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He... He...

Brother Zhang.

Are you a human being or a ghost?

[A League of Nobleman]

[Episode 5]

Brother Zhang, what happened to you?

Every time I cast Water Illusion, I fall asleep for two days.

It's nothing special.

What happened?

This situation is unheard of.

It's good that you are fine.

Zhang Ping.

Rest in my house.

Minister Lan.

What?

There is no more Li Niang in this world, right?

She died at the grave of her father and brother on the Sentry of Loyal Spirits,

a worthy death, spared the torment of heart.

Those insiders of Banyue Pavilion Boss Jia and Miss Zhi Xia have also been silenced by you, right?

To make a living in the entertainment field, being cautious in words and deeds is the foundation.

Since all the clues have been broken by Minister Lan, there is no more proof.

I am leaving.

Your Excellency.

The goldfish you have raised for many years has been fed to death.

[A moment ago]

Little fish.

Why is Brother Zhang's fate so rough?

Mr. Chen. Your friend is dying.

Take a look.

Fish don't know whether they are hungry or not, and eat when there is food.

You fed so much that the five-year-old goldfish died.

S-Sorry...

I was in a hurry just now.

Where did you buy this goldfish?

I will compensate him.

Do you know how much this goldfish is worth?

Ten taels?

One hundred taels?!

So expensive!

Yes.

Even if I sell my whole family, I can't afford it.

Forget it.

It happens that some jobs in my house require coolies.

How about you work to pay off your debts?

Do you want me to clean the yard or cook in Lan's Mansion?

As... As long as Minister Lan is willing to accept me.

You have to work for a long time to earn 100 taels.

Is there anyone in your family who can work with you to pay off the debt?

It happened because of me.

I will accompany Chen Zhao to stay and work to pay off the debt.

What a deep brotherhood.

The rest will be arranged by Xu Dong.

- Yes, Your Excellency. - Thank you, Minister Lan.

As soon as I went out, I found two goldfishes were overfed.

Chen Cho had been lingering in front of the fish tank.

I thought I could use it to keep the two of them.

It's just been resolved.

If the two of them spread rumors, it is hard to guarantee that there will be no more disturbances.

Just keep them stuck for a while.

Yes, Your Excellency.

From today onwards, the wood shed will be your responsibility.

These all have to be chopped off

Do it clean and tidy.

Minister Lan is very particular about food.

W-Well. Where will we stay?

Here of course!

Brother Zhang.

It's all my fault

that you are stuck here because of me.

If I don't stay, you have to work for the rest of your life.

[Fruitwood is suitable for smoking]

These jobs should take more than ten days.

Fruitwood is suitable for smoking.

Pine is suitable for stir-fry.

Oak is suitable for stewing meat.

And here. [Rice ears are suitable for steaming cakes] - [Reed is suitable for decocting]

[Acacia wood is suitable for making soup] - [Mulberry wood is suitable for burning]

[Cypress branches are suitable for smoking bacon] - [Oak is suitable for stewing meat]

[Oak is suitable for stewing meat | Reed is suitable for decocting| Rice ears are suitable for steaming cakes]

Minister Lan, you are here.

Zhang Ping.

What do you mean?

Different dishes should be cooked with different firewood so that the taste will be better.

Minister Lan. What Brother Zhang meant was that

he continued to study food carefully while chopping and washing firewood,

and discovered that different dishes need to be paired with different firewood.

So he classified the firewood to improve the food quality of Lan's Mansion.

I see.

Great. Great.

Zhang Ping.

I just know you like investigating cases.

I didn't expect you to be a so talented handyman.

The wood shed is in your element.

It's okay.

So I have to thank you?

You are welcome.

Just a piece of cake.

If you are satisfied, can we leave now?

The two of you split so much firewood in just a few days?

Minister Lan, look.

This is a wood-chopping tool Brother Zhang created.

Zhang Ping. You demonstrate, and I explain.

Come on.

As long as the firewood is put into the tool,

this part will frame the wood, making its range of motion very small.

When the hammer hits down, the bottom of the log will touch the ax momentarily, splitting it in two.

Zhang Ping. Show them more what efficiency is.

Minister Lan.

It's for you.

You can use it later in your mansion.

It is labor-saving and efficient.

What I said to use wood shed work to pay off debts is calculated by the number of days.

You have only been working for a few days.

Don't you feel ashamed to charge it for one hundred taels?

But you said earlier that...

Minister Lan.

If there is any work in your house, just let us know.

Follow me up.

Wait...

From today onwards, all the latrines in Lan's Mansion will be in your charge.

What?

We are going to clean the latrines?

Brother Zhang. Why do I feel that Minister Lan is deliberately messing with us now?

Just finish our work and leave.

Zhang Ping has been obedient in the past few days.

He has been working hard with Chen Chou.

Just to wear down his temper

One by one.

- One more. - Well. Really nice.

Why did they come to the back kitchen?

- It smells good. - One by one, please line up.

- One more. - Everyone will get it.

- It tastes so good. - One more for me.

Does it taste good?

- Your Excellency. - Your Excellency.

- Your Excellency. - Minister Lan.

What are you doing here?

Make porridge.

Minister Lan, the past few days have been dry.

Rice is sweet and mild in nature, perfect for invigorating the vital energy.

I've reserved a portion for you, and I'm about to send it to you.

Please take a try.

Take a seat.

Zhang Ping, the jujube is sweet and delicious.

Why did you make porridge with it?

I found that silk handkerchiefs and rice paper are used in the toilet,

and jujube is used to plug the nose.

It stands to reason that silk and satin should be used for clothes,

paper should be used for writing and food should be used to fill the stomach.

I think you are using them wrong.

So I replaced the silk handkerchief and rice paper with bamboo chip and coarse cloth,

and the jujube with silkworm cocoons.

Then I cooked this porridge with the replaced jujube.

What are you doing?

You!

Why?

Why?

Brother Zhang.

Zhang Ping, are you humiliating Minister Lan so much because you want to leave?

Humiliating? I took two bowls of porridge myself.

If it weren't reserved for you, I'd have taken it.

After what happened in the wood shed,

I did realize that you wanted to keep me here on purpose.

I'm not interested in your means.

I have no more evidence to expose you.

You don't have to worry about me.

But if it happens again next time, I'll still check it out.

Why did you come back to save me

at the Sentry of Loyal Spirits, now that you assumed I had ulterior motives?

You were a victim at that time.

I couldn't just watch Li Niang murder and break the law.

This is the first time I've met someone like you.

Forget it.

As long as you promise to keep the secret, everything else will be written off.

You can leave now.

You have to pay me back the five cents you owe me for the noodle.

If you pay back the money, we will be completely even.

So many things have happened, but what you are thinking about is the five cents?

Give him five cents.

One missing.

Minister Lan, goodbye.

Peizhi.

You said to invite me for tea after the matter is over.

I've been waiting for a long time.

Mowen, forgive me.

I just finished dealing with the matter of last night.

Zhang Ping's matter has been resolved?

I got tranquility for now.

When I saw Zhang Ping, I thought of you ten years ago.

- Back then... - When I was young,

I was never as straightforward as he is.

Weren't you?

If not, how could we get to know each other?

Pancakes.

Sir, do you want one?

This is a reward from our young master.

Please, hold on.

This is the money I gave him to mend your master's clothes.

What an ignorant poor!

You dared to provoke the son of the current Grand Commandant.

Weren't you straightforward?

But if it weren't for this coin, we wouldn't be friends.

- Minister Wang. Please have some tea. Please.

Please have some tea!

Your tea.

What I mean is that...

you actually admire Zhang Ping.

I just don't appreciate his stubbornness and want to see him bow his head.

But I have to admit that he's somewhat capable.

That day I went to Banyue Pavilion to take care of the aftermath,

I heard from Boss Jia that Zhang Ping used thaumaturgy

to find the real culprit soon after he returned.

What thaumaturgy?

Do you remember that crazy dancer?

That day, Zhang Ping applied Water Illusion to her,

saying that it could look into people's hearts and create flashback.

As he said, he found clues from her memory

and found the real murderer, Li Niang.

Flashback?

Haven't you been looking for the woman who took your father away?

With such thaumaturgy, it may be possible to remind you of more details.

I am leaving. If you have time, go to my place for mutton soup.

- Okay, uncle. - I am leaving.

Minister Lan, you also came for bathing?

I came for you.

I just went to your house. They said you are here.

Aren't we even?

Minister Lan, let's talk about it at our house.

Brother Zhang, you got the book upside down.

Do you know where Guo Yun is now?

Normally, he should be exiled to Jian'nan,

Ling'nan or Qixi.

I am the son of a criminal.

He pinpointed my weakness and tried hard to frame me.

If I didn't fight back,

the end would only be a hundred times more miserable than his.

I'm not interested in court affairs.

Just get to the point.

To be honest, I came here today because I heard that you have thaumaturgy, which can bring back memories.

I'd like to find out.

No problem, Your Excellency.

I am an orphan.

When my master picked me up, this water bowl was with me.

Although I can't remember what happened in my childhood,

I am very close to it,

as if I can interact with it naturally.

But I don't know where the origin of it is.

Water Illusion is a name given by my master.

The master said that it can allow people to see their original mind

in the virtual reality of the mirror image.

What do you need to explore with it?

I want you to help me find someone.

Zhang Ping.

If you don't want to help me, I won't force you.

It's fine with me.

It's just a matter of your will.

What do you mean?

If you are applied with Water Illusion, I won't force you.

All secrets will be kept unreserved.

What if I have other secrets and cannot be honest?

Then Water Illusion won't work.

Forget it. Just pretend I haven't been here.

Your Excellency.

What's going on?

He left angry.

[Twenty days later]

[Pingkang District, Feihua Pavilion]

Is this lady qualified?

[Painter-sage, Wei Mao]

Her singing is so beautiful that I am mesmerized.

No?

What kind of talent can impress him?

I'd like to know.

Wine.

Where is my wine?

Painter-sage is such a heavy drinker. Several carts of wine have been delivered.

What is he going to paint?

I heard that he wanted to select a talented and skilled

official lady in the whole capital

to paint on his final work.

The whole capital?

What are you talking about? Serve him the wine immediately.

- Wine! - The wine is coming.

Painter Sage, it's been a whole night.

The beauties competed with each other.

You enjoyed more than thirty performances and drank dozens of jars of wine.

But why didn't you paint anything?

Beauties?

All boring.

The silk of E'xi is so rare.

There is only this one piece of silk of E'xi.

If I painted now, wouldn't it be a waste of this piece of silk?

It seems that the Painter Sage's final work will be a blank paper.

Next one.

Chu Qi'er, the daughter of the Minister of Revenue,

will perform a dance for Mr. Wei.

Please.

[Chu Qier, Daughter of the Minister of Revenue]

- Bravo. - Bravo.

It's like being in a fairyland.

What a masterpiece.

What a masterpiece.

- Bravo.

- Amazing. - Bravo. - Gorgeous.

Young Lady Chu, you win.

Young Lady.

This...

Young Lady... She's out of breath.

Dead?

How come?

She is standing still.

Where is she now?

Right next to the stage.

Ask her about the situation.