Original subtitles

"The Killing of Three Thousand Crows"

"Episode 10"

Die!

This is all you are capable of?

And you want to kill me?

Is he dying?

Yan Yan!

Paper Magic Arts?

The secret art of Li royalty?

How did she learn it so easily?

Who is it? Are you from Li?

-Yes. -Have we...

met each other before?

Could it be?

You feel so familiar to me.

Yan Yan.

Is that you?

Chuan!

Chuan!

Dragon King.

So this is your true form.

A bunch of slacking and feeble sages,

I bet my men have killed the last of you.

Where is my master?

Fu Jiu Yun.

Are you really so loyal to him?

Or did you two...

have some sort of unspeakable dealings?

Getting impatient?

Fine.

You can reunite with him in the underworld!

Please, stay. We'll search for Lord Jiu Yun.

There is still hope for us.

Stand aside.

Fu Jiu Yun is almost killed by the Dragon King.

He has no time for us.

If he is dead,

the whole Mount Xiangqu is doomed.

-We should run for our lives now. -I know he won't give up on us.

Please, stay!

Stay!

You are my favourite little servant.

I want to keep her by my side,

I want her to forget the burden that weren't her responsibility,

I want to see her laugh,

to live a normal life she deserved,

it's even all right to pretend nothing happened.

But she on the other hand,

thinks that I am joking with her.

You can't leave!

Hurry up, pick up the pace.

Your master was in the dark.

But you, Fu Jiu Yun, you are a smart person.

Come, surrender yourself to me.

Hand over the Spirit Lantern.

I'll spare your life.

How does that sound?

You fool.

You promised me...

not to come back here.

Since you won't side with me,

join your master in death.

No one...

is allowed to hurt her.

Not even a sage.

Wake up. Open your eyes.

Have you seen Lord Jiu Yun?

Dragon King's henchmen are all over the mountain.

Save yourself.

Go to shelter.

I am worried for him.

We will do our best to search for Lord Jiu Yun.

Forget it.

-Er Meng. -Chuan.

That was painful.

That hurts a lot.

Are you all right?

-Er Meng, run. -Watch your steps.

-Over here. -Let's go.

Thank you.

Thanks to you, I was saved.

You are my wife,

I can't just let you die.

How did you know I was there?

I was just passing by when I saw you.

You were sneaking around the place,

I thought you were being followed.

I was worried.

So I followed you and found that cave.

What were you doing there?

I...

I was helping Lord Jiu Yun...

with some work.

It's something very mysterious.

Where did you learn to use magic?

Magic?

Master Qiu taught me that.

It's great for splitting firewood.

But it can slice through boulder as well!

Right, you should come with me.

This place is crawling with the Dragon King's men.

Not just Fu Jiu Yun,

all the disciples of Mount Xiangqu are gone.

It's not safe here.

Forget about your work, I have a plan.

We should leave the mountain.

We'll go to a quiet village.

You can make some fragrance pouch,

I can split firewood, carry the water and fertilize the soil.

Then we can have a child...

No.

I can't leave just yet.

Why?

I mean before we leave,

there is a matter I must see to.

What is it?

To save someone.

Where is Zi Chen?

I sent him away from the mountain.

Where are the others?

Are they all killed?

The Dragon King is dead,

your men are being rounded up.

Their defeat is not my concern.

With that said,

you must be here to kill me.

Do it.

Xuan Zhu.

Don't tell me you are here to rescue me.

I won't stand your false kindness.

You might as well just humiliate me.

Chuan, this woman is so vile.

I wish I could just beat her.

I told Zi Chen...

that you would wait for him at a safe place.

What? Don't you want to see him again?

I'll go to him on my own.

Mind your own business.

I know.

All the pain you suffered...

is just as much as mine.

Chuan, we should leave this place.

-Watch your step. -Chuan.

Is she really a princess?

-I thought princess is supposed... -Watch out.

to be fair and graceful.

Why is she so heavy?

Stop talking.

I want to just leave her here.

Come on.

Did you have some sort of feud with this princess here?

But aren't you just a servant?

There are many matters...

a kind and simple person like you would never understand.

It's good enough to save our own skins in time of turmoil.

So will you leave this place with me?

Your aunty's home is just up ahead.

Aunty, I am back!

Watch your steps.

Move slowly.

-How do you feel? -Be careful with her.

-Stay safe on your way. -Take care.

-We'll be leaving now. -Take care.

Aunty!

Aunty!

Aunty! We are back!

-Aunty! -Take it easy.

We are back. Aunty!

I am glad you are all right.

I was worried sick.

-Let's go inside. -Don't let her fall.

Yan Yan?

You should be thankful Master Zuo didn't use the front door.

I went to the palace earlier.

Charred corpses are everywhere.

The men guarding the gate and palace are all dead.

That is not the worse.

They told me...

the Master and Lord Jiu Yun...

fought that old dragon for one whole day,

they won in the end.

But no one have seen the Master since.

What about Lord Jiu Yun?

This could be shocking to you.

Lord Jiu Yun...

was pierced by the Dragon King's sword.

The blade pierced right through his heart.

He died on the scene.

He is dead?

That is how the rumours go anyway.

My contacts never lied to me in the past.

You need to move on from him.

After I settled all the affairs with the servants,

you should leave with me.

Chuan?

What's wrong?

Yan Yan, let me help you back to your room.

Yan Yan?

♪ The city and the lantern convey my longing ♪

You are new to Mount Xiangqu,

of course you are clumsy.

But after some lessons from me,

you'll surely become gentle and behaving.

How is not the time for honour, that is so boring.

You can have my body but never my heart!

Why do I need your heart? I only want your body.

The water floats the leaf, but it can also sink the leaf.

The leaf needs to behave.

It must never forget the kindness of the water.

♪ The vibrant scenery and your looks ♪

♪ We journeyed together and forget the time ♪

Chuan.

You are so naughty.

♪ Right from the start, right where it began ♪

Say no more.

♪ You were late every time ♪

♪ Time passes in an instant ♪

♪ The fleeting rain ♪

♪ The blooming purple ♪

♪ Made our past a poem ♪

♪ Time passes, and God blesses ♪

♪ In life and death, we will be with each other ♪

♪ Until we grow old together ♪

I know.

He means a lot to you.

No.

He merely saved me a couple of times.

Keep it.

Yan Yan.

Why do you have Ah Man's face?

All these years,

why were you a servant on Mount Xiangqu?

These questions have been bothering me.

But I can't seem to recall any of the memories.

Those are in the past.

Don't be obsessed with them.

But...

I have more important matter to do.

Changing my look...

is a price...

I couldn't refuse.

So do you forgive me?

I let you down.

I remember the royal garden...

has a bamboo forest like this place.

You always picked on me there.

And now,

we meet again in a bamboo forest.

Yan Yan.

In a blink of an eye,

three years are behind us.

I've heard of a town called Dace Town.

There is a nice peach orchard there.

We can live there for a while.

Or we can have some crabs at Nimbus City.

Or maybe...

Or we could visit the Dreaming Wetland.

You were never much of a traveller in the past.

Your interests were full of meanings.

You were never interested in power or wealth.

Because you have a clear goal in your heart.

There is honour and gratitude,

there is love for the livings,

vision for the world.

But my heart...

-has only you in it. -But right now,

there are so many things in my heart.

We...

can never be the same.

Thank you.

She is gone.

She insisted on leaving.

You won't catch up to her.

Even if you did,

you can't stop her.

Did she mention where her destination is?

Did she leave any message for me?

She said you were a man who knew gratitude.

It's your turn to take care of Xuan Zhu.

Chuan.

Do you like Master Zuo?

No, I think you like Lord Jiu Yun.

That is nonsense, I like no one.

I get it now.

You don't like me.

You only come with me to avoid the others.

Isn't that right?

I like you, Er Meng.

I like how kind and lovable you are.

You are not the same as those people.

I feel secure when I am with you.

Really?

Will you marry me after we leave the mountain?

I can't marry you.

There are many tasks...

waiting for me to complete.

-I see. -However,

that won't stop me from liking you.

I mean it.

Let's go.

I am really happy...

for what you told me just now.

This fragrance pouch you gave me,

I'll always carry it with me.

Chuan, do you know?

The first day I saw you at the servants' lodge,

I fell in love with your wits and intelligence.

So,

I asked Madam Zhao to select you.

I first thought spending some time with you on Mount Xiangqu...

could buy me some peaceful days.

But who knows?

We are actually the same.

In this world we live in,

people as simple as I am...

will never understand.

In this time of turmoil,

saving your own skin...

is more than enough.

This Idleness Charm...

will undo itself after six hours.

I am sorry this is how we say goodbye to each other.

However,

we'll never see each other again.

I really do want to marry you.

Xuan Zhu.

Zi Chen.

Rest for another while.

She said you were a man who knew gratitude.

It's your turn to take care of Xuan Zhu.

Your body is weak, you should stay inside.

I am feeling much better now.

The place is empty.

Where are the people?

They are gone.

She is gone as well.

You regained your memory.

I am sorry for being so selfish.

I don't expect you to forgive me.

-I only hope... -Xuan Zhu.

I forgive you.

Let's leave the other matters aside.

We cannot stay here for long.

Rest for a few days,

after you regained your strength,

we'll meet your mother at Baihe Icefield.

I don't want to stay here any longer.

Can we leave this place now?

Sure.

It's all right.

Master Zuo.

You are...

Madam Zhao ordered me to wait for you.

She said...

it was a request from a girl named Chuan.

Thank you.

Get on the cart.

The All-mighty Blessed One,

the All-mighty Lord Du'e,

please shield me from evil.

Who is this?

Chuan?

What are you doing here?

You should have left the mountain by now.

Say something.

Come, say something.

I see, an Idleness Charm.

How unfortunate of you.

Well,

you always looked so arrogant and spoiled,

now you need my help to save you.

Should I sell you off as slave,

or should I make you my servant...

and do my chores?

Listen up. In life,

we need to stay humble.

If it wasn't for Lord Jiu Yun's, you would have...

You would have...

Lord Jiu Yun.

Where is he now?

Is he really dead?

Who are you calling dead?

He must have gone into hiding to heal his wounds.

I can sense it.

He is thinking about me, and watching me.

He won't leave me behind.

You can sense his presence?

Ever so slightly.

Maybe he is on his dying breath,

maybe he is lonely.

Maybe he fell into an ambush by the enemies.

He is so gentle...

Fine, come with me.

To the servants' lodge, come on.

Okay.

There is no one here.

Ever since Er Meng left,

Madam Zhao is gone as well.

Zi Chen and Xuan Zhu moved on.

And we don't know where Lord Jiu Yun is.

You were crazy. Why did you steal the lantern?

That is Lord Jiu Yun's precious treasure.

Madam Zhao is Er Meng's aunt.

That means they were working together.

But I have no idea where they are now.

Dace Town!

What town?

Madam loves chewing on the fish-skin seeds from Dace Town.

Dace Town is right at the bottom of the mountain, so...

So they must be there.

Great, let's go to Dace Town now.

Let's go. Hold on.

"We"?

You said it yourself.

Lord Jiu Yun promised you...

he will find you wherever you are.

He did say that.

I am going with you.

The two of us will have each other's back.

We'll wait for Lord Jiu Yun's return.

He will be back.

-No. -Don't jinx us!

Otherwise the next time you use me as a mirror,

I'll make you ugly.

However,

speaking of which,

that wound on your face...

Enough about that.

The Dragon King's men tried to steal me.

But they couldn't move me.

So they tried to smash me instead.

But I can't let them do as they please.

So I showed my human form and beat them up so badly.

The Crown Prince arrives!

That was quick.

Dismiss.

Yes.

Brother.

What brings you here?

The south-western region is met with great drought.

It was once ruled by Li.

Our father wants me to inspect the region with my troops...

as peacekeeping precaution.

Brother, you have your hands full with missions and duty,

your effort is much appreciated.

What is that scent? It smells nice.

It's the fragrance pouch given by the royal physician.

It's said the scent can strengthen the body.

If you don't like the scent, then I shall not wear it.

For the past six months, your sickness stopped you from visiting Gao Capital.

Our father is worried for you.

So he wants me to pay you a visit.

So? Did you condition improve?

Thank you for your concern.

And thanks to blessing of our ancestors,

I sought the best healers there are, I am slowly regaining my health.

Brother, see for yourself.

I can even go on trip now.

I am glad to see that.

Our father did give me an order.

If you can't be healed,

you'll be carried.

He will have you carried to Gao Capital to get you healed.

Why is he so concerned about me?

I won't replace him as the ruler.

I am not even interested in politics.

Brother, look.

The Dace Town...

is a nice location with pleasant view.

It suits me here.

I am willing...

to be a care-free prince my whole life.

I will enjoy the finest things in life.

Isn't that great?

But I heard you were researching on the art of alchemy.

You even hired many extraordinary people.

Brother, when you are in a game,

it's boring to play it alone.

Isn't that right? I need people to keep me company.

I like people with special skills.

I was also told...

you were spotted around Mount Xiangqu.

Are you seeking help from the sages?

You requested to govern the south-west three years ago.

Perhaps you've been planning...

to take advantage of the close proximity?

That is absolutely absurd.

The Master of Mount Xiangqu may be my neighbour,

but he is very full of himself.

He thinks he is above all humans,

and he won't leave that mountain.

I may be playful,

but I will never abandon the honour as a royal bloodline.

I can't humiliate myself to please him.

Brother, isn't that right?

Fair enough.

Mount Xiangqu is in chaos now.

Haven't you heard?

-No. -You didn't know?

-I didn't know. -You didn't know,

that's for the best.

Enjoy your time as the care-free prince,

my dear brother.

Of course.

Remember.

There is no one...

in this world that cares about you more than I do.

I am well aware of that.

You love me the most.

Enjoy reading your book.

I'll make camp outside the city for one day.

I'll be back to Gao Capital tomorrow.

Just one day?

Aren't you going to stay longer?

No.

I'll see you on the Ghost Festival.

Our father decided...

to visit you personally.

The Ghost Festival?

I'll be there.

Come on.

Look.

Wait for me.