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♫ In this elaborately written letter, ♫

♫ all the words of love are filled with you. ♫

♫ The flowers within ten miles blossom elegantly for you. ♫

♫ I perform the zither, ♫

♫ as if you are standing behind me. ♫

♫ The rain falls while I foolishly wait for you. ♫

♫ Use these deep, shallow, near, and far distances ♫

♫ to add a touch of poetry to our regrets and entanglements. ♫

♫ This bitter, sweet, dream-like, and fantasy-like origin of our intertwined fates ♫

♫ is so that we can pleasantly drink this alcohol under the threat of swords and knives. ♫

♫ Use this lifetime, these moments of encounters ♫

♫ to trade for just one short instant when you can be with me. ♫

♫ These words, sentences, sentiments, and intentions contain hopes ♫

♫ that you and I can listen to the rain as we stand under the eave. ♫

[Bloody Romance]

Cha Wu

You're selling yourself to save your father.

My father is strickened with grave illness.

We have no money to seek medical help.

It is rare for anyone to show such filial piety as you have.

Take this silver tael.

Thank you for saving me, Benefactor. I will go and buy the medicine for my father immediately. Then I follow you, Benefactor.

I will do whatever you want me to do for the rest of my life ( lit be a cow, be a horse). I will not grumble.

For the rest of your life is too long. I need you for just one night.

When you have settled your father's affair tomorrow, come to Mi Shi Fabric Store to look for me.

Madam.

What else?

Aren't you afraid that I might not go there?

Will you do that?

- I won't. - See you tomorrow.

Do you like it?

I do.

It suits you quite well.

So you'll wear this outfit.

- Is this for me? - Of course it is.

But there is a condition to it.

From this moment on, you'll pretend to be my daughter.

Is this appropriate?

Why not? I need you for only one night.

You can return to your father tomorrow, and continue to be filial to him.

No, no. I feel that

Benefactor is so young and beautiful,

I'm afraid I will cause you to appear older if I addressed you as mother.

Long-winded. Here.

Let me hear you address me as Mother.

Mother.

Ay, good daughter.

Let us take a trip out.

Where are we going?

Yi Xian Winery.

[Bei Meng Yi Xiang]

Do you know why I brought you here?

Because today is your, my daughter's, birthday.

But today is not my..

Mm.

If Mother says it is, then it is.

Thank you, Mother.

Do you know what is most famous in Yi Xian Winery?

Dutchman's pipe cactus. The wine in the winery is also not bad.

The so-called Yi Xian is taken to mean

a gleam of the Dutchman's pipe cactus.

Come!

Everyone has been kept waiting too long. As all of you are well aware

there is a Dutchman's pipe cactus in my Yi Xian Winery.

It is known as Jin Que Dai Xiao (lit Golden Sparrow Waiting for the Night). It is a rare treasure that is not found in thousands of miles.

And tonight is the time when this Dutchman's pipe cactus will bloom.

- Good. - Good.

There is a slip of paper on the table in front of each of you.

Whosoever wishes to appreciate the flower can write the the price on the paper slips.

Pass them to the waiter and I'll check the paper slips on the spot.

The esteemed guest who has bidden the highest price will be announced publicly.

This esteemed guest can then follow me to the rear courtyard.

Enjoy the Dutchman's pipe cactus bloom

and at the same time sample my gift of a jar of best quality honey wine.

I have made everything very clear.

Can everyone take a seat.

- Here, here. - Please take a seat.- Please.

Xuan Wu Xi. Zhu Que Xi Zuo. One thousand eight hundred silver.

I do not have many demands.

Just do as I have instructed.

I will surely not make it hard for you.

I'm in a difficult position this time round.

Two of the esteemed guests have bidden the same price. They are

Zhu Que Xi and Xuan Wu Xi respectively.

Aiyo. This is something never encountered before in many tens of years.

What shall be done about it?

To bid again may cause a delay in the blooming of the cactus.

I wonder if the esteemed guests at Zhu Que Xi

is willing to

enjoy this fine wine and auspicious time with me? And to get thoroughly drunk too?

Exactly my intention.

- Please.- Please.

My esteemed guests please enjoy yourselves at leisure. Call me if you need anything.

This is ..

She is my daughter.

Daughter?

She does look a little like you.

Today is my daughter's birthday.

Are you willing to join us, mother and daughter, drink to a toast?

What a coincident. It is also my birthday today.

I'll like to drink a toast to Miss. Wishing that Miss will

get everything you desired now (lit this day, this age).

This is the Dutchman's pipe cactus. It is very beautiful indeed.

When I gave birth to my daughter, it coincided with the blooming of the Dutchman's pipe cactus.

I was in such pain as though I was ripped from inside. I wanted to die.

But it was still blooming unhurriedly.

It's really heartless.

Looks like you owe your mother quite a lot.

This is the first time I've seen the Dutchman's pipe cactus. I've come specially for it.

At this time every year

I will come here to celebrate my daughter's birthday.

It's so good to have a mother like you.

What about your mother?

She's not here anymore.

Does Miss mean that your mother has passed away when you said that she's not here anymore?

It has nothing to do with you.

My apologies. I was disrespectful. I just feel that

my mother is usually compassionate. If you are willing to tell us about it,

perhaps my mother can accept you as her daughter.

The flowers are about to bloom. With such a pretty view,

let's not bring up these sad things

Let's talk about something else.

Like what?

For example, you two.

Which one of you is here to kill me?

It has been a long time since I've returned to Guihua City,

but this doesn't mean I don't know what's going on.

Tell me outright. Who is the one who wants to kill me

and take my place as Heavenly Assassin?

Both of you!

Can't we wait until the flowers fall before talking about this?

Today is your day of suffering. It is also this young lady's birthday.

If we start fighting now, wouldn't it be a waste?

Since I've already been revealed, that works too.

There is no need for

the shadows to be involved in the battle for the position of Heavenly Assassin.

Such a pity for a beautiful lady all of sixteen years old.

If your mother was still alive,

she would definitely feel miserable.

What a joke.

Don't you know that those from Guihua City is always ready to strike at any given time.

Tell me. Why did you come to kill me?

The City Master thinks that you are getting old.

Your beauty has faded and love has abandoned you. You are now useless.

As expected, that is really Cha Luo's style.

You know how to use fragrance?

Don't you know how to too?

Why don't we use fragrance to battle for victory and defeat?

Little girl. Who told you that I know how to use fragrance?

- What do you mean? - I have stopped using fragrance a long time ago.

My sense of smell was destroyed a long time ago.

You are definitely here to disrupt things.

I am here to supervise the battle on the order of the City Master.

Stop trying to act innocent.

You came specially to tell me that Cha Wu is an expert in using fragrance a few days agao.

You want me to deliberate on my layout.

Your layout has absolutely no difference from the one you planned previously.

If you listened to my advice,

and used the unique fragrance that you have brought with you,

you wouldn't have ended up in this position.

No matter what your original intentions were,

you are my daughter tonight. You promised me.

There is no one who will stand in our way now.

We can fight to the death now.

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Look. The flowers have bloomed.

The flowers looked just like that

the year I gave birth to you. They bloomed slowly.

I have not used all my power yet.

Let's go again!

This can't be possible.

Niu Tou Zhan Tan. It is difficult to find in this world.

Looks like you have not seen it before too.

Can you tell me, Miss,

that Niu Tou Zhan Tan,

where do it come from?

It's the protective talisman that my mother gave to me.

On the year I turned one,

my mother left our home.

She abandoned my father and I.

My father coaxed me by saying that

my mother is the Jiu Tian Xuan Nu, beautiful and alluring.

However, the ways of immortals and humans are far apart and distant.

She had no choice but to leave.

But there will come a day.. there will come a day

when she will remember me.

Remember the kindness my father has shown to her.

And return to reunite with us.

I found out later that

she cheated my father of all his wealth.

This Niu Tou Zhan Tan

is the love token between my father and her.

My father, who is infatuated with love, kept it all this while.

He was reluctant to sell it.

Is your father still around?

Dead. He was gravely ill.

We had no money for medical treatment. He passed away just like that.

I have a wish actually.

That is, to find

the cheat who caused my father's deep devotion.

She was at that place known as Guihua City.

Therefore, the one who must die

in this battle for Heavenly Assassin

must be you.

Daughter.

I am your mother.

Zheng'er.

Mother found you at last.

Who are you exactly?

Zheng'er.

The year I gave birth to you

was exactly when the Dutchman's pipe cactus bloomed.

The petals fell to the ground.

You were born with a loud cry too.

You were only so little then.

I had wanted to go into seclusion

and live well with your father and you.

But I didn't think that

Lan He would find me eventually. I had no choice but to leave.

The day I left

was your first birthday.

I forced myself to wait till the flower petals fall to the ground before leaving.

Never to see you ever again.

Zhang'er. I found you again.

Let mother touch you. Let mother touch you.

But..

but my mission..

I..I..

I understand.

Being able to celebrate another with you,

I'm already content.

Come. Attack me.

Do it.

I accepted City Master’s orders to come and supervise the fight.

The outcome of the fight has already been decided now. Cha Wu has been defeated. Kill her!

Chang An has already sent away your shadows. You must leave quickly.

Mother, let’s go.

Mother. Mother.

Mother.

Zheng’er, listen to me. Leave Guihua City,

the farther, the better.

Mother!

Mother. Mother!

Mother!

Your mother’s corpse has already been transported back to Guihua City.

You already knew earlier.

Is that right or not?

Say it. You must’ve already known earlier.

That’s right. City Master arranged the situation

in order for you and your mother to kill each other.

I thought City Master liked me

and deliberately gave me an opportunity to climb up to the top.

Why didn’t you tell me earlier?

Guihua City has thousands of eyes.

I already did my best to notify you.

The City Master that I’ve fawned over at all costs

surprisingly had been thinking of a plot to harm me.

Yet, you, who’s a thorn at my side,

actually thought of every possible method to help me.

Isn’t this too funny?

It has already reached this point.

Save your grief. All right?

My mother’s matter,

is there anything else I don’t know about?

Your mother’s mission in those days

was precisely to win your father’s trust

and swindle his wealth and farm.

Unexpectedly, your mother was true to your father

and was unwilling to return to Guihua City.

Afterwards, she gave birth to you.

The matters from then on, you know all about it.

That’s why every year

on my birthday, she went

looking for a girl to pretend to be me

and they went together to see the Queen of the Night flower.

It’s almost sunset. We should return for debriefing.

I don’t want to return.

I don’t want to return either,

but you and I have nowhere else to go.

Let’s form an alliance. All right?

It’s better for us to discuss a plan.

Maybe in the near future,

one of us will be the city master and the other an assassin.

We can control the entire Guihua City.

Your mother’s final wish

was for you to leave Guihua City.

But she had been running away her whole life.

In the end, she couldn’t escape

and ended up dying tragically.

I’ve already thought about it. Only by becoming more powerful,

I will I be able to control Guihua City firmly

and take revenge for my mother.

Unfortunately, you’re not standing high enough

and seeing far enough, too.

It doesn’t match your ambition.

I will let you see my vision and sincerity!

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Master Mei.

Have you taken care of the funeral arrangements for Cha Wu?

Yes.

Great.

We should be on our way. I’ll go get Wan Xiang.

Master Mei.

That’s right. The information about Cha Wu that you gave that night was very useful. Thank you.

But, this doesn’t make up for anything.

[Prince Ning Mansion]

Saying that, this Heavenly Assassin

will be replaced.

Yes.

Then I must stay at Prince Ning Mansion for a few more days.

You return to Guihua City first to watch Cha Luo closely.

However, don’t argue and clash with her.

I understand.

How is the inquiry about the salt business over there?

It’s just as you expected.

The elders of the Han family are too busy to attend to the salt business.

They handed it over to Han Xiu’s younger brother, Han Yue, to manage it.

However, Han Yue continues to investigate his older brother’s death

and transferred the business over to the Master of the Martial Arts Alliance, Fang Ge.

Fang Ge?

He is really troublesome.

Do you want me to go and deal with him?

That’s not necessary. I’m guessing he’s already here.

Fang Ge seeks an audience with Prince Ning.

I heard you are blind.

Unexpectedly, you can play this black and white game, too.

I’m only fumbling with the idea. Please.

Huan Tan once said

that the game of Go is actually regarded as an art of war.

An expert doesn’t pay attention to the fight.

Instead, he pays attention to promoting the ambush.

He’ll gradually surround the enemy. In that case, he will hold the upper hand.

You elaborately set up a trap this time

and succeeded in assassinating His Excellency Han, Han Xiu.

I wanted to come this time to ask you.

What is your intention?

Mencius also said, playing chess is a small skill.

But if you aren’t completely devoted to it, you won’t learn it.

Nowadays, I’m an idle Prince.

I can only drink tea

and play chess daily. It’s only to find some consolation. That’s all.

Based on what you said,

you had nothing to do with the assassination of Han Xiu?

You’re right.

The order to assassinate Han Xiu

indeed came from Guihua City, which belongs to me.

You killed my close friend.

How will you explain it to me?

My Guihua City’s business is precisely to manage the killings of people.

Alliance Master, how do you want me to explain it?

Who is the employer?

Tell me your price.

Alliance Master Fang,

you're not allowed to joke around.

My Guihua City has a position in Jianghu.

Besides being a jack of all trades,

it precisely relies on abiding by the rules.

Not divulging the identity of the employer

is the number one duty of my secret assassination ministry.

Prince Ning, are you really rejecting me?

I sincerely have no comment.

Fine.

Then, I won’t make things difficult for you. I can settle for the next best thing.

What?

Hand over Han Xiu’s assassin.

It’ll be convenient for me and you.

Besides, you still owe me a favor.

Go back and tell Gong Zi

that this Guajian Grass will be my greeting gift to him. He is now indebted to me.

Alliance Master Fang, can I think it over or not?

If you don’t hand over that young lady,

I won’t be able to explain it to the Han family.

At that time, not only will I die,

other Jianghu sects will come and cause a disturbance, too.

Since Guihua City is established in Jianghu,

it’s inevitable that it’ll seek to be recognized as the top sect in Jianghu.

Otherwise, people will push it aside as a figurehead

and it’ll even disappear. That's not impossible.

I need some time.

How many days do you want?

One day?

One month.

That’s taking advantage of a person too much!

Will you listen to my explanation first?

Alliance Master Fang,

I know you want to use this assassin

to give the martial arts circles and Han Yue an explanation.

However, the order to assassinate His Excellency Han, Han Xiu, was assigned by Cha Luo.

I only know that the young lady was an Earthly Assassin,

but I don’t know she is which one of the twelve Earthly Assassins.

Whether you believe me or not is beyond my control.

However, if handing over a very minor Earthly Assassin might ensure the safety of my entire Guihua City,

why would I lie?

That’s why I wanted to ask you for a month

and use this one month’s time

to find out who assassinated His Excellency Han, Han Xiu.

I will personally transport her to your manor

and personally hand her over to you.

All right. I will give you one month.

City Master. City Master.

City Master.

I'm fine. I was dreaming.

How was the Heavenly Assassin competition?

Cha Wu was defeated.

It’s indeed as I expected.

Have you made proper arrangements for the aftermath?

Yes.

Reporting to City Master, these are the Qilin blood gu retrieved from the body of Heavenly Assassin Cha Wu.

There are a total of twenty.

Cha Wu is dead. I’m deeply saddened by it.

But Guihua City

could only tolerate those lonely individuals who are strong.

Nevertheless, it doesn’t show mercy to those who are weak.

Based on this point, all of you did very well.

I’m making a proclamation. Wan Xiang will immediately become a Heavenly Assassin.

Since Wan Mei achieved a merit for supervising the fight,

she will keep the Earthly Assassin position.

- Thank you City Master. - The twenty blood gu,

divide them into two. Each of you take half.

City Master, I only supervised the fight. I dare not take credit for the achievement.

The Qilin blood gu belongs exclusively to the Heavenly Assassin.

All of if should belong to Wan Xiang.

This person never cared about the rules.

You actually care about the rules now.

It’s not that I didn’t abide by the rules previously.

Rather, I didn’t have enough experience and didn’t understand the importance of becoming a strong person.

Now,

I've actually experienced life and death once.

You've repeatedly given me sincere advice.

You said that Guihua City is home for the victorious to rule the world.

Whereas there’s only death for the weak.

As a result, I recently understand the meaning of this.

Although I’m only a very minor Earthly Assassin,

I don’t consider myself weak.

I’m willing to rely on my own efforts to get to the top position that’s deserving.

I pledge my loyalty and life to City Master.

You're looking prettier

and you're speaking better, too.

Fine. Then I'll listen to you.

The twenty blood gu will belong to Wan Xiang.

All of you leave.

- Yes. - Yes.

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♫ I’ve never acted with proud indulgence. ♫

♫ See how the fallen flowers look so ignorant. ♫

♫ Your words “I will wait” prompt the racing of my heart. ♫

♫ I will wait for the wind and rain to brew this fragrant wine into a gentle drift. ♫

♫ I’ve never inexplicably fallen into disgrace. ♫

♫ I sigh that time is an elegant swan goose in flight. ♫

♫ I will use my lifetime of pain and loneliness ♫

♫ to welcome the simultaneous ring from the zithers into the night. ♫

♫ Who worsens the ache in my heart? ♫

♫ My heart’s warmth will make these autumn leaves concentrated. ♫

♫ When will you grow drunk in the autumn wind with me, ♫

♫ so that I will be able to walk out of my dreams? ♫

♫ The zither music evokes feelings of desolation and cheerlessness. ♫

♫ Of a lifetime, the moon is always high, the dew is always heavy. ♫

♫ Alone, I foolishly sit among the blue ocean waters, ♫

♫ while the conifer plants grow in exuberance. ♫

♫ Who worsens the ache in my heart? ♫

♫ My heart’s warmth will make these autumn leaves concentrated. ♫

♫ When will you grow drunk in the autumn wind with me, ♫

♫ so that I will be able to walk out of my dreams? ♫

♫ Who worsens the ache in my heart? ♫

♫ My heart’s warmth will make these autumn leaves concentrated. ♫

♫ When will you grow drunk in the autumn wind with me, ♫

♫ so that I will be able to walk out of my dreams? ♫

♫ So that I will be able to walk out of my dreams. ♫