Original subtitles

=Recruit A General to lead the Troops=

=Episode 22=

(Qingfeng Stronghold)

Close the gate!

Hide!

(Qingfeng Stronghold)

(Qingfeng Stronghold)

(Qingfeng Stronghold)

Silang!

I've seen plenty of trash before,

you really think this little array can trap me?

Where's Li Chengyu?

Why is it so slow?

Xinrou!

Li Aotian is attacking!

Lianxin is no match for him!

Wasn't he just a scholar?

How is he so strong?

You must finish this medicine.

Otherwise, it's suicide!

Minmin, wait here.

I'll go.

Activate the mechanism.

Xinrou.

Don't worry.

He won't discover me.

If I can stall a little, I will.

I'll wait for you.

Xinrou.

Stop!

Lianxin!

Chen Xinrou.

It's me.

You're really hard to kill,

then I'll send you off again.

I have evidence of your crimes.

If you kill me,

aren't you afraid the evidence will one day be found

and your crimes exposed to the world?

What evidence could you possibly have against me?

Do you dare to bet?

I have a way to make the Emperor believe

Chen Xinrou is innocent.

Only I know where the evidence is,

you and I must go fetch it.

Let's see if you dare.

I know you're clever.

Don't play tricks.

Why so nervous?

I'm only

letting you get familiar with the terrain.

Or maybe not

what if there are traps inside?

If you take another step forward

and trigger the mechanism,

both of us, along with the evidence,

will be burned to ashes.

Sharp-tongued.

It's dark inside.

Be careful.

Where's the evidence?

Where exactly is it?

Why are you yelling?

Can't we walk slowly?

Or you can find it yourself.

Tell me now!

Then,

there's an account book on the table.

Go find it yourself.

(Hold on within one incense stick's time, the medicine will be ready.)

Do you know

that your father is already dead?

I know.

So what?

You should know

snapping your neck

is as easy as crushing an ant.

I know.

So what?

Even if you kill me,

you'll never get the evidence.

Even if you take the throne,

one day, someone will use the evidence to overthrow you.

You are clever indeed.

What a pity.

Following Li Chengyu is a waste.

Why not follow me instead?

What about Manyue?

She?

Just the lowly daughter of a traitor.

A useless pawn.

Oh right.

How did you deal with her?

She had no evidence in her hands,

she must be dead by now, right?

I'm not as disgusting as you.

Good.

Then I'll play something even more disgusting.

That coward Li Chengyu

still has to hide behind a woman.

How many cuts do you think I have to make on you

before he shows himself?

Despicable.

Vile.

What did you say?

I said you are

despicable.

Vile.

You will never measure up to Li Chengyu.

Because you can never stand in the light.

You're like a filthy insect,

lurking in the shadows,

stirring up storms.

If you have the guts,

then fight him openly and honorably.

Even if your martial skills are high,

you'll never defeat Li Chengyu.

Fine.

Then I'll grant your wish,

kill you first,

then kill Li Chengyu!

Stop!

Li Aotian!

The evidence you want is in my hands.

Let Chen Xinrou go!

What skill is there in bullying a woman?

If you have guts, come take the evidence yourself.

Your poison has been neutralized.

A mere little toxin is nothing to me.

But you pretending to be weak and sickly all this time,

so hypocritical.

Seems there was never any so-called evidence.

Why don't you kill me?

I'm not like you,

addicted to killing.

I'll spare your life and drag you back to the capital

to clear Xinrou's name.

You're doing all this just for Chen Xinrou?

For her alone, it's worth it.

You're still as detestable as when we were kids.

Always in the spotlight,

always the favored one,

yet always preaching about virtue.

Aren't we brothers by blood?

Do you really hate me that much?

Yes.

Precisely because we share blood,

I hate you.

Since childhood I've been sickly and weak,

drank the bitterest medicine,

endured the harshest needles,

suffered the strictest training,

all just so

I could live up to the name of a military family.

I never once complained

for all that.

At least our parents cared enough to try.

But once you appeared,

everything changed.

After I was injured,

my memory hasn't been good.

Can you tell me about our childhood?

Of course you don't remember,

because those things meant nothing to you.

Gifted as you were,

a prodigy in martial arts,

fighting alongside Father at twelve,

made a general at thirteen.

When you called the Emperor "brother",

did you ever think of me, your elder brother?

Because of you,

our military family had an heir.

But also because of you,

the physicians stopped treating me,

Mother stopped making my medicine,

and Father

never spared me a glance.

I was like these fallen leaves,

decaying in some forgotten corner,

slowly sinking into the dirt.

No one cared.

So why should I care about anything?

When I seize the throne,

I'll make them all remember me!

I'll make them see

titles are empty.

Power,

wealth,

that's what matters most.

I can actually understand that.

Because I used to feel the same way.

I remember back when I delivered food,

nobody paid me any respect.

When I delivered to those luxury apartments,

I wondered

why wasn't I the one living there?

What nonsense are you spouting?

But now I understand.

Everyone's path is different.

Living well,

with your loved ones safe and sound,

is what truly matters.

Chengyu,

you still don't understand.

Serving an Emperor is like serving a tiger.

As a high-ranking official, you can never truly live at ease.

Only by becoming Emperor yourself

can you control your own fate.

But I don't want to be a minister,

nor do I want to be Emperor.

I just want, after we return to the capital,

to resign my post.

The truth is, I don't remember much

about our childhood.

But,

I still want to apologize for how I was before.

The first time I entered Qingfeng Stronghold,

I truly trusted you.

I saw you as my big brother.

♪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♪