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Buried City to Shut All Lights

Episode 7

Miss Yiluo,

do we have any misunderstanding?

Why do you run away from me?

Am I so scary?

No.

We’re both single. It’s not appropriate.

I have to ask you to leave.

Your master is single, too.

And you spend so much time together.

It’s appropriate with him, instead of me?

Right.

I heard from my sister

you’re not in a relationship with An Ziyi, either.

So I’m here to propose.

What?

I’m here to propose.

How could you?

We only met once.

Are you saying we have to meet more?

Hold on. It’s the second time we meet.

That makes us more than acquaintances.

We’re closer now.

You’re so good at playing with words.

What are you yelling about?

Somebody! Help!

Mr. Zhao is harassing me!

But I didn’t do anything.

I didn’t...

Yiluo.

I will marry you.

What’s wrong with you?

Mr. Chu.

Mr. Chu.

I found the missing arrows.

You’re wounded so badly.

There’s a tunnel

they dug

under the garrison.

Who are they?

Wagoners and stablemen.

Wagoners and stablemen?

It’s the Prime Minister.

He hired them from local

as labors in the garrison.

There are thousands of them.

OK. I get it.

Don’t speak now.

Save your breath. I’ll get help.

Ziyi!

Who is this? Why is he here?

Ziyi, help him for me.

How is he? Can you save him?

No, I can’t.

Ziyi,

find a peaceful place in the mountain

and bury him properly.

OK.

Amitabha.

Mr. Story Teller,

may you rest in peace.

You’re in peace now.

It’s picturesque with mountain and waters,

a blessed land, right?

I will come to visit

and burn joss paper for you.

Don’t haunt me.

Please, I beg you.

Don’t come to me.

Go to Chu Che.

Yeah, him.

Don’t come to me.

Don’t come to me.

OK?

Bless me. The good people are blessed.

Bless me. Please.

Bless me. Bless me.

Goodness!

Chu Che is right.

Luckily, I was a step early.

Master.

What horrible things have happened to you?

I’m worried about you.

Are you frightened?

I’m not frightened.

It’s the first time I thought you’d die.

I’m scared of the idea.

Silly girl.

You’re alive.

How could I die?

I’m going out.

No, you can’t. You can’t go out.

Ziyi said

it’s getting cold.

You could catch cold.

It’s an emergency. I have to.

Yiluo.

Come with me.

You’ll be assured.

Is it far?

Come to the Chief Justice’s Office with me.

Chief Justice’s Office

It’s where your father used to work.

Are you all right?

Let's go.

I’m here.

There you are.

Strong smell of medicine.

I caught cold today.

Yiluo, leave us.

Stay close.

Take care.

Rest assured, master.

I’ll be around.

It’s your first time to Chief Justice’s Office.

Do you need a guide?

No, thanks. I won’t go far.

Don’t worry.

If it weren’t for my family’s death,

neither of you would be here.

I almost forget my real name is Qiyue.

It’s been years I took a different name.

Father.

I miss you.

I thought you wouldn’t come.

I was wondering what to do.

I’m here

to give you an extra clue.

I’ve found who hid the arrows

before the war with Xirong State.

Really?

The military supplies

are the Prime Minister’s responsibility.

He ordered his men hide the arrows

for Tianshui Pass garrison

in a secret tunnel under the garrison.

Once Prince Qiheng finds the entry to the tunnel,

the truth will come to light.

The crime PM commits

is treason.

Great.

You work for Prince Qiyan.

Why did you marry the PM’s daughter?

What do you mean?

I’m neutral.

Why do you say I work for Prince Qiyan?

I suspected you for long.

Admit it.

We have three murder cases without bodies.

I’m curious

why these officials and their families

disappeared so bizarrely.

Officials like Mr. Ji,

Mr. Chen and Mr. Fu of last night.

You’re right.

Officers,

what are you talking about?

What? You don’t know?

A family in the capital

disappeared.

Yes.

No bodies were found.

It’s said the wolf demon did it.

Wolf demon?

Yes.

You don’t know?

Never heard of it.

It’s said the wolf demon is just like human

and lives among us.

But on the Mid-Autumn Day,

it transforms into wolf.

Once killed by it,

the victims’ bodies disappear,

without even a trace.

However,

no one has ever met the wolf demon so far.

Perhaps it’s not real.

Besides,

the wolf demon is so clever

to select the Crown Prince’s henchmen to bite.

Yes.

All right. Leave it.

Let’s go to work.

Let’s go. It’s gonna be busy.

Wolf demon?

Wolf demon’s venom in legend.

My master...

It’s my illness.

Go find Ziyi.

What illness is it?

As long as it’s about the Crown Prince

and Prince Qixuan,

you pay special attention.

You even sacrifice your family.

Whenever Prince Qiyan needs you,

you’ll be there

and carry out his order in person.

It’s because

Chu Qian is married to him.

Chu Qian is our sister.

Have you ever thought

that Zhao Jinxu is your wife?

You can fool the others,

but not me.

OK.

Since you know it,

there’s no need to hide.

Yes,

I work for Prince Qiyan.

I’ve given you the extra clue,

the deal we made before

terminates now.

I want to wait for a while.

I don’t.

I’m sorry, my brother.

I’m afraid you’d go back on your word.

So I need you to be asleep for 2 hours.

Yiluo.

I’m sorry. I just want to be sure.

Morgue

Miss.

What are you doing here?

It’s the morgue.

Don’t stay here. Go.

I’m sorry, uncle.

I must have lost my mind

and trespassed.

- I’m leaving now. - It’s dangerous here.

There are bad people.

Where?

Miss Yiluo.

Who are you?

Why did you take me here?

I’m the PM. I invite you here

for a favor.

Prime Minister?

Yes.

The way you invite people

is so different from the others.

No wonder you made it the Prime Minister.

Miss Yiluo, you may not know.

I made quite a ceremony

with betrothal presents to Chu Mansion

and asked you to marry my son.

Sadly,

your master chased us out.

Why didn’t I know?

Your master has so many secrets you don’t know.

Your son, Zhao Jinchen,

harassed me for couples of times.

My master did nothing wrong.

You deserved it.

It’s not I don’t want to be your daughter-in-law.

You don’t have a good son. He doesn’t deserve me.

Father, I can manage it.

Leave her to me.

Zhao Jinchen.

Zhao Jinchen.

You’re making a huge mistake.

Release me immediately.

Release me and I’ll say no more of it.

Yiluo, you’re so naive.

Your master is gathering evidence

by all means to drag us down.

We kidnap you

to trade with your master.

Don’t worry. I won’t hurt you.

What do you want?

In fact, I gave you a chance before.

But you turned me down.

I’ll give you another chance today.

If you agree to marry me,

I’ll give your master a clean death.

You brute pervert!

Jinchen?

Jinxu.

Zhao Jinxu.

Why did you do that?

I don’t

want Chu Che to be sad.

You’re so stupid!

Don’t be afraid.

I’ll get help.

Anybody there?

Somebody! Help!

Anybody there?

Help!

- Help us! - Jinxu.

Quick.

Jinxu. Hurry.

Jinxu, what are you doing here?

What took you so long?

Jinxu.

Call for help!

Go find help!

Go get a physician! Mrs. Chu is wounded.

Yes.

You haven’t been home for days.

So I come home to see my mother.

However,

I saw my father and my brother

kidnapping Yiluo.

It’s my fault.

I should have listened to Chu Che

and come earlier.

It’s my fault.

I see.

You used me

to lure the Prime Minister out.

I was drugged by Chu Qing.

Did you set the trap?

To catch my father?

What?

Why none of you close to me

is true to me?

My father

gave me away as a gift.

The man I love

never set his eyes on me.

The man I marry

concealed the truth from me.

Mr. Chu Qing is true to you.

He loves you.

Does he?

We never share a bed like a couple.

We sleep with our clothes on.

Why?

If he doesn’t love me,

why did he marry me?

No!

I love you!

I do!

I love you very much.

I just

have no choice but to lie to you.

Am I dying?

Jinxu, you won’t die.

You’ll be fine.

When you recover,

let’s start over again.

I’m afraid I don’t have time for it.

In the next life...

In the next life, let’s

make a loving couple.

I won’t be headstrong.

Jinxu. Jinxu!

Jinxu.

Jinxu.

Jinxu.

Zhao Jinxu saved me!

She saved me!

I’m sorry.

I came too late.

And I didn’t protect you.

The Prime Minister is right.

You have too many secrets.

I trusted you.

Believe it or not,

I did everything for you.

What? For me?

I was almost raped.

Zhao Jinxu died of it.

She did it for you,

not me.

What are you doing?

Put me down.

Chu Che!

Put me down.

You’ve lost Zhao Jinxu.

If you don’t stop now,

Put me down. Let me go.

you’ll lose more people you hold dear.

Put me down.

Put me down.

Let me down.

Put me down. Let me go.

Put me down. Let me go.

Let me down.

You hear me? Put me down.

What do you want?

So it’s also part of your plan

to take me to Chu Qing’s office

in the morning, right?

Yes.

I have no choice but to use you as bait.

I could have come earlier.

But I was drugged by Chu Qing.

Why me?

Because I don’t have solid proof

to search the PM’s office.

I have no choice but to use you as bait

and prove his crimes.

Don’t you boast your resourcefulness?

You feel powerless, too?

Yes.

I have only one weakness,

which is you.

I don’t want to listen to your lies.

You only care

about yourself.

If you insist,

take me as a bad man then.

You used me.

Now you pretend to be a good person.

Listen.

Zhao Jinxu had no reason to save me.

Yet she did it to please you.

It costs her life.

Her death has nothing to do with me.

You’re so cold-blooded.

Why are you so cold-blooded?

I won’t drag out an ignoble existence anymore.

What are you doing?

Without my permission,

no one can kill you,

including yourself.

If even you

use me and keep it from me,

what’s the purpose of my life?

Have you ever thought

if it weren’t for you,

why would I get myself in the pointless conflict?

That’s the list

your father gave me before he died.

How did you find it?

It’s life-or-death struggle in court.

To protect myself from the struggle in court

and find your parents’ murderer in the meantime,

I have to rely on Chu Qing, the new Chief Justice.

The story teller I trusted the most

died of it.

You think all of it

are just for fun?

Does Chu Qing know who I am?

No, he doesn’t.

How could I let him know?

Did you look into these names?

I don’t have any clues yet.

So don’t push me.

Zhao Jinxu died.

You can say that I’m cold-blooded.

But you have to know

that one day, I could

lose my life, too.

I’m tired.

I’m going back.

Don’t go.

Thank you.

I have my ways to protect you.

So,

all you need to do is trust me.

OK.

Then who am I to you?

I don’t want anyone to find out

that you’re the biggest weakness of mine.

Let go of me. Why do you seize me?

You know who I am?

Just because I caught a civilian girl

and you do this to me?

Shame you.

I was blind

to marry my daughter to you bastard!

You ungrateful jerk!

The Prime Minister seized a girl to his mansion.

We have solid evidence.

Besides,

my office received an anonymous report recently

that the PM is suspicious of several unjust cases

and corruption.

According to our informant,

he set up a trap

and hid the arrows

while we were in war with Xirong State,

which put the country in grave danger.

Hence he’s arrested

and will be brought to trial.

Take him.

Yes.

Go.

Frost’s Descent

Your Highness.

Rise.

Come in, please.

Chu Che,

you look terrible today.

It chills. I catch cold.

Chu Che, take care of yourself.

The three of you come together.

What is it?

Where is Yiluo?

You want to see her?

No.

I don’t know if I should tell this.

Please do tell me.

Thanks to your information

about the whereabouts

of the arrows, we bring the PM down.

You found the arrows?

All of them.

They’re buried intact in a cellar

dug by the local.

Prince Qiheng has been garrisoning there.

They don’t dare to get the arrows out.

You said you wouldn't help,

but you did help Chu Qing.

One way or another.

We’re family.

We have different

definitions about family.

Chu Che, don’t say that.

We’re family forever.

This time, Prince Qixuan won’t have peace.

Chu Qian is still here.

Is it proper we talk about this?

I’m OK, Chu Che.

Qiyan and I often talk about these things.

Chu Qian,

I remember I told you

not to involve

in our schemes.

Don’t even ask.

Chu Qian, go find Yiluo.

But Qiyan is my husband.

I have to do my best to support him, don’t I?

If you insist,

we have nothing to discuss.

I have to ask you to leave.

Chu Che, don’t do this.

Families respect each other’s feelings.

All right. Please.

Chu Che, I want you to know

that I have no choice.

Master.

Move.

Chu Qian.

You’re up.

Stay longer with me.

Can you stay longer for me?

I’m afraid not.

Qiyan has work to do.

We have to go back.

I’ll come to see you in another day.

Chu Qian.

Let’s go.

It’s good for both of you

to stay away from each other.

But I think

it only makes us drift apart.

If a family drifts apart

because of interest,

I’d rather not

have these families.

Master, your health is poorer and poorer.

Especially now it’s getting cold.

You...

I’m fine.

Go find Ziyi

and ask him to give me some medicine.

OK.