Original subtitles

Arsenal Military Academy

Episode 8

Yanlin?

What's been happening these two days... it was all your doing?

What?

I don't know.

It wasn't us.

I'm not kidding.

What are you doing?

I'm asking you, Gu Yanzhen.

- What happened? - I don't know!

Since you have the ability to get close to them,

why didn't you kill them?

Kill? What "kill"?

Are there no laws?

Is there no government?

You fill your mouth with "Kill, kill, kill."

Have you ever killed someone?

Government?

Laws?

If there were a government,

we wouldn't have foreigners

running into our land to kill and set fires.

If there were laws,

we wouldn't be left

without even the courage to teach them a lesson!

Yes,

Gu Yanzhen, I know.

Your whole family is of high-ranking officials.

Your father was sent by the Beijing government

to supervise Feng'an province.

How mighty!

But when the Japanese came to our factory,

killed people, started a fire,

where was your father?

He scrammed back to Beijing with his tail between his legs!

What did you say?

Say it again!

So what if I said it?

Your father is the government's lapdog!

Zhu Yanlin!

- Zhu Yanlin! - Don't fight, you two!

Zhu Yanlin!

Calm down.

Zhu Yanlin!

What crazy act are you pulling here?

If you're that great, go do it yourself!

Right.

I'm not that good.

But at least I didn't take this matter for a joke.

I didn't take this matter for a game!

Let's go, Yanlin.

Right.

What is there to talk about with them?

Let's go.

You stop right there!

What did you mean by "nothing to talk about with them"?

What's wrong with us?

You've got nothing wrong.

Right.

Those four student representatives

who were kept in the Southern prison

are dead.

Do you know how they died?

They were burnt alive.

Such a big prison, with so many people...

And yet only the four of them,

only those four were burnt to death!

What did you say?

Are you kidding?

What happened?

Last night

the Southern prison caught fire.

The four student representatives

who broke into the Japanese Chamber of Commerce to catch the murderers

all burned to death.

The news has long since spread out.

Didn't you guys know?

We didn't.

When the Japanese broke into our prison

and killed our fellow countrymen

what were you all doing?

You were putting itching powder in their cell,

and laxative in their meal bowls!

Murderers!

You can't let them go!

You can't set them free!

You can't let them go!

We can't let our compatriots die with un-avenged!

Back off!

Today

if we let them go,

we're just as guilty towards our country!

We can't let them go!

Right! You can't let them go!

What are you doing?

What are you all doing?

They are all murderers!

The seven workers in the washing cotton factory, Hua,

and that child,

the four student representatives in the Southern prison,

they killed them all.

They are murderers!

You want to let them go today?

No way!

- No way! - No way!

Keep them here!

- Keep them! - You can't let them go!

Everyone shut up!

Is this something you can take part in?

Of course it is!

The rise and fall of a country is the common people's responsibility! (TN quote from journalist Liang Qichao 1873-1929)

- Common people's responsibility! - Common people's responsibility!

Common people's responsibility!

Why did you and I join the army?

To withstand the offense from outside!

To protect our home and defend our country!

Now,

if even the murderers of our fellow countrymen

cannot be punished,

we'll be unworthy of our country

and unworthy of the uniform we're wearing!

A soldier's duty is to obey!

If I let them go now,

it's because I'm following the orders from the Commander's office,

the decision from the government!

But this decision is wrong.

Since it is the wrong decision,

we shouldn't carry it out.

We want to see Instructor Lü!

We want to see Instructor Guo!

We don't trust you!

We don't trust you!

You all go back now!

Everyone put your gun down!

Put the guns down!

What are you doing?

You want to rebel?

That's a question I should ask you.

What do you mean?

These Japanese,

everyone knows they're murderers.

Outside there are countless eyes watching

and under the public stare you're actually letting them go?

Instructor,

we may give up on reputation.

How about shame?

Have you no shame either?

I'm following the Commander's office,

following—

The Government's orders, right?

Where's the authorization?

And the warrant?

You're not trying to tell me

that this was someone's verbal order, are you?

Instructor,

you can be naive

but you can't be stupid.

It's such an obvious load of blame

and yet you're quite eager to take it on?

Mr. Song, don't forget— (speaking Japanese)

Shut up!

Put the guns down now!

Guns down! Guns down!

Back off!

Back off!

Are you insane?

Put the gun down!

I told you to put the gun down!

Song Huaping,

are you sure you want to be a traitor?

Who are you calling a traitor?

You!

I'll blow you up in one shot!

You dare?

Instructor Song!

For these few Japanese men,

you really dare to shoot down your own cadets?

Go back now!

Take him into custody!

Don't come over!

I'll go by myself.

Everyone disperse now!

Anyone who looks for trouble again,

I'll shoot him dead!

Scatter! Scatter!

Let's go, let's go.

Back off!

Step back!

You can't set them free!

- You can't set them free! - You can't let them go!

Can you ride or not?

Of course I can!

My brother... once... in Beijing...

taught me!

What's this piece of junk you have?

A car! A car!

They are too arrogant!

See if I don't teach you a lesson!

You...

Qiqi!

What are you going to do?

Slow down!

Shen Junshan?

Xie Liangchen?

What are you doing here?

You're hanging clothes to dry?

Yes.

During the day, I'm too busy, I don't have the time.

I'll give you a hand.

It's nothing. there's no need.

No matter.

Thank you.

Oh, right:

this morning you weren't here.

Do you know what happened at the academy?

What?

Instructor Song...

he released those three Japanese men.

People from the Japanese Chamber of Commerce sent a car to take them away.

Did they?

Our comrades went crazy mad.

They were starting a riot with the guards.

Gu Yanzhen almost got shot by Instructor Song.

What about you?

Did you get hurt?

I'm fine.

Xie Liangchen,

please do me a favor.

What favor?

Don't tell other people that you saw me today.

All right.

Thank you.

It's nothing. Let's go.

I'll take it.

Thank you.

Shen Junshan,

why did you go out today?

A small personal matter.

Is it... a secret?

Kind of.

Then I sure won't tell anyone.

Thank you.

Why stand on ceremony?

You helped so many times.

Not to mention, this is nothing, really.

Liangchen,

Gu Yanzhen was just looking for you.

What for?

I don't know.

Junshan,

did you just go out?

I...

This is my bag.

I'd just put it out to dry.

Then I'm leaving now.

- Bye. - Bye.

Let's go.

Junshan,

I was just looking for you.

What for?

First come with me.

I'll tell you as we go.

- Keep my bag for now. - Yeah.

Hurry up.

Hold on!

Xie Liangchen!

Are you having a baby?

Hurry up!

I need to use the toilet!

Need the toilet!

Gu Yanzhen!

Who told you to throw my boots into the trash can?

Are they yours?

You and I share a room,

if they're not yours, of course they're mine!

You are so short.

You could grow such big feet?

None of your business!

Messing around with other people's stuff and even throwing it into the trash...

Don't you have any manners?

It looked like trash

so I threw it into the trash can, right?

What more reason do I need?

You!

Love fool.

Liangchen,

what's with you two?

Did they fight again?

I don't know.

Probably.

Comrades! Good news!

That bunch of Japanese who came to our school yesterday

were all burnt to death!

Is that real?

- For real? - Really?

Let me see.

What's that?

What happened?

Ji Jin, read it out!

The 21 arsonists and underlings of Japanese nationality

all died in the fire.

But when, where and by whom were they killed?

Ji Jin,

look if it says there.

Wait a moment, let me check.

It doesn't say at all.

But this is "The People's Tocsin" newspaper, (TN name of a magazine by Chinese students in Japan in 1916)

an article written by Mr. Zhang Yuzhi.

It can't be wrong.

How could it be a fake?

Outside it's already spread everywhere:

Less than ten miles outside of the city,

on the way to Wangzhuang,

a car full of Japanese people

was completely burnt to ashes.

Today's newspapers are all sold out.

This one

belongs to the entrance door guard.

I borrowed it from him.

Don't break it.

They burned our students to death,

and now they've become cinders themselves.

Heaven is truly watching!

What "Heaven is watching"?

If Heaven were really watching,

it shouldn't have let the students get killed at all.

In my opinion,

there must be some bold hero who enforced justice

on Heaven's behalf.

That's right.

I wonder who did it.

He's really a terrific hero!

Ji Jin,

let us see the newspaper.

Let us read it too.

Don't snatch! Everyone, don't snatch it!

It's borrowed, don't snatch it!

Don't get it ripped!

Yes. (speaking Japanese)

Yes. (speaking Japanese)

It's all my fault. (speaking Japanese)

Men!

Sir.

Go call Prince Chengrui.

I want to meet him.

Yes, sir. (speaking Japanese)

Sato Kazuo is asking to see the Prince.

That's all for today.

Go home.

What is it?

Your Highness,

Sato Kazuo, from the Japanese Chamber of Commerce,

is asking to see Your Highness.

He is waiting outside.

Unfilial ancestors.

Now even a merchant from a barbarian country

can see me at will.

He said he had something to see Your Highness about.

Tell him my health is poor.

It's not convenient to deal with affairs.

Your Highness, the medicine.

Too bitter!

You take this for me.

Your slave will spoon it to you.

One spoon at a time, it's even more bitter.

Investigate on who did that.

Sato Kazuo says

it was Shen Tingbai.

That may not be.

That Japanese gang provoked too much hatred.

The people who wanted to kill them could have lined up from here to Beijing.

Right.

Besides,

Miss Xianrong came back.

When did she come back?

Your servant just received the information;

they say she's already in Beijing.

What did she come back for?

Miss Xianrong is Hideyuki Oda's daughter.

Sato Kazuo is Hideyuki Oda's retainer.

Now Sato Kazuo has made a mess in Shunyuan.

If Miss Xianrong is coming back at this time,

it may well be that she has to replace Sato Kazuo.

This must also be another reason

why Sato Kazuo wants to see Your Highness.

Keep watching out.

If she arrives in Shunyuan, tell me.

Yes.

Go now.

I'm extremely sorry, Mr. Sato.

The Prince is unwell and at present he's not meeting visitors.

Please go back.

So...

excuse me.

Were you looking for me?

Jin Xianrong?

How can it be you?

Why couldn't it be me?

Are you so surprised?

Of course I'm surprised.

A moment ago, when my classmate said that there was a girl looking for me,

I thought it was so odd.

You guys, say, Shen Junshan and that woman...

what's their relationship?

That girl is so pretty.

I think she and Junshan

must have a special bond.

When did you come back?

Just now.

As soon as I arrived in China,

I came to see you without a stop.

Are you touched?

I remember...

weren't you studying medicine?

What,

now you abandoned medicine to enlist?

Junshan,

you've changed a lot.

You've changed a lot, too.

How come... we just met

and you just want me to talk to you standing here?

What do you want to eat?

Choose whatever you like.

Then I have to think about it.

Ji Jin,

you are Junshan's best friend.

What do you think?

How would I know?

But in the past Junshan went to study in England.

By the looks of that girl's attire and and manners,

she should a classmate he used to have in England.

So it's a classmate?

Then, if you put it like that,

we still have a chance.

How about we go and say hello?

What do you want to say?

Think about it:

we are Junshan's classmates.

Junshan's friend came by,

as classmates, we ought to go and say hello.

Sure.

You also ought to invite her to dinner since you're at it,

to show the friendliness of the locals,

and while you're there also ask her about her age,

where her family is

and if she's married.

Ji Jin,

Junshan doesn't usually have female friends.

I've never seen this woman, either.

It's the first time I've see her.

Are you full?

I'm full.

Junshan?

Big brother!

You are here too.

This young lady is...?

This is my classmate from when I was in England, Jin Xianrong.

This is my elder brother, Shen Tingbai.

And this is my brother's fiancee, Qu Manting.

Shen Junshan, be careful with what you say!

Who's your brother's fiancée?

Aren't you?

Of course I'm not.

All right, then.

This is Miss Qu Manting.

She is not my brother's fiancee.

Scram!

Miss Jin,

nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you, Mr. Shen.

I've heard a lot about you.

Miss Jin, you just arrived in China.

How would you know about me?

My father and my elder brother

are both in China for business.

They often mention your name, Mr. Shen.

Then, your father and brother are...?

My father and brother are in Beijing most of the time;

they only came to Shunyuan one or two years ago.

Mr. Shen, you probably don't know them at all.

That's really a pity.

It doesn't matter.

I'm in China now.

Later on there's bound to be many chances for us to meet.

Good, then.

When you have time, come often to our house for a talk.

Let me do the honor as well.

Junshan and I are good friends.

Mr. Shen, you can just call me Xianrong.

Calling me "Miss Jin" sounds too distant.

Then, from now on, don't call me "Mr. Shen", either.

Just like Junshan,

call me "Brother".

Brother Shen.

Brother Shen,

Miss Jin,

are you two done with your chat?

I have something to do. I'll take my leave.

I'll escort you.

My apologies.

Then we're leaving now.

Take care of your business.

Let go!

See you.

Xianrong,

have a seat.

That Miss Qu...

she doesn't seem to like your brother very much.

Good, then.

I don't like her either.

But your brother seems to like her a lot.

Love is something

that comes and goes very quickly.

Especially when it's one-sided.

It can't last too long.

My big brother is a smart man.

He will understand.

You talk like you know a lot about it.

Isn't it so?

Every person is different.

The stronger a person is,

the easier they'll be obstinate and stubborn.

With something like love, it's hard to say.

What are you smiling at?

Nothing.

Do you think I've changed a lot?

Since the last time we met,

it's been almost four years, already.

Four years

are enough to change someone's life.

I hope you haven't changed too much.

I'm still used to the Jin Xianrong you used to be.

Then I have to think well

what that Jin Xianrong used to be like.

How long are you going to stay this time?

I don't know.

I may stay a long time.

There are many things to do.

What things?

Some professional, some personal.

Good, then.

If you need help, just tell me.

Of course.

You are my only good friend in China.

I'm very happy to help you.

And I won't stand on ceremony with you.

Here.

Do you really not need me to escort you home?

I just arrived in China

and came to meet you before I even saw my family.

They must be anxious to see me.

However, if you want to walk me home

you can do it.

But if my family misunderstands...

you have to take responsibility for it.

Get on.

Don't think I'll be gone with just one meal.

It's not so simple.

Go home and have a good rest.

Bye.

Bye.

Miss Oda.

Let's start.

Miss Oda.

What do you mean by this?

I've been so thorough

and you still don't understand what I mean?

What my father means

is that everything here will be up to me.

You and your family are going back to Japan immediately.

This is my father's personal letter.

If you are interested, you can read it.

I've already bought the ship tickets.

You can just go tomorrow.

What right do you have?

Everything here was my own making.

Without me,

this place would be still under the Russians' control.

What are you?

I'll go find Major Kawajima

and Mr. Oda, too.

I don't believe it.

I will never believe

that Mr. Oda would hand over the family's prosperity

to a harlot

who can only warm a bed.

I gave you a chance.

When you do something wrong,

you need to be aware that you have to pay the price.

This is the recount of the whole matter.

The Police Department has been investigating since it happened.

But they haven't found

any proof of Shen Tingbai's involvement in it.

We also did an undercover investigation through our channels,

but we didn't come to anything.

The direction is wrong.

Of course nothing can be found.

Miss, you mean...

Sato Kazuo was not an fool.

Before he did it,

he must have known that Shen Tingbai would retaliate.

So he must have kept an eye on him.

Lately he's gone mad about it.

If he had just found a thread,

he would have surely clung to it tooth and nail.

He would have done nothing up to now.

This matter has nothing to do with Shen Tingbai.

Maybe Shen Tingbai did it it in secret

and nobody has discovered him.

No matter how secret he kept it,

it couldn't be without a questionable thread.

Much less under Sato Kazuo's surveillance.

If that's the case,

it will be even harder to find out.

The people who could do something like this in Shunyuan

are too many.

Even if it's hard, we have to find them.

That day our men came out of the Arsenal Military Academy

and had the accident in less than half an hour.

Our adversary obviously came prepared.

He probably followed them on the road from the Arsenal Military Academy out of town.

This way:

find some people to dress up as journalists,

ask among the vendors and passersby on the street

if anyone saw that car

and who was in it.

Also, that car,

although it was badly damaged,

it's still worth checking.

Go find a specialist in this field:

check that car's model, manufacturer

and origin.

To be able to find at a moment's notice such a car,

they can't be an ordinary civil organization.

Moreover, after the incident,

they didn't even drive the damaged car away,

instead they blew it up on the spot.

They were clearly short of hands

no one to help.

Yes.

There's also that bunch of cadets at the Arsenal Military Academy,

especially the ones who made trouble that day.

Figure out their family background.

Pay special attention to the ones from a wealthy family,

who know how to drive,

and have anti-Japanese sentiments.

Yes.

In addition,

dress up as a Chinese businessman.

Look for a radical newspaper

to publish an article

about sparing no money to find the patriotic heroes.

Anyone who provides information

will be greatly rewarded.

Yes.

About this matter,

my father and the army cadres are extremely concerned.

We must come to something.

We'd be better to kill the wrong person

than let someone go.

Is that clear?

Yes.

Go.

Yes.

Again.

Kids,

you have been sitting here the whole night.

I brought one more plum juice for you.

After you finish it, go home.

Miss,

can you bring me a glass of wine?

No way.

How can kids drink wine?

When you've drunk this, go on home.

The grown-ups are probably worried.

How long have we been here already?

How many glasses have we had of this?

Qiqi,

when is this going to be over?

That day I followed him for so long;

he arrived around here and just vanished.

Looking at his age,

I guess he must be like my brother,

a cadet at the Arsenal Military Academy.

You and I...

if we keep on the lookout here,

sooner or later we'll be able to see him.

A cadet at the Arsenal Military Academy?

Then just go ask your brother.

Don't wait here any longer.

You think this is a matter we can talk about as we please?

Now all those... the Police Department, the Japanese...

so many people are looking for him.

My brother's such a tattletale.

I can't trust him.

So why do you want to look for him?

And, if you find him, what can you say?

I don't know either.

I just...

I want to see him.

In my opinion, he is just like

the hero swordsmen in fairy-tales.

Brave.

Righteous.

Full of justice.

Forget it.

I'll have another drink.

Young Master Gu, you're here.

Come in.

My brother! My brother!

What will you have today?

Whiskey.

Let's go! Let's go!

Let's go!

Hurry up!

Are you all right?

Are you blind—

Did you scare her dumb?

I'm fine.

Kids...

you shouldn't come to a place like this.

Take this money and buy yourself some candy.

My apologies.

You seem in a good mood lately.

Is it about Miss Jin?

Nonsense. We are just friends.

Every great love

- begins with being friends. - It's him!

It's him!

He is the one I told you about!

The one you said yesterday...

Hush.

Let's get out first.

Let's go! Let's go! Let's go!

Ouch! What's this?