Original subtitles

=To Kill a Songbird=

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

=Episode 10= (Consumed by Doubt, the Widow Sets a Trap)

=Episode 10= (to Expose the Guilty)

You know who she really is.

It was your husband, Zhao Chengxi,

who led you here to kill her.

What if your husband deceived you?

My husband would never lie to me.

Back then, I was struck by the epidemic

and confined to my bed.

He stayed by my side without rest,

caring for me day and night.

How could he ever deceive me?

Li Ji killed the one I loved most.

That is the truth.

He would never lie to me!

The Li family deserved their fate.

His brother murdered my husband.

My two children died in the epidemic.

How is my Shen family any different from being wiped out entirely?

You said it to my face

that you hated her,

hated her for being a murderer's sister.

You said you would abandon her,

leave her to die alone and miserable.

Whether I said those words or not,

you never intended to let me leave alive.

Since death was inevitable,

I chose not to say them.

- You... - Shang Jin.

Do not let them deceive you and turn you into a pawn.

Interesting.

How easy it would be to say a few gentle words.

Why would you not do it?

Why did you refuse so stubbornly?

Because she is nothing like what you imagine her to be.

Even when she was framed and wronged,

she still risked her life

to seek the truth.

Even when she

was adrift like floating weeds,

with her family destroyed and nothing to rely on,

she was still willing to take in another's child.

She is someone

people like you,

who blur right and wrong for personal revenge,

will never be able to understand.

He is dead. Now it is your turn.

Who lives and who dies

is not for you to decide.

Fine. Then we die together.

It has gone quiet.

(Misty Peaks and Clouded Ridges)

(In Mourning)

You killed Shen Xiu,

framed another man,

then took his wife for yourself.

Now you incited Shang Jin to kill me,

to bury the past once and for all.

Do you have proof?

To lure us into your trap,

you had Shang Jin place this object

(Ji) beside Mo Feibai's cage,

then coated it with a numbing poison.

The forged mark on the severed head back then

(Ji) was made using Li Ji's seal.

(Ji)

Enough with these tricks.

Shen Xiu was nothing more than a servant who raised birds for me.

And he dared to compete with me for the woman I loved.

So what if I killed him?

Since you are here, do not expect to leave alive.

You included.

So you finally admit it.

Dear.

Thirteen years ago,

you were the one who killed him.

Dear.

All these years, I treated you...

You respected me and cared for me.

You granted every request I ever made.

And just because of that,

you thought I would believe everything you said

and kill someone for you?

Do you not find that terribly naive?

The invitations were sent long ago.

All these years, I pretended to be mad and foolish,

waiting to see when you would finally slip.

That was the safest way.

Played along with my act.

In my view,

hesitating at every step only lets others control you.

A sudden move may be the only way to break through.

And how do you plan to do that?

Shang Jin,

do not let villains deceive and use you.

Sir, there are ears beyond the wall.

Play along with me.

He is dead. Now it is your turn.

You probably never realized

that the one you loved has been poisoning you for years.

The toxins have built up in your body.

You do not have long to live.

This incense is called Lovesickness.

It draws the mind into illusion,

letting one see the happiest moments of their life,

lost in longing.

After that, there is no strength left to act.

Zhao Chengxi, confess your crimes.

Jin,

you have forgiven me,

haven't you?

You think I forgot?

I was only waiting for you to die.

No!

(The eighth year of Zhenghe,)

(The first day of the sixth month.)

(Clear skies.)

(A breeze in the air.)

(Grudges and debts laid to rest.)

(Flowers broken and fallen.)

(Seven days remain until the seventh of the sixth month)

You cannot die.

You must live

and speak the whole truth.

Why?

Why?

If a murderer was never judged back then,

do you think time can make it right?

I trust no one but myself.

Only by killing him with my own hands can I face death without regret.

Are you dead?

Are you dead?

You...

The day I saw Yexin and Huiyi,

I knew at once

they were my children.

A mother's instinct is frightening, isn't it?

Thank you for watching over them for me.

Huiyi.

You have taken such good care of them.

Their eyes are still clear and innocent.

I do not have much time left.

There is one more thing.

That Mo Feibai

is the very bird

Xiu raised back then.

After the murder,

it flew back on its own.

I lied to Zhao Chengxi and said I bought it at the bird market.

Here, take my handkerchief.

As long as you hold it,

it will follow you.

In this world, it is easy to die, but hard to go on living.

I am about to take that shortcut myself.

I hope you will keep walking a little longer.

Let's get out first. Go.

(Misty Peaks and Clouded Ridges)

(Meeting stone in water.)

(This person stands in a place of power,)

(yet will still drag you down into the mire.)

(Are you truly not afraid?)

(If the price of vengeance is only one life,)

(then I have already gained more than enough.)

(Why would fear still have a place?)

(Born as a sparrow, to perish upon striking stone)

To perish upon striking stone.

(Shi Lang is the trial fate never meant me to escape.)

(Yesterday you bound me)

(and made me miss the right moment.)

(I nearly died outside the city.)

(You tied me and took me out of the city.)

(I used you to reach the mountain.)

(That makes us even.)

(After we come down the mountain,)

(it is best that our paths be kept separate.)

(From then on, we owe each other nothing.)

(Born as a sparrow, to perish upon striking stone)

♪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 presses 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 gaze♪

♪You lifted a lantern to illuminate♪

♪That page♪