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Chef Fang

Episode 29

Don’t ask questions. It’s dangerous.

I didn’t ask anything.

So many people in the world want the truth,

but they don’t have it in the end.

And the pursuit of truth leads them to death.

Then it doesn’t matter even if they know.

I don’t want to know anything.

People who shouldn’t know want to know.

You couldn’t pretend you don’t because you do.

It’s OK. It’s all Heaven’s will.

Soon, you’ll be free.

Open the door! Yishao!

Yong!

Yishao! Open the door!

Open the door!

Hurry up!

Xu’s Paperwork Shop

How can I help you?

Officers, I got the charm here.

All right. You can go.

Thanks.

Constable. We have a few questions.

Shoot.

Have you met a girl

who came with a charm?

No.

Have you met a girl,

short, fair skin and big eyes?

I seldom went out and never met such a girl.

Officers, if that’s all,

you have my answer.

Wait. Can you show me the charm you made?

There are rumors

that the fire burned down the market is a curse.

Do you know that?

A curse?

A disaster

befalling the world as Heaven’s wrath is a curse.

We're all humans. We don’t know our sins.

Nor do we know if it’s Heaven’s wrath or curse.

I made charms to protect people from disasters.

Innocent men have peace in mind.

Heaven won’t punish a peaceful mind.

If you believe I spread false remarks,

just arrest me.

What if it’s not a curse,

but a man-made disaster?

Then I’ll pray for you every day

to catch the perpetrator as soon as possible.

Don't worry, Yong. Let’s split up and search.

Go.

What a pity!

A yellow leaf indicates the autumn.

A snow flake unfolds the winter.

It was you alone.

Now the officers come for you.

It seems I can’t keep my place any longer.

I don’t care.

But you’re going to disappear with this place.

Together in ashes!

Together in ashes!

Together in ashes!

Kid.

Give me that.

Where did you get this basket?

What are you doing? Hands off.

Tell me. Where did you get this basket?

I picked it up.

Where? Take me there.

Why should I do that?

That place is spooky. I’m not going back.

Are you talking about the pipework shop?

You know it. Why bother asking?

Somebody! Anybody? Help!

In Memory of

Help!

Anybody?

Am I going to be buried alive?

Dust to dust, earth to earth, a fire, a soul.

Dust to dust, earth to earth, a fire, a soul.

Dust to dust, earth to earth.

Somebody! Help!

Help!

- Dust to dust, earth to earth, a fire, a soul. - Help!

Help!

Help!

Look at the blazing fire. It’s karma.

Xu’s Paperwork Shop

Yes.

Go put out the fire.

Yes.

Stop standing there.

Help with the fire.

Sir, let me tell you.

You shouldn’t put it out.

Yes. You shouldn’t.

Why?

Have you heard of Heavenly fire?

The owner of the store is from Luan Village.

The fire is probably a curse.

Nonsense.

Mr. Shen.

Don’t.

The fire is fierce.

Yishao is inside.

Mr. Shen.

Yishao.

Yishao.

Yong!

Come on. Get up.

Yong. Yong.

Get out! Yong.

Ah!

My lady.

My lady, you’re awake.

My lady, don’t move. We’re worried about you.

Here.

How did I get back?

Mr. Shen Jie brought you back.

I remember I was locked in a coffin.

Yishao.

Yishao.

Yishao.

Yong.

Come on. Get up.

Lian, where is my husband?

Mr. Shen hasn’t woken up.

Physician, how is Yong?

Mr. Shen hit his head

and breathed in too much smoke.

It’ll take some time for him to wake up.

What could we do to help him?

Physician, please help him.

Help my Yong to wake up.

I promise, Mrs. Shen, I’ll do my best.

Gladly, Mr. Shen is young and recovering fast.

He’s going to be fine.

It’s just a matter of time.

Darling, don’t worry.

Yong is strong.

I believe he’ll land on his feet.

Thank you.

I shall take my leave.

Lian.

Show the physician out.

Yes.

Please.

Thanks.

Yishao.

Mother.

Come with me.

Solving cases is men’s responsibility.

Why did you get involved?

Darling, what’s done is done.

Shut up!

If anything

happens to Yong,

what should we do?

What should we do?

He’ll be fine. Yishao has learned the lesson.

Yong is impetuous. He’s strong.

It’s only an ailment.

Yong.

Yong. Yong.

Yishao.

Yong, you’re finally awake.

You scared me.

Lian. Shitou.

Go tell Mr. and Mrs. Shen

that Mr. Shen wakes up.

OK.

Yong.

Silly. Don’t you see? I’m fine.

Let me see if you’re injured.

Don’t be silly.

Everything is fine with me.

But you were in a coma for days.

I’m scared.

Don’t scare me again, OK?

You’re injured because of me.

It’s OK. I’m all right now.

Don’t scare me anymore.

Yong. Yong.

- Can you come later? - Mother, father.

Yong.

Yong, you finally wake up.

Do you know how worried I am?

Mother, I’m all right now.

Don’t worry.

Do you feel uncomfortable?

I have a little headache. Nothing else.

Don’t do this to me ever again. Look,

in the last fire, you injured your arms.

This time, you passed out.

I need to consult an fortune teller

to see if you’re cursed.

All right. Stop nagging him.

Yong just wakes up. He needs rest.

Let’s decide after the physician diagnoses him.

OK, Yong, have some rest.

I’ll leave you to it.

Yishao, have some rest, too.

You took care of Yong for days. You look thinner.

Mother.

All right.

My words were harsh that day.

Don’t take it to heart.

I wasn’t in the right mind.

Mother, I know.

- Mother, you scolded Yishao? - It’s my fault.

No, no. Mother was worried about you.

You...

You ungrateful boy!

I was worried about you.

All right. It’s all in the past.

Leave them for some rest.

Have some rest.

Don’t stay up late.

Yong, I’m so scared.

I’m scared that you might not wake up.

Weren’t you scared being locked in the coffin?

Yes.

But I’m more worried about you.

Me, too.

Seeing you in the coffin,

I was frightened.

Yong, it was pretty scary.

I wonder if my mother was scared

when she was about to die.

We’ll all die sooner or later.

So we have to live every day happily.

Yong, when a person dies,

does his soul leave the world alone?

Is there any company?

Don’t worry, Yishao. You have my company.

Since young master is awake, he’ll be fine.

But as a precaution,

I’ll prescribe something to relieve congestion.

Take it every morning for 7 days.

Great.

Then I’m relieved, finally.

I told you Yong is strong

and will be fine.

I’ll go with you to fill the prescription.

OK.

Please.

Father, how is the paperwork shop?

Burnt down.

Father, do you remember

the fire ball pieces you showed me?

I saw it in the paperwork shop.

But I got to get Yishao out.

Really?

Father, is it a hollow-out wooden ball you saw?

The size of a fist.

I saw it too.

Quite a few.

Are you sure?

Besides, the fire in the shop

was set by its owner.

I was in the coffin.

In that case,

the owner is probably the perpetrator.

Go back to rest. I need to go to the office.

Come on.

Come on.

Ouch!

My lord. My lord, you’re back.

Hurry. Hurry.

Go. Go!

Yong, Yishao.

Father.

Father, what brings you here?

Come and sit.

I was too busy catching the arsonist

to come to see you. How are you feeling?

Are you feeling better? Does your head ache?

I’m recovered.

Father, you haven’t caught the man?

I’m here to tell you

he’s in custody.

Really?

Did he confess?

Yes, he did.

Then why do you

still look perturbed?

When we arrested him,

he behaved like a lunatic.

I thought he’s crazy.

Unexpectedly, there are more stories.

More?

To be exact, they’re not stories about him.

His forefathers were all crazy.

His great grandfather was a master of Feng Shui.

He was invited to Luan Village

who suffered from ball lightning.

He found Luan Village was in special geography

and told the villagers it’s cursed.

He warned villagers

to move in case of natural disasters.

Surprisingly,

there was no disaster at all.

But the villagers, suffering total crop failure,

believed Xu Wenmao’s great grandfather lied.

He was seized and beaten to death

by the villagers when he tried to run away.

Goodness! How could

the villagers beat him to death?

Perhaps they were outrageous and lost control.

What a tragedy!

That’s not the worst.

Shortly after Xu Wenmao’s great grandfather died,

ball lightning struck the village.

People there were caught unprepared.

It was horrible. The whole village was scourged.

Many villagers were killed or injured.

Since then, there have been rumors

that it’s not a disaster,

but a revenge by Xu Wenmao’s great grandfather.

These people are so stupid.

How could they make such remarks?

There are always people

making irresponsible comments.

There’s no need to be angry.

Xu Wenmao’s great grandfather had only one son.

It was Xu Wenmao’s grandfather.

Like his father, he was a master of Feng Shui.

And he kept his father’s death in mind

and worked hard on Feng Shui,

hoping to clear his father’s name one day.

Do you know? There was another fire.

Natural disasters are hard to predict.

Disaster? I heard it was caused by demon.

Is it true?

Of course it is.

My sister-in-law told me.

My sister married him in that village.

She is a miserable one.

She said the villagers

offended the demon and brought about fire.

Yes. I heard that, too.

Hey, where did the demon come from?

It’s the Feng Shui master they killed back then.

How irresponsible you are!

That’s nonsense!

Is it? Why don’t you ask around?

Whoever in the county doesn’t say the same?

That was a natural disaster.

It has nothing to do with others.

Old man, you said it was a disaster.

Can you prove it? I say it’s the demon’s doing.

The ball lightning strikes every 30 years.

If you don’t want them to suffer,

tell the villagers to be prepared

immediately, or...

Or what?

I hate fortune tellers.

Get out of my sight now! Or I’ll punch you.

Go!

OK.

You’re stubborn.

I’m done talking to you.

Good luck with the ball lightning.

Just go.

What happened later?

Ball lightning struck again

and caused heavy casualties.

In my opinion,

Xu Wenmao’s grandfather

harbored evil intentions, too.

He sought chance to revenge every day.

After that, the villagers regretted

that they didn’t listen to Xu Wenmao’s grandfather.

They invited him back and treated him cordially,

in hope of getting a solution to avoid disasters.

Xu Wenmao’s grandfather was still angry

and tricked them

to change the name of the village to Luan.

That’s how it gets the name.

What happened next?

Well, if luck is against someone,

he could even choke on water.

A month after the village was rebuilt,

a house caught fire

and burnt half the village down.

What? Quite a coincidence!

The villagers blamed

Xu Wenmao’s grandfather, didn’t they?

Exactly. But this time, they were more sensible.

They handed Xu Wenmao’s grandfather

to the authority and accused him of deception.

Did the authority buy it?

Yes.

They exiled him to the border.

A few years later, he died of misery and illness.

It’s hard to judge.

Xu Wenmao’s grandfather could have saved them,

but he turned a deaf ear,

which killed him in the end.

He got what he deserved.

What about Xu Wenmao’s father?

Xu Wenmao’s father didn’t know Feng Shui at all.

But he knew

that the Heavenly fire

killed two of his closest family members.

As a result, he hated Luan Village.

All his families are weird.

They hate everyone.

What did his father do later?

His father knew nothing about ball lightning.

Nor did he know it strikes every 30 years,

But he plotted

to put Luan Village to the torch.

But when he was prepared, ball lightning struck.

I heard from Madam Liu since then

villagers from Luan Village started to move out.

Now the village doesn’t exist.

Heaven played a cruel joke on them.

All Xu Wenmao’s father knew

was to revenge and set a fire.

Nothing else mattered to him.

Due to bad management of the paperwork shop,

he led a destitute life.

Later when the chance to revenge was gone,

he started to drink.

A few years later, he died.

This family is cursed.

Xu Wenmao took over the shop when he grew up

and lived on making charms for Li, the blind.

He knows something about Feng Shui

and things happened in the past.

He found out the secret about ball lightning.

Xu Wenmao hates the villagers.

What’s worse, he’s capable.

He wants to revenge

in the name of Heavenly fire

and clears his forefathers’ names.

Clear their names?

He wants to prove to the villagers

that Luan Village is cursed by heaven.

It isn’t his forefathers’ fault.

He knows Feng Shui

and studies spells and supernatural existence.

He believed if he could control Heavenly fire,

he would have immense power.

Sadly, the construction of the dam ruined

his plan with the Heavenly fire.

As a result, Xu Wenmao made wooden balls

to retaliate against villagers

in the name of Heavenly fire.

He wants them to suffer

the same to be questioned and abandoned.

Do as you would be done by.

Hatred shouldn’t be passed down in generations.

Yong.

Gladly, you found it early.

When we found him,

he was planning to set Dongxiang on fire.

If he succeeded,

it’d be a dreadful disaster.

Well, father, what are you going to do with him?

Xu Wenmao has a troubled life.

But he committed arson

and killed countless innocent people.

He can’t be spared.

Before you convict him,

can I beat him?

Please stop!

Bastard!

Please.

Go to hell, jerk!

Yong, come on.

Yishao, father doesn’t really mean it.

I didn’t know you meant it.

Well, I did.

He knocked me out.

You were injured.

I was lenient with him.

Lenient? That looks bad to me.

That’s what he deserves.

- Hey, is this Mr. Shen’s daughter-in-law? - Yong.

- Yeah, that’s her. - You must be tired.

Let’s eat something good.

I heard she and Mr. Liu...

- All right, stop it. Let’s go. - All right.

Shen Mansion

Darling,

I heard some rumors recently, about...

About what?

About...

Yishao and the...

vegetable dealer, Mr. Liu.

You know it’s just a rumor. Just ignore it.

We see Yishao and Yong every day.

What could possibly happen?

Darling.

Don’t trust the hearsay.

I’m just talking to you.

Who is it that spreads the rumor?

Ignore it.

The rumors sound real.

Well, don’t listen to them. I don't believe it.

Lian. Shitou.

- Mr. Shen. - Mr. Shen.

What are you exchanging stealthily?

What is it?

I went to buy vegetables

and heard rumors

about Her ladyship and Mr. Liu.