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SALTYCHIKHA

SALTYCHIKHA

Episode 15 Take My Heart

Come here.

Come here.

What are you looking at? Don't you have anything to do?

You'll be at the main gates now.

If anyone gets in uninvited, you'll answer with your head.

You and you will patrol.

Don't just stand here! Get them in the cart!

You've really gone over the top.

Why did you kill our men?

There are no our men.

There are those who serve well.

And there are traitors.

Where do we take them?

Well, not to the church!

He's settling the score, bastard.

Father!

Father!

Father!

What are they carrying?

Logs.

Or dead bodies.

Like they know the difference.

But if it's dead bodies, the church is the other way.

They must have fell from the stove.

All at once.

So they are taking them to the swamp for the mermaids to read a service for them.

Lord have mercy.

New bodies every day.

There'll be no one left soon.

Natalya, where are you going? You can't. Don't anger her.

Don't anger her?

And what if there's my Fyokla there?

How long will we be silent?

Let's go to mistress!

How dare you come in without permission?

Go away!

You think I can't see it?

You want to take Avdotya's place?

Nothing is worth your tears, madam.

Better drink this.

Trust me.

Drink.

I trust no one.

I only trust myself.

And Ivan.

- Where's Ivan? - Why do you need him?

I'll be with you day and night now.

Bring Ivan to me!

More, more!

You don't be sad, and you don't spare the water.

Ermolay!

It's you, old witch?

To you, I'm Ermolay Arkhipych.

Find Ivan.

And quick.

Or it'll be bad for both of us.

And we thought you ran away.

Get down here!

Hurry up! Madam is waiting for you.

There she is.

Ivan!

Ivan!

Ivan!

Ivan!

How could I forget about you?

I forgot.

Come here.

Sit down.

Sit down.

You're the only one who will pity me.

I know.

Through pity.

He loved me through pity.

It's true what they say.

Pity is love.

My poor.

My loyal...

I only have you.

And I'm torturing you.

I'm sorry.

Power.

Power.

Power is all I have left.

Everyone betrayed me.

Betrayed.

You too?

Look at me.

Look at me!

What's the matter with you?

I know what's the matter!

He cares about the serf girl more than you, madam.

Why are you such a fool, Ivan?

You could be by her side.

And who's to blame now?

Only you.

Am I right?

Hello, girls!

Natalya?

What do you want?

Where's Fyokla? Have you seen her?

And where's Ivan?

How do we know?

Why are you still here? Go away!

We don't have time to chat.

We need to work.

Get to work.

I came here to forgive you.

Punish her.

See?

She knows she's guilty.

I'll free you.

I swear.

I don't have a heart?

I don't have a heart?

And they?

Do they?

If the letter falls into my enemies' hands...

I'll become their puppet.

Pavel will become their puppet.

How could I make such a mistake?

The question is how to correct this mistake.

It's like sitting on a powder keg.

One wrong step, and I don't know what to expect.

And from whom.

Blackmail, a stab in the back, disclosure?

You know, that widow isn't simple.

What do I do now?

Dance to her tune?

Yeah. And we can't take her by force.

She's not a fool.

She must have taken precautions.

- What's going on? - Your Highness, be careful!

- Careful! - Get your hands off me!

Who even are you?

What are you doing?

Let me go! I'll only talk to her!

- Word and deed. - Hold on!

Do you know, you impudent fellow, what awaits the person who says these words...

If they appeal to the empress under a false pretense?

I know. And my message concerns a threat to the Empire.

Where law and order are so corrupt that only the empress can be the judge.

The name of this threat is Darya Saltykova.

Who are you?

Tyutchev, a secretary of the Land Office.

Please forgive my impudence.

But we had no other choice.

Had we gone to the police, it would have come to nothing.

And our business can't wait.

We're worried about the lives of her poor serfs.

What did she do, this Saltykova?

Madam!

You need to rest.

You're tired.

You're tired.

Here's the remedy.

This herb will help.

Drink it.

You first.

Drink to the bottom.

To the bottom.

You need to prepare.

You'll need strength.

You'll need strength.

Okay.

A lot of strength.

For a lot of deeds.

- What are you saying? - You'll need strength.

You'll need strength.

For a lot of deeds.

You'll need a lot of strength.

Quiet. Quiet. Quiet.

- It's okay. - It's not okay.

- Quiet. - It's not okay.

Quiet.

They hate me.

- It's okay. - They hate me.

It's okay. It's okay.

It's okay. We'll find them all.

We'll find them all.

We'll destroy them all.

It'll be okay.

We'll destroy all your enemies.

- All of them. - Will you be with me?

- All of them. I'll be with you. - Will you be with me?

- I'll be with you. - Will you be with me?

I'll be with you.

I'll be with you.

- Where are you going? - Bringing food to young master.

Don't go there anymore.

But he'll starve.

I said, don't bring food there anymore.

I sent her.

Avdotya ordered to bring food to the wing twice a day.

I'm in charge now.

- Did you hear me? - And where's Avdotya?

Avdotya is missing. The girls have disappeared all at once.

Tell me what happened to them, you damn witch!

Well...

Do you really want to know?

I'll tell you.

You'll see it with your own eyes if you want.

But you won't like it.

We thought it couldn't be worse.

But it was nothing.

Compared to what's going on now.

Natalya was right.

They're murderers.

- We should kill the witch! - How?

Quiet, you fools!

What if Avdotya comes back, and there'll be two of them?

She didn't spare her own daughter.

She sure won't spare us.

I don't know why they did it.

But she was my aunt.

I can't.

Better kill me.

Grab the other one.

She's the empress. She's the power!

She's nothing!

You're crazy. Look around! Look what you've become!

Give me the letter, and you'll never see me again!

Shut up!

Continue.

I have a bad feeling, madam.

I don't know what's in that letter.

But they are looking for it.

I don't care.

- It won't be the first time. - No!

You need to get rid of it.

Before it's too late.

It will be your death.

My death?

So, Aunt Avdotya?

Out!

Madam wants to see you.

Come on, come on!

Stand up.

I was wrong.

You made one mistake.

But I won't forget your faithful service.

You wanted freedom.

I'm giving you freedom.

That's it. Go.

You'll find a place for yourself in the city.

Avdotya!

I only have one request.

Here.

Take it to the Saltykovs.

Tell them...

It's theirs.

They know what to do with this letter.

They'll reward you handsomely.

Ermolay will take you there.

Goodbye.

You'll look wrong tomorrow, and they'll skin you and won't even blink.

Yeah.

It's a slaughterhouse.

Now think what will happen next.

Who will the people point to?

They'll point at the one who gave orders.

Don't be a fool.

She'll get away with it.

And we'll be dead.

They'll remember everything.

We need to run.

Before it's too late.

Ermolay is no fool. He'll pin everything on us.

But what do we do?

Wait till it's our turn?

It already is.

You're all already dead.

Aunt Natalya!

You're alive?

Alive.

As you can see.

If you don't kill me.

Are you going to kill me, Ermolay?

Away from the house?

Why are you so scared?

Are you judging me by yourself?

I'm taking you to the city, as was ordered.

I don't disobey madam's orders.

We're Saltykova's people! We want to see your boss!

- Where are you going? - We need to see the boss.

We're Saltykova's people.

We need protection. We came for protection.

Our mistress is raging! Killing people!

You're not allowed here! Hand in a petition in the morning.

We're not going anywhere. We'll wait here.

Get out of here, serfs!

We can't go back, master!

What's going on?

Saltykova's people, sir.

I can see that.

A crazy woman. Out of her mind.

I remember you.

You must, master.

You ate pies in her house.

What are you doing?

I wish I could send you to Siberia.

But that's no longer our concern.

I see you're their leader.

Then I'll tell you, and you tell everyone.

According to the new order of our empress and the Senate...

Complainants are to be returned to their masters.

So that they know their place.

You smell freedom and get into the habit.

And I have to deal with you.

And who do we complain to now?

Well, to God.

Tie them down and send them to their mistress in the morning.

She'll beat some sense into you.

- Go to the cell! - How...

- Out! - How so?

Brothers, how so?

Not a chance. Not a single chance.

And Kobzev doesn't receive anyone. Bastard!

He says he's sick. But it's clear that he's not.

It's over.

- Gentlemen! - What?

You have a visitor.

Avdotya?

Why are you here?

She sent her.

My sins sent me here. I've sinned a lot, but at least I'll repent hers.

I don't understand this stupid woman.

What do you want, Avdotya?

Here. Mistress sends you the letter.

She said you know what to do with it.

Yeah, we know. We've been through this before.

I smell a trick.

She's up to something. We can't trust her.

Why did she change her mind?

Madam wants no more wars.

Is she offering peace?

Why?

Maybe she came to her senses.

Who wants to answer for murder?

And live in fear of the empress?

Let me see.

Could be. Could be.

Oh, come on!

Everyone will be repaid according to their deeds.

What's that?

What's that?

There's something there.

What are you doing?

What are you doing?

It's okay. It's okay. Quiet, quiet.

I'm guilty.

I killed noble people.

Witchcraft.

Wise woman's witchcraft.

- What's the matter with her? - She must be drunk.

- Let's go. - Oh, come on!

Let's go.

So?

Did you get her there?

Yes, I did.

So you got rid of Avdotya?

Got what you wanted, you old witch?

Wait!

I'll get to you too.

We'll see who gets to who first.

We'll see.

We'll see.

So you say that the Moscow Police comes to her for tea?

I don't know about all of them.

But an investigator just came and left.

Everyone is afraid of her.

She killed her husband.

Do you really think she can be brought to justice?

And why do you think you're in the Chancellor's carriage and not in prison?

Sir, we're looking for her everywhere.

According to the servants' description, it's a peasant woman.

Two noble gentlemen are dead.

And you say you're searching.

Sir!

From Troitskoye.

What, again? Did you conspire?

What do you want?

Do you want to complain too?

I killed the Saltykov uncles.

Madam sent me to them with a letter.

I gave it to them.

I'm not guilty. It's not my sin.

I swear. Not my sin.

Not guilty?

Your mistress is a saint.

Tell me, did you want to steal from them?

It's not my sin.

- Get her to the cell. - I swear it's not my sin.

Why are you standing? Get her to the cell!

God, I hope we won't be late.

We won't.

We'll just pick up one tea-drinker and go straight to Troitskoye, okay?

What are they saying about Saltykova now?

They say she's raging, can you believe it?

What else?

Another woman, Avdotya.

She used to be in charge there.

Confessed to the murder of the Saltykov brothers.

She says it was her mistress's order.

But I think she just wanted to steal from them.

This just gets better and better.

And what do her people say?

New dead bodies every day.

They're talking about a witch and swamps.

And what did you do?

We...

We kept them overnight and sent them back in the morning.

Let Saltykova deal with them herself.

She'll thank you. So don't worry.

She's your good friend after all.

Your Excellency?

Out, general!

Where? Why?

We're going to Troitskoye.

For tea.

Saltykova Darya Nikolayevna is suspected of killing her husband.

As well as torturing and murdering her serfs.

You want to ask how it came to Saint Petersburg?

And I have a different question.

How could you in Moscow not know?

Your Excellency!

With all due respect, I think you're mistaken.

We don't live in ignorance.

We've been looking into her.

And I realized that this is a matter of state importance.

Excuse me.

She has declared herself an empress.

She says she's the power.

A squad of guardsmen is heading to her estate to arrest her.

Investigator Khlyschinsky here can confirm it. He's in charge.

We are at your full disposal.

Now I understand, general, why you sit in this chair.

I'm at your service!

Hurry up, general.

Well done, Khlyschinsky!

Don't just stand here! Send people after the fugitives!

Quiet, madam.

Calm down, madam.

You have nothing to fear.

They can't hurt you.

What?

What you heard.

Madam ordered to gather people.

What for?

That's none of your business.

Gather everyone.

All of them.

People from the village too.

Our mistress is really out of her mind.

What?

I don't like your tone.

I'm not refusing. I'm just saying.

You...

Don't tell her I said that.

I can be of help.

Where do I gather them?

You know where. In the church.

There's room for everybody.

That's not possible. Madam ordered to stop the works.

And the priest has lost his mind.

Locked himself in the church.

Do as you're told.

The priest will come.

You can tell everyone that the priest will come.

He's on his way.

We'll consecrate the church.

It's going to be a big day.

Everyone will get a blessing.

Everyone.

Go!

Come here. I've got a job for you.

We have too much to do already.

Where's Savely and Fedot?

They went away yesterday and didn't come back.

So I've been thinking...

It will catch up with us in the end.

So what?

Our mistress answers to no one.

Indeed.

Stop talking like that.

That's dangerous things you're saying.

After the feast comes the reckoning!

And why are you sitting here?

Mistress ordered to gather everyone in the church.

Both from the village and from the house. Everyone.

What for?

Go ask her what for!

I'll tell you what for.

We'll be consecrating the church.

The new priest is coming to Troitskoye.

Have they really finished the church?

And they said a priest is coming from Moscow.

Could this be the end of our suffering?

First she didn't let us go to the church, and now they're almost forcing us.

Could it be that she repented?

She used to be a nun after all.

Let's hope that the priest will bring her to her senses.

Let's hope to God.

Let's hope.

Finally!

Don't crowd!

Come in. One by one.

We haven't been in the church for so long.

We want to kiss the icons and get a blessing.

Thank God!

What's going on there?

Go quiet them down.

You go help.

Come in.

Ermolay! What are you doing?

Ermolay! Open the door!

Ermolay! Open the door!

Ermolay!

Ermolay! Open the door!

Open the gates!

Are you all asleep?

Where's your mistress?

She's not taking visitors today! We're having a celebration!

What do you want?

We brought fugitives.

Go!

Why?

You thought you ran away and would get away with it?

Go!

Go!

Come on, come here.

Come on.

God sees everything.

And where are you going?

Madam!

I'm here!