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The Scholar and the Emperor
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-Hurry up.
-Easy! My leg!
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Chief, while I was following Meng Tinghui,
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I found this cripple following her too.
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He was the gatekeeper
at our gambling house.
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The last time Meng Tinghui went there,
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he was the one who spotted her.
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He told me
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he has a way to bring Meng Tinghui down.
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Who exactly are you?
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Chief.
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I am Meng Tinghui's enemy.
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I knew that girl ten years ago.
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She is the one who ruined my leg.
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Because of Meng Tinghui,
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I became a cripple despised by everyone.
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I had to change my name
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and flee my homeland.
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For ten years, I have not
slept a peaceful night.
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I long to devour her flesh
and drink her blood, Chief.
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My hatred for that wretch
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is no less than yours.
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I want to join the Tiger Roar Gang.
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Become my protector,
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and I will help you eliminate her.
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I investigated him.
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Ten years ago, he was indeed in Shazhou,
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trafficking children.
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A man who even dared sell children
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thinks he can bargain with me?
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Spare me, Chief!
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I truly lost my senses back then.
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I deserve to die.
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But Chief,
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Meng Tinghui's dearest sister
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died by my hand.
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I know what she fears and hates.
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With me,
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you can bring her down. Please give me a chance.
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All right.
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I will let you try.
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Remember, you are merely a cripple
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driven mad by his thirst for revenge.
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You have absolutely nothing
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-to do with the Tiger Roar Gang.
-Thank you, Chief.
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Wait.
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Do not add salt until
the meat turns golden.
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Miss Yan,
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this is the authentic Beijian method.
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You...
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Would you know better
than someone from Shazhou?
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Mengmeng, you be the judge.
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Mengmeng.
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Why are you so distracted?
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Nothing.
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I may have been overworked lately
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and unable to settle my mind.
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Then relax properly today.
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Young Lord Shen has spared no expense
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on this grand banquet
to celebrate your success.
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He chose to hold the feast here.
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I suspect the wine is not his true concern.
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There are so many
restaurants on Changle Street,
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yet he chose your Bofeng House.
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His intentions are hardly insignificant.
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That is because I have the finest view
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and the best roasted meat.
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As for Shen Zhishu,
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apart from that face,
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what else does he have to offer?
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He spends all day flirting with women.
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He is clearly unreliable.
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Last time...
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Last time, I even saw him at Huiyin House.
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You even remember which
butterfly he was chasing
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that time so clearly.
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You...
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I merely felt
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sorry for the ladies of the capital.
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Shopkeeper Yan,
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you must answer for speaking
behind someone's back.
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You clearly just said
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that my face was worth looking at.
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Young Lord Shen is here.
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Greetings, Your Majesty.
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Your Majesty!
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No need for ceremony.
I brought some fine wine today
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to celebrate with everyone.
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Rise.
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I do not know what is wrong with my legs.
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Whenever I see His Majesty,
they stop obeying me
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and want to kneel and
kowtow again and again.
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Shen Zhishu, why did you not tell me
His Majesty was coming?
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Although I invited everyone today,
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I did so at His Majesty's request
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to celebrate Official Meng's success.
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The Left Chancellor
has recently been sending
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many noblewomen into the palace
to press His Majesty to choose an empress.
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-His Majesty came out to escape the commotion.
-Enough.
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Let us eat.
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The lamb is ready.
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There are also dishes from my hometown.
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Please try them.
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Anything you cooked
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His Majesty would not dare taste
anything you cooked.
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Then perhaps we should taste it
for His Majesty first.
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Fresh and delicious.
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It is good.
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My lord has excellent taste. I like it too.
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What is this?
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How dare you, Yin Qing!
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You tried to poison His Majesty!
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No...
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This is fish mint.
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It is edible.
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Look, my lord is enjoying it.
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Perhaps His Majesty's tastes
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and my lord's tastes differ...
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greatly.
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Huang Bo, bring the wine.
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Wait.
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The weather has been turning colder,
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so I brewed some fruit wine
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for everyone to taste.
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Wonderful!
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My turn.
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This fruit wine
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nourishes the complexion
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and makes one glow.
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However...
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for Official Meng and Miss Yan,
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its effects will be rather ordinary.
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-Why?
-Why?
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Because you two
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are naturally beautiful.
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Yin Qing,
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you have been working nonstop.
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Sit down and rest.
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Certainly.
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The lamb has gone a little cold.
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-It needs reheating.
-I will do it.
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The fruit wine is cold too. Warm it up.
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Of course. Here I go again.
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Yin Qing, I will help you.
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How could your cooking compare with his?
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Sit.
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If Your Majesty has any
grievance against me,
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please say it directly.
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When have I ever had
a grievance against you?
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Then why is Your Majesty making things
difficult for my colleague?
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You call that making things difficult?
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It seems Director Meng
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cares far more about
her colleagues than about me.
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Your Majesty.
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Changle Street was crowded
with people and carriages.
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I am sorry to have
kept Your Majesty waiting.
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I also spent a little time dressing,
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which delayed me.
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Sit down and try
the specialties of Shazhou.
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Come, sit over here.
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I know you do not eat ginger.
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This has neither scallions nor garlic.
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I guarantee you will like it.
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Thank you, Yin Qing.
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You are always the
kindest and most attentive.
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So there is someone in this world
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who understands
Zhili's tastes better than you.
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Still,
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it is good for Zhili to spend
more time with Yin Qing.
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After all, she is an unmarried young woman.
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It is better than being
too close to her teacher.
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Sister Shen, Captain Di,
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you are late. You must drink
three cups as punishment.
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Very well.
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I will drink
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Sister Zhili's share for her.
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There is no need...
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Captain Di, sit down.
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This
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is fruit wine I brewed myself.
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It is good for the complexion.
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Do you know Sister Zhili
cannot hold her liquor?
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Today is a celebration.
We should enjoy ourselves.
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Tomorrow,
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we will surely find a
clue to the Tiger Roar Gang.
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Then let us wish
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for everything to go smoothly tomorrow.
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-Cheers.
-Cheers.
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Official Meng stands high above everyone
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and can naturally speak
grandly of conscience.
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But for people like us,
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kindness...
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only makes us die sooner.
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You use having no choice as an excuse
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to help tyrants commit
evil with a clear conscience?
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As a fellow woman,
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you watched those girls
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be pushed into a living hell.
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You heard them cry and beg for help,
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yet you smiled as you handed
their tormentors the whip.
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A-Yue was only eighteen.
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She was tortured to death.
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Have you never had nightmares at night?
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Nightmares?
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Official Meng,
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this is what
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the conscience you speak of brought me.
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I was only fourteen
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when I was sold there.
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They tortured me like livestock.
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I was locked in the gambling house dungeon.
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They chained me to an iron post
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for an entire month,
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drugged me,
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and then hung me naked
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from the gambling house's second floor.
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They let every gambler wager
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on how many days it would take me to beg.
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Do you think I had a choice?
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Either submit
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or die.
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I did not want to die.
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I wanted to live.
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Even if I had to live like a ghost,
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I still wanted to live.
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Was I wrong?
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Official Meng,
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Not everyone is entitled
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to live with clean hands like you.
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Tell me about the dealings
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between Xingrong Gambling House
and the Tiger Roar Gang.
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I stake my life on it:
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I will avenge this blood debt for you.
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Fumeng,
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you still hate them, do you not?
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You hate the people who made you this way.
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But if you continue
helping them commit evil,
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you are stabbing the girl you once were.
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If Hao Wenming truly
regarded you as one of his own,
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why are you
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still confined to the gambling house?
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Fumeng,
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you know their methods better than anyone.
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Speak.
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Have you ever considered
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what they fear?
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What they fear most
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is people like you
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standing up to testify against them.
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But what you want to know,
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I truly know nothing about.
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Hao Wenming
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never allowed those under him
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to ask about the Tiger Roar Gang.
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We only handled odd
jobs at the gambling house
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and sent the girls into the private rooms.
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So I have never met
anyone from the Tiger Roar Gang.
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You became Hao Wenming's most trusted aide,
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and you still pretend to know nothing?
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Hao Wenming
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was extremely cautious.
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Besides, with matters at this point,
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what reason would I have to hide anything?
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I will die either way.
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Let me serve those girls
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as an ox or horse in the afterlife.
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I will kneel before them
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and beg forgiveness.
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My lord.
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Our only breakthrough now is Hao Wenming.
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Brother Hao, wake up.
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Fumeng has confessed everything
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about Xingrong Gambling House
and the Tiger Roar Gang.
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If you can tell us something new,
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you may be allowed to live.
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She does not know a damn thing.
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You two little brats
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are trying to trick me.
279
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Under severe punishment, cowards emerge.
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Under great rewards, brave men emerge.
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Would you care to gamble with your life?
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Let us see whether, if you keep silent,
283
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the Tiger Roar Gang comes to rescue you
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or comes to kill you.
285
00:15:28,240 --> 00:15:30,496
Tell us everything you
know about Ling Yunfei
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and every court official colluding
with the Tiger Roar Gang.
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Do not omit a single word.
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Hao Wenming,
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this is your only chance to live.
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My lord,
291
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why waste words on him?
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Until he tastes the branding iron,
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he will keep pretending to be tough.
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I...
295
00:16:03,760 --> 00:16:05,336
I will confess...
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I will.
297
00:16:06,600 --> 00:16:07,536
I will tell you everything.
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I will write down
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everything I know.
300
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Guards!
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Call a physician.
302
00:16:31,640 --> 00:16:32,780
Yes.
303
00:16:35,480 --> 00:16:37,900
You would rather die than confess.
304
00:16:38,280 --> 00:16:39,540
I fear death,
305
00:16:40,920 --> 00:16:43,300
but I fear Ling Yunfei even more.
306
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A traitor's
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entire family is buried with him.
308
00:16:51,360 --> 00:16:53,740
That is the Tiger Roar Gang's rule.
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00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:56,380
The day I boarded this ship,
310
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I wrote my will
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for my wife and children.
312
00:17:03,160 --> 00:17:05,420
You only need to stand up and testify,
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and I can destroy the Tiger Roar Gang.
314
00:17:08,920 --> 00:17:10,060
Official Meng.
315
00:17:13,440 --> 00:17:14,580
You...
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are good people.
317
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What happened to me today
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is entirely what I deserve.
319
00:17:20,880 --> 00:17:22,540
You cannot defeat him.
320
00:17:24,400 --> 00:17:25,620
Besides...
321
00:17:26,400 --> 00:17:27,940
The one you are fighting
322
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has never
323
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been him alone.
324
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Who else is there?
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Tell me.
326
00:17:39,760 --> 00:17:41,220
Official Meng,
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I beg you...
328
00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:47,580
For my family's sake,
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just say
330
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that I confessed nothing.
331
00:17:55,680 --> 00:17:56,576
Where is the physician?
332
00:17:56,600 --> 00:17:57,740
Physician!
333
00:17:58,720 --> 00:17:59,860
Hao Wenming!
334
00:18:38,640 --> 00:18:40,216
You have worked hard
on the case these past few days
335
00:18:40,240 --> 00:18:41,736
and have hardly eaten a proper meal.
336
00:18:41,760 --> 00:18:43,616
Set official business aside tonight
337
00:18:43,640 --> 00:18:44,576
and try Bofeng House's
338
00:18:44,600 --> 00:18:46,056
new signature dishes.
339
00:18:46,080 --> 00:18:47,340
All right.
340
00:18:49,360 --> 00:18:50,976
There are many guests tonight.
341
00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:52,336
I will attend to the front hall.
342
00:18:52,360 --> 00:18:54,060
You must all eat properly.
343
00:18:54,920 --> 00:18:56,056
All right.
344
00:18:56,080 --> 00:18:57,660
Especially you.
345
00:19:06,200 --> 00:19:07,416
I have no appetite.
346
00:19:07,440 --> 00:19:09,616
Our bluff failed.
347
00:19:09,640 --> 00:19:11,056
Fumeng said
348
00:19:11,080 --> 00:19:12,616
the only person in contact
with the Tiger Roar Gang
349
00:19:12,640 --> 00:19:14,220
was Hao Wenming.
350
00:19:14,480 --> 00:19:15,856
Now Hao Wenming is dead,
351
00:19:15,880 --> 00:19:17,056
and every lead is gone.
352
00:19:17,080 --> 00:19:18,856
Ling Yunfei's whereabouts are unknown.
353
00:19:18,880 --> 00:19:20,500
And the force behind him...
354
00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:22,860
who exactly are they?
355
00:19:24,760 --> 00:19:26,420
I previously suspected
356
00:19:26,680 --> 00:19:28,696
that the cross Wan Kai left behind
357
00:19:28,720 --> 00:19:30,500
may instead concern someone's identity.
358
00:19:30,840 --> 00:19:33,256
Before dying, Hao Wenming
also deliberately said
359
00:19:33,280 --> 00:19:35,096
that I was not fighting Ling Yunfei alone.
360
00:19:35,120 --> 00:19:37,700
Lü Er also mentioned the person behind him
before he died.
361
00:19:38,360 --> 00:19:39,860
Could all three clues
362
00:19:40,600 --> 00:19:42,460
point to the same person?
363
00:19:44,800 --> 00:19:45,940
It is possible.
364
00:19:46,440 --> 00:19:47,976
Could this cross
365
00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:50,060
be part of a written character?
366
00:19:50,680 --> 00:19:51,576
"Xiang."
367
00:19:51,600 --> 00:19:52,736
Could it
368
00:19:52,760 --> 00:19:54,300
refer to a Chancellor?
369
00:19:54,640 --> 00:19:56,496
Someone with overwhelming power...
370
00:19:56,520 --> 00:19:57,900
That could very well
be the Left Chancellor.
371
00:19:58,680 --> 00:20:00,656
Add a box beneath the
cross and it forms "Gu."
372
00:20:00,680 --> 00:20:01,896
It could also point
to the Right Chancellor.
373
00:20:01,920 --> 00:20:03,260
Absolutely impossible.
374
00:20:03,640 --> 00:20:05,096
I know my teacher's character well.
375
00:20:05,120 --> 00:20:06,576
He is not the kind of treacherous schemer
376
00:20:06,600 --> 00:20:07,736
who would collude with Ling Yunfei.
377
00:20:07,760 --> 00:20:09,656
I will stake my reputation on him.
378
00:20:09,680 --> 00:20:11,616
I was only making a guess.
379
00:20:11,640 --> 00:20:12,536
Why take it so seriously?
380
00:20:12,560 --> 00:20:14,176
That was hardly a guess.
381
00:20:14,200 --> 00:20:15,256
It was baseless nonsense.
382
00:20:15,280 --> 00:20:17,060
Zhili also has a point.
383
00:20:18,480 --> 00:20:20,180
Without conclusive evidence,
384
00:20:20,720 --> 00:20:23,060
every suspicion is merely speculation.
385
00:20:25,360 --> 00:20:26,776
To uncover the truth,
386
00:20:26,800 --> 00:20:28,096
we must find Ling Yunfei.
387
00:20:28,120 --> 00:20:29,576
Other shops on Changle Street
388
00:20:29,600 --> 00:20:31,616
may also be connected
to the Tiger Roar Gang.
389
00:20:31,640 --> 00:20:33,136
We cannot let go
390
00:20:33,160 --> 00:20:34,056
of even the slightest possibility.
391
00:20:34,080 --> 00:20:35,336
-Yes.
-Yes.
392
00:20:35,360 --> 00:20:36,500
Then we...
393
00:20:36,840 --> 00:20:37,976
should eat properly.
394
00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:39,620
Especially you.
395
00:20:52,400 --> 00:20:53,856
-Shopkeeper Yan.
-Shopkeeper Yan.
396
00:20:53,880 --> 00:20:55,656
Is Official Meng here today?
397
00:20:55,680 --> 00:20:57,940
Could we meet Official Meng?
398
00:20:58,560 --> 00:20:59,976
Meet Mengmeng?
399
00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:02,176
Yes. Official Meng destroyed
400
00:21:02,200 --> 00:21:04,016
the wicked Xingrong
Gambling House in one stroke
401
00:21:04,040 --> 00:21:05,696
and saved so many women.
402
00:21:05,720 --> 00:21:07,216
-She is truly a heroine among women.
-Shopkeeper Yan.
403
00:21:07,240 --> 00:21:08,496
You are here too.
404
00:21:08,520 --> 00:21:10,100
Come, let me through.
405
00:21:10,360 --> 00:21:12,416
Though Shopkeeper Yan and Official Meng
are not sisters by blood,
406
00:21:12,440 --> 00:21:14,256
they are closer than true sisters.
407
00:21:14,280 --> 00:21:15,296
To have such a friend
408
00:21:15,320 --> 00:21:16,856
-is truly enviable.
-Shopkeeper Yan.
409
00:21:16,880 --> 00:21:18,376
We came because of her reputation.
410
00:21:18,400 --> 00:21:19,376
Could you make an exception
411
00:21:19,400 --> 00:21:20,656
and let us meet Official Meng?
412
00:21:20,680 --> 00:21:21,856
Yes.
413
00:21:21,880 --> 00:21:23,136
Please let us meet her.
414
00:21:23,160 --> 00:21:24,816
Everyone, please be patient.
415
00:21:24,840 --> 00:21:27,216
Official Meng is busy today
and cannot be disturbed.
416
00:21:27,240 --> 00:21:28,376
However,
417
00:21:28,400 --> 00:21:30,736
I will personally cook for all of you today.
418
00:21:30,760 --> 00:21:31,816
-Great!
-Great!
419
00:21:31,840 --> 00:21:32,980
Please come inside.
420
00:21:33,480 --> 00:21:35,540
We finally get to taste Shopkeeper Yan's cooking.
421
00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:41,976
Mengmeng.
422
00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:43,140
What is wrong?
423
00:22:43,920 --> 00:22:45,060
Mengmeng.
424
00:22:45,640 --> 00:22:47,500
Mengmeng, sit down first.
425
00:22:47,920 --> 00:22:49,060
Slowly.
426
00:22:55,840 --> 00:22:57,856
Mengmeng, I made sugarcane
water especially for you.
427
00:22:57,880 --> 00:23:00,376
It replenishes the blood, relieves dryness,
and nourishes digestion.
428
00:23:00,400 --> 00:23:01,540
Drink some more.
429
00:23:09,560 --> 00:23:10,456
Mengmeng,
430
00:23:10,480 --> 00:23:11,816
Bofeng House was bustling today.
431
00:23:11,840 --> 00:23:12,776
So many people came,
432
00:23:12,800 --> 00:23:14,136
all hoping to see you.
433
00:23:14,160 --> 00:23:16,820
They all called you a hero of Great Ning.
434
00:23:21,160 --> 00:23:22,820
The more they praise me,
435
00:23:27,080 --> 00:23:28,860
the worse I feel.
436
00:23:30,600 --> 00:23:32,660
Every lead to the
Tiger Roar Gang is now gone.
437
00:23:33,320 --> 00:23:35,220
If we cannot capture Ling Yunfei,
438
00:23:36,160 --> 00:23:37,696
all that praise
439
00:23:37,720 --> 00:23:39,460
will eventually turn into condemnation.
440
00:23:40,960 --> 00:23:43,660
You cannot put so much
pressure on yourself.
441
00:23:51,800 --> 00:23:52,940
Fuzhi,
442
00:23:53,840 --> 00:23:55,096
I am no longer the orphan girl from Shazhou
443
00:23:55,120 --> 00:23:56,860
who had nothing.
444
00:23:58,400 --> 00:24:00,260
Now I wear an official robe
445
00:24:00,800 --> 00:24:02,740
and carry the people's hopes.
446
00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:04,896
I understand even more clearly where
447
00:24:04,920 --> 00:24:06,260
the Bureau's official lantern should shine.
448
00:24:07,760 --> 00:24:09,500
The Tiger Roar Gang must be eliminated
449
00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:12,216
so desperate people hidden in dark corners
450
00:24:12,240 --> 00:24:13,620
can have a little more hope.
451
00:24:14,320 --> 00:24:16,260
Of course I believe in you.
452
00:24:16,920 --> 00:24:19,056
But you must promise me:
453
00:24:19,080 --> 00:24:20,576
when you hold an umbrella over others,
454
00:24:20,600 --> 00:24:22,420
protect yourself first.
455
00:24:30,320 --> 00:24:31,896
-I must leave now.
-Where are you going?
456
00:24:31,920 --> 00:24:34,696
Back to the palace to report
our leads to His Majesty,
457
00:24:34,720 --> 00:24:36,740
before he suspects me
of withholding information again.
458
00:24:45,640 --> 00:24:46,860
Miss Meng.
459
00:24:50,760 --> 00:24:51,856
Miss Meng!
460
00:24:51,880 --> 00:24:54,336
I have come today with betrothal gifts
461
00:24:54,360 --> 00:24:56,020
to take you as my wife.
462
00:24:56,840 --> 00:24:57,980
Miss Meng.
463
00:24:58,800 --> 00:25:00,096
So you do not even know
464
00:25:00,120 --> 00:25:01,260
which one is Miss Meng?
465
00:25:05,520 --> 00:25:07,540
Then this lady must be Miss Meng.
466
00:25:08,560 --> 00:25:10,856
I never imagined you were
even more beautiful than the rumors.
467
00:25:10,880 --> 00:25:12,900
You are so lovely.
I am determined to marry you.
468
00:25:14,080 --> 00:25:15,580
Stop.
469
00:25:25,560 --> 00:25:26,736
You think you are worthy?
470
00:25:26,760 --> 00:25:28,300
Who are you?
471
00:25:29,120 --> 00:25:31,980
I never conceal my name or identity.
472
00:25:32,160 --> 00:25:34,416
Xu Ting, the current Left Chancellor,
is my father.
473
00:25:34,440 --> 00:25:36,136
I am his only son,
474
00:25:36,160 --> 00:25:37,940
Xu Runze.
475
00:25:40,520 --> 00:25:41,660
Miss Meng,
476
00:25:41,920 --> 00:25:42,936
trust me.
477
00:25:42,960 --> 00:25:44,536
If the two of us marry,
478
00:25:44,560 --> 00:25:45,736
we will be a match made in heaven:
479
00:25:45,760 --> 00:25:47,296
a talented man and a
beautiful woman. No, wait...
480
00:25:47,320 --> 00:25:48,576
a talented woman and a handsome man.
481
00:25:48,600 --> 00:25:49,820
Keep your distance.
482
00:25:50,240 --> 00:25:51,376
Young Master Xu,
483
00:25:51,400 --> 00:25:53,900
does your father know you are out here
embarrassing yourself?
484
00:25:54,520 --> 00:25:55,856
My father said
485
00:25:55,880 --> 00:25:57,260
that a true man
486
00:25:57,600 --> 00:26:00,180
must charge forward once
he sees what he wants.
487
00:26:01,080 --> 00:26:03,260
Besides, I already wrote
the marriage contract.
488
00:26:05,120 --> 00:26:06,896
Today, the handsome
489
00:26:06,920 --> 00:26:09,256
and charming Xu Runze
490
00:26:09,280 --> 00:26:10,656
wishes to marry the breathtaking
491
00:26:10,680 --> 00:26:13,340
and talented Meng Tinghui.
492
00:26:13,600 --> 00:26:14,900
In this life,
493
00:26:15,320 --> 00:26:16,460
she shall be his only one.
494
00:26:18,560 --> 00:26:19,816
Thank you all for your support.
495
00:26:19,840 --> 00:26:21,900
Every expense at Bofeng House today
496
00:26:22,440 --> 00:26:24,176
is on me.
497
00:26:24,200 --> 00:26:25,536
Eat and drink to your hearts' content.
498
00:26:25,560 --> 00:26:26,856
Wonderful!
499
00:26:26,880 --> 00:26:28,900
-Eat up. Everyone, sit.
-Yan Fuzhi!
500
00:26:29,320 --> 00:26:30,460
Young Master Xu,
501
00:26:30,800 --> 00:26:32,256
you and I have never met.
502
00:26:32,280 --> 00:26:33,336
How can there be any talk of marriage?
503
00:26:33,360 --> 00:26:35,216
Please leave Bofeng House at once.
504
00:26:35,240 --> 00:26:36,136
It seems
505
00:26:36,160 --> 00:26:37,936
Young Master Xu has gone foolish
from studying too much.
506
00:26:37,960 --> 00:26:39,016
No...
507
00:26:39,040 --> 00:26:40,336
My father said
508
00:26:40,360 --> 00:26:41,856
I am foolish because I studied too little.
509
00:26:41,880 --> 00:26:44,616
That is why I need a talented wife
to improve the family bloodline.
510
00:26:44,640 --> 00:26:46,056
Miss Meng, just consider it...
511
00:26:46,080 --> 00:26:47,376
for the sake of the
Xu family's future descendants.
512
00:26:47,400 --> 00:26:49,496
-Marry me.
-Young Master Xu.
513
00:26:49,520 --> 00:26:50,936
Please stop making jokes at my expense.
514
00:26:50,960 --> 00:26:53,056
Miss Meng, I sincerely wish to marry you.
515
00:26:53,080 --> 00:26:55,896
My family has power, influence, and wealth.
516
00:26:55,920 --> 00:26:57,936
You need not worry that
you are unworthy of me.
517
00:26:57,960 --> 00:26:58,856
When I, Xu Runze, take a wife,
518
00:26:58,880 --> 00:27:00,416
I do not care about her family background.
519
00:27:00,440 --> 00:27:02,780
She only needs to be clever
and well-read like you.
520
00:27:03,760 --> 00:27:04,656
Servants!
521
00:27:04,680 --> 00:27:06,860
Carry every betrothal
gift into Bofeng House.
522
00:27:07,400 --> 00:27:08,576
Put them down.
523
00:27:08,600 --> 00:27:09,496
Let us see who dares.
524
00:27:09,520 --> 00:27:10,980
-Who dares enter?
-Wait.
525
00:27:19,840 --> 00:27:21,016
Young Master Xu,
526
00:27:21,040 --> 00:27:22,900
you are humiliating Miss Meng.
527
00:27:23,640 --> 00:27:24,856
Miss Situ,
528
00:27:24,880 --> 00:27:26,176
what gives you the right to say that?
529
00:27:26,200 --> 00:27:27,616
Is Miss Meng the sort of woman
530
00:27:27,640 --> 00:27:29,536
who would be swayed
by lavish betrothal gifts?
531
00:27:29,560 --> 00:27:31,340
By making such a spectacle,
532
00:27:31,960 --> 00:27:34,100
what position have you placed her in?
533
00:27:35,800 --> 00:27:38,056
Miss Meng, let me explain.
534
00:27:38,080 --> 00:27:39,220
Young Master Xu,
535
00:27:39,760 --> 00:27:40,936
if you keep talking,
536
00:27:40,960 --> 00:27:42,136
you will only make matters worse.
537
00:27:42,160 --> 00:27:44,380
If you sincerely wish to marry Miss Meng,
538
00:27:44,680 --> 00:27:46,376
let us go to Huiyin House.
539
00:27:46,400 --> 00:27:47,296
I have a plan.
540
00:27:47,320 --> 00:27:49,300
Miss Situ, let us leave at once.
541
00:27:59,320 --> 00:28:00,416
Young Master Xu,
542
00:28:00,440 --> 00:28:01,740
what about your betrothal gifts?
543
00:28:02,240 --> 00:28:04,940
They say the Left Chancellor has a son
with a most unusual mind.
544
00:28:05,640 --> 00:28:07,740
Today, I finally witnessed it.
545
00:28:11,320 --> 00:28:13,096
-You...
-Chief Steward You.
546
00:28:13,120 --> 00:28:15,216
His Majesty is handling state affairs
and cannot be disturbed.
547
00:28:15,240 --> 00:28:16,136
Huang Bo,
548
00:28:16,160 --> 00:28:17,896
you brat, how can you be so unreasonable?
549
00:28:17,920 --> 00:28:18,816
It is precisely because I know
550
00:28:18,840 --> 00:28:20,536
His Majesty is busy with state affairs
551
00:28:20,560 --> 00:28:21,776
that I came especially to ease his worries.
552
00:28:21,800 --> 00:28:23,180
Stop blocking me.
553
00:28:24,960 --> 00:28:26,336
Chief Steward You,
554
00:28:26,360 --> 00:28:28,256
His Majesty ordered
that no one disturb him.
555
00:28:28,280 --> 00:28:29,496
Please do not make things difficult for me.
556
00:28:29,520 --> 00:28:30,416
What?
557
00:28:30,440 --> 00:28:31,856
Am I merely "no one"?
558
00:28:31,880 --> 00:28:33,416
Others come to trouble His Majesty.
559
00:28:33,440 --> 00:28:35,056
I came to make him happy.
560
00:28:35,080 --> 00:28:36,220
Let me in.
561
00:28:36,840 --> 00:28:38,660
What are you doing...?
562
00:28:39,440 --> 00:28:42,380
Your Majesty...
563
00:28:44,080 --> 00:28:44,976
Your Majesty,
564
00:28:45,000 --> 00:28:46,816
this old servant heard you have been
565
00:28:46,840 --> 00:28:48,460
overwhelmed with state affairs lately.
566
00:28:48,720 --> 00:28:51,216
I spent ten days and nights
567
00:28:51,240 --> 00:28:52,736
preparing a wonderful performance for you.
568
00:28:52,760 --> 00:28:54,380
-Please, Your Majesty...
-Let us go.
569
00:28:55,760 --> 00:28:57,856
Wonderful. Coming...
570
00:28:57,880 --> 00:29:00,020
Your Majesty, the dance begins.
571
00:29:28,760 --> 00:29:29,816
This is the surprise
572
00:29:29,840 --> 00:29:31,376
you spent ten days and nights preparing?
573
00:29:31,400 --> 00:29:32,940
Your Majesty,
574
00:29:33,200 --> 00:29:34,500
are you surprised?
575
00:29:34,800 --> 00:29:36,780
Are you delighted? Was it unexpected?
576
00:29:37,200 --> 00:29:38,096
These noble ladies
577
00:29:38,120 --> 00:29:41,456
are the finest dancers in the capital,
578
00:29:41,480 --> 00:29:44,300
especially Lady Wen.
579
00:29:55,280 --> 00:29:57,376
You truly understand me.
580
00:29:57,400 --> 00:29:58,820
Thank you for the praise.
581
00:29:59,560 --> 00:30:00,816
Your Majesty,
582
00:30:00,840 --> 00:30:01,736
you must not leave.
583
00:30:01,760 --> 00:30:03,936
These ladies are all daughters
of important ministers.
584
00:30:03,960 --> 00:30:06,016
If you walk away like this,
585
00:30:06,040 --> 00:30:08,576
will you not chill the hearts
of your loyal officials?
586
00:30:08,600 --> 00:30:10,536
All my painstaking effort
587
00:30:10,560 --> 00:30:12,740
was for the sake of the realm.
588
00:30:13,240 --> 00:30:14,456
Please take pity
589
00:30:14,480 --> 00:30:16,176
on these old bones
590
00:30:16,200 --> 00:30:18,860
and at least watch a
little longer, Your Majesty.
591
00:30:31,520 --> 00:30:34,540
This subject, Wen Ruomei,
respectfully greets Your Majesty.
592
00:30:37,200 --> 00:30:40,376
-Greetings, Your Majesty.
-Greetings, Your Majesty.
593
00:30:40,400 --> 00:30:42,140
Your Majesty is in fine spirits.
594
00:30:49,200 --> 00:30:50,256
Your Majesty.
595
00:30:50,280 --> 00:30:51,420
Your Maj...
596
00:30:55,440 --> 00:30:57,020
Official Meng is in fine spirits too.
597
00:30:57,240 --> 00:30:59,056
You hid here to enjoy my performance.
598
00:30:59,080 --> 00:31:00,380
I have been wronged.
599
00:31:01,160 --> 00:31:02,816
Had I spoken rashly,
600
00:31:02,840 --> 00:31:04,496
would I not have ruined
Your Majesty's pleasure
601
00:31:04,520 --> 00:31:06,256
in watching all these beauties compete?
602
00:31:06,280 --> 00:31:07,860
I shall take my leave.
603
00:31:09,960 --> 00:31:11,256
Too late.
604
00:31:11,280 --> 00:31:13,700
No one watches a performance
without paying the performers.
605
00:31:16,120 --> 00:31:17,376
Why not take the stage as well
606
00:31:17,400 --> 00:31:19,016
and compete
607
00:31:19,040 --> 00:31:20,656
with these noble ladies?
608
00:31:20,680 --> 00:31:22,536
Your Majesty intends to use me again.
609
00:31:22,560 --> 00:31:24,096
If I perform here,
610
00:31:24,120 --> 00:31:25,856
tomorrow at court
611
00:31:25,880 --> 00:31:27,096
there will surely be several more memorials
612
00:31:27,120 --> 00:31:28,256
impeaching me for currying favor.
613
00:31:28,280 --> 00:31:29,580
Would that not be perfect?
614
00:31:30,200 --> 00:31:32,740
It would further prove
you are my favored official.
615
00:31:34,600 --> 00:31:36,900
Since Your Majesty wants me
to be this favored official,
616
00:31:37,520 --> 00:31:39,460
why not grant me a
substantive fifth-rank post,
617
00:31:39,840 --> 00:31:41,016
so my reputation as a flattering favorite
618
00:31:41,040 --> 00:31:42,456
will finally match reality?
619
00:31:42,480 --> 00:31:44,940
You certainly know how to bargain.
620
00:31:45,440 --> 00:31:46,936
One rank higher
621
00:31:46,960 --> 00:31:48,500
means standing above others.
622
00:31:50,440 --> 00:31:52,820
Since I will bear the infamy either way,
623
00:31:53,440 --> 00:31:55,256
I may as well gain
something tangible from it.
624
00:31:55,280 --> 00:31:56,896
Your Majesty, the dance is over.
625
00:31:56,920 --> 00:31:58,736
The noble ladies are still waiting.
626
00:31:58,760 --> 00:32:00,140
I am in excellent spirits today.
627
00:32:00,840 --> 00:32:02,016
How about this?
628
00:32:02,040 --> 00:32:03,500
Compete once more.
629
00:32:03,760 --> 00:32:05,136
Whoever wins
630
00:32:05,160 --> 00:32:07,220
will remain and dine with me.
631
00:32:12,480 --> 00:32:13,620
I will go first.
632
00:32:20,360 --> 00:32:21,976
I once learned
633
00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:23,780
a small street trick.
634
00:32:24,360 --> 00:32:27,060
It is called
"Spring Returns to Withered Wood."
635
00:32:27,440 --> 00:32:28,700
Your Majesty, please watch.
636
00:32:29,640 --> 00:32:31,456
This flower bud is waiting to bloom,
637
00:32:31,480 --> 00:32:32,940
like uncarved jade,
638
00:32:33,200 --> 00:32:35,136
holding limitless vitality within.
639
00:32:35,160 --> 00:32:37,180
It lacks only a breath of spring.
640
00:32:38,120 --> 00:32:40,140
Your Majesty is the true Son of Heaven,
641
00:32:40,600 --> 00:32:42,860
bearing the imperial
aura of the Purple Star.
642
00:32:43,120 --> 00:32:45,336
Please breathe
643
00:32:45,360 --> 00:32:47,140
a gentle breath of warmth upon this flower.
644
00:32:47,400 --> 00:32:48,416
Let it serve as the spark
645
00:32:48,440 --> 00:32:50,300
that awakens its boundless spirit.
646
00:33:10,520 --> 00:33:12,140
-It truly bloomed!
-It bloomed!
647
00:33:12,520 --> 00:33:13,700
Your Majesty, please look.
648
00:33:14,600 --> 00:33:15,976
Though plants are humble,
649
00:33:16,000 --> 00:33:17,620
even they know to
admire and follow strength.
650
00:33:18,200 --> 00:33:20,580
Bathed in heavenly grace,
they burst into life.
651
00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:22,220
This flower
652
00:33:22,560 --> 00:33:24,136
bloomed for Your Majesty.
653
00:33:24,160 --> 00:33:25,300
Excellent.
654
00:33:26,480 --> 00:33:29,660
"Spring Returns to Withered Wood,"
and the weak follow the strong.
655
00:33:30,280 --> 00:33:31,780
Such amusement
656
00:33:32,200 --> 00:33:33,496
far surpasses song and dance.
657
00:33:33,520 --> 00:33:34,816
Your Majesty,
658
00:33:34,840 --> 00:33:36,936
Meng Tinghui is clearly using
a cheap street illusion.
659
00:33:36,960 --> 00:33:38,176
It is unfit for refined company.
660
00:33:38,200 --> 00:33:40,180
Your Majesty holds the
people in your heart.
661
00:33:40,840 --> 00:33:42,456
The amusements of the streets
662
00:33:42,480 --> 00:33:44,180
also reflect the lives of the people.
663
00:33:44,520 --> 00:33:45,696
Whether all things under heaven
664
00:33:45,720 --> 00:33:47,776
can bask in imperial grace and flourish
665
00:33:47,800 --> 00:33:50,580
is what truly concerns Your Majesty.
666
00:33:52,720 --> 00:33:53,980
Meng Tinghui, receive the decree.
667
00:33:55,160 --> 00:33:56,816
From this day forward,
668
00:33:56,840 --> 00:33:57,976
you are promoted to the full fifth rank
669
00:33:58,000 --> 00:34:00,056
and shall continue overseeing all affairs
of the Bureau of Intelligence.
670
00:34:00,080 --> 00:34:02,340
I thank Your Majesty for this great favor.
671
00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:08,896
Official Meng, follow me
back to the Imperial Study
672
00:34:08,920 --> 00:34:10,216
and explain properly
673
00:34:10,240 --> 00:34:11,136
what other amusements and wisdom
674
00:34:11,160 --> 00:34:13,700
can be found among the common people.
675
00:34:14,960 --> 00:34:16,100
Yes.
676
00:34:17,440 --> 00:34:18,536
Your Majesty.
677
00:34:18,560 --> 00:34:19,700
Your Majesty!
678
00:34:20,280 --> 00:34:21,820
Your Majesty...
679
00:34:25,880 --> 00:34:27,296
His Majesty and Official Meng
680
00:34:27,320 --> 00:34:28,216
have important matters to discuss
681
00:34:28,240 --> 00:34:29,536
and cannot be disturbed.
682
00:34:29,560 --> 00:34:30,456
Please return home.
683
00:34:30,480 --> 00:34:31,736
-Sister Wen.
-Sister Wen.
684
00:34:31,760 --> 00:34:33,816
That seductress has bewitched His Majesty.
685
00:34:33,840 --> 00:34:35,936
I will have my father report her
to the Left Chancellor.
686
00:34:35,960 --> 00:34:37,580
How did you do it?
687
00:34:38,800 --> 00:34:40,700
That is my little secret.
688
00:34:41,240 --> 00:34:43,020
How could I casually tell someone else?
689
00:35:39,680 --> 00:35:40,820
-Good!
-Good!
690
00:35:47,240 --> 00:35:48,380
My lord.
691
00:35:49,320 --> 00:35:50,460
What is wrong?
692
00:35:50,800 --> 00:35:52,380
Why do you look so pale?
693
00:35:53,240 --> 00:35:54,380
My lord.
694
00:35:59,160 --> 00:36:01,020
My lord, what are you looking for?
695
00:36:02,480 --> 00:36:03,940
A ghost.
696
00:36:17,160 --> 00:36:18,900
Sister A-Xiang.
697
00:36:22,680 --> 00:36:24,056
Let go! Let go of me!
698
00:36:24,080 --> 00:36:26,536
Sister A-Xiang!
699
00:36:26,560 --> 00:36:30,140
Let go of me!
700
00:36:30,560 --> 00:36:32,300
Let go of me...
701
00:36:32,720 --> 00:36:34,140
Let go!
702
00:36:34,360 --> 00:36:36,820
Let go of me!
703
00:36:37,160 --> 00:36:39,740
Sister A-Xiang!
704
00:36:42,040 --> 00:36:43,736
Sister A-Xiang!
705
00:36:43,760 --> 00:36:48,456
Sister A-Xiang...
706
00:36:48,480 --> 00:36:49,736
Enough!
707
00:36:49,760 --> 00:36:51,460
Let go of me!
708
00:36:53,960 --> 00:36:55,780
Release her.
709
00:36:56,120 --> 00:36:58,176
Run! Do not come back!
710
00:36:58,200 --> 00:37:00,140
Sister A-Xiang!
711
00:37:16,920 --> 00:37:18,140
It is the middle of the night.
712
00:37:18,600 --> 00:37:19,776
Why are you knocking?
713
00:37:19,800 --> 00:37:20,936
My lord,
714
00:37:20,960 --> 00:37:22,980
you seemed distraught after returning,
715
00:37:23,480 --> 00:37:25,060
so I have been waiting outside your room.
716
00:37:25,440 --> 00:37:26,576
Just now,
717
00:37:26,600 --> 00:37:28,336
I heard shouting from inside,
718
00:37:28,360 --> 00:37:29,500
so I...
719
00:37:34,560 --> 00:37:36,300
Help me investigate someone.
720
00:37:57,040 --> 00:37:58,256
Your Majesty,
721
00:37:58,280 --> 00:37:59,416
I have watched Huiyin House
for several months
722
00:37:59,440 --> 00:38:00,776
and found nothing unusual.
723
00:38:00,800 --> 00:38:02,176
Only occasionally,
at the beginning of each month,
724
00:38:02,200 --> 00:38:03,296
the musicians take a convoy to the border
725
00:38:03,320 --> 00:38:04,940
to purchase daily supplies.
726
00:38:05,920 --> 00:38:07,176
Do you truly suspect
727
00:38:07,200 --> 00:38:08,576
that those highly trained assassins
728
00:38:08,600 --> 00:38:09,616
belong to Huiyin House?
729
00:38:09,640 --> 00:38:11,580
Whether my intuition is right
730
00:38:11,960 --> 00:38:13,380
will be revealed by a simple test.
731
00:38:25,200 --> 00:38:27,536
-Keep everything steady.
-Certainly.
732
00:38:27,560 --> 00:38:29,456
Most of these musicians come
from the common streets.
733
00:38:29,480 --> 00:38:30,416
It is hardly strange
734
00:38:30,440 --> 00:38:31,940
for them to know some martial arts.
735
00:38:33,720 --> 00:38:34,980
What is strange
736
00:38:35,360 --> 00:38:37,740
is that too many coincidences
have come together.
737
00:38:41,000 --> 00:38:42,140
My lord.
738
00:38:42,440 --> 00:38:44,100
We found it.
739
00:38:54,200 --> 00:38:55,336
My lord,
740
00:38:55,360 --> 00:38:56,900
do you know this person?
741
00:39:42,840 --> 00:39:44,256
Our previous assassination failed
742
00:39:44,280 --> 00:39:46,576
because we underestimated
that wretched emperor.
743
00:39:46,600 --> 00:39:48,736
Shen Zhishu and Huang Bo
protect him openly,
744
00:39:48,760 --> 00:39:50,540
and he has secretly
trained elite shadow guards.
745
00:39:50,840 --> 00:39:52,256
Master Shangguan has given the order.
746
00:39:52,280 --> 00:39:53,576
We have already alerted the enemy,
747
00:39:53,600 --> 00:39:55,096
so the assassination is suspended for now.
748
00:39:55,120 --> 00:39:56,620
But our great cause must not be abandoned.
749
00:39:56,960 --> 00:39:58,220
Understood.
750
00:39:58,440 --> 00:39:59,456
In this operation,
751
00:39:59,480 --> 00:40:01,180
we will proceed with the utmost caution.
752
00:40:08,920 --> 00:40:11,220
Young Master He, Young Master Shen.
753
00:40:13,640 --> 00:40:14,896
Miss Situ, only three days have passed,
754
00:40:14,920 --> 00:40:16,216
yet you look even more radiant.
755
00:40:16,240 --> 00:40:17,976
Today's makeup is like peach blossoms
reflected in spring water,
756
00:40:18,000 --> 00:40:19,776
brilliant without being gaudy,
pure and refined.
757
00:40:19,800 --> 00:40:21,056
Every time Young Master Shen sees me,
758
00:40:21,080 --> 00:40:22,456
his lavish compliments never stop
759
00:40:22,480 --> 00:40:23,736
and are never repeated.
760
00:40:23,760 --> 00:40:25,776
-How very thoughtful of you.
-I saw several musicians
761
00:40:25,800 --> 00:40:27,896
with carriages prepared
and in a great hurry.
762
00:40:27,920 --> 00:40:29,500
Is there some urgent matter?
763
00:40:29,960 --> 00:40:31,576
They are merely going
to the border to purchase
764
00:40:31,600 --> 00:40:33,856
incense, fabrics, and other
supplies for the house.
765
00:40:33,880 --> 00:40:35,376
It seems none of the capital's shops
766
00:40:35,400 --> 00:40:37,540
can satisfy the proprietress.
767
00:40:37,760 --> 00:40:38,976
You must mobilize such a large group
768
00:40:39,000 --> 00:40:40,216
just to shop at the border.
769
00:40:40,240 --> 00:40:41,736
To tell you the truth,
770
00:40:41,760 --> 00:40:43,856
Huiyin House consumes great quantities
771
00:40:43,880 --> 00:40:44,896
of incense and wood for instruments.
772
00:40:44,920 --> 00:40:46,376
The expense is considerable.
773
00:40:46,400 --> 00:40:48,336
Since Great Ning opened trade with Beijian,
774
00:40:48,360 --> 00:40:50,616
goods at the border have been excellent
and fairly priced.
775
00:40:50,640 --> 00:40:51,856
I often send the musicians
776
00:40:51,880 --> 00:40:54,256
to purchase unusual items there
777
00:40:54,280 --> 00:40:55,416
to attract customers.
778
00:40:55,440 --> 00:40:57,780
You truly know how to run a business.
779
00:40:58,400 --> 00:40:59,816
No wonder Huiyin House
780
00:40:59,840 --> 00:41:01,856
has become the capital's
foremost establishment,
781
00:41:01,880 --> 00:41:04,300
frequented by
powerful officials and nobles.
782
00:41:05,000 --> 00:41:06,776
Gentlemen, please do not remain standing.
783
00:41:06,800 --> 00:41:08,540
Tea has been prepared in a private room.
784
00:41:09,240 --> 00:41:10,336
I will take you there.
785
00:41:10,360 --> 00:41:12,136
There is no hurry.
786
00:41:12,160 --> 00:41:13,896
I have not yet had the chance
787
00:41:13,920 --> 00:41:15,540
to properly look around the first floor.
788
00:41:17,520 --> 00:41:18,976
You little wretch.
789
00:41:19,000 --> 00:41:20,820
Were you so eager to see me?
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