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=Recruit a General to Lead the Troops=

=Episode 20=

Chengyu,

that's not how you play Go.

If you want to play with me,

you have to follow my rules.

This is five in a row.

I win.

Fine,

you win.

I'm going to win, no matter what.

You've been through so much danger

and yet you're still alive and here.

That's really something.

Just fortunate, that's all.

Oh, right.

The Chancellor has been arrested.

How do you feel about that?

Aren't you worried about Chen Xinrou

if you take her back?

I already told His Majesty your thoughts.

If he believed us, he'd wait longer

instead of arresting the Chancellor as soon as the evidence came through.

I told you,

His Majesty just wants to eliminate the Chancellor

once and for all.

If you bring Xinrou back,

she's as good as dead.

Do you think Chen Xinrou is innocent?

I have my ways to convince His Majesty that she's not guilty.

Very well.

We'll go back together tomorrow.

Report!

General.

Sir.

Chen Xinrou poisoned the prison guard.

She threatened that the guard would die if she doesn't get to see General Li.

What?

Do you still believe Chen Xinrou is innocent?

Ma'am, please, give me the antidote...

I don't want to die.

I'm just a prison guard.

Please...

Then why don't you hand over the keys?

Let him go.

I know you gave him a tonic.

A tonic?

You scoundrel!

You wanted to see me.

I'm here now.

Say whatever

you want,

curse me all you like.

Shouldn't you say something to me?

- You're the one who wanted to see me. - Yes, but...

I'm waiting

for your explanation.

I...

Fine.

You won't say it?

Fine, I'll say it then.

Li Chengyu.

Do you know what it feels like to be betrayed

by someone you care about?

You're a general?

Yes.

You came to Qingfeng Stronghold looking

for proof of treason?

Yes.

You're investigating me.

Yes.

Once you get the evidence,

you're going to destroy Qingfeng Stronghold.

Isn't that right?

Yes!

But...

I don't want to hear your excuses!

Everything happening now

is exactly how you planned it.

You pretended to be a farmer,

married into my family,

and earned the trust of me and the other leaders.

Then, in our darkest hour, you make your move

so we're grateful to you.

Everything you've done was part of your plan.

Were Liu Pitang and that corrupt official

your accomplices too?

Don't touch me!

It's not what you think.

Then what is the truth?

I never truly understood you,

and you never saw me as one of your own.

If you weren't plotting against me,

what reason would you have

to keep me, the person involved, in the dark?

If you want to find evidence,

why don't you ask me?

Why not ask what I think,

whether I'm involved?

- Because I didn't want you dragged into this! - But I already am!

Qingfeng Stronghold, my friends, we're all tangled up in this now.

And now I'm locked up in this dungeon

all because of you!

Xinrou,

I can explain...

Don't touch me!

Xinrou...

Get out of my sight!

General, what's going on?

Nothing. Leave us.

Yes, sir.

Xinrou, take care of yourself

while you're here.

If danger comes,

you have to fight back just like you're doing now.

Stab hard with the hairpin,

all right?

Still no sign of Qin Manyue?

We didn't ask you to come here to drink!

How much more are you hiding from us?

And is that imperial decree real?

If you don't come clean today,

you're not leaving.

Chengyu, we genuinely consider you part of our family.

Xinrou too.

Even if you stayed silent

to protect us,

how do you know

we're not willing

to share the burden with you and Xinrou?

(The Chancellor has committed suicide in the capital.)

(The Chancellor has committed suicide in the capital.)

(The Chancellor is dead.)

(Chen Xinrou is of no use anymore.)

(In that case...)

Xinrou.

Manyue, what brings you here?

Where are the others?

Li Chengyu let them in last time.

I asked Minister Li to let me in.

Minister Li?

Li Chengyu's older brother,

Li Aotian?

So he's the one

you can't stop thinking about.

I'm sorry.

Minister Li sent me,

but I've never done anything to betray the stronghold.

I only kept daily records.

I haven't told them anything important.

So it was your secret messages that allowed Li Chengyu

to disguise himself as a farmer and enter the stronghold.

Thank you for clearing up many of my doubts.

After all these years as friends,

I'm glad you trusted me enough

to be honest.

Erniang made this for you.

Try it.

All right.

It's good.

You should've

told us sooner!

Even if you only told the three of us,

we could have helped find the evidence.

All men are the same!

So stubborn and prideful!

Even if I'd told you earlier,

you might not have believed me.

Chengyu,

do you know who the real mastermind is?

Could it be someone

who's been by your side all along?

Aotian!

I always hold you back.

I'm sorry.

If he really wanted to get rid of the Chancellor

and stage a rebellion,

he would have gone back to the capital already.

He wouldn't still be here with me.

Because he can't kill you,

he's trying to stop you from returning.

He seemed uneasy about me returning to the capital with Xinrou.

His arrival did delay me

getting Xinrou back to the capital.

It sounds like

he's trying to keep you from going back.

But you're so capable.

If you want to bring Xinrou back,

what can he do to stop you?

Unless...

♪If you've never seen a bloom, you can't know hope♪

♪If you weren't here, I wouldn't have come♪

♪On a soda-lit night, only the wind knows my love♪

♪It's a helpless kind of feeling♪

♪Like a feather of morning love falling into the deep sea♪

♪Being unnoticed, yet I still tell you I love you♪

♪But my confession is drowned out by the wind♪

♪You can't hear it♪

♪I also want to rush forward♪

♪To give you all my heart♪

♪Yet it's pushed away by you♪

♪Whether love is spoken or left unspoken♪

♪I know you understand♪

♪It's just an accident♪

♪You longed to wander once more, by my side through the throng♪

♪I know you weren't really here for me♪

♪Yet still, who else could bring a surprise quite like you♪

♪After you left, I didn't want to let go♪

♪You brushed past me, leaving your trace in the crowd♪

♪I didn't shut you out♪

♪But I couldn't wait for you to stop♪

♪Yet I seem to clutch you, unable to let you fade into the crowd♪