Original subtitles

♫ Nowhere to escape. ♫

♫ No bough to alight. ♫

♫ Retrograde with smile. ♫

♫ Never give in. ♫

♫ Forget about the youth. ♫

♫ I’ve never been afraid of loneliness. ♫

♫ I also shed the tears of regret. ♫

♫ But my heart is still fiery-hot. ♫

♫ To the distance. ♫

♫ The miserable past is like a dagger. ♫

♫ Though my wings are broken, ♫

♫ I will keep flying. ♫

♫ Following the light, ♫

♫ I’ll forget you. ♫

♫ The memory shaped my stubbornness. ♫

♫ By virtue of the light in the dark night, ♫

♫ I’ll return it with a long ballad. ♫

♫ The river of life is under my feet. ♫

♫ I don’t regret my craziness. ♫

The Long Ballad

Episode 15

Governor!

Governor!

I promise you.

I’ll protect Madam and Yuan Niang.

Princess.

I feel at ease then.

Senior Qin.

You can work for Changge in the future.

Senior Qin and Xu Feng have worked for me for many years.

If you have any difficulty,

they’ll surely help you.

Senior Qin!

Are you going to just stand by and watch

Governor sacrifice himself in exchange for that?

I...

Master.

You want me to watch you die,

isn’t it too cruel?

Senior Qin,

you always say I’m stubborn.

And you?

You’re stubborn, too.

Work for Changge.

She might have the path that you desire.

In the city,

there are thousands of families.

At this point,

no one ever escaped.

They trust me so much.

I can’t let them down.

However,

I’ll have to let my wife and daughter down.

Look.

This dandelion flower blooms beautifully.

We planted it together when I first met my wife.

I know it.

My wife likes to plant flowers.

But I never had much time for her.

Honey.

Let’s meet in our next life.

I will surely spend more time with you.

Ride a quick horse and gallop.

Governor!

Master!

On the way to death,

I choose to go first!

♪ Ah ah ～ ♪

♪ The past can’t blow away the moonlight or be forgotten ♪

♪ I can’t forget where to look back ♪

♪ Ah ah ～ ♪

Why didn’t you save him?

Why didn’t you save him?

How could I save him?

Why didn’t you save him?

Tell me.

♪ It’s okay to forget ♪

How could I save him?

♪ Ah ～ The wind and snow only takes a moment ♪

Was it worth it?

In doing this,

after thousands of years,

who will remember Gongsun Heng?

Who will thank him?

Was it worth it?

He doesn’t care whether he will be remembered.

Even if everyone blames him, so what?

He never cares about this.

What he protected with his life

was the path of helping the people.

Madam.

Everyone will die.

Dying for the right cause

isn’t a sacrifice,

but his greatest honor as a garrison soldier.

♪ It’s okay life waxes and wanes like the moon ♪

♪ It’s okay to forget ♪

He died suddenly.

Please give me some time.

I want to spend more time with him.

Yes.

Commandant.

♪ Ah ～ It’s like a sudden realization ♪

When did you have this idea?

Was it three days ago,

five days ago,

or everyday?

But you never told me.

We’ve been married for so many years.

How could I not know what you think?

You haven’t changed at all.

That year,

you married me with wild geese as gifts.

I asked you what your ambition was.

You said even if people’s life was hard,

you would overcome difficulties,

settle the chaos

and protect the people.

I thought you were bragging.

Who would have known

that this promise lasted a lifetime?

Rest assured.

We’ve prepared winter coats for the soldiers and people.

And we stocked seeds for next spring.

After everything is settled,

Shuozhou will be safe and sound as you wish.

We were born in this turbulent world.

I hope I can live a peaceful life

and spend every day with you.

It’s just a wild wish now.

Forget it.

[Protect the Country and Pacify the People]

You died to defend this city.

Your wish came true.

But as a mother,

I’m a little selfish.

Yuan’er may suffer in the future.

Fool!

You two fools!

Governor and his wife died for righteousness.

What can we complain about?

But Princess,

do you understand

what the home is,

what the country is,

what the people are,

what the world is?

Governor asked me to work for you.

But what is the path that you’re so obsessed with?

And what is your path?

Path...

My path...

What is my path?

♪ And turned to a grain of sand ♪

♪ Your shadow left here ♪

♪ I wish to see you one more time ♪

♪ Don’t ask the falling sand ♪

♪ Does it ever miss you? ♪

I didn’t expect Gongsun Heng would surrender so easily.

And you agreed on his conditions so easily.

Gongsun Heng is a hero.

We must make a toast to him.

Our brothers don’t know you promised Gongsun Heng

you wouldn’t enslave or kill the people in Shuozhou.

They respect you.

You can just tell them.

But how do you explain to Great Khan?

You wanted to defy Great Khan’s order at the beginning?

So you risked your life to meet Gongsun Heng.

I thought you just wanted to check if that Young Master Shisi was fine.

Sun.

Are you crazy?

I only care if we can get Shuozhou or not.

I don’t want to kill all people there.

You!

You are not what you used to be.

When did you become so merciful?

There’s another thing.

Ibukan is dead.

Tu Kashe suffered much losses.

When Shuozhou surrenders tomorrow,

make sure Tu Kashe won’t cause us any trouble.

Do you think Shuozhou will pretend to surrender tomorrow?

You don’t know them.

They won’t.

They?

You should go back.

[Shuozhou]

Governor.

Let me accompany you to see Shuozhou again.

I think I understand the reason why you wanted to protect this place.

You chose the hardest path.

Even though you’re dead, your spirit remains.

Even in hell, your soul will still be a hero.

Although I’m not as kind and brave as you are,

I’ll protect this place and the people here for you!

Even if there’re difficulties and enemies,

I’m not afraid.

[Shuozhou]

[Shuozhou]

Why did no one come out?

Did they pretend to surrender again?

We can’t trust what they said.

Wait.

Why isn’t Commandant Li here?

Has he left here?

I’ll find him.

Wait.

He’ll surely come.

[Custom of Pure and Simple]

[Memorial Tablet of Gongsun]

Gongsun Heng has died.

Shuozhou will surrender.

It’s useless to let you live now.

It’s not settled yet.

As a Princess of Great Tang,

I’ll fight for my people this time.

If you try to stop me,

you’ll be the enemy of Great Tang.

The people dearest to me were all slaughtered like pigs and dogs.

The place I was born and raised banished me.

I felt like dying every single day.

After I settled this,

you can kill me.

[Memorial Tablet of Shuozhou Governor Gongsun Heng]

As a princess,

you knelt down to the surrendered general of Sui.

He deserves it.

Because in Shuozhou,

because of Gongsun Heng,

I’ve found I have my own path now.

I don’t want to give it up.

He sacrificed his life to defend this city.

He deserves it more than anyone else.

Did you remake the accounts of treasury and ordnance?

Yes.

We hid over 70 percent.

When Ashile Sun is entering the city,

you’ll send Yuan Niang out of the city.

At the same time, we’ll transport these things secretly.

Without my message,

no one shall come back.

You don’t have confidence in this surrender, Commandant Li?

The cities in the north have belonged to Ashile Tribe.

Chang’an didn’t come to rescue.

It seems the war in the north

is not important than Li Shimin’s throne.

No one knows what will happen after we surrender.

Governor left his daughter and these property with us.

I can feel relieved after I entrust you with that.

He sacrificed his life to protect Shuozhou.

I’ll protect this place for him.

I, Qin Gu, am just a normal person.

I’m more than 60 years old.

I worked for five masters as their adviser.

They’re all great men.

Some of them even can be emperors.

But none of them ever succeeded against the Li family. They were defeated and killed.

A person like me,

do you really want me to work for you?

Although I still don’t know what kind of path I want to take yet,

But I know one thing clearly.

I’ve lost my home.

I don’t want to lose Great Tang either.

I hope that you both can assist me.

Okay.

No matter what you do,

I’ll support you.

Okay.

We need to try our best.

Okay.

You don’t need to follow me.

I’ll go alone.

♪ Nowhere to escape. No bough to alight. ♪

♪ Retrograde with smile. ♪

♪ Never give in. Forget about the youth. ♪

♪ I’ve never been afraid of loneliness. ♪

♪ I also shed the tears of regret. ♪

♪ But my heart is still fiery-hot. To the distance. ♪

♪ The miserable past is like a dagger. ♪

♪ Though my wings are broken, ♪

♪ I will keep flying. ♪

♪ Following the light, I’ll forget you. ♪

♪ The memory shaped my stubbornness. ♪

♪ By virtue of the light in the dark night, ♪

♪ I’ll return it with a long ballad. ♪

♪ The river of life is under my feet. I don’t regret my craziness. ♪

♪ Following the light, I’ll forget you. ♪

♪ The memory shaped my stubbornness. ♪

♪ By virtue of the light in the dark night, ♪

♪ I’ll return it with a long ballad. ♪

♪ The river of life is under my feet. I don’t regret my craziness. ♪

[Shouzhou]

Isn’t this Young Master Shisi?

On behalf of troops and people in Shuozhou,

I, Commandant of Light Chariots Li Shisi, open the gate and surrender.

Shuozhou Governor, Gongsun Heng has already committed suicide for his crime.

He hoped to use his death could quell Tegin’s anger.

His head is here.

Please have a look, Tegin.

Go.

Tegin.

This is Gongsun Heng’s head.

You even know his wound?

I bandaged it.

I know of course.

You turn out to be that vet.

My surname is Qin. Last name is Zhun.

A’Zhun?

Are you really A’Zhun?

We resisted with all our might.

We know how grave our crimes are.

The criminal Gongsun Heng ordered me to offer Shuozhou’s money, provisions, and goods.

The inventory has been completed.

Please go inside and check, Tegin.

Now we’ll open the gate.

Tegin and the soldiers of Ashile Tribe can take treasures in the city.

As a criminal,

I hope Tegin can spare the lives of people in Shuozhou.

If you had known it,

why hadn’t you surrendered earlier?

Now many of our brothers have died.

Spare you?

Dream on!

- We can’t let him go. - Kill him!

Kill him!

Revenge for our brothers!

Kill him!

Kill them!

We can’t let him go!

We can’t let him go!

Kill him!

Kill him! Kill him!

Kill him!

We can’t let him go!

Kill him!

We can’t let him go!

Kill him!

What makes you think that I’ll agree?

If you want to kill me, I have nothing to say.

However,

it’s impossible for me

to let everyone in the city

just await death without putting up a fight.

At worst, we can die together.

You loser.

Why don’t you surrender?

Loser, just surrender!

I can kill you now!

Surrender! Surrender!

Does that mean

you think you still have the strength to deal a blow?

I’m not bragging.

But the city is filled with firewood and potassium nitrate.

If you promise not to kill us,

we won’t choose to die with you.

If you insist on killing all the people in the city,

we’ll choose to die together with your troop.

I should have warned you,

I hate to be threatened.

It’s not like that, Tegin.

This is just a trade.

Okay.

I promise you.

The snow has stopped.

Right.

It’s sunny again.

That’s right.

Thank you for your mercy, Tegin.

I hope you can fulfill your promise.

Don’t kill the people here.

But I have a condition.

I want you to be my servant.

I’m your master and you should work for me.

Good!

Such a good idea!

Now that Gongsun Heng died,

he’ll be the commandant of Shuozhou.

Let them see how their commandant became our slave now.

Good idea!

Good idea!

If you agree,

I won’t kill the people in Shuozhou.

You...

You want me to be your slave?

Right.

My slave.

Now everyone in Shuozhou has known that

you betrayed your master and become a traitor.

You can’t stay here now.

Don’t make me wait.

I don’t have patience.

I can withdraw my promise at anytime.

I’ll be your servant.

Yuan Niang, you’re awake.

Where’s Brother Li?

Brother Li said he wanted you to behave well.

After a while, he’ll come to play with you.

I’ll behave well.

I want to see Brother Li soon.

Yuan Niang is a good girl.

You’re such a good girl.

Move!

Step aside!

Step aside!

Step aside!

Step aside!

Step aside!

Just go! Be quick.

Step aside!

Look, what happened?

I don’t know.

There’re so many people.

Traitor! Traitor!

Traitor!

Traitor!

Traitor! Traitor!

You betrayed your master!

Why are you still alive?

Traitor!

You traitor!

Governor and his wife died all because of you!

You traitor!

Why didn’t you die?

You villain!

Traitor! Traitor!

Traitor! Traitor!

Why didn’t you die?

Shameless!

Traitor!

Traitor!

It’s all because of you!

Villain!

It’s all because of you!

Just go to hell!

Go to hell!

He didn’t even explain.

Explain?

Will it work?

People will only believe what they want to believe.

Step aside! Step aside!

Shameless!

Step aside!

Step aside!

The Governor of Shuozhou has died.

Great Khan admires his courage,

so he’ll pardon Shuozhou.

Pardon us?

Pardon us?

Great.

Right.

Right.

We won’t be killed.

Great.

We’re pardoned.

We’re pardoned.

We don’t need to die.

Tegin Sun won’t betray his promise.

Do you feel relieved now?

Look at them.

None of them understands your sacrifice.

They hate you.

Was it worth it?

Who will thank him?

Was it worth it?

What he protected with his life

was the path of helping the people.

Yes, it is.

[Governor Manor]

Sun, you really won’t watch them load the goods?

What if someone can’t tolerate it and kill some of our brothers?

If you are worried,

go check yourself.

Where is he?

Tu Kashe.

You’re so shameless.

This is not the area of Bear Division.

Did we ask you to come in?

I never had been defeat during these years.

But I have never won since I came here.

I have already been shameless!

Let me ask you,

why did you let the garrison go secretly?

It’s none of your business.

I asked this for Great Khan.

The young men in the city are either dead or injured.

The rest are some elders and women.

If we take them back, who will take care of them?

We can kill them and bring their heads back.

Many soldiers in Bear Division died.

How could I explain to them?

Many brothers in Eagle Division died as well!

If it wasn’t for your recklessness,

how could the Eagle Division’s disguise fail?

Tu Kashe.

You ruined the plan Great Khan made.

Now you want to blame me on behalf of Great Khan?

Are you qualified?

I’m not!

But you can’t let them go!

If I were you,

I’d choose to shut up.

If so,

maybe I can share some profit with you.

Otherwise,

I don’t know what I’ll write on my battle report.

Let’s wait and see.

You really want to report this to Great Khan?

In the past, we were merciful to people in Great Tang.

No other people will know it.

But this time,

Bear Division saw what we did.

They’ll surely take the chance to defame us in front of Great Khan.

Mu Jin.

Remember,

It’s my decision. It’s not related to Eagle Division.

You...

Also,

do me a favor.

Have a look.

What is this?

Here.

Come on.

What is it?

Have a look.

[Shuozhou’s Commander of Light Chariots, Li Shisi, failed to kill the AshileTribe’s Eagle Division and died for the country.]

If he knew this,

why would he do that?

He must have felt guilty.

Since he’s dead, it’s all over now.

Commandant Li has made contributions to Shuozhou.

That’s right.

He paid for it.

He has paid for it!

Come on, let’s go.

Let’s go.

He paid for it.

If you die,

I won’t let the people here go.

What do you want to do?

Don’t forget.

I’ve made Ashile Tribe suffer a great loss.

If you want me to work for you,

what will Tu Kashe do?

What will other tribes and Great Khan think of it?

What a pity!

Commandant Li has died.

From now on,

you’re just a slave of Eagle Division.

♫ The heart gradually responds, ♫

♫ gradually revives, ♫

♫ gradually swims towards you. ♫

♫ Before bidding farewell, ♫

♫ we expect an encounter. ♫

♫ Entwist your figure, ♫

♫ and lock it into my tender dream. ♫

♫ Before the daybreak, ♫

♫ through the obsession of love, ♫

♫ the longing flows. ♫

♫ There’s always a moment ♫

♫ which burns down the wastelands in my heart. ♫

♫ There’s always solicitude ♫

♫ which freezes everything between you and me. ♫

♫ Meet each other in different time. ♫

♫ Encourage each other in different worlds. ♫

♫ My longings become a cocoon, ♫

♫ layer after layer. ♫

♫ It turns into eternity. ♫

♫ The cocoon in the dark night. ♫

♫ There’s always a moment ♫

♫ which burns down the wastelands in my heart. ♫

♫ There’s always solicitude ♫

♫ which freezes everything between you and me. ♫

♫ Meet each other in different time. ♫

♫ Encourage each other in different worlds. ♫

♫ My longings become a cocoon, ♫

♫ layer after layer. ♫

♫ It turns into eternity. ♫

♫ The cocoon in the dark night. ♫

♫ It is sleepless. ♫

The Long Ballad