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=To Kill a Songbird=

(Adapted from Shen Xiaoguan's Bird Kills Seven People)

=Episode 6= (Encountering Zhong Kui)

You're really good-looking.

Even more than him,

him,

and him.

All of you are good-looking.

If you agree to be my wife,

I'll let you go.

Otherwise, when Zhong Kui catches ghosts tonight,

you'll all die.

Scholar Zhong Nan has hair standing on end.

He wears green robe, belt, and wide black boots.

Big ghosts jump, while small ghosts cry.

Bloodied mouth devours hearts and livers.

Summoning ghosts is easy. Getting rid of them is hard.

Close the doors, stay safe.

Stay safe.

(This person seems hysterical.)

Do you have something to tell me?

Will you be my wife?

Dear.

That song you just sang was so creepy.

We also worship Zhong Kui,

but why does he eat people?

Because this mountain is full of villains.

Zhong Kui wants to eat them all up.

Stomach first,

then the skin,

and the bones.

And

the head.

Summoning ghosts is easy. Getting rid of them is hard.

Getting rid of them is hard.

Dear.

You said

you wanted me to be your wife,

but you haven't even told me your name.

Me?

My name is...

My name is Huang Baotian.

I'm the king

here.

Your dear.

You said your surname is Huang.

Did your family run a funeral shop?

(Huang Family Shop) In the back streets of the market.

How do you know?

Before my brother and I went up the mountain,

we ran a shop in the city.

Baotian.

Light the lanterns.

Xuezhao Residence's

Divine Lady Thrush.

You recognize me?

I've seen you

at Xuezhao Residence.

You fool.

You two, follow me.

Please

resolve the ghost problem on this mountain.

You mean Zhong Kui summoning ghosts?

Since I'm here,

I can't just stand by.

I'm Divine Lady Thrush's...

This person is named Lu Yanchong.

He's the new magistrate of Huachang County.

He's here to hunt bandits.

I pretended to lead him up the mountain to help you eliminate this major threat.

If you don't want trouble,

you'd better tie him up

and feed him to Zhong Kui.

Sir.

You're two-faced, harbor treacherous intentions,

and have repeatedly plotted against me.

You don't think

I'll just let it go, do you?

(Midnight)

Summoning ghosts is easy. Getting rid of them is hard.

Lose the head, stay safe.

Lead into the basin, expose it to sun.

Share the same tides and humidity.

As expected,

it's poisonous.

This is the layout of the mountain stronghold.

You're skilled.

That's why you dared to go up the mountain alone.

You're not greedy for credit or colluding with bandits as we thought.

Even if I followed,

I couldn't remember such a complex stronghold layout

so clearly.

Hurry down the mountain

and bring men to wipe out the bandits.

There seems to be poison on the claws.

I have a bezoar pill.

Please take it, Sir.

You even changed the way you address me.

I misjudged you.

Once we deal with these bandits,

I'll apologize to you properly.

(Officiated By Huang Baocheng and Huang Baotian)

(Spirit Tablet of Huang Agen, Officiated by Huang Baocheng and Huang Baotian)

(Spirit Tablet of Huang Agen.)

(Died in the Third Month of the Jihai year)

The third Month of the Jihai year.

(It's the same month the Thrush Case occurred.)

Who?

(Spirit Tablet of Huang Agen)

(Died in the Third Month of the Jihai year)

(I'm really curious)

(what in this world could scare you.)

Sir.

You don't think

I'll just let it go, do you?

(Jiang Chun is Outside.)

Speaking of which,

County Magistrate Jiang is my subordinate.

Now,

you two are getting more in sync.

I almost wish that County Magistrate Jiang

hadn't arrived in time yesterday,

so you would have died under Zhong Kui's hands.

Do you hate me that much?

I have a chronic illness.

I need traditional acupuncture every day at dusk.

Yesterday you tied me up,

making me miss the time.

I almost died in the countryside.

I didn't know.

Yes, you didn't know.

If you really had ill intentions toward me,

I wouldn't be alive now.

But I can't let my guard down

around you.

You tied me out of the city.

I used you to go up the mountain.

We're even.

After going down the mountain,

we'd better separate completely

and have nothing to do with each other.

I just took a walk outside

and gathered some news.

It's said that

Huang Baotian dug up several jars of wine

in the forest a few days ago.

All the people who drank with him that night ended up dead.

And all of them lost heir heads.

Huang Baotian went mad from then on.

Later,

anyone left alone after midnight

would easily lose their head.

Tell me.

Who could this head-eating Zhong Kui be?

Huang Baotian.

I guess you have many questions for him,

so I deliberately captured him.

Consider it

an apology for my rashness yesterday.

(Died in the Third Month of the Jihai year)

In the sixth month of the Jihai year,

did you and your brother

bury a head

at Qili Slope outside Huachang County?

A head?

Qili Slope.

Yes, Qili Slope.

Whose head was it?

Father suddenly died.

Baocheng cut off the head.

Head.

Why did you put

Li Ji's seal on that head?

Lead into the basin, expose it to sun.

Share the same tides and humidity.

Someone paid money.

A lot of money.

Someone took the head.

He's too crazy.

We can't get anything from him.

To get solid evidence,

you need to subdue his superstitious older brother.

Head.

Head.

Head.

What did you do?

The fake evidence back then

must be connected to him.

He's killed so many here.

Neither human nor ghost.

He deserves some suffering.

What's wrong?

Nothing.

I'm just drained from the procedure.

Help me.

How?

Tianzong, Naoyu acupoints.

Three inches apart.

Insert downwards.

Teach me.

Insert downward.

Use a bit more force.

(Year 8 of Zhenghe.)

(The 28th day of the 5th Month.)

(Gloomy sky.)

(No rain.)

(Birds aren't flying.)

(Ten days until the 7th Day of the 6th Month)

♪A thrush's song pierced the endless night♪

♪Blood splattered on the bamboo cage, reflecting the cool moonlight♪

♪Thirteen years of frost and snow sealed the old study window♪

♪I twisted the needle, prying open the past♪

♪A cold stone marrow pressed against my palm♪

♪My older brother lay buried afar♪

♪Flames licked across that place♪

♪A list of righteous hearts♪

♪Who laughed in the dark at the panic?♪

♪I'm the shadow caged within as well as the flying light♪

♪Only when hatred burns out did we know how scorching our obsessions were♪

♪You said you'd die if you hit a stone♪

♪Yet you crashed into my fate's web♪

♪Pear blossoms fell all over the wound on your shoulder♪

♪The wind in the bamboo forest dispersed the hexagrams♪

♪The thrush carried the past away♪

♪I stood at the end of the fireworks and gazed♪

♪You lifted a lantern to illuminate♪

♪That page♪