, shameless and mean you are!

Don’t you love Yingying?

Ge Long,

you must be out of your mind.

How do you know we have an affair?

Bah.

Bitch couple.

Stop that.

Did Dong Tian say the insect worked

only when one became excited?

Why did she pass out so fast?

What a weak woman!

Ye Xiaotian,

return Yingying to me.

How to solve the poison of the insect?

I remember Dong Tian seemed to teach me.

Now that Heavenly King Yang

is willing to deign to cooperate with me,

I’ll support you with great strength.

But Shuiyin Mountain involves

too much energy of our family currently.

It’s easy.

I have an idea

to help you

solve the current predicament of Shuiyin Mountain.

Heavenly King, please go ahead.

Invite Minority Headman Ge.

Yes.

Heavenly King, what do you want to do?

Heavenly King Yang.

Why is Zhan Boxiong also here?

It seems

to be an ill-intentioned meeting today.

Minority Headman Ge, don’t misunderstand.

Today,

I invite you here

to help you solve the predicament

of Shuiyin Mountain.

I wonder whether

you’ll give me this chance.

OK.

Then I’ll listen

to your idea today.

Heavenly King Yang, please go ahead.

The situation in Shuiyin Mountain

has been in a mess currently.

I think

there is one way to solve the predicament.

You can unite by marriage.

Unite by marriage?

Huang Xianmin and Huang Xianda, brothers, in Shiqian conflict with each other

with the support of

Minority Headman Zhan

and Minority Headman Ge respectively behind.

If you two families unite by marriage,

the small Shuiyin Mountain

won’t arouse the conflict of all parties.

By then, Huang Xianmin and Huang Xianda

can only be at your beck and call.

Then the Shuiyin Mountain area

can become peaceful.

What you said is reasonable.

Ge Long, my son, isn’t married yet.

In this case,

the worry on my mind can be solved.

Your idea is good,.

But… But my daughter

hasn’t grown up.

Zhan,

do you forget

your niece, Ning’er,

is at the age of marriage?

Ge Long, the eldest son of Minority Headman Ge,

isn’t married yet.

I think

this is a beautiful marriage.

Good.

You.

Why didn’t I think of her?

Minority Headman Ge,

then it’s settled.

OK, Minority Headman Zhan.

If we two families unite by marriage,

it can not only bury the hatchet

but also become a story passed on with approval in Shuiyin Mountain.

Minority Headman Ge,

since so,

give bride-price as soon as possible.

We’ll

become a family later.

Stupid Ye Xiaotian,

how could you use an insect randomly?

I am still sleepy now.

So sleepy.

Ning’er. Ning’er.

What’s wrong with you?

Where did you go?

I didn’t find you everywhere.

Mom, I went to practice kung fu.

I am so sleepy now.

Let me go to sleep, OK?

You always

practice kung fu.

How can you marry?

Stop that.

Madame, Lady.

Master asked you to go to his place.

Go.

Do you want me

to marry Ge Long?

Stop daydreaming.

Well,

it’s not up to you.

Well,

he just led people to hurt our people.

How can you let me marry him?

In the final analysis,

the old scores between our family and the Ge family

are because of Huang Xianmin and Huang Xianda.

If you marry into the Ge family,

Ge Long will become the Minority Headman

and you’ll be the powerful hostess of Gejia Village.

Then will there still be any conflict

between our family and the Ge family?

Your dad died early.

As the clan elder and your uncle,

I should decide your marriage.

In addition,

Ge Long is known far and wide for his courage and bravery.

He is also the future Minority Headman.

Well,

doesn’t such a nice man

match you?

Dad,

do you mean Zhan Ning’er of Zhanjia Village?

Minority Headman Zhan told me

his niece was so pretty.

Even if she isn’t pretty,

she well matches you by her identity,

a daughter of the Zhan family.

You can marry several more women later.

But listen,

you must marry her.

Dad,

I only marry Zhan Ning’er

this life.

It’s OK to marry.

Good.

Marry him yourself.

Wanton.

Ning’er.

Ning’er.

Big brother, don’t get angry.

Ning’er is always stubborn.

I’ll talk with her.

Ning’er,

open the door.

Ning’er.

Uncle always has the final say in the village.

I’m afraid he won’t let the matter drop.

I can leave here.

You’re

as stubborn as your dead dad.

You can’t be so.

If I escape marriage,

uncle will vent his anger on my mom.

Mom is always soft

without her own judgment.

OK.

I won’t talk to you now.

Uncle also does that for your good.

Think it over.

Stay here to take care of her.

Yes.

Why didn’t I forget him?

Xiaoyun,

come.

Got it?

Go.

What did you say?

Castellan Zhan wants Zhan Ning’er to marry Ge Long?

Yes.

She asked me to tell you.

What did she say?

She said: “Ye Xiaotian,

when Yingying was in trouble,

you challenged others to a duel

and flew in the air of the Capital City,

causing a mighty uproar.

Now I am forced to marry.

I regard you as my friend

and am always kind to you.

Will you help me?”

What do you think of the house?

With hill and water,

it’s picturesque, right?

My Lady,

Lord Ye is just on a business trip in Tongren.

After that, he’ll go back to Hu County.

So we don’t need to buy a house?

Even so,

we should also let him live comfortably.

These jade kylins are so pretty.

Put it outside.

Do you know?

Xiaotian is an official.

The jade Chinese unicorns put outside can show his power and prestige.

Go now.

Wait a moment.

What’s that in your hand?

It’s so pretty.

Come in. Put them over there.

Yes.

Put this pair of jade kylins

at the door later.

Yes.

They’re so heavy.

Be careful.

My Lord,

I just heard

the Zhan family and the Ge family would unite by marriage.

Be gentle.

It hurts.

My Lady,

if you feel pain, it means your primary and collateral channels are blocked,

and if not, it means they are smooth.

Well…

It shows your primary and collateral channels are blocked.

But don’t worry.

Through my massage,

you’ll feel refreshed all over.

My Lord.

Calm down.

There’s something secret.

Do you mean

there is something you can’t tell now?

Wait and see if changes occur.

But if the Zhan family and the Ge family unite by marriage

and they cooperate with the Huang family,

we’ll…

Calm down.

Only after you can tolerate what ordinary people can’t tolerate,

can you stand out from the ordinary people.

Don’t get anxious for such a trifle.

Yes.

Shuiyin Mountain

is just a deep pit.

Now I’ve

fallen into it.

Do you mean…

Each family has evidence

about its ownership of Shuiyin Mountain.

And each family seems to have its reason,

so we can’t judge clearly.

In addition,

even if we can,

it’s useless.

The powerful family will win finally.

Prefectural Magistrate Zhang doesn’t want to give us more relief fund.

I think he just embarrasses us.

And County Magistrate Hua also knows

we can’t get more,

so we were asked to come here.

Big brother,

let’s go back.

I also think so.

But I have to solve one problem at present.

What’s it?

Xu Boyi I cultivated with efforts

was completely eliminated by Ye Xiaotian.

What’s worse,

Ye Xiaotian is like

the sun at high noon in Hu County now.

If I don’t kill him,

we can’t control Hu County,

let alone negotiation with Heavenly King Yang.

Await a chance

to kill him tomorrow.

I see.

Castellan Zhan wants Zhan Ning’er

to marry Ge Long.

She sent her maid to tell me

and turn to me for help.

How can we stop

their union by marriage?

Yes, we can.

Your high archery

can stop everything.

I have three arrows

which were made by craftsmen of Zhanjia Village.

Only experts can tell that.

Use one arrow

to kill Ge Long first tomorrow.

Don’t use it

to kill Ye Xiaotian.

I hope no one can figure out who the killer is,

so we can win in chaos.

Today Lord Ye and I

continue to mediate in the ownership of Shuiyin Mountain

for you.

Where are people of Ge Village?

Why haven’t they come?

Look now.

Are they from Gejia Village?

Ye Xiaotian.

No.

Lord Ye,

don’t delay

my giving bride-price in Zhanjia Village.

Well,

Young Castellan of Gejia Village,

why do you dress yourself like this?

After the mediation,

I’ll give bride-price in Zhanjia Village

I want to marry Miss Zhan Ning’er

to be my wife.

When we discuss tomorrow,

await a chance to shoot an arrow at Ge Long,

but don’t shoot him dead.

Just hurt him.

Isn’t it hard

according to your high archery?

No problem.

But if I don’t shoot him dead,

how can I stop them from marrying?

You fool.

We can stop them

as long as the arrow

was made by Zhanjia Village.

I see.

What do you think, Lord Ye?

Use one arrow

to kill Ge Long first.

Don’t use it

to kill Ye Xiaotian.

Lord Ye,

mediate quickly.

Don’t delay my giving bride-price in Zhanjia Village

and marrying.

Ye Xiaotian,

how evil you are!

How could you find assassins to kill me?

Stop talking nonsense.

Why do I kill you?

From the feather on the arrow, you know it’s from the Zhan family.

Well,

how could Zhan family play a trick with me?

Someone.

Someone, quickly.

The arrows came from the two directions.

Search.

Give me your hand.

Mr. Dai, are you OK?

Calm down.

Calm down.

I’m fine.

I think Shuiyin Mountain is so dangerous.

Let’s go back to Tongren first.

Lord Ye,

this is the only right decision you’ve made

since you came to Shuiyin Mountain.

Be gentle.

My Lady,

as I said,

if you feel pain, it means your primary and collateral channels are blocked,

and if not, it means they are smooth.

Lord Tian.

What’s the matter?

My Master was killed

on the mountain.

What?

My Lady,

as I said,

if you feel pain, it means your primary and collateral channels are blocked,

and if not, it means they are smooth.

Does it hurt? Does it hurt? Does it hurt?

As you said if you feel pain, it means your primary and collateral channels are blocked,

and if not, it means they are smooth.

Are they smooth?

Are they smooth?

Yes. Yes.

Yes. My Lady, please spare my life.

Spare my life.

They are all smooth.

Minority Headmen, here are my respects.

Third Uncle, here are my respects.

You could

get back the property of our ancestors

by the chaos in Shuiyin Mountain,

but you

achieved nothing.

What a good-for-nothing you are!

You really disappoint our ancestors.

Third Uncle,

the Head of the Yu family died.

The Huang, Zhan and Ge families

are blaming each other now.

If we act now,

is it really fit to start a fierce battle?

You’re right.

I planned we could win in chaos.

It’s also the best time for us.

Third Uncle,

Shuiyin Mountain

is only shoestring margin of our family.

If we want to regain the glory of our ancestors,

we must have a long-term vision.

If we act now,

do we help others?

And Zhang Duo, the Head of Tongren,

won’t thank us at all.

If we act now,

we’ll bring ruin upon ourselves.

How ignorant!

Shortsighted.

My big brother shouldn’t have passed on

the position of Minority Headman to you.

How incapable you are!

Well,

in a month,

you must seize

the Shuiyin Mountain of our family.