Original subtitles

=To Kill a Songbird=

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

=Episode 20= (Old Case Finally Avenged)

(Liang Andao has been personally escorted to the capital by Official Cen.)

(The old Thrush Case)

(along with those 42 cases)

(full of doubts)

(will all be reopened for retrial.)

(If you hadn't persisted until now,)

(many injustices would never have seen the light of day.)

(This case is not only for my brother,)

(nor only for me,)

(but also for Shang Jin,)

(for Shen Xiu,)

(and for the countless silent ones.)

(You did it.)

(Both Li Fuyuan and Li Yuan'er)

are now without regrets.

It's all over.

It's time to think of our own matters.

Let's pick an auspicious day

and hold again

a lively wedding banquet.

From now on,

we'll live like ordinary married couple.

When spring comes,

together

we'll renovate this courtyard again

and plant some plants.

Holding a private trial

and common folks trying officials.

You know better than anyone.

This place can no longer hold Li Fuyuan.

No!

♪A thrush's song pierced the endless night♪

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

I

originally planned to walk this path alone.

But because of you,

even the wind and snow felt lighter.

You take a step.

♪A cold stone marrow presses against my palm♪

And I follow.

♪My older brother lay buried afar♪

This was my own choice.

Not yours.

I have the right to choose.

To choose to stay.

To choose a retrial.

To choose to live.

♪Only when hatred burns out♪

And choose to love.

From now on,

I want no good person in this world

to be silently killed.

Could you become someone like that?

♪The wound on your shoulder♪

I came with hatred.

I have gotten all I sought.

My heart is unburdened.

Now,

♪Mist is thick in the locust grove♪

Don't.

I should also leave

with relief.

♪On a robe faded with time♪

♪I used illusion to reveal my heart♪

♪The golden hairpin hides my fear♪

♪The nuptial wine is laced with lies♪

♪You said you'd wait with me♪

♪Till clouds part and the sun stretches long♪

♪Yet poems were neatly stacked on your desk♪

♪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♪

(Everything that night)

(seemed like a dream.)

(The girl I once doubted,)

(whom I later admired and adored,)

(suddenly)

(transformed into a thrush.)

♪The wind in the bamboo forest dispersed the hexagrams♪

(It's like she never existed.)

♪The thrush carried the past away♪

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

♪You lifted a lantern to illuminate♪

♪That page♪

♪Frost and snow melt, and plum blossoms filled the air♪

♪New seedlings grow in the old courtyard♪

♪One spring day, you said♪

♪The melons are just right♪

♪The thrush flaps its wings beneath the eaves♪ (Document Building)

♪Flying over the short wall♪

Mr. Cui.

All the old case files are here.

Everyone.

Thank you for waiting.

You're back.

Master.

Do you understand what it means to "perish when meeting a stone"?

After leaving the mountain,

I indeed encountered the person you mentioned

that's relevant to "stone".

Every time I see him,

I feel a bit uneasy.

I thought I would die by his hand,

but unexpectedly,

just seeing the stone marrow he wears

reminds me of my brother in prison,

having his fingers broken

and tongue cut off.

That's why the pain is so unbearable.

Thank you for your guidance.

I realize now what you said

was not a prophecy or curse,

but a lesson on how I should act in the end.

If my actions

involve him,

he would fail as a county magistrate

seeking justice for the people.

Dying by his hand

is the best outcome.

"Perish when meeting a stone" doesn't mean death is fixed.

Heaven and earth are one; life and death are intertwined.

The stone is a trial,

a barrier,

a turning of energy.

If you cling to obsession,

death is real.

If you go with the flow,

death may mark a new beginning.

People think I transformed into a celestial being,

but I just used an illusion to escape.

You said before that all of this is just the beginning of a long journey.

So this is what you meant.

(Now I understand)

(death is the end of the setup.)

(Living)

(is the beginning of the solution.)

(One Month Later)

Sachet gourd charms.

Come take a look at folding fans and bead baskets.

Aged wine.

Which lady is that for?

Don't even mention it.

It was returned when I gave it away.

Where are you going?

I got a few seeds.

I'm going back to the courtyard to plant some melons for my wife.

(Tea) The book says,

"There's a tale of the thrush with seven lives, astonishing all."

The world will always see bright days.

Keep a loyal heart and let it guide you.

We have all kinds of silks and fabrics.

Miss, come take a look.

New rouge and powders.

These are the latest styles from the capital.

I'll take a few of each.

Thank you.

(The End)

♪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♪