1 00:01:25,280 --> 00:01:30,920 {\an8}‪ADAPTED FROM A SHUQI.COM NOVEL ‪ORIGINAL AUTHOR: SENLIN LU 2 00:01:35,080 --> 00:01:36,200 Please hold up. 3 00:01:36,720 --> 00:01:38,360 What's wrong, scaring the guests? 4 00:01:38,440 --> 00:01:39,560 It's fine! 5 00:01:40,600 --> 00:01:42,200 Probably just a rat. 6 00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:14,320 - What's going on? - There's a rat! 7 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:15,320 It scared me to death! 8 00:02:15,400 --> 00:02:18,000 How come it's always you, making a fuss over nothing? 9 00:02:18,680 --> 00:02:20,000 He's new here and ignorant. 10 00:02:20,080 --> 00:02:22,600 That scream just now was clearly from a woman. 11 00:02:22,680 --> 00:02:24,080 What woman? 12 00:02:24,160 --> 00:02:25,760 There's only this snot-nosed kid. 13 00:02:28,520 --> 00:02:30,760 I got it! Look! 14 00:02:41,520 --> 00:02:43,280 No telling what happened to her. 15 00:02:47,680 --> 00:02:49,000 - Taozhi! - Taozhi! 16 00:02:49,080 --> 00:02:51,120 - Taozhi! - Run again and I'll break your legs! 17 00:02:51,200 --> 00:02:52,880 What do you want from us? 18 00:02:52,960 --> 00:02:55,240 What's the rush? You want a beating too, huh? 19 00:02:55,320 --> 00:02:56,360 Niu. 20 00:03:02,640 --> 00:03:03,680 Now that you're here, 21 00:03:03,760 --> 00:03:04,960 don't worry about finding work. 22 00:03:05,040 --> 00:03:06,680 I'll give you a guarantee right now. 23 00:03:08,080 --> 00:03:09,240 - What're you doing? - Move aside! 24 00:03:09,320 --> 00:03:11,080 - What're you doing? - What're you doing? 25 00:03:15,280 --> 00:03:16,280 Taozhi! 26 00:03:16,360 --> 00:03:18,760 - Taozhi! - Taozhi! 27 00:03:18,840 --> 00:03:21,080 - Taozhi! - Taozhi! 28 00:03:22,720 --> 00:03:24,520 XIUHONG HOUSE 29 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:27,400 Come take a look! 30 00:03:28,760 --> 00:03:30,520 Xiuhong House is really odd. 31 00:03:30,600 --> 00:03:34,480 The silks hanging in the courtyard are like a maze, 32 00:03:34,560 --> 00:03:36,120 like there are people hiding everywhere. 33 00:03:36,200 --> 00:03:38,440 Those silk colors are chosen for a reason. 34 00:03:38,520 --> 00:03:39,680 They're to gather qi and draw in money. 35 00:03:39,760 --> 00:03:41,160 And that's not all. 36 00:03:41,240 --> 00:03:42,440 There are pines and cypresses by the hall door 37 00:03:42,520 --> 00:03:44,040 and a peachwood sword on the beam. 38 00:03:44,120 --> 00:03:46,720 These props don't match the décor at all. 39 00:03:46,800 --> 00:03:48,320 They're all meant to boost luck and pull in wealth. 40 00:03:50,200 --> 00:03:51,120 What kind of embroidery house is this? 41 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:53,440 You can't even spot a single thread there. 42 00:03:54,640 --> 00:03:56,280 Do you remember the face powder in the gutter? 43 00:03:57,560 --> 00:04:00,320 With that much powder, there should be lots of embroiderers here. 44 00:04:00,400 --> 00:04:03,560 No. Embroiderers rarely wear makeup, 45 00:04:03,640 --> 00:04:06,480 because powder falls on the frame and stains the embroidery. 46 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:08,640 So you mean 47 00:04:08,720 --> 00:04:11,800 Xiuhong House was only dressed up to look like an embroidery house. 48 00:04:14,760 --> 00:04:16,120 Taozhi! 49 00:04:17,320 --> 00:04:18,399 Taozhi… 50 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:33,840 It's all my fault. 51 00:04:37,880 --> 00:04:40,160 Why did you have to make such a scene? 52 00:04:40,760 --> 00:04:42,600 We ex-palace maids 53 00:04:42,680 --> 00:04:46,280 trying to make it out here already have it hard enough. 54 00:04:46,360 --> 00:04:48,320 We're not like you, 55 00:04:48,400 --> 00:04:51,360 with a brother at court to back you up. 56 00:04:51,440 --> 00:04:53,000 You pulled a stunt, 57 00:04:53,080 --> 00:04:55,560 and all of us got dragged down with you. 58 00:04:56,600 --> 00:04:58,040 How is that Taozhi's fault? 59 00:04:58,120 --> 00:05:00,040 She did it for us too! 60 00:05:00,120 --> 00:05:01,640 How can you be so foolish? 61 00:05:02,240 --> 00:05:04,160 If this were legit work, 62 00:05:04,240 --> 00:05:06,000 why won't they let us leave once we came in? 63 00:05:07,520 --> 00:05:10,800 Now they've locked us up in this place like a cage. 64 00:05:23,440 --> 00:05:25,640 I'd rather starve on the street 65 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:29,800 than die here without knowing why. 66 00:05:47,040 --> 00:05:50,400 A person's fate, how it turns out isn't just about your birth parents. 67 00:05:50,480 --> 00:05:52,600 It also depends on your adoptive parents. 68 00:05:52,680 --> 00:05:55,280 Hu Da found himself a rich godfather, 69 00:05:55,360 --> 00:05:57,800 so he could lend money in the palace, and nobody dared touch him. 70 00:05:58,320 --> 00:05:59,400 Godfather? 71 00:05:59,480 --> 00:06:01,040 The wealthy merchant Sun Zhiwang. 72 00:06:01,120 --> 00:06:03,200 The one people call Sun "Eight Wards"? 73 00:06:03,960 --> 00:06:04,800 That's him. 74 00:06:04,880 --> 00:06:07,120 They say he's obsessed with birth charts and fate. 75 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:08,920 He's consulted nearly every fortune-teller in Western Capital. 76 00:06:09,800 --> 00:06:11,400 Even his godson couldn't dodge destiny? 77 00:06:12,520 --> 00:06:14,680 You can't just pick a godfather at random. 78 00:06:16,800 --> 00:06:19,040 Do you remember what Hu Da once said? 79 00:06:19,120 --> 00:06:21,680 Before Hanxiao left the palace, she barely paid back the principal, 80 00:06:21,760 --> 00:06:23,840 and he wiped out the remaining interest. 81 00:06:25,080 --> 00:06:27,400 A businessman, no matter how rich, 82 00:06:27,480 --> 00:06:29,320 wouldn't just erase a debt 83 00:06:29,400 --> 00:06:30,720 and take a loss. 84 00:06:31,320 --> 00:06:33,480 Debts have to be paid. 85 00:06:33,560 --> 00:06:35,320 It's just how you pay. 86 00:06:35,400 --> 00:06:37,520 Besides lending money, 87 00:06:37,600 --> 00:06:40,080 Hu Da also finds jobs for ex-palace maids. 88 00:06:40,160 --> 00:06:42,720 He wants these women to work and earn to pay back the usury? 89 00:06:43,480 --> 00:06:45,800 Right. I heard that before Hanxiao left the palace, 90 00:06:45,880 --> 00:06:47,520 she couldn't pay, and was a wreck day and night. 91 00:06:47,600 --> 00:06:50,720 Then Hu Da found her a job, and she finally relaxed. 92 00:06:52,560 --> 00:06:55,120 Could it be she went to Xiuhong House? 93 00:07:38,520 --> 00:07:39,840 Quit that. 94 00:07:39,920 --> 00:07:40,680 RUYI 95 00:07:40,760 --> 00:07:41,560 You're not getting out. 96 00:07:43,840 --> 00:07:45,360 I got here months before you. 97 00:07:54,960 --> 00:07:55,960 Miss, 98 00:07:57,240 --> 00:07:58,480 what are we doing here, exactly? 99 00:08:01,440 --> 00:08:03,440 Once you get down to the storeroom, you'll find out. 100 00:08:05,920 --> 00:08:08,480 - Storeroom? - Storeroom? 101 00:08:12,120 --> 00:08:13,560 I'll get you out too. 102 00:08:59,920 --> 00:09:02,040 Wannian County offices told me the identity of Xiuhong House's owner. 103 00:09:02,120 --> 00:09:03,320 The name's Chen Youdao. 104 00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:04,280 Have you seen him? 105 00:09:04,880 --> 00:09:07,360 No. They said he went to Suzhou to buy silk. 106 00:09:07,440 --> 00:09:08,400 I checked. 107 00:09:08,480 --> 00:09:10,240 In Western Capital, he only has this one business. 108 00:09:10,320 --> 00:09:11,880 His family is all in Suzhou. 109 00:09:12,480 --> 00:09:13,760 I'm afraid this man doesn't even exist. 110 00:09:13,840 --> 00:09:14,960 Come with me. 111 00:09:18,400 --> 00:09:19,480 Where is Sun Zhiwang from? 112 00:09:20,080 --> 00:09:22,200 Same as the owner of Xiuhong House, Suzhou. 113 00:09:22,800 --> 00:09:25,400 That "owner" was likely hired by Sun Zhiwang to throw people off. 114 00:09:25,480 --> 00:09:28,040 We have to look into this Sun "Eight Wards". 115 00:09:28,120 --> 00:09:30,200 This time, no visit. Let's go straight in and take him. 116 00:09:30,280 --> 00:09:32,280 "Take him" is a bit rough. 117 00:09:32,360 --> 00:09:34,000 If we pay a call and he won't see us, 118 00:09:34,080 --> 00:09:35,680 then we'll make him invite us. 119 00:09:37,280 --> 00:09:38,320 ZUIXIAN HOUSE 120 00:09:38,400 --> 00:09:39,600 Make way! 121 00:09:43,320 --> 00:09:46,000 Get out of here! Stop forcing me to call the authorities! 122 00:09:46,080 --> 00:09:49,000 No need to bother. I am the authority. 123 00:09:49,720 --> 00:09:50,840 FUCHANG COUNTY PRINCESS BADGE 124 00:09:52,120 --> 00:09:54,640 Madam, you came at the perfect time. 125 00:09:54,720 --> 00:09:58,440 This street con man is scamming free food at our place! 126 00:09:59,360 --> 00:10:01,680 What "immortal master" are you, stirring up trouble here? 127 00:10:06,600 --> 00:10:08,680 Immortal Master Wuwang from Mount Shennan. 128 00:10:09,480 --> 00:10:12,440 What immortal master? He's a fraud! 129 00:10:12,520 --> 00:10:15,000 Easy. Let's talk. What happened? 130 00:10:15,080 --> 00:10:16,640 An hour ago, 131 00:10:16,720 --> 00:10:19,480 this guy swaggered in like he owned the place. 132 00:10:19,560 --> 00:10:21,720 I hurried over to greet him. 133 00:10:21,800 --> 00:10:24,240 Sir, what would you like today? 134 00:10:24,320 --> 00:10:25,560 We've got live fish. 135 00:10:25,640 --> 00:10:27,840 He looked like a real immortal! 136 00:10:28,680 --> 00:10:31,040 - What was he holding in his hand? - No idea. 137 00:10:56,920 --> 00:11:00,400 Sir, another crooked "sorcerer" here 138 00:11:00,480 --> 00:11:01,640 to mooch a free meal. 139 00:11:12,200 --> 00:11:13,960 - What bad luck! - I'm not eating! 140 00:11:14,040 --> 00:11:15,920 LIQUOR 141 00:11:21,960 --> 00:11:23,640 Immortal Master, why the sigh? 142 00:11:27,480 --> 00:11:29,240 Immortal Master, please sit. 143 00:11:31,520 --> 00:11:32,720 Please. 144 00:11:41,440 --> 00:11:43,200 What did you see just now? 145 00:11:43,840 --> 00:11:46,200 Could you give us a hint? 146 00:11:48,240 --> 00:11:50,640 Illusion melts away. 147 00:11:51,320 --> 00:11:54,040 Splendor fades to nothing. 148 00:11:54,640 --> 00:11:56,120 This place is full of bad feng shui. 149 00:11:56,800 --> 00:11:59,360 The owner's been having a rough time, no sleep at night. 150 00:11:59,960 --> 00:12:01,400 Evil is stirring, 151 00:12:02,200 --> 00:12:03,920 wrecking fate and draining money. 152 00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:06,760 Soon, there'll be a major disaster. 153 00:12:09,960 --> 00:12:11,000 Immortal Master, 154 00:12:11,080 --> 00:12:15,040 our master cares most about layout. 155 00:12:15,760 --> 00:12:17,000 Look at what we've put here. 156 00:12:17,080 --> 00:12:20,760 Which one isn't meant to bring luck and wealth? 157 00:12:20,840 --> 00:12:23,000 Business here is booming! 158 00:12:23,080 --> 00:12:24,240 Exactly! 159 00:12:25,080 --> 00:12:27,000 If you truly see something, 160 00:12:27,520 --> 00:12:29,440 please tell us plainly. 161 00:12:46,480 --> 00:12:48,680 "Hu"… All in vain… 162 00:12:51,200 --> 00:12:54,000 Has your Master Hu run into any trouble lately? 163 00:12:54,080 --> 00:12:56,160 Nonsense! 164 00:12:56,240 --> 00:12:58,840 Our master's surname is Sun, not Hu. 165 00:13:02,840 --> 00:13:04,440 What should we call you, Immortal Master? 166 00:13:05,120 --> 00:13:07,800 Immortal Master Wuwang from Mount Shennan. 167 00:13:08,840 --> 00:13:10,560 Could you be a bit more specific? 168 00:13:11,240 --> 00:13:13,120 So I can report to my master. 169 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:15,920 Your master isn't surnamed Hu? 170 00:13:17,080 --> 00:13:18,640 Perhaps I misread it. 171 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:21,840 Immortal Master, wait. 172 00:13:21,920 --> 00:13:24,280 Quick! Serve the best dishes. 173 00:13:24,360 --> 00:13:25,680 Don't you dare slight him. 174 00:13:26,800 --> 00:13:29,080 - Go! - Understood. 175 00:13:29,160 --> 00:13:31,840 We treated him with full respect, 176 00:13:31,920 --> 00:13:32,840 and what does he do? 177 00:13:32,920 --> 00:13:35,920 Sits there without a word, just eats. 178 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:38,480 No explanations, and he won't pay either. 179 00:13:38,560 --> 00:13:41,400 And what he said was all so vague and mystical. 180 00:13:41,480 --> 00:13:44,200 He only picked the nastiest things to say. 181 00:13:44,280 --> 00:13:45,760 He even cursed us! 182 00:13:45,840 --> 00:13:47,560 That's when I got into it with him. 183 00:13:49,240 --> 00:13:51,880 You ate their food. Why didn't you pay? 184 00:13:52,600 --> 00:13:54,920 I didn't order any of it. 185 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:56,840 They brought it over and insisted I eat. 186 00:13:56,920 --> 00:14:00,160 After I finished, they told me to pay. 187 00:14:00,240 --> 00:14:02,320 This money, I can't give. 188 00:14:02,400 --> 00:14:03,480 And I can't afford it. 189 00:14:03,560 --> 00:14:05,160 Fine, you don't need to. 190 00:14:05,240 --> 00:14:08,040 But since you claim their master has evil omens, 191 00:14:08,120 --> 00:14:09,960 then tell us how to fix it too. 192 00:14:11,960 --> 00:14:13,120 I'm not keeping it from you, 193 00:14:13,760 --> 00:14:16,360 but this evil omen is too strange. 194 00:14:16,440 --> 00:14:18,520 It's not something you can fix in a moment. 195 00:14:20,240 --> 00:14:24,400 Or are you just making it up, scamming free food? 196 00:14:25,120 --> 00:14:26,680 Madam, 197 00:14:26,760 --> 00:14:28,440 throw those chopsticks, 198 00:14:28,520 --> 00:14:29,920 and you'll know if I'm a fraud. 199 00:14:37,480 --> 00:14:38,720 Looks like lately, 200 00:14:39,320 --> 00:14:40,960 you haven't had much luck either. 201 00:14:41,600 --> 00:14:43,680 Everywhere you turn, it's a death case. 202 00:14:43,760 --> 00:14:46,640 The clues keep snapping off. 203 00:14:50,120 --> 00:14:51,480 Not bad. 204 00:14:51,560 --> 00:14:53,200 But with just that, 205 00:14:53,280 --> 00:14:55,080 you're not worth one meal at Zuixian House. 206 00:14:55,760 --> 00:14:57,400 Exactly. You leave things half-done. 207 00:14:57,480 --> 00:14:59,080 What kind of skill is that? 208 00:14:59,960 --> 00:15:01,200 What else can you see, Immortal Master? 209 00:15:01,800 --> 00:15:03,240 You really wish to know? 210 00:15:03,320 --> 00:15:04,400 Of course. 211 00:15:19,680 --> 00:15:21,400 Lake over Wind, the Great Exceeding hexagram. 212 00:15:22,600 --> 00:15:24,920 Fool clings to a dream within a dream. 213 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:26,960 What's sought outside is hard to redeem. 214 00:15:27,040 --> 00:15:30,040 This sign says, "Good things stay out of reach. 215 00:15:30,120 --> 00:15:31,040 Release your grip, and cease to seek." 216 00:15:31,720 --> 00:15:33,600 Seems like you have something 217 00:15:33,680 --> 00:15:36,720 you can't hold on to, yet can't let go of. 218 00:15:36,800 --> 00:15:39,800 You're lost, but you can't tell anyone. 219 00:15:39,880 --> 00:15:41,600 The knot in your heart won't untie. 220 00:15:50,840 --> 00:15:52,400 Does that count as a meal? 221 00:16:02,440 --> 00:16:03,400 They're coming out! 222 00:16:03,480 --> 00:16:05,240 - They're coming out! - He's right on the mark! 223 00:16:05,320 --> 00:16:07,440 Unbelievable. Her face even changed. 224 00:16:08,200 --> 00:16:09,800 Stop staring! Move along! 225 00:16:09,880 --> 00:16:10,720 What's her problem? 226 00:16:13,680 --> 00:16:15,400 - Hey! - All right. 227 00:16:15,480 --> 00:16:17,400 Consider it the Lady covering your meal. 228 00:16:24,040 --> 00:16:26,080 Immortal Master! Immortal Master! 229 00:16:27,680 --> 00:16:28,520 Immortal Master, wait. 230 00:16:29,160 --> 00:16:30,440 We were rude just now. 231 00:16:31,120 --> 00:16:34,800 Our master invites you upstairs for a talk. 232 00:16:44,920 --> 00:16:47,400 Sorry. I can't get involved. 233 00:16:48,280 --> 00:16:50,560 Immortal Master… Immortal Master! 234 00:16:55,280 --> 00:16:56,920 Why's there only chicken and no wine? 235 00:16:57,000 --> 00:16:58,720 Drink less. 236 00:16:58,800 --> 00:17:00,920 You'll drink your brain rotten and turn into a useless old wreck. 237 00:17:01,000 --> 00:17:02,480 How am I supposed to count on you then? 238 00:17:08,760 --> 00:17:10,839 What I said in the divination verse was pure nonsense. 239 00:17:10,920 --> 00:17:13,400 If I offended you, I hope you'll forgive me. 240 00:17:15,119 --> 00:17:16,839 Seems my acting was pretty good. 241 00:17:16,920 --> 00:17:18,839 Even you got scared. 242 00:17:20,040 --> 00:17:21,440 You scared me too. 243 00:17:22,040 --> 00:17:24,200 I thought Mr. Xiao really hit something. 244 00:17:24,920 --> 00:17:27,400 If even you bought it, then everyone there 245 00:17:27,480 --> 00:17:29,280 won't doubt our "Immortal Master." 246 00:17:31,680 --> 00:17:34,960 Well… So the one you click with best now 247 00:17:35,040 --> 00:17:36,160 isn't me anymore. 248 00:17:38,920 --> 00:17:41,000 That's just acting. 249 00:17:41,080 --> 00:17:43,800 Since "Immortal Master Wuwang" was talking nonsense, 250 00:17:43,880 --> 00:17:45,200 I had to make it look real. 251 00:17:45,280 --> 00:17:48,160 Mr. Xiao, what on earth did you say? 252 00:17:48,240 --> 00:17:50,320 Mr. Xiao cast a hexagram 253 00:17:50,400 --> 00:17:53,440 and said Inspector Du asks too many questions, 254 00:17:53,520 --> 00:17:54,440 so he'll end up in Tongue-Pulling Hell. 255 00:17:55,040 --> 00:17:56,520 You little lunatic! 256 00:17:56,600 --> 00:18:00,440 Cut the nonsense, or you'll meet me right there! 257 00:18:01,680 --> 00:18:02,680 Look at her. 258 00:18:05,120 --> 00:18:06,400 What do we do next? 259 00:18:07,960 --> 00:18:09,680 The show's already started. 260 00:18:10,320 --> 00:18:11,280 Don't rush. 261 00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:24,880 Who is it? 262 00:18:27,280 --> 00:18:28,560 - Godfather… - Who? 263 00:18:31,400 --> 00:18:32,880 - Godfather… - Get away! 264 00:18:32,960 --> 00:18:34,400 Give me my life back! 265 00:18:37,520 --> 00:18:42,720 {\an8}SUN'S MANSION 266 00:19:07,360 --> 00:19:08,560 He took the bait? 267 00:19:12,280 --> 00:19:13,480 We got a bonus. 268 00:19:22,520 --> 00:19:24,720 ACCOUNT BOOK 269 00:19:25,640 --> 00:19:27,240 Disguising the account book like this… 270 00:19:27,320 --> 00:19:28,880 Hu Da really is something. 271 00:19:30,120 --> 00:19:32,400 So many palace maids borrowed money from Hu Da? 272 00:19:32,480 --> 00:19:34,160 And the interest is insane. 273 00:19:34,240 --> 00:19:36,160 On a maid's monthly pay, there's no way they could repay it. 274 00:19:36,240 --> 00:19:37,840 MONEY LENT TO HANXIAO 275 00:19:37,920 --> 00:19:39,920 Then how did these maids pay it off? 276 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:41,360 Their names were crossed out. 277 00:19:42,760 --> 00:19:45,720 But in the deposit records, their names aren't there at all. 278 00:19:48,880 --> 00:19:49,600 HANXIAO 279 00:19:49,680 --> 00:19:52,000 Found it. Hanxiao's name was crossed out too. 280 00:19:53,360 --> 00:19:55,360 So they really made them work to repay it? 281 00:19:56,680 --> 00:19:57,960 I'll check where these women ended up. 282 00:19:59,360 --> 00:20:01,520 Xiuhong House and Sun's Mansion are far apart. 283 00:20:01,600 --> 00:20:03,960 That day, Hu Da had no time to deliver the account book there. 284 00:20:04,040 --> 00:20:07,640 So it seems Xiuhong House must be tied to Sun Zhiwang. 285 00:20:08,840 --> 00:20:12,480 SUN ZHIWANG, WESTERN CAPITAL'S RICHEST 286 00:20:12,560 --> 00:20:14,600 A ghost! 287 00:20:15,520 --> 00:20:17,520 Master, easy! 288 00:20:18,640 --> 00:20:20,400 There's nothing unusual in the room. 289 00:20:20,480 --> 00:20:22,760 The men thoroughly searched the courtyard. 290 00:20:22,840 --> 00:20:23,680 There's nothing odd. 291 00:20:23,760 --> 00:20:26,520 It was Hu Da! Hu Da is back! 292 00:20:27,280 --> 00:20:29,240 His face was covered in blood, and he tried to bite me! 293 00:20:30,640 --> 00:20:32,520 Where's my peachwood sword? Where's my talisman? 294 00:20:32,600 --> 00:20:34,160 - Hurry! - Bring the peachwood sword and talisman! 295 00:20:34,240 --> 00:20:35,520 - Hurry! - Hurry! 296 00:20:36,440 --> 00:20:37,800 Master, your peachwood sword. 297 00:20:41,840 --> 00:20:44,400 - Realgar wine! Realgar wine! - Bring the wine! 298 00:20:44,480 --> 00:20:45,320 REALGAR WINE 299 00:20:47,680 --> 00:20:48,760 Master. 300 00:20:49,280 --> 00:20:49,960 JIANG TINGWEI, GUARD 301 00:20:50,040 --> 00:20:54,040 The storm outside likely stirred up those troubled dreams, Master. 302 00:20:57,000 --> 00:20:58,240 It wasn't a dream! 303 00:21:00,120 --> 00:21:03,360 Go. Bring that Immortal Master from today to me. 304 00:21:12,200 --> 00:21:17,040 SUN'S MANSION 305 00:21:25,680 --> 00:21:27,360 Take me to see your master. 306 00:21:43,840 --> 00:21:46,720 That day, we were impolite at Zuixian House. 307 00:21:46,800 --> 00:21:48,880 Please don't take offense. 308 00:21:48,960 --> 00:21:51,320 The dead had an unsettled grudge with you. 309 00:21:51,400 --> 00:21:53,960 I was also guided here by fate itself. 310 00:21:54,040 --> 00:21:55,120 No need to worry, Mr. Sun. 311 00:22:13,720 --> 00:22:15,720 Where bright qi stays, 312 00:22:16,400 --> 00:22:18,120 dark shadows creep. 313 00:22:18,720 --> 00:22:20,200 This blame is not the one you see. 314 00:22:21,240 --> 00:22:24,280 From long-held grudges, deeper spite is sown. 315 00:22:26,280 --> 00:22:27,240 What does that mean? 316 00:22:27,840 --> 00:22:30,120 Mr. Sun, lately, your business has run into some trouble, right? 317 00:22:30,960 --> 00:22:35,000 The man's death wasn't due to his destined calamity, but because of you. 318 00:22:35,080 --> 00:22:36,920 One of your properties has too much yin qi, 319 00:22:37,000 --> 00:22:38,000 suppressing your fortune. 320 00:22:38,600 --> 00:22:41,680 First it hits your children, then it harms you. 321 00:22:41,760 --> 00:22:45,520 You must trace it to the source to break the evil. 322 00:22:48,560 --> 00:22:51,360 Immortal Master, can you tell which property it is? 323 00:23:02,040 --> 00:23:05,440 You already have an answer. Why ask me? 324 00:23:08,520 --> 00:23:09,560 Prepare the carriage, now! 325 00:23:09,640 --> 00:23:10,600 Master. 326 00:23:13,560 --> 00:23:15,080 Immortal Attendant, 327 00:23:15,160 --> 00:23:18,600 may you lift your veil and show us your face? 328 00:23:18,680 --> 00:23:20,320 My attendant's face 329 00:23:20,400 --> 00:23:21,920 is not to be shown. 330 00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:24,840 I've never seen an immortal attendant dressed like this. 331 00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:27,920 I'm truly curious. 332 00:23:44,360 --> 00:23:46,920 My attendant's eyes are strange from birth. 333 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:48,200 Not fit to be seen. 334 00:23:49,320 --> 00:23:50,400 Sorry to disturb you, Mr. Sun. 335 00:23:51,480 --> 00:23:53,000 My servant offended you. Sorry. 336 00:23:53,640 --> 00:23:55,440 Tingwei, how rude! 337 00:23:56,360 --> 00:23:58,680 Immortal Master, then let's set off. 338 00:23:59,320 --> 00:24:00,440 But… 339 00:24:00,520 --> 00:24:02,840 I have one more request. 340 00:24:13,280 --> 00:24:16,480 Covering your eyes is by no means disrespect. 341 00:24:17,240 --> 00:24:18,520 My godson died suddenly. 342 00:24:18,600 --> 00:24:21,320 It has already stirred up quite a storm in Western Capital. 343 00:24:21,400 --> 00:24:24,360 If people also learn that I hired an Immortal Master to drive out evil… 344 00:24:24,440 --> 00:24:26,520 You're worried word will get out, 345 00:24:27,040 --> 00:24:28,560 and guests will get uneasy, 346 00:24:28,640 --> 00:24:30,760 - hurting your business. - Yes. 347 00:24:31,600 --> 00:24:33,240 You see right through me. 348 00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:48,320 XIUHONG HOUSE 349 00:25:01,680 --> 00:25:02,520 Immortal Master. 350 00:25:11,080 --> 00:25:12,160 Please light incense for Immortal Master. 351 00:25:24,480 --> 00:25:25,320 Let's begin. 352 00:25:26,840 --> 00:25:27,760 This estate is quite large. 353 00:25:27,840 --> 00:25:30,680 Immortal Master, I beg you leave no detail unchecked, 354 00:25:30,760 --> 00:25:32,600 and sweep away every evil. 355 00:25:33,720 --> 00:25:36,640 - Don't miss a thing. - Don't worry. 356 00:25:37,520 --> 00:25:39,640 This way, please. 357 00:25:50,400 --> 00:25:52,200 Watch your step. 358 00:26:08,240 --> 00:26:09,120 East four. 359 00:26:15,400 --> 00:26:16,240 South two. 360 00:26:19,720 --> 00:26:21,000 North seven. 361 00:26:28,760 --> 00:26:30,040 We're going in circles. 362 00:26:51,760 --> 00:26:53,360 Watch your step! 363 00:27:16,480 --> 00:27:19,560 There's a lot in the room. Careful. 364 00:27:33,360 --> 00:27:36,560 By sacred decree, the sun ascends the east. 365 00:27:36,640 --> 00:27:40,040 This charm I grant, all ill to cease. 366 00:28:06,240 --> 00:28:08,080 Immortal Master, anything unusual? 367 00:28:11,200 --> 00:28:13,400 My breath exhales the mountain's fire. 368 00:28:14,160 --> 00:28:15,680 The talisman's light seals the door, the space entire. 369 00:28:16,360 --> 00:28:17,720 Sweep specters from on high. 370 00:28:17,800 --> 00:28:20,960 Through ages piled, let plagues pass by. 371 00:28:21,560 --> 00:28:22,520 I take the Vajra's might inside, 372 00:28:23,520 --> 00:28:26,680 subduing all fiends, turning harm to blessings wide. 373 00:28:33,480 --> 00:28:36,880 Immortal Attendant, why aren't you following the Immortal Master? 374 00:28:40,880 --> 00:28:42,440 Make noise again, and I'll kill you! 375 00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:53,880 Immortal Master, there seems to be evil here. 376 00:28:57,920 --> 00:28:58,800 The evil is gone. 377 00:29:01,400 --> 00:29:03,960 Immortal Master, shall we go to the next place? 378 00:29:11,320 --> 00:29:14,000 {\an8}SUN'S MANSION 379 00:29:14,760 --> 00:29:17,480 You can take the blindfolds off now. 380 00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:25,640 Immortal Master, please accept this. 381 00:29:28,160 --> 00:29:31,040 My bond with you is not for money. 382 00:29:31,120 --> 00:29:32,160 No need to spend. 383 00:29:34,280 --> 00:29:36,240 Such noble virtue from you 384 00:29:36,320 --> 00:29:41,160 only fills me with fear and unrest in my heart. 385 00:29:41,240 --> 00:29:42,600 In that case, 386 00:29:43,440 --> 00:29:47,200 may I ask you for 12 copper coins, to soothe your heart? 387 00:29:47,280 --> 00:29:48,480 Fine! 388 00:29:48,560 --> 00:29:49,720 Fine! 389 00:29:55,800 --> 00:30:00,240 Immortal Master, has the evil been completely cleared? 390 00:30:00,320 --> 00:30:01,560 One step remains. 391 00:30:01,640 --> 00:30:04,600 Tonight at You Hour, it's an auspicious day and time. 392 00:30:04,680 --> 00:30:07,680 You must host a banquet for old guests to bring in lucky joy. 393 00:30:07,760 --> 00:30:10,440 Only then is the evil truly gone. 394 00:30:11,040 --> 00:30:15,000 From then on, you'll prosper, go smoothly, and keep rising. 395 00:30:17,920 --> 00:30:18,840 You Hour? 396 00:30:24,440 --> 00:30:25,840 I'll follow your arrangement. 397 00:30:27,320 --> 00:30:28,840 Please prepare an empty room for me 398 00:30:28,920 --> 00:30:30,520 in the southwest corner of the first floor. 399 00:30:30,600 --> 00:30:32,840 Before You Hour, I need to set up the offerings 400 00:30:32,920 --> 00:30:34,240 in that room. 401 00:30:34,320 --> 00:30:36,640 Then, all the rite to drive out evil 402 00:30:36,720 --> 00:30:39,720 and bring luck and wealth will be complete. 403 00:30:42,520 --> 00:30:43,880 Thank you, Immortal Master. 404 00:30:43,960 --> 00:30:45,080 Farewell. 405 00:31:13,360 --> 00:31:15,320 Sun Zhiwang's guard was so cautious. 406 00:31:15,400 --> 00:31:18,200 It's basically telling us outright Xiuhong House is hiding something. 407 00:31:18,280 --> 00:31:21,120 That strange noise on the second floor must mean trouble. 408 00:31:21,200 --> 00:31:23,200 That room was packed with embroidery frames. 409 00:31:23,280 --> 00:31:24,600 It should be the embroidery room. 410 00:31:24,680 --> 00:31:27,200 Too bad we were blindfolded. I have no idea which room it was. 411 00:31:27,800 --> 00:31:29,240 I secretly scattered incense ash along the way, 412 00:31:29,320 --> 00:31:31,600 but the scent was covered by soapnut water. 413 00:31:31,680 --> 00:31:34,560 Clearly, wherever we walked, they'd clean it up at once. 414 00:31:35,160 --> 00:31:36,120 They're careful. 415 00:31:36,720 --> 00:31:37,920 It's the easternmost room on the south side. 416 00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:39,480 - What? - The embroidery room 417 00:31:39,560 --> 00:31:41,600 is in the far east room, south side, second floor. 418 00:31:43,480 --> 00:31:47,680 Mr. Xiao, have you got magic or a third eye? 419 00:31:47,760 --> 00:31:48,920 Neither. 420 00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:51,920 When we reached the second floor, Jiang Tingwei immediately led us left. 421 00:31:52,000 --> 00:31:53,320 The first time we visited Xiuhong House, 422 00:31:53,400 --> 00:31:56,200 I noticed there are two stairways up to the second floor. 423 00:31:56,280 --> 00:31:57,440 But if you turn left after going up, 424 00:31:57,520 --> 00:31:59,880 only the southwest one connects to the corridor. 425 00:31:59,960 --> 00:32:01,520 So once we got upstairs, 426 00:32:01,600 --> 00:32:04,640 we walked the south corridor from west to east. 427 00:32:05,280 --> 00:32:07,080 When Jiang Tingwei led us away from the embroidery room, 428 00:32:07,160 --> 00:32:08,000 he first turned us east. 429 00:32:08,080 --> 00:32:10,600 Then after just a few steps, he had us turn north. 430 00:32:10,680 --> 00:32:13,120 That means the embroidery room sits at the far eastern end 431 00:32:13,200 --> 00:32:13,960 of the south corridor. 432 00:32:15,440 --> 00:32:18,320 Next time, just say you've got magic. 433 00:32:22,240 --> 00:32:23,200 Someone's following us. 434 00:32:33,080 --> 00:32:35,080 - Split up. - Don't panic. 435 00:32:35,760 --> 00:32:36,880 Put on your fake eyes. 436 00:32:38,720 --> 00:32:41,440 Oh no, my master only gave me one pair. 437 00:32:41,520 --> 00:32:42,600 I don't have a spare. 438 00:32:54,720 --> 00:32:55,840 Immortal Master. 439 00:32:55,920 --> 00:32:57,800 Your master didn't send you, did he? 440 00:32:57,880 --> 00:33:00,000 You're truly something. 441 00:33:00,080 --> 00:33:01,560 It has nothing to do with my master. 442 00:33:01,640 --> 00:33:02,720 What is it? 443 00:33:03,920 --> 00:33:06,320 I have something to ask Immortal Attendant. 444 00:33:06,920 --> 00:33:08,440 Ask away. 445 00:33:09,760 --> 00:33:10,760 Immortal Attendant, 446 00:33:11,400 --> 00:33:13,720 may I see your eyes again? 447 00:33:15,240 --> 00:33:16,560 Actually, 448 00:33:16,640 --> 00:33:19,360 I know a traveling physician who's best at treating eye problems. 449 00:33:19,440 --> 00:33:20,800 I can introduce him to you. 450 00:33:20,880 --> 00:33:22,440 It would be a good deed 451 00:33:22,520 --> 00:33:24,760 and earn me blessings. 452 00:33:24,840 --> 00:33:27,400 So please, do me this favor. 453 00:33:33,160 --> 00:33:35,240 - Ignorant. - What's wrong? 454 00:33:35,320 --> 00:33:38,440 To insist like a rogue, isn't it cruel? 455 00:33:40,400 --> 00:33:41,440 Let's go. 456 00:33:59,640 --> 00:34:00,480 He won't follow again. 457 00:34:01,520 --> 00:34:03,400 Thanks for getting me out of that. 458 00:34:03,480 --> 00:34:05,040 I was getting Jiang Tingwei out of it. 459 00:34:05,120 --> 00:34:07,440 Otherwise, today, he would've had a rough time. 460 00:34:09,760 --> 00:34:12,360 After all that mystic act, I'm starving now. 461 00:34:12,440 --> 00:34:15,639 Earlier, why didn't you take Sun "Eight Wards"'s money? 462 00:34:15,719 --> 00:34:17,159 We could've feasted at Yunchui House. 463 00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:19,920 Sun Zhiwang's guard was already suspicious. 464 00:34:20,000 --> 00:34:22,639 If we took the money, they'd get even more wary. 465 00:34:22,719 --> 00:34:24,040 We're not short on cash. 466 00:34:24,120 --> 00:34:26,840 I want the guilty to pay the real price. 467 00:34:29,320 --> 00:34:31,000 You think far ahead. 468 00:34:31,080 --> 00:34:34,639 But next time, remember to claim my half. 469 00:34:34,719 --> 00:34:35,920 Real silver is what counts. 470 00:34:39,440 --> 00:34:41,600 These copper coins are to pay you back. 471 00:34:41,679 --> 00:34:44,199 Last time at Zuixian House, you covered the bill for me. 472 00:34:46,320 --> 00:34:47,560 They say 473 00:34:47,639 --> 00:34:50,000 diviners take on a share of fate's consequences too. 474 00:34:50,080 --> 00:34:51,520 Taking money helps ward off the bad luck. 475 00:34:52,159 --> 00:34:54,679 Consider this money your fee for reading my fortune. 476 00:34:55,280 --> 00:34:57,320 The divination was just an act. 477 00:34:58,160 --> 00:34:59,240 You took it seriously? 478 00:35:03,320 --> 00:35:06,280 You really aren't tempted by money. 479 00:35:06,360 --> 00:35:07,440 I was being petty. 480 00:35:15,200 --> 00:35:16,080 Thanks! 481 00:35:19,680 --> 00:35:21,600 Thanks! 482 00:35:23,640 --> 00:35:24,760 Idiot! 483 00:35:24,840 --> 00:35:27,520 Last time, you were jumping at shadows and drove an Immortal Master away. 484 00:35:27,600 --> 00:35:29,080 Haven't you learned your lesson? 485 00:35:29,160 --> 00:35:31,600 If you mess this up, can you take the consequences? 486 00:35:32,200 --> 00:35:33,240 Master, 487 00:35:34,080 --> 00:35:36,640 do you really believe that Immortal Master Wuwang? 488 00:35:36,720 --> 00:35:40,120 Not long after Hu Da died, they showed up at Zuixian House. 489 00:35:40,200 --> 00:35:41,640 Isn't that too much of a coincidence? 490 00:35:41,720 --> 00:35:43,360 He said 491 00:35:43,440 --> 00:35:45,920 only after he arrived that he sensed the bad qi. 492 00:35:46,000 --> 00:35:47,640 That divination verse hinting at "Hu" 493 00:35:47,720 --> 00:35:50,240 was something he cast himself! 494 00:35:50,840 --> 00:35:53,560 They could've known Hu Da for a long time. 495 00:35:57,200 --> 00:35:58,800 Hu Da was a nasty piece of work. 496 00:35:58,880 --> 00:36:01,240 He must've offended plenty of people. 497 00:36:01,880 --> 00:36:03,320 You keep a low profile, 498 00:36:03,400 --> 00:36:05,640 but who's to say Hu Da didn't brag everywhere 499 00:36:05,720 --> 00:36:06,880 about his ties to you? 500 00:36:06,960 --> 00:36:09,440 If someone with an agenda noticed, 501 00:36:10,560 --> 00:36:12,680 they might use it to stir trouble. 502 00:36:14,680 --> 00:36:16,000 If it was for money, 503 00:36:16,600 --> 00:36:18,480 I prepared a huge reward earlier, 504 00:36:19,440 --> 00:36:20,640 but he didn't take it. 505 00:36:23,560 --> 00:36:25,400 But if it's not for money, 506 00:36:26,920 --> 00:36:29,360 then he may be after something bigger. 507 00:36:36,840 --> 00:36:40,720 My master said you may remove the blindfolds in this room. 508 00:36:51,520 --> 00:36:52,440 Sir. 509 00:36:55,640 --> 00:36:58,080 The dead man died young, never married. 510 00:36:58,160 --> 00:37:00,680 So we're offering him a virgin girl to soothe his resentment. 511 00:37:01,520 --> 00:37:03,600 You really gave him what he wanted! 512 00:37:04,120 --> 00:37:05,200 Please watch your mouth. 513 00:37:10,800 --> 00:37:12,040 ‪YU JIAN ER‪ APOTROPAIC TALISMAN 514 00:37:17,520 --> 00:37:19,760 Put it on the front door. I can't go out. 515 00:37:19,840 --> 00:37:21,080 Please do it for me. 516 00:37:42,560 --> 00:37:43,720 Leave these offerings in the room. 517 00:37:43,800 --> 00:37:45,280 At dawn tomorrow, carry them out. 518 00:37:46,600 --> 00:37:48,040 Find a proper place and burn them. 519 00:37:48,120 --> 00:37:49,680 Then you can rest easy. 520 00:37:53,160 --> 00:37:54,440 It's to ward off evil. 521 00:38:07,680 --> 00:38:10,000 The rite is complete. Please send us out. 522 00:38:11,520 --> 00:38:13,520 This way, please. 523 00:38:34,800 --> 00:38:35,880 Careful. 524 00:38:46,880 --> 00:38:48,560 Peiyi won't be found, will she? 525 00:38:48,640 --> 00:38:50,880 No need to worry. Thanks for your help. 526 00:38:55,120 --> 00:38:59,400 XIUHONG HOUSE 527 00:39:16,600 --> 00:39:17,920 Sun Zhiwang is so superstitious. 528 00:39:18,000 --> 00:39:19,520 He specifically told us to miss no corner 529 00:39:19,600 --> 00:39:20,880 when driving out evil. 530 00:39:21,880 --> 00:39:23,760 So this room right next to the embroidery room 531 00:39:23,840 --> 00:39:24,680 has to be hiding something. 532 00:39:37,680 --> 00:39:40,560 From these two spots, we can watch the carriages coming in and out, 533 00:39:40,640 --> 00:39:41,600 or anyone suspicious. 534 00:39:41,680 --> 00:39:42,560 You take one, I'll take the other. 535 00:39:43,560 --> 00:39:45,080 - Then Her Ladyship-- - She and I agreed. 536 00:39:45,160 --> 00:39:46,880 This time, we only scout the place, 537 00:39:46,960 --> 00:39:48,760 find out what Xiuhong House is really doing here, 538 00:39:48,840 --> 00:39:49,920 and we won't act rashly. 539 00:39:50,800 --> 00:39:53,400 I've arranged it. Once You Hour starts, every ke, 540 00:39:53,480 --> 00:39:55,600 the watchman will call the time outside Xiuhong House. 541 00:39:55,680 --> 00:39:58,400 By the third ke of You Hour at the latest, she has to come out. 542 00:39:58,480 --> 00:40:00,200 XIUHONG HOUSE 543 00:40:16,560 --> 00:40:17,480 I smell incense powder! 544 00:40:43,200 --> 00:40:44,560 Who are you? 545 00:41:35,120 --> 00:41:36,520 I hate people who sneak attack. 546 00:41:37,240 --> 00:41:39,800 You never thought you'd end up as a bench, did you? 547 00:41:40,400 --> 00:41:41,440 Let go of me! 548 00:41:41,520 --> 00:41:43,680 Then answer my question. 549 00:41:44,800 --> 00:41:46,800 Behind the embroidery room wall lies a secret room. 550 00:41:46,880 --> 00:41:49,040 Its entrance is hidden in the east room. 551 00:41:49,120 --> 00:41:50,600 And to cover their tracks, 552 00:41:50,680 --> 00:41:52,600 you've made a hidden door. 553 00:41:52,680 --> 00:41:54,400 Am I right? 554 00:41:54,480 --> 00:41:57,080 If you already know, why waste your breath on me? 555 00:41:57,680 --> 00:41:58,840 Because I've got more to ask. 556 00:42:05,440 --> 00:42:06,600 The banquet's about to start, 557 00:42:07,680 --> 00:42:09,840 yet the whole house is this quiet. 558 00:42:11,800 --> 00:42:13,480 So where did you hide the place 559 00:42:13,560 --> 00:42:15,080 you're hosting your guests? 560 00:42:16,800 --> 00:42:17,960 Who are you, really? 561 00:42:18,560 --> 00:42:20,200 You won't answer a single thing I ask, 562 00:42:20,280 --> 00:42:21,400 yet you're questioning me instead? 563 00:42:23,040 --> 00:42:24,680 Even if I tell you, 564 00:42:24,760 --> 00:42:26,960 do you think you'll live to find it? 565 00:42:28,040 --> 00:42:29,200 Why waste time on threats? 566 00:42:32,000 --> 00:42:35,160 Don't worry. If I die, 567 00:42:35,240 --> 00:42:37,640 you'll keep me company in the underworld. 568 00:42:51,000 --> 00:42:52,720 Your eyes are beautiful, 569 00:42:52,800 --> 00:42:55,160 but they've seen too much filth. 570 00:42:55,760 --> 00:42:57,360 Since you won't spill anything… 571 00:43:01,920 --> 00:43:03,640 Madam, your tea and snacks. 572 00:43:11,880 --> 00:43:13,160 Why's it suddenly so lively there? 573 00:43:14,360 --> 00:43:15,440 The master had a son. 574 00:43:15,520 --> 00:43:17,280 He's in a great mood, so it's on the house for everyone. 575 00:43:17,360 --> 00:43:18,880 Free wine, free dishes, free wedding cakes. 576 00:43:18,960 --> 00:43:21,080 - Waiter! - Coming! 577 00:43:25,240 --> 00:43:26,280 Bravo! 578 00:43:26,960 --> 00:43:28,160 Oh no… 579 00:43:40,080 --> 00:43:42,320 - Your Ladyship… - You know me? 580 00:43:43,560 --> 00:43:44,840 I heard my brother mention you. 581 00:43:45,920 --> 00:43:47,160 Who's your brother? 582 00:43:47,840 --> 00:43:50,840 Gu Lingzhou, Prosecutor of the Court of Judicial Review. 583 00:43:53,040 --> 00:43:54,400 How did you end up trapped here? 584 00:43:54,920 --> 00:43:56,200 Don't be afraid. I'll get you out. 585 00:43:57,080 --> 00:43:58,320 Don't worry about me. 586 00:43:58,400 --> 00:44:00,320 There are other girls. They took them away. 587 00:44:01,320 --> 00:44:03,520 Your Ladyship, please go save them! 588 00:44:08,120 --> 00:44:08,960 ‪XIUHONG HOUSE 589 00:44:13,160 --> 00:44:14,280 Make way! 590 00:44:19,160 --> 00:44:21,000 - What's the situation? - The crowd's too thick. 591 00:44:21,080 --> 00:44:21,920 - I couldn't make out - Bravo! 592 00:44:22,000 --> 00:44:23,160 who was coming or going. 593 00:44:23,760 --> 00:44:25,160 It's already past the second ke of You Hour. 594 00:44:25,240 --> 00:44:26,640 She probably can't hear the watchman. 595 00:44:27,600 --> 00:44:29,240 What do we do now, wait for the third ke?