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Young Blood

Episode 23

I was just joking about the animal training show.

No one will take it seriously.

The guard believes it.

He is simple.

I'll explain to him later.

If we don’t train animals,

What kind of performing troupes do we pretend to be?

Juggling or singing.

Playing knives or swords.

Anything is fine.

Anyway,

we are the folk performing troupe of Song.

Animal training is just a joke.

Alright.

Seriously.

The performing troupe of Liao is coming.

The mission of Liao?

So pretty.

Did you guys see the princess?

She’s so beautiful!

Who is in the cart?

Who?

It’s completely covered up.

I think it’s filled with props and clothes.

No.

It’s something that breaths.

How do you know?

There are quite a few holes on the curtain.

They are breathing holes.

Animal training…

Maybe there’s a tiger inside.

The cart

is not big enough to hold a tiger.

Why are you so interested

in Liao’s mission?

There are always wars between Song and Liao.

And this is their first time to present the dance.

We need to be cautious.

It’s actually fine.

Dean Lu has said

that he wanted us

to relax and take a rest.

But she

always assumes the worst.

You can also see there’s something wrong.

Then you should leave it to the Ministry of Rites.

I can’t do nothing

since I noticed it.

She was born to be a busybody.

I can hear you!

Princess.

We are here in Kaifeng.

Find a room

and lock her in.

Don’t let others find out.

-Yes! -Yes!

The Liao’s mission said

that they didn’t want strangers to disturb them.

So they even brought their own guards.

But it makes sense.

After all, the relationship between Song and Liao is quite tricky.

I’m not surprised

that they are being alert.

What about meal delivery?

They send people to the kitchen directly.

Servants?

Their own people too.

I’ve asked.

There’s no way

that outsiders can approach their yard.

You can forget about breaking in.

A cart is not worth

for us to mess up

the relationship with Liao.

Looks like

we have to use Jing.

You promised Wang Kuan

that you wouldn’t get Jing involved.

I know.

But have you thought about

what would happen

if there was an accident during the birthday banquet?

I won’t do it.

I’m not the right person to do it either.

What?

Hurry! Hurry!

There are fans!

We’ve bought so many.

Have we?

I’ve got these many?

But

that fan is pretty too.

Then let’s get it.

I’ve given you

all the money I brought.

Shall I get back to fetch more?

Forget it.

What do you want to buy?

-Junior Wei! -Junior Wei!

You are okay now?

Xue Ying said

that you’ve sitting outside of your house for days.

We didn’t even dare to disturb you.

Nothing would happen to me.

What do you want to buy?

Tell me.

It’ll be my gift for you.

I can’t accept it.

Why not?

But you can lend me some money.

Okay?

Alright.

I’ll lend you the money.

It’s too much.

The fan peddler won’t be able to break it.

Then buy some more.

It’s good that you got over it.

Zhao Jian and Yuan Zhongxin asked me to come over.

We’ve agreed to

leave Jing out of it.

What happened exactly?

I just came back

and I don’t quite understand.

Is Jing related to Liao’s mission?

Yunni is Jing’s old friend.

They know each other?

When Jing took a trip to Liao

two years ago,

she met Yunni and became friends with her.

These are all her gifts for Yunni.

Jing looks quite happy to me.

They haven’t seen each other for a long time.

Jing is an introvert.

It’s hard for her to make friends.

So she is of course happy to see her again.

That’s why I asked Yuan Zhongxin and Zhao Jian

to leave Jing out of it.

Just let her have a good time

with her old friend.

Zhao Jian thought

one of Liao’s carts has a problem.

Let them deal with it by themselves.

They also said

Jing will be sad if there’s anything wrong

with the dance performance.

Why didn’t they come themselves?

They said they’ve promised to leave Jing out of it,

so they sent me.

What should we do?

What can I do?

Jing!

Zhao was right.

I don’t want anything bad to happen to Yunni.

So,

I’d like to do everything.

Actually you don’t have to do much.

You just need

to bring your gifts to Yunni,

but we’ll go with you

and check if there’s anything wrong with the mission.

Okay.

Then I’ll let them know

that we’ll meet there.

Thank you, Wang.

I know

you care about me.

And you don’t need to worry too much.

It’s just Zhao Jian’s suspicion.

It may just be a normal dance performance.

Hope so.

Who sent you?

Careful! It could be a trap.

How come he died so quickly?

It may be a poisonous needle.

Do you guys recognize him?

After we enter,

you just go ahead and chat with her.

I’ll take a look around.

As long as there’s nothing major enough

to affect the relationship between Song and Liao,

I can assure you

that I’ll turn a blind eye

and won’t put you in a difficult position.

I understand.

You haven’t seen Yunni for a long time, huh?

Ever since I came back.

I remember

she was an outgoing girl who laughed a lot.

She won’t do anything bad.

That’d be great.

Why are you here?

I’m concerned about our country too.

So I’m here to see what I can do.

I think you are here to see Princess Yunni.

How did you know?

You stared at her so hard outside of the courier hostel.

I just want to take another look.

Nothing more than that.

How about this?

You can ask Jing to introduce her to you.

Sure!

Let’s do it!

She is a princess!

And I’m a childe.

This is the residence of Liao’s mission.

No strangers.

We are from Song’s performing troupe.

We’ve heard so much about the glamor of Liao’s dancers,

so we want to pay Princess Yunni a visit.

Please wait here.

Why didn’t you tell them Jing is here?

I didn’t want to spoil the surprise.

How do you feel?

Are you excided?

Yes, it’s been so long!

Song’s performing troupe?

What do they want?

They didn’t say.

Looks like they are here to present gifts.

Maybe they are here to pry.

Shall we ask them to leave?

Avoiding them is not a solution.

Hide the body

and don’t let others see.

Welcome the guests.

What’s the holdup?

Princess Yunni is inviting you in.

This is Princess Yunni.

She looks pretty up close too.

Princess,

they are from

Song’s performing troupe.

What’s the matter?

She’s not Yunni!

So you are Song’s performers.

What can I help you?

Princess, greetings to you.

Thank you.

To be honest,

we are here

because of him.

He’s Childe Wei.

He happened to see you just now

and he was so impressed by your charm.

So he had to come to see you again.

These are the gifts

from Childe Wei.

Don’t you think

it’s a little abrupt?

Is it?

I can’t accept your gifts.

Please see yourself out.

Please keep the gifts.

Consider them as my way of introducing myself.

I may come again in the future.

What’s that noise?

We may have a rat problem.

Sorry.

We have a tamer on our troupe.

Do you need help?

No.

Sorry to disturb.

Keep an eye on those three.

See if they are

really from an performing troupe.

Yes.

Are you sure she’s not Yunni?

Maybe you don’t remember her look that well

after years of separation.

I’m sure she’s not.

I can swear!

Don’t talk here.

Let’s leave first.

She dares to fake her identity as a princess.

There must be a problem with this mission.

Does it mean something major will happen?

And from inside of that door

we all heard a noise.

Something must be kept there.

Don’t talk here.

Let’s go back to our place first.

Aren’t you curious?

We have a stalker!

Don’t turn around though.

You kicked the stool

to catch people’s attention?

No one knows you are here.

Princess.

[Kaifeng Courier Hostel]

That’s what happened.

Jing was sure that the princess was fake.

But do you know what annoyed me the most?

I can’t believe Zhao Jian put me on the spot

and told them that I wanted to see her.

She must have taken me as a pervert.

How about let me be the pervert

and you be a hero?

Don’t.

That princess is fake.

Maybe she’s an assassin.

I don’t want to provoke her.

What do you think?

She’s unnecessarily an assassin.

But she’s absolutely up to something.

Court of State Ceremonials and the Ministry of Rites

should have had them checked

before they entered Song.

They couldn’t have made such a big mistake.

You think Court of State Ceremonials has problems too?

Not necessarily.

Dereliction of duty is for sure.

The thing is how to deal with it.

We should tell Dean Lu first.

We can’t decide

how to deal with it.

I’m afraid they hid someone behind the door,

who may be the key of this whole thing.

So?

We can surely tell Dean Lu,

but you three

must have raised their alert.

If we don’t do a night check today,

I’m afraid it’ll be

an empty room tomorrow.

What do you say?

I’ll listen to you guys.

Yuan Zhongxin is right.

Let’s go check tonight.

And tell Dean Lu tomorrow.

You are quite active now.

My dad is risking his life for our country.

Like father, like son.

Let’s sneak in there tonight.

But you saw how heavily guarded

that place was.

It won’t be easy to

to sneak in.

So what should we do?

We have to ask for help

from the hostel guards.

I’ll go.

Jing went earlier.

What can I do for you

this late?

Something wrong with the performance preparation.

I know nothing about that.

You are the guard of the hostel

where every mission stays.

Who else

I could go for help?

That makes sense.

Guard Tian is here.

Yuan.

Miss Zhao.

The dog is here too!

Say it again?!

Yuan, watch your dog!

I am not a dog!

Guard Tian,

he looks like one,

but he really is not the dog.

My dog

is missing.

Missing?

What a shame!

I think it was stolen.

Who did it?

It never went missing before.

But it suddenly happened today.

Who checked in the hostel today?

The Liao’s mission.

No way.

I heard they were here to present a dance.

Why would they need your dog?

That’s how sly they are.

Guard Tian,

which side are you on?

I’m a citizen of Song.

I’m of course on our country’s side!

So who would you like to win

the performance competition

at the Empress’ birthday banquet?

Our Song’s performers, of course!

Our Song is a land of plenty

and filled with talents.

We are destined to win.

But some people are trying to sabotage us,

so it’s hard to say now.

Liao’s mission stole your dog

to sabotage your performance?

Highly possible.

They went too far!

Wait a second.

Even so,

you don’t have any evidences.

I personally heard the barking noise

from their yard.

Then why didn’t you go find your dog?

Their guards wouldn’t let me in.

That’s too much!

You are all performers.

It should be a fair competition.

Why use those dirty tricks?

Tell me about it.

Wait here!

I’ll help you find it.

I’ll get your dog back.

Thank you, Guard Tian!

Guard Tian,

let me see you off.

This Guard Tian is so easy.

Young, innocent,

and inexperienced.

He’s also unlucky

to know you.

Xuan Ying and Wang Kuan should be ready by now.

We’d better hurry.

Let’s go with the plan.

It must be here.

Let me take a look.

What’s up?

Assassin again?

It’s the guard of the hostel.

He’s here to look for a dog.

What?

Wang Cai!

Bark if you are here!

How could you let him in?

We are in Song’s territory.

We have no right to stop the guard of the hostel.

Why is this door locked?

Watch the surroundings.

In case it’s a diversion.

Yes.

Wang Cai!

Wang Cai, are you inside?

Do Song’s guards

like to frame people?

You stole the dog first.

If it causes any discords between Liao and Song,

can you afford

to take the responsibility?

It’s only about a missing dog.

How can it cause discords between the two countries?

Ask him out.

If he gets violent,

we’ll inform Court of State Ceremonials.

Tell them that we can’t take the humiliation

and we are going back.

Come on…

What are you doing?

Don’t touch me!

Don’t touch me!

What are you doing?

Don’t touch me!

Assassin! Get him!

Let’s go!

Don’t let him leave!

It really is a diversion!

How come there’s an assassin in this hostel?

I should ask you.

What’s your relationship

with this assassin?

What a coincidence!

You two showed up at the same time.

What?

You are suspecting me?

Stop! Don’t run!

Hurry!

Stop!

Let’s go!

I’m here to look for a dog.

I have nothing to do with that assassin.

Plus,

I’m the guard of the hostel.

I should be in pursuit of the assassin.

Let me go.

I’m afraid you’ll escape for good

if I let you go.

Is the princess in danger?

Stop him!

Princess,

it’s me!

Princess,

I miss you too much!

Are you okay?

Do you need help?

Just tell me!

Bro,

I’m very close to the princess.

Princess, look at me!

It’s me!

Don’t you recognize me?

Princess,

are you hurt?

Princess, please say something.

Princess,

please tell me

what I can do for you.

I can help!

I’m here to save you!

Don’t make any noise.

Who are you?

Why did they capture you?

Who are you?

I don’t know.

You don’t know?

Things became fuzzy when I woke up.

I didn’t remember anything.

I just knew I was tied up here.

Memory loss?

Maybe.

There’s a cushion on the chair.

And they used silk to tie you up.

Looks like they didn’t want to hurt you.

Alright,

let’s get out of here first.

It’s the back yard behind this room.

Let’s climb over the fence.

Okay.

Let’s go.

You mean

the one they caught may be Yunni?

I’m not sure yet.

But we’ll see

after Yuan Zhongxin save her.

Why is Yuan still not back?

He’s very smart.

There shouldn’t be a problem.

You are not worried about him?

I should be worried about the princess

instead of him.

Who is it?

Yuan?

Who are you?

Believe it or not,

I’m also here to find the dog.

Weather is dry. Stay away from fire.

Weather is dry. Stay away from fire.

Who did this?

I’m not sure.

What’s with the guard?

He’s name is Tian Hu.

He is a guard of the hostel.

It can’t be wrong.

What about the performing troupe?

They also checked in here.

They are all Song people.

It’s said that the tamer’s dog was missing,

so they were looking for it.

Do you believe that?

If they were enemies,

they wouldn’t have used such lame means.

In addition,

they all stay in this hostel.

She’s not with them.

The most suspicious ones

would be the two assassins in black.

Princess could be taken by them.

What should we do?

Shall we inform Song’s government?

Of course, not!

Then…

We’ll just let her run away?

If she really ran away,

it’d be a good thing.

Look for her secretly.

We should act normally

like nothing happened.

What do you mean she’s gone?

Yuan Zhongxin said he lost her,

so he’d find her back.

He asked us not to worry.

How can we not worry?

It’s really strange

that they kept a person in secret.

We should tell Dean Lu first.

Alright.

Yuan Zhongxin knows what to do.

He’ll be fine.

Don’t be concerned.

I’m not!

It’s none of my business.

Women are always like this.

They say one thing but mean another.

Even when they like a man,

they have to pretend that they don’t.

Okay! Okay!

I was wrong.

Yuan Zhongxin.

You came to see me?

Are these for me?

You are a teacher of Secret Repository now.

Are you still in this business?

Of course, I am.

Lu Guannian can’t protect me for life anyway.

What do you need?

I’m looking for somebody.

Who is it?

A quick-witted girl.

Could you be more specific?

She’s not from Kaifeng.

And she’s all by herself.

It’ll be curfew soon.

So she must be at somewhere that’s crowded

and not subject to curfew.

Two hours.

I’ll find her for you.

One hour, or I’ll ask my money back!

Come here! Come here!

Go look for her.

Come on! Hurry!

[Casino]

This is the place you know the best.

Don’t you wanna play?

Where’s the girl I’m looking for?

Isn’t that her?

Miss,

make a bet!

Go ahead!

Do it! Come on!

Go ahead!

I call big.

Follow her!

Big.

Open it! Open it!

Open it!

Come on!

Hurry!

Open it!

That girl is something.

They’ve got two

experienced bankers to take turns to moderate the game.

But she still saw through the tricks.

She won every time.

Solely rely on hearing?

I don’t think so.

So now what?

Shall we get her for you?

Just a change of banker will scare you away?

Afraid to lose?

What are we playing?

Big or small.

Make your bet.

Do it!

Do it!

You’ve rolled the dices?

Big or small,

place your bet.

Miss, please.

You just rolled them once.

It’s too simple.

It’s simple, so place your bet.

Do it! Do it!

Small!

Follow her! Come on!

Four, four, three.

The banker wins all.

Big or small,

place your bet.

Everybody, please.

Why don’t you shake it?

Shake what?

My head?

I mean the dices.

Why do you just leave them there?

There are tons of casinos out there,

but no rules for rolling the dices.

I’m lazy.

I like to roll them just once.

You can give up

if you are afraid to lose.

I won’t!

Small again!

Four, four, five.

The banker wins all!

Yuan Zhongxin was born

for gambling.

Tell me about it.

From him,

I see a young version of you.

If he were at Zhoubei Fair,

there’d have been no place for me.

Go! Go!

What are you doing here?

Continue?

Sure!

What will you bet for?

I…

How about you, yourself.

If you lose,

you’ll be mine.

You don’t have to do it though.

One bet!

If I win,

whatever on this table will be mine.

Okay!

What do you want to play?

The simplest one.

Big or small.

I’ll go first.

Wait.

Change another set.

One set for each.

We’ll shake the dices at the same time.

Whatever means we use.

The one who gets the bigger points

wins.

Let’s begin.

Wait.

Let me check your dices first.

She’s lost so many rounds.

Why would she play again?

That girl must have practiced shaking and hearing dices.

In that case,

it’s hard to tell who will win?

With her level,

Yuan Zhonxin can win her even when he’s 10,

without cheating.

She will lose.

So,

do you need to check mine?

No need.

Let’s begin.

It’s quite small.

It’s your turn.

I got 10,

and you got 6.

You lost!

You stole my dice.

You were cheating.

I said,

whatever means.

Didn’t you hear that?

Willing to gamble but unwilling to lose?

You guys,

hold him down.

The rest are yours!

What’s this for?

I’m afraid you’d run after me.

See ya!

You…

Let go of me!

Blew it?

It’s long enough.

Sorry!

Please leave us alone.

Let’s go.

When she focused on gambling,

I called our people here.

As for the cheating,

I saw her

stealing my dice.

I let her win on purpose.

You are not curious about her intention?

We can ask her directly.

She told me that she didn’t

remember anything at the hostel.

Do you believe her?

I don’t.

So,

she is hiding the truth.

I was going to

to take her actually.

But I’ve been thinking while gambling

what if she play dumb.

She came to gamble right after she left the hostel.

Apparently she needed money.

Aren’t you curious about

what she need the money for?

So you chose to play along.

Exactly.

Just let her win.

But that girl seemed to be quite smart.

You are not worried that she’ll see through you?

She thought she outsmarted me,

so she took it for granted that

she could beat me with tricks.

I just played along.

You sound like you know her quite well.

As the saying goes, “Know yourself as well as the enemy.”

You don’t want to go check?

Do you wanna go?

I’m busy.

You two go ahead.

She’s quite pretty.

Not bad.

Why did you say that?

You said earlier

that you wanted to win her.

That was a game.

I didn’t really mean that.

No need to explain to me.

But you brought it up first.

[Hengxin Dyehouse]

This is a meeting place for Liao’s secret agents.

She’s here to find Liao’s secret agents.

Looks like

she didn’t know

we’ve wiped out this place.

What are you getting at?

We know

their code already.

If she needs a secret agent,

we’ll give her one.

“In possession of the precious jade seal…”

“Ashamed to meet the old folks.”

Who do you serve?

I’m not a secret agent.

But I’m from Liao.

This place is not safe.

Follow me.

Alright,

let’s talk here.

Right on the street?

I won’t take you to the next meeting point

before I confirm your identity.

Very cautious.

It’s not weapon.

The money is all yours.

Why?

Help me take down

Liao’s performing troupe.

This is your payment.

Who are you?

I’m Prince Yun’an’s sister,

Princess Yunni.

I heard

the princess was on the troupe.

She’s fake.

Do you have proof?

If I were not the princess,

how would I know

the code of your Secret Agent Department?

The code of last year was

“Zhao Yanshou’s cloudy mountains and snowy lands.”

Right?

Only the royal members

know about this.

If you don’t believe me,

catch the fake princess

and ask her yourself.

I guarantee you that she doesn’t know it.

But without the order of my department…

I am the princess!

After this,

I’ll figure out a way

to transfer you all back to the capital.

And,

I’ll pay you,

you have nothing to lose.

Who’s the fake princess?

Why would she pretend to be you?

It’s none of your business.

I just want to know more details

before going after her.

But you guys never cared about details.

I’ll tell you the details later.

It’s not safe here.

I have to go now.

Let’s meet here

at the same time tomorrow.

She saw through you.

Quite vigilant.