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♬ The city of snow is burning, illuminating the bright moon ♬

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♬ Only when everything is withering, can it be said as being deep into the night ♬

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♬ Hindering the grass with three lives, and the white dew that moistens the yellow leaves ♬

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♬ Fine black hair is easily dyed with dust, only white hair is not timid ♬

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♬ The past seems transient as it always passes by our eyes ♬

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♬ Which flower resembles that smiling face from back then, ♬

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♬ That is shining in the world in my dreams? ♬

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♬ A cup of wine, and the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers continue to flow day and night ♬

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♬ If the character for "person" is lonely, there would only be one stroke left ♬

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♬ Though there is singing, dancing and resting, loneliness is still unending ♬

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♬ In this one life of mine, unending loneliness is still there, and I ask whether this loneliness can be extinguished after three ♬

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[Siege in Fog]

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[Episode 24]

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What on earth is going on with this family?

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Ever since Mr. Fan died, bad things just keep happening.

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Every one of you has been unpredictable.

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You're all lying to me. Treating me like a fool.

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We want to protect you by not telling you.

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To tell you the truth, the news that the third sister brought back,

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has been very shocking. If words get out,

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the whole Jiangzuo will be different.

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So serious?

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I think you should pretend to know nothing.

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Right. Second brother wrote back.

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You give the letter to Yanyun.

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Why should I go?

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I want to have you ask about Lianshen and Liankai.

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See what her reaction is.

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I didn't expect father was able to convince Mu Rong Chen.

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I think father must have given him a lot of benefits.

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So we need to seize this opportunity.

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We can't take a break.

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Second young master. What should we do now?

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If this telegram gets out, both Tian Meng Association...

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...and Li Chongnian would be put in a passive position.

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Li Chongnian has been fighting with us for years.

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We should take this opportunity and just eliminate him.

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Even though Tian Meng Association took over Yongnan,

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but with their power, it wouldn't be long.

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No. At this time,

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we should let go of Li Chongnian and focus on Yongnan.

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Young Marshall. We have to think twice about this.

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What if Li Chongnian secretly attacks us?

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The 7th strategy of "the Art of War" tells us...

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...lie to your enemy, but don't just lie, convince your enemy that is the truth.

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Make something out of nothing, you can make your lies true.

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You can't beat your enemy with nothing, but you can with the process of making something out of nothing.

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I believe Li Chongnian read this telegram a long time ago.

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Now he must be worried if Mu Rong Chen will cross the river.

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The battlefield is constantly changing. If he hesitate for one more second than necessary,

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we would have bigger chance to win.

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Li Chongnian is a paranoid person.

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The more we retreat, the more he will believe,

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that Mu Rong Chen will attack Yi Zhou.

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Linzhi. Take my order. Our main force would retreat overnight.

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Tomorrow morning we will attack Yongnan.

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Yes!

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Big sister in law! Come in, come in.

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Sit.

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Look!

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Yunxi's letter!

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Yes.

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Thank you.

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What did he say in the letter? Is he alright?

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He said he's ok.

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This letter still smells like the perfume I made him bring with him.

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Looks like the war is not too cruel yet.

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Only you can come up with such a trick.

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Did he mention Liankai in the letter?

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Liankai? No.

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What's wrong with him?

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I thought Yunxi already went to rescue him.

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Is he -

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No, no. I was just curious.

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Usually Lianshen would carry the message about him.

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I think he's probably ok if Lianshen didn't mention him.

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Big sister in law. Are you asking for yourself or for big brother?

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Does big brother feel Yunxi would hide something from him?

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that Yunxi would only tell me instead of him?

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No. You're overthinking it.

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Big sister in law, if you ask for yourself,

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I would think you really care.

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But I ran into Qin Sang today.

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She said a few strange things, including...

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..."if I can't have it, I must destroy it".

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What do you think that means?

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I have to ask her what that means.

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Huaixiu. Last time you made Liankai a uniform.

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Do you still remember the sizes?

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Yes. Now I don't think I have enough fabric.

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But it would be enough to make you one.

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My sizes are smaller than his?

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He was taller than you a long time ago.

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You didn't know?

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When he was around, I always felt like...

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...he was just a kid.

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I didn't expect he is taller than me.

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I will get more fabric.

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What uniform do you want me to make for Liankai?

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Coffin clothes.

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Is he already...

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I think it's very likely.

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Marshall, don't worry.

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He's always been smart and lucky.

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He would be fine.

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He made it through two deadly situations.

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Smart is good, but sometimes bad too.

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If he was born in an ordinary family,

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his smart would guarantee his safety for life.

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Maybe he can make a career out of it.

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I still remember when he was young.

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He was only as tall as my knees.

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I gave all my strictness to my eldest son,

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and spoiled Liankai only.

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I often think of his way of imitating me.

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Giving the servants orders.

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Carrying a wooden gun.

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Riding the servant as a horse.

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Pretending to be on the battlefield.

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Now I don't know if he's alive or dead.

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As a father,

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I couldn't cry for him.

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I have to think about...

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...how to use his death against my enemy.

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Am I not humane?

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Chief marshall, you talk about it as if you were cold,

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but you still worry about him. How is that inhumane?

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I blame his bad fortune.

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He became my son.

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Forget it. I will not talk about this with you anymore.

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You make his coffin clothes soon.

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What about his wife's mourning clothes?

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You're very considerate.

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But, not mourning clothes.

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Just prepare her coffin clothes too.

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What?

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A few days later, seeing his body,

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she is going to kill herself out of grief.

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Did you take a good look?

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Yanyun didn't know anything about Liankai?

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The letter didn't mention him.

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Based on the way Yanyun was worried,

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she doesn't seem to be lying.

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She is Mr. Fan's daughter.

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If she wants to lie to you, it would be very easy.

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If you don't believe me, why send me there?

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Qian'er, did anyone say anything?

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Nobody said anything. But I 'm really not good at this.

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Don't send me to do this kind of thing next time, ok?

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Qian'er. It's my fault. Made you suffer.

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Second young mistress. Why are you here?

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- Where is Qin Sang? - She's not here.

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How is that possible?

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Sang'er!

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What's wrong? Are you crazy?

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What's wrong?

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Look at you getting all cold.

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She's having a fever.

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Is there western medicine that helps with fever?

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- Yes. - Go get it.

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Lan Po, Lan Po.

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Mama Zhu went to get medicine.

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Why are you doing this? If Lan Po comes back,

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how can he be happy seeing you half-dead like this?

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That's between me and Lan Po,

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Please don't worry about it.

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The things you said to me during the day... What does it mean?

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What do you mean you're destroying what you can't get?

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After you're gone, big sister in law came to my place, poking around.

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What on earth do you all know?

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And, why is father imprisoning you?

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Am I the only one who doesn't know anything?

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How is Lan Po?

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Are you pretending...

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or are you just a very good actress?

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Forget it.

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Father doesn't want me to tell people.

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I won't say it.

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Second sister in law,

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I wish you and second brother...

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...can stay steadily in this big boat known as Yi family.

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Jiangzuo's got big waves. Be careful and don't let the boat tip over.

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Qin Sang! Don't play riddles with me. Tell me everything you know!

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You can't go in!

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Who came in just now?

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Second young mistress.

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This is the third young mistress' bedroom. Get out.

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Chief marshall wants me to keep a good eye on third young mistress.

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She's already so sick. You should go get her medicine.

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Go inform the marshall and get doctor!

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The fourth prison of Yongnan

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Mr. Pan.

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New prisoners?

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Is the prison big enough? Lots of newcomers.

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There used to be felonies. But the stubborn ones have been executed.

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Some people have sensitive identies. Still inside.

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Ok. I'll go take a look.

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Mr. Pan. You can go in but you have to have Mr. Bei Ji's letter.

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Bei Ji told us anyone besides him would have to have his letter of notice coming in here.

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I am the commander of Yongnan battle.

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It's my duty to look at buildings in town and come up with plans.

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All the places in town...

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...I have to go in myself. No place is off limits for me.

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You want Bei Ji's letter. You ask for it yourself.

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Mr. Pan!

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Mr. Pan, secret telegram came from the front. You have to translate yourself.

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Lan Po!

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Lan Po!

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Father, third mistress was in high fever last night. Soldiers didn't want to disturb your rest, so they informed me.

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Relax. I asked the doctor to treat her.

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Stupid! How can you let her contact the outsiders at this time?

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What did she say during the treatment?

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Third mistress was delirious, couldn't even swallow medicine. What can she say?

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Let the doctor go after giving out medicine. Don't let them stay.

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It was my plan that she gets sick and couldn't get out of bed.

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I didn't expect she would volunteer before I do anything.

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That's good. So I don't feel guilty.

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Sang'er. Such a crucial time.

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How can you still be so hard on yourself? Do you really wish to die?

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I just want to know if Lan Po can make it.

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Father doesn't want to find him. Nobody would listen to me.

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I can only try myself.

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Mama Zhu.

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Now I know...

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...it's so cold to fall into a lake.

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Don't mind me.

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I am suffering what Lan Po is suffering.

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If I can make it,

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he can make it.

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He will come back for me.

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We have been eating the same dishes for so many days. Why?

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I'm getting sick of eating this every day.

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You're right. I don't know how the chef does his job.

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- Replace him! - I asked the kitchen to do this.

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All of these are...

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...Liankai's favorite.

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I thought he would sneak back these days,

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and surprise us.

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He hates it when we don't pay attention to him.

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If he comes back suddenly,

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and see us sitting here eating a fancy dinner,

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he would be upset.

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Father, today, Qin Sang...

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...didn't eat at all.

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The meals I sent her,

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she sent them back without touching them.

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I will go check on her.

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You eat well.

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Lianyi.

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Even the most obedient daughter in law in the family,

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is throwing me shade.

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Yes. Lianyi. Now nobody in this family knows any manners.

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Since Liankai likes these dishes,

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save them for him.

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Big brother, I want to ask -

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When at dinner, we don't speak.

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Sister. Bad appetite?

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Why are you heating up again?

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You just got better this morning.

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Now you're heating up. What do we do?

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I heard you always wake up at night. Can't sleep, can't eat.

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Your condition now...

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...is worse than when you just came back from Yongnan.

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Big sister in law. No matter how bad I feel,

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it wouldn't be worse than Lan Po's.

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I always heard...

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...that you get mad at each other.

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Your big brother said Liankai forced you to marry him.

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He treated you badly after marrying you.

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I always thought he doesn't know how to love.

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Now it seems your love...

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...is very hard to understand for me.

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Not only you don't understand,

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I do not understand either.

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Sometimes, I wish I was stupid.

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So I wouldn't get hurt, and wouldn't regret things.

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I just live through my life, being all dumb.

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Not a care in the world.

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Like a wooden person.

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It would be a blessing.

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Don't think about these crazy ideas.

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The most urgent thing right now...

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...is to get healthy.

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When Liankai comes back and sees you like this, it would make a big fuss again.

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I know he appears that way.

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But in his heart, he's worried about you the most.

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Big sister in law. Do you really think he would come back?

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I worried about him before.

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Then I thought, I watched him grow up since I married into this family.

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This brother has caused the family enough trouble.

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But he was never afraid of anything even though he caused the worst trouble.

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He just hides outside and doesn't tell anyone.

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At first, we were angry.

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Then we realized he really disappeared.

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When we started blaming ourselves, guess what,

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he jumped out from behind your back and scared you!

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I'm telling you, don't worry.

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You get anxious here.

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He probably is hiding somewhere enjoying, and watching you.

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Am I right?

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Big sister in law. Thank you for consoling me.

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In this family,

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only you comforts me.

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Big and second brother, second sister in law.

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They are so deep.

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I am afraid of them.

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My good sister. Don't be afraid.

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I am here. I will protect you.

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Cheng Mansion

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I heard you hate our meals.

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How dare I? It's just I only get a pancake as the owner of Cheng Mansion.

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I wonder what the guest would get?

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I am anxious. I can't eat.

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You still hate it.

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I grew up in a rich family.

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Even though it wasn't anything luxurious, at least I get one dish and one soup.

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Ever since I was imprisoned by you,

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I could tell how much Yongnan is failing by looking at my food.

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I could still eat steaks a few days ago. Now I can only eat this dry, hard pancake.

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Do you want to choke me to death?

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Mr. Cheng. Yongnan's war is urgent.

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Both of our supply lines are cut off.

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Ordianary meat couldn't get in.

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Not mention your fancy steaks.

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Sorry, Mr Cheng. I hope that you...

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...would suffer the same as our soldiers.

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Taste our ordinary soldiers' meals.

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That's fine. I have never tasted what it's like to be a prisoner.

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Mr. Liang, I have to thank you for broading my horizons.

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- Open up the door. - Yes.

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Third young master is really living up to your name,

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Injured all of our brothers.

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Didn't you still catch me?

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You're too humble.

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It's just it was hard to be a refugee.

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You were cold and hungry. That affected your ability to run.

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Our meal is not fancy. I don't know if you would like it. Here,

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sit.

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Cut it for me.

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Ok. The rich master who never had to worry about anything.

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Here. I will serve you.

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You have never thought about...

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...stopping this war?

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I am not the one who attacked Yongnan and took over the mansion.

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How can I decide tto stop it?

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If you abandon your darkness and surrender to the light, this war will end immediately.

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What is darkness and what is light?

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Obsession is darkness. Revolution dream is the light.

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You Tian Meng Association would take me, a playboy?

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We never reject.

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All who pursue a dream.

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You've been in Yongnan for a while.

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You understand our disciplines and our system.

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I am looking forward to a new world.

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But look around,

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this is how you negotiate with people.

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This is not sincere.

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Stakes are required even on a gambling table.

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Third young master, you and Qin Sang...

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...haven't seen each other for a while.

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You want to kill us as a couple?

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This is how sincere you are.

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I think you misunderstood. I just want you two to talk to us.

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Miss Qin Sang is more flexible about this than you are.

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Your way to invite people is really special.

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Third young master. Relax. Miss Qin Sang is more gentle than you are.

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So she gets to have what she deserves.

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I want to see her!

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- Now I'm afraid... - No negotiation if I don't see her.

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It's too late.

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Qin Sang already left Yongnan.

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Why should I believe you?

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This is the newspaper from Fuyuan.

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There's her picture. Take a look.

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Third young master. I think you still hold prejudice against us.

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We want to create a new world.

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We won't use cheap methods like this to achieve our goal.

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Do you know that the speed of eating steaks is really important?

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There's grease and blood in the steak.

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When the temperature is low, it will affect how it tastes.

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Just say what you want to say.

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The best meat on a cow is the tenderloin.

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This is a good cut.

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The texture is too bad though.

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The war is too intense. It's probably hard for you to find good materials.

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Thanks to your chef's good skills.

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Fixed the problem by using this good sauce.

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Yongnan was a really rich place, but ever since you took over,

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you can't even find a good piece of meat.

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Why would I give up my good life,

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and join your mess?

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I haven't seen you for a while. You came to me today.

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Do you need to use me now?

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I'm here to ask you something.

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Huh? There are things I know that you don't know?

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Does that mean I can make a bargain?

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Mr. Cheng. Your whole family's lives depend on me.

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Do you really think you're in the position to do that?

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In this family, my life is the most important.

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I need to use my stakes on myself.

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Since you don't even care about your old father,

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looks like you wouldn't care about others.

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My father is a businessman. So am I.

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Businessmen have their own ways.

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What do you want? Money? Position?

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Fame? Or the whole Yongnan?

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No, no, no. None of those.

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I want Tian Meng Association to take over the country.

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I'm afraid it's not that easy.

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It is that easy.

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The warlords are fighting. Businessmen can benefit or lose greatly in it.

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We had two factories shut down because of the war during recent years.

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There were countless workers we lost.

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The safest place is Yongnan.

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But if we only start factories in Yongnan,

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we couldn't make it our whole lives.

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Even though Cheng family is old fashioned,

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as for real money...

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...there's no old or new.

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Today, if we reach an agreement.

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I will try my best to help you.

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One day when you win the war,

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you would encourage our factories and open up our businesses.

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Cheng family wouldn't worry about not getting our share when that happens.

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You are really a true businessman.

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Far-sighted, well-planned.

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What do you think then?

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Since you threw me the olive branch, how could I not take it?

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Good. If you have any questions now,

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you can ask.

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Mu Rong Chen said his precious son Mu Rong Feng...

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...and your family...

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...have a marriage agreement.

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That's nonsense!

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How did Mu Rongchen get into this mess?

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Does he want his share here in Yongnan?

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I'm afraid it's not that he wants his share,

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but someone was doing this on purpose.

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Giving the reality its form.

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It's their old trick. Yi Jipei,

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people say you're old and useless.

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They're wrong.

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Your brain...is still the same as back then.

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Now that the rumor has spread to our family,

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I will send a telegram,

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announcing there is no such marriage agreement.

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Forget it. In today's society, it's impossible to clear the rumor.

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Now if you clear it,

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people will misunderstand and think your family surrendered to Tian Meng Association.

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And break off the engagement with Mu Rong family.

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Plus, with the same amount of time and effort,

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Yongnan would fall into other people's hands.

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What do you think we should do then?

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To cope with changes by not changing.

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Another bunch of Tian Meng Association members?

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Based on the noise and the situation,

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it should be their best troops.

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Spread my order! Machine gun and cannonball troops stay put.

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Young marshall, the two troops on the front are already holding back the guards of the southeast corner of Yongnan.

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Good.

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If our forces are ten to the enemy's one, surround them; if five to one, attack them; if twice as numerous, divide our army into two.

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If we can take thm, we fight. If we can't, we avoid them.

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I will not avoid. I will wait here.

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Take my order. Ask our cannonball troop to cut their group in half.

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Ask the machine gun troop to defend.

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Don't hold back on the bullets once we're in the range.

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Mr. Pan. Our second troop died. We're losing west and east fronts.

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Retreat back to the second defense line.

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Send a small group and follow me to save them. Fight for more time to retreat.

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Mr. Pan, Bei Ji already ordered, no matter what happens, you can't risk your own life.

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More people will die if I don't!

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Mr. Pan!

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Divide into different groups!

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Stop!

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Where did you retreat from?

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Reporting! We came back from the east front. We can't hang on anymore!

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Everyone in Tian Meng Association knows me.

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You can't even spell out my name.

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You're Fu army!

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Fu army is coming!

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Retreat!

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Young marshall. The enemy is dividing themselves.

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This is trying to corner the place.

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Even if they avoid my machine gun and cannonball troops,

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my own soldiers are not that easy to deal with.

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Never mind. We need more bullets too.

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If so, let them...

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...leave their weapons and lives behind.

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Where did Yi Lianshen march to?

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He has broken the defense lines outside, only 30km till the city.

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Notice the the second defense line to stick to original plan and attack Yi on the side.

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There's no time for that.

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I'm afraid Yi already broke your second defense line.

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It's my fault.

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- I held back the whole southern army. - This is not your fault.

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What you learned in the military academy in Japan...

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...is based on Japanese army.

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Now our army...

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...is not as good as Japanese army.

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They were all transferred into our army...

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because of the warlords rebellion.

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They weren't properly trained.

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Yi Lianshen's troops are well-trained.

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It was very organized, whether it was organization or planning.

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Even their steps are coordinated.

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How could you fight that?

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It's my responsibility, misjudging the army and their fighting ability.

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Now it's not the time to confess.

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Now I have told you our flaws.

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The crucial thing at the moment is we can only defend, not attack.

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When do you think they can break our third defense line?

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With the timing and the location, I would guess at least 5 days.

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I can set up soldiers to mess up their judgement.

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We will plan for 3 days. That's the worst case scenario.

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Three days later, our army will retreat out of Yongnan.

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Try your best to hold Yi's army.

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Yi's army is good at attacking.

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There's no flaw to their movement.

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Yi Lianshen trained his troops as killing machines.

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Machines don't get tired.

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They won't be disturbed.

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In Yi Lianshen's eyes, there's only Yongnan.

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No disturbance could mess with his marching forward.

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We have to find the weakness to this machine.

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Where is their weakness?

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Yi Lianshen's troops consist of cannonball troop, cavalry and foot soldiers. They work together.

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Their paces can't be the same.

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When they move, it's easy for one to fall behind.

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Once our second defense line is broken,

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we have to force Yi to make his troops move.

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Once they move, it's easy to show their flaws.

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Look. These are his joints.

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Even though he's good,

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he can't change his joints.

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Use troops in these few places and you will break his joints.

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- I know Yi Lianshen's flaws. - Oh?

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You already locked him in the prison of Yongnan.

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You've seen him? Using him as hostage...

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...and force Yi Lianshen to retreat. He will do it.

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You have a stake that concerns thousands of our soldiers lives,

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what are you worrying about?

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♬ Your name goes with the wind, floating and drifting away ♬

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♬ Like a past that couldn't be hidden away completely ♬

546

♬ Love is merely a game of winning or losing ♬

547

♬ Under the heavens, there's only you I am heartless to ♬

548

♬ Your heart becomes a promise ♬

549

♬ Like a camel's bell that cannot be heard ♬

550

♬ In the end, everything has hindered the heart ♬

551

♬ Billowing unceasingly in previous generations and in this lifetime ♬

552

♬ I've locked you and I've locked up my heart, too; but I can't lock up awakened dreams ♬

553

♬ There will be no shadow at the other end of the world throughout my life indefinitely ♬

554

♬ I let go of you and I let go of my feelings, too; but I can't let go of a decision ♬

555

♬ If I should come to this world once more and be reborn semi-awake ♬

556

♬ The empty well of fate cannot be filled up evenly ♬

557

♬ I cannot ever reach your lonely pavilion ♬

558

♬ Love and hate are constantly awakened ♬

559

♬ It's the fate that cannot be locked up ♬

560

♬ I've locked you up and I've locked up my heart, too; but I can't lock up awakened dreams ♬

561

♬ There will be no shadow at the other end of the world throughout my life indefinitely ♬

562

♬ I let go of you and I let go of my feelings, too; but I can't let go of a decision ♬

563

♬ If I should come to this world once more and be reborn semi-awake ♬

564

♬ If I should come to this world once more and be reborn semi-awake ♬