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♫ Are you still waiting? ♫

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♫ The wind blows away the sand. ♫

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♫ The past prosperity vanishes. ♫

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♫ I'm alone in the world. ♫

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♫ Your profile is drowned in the darkness. ♫

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♫ My memory goes wrong. ♫

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♫ I can't hold your hands. ♫

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♫ How many problems are left unsolved? ♫

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♫ I'm afraid even I doubt myself.♫

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♫ Those unforgettable feelings in my heart, ♫

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♫ they are not real. ♫

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♫ How many words are left unsaid? ♫

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♫ I want to give you more. ♫

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♫ The more I do, the more mistakes I make. ♫

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♫ I'm always by your side. ♫

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♫ I'm waiting for you. ♫

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♫ How many problems are left unsolved? ♫

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♫ I don't forget your persistence. ♫

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♫ Those unforgettable feelings in my heart, ♫

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♫ they are all real. ♫

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♫ How many words are left unsaid? ♫

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♫ I don't want to be the only one in love. ♫

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♫ How to break through all the barriers? ♫

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An Oriental Odyssey

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Episode 22

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Didn't you hear me? I've been calling your name!

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What's the matter?

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Go to the boiler room and fetch me some hot water!

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Hot water? For what?

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To wash the feet!

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Miss,

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I've heard that you sent Mu Le to the military camp?

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I did.

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Oh Miss, how could you do that?

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People in the military camp suffer a lot.

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He had lived such a comfortable life here

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and needed some hardship to toughen his will.

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Xia,

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Why are you so concerned about him?

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He's not your son.

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A man should be ready to realize his ambitions anywhere.

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He can't be trapped at home.

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You're right, Miss.

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But I'm worried that Mu Le might be bullied

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since he is such an obedient boy.

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I gave him some money to take with him.

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How bad could it be?

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How much did you give him, Miss?

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Twenty taels.

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What are you doing?

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What do you think you are doing?

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You asked me to wash the feet!

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Who asked you to wash your own feet?

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I sent you to get some hot water

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and wash Deputy Commandant's feet!

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I got the water by myself;

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why do I have to give it to you?

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You're new here, so you don't know about the rules.

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I've got you running errands for your good.

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There are many rules in this camp.

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There is a clear set of rules at the training ground;

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and another in the barracks.

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Today the rule I'm gonna teach you is

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to give due respect to your officer!

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Bring the water over to me

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and wash my feet.

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Hurry up!

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Hurry up to wash Deputy Commandant's feet!

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Yes, sir.

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This is outrageous! Get him!

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Stop it!

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Get him! Beat him up!

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Sir.

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What are you doing?

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Sir.

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It's nothing, Sir.

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We are just goofing around.

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He's all thumbs;

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he spilled a whole basin of water.

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Stop clowning around!

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Yes, sir.

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Now listen up.

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Don't try to stir up troubles.

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Mu Le,

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you clean up the mess.

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Sir,

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what happened inside?

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Veterans lecturing on the newcomer.

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Which one?

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Mu Le.

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Sir, we've also been through this

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as new soldiers, haven't we?

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Why is he an exception?

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We must make him understand that

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he is now in a world

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very different from that of his owner's.

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Somebody's got to teach him something.

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What do you think?

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Don't go too far.

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Sure.

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How is the task I asked you to work on?

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Set your mind at rest, sir.

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I've sent several bros,

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which are all fierce fighters.

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Good.

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Mr. He, please.

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You must keep it safe.

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It'll benefit you a lot in the future.

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Here you are.

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The carriage is waiting.

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Please allow me to see you off.

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You offered me not only a banquet but also a present.

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You surely deserve these.

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You're a lifesaver for our family!

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I will never be able to thank you enough.

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Send the carriage away.

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I've been to this mansion for many times,

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but never did I tour around here.

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Now I'd like to have a walk round here myself.

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You're gonna walk alone?

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What?

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You're afraid that I might rob your house?

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No, that's not true...

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You may go back.

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Okay. Feel free to ask the servants

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if you need anything.

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You're welcome to look through anything you like.

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The friend up there!

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Now you may come down.

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You wanna get the present in my hand?

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Then you should give it your best shot.

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You're a girl, right?

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Such beautiful eyes...

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Remove your veil,

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so that I could see your nose and mouth.

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Give me the bead, bastard!

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You know about it?

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Tell me why you want it.

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It's none of your business!

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Beautiful!

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You are so beautiful!

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Come with me up to the mountain.

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This bead will be yours;

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and I'll be yours, too!

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Give it to me.

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No way!

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I'm trying to be nice; Don't you piss me off!

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Round it up!

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Oh no...

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Why did Zhao Lanzhi come with soldiers?

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You want it? Meet me at White Lotus Tavern tomorrow night.

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I'm going after him.

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Follow me!

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Princess Minghui,

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I knew it was you!

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How dare you ambush me!

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We lay in ambush for the bandits.

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I didn't expect to see you.

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Why should I trust you?

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What's the purpose of you visiting Zhang's Mansion late at night?

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And, what's the relation between you and that bandit?

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Mr. Zhao, are you gonna kill me

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if I refuse to answer you.

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I can feel that you have your reasons to do it,

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even if you've told me nothing.

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Mr. Zhao,

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I can't believe you count on

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your instinct to solve crimes.

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Isn't it?

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Were it not for some reason,

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would anyone put her life at risk again and again?

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I did it by choice.

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Having a lot on your mind

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must be really tough.

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You can trust me and tell me all about it.

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I promise I'll do everything I can to help.

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Leave me alone!

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Princess,

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Stop following me!

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Or I'll go all out to knock you down!

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Zhao Lanzhi,

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I hate you! I hate you!

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Sir.

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How was it?

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I failed to catch him. It was my fault.

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It's okay. We can wait another night.

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Okay. Stay where you are and rest.

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Stop!

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I'm gonna fight you one-on-one.

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Stop it. Don't fight.

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Here comes the General.

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Stop it!

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What are you doing? Stop!

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What are you doing?

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Who asked you to fight each other?

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It was him! He beat me for no reason!

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He started the fight!

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Deputy Commander Li, It was him that picked the fight!

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It was him!

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Yes! It was him!

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It was him!

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Yes! He started the fight!

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He threw the first punch!

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With so many witnesses against you,

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you can't dispute it, can you?

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I...

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Tie up Mu Le and give him twenty lashes

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to show him the rules in this camp!

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Yes, sir!

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Move!

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He's such a bully!

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Stop it!

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Mr. Zhao!

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What was the mistake he made?

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He picked a fight and hurt his officer,

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so I punish him under the military law.

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Who was hurt, Deputy Commander Li?

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Li Bao, the Deputy Commandant!

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He's also your younger brother, isn't he?

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Yes...

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Since it takes two to have a fight,

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Mu Le shouldn't be the only one to blame.

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Soldiers!

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Yes!

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Tie up Li Bao!

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Yes, sir!

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Sir.

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Sir...

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It's true that Li Bao was hurt

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and it was Mu Le who provoked it!

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Please do us justice!

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They both receive records of demerit, then.

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Let's save the lashing

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for them both next time they fight.

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Sir...

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Release Mu Le!

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Yes, sir!

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Let go of me!

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Come back!

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Sir, I don't think he's learned his lesson.

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Brother,

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I got myself beaten up for totally nothing!

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Hardly had Mu Le been beaten

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when Mr. Zhao arrived.

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As I see,

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Mr. Zhao is obviously partial to Mu Le.

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Is it possible that they two go way back?

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I don't think Mu Le is that close to Mr. Zhao.

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He doesn't seem to be his old acquaintance.

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Let me get this straight.

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You failed to lay a good plan to trap him;

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and you should have done it without raising a flag.

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Why did you make it public?

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I should think it over.

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It's all your fault!

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You embarrassed me in front of Mr. Zhao!

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I should have a perfect plan.

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Brother,

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I've got an idea.

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Give it a try.

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What have I done to deserve it?

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This pill can increase your lifespan!

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You're the only one I told.

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Are you sure it wouldn't kill me?

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The monkey was alright with it;

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I guess you'll also be fine.

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Try it.

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That's the twelfth monkey I bought you

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within half a month.

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What happened to the other eleven monkeys?

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It wasn't my fault!

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I've told you

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I needed a living human to do the drug trials!

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But you just sent that horseboy away

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even without asking me.

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My pill!

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Why did I need to ask you?

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Listen!

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Did anyone touch my stuff?

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No...

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One of you guys poked around my bed, right?

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No!

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What are you yelling for?

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What am I yelling for?

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I yell for my stolen money!

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Look for it again.

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Perhaps you've put it in another place.

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I searched around and found nothing!

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What's wrong?

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Deputy Commandant.

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I lost my money.

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You jerk!

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What do you mean?

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We have nobody else but our own men

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coming in and out everyday in this barrack.

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And every one of them is your fellow warrior,

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your colleague!

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You said that you lost some money;

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What do you mean?

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Are you saying it was a thief inside?

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Deputy Commandant,

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I dare not say that.

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But my money was gone!

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The money couldn't walk out here by themselves, right?

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I beg for justice.

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I refuse to take such an accusation!

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Don't point a finger at me! I absolutely did not do that.

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Come on.

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Search me!

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- Search me.

- What are you...

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Alright.

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Deputy Commandant.

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In that case, I suggest that

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you all unwrap your packages

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and I check them out,

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so that we can let him shut up.

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I...

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Search it, sir!

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Yours?

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And yours?

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Why, I can't check your package?

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No?

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Then it must be you!

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You stole my money!

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Give it back to me!

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Stop it!

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Deputy Commander!

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What happened?

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Sir, there was a theft in the barrack

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and I'm trying to find out the truth.

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But he refused to be searched!

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Sir, here it is!

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That's mine! Keep your hands off it!

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With the stolen money, you can't justify anything now.

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Sir.

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Tie him up!

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Yes, sir!

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What are you doing?

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What brought you here, Yuan'an?

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I'm studying the terrain of Huodu Hill.

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What did you find out?

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How about taking me up there?

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It's precipitous and perilous with difficult terrain,

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which makes it a place that could not well be taken.

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You don't come here for this, do you?

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I come here to visit Mu Le.

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You brought him here only a few days ago,

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and now you come to see him again.

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It wasn't me!

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The nanny asked me to bring him some clothes.

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She'd be pissed off if I said no.

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How is he?

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How did he do?

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He wasn't bullied, was he?

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Sir.

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Miss Yuan'an.

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Sir, Mu Lu caused troubles again.

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Run!

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Stop!

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Stand up.

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Zhao Lanzhi,

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He wasn't sent here to get punished like this, was he?

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Let go of him!

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Mr. Zhao.

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What's going on?

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This brat stole money, and we have evidence,

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he denied it.

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And he fiercely beat some of my men.

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They said that you stole the money. Did you do it?

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No, I didn't.

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I trust you.

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Since that you accused him of stealing your money,

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show us the evidence.

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This is what we found in his package.

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Twenty taels.

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It's exactly as much as Zhang's lost money.

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I reckon that he was the thief.

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And the stolen money was found by us,

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before he got any chance to spend it.

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You lost twenty taels,

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and he happened to have twenty taels.

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Then you concluded that he stole the money.

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Nonsense!

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I lost my fingers these days

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and I think that your fingers

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are quite similar to them.

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Mr. Zhao, may I cut off

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his fingers to have a check?

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Who are you?

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I'm his master!

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I see.

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Of course an owner will stick up for his slave.

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You can make as many excuses as you like.

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Hold on,

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I won't let you get to me like this;

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I have evidence.

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He was given the money by me.

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And the money had been marked.

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I want a basin of water

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with alkali in it.

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What are you looking at? It's no more than some hocus-pocus.

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Exactly.

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What are we waiting for?

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Are we waiting for the silver to dissolve in the water,

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and the evidence to disappear by itself?

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Be patient.

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I put some camel-thorn-oil on the silver money

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before I gave it to Mu Le,

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and that's why it turns blue with the alkali in the water.

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How much did you give him, Miss?

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Twenty taels.

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Twenty taels!

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Oh, Miss.

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I'm afraid it might be stolen!

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Soldier! Untie him!

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You didn't take care of your own money

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and framed your fellow warrior for stealing.

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You cheeky devil!

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You disgraced yourself and you deserve punishment!

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Sir!

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Enough!

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Just leave!

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Hold on.

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I want to say something.

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I was once a soldier,

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so I know about the rules.

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Newcomers here, without exception,

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must go through a difficult time

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serving their officers and the veterans.

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Getting beaten up is nothing to shout about.

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However, you chained him to a horse

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wanting him to be dragged by it.

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Were you intending to teach him a lesson,

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or to kill him?

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You're my soldiers

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and I don't want to subject you to punishment or tortures.

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But I want you to know that,

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this man you are bullying here,

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might be the man who would fight with you,

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and even carry you back

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when you were injured in the battlefield.

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Remember that.

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Alright.

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Go back to the training yard.

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Yes, sir!

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Good point! Well done!

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Nanny Zhang asked me to bring you these.

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Pass along my thanks to her.

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Thank her? And nobody else?

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I came all the way down here,

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and I...

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I don't deserve a "thank you", right?

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I just let you off the hook,

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and now you turn your back to me in return?

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How will you live with that on your conscience?

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Are you still with me?

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Are you dumb now?

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What should I thank for?

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For you taking me here,

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leaving me bullied and framed?

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I see... You are angry with me.

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You know it wasn't my intention.

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Stop!

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Yuan'an.

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What's the matter?

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Nothing.

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I'm fine. Totally fine.

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Let me take you home.

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Okay.

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The scarecrow isn't alive.

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There's no use ripping it to shreds.

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You've got yourself into troubles

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for many times since you came here.

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Mu Le,

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What's wrong with you?

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There's nothing wrong with me!

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Then answer me,

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Why were you so disrespectful to Yuan'an?

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I'm not mad at her. It's you!

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I know you have feelings for Yuan'an

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and regard me as your romantic rival.

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Therefore you dislike me.

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You once saved my life

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and I'll never forget it.

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But I must tell you something.

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What is it?

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To be exact,

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I have to tell you a story.

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There was once a young lady

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who eloped with her servant for love.

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The lady, as a high born,

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thus had to suffer a vagrant life

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living in a situation of scarcity.

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Do you really want Yuan'an to live a life like that?

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Real love means giving the one you love the best life, doesn't it?

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A man should be ready to realize his ambitions wherever he is

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and shouldn't be bound upon romantic fantasy.

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Now that you're here, you should go back to drilling,

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preparing for your fight in the battlefield as my soldier.

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Don't get yourself into trouble.

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And don't fight with your comrades.

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Just do what you should do.

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Ok. Get up.

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You've kept me waiting for so long!

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But I knew that you would show up.

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Give me the bead.

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No.

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You said it before,

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you would give it to me when we met.

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That's not true.

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I didn't say that.

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I did ask you to meet me here,

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but I've never promised to give you the bead.

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Who are you?

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What do you want?

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Let me tell you. I'm He Zhun from Huodu Hill.

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I once, by chance,

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saved the lives of Zhang's family.

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And he gave me the bead to show his gratitude.

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saying that it was an invaluable treasure.

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I can say that, for you it's a treasure,

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but for me,

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it's nothing but an ordinary bead.

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You want it? You can have it.

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But I want you!

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You arrogant devil!

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No way!

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You're right. I am an arrogant man...

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with the bead you want.

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Think twice.

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Will you come with me?

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You want me to go with you?

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No way!

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I'm fine with it.

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Go to Huodu Hill to find me

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whenever you want the bead.

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Remember it:

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there's a cave on the southern side of Huodu Hill,

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as a shelter for hunters passing by there.

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If you want the bead,

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go there and leave a message for me.

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I would go there to meet you.

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But if you decide not to follow me now,

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you can't have the bead.

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You...

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Why are you here?

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I've been tracing the bandit of Huodu Hill on the empress' command.

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But you let him go the last time we saw him.

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Thank you for bringing us here

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and giving me the chance to catch him.

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You followed me?

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You can say that.

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I've sent someone to keep an eye out

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at Prince Yu's Mansion all day long for this moment!

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By no means can I

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let Zhao Lanzhi catch He Zhun.

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And they mustn't know about the beads.

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Go!

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Run! I'll go to find you.

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Move away!

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Just run!

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Don't move.

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Please, let's stay here for a while.

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Can we? Please.

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I'm exhausted.

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Princess Minghui,

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What on earth is the relation between you and the bandit?

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Why did you risk your life defending him?

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Don't you know that it might boomerang against you?

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Mr. Zhao, it's late now.

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I want to go home.

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If you have any question to ask,

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come to me tomorrow with a search warrant.

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Who is it?

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Uncle, it's me!

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Why are you here?

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Let me get in!

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Jiang Ren! Auntie!

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Don't go away...

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Run, brother!

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Don't let them catch you!

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Don't let them catch you!

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Run, brother!

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Run!

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Why did you bring me here?

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You passed out yesterday.

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I won't thank you.

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People from Prince Yu's Mansion will soon take you home.

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Last night

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you disrupted our manhunt,

letting the bandit of Huodu Hill flee again.

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What were you doing, Princess Minghui?

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Don't you know that

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you'll be condemned to death for being in league with bandits!

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Then what would you be condemned to

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for molesting an unmarried Princess?

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You...

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You cried out the name of Jiang Ren when you were sleeping.

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What did you dream about him?

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Same as usual. He died because of you.

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It was my duty to arrest him

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and I don't regret it.

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But I do miss him as my real friend.

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But he would never come back.

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All the things couldn't go back again.

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Can I help you?

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You flatter yourself.

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Princess,

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I have no idea what's happened to you,

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but I really want to tell you something.

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You live your own life

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and follow in your own footsteps.

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And if you feel like you're unable to change anything,

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that's only because

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you lack the courage to make some changes in yourself.

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I want to tell you a story.

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There was once a boy, whose father

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had been mistakenly accused of treason and thus decapitated,

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with his families being exiled.

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At that time, people presumed that the boy was like his father,

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a mean and vicious person.

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And they predicted that

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he would become a bad guy in the future.

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The boy didn't believe that. He decided to become a good person.

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He knew that only by doing so

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can he trust his own judgments.

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Then what happened to this boy?

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He became an officer,

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and served at the Court of Judicature and Revision,

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solving crimes and maintaining order.

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Also, he managed to get his father exonerated.

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Now he is

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talking to you.

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I brought you to this Bamboo House

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to show you that,

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bamboo stays long and straight

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even if it was challenged by strong wind and heavy rain.

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We can also remain determinedly consistent if we want to.

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It's quiet here for you to have a good rest.

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Your people will soon arrive here to take you home.

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I have work to do. I'm afraid I must leave.

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Oh, I have another thing to tell you.

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Please don't think that you could stop me

from conducting official business.

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Nobody can ever stop me

from catching criminals or fighting for justice.

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♫ Tired off and lights out, it's about to dawn. ♫

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♫ I never speak out my love sickness. ♫

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♫ In my dream, we are falling into sweet love. ♫

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♫ Everyone wants a lifelong lover, ♫

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♫ but the passion fades away with time. ♫

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♫ I'm stubborn and you're reluctant. ♫

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♫ Antagonistic love is so absurd. ♫

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♫ We can't be reconciled to the past. ♫

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♫ What sweet time we have, ♫

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♫ but only pity stays as time goes by. ♫

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♫ I lead a wandering life in the world, ♫

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♫ pursuing the traces left by you. ♫

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♫ I hope to get acquaintance with you. ♫

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♫ Recalling the previous love and hatred with you, ♫

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♫ I think we live a worthwhile life. ♫

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♫ What sweet time we have, ♫

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♫ but only pity stays as time goes by. ♫

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♫ What sweet time we have, ♫

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♫ but only pity stays as time goes by. ♫