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{\an8}[Legend of the Magnate]

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{\an8}[Episode 36]

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Pierce his shoulder blade with wire!

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{\an8}[Hall of Loyalty]

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Don't! Don't!

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Let's talk nicely—

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You want to pierce his shoulder blade?

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Yes.

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I'll do it right in front of you.

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Let me tell you

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what's so good about this hairpin.

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Go ahead.

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Tell me about it.

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Look.

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It's...

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-Grab her!
-Grab her!

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Don't move!

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If any of you move or speak again,

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I'll pierce his other shoulder blade

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as well.

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With both your shoulder blades damaged,

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you won't be able

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to do anything for the rest of your life.

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Understand?

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Nod if you understand.

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My goodness!

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That's my knife!

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What do you say now,

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Boss?

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You damn woman!

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Even if you kill me today,

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it's of no use.

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My Cao Gang

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has hundreds of thousands of disciples.

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They could drown you
with just their spit!

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So you martial heroes

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kill people

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with spit?

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I...

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Release our boss!

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{\an8}[Hall of Loyalty]

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-Let him go!
-Release him!

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Boss Gui.

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Boss Gui.

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Brothers! Brothers!

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My daughter misses her husband terribly.

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We made a mistake.

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As for this matter,

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after we go back,

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we'll gather some elders

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and clear this up face to face.

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I will apologize—

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it's all on me.

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Why are you wasting words on them?

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They're just a bunch of filthy thieves!

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Who are you calling filthy thieves?

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Who is she?

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W-What do you mean?

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Ms. Su. Who is she?

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I told you before.

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She's Ms. Su,
who released the prisoners of war.

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You're lying.

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No, really.

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Didn't you say

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you would never see her again?

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Why did you go looking for her again?

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She's capable, isn't she?

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No, I'm not saying you're incapable.

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You could save me too.

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I was just worried about your safety.

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Martial arts matters should be settled
in the martial arts world.

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I don't understand martial arts matters,
is that it?

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Or do you think I can't save you?

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I'll cut off his head

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right now—

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do you believe me?

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Don't be impulsive! Calm down!

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Don't say these things here.

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Don't talk about this
in front of outsiders.

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I've been watching over Mother
for 15 days.

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As soon as Mother woke up,

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she asked for you.

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If you don't go back today,

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I won't know what to tell her anymore.

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Mother is awake?

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Yes, she is.

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Must've been hard on you.

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Excuse me.

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I'm sorry

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to interrupt.

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Young girl,

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could you loosen

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your grip a little?

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I'm having trouble

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breathing here.

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Daughter.

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How about this?

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Why don't you go home?

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Continue your argument there.

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Let's consider this matter

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settled.

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Okay.

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Settled?

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Shall we?

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Of course not.

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Why did you kidnap him?

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Hey, heroine!

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Don't push your luck.

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Boss.

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-Boss Gui.
-We have an important guest.

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What important guest?

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Where did this so-called important guest
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{\an8}[Hall of Loyalty]

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Is this the important guest you brought?

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You all seem to be having fun.

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Putting on quite a show.

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Move aside!

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-Move!
-Move!

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Move!

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{\an8}[Hall of Loyalty]

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Put that knife down.

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You might kill him accidentally.

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You brat.

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I'm settling this score

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with you today.

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Such a temper.

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So we can't get to an agreement,
right?

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Definitely not!

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This is a great humiliation!

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If we can't reach an agreement, then fine.

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Kill him. I'll talk to the Deputy Chief.

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I'll give you a way out.

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This man

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is wanted
by the Liangjiang Viceroy's Office.

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A lone fighter
can't win against authority.

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If you don't let him go,

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I'll leave immediately.

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Open it and see.

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Is the seal of the Viceroy of Liangjiang

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{\an8}[Rui Lin's Stamp]

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enough to convince you?

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Civilians don't fight against officials.

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I

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must have been blind.

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Mr. Gu,

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my apologies.

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Mr. Chang,

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my apologies.

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Boss Gui,

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my apologies.

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Madam Gu,

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you have impressive knife skills.

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It seems from now on,

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when I see a woman with a knife,

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I should keep my distance.

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You think keeping your distance will help?

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Look at your candle.

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Amazing aim!

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{\an8}[Cao]

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Father,

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how are you feeling?

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Where are you going?

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I'm going ahead to take care of something.

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There's nothing for you to do there.

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The old monk from Jinshan Temple

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wants to hold
a grand Water and Land Dharma Assembly.

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I think this is a good thing.

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Since our Li family

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has arrived in Liangjiang,

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we can't let people say

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we're only here to make money.

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Saying prayers for the dead,

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burning incense and paper offerings,

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and making the living grateful.

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I think this investment

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is worthwhile.

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We've been spending quite a lot lately,

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but I'm competing with Gu Pingyuan.

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Once I win...

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You think defeating Gu Pingyuan

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means you've won?

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Father,

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if I've done something wrong,

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please tell me directly.

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Everything boils down to connections.

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Do you think the Viceroy of Liangjiang

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doesn't know
Gu Pingyuan is smuggling salt?

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Would he just sit by and watch you

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take over all the salt fields

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and become

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an unofficial king of Jiangnan?

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They will never allow

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you to succeed in this.

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I did take over

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all the salt fields and stores.

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But I didn't want that much.

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You can't leave him
without a single penny.

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With the Liangjiang Viceroy's Office

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backing him up,

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Gu Pingyuan won't fall.

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Father,

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do you think

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I can't defeat Gu Pingyuan?

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You can't defeat Liangjiang

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nor the regime.

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This is not how business is done.

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Just now,

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you really scared me.

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You think I'm meddling?

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No.

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Didn't I tell you?

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I was worried about your safety.

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I was worried about your safety too.

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My wife is

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cool and valiant,

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with unmatched knife skills.

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From now on, wherever you go,

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everyone would show you

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some respect.

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What you said is true,

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but stop sweet-talking me.

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If Ms. Su hadn't

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arrived in time,

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I really wouldn't have known

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what to do next.

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Let me say it again.

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Even if Ms. Su didn't come,

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I could still get you out of there.

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I thought

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you were just pretending to be jealous

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to buy some time.

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Is that right?

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Well, I

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was acting jealous.

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Do you

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really think I would actually

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be jealous of her?

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Or do you think

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she would be interested in you?

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No.

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I'm afraid you won't be interested in me.

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Are you not going

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to go talk to the person in the cabin?

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Then come with me.

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I'm afraid my legs
will go weak if I see her alone.

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Stop it. Go by yourself.

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Go and

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thank her properly.

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Ms. Su, may I come in?

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Please.

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Thank you for your help, Ms. Su.

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When I left,

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Rui Lin insisted I bring

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the Viceroy of Liangjiang.

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You should thank him.

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If I weren't forced into this situation,

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I wouldn't want to trouble them.

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You're working for them,

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protecting the Liangjiang salt fields

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from being monopolized by the Li family.

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They don't mind troubling you,

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so what are you afraid of?

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I'm afraid
I won't be able to return to Huizhou.

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In this salt field dispute,

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Li Qin is bound to lose.

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Your contribution is significant.

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In a few years,

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you'll surely become

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the wealthiest man in Jiangnan.

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Why return to the tiny Huizhou?

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What would you do there?

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Farm and sell tea?

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I'm doing what I know is impossible.

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I was too young before,

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and thought of business too simply.

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Back then, I wanted to seek truth,

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believing business

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could benefit the world,

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help those in poverty,

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and save people from hardship.

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But gradually,

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as my horizons broadened,

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that thought disappeared.

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What do you mean?

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Looking at ourselves,

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we're either fighting for power
or internally,

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00:12:41,149 --> 00:12:42,679
ignorant of global trends,

288
00:12:42,720 --> 00:12:44,000
like frogs in a well—

289
00:12:44,629 --> 00:12:46,000
myself included.

290
00:12:47,409 --> 00:12:48,570
On a smaller scale,
I can help myself.

291
00:12:48,570 --> 00:12:50,870
But on a larger scale,
I can help the country.

292
00:12:50,870 --> 00:12:52,200
If I could truly do something

293
00:12:52,200 --> 00:12:53,200
for this country,

294
00:12:53,480 --> 00:12:55,809
I wouldn't care about my personal safety.

295
00:12:57,720 --> 00:12:59,580
I know this sounds presumptuous.

296
00:12:59,860 --> 00:13:01,460
Please forgive my boldness.

297
00:13:01,960 --> 00:13:03,419
Mr. Gu, you have a visitor.

298
00:13:06,360 --> 00:13:06,909
Mr. Gu,

299
00:13:07,669 --> 00:13:08,129
please.

300
00:13:09,960 --> 00:13:11,210
I'll go with you.

301
00:13:11,360 --> 00:13:13,480
The Cao Gang
has many tricks up their sleeve.

302
00:13:13,480 --> 00:13:15,240
I'm afraid
you might be taken advantage of.

303
00:13:15,240 --> 00:13:16,100
It's Mr. Li Qin.

304
00:13:16,320 --> 00:13:17,120
It'll be fine.

305
00:13:18,600 --> 00:13:19,080
Well,

306
00:13:19,720 --> 00:13:20,549
be careful.

307
00:13:48,669 --> 00:13:50,399
I just recovered from illness.

308
00:13:50,669 --> 00:13:53,389
I'm still weak, so I'll stay seated.

309
00:13:53,960 --> 00:13:55,220
Li Qin told me about it.

310
00:13:55,509 --> 00:13:56,440
Please stay seated.

311
00:13:56,440 --> 00:13:57,570
What can I do for you?

312
00:14:00,629 --> 00:14:03,000
People who'd stayed in Ningguta
for a long time

313
00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:04,840
all undergo some changes.

314
00:14:05,480 --> 00:14:06,419
That place

315
00:14:06,450 --> 00:14:08,649
is filled with all kinds of evil forces.

316
00:14:09,570 --> 00:14:11,639
You escaped unharmed

317
00:14:12,509 --> 00:14:13,970
and didn't lose yourself.

318
00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:20,149
That place is indeed crawling with demons.

319
00:14:20,149 --> 00:14:21,360
Otherwise, why would they risk

320
00:14:21,360 --> 00:14:22,509
their lives just to escape?

321
00:14:22,509 --> 00:14:24,440
But the more you're in such places,

322
00:14:24,720 --> 00:14:27,320
the more you understand
the value of kindness.

323
00:14:28,269 --> 00:14:29,669
Why should you,

324
00:14:30,120 --> 00:14:31,149
when among wolves,

325
00:14:31,149 --> 00:14:32,480
become a wolf yourself?

326
00:14:36,440 --> 00:14:38,360
I heard you've had trouble

327
00:14:38,360 --> 00:14:39,360
with the Cao Gang.

328
00:14:40,389 --> 00:14:41,720
This isn't a good thing.

329
00:14:42,629 --> 00:14:44,460
Even with Ms. Su

330
00:14:44,820 --> 00:14:46,679
forcefully resolving it for you,

331
00:14:47,360 --> 00:14:48,490
it's still useless.

332
00:14:49,360 --> 00:14:51,490
You're selling salt on the waterways.

333
00:14:52,320 --> 00:14:54,480
The Cao Gang doesn't even need to show up.

334
00:14:54,480 --> 00:14:56,940
They just need to report you
along the route.

335
00:14:56,960 --> 00:14:59,889
No matter how powerful
the Viceroy of Liangjiang is,

336
00:15:00,149 --> 00:15:02,350
can he really reach beyond Liangjiang?

337
00:15:04,029 --> 00:15:05,360
This is a dead end.

338
00:15:10,960 --> 00:15:12,080
I've been in business for many years.

339
00:15:12,080 --> 00:15:13,149
There are some things

340
00:15:13,149 --> 00:15:14,789
you should listen to.

341
00:15:16,960 --> 00:15:18,909
The worst thing in the world

342
00:15:19,389 --> 00:15:20,669
is a price war.

343
00:15:21,629 --> 00:15:22,909
No one can win.

344
00:15:23,120 --> 00:15:24,720
It's a lose-lose situation.

345
00:15:25,029 --> 00:15:27,909
It doesn't end
till someone's at a dead end.

346
00:15:29,029 --> 00:15:30,889
Don't continue this any further.

347
00:15:33,320 --> 00:15:34,450
Let me tell you what.

348
00:15:36,299 --> 00:15:38,370
The Cao Gang owes me a favor.

349
00:15:39,029 --> 00:15:39,750
I'll step in

350
00:15:40,149 --> 00:15:41,950
and settle this dispute for you.

351
00:15:42,789 --> 00:15:44,590
You withdraw from the conflict.

352
00:15:44,600 --> 00:15:46,029
As for the Viceroy of Liangjiang,

353
00:15:46,029 --> 00:15:47,830
I'll speak to him on your behalf.

354
00:15:48,870 --> 00:15:51,070
With all due respect, you're my senior,

355
00:15:51,200 --> 00:15:52,659
and I shouldn't talk back.

356
00:15:53,029 --> 00:15:54,029
But for this matter,

357
00:15:54,029 --> 00:15:55,289
I really cannot agree.

358
00:15:55,629 --> 00:15:56,690
Please forgive me.

359
00:15:59,509 --> 00:16:00,769
You don't understand.

360
00:16:01,200 --> 00:16:02,549
You're just a pawn

361
00:16:02,549 --> 00:16:04,679
of the Liangjiang government office.

362
00:16:04,909 --> 00:16:06,360
Do they really care

363
00:16:06,389 --> 00:16:08,919
about the
people's livelihood in Lianghuai?

364
00:16:09,029 --> 00:16:10,360
Once the crisis is over,

365
00:16:11,149 --> 00:16:12,649
you'll be discarded.

366
00:16:14,080 --> 00:16:15,409
Let me be frank with you.

367
00:16:16,230 --> 00:16:18,000
Rui Lin has been playing tricks

368
00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:19,600
in Liangjiang territory.

369
00:16:20,669 --> 00:16:23,200
He wants to become
the Chief Grand Councilor,

370
00:16:23,840 --> 00:16:26,240
and Liangjiang is just his stepping stone.

371
00:16:26,320 --> 00:16:27,750
You're just a part

372
00:16:27,909 --> 00:16:29,240
of that stepping stone.

373
00:16:30,080 --> 00:16:30,600
I know.

374
00:16:30,789 --> 00:16:31,750
No, you don't.

375
00:16:32,149 --> 00:16:33,200
If someone

376
00:16:33,240 --> 00:16:34,840
submits a petition
to the government office

377
00:16:34,840 --> 00:16:37,320
claiming that you, as an official,

378
00:16:37,320 --> 00:16:38,779
are selling illegal salt,

379
00:16:38,870 --> 00:16:40,149
the imperial court
will immediately send men

380
00:16:40,149 --> 00:16:41,149
to arrest you.

381
00:16:41,750 --> 00:16:43,809
I'd like to see who will help you then.

382
00:16:46,029 --> 00:16:47,549
The amount of illegal salt
you're trafficking is too large.

383
00:16:47,549 --> 00:16:49,950
No one dares
to take responsibility for it.

384
00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:51,200
Worst case scenario,

385
00:16:51,200 --> 00:16:53,480
three generations of your family
will be punished.

386
00:16:53,480 --> 00:16:54,610
Best case scenario,

387
00:16:55,320 --> 00:16:57,519
they'll just send you back to Ningguta.

388
00:16:58,629 --> 00:16:59,759
How capable are you?

389
00:17:00,669 --> 00:17:03,200
How many more times
can you escape from there?

390
00:17:05,750 --> 00:17:07,680
I'll help you solve your problems.

391
00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:08,598
You should

392
00:17:09,598 --> 00:17:10,529
take your mother

393
00:17:11,549 --> 00:17:13,410
and settle down in your hometown.

394
00:17:20,750 --> 00:17:22,348
We're not friends nor family,

395
00:17:22,348 --> 00:17:22,828
right?

396
00:17:28,509 --> 00:17:29,000
Yes.

397
00:17:30,309 --> 00:17:31,480
Back in Shanxi,

398
00:17:32,109 --> 00:17:33,640
I sabotaged your business.

399
00:17:34,349 --> 00:17:34,960
In the capital,

400
00:17:34,960 --> 00:17:37,269
I caused chaos
at your Grand Tea Competition.

401
00:17:37,269 --> 00:17:37,920
In Shanghai,

402
00:17:37,920 --> 00:17:39,650
I broke your tea trading rules.

403
00:17:39,829 --> 00:17:40,920
Now in Lianghuai,

404
00:17:41,200 --> 00:17:42,660
we're competitors again.

405
00:17:44,160 --> 00:17:46,690
I know I'm just a pawn.

406
00:17:47,680 --> 00:17:48,410
I also know

407
00:17:48,440 --> 00:17:49,400
you can crush me to dust

408
00:17:49,400 --> 00:17:51,029
just by lifting your little finger.

409
00:17:51,029 --> 00:17:52,359
If you wanted to harm me,

410
00:17:52,880 --> 00:17:54,829
I would've been dead many times over.

411
00:17:54,829 --> 00:17:55,519
But why

412
00:17:55,549 --> 00:17:56,680
haven't you done so?

413
00:17:59,069 --> 00:18:00,920
Don't talk to me about appreciation

414
00:18:00,920 --> 00:18:01,549
or trust.

415
00:18:03,160 --> 00:18:04,220
I don't believe it.

416
00:18:04,880 --> 00:18:06,210
What do you really want?

417
00:18:09,029 --> 00:18:10,430
We're birds of a feather—

418
00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:13,529
I don't want to destroy you.

419
00:18:13,720 --> 00:18:15,180
You and I are the same kind.

420
00:18:16,400 --> 00:18:17,460
Compared to Li Qin,

421
00:18:18,750 --> 00:18:19,880
you're more like...

422
00:18:21,109 --> 00:18:22,309
you're more like me.

423
00:18:27,549 --> 00:18:28,890
With your skills,

424
00:18:29,269 --> 00:18:30,130
how sly you are,

425
00:18:31,269 --> 00:18:32,799
by the time you reach my age,

426
00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:34,400
you'd be quite somebody.

427
00:18:40,440 --> 00:18:41,920
Let me be frank.

428
00:18:43,309 --> 00:18:44,170
Your troubles,

429
00:18:44,480 --> 00:18:45,940
I'll take care of them all.

430
00:18:47,029 --> 00:18:48,210
Take your brother,

431
00:18:48,240 --> 00:18:49,440
your mother, and your wife,

432
00:18:49,440 --> 00:18:51,240
and return to your hometown in Anhui.

433
00:18:51,240 --> 00:18:52,720
Don't you like growing tea?

434
00:18:52,720 --> 00:18:53,250
Go ahead.

435
00:18:53,880 --> 00:18:55,410
You like reading? Go ahead.

436
00:18:55,509 --> 00:18:56,829
Live the life you want.

437
00:18:57,210 --> 00:18:58,589
After I'm gone,

438
00:18:59,069 --> 00:19:01,130
you can return to the business world.

439
00:19:02,109 --> 00:19:03,750
The world will be yours.

440
00:19:06,200 --> 00:19:07,859
People say I own half the city.

441
00:19:09,029 --> 00:19:10,109
But I believe

442
00:19:11,200 --> 00:19:12,599
with your achievements,

443
00:19:13,480 --> 00:19:14,400
you will

444
00:19:14,829 --> 00:19:16,509
far surpass me in the future.

445
00:19:23,440 --> 00:19:24,160
Guangfa.

446
00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:27,480
Master.

447
00:19:27,789 --> 00:19:29,990
Has the letter to the Cao Gang been sent?

448
00:19:30,029 --> 00:19:30,640
It has.

449
00:19:31,069 --> 00:19:32,390
Those old men said

450
00:19:32,920 --> 00:19:35,269
they weren't aware
of Mr. Gu's noble status

451
00:19:35,269 --> 00:19:37,069
and want to apologize in person.

452
00:19:39,400 --> 00:19:39,920
Good.

453
00:19:47,750 --> 00:19:50,009
I've met many great merchants in my life.

454
00:19:51,259 --> 00:19:52,220
But only you

455
00:19:52,589 --> 00:19:54,319
almost fooled me just now.

456
00:19:55,069 --> 00:19:56,549
You truly are a leader.

457
00:19:57,289 --> 00:19:58,150
I'm impressed.

458
00:19:58,509 --> 00:19:59,880
What do you mean by that?

459
00:20:01,750 --> 00:20:04,589
Coming down to it,
you're half-official, half-merchant.

460
00:20:04,589 --> 00:20:05,700
If the salt industry
falls into your hands,

461
00:20:05,700 --> 00:20:07,400
how would it be any different from before?

462
00:20:07,400 --> 00:20:08,269
You can work outside

463
00:20:08,269 --> 00:20:09,920
doing business for the Sixth Prince.

464
00:20:09,920 --> 00:20:11,480
You can even send
the Viceroy of Liangjiang

465
00:20:11,480 --> 00:20:12,609
to the Grand Council

466
00:20:12,829 --> 00:20:14,109
to become the Chief Minister.

467
00:20:14,109 --> 00:20:14,880
And me?

468
00:20:16,029 --> 00:20:17,690
I'm just an ordinary citizen.

469
00:20:18,509 --> 00:20:19,769
What am I fighting for?

470
00:20:20,920 --> 00:20:21,960
All I'm fighting for is

471
00:20:21,960 --> 00:20:23,759
equality for all salt merchants

472
00:20:24,200 --> 00:20:26,329
and freedom for salt farmers to trade.

473
00:20:26,680 --> 00:20:28,589
When one family dominates everything,

474
00:20:28,589 --> 00:20:30,240
common people suffer.

475
00:20:32,920 --> 00:20:34,039
Rui Lin told me

476
00:20:35,349 --> 00:20:36,720
he wanted to use this war

477
00:20:37,849 --> 00:20:40,779
to return the Lianghuai salt industry
to its people—

478
00:20:40,789 --> 00:20:42,509
back to the 175 merchants

479
00:20:42,509 --> 00:20:44,240
of the Lianghuai Salt Industry Guild

480
00:20:44,240 --> 00:20:45,970
for them to manage it together.

481
00:20:46,630 --> 00:20:48,069
I don't mind being a pawn.

482
00:20:49,509 --> 00:20:51,309
Because I agree, and I believe in

483
00:20:51,789 --> 00:20:53,049
what he's trying to do.

484
00:20:53,509 --> 00:20:54,589
So I

485
00:20:54,589 --> 00:20:55,680
willingly work for him.

486
00:20:55,680 --> 00:20:56,680
It's that simple.

487
00:20:59,349 --> 00:20:59,880
Goodbye.

488
00:21:00,309 --> 00:21:02,170
Do you want to return to Ningguta?

489
00:21:05,750 --> 00:21:07,480
Everything comes with risks.

490
00:21:07,549 --> 00:21:08,589
Should I dig a hole

491
00:21:08,789 --> 00:21:09,589
and hide myself instead?

492
00:21:09,589 --> 00:21:11,640
Your crime will affect
three generations of yours.

493
00:21:11,640 --> 00:21:13,500
Your mother has suffered enough.

494
00:21:13,509 --> 00:21:14,769
Even if you want to die,

495
00:21:14,789 --> 00:21:16,440
wait until after she passes away.

496
00:21:16,440 --> 00:21:17,440
As a son,

497
00:21:17,480 --> 00:21:19,160
have you no filial piety?

498
00:21:26,960 --> 00:21:28,619
I've said what I needed to say.

499
00:21:29,960 --> 00:21:31,690
Whether you listen is up to you.

500
00:21:46,680 --> 00:21:47,200
Master,

501
00:21:47,640 --> 00:21:48,680
please calm down.

502
00:22:03,920 --> 00:22:05,579
Write a letter to the Cao Gang.

503
00:22:06,589 --> 00:22:07,309
Tell them

504
00:22:09,440 --> 00:22:12,160
all disciples
involved in today's salt raid,

505
00:22:16,309 --> 00:22:17,440
regardless of rank,

506
00:22:18,640 --> 00:22:19,569
must take an oath

507
00:22:21,109 --> 00:22:22,569
to never reveal anything.

508
00:22:23,269 --> 00:22:24,640
Check if there are any other issues

509
00:22:24,640 --> 00:22:26,569
with his smuggled salt operation.

510
00:22:28,029 --> 00:22:29,160
Help resolve

511
00:22:29,920 --> 00:22:30,579
all of them.

512
00:22:31,200 --> 00:22:32,109
Yes, Master.

513
00:22:37,269 --> 00:22:37,829
Well...

514
00:22:38,480 --> 00:22:39,880
What about Young Master?

515
00:23:03,240 --> 00:23:03,880
Mother.

516
00:23:03,309 --> 00:23:05,109
{\an8}[Tranquility of Autumn]

517
00:23:06,200 --> 00:23:06,680
Mother.

518
00:23:07,240 --> 00:23:09,240
I heard you were awake
as soon as I got back.

519
00:23:09,240 --> 00:23:10,309
I just woke up.

520
00:23:15,309 --> 00:23:17,450
Where did this spinning wheel come from?

521
00:23:17,450 --> 00:23:19,180
I asked Yu'er to find one for me.

522
00:23:20,480 --> 00:23:22,480
I guess I haven't worked for too long

523
00:23:22,920 --> 00:23:24,450
and got sick from idleness.

524
00:23:40,880 --> 00:23:42,210
Something on your mind?

525
00:23:45,549 --> 00:23:46,589
How come

526
00:23:46,829 --> 00:23:48,430
you slept for so long before?

527
00:23:52,200 --> 00:23:53,329
I don't know either.

528
00:23:55,160 --> 00:23:56,589
What did the doctor say?

529
00:23:57,549 --> 00:23:58,349
The doctor...

530
00:23:59,109 --> 00:24:00,970
He couldn't figure it out either.

531
00:24:07,789 --> 00:24:08,390
Pingyuan.

532
00:24:08,750 --> 00:24:10,150
Mr. Li is looking for you.

533
00:24:10,880 --> 00:24:11,309
Okay.

534
00:24:11,440 --> 00:24:12,000
I got it.

535
00:24:25,880 --> 00:24:27,279
So you have free time now?

536
00:24:28,069 --> 00:24:29,000
I brought you some

537
00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:30,269
premium lingzhi mushrooms.

538
00:24:30,269 --> 00:24:31,680
I heard your mother woke up.

539
00:24:31,680 --> 00:24:32,539
Lingzhi powder

540
00:24:32,750 --> 00:24:34,400
is best for calming one's mind.

541
00:24:34,400 --> 00:24:35,000
Thank you.

542
00:24:40,549 --> 00:24:42,200
Just name your price.

543
00:24:42,829 --> 00:24:44,160
Let's stop fighting like this.

544
00:24:44,160 --> 00:24:45,759
I don't want to be your enemy.

545
00:24:46,200 --> 00:24:47,400
I'm not your enemy.

546
00:24:50,509 --> 00:24:51,269
We're both just

547
00:24:51,269 --> 00:24:52,880
pawns that are crossing the river.

548
00:24:52,880 --> 00:24:53,940
How can we retreat?

549
00:24:54,309 --> 00:24:55,549
Where can we retreat to?

550
00:24:55,549 --> 00:24:55,880
Well,

551
00:24:56,160 --> 00:24:57,029
then when will this fight

552
00:24:57,029 --> 00:24:57,960
ever end?

553
00:24:59,109 --> 00:25:00,069
The Liangjiang Viceroy's Office

554
00:25:00,069 --> 00:25:02,309
will never hand over
all the Lianghuai salt fields

555
00:25:02,309 --> 00:25:03,779
to your Li family.

556
00:25:04,509 --> 00:25:06,109
You're not fighting with me,

557
00:25:06,589 --> 00:25:08,319
but with the whole government.

558
00:25:08,640 --> 00:25:09,349
On a bigger scale,

559
00:25:09,349 --> 00:25:11,410
you are fighting against the regime.

560
00:25:11,960 --> 00:25:12,789
Can you win?

561
00:25:15,069 --> 00:25:16,029
If I can win,

562
00:25:16,509 --> 00:25:17,549
at least the Lianghuai salt industry

563
00:25:17,549 --> 00:25:18,640
will be under my control.

564
00:25:18,640 --> 00:25:19,829
The way we're burning money now

565
00:25:19,829 --> 00:25:21,099
makes no sense at all.

566
00:25:21,160 --> 00:25:22,269
Why not just let me

567
00:25:22,309 --> 00:25:22,970
take it all?

568
00:25:24,750 --> 00:25:25,809
You're too greedy.

569
00:25:26,789 --> 00:25:27,940
What's wrong with being greedy?

570
00:25:27,940 --> 00:25:29,470
We're merchants after all.

571
00:25:29,920 --> 00:25:30,509
These are things

572
00:25:30,509 --> 00:25:31,680
I knew even when

573
00:25:31,680 --> 00:25:32,809
I was a kid studying.

574
00:25:34,680 --> 00:25:35,200
I won't waste my breath

575
00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:36,599
telling you them now too.

576
00:25:37,269 --> 00:25:37,779
Come on,

577
00:25:37,309 --> 00:25:38,450
{\an8}[Ledger]

578
00:25:38,200 --> 00:25:40,130
write down how much you'll donate.

579
00:25:40,349 --> 00:25:41,480
I am sponsoring

580
00:25:41,509 --> 00:25:43,200
a Water and Land Dharma Assembly
at Jinshan Temple

581
00:25:43,200 --> 00:25:45,549
to pray for the deceased
of the Seven Provinces of Jiangnan.

582
00:25:45,549 --> 00:25:46,269
Pay up!

583
00:25:47,829 --> 00:25:50,430
Why are you
getting even more short-tempered?

584
00:26:12,369 --> 00:26:12,970
By the way,

585
00:26:13,819 --> 00:26:15,480
how is your father doing?

586
00:26:15,789 --> 00:26:16,849
What's that to you?

587
00:26:18,680 --> 00:26:19,309
Wait.

588
00:26:22,789 --> 00:26:23,440
Let's

589
00:26:23,750 --> 00:26:24,509
go together

590
00:26:24,509 --> 00:26:26,640
to the Liangjiang government office.

591
00:26:27,720 --> 00:26:28,539
Some things

592
00:26:28,789 --> 00:26:30,720
are better discussed face to face.

593
00:26:31,720 --> 00:26:32,849
Let me tell you this:

594
00:26:34,029 --> 00:26:35,430
I'm no longer interested

595
00:26:35,789 --> 00:26:37,190
in the salt business now.

596
00:26:38,109 --> 00:26:39,680
Hand over half of the salt fields

597
00:26:39,680 --> 00:26:41,079
your family bought over,

598
00:26:41,440 --> 00:26:43,680
and split it
with the Liangjiang Viceroy's Office.

599
00:26:43,680 --> 00:26:44,279
With that,

600
00:26:44,750 --> 00:26:47,279
I can return to Anhui
to grow tea immediately.

601
00:26:49,960 --> 00:26:51,880
I've closed half

602
00:26:51,880 --> 00:26:52,789
of my family's profitable shops,

603
00:26:52,789 --> 00:26:54,589
offended everyone I could possibly offend,

604
00:26:54,589 --> 00:26:56,309
and now you want me to give up
half of my salt business?

605
00:26:56,309 --> 00:26:56,700
Do...

606
00:26:56,829 --> 00:26:57,960
Do you think I'm a joke?

607
00:26:57,960 --> 00:26:58,789
Are you joking with me

608
00:26:58,789 --> 00:27:00,000
or do you just want to see me
make a fool of myself?

609
00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:00,509
Li Qin.

610
00:27:01,130 --> 00:27:02,259
I'm not your enemy.

611
00:27:31,240 --> 00:27:32,000
Is it funny?

612
00:27:32,309 --> 00:27:32,880
No.

613
00:27:34,200 --> 00:27:35,690
I used to

614
00:27:35,920 --> 00:27:37,809
work at a pawnshop in Shanxi.

615
00:27:37,960 --> 00:27:38,819
In my opinion,

616
00:27:39,240 --> 00:27:40,109
those old pawnbrokers' abacus skills

617
00:27:40,109 --> 00:27:41,430
are no match

618
00:27:41,480 --> 00:27:42,640
in terms of proficiency

619
00:27:42,640 --> 00:27:44,109
for you, Sir.

620
00:27:46,960 --> 00:27:48,880
They don't tally
that many accounts in a day.

621
00:27:48,880 --> 00:27:50,549
I'm managing the livelihood

622
00:27:50,549 --> 00:27:51,750
of two provinces.

623
00:27:52,240 --> 00:27:53,640
The officials' accounts

624
00:27:53,789 --> 00:27:54,880
have to be right.

625
00:27:57,829 --> 00:27:58,309
Sir.

626
00:27:58,920 --> 00:28:00,970
I return this seal intact.

627
00:28:01,349 --> 00:28:02,950
Thank you for your help, Sir.

628
00:28:04,960 --> 00:28:06,289
Even if I hadn't helped,

629
00:28:06,480 --> 00:28:08,410
they couldn't have said anything.

630
00:28:09,200 --> 00:28:10,269
I just wanted that

631
00:28:10,269 --> 00:28:11,750
young man Li to know

632
00:28:12,920 --> 00:28:15,009
that he should consult me first

633
00:28:15,509 --> 00:28:18,309
before causing trouble
in Liangjiang territory.

634
00:28:19,349 --> 00:28:20,680
I apologize to you, Sir.

635
00:28:21,990 --> 00:28:23,390
As for the smuggled salt,

636
00:28:23,750 --> 00:28:24,549
let's stop it.

637
00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:28,000
If word gets out

638
00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:28,549
and people learn

639
00:28:28,549 --> 00:28:30,160
that people
from the Liangjiang Viceroy's Office

640
00:28:30,160 --> 00:28:32,019
are connected to salt smugglers,

641
00:28:32,269 --> 00:28:34,529
wouldn't that make you a laughingstock?

642
00:28:35,400 --> 00:28:36,400
A laughingstock?

643
00:28:36,880 --> 00:28:38,079
If word gets out

644
00:28:38,200 --> 00:28:39,289
and people learn

645
00:28:39,829 --> 00:28:41,589
that the biggest salt industry
in Liangjiang

646
00:28:41,589 --> 00:28:43,160
slipped through my fingers,

647
00:28:43,160 --> 00:28:45,289
that would be the real laughingstock.

648
00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:46,779
Don't worry,

649
00:28:47,029 --> 00:28:47,819
next time,

650
00:28:47,880 --> 00:28:49,440
I'll use government ships
to transport them for you.

651
00:28:49,440 --> 00:28:50,170
No need, Sir.

652
00:28:50,829 --> 00:28:51,549
The price war—

653
00:28:51,549 --> 00:28:52,809
let's not continue it.

654
00:28:53,309 --> 00:28:54,309
Although it doesn't harm

655
00:28:54,309 --> 00:28:55,509
the government much,

656
00:28:55,720 --> 00:28:57,109
the Li family has already

657
00:28:57,109 --> 00:28:57,880
sold half

658
00:28:57,920 --> 00:28:59,720
of their profitable shops because of this.

659
00:28:59,720 --> 00:29:01,039
It seems it's time

660
00:29:01,339 --> 00:29:02,410
to convince him.

661
00:29:04,200 --> 00:29:05,529
Have you convinced him?

662
00:29:06,680 --> 00:29:07,349
I haven't.

663
00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:10,829
The hardest thing
to eliminate in this world

664
00:29:10,829 --> 00:29:12,269
is greed.

665
00:29:19,309 --> 00:29:21,759
{\an8}[Jinshan Temple]

666
00:29:24,750 --> 00:29:25,200
Tanyue,

667
00:29:25,200 --> 00:29:26,059
please come in.

668
00:29:28,069 --> 00:29:29,130
Thank you, Master.

669
00:29:36,829 --> 00:29:37,349
I think

670
00:29:37,349 --> 00:29:39,680
getting half of the salt fields
is not bad.

671
00:29:40,440 --> 00:29:42,589
You can't win
the Liangjiang Viceroy's Office.

672
00:29:42,589 --> 00:29:43,299
Father,

673
00:29:43,789 --> 00:29:45,069
we've sold so many shops

674
00:29:45,069 --> 00:29:45,920
and invested so much money.

675
00:29:45,920 --> 00:29:47,720
How can you ask me
to let go at this point?

676
00:29:47,720 --> 00:29:48,240
Enough.

677
00:29:48,240 --> 00:29:49,299
In front of Buddha,

678
00:29:49,309 --> 00:29:50,309
don't speak

679
00:29:50,309 --> 00:29:51,930
words tainted with greed.

680
00:29:52,160 --> 00:29:52,880
Father,

681
00:29:53,269 --> 00:29:54,400
without offerings from everywhere,

682
00:29:54,400 --> 00:29:55,750
even the Bodhisattva
cannot become the Bodhisattva.

683
00:29:55,750 --> 00:29:56,509
I really don't understand

684
00:29:56,509 --> 00:29:57,769
what you said just now.

685
00:29:57,920 --> 00:29:58,829
If you're truly afraid,

686
00:29:58,829 --> 00:29:59,589
I'll listen to you.

687
00:29:59,589 --> 00:30:01,240
I'll go to the Liangjiang Viceroy's Office
right now

688
00:30:01,240 --> 00:30:02,720
and kowtow to admit my mistake.

689
00:30:02,720 --> 00:30:03,589
But I don't understand

690
00:30:03,589 --> 00:30:04,680
why you're so afraid.

691
00:30:04,680 --> 00:30:05,940
What are you afraid of?

692
00:30:28,309 --> 00:30:29,109
Mr. Gu.

693
00:30:34,109 --> 00:30:35,000
How are you?

694
00:30:44,359 --> 00:30:46,109
If you died, so be it.

695
00:30:47,640 --> 00:30:49,500
Why are you tormenting the child?

696
00:30:51,160 --> 00:30:53,400
Even if you come back and kill me,

697
00:30:53,430 --> 00:30:55,440
there's no need need to harm him.

698
00:30:57,400 --> 00:30:58,000
Father.

699
00:30:59,440 --> 00:31:00,720
What's going on?

700
00:31:08,509 --> 00:31:10,549
Every debt must be paid.

701
00:31:11,549 --> 00:31:12,920
No one wants your debt.

702
00:31:14,109 --> 00:31:16,039
We assumed you died in the capital.

703
00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:17,950
I alone

704
00:31:18,269 --> 00:31:19,920
raised two children.

705
00:31:21,589 --> 00:31:23,450
The elder one was good at studying

706
00:31:23,640 --> 00:31:26,569
so he wanted to go to the capital
to seek a better life.

707
00:31:27,470 --> 00:31:29,480
Before leaving, he told me

708
00:31:31,200 --> 00:31:31,960
he was going to

709
00:31:31,960 --> 00:31:33,829
find your remains for burial.

710
00:31:36,710 --> 00:31:38,000
When I saw him off,

711
00:31:38,160 --> 00:31:39,440
I was inexplicably worried—

712
00:31:39,440 --> 00:31:40,880
I couldn't breathe.

713
00:31:41,440 --> 00:31:42,160
I didn't know

714
00:31:42,160 --> 00:31:43,589
what I was worried about.

715
00:31:46,269 --> 00:31:47,789
Now I know.

716
00:31:49,920 --> 00:31:53,650
All that nonsense about him causing chaos
in the examination hall,

717
00:31:54,069 --> 00:31:55,440
was all your doing.

718
00:32:02,640 --> 00:32:03,240
Mother.

719
00:32:04,480 --> 00:32:05,680
H-He is...

720
00:32:07,019 --> 00:32:08,069
Take a good look.

721
00:32:10,750 --> 00:32:12,069
This is the father that had died

722
00:32:12,069 --> 00:32:13,309
for 20 years.

723
00:32:16,829 --> 00:32:18,789
His surname used to be Gu!

724
00:32:22,680 --> 00:32:23,539
Old Madam Gu...

725
00:32:24,829 --> 00:32:25,690
Old Madam Gu...

726
00:32:27,160 --> 00:32:29,440
My... My father's surname is Li.

727
00:32:29,440 --> 00:32:31,750
He's the son of the Li family
from the south of the city.

728
00:32:31,750 --> 00:32:33,480
My mother said he married into our family

729
00:32:33,480 --> 00:32:34,640
after his family fell on hard times.

730
00:32:34,640 --> 00:32:35,069
I...

731
00:32:37,549 --> 00:32:38,069
Father,

732
00:32:41,160 --> 00:32:42,109
is that true?

733
00:32:56,200 --> 00:32:57,000
So,

734
00:32:57,440 --> 00:33:00,359
the person who sabotaged me
at the examination hall back then

735
00:33:00,359 --> 00:33:01,450
was you.

736
00:33:08,750 --> 00:33:10,440
I knew you came to the capital.

737
00:33:12,200 --> 00:33:14,599
I was worried
if you really passed the exam,

738
00:33:18,660 --> 00:33:20,680
this show couldn't go on anymore.

739
00:33:23,359 --> 00:33:24,779
I changed my identity,

740
00:33:25,750 --> 00:33:27,480
and reborn into a new life.

741
00:33:28,480 --> 00:33:29,609
That I cut all my ties

742
00:33:29,720 --> 00:33:31,369
was their requirement.

743
00:33:42,750 --> 00:33:43,349
Mother...

744
00:33:46,109 --> 00:33:48,240
You've mistaken him for someone else.

745
00:33:48,329 --> 00:33:50,259
How could he possibly be my father?

746
00:33:52,440 --> 00:33:53,960
My father died

747
00:33:53,960 --> 00:33:55,960
on his way
to take the imperial examination.

748
00:33:55,960 --> 00:33:58,160
His remains are nowhere to be found now.

749
00:33:58,839 --> 00:33:59,960
And he is nothing but

750
00:33:59,960 --> 00:34:01,000
an old fool who married into

751
00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:01,920
a rich family.

752
00:34:03,160 --> 00:34:05,089
How could he possibly be my father?

753
00:34:08,030 --> 00:34:08,590
Mother,

754
00:34:09,630 --> 00:34:10,760
it's windy outside.

755
00:34:11,880 --> 00:34:13,480
Let's not stay here anymore.

756
00:34:14,190 --> 00:34:15,250
I'll take you home.

757
00:34:17,800 --> 00:34:19,000
I'll go back with you.

758
00:34:19,550 --> 00:34:20,110
Mother.

759
00:34:21,110 --> 00:34:21,550
Come.

760
00:34:33,670 --> 00:34:34,190
Mother.

761
00:34:35,480 --> 00:34:36,480
Steady yourself.

762
00:34:38,030 --> 00:34:39,829
There's nothing to be afraid of.

763
00:34:39,840 --> 00:34:40,840
I'm here with you.

764
00:34:42,440 --> 00:34:43,550
I'm with you.

765
00:34:55,400 --> 00:34:55,860
Father.

766
00:34:58,480 --> 00:34:59,000
Father.

767
00:35:12,440 --> 00:35:13,030
Mother,

768
00:35:13,800 --> 00:35:14,599
have some tea.

769
00:35:18,230 --> 00:35:19,960
You need to believe what I said.

770
00:35:21,440 --> 00:35:22,960
I want to believe you too.

771
00:35:26,030 --> 00:35:27,670
But that's not true.

772
00:35:35,840 --> 00:35:36,550
Mother,

773
00:35:37,630 --> 00:35:39,090
let me do some math for you.

774
00:35:41,190 --> 00:35:42,719
Life is only about 70 years.

775
00:35:44,030 --> 00:35:45,550
With 10 years of ignorance,

776
00:35:45,550 --> 00:35:47,550
and 10 years of old age and weakness,

777
00:35:47,750 --> 00:35:49,280
that leaves us with only 50.

778
00:35:50,320 --> 00:35:51,650
We sleep when it's dark,

779
00:35:52,360 --> 00:35:54,019
and the time we're truly awake

780
00:35:54,480 --> 00:35:55,710
is at most 25 years.

781
00:35:57,000 --> 00:35:59,130
If we encounter illness or disasters,

782
00:35:59,480 --> 00:36:00,610
running around

783
00:36:00,670 --> 00:36:02,469
and suffering from heartbreak,

784
00:36:02,510 --> 00:36:03,510
how much time is really left

785
00:36:03,510 --> 00:36:05,070
for us to be happy?

786
00:36:06,800 --> 00:36:08,360
Why torture yourself

787
00:36:08,630 --> 00:36:09,840
over those troubles?

788
00:36:10,590 --> 00:36:11,510
Just now,

789
00:36:15,710 --> 00:36:18,280
when you said he wasn't your father,

790
00:36:21,400 --> 00:36:23,579
the weight in my heart

791
00:36:25,239 --> 00:36:26,980
was finally lifted.

792
00:36:29,440 --> 00:36:30,400
I have you,

793
00:36:31,780 --> 00:36:32,940
Pingwen,

794
00:36:34,070 --> 00:36:35,070
and Yu'er—

795
00:36:36,590 --> 00:36:38,000
I have so many of you.

796
00:36:39,550 --> 00:36:40,550
I should say

797
00:36:42,360 --> 00:36:44,400
I'm living a good life.

798
00:36:45,480 --> 00:36:47,559
Of course we're living a good life.

799
00:36:49,320 --> 00:36:51,519
Many families would envy what you have.

800
00:36:52,000 --> 00:36:53,150
So

801
00:36:56,230 --> 00:36:58,440
I won't fool myself anymore.

802
00:36:59,920 --> 00:37:01,800
Decades of heartache,

803
00:37:05,590 --> 00:37:07,440
and now at this age,

804
00:37:10,840 --> 00:37:12,610
I can finally let it go.

805
00:37:21,280 --> 00:37:22,230
I'll go see him

806
00:37:26,230 --> 00:37:27,440
and tell him

807
00:37:29,000 --> 00:37:30,320
that I've moved on.

808
00:37:33,400 --> 00:37:34,360
Let him

809
00:37:36,110 --> 00:37:37,360
see to it himself.

810
00:37:43,230 --> 00:37:44,030
That's right.

811
00:37:44,880 --> 00:37:46,840
That's exactly how you should think.

812
00:37:46,840 --> 00:37:47,440
It's okay.

813
00:37:48,590 --> 00:37:49,989
Everything will be fine.

814
00:37:51,800 --> 00:37:52,230
Yu'er,

815
00:37:52,510 --> 00:37:54,110
get mother something to eat.

816
00:37:54,150 --> 00:37:54,969
I'll go see

817
00:37:55,280 --> 00:37:56,409
if they've left yet.

818
00:38:17,630 --> 00:38:18,960
What are you doing here?

819
00:38:19,150 --> 00:38:20,349
Where's your father?

820
00:38:20,360 --> 00:38:21,320
You need to leave.

821
00:38:21,320 --> 00:38:22,320
We don't know you.

822
00:38:22,400 --> 00:38:23,440
Let him in.

823
00:38:34,070 --> 00:38:35,599
What happened to your hair?

824
00:38:37,360 --> 00:38:38,920
I asked the abbot here

825
00:38:39,800 --> 00:38:41,059
to give me the tonsure.

826
00:38:44,760 --> 00:38:46,590
These 3,000 troublesome hairs

827
00:38:47,000 --> 00:38:48,480
are gone, and that's that.

828
00:38:51,280 --> 00:38:54,400
I'll spend my remaining years here
vegetarian and chanting sutras,

829
00:38:54,400 --> 00:38:55,590
atoning for my sins.

830
00:38:56,670 --> 00:38:58,530
You're even abandoning your son?

831
00:39:00,230 --> 00:39:01,630
My life

832
00:39:02,400 --> 00:39:03,250
is over.

833
00:39:04,320 --> 00:39:05,000
Yes.

834
00:39:05,440 --> 00:39:06,570
It's all in the past.

835
00:39:08,070 --> 00:39:09,840
Spending the rest of your life here

836
00:39:09,840 --> 00:39:11,559
praying to Buddha and being vegetarian—

837
00:39:11,559 --> 00:39:13,800
you have the Bodhisattva's protection.

838
00:39:13,800 --> 00:39:14,800
So, no matter what sins

839
00:39:14,800 --> 00:39:16,199
you'd committed before,

840
00:39:17,030 --> 00:39:18,630
you won't face retribution.

841
00:39:19,150 --> 00:39:21,030
What a deal.

842
00:39:21,070 --> 00:39:21,840
Gu Pingyuan.

843
00:39:23,400 --> 00:39:24,929
Did you come here to mock me?

844
00:39:26,590 --> 00:39:28,050
You think I wanted to come?

845
00:39:30,550 --> 00:39:32,750
My mother asked me to deliver a message.

846
00:39:34,760 --> 00:39:37,550
She has let this matter go.

847
00:39:39,510 --> 00:39:41,980
She hopes you can live well

848
00:39:42,760 --> 00:39:44,360
and forgive yourself.

849
00:39:45,590 --> 00:39:47,719
Stop making things sound so good here.

850
00:39:49,150 --> 00:39:50,880
You have no right to speak here.

851
00:39:52,110 --> 00:39:53,639
I have one more thing to say.

852
00:39:57,630 --> 00:39:59,369
Even if all the gods and Buddhas

853
00:40:00,190 --> 00:40:01,440
can forgive you,

854
00:40:03,230 --> 00:40:04,800
can you forgive yourself?

855
00:40:17,030 --> 00:40:17,960
Wait.

856
00:40:34,510 --> 00:40:36,880
You don't know what I've been through.

857
00:40:38,230 --> 00:40:39,760
In times of chaos,

858
00:40:41,150 --> 00:40:42,320
I was robbed of everything

859
00:40:42,320 --> 00:40:44,780
even before entering the examination hall.

860
00:40:45,320 --> 00:40:47,230
I fell ill in the wilderness

861
00:40:48,070 --> 00:40:49,469
and caught the epidemic.

862
00:40:50,230 --> 00:40:51,590
I realized...

863
00:40:53,320 --> 00:40:54,719
that poor people's lives

864
00:40:56,360 --> 00:40:57,960
are as worthless as grass.

865
00:40:59,190 --> 00:41:01,719
If you die of illness,
you get eaten up by dogs.

866
00:41:02,440 --> 00:41:04,239
If you get buried on the streets,

867
00:41:04,289 --> 00:41:05,710
you get eaten up by ants.

868
00:41:06,670 --> 00:41:08,150
I was in despair

869
00:41:10,280 --> 00:41:11,670
until I met your mother.

870
00:41:16,840 --> 00:41:19,699
The Young Lady of the Li family
wasn't married then.

871
00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:21,730
With no male heir in her family,

872
00:41:22,440 --> 00:41:24,099
she managed the vast business

873
00:41:24,960 --> 00:41:26,110
all by herself.

874
00:41:28,230 --> 00:41:29,360
With her,

875
00:41:30,000 --> 00:41:32,360
I made my first business deal ever.

876
00:41:35,190 --> 00:41:36,840
I changed my name,

877
00:41:38,789 --> 00:41:40,789
and abandoned my wife and children.

878
00:41:43,059 --> 00:41:44,230
I lived like someone

879
00:41:44,230 --> 00:41:45,920
who was born wealthy,

880
00:41:48,070 --> 00:41:49,400
starting a new life.

881
00:41:52,230 --> 00:41:53,070
I think you all

882
00:41:53,070 --> 00:41:54,670
would have been tempted too.

883
00:41:55,440 --> 00:41:57,190
I sold my soul

884
00:42:01,070 --> 00:42:02,630
and betrayed my ancestors.

885
00:42:07,030 --> 00:42:07,960
Son,

886
00:42:08,360 --> 00:42:10,550
you were born into wealth.

887
00:42:11,070 --> 00:42:12,920
All of this I gave you,

888
00:42:14,320 --> 00:42:16,630
traded with my own self.

889
00:42:18,110 --> 00:42:19,750
In this world,

890
00:42:19,769 --> 00:42:22,230
everyone else can mock me

891
00:42:22,280 --> 00:42:23,400
and curse me,

892
00:42:24,030 --> 00:42:25,510
but you cannot.

893
00:42:28,670 --> 00:42:30,280
I thought back then

894
00:42:32,190 --> 00:42:36,280
even if I fell into hell forever,

895
00:42:38,150 --> 00:42:39,840
I couldn't stay poor anymore.