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AmericasCardroom.com brings poker back
Million Dollar Sunday Tournament every Sunday
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Is the melon sweet?
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Who's there?
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Me.
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May I have some?
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Looking for me?
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Over here.
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Come. I'll pay for my meal.
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There's money buried under that tree.
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Dig it up, it's yours.
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I'll be back.
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The Master is home.
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Yunqiao.
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Chunqin.
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Hurry.
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I have to tell you...
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There really was buried treasure?
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That sound
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I've heard it in my dreams.
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In the 21st year of the emperor's reign,
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the Japanese monk Kukai came to Chang'an
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for an exorcism.
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How long has he been like this?
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His eyes haven't shut for a week.
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Please begin.
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Scribe Bai.
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Present.
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Write: "The emperor died of illness."
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Write.
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Master Kukai.
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The emperor's death must be kept secret.
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Go, and it'll be as if you were never here.
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Oh!
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Wipe your shoes.
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So I'd come to cure the emperor's disease.
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But that was no ordinary illness.
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Master Kukai.
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Scribe Bai.
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Why didn't you say anything?
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The imperial physician said
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he died of illness.
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No illness keeps a man awake for a week.
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I'm the scribe, I must keep exact records.
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I can't write anything I'm unsure about.
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How long have you been a scribe?
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Three years. Why?
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The emperor's pet cat is black, yes?
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In three years, I never saw a pet cat.
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When I kowtowed I got fur on my hands.
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True. Only cat fur is this fine and soft.
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What are you looking for?
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Pawprints?
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Not only did a cat enter the palace,
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it was near the emperor's bed.
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A cat was involved with his death?
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What's this?
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The Emperor is dead. Li Song is next.
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Who's Li Song?
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The prince, the next emperor.
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He'll be back tomorrow.
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Who?
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The cat.
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We'll have to buy more fish.
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Nothing too big. He only eats the eyes.
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This was part of the old palace.
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What's that noise?
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Careful.
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Huh. Just a cat.
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It's a time of mourning. Stay alert.
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C'mon, let's go.
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Master Kukai.
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Scribe Bai.
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You're right, there's a cat in the palace.
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You saw it?
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No. The night patrol told me.
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And another strange thing...
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Go on.
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Chen Yunqiao, an imperial guard,
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had a talking cat at his house.
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Where'd you hear that?
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His servants were gossiping.
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Too bad I'm leaving.
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It's none of my business now.
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And you, will you report it?
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It's none of my business, either.
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I'm finished. I quit!
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I've retired to devote myself to poetry.
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I'm a poet.
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I've heard Chang'an is full of poets.
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I'm different.
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I could have been a high official.
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I chose not to.
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But why be a lowly scribe?
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That's for my poetry too.
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Only a scribe stays in the palace,
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seeing the emperor's every move.
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Like a eunuch, minus the inconvenience.
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Your poem is about palace life?
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Yes. No more questions. I'll say no more.
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What's the poem called?
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Song of Everlasting Sorrow.
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So it's a love poem.
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I told you, I'm not talking.
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Who's it about?
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The emperor, right?
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So you needed to understand him.
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Enough!
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His love had to be a concubine.
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Explain, why you say "had to be"?
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Explain, why you say "had to be"?
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He didn't pick his empress.
Forget servants.
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Who else is there?
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Clever!
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You're too kind.
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You're right.
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It's about the emperor's love for a lady.
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Is it finished?
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Not yet!
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When it is, history will remember me.
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But don't tell anyone yet!
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Was Li Bo the greatest Tang poet?
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Li Bo lived a long time ago.
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He was lucky... it was a golden age.
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Have you heard of Bai Juyi?
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He is the greatest poet of today!
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Oh? When will you introduce me?
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Bai Juyi is very full of himself.
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He makes his own rules,
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lives for poetry, and sees no one!
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Kukai, what's up with you?
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Why rush back to Japan?
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Why did you really come here?
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To study with Abbot
Huiguo at Qinglong Temple
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but I couldn't get a foot in the door.
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Kukai, it's not just you.
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Qinglong is the home of Tantric Buddhism.
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Huiguo obtained the Tantric secrets abroad.
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Huiguo obtained the Tantric secrets abroad.
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Of more than a thousand monks,
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he says none are fit to be his disciples!
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Have some melon!
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One melon can't feed everyone.
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I'll make some more.
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Great!
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Water.
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It's sprouting! It's sprouting!
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Sprouting!
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See that?
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Grow!
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Bigger!
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Bloom!
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Bravo!
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See that? Melons!
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It's an illusion.
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They're melons! We all can see them.
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We've all been taken in.
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Bravo!
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Let's go.
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Gentlemen, some melon?
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I don't have money on me.
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I sell illusions, not melons.
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You saw through it, so no charge.
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I'm sorry.
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Old man...
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only one melon was real, right?
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Shh...
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Impressive.
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Is that a Japanese accent?
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My name is Kukai.
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It's an honor. This melon is a gift.
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Too kind.
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What's dripping?
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He got me after all!
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Toss it, quickly!
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Now it's turned back into a melon.
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What a powerful illusion.
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Now I might believe in a talking cat.
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What was that guard's name?
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Chen Yunqiao.
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Hey, Yunqiao, slow down.
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The girls don't wait for anyone.
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Giddyap!
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Chen Yunqiao is the one in the middle.
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Here!
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Girls, where are you going?
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Come with us!
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Don't take my girl tonight!
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You're all here.
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We want our bonus!
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Here!
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Where are they going?
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Huyu House.
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The city's top brothel!
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Are you still game?
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Of course I am!
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Hurry up, girls.
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Coming!
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Yunqiao! Yunqiao!
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Yunqiao! Yunqiao!
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Pardon me!
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I'm Yulian.
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Why haven't we met before?
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Yulian is new here.
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Sir.
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This flower is crooked.
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Let's go.
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C'mon. You'll be mine tonight.
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Sister Lixiang...
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How weird.
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This is the Tang of romance!
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Aren't brothels forbidden to monks?
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You're entering a brothel.
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I'm here for the beautiful music.
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Scribe Bai!
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I got your gown back from the pawn shop.
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Excellent. Pawn it again!
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Sure!
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I see you're a regular.
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But first time here with a monk!
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It's you who looks like a regular!
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For you!
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Reward them! Tips for all!
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Beautiful dancing, Yulian.
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Drink up.
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Chen Yunqiao.
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Who's that?
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Me.
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Spent all the money? Want more?
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Want more?
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That's the cat!
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Yunqiao, your cat's here with your purse!
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I've thrown a feast and paid you all
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but what to offer a mere animal?
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Have a fish.
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I only eat eyeballs.
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You know that.
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Whose eyes will you give me?
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Over there!
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UP there!
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Beast!
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Yunqiao.
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Debts must be repaid.
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Listen up.
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I'll see you at home tomorrow night.
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MY eyes!
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MY eyes!
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Chunqin!
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What sort of monster did this?
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A cat.
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What's the link to the cat in the palace?
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They're one and the same.
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Oh?
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Three heavy pawprints, one light.
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Exactly the same.
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But what's that mean?
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One of its legs was injured.
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Look here, Inspector Li.
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You said the emperor
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was 'frightened to death'. By this cat?
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I'm sure of it.
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Then we wronged you,
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Scribe Bai.
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You didn't resign.
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Fired, resigned, same thing.
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A lowly official still has principles.
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All I ask is not to record lies.
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Yesterday, they crowned the prince.
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Straight away, he became paralyzed.
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The emperor is dead. Li Song is next.
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The prophecy has come to pass.
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No emperor has had a curse before.
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Who can lift it?
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Kukai is from Japan.
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He's a famous exorcist.
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Who better to take on the demon cat?
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Why do this to me?
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You're an exorcist.
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You want to get into Qinglong Temple.
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Now you've good reason to stay!
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Right.
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What are you thinking?
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Why did the cat attack Chen Yunqiao?
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Why did the cat attack Chen Yunqiao?
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He's head of the Imperial Guards.
285
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What's their role?
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To protect the emperor.
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His family has done this
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for three generations.
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Three generations?
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The cat said, "Debts will be repaid."
291
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But who incurred this debt?
292
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What kind Of debt
293
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sees two emperors fall
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and their top guard attacked?
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The palace?
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Why are we here?
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You asked whose debt it is.
298
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Whose is it?
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A previous emperor for sure.
300
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One from the past?
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What's the connection to Chen Yunqiao?
302
00:31:00,417 --> 00:31:03,375
Is the cat really coming back?
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He told me so last night.
304
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You brought on this disaster.
305
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You spent the money.
306
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Shh...
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Chunqin!
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She's your wife.
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Will you save her?
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Help! Help!
311
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Open the door!
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Yunqiao, save me!
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Save me!
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Chunqin!
315
00:33:30,542 --> 00:33:32,417
Save me, Yunqiao!
316
00:33:56,208 --> 00:33:57,499
How'd you get here?
317
00:33:59,000 --> 00:34:00,625
You weren't going to save me.
318
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Who are you?
319
00:34:13,583 --> 00:34:15,624
Yulian is sick?
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She fell into a coma.
321
00:34:21,917 --> 00:34:23,875
No, she was poisoned.
322
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Huh?
323
00:34:25,083 --> 00:34:27,291
Get some raw meat, hurry!
324
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Okay.
325
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Such beauty,
326
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rotting like a dead flower!
327
00:34:40,125 --> 00:34:43,041
No time for poems. Find a brush and ink.
328
00:34:49,833 --> 00:34:52,309
Let me stay for the night.
329
00:34:52,333 --> 00:34:53,166
Hmph.
330
00:35:04,583 --> 00:35:06,374
What's with all the Buddhist symbols?
331
00:35:06,500 --> 00:35:09,291
It's not just a symbol. It's light.
332
00:35:12,500 --> 00:35:13,500
Look.
333
00:35:16,708 --> 00:35:17,666
Here.
334
00:35:19,000 --> 00:35:20,125
Is it fresh?
335
00:35:20,333 --> 00:35:20,851
Yes.
336
00:35:20,875 --> 00:35:22,083
Give it to Bai.
337
00:35:22,750 --> 00:35:23,500
Needle.
338
00:35:25,583 --> 00:35:27,499
Hold onto her!
339
00:35:34,125 --> 00:35:34,833
Catch them.
340
00:35:40,625 --> 00:35:41,916
What are these?
341
00:35:44,750 --> 00:35:46,083
Venom worms!
342
00:35:47,667 --> 00:35:49,833
They poison living flesh.
343
00:35:50,417 --> 00:35:53,083
Only raw meat can draw them out.
344
00:35:57,500 --> 00:35:59,000
Who did this to her?
345
00:35:59,292 --> 00:36:01,000
Someone with a grudge.
346
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For sure it's Lixiang.
347
00:36:03,167 --> 00:36:05,000
Yunqiao was her lover.
348
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She hated her for stealing him!
349
00:36:07,292 --> 00:36:08,750
Not necessarily.
350
00:36:09,583 --> 00:36:11,583
The wine was meant for Yunqiao.
351
00:36:12,375 --> 00:36:14,208
He unwittingly gave it to Yulian.
352
00:36:17,125 --> 00:36:18,708
Master!
353
00:36:22,042 --> 00:36:25,750
Please... save my wife too!
354
00:36:38,167 --> 00:36:39,208
Huh?
355
00:36:41,208 --> 00:36:45,708
Her robes, clouds; Her face, flowers.
356
00:36:45,917 --> 00:36:47,417
Careful!
357
00:36:50,083 --> 00:36:51,374
Where are you going?
358
00:36:57,458 --> 00:36:58,226
Chunqin?!
359
00:36:58,250 --> 00:36:58,875
Shh...
360
00:37:00,875 --> 00:37:01,958
So who was that?
361
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An illusion.
362
00:37:05,042 --> 00:37:06,083
How do you know?
363
00:37:07,167 --> 00:37:09,000
She cast no shadow.
364
00:37:10,417 --> 00:37:13,458
Only cats walk on rooftops.
365
00:37:15,750 --> 00:37:17,375
What poem was she reciting?
366
00:37:18,917 --> 00:37:20,417
It's by Li Bo.
367
00:37:20,667 --> 00:37:23,833
It likens beauty to clouds and flowers.
368
00:37:24,083 --> 00:37:26,958
When was it written and where?
369
00:37:29,250 --> 00:37:30,958
Let me take you somewhere.
370
00:37:53,125 --> 00:37:54,416
What is this place?
371
00:37:54,625 --> 00:37:55,875
The imperial library.
372
00:37:56,458 --> 00:37:57,749
I think of it as my own.
373
00:37:58,083 --> 00:37:58,791
Over there.
374
00:37:59,500 --> 00:38:02,041
You lost your job but still come here?
375
00:38:02,333 --> 00:38:03,374
Whatever.
376
00:38:05,667 --> 00:38:06,917
Push, Kukai!
377
00:38:10,083 --> 00:38:11,291
Stop.
378
00:38:16,667 --> 00:38:18,042
What...
379
00:38:20,250 --> 00:38:21,476
A little bit more.
380
00:38:21,500 --> 00:38:22,291
Okay.
381
00:38:23,625 --> 00:38:24,458
Stop.
382
00:38:29,375 --> 00:38:31,250
It was the spring of 755.
383
00:38:31,667 --> 00:38:33,332
Emperor Li
384
00:38:33,333 --> 00:38:36,333
was celebrating his beloved's birthday.
385
00:38:38,000 --> 00:38:39,083
Who was his beloved?
386
00:38:39,583 --> 00:38:42,499
The exotic beauty Lady Yang.
387
00:38:43,708 --> 00:38:45,166
The Tang emperor
388
00:38:46,500 --> 00:38:50,833
had 3000 women, but eyes only for one.
389
00:38:52,333 --> 00:38:55,999
Emperor Li adored her.
390
00:38:59,583 --> 00:39:02,291
He filled a giant pool with wine
391
00:39:02,417 --> 00:39:05,708
and the hall With 100,000 flowers.
392
00:39:06,500 --> 00:39:09,541
Guests came from all over.
393
00:39:10,292 --> 00:39:14,208
He called it the Feast of Supreme Joy!
394
00:39:15,292 --> 00:39:18,226
Emperor Li ordered Li Bo
395
00:39:18,250 --> 00:39:20,250
to write a poem for Lady Yang.
396
00:39:20,500 --> 00:39:24,250
Her robes, clouds; Her face, flowers.
397
00:39:24,500 --> 00:39:26,875
Li Bo guarded his talent,
398
00:39:27,458 --> 00:39:29,624
writing happily about common folk,
399
00:39:29,958 --> 00:39:32,458
but shunning the rich and privileged.
400
00:39:33,000 --> 00:39:34,708
This poem was the only exception.
401
00:39:35,792 --> 00:39:37,893
He wrote it at the Feast of Supreme Joy.
402
00:39:37,917 --> 00:39:39,625
His first sight of Lady Yang
403
00:39:40,125 --> 00:39:42,708
drove him to madness.
404
00:39:42,958 --> 00:39:43,768
Madness?
405
00:39:43,792 --> 00:39:45,250
Only madness
406
00:39:45,542 --> 00:39:48,167
could inspire such a great poem.
407
00:39:49,292 --> 00:39:52,292
Li Bo wrote at the emperor's behest.
408
00:39:53,625 --> 00:39:55,083
The first line...
409
00:39:56,125 --> 00:40:00,166
Her robes, clouds; Her face, flowers.
410
00:40:01,667 --> 00:40:03,375
Having seen her face,
411
00:40:03,875 --> 00:40:05,934
why write only of clouds and flowers?
412
00:40:05,958 --> 00:40:07,499
Good monk...
413
00:40:07,958 --> 00:40:10,416
hers was a beauty beyond words.
414
00:40:10,667 --> 00:40:11,726
It's poetry
415
00:40:11,750 --> 00:40:12,666
as romantic as her beauty and his love.
416
00:40:12,667 --> 00:40:15,125
As romantic as her beauty and his love.
417
00:40:16,625 --> 00:40:18,041
Come!
418
00:40:22,083 --> 00:40:23,208
All great emperors
419
00:40:23,708 --> 00:40:25,874
want to grow the realm and inspire awe.
420
00:40:26,167 --> 00:40:27,542
Emperor Li was no different.
421
00:40:27,667 --> 00:40:30,667
But that wasn't the real him.
422
00:40:30,792 --> 00:40:32,207
Daring to give up imperial glory for love.
423
00:40:32,208 --> 00:40:34,374
Daring to give up imperial glory for love.
424
00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:38,166
That was Emperor Li.
425
00:40:40,750 --> 00:40:42,166
He loved Lady Yang.
426
00:40:42,667 --> 00:40:45,667
He saw her as the soul of the dynasty.
427
00:40:49,917 --> 00:40:52,125
Often in my dreams at night,
428
00:40:52,625 --> 00:40:55,583
I live in those glorious times.
429
00:40:56,292 --> 00:40:58,667
I too am at the feast
430
00:41:00,292 --> 00:41:02,417
and lay my eyes on her.
431
00:41:22,875 --> 00:41:24,000
May I ask
432
00:41:24,583 --> 00:41:26,458
how many poems did Li Bo write?
433
00:41:29,458 --> 00:41:31,458
He was a legend.
434
00:41:32,000 --> 00:41:34,250
Too many to count.
435
00:41:38,417 --> 00:41:41,833
So Why'd the demon cat pick this one?
436
00:41:42,875 --> 00:41:44,250
Who was he reciting for?
437
00:41:44,917 --> 00:41:45,958
What do you mean?
438
00:41:46,208 --> 00:41:47,291
It was for you.
439
00:41:48,000 --> 00:41:49,791
If you, like Li Bo,
440
00:41:50,208 --> 00:41:52,333
are writing about Lady Yang...
441
00:41:53,583 --> 00:41:55,268
Your "Song of Everlasting Sorrow"
442
00:41:55,292 --> 00:41:58,333
is about the emperor's love for Lady Yang.
443
00:41:58,625 --> 00:42:00,000
Am I right?
444
00:42:00,417 --> 00:42:02,458
Quality guaranteed!
445
00:42:04,250 --> 00:42:06,041
How much for one?
446
00:42:08,750 --> 00:42:10,458
Didn't I give you one before?
447
00:42:10,833 --> 00:42:13,208
Yes. It was delicious.
448
00:42:16,875 --> 00:42:19,333
Say what you came to say.
449
00:42:19,667 --> 00:42:22,333
Your magic. There's one thing I don't get.
450
00:42:22,833 --> 00:42:25,333
It's magic, what's there to get?
451
00:42:25,542 --> 00:42:26,958
It's just tricks, right?
452
00:42:27,125 --> 00:42:30,250
But a killer cat is no mere trick.
453
00:42:30,583 --> 00:42:32,458
So I'd like your advice.
454
00:42:34,958 --> 00:42:39,166
What do cats have to do with melons?
455
00:42:39,375 --> 00:42:41,000
If a melon isn't a melon,
456
00:42:41,458 --> 00:42:42,416
then a cat...?
457
00:42:44,375 --> 00:42:46,833
Isn't a cat!
458
00:42:47,833 --> 00:42:49,958
What is it, then?
459
00:42:53,542 --> 00:42:56,667
You think melons come from thin air?
460
00:42:57,875 --> 00:43:00,833
Inside the illusion is reality.
461
00:43:01,792 --> 00:43:06,292
So I must look to the cat itself.
462
00:43:06,875 --> 00:43:07,833
Thank you!
463
00:43:21,625 --> 00:43:23,333
Yunqiao's house?
464
00:43:25,083 --> 00:43:26,416
Will I end up dead and eyeless too?
465
00:43:26,417 --> 00:43:28,083
Will I end up dead and eyeless too?
466
00:43:28,875 --> 00:43:30,125
Not yet.
467
00:43:32,583 --> 00:43:33,958
What's that supposed to mean?
468
00:43:34,333 --> 00:43:37,666
It probably knows about your poem.
469
00:43:44,917 --> 00:43:46,583
That tree wasn't here yesterday!
470
00:43:50,250 --> 00:43:52,125
Who's that woman?
471
00:43:52,250 --> 00:43:53,666
Isn't it Chunqin?
472
00:43:57,000 --> 00:43:58,000
No.
473
00:44:10,333 --> 00:44:11,791
Beware the magic!
474
00:44:30,167 --> 00:44:32,792
It wasn't like this last night.
475
00:44:33,417 --> 00:44:34,667
Hey!
476
00:44:39,667 --> 00:44:43,333
Gentlemen, come on up.
477
00:44:49,042 --> 00:44:52,292
Have a seat. There's tea.
478
00:45:07,792 --> 00:45:12,292
Kukai, I hear tea is popular in Japan too.
479
00:45:12,458 --> 00:45:13,226
Yes.
480
00:45:13,250 --> 00:45:14,833
You know his name?
481
00:45:15,333 --> 00:45:18,374
I know you, too, Bai Juyi...
482
00:45:19,250 --> 00:45:22,541
the famous poet of Chang'an!
483
00:45:22,833 --> 00:45:23,541
Indeed.
484
00:45:23,958 --> 00:45:26,541
The one who makes his own rules.
485
00:45:26,542 --> 00:45:28,917
The one who makes his own rules.
486
00:45:43,250 --> 00:45:47,750
Juyi, have you finished your poem?
487
00:45:48,625 --> 00:45:52,291
I told you she knew you were writing it.
488
00:45:53,750 --> 00:45:55,708
In fact, you finished it long ago,
489
00:45:56,583 --> 00:45:58,749
but you're not happy with it,
490
00:45:59,708 --> 00:46:01,374
and it's no wonder
491
00:46:02,250 --> 00:46:04,541
because it's not the real story.
492
00:46:05,833 --> 00:46:09,541
And Lady Yang didn't inspire Li Bo's poem.
493
00:46:11,000 --> 00:46:14,458
He met her only after he wrote it.
494
00:46:14,792 --> 00:46:17,167
You're saying he faked it?
495
00:46:19,417 --> 00:46:21,750
If it wasn't sincere...
496
00:46:22,167 --> 00:46:24,250
why recite it from the roof?
497
00:46:24,792 --> 00:46:26,434
Her robes, clouds; Her face, flowers.
498
00:46:26,458 --> 00:46:28,499
Lady Yang loved that poem.
499
00:46:29,375 --> 00:46:31,559
She told Li Bo that herself.
500
00:46:31,583 --> 00:46:33,708
But didn't you say they hadn't met?
501
00:46:34,417 --> 00:46:35,875
Oh they met.
502
00:46:36,333 --> 00:46:38,249
But only after he wrote the poem
503
00:46:38,375 --> 00:46:41,375
and threw his brush into the pool of wine.
504
00:46:41,583 --> 00:46:44,374
How do you know all that?
505
00:46:44,625 --> 00:46:45,666
I was there.
506
00:46:45,792 --> 00:46:46,625
Where?
507
00:46:46,958 --> 00:46:48,124
At the banquet.
508
00:46:50,500 --> 00:46:51,583
Which banquet?
509
00:46:54,542 --> 00:46:56,958
The "Feast of Supreme Joy".
510
00:46:58,167 --> 00:46:59,417
Who are you?
511
00:47:03,750 --> 00:47:05,875
But first tell us about the injury.
512
00:47:06,542 --> 00:47:08,292
It's your back paw, right?
513
00:47:10,625 --> 00:47:11,625
Yes.
514
00:47:12,417 --> 00:47:14,792
I was Emperor Li's pet cat.
515
00:47:21,208 --> 00:47:24,208
We should've grown old together.
516
00:47:26,125 --> 00:47:27,875
But when the rebellion came,
517
00:47:29,542 --> 00:47:32,375
he abandoned me
518
00:47:35,125 --> 00:47:36,500
and fled for his life.
519
00:47:37,292 --> 00:47:38,375
And then?
520
00:47:38,667 --> 00:47:39,958
After that,
521
00:47:40,958 --> 00:47:43,708
a cruel man buried me alive.
522
00:47:43,917 --> 00:47:47,333
But it wasn't my fate to die. I escaped.
523
00:47:47,667 --> 00:47:50,958
That's why you put a curse on him.
524
00:47:51,333 --> 00:47:54,208
He ordered them to bury me.
525
00:47:55,083 --> 00:47:58,749
I'm not done with them yet!
526
00:47:59,042 --> 00:48:01,125
What do you have against Yunqiao?
527
00:48:01,625 --> 00:48:04,541
It was his father who buried me alive.
528
00:48:05,583 --> 00:48:08,208
That all happened thirty years ago.
529
00:48:09,250 --> 00:48:11,041
A cat doesn't live that long.
530
00:48:11,458 --> 00:48:12,893
While here to take revenge
531
00:48:12,917 --> 00:48:15,583
I ate a poisonous fish
532
00:48:15,708 --> 00:48:17,874
and died under the bed.
533
00:48:18,333 --> 00:48:21,249
My soul was trapped in my body
534
00:48:21,375 --> 00:48:23,875
and I turned into a demon.
535
00:48:24,292 --> 00:48:27,000
Why use Chunqin to recite the poem?
536
00:48:28,417 --> 00:48:31,292
Why show us Lady Yang by the tree?
537
00:48:32,875 --> 00:48:35,333
Is there a secret you want to tell us?
538
00:48:44,167 --> 00:48:48,167
Did I not share her fate?
539
00:48:51,417 --> 00:48:52,708
Who?
540
00:49:14,042 --> 00:49:15,333
Cat skin?
541
00:49:36,667 --> 00:49:39,958
Master Kukai, thank you.
542
00:49:40,500 --> 00:49:41,833
Scribe Bai.
543
00:50:10,000 --> 00:50:11,958
How dare they play banned music.
544
00:50:12,583 --> 00:50:15,416
Lady Yang loved to dance.
545
00:50:15,542 --> 00:50:18,582
Emperor Li wrote the song for her himself.
546
00:50:18,583 --> 00:50:20,059
Emperor Li wrote the song for her himself.
547
00:50:20,083 --> 00:50:22,124
It was banned after the rebellion.
548
00:50:34,417 --> 00:50:35,417
Yunqiao!
549
00:51:02,750 --> 00:51:05,500
You brought on this disaster!
550
00:51:06,875 --> 00:51:08,500
It's your fault!
551
00:51:08,708 --> 00:51:09,958
Stop it!
552
00:51:11,375 --> 00:51:12,643
I want you dead!
553
00:51:12,667 --> 00:51:14,417
Kukai! Save Chunqin!
554
00:51:16,167 --> 00:51:17,375
Kukai!
555
00:51:47,583 --> 00:51:48,666
Chunqin!
556
00:51:50,500 --> 00:51:51,625
Chunqin!
557
00:51:57,542 --> 00:51:59,875
Don't bury me.
558
00:52:00,250 --> 00:52:01,833
It's cold down there...
559
00:52:02,333 --> 00:52:03,791
What?
560
00:52:10,875 --> 00:52:12,958
It wasn't me who killed her!
561
00:52:19,000 --> 00:52:20,333
Yunqiao?
562
00:52:24,292 --> 00:52:25,417
Reward! Reward!
563
00:52:28,667 --> 00:52:30,042
Reward!
564
00:52:34,458 --> 00:52:36,666
Don't tell me that was all an illusion.
565
00:52:39,667 --> 00:52:41,208
Yunqiao went mad.
566
00:52:42,500 --> 00:52:44,291
Chunqin is dead.
567
00:52:48,750 --> 00:52:52,291
Did you hear her last words?
568
00:52:52,792 --> 00:52:56,417
Don't bury me, it's cold down there.
569
00:52:56,750 --> 00:52:58,875
The cat said he shared her fate
570
00:52:59,750 --> 00:53:03,125
was he talking about Lady Yang?
571
00:53:04,792 --> 00:53:07,917
They tried to bury the cat alive.
572
00:53:10,792 --> 00:53:14,167
He was trying to tell us
573
00:53:14,958 --> 00:53:17,541
that Lady Yang was buried alive too.
574
00:53:20,167 --> 00:53:22,792
Do you realise what you're saying?
575
00:53:29,042 --> 00:53:32,167
You say don't let the magic fool you
576
00:53:32,542 --> 00:53:35,167
but you trust everything that cat says.
577
00:53:40,792 --> 00:53:45,292
This time you fell for it, not me!
578
00:54:08,500 --> 00:54:10,250
Who said you could come in?
579
00:54:10,875 --> 00:54:12,250
The door was open.
580
00:54:14,625 --> 00:54:18,666
I told you... Juyi doesn't receive guests!
581
00:54:29,500 --> 00:54:31,166
What good is that?
582
00:54:32,000 --> 00:54:33,375
The cat saw these drawings
583
00:54:33,917 --> 00:54:37,500
and made Chunqin your vision of Lady Yang.
584
00:54:38,375 --> 00:54:42,250
From palace to brothel to Yunqiao's house.
585
00:54:43,125 --> 00:54:47,000
He has been guiding you towards the truth.
586
00:54:48,750 --> 00:54:50,291
But why me?
587
00:54:50,500 --> 00:54:52,416
Because of your poem.
588
00:54:53,625 --> 00:54:54,625
I also understand
589
00:54:55,375 --> 00:54:57,416
that if Lady Yang was buried alive
590
00:54:58,042 --> 00:55:00,000
then your years of toil were wasted.
591
00:55:04,000 --> 00:55:05,250
Understand?
592
00:55:06,875 --> 00:55:09,750
You just get here and you understand?
593
00:55:10,542 --> 00:55:12,416
Cold nights agonizing over a single word.
594
00:55:12,417 --> 00:55:14,250
Cold nights agonizing over a single word.
595
00:55:14,375 --> 00:55:16,250
What do you know of "toil"?
596
00:55:19,042 --> 00:55:20,500
Because you are Juyi.
597
00:55:21,292 --> 00:55:22,792
Because thirty years have passed,
598
00:55:23,750 --> 00:55:26,166
and only you keep Lady Yang in your heart.
599
00:55:40,750 --> 00:55:42,791
Her death is recorded in history!
600
00:55:43,250 --> 00:55:45,125
The rebellion, Emperor Li's escape,
601
00:55:45,292 --> 00:55:47,250
and the mutiny of his troops,
602
00:55:47,417 --> 00:55:48,375
forced him to order.
603
00:55:48,625 --> 00:55:50,500
Eunuch Gao to strangle her.
604
00:55:50,875 --> 00:55:52,207
You know
605
00:55:52,208 --> 00:55:54,541
a scribe can falsify records.
606
00:55:54,542 --> 00:55:55,582
That's why
607
00:55:55,583 --> 00:55:57,958
I risked my life to steal the evidence.
608
00:55:58,125 --> 00:55:58,625
Oh?
609
00:56:00,250 --> 00:56:04,166
From the palace? Let's see it!
610
00:56:07,042 --> 00:56:09,750
'Jade Girl' was her baby name.
611
00:56:11,000 --> 00:56:14,500
A lock of hair. It was a token of her love.
612
00:56:15,417 --> 00:56:18,667
Emperor Li died years ago,
leaving behind countless treasures.
613
00:56:19,000 --> 00:56:21,041
But his most secret treasure chest
614
00:56:21,250 --> 00:56:23,125
held only this silk pouch.
615
00:56:23,750 --> 00:56:25,250
If he didn't adore her,
616
00:56:25,625 --> 00:56:28,666
why keep a lock of her hair there?
617
00:56:30,250 --> 00:56:31,791
You're in love with her too.
618
00:56:32,500 --> 00:56:34,416
You're as obsessed as him.
619
00:56:36,792 --> 00:56:38,375
I want justice for her.
620
00:56:40,500 --> 00:56:42,875
The dynasty's decline wasn't her fault.
621
00:56:43,375 --> 00:56:47,250
She shouldn't be buried alone.
622
00:56:48,250 --> 00:56:50,916
So I'll do what Emperor Li could not.
623
00:56:51,625 --> 00:56:53,250
I'll bring her back to life!
624
00:56:53,875 --> 00:56:55,750
But as you wrote,
625
00:56:56,250 --> 00:56:58,875
you had doubts.
626
00:57:04,250 --> 00:57:06,250
Aware of this,
627
00:57:07,250 --> 00:57:09,416
the demon cat is trying to tell you
628
00:57:10,292 --> 00:57:13,875
you didn't get the story right.
629
00:57:27,875 --> 00:57:31,666
Sure, I'll never write as well as Li Bo.
630
00:57:32,750 --> 00:57:35,875
I'm happy to live in his shadow.
631
00:57:37,042 --> 00:57:39,625
Just don't say my poem is a lie.
632
00:57:40,875 --> 00:57:42,416
Speaking of lies,
633
00:57:43,375 --> 00:57:45,791
I'm a fake myself.
634
00:57:47,875 --> 00:57:49,375
You're not a monk?
635
00:57:51,792 --> 00:57:54,167
I'm an ordinary shaman.
636
00:57:56,167 --> 00:57:59,042
Japan's top exorcist is my master.
637
00:58:00,125 --> 00:58:01,750
But he is unwell,
638
00:58:02,875 --> 00:58:05,000
so sent me in his stead.
639
00:58:06,500 --> 00:58:09,375
I'm here for the Tantric teachings.
640
00:58:10,250 --> 00:58:11,875
Kukai.
641
00:58:12,250 --> 00:58:16,750
In all my years, I've yet
to find enlightenment.
642
00:58:23,750 --> 00:58:26,375
I suffer in mind and body.
643
00:58:27,250 --> 00:58:31,750
China has obtained the Tantric teachings
644
00:58:34,500 --> 00:58:38,000
for release from the
cycle of life and death.
645
00:58:44,000 --> 00:58:46,125
Kukai
646
00:58:47,167 --> 00:58:49,000
please,
647
00:58:49,542 --> 00:58:54,042
you must bring back these teachings.
648
00:58:58,000 --> 00:59:01,125
And so I resolved to come here.
649
00:59:02,167 --> 00:59:04,625
Those were his last words.
650
00:59:06,542 --> 00:59:08,000
Master.
651
00:59:10,250 --> 00:59:11,666
Goodbye.
652
00:59:32,125 --> 00:59:36,625
The journey tested my pride and confidence.
653
00:59:52,125 --> 00:59:54,000
Aren't you afraid?
654
00:59:55,167 --> 00:59:59,667
With my baby asleep, I'm at peace.
655
01:00:22,750 --> 01:00:26,166
The waves pushed me under. I was terrified.
656
01:00:27,375 --> 01:00:29,416
I struggled to stay alive.
657
01:00:30,500 --> 01:00:32,268
In the face of death,
658
01:00:32,292 --> 01:00:35,667
I forgot every prayer.
659
01:00:38,875 --> 01:00:43,125
But I'll never forget her words.
660
01:00:45,125 --> 01:00:48,000
Why couldn't I stay as calm as her?
661
01:00:50,125 --> 01:00:52,000
Since I survived,
662
01:00:52,625 --> 01:00:54,582
I must seek answers in those teachings.
663
01:00:54,583 --> 01:00:56,041
I must seek answers in those teachings.
664
01:01:00,625 --> 01:01:03,791
I found a witness to Lady Yang's death.
665
01:01:07,750 --> 01:01:10,226
Back then, in the palace,
666
01:01:10,250 --> 01:01:14,000
I was Lady Yang's morning maid.
667
01:01:14,542 --> 01:01:18,500
Ask me anything you like.
668
01:01:19,417 --> 01:01:22,875
Were you there when she died?
669
01:01:23,375 --> 01:01:24,750
Yes.
670
01:01:24,875 --> 01:01:27,250
The emperor gave the order.
671
01:01:27,792 --> 01:01:31,875
I wove the silk execution cloth
672
01:01:32,542 --> 01:01:34,500
and gave it to Eunuch Gao.
673
01:01:35,167 --> 01:01:36,625
See?
674
01:01:39,542 --> 01:01:40,625
And then?
675
01:01:40,875 --> 01:01:42,791
When they called us in,
676
01:01:43,375 --> 01:01:45,500
Lady Yang was already dead.
677
01:01:45,625 --> 01:01:50,125
So you didn't see Gao strangle her.
678
01:01:52,250 --> 01:01:54,000
I couldn't bear it.
679
01:01:54,750 --> 01:01:55,625
I'm sorry.
680
01:01:55,750 --> 01:01:57,791
Even the emperor turned away.
681
01:01:59,417 --> 01:02:03,917
So how did you know she was dead?
682
01:02:04,625 --> 01:02:09,125
Captain Chen of the guards checked.
683
01:02:11,250 --> 01:02:15,750
He held incense under her nose.
684
01:02:16,500 --> 01:02:18,750
The smoke didn't waver,
685
01:02:19,667 --> 01:02:24,167
proof that she'd stopped breathing.
686
01:02:25,125 --> 01:02:28,125
How did she look after death?
687
01:02:30,667 --> 01:02:33,375
Like she was sleeping,
688
01:02:33,875 --> 01:02:37,250
even lovelier than when she was alive.
689
01:02:59,250 --> 01:03:02,750
So you wove the execution cloth.
690
01:03:14,417 --> 01:03:16,417
She looked like she was asleep?
691
01:03:16,625 --> 01:03:18,000
That's strange.
692
01:03:18,250 --> 01:03:19,791
If she'd been strangled,
693
01:03:20,000 --> 01:03:22,500
she'd be in terrible pain.
694
01:03:23,125 --> 01:03:24,375
I don't get it either.
695
01:03:24,500 --> 01:03:25,916
Who was Captain Chen?
696
01:03:26,167 --> 01:03:27,250
I told you before.
697
01:03:27,375 --> 01:03:29,018
Yunqiao is a third generation guard.
698
01:03:29,042 --> 01:03:30,500
Captain Chen was Yunqiao's dad,
699
01:03:30,625 --> 01:03:32,375
the instigator of the mutiny.
700
01:03:33,750 --> 01:03:35,000
It's clear now.
701
01:03:35,500 --> 01:03:38,893
The cat attacks anyone
involved in her death.
702
01:03:38,917 --> 01:03:41,476
So then why spare the old woman?
703
01:03:41,500 --> 01:03:42,375
What!
704
01:03:45,625 --> 01:03:46,500
Hurry!
705
01:03:56,750 --> 01:03:59,000
I shouldn't have brought you here.
706
01:04:04,667 --> 01:04:05,875
Bai.
707
01:04:06,125 --> 01:04:09,750
Who else survived the mutiny at Maweiyi?
708
01:04:13,250 --> 01:04:14,791
Catch.
709
01:04:17,042 --> 01:04:18,875
Did any escape?
710
01:04:21,542 --> 01:04:23,250
Chao Heng? Who's that?
711
01:04:23,750 --> 01:04:25,000
A Japanese, like you.
712
01:04:25,500 --> 01:04:28,250
A senior envoy. He was here a long time.
713
01:04:30,042 --> 01:04:31,268
Abe no Nakamaro?
714
01:04:31,292 --> 01:04:32,375
That's the one!
715
01:04:32,792 --> 01:04:33,792
Oh.
716
01:04:37,000 --> 01:04:39,166
He was at Maweiyi too?
717
01:04:39,375 --> 01:04:42,000
Yes, but he died a long time ago.
718
01:04:42,167 --> 01:04:43,226
Because he's Japanese,
719
01:04:43,250 --> 01:04:44,976
he had no records in the archives.
720
01:04:45,000 --> 01:04:47,250
So I wrote "to be completed".
721
01:04:48,250 --> 01:04:50,541
Did Abe have a home here?
722
01:04:51,667 --> 01:04:53,601
Yes, his widow Bai Ling is still alive.
723
01:04:53,625 --> 01:04:54,666
Shhh...
724
01:05:00,250 --> 01:05:01,250
Hurry!
725
01:05:08,250 --> 01:05:09,375
You again.
726
01:05:10,792 --> 01:05:12,625
And who is this?
727
01:05:17,792 --> 01:05:19,250
Pardon us.
728
01:05:20,000 --> 01:05:22,416
I'm Kukai, a shaman from Japan.
729
01:05:26,167 --> 01:05:27,250
This way.
730
01:05:27,542 --> 01:05:31,875
Did Mr Abe ever wish to return to Japan?
731
01:05:33,917 --> 01:05:38,417
He changed his mind at the last minute,
732
01:05:41,542 --> 01:05:44,500
watched his ship sail, and returned.
733
01:05:45,000 --> 01:05:49,041
Then returned to Chang' an.
734
01:05:50,375 --> 01:05:51,666
Why?
735
01:05:57,375 --> 01:05:59,791
Because of a woman.
736
01:06:00,750 --> 01:06:05,250
He didn't know if she was alive or dead.
737
01:06:07,000 --> 01:06:11,500
Did he ever find out?
738
01:06:15,000 --> 01:06:16,750
I never asked.
739
01:06:18,667 --> 01:06:21,042
He was here a long time.
740
01:06:21,375 --> 01:06:23,625
Did he leave behind a journal?
741
01:06:24,042 --> 01:06:28,125
Yes. He asked me to burn it.
742
01:06:28,750 --> 01:06:32,416
But you couldn't do it?
743
01:06:33,542 --> 01:06:38,042
No. Regretfully, I read it.
744
01:06:38,792 --> 01:06:43,292
That's how I knew he loved another.
745
01:06:47,625 --> 01:06:52,125
Yet you stayed. Aren't you lonely?
746
01:07:11,000 --> 01:07:15,166
Why not give me the journal?
747
01:07:15,667 --> 01:07:19,750
Maybe I can release his soul
748
01:07:21,875 --> 01:07:25,500
and salve his troubled heart.
749
01:07:33,625 --> 01:07:36,250
Thirty years have passed.
750
01:07:37,625 --> 01:07:42,125
I still remember the first line.
751
01:07:44,375 --> 01:07:48,875
I'm a heartless man.
752
01:07:51,625 --> 01:07:54,476
I'm a heartless man,
753
01:07:54,500 --> 01:07:58,250
besotted with the emperor's woman.
754
01:08:15,125 --> 01:08:17,666
Today is her birthday.
755
01:08:17,875 --> 01:08:20,000
All of Chang'an is astir.
756
01:08:21,000 --> 01:08:23,916
To allow them a glimpse of her,
757
01:08:24,250 --> 01:08:27,750
the emperor came up with this idea.
758
01:08:30,125 --> 01:08:33,625
Her exotic looks
759
01:08:33,792 --> 01:08:36,375
had won his love.
760
01:08:38,125 --> 01:08:40,875
It was an enlightened age,
761
01:08:41,125 --> 01:08:44,916
and she was its pride and joy, its symbol,
762
01:08:46,875 --> 01:08:50,625
to which all eyes were drawn.
763
01:09:14,167 --> 01:09:18,292
I will profess my love to her
764
01:09:18,792 --> 01:09:22,417
at her birthday feast tonight.
765
01:12:36,375 --> 01:12:38,125
Everyone says,
766
01:12:38,250 --> 01:12:41,625
all this is her idea.
767
01:12:42,375 --> 01:12:43,916
It's her vision
768
01:12:43,917 --> 01:12:48,250
of the Tang in all its glory.
769
01:12:49,792 --> 01:12:53,250
What a marvelous woman!
770
01:12:53,750 --> 01:12:56,351
M'Lady, the emperor wants to know.
771
01:12:56,375 --> 01:12:58,601
Do you like his gift of this red robe?
772
01:12:58,625 --> 01:13:01,375
Do you like it or not?
773
01:13:02,167 --> 01:13:04,042
Where is the emperor?
774
01:13:22,125 --> 01:13:25,250
M'lord, M'lady. Watch this!
775
01:13:52,000 --> 01:13:56,375
A tiger for M'Lord, flowers for M'lady!
776
01:13:57,500 --> 01:13:59,791
I still prefer my cat.
777
01:14:00,792 --> 01:14:03,625
The illusionist was Yellow Crane,
778
01:14:04,125 --> 01:14:06,500
the realm's most famous magician.
779
01:14:07,542 --> 01:14:08,750
White Crane.
780
01:14:09,000 --> 01:14:10,000
Coming!
781
01:14:11,750 --> 01:14:13,000
I want to catch those flowers!
782
01:14:14,042 --> 01:14:15,000
Go.
783
01:14:19,792 --> 01:14:21,226
How rude!
784
01:14:21,250 --> 01:14:22,416
No rules tonight!
785
01:14:30,875 --> 01:14:32,125
Catch!
786
01:14:32,750 --> 01:14:36,000
I'd never seen the two boys before.
787
01:14:36,625 --> 01:14:38,500
They were Yellow Crane's disciples.
788
01:14:39,500 --> 01:14:42,791
Red Crane and White Crane.
789
01:15:06,167 --> 01:15:07,917
So there really was a cat?
790
01:15:08,667 --> 01:15:10,167
You reek of wine,
791
01:15:10,292 --> 01:15:12,042
you don't wash, your robes are filthy.
792
01:15:12,167 --> 01:15:16,667
Even dirty, I'm cleaner than you.
793
01:15:17,500 --> 01:15:18,541
Get off.
794
01:15:23,125 --> 01:15:23,916
Li BO,
795
01:15:24,417 --> 01:15:28,292
wealth and rank is yours at last.
796
01:15:29,500 --> 01:15:31,625
Who are you?
797
01:15:32,042 --> 01:15:33,417
What do you want?
798
01:15:33,750 --> 01:15:36,041
My name is Gao Lishi.
799
01:15:36,292 --> 01:15:39,042
His Majesty wants you to write a poem.
800
01:15:39,292 --> 01:15:40,667
What about?
801
01:15:41,667 --> 01:15:43,500
A great beauty.
802
01:15:45,792 --> 01:15:47,917
There aren't any.
803
01:15:49,167 --> 01:15:53,667
Sure there are. It's not so hard.
804
01:15:55,625 --> 01:15:59,041
No one tells me what to write.
805
01:15:59,500 --> 01:16:01,416
Can't do.
806
01:16:01,667 --> 01:16:04,542
The Emperor isn't 'no one'.
807
01:16:04,917 --> 01:16:07,917
If he tells you to write, you write!
808
01:16:08,542 --> 01:16:12,792
Take off my boots and I'll do it.
809
01:16:16,792 --> 01:16:18,875
I only do that for the emperor!
810
01:16:19,417 --> 01:16:21,250
Lady Yang said
811
01:16:21,875 --> 01:16:26,375
at her birthday feast, all are equal.
812
01:16:27,417 --> 01:16:31,917
This is a test. So it's not true after all.
813
01:16:33,042 --> 01:16:33,917
Gao Lishi.
814
01:16:34,167 --> 01:16:34,667
Yes.
815
01:16:36,167 --> 01:16:39,417
You're disobeying her and the emperor!
816
01:16:50,875 --> 01:16:52,500
It's Lady Yang's hairpin.
817
01:16:52,917 --> 01:16:53,500
No!
818
01:16:54,667 --> 01:16:56,125
What are you looking at?
819
01:16:57,250 --> 01:16:59,125
So you're the Flying Cranes?
820
01:17:09,542 --> 01:17:10,375
Amazing.
821
01:17:10,875 --> 01:17:11,500
It's an illusion.
822
01:17:11,792 --> 01:17:12,667
It's nothing.
823
01:17:14,667 --> 01:17:17,792
Just "now you see it now you don't".
824
01:17:21,167 --> 01:17:23,000
Am I wrong?
825
01:17:24,417 --> 01:17:24,917
No.
826
01:17:25,042 --> 01:17:26,792
Give Lady Yang her hairpin.
827
01:17:29,500 --> 01:17:30,541
Keep up.
828
01:17:32,125 --> 01:17:33,916
Now you see it now you don't.
829
01:17:35,875 --> 01:17:36,500
You're older?
830
01:17:37,042 --> 01:17:37,667
I am.
831
01:17:38,625 --> 01:17:40,875
Dad found him by the river
832
01:17:41,917 --> 01:17:44,375
and called him White Dragon.
833
01:17:46,125 --> 01:17:47,666
Don't lie to Lady Yang.
834
01:17:50,542 --> 01:17:51,875
My dad was a gambler.
835
01:17:53,042 --> 01:17:54,292
He sold me to Master Yellow Crane.
836
01:17:57,125 --> 01:17:58,250
The master is my father.
837
01:17:58,667 --> 01:17:59,375
Wait.
838
01:18:03,875 --> 01:18:05,166
Look at me.
839
01:18:09,542 --> 01:18:11,042
I was an orphan
840
01:18:12,417 --> 01:18:14,250
raised by my uncle.
841
01:18:15,667 --> 01:18:17,042
Living under another's roof
842
01:18:17,875 --> 01:18:20,624
made me grateful and beholden.
843
01:18:20,625 --> 01:18:22,416
Made me grateful and beholden.
844
01:18:24,542 --> 01:18:27,292
You're the same, yes?
845
01:18:29,542 --> 01:18:33,500
Only as a pair are you the Flying Cranes.
846
01:18:35,417 --> 01:18:37,375
Her robes, clouds...
847
01:18:38,667 --> 01:18:39,417
Come.
848
01:18:44,792 --> 01:18:46,851
Her face, flowers.
849
01:18:46,875 --> 01:18:50,791
Spring breezes, a dewy loveliness
850
01:19:00,375 --> 01:19:04,875
seen only in heaven's peaks
851
01:19:07,875 --> 01:19:12,375
and moonlight pavilions.
852
01:19:28,792 --> 01:19:30,375
Finished!
853
01:19:31,542 --> 01:19:33,125
No revisions?
854
01:19:35,375 --> 01:19:37,166
Not a word.
855
01:19:38,292 --> 01:19:40,042
What did you write?
856
01:19:40,542 --> 01:19:42,125
Is it good?
857
01:19:42,292 --> 01:19:43,625
See for yourself.
858
01:19:44,542 --> 01:19:46,167
Time for my nap.
859
01:20:13,625 --> 01:20:14,666
Bai!
860
01:20:22,417 --> 01:20:23,542
Li Bo's brush.
861
01:20:23,792 --> 01:20:25,167
The demon cat was right!
862
01:20:26,042 --> 01:20:27,393
Wake up!
863
01:20:27,417 --> 01:20:29,917
Lady Yang is here to see you.
864
01:20:41,667 --> 01:20:43,167
Thank you for my poem.
865
01:20:43,375 --> 01:20:44,375
Huh?
866
01:20:45,750 --> 01:20:47,916
Have I written you a poem?
867
01:20:48,292 --> 01:20:49,667
Which one's that?
868
01:20:53,542 --> 01:20:56,542
Her robes, clouds, her face, flowers.
869
01:20:57,542 --> 01:20:59,292
It's beautiful.
870
01:21:00,125 --> 01:21:02,791
You flatter me.
871
01:21:03,292 --> 01:21:04,667
It's not that great.
872
01:21:05,042 --> 01:21:08,417
Anyway, I didn't write it for you.
873
01:21:08,792 --> 01:21:11,792
Of course you did.
874
01:21:12,417 --> 01:21:15,792
If not for M'Lady, who was it for?
875
01:21:18,667 --> 01:21:21,000
I don't know,
876
01:21:21,875 --> 01:21:23,916
but I can't lie.
877
01:21:27,125 --> 01:21:29,541
Put on your shoes.
878
01:21:31,792 --> 01:21:33,042
Li Bo.
879
01:21:35,250 --> 01:21:38,791
You enrich our dynasty.
880
01:21:43,792 --> 01:21:48,292
Her robes, clouds, her face, flowers.
881
01:21:50,750 --> 01:21:52,541
Why's it written on your back?
882
01:21:53,167 --> 01:21:56,143
Did he write this on his own
883
01:21:56,167 --> 01:21:58,375
or did you make him do it?
884
01:21:59,750 --> 01:22:00,351
Your Majesty.
885
01:22:00,375 --> 01:22:01,375
Turn around.
886
01:22:02,250 --> 01:22:03,041
Speak.
887
01:22:04,542 --> 01:22:07,917
It was Li Bo's idea.
888
01:22:08,917 --> 01:22:11,167
Lady Yang loves it.
889
01:22:11,792 --> 01:22:12,893
Should I reward him?
890
01:22:12,917 --> 01:22:14,500
Yes, richly.
891
01:22:16,167 --> 01:22:18,417
Have him exiled...
892
01:22:18,542 --> 01:22:20,542
for life.
893
01:22:23,625 --> 01:22:26,416
And your poem?
894
01:22:26,667 --> 01:22:30,042
Should I give it to M'Lady?
895
01:22:30,792 --> 01:22:32,167
No need.
896
01:22:56,667 --> 01:22:57,875
Abe!
897
01:22:58,792 --> 01:23:00,167
Why are you here?
898
01:23:03,000 --> 01:23:05,416
To see me, I'm sure.
899
01:23:06,667 --> 01:23:10,042
We received your gift.
900
01:23:11,417 --> 01:23:12,667
Very nice.
901
01:23:14,917 --> 01:23:16,000
No.
902
01:23:17,042 --> 01:23:20,167
That's not why I'm here.
903
01:23:20,292 --> 01:23:22,167
I know why you're here.
904
01:23:26,042 --> 01:23:27,792
But remember...
905
01:23:28,750 --> 01:23:30,666
at no time
906
01:23:31,667 --> 01:23:36,167
will you find Lady Yang on her own.
907
01:23:42,792 --> 01:23:47,292
We're bound together for eternity.
908
01:23:55,042 --> 01:23:56,292
Let's go.
909
01:23:56,917 --> 01:24:00,500
The last guests are here.
910
01:24:01,542 --> 01:24:03,542
The emperor didn't kill me
911
01:24:04,292 --> 01:24:06,917
but his compassion and disdain
912
01:24:07,542 --> 01:24:10,167
slayed me in front of my beloved.
913
01:24:11,042 --> 01:24:13,542
He had written something.
914
01:24:13,667 --> 01:24:16,250
Abe the calligraphy is for you.
915
01:24:16,375 --> 01:24:18,166
Guess what it means.
916
01:24:19,250 --> 01:24:21,541
The Greatest Happiness.
917
01:24:21,875 --> 01:24:23,625
To control all others
918
01:24:24,125 --> 01:24:27,250
that was his "greatest happiness".
919
01:24:29,167 --> 01:24:33,667
The last to arrive was General An.
920
01:24:35,292 --> 01:24:38,375
The emperor welcomed him
921
01:24:39,250 --> 01:24:42,916
with a martial performance.
922
01:24:45,542 --> 01:24:49,792
He knew General An wanted to rebel
923
01:24:50,750 --> 01:24:55,250
but made him feel special.
924
01:25:04,500 --> 01:25:09,000
He was ruler of the world and trusting.
925
01:25:10,667 --> 01:25:13,542
Above the fray.
926
01:25:41,917 --> 01:25:43,417
This is Yanqiu Gate.
927
01:25:43,542 --> 01:25:44,976
Ten days after the feast,
928
01:25:45,000 --> 01:25:46,666
general An rebelled.
929
01:25:47,292 --> 01:25:48,768
At first, Emperor Li stayed put.
930
01:25:48,792 --> 01:25:50,893
But An wanted Lady Yang
931
01:25:50,917 --> 01:25:53,167
so they fled Chang' an.
932
01:25:54,292 --> 01:25:57,542
100,000 went with him.
933
01:26:37,375 --> 01:26:39,666
I'm still the emperor!
934
01:26:45,375 --> 01:26:47,666
During the escape,
935
01:26:47,917 --> 01:26:50,417
the imperial guards
936
01:26:50,625 --> 01:26:53,291
mutinied at Maweiyi.
937
01:26:54,000 --> 01:26:57,041
They said only Lady Yang's death
938
01:26:58,000 --> 01:27:00,916
would end the rebellion
939
01:27:01,875 --> 01:27:03,416
and bring peace.
940
01:27:06,667 --> 01:27:09,500
Eunuch Gao has returned.
941
01:27:15,000 --> 01:27:16,625
Open the doors.
942
01:27:27,792 --> 01:27:30,417
The head of Lady Yang's brother.
943
01:27:37,000 --> 01:27:40,207
Now Captain Chen wants Lady Yang's head.
944
01:27:40,208 --> 01:27:42,666
Now Captain Chen wants Lady Yang's head.
945
01:27:45,792 --> 01:27:47,542
Impossible!
946
01:27:48,417 --> 01:27:52,917
Then he can't promise his loyalty.
947
01:27:59,375 --> 01:28:00,375
Your Majesty...
948
01:28:01,292 --> 01:28:02,833
What is it?
949
01:28:11,417 --> 01:28:13,167
Try.
950
01:28:13,917 --> 01:28:15,417
But it's unlikely.
951
01:28:16,000 --> 01:28:17,125
Yellow Crane.
952
01:28:32,167 --> 01:28:36,667
M'Lady, a word in private?
953
01:28:40,792 --> 01:28:44,875
You want to take me to Japan?
954
01:28:45,042 --> 01:28:46,917
It's also the emperor's idea.
955
01:28:47,125 --> 01:28:52,208
The rebels killed your brother.
956
01:28:55,792 --> 01:28:57,792
It's all my fault.
957
01:28:58,417 --> 01:29:02,917
But if I go, they'll kill the emperor.
958
01:29:04,000 --> 01:29:07,291
If you don't, they'll kill you.
959
01:29:13,792 --> 01:29:14,625
Abe,
960
01:29:15,000 --> 01:29:15,666
Yes?
961
01:29:16,625 --> 01:29:18,416
You've been here a long time.
962
01:29:19,750 --> 01:29:22,416
Time to go home.
963
01:29:24,292 --> 01:29:26,167
But not with me.
964
01:29:37,542 --> 01:29:39,042
Abe!
965
01:29:39,792 --> 01:29:40,458
M'Lady.
966
01:29:43,667 --> 01:29:48,167
You had something else to say to me?
967
01:29:52,625 --> 01:29:55,791
Towards the end of the feast.
968
01:29:56,292 --> 01:30:00,792
Lady Yang foresaw her fate.
969
01:30:04,042 --> 01:30:08,542
She'd been the glory of the dynasty.
970
01:30:10,167 --> 01:30:14,667
In crisis, it no longer needed her.
971
01:30:19,792 --> 01:30:21,625
At Maweiyi,
972
01:30:21,917 --> 01:30:25,417
she craved all words of love.
973
01:30:27,000 --> 01:30:28,500
She knew
974
01:30:28,917 --> 01:30:30,917
as death approached
975
01:30:31,792 --> 01:30:36,292
they could be... the last.
976
01:30:41,500 --> 01:30:43,416
I understand.
977
01:30:45,042 --> 01:30:46,917
It's all in your eyes.
978
01:30:49,917 --> 01:30:51,750
I'm content.
979
01:30:54,542 --> 01:30:56,667
The rebels had killed her family.
980
01:30:57,250 --> 01:31:00,416
If they took her too,
or she killed herself,
981
01:31:01,292 --> 01:31:03,417
the helpless emperor
982
01:31:05,417 --> 01:31:07,375
would be doomed as well.
983
01:31:07,500 --> 01:31:10,625
If she went to Japan, the rebels
984
01:31:11,000 --> 01:31:13,291
would've killed him.
985
01:31:15,167 --> 01:31:18,667
For the sake of his dignity and safety
986
01:31:19,500 --> 01:31:24,000
she could neither live nor die.
987
01:31:27,250 --> 01:31:30,666
You're saying there's a third way?
988
01:31:31,542 --> 01:31:34,417
I have an foolproof plan
989
01:31:36,000 --> 01:31:40,500
to save the emperor and M'Lady too.
990
01:31:44,417 --> 01:31:46,458
Red Crane, lie down.
991
01:32:06,333 --> 01:32:10,833
I call this the "lmm0rtal Path".
992
01:32:12,000 --> 01:32:14,166
It resembles hibernation.
993
01:32:15,042 --> 01:32:18,458
I can put M'Lady into a deep sleep.
994
01:32:19,375 --> 01:32:20,541
One needle
995
01:32:20,792 --> 01:32:23,625
stops the pulse, breath
996
01:32:24,542 --> 01:32:26,333
and heartbeat.
997
01:32:27,000 --> 01:32:31,166
It fools the gods themselves.
998
01:32:31,375 --> 01:32:33,958
Hence the "Immortal Path"!
999
01:32:38,417 --> 01:32:39,917
Then what?
1000
01:32:40,125 --> 01:32:42,583
Though she won't be breathing,
1001
01:32:43,083 --> 01:32:45,249
she'll come to no harm.
1002
01:32:45,458 --> 01:32:47,166
Neither will she age.
1003
01:32:47,500 --> 01:32:50,541
We seal her Qi inside her body.
1004
01:32:54,833 --> 01:32:59,333
I won't let him do this to you.
1005
01:32:59,875 --> 01:33:00,666
Your Majesty.
1006
01:33:03,708 --> 01:33:04,583
Your Majesty
1007
01:33:05,208 --> 01:33:06,291
look!
1008
01:33:11,792 --> 01:33:13,417
You're awake?
1009
01:33:13,917 --> 01:33:15,250
Sit up.
1010
01:33:26,625 --> 01:33:29,625
The Qi isn't yet in full flow.
1011
01:33:30,000 --> 01:33:31,291
He just needs a short rest.
1012
01:33:37,083 --> 01:33:41,124
It's the only way to save her.
1013
01:33:41,292 --> 01:33:45,042
Say you put her into a deep sleep.
1014
01:33:45,500 --> 01:33:47,625
What next?
1015
01:33:48,250 --> 01:33:49,708
Seal and bury the coffin.
1016
01:33:50,958 --> 01:33:52,541
Wait till things settle.
1017
01:33:53,167 --> 01:33:54,458
Open it, extract the needle
1018
01:33:54,917 --> 01:33:56,792
and welcome her back!
1019
01:34:04,583 --> 01:34:06,333
Will she suffer?
1020
01:34:07,250 --> 01:34:08,666
There's no pain.
1021
01:34:15,250 --> 01:34:16,750
My love
1022
01:34:17,292 --> 01:34:21,333
I'd rather see Eunuch Gao
1023
01:34:21,875 --> 01:34:23,625
take my head on a platter
1024
01:34:25,000 --> 01:34:29,500
than break my vows to you.
1025
01:34:32,917 --> 01:34:34,833
I won't let you bury her alive!
1026
01:34:50,958 --> 01:34:55,374
My love, will you do it?
1027
01:34:56,083 --> 01:34:58,499
He was going to bury her alive.
1028
01:35:45,833 --> 01:35:48,333
Yellow Crane put the needle in.
1029
01:35:49,625 --> 01:35:53,791
Soon she stopped breathing
1030
01:35:56,042 --> 01:35:58,000
and seemed to be dead.
1031
01:36:09,833 --> 01:36:14,041
What will you tell Captain Chen?
1032
01:36:15,125 --> 01:36:18,166
I gave him the white execution scarf.
1033
01:36:18,500 --> 01:36:21,625
But she has no bruises on her neck.
1034
01:36:22,042 --> 01:36:24,333
Chen won't fall for it.
1035
01:36:25,042 --> 01:36:27,917
Eunuch Gao, you do it.
1036
01:36:32,750 --> 01:36:36,750
So... I'll be punished for her murder?
1037
01:36:37,583 --> 01:36:42,041
And you did it behind His Majesty's back.
1038
01:37:46,667 --> 01:37:51,042
I did it for you, Your Majesty.
1039
01:37:51,292 --> 01:37:54,750
I did it for you.
1040
01:38:00,875 --> 01:38:03,875
The emperor convinced Captain Chen
1041
01:38:04,375 --> 01:38:06,250
that Lady Yang was dead.
1042
01:38:19,125 --> 01:38:22,666
He was the real master of illusion!
1043
01:38:23,125 --> 01:38:26,875
I said nothing.
1044
01:38:28,917 --> 01:38:30,417
You're saying...
1045
01:38:31,042 --> 01:38:33,167
they never planned to revive her.
1046
01:38:33,417 --> 01:38:37,083
They tricked her into agreeing?
1047
01:38:39,792 --> 01:38:41,667
What other kind of death
1048
01:38:43,792 --> 01:38:46,542
would leave her so peaceful
1049
01:38:47,500 --> 01:38:51,351
with a heart full of love and hope?
1050
01:38:51,375 --> 01:38:55,875
Long live Emperor Li and Lady Yang!
1051
01:39:12,375 --> 01:39:16,875
She was buried in an ancient tomb.
1052
01:39:21,083 --> 01:39:25,583
All who knew about it would be killed.
1053
01:39:28,125 --> 01:39:30,041
I was no exception.
1054
01:39:32,333 --> 01:39:36,833
Only the cat would keep her company.
1055
01:39:40,958 --> 01:39:43,333
If you are reading my diary
1056
01:39:45,208 --> 01:39:46,249
remember...
1057
01:39:48,167 --> 01:39:51,625
to get to the tomb
1058
01:39:52,583 --> 01:39:55,708
cross the drowned forest.
1059
01:40:00,875 --> 01:40:02,500
In her last moments
1060
01:40:03,083 --> 01:40:06,291
she still didn't know the truth
1061
01:40:07,208 --> 01:40:08,041
right?
1062
01:40:12,333 --> 01:40:13,541
She knew.
1063
01:40:15,500 --> 01:40:17,666
She saw his dilemma.
1064
01:40:18,750 --> 01:40:22,416
She sacrificed herself to help him.
1065
01:40:22,917 --> 01:40:25,375
If she knew that
1066
01:40:26,292 --> 01:40:28,542
when they said goodbye.
1067
01:40:28,917 --> 01:40:31,542
Why give him a lock of her hair?
1068
01:40:34,208 --> 01:40:35,958
Did she still love him?
1069
01:40:36,375 --> 01:40:39,916
Maybe she thought this was love
1070
01:40:41,542 --> 01:40:43,833
to make the ultimate sacrifice.
1071
01:40:44,458 --> 01:40:46,499
I should burn my poem.
1072
01:40:50,042 --> 01:40:52,042
I want to visit her tomb.
1073
01:40:53,167 --> 01:40:56,542
I want to know the truth.
1074
01:41:13,833 --> 01:41:14,749
This is it.
1075
01:41:17,083 --> 01:41:17,999
Come in.
1076
01:41:19,958 --> 01:41:21,791
Who opened the stone door?
1077
01:41:22,167 --> 01:41:23,833
Someone was here first.
1078
01:41:37,583 --> 01:41:38,416
Kukai!
1079
01:41:41,125 --> 01:41:42,643
They've moved the lid.
1080
01:41:42,667 --> 01:41:43,417
Huh?
1081
01:41:44,917 --> 01:41:46,542
The lid is askew.
1082
01:41:50,000 --> 01:41:51,125
Give me a hand!
1083
01:41:52,292 --> 01:41:52,917
Push!
1084
01:41:57,250 --> 01:41:58,041
I don't dare look.
1085
01:41:58,208 --> 01:41:58,958
I don't want to look.
1086
01:41:59,250 --> 01:42:00,125
Bai!
1087
01:42:07,292 --> 01:42:08,333
Kukai!
1088
01:42:09,583 --> 01:42:11,684
Maybe we were both wrong.
1089
01:42:11,708 --> 01:42:14,166
Maybe the "lmm0rtal Path" was real.
1090
01:42:19,917 --> 01:42:20,851
What're you doing?
1091
01:42:20,875 --> 01:42:21,958
Give me the candle.
1092
01:42:23,583 --> 01:42:24,833
Close the lid.
1093
01:42:25,583 --> 01:42:26,458
You're insane!
1094
01:42:28,125 --> 01:42:29,333
Close it.
1095
01:42:40,917 --> 01:42:41,684
Bai.
1096
01:42:41,708 --> 01:42:43,917
Kukai!
1097
01:43:11,792 --> 01:43:12,792
What's this?
1098
01:43:15,292 --> 01:43:16,917
Blood from her fingers.
1099
01:43:18,667 --> 01:43:20,375
She wasn't dead!
1100
01:43:24,583 --> 01:43:27,583
She tried to escape, but couldn't.
1101
01:43:27,750 --> 01:43:28,583
That's right.
1102
01:43:34,917 --> 01:43:37,333
She woke up inside!
1103
01:43:40,458 --> 01:43:41,624
You're White Crane?
1104
01:43:45,042 --> 01:43:46,167
And Lady Yang?
1105
01:43:47,042 --> 01:43:48,042
Where is she?
1106
01:43:48,500 --> 01:43:50,000
You got it.
1107
01:43:50,667 --> 01:43:51,833
Kukai.
1108
01:43:53,375 --> 01:43:56,083
She knew it was a lie.
1109
01:43:57,042 --> 01:43:59,750
But didn't know she'd wake up,
1110
01:44:00,250 --> 01:44:04,583
or how long it would take to die.
1111
01:44:30,500 --> 01:44:35,000
Is this vision you and Red Crane?
1112
01:44:56,542 --> 01:44:58,667
On the second night of the mutiny.
1113
01:45:00,208 --> 01:45:03,541
Guards took the emperor away.
1114
01:45:04,625 --> 01:45:08,541
Red Crane and I escaped
the slaughter and snuck back
1115
01:45:09,625 --> 01:45:11,458
to save Lady Yang.
1116
01:45:16,542 --> 01:45:17,958
M'Lady.
1117
01:45:34,458 --> 01:45:35,791
She was still alive?!
1118
01:45:52,125 --> 01:45:53,351
She's dead.
1119
01:45:53,375 --> 01:45:53,958
Shhh...
1120
01:45:54,667 --> 01:45:57,542
The magic makes her look alive.
1121
01:45:59,958 --> 01:46:02,249
It can't bring her back to life.
1122
01:46:03,542 --> 01:46:05,042
What do you mean?
1123
01:46:05,542 --> 01:46:06,917
The master said so.
1124
01:46:07,833 --> 01:46:09,601
You just have to pull out the needle.
1125
01:46:09,625 --> 01:46:12,541
He said that to fool her.
1126
01:46:13,583 --> 01:46:16,208
Who'd want to be known as her killer?
1127
01:46:16,583 --> 01:46:18,666
Not even the emperor!
1128
01:46:21,042 --> 01:46:23,458
So Dad invented the "Immortal Path".
1129
01:46:27,167 --> 01:46:28,833
How do you know?
1130
01:46:29,250 --> 01:46:31,500
They talked about it at Maweiyi Station.
1131
01:46:31,667 --> 01:46:32,583
Yellow Crane!
1132
01:46:33,583 --> 01:46:34,708
Talked about what?
1133
01:46:35,208 --> 01:46:37,166
How to trick Lady Yang!
1134
01:46:39,208 --> 01:46:41,208
But
1135
01:46:42,042 --> 01:46:44,375
you stopped breathing.
1136
01:46:45,750 --> 01:46:49,416
You can seal off Qi for two days.
1137
01:46:52,292 --> 01:46:54,667
Then the person wakes up.
1138
01:46:56,542 --> 01:46:58,417
I thought the wine
1139
01:46:59,375 --> 01:47:00,875
would prevent her waking.
1140
01:47:01,417 --> 01:47:02,250
What was the wine?
1141
01:47:04,042 --> 01:47:05,083
Immortal Path wine.
1142
01:47:05,792 --> 01:47:07,125
I prepared it myself.
1143
01:47:07,500 --> 01:47:09,333
Dad added demon worms.
1144
01:47:09,792 --> 01:47:11,292
Why didn't you tell me?
1145
01:47:11,917 --> 01:47:13,667
I only found out later.
1146
01:47:15,167 --> 01:47:16,809
You visited the tomb with me.
1147
01:47:16,833 --> 01:47:18,958
He's my dad! I couldn't betray him.
1148
01:47:24,250 --> 01:47:26,375
You still went with me to the tomb.
1149
01:47:28,542 --> 01:47:30,208
What did you hope to see?
1150
01:47:31,458 --> 01:47:32,916
You're as evil as them.
1151
01:47:34,042 --> 01:47:35,000
Get lost.
1152
01:47:39,917 --> 01:47:41,125
White Crane.
1153
01:47:45,417 --> 01:47:47,375
Who do you have in the world
1154
01:47:49,292 --> 01:47:50,583
besides me?
1155
01:47:52,583 --> 01:47:53,791
I have her.
1156
01:47:54,958 --> 01:47:56,583
She will wake up!
1157
01:48:00,208 --> 01:48:02,499
Red Crane never returned?
1158
01:48:07,458 --> 01:48:08,499
White Crane.
1159
01:48:10,083 --> 01:48:14,333
The Lady Yang we knew is dead.
1160
01:48:15,917 --> 01:48:18,125
I'm as upset as you.
1161
01:48:20,417 --> 01:48:22,458
How can men be so evil?
1162
01:48:24,958 --> 01:48:27,624
I want to end this suffering.
1163
01:49:05,208 --> 01:49:06,624
After that?
1164
01:49:07,625 --> 01:49:08,875
What happened?
1165
01:49:27,250 --> 01:49:29,041
You needed raw meat!
1166
01:49:29,292 --> 01:49:31,375
I know.
1167
01:50:48,750 --> 01:50:50,541
I can't die.
1168
01:50:51,042 --> 01:50:53,792
If I did, she'd have no one!
1169
01:52:03,167 --> 01:52:04,625
Your spirit entered the cat.
1170
01:52:04,792 --> 01:52:07,375
You'll never be human again.
1171
01:52:09,042 --> 01:52:10,625
Fine with me.
1172
01:52:42,917 --> 01:52:47,417
Once inside the body of the cat
1173
01:52:48,500 --> 01:52:51,166
his memory became mine.
1174
01:52:52,250 --> 01:52:53,791
Suddenly...
1175
01:52:54,542 --> 01:52:58,667
I heard Lady Yang's desperate screams.
1176
01:53:47,417 --> 01:53:49,542
How'd you get back here?
1177
01:53:57,167 --> 01:54:00,042
Weren't you protecting Lady Yang?
1178
01:54:01,417 --> 01:54:03,500
I was protecting her!
1179
01:54:04,792 --> 01:54:07,000
But I got hungry.
1180
01:54:08,750 --> 01:54:13,250
And no fish eyes to eat there.
1181
01:54:41,125 --> 01:54:43,250
But everyone thought
1182
01:54:44,250 --> 01:54:47,291
he went blind weeping for her.
1183
01:54:48,917 --> 01:54:52,667
He lied, but he knew the truth.
1184
01:54:54,375 --> 01:54:57,416
You need to write that in your poem.
1185
01:54:58,417 --> 01:55:00,500
Or I'll kill you too.
1186
01:55:01,542 --> 01:55:03,268
You've already killed so many.
1187
01:55:03,292 --> 01:55:04,417
Many?
1188
01:55:08,167 --> 01:55:11,125
Three generations and I'm not done yet.
1189
01:55:12,792 --> 01:55:15,667
Your final target is Red Crane.
1190
01:55:16,292 --> 01:55:17,292
That's right.
1191
01:55:17,625 --> 01:55:18,750
And Lady Yang?
1192
01:55:19,417 --> 01:55:20,500
Where is she?
1193
01:55:24,375 --> 01:55:25,875
Is she still alive?
1194
01:55:27,667 --> 01:55:30,292
Tell me. Is she still alive?
1195
01:55:32,417 --> 01:55:33,917
She will wake up!
1196
01:55:39,375 --> 01:55:41,791
How long can you lie to yourself?
1197
01:56:47,417 --> 01:56:49,250
The melon magician?
1198
01:56:49,500 --> 01:56:50,541
What does he want?
1199
01:56:51,042 --> 01:56:53,125
He invited us to the banquet.
1200
01:57:09,417 --> 01:57:11,542
Just you two?
1201
01:57:12,542 --> 01:57:14,292
There'll be others.
1202
01:58:05,000 --> 01:58:05,916
That's Li Bo!
1203
01:58:06,542 --> 01:58:08,917
Lady Yang might speak to us tonight.
1204
01:58:11,292 --> 01:58:12,167
No way.
1205
01:58:12,625 --> 01:58:13,291
Bet?
1206
01:58:14,042 --> 01:58:14,917
Sure.
1207
01:58:18,792 --> 01:58:20,042
It's Lady Yang's jade hairpin.
1208
01:58:23,542 --> 01:58:25,917
So you're the Flying Cranes.
1209
01:58:31,167 --> 01:58:32,042
Red Crane.
1210
01:58:32,917 --> 01:58:34,417
Still playing with magic?
1211
01:58:36,125 --> 01:58:38,791
I knew it was you who took us back there.
1212
01:58:39,042 --> 01:58:41,542
I wanted to relive that time.
1213
01:58:42,000 --> 01:58:44,666
The golden era of the Flying Cranes.
1214
01:58:46,417 --> 01:58:48,917
The Flying Cranes are no more.
1215
01:58:50,667 --> 01:58:54,042
Yet Lady Yang is eternal.
1216
01:59:24,875 --> 01:59:25,875
Is she still alive?
1217
01:59:26,167 --> 01:59:27,375
Kukai!
1218
01:59:31,667 --> 01:59:33,625
I've guarded her for thirty years!
1219
01:59:34,125 --> 01:59:35,541
No one is to touch her!
1220
01:59:36,500 --> 01:59:38,791
I know you hated me for leaving.
1221
01:59:39,542 --> 01:59:41,792
But I've been with you all along.
1222
01:59:43,667 --> 01:59:45,292
See who that is?
1223
01:59:49,292 --> 01:59:53,417
I laid out your body in a frozen cave,
1224
01:59:53,792 --> 01:59:55,917
waiting for this day to come.
1225
02:00:01,500 --> 02:00:03,541
That is all I ever wanted.
1226
02:00:04,542 --> 02:00:05,750
I have no regrets.
1227
02:00:08,542 --> 02:00:12,500
I haven't inhabited that body for years.
1228
02:00:13,125 --> 02:00:14,125
White Crane.
1229
02:00:15,375 --> 02:00:18,375
Lady Yang would tell you
1230
02:00:19,375 --> 02:00:22,250
she's no longer in her body either.
1231
02:00:33,292 --> 02:00:35,500
Kill me now if you like.
1232
02:01:22,792 --> 02:01:24,875
I knew she was dead.
1233
02:01:25,917 --> 02:01:28,042
I just couldn't let her go.
1234
02:02:43,417 --> 02:02:45,292
I'm going back to Japan.
1235
02:02:47,167 --> 02:02:47,917
Oh.
1236
02:02:48,875 --> 02:02:51,166
What about the Tantric teachings?
1237
02:02:51,667 --> 02:02:54,125
I found in the story of Lady Yang
1238
02:02:54,417 --> 02:02:56,542
the greatest teachings of all.
1239
02:02:57,750 --> 02:03:00,416
It's in 'Song of Everlasting Sorrow' too.
1240
02:03:00,667 --> 02:03:01,792
Oh.
1241
02:03:02,125 --> 02:03:03,416
It's finished?
1242
02:03:04,042 --> 02:03:05,792
I'm not changing a word!
1243
02:03:06,625 --> 02:03:08,875
You wanted it to tell the true story.
1244
02:03:09,125 --> 02:03:10,416
The emotions are true.
1245
02:03:10,542 --> 02:03:11,917
White Crane showed us that.
1246
02:03:21,042 --> 02:03:23,125
But he's not in your poem.
1247
02:03:24,417 --> 02:03:27,518
He wrote it, not me.
1248
02:03:27,542 --> 02:03:28,792
That's how it is.
1249
02:03:31,667 --> 02:03:32,500
I'm off.
1250
02:03:32,917 --> 02:03:34,125
For that alone
1251
02:03:35,292 --> 02:03:37,500
you surpass Li Bo!
1252
02:04:00,875 --> 02:04:04,375
I would try the temple a second time.
1253
02:04:05,042 --> 02:04:09,125
To my surprise, the doors opened.
1254
02:04:25,917 --> 02:04:27,542
Master Huiguo is waiting for you!
1255
02:04:28,542 --> 02:04:30,375
He says you know him.
1256
02:04:48,000 --> 02:04:49,666
Kukai?
1257
02:04:55,167 --> 02:04:56,417
Red Crane,
1258
02:04:57,250 --> 02:04:58,291
we meet again.
1259
02:05:03,417 --> 02:05:05,042
Did you find the secret key
1260
02:05:05,625 --> 02:05:07,125
to bring suffering to an end?
1260
02:05:08,305 --> 02:05:14,788
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