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Young Blood

Episode 32

Wang Kuan!

No fight?

Where’s Yunni?

She left.

Catch Wang Kuan first.

You can kill him after we find out where Yunni is.

So many people.

What have you done?

Maybe they are here for you.

A bunch of losers,

no matter how many they are.

Di Jiang!

Let me catch him

and find out where Yunni is first.

I’ll ask my student myself.

This is Kaifeng.

You call the shots.

Go back to Secret Repository.

Did he kill Liu Sheng?

It’s under investigation.

How can you prove that he’s not the killer?

Give me some time.

The Ministry of Punishments

wouldn’t forge the visitors log.

The students of Secret Repository

are not allowed to disobey orders.

As the dean, I order you

to go back to Secret Repository.

Then from now on,

I’m no longer one of the students.

You…

Wang is in danger.

You have to help him.

Zhao, you are back!

Let’s go

find Wang Kuan first.

Okay!

Follow me.

We are late!

Don’t worry.

There’s no blood on the ground.

We just don’t know

who took Wang Kuan.

Dean Lu or Di Jiang.

Are you alright?

I’m fine.

Thank you, Dean.

For saving me from Di Jiang.

Where’s Yunni?

I don’t know.

Where are the two girls

who were with Wang Kuan?

Old Thief’s people only went after Wang Kuan.

Why?

Yuan Zhongxin paid

to find Wang Kuan only.

So his people

didn’t pay attention on the others.

Jing was helping you.

I won’t lie.

So I don’t want to answer you.

Everything I’m doing

is for the sake of Song.

But you are working with Han Duanzhang!

As long as I can achieve my purpose.

Which is?

Leave.

Okay.

I’ll tell you my plan.

Then you can make a judgment yourself

if it’s for the benefits of Song.

Wang Kuan said

the people who were following him were all hooligans?

That is what he said.

They should be Old Thief’s people.

You paid Old Thief to find Wang Kuan,

but he didn’t give you any information.

He might have sold Wang Kuan out.

I don’t agree.

I was once a teacher in Secret Repository too.

It’s only natural to let Dean know

the whereabouts of his students.

It’s an ambush?

You think too much.

I’m here

to find out

what happened between

you guys and Lu Guannian.

You only care about money.

Why do you ask?

When we tried to catch Wang Kuan,

Han Duanzhang was there too.

You know Han Duanzhang?

Know him?

When he was going to catch him,

I was asked to help.

But this Han Duanzhang

was the leader of the North House of Liao.

But I noticed

that he was

very close

to Lu Guannian.

Please don’t tell me

you have a sense of loyalty now.

I wouldn’t say that.

I’m just being adaptable.

I handed Wang Kuan over to him

because he’s the dean.

And look you guys,

no background

and no status.

Of course I’d help him instead of you.

That makes sense.

But It’ll be different

if he works for Liao.

In that case, he’ll be guilty of treason.

If I were on his side,

my life would be at stake.

That’s why you were waiting for me,

so that you could reap the benefits from both sides.

I can’t decide

which side I should be on until you tell me

what Han Duanzhang and Lu Guannian

are going to do.

Where’s Yunni?

She’s nearby.

Let’s go to her.

She should also be aware of Lu Guannian’s plan.

With him?

Something

can’t be done without him.

Don’t be disappointed.

Lu Guannian was outnumbered us.

You had no choice

but let him go.

Wang Kuan has taken by Dean Lu.

There’s no point for us to continue to work together.

Then just have him release Wang Kuan.

How’s that possible?

We can find someone to switch with him.

I’ll take you to meet the people.

Then you can decide

if you want to stay.

Who is it?

You’ll see.

Where is she?

I had no choice.

I had to go to the hostel to find you.

And she can’t be there.

So I hid her here.

Nice to meet you again!

You are a bunch of jerks!

All Jerks!

Xue Ying,

untie her

and get her up.

This is the princess?

Why would Han Duanzhang and Lu Guannian want her?

For the wedding.

With whom?

Who do you think?

Some royal member of Song.

The assassination during the empress’ birthday banquet

and the wedding

share the same purpose,

which is to create civil strife in Liao,

so that our Song army can take the opportunity to attack Liao.

Assassination during the empress’ birthday banquet?

It’s not important anymore.

The thing is

her brother and Han Duanzhang sold her.

How’s that related to me?

Lu Guannian and Han Duanzhang

didn’t get His Majesty’s approval to do this.

Such an act is a crime of deceit.

Can you afford to that?

Wait.

Han Duanzhang is from Liao.

Why would he put his own country in trouble?

He’s not from Liao.

Looks like you don’t trust me.

Why would Han Duanzhang want chaos in his country?

Like Jing,

he’s also a survivor

of Bohai.

How’s that possible?

He’s family name is Han.

The real Han Duanzhang has already died.

He just pretends to be Han Duanzhang.

Han family enjoys high prestige in Shangjing.

It shouldn’t be easy

to steal their identity.

13 years ago,

a mutiny happened at Liaoyang Prefecture in Shangjing.

Da Yanlin, who let the mutiny, was actually from Bohai.

I heard

that after Bohai was conquered by Liao,

the survivors of Bohai have always wanted to take revenge.

The rising of Anding and post-Bohai

was also suppressed by Liao.

The mutiny at Liaoyang Prefecture

was also triggered by the grudge of generations.

But just less than a year after the mutiny,

Liao conquered Liaoyang Prefecture.

Da Yanlin

was killed.

How was Han Duanzhang involved in that?

Han Duanzhang was Da Yanlin’s son.

Then how come his last name was Han?

When the mutiny took place,

Da Yanlin killed a man from the Han clan.

Han Shaoxun?

You know that too?

He was Han Deshu’s grandson,

the chief of the Minister of Revenue in Dongjing.

He had a promising future.

His death was a big sensation back then.

Though I was little,

I still remember it clearly.

After Liao’s army defeated Da Yanlin,

they found Han Shaoxun’s son at Liaoyang Prefecture.

Da Yanlin didn’t kill him.

Guess

who that was?

Han Duanzhang.

Actually the real Han Duanzhang was dead already.

Right before

Da Yanlin was defeated,

he had his son

take over a token of the Hans

to save his life.

He asked his son to memorize Han Shaoxun’s life story

so that his son could

pretend to be Han Duanzhang

and escape from death.

But how could the clansmen of Han

not recognize the real Han Duanzhang?

Han Duanzhang

was the son of Han Shaoxun and his maid.

How could such an ignoble status be accepted by their ancestors?

So he had never come to Shangjing.

He had been living in the countryside.

Han Shaoxun took him along

when he returned to Liaoyang Prefecture.

Da Yanlin

killed all the people who knew Han Duanzhang,

providing his son with a chance to live.

Even if Han family had never seen Han Duanzhang,

some of Han Shaoxun’s servants must have seen him.

There’s no way that he could keep it an absolute secret.

Some were killed

and some were bought.

He was really something.

He actually survived in such a situation

and successfully became Han Duanzhang.

In the eyes of the Hans,

even though he wasn’t officially acknowledged by the clan,

he was after all Han Shaoxun’s son.

So he was accepted in the political field.

He started his career

from a low-ranking official.

13 years later, he became

Supervisor of Surveillance Division in the North House of Liao.

He is

extremely ambitious.

Liao people killed his father

Da Yanlin

and all his families.

That’s why he tries so hard

to create chaos in Liao.

To take revenge.

But the civil strife

will definitely plunge the people into misery.

It’s not our Song people anyway.

As soon as the wedding document is ready,

Prince Yun’an

will turn against

those people in Shangjing.

A new turmoil will soon

take place at Liaoyang Prefecture.

It will be a good opportunity

for Song to march northwards.

So, this is Han Duanzhang’s plan

and why he works with Dean Lu.

How did you find out who he really was?

To convince Dean Lu,

he had to confess his real identity.

So what kind of person Dean is?

It’s not relevant to you.

Now you know.

Sounds like

our Song will have nothing to lose but only can benefit from this.

I don’t think so.

If it was really harmless,

the court would join and work on this

instead of doing it secretly

like you do.

Many court officials prefer peace to war

since that’s the life style they’ve got used to.

They don’t have the guts.

It has nothing to do with guts.

They refused to do it

because the timing isn’t right.

I thought you were going to say

wars are too cruel.

They are.

But as long as it’s a just war

for protecting our people,

the people of Song won’t have any fears.

How do you expect to expand our territory

without a daring mind?

Liao was quite aggressive

when the two countries were first against each other.

Over the years,

we’ve been introducing our culture to them.

With the assimilation of language and ideology,

they’ll gradually abandon their own culture

and become a part of Song.

That is the best plan

to expend our territory.

Too ideal!

Alright.

Even if we are going to start a war,

we need to wait till they become weaker.

We are not ready yet to get into a battle.

In addition, Yuan Hao from Xia has been eyeing on us.

A war between Liao and Song

will trigger his ambition of attacking us.

So a war won’t do any good

to us for now.

Even if we don’t send out an army,

the civil strife of Liao

will still benefit Song.

How can you control

sending out an army or not?

Han Duanzhang is only working with me.

He has no say

in military moves.

How did Han Duanzhang find Di Jiang?

How did Liu Sheng die?

And who killed the maid

of the princess?

What are you talking about?

I mean

you may not be the only one

who works with Han Duanzhang.

After hearing that,

I think there might be more to Xiaohua’s death.

Wang Kuan couldn’t have killed her.

Dean Lu wouldn’t either.

What are you getting at?

What if she was killed by Han Duanzhang?

But why would he kill her?

Think about it.

What would’ve happened

if Xiaohua was still alive?

You found me and asked me

to help you return to Liao.

If Xiaohua was still alive,

we would have been on our way, right?

But Xiaohua died,

and you no longer trusted him and Wang Kuan.

Without their help,

you wouldn’t be able to get out of Kaifeng on your own.

Instead, you had to stay here and wait for the arrival

of the wedding document.

Deal closed.

It makes no sense.

How did Han Duanzhang know

that Xiaohua and I went to you?

Okay,

let’s say he knew.

Why wouldn’t he just catch me directly?

There are answers to both of your questions.

First question,

how did Han Duanzhang know

where you and Xiaohua were?

It proves that he has plenty of eyes in Kaifeng.

In other word,

Dean is not the only one

who tips him off.

There are other Song people who work with him?

I have nothing to do with it!

Not him.

They must be some high-ranking officials.

Who would work with a busker?

Thank you for that.

That’s why he could bump into Di Jiang.

And that’s why he could go to the Ministry of Punishments and killed Liu Sheng,

and then framed Wang Kuan.

He works with someone in the Ministry of Punishments?

The Ministry of Punishments,

the Ministry of Military,

and the Ministry of Personnel.

Anyone who’s for the war

could be his accomplice.

And as for your second question,

why would he

kill Xiaohua instead of

catching you directly?

The answer is very simple.

If they find out

you are taken by a bunch of

young people of Song

after the wedding document arrives,

what will happen?

My brother will be pissed off.

Your brother will not only

attack Shangjing,

but also Song.

If you are caught in Kaifeng,

Song will be forced to join the battle.

That’s what those war hawks want.

As for Han Duanzhang,

the civil strife of Liao

is far less than enough to satisfy his revenge plan.

He hopes that Song will join the battle.

The more chaotic the situation is, the more satisfied he will be.

Therefore,

killing Xiaohua was the most effective way

to keep you here in Kaifeng,

even if you might

get caught by us.

So now you know the truth?

You figured it out yourself?

It’s easy to figure it out

after knowing Han Duanzhang’s identity and intention.

I think Yuan Zhongxin and Zhao Jian

can figure it out too.

You young people are indeed impressive.

You just focused on the bigger picture

and neglected the details.

So everything I’ve done

will actually drag our Song in a war instead.

There’s only one way

to prevent it from happening.

To stop the wedding document.

That’s it.

Come on.

Let’s go meet Yuan Zhongxin

and stop the document from coming into the city.

That’ll be a wise move.

Let’s go.

Ordered by the Ministry of Military,

Dean Lu is not allowed to leave

Secret Repository.

How come the Ministry of Military got involved?

If there’s really a war,

the Ministry of Military and the Privy Council

will become the command center of Song.

We can’t get out now.

Yuan Zhongxin and the others will figure this out

and intercept the document.

You Section 7

ends up taking on all the hard work.

So, do you

understand now?

It’s much more logical to think

that Han Duanzhang is the killer.

I see.

So the civil strife is inevitable?

Why would I have to meet you

to tell you all this?

As the princess,

only you can stop

the wedding document.

Let’s get out of the city now.

As long as you can intercept the document,

there will be no war.

Okay,

I’ll go with you.

We need horses.

Huh?

This is why you brought me here?

Do you want a war?

Alright,

I’ll find some for you.

Not regular horses.

We need army horses.

Where can I get those?

Cut the crap.

There’s no time for this.

Let’s go.

Don’t tell anyone.

Come on.

Let’s go get the horses.

Let’s go.

Where are you going?

Junior Wei!

Don’t worry about me!

Aren’t they your friends?

We don’t know him.

Oh,

you don’t?

Then I’ll kill him.

Whatever.

Stop!

I thought you didn’t know him.

What do you want?

Nothing much.

I just want you to stand here

and have a chat

with me.

The document

will arrive soon.

Smart.

As soon as the document arrives,

the marriage will be confirmed.

I will then stir up dissension

and put Liao in a war!

In that case, many people will die!

You are also a survivor of Bohai.

Have you forgotten

what they did to us?

I was born in Song.

I’m one of Song people now.

You abandoned your ancestors?

I know where I’m from

and I’ll never abandon my ancestors.

But I won’t make innocent people die in a war

because of my own hatred.

We just have different ways

to deal with it.

How did you get caught?

I was caught by him and Di Jiang

on my way back to the hostel

after I left Lv Jian’s mansion.

Where’s Di Jiang?

I’ll exchange him

for Wang Kuan.

Di Jiang is waiting for me.

Some Song people are looking forward to the war,

but they are unwilling to show up

to help me.

So I think it’s not a bad idea

to use a mask guy

to be my hatchet man.

Don’t even think about it.

My knife is quite sharp.

Did you also kill Xiaohua?

You think I’d let you get out of Kaifeng?

More people will go die.

I will tell the truth to my brother.

Doesn’t matter.

As long as the marriage is confirmed,

it won’t matter whether your brother

knows the truth or not.

How will happen in the end?

In the end,

your clansmen

won’t survive

in the war.

But no worry.

You will be alive

since you’ll marry a man of Song.

What if I tell the truth to Liao?

I’ll tell them it’s your scheme!

Doesn’t matter.

The truth is

that Prince Yun’an

marries off his sister to Song.

This will be a fact

that you can never

explain.

Yunni!

I’d rather die

to let this happen!

What?

You think I won’t do it?

Let go!

You can’t die!

Why?

If you die at the time

when the document arrives,

Song will be responsible for your death.

That’s your reason?

So you’d rather see Liao in trouble?

Sure.

It’s a civil strife in Liao,

which won’t

affect you a bit.

Even if you die,

you can’t change the fact of the marriage arrangement.

The war will still happen,

and even Song will get involved.

She’s right.

It won’t matter

whether you die or not.

What’s your real name?

You want to use my families to threaten me?

You can forget about it.

Liao people

killed all my families

during the battle

at Liaoyang Prefecture 13 years ago.

I don’t care about

my real name anymore.

You can just call me Han Duanzhang.

Nice chatting with you.

Whatever you want to do next,

be my guest!

What just happened?

The document has arrived.

Giddyap!

Make way!

Giddyap!

Dean Lu, you are free now.

It’s late.

How is it?

It’s said

the document

has delivered to the Court of State Ceremonials.

The Ministry of Rites has sent it to imperial court.

There’s no way

to change it now.

So I have to get married.

Shangjing will soon know about this.

The turmoil of my clan

is unstoppable now.

You don’t have to go back to the hostel

if you don’t want to get married.

And then what?

Will that stop the civil strife?

The civil strife is a sure thing now.

It won’t matter

whether you show up or not.

Then what’s your point of saying that?

At least you don’t have to

force yourself to get married.

Maybe you’ll feel better.

How can I feel better

when so many people get killed.

There’s really no other way?

Unless the wedding is canceled.

But you know

it’s impossible.

Yes.

It’s impossible.

Giddyap!

Giddyap!

Make way!

Watch it!

Make way!

Watch out!

Giddyap!

Giddyap!

Make way!

They come to announce the edict of marriage?

My brother has an advisor named Hu.

He should be one of Han Duanzhang’s people.

Please tell my brother

to kill this spy.

It’s too late.

I misunderstood you and Wang Kuan.

Sorry.

I’ll go accept the edict.

The marriage arrangement can’t be changed,

but the result may be different.

You can leave now.

I’ll take care

of the rest myself.

Jing.

Seeing you again was the highlight

of this period for me.

You reminded me

of the most beautiful

and lovely time of my life.

Jing,

thank you!

Yunni.

Time to go.

See you.

Please go back.

Is there any ways to change the result?

Not really.

No matter she agrees or not,

the marriage

is a sure thing.

Imperial Edict!

The Imperial Edict has arrived!

I’m Yunni.

Is it an edict for me?

According to Prince Yun’an’s proposal,

you will be married off to Song.

We’ll take you to another place to stay

and get ready for the wedding.

I see.

Give me the edict.

In theory,

you should burn incense and kowtow

before you can take the edict.

Don’t bother.

I’ll go with you.

[A marriage is hereby granted to Princess Yunni of Liao and Prince Zhao.]

The Emperor of Song has fairly good handwritings.

How dare you to comment on His Majesty?

I accept the edict

and the marriage arrangement.

Then, this way,

princess.

Wait.

I will no longer belong to Liao

upon the moment I accept the edict.

Please tell the Emperor of Song

that I grew up in Liao

and it makes me sad

that I have to leave my motherland.

Kaifeng is a flourishing city.

You will get used to it.

Kaifeng is flourishing.

But I still

feel homesick.

Are you going to defy the edict?

No.

I said

I’ve accepted the edict.

I won’t defy the marriage arrangement.

I just feel sad.

You’ll be better in a few days.

Unfortunately,

I won’t be.

Princess,

what are you doing?

My knife is gone!

Yunni!

You’ve accepted the edict.

If you commit suicide,

it’ll count as disobedience.

Princess,

think about your clansmen.

I didn’t disobey.

I said

I’ve accepted it.

But

I can’t get over my sadness.

So it became like this.

Well…

Princess!

Princess!

It’ll be my own responsibility

if I commit suicide after accepting the edict.

It’s not related to Song

or my brother.

So,

I’ll be the only one

to blame.

Come on, close this area!

Hurry!

Yunni!

Want to grow a pair of wings

Fly in the storm without fear

Maybe there is a beautiful scenery

Waiting for me far away

The once weak shoulders

Are full of strength now

The light of faith

This is the best.

Yunni!

Yunni!

Jing.

Yunni!

Yunni!

Yunni!

I was wrong.

What do you mean?

The princess committed suicide after accepting the edict.

It was her own choice.

Yun’an and Song won’t blame each other.

As for Shangjing,

since Yunni is dead,

Prince Yun’an won’t have any reasons

to collude with Song anymore.

In that case,

Song will be safe,

and so will Yunni’s clan.

Actually there was an easy solution.

It was for her

to leave this world.

Yunni.

Let’s respect her choice.

I just threatened to kill her.

I didn’t even apologize to her.

When I was in Liao,

I told her

that when she came to Song,

I’d show her around the entire Kaifeng

and let her try all the nice food.

We haven’t done those yet.

We haven’t yet!

Actually

she was a nice girl.

Smart, courageous and responsible.

Even better than most men.

I admire her.

Me too.

If only she were a Song citizen.

If only there were no war.

I think Secret Repository

should not only protect Song,

but also stop the wrong ambitions

and prevent wars from happening.

Isn’t it a little too surreal?

I know.

But I want to try.

Then we have no time for sadness.

This is not over yet.

But Yunni is dead already.

It’s the war hawks of Song

who work with Han Duanzhang.

If they want to,

they can still make troubles.

But how can we catch them

without even knowing who they are?

Remember what Junior Wei said earlier?

I was caught by him and Di Jiang

on my way back to the hostel

after I left Lv Jian’s mansion.

It was a secret that Junior Wei visited Lv Jian.

How did Han Duanzhang find out about that?

Lv Jian was the one

who worked with Han Duanzhang?

If it was him,

he wouldn’t have helped you steal the key.

Then who else could it be?

It’s quite simple.

Only your servants

knew that Junior Wei was here.

You’ve explained it very well.

I think I know who they are.

I’ve been worried about Lu Guannian.

I didn’t expect there’d be spies right around me.

They may just want a war.

It’s unnecessarily a betrayal.

I’ve lived too long.

The people who follow me

have been growing with power.

If I die,

I’m afraid they’ll become a new clique

that’s hard to control.

That being said,

I should thank you.

I’m flattered.

But I have to say

that Lu Guannian’s idea about Secret Repository is wrong.

People in your age

should live happily and positively

instead of being overwhelmed by the negative things.

I don’t want to see the future of Song

become a group of people like Lu Guannian.

In fact,

I am quite positive.

I will get rid of the spies as soon as possible.

Thank you, commandant.

I will also propose the idea of closing

Secret Repository to His Majesty.

Then what about us?

Do whatever you want to do.

But stay away from intrigues.

Whatever we want to do?

What would that be?