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Episode 44

If there is no one supporting Ye Xiaotian,

how can he be that bold?

At the critical moment,

Tian Miaowen used her private armies to rescue him.

It proves that.

I doubt

Tian Miaowen requested the Imperial Court to make the judgement

is a plot to gain time in order to complete defense.

What about us

going to Great Mercy Temple tonight

and killing Ye Xiaotian?

Military officers.

Here is the gold for you to buy some drink.

Let me visit Official Ye of Lawsuits.

OK?

Drink wine.

Go away.

Five sons of rich families were killed.

Who dare to accept your money?

I.

Gold.

Gold.

Don't you want?

I have the life to take the money,

but I'm not sure if I have the life to spend it.

Instead of Lord Ye,

can we only visit his bodyguard, Hua Yunfei?

Go, go, go.

Go away at once.

It seems that we can only use poison.

Are you proud of your poison?

How many people can you kill with poison?

Dad.

Dad.

Uncle.

Go back with me.

Dad.

My big brother was caught.

He will be decapitated soon.

How can you ask me to go back with you?

Or what else can you do?

Rush into the prison and save him.

Or die with him.

Don't worry. Don't worry.

I…

Daheng.

I believe your dad is resourceful.

He must have ways

to help us save our brother.

Right, Daheng?

Young lord,

let's listen to the master

and go back first.

Please rest assured.

Master will get the news of

Lord Ye.

I can help you

to ask about Ye Xiaotian's whereabouts.

Are you sure?

You have ways to do that?

What are you thinking about?

How is Tao Tao now?

Even if there is something wrong,

the five families will hold me responsible.

Why will they blame it on a cook?

Don't you worry more

about us?

The simple-minded boy

really likes Tao Tao.

When we have the chance to go out,

ask big brother to

act as a match-maker for you.

My mademoiselle, are you sure?

Ye Xiaotian is the Sect Leader of the Voodo Sect.

Yang Yinglong said this. How can it be false?

I just wondered

why he paid so much attention to Ye Xiaotian.

So it turned out that Ye Xiaotian is

the Sect Leader of the Voodo Sect.

It means mountaineers in nine caves and eighty-one villages

shall obey his order.

Right.

Ye Xiaotian

has such a dignified position

but kill people for a common girl.

If your ladyship hadn't gone there in time,

he would have been hacked to death.

He is really...

Really a reckless man, right?

It's really by Tian Miaowen's order.

Ye Xiaotian is only

a soldier running in the front.

You're right, big brother.

All in all, we should avenge.

But

it's more important to

suppress the Tian family, not making them stepping over us.

It's good for Second uncle to think in this way.

Uncle Yu,

I think

Tian Miaowen took advantage of the case in Sanli Residence

and incited Ye Xiaotian

to attack our Zhang family.

It's really a bad scheme.

If he is really a reckless man,

how can he has held this position till today?

He only lacks some manners of the officialdom

and is more down-to-earth.

My mademoiselle, do you plan to follow Yang Yinglong's order

and save him out?

Yutong,

you don't know it.

Our Zhang family

can't even protect our own family members now.

Outsiders are making unfavorable comments about us.

They say that the political situation in Tongren Prefecture will change.

There is even a nursery rhyme spreading among people.

What is it?

Eh.

Something like, the heaven will change.

Seas will change into land.

What does Tian refer to?

Who is Tian?

You don't know?

I will save him.

But I won't follow Yang Yinglong's order.

You mean...

I know it now.

Why did Ge Duolao's village move out of the mountain?

It must be Ye Xiaotian's idea.

Right.

Only he

can order Ge Duolao.

Why does Ye Xiaotian ,

become an official instead of staying in the forest,

performing his duty as the sect leader?

And he even takes his guardians with him.

What does he want to do?

Ye Xiaotian doesn't want to live in the forest forever.

Is there any young boy

who doesn't like colorful world?

Ye Xiaotian

longs for the world outside the mountain

and he is a man valuing human feelings.

If I sincerely make friends with him,

will he refuse me?

If he serves you,

what about Yang Yinglong?

No matter what commons say about it,

there is no use.

But Tian Miaowen covered up Ye Xiaotian.

By doing this, she undermined the privilege of our minority headman family.

I think

other headmen families

won't be satisfied with it, either.

But Tian Miaowen is a cunning fox.

She may have been watching over us since long time ago.

If we take some actions,

she will take precautions against us.

If I can make Ye Xiaotian work for me,

why do I still need Yang Yinglong?

Yang Yinglong is powerful in Bozhou.

Cooperation with him

can only strengthen my influence indirectly.

But Ye Xiaotian's power is close at hand.

Yang Yinglong is a cold-blooded man.

Even if I marry him,

I should be careful not to be hurt by him.

While Ye Xiaotian

can kill criminals from rich families

for a common girl who he doesn't know.

He is such an affectionate man

that I think he is much more reliable than Yang Yinglong.

Sir,

am I right?

What you said makes sense, my mademoiselle.

Really.

Don't move.

Ye Xiaotian.

Prefectural Commissioner will take you to the court.

Big Brother.

Don't worry.

Go.

Lord Tian,

the criminal has been taken here.

Go in.

There has been no one

who puts morality and justice above anything.

But Lord Ye has made it.

I admire you a lot.

Thanks for your help,

You not only help me,

but also save your face.

Do you really think

I do this just for my own good?

So I don't allow you to die in the state office.

Right?

So My lord, what do you mean?

What you have done awakens my conscience.

So I come.

I mean,

although you are not a qualified official,

you are a man, standing upright.

I admire a man like you.

Who I admire

shouldn't die that easily.

Yes.

A good official like you who can plead for the people

shouldn't die here easily.

I will never forgive myself for allowing that to happen.

So

I will save you out of the tiger's mouth.

My lord.

My lord.

News comes from Great Mercy Temple.

Tian Miaowen came to visit Ye Xiaotian out of a sudden.

She.

She.

What does Tian Miaowen want to do?

She has always been very crafty.

She met with Ye Xiaotian at this time.

There must be something wrong.

Big Brother.

I'll go with Yu Long.

How will you save me? Your respectable prefectural commissioner.

Take me out from the front gate ostentatiously?

Of course not.

But

I have my own way.

Junior Official,

Ye Xiaotian disappeared.

What?

Search for him.

Yes.

Go there.

That way.

Look at this way.

Hurry up.

Is he in front?

Go there to have a look.

OK.

Abbot,

what is wrong with prefectural commissioner Tian?

Her pulse is in a rope-unwinding state.

That is to say, her pulse is untying like a rope.

I really cannot understand.

Stop talking nonsense.

Just get to the point. .

Just get to the point.

Benefactor Tian is poisoned.

But I have detoxicated the poison for her.

Now her life is not at risk,

and she will wake up very soon.

Junior Official,

we have searched all this place.

The wall is solid

without any hidden door.

And there is also no tunnel.

Have you searched below the bed?

No.

Move it away for me.

Yes.

Er…

What are you doing?

What are you doing?

Prefectural Commissioner Tian,

where have you hidden Ye Xiaotian?

Ye Xiaotian.

Ye Xiaotian disappeared?

Don't pretend to know nothing

OK?

Just tell me,

where has he gone?

Ye Xiaotian was under the watch of the troops of seven families.

How could I know where he is?

In my opinion, you intended to save him deliberately.

Otherwise, why did you come back to the Great Mercy Temple suddenly?

Why did Ye Xiaotian take action before reporting it?

I need to know the reason.

Can I send a memorial stating the details

to the emperor?

But Ye Xiaotian disappeared

when he was with you.

So you have to explain it.

You are so bold.

How dare you to be so bold

and show no respect for me?

Enough. Enough. Enough.

You can survey it as you like.

I am not in the mood to fool around with you.

Benefactor.

Search thoroughly.

Go to search there.

Have a look here.

Some people come here.

Be quick.

Quick.

Search quickly.

My lord,

we have searched this temple thoroughly,

but still didn't find Ye Xiaotian.

How could a living person disappear like this?

The wall is solid,

and the floor is also solid.

There is no tunnel or something like that at all.

The whole place is besieged.

But the person disappeared.

He must still be in the temple.

Second Brother.

Second Brother.

Brother Yu.

How did Ye Xiaotian disappear?

I've said that this woman

applied the stalling tactics,

and waited for the chance to release Ye Xiaotian.

But nobody believed in me then.

What's the point of talking this nonsense now?

Junior Official Zhang,

what do you think we should do?

Keep the Ye Family in control.

And also the Tian family.

Keep a close eye on them.

Seal all the doors in Tongren.

Nobody should be allowed to go out.

Search the whole city.

But we do not have adequate personnel.

Call in the personnel from the Great Mercy Temple.

Just leave several people there.

Wait.

My lord,

this may be a little bit improper.

Just think about it.

In case that Ye Xiaotian is still hiding somewhere in the temple,

and we withdraw our people,

it will be like sending a tiger back to the forest.

This is not sending a tiger back to the forest,

but drawing a snake out of its hole.

My mademoiselle,

Zhang Yi has withdrawn his people.

They called in a large group of people from the temple,

and now are searching in the town.

Let's go.

OK.

Go.

Go.

Be quick.

Quick.

My mademoiselle,

Zhang Yi is leading his men heading toward here.

Who are you?

Why are you in my house?

Your house?

It seems that you are one of his family members.

I will capture you, too.

This is the lady of our Xia family from Red Maple Lake.

Who dare touch her?

Lady of the Xia Family from Red Maple Lake,

why don't you just stay put at your home?

Why are you in the Ye Mansion?

It's none of your business.

Why are you here?

Stop talking nonsense.

Is Ye back now?

If Brother Xiaotian has escaped,

n did Yunfei also escape?

You are very happy?

Sure.

Sure.

Let me tell you.

No one will escape.

Search.

I want to see who dare to search here.

Lady Xia,

as long as you are a lady of the Xia family from Red Maple Lake,

I will save your face.

But

that damn Ye

is a sworn enemy of mine.

So I tell you,

I must search here today.

You…

Sister-in-law,

since big brother is not here,

just let him search.

I tell you,

every brick and stone

and every plant here is arranged by me.

If you damage any of them,

I will ask my dad to hold Fatty Zhang accountable.

OK.

Today I will show you some respect.

Be careful while searching.

Yes, my lord.

Go.

Careful.

This way.

Be quick.

Here.

Here.

Junior Official,

the trace of a group of mysterious people were seen in the south of the town.

Continue searching here.

Go.

Go there and have a look.

Yes.

My lord,

after that group of mysterious people entered the town,

we received your signal

and closed the gate immediately.

Since then, there has been nobody entering or going out of the town.

Who are they?

Junior Official.

Red alert.

Great Mercy Temple is on fire.

Suddenly a group of people in black attacked the Great Mercy Temple,

set the dormitories of monks on fire,

and released all the people who were kept there.

Our people stationed there

suffered a severe loss.

What?

We were cheated.

Ye Xiaotian was definitely there.

Follow me.

Let's go.

This group of warriors

who have received secret training

were originally planned for emergency.

But now

they suffered a huge loss for Ye Xiaotian.

I hope that our sacrifice

is worthy.

For the good of the Sect Leader of the Voodo Sect,

it's worthy.

Put out the fire quickly.

Someone, help.

Water. Water. Get some water.

Hurry up. Get some water here.

Be quick.

Quick. Quick. Quick.

Quick.

Be quick.

Quick.

Quick, quick.

Quick. Quick. Quick.

Quick, quick, follow up, come on.

When Tian Miaowen was out,

you didn't notice anything

She came with some people,

and leave with the same number of people.

I've checked it.

None of them looks like Ye Xiaotian.

After Tian Miaowen came to the Great Mercy Temple,

Ye Xiaotian disappeared.

Immediately after we dispatched our men from the Great Mercy Temple

to hunt down Ye Xiaotian,

all subordinates of Ye

were rescued

peremptorily

If this has nothing to do with Tian Miaowen,

I will change my surname.

Yu Long,

if we go to the Tian family now, we will bring disgrace on our own heads.

I think that Yutong is right.

We should ally with all minority headmen

to suppress this arrogant woman.

OK.

Zhang Yi, Yu Long and their ally families

must be very angry now, thinking about

how to deal with you.

They cannot find Ye Xiaotian,

so they can do nothing to me.

Have you found Yang Yinglong?

Yes.

He lives at the Seven-star Cliff of Six-dragon Mountain.

The master of Bozhou

lives somewhere humbly near my Tongren.

Heavenly King,

how about the situation in Hu Country?

The Imperial Court appointed Xue Xu to be the County Magistrate

and Fu Xingwei to be the magistrate assistant to manage Hu county.

I've already drawn them to our side,

and they will do things for us.

Following your instructions,

they will tighten the control over Hu county.

Choose post road and vehicles as the targets.

We have arranged people along the post road.

Once we bring them under control,

plus my cooperation in the east Guizhou,

it will be the time

for you, the Heavenly King to uprise.

Yang Yinglong said

that he controlled Tongren

to expand his influence in Bozhou.

According to me, this is not the case.

His real intention

is to aim at the whole country and to aspire after the throne.

He is aiming at the emperorship.

Based on a small place,

he aims at the whole country.

He

is really arrogant and ambitious?

When holding Tongren and Bozhou his hands at the same time,

he can lead his troops march towards the east easily,

to occupy southeast part, the richest region of the Ming Dynasty.

When seizing the forces in southwest

and the fortune in the regions south of the Yangtze River,

he can lead his troops to march towards the north

and be the emperor.

In only a few years,

he will become the second Zhu Yuanzhang.

But, my mademoiselle,

this is an impasse.

From the ancient times to now,

there are a lot of ambitious men who are over-confident.

I will not allow the Tian Family

to be buried with Yang Yinglong.

This is why

I broke up with Yang Yinglong,

and became the ally of Ye Xiaotian.

The Tian Family

wouldn't let him fall into the doomed situation eternally by all means.

So my mademoiselle, you have already made the plan.

Mr. Wen,

I will hand over the task of killing Yang Yinglong to you.

Please rest assured, my mademoiselle.

I will spare no effort to complete this task.

Now the Tian Family and the Zhang Family are

incompatible with each other

as fire and water do.

If the Zhang Family failed

then Tian Miaowen

will become the master of Tongren.

Then Tongren will be connected with Hu County.

Then the way for me

to move east

will be completely open.

You

just stay here for the time being.

I will arrange a meeting between you and her.

In the future,

you two shall make concerted efforts

to assist me to

accomplish the great task.

Please rest assured, Heavenly King.

My mademoiselle,

I've brought him here.

OK.

Please.

How about Hua Yunfei?

Please rest assured.

They are alright.

I've asked people to save them.

The help of prefectural commissioner

will be remembered by Xiaotian forever.

Brother Ye,

please have a seat.

You too.

Prefectural commissioner is really resourceful.

So have you already

planned all these well

while I was still imprisoned

in the Great Mercy Temple?

On that day, when I learnt that Brother Ye

beheaded the son of a reputable family in Tongren regardless of the power,

to uphold justice for the people,

I really appreciated you.

So I determined

to save you by all means.

Prefectural Commissioner Tian.

Don't call me prefectural commissioner any more.

That will keep you at distance from me.

Now we have the same enemy now.

I am a little bit younger than you.

How about just calling me by my name?

OK.

Then I will follow your advice.

Well, Miss Miaowen,

how did you get to know

the secret tunnel

in the Great Mercy Temple?

Then how will prefectural commissioner save me?

I have my own way.

Take it.

Let's go.

Lord Tian.

Lord Tian.

Lord Tian.

Where's Ye Xiaotian?

Where has Ye Xiaotian? gone

Back to that year,

Tongren was attacked by a severe pestilence,

which caused me to lose her parents.

According to the traditional hereditary system,

I inherited the post of minority headman.

Then I built the Great Mercy Temple

and placed the memorial tablets of my parents in it.

That secret tunnel was dug

while the Great Mercy Temple was built.

Actually I didn't know

whether that gear will work or not.

But I have a habit of

leaving ground for retreat for myself.

The habit of leaving ground for retreat?

Brother Ye, have you heard that

those who have experienced natural disasters

tend to store a lot of food

in their houses

even if they are very rich now.

They will feel assured

only when they see the food.

I took the post of minority headman when I was 7.

From that day onward,

overt spears and covert arrows,

poison and assassins

have always been following me like shadows.

If it has not been for Mr. Wen,

I would have been dead for a long time.

From the time I took the post

till I was nine years old,

over these two years,

I have experienced 27 assassinations.

Twenty-seven?

Even once a month,

there are still a margin.

I didn't mean that.

Please continue.

So if I can arrange people at some place,

I will deploy a lot of people there,

who are the most loyal to me

and best at martial arts.

If I can take people to some place, I would bring a lot of people.

In the places where I usually live or often visit,

there must be ground for retreat.

Only in this way,

can I feel assured.

The habit of leaving ground for retreat?

Can you understand now?

Then

who are those people

who want to kill you?

Every family has their own problems.

Please have a seat.

My contradiction with Zhang Duo…

I think you must have heard it before, Brother Ye.

Zhang Duo

sells the official salt secretly,

and bully others.

The people in Tongren have long been suffering from him.

If my Tian Family want to replace him,

we must correct these problems and establish new systems.

Then lawsuits are a key part

in my reform of Tongren.

Brother Ye, you are an impartial and upright man,

so you are exactly the right person for post of the official of lawsuits.

I…

Nowadays,

I've made a big mess in Tongren.

I am afraid that

I cannot appear in the public in the future.

Before I took actions to show power.

Now I've done enough,

and it's time to show the real intention now.

As long as I can

borrow enough armed forces

from my clan,

I can officially attack Zhang Duo.

If I can suppress Zhang Duo,

will you still be afraid of appearing in the public?

If it was not for me,

you wouldn't

take such an extreme action.

When I see the truth,

even if a lot of people prevent me,

I would insist.

OK.

Such being the case,

from today onward,

I, Ye Xiaotian

will live and march forward

with you, my mademoiselle.

Brother Ye, you are being too courteous.

Heavenly King,

Tian Miaowen dispatched the armed forces of the Tian Family secretly

to Tongren.

It seems that she's aiming at something.

She wants to slap

Fatty Zhang in his face.

She's really vicious.

But she

suits me well.

Then when do you plan

to marry her as your third concubine.

Miss Tian is good-looking and wise,

and she also has the whole Tian Family as her dowry.

So she will be a good concubine for you.

Although I appreciate her viciousness very much,

I don't want

to have a woman like Wu Zetian

in my house.

When she suppresses

Zhang Duo

and conquers Tongren,

I will

directly take it over.

She will be useless for me

in the future.

What?

You can't understand.

Actually I have arranged my people

to stay by Tian Miaowen's side long before.

Kill.

Heavenly King, leave quickly.

My mademoiselle, my report to you.

I am incompetent,

and let Yang Yinglong escape.

If Yang Yinglong knows that

it is you that wants to kill him,

he would not let it lie.

Find him,

and kill him.

My lord,

I went to Six-dragon Mountain by order.

Just now…

Did you see that person?

No.

It seems that there was a fight there.

Those people who stayed in the mountain all died.

In front of the fall, there were broken arms and blood.

But we didn't find

his body

or the body of his female bodyguard.

Go.

Come on. Give it to me.

Heavenly King,

Huh…

Why are you hurt like this?

I kill wild geese all the day,

and finally get my eyes bitten by them.

You are injured.

Please wait for a while.

I will go to get some medicine

to bind up your wound.

Heavenly King,

please rest assured.

All the people in the branch here are our own people,

and it is impossible for common people to know this secret chamber .

Heavenly King,

why are you injured so badly?

In Tongren,

the person who can detect my trace,

and send so many assassins to kill me

can only be her.

I cannot think of anyone else.

You mean her?

Yes.

It must be her.

You treat her well.

She depends a lot on you.

How can she even want to kill you?

I've already told her that

Ye Xiaotian is the Sect Leader of the Vodoo Sect.

I guess that

she wants to make use of Ye Xiaotian's power.

Then

I am useless for her.

In turn,

I have been a barrier for her.

This is difficult to handle.

If Tian Miaowen

join hands with Ye Xiaotian,

then it may be impossible for you

to control the whole Tongren.

If Ye Xiaotian really wants to help her,

Tongren will be a strong fortress.

Heavenly King,

we've devoted our efforts

to pave the way for her?

Am I, Yang Yinglong that easy

to deal with?

It's not certain that who will pave the way for the other..

Let's wait and see.

It has been two days.

We have searched the whole Tongren thoroughly.

So where is

Ye Xiaotian hiding?

As long as we overthrow Tian Miaowen,

we can definitely find Ye Xiaotian.

I have an idea.

When those Minority Officials are not satisfied now,

we can apply the carrot and stick policy judiciously

to draw them to our side.

Dad, your 50th birthday is coming.

We can make use of this opportunity,

and draw those minority headman to our side

when they are gathering together.

Then

as Tian Miaowen's action this time is not welcoming,

we can attack her together.

Good idea.

An eye

for an eye.

My lord.

My lord,

Ge Duolao led another group of about 1,000 people

out of Dawan Mountain again.

They are constructing camps

at Woniu Ridge.

I asked you to find a competent general.

Have you found one?

Big Brother,

no time for that.

Now I will lead the troop to

fight against the forces of Ge Duolao and drive them back to Dawan Mountain.

Bad news, bad news!

Lord Ye has got into trouble.

What's wrong with Ye Xiaotian?

Five young ruffians of Tongren bullied a girl.

Furious about this,

Lord Ye decapitated them.

Then masters of these family

flooded to the court.

What happened next?

Then Prefectural Commissioner Tian didn't allow them to kill anyone,

and had Lord Ye locked up.

Now we don't know whether Lord Ye's alive or not.

Ge Duolao,

a fight is coming very soon.

The matters in Woniu Ridge will be handed over to you.

I must go back to save Ye Xiaotian immediately.

Please save the Sect Leader.

Upward.

Is this OK?

Be careful.

Move to this side a little.

Get out of the way.

OK.

OK.

OK.

Higher. Move it a little higher. Slowly.

Is this level now?

OK. OK. OK.

Prefectural Magistrate Zhang is celebrating his birthday in spite of his illness.

What do you think of it?

He is unwilling

to live in obscurity .

Do you have any plan?

Kill you

while you are ill.