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(Guardians of the Dafeng)

(Episode 35)

Green-clad servants.

Shall serve with their lives.

Let me ask you something.

When was this place unsealed?

My Lord,

Xikou County was never sealed off in the first place.

What do you mean by unsealed?

Very good.

According to the geography of Chuzhou in Dafeng Geographica,

the city wall of Chuzhou is inscribed with an array of formations.

Its wall is tough

and can withstand the attack of a Rank Three warrior.

Seeing is believing.

With the Lord of the North guarding it,

the city of Chuzhou

is indestructible.

Looks like

the people of Chuzhou have been protected from the many sufferings of war.

Lord Zheng.

It has been three years since I last saw you in the capital city.

General Li.

The northern side of Jiangzhou is under attack by the Kui Tribe.

Please rest for a while and march to war tomorrow with our army.

No need to do that. I'll depart at once.

Let's go.

Frequent wars are just the norm in Chuzhou.

How can I help you?

I need the military records of the Border Legion of Chuzhou

as well as all the letters sent between the yamen of Chuzhou.

Who is she?

She is the Gold Guardian, Lady Nangong.

His Majesty and the nobles have heard about the holocaust case of Chuzhou.

So, I've been sent here to investigate this case.

I hope you can give us a hand, Lord Zheng.

I heard that Silver Guardian Xu, the head of this case, went missing.

We were ambushed on our way here.

Without the person in charge,

the right to ask for an expediency...

Of course,

I can show you all the letters

between the yamen across all states.

But for the military records of the Border Legion,

only the person in charge has the power to ask for them.

But

I can consult the Lord of the North about this.

However, I can't promise you

that he'll give you the permission.

Let me thank you in advance.

If that's the case,

I'll get going now.

What kind of a person is Intendant Zheng?

Don't worry, Lady Nangong.

He has worked as the intendant of Chuzhou for years.

He is an upright person with a good reputation.

A person like that

will definitely report it if the city of Chuzhou is in trouble.

Did the holocaust actually happen?

It did happen.

Just now, Zheng Xing Huai

had the killing intent.

(Did she run away again?)

(Shadow Seeker)

Here. Eat some buns first.

I can't simply go around right now.

When my friend returns,

he can help me find my purse.

Then I can give you some money.

Here. Eat some snacks.

Take it.

Eat.

Xu Qi An.

You are back.

Where's my purse?

How are you so sure that I have your purse?

I'm sure you have it. Give it to me.

Don't show others how rich you are. Don't be too generous.

I know.

Take them.

Take them.

One gold seed equals two taels of silver.

One tael of silver

equals to 200 coins?

Equals to 20,000 coins.

Equals to 20,000 coins?

Just now, I gave him a handful of gold seeds.

Are they enough?

With that much money, his three generations,

including all of his relatives and friends can eat dragon meat every day.

They don't have relatives or friends.

They are refugees who came from the northern border.

The Kui Tribe massacred their village.

All of their relatives and friends are dead.

That old beggar and that young beggar, his grandson,

ran all the way here.

Xu Qi An.

When are you going to take me to Chuzhou?

As you can see, our journey here has been peaceful.

There's no such thing as a holocaust.

The Kui Tribe?

Do you want to see something fun?

No.

I'll get going now. Protect yourself.

Don't leave me alone!

Xu Qi An!

You scoundrel. How could you leave me behind?

Be quiet. Watch.

He is Lord Huai's spy.

It's obvious that this is a planned robbery.

The people from the Kui Tribe are attacking the Lord of the North's spy.

So,

why aren't we leaving?

Why should we?

It's you.

Return to Xikou County at once to call for help.

With your speed, you can return within 15 minutes.

Eliminate the two of them.

Let's go.

Stay here and don't move.

Thank you for helping me.

I was in a pinch just now. I had no choice.

Please forgive me.

You had no choice?

I am Xu Qi An.

His Majesty has sent me to Chuzhou to investigate the holocaust case.

Xu Qi An?

I thought you returned to the capital city because you were injured.

(Who could injure him?)

(Looks like he's going north by himself to investigate the case.)

(But why does he have a woman with him?)

(She's the consort.)

She is your consort.

Thank you for finding the consort, Lord Xu.

Lord Huai will reward you handsomely.

How about this? I'll ask you some questions. Answer me honestly.

Then I'll return your consort to you.

Please go ahead, Lord Xu.

What's going on

with the holocaust case?

The holocaust case?

I don't know anything about the holocaust case.

How about this?

Return to the military camp with me to get the consort settled down.

If you need my help after this, you can just tell me.

I'll do my best to help you.

When I arrive at your military camp, I'll be a sitting duck, right?

That's not true. You are the presiding official appointed by His Majesty.

I just want to serve you as best as I can.

But you have been lying all along.

I can tell the truth with my Qi Observation.

Qi Observation?

Lord Xu, don't act recklessly.

You want to investigate the holocaust case.

But you are afraid of offending Lord Huai.

I understand that.

But there's something

that you need to be aware of.

Tell me.

First,

our consort was not kidnapped by the Kui Tribe.

You can't hide that truth.

They just need to investigate

the time you left the diplomatic corps

and the time our consort was kidnapped.

Lord Huai doesn't need any evidence to deal with anyone.

As long as you are the enemy to him.

Second,

rescuing the consort is a great achievement.

Lord Huai has led the army for years.

He has a clear-cut view of rewards and punishments.

As long as you hand over the consort to him,

you'll have a great future ahead of you, Silver Guardian Xu.

Wei Yuan can only promote your official position.

But Lord Huai is a prince.

He can raise the rank of your royal title.

Continue.

Third, a case is just a case.

Failing to solve a case won't affect your reputation as the best inspector.

Why risk your future for a case and a woman

who have nothing to do with you?

The most important thing here is your future, right?

Are you saying

that as long as I stop investigating the case

and had over the consort,

Lord Huai will forgive me

and give me a bright future?

Of course.

How is she so important to Lord Huai

when he has never seen her before?

This is untenable.

I guess it's fine to tell you the truth.

Lord Huai's target is not her,

but the spiritual essence in her body.

- The spiritual essence? - Yes.

Lord Huai needs her spiritual essence to rise to Rank Two.

So, did the Kui Tribe try to kidnap the consort

for the spiritual essence too?

Yes.

What will happen to me if my spiritual essence is taken away?

Your body is just a vessel.

Without the spiritual essence, you have no value.

(Xu Qi An. I have the answer.)

(Other than the spiritual essence,)

there's another way to increase one's power quickly.

By combining the essence and energy.

The essence and energy?

(The Wizard God Sect has a type of mystic art)

(that can extract the essence and energy from a person.)

(and turn them into a pill.)

(Consuming it can help one to break through their current rank.)

The Wizard God Sect?

Did you say the Wizard God Sect?

Yes.

Other than them,

who else can be as evil?

(But it's still too early to make a conclusion.)

Because to combine enough essence and energy

to help a Rank Three warrior rank up,

the number of lives that have to be taken

is uncountable.

Can my spiritual essence

help you rank up?

Then why haven't you killed me?

How long did I stay

by the river just now?

A few hours.

So,

why didn't you run away?

You left your energy on me to track me.

I can't run away.

I've taken it back

after I interrogated the spy.

At first, I brought you to the north with me to use you

against the Lord of the North

to buy me more time to investigate the case.

I've found the answer I need.

You are free now.

Actually, I

don't know where I should go.

The only time I ate

such a sour orange was when I was young.

I was born in a city.

I was born good-looking.

When I was nine,

I went to the Jade Buddha Temple to pray with my parents.

When the abbot saw me,

he wrote a poem about me.

And I became famous.

I've heard about it.

But my parents and elders protected me very well.

I only found out when I grew up

that they didn't really love me.

They were just afraid that their precious merchandise

would have any defects.

Finally,

when I was 13,

His Majesty sent someone to our residence

to take me into the palace.

After I entered the palace,

I only saw His Majesty once.

And I kept getting shunned.

After that, for reasons unknown,

I was given to Lord Huai

and I became his consort.

I've always been a merchandise.

I'm constantly passed around as a gift.

If I lose my value one day,

I will be abandoned at once.

So, I don't blame you

for using me as a tool to fight against

the Lord of the North.

What are you going to do to the Lord of the North?

If he is the one behind this,

then this is way serious

than reporting false military intelligence.

I'll find the location of the holocaust.

Then I'll stop him

and punish him.

If it's possible,

I will kill him.

(Xu Qi An, I found something important.)

I'm sure you won't believe it.

Do you know who's the culprit of the holocaust case?

The Lord of the North.

How do you know that?

Why are you always one step ahead? How do you investigate a case?

Master, that's not the point.

Xu Qi An,

I have a warrior here.

He told me that his master

knows the location of the holocaust.

Tell me.

What can I tell you? That person was very cautious.

I didn't have the chance to cast the Shared Memory Magic on him.

In fact, he threatened to kill himself when I tried to approach him.

He would rather die than take me to his master.

Do they have a condition?

Yes. You.

- Me? - (Yes.)

He said he wanted to see the presiding official of the holocaust case.

He won't say anything until he sees you.

Okay. I got it.

What happened?

I need to go now.

- Where are you going? - I'm going to meet your husband.

By the way,

go to the Zuihong Tavern in Xikou County.

Find a lady named Xing. She will protect you.

Can you win against the Lord of the North?

If I can't,

I wish the two of you a happy ever after.

I'll get going now.

Even if you can't defeat him,

you have to stay alive.

Ning Yan.

Master.

I think he's getting close to the truth.

Do you want me to take him down?

No.

Let him be.

Ning Yan.

(Beishan Inn)

Xu Qi...

- What's wrong? - I hurt my neck from riding too fast.

Where is he?

To avoid suspicion, I asked him to come back after dark.

Smart. Let's save time and have a discussion now.

Okay. The issue now is...

Talk.

The issue now is. What are you doing?

No. I'm too tired. I haven't slept in three days.

I'll lie down while we discuss.

Fine.

The issue now is, are we going to meet that man's master?

Of course.

If we go with him,

aren't you afraid that it'll be a trap?

Not very likely.

Why?

Xu Qi An!

I really can't stay up anymore.

We can talk again when he's here.

By the way,

send someone to Chuzhou to bring Nangong Qian Rou here.

- Goodnight. - You...

Get up. He's here.

How did I wake up with a crick in the neck?

Are you Zhao Jin?

That's me.

Who's your master?

Who are you?

You are Xu Qi An?

Why are you here?

You know that the diplomatic corps have arrived in Chuzhou, right?

To investigate this case in secret, Lord Xu

left the diplomatic corps to sneak into Chuzhou in advance.

I see.

Lord Xu, you are the person I respect the most.

You defeated the Celestial Realm and restored the dignity of the court.

Everyone in the martial arts world praises you.

But I think your most admirable feat is when you fought

against 100,000 rebels in Yunzhou by yourself.

Whenever I think about it, I feel my blood boiling.

This is how a man should act.

(When has it become 100,000 rebels?)

(Who's spreading this nonsense?)

My friend. Please get up.

We should stop chatting

and let bygones be bygones.

Who is your master?

My master is the intendant of Chuzhou,

Zheng Xing Huai.

Master, the Sparrow Heroine has made a move.

Impossible.

Zheng Xing Huai is in the city of Chuzhou.

How can he be your master?

Impossible.

After we rescued Lord Chu, we wanted to leave the city of Chuzhou.

The spies of the Lord of the North kept searching for us.

So, we had to hide in the deserted mountains.

Since then, we've never returned to the city of Chuzhou.

Are there two Zheng Xing Huai

in the city of Chuzhou?

The Soul Wizard from the Wizard God Sect

is good at the art of illusions.

The Wizard God Sect is involved in this too?

Zhao Jin.

Bring us to the real Lord Zheng.

Yes, Lord Xu.

Let's go.

Wait.

Su Su, come in.

Leave this to me. You should leave first.

Zhao, come with me.

Okay.

Rou.

Your martial arts skills have become worse while I was gone.

Yours too.

Your aim was off, right?

Then let's give it another try.

Let's do it.

We are here.

Zhao, you are finally back.

I'm back.

She is the Sparrow Heroine, Li Miao Zhen.

And he is the famous Silver Guardian Xi Qi An.

Lord Xu.

Give this to Zheng Xing Huai.

He'll know who I am.

Please wait a moment.

Are you Silver Guardian Xu?

Yes.

I am

the intendant of Chuzhou, Zheng Xing Huai.

This is not a good place to talk.

Come in.

They are the officials who work for me.

When we ran away,

there were more than 20 of us.

But now, only a few are left.

If a righteous man didn't save me,

I would be dead too.

After we escaped from Chuzhou,

we found many brave warriors to help us deliver a letter

to an old friend of mine in the capital city

to expose the atrocities of the Lord of the North.

I once came across someone.

He told me about the holocaust before he died.

He...

There's a birthmark on his face.

Holocaust.

He is Qian You Yi.

Why didn't you expose the Lord of the North at the officialdom of Chuzhou?

It's pointless.

I will just bring harm to those officials.

Those who know the truth

will be assassinated by the Lord of the North's spies.

Besides, you saw it too.

The city of Chuzhou is doing fine.

Who will believe us?

But you should've known

that the court sent a diplomatic corps to investigate this case.

Lord Xu.

We heard about it from Zhao.

He would update us through letters regularly.

But we didn't dare to look for the diplomatic corps.

There were just a few of us.

We were afraid of getting killed.

Silver Guardian Xu,

please uphold justice for the people of Chuzhou

Lord Zheng. Please raise your head.

Since I'm here, I will help you

and bring justice to the people of Chuzhou who were killed.

But before that,

I need to know what happened during the holocaust.

Miao Zhen, cast the Shared Memory Magic.

Got it.

Lord Zheng, close your eyes

and recall what happened during the holocaust.

(They are Zheng Xing Huai's family members.)

(Now, I'm watching Zheng Xing Huai's memories from his perspective.)

Father, I'm hungry too.

Master, calm down.

Your son knows that he was wrong. Let him eat with us.

My son,

You are in your twenties. You are a husband and a father now.

How can you still get into fights and do nothing like before?

Can't you learn from your brother?

Father, I just went for a drink.

That man challenged me first. I didn't start anything.

What did I do wrong?

Stop infuriating him.

Father, please calm down.

He knows he was wrong.

My father will celebrate his 60th birthday next month.

I want to visit him at home.

Are you crazy? The Kui Tribe is running rampant out there.

Chuzhou is so close to the border.

What if you run into the cavalry of the Kui Tribe when you leave the city?

You are such a coward.

Why do I have such a useless son like you? I...

- Father. I was wrong. - Master.

My Lord, the Weisuo Army suddenly entered the city

and rounded up the people.

The Weisuo Army rounded up the people?

Where are they? Who's the leader?

The people are rounded up north, south, east, and west.

Their leader is the Commander-in-Chief, Lord Protector Que Yong Xiu.

He should be in the south of the city right now.

(Rounding up the people? Could it be...)

Get my horse ready. I'm going to check it out myself.

The two of you, come with me.

Father, the drumstick is delicious.

Get in! Hurry up!

(Que Yong Xiu)

What are you doing? Move aside.

- Lord Zheng. - Move aside.

Lord Zheng.

Lord Protector, what are you doing?

Lord Zheng.

You are here right on time.

Let me ask you.

The Kui Tribe invaded our border

and kept burning, killing, and plundering our people.

Do you know why?

What has it got to do with you rounding up the people?

Of course, they are related.

As the people of Dafeng,

we should sacrifice our lives

for the safety of the border of Dafeng.

Intendant Zheng.

Do you think

I'm right?

This is nonsense!

Come with me. Let's go home!

Yes, My Lord!

He killed them!

Que Yong Xiu.

How could you kill the people of Chuzhou?

Are you going to revolt?

Be patient, Lord Zheng.

It'll be your turn soon.

Fire.

Li Han, take him away first.

Kill them all.

Leave no one alive!

Roger that!

Master.

Master, you are awake.

My Lord, you are awake.

Don't worry. We can make it out.

Father, has the Kui Tribe breached our city?

The soldiers have defected and are slaughtering the people.

We need to leave the city at once.

Okay.

They've caught up with us. Go now.

Li Han.

Li Han!

- Mother! - Mother!

- Mother! - Mother!

My Dear!

My Dear.

Lord Zheng, where are you going?

Que Yong Xiu.

What are you doing?

Are you going to revolt?

These are just some ants. How can you call this a rebellion?

Que Yong Xiu!

Lord Zheng.

You claim to be an honest official who can't tolerate any injustice, right?

Before this, you investigated the military food resource case

against the Lord of the North's will.

And you used that as an excuse

to kill three of my most trusted subordinates.

Have you ever expected

that this day will come?

I'm just returning the favor.

Accept your gift!

My son.

My son.

Father, I'm scared.

You won't die.

Que Yong Xiu!

My son!

My Lord.

He broke down. The shared memories have been cut off in advance.

My son.

I'm sorry.

I have to go out for a while.

My son.

Did the holocaust

happen in the city of Chuzhou?

Yes.

I'm sorry.

I've lost my composure.

We need to go to Chuzhou.

But before that,

we need to organize our thoughts

and review the holocaust case again.

The Lord of the North slaughtered everyone in the city

to make the essence and energy pill to rank up to Rank Two.

But it takes time to refine the essence and energy.

So, he decided to slaughter everyone in the city of Chuzhou.

Then he hid the truth

by hiding it in plain sight.

But I ran into many soldiers from the city of Chuzhou.

I interrogated them too.

They didn't know that the Lord of the North slaughtered the people.

Their memories must have been altered.

It's possible they don't know what they did.

But no matter what,

it's not something that a warrior can do.

So, the Lord of the North has accomplices.

There are some powerful people from different fields helping him.

- The Wizard God Sect? - Yes.