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Episode 47

Tie him up.

Yes, sir.

Retreat.

Hurry up.

Chase!

My Lord

My Lord.

Prefectural Commissioner.

Official of Lawsuits Ye.

Lord Ye has contributed a lot this time.

I admire you a lot.

Really admirable!

My Lady,

the Zhang's Mansion has been besieged,

so that Zhang Yutong can't escape now.

Zhang Yi has been caught.

It's fine as long as you are safe.

Where is Yu Long?

He saw the situation unfavorable,

so he ran back to the old residence

and closed the gate to defend to the last.

Brother Ye,

please ask your men to guard the back door and the east wall.

Dai Chonghua's men shall guard the front gate and the west wall.

Let's trap them for the time being.

I need to solve some family affairs first.

Do you need my help?

It is my family affairs.

If outsiders take part in it,

we may elicit criticism.

Your Uncle Three harbors evil intent.

If they attack you suddenly and violently…

Rest assured.

I am not that unpopular.

Clansmen trust me a lot

while Uncle Three and his men

can only plot some schemes in the dark.

Because they are all elder members of our family,

without hard evidence,

I can do nothing to them.

Now, it's evident that they betrayed me.

I don't have any scruples anymore.

I see.

Now, master of Tian family, Tian Miaowen has been killed by the Zhangs.

For the next step,

they will deal with the rest of us.

Now we desperately need an iron-handed person

to take charge of our Tian family

and contend with the Zhangs to the end.

Reinvigorate the Tian family.

Revenge the master.

Reinvigorate the Tian family.

Revenge the master.

Uncle Three is of high integrity and prestige,

and is well-educated and trained in military exercises,

so he is the best person to take charge of our Tian family.

It's the critical time for our family.

Please don't refuse us.

The Zhangs deliberately plotted to murder our Lady.

Now, they are caught.

People of our Tian family

have been following our Lady's instructions

and have taken back the first position of Tongren.

Eh.

But

someone in our Tian family

has been blinded by lust,

wanting to kill our Lady.

When our Lady was besieged,

he halted the troops and waited,

seeing the master being trapped without doing anything.

With such a crime, he deserves a death.

Now, our Lady has come here in person

to dispose of the betrayer.

The rest of you just followed the order.

Move aside.

Our Lady will show mercy on you

and will not hold you responsible for your faults.

Tian Miaowen.

Two hundred years ago, our Tian family

was the leader of top four Headmen in Guizhou.

Now we exist in name only.

You have been in charge of the Tian family for so many years.

However, things didn't turn any better.

We are very disappointed at you.

You are incapable to be our master.

Uncle Three.

Now I call you Uncle Three for the last time.

Miaowen has grown up.

Since I took over our family,

I have met numerous assassinations.

The older I grew,

the more frequently you tried to assassinate me.

Though I am a girl,

I have been contending with Zhang Duo, who is superior to us,

for the interests of our family.

I been also gathering forces for our Tian family

in order to

restore the glory of our family one day.

I used to think that as I grow up,

and you get old,

I can prove to you that I'm capable enough

to take helm of our family.

Then you will gradually give up the mind of killing me.

However,

things didn't go my way.

Uncle Three,

is this position really important for you?

Is it important enough

to outweigh our family love in your heart?

Miaowen,

my good niece.

It's all my fault.

I'm so sorry to you.

I don't deserve to be a human.

I deserve to die.

Please forgive me.

Miaowen,

it's all my fault.

Uncle Three.

You didn't expect that our Lady can practice martial arts, did you?

I taught her the martial arts.

She is much better at it than me now.

Be loyal to the master.

Restore the glory of the Tian family.

Ye Xiaotian has mobilized Ge Duolao Village

and sneaked into the city unexpectedly.

The Zhang family was caught off guard.

and was invaded completely.

Now, Tongren has fallen into the hands of the Tian family.

And Ye Xiaotian can also

take a share of the victory,

becoming the second largest power after the Tians.

So you mean,

since the Tian family betrayed the Heavenly King,

we'd better change our mind to support the Zhang family.

The Zhang family won't resign to their fate of failure.

They will definitely pledge loyalty to the Heavenly King.

Though Zhang Yutong is young,

he is not an easy-going man.

If he is not satisfied with being under dog for long,

he will become the next Tian Miaowen

with the support from us

and turn against me sooner or later.

So what's your plan, Heavenly King？

You'll find it out soon.

Who is it?

Qian Qingqing.

Qingqing.

You are still alive.

Heavenly King,

I was attacked and fell into the mountain stream.

Luckily, I dropped into the water

and drifted with the fair current.

I hurried back after coming to myself and healing the wound.

I didn't perform my duty of protecting Heavenly King well.

Please punish me.

Stand up.

It's very lucky for you to stay alive.

A small state office

is nothing important.

If your Zhang family still refuses to come round and change your mind,

we'll destroy you all.

So I hope you

can go persuade Zhang Yutong

to give up resistance.

Bah.

What right do you have?

You dare to let our Zhang family surrender to you and fall at your feet.

Day dreaming.

Junior Official Zhang,

Just look at

the current situation of the Zhang family?

Do you still have a chance to turn the tide?

Mr. Wen is correct.

As long as Lord Tian

calls up all the Headmen in Tongren

and reports what Zhang Yutong has done to the Imperial Court,

he will not only lose the position of Prefectural Magistrate,

but also the hereditary title of Headman.

Junior Official Zhang, I'm saying this you're your own good.

You'd better

think about it carefully.

I know what you mean.

You want me to persuade our young master into giving up.

No way.

If you want to kill me,

just do it.

Junior Official Zhang didn't t agree.

What should we do?

We have no choice.

Zhang Yutong knows he has committed serious crime.

He attempted to assassinate his colleagues, but failed.

So he sets fire on his mansion and

burned himself to death for fear of punishment.

How poor and pathetic.

It's too late

for him to regret.

Someone, come here.

Set fire.

Stop.

I'll go.

I'll go.

OK?

Give you twenty-four hours.

When the time is out,

I'll set fire and destroy you all.

OK.

How dare she

want to set fire on the state office.

How can she say such impertinent words?

Isn't she afraid of the punishment from the Imperial Court?

Yutong.

Why are you still not getting it straight?

When the time comes, they can say you burn yourself for fear of punishment.

Just think about it.

Will the Imperial Court believe in a dead man's words,

or Tian Miaowen's words?

No, no, no.

There is still hope for us.

Yes.

Yes.

After my father's death,

I have sent a letter to the An family.

They will definitely send people here to condole.

When their people arrive,

they won't sit idle and stay out of the affair.

When internal conflicts occur between the first and the second powers,

they will certainly interfere.

But

we are given only twenty-four hours.

People from the An family won't make it in such a short time.

Assistant Administrator Ye.

What is your order, Chiliarch Jia?

I have heard about what happened to Miss Xia.

Sorry for your loss.

You've come here today

only to say these

unimportant words to me?

Eh.

Assistant Administrator Ye.

Because you led the mountaineers out of the mountain,

I went to the Capital City specially.

I didn't expect such kind of accident would happen during this period?

Otherwise,

I will do whatever I can

to help you.

So you've come here today

to ask me to drive the mountaineers

back to the mountain?

No.

The Imperial Court strongly supports what you have done.

Mountaineers are also the people of our Ming Dynasty.

The Imperial Court makes no exception.

How can we ignore them

just because they have lived in the mountains for a long time

and lack education and enlightenment of civility?

If we can lead them out of the mountains

and reclaim the wasteland,

making them live and work in peace.

It will be a benevolent rule, not only satisfying the imperial court,

but also meeting the demands of the people.

In the past, I was

short-sighted.

Have you finished?

Since these mountaineers

come out and settle down in the city,

you will play a decisive role

in Tongren.

The imperial court hopes that

you can take the whole situation into consideration,

solve the conflicts contradiction between the Tian family and the Zhang family,

and try your best to stabilize the local political power.

My thought

is the same as yours.

But about how to implement it,

I have my own idea.

Big brother,

how are things out there in the state office?

The Tians besieged it but didn't launch attack.

I think they want to force the Zhangs to compromise.

Tian Miaowen.

I have prepared the gift.

We waited for a long time.

Where is Lord Tian?

My Lords,

My

Lords,

distinguished gentries,

My Lady is discussing affairs now.

She doesn't have time today.

Please come here another day.

We have waited for half a day.

We are willing to wait longer,

right?

We are willing to wait.

Let's wait for some more time.

Let's wait for a little more time.

Those officials waiting outside

are all fence-sitters.

They are people who know nothing but flatter.

You needn't pay attention to them.

Though they are always in two minds,

they actually enjoy high status and good reputation.

We should win them over

and make them cheer for and support us..

It's not a bad thing.

My Lady is really far-sighted.

We should have done it this way.

My Lord is so wise and resourceful.

I really admire you.

At the beginning, I objected to

taking actions against the Zhangs.

Out of my expectation, the Lady has made preparations,

laying the hope on Ye Xiaotian.

You really made better decisions.

Lord Tian really plotted an excellent scheme.

After knowing Ye Xiaotian's real identity,

you made adjustments adapting to the changes immediately.

You placed yourself into a fatal position

and drove Ye Xiaotian to take actions.

Zhang Yutong could never imagine

we would dispatch such an suddenly from nowhere.

Uncle Three has been

a mortal malady of you for a long time.

If you hadn't put yourself into such a fatal position,

Uncle Three wouldn't have betrayed us openly.

It's a good chance

to eradicate him.

It's really killing two birds with one stone.

Now the overall situation is in our control.

In order to avoid more incidents due to delay,

we should stabilize the situation as soon as possible.

Your Excellency, please rest assured.

Zhang Yutong could hardly fly away even if he had wings.

Except surrender,

he has no more choice.

But instead, I hope this young boy

can be much more unyielding.

Only in this case,

can we burn him directly.

Of course, it's best for us to cut the weeds and dig up the roots.

But the Zhang family is deeply-rooted in Tongren,

so it's difficult for us to extirpate them all.

In order to avoid other people's interference,

we'd better force him to surrender as early as possible.

Official of Lawsuits,

please wait for a moment.

Our Lady is discussing affairs now.

I will go to report it for you right now.

My Lady,

My Lady,

Official of Lawsuits Ye is here.

He is now in the study.

Brother Ye,

sorry for keeping you waiting for so long.

Zhang Yutong closes the gate and refuses to go out.

Lord Tian just besieges it but doesn't attack.

I want to know what your plan is.

The Zhangs is a deeply-rooted power,

so it's impossible to kill them all

and the best plan is to make them surrender.

I besiege the Zhang Mansion but don't attack it

so as to force them to surrender.

I won't kill all of them.

But Zhang Yutong, Zhang Yi

and Yu Long must die.

Brother Ye,

at this time,

if we kill Zhang Yutong and Zhang Yi,

the Zhang family will resist fiercely out of rage.

There are many branches of the Zhang family.

They all have their own power.

How will the situation in Tongren be stable in that case?

If the turbulence lasts for a long time,

let alone the Imperial Court,

all Headmen in Guizhou

will come forward to interfere in it.

I don't care about so much.

Yingying died.

The three must pay with their lives.

Brother Ye,

it's quite difficult for us to achieve the success.

It's much more difficult for a girl like me

to maintain the overall situation.

You can do things without any scruple.

But I can't.

Our Tian family is here. We can't leave.

If we don't use some special means,

it may end up with be a lose-lose situation.

I understand how desperate you are to revenge.

But please trust me,

it's not the time.

Please tolerate it for a little longer.

Will you?

Yutong,

did you see it?

It's all enclosed outside.

It is impossible for us to rush out.

And no one is coming to our aid.

What is the loss of your surrendering and abdicating?

Think about the King of the Yue State, Gou Jian.

He slept on the brushwood and tasted the gall.

And he successfully avenged his insult at last.

Only if we survive,

I believe

we can definitely stage a comeback in the future.

Do you understand?

Let's surrender.

I can't do that.

I can't.

My dad died from anger due to Tian Miaowen.

For this,

I will definitely avenge myself on her.

My Lady,

it's been twenty-four hours.

Are they coming out?

No.

Then we have to rush into the mansion.

Remember.

You mustn't kill Zhang Yutong and Zhang Yi.

Yes.

Force the door open.

Rush.

It seems that

they have gathered all the soldiers at the rear houses.

Go to the rear houses.

Hurry up.

What's wrong?

Are they using the stratagem of the empty city?

It's a pity he is not Zhuge Liang, a master strategist.

And I'm not Sima Yi, Zhuge Liang's opponent.

Search.

Go.

Retreat.

My Lady.

We chased them to the backyard,

but the men of Ge Duolao

shot arrows against us. So we retreated.

Report.

My Lord,

our route of retreat is blocked by others.

What's happened?

Whose troop?

It's...

It's Ge Duolao's troop.

Ge Duolao's troop.

Aren't they subordinate to Ye Xiaotian?

What's going on?

Let's go and have a check.

Don't be rash.

Rest assured.

Ye Xiaotian won't let me

die with no reason.

Go.

Go.

Lord Tian.

Where is Lord Ye?

He is waiting for you in the mansion.

I want to see him.

OK.

But

Your Excellency can only go there alone.

Fine.

Put them down. Put them down.

Please.

Lord Tian,

Lord Ye is inside.

Please go inside.

Why do you do this?

Why?

I also want to know why.

You resorted to some dishonorable schemes

to toy with and manipulate me for your good.

What else do you want to do

by taking advantage of me

and the ingenuous mountaineers?

What are you saying?

Stop your performance,

Lord Tian.

Looking back,

I think the one I met on Shuiyin Mountain,

who is arrogant, domineering,

treacherous and deceitful,

should be the real you.

You have been persecuted by others since young.

So you are used to leaving yourself loop-holes.

But a person who is accustomed to oppression

will be very vigilant,

taking precautions against others.

Therefore,

when you caused Zhang Yutong's father to die with anger

and came to the Zhang Mansion to offer condolences,

how could you believe that

Zhang Yutong would harbour no evil intent against you?

You just purposefully

risked your life to create turbulence.

However,

it's useless for you to risk your life.

But if you take me there,

things would be different.

Of course,

I don't mean me as

the Official of Lawsuits,

but me as the Sect Leader of the Voodo Sect.

When you and I were locked in the stone chamber,

you were quite fearful and helpless.

You didn't know what you could do

and thought that your Uncle Three had betrayed you.

But when I told you

I'm the Sect Leader of the Voodo Sect,

you began to cooperate with me immediately.

No one can cooperate so perfectly

with no preparations,

except that you have plotted the scheme before

and waited for me to swallow the bait.

You waited for me to help you.

And you waited to cooperate with me.

When did you know my identity?

And how did you come to know it?

Tell me.

OK.

I admit. that

I saw you kill those five young ruffians.

Though I thought you were too bold,

I also thought you were a man who was full of sentiment.

So I wanted to make you my henchman.

I investigated you secretly.

You of course have no flaws.

But those you took out of the mountains

were not good at disguising.

Do you refer to Dong Tian and Duoni?

Yes.

It's them.

But I was not sure at that time.

After Ge Duolao Village moved out of the mountain,

you still exchanged messages frequently.

Only then did I

confirmed your identity

and decided to take advantage of your power.

But,

though I took advantage of you,

I never thought about doing harm to you.

Actually, I did all these for our Tian family,

but haven't you cleared

the largest barrier that prevents you from seizing the power?

Ye Xiaotian,

why are you so cruel?

Why do you carry off everything

when I nearly succeed?

But you killed Yingying.

If you hadn't done these things,

Yingying wouldn't have been dead.

Kneel down.

I know you are good at martial arts.

But if you don't want the whole Tian family

to be buried with you,

kneel down.

Yingying.

I thought I am skilled at martial arts

and hold the official post

and have secret passages built.

So there would be no danger of anything going wrong.

But I haven't expected...

Without your foolish plan,

Yingying wouldn't have died.

That's an accident.

How could I know Yingying

would appear suddenly?

Since things have turned out to be like this.

What do you want to do?

I'll kill you.

Kill me.

Even if you kill me,

Yingying will not come back to life.

What's more, I didn't do these purposefully.

I never wanted to cause her death.

Are the Zhang family under your control now?

Have you made an agreement with Zhang Yutong and Zhang Yi?

You are from the branch of the Zhang family.

Promise me one thing.

From today onward,

you will be the legitimate heir and

master of the Zhang family.

You.

In order to preserve the power of our Zhang family in Tongren,

I suggest young master should leave Tongren to stay away from troubles

and wait for the opportunity

of returning to power.

I have arranged the way to retreat.

Guards at the back gate have accepted my bribery.

Go out quickly.

Cousin.

Uncle,

go with me.

Go.

Go.

Zhang Yutong,

you have no way to escape.

Ask you men to lay down their weapons

or

we'll kill you all.

Zhang Cheng,

it's you.

Take them away.

Move.

You made a person from the branch of the Zhang family the master.

Other people in the Zhang family may not support him.

If he wants to hold this position firmly,

he can't exercise power without you.

Then he will be under your control, right?

So now,

you are useless.

How can it be?

Although the Zhang family rely on you now,

it doesn't mean

they can't restore vitality.

You need to keep a balance of powers.

You take advantage of me to restrain the Zhangs

and in turn, you use the Zhangs to restrain me.

You mean,

after I was cheated by you,

I should also set you free.

I have undergone great hardships

and at last got rid of

the venomous snakes surrounding me for so many years.

I have made painstaking efforts.

I have overcome great difficulties

to change those who used to be subordinate to our Tian family

into my subordinates again.

I haven't enjoyed the success for one day.

How can you take all of them away?

I gave you them.

It's right and proper for me to take them back.

But you haven't paid for

what you owed me.

What do you want?

Tell me.

I want you to

do three things for me.

First,

the Zhang family will still hold the position of Prefectural Magistrate

because Zhang Yi and Zhang Yutong must die.

I need the support from the branch of the Zhang family

to stabilize Tongren.

I racked my brains

to make our Tian family have the chance…

You have no choice.

But I can promise you

the newly-appointed Prefectural Magistrate

can follow the example of you,

not dealing with government affairs in the office.

The real power will be yours.

You can be the Prefectural Magistrate in fact.

OK, I accept it.

The second is that

except Zhang Yi and Zhang Yutong,

Yu Long should also be responsible for

Yingying's death.

I need you to catch Yu Long on your own

and bring him here before Yingying.

OK.

The third...