Original subtitles

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[ "Tomorrow There Will Be Clear Skies" by Estelle ]

♫ Chasing down the moon and stars one by one, whistling and urging my horse into the west wind when the north is snowy ♫

♫ Elatedly using my sword, to remove and leave behind the three thousand worries like hairs from my head ♫

♫ A mountain that touches the sky and a river, meeting by chance once in the secular world ♫

♫ Love and hate enhance the journey, moving forward over time ♫

♫ Drifting through clouds like a lonely wild goose on an unfurled painted scroll ♫

♫ How much more dazzling the blue dome of heaven is as a pair! ♫

♫ My worldly heart is focused upon a pot of wine and a small fire ♫

♫ Tomorrow there will be clear skies, laughter and sorrow surging like a gathering storm ♫

♫ This life, though free and unfettered, is also shared together ♫

♫ Gratitude and grudges both target me, spellbound as though in a dream ♫

♫ Tomorrow there will be clear skies, in the twinkling of an eye, as gentle and tender as in the past ♫

♫ Rushing toward that rainbow's end... ♫

♫ to embrace each other ♫

♫ Bevies of tea girls come in to play with elder brothers and old officials who love to eat spicy food ♫

♫ Clamoring like startled crows, grabbing at Imperial troops, moving to and fro with laughter ♫

♫ Heads like empty gourds, disobediently getting up at midnight to sweep the courtyard ♫

♫ Oh what a nice little drinking house, blessedly sheltering one's excesses... ♫

♫ drink up! ♫

[ Jiu Liu Overlord ]

[ Episode 6 ]

Why did you bring me here?

Hurry up and speak.

Let me ask you something. If you kick at the post,

it should be with the toes, am I right?

Why are the tips of the toes pointing downward in this footprint?

What do you want to say?

Do you want to say that the thief walked down the wall and stole the gold thread?

Gold thread was stolen at the dock, and not from the warehouse.

I thought you had keen eyesight and a sharp mind...

Did you not tell me that some of your managers knew a share of the information about the gold thread?

Have you ever thought that there is a mole in here?

Chief Long, do you think my ten thousand taels are like drawn water?

I never allow outsiders to stay in the New Silk Road.

Why would I willingly invite you in?

You used me to discover the mole?

If I were to check it myself, I would probably stir the grass and startle the snake.

And you...receive money for your work.

Why should I not use you?

You have a mole in here but you don't investigate it yourself, and drag me and the Dragon Bamboo Gang into it!

Your Dragon Bamboo Gang had nothing to do with it, right?

Speak. Footprint, the mole... what did you figure out?

Profiteer.

Put your arm by my ear.

This...What do you want to do?

Try it. The mystery of fate is right here.

Stop with this nonsense!

Hurry. Still grinding and chirping...

Hurry up!

Get closer.

Why are you sweating? Is it hot?

Stop tickling my ear with your voice! What does it have to do with the mole?

What are you thinking, you..

This is why this footprint is pointing downward!

Why is it like this? Because of the love between a man and woman!

The love between a man and woman? What does the love between a man and woman have to do with the mole?

I asked you to check into who the mole is, not to gossip!

All your three managers know a part of the information.

What if one of the three managers is in a relationship with someone?

Then a part of the information transforms itself into the entire information! Do you understand?

This Li Jun'er must have a lover and she often meets with him in this storehouse.

This is the evidence for it.

Who is the lover then?

That's up to you.

Look at me. You suspect me?

Why do you act like an idiot when it comes to the relationships between men and women?

Think about it yourself!

Hurry up! Put these boxes by the door.

All right.

Hurry up!

Wait for me!

The perfume you sprinkled on Li Jun'er

smells exactly like the one on Shui Sheng's body.

But how can you be sure that he was contaminated with it after contact with her?

This is a special silken-structured fragrance from Wuyun Pavilion. No one in the whole of Yincheng can imitate it!

Just listening to this gaudy name makes one know that it is not something good.

Focus on Shui Sheng then.

One of your other managers was not investigated yet.

Qizheng?

Does Li Jun'er not have the key to the storehouse?

Is the fact that Shui Sheng knows the time of the goods' arrival not enough?

You forgot that neither of these managers knew where the goods will be unloaded,

so there is still information that was not pinned together.

If all managers were suspected by me,

this place would see some earth-shaking changes! Do not go back on your word then.

I will continue to investigate.

Your Highness...

[ Wanhua Tower ]

Your Highness, this Bai fellow surely would not lose his mind

and come to gamble again?

He has no capital now.

He is in urgent need of raising money. This should be his stronghold now.

Why don't we tie up this place's boss for the start then?

It is not a good time. We should not stir the grass and startle the snake.

Your Highness...

The owner of the Qingping Winery?

The fish has come. Catch him.

Don't talk. Shhh!

Sit!

Don't make a sound. Answer what you are asked, do you understand?

Is the attendant next door called Bai?

Why did you come to see him just now?

We are good friends.

We have a drink here once in a while.

You still dare to spout nonsense? Speak!

[ Zhao ]

According to the Great Tang's laws, violation of the taxes

is punished with the confiscation of property,

flogging of seventy strokes and exile to defend the borders for three years.

What intention do you have to collude with a tax official?

Lord, spare me. It was Attendant Bai who relied on his power and influence!

It was he who lost money in the gambling house today

so he asked each and every merchant for a loan of twelve hundred taels.

I ask Your Lordship for justice in the name of all the humble ones!

Let me ask you, did you keep and account of your money transactions?

We did, everyone did.

[ Two hundred taels exactly ]

Attendant Bai, how is the gathering of silver coming along?

Who... who let you in?

Get lost!

Guards! Apprehend him for me!

This...

- Lord Magistrate! - Lord Magistrate...

Your Highness, such a horse spoils the whole herd! This humble official has already collected the evidence proving his guilt.

Bai Xiaoshan, as the Salt and Iron Office's attendant, you deliberately violated the law.

You made use of the tax on silk to appropriate public funds for your private use!

Are you aware of your crime? Take him down with you!

No, My Lord... I... My Lord!

My Lord, listen to me. My Lord!

Your Highness, this humble official still has to deal with public affairs and cannot keep you company.

- I am taking my leave. - Take care.

Your Highness, something is wrong...

I never thought that that attractive and intelligent young master would turn out to be His Royal Highness Prince Zhao.

But...

I bit his chin!

I can't believe I actually waited upon the prince at such a close distance!

This is a happy occasion that has brought honor to my ancestors. I'm going to submit this to my family register.

Have neither of you never seen a man before?

One of you bit his chin and the other scratched him.

Let me tell you this. If I hadn't appeared,

were you both ever going to account for the prince?

- The only thing we'd have been capable of doing was closing down the Wuyun Pavilion. - Elder Sister Feng...

I'm fine.

- Your Royal Highness Prince Zhao! - Your Royal Highness Prince Zhao!

Compose yourselves.

You ladies are much more passionate

compared to the other ladies in Chang'an.

Your Royal Highness Prince Zhao, it is fortunate that you have decided not to blame us.

The both of you make me angry every time I set my eyes on you. Hurry up and get back to work.

Do I have to expel you before you'll leave?

Your Royal Highness Prince Zhao, I gather you must be here for Miss Long?

It's just too unfortunate. She's gone to New Silk Road.

I'm afraid she won't be here for the next few days.

New Silk Road? She's with Li Qingliu again?

Oh?

Why has Miss Long gone to New Silk Road?

It seems she went there

because of some golden thread, or was it silver thread?

Your Royal Highness Prince Zhao, since Miss Long isn't here and you're such a busy person,

perhaps you should return to your lodgings now?

Get away, get away! Go, quickly! Go, quickly!

Er'mao... Er'mao?

Will you please come home with me?

Help me catch the chicken! Quickly, quickly! Don't run!

Er'mao!

Don't run!

There! There! There!

- Er'mao! - To this side!

There!

Caught you.

Thank you, thank you.

I am sorry, I am sorry.

How obedient. It fell asleep.

What are you doing?

Uh... I raised that chicken...

but I did not put it in here. You can punish me however you want.

I shall mark it down on your account for the time being.

What are you doing?

You only twisted five of six strands of wire.

This kind of damaged goods will destroy

our silk store's reputation on the market!

Get up.

Thank you.

Brewing wine, raising people and making quality goods all require time.

Weavers dedicate sixty days

to weave a batch of beautifully decorated

and exceedingly fascinating silk.

Although this silk is worth ten thousand taels,

there is nothing more precious than time invested in it by the people.

Is it not worthy of being cherished?

Why is he so irritated today?

He ran into some difficulties today.

Such a good piece of cloth was wasted. Look what this is.

Look at this pig. Does it not resemble Li Qingliu?

Are you happy now? He is just a pig.

Ignore him.

I was appointed as the salt and iron envoy and have been in Yincheng for some time already.

I also saw some ways of action that I have no choice but to change.

I remember Lord Du saying one time

that these years, the people from all walks of life

have made a lot of contributions to the royal court.

But there one cannot build something new without toppling the old.

It is better to take turns in managing the top position among the silk merchants

and make those backward merchants gain experience this way.

Otherwise, there will always be people gossiping in private

how much the royal court cares about personal privileges.

Your Highness is absolutely right. The head of the silk merchants has always enjoyed many favors from the royal court.

Everyone wants to share the rain and dew equally. (T/N share the favor and rewards equally)

All right, since we will be implementing a new policy, it is necessary to set a new trend.

Priority to preside over the silk merchants should be given to the person

who accepts the public capital in the coming year.

This humble one has objections.

Since I believe that public capital is not needed

by our silk store and silk industry-related merchants at present,

the favor and grace bestowed by the royal court should be given to the businesses in need.

It will reflect the kindness of the royal kinsmen better this way.

Labor prices have risen.

We will accept public capital next year.

We will also accept public capital next year.

Yes, yes, yes. Yes, yes.

Since ancient times, the business has paid particular attention to the word "righteousness".

Merchants who have full bowls or meat but put down their chopsticks to scold their commercial tenants shall not be tolerated.

Not accepting the public capital

is equal to losing the meaning of doing business.

One should also not consider obtaining the seat at the head.

I know everyone is anxious,

but public capital comes with the hard tasks oassigned by the royal court.

We cannot help it either. It is like a hot sweet potato.

We actually have to wait until Master comes back...

Wait. Wait.

What "male crabs and female crabs" are you talking about? (T/N homophones for "public capital")

Public capital.

It is a government loan to commercial tenants based on the purchasing shares in one's business.

After merchants make some money, it is divided according to the shares.

Is it not good to have someone pay you?

Why are you all looking worried and depressed?

This is one of the means used by the royal court to control businesses.

Once you accept the money, many businesses cannot make their own decisions anymore.

Let me give you an example. Your family wants to build a house. I will give you some house beams

but when your family gathers crops in autumn,

I am going to take some of your harvests away.

Otherwise, I will not only punish you with doing unpaid labor

but also burn down the house beams.

Isn't it like the butchers who are killing the cattle and slaughtering the sheep?

They tighten the rope little by little, and when the pigs and sheep realize the danger,

It is too late for them to struggle. How could the meat pies fall from the sky?

If you are short of money... your boss has plenty of it. Ask him to lend it to you.

You are not sweeping the floor properly. What are you chatting about?

Master!

You are here to sweep the floors, not to gossip.

Instead of being in such a relaxed mood, how about finding the clues about the gold thread?

Don't think that ten thousand will be easy to take.

You put this on me again...

What are you so mad about? Ten or twenty thousand, this miss quits!

Being rich is really amazing!

It's all very well to talk, but getting things done is another matter!

Flower yarn rose by forty percent.

The leather has doubled.

Brocade is completely out of stock.

The bosses of these three lines have turned their backs so fast.

The prices for other silk stores are lower than ours. They must be aiming at us.

At the current production rate, there will be only two results.

Not only we will lose money, but also run out of inventory within two weeks' time.

How about we buy them at a higher price?

What higher price?

Have you not realized it yet? This all is aimed at me.

I am afraid that no one dares to sell us their goods no matter how much we pay.

Just hang yourself from a tree then!

You have so much money. Can you not spend it outside Yincheng?

This is not something Chief Long should bother herself with.

Do you want us to search for supplies all over the world?

Why can't we search under the whole sky?

Qingliu, we are restricted everywhere now. How are we to search?

I will ask Father to ask His Royal Highness Zhao to be lenient on this matter.

You should also lower your head appropriately. Do not vent over it.

When the knife rests against your neck, will it not cut your head off in the end?

- Qingliu... - Chief Long, stay behind.

The rest should withdraw.

How can I help you?

Can you use your connections among the people from the lower walks of life

to contact the raw material suppliers in Jiangnan and inquire about the price of flower yarn and cotton?

I committed myself to come here for ten thousand taels.

What contacts do I have?

There are more than a thousand laborers in my silk factory.

Most of them are weavers and embroiderers. They are all heads of their families.

Have you ever thought about what will happen to these families when I stop working?

You have aroused my fighting spirit.

Give me the detailed list, here!

Yan Bin, see if there are any auspicious days in the near future.

I want to entertain guests at a banquet and hold a horse race.

Order accepted!

This is the list of Jiangnan raw materials suppliers. Contact them quickly, and make the inquiries.

[ Chief Long's Jiangnan Search Report ]

These words are like a crawling dog. They are unbearable!

Unbearable...

Give it back!

Make a list of the merchants who offer the above prices,

and invite them all to participate in a horse race

held by the New Silk Road on the Crown Prince's reaching adulthood celebration day.

- Use flying pigeons. - Use flying pigeons...

Miss...

You came.

Here.

There's more, there's more!

Miss, Miss... what is the situation concerning the amorous couple in that warehouse?

You and your gossiping! Do you think I am here to investigate an illicit love affair?

Let's hear about it.

First of all, thus Li Jun'er has a key to the gold thread box. This is very suspicious.

On the day of receiving the gold thread, Li Jun'er was waiting for the goods in the silk store.

It was impossible for her to do it directly.

If she colluded with Shui Sheng, with one person inside and one outside,

it would be very easy to steal the gold thread.

Can you not tell Li Qingliu about it, and let him check into it himself?

Let's take the gratuity money, and live a happy life!

It is not possible at the moment. It is easy to make a fool of oneself

if the evidence is not solid enough.

Now the silk store is busy up and down with what they call

a "horse race and archery competition".

It is said that a group of merchants will come from Jiangnan.

If Shui Sheng stole the gold thread,

the horse race will be the best time to get rid of the stolen goods. I have to keep an eye on him.

I cannot talk to you. I will go back now.

Miss, you must be careful during the horse race.

Hurry and go back.

Be sure to pay attention to your safety.

The leather line included twenty thousand taels.

Flower yarn line included thirty thousand taels.

The cotton weavers also added twenty thousand.

My Lord...

Impudent bastard!

What is it that His Highness cannot hear?

Reporting to Your Highness and Lord Du, Li Qingliu wants to make a big move in Yincheng.

He enlisted the raw material merchants from Jiangnan to come.

I heard that he wants to organize a horse race and archery competition

on the day of the Crown Prince's entering adulthood.

This...

Look, he is reaching for a place to hang onto.

We should make some trouble for him during the horse race,

so that even if he steals a chicken, he cannot use it!

The Emperor's kinsmen have never resorted to such dirty tricks!

Your Highness is right. Let us take a wait-and-see approach then.

Please, Your Highness.

You!

[ Horse Racing Assembly ]

Master Li... Miss Du.

Boss Shen, long time no see.

Long time no see.

Boss Shen, take the seat over there.

Very well.

Although Boss Shen is from Shanxi,

he is currently the largest silk merchant in Jiangnan.

- Boss Shen. I heard a lot about you. - Long time no see. Long time no see.

I definitely must win him over today.

- Boss Li. - Long time no see, long time no see.

Yes, Boss Li.

Shui Sheng, Shui Sheng, if I do not watch you now,

would I not be letting the tiger return to the mountains? (T/N more trouble in the future)

Everyone... everyone!

The rules of today's horse race and shooting the target are as usual.

The difficulty increases according to the size of the powder ball.

No matter which powder ball is shot down, Young Master Li will hand out a prize.

Whoever hits the small rabbit-shaped powder ball in the field,

will immediately receive a mystery prize!

I declare the game open!

Please.

Good!

Good!

Be mindful of your safety.

Good! Good!

Boss Zhang from Jiangzhe is truly gifted.

I agree, I agree.

You can begin signing the contract.

Gentlemen.

Boss Dong and Boss Lin, in future we'll need your businesses to look after us.

Shu and Zhejiang silk merchants have never looked in the same direction.

Today, Master Li prepared for us such a grand show.

We can disregard anything else from before.

From today on, we are all one family!

Good!

- Boss Li. - Excellent, excellent!

This time, the price offered by New Silk Road for purchasing of items is not low.

- It's really good. - Indeed.

Since we've seen it, then let's accept. I'm signing.

Boss Shen.

Leave it here first.

Be careful of your safety.

Be careful of your safety.

Chief Long. Are you here to compete?

No. I'm just here to look at the horse.

Why is it so small? How cute.

Here, eat more!

You dare go against Lady Du? Let's see how I take care of you today!

Chief Long. Since you admire it so, why don't you ride this big horse?

Isn't this one a bit too big?

Chief Long. Please.

Please.

Oh my god!

Hey, slow down! Slow down!

Isn't this Chief Long of Yincheng?

Stop!

I am not playing anymore!

Is she alright?

Do you think it's serious?

What should we do?

This must be a comedy orchestrated by Master Li. How smart.

Why is Chief Long helping him?

Right now, Chief Long lives in the silk store.

Soon they might even be husband and wife!

May everyone please return to their seats.

Please.

Chief Long, how is it?

Are you alright?

Come, come, come. Sit down, sit down. Be careful.

It is difficult to see Brother Shui Sheng look at the scenery on ordinary days.

I cannot believe you can actually act so intimately.

You normally live your life so carefully.

Look, although I live in Wuyun Pavilions and hang out with those nuns every day, (T/N silk workers)

I cannot remember anyone putting on something like perfume on them.

Smelling fragrance coming from Brother Shui Sheng that day was really strange!

How can you say something like this?

I am a grown man, how could I wear women's perfume?

Since Brother Shui Sheng does not use it, I guess it must have been used by Li Jun'er...

You...

You are venomously slandering a person!

Why are you panicking? I cannot be sure of it without concrete evidence.

You two have an affair in the warehouse. Don't think I did not notice it.

This Li Jun'er knew about the time of arrival...

you knew the shipping list...

Qi Zheng is dating Plump Girl...

You helped him to hide it. Maybe you even learned the location?

In this way, you are the one most suspected of losing the gold thread.

Master, there are still several merchants who refuse to sign the contracts.

The primary one who is adamant about it is Boss Shen.

Good!

Let's go and meet with him. Let's go.

I entered the silk factory because I have to unveil the culprit in the gold thread case to Qingliu

for the sum of eight thousand taels!

If you tell me the whereabouts of the golden thread, I will give you half of it.

Then we will secretly return the gold thread to its rightful owner.

It is too troublesome to have it on hand now. No one would dare to take it over. What do you think?

Chief Long looks down on Shui Sheng.

Master has always treated me well. He handed over the sales to me.

If I were to seek a personal gain from him,

I would have gotten more than the ten thousand that the Master has promised you.

I and Jung'er indeed have an affair.

But we are both single, so it is not an illicit relationship.

If you suspect that I stole the gold thread because we knew a piece of information,

just tie me up and send me to the governmental office.

It is not that I am not aware of the cruel methods used in Yincheng's prison.

I, Shui Sheng, would never ruin my future for the gold thread.

Boss Shen, I do not know where I have failed to cater to your needs properly.

Master Li has sincerely invited me to come to this land of abundance.

It is just that I found something odd about it.

What is odd? I hope Boss Shen can clarify it.

In the former times, don't say that you did not take the initiative to increase the price of your goods for us.

We were never able to enter your eyes for home delivery service and credit sales.

But this time, I came to Yincheng and found out that the whole of Yincheng

and the special envoy from the capital were isolating you from all the other merchants.

If we supply you with goods, the government will get involved in it.

What do you want us to do? What would you do?

Boss Shen is exaggerating. Our business lays not only in the silk.

If something like Boss Sheng suggests really happens, we have plenty of commercial enterprises to pawn.

I am an unrefined person, I do not know anything about chickens or ducks.

I pay most attention to sincerity and not tricks connected to the horsemanship and archery.

I heard that Boss Shen has always been addicted to gambling.

We might as well invest some money to win him over.

Go and arrange a gambling party.

I do not know what is not a trick in Master Sheng's eyes?

Why don't we do some small-time gambling?

Master Li is unrestrained and frank. Let us have a good time then!

Please.

Is Master Li familiar with paijiu or dice? (T/N older version of mahjong)

As head of the Li Family, I usually never gamble.

I am only willing to show my sincerity toward Boss Shen today.

The guest is the master and can do as he pleases. Bet with me.

You are really straightforward! Well in that case, let us not be narrow-minded as well.

How about we guess the even and odd?

Let's use a copper coin. You choose one side, and I choose the other side.

We'll toss it into the water. When it falls to the bottom, we'll check which side is up.

This will be fair for whoever wins.

Step aside. Step aside.

I dare to ask who is this...

Chief of Dragon Bamboo Gang, Long Aoyi.

I am currently Master Li's personal floor sweeper. Boss Shen can laugh at me.

Interesting, how interesting.

Li Family's companion? Master Li's personal gambling companion?

Very well. Choose a side, and lay down a stake!

Translation and Timing carefully crafted by the Mei Daxia Team at viki.com

[ "Seeing Visions" sung by Fan Yilun ]

♫ As a youth, walking unsteadily and not finding my way, ♫

♫ Acquiring bad habits in Jianghu, unattached and alone, ♫

♫ Studying Buddha, I read of bitter hardships, ♫

♫ Who will understand my never-ending journey? ♫

♫ Brushing away the dense fog, warm and alone ♫

♫ Spring winds caress my smiling face as before ♫

♫ Time has become a blur, taking leave of hardship ♫

♫ I accompany you most willingly after night falls ♫

♫ Seeing that it's not wild and overgrown, ♫

♫ Seeing spring rain fall as a mist from above, ♫

♫ Seeing the curtain fall on worldly affairs, ♫

♫ Seeing the mountain and river become strangers, ♫

♫ Seeing the storm clouds parting ♫

♫ Seeing luxuriant flowers inundate the path ♫

♫ Seeing unending yearning ♫

♫ Seeing vast seas of tears ♫

♫ Brushing away the dense fog, warm and alone ♫

♫ Spring winds caress my smiling face as before ♫

♫ Time has become a blur, taking leave of hardship ♫

♫ I accompany you most willingly after night falls ♫

♫ Seeing that it's not wild and overgrown, ♫

♫ Seeing spring rain fall as a mist from above, ♫

♫ Seeing the curtain fall on worldly affairs, ♫

♫ Seeing vast seas of tears ♫

♫ As we grow old and the vision comes to an end, ♫

♫ Awaiting you, to leave this life together. ♫