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♫ In this elaborately written letter, all the words of love are filled with you. ♫

♫ The flowers within ten miles blossom elegantly for you. ♫

♫ I perform the zither, as if you are standing behind me. ♫

♫ The rain falls while I foolishly wait for you. ♫

♫ Use these deep, shallow, near, and far distances ♫

♫ to add a touch of poetry to our regrets and entanglements. ♫

♫ This bitter, sweet, dream-like, and fantasy-like origin of our intertwined fates ♫

♫ is so that we can pleasantly drink this alcohol under the threat of swords and knives. ♫

♫ Use this lifetime, these moments of encounters ♫

♫ to trade for just one short instant when you can be with me. ♫

♫ These words, sentences, sentiments, and intentions contain hopes ♫

♫ that you and I can listen to the rain as we stand under the eave. ♫

♫ that you and I can listen to the rain as we stand under the eave. ♫

[Bloody Romance]

It seems that this yard has been left unattended for a long time.

I'll tidy it up.

You're injured. You'd better take a break.

Master, your finally have your own place.

I must clean it quickly,

in order not to delay your resting time.

I'm going to Yunjing Pavilion to pick up some things.

Master, do you want to come with me?

Master.

Are you still thinking about Han Xiu?

Han Xiu was willing to follow Shao Yao into death.

It had nothing to do with you.

He could have died in a different place

or at a different time,

but he still decided to kill himself in front of me,

which offered me a chance for survival.

You think that one more good person died because of you?

I don't know, either.

You are taking this too seriously.

That is

bad for you.

I was just thinking

that in the future, I need to repeatedly do what I just did.

What is it for?

If there are no other reasons,

other than for survival,

then I...

I'd rather die.

Do you really think

that you have the courage to commit suicide?

If the next mission is to kill another person, do me a favor

and kill me immediately.

Don't let me suffer here anymore.

[Suiguzi Pavilion]

Around the middle of every month, the King Gu Insect turns in you, increasing your qi and blood.

I know that you're in pain,

but the more you suffer,

the calmer you must be.

The full moon isn't until two more days,

but I've already felt disruptions in my qi today.

When others receive the king gu insect, they gain a century's worth of power.

Only I

have to endure such torment every month.

It's my fault.

That time when Cha Ru threatened

to expose our love relationship to Lan He,

I just didn't want to encumber you,

so I agreed to plant the anti-sex substance inside myself to show my resolution.

To my surprise, she also went to you

and imposed the condition of deactivating my anti-sex substance to trick you into planting that insect into your body.

It is not your fault.

It's the fault of Lan He, that evil woman.

If she hadn't incited me and Cha Ru to fight

which caused destruction to both me and her,

we wouldn't be like this right now.

She is the criminal.

As long as I, Cha Luo,

am still alive,

I will definitely do everything possible

to make Lan He's blind son

die a cruel death.

Oh, yes...

I forgot to tell you,

the person I sent out

has already found

a way to send news to the palace.

What?

Chang An!

It's late.

Master, you are still awake?

You haven't slept, either.

The Torture Chamber Master had another task for me.

Even though I don't really understand martial arts,

the technique you used just now to come down from the roof

is much better than the one you use during our missions.

Once you become a Heavenly Assassin, you will learn techniques a hundredfold stronger.

I couldn't sleep and only came out for some fresh air.

I thought this looked like a swing,

so I fixed it.

The lady who lived here before

liked to swing on this swing.

She swung so high.

Later someone sabotaged the swing.

She fell down,

hit her backbone, but didn't die immediately.

What happened to her?

Do you really want to know what happened to her?

It's getting late, Master.

Please rest soon.

Let me go! Put me down! Put me--

Are you crazy?

Yes.

I am crazy.

Why did you save me?

I really don't want to live anymore.

Ever since I was young,

so as not to burden my father

and to earn a bite of food for my younger brother,

beginning at six years old,

I went and picked cotton for people.

I picked until all ten of my fingers were ruined.

Later... Later in the chaos of war,

I couldn't find work, so I went and carried dead people

and buried their corpses.

But so what?

My father...

My father sold me for no more than two bags of grain.

Then I came here.

This place has white rice,

white flour, and water for showering heated up by charcoal.

It is like a place raised by gods.

But here, in order to survive,

I have to kill people.

I have to kill people without ever stopping.

I just can't do it! I can't!

But if I don't kill, I will die;

then sooner or later, I will die anyway.

So why should I keep fighting on here?

But still, you went through so much to get here.

Why does that matter?

In this world...

In this world, there is no one who cares about me.

I care about you.

You only care... because if I die,

you also have to die. But don't worry.

Liu Guang has already said that she likes you.

When I die,

you can become her shadow.

I won't become Liu Guang's shadow.

Today is your birthday.

I cooked longevity noodles for you.

They're in your room.

There's no meat right now, so I could only make vegetarian noodles for you.

You like your food salty, so I added some pickled vegetables.

You've starved too much in your life, so you have bad digestion

and you shouldn't eat too many peppers. I only added a little.

You're still young, so if you pay attention in the future, it can be cured.

Tasty!

This is the first time I've had longevity noodles in my life.

Tastes good!

You're only eighteen years old. It's not that you don't want to live,

you're just very tired.

It's all right if you're tired. All you have to do is rest.

There will be many more people who will care about you in the future, not just me.

Today is my birthday.

- I want to swing on the swing. - Sure.

- I want to go behind the mountain to watch the setting sun. - Good.

Is it that today,

no matter what I say,

you'll agree?

Yes, it is.

We...

Can we leave here?

Together.

Sure.

Come sit with me.

One time.

Just this one time.

Hold tight. It's dangerous.

With you here, I'm not afraid!

This feeling is great. It feels like we're flying!

Chang An,

why are you so nice to me?

Because...

Because you treat me well, Master.

So... What if I wasn't your master?

Would you still treat me this well?

I'm going to count to three. If it flies away,

you're just treating me with a false sense of affection.

If it doesn't fly away,

you are treating me sincerely.

One, two,

three.

In any case,

I won't betray you.

Hold on.

Next to the cliff is a pile of rocks.

A sheepskin bag is in the crack of the rocks.

There is a porcelain bottle with a pill in the sack.

Eat the pill and dive into the water after ten minutes.

This pill can help you hold your breath underwater

and stay conscious for a long time.

After you enter the water, you must dive as deep as possible.

Keep submerged until you can feel another current.

Then follow that current.

Why are they taking so long to bring it back?

City Master, Twelve's actions are swift. He should soon be back.

He is Twelve, you are Thirteen.

- You are both new here this month. - Yes.

Speed up your movement!

You don't have to look at me like you've seen a ghost.

I've already promised the Torture Chamber Master

that I won't kill anyone this month.

This is the skin nourishing powder specially blended for me by the Torture Chamber Master.

Prepare and steep it for me according to the proper sequence.

Even if you can't do this right I won't kill you.

Skinning you alive will do.

You aren't Twelve!

Who are you?

Exactly, who are you?

Take off your skin mask.

City Master! Are you all right?

Light the smoke signal! Send out everyone! Chase after him!

Yes!

[Tingzhu Courtyard]

Who is it?

Come out.

Don't force me to make a move.

[Mei]

If you can read this letter, it means that you have already succeeded in leaving Guihua City.

In these next few days Guihua City will be in turmoil.

While they are distracted, use this opportunity to get away.

The landlady of the Fenglai Inn and I have known each other for a long time.

She can prepare a horse and rations for you and tell you

how to get out of the pass. You have to hurry.

No need to wait for me, remember that!

Guihua City is in turmoil? No need to wait?

Six hundred taels?

You're letting me escape by myself.

Even if I escape to the ends of the earth, won't it be meaningless?

I saw you once, at Chuixing Tower.

Cha Luo made you fight with another shadow.

You suffered a serious wound that day as well.

But I thought that you wouldn't necessarily lose.

I am just an Earthly Assassin's shadow.

You've overestimate me, Gong Zi.

When people are at a critical juncture,

they won't hide their actual strength.

When I brushed by you that day,

I noticed that your breathing pattern and internal power

are not that of Guihua City. Tell me.

What is your motive

in coming to Guihua City?

I, Cha Luo, wish to see you, Gong Zi.

Just now there was an assassin who unsuccessfully tried to kill me and he escaped into Tingzhu Courtyard.

I ask you, Gong Zi, to grant me permission to look for the assassin.

It looks like you didn't succeed in your mission.

I may have failed this once, but I'll succeed one day.

Will you have another chance?

As long as you are willing to give it to me.

After all, we have a common enemy.

I, Cha Luo, wish to see you, Gong Zi.

Gong Zi, please give your consent.

City Master, Gong Zi's internal power is profound.

If someone entered Tingzhu Courtyard, there's no way he wouldn't know.

So what you're saying is

that this person belongs to Tingzhu Courtyard?

I'm not sure, I'm just guessing.

Then let's go on in and catch him in the act and clear this up.

Wait!

There was indeed a person who entered Tingzhu Courtyard,

but he's now gone.

Go look for him somewhere else.

Gong Zi, this assassin's skill is exceptional.

His qinggong technique is even more admirable. (Martial arts move - running swiftly and quickly)

I'm afraid that if the assassin is hiding in the Tingzhu Courtyard

it would not be good for you, Gong Zi.

If you don't say anything, then we're going to enter.

Let me go in and see.

What I've said once,

I won't say again.

Master. Master!

Gong Zi.

- How is it? - I can't be sure

how much longer my internal power can hold out.

Go to that cabinet

and help me bring the medicine bottle on the second shelf.

What does this mean?

I'm not sure.

How's Liu Guang?

She's injured badly.

She's lost quite a bit of her power, but it's not life-threatening.

Looks like he held himself back.

You can't make a move today.

Why can't I?

At worst, my qi and blood will churn for half a month.

I, Cha Luo, have never been afraid to suffer in all my life.

Today, I just want to settle accounts with him.

Chang An! Chang An, it's great that you're here.

You're alive! I thought I'd never see you again.

Why didn't you leave?

Why would I leave? You made all those preparations for yourself.

If your life is exchanged for mine,

then I'd be another Han Xiu. How could I go on like that?

I never did think about leaving here alive.

You must live. For me.

For me, you have to live well.

If we want to live, first we have to break this deadlock.

Do you also get the feeling that Tingzhu Courtyard

is a little strange today?

In the past, Gong Zi always answered us calmly.

But this time he seemed so irritable.

It is a bit unusual.

Three days ago Yue Ying went away, but I still haven't found out where.

But she took Gong Zi's most able bodyguard with her.

Oh?

So what are we waiting for?

I, Cha Luo, wish to see Gong Zi.

Gong Zi's not feeling well. He's already asleep.

What are you doing here?

City Master, Gong Zi said

he had some things he wanted to ask me regarding the mission,

so he called me over to Tingzhu Courtyard.

Why do you need to dress this way for him to hear the details of a mission?

This is Tingzhu Courtyard's wish. My status is low,

I couldn't disobey.

How is Gong Zi not feeling well?

I am skilled in medicine. I can help treat Gong Zi.

Gong Zi just said...

he doesn't want to see the two of you today.

What if I insist on seeing him?

Then I won't dare to stop you.

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♫ I've never acted with proud indulgence. ♫

♫ See how the fallen flowers look so ignorant. ♫

♫ Your words “I will wait” prompt the racing of my heart. ♫

♫ I will wait for the wind and rain to brew this fragrant wine into a gentle drift. ♫

♫ I've never inexplicably fallen into disgrace. ♫

♫ I sigh that time is an elegant swan goose in flight. ♫

♫ I will use my lifetime of pain and loneliness ♫

♫ to welcome the simultaneous ring from the zithers into the night. ♫

♫ Who worsens the ache in my heart? ♫

♫ My heart's warmth will make these autumn leaves concentrated. ♫

♫ When will you grow drunk in the autumn wind with me, ♫

♫ so that I will be able to walk out of my dreams? ♫

♫ The zither music evokes feelings of desolation and cheerlessness. ♫

♫ Of a lifetime, the moon is always high, the dew is always heavy. ♫

♫ Alone, I foolishly sit among the blue ocean waters, ♫

♫ while the conifer plants grow in exuberance. ♫

♫ Who worsens the ache in my heart? ♫

♫ My heart's warmth will make these autumn leaves concentrated. ♫

♫ When will you grow drunk in the autumn wind with me, ♫

♫ so that I will be able to walk out of my dreams? ♫

♫ Who worsens the ache in my heart? ♫

♫ My heart's warmth will make these autumn leaves concentrated. ♫

♫ When will you grow drunk in the autumn wind with me, ♫

♫ so that I will be able to walk out of my dreams? ♫

♫ So that I will be able to walk out of my dreams. ♫