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=To Kill a Songbird=

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

=Episode 14= (Fake Death Reveals Sincerity)

The water route map you gave is fake.

You used Jiang Chun to draw off Zhai Lu's men,

so that you could find Liang Andao yourself.

Why didn't you tell me your plan in advance?

You seem really angry.

You could send Jiang Chun away with one word,

keep me in the dark,

and act on your own.

Li Fuyuan.

You seem to have no trust.

No matter what Jiang Chun and I did,

you treat us as strangers,

ready to discard at any time.

I didn't tell anyone about my plan.

Not because I don't trust you,

but because I know

only I can overturn my case.

It concerns no one else.

No one else?

(I'm a witness.)

(Today, from the Hour of Si until a quarter-hour ago,)

(Divine Lady has stayed by my side,)

(not leaving at all.)

(All marriage documents are here.)

(Please examine.)

(You have my pregnant wife)

(detained here.)

(Can I not come see her)

(and seek justice?)

No one else.

Forget it.

Your heart is as cold as ice and iron.

It has no trace of ordinary human feeling.

I shouldn't have helped you.

I need no one's help.

Nor do I need anyone to save me.

You say start, and it starts.

You say end, and it ends.

How domineering.

I will follow you.

What are you going to do?

I need no one's help either.

Nor do I need anyone to save me.

I'm Huachang County's magistrate.

Who dares block my way?

I'll kill you.

Don't let this person

reach Official Liang!

(Why are there two groups?)

It's that demoness.

Chase her!

No matter which divine lady you are,

today will be your death day.

Don't let her escape!

Don't run! Chase!

Let's see what you can do.

Accept your death.

Report this immediately.

Go!

Li Fuyuan!

Dead?

Yes.

Another group appeared.

That woman jumped off the cliff herself,

leaving no trace.

Another group?

Come here.

Send a few more inside tonight.

Strengthen patrols.

If anyone comes, take them down on the spot.

Yes.

Magistrate.

The county magistrate office's officers have all been sent to find Miss.

Yexin and Huiyi went too.

So far,

she's still not found.

Noted.

Tonight is long.

I've been waiting a long time.

I have personal debts to settle with you.

Swords have no eyes.

If you don't want to die, step aside.

Bold assassin.

You broke into the central magistrate's office at night and spoke boldly.

Take them down.

Then so be it.

You want to die?

Then none shall live.

Lunatic.

Kill him!

Hurry over.

Have you lost your mind?

Go.

Chase him. Don't let him escape!

Split up and search.

You all go over there.

Alright.

You're insane.

Li Fuyuan is dead,

and you still want to die with her?

I'm clear-headed.

I've never been this clear-headed.

There are so many of Zhai Lu's men.

He's already prepared.

You definitely can't kill him tonight.

I know.

You know, yet you still...

She died for me.

She's always so icy,

never giving her heart to anyone.

Only I can overturn my case.

It concerns no one else.

She's also sharp-tongued.

But if it weren't to draw those men away for me,

she wouldn't have fallen.

How strange.

If I approach her,

she suffers.

If I avoid her,

she still suffers.

No matter what I do,

heaven is never satisfied.

Since that's the case,

whether she dies

or survives...

What do you want to do?

Can I ask you a favor?

What is it?

Lu Yanchong.

I was gone for just half a day.

Why is it empty?

Don't light a lamp.

You have a fever.

Have you returned to my dream?

If I light the lamp, you'll leave, right?

Why did you say those things to me during the day?

Master Lu.

Honestly, I only wanted to use you at first.

I want to use your influence.

The path I take

has never been yours to choose.

Only I

can protect myself.

And now,

my identity is exposed.

Whoever is behind this

won't spare me.

I said I don't want to drag you down.

I mean it sincerely.

The more sincere you are,

the more frustrated I become.

Do you know why?

Because I want you to be selfish with me.

I want you to demand more from me.

I want you

not to see me as just anyone else.

I've said many harsh things to you.

I regret them.

I thought if I stayed far from you,

that prophecy of dying from meeting a stone

would never come true.

♪A night of swirling snow♪

♪All the world's perfection♪

♪Hides its regrets deep within♪

Don't go.

♪A scarlet mark of love on my heart♪

♪No longing will enter my dreams again♪

Li Fuyuan.

I like you.

♪Experience endless sorrow♪

♪Love's ties are hard to sever♪

♪A past fate, a dream of cold farewell♪

♪Cherish moments of pure joy♪

♪That year, we laughed among pear blossoms♪

♪A night of swirling snow♪

♪All the world's perfection♪

♪Hides its regrets deep within♪

Why didn't you push me away?

Even at a time like this,

you still remain indifferent, don't you?

♪No longing will enter my dreams again♪

If one day I'm gone,

would you be heartbroken?

♪All the world's perfection♪

♪Hides its regrets deep within♪

♪A scarlet mark of love on my heart♪

♪No longing will enter my dreams again♪

♪Until everything fades into smoke♪

(You probably won't feel sorrow.)

(Some words)

(and some things)

(can only)

(be said or done)

(by playing a fool.)

(But it's alright.)

(After tomorrow,)

you'll be able to live freely

(without worries.)

♪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♪