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[A Journey To Love]

[Episode 2]

I heard that the girl accidentally

poured oil on the charcoal pot.

I also heard

His Majesty lost the battle

and was taken away by An people.

No way.

The people of Liudao Hall came out.

A fire

killed dozens of people.

Are you all just freeloaders?

No.

Why is there one more male body,

but one female body is missing?

[All-Purpose Antidote, all internal force will be lost in seven days]

Our deal is done.

Where is the money?

Mr. Yue is a ruthless man among the Scarlet Guards.

Forty-seven colleagues died on the spot,

but he didn’t even blink.

Did you interrogate

the White Sparrow named Ling Long?

Yes.

I personally broke all her bones

before she admitted it.

[Zhao Ji, working under Mr. Yue] [Zhao Ji, Death Talisman]

Lord, please look.

Someone killed our people and stole the body.

Catch this criminal

that escaped.

Yes.

Go away!

Move!

This way.

The Liudao Hall is arresting fugitives.

Please stay still.

Lord, please take a look.

A woman?

Keep searching.

Find her!

Yes.

[Wu Capital, Ning Residence]

Lord.

Get out of my way! Don't bother me.

Let's go.

We can't let the lord know

that someone escaped from the Scarlet Guard.

Otherwise, we will all die.

Should we still investigating tonight?

No.

Tell Mr. Yue

to investigate.

Even if this fugitive

tells the Scarlet Guard's headquarters,

it won't affect us.

Yes.

[Ning Residence]

Who is it?

Be careful, everyone.

[Yuan Lu, former commandant of Liudao Hall's Hungry Ghost Path]

Mr. Zhao,

why are you sneaking around in the middle of the night?

What are you trying to steal?

Why didn't you make a sound earlier?

That was close.

I almost gave you two thunderbombs.

Why are you here?

Lord.

I won’t tell you.

Mr. Zhao, are you too old

and have a bad memory?

I'm no longer a member of the Liudao Hall.

Halt!

What's wrong?

Do you want a taste

of my thunderbombs that I destroyed half of the Armament Hall with?

Go ahead.

I don't believe

you dare to blow up the old residence of Ning Yuanzhou.

You can't go in!

Do you have any conscience?

Boss Ning just passed away.

Aren't you afraid of disturbing his spirit?

Charge!

Zhao Ji.

You can't go in.

Boss.

Zhao Ji!

Zhao Ji, you're inhumane!

Not only did you force Boss Ning to join the army and get killed,

you won't even leave his remains alone.

The Liudao Hall is so unlucky

to have a chief like you.

You really care about your Boss Ning.

Unfortunately,

your Boss Ning

didn't treat you as his trusted aide.

Old Chief.

Zhao Ji.

Ning Yuanzhou,

if you don't come out,

I'll burn down the Ning Residence

One.

Two.

Three.

Zhao Ji,

are you crazy?

General Xiao just sent back Boss's remains.

How could he be alive?

Ning Yuanzhou,

you're willing to sacrifice your old residence,

but are you willing to sacrifice your little follower?

Once the collarbone is broken,

his nimble hands

will be crippled.

One.

Two.

Three.

Boss Ning.

You are still alive?

Boss Ning!

You came to my grave in the middle of the night.

Zhao Ji,

you're getting more interesting.

I knew you wouldn't die so easily.

When I heard from the scout

that an extremely tall man

bought 13 piece of pastries from Zhang's,

I knew it was you.

Boss.

This is my problem.

I'll change my habits next time.

Don't be angry.

Take him down.

This...

He's Boss Ning.

Yes. What should we do?

Well...

Well...

Those who disobey will die.

Do you want to know

about the 16 people from the Heaven Path

under Chai Ming?

They are all your sworn brothers.

If you want to know,

come in with me.

Mr. Zhao,

can you tell me

where Chai Ming and the others are now?

Have a drink first.

I'll tell you slowly.

Okay.

I'm the chief of Liudao Hall now,

while you

are just a military chef.

Fine.

I'm trying to wake you up

and remind you of your status.

Don't think you're a big figure

just because you have some martial arts skills.

Even if you hurt me just now,

my uncle, Prime Minister Zhang,

can still upend your ancestral graves.

Yes.

However,

I just want to know where Chai Ming and the others are.

Did you send them to protect His Majesty?

I'll let you know after you complete

Prime Minister Zhang's orders.

What does Zhang Song want me to do?

His Majesty was captured in the north.

Prime Minister Zhang needs someone to save His Majesty.

In Liudao Hall,

you are the most familiar with the State of An.

Yes.

Prime Minister Zhang has made a promise.

As long as you succeed,

you will be exempted from your crimes

and let you be reinstated.

What do you think?

Mr. Zhao,

how about this?

Tell me where Chai Ming and the others are first

and I'll tell you if I'm willing or not.

Ning Yuanzhou,

stop this.

With all due respect,

you came here at midnight,

so Zhang Song must have given an imperative order.

Chai Ming and the others went to war with His Majesty.

Half of them died on the battlefield

and half were captured with His Majesty.

If you go to the State of An,

you can save them all together.

In that case,

I'm not interested.

I'm no longer their boss.

I asked about their fate

for the sake of us formerly being sworn brothers.

Please go back and tell Prime Minister Zhang

that I won't go

to the State of An.

Ning Yuanzhou,

don’t take my kindness for granted.

Mr. Zhao, why are you angry?

Do you remember

the 9th rule, 10th rule,

and 13th rule of the Liudao Hall?

The 9th rule of Liudao Hall:

those who collude with outsiders

and harm the Hall's people

must die.

The 10th rule:

Those who frame the Hall's people

must die.

The 13th rule:

Those who disrespect superiors

must die.

The Ning ancestors

and my godfather, Old Chief Song,

are enshrined here.

He asked me in his will to carry the coffin into the ground,

but I was sent to the army.

That's why it's been delayed.

The Old Chief's spirit will shine forever.

The Old Chief's spirit will shine forever.

The memorial tablet that Zhao Ji knocked over

is also his.

His tablet represents himself.

Zhao Ji disrespected the Old Chief.

Did he violate the 13th rule

and should be executed?

I sacrificed my life

and worked tirelessly for 20 years,

but Zhao Ji schemed with a corrupt official

and framed me multiple times,

even wanting me to die at the Tianmenguan Battle.

Did he violate the 10th rule

and should be executed?

Yes!

Zhao Ji took office only half a year ago

and already destroyed everything

that the Old Chief and I

shed blood and sweat to create.

He neglected the Messenger Pigeon Unit,

abolished the Palace of Hell,

and fabricated crimes

to imprison those who refuse to submit,

causing the army to have no secret information to use

and die on the battlefield.

Of the 16 Heaven Path brothers with Chai Ming,

half were imprisoned in humiliation

and half died in a bloody battle.

Did he violate the 9th rule

and should be executed?

Yes!

Now, I punished this man for three crimes

according to the Rules of Liudao Hall.

Any objections?

Lord, you are wise.

Brothers,

I'm no longer your lord.

I'm just a resentful ghost who's tired of the court.

If you still care about our sworn brotherhood,

pretend you never saw me tonight.

After I

bury my godfather tomorrow,

I will be able to leave the capital

and retire.

Boss Ning, don't go.

You will always be our boss.

We don't want you to leave.

Liudao Hall changed drastically

after you left.

Please come back

and continue to be our chief.

Brothers,

all good things must come to an end.

Besides, my body is injured.

I can't hold on anymore.

Now,

I just want to find a relaxing place

and live for a few more years.

Please

do me a favor.

The Wu Capital Branch of the Scarlet Guard has been destroyed.

Mr. Zhao went out to chase after the survivors.

It's unknown when he will come back.

It's take least three or four days.

It's getting late

and the Scarlet Guard's spy didn't get caught either.

Brothers, retreat!

Boss Ning, take care.

Take care.

What's wrong?

Why didn't you tell me you faked you rdeath?

I thought you were actually dead.

I'm sorry.

I won't do it again.

You know it.

Since Zhang Song started supporting Zhao Ji,

I didn't want to do this anymore.

If I didn't fake my death this time

and lied to you too,

he'd never let me retire into the secluded woods.

I don't care.

I've been your follower since I was a kid.

I'll follow you wherever you go.

Even if you die,

I have to look after your grave too.

Okay.

I promise you.

Deal?

Deal.

Close the door.

I'll bury

the Old Chief tomorrow morning.

By the way,

the princess asked me

last time she saw me.

She asked when you're coming back.

Should I tell her?

Later.

Close the door first.

Okay.

Boss, the door is closed.

This...

You're the one Lou Qingqiang wanted to catch, right?

The Scarlet Guard spy?

No.

I'm not.

Please spare my life.

You're not from the Scarlet Guard?

Then why do you know

the 18 Falls of the Scarlet Guard?

I...

I really don't know anything

about the Scarlet Guard, Blue Guard, or whatever.

I'm just a dancer of the Imperial Music Department.

My sisters went to perform at the Shiyi Mansion that day,

but none of them came back.

The officials of Liudao Hall insisted

that the song they sang was to curse His Majesty

and killed them all.

Last night,

they came to the Imperial Music Department to arrest people.

They said Ling Long is a spy

and I am also a suspect.

I didn't want to die.

I gave up my innocence

and was ravaged by the guards

in order to escape.

Boss,

I know about this.

Zhao Ji framed them

in order to get money from them.

Luckily, that bastard Zhao Ji is dead now.

Don’t cry.

Don't worry. It's okay now.

Help her up.

Miss.

Please spare my life.

Don't be afraid, Miss.

Master Ning just wanted to test you.

He didn’t intend to kill you.

Boss,

she can't even dodge your attack.

How can she be from the Scarlet Guard?

Try it if you don't believe me.

She doesn't even have internal force.

Really.

Her energy center truly is empty.

She fainted from fright.

[Wu Capital, Mansion of Prince Danyang]

Greetings, Your Highness. I am Jiang Qiong, commandant of Liudao Hall's Heaven Path.

Thank you for sending a trusted aide to take me back to the capital.

[Jiang Qiong, cavalry of Liudao Hall's Heaven Path]

No need to thank me.

I am your old master.

I just want to know

how His Majesty is.

His Majesty is safe.

I saw him with my own eyes.

With your own eyes?

I was incompetent

and was captured with His Majesty

by the State of An's Marquis Changqing.

[A few days ago at Tianmenguan]

Chai Ming.

Chai Ming.

Call your men from the Liudao Hall to protect His Majesty

and take me out.

[Chai Ming, cavalry of Liudao Hall's Heaven Path]

Okay.

Be careful, Your Majesty.

Chai.

Greetings, Emperor of Wu. I am Li Tongguang, the Marquis Changqing of An.

[Li Tongguang, Marquis Changqing of the State of An]

Rise.

Are you eating or not?

Who do you think you are?

[The next day, An army barracks]

I will not eat,

even if I starve to death.

Are you eating or not?

Your Majesty.

Jiang Qiong?

How is it?

I said the emperor of Wu State is safe, right?

Since you've met him,

please send a message to Prime Minister Zhang

or the Empress for me.

Say that the State of An has no intention to keep your emperor here for long.

We only want 100,000 taels of gold

and we will release him immediately.

Really?

Of course.

Since I could catch you,

I can also let you go.

I hope you can keep your word

and treat His Majesty well.

His Majesty is the emperor of a country.

If he is deliberately humiliated,

the thousands of Wu warriors

will fight for revenge with their lives.

Since you are so bold,

I'll give you one more condition.

The emperor's envoy you send

must be a prince.

100,000 taels of gold

and a prince.

He's targeting me.

I also know that the An bandits are up to no good.

We lost the Tianmenguan Battle, but we still have strength.

If we hand over the 100,000 taels of gold,

our national strength will be greatly damaged.

Besides that,

they could take the money

and still keep His Majesty and me in custody.

This way, the palace would be without a leader.

Only the Empress's child could ascend the throne.

By then,

the state would be poor and have a young ruler.

The day of defeat would be imminent.

Tomorrow,

tell the officials the truth.

I have my own judgment.

Yes.

Your Highness,

I have another request.

Go ahead.

On the way back to the capital,

I heard many rumors.

Everyone said that His Majesty was captured

because the Heaven Path's guards betrayed the state.

I can guarantee with my life

that no matter if we're alive or dead,

the people of the Heaven Path are forever brave.

We will never betray our state.

Your Highness, please clear our name

in the court tomorrow.

How can I clear your name?

The Tianmenguan Battle

was thousands of miles away.

Besides you,

the rest of the survivors were captured and sent to the An Capital.

How can I clear your name

with just my words?

Could it be...

Could it be that my brothers died in vain?

Wake up.

I've changed the medicine for you.

You're fine now.

Pack up

and leave.

You helped me change the medicine.

Does that mean you saw my body?

You're a White Sparrow.

Stop acting like you're a prude.

Your acting is bad.

This person is scheming.

Looks like I need to show some flaws

to get his trust.

Sir, wait.

Please wait.

I don't mean to cling to you.

Please don't chase me away.

There are villains outside.

As a weak woman,

I'm afraid I won't be able to live for a moment longer

if I step out of this yard.

What does it have to do with me?

Kindness is a virtue.

You are a kind man.

I believe you learned last night

that I used to be a part of Liudao Hall.

How can I be kind?

You didn't chase me away last night.

You are a kind person.

Please do another act of kindness

and don't chase me away.

I'm willing to do

whatever you want me to do.

You have no internal force,

but you could escape from the people of Liudao Hall.

I believe those dancers from the Imperial Music Department

taught you a lot.

You're a White Sparrow, right?

No.

She didn't teach me anything

except dancing.

I'm definitely not a White Sparrow from the Scarlet Guard.

Please believe me.

I really want to trust you,

but you know

that White Sparrows belongs to the Scarlet Guard.

How can I trust you?

The door is over there.

Go by yourself.

I'm not leaving.

You're not leaving?

Are you leaving or not?

I won't leave,

even if you kill me.

The interrogator said

Ling Long is the Scarlet Guard's White Sparrow.

Is it a sin that I have a good memory?

Ling Long wanted to recruit me before,

but I just pretended I didn't understand.

I don't want to

be a seductive White Sparrow

unless I have no other choice.

You started speaking informally

so quickly.

What's the point?

You have never been trained before,

but you could survive in my hands for so long.

With this alone,

you can still survive well,

even if you leave.

Who says I've never been trained?

The people of the Imperial Music Department beat me with a wet whip.

Your Liudao Hall tormented me with torture devices.

All of that was more painful than now,

but no matter how painful it is,

I can endure it,

because I want to live.

I don't want to die.

Boss, what are you doing?

Master Ning was so cruel.

It’s all my fault.

I shouldn't have talked back to him.

I really don't want

to be taken away by those people again.

See if these can help.

I'll make the medicine now.

Thank you, sir.

My name is Yuan Lu.

Don't worry about Boss Ning.

I’ll talk to him for you.

You really want her to stay?

Although she looks a little pitiful,

she is still a stranger.

If you think something is wrong with her,

I'll kick her out now.

Anyway, no matter the time,

I’ll only listen to your orders.

Good for you.

You've improved.

However, I want to ask you.

The people of Liudao Hall are used to death.

Why are you so kind to her?

I was a palace slave too. You know that.

Before my sister died,

she was also a dancer in the Imperial Music Department.

So,

how about

we let her stay?

If you really think there's something wrong with her,

I...

I'll kill her with one move.

Fine.

I'll listen to you this time.

Thank you, Boss.

Go and make the medicine.

Stop pretending.

You didn't even shed a tear.

As a White Sparrow, you really...

You don't have to argue with me anymore.

I don't want to hear it either.

But

you can stay.

Thank you.

I will repay you in the next life.

Forget the next life.

Let's do it now.

You look energetic.

You can start working

after taking the medicine.

There are a lot of firewood for you to chop.

Then cook some food.

We're going out in a bit.

We need to eat something warm when we come back,

understand?

Yes, sir.

Boss.

Thank you, Yuan.

Hurry and drink it.

I don't think the State of An harbors evil intentions.

The State of An also suffered great losses

from the Tianmenguan Battle.

It's understandable that they'll hold hostages

for the ransom.

What if they take the money and don't let them go?

His Majesty being captured isn't enough.

Now, we also need to add in Prince Danyang.

The emperor of An has been ambitious since the beginning

and wanted to occupy the gold mine of Wu State,

but you say it's understandable.

What are your intentions?

When did I say

to let Prince Danyang go to the State of An?

Isn't Prince Ying a prince too?

Stop arguing.

If I'm unwilling to be the envoy to bring His Majesty back,

I won't be able to escape criticism from the people.

If I'm the envoy,

the Wu State will also be in danger of collapse.

Officials,

if you have two cups of poisonous wine before you right now,

one being white arsenic

and the other red arsenic,

which one would you choose?

But the question is

why do we have to choose one?

That's right.

The An people must have a headache now too

over how to deal with His Majesty.

Even if we don't pay the ransom,

they won't dare to kill His Majesty.

We can buy some time

so that they won't be able to seize the opportunity.

Nonsense!

His Majesty is in trouble,

but you are not worried at all.

Are you still qualified to be an official?

[Princess Yang Ying]

Your Highness,

you are a noble elite.

How can you pretend to be a lowly eunuch

to listen to the court?

I'm just worried about my brother.

Besides,

other than you and Yuanzhou,

no one else views me as a legitimate princess.

[Imperial Guard Zheng Qingyun]

I'm not much nobler

than a eunuch.

Your Highness, don't insult yourself.

Even if your birth mother has a lowly status,

you are still the child of the late emperor.

But

Xingyang never treated me

as our father's daughter

when she called me a lowly bitch.

Since Your Highness is ten times prettier than her,

you should allow her

to be ten times pettier than her.

Do you really think so?

In my heart,

you are the most beautiful woman in the world.

Then...

Then why don't you want to marry me?

The princess's husband always comes from a noble family.

I'm just a guard with nothing.

I won't be able to marry you

unless I make an achievement in battle.

This time,

I wanted to fight,

but I didn't get the permission.

It's good that you didn't go.

When Yuanzhou went,

I almost went blind from crying.

So many people died at the Tianmenguan Battle.

What should I do if he's one of them?

I...

Don't worry, Your Highness.

Have you forgotten?

Mr. Ning

is not just the only son of your preceptor, Ms. Gu.

He's also the most outstanding Deputy Chief

of the Liudao Hall for the past 30 years.

With his skills,

he'll definitely be okay.

Really? Promise me.

I promise.

No.

You're lying.

You just said

the princess's husband must be from a noble family,

but Xingyang's husband

is just a civilian who tested third in the imperial examination.

Princess Xingyang is the daughter of the late empress.

She can choose her husband

because she has 800 fiefs.

I wish I could have 800 fiefs.

The empress has just become pregnant

and is worried about His Majesty.

Aren't you close to her?

If you visit her often,

maybe you'll have the chance to have a fief

after His Majesty returns.

[Prince Ying, Yang Xingyan]

Brother,

I'm willing to be the emperor's envoy.

Get up first.

Brother,

if you don’t allow me to be the emperor's envoy,

I will stay kneeling.

Sister-in-law, don't worry.

Since the State of An proposed the condition,

His Majesty will definitely be able to return.

The Wu State has 100,000 taels of gold.

It’s not about the amount of gold.

Then...

Your Highness.

Princess Ying.

Prince Ying suddenly went to the meeting

and volunteered to be the emperor's envoy.

No.

Father told me before he left

to take good care of you.

Now, it's hard for you to even walk into this hall by yourself.

How can you travel so far?

Brother,

I beg you.

Please let me go.

Prince Danyang, please give the order.

Prince Danyang, please give the order.

Sister-in-law.

Slow down.

Be careful.

I can't let Prince Ying go.

Prince Ying's leg

was crippled to save me.

I promised to protect his safety.

But what can you do

even if you go to court?

Prince Danyang is ambitious and can't bear to give up the throne.

Of course he doesn't want to go to the State of An.

Although all of the royal uncles have passed away,

they still have a few sons.

At worst,

I'll choose one of them to be adopted by the late emperor.

Then, who will dare not to acknowledge him as a prince?

But how can we explain it to the State of An?

I'm afraid those princes

won't be willing to risk their lives as the emperory's envoy either.

I can

give him 3,000 fiefs.

The greedy ones will be tempted.

Three thousand fiefs?