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Water Margin

Water Margin

Water Margin

Water Margin

A TV Maxi-Series

Written by Shi Nai'an and Luo Guanzhong

Episode 9 Yang Zhi Selling His Machete

Great fortunes for everyone

What took you so long?

I just went to buy in more goods

Bad news

Put everything away

The tiger is here

Hurry, put them away

Hurry

Tastes like smelly feet

The pears are no good

Mr. Niu, try this peach

Have a try

Peaches

Fresh peaches, just in season

Peaches, peaches

I'll take them all

Sure, let me weigh them for you

Eh!

Mr. Niu

Mr. Niu

I'm barely making any money

So, payment for the peaches…

What?

I never carry any money with me

Yeah

Squat down

Squat down. Don't move

Come back

Why did you run?

Do these melons taste sweet?

Nice, quite good

How's the melon?

So sweet

Take them

Mr. Niu, Mr. Niu

You take everything for free every day

What's the point of us trading here?

Well, who on this street

dares to speak to me like this?

You are gonna stick out

among everyone?

You must have lived long enough

Beat him

Why beat him?

What are you doing?

Niu Er

Yes?

You're such a bully

You've bullied everyone along this street

You think you're some kind of lord?

Not a lord

A boss indeed

Now what?

You wanna

pluck whiskers from a tiger?

We don't wanna pluck any whiskers

We just want justice

Good

I'll give you your justice

Here

Niu, you pay for my peaches

Alright

I'll pay for your peaches

Here you are

Come forward

and I'll cut you into pieces

Let's sue him

Yes, sue him

Go. Go sue me

Go

I'll sit here

and wait for you bastards

There must be a place for justice

That's right. Let's go and sue him

Here

Enjoy the melon, my man

My Lord, please uphold justice for us

My Lord, uphold justice for us

Justice, My Lord

We can't live a life!

Rise

All rise

The attack on you today

was indeed unjustified

But you were all lucky

that nobody died

As for Niu

I'll reason with him

Anyway, a wise man knows to avoid looming risks

If you can't defeat him, just evade him

Should any conflict arise again

and casualties occur

not only would you suffer

I would have no peace, either

Do you all understand?

Please instruct us plainly

Still don't understand?

No wonder bad things always happen to you

Let me ask you

What does Kaifeng Prefecture mean?

It's where our Emperor lives

And there are numerous important government bodies

And Niu Er

is the one having connections with those government bodies

I may arrest him today

But tomorrow I'd have to let him go

Such a hassle

So

I came up with an easy solution

You all

endure it for now

And I

will talk with Niu

But whether my words would work or not

I can't guarantee

You're dismissed

My Lord

My Lord

Please uphold justice for us

or we just can't live

My Lord

Master. Master

They're back from their suit

They're back

Back from their suit

Look

You've filed your suit

Have the Prefecture Office offered you any justice?

We'll stop trading

We can at least evade you

I think you can neither fight me

nor evade me

Do you see these stalls?

Yeah, sure

Smash them

Smash

What are you doing?

Go away!

Smash them

Smash everything. Go away!

Get lost

Move

What's going on?

What happened?

I had terrible fortunes

and ran into turbulences on the river

The tribute fleet sank

I know I can't finish my job

You are all my friends

and I have to trouble you

We are all brothers here

It's no problem

Officer Yang, please tell us what to do

We will all try our best

Not that I'm lingering on my title or rank

it's just

I can't defile my ancestors' fame

I've already sold all my properties

and been bribing those from bottom to top

begging everyone

just to get past this

The Bureau of Military Affairs is easy

Just pay them off

But

the Capital Guard Command might be a problem

The Defender-in-chief Gao Qiu has enough money

We might have to try something else

Mr. Wang is right

I've spent a lot

on two quality jade pieces

to make a pair of jade vases for him

I'm just afraid

that the men working for him wouldn't be easy

and I couldn't get past them

to meet Gao Qiu

That would be a problem

Officer Yang

let's just try our best

Take care

Thanks for helping

Here

Thank you for helping me

Thank you

Here, take this

Thank you

-Sure -Thanks

Sure

Thanks

Take care

Look

Wow

Officer Yang

these two pieces

are rare quality jade

It would be a huge waste if not carefully crafted

That's why I come to you

knowing your reputation

Please do your best

As for your compensation

you will be satisfied

Sure

OK

I'll take this job

Can you finish soon?

It's not like building a house or painting a wall

Fine work takes time

To be honest

I'm in a hurry

Then I'll be as quick as I can

Thank you

OK, see you

See you

Take care

Hi, buddy

Do you know where Coach Lin's residence is?

That one up there

There

Thanks

No problem

Here

This is it

Where does Mrs. Lin live?

She's dead for almost a year

What about her father?

Well

don't waste your time

He went crazy after released from prison

Just think

He had just one daughter

who died

Why wouldn't he go crazy?

Sad story

Who is he to you?

A distant relative

Nice

Go

Pack them up

The Defender-in-chief Gao Qiu agreed to see me

This is to show my gratitude

No, no

Please take it

Alright

Boss, all packed

Here

Good luck to you

Yeah

Thank you

Fine workmanship

Officer Yang, please rise

Thank you, Defender-in-chief

Officer Yang

are these for me?

Just something

to show my homage

How much did you spend on it?

Five or six hundred taels

Five or six hundred taels?

Taels made by selling

the tributes?

Defender-in-chief

you're making fun of me

The tributes

were indeed sunken in turbulences

I have these jade vases especially made for you

Officer Yang

as the saying goes

to shatter as a jade vase is better than to remain intact as a tile

Should we hear today

if jade shattering is pleasant to the ear

Defender-in-chief

Do you want to hear it?

If you don't

I do want to

Defender-in-chief

No

Defender-in-chief

Defender…

Defender-in-chief

Well, Yang Zhi

Ten officers transported the rocks tribute

and only you ran into turbulences

As an officer serving the court, you should have fulfilled your duty

Now you've lost the tributes

delaying the construction of the imperial garden

I couldn't even afford the consequences

Let alone you, a minor officer

Guards

Yes

Put him in jail until the trial

Move, move

Move

Officer Wang

Just getting here to see you

took a lot of trouble

I am

so unfortunate

Others can buy their way out of it

But I have such bad luck

Lord Gao is capricious

and unfathomable

When you met him

he was in a bad mood

A bunch of goons

somehow

had castrated his always-trouble-making son

Gao Junior

Lord Gao was so angry

and needed to vent his anger

And you were just there

If one is in bad luck

anything bad would happen

Today it's you

Someday it might be my turn

To make a living in this world

is not easy

What about the others?

You're in trouble now

and they dare not come here

lest the Defender-in-chief knows

and more troubles happen

I don't blame them

Hurry, hurry

Time's up

I can't stay for long

Take care

Officer Wang

at this moment

I can only ask you and other friends for help

Please use some money

and bail me out

Officer Wang

I have money

in the hotel where I was staying

Just take it

As long as I can get out of here

I wouldn't mind your using up every coin

I have

Eh…

Please

Sure

Please

Please!

Hey, Officer Yang

There's no more Officer Yang

It's Yang Zhi

Just Yang Zhi

Just out of jail?

Wanna take a bath?

A bowl of wine, first

Waiter, another bowl

Here

Good

Waiter

Waiter

Here

Another bowl

I will pay

Serve me wine!

Sure sure

Go

Wine and food for him

Hurry up

Quickly. Hurry

Sir

Come on

Sit down

I, Yang Zhi

come from a family of three generations of generals

Do you know?

Do you?

Yes, yes

The famous General Yang is my grandfather

Do you know?

Yes, yes

Good

Good

I'm his grandson

Yang Zhi the Blue-Faced Beast

I have great martial skills

Who do I fear?

I fear no one

Yes, sure

I…

I just fear one thing

Come over here

I just fear

that I might defile my ancestors' fame

But

I already did that

I did that

I…

I went to jail

and paid my way out

This…

This is who I am

I, Yang Zhi…

Officer Yang…

Waiter, waiter

Here

-More wine -Help him to get some rest

Now, Officer Yang, get some rest

I'm not drunk

No, you are not

When did I ever get drunk?

I'm not drunk

No, you are not

Come in

Officer Yang

Officer Yang

From now on

just call me Yang Zhi

I'm no longer an officer

Mr. Yang

Do you wanna change a place to stay?

Change a place?

I'm good here. Why?

I won't

I mean

when you were not here

I had reserved this room for you

Nobody else ever stayed here

My stuffs were all here

It was right not to let others stay here

And I'm now back again

Mr. Yang, I mean

I run this small hotel

earning little profit

The accommodation fee…

Just say that you need payment

Don't be coy

I won't owe you a copper

To bail you out of jail, Officer Wang

spent all the money

Officer Yang, the accommodation fee…

I won't owe you a copper

Alright

I'll pay you tomorrow

People often say

a starved camel is still bigger than a horse

You can leave now

OK. You have some rest

I'm leaving now

The tiger is here!

The tiger is here! Run!

The tiger is here!

Hurry and run!

The tiger is here! Run!

They're all gone

Why aren't you running away?

Why would I?

What do you do?

Selling a machete

Selling a machete?

What kind of machete?

Let me have a look

If you really wanna buy it

I'll let you take a look

How do you know I won't buy it?

How much?

Three thousand strings of coins. No bargaining

Three thousand?

And no bargaining?

You're a cheater

This machete is an heirloom in my family

If I didn't need money urgently

I would never sell it

I can't tell this is a good machete

I can buy a blade with three hundred coppers

which is good enough for chopping meat and tofu

So, you tell me

what is so good about this sword?

You are gonna buy it?

If it's a quality machete, I would buy it

My machete

never goes blunt even when cutting metal

Never go blunt even when cutting metal?

Good

I happen to have some coins here

Do you dare cut them right here?

Come and take a look

This man says his sword

never goes blunt even when cutting metal

Cut them

Look carefully

Hack

What a fine sword!

Shut up

Stop making a fuss

Never saw a blade before?

What else can it do?

Hair breaks on it

What do you mean?

Put some hairs on the blade

blow at them and they'll break

Alright

Let me see how hairs break on it

Stay

Look closely

Awesome, one breath and they break

A rare quality sword indeed

What an eye-opener!

Shut up

Go away

Shut up

Just these two stunts?

There's one more

No blood on it after killing a man

No blood on it after killing a man?

I'd like to see that

See how there's no blood

Alright

Anyone gets a dog here?

I'll go

Who dares?

You said no blood on it after killing a man

Not killing a dog

How could I kill an innocent man in the city?

I don't care

I just wanna see how there's no blood after killing someone

You are not seriously buying my machete. You are just teasing me

How do you know

that I am not serious about buying it?

If you are, pay me first

But first I need to see

how it kills someone without getting blood on it

You're unreasonable

I'm not selling now

And I insist on buying it today

Pay me the money

You kill someone first

Kill whom?

Kill you?

Nice

If you have the guts

come on

Hack at me

We're not enemies

Why would I?

Go away

Don't provoke me

What?

I

I provoke you

I'll beat you up, you know?

Take this

You all see that

I don't have any money

and intend to sell this sword

for some silver

I didn't expect to run into this goon

Nice blade

The tiger is dead

The tiger is dead

Don't go

Don't go

I, Yang Zhi

killed a goon today

And I won't get you into trouble

I only ask you

to bear witness for me

I'll go to the government office and turn myself in

I beg you

Brave man, we will go with you

You killed Niu Er

and removed a villain from the neighborhood

We…

We will go

We will go and be your witness

We'll testify for you

Thank you

Thank you

Let's go

Let's go testify for the brave man

You're willing to defend the murderer Yang Zhi

Do you dare sign your names on the written confession?

Mr. Yang was forced to kill Niu

Niu Er was rampaging around and deserved this

We are willing to sign

Alright

Let them sign

Here, sign here

Please sit

You, too

My master has a letter for you

-Please take a look -Sure

I understood

But Niu Er was killed by accident

And many people bore witness

The offender is now on death row

But it's not appropriate to sentence him to death

No death sentence

I'm afraid

my master wouldn't agree with that

How about this?

I'll banish

the offender to Daming Prefecture

and write a letter

asking the prefecture office to find an excuse

and get rid of him

What do you think?

Secretariat Director Liang of Daming Prefecture

is Grand Preceptor Cai's son-in-law

Leave this matter to him

and the Court of Judicial Review has nothing to worry about

Yeah

Let's do that

Yang Zhi

come out

Hurry, hurry up

Stop peeking

Follow them, go

If I'm to be beheaded

why's there no farewell wine?

Move, move

Officer Yang, please sit down

Officer Yang, you're from a reputable family

with great talent

yet you're now suffering from incarceration

How unfortunate you are!

You are mocking me?

No no

Sorry for any misunderstanding

I've always admired your virtuous ancestry

and appreciated your talent

By taking out Niu Er

you've eliminated a villain for Kaifeng Prefecture

So, I want to help you

I am

now an eagle stranded in mud

a tiger trapped in a cage

Helping me

would do you any good?

I just want to do something good for my afterlife

Also

I hope after this

you could rise

and restore your ancestral reputation

I'm a felon

Restoring ancestral reputation is beyond my reach

The whole neighborhood all testified for you

I intend to give you a light sentence

for manslaughter

A banishment is enough

In Daming Prefecture of Beijing

Secretariat Director Liang there is a close friend of mine

He likes talented people

You go there

and you will be taken seriously in the future

He's the Grand Preceptor Cai Jing's son-in-law

and fond of martial arts

And he knows me

That's great

I'm just afraid

he wouldn't want anything to do with me, a felon

Secretariat Director Liang values friendship

I have a letter here for him

And he surely will treat you the way you deserve

Plus, he is

in desperate need of talented men like you now

Lord Prefect

you are doing so much to help me

How can I ever repay you?

No need to say such things

I think you should leave tomorrow

before anything unexpected happens

Thank you, my Lord

Mr. Yang

Mr. Yang

Please rise

Thank you, My Lord

Mr. Yang. Mr. Yang

Take care on the way

Stay safe, Mr. Yang

Thank you, everyone

Officer Yang, please rise

Follow me

Lord Secretariat Director

I, Yang Zhi, am here

Lord Liang, I, Suo Chao, am here

Start now

Lord Secretariat Director

Please rise

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