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Chef Fang

Episode 23

Does it taste good?

Yes, delicious.

Thank you.

Wanna run?

Wait. Easy.

Are you the officers?

You aren’t an officer.

Who are you? Are you living in the mountains?

How do you know I’m from the mountains?

I hunted yesterday

and I saw leaves the same as that on your shoulder.

Young Master is great.

Now I’ve already been caught.

What do you want? Just go ahead.

Open your eyes. We won’t kill you.

We aren’t bandits.

Bandits? Bandits are better than you.

People in this village all died.

I don’t want to be alive alone.

I’m thinking of going die.

Sir.

So you are a native of Qingshan Village?

What’s wrong? I am truly a native here.

Who on earth are you?

You don’t look like officers from the government.

We are not from the county government of Luo County.

So you are just passersby?

You are really bold enough.

Do you know where this place is?

Let me tell you the truth.

It’s actually a ghost village.

Especially during the night,

ghosts are everywhere.

If you are not careful, you’ll be caught by the ghosts.

Just stop nonsense.

Tell us. What’s your name?

Mind my fists.

This is my house.

You came to my house.

Now you are asking who I am.

You mean this is your home?

I’m Wang Gui. I live in Qingshan Village.

Most people in the village died.

Half of them ran away.

I’m the only one alive.

It’s “the only three”, right?

Hey, you are just non-natives.

Just mind your own business.

Listen.

What I’m telling you is the truth.

It’s an ominous village.

You’ll be in danger if you stay here for too long.

Little Stammer, close the door.

Hey, wait. Man.

You can’t kill me for money.

There’s truly nothing of value in my house.

Or else you can take away the case.

Be honest.

Wang Gui.

Tell me. Why did so many people in Qingshan Village die?

How many people are alive?

Is the Vegetable Fever true or not?

What are the people

from the government looking for during the night?

Why don’t you dare to go home?

For the cases found in the pond,

what’s going on about the stones?

Who on earth are you?

We are not bad guys.

It’s our own business.

It has nothing to do with you non-natives.

It does have nothing to do with us.

Those who died are not my families.

Wang Gui, I heard that both your parents died.

Most probably, it’s related to the Vegetable Fever.

Natural disaster is one thing.

But if it is a man-made disaster,

don’t you want to find some justice

for the dead fellow countrymen?

Man, please ask him to loose me first.

I won’t run away.

Sit down.

It’s both natural disaster

and man-made disaster.

What do you mean?

We live here for generations.

All is well for a long time.

Hunting and farming. We all live a good life.

However, half a year ago,

a freak came to the village.

Bad luck came, too.

Excuse me, is it Qingshan Village there?

Yes. Right.

Does it have accommodation in the village?

I can pay extra.

I sell goods.

My friend and I will meet here by agreement

and replenish goods together.

I didn’t expect he was delayed by something,

so I will stay here for a few days

to wait for him.

Well. You can go to the east of the village

and ask about it.

It has a dak there.

Yes.

OK. Thank you so much.

It doesn’t matter.

Mind your steps. The road is bad.

What are you looking at?

Dude.

Do you think it’s weird?

He’s been so close to the county.

Why does he stay here?

Well. He just told us

he would stay here for days to wait for his friend.

What’s wrong with it?

Come on. Let’s go do farm works.

Out again?

See you.

Here’s the wine.

Thank you.

Hey, Miss.

He has stayed here for quite a few days.

Why hasn’t his friend come?

There’s no friend. He lied.

If there’s no friend,

why has he stayed here for so long?

I’d tell you

that he might be a man for goods.

What do you mean by a man for goods?

I’ve heard of it. Make a fortune from the dead.

Grave digging?

It will result virtue lose.

But I’ve never heard there’s any

imperial tomb near our village.

It’s true. But look at the mountain over there.

There was a mountain fastness before.

The leader is called Gu Qingshan.

He used to be an influential man among the forest outlaws.

But in the end, he was caught and beheaded by the government.

Before he was caught, he set a fire.

The whole mountain was burned.

Later, those from the government came to investigate it.

It’s said that a large number of treasures disappeared.

It’s true. Treasures can’t be burned.

Did Gu Qingshan hide them?

Nobody knows.

But I’ve heard that Gu Qingshan might be alive in those years.

It’s said that he bought off the government and was substituted.

Really?

Then what happened?

Then people passed the words

Gu Qingshan hid the treasures

around here.

Really? There really are treasures?

We don’t know, either.

Nobody has ever found.

The officers from the county government

and the country gentlemen

organized a lot of people

to search the mountain for many times.

But nothing was found.

You’ve lived here for so many years.

You’ve never found anything?

Nothing.

There’re people who want to get rich in the village.

They’ve searched as well.

But also nothing.

Till…

Till we found these cases.

You found all these cases?

Were there stones in the cases when you found them?

Those aren’t stones. That’s disaster.

Dak

Why did he hang a blue lantern

when he went up the mountain.

It’s scary.

Wang Gui,

I heard from the old man

that hanging this kind of blue lantern means finding treasures.

Is it true?

Let’s go. Be careful.

Come on. Go ahead.

What’s he looking for?

What are you doing?

What are we doing?

It’s what I want to ask you.

These are goods I brought from some other places before.

My companion was sick,

so I buried them here.

You mean you were unable to take it by yourself last time

but you were able to this time?

Shut up. Stop talking nonsense.

We know you’re here to dig treasures.

How is it possible?

It’s just a remote and backward place.

How could it be possible to have treasures?

It’s truly the goods I buried here.

Stop lying. Bro.

We don’t mean to bother.

Since you have dug them out,

no matter it’s a gift from the heaven or dug from underground,

now we’ve seen them,

so you should give us a half.

Yeah. A half.

A half.

Actually, it won’t be helpful for you.

This is more useful.

No. We are not greedy for silver.

We want these less advantageous.

Come on. Wang Gui, don’t bother talking with him.

Let’s just have a look.

Right. Take a look.

Dude. Don’t.

Why not?

Why not?

Then don’t blame me for being rude.

Hit.

Don’t run. Stop.

You’re in luck.

Guys. Take a look.

Then you carried the cases back?

We carried the cases back

even without opening them.

All villagers knew we got the treasures.

All of them came to my house.

Then what did you find in the cases?

Nothing else,

but the stones.

When you opened the cases,

there were stones in, right?

You’re right.

When we opened them,

we found there were only stones.

All we wished was smashing the cases.

But Mr. Wan, the eldest man in our village said

“You can’t do that!”

He asked us to hide the cases

and not to tell anybody else

that we found these cases.

We didn’t know what he meant at that time.

But we did as he said.

We sank the cases in the pond.

Hurry.

Let’s go.

Let’s go.

But we didn’t expect

that the government was startled.

Shortly afterwards, the government sent some people to investigate.

How did they know that?

Perhaps it’s the man for goods didn’t feel reconciled,

so he told the government.

You are right. After they came here,

they questioned us a lot.

But we just listened to Mr. Wan.

We didn’t admit.

We only said the goods were taken away by the man for goods.

After a period of time,

the officers left.

Then what happened?

We don’t know whether it’s because

Gu Qingshan put a spell on the stones.

Accidents happened.

You mean the Vegetable Fever?

Yeah. The first one got sick is Mr. Wan.

Because he’s been old,

we didn’t think too much.

Later, several villagers got sick, too.

We began to feel something’s wrong.

Then, Mr. Wan asked his grandson to strike a gong

throughout the village before his death

to ask us to leave immediately.

He said it would be late if we didn’t leave.

But you never heard of Vegetable Fever before.

Did you believe it?

We were all flustered.

Nobody thought too much.

Some got sick, some died and some ran away.

The village became like that.

Then why do you still stay here?

It’s all because of us three.

We are the ones who should be punished.

So we can’t just run away.

We can’t get them into trouble.

So you’ve been staying in the mountain all the time?

Yes.

We dare not eat the vegetables in the fields.

We only hunted some pheasants and rabbits.

Just now, I saw smoke from my house.

I thought it’s my parents’ spirit cooking for me.

I know it’s impossible.

But I want to come back and take a look.

You’ve been near here all the time.

Haven’t you seen some people finding something?

Yes.

They were paid by the government.

They’ve searched in the rocks and fields at first,

then the houses and slopes.

Maybe they will go to the mountains after a while.

Wang Gui.

Wang Gui.

Wang Gui.

Don’t be afraid.

-It’s OK. -Who are you?

Wang Gui, who are they?

We are from Municipal Government of Dongxiang.

A while ago, villagers from Qingshan Village

fled from calamity to Dongxiang.

So we got to know the Vegetable Fever

and came here to solve the case.

You’re truly officers from Dongxiang.

You’re all locals

and you saw the whole process of the case.

So I hope you can help us solve it.

Lord, we will cooperate with you.

If we can find out the truth

and if it’s true somebody wants to do harm to us,

we will avenge our fellows

even by risking life.

Yeah. Right.

That’s good.

Jie, get back immediately and call all the people together

to Qingshan Village to catch the suspects.

Yes.

I will go to Qingshan Village tomorrow

with father and Shen Jie to catch them.

At that time, you can stay at home

with mother.

Yong, be careful.

Don’t worry. Shen Jie will go together.

It doesn’t matter.

But Yong, I’m afraid.

I’ve told you don’t be afraid. Silly girl.

I’m not that easy to deal with.

By the way,

Jie has been solving cases all the time.

I’ve never seen him going home.

He should go home no matter how busy he is.

He doesn’t have a home.

Are you kidding? How could it be?

I’ve heard it from father.

Jie used to

have a scholarly rich family.

But later a tragedy happened.

Come here.

Jie, promise me.

Don’t come out no matter what happens.

Don’t make any sound, either, you know?

Later, father went to the village to suppress bandits.

He found Shen Jie when he searched in the house.

He suffered so much at a young age,

and he was alone and helpless,

so father took him home and adopted him.

So that’s it.

Those bad guys should be killed.

We can’t let them go.

It’s a pity that they didn’t catch them.

How is it possible?

Maybe it’s because the bandits were powerful

and they had a good plan.

They were very cruel and killed everybody they saw.

All was killed with only one strike.

There’s no clue.

They are so evil.

All bad guys will be punished.

Of course.

Jie did it himself.

You said they weren’t found.

Don’t be so hasty. That happened later.

When Jie came to our house, he didn’t talk too much.

Father saw it and asked his plan.

He said he would learn martial arts

to revenge for his parents and villagers.

Father invited Master Mo to teach him martial arts.

Then Jie became an official.

One day, he heard of the trace of the bad guys.

He went to the mountain fastness alone and killed them.

Why’s he covered with blood?

Who knows?

That’s great. In this case,

Jie finally revenged.

It’s a pity the leader ran away.

He still hasn’t been found?

No.

We will certainly catch him.

I heard from mother that Jie didn’t like to talk.

He never cried.

It’s like him now.

Until the day he killed those guys,

he knocked himself in the house and cried.

He cried very loudly with the tiles almost shaken.

He must feel the hardship.

Why haven’t father and mother helped him find a wife

to look after him?

Of course they did, for many times.

But he just said only after he found the leader

then he would think about marriage.

Heaven bless Jie.

The bad guy will certainly be captured.

You think so?

I guess Jie also thinks so.

So every time when he heard about the case of bandits,

he would run fast like flying.

But he still hasn’t caught the leader yet.

He caught a lot of other criminals.

Those extremely violent and wicked

are even afraid of him.

The heroic spirit of Jie

can make good ones feel conformable

and bad ones feel scared.

What do you mean by heroic spirit?

Then what about me? What’s my spirit?

For you,

it’s stingy.

Stingy? What’s stingy?

I just said one good word about Jie.

You get jealous.

Tell me, aren’t you stingy?

OK. I’ll let you know what stingy is.

Hey. Stop joking. Yong, no kidding.

Don’t run.

Shen Mansion

Be careful, you know?

Yong.

Take care.

Don’t worry.

Come back as soon as possible.

Take care.

Go.

Lord.

The corpses were checked.

As you said.

Jie.

Yes.

Arrest tonight.

Yes.

Don’t move.

Don’t move.

Shen Mansion

Young Master, you’re back.

Young Master, you’re back.

Why’s only you?

I rode back.

Young Master, are you looking for Her Ladyship?

She’s not home. She’s out.

Out? She must be out doing grocery shopping. I’ll pick her up.

Young Master, no.

Someone invited her for tea.

She just left for a while. Maybe she would be back late.

For tea? Who invited her?

It seems Miss Fang.

Fang Yao?

Do you know where they went?

Zizhu Tea Garden.

My Lady, why did Miss Fang invite you?

I don’t know.

She may want to tell me something.

So mysterious.

My Lady, did you really substitute for Miss Fang for the marriage?

It’s lucky it’s you.

Or else we can’t eat so many delicious dishes.

It seems you only like the dishes I cook.

Certainly not, I like you more.

Then do you like me

or the dishes I cook.

I like both. You are good and you cook good dishes.

No one else is better than you.

I’m flattered.

My Lady, I heard that

not everybody can enter Zizhu Tea Garden.

Those come here are all talents.

I’ve always wanted to come, but never got a chance.

It seems Lian wants to marry a talent.

My Lady, please don’t make fun of me.

Alright. Let’s go.

OK.

Zizhu Tea Garden

My Lady, look. The tea garden is large.

Yes.

Let’s get in.

You are not regular customers, right?

Were you invited? Could you show me your letter of invitation?

Letter of Invitation

It’s Miss Fang who invited you.

Walk along this bridge.

Pass through the pool. It’s the pavilion at the end.

Let’s go.

My Lady, look. There are so many leaves.

Yes. I see it.

My Lady, why are they looking at us?

Maybe it’s because we are new here.

Look,

all of them are in white.

It seems they are here for mourning.

Stop. It’s not good to talk like that.

My Lady, you are beautiful.

Miss, here they are.

Look at them. Why do they wear like that?

Miss Fang.

Call her Mrs. Shen.

Miss Fang, why did you invite me here?

Let’s sit down first.

I heard from my father that you have no family in Dongxiang.

I’ve always been here for pastime.

You can come if you have time.

We can drink tea together.

Her Ladyship’s always been busy.

Lian.

It’s true.

You said you’ve wanted to come for a long time.

Walk around and take a look.

No. I don’t.

My Lady, I’ll stay here with you.

Jing,

take Lian to walk around and eat some fruits.

Yes.

Go ahead.

Wow.

Miss Fang, are these painted by you?

So beautiful.

Miss Fang, how have you been in recent days?

Have you got some troubles?

Troubles? No.

Both mother and father treat me well.

Then how about Mr. Shen. Has he embarrassed you?

No. He treats me well.

Young Master. Take a break.

What kind of place is Zizhu Tea Garden?

Why are you worrying like that?

Zizhu Tea Garden is a place

for literati and poets to do the grand.

Do the grand?

Even if a fruit drops from the tree,

they will get worried for a long time.

Why are they worried for the dropping fruit?

They should be happy for that.

It’s because they have nothing else to do.

Let’s go if you have finished your break.

Young Master.