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(The tassel crowns the knight. The sword is snow white.)

(In the silver saddle, he rides like a shooting star.)

(He kills a man within ten steps. Invincible he is all the way ahead.)

(He would leave once it's done. No trace of him is to be found.)

=Sword Snow Stride= (Season 1)

=Episode 24=

You're Xu Longxiang?

Yeah.

What a coincidence!

I knew you're in Mount Longhu,

but I didn't expect to see you right after I came.

It's destiny, I guess.

You want to fight?

People say the second son of the Xu family has a pure heart.

It turns out to be true.

Sir,

what are you going to do with my disciple?

Zhao Xituan, a Longhu Arch-Taoist.

Who are you?

It's just a misunderstanding.

I came to Mount Longhu to find someone.

Sorry to bother you.

Goodbye.

Hey.

Did I let you leave?

Old Taoist,

do we fight him?

The Three-thousand Red Thread?

What's the relationship between you and Han Diaosi?

I came to find someone under orders.

Please let me off.

You wanted to fight?

Just a misunderstanding.

Say sorry to my disciple.

I was confused just now.

Please forgive me, Your Highness.

No fight?

He's my successor.

Do you think making a bow is enough?

Please forgive me, Your Highness.

No fight? Whatever.

How about

I kowtow to you?

What's your name?

My name is insignificant.

Go.

Thank you, sir.

Thank you, Your Highness.

He's flexible.

Another rising star from the new generation.

Don't be afraid, Old Taoist.

If he bullies you,

I'll help you beat him.

Stop calling me Old Taoist.

You need to call me Master.

Old Taoist Master.

Fine, fine, fine. That'll do.

(Mansion of Liu) Such a tragedy.

(Mansion of Liu) Yeah.

Honey.

Honey?

My lady.

Mr. Liu

was dragged away by a horse quite a while ago.

The leader called himself the Son of the Lord of North Liang,

Xu Fengnian.

Look.

That's Lord Liu.

Lord Liu Liting.

Who's dragging him?

(Yangcheng)

Your Highness,

watch out.

(Mansion of Lu)

You

made trouble again?

You look emaciated.

Sister,

let's go home, okay?

Fengnian!

Fengnian!

Fengnian!

(Capital of Liyang Official Posthouse)

You seem relaxed, Grand Commander.

Han Diaosi.

What brings

you here, Cruel Cat?

I was away from the capital city.

Please pardon me, Grand Commander.

Look,

I come to greet you right after I get back.

The head of the eunuchs comes to greet me?

That's too much for me.

Grand Commander, things

aren't looking good for you.

What?

In your opinion,

I'm going to lose?

I'm afraid you will.

In the last few years,

he hasn't lost a single game.

Is there still hope for this?

He

Only keeps playing if he's going to win.

If he's about to lose,

he'll wipe away all the pieces.

You're quite cheeky as a player.

Not only as a player.

How to play a game, how to act in life.

Your son

inherited the essence of you.

Has my baby boy

made another mistake?

Secret reports from Jiangnan.

Please have a look, Grand Commander.

Since they are secret reports,

I won't read them, then.

It isn't a small thing.

I suggest you read them, Grand Commander.

I'm old,

and I'm dim-sighted now.

Tell me about them.

In Jiangxin County, His Highness

broke into the house of a Jiangnan gentleman Liu Liting.

He tied Liu Liting up to a horse

and dragged him to Yangcheng,

so that Liu was killed.

All scholars are shocked by this.

Jiangnan scholars wrote a joint memorial to the throne.

The memorial is on its way to the capital city.

Since he killed the man,

punish him in accordance with the law.

Why are you telling me this?

The second report.

Upon his arrival at Yangcheng,

His Highness was assassinated.

Grand Commander,

don't you ask if he's dead or not?

If he was dead,

you'd come along with the imperial troops.

What are you suggesting, Grand Commander?

You look at him.

Those eunuchs

like to beat around the bush.

They like to mince words

instead of talking frankly.

I mean

I can't put up with them.

Don't get me involved in your bicker.

It wasn't me.

He's the one who cut in.

You cheat again.

The investigation shows His Highness was stabbed in the back

and spilled blood on site.

Your turn. Hurry.

Luckily, his cavalrymen came to his rescue in time.

Favored by God, His Highness

stayed alive.

As we speak, he's recovering in the Mansion of Lu.

Well.

Be careful.

How is it?

His wound is healing fast.

It's just a flesh wound.

If it was one inch to the left,

he would be dead by now.

He is a lucky dog!

Sister,

don't worry.

The vermin lives long.

I won't die so easily.

You are just in denial.

Since you knew there would be assassins,

why didn't you take precautions?

I was eager to avenge you.

You killed Liu Liting.

He deserved it because he tried to harm you.

Do you know that

his wife wanted to report you to the government?

(Yangcheng Governmental Office)

It's a murder in public.

But the law enforcement doesn't do anything about it.

The government didn't take the case?

Their announcement said the officers

got a cold.

Are they scared of my identity?

This is Jiangnan. Why are they scared of the son of North Liang?

You made such a big mistake.

The Lu Family should have kicked you out of here.

They didn't want to get involved in your trouble.

Then why did they change their mind?

Well, fortune and misfortune come together.

You got injured at the right time.

His Highness's injury

stirred the Lu Family.

Liu Liting was dead,

and the Lu Family

wanted to stay out of it,

leaving His Highness

to those indignant Jiangnan scholars.

But it happened

that he got assassinated.

They are scared of North Liang.

Yes.

No matter how big the trouble was,

the Lu Family would scold him.

After all, you are relatives.

But the assassination

made things more complicated.

The Lu Family now has to shelter His Highness.

They can't make you feel

it was them who did it.

We're relatives.

No need for the scrupulousness.

Relatives?

Lu Daolin is the Minister of Rites,

and he's right in the capital city.

You've been here for days.

Did he ever come to visit you?

Everybody is busy.

It can't be forced.

It's only the three of us here.

Let's put the cards on the table.

It is true that North Liang

and the Lu Family are bound together via a marriage.

But North Liang isn't the only side that they depend on.

In my opinion,

when His Highness arrives in Yangcheng,

they are supposed to be hard on him

to appease His Majesty.

But because of the assassination,

they have to offer shelter to His Highness.

It's both good

and bad.

The benefit

is that

the Lu Family will take good care of you.

They don't dare to watch you die.

Our father doesn't get his title Slayer

for nothing.

The government didn't hear my case

under the order of the Lu Family?

Notable families and great clans in Jiangnan

are like the noble family.

Since there's a benefit,

there also has to be a downside, right?

The downside

is that

the Lu Family is too close to North Liang.

The capital city

won't be happy about it.

I took Er'qiao home from the street.

She isn't a Lu.

There aren't many good Lu people.

If it wasn't for your injury,

they wouldn't even send coals to our room.

They're so harsh on you?

Yeah…

Keep dressing the wound.

Stop nonsense.

Don't listen to her.

I have a pretty good life here.

Let's get back to business.

Father is trying

to keep your hereditary peerage in the capital city.

But if there is no conflict

between Jiangnan and North Liang,

why will His Majesty make you

the Lord of North Liang?

Grand Commander,

you should know

what His Majesty would like to see.

How am I supposed to know

what His Majesty would like to see?

The murder that Xu Fengnian committed in Jiangnan

was pure atrocity.

But His Majesty enjoys it.

The more trouble he makes,

the more Jiangnan scholars hate him.

In the meantime, the happier His Majesty gets.

You speak the truth

quite generously.

But now His Highness got injured.

The Lu Family has to take care of him.

The situation is not good.

Hey,

how about this?

We ask His Majesty to give an imperial order.

Uh…

What…

What order?

He orders

Xu Fengnian to kill some Lu people.

By then,

I'm certain they'll fall out with us.

And then everybody's happy, right?

Please don't be absurd, Grand Commander.

It's impossible that His Majesty gives such an order.

What else can I do, then?

I order Fengnian

to kill our relatives?

The only way Xu Fengnian gets to inherit the peerage

is to make sure North Liang is isolated.

How to make that happen,

you think about it, Grand Commander.

I can't play this game anymore.

Let's start over.

That's all for me.

Farewell.

Hey.

Fengnian

was assassinated by Fujiang Armors.

The last generation of Fujiang Armors

were slain by him.

Do you think there's a connection

between the assassination and Han Diaosi?

This game alone is already nerve-racking enough.

Why would you make it more difficult for a monk?

Fine.

However, Grand Commander,

Han Diaosi was right.

If the Lu Family doesn't fall out with North Liang,

you don't get to keep the hereditary peerage.

Didn't you make a backup plan?

Come on, come on.

Let's play the game.

Things will work out for the boy.

He'll be relying on his luck this time.

In my opinion, you'd better get yourself healed first.

When you're feeling better,

you find an excuse

to make a scene in the Lu Family.

In that way,

things will be easier.

Xu Xiao had me come to Jiangnan

to fall out with the Lu Family.

But I'm not going to follow his plan.

Why?

Because you're in the Mansion of Lu.

Xu Xiao had schemed for long

both publicly and furtively.

He took everything into consideration

except for you.

Don't say nonsense.

It'll be easy for me to fall out with them.

They won't kill me,

and I can leave directly.

But what about you?

You'll keep living here,

and what will they do to you?

They're nice to me.

How nice?

Other than His Lordship, no one is nice to you.

You go get a basin of hot water.

Okay.

Don't listen to her nonsense.

Take the crazy thoughts out of your head.

I'm their daughter-in-law.

How badly can they treat me?

You just do your thing.

Once you keep your peerage,

you can take over North Liang fair and square.

Think about the greater good.

So, I have to put you in misery for the greater good?

I'd rather give it up!

I can fall out with the Lu Family,

but on one condition.

Sister,

leave here with me.

Silly boy.

It's fine that you go to Wudi City with me.

It's also fine that I have someone send you back to North Liang.

Or

I'll have someone send you to Mount Wudang.

I won't go anywhere.

Sister,

don't you think about yourself?

All right.

I know that you care about me.

You get yourself healed first.

When you're in good shape,

we talk about it.

Rest well.

I'll leave you alone.

My lady.

Shush.

After Young Master comes here,

the Lu Family becomes nicer.

The monthly allowance

will be sent here later.

Way faster than before.

Sit.

What's your order, my lady?

Get a carriage for me.

But don't let them find out.

Where are you going?

To pay respects to the dead.

You're going to the Liu Family?

Keep it down.

You can't go, my lady.

If you do,

everybody will think

that you and Liu Liting had an affair.

It's okay.

Just do as I say.

My lady,

don't be so hard on yourself.

What Fengnian doesn't have the heart to do

will only be done by me.

Go.

Where did you get the carriage?

Carriage rental.

I did it behind the Lus' back.

Okay.

You go back in the house.

I'm going to the Liu Family on my own.

I'll go with you.

No.

Fengnian is a clever kid.

He'll ask around if he doesn't see me.

If he asks you,

you tell him that I went out to get him a doctor.

Don't arouse his suspicion.

My lady…

Don't worry.

How about this?

You leave Jiangnan with Fengnian later

to stay away from this miserable life.

I must stay by your side.

Such a silly girl.

Go back in.

Jiangxin County. The Mansion of Liu Liting.

Yes.

Xu Fengnian is injured.

He isn't dead.

Listen to me.

I thought about it over and over again,

and I feel like it's Xu Xiao's ill intent

that he asked us to travel together.

If it's indeed his scheme,

we'll have to depend on Xu Fengnian.

Him?

Just for precaution.

Let's go visit an injured man.

It isn't troublesome.

Come on.

Let's go. Go.

I heard you were assassinated.

Luckily, they failed.

I wonder if we are needed?

Your Highness?

I'm afraid he's asleep.

Hey.

I thought he was injured.

Where is he?

How am I supposed to know?

Is Er'qiao here?

Your monthly allowance is…

We're here to see His Highness.

Could you please tell us where His Highness went?

I don't serve the rooms here.

How am I supposed to know?

We'll keep asking around, then.

Hail, Prime Minister.

What was Xu Xiao's reaction?

We talked much,

but he said nothing useful.

When hearing about the assassination on his son,

he didn't have any reaction, either?

His expression didn't change a bit.

Slayer?

I say he's a weasel.

Xu Xiao has made many efforts

to keep the hereditary peerage,

so, he won't call it quits.

In my opinion,

the Xu Family will certainly fall out with the Lu Family.

By then, I'm afraid His Majesty

will have to allow their hereditary peerage to remain.

North Liang mustn't belong to Xu anymore.

The assassination

failed, too?

Li Chungang

is at Xu Fengnian's side.

Then

we can't take his life?

Our man has set off to Mount Longhu.

The one hiding in Mount Longhu

should be able to challenge Li Chungang.

The Fisherman by Bottomless Pool, huh?

How come I don't know about this Pool?

It isn't easy

to kill my brother-in-law.

There's a hidden master

in Mount Longhu?

Please don't bother about it,

Prime Minister.

In a word,

please trust us, Prime Minister.

I'll make sure Xu Fengnian won't return to North Liang alive.

You know that His Majesty

doesn't want Xu Fengnian dead.

Why are you aiding me?

The strategy of appeasement only leads to endless trouble afterwards.

That's true.

Once Xu Fengnian is killed,

North Liang will rebel for sure.

Yet a clean cut is necessary.

The momentary chaos

is better than the lengthy chaos.

As long as I'm around,

the tumult will certainly be sorted out.

You are the backbone of the nation.

But I don't believe

that you're doing this for the nation.

I don't care

why you want Xu Fengnian dead,

but here's a warning.

If it's harmful for the nation,

I won't let you off.

If you're going to kill Xu Fengnian,

make it quick.

Prime Minister, please

wait for the good news.

(Mount Longhu Bottomless Pool)

There really is a fisherman.

Try him.

It's impossible that we reach Jiangxin County so fast.

Why do we stop?

Fengnian.

Seriously?

I asked Ning Emei's soldiers

to guard the front and back doors.

The moment Er'qiao went out,

I knew.

Your wound hasn't healed.

You shouldn't go out on your own.

If I didn't,

who would talk you into going back?

The Lu Family isn't the only big family in Jiangnan.

When I'm recovered,

I'll make enemies with the entire Jiangnan literary circle.

I'll mess up with more families.

By then, the capital city will also be pleased.

Sister.

You know well my ability

to make trouble, don't you?

Of course, I do.

So, you promise me

that you stop being hard on yourself?

If I chase after you every day,

my wound will never be healed.

Okay, I promise.

You don't need to worry about me anymore.

That's decided, then.

Give me some time.

When my wound is healed,

I'll make a scene.

Is he dead?

He's asleep.

How did you do it?

You were given the authority to command Fujiang Armors.

What's the relationship

between you and Han Diaosi?

He's my master.

You're the illegitimate prince?

You know me?

I also know

that you come to Mount Longhu

to ask me to kill Xu Fengnian.

Are you a deity or what?

Why do you want him dead?

Remove the evil from the nation.

No.

You wish to cause chaos across the world.

During the chaos,

you'll take your opportunity to steal the throne.

This is…

The Imperial Seal.

(Fengtian Hall)

Bow.

Arise.

- Praise your greatness. Long live the emperor. - Praise your greatness. Long live the emperor.

- Praise your greatness. Long live the emperor. - Praise your greatness. Long live the emperor.

- Praise your greatness. Long live the emperor. - Praise your greatness. Long live the emperor.

It fell.

No!

No.

What…

What's the matter with me?

Was that a hallucination?

All officials bow down to you.

The sovereignty is in your hand.

That was a sweet dream.

You can enter my heart?

You really are a deity?

Human force has a limit,

yet the changes of thoughts

are limitless.

Beautiful mountains,

spring rain and winter thunder,

into your eyes, into your ears,

and eventually into your heart.

All emotions,

all the hate and love,

stem from the heart.

Human heart is the master of the body,

the realm for everything.

My power

is about heart and mind.

I perturbed your mind with the seal

and led you into the dream.

What you saw in the dream

is what you eagerly crave

deep in your heart.

A dream?

The Imperial Seal…

A fake one.

Maybe only the seal

can break into your heart.

Because what your heart

craves the most

is the throne.

It is godlike power,

isn't it?

It's not that easy.

First, I need to know about your past,

guess your thoughts,

and then find a good chance

to perturb your mind

before I lead you into the dream.

You

know me?

I knew about you long ago.

I heard from my Master

that you also come from the royal family.

I won't leave the mountain.

North Liang has a large army.

They will be Liyang's major concern.

Only by killing Xu Fengnian

can the lurking danger be erased.

Without getting any fish,

I won't leave the mountain.

Fish?

What fish do you want?

I-I'll help you.

Okay.

Try it first.

Pull the fishing rod out.

Huh?

How deep is the pool?

Didn't Han Diaosi say

it's a bottomless pool?

Bottomless?

Then what have you been trying to fish?

A thousand-year salamander.

Does it even exist?

You said you need to guess one's thoughts

and perturb one's mind

before leading one into a dream.

How come you knocked him out so easily?

When Han Diaosi

put them into the armor,

they lost their minds.

So, it's easy naturally.

How long have you been trying to fish the salamander?

More than twenty years.

Still haven't got it?

By seniority,

how do I address you?

No seniority with me.

Just call me by my name.

Zhao Huangchao.

I wouldn't dare.

(Zhao Huangchao, Recluse of Mount Longhu)

I'll call you sir.

I need to show respect for you.

No game today?

We played games for days,

and I've been waiting for you to speak.

Since you don't want to tell me,

I'll just ask.

Over these years,

I've been asking you to investigate

who got involved in the assassination

on my wife

in the capital city

more than twenty years ago.

It's really difficult to investigate.

It is.

But every time we met,

the first thing you told me was,

no progress.

You came to the capital city this time

and we met…

Yang Taisui,

you said nothing

about it.

You purposefully avoided bringing it up.

What have you got?

I don't have

a full list.

But

there was one piece of information.

When your wife was assassinated,

someone was in the capital city.

Who?

He was in the capital city,

but he didn't necessarily do anything.

Tell me his name

and I'll investigate.

I kept the name from you

for so long

because I'm afraid it'll cause you trouble.

Will I be scared?

Speak.

Sir,

you've been fishing here for more than twenty years.

You can occasionally go out and come back to continue fishing.

It doesn't make a difference, right?

I fought someone twenty years ago.

My power backfired on me.

Right now,

the Bottomless Pool stabilizes my mind.

Without the salamander,

I will never

leave the mountain.

Who could possibly injure you?

Who?

The one in Wudi City.

Wang Xianzhi.

♪ The flower of pain ♪

♪ Blooms in my heart ♪

♪ I made a bet with the dawn ♪

♪ That you'll answer ♪

♪ Forgive this tragic end ♪

♪ Moved by the moment we met ♪

♪ In spite of thunder and lightning ♪

♪ In spite of my falling ♪

♪ When we are apart ♪

♪ I'll collapse ♪

♪ Capture an image of the memory ♪

♪ After all these ups and downs ♪

♪ The vanity ♪

♪ Who will open it again ♪

♪ It's worth it ♪

♪ It's enough ♪

♪ Drowned in sadness ♪

♪ Just to see through ♪

♪ I will whisper love to you ♪

♪ For a lifetime ♪

♪ End the worry in the world ♪

♪ It's worth it ♪

♪ I'll be there for you all my life ♪

♪ After the moments of beauty ♪

♪ You are my reason to be ♪

♪ If there is a way ♪

♪ To start over ♪

♪ Will you still remember me ♪