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Dear Herbal Lord Season 2

Episode 3

Take it.

Steamed stuffed buns!

Young lady,

have a steamed stuffed bun!

Take care.

Steamed stuffed buns!

Hot steamed stuffed buns!

This is so scary!

[Wanted]

Come on! Excuse me! Excuse me!

What's wrong with the girl?

Yeah,

you can't just tear off the arrest warrant at pleasure!

What is your relationship with this person?

How dare you tear off the arrest warrant!

She just tears off the arrest warrant!

You are crazy!

Look at me, guys.

The girl in the picture

is none other than me.

This is...

Do I look like her?

Do I?

Take a closer look.

They look the same.

Take a closer look. Do I look like her?

Run! Stop watching this.

Your Lordship!

Your Lordship! Bad news!

What's the rush?

Jiang Qingyun showed up at the fair.

Evildoer!

So audacious!

Gather a team.

I'm going to catch her myself.

Yes!

Take a look! Take a look!

Take a look! Take a look!

Take a look!

If you pass by, don't miss out on this!

Don't miss out on this!

Come and see!

Come here!

Take a look!

Take a look!

What a big scene!

Guys, take a look!

Don't miss out on this!

Come here.

Guys, take a look.

Look!

Why are you so close to the demon?

Aren't you afraid of death?

You are right.

Everyone says I'm a demon,

so I'm here today to prove myself innocent.

Be my witnesses, please.

How are you going to prove yourself innocent?

Yes. How?

How can you prove yourself innocent?

How to prove yourself innocent?

Guys, look!

Demons fear spells most.

Spells?

When they bumped into this,

they'll either be smashed to pieces at least

or turned to ashes at most.

Therefore,

I got a spell from the blind fortune teller.

This is the most powerful spell.

Is it really a spell?

She does put it on herself.

Look!

Nothing happens!

Right?

Look! Take a look!

I don't believe it.

I don't believe it.

Just look.

Nothing happens, right?

If you think

one spell isn't enough,

I have more of them.

So many spells!

They are all spells!

So many.

Look!

Nothing happens to me at all.

It's just a few spells.

This can't prove that you are not a demon.

Yeah, he's right.

Indeed.

How to prove yourself innocent?

Then tell me, how should I prove myself innocent?

I heard that

demons fear things of the extreme yang most.

Then what are the things of extreme yang?

Yeah. Right.

What are the things of extreme yang?

I haven't heard it before.

Never heard of that.

Rooster's blood and black dog's blood.

What do you say?

Do you dare to try

these two things?

Of course I do.

Just wait and see.

Come on!

She does get rooster's blood

and black dog's blood.

She really has some ways of doing things.

So smelly.

This is the smell.

Please, gentlemen.

Keep your eyes open.

This is a bowl of rooster's blood.

And this is a bowl of black dog's blood.

Now look.

What's she doing?

She can't really drink it!

She's not afraid of it at all.

Yes.

Black dog's blood.

Look.

Just look.

Does anyone want to come with me?

Wait a moment!

This isn't enough.

What if she's a demon with a high level of cultivation?

And in particular, what if she eats men?

Exactly!

Hey, you!

Nonsense!

Lyuluo!

Who is this girl?

Our lady doesn't eat men at all!

Could she be the demon's accomplice?

Our lady loves eating braised pork, salted duck,

liquor-soaked crabs, steamed fish, sweet and sour pork ribs,

jujube pastry, chestnut cake, Osmanthus pudding,

braised pork with pine nuts and spicy chicken.

Too many!

I just can't count them all.

Our lady eats a lot of things

except for men!

Then who are you?

I'm Her Ladyship's maidservant

who grows up with her.

We eat and sleep together and keep each other's company all the time.

If she really eats men,

why would she

let go of me, a delicate young girl,

and eat those smelly men in the Herbal Lord Valley?

Right.

What she said

makes sense.

Right?

Yes. Exactly.

It makes sense.

I knew there's

a catch in it.

You are a wise man!

Lord Jiang has saved countless patients throughout his life.

How could his daughter be a demon?

That's right.

Tell you guys,

I'm not a demon at all.

And I've never hurt anyone.

Please believe me.

We believe you! We believe you!

We believe you! We believe you! We believe you!

Move! Move!

Get out of the way!

Let's go!

Run!

Stop!

Stop!

Sister Saffron,

does your trick really work?

Don't worry.

As long as they touch my pollen,

they'll have to take some time to get rid of it.

Stop!

Hurry up!

Don't go!

Stop!

Hold it!

Your Ladyship!

Stop!

Faster!

Don't go!

Stop!

Ginseng Boy!

Come on!

Stop them!

Hurry up!

Go get them!

You guys...

What the hell happens?

Jiang Qingyun! You wicked girl!

Just wait and see!

Get up and get them!

Hurry up!

Young Master!

Young Master!

His Lordship sent you a message,

asking you to go to the City Governor's Residence as soon as possible.

He said...

What?

He said Miss Jiang

had been arrested and brought to justice.

All right.

I'll be there later.

Yes.

Go through the back door

I'll keep them away.

Thanks.

I do this for Qingyun.

It has nothing to do with you.

Your Ladyship, let me go inside with you.

It's fine.

Wait for me here.

We'll go home together in a while.

All right.

I'll be here waiting for you.

Your Lordship,

please execute the demon girl Jiang Qingyun immediately.

Lord Xiao,

this is...

Your Lordship!

There's no need to investigate the case anymore.

The whole thing has come to light.

The demon girl Jiang Qingyun killed 23 men in a row.

She tried to mislead the public

and fled to escape punishment during the investigation.

After committing such a crime, she should be sentenced to death!

Lord Xiao,

my uncle is still investigating the case,

why don't we...

Your Lordship!

Herbal Lord ignored the three-day limit.

He's on suspicion of conniving with the demon girl.

Therefore, he should be punished for committing the same crime.

Lord Xiao is too impatient.

Herbal Lord!

Herbal Lord.

What?

Lord Xiao doesn't seem very happy to see me.

Uncle,

where have you been

in the past few days?

I had a relapse

and it took a few days.

Please forgive me, Your Lordship.

It doesn't matter.

Uncle, how are you now?

I'm fine.

Herbal Lord,

do you think you could save the demon girl's life

by playing for time?

I'll say it once more.

I'm not a demon!

It doesn't depend

on your words.

And it doesn't depend on your words, either, Lord Xiao.

What do you mean?

Are you going to cover for the demon girl

in front of everyone?

Your Lordship,

I've made a thorough investigation of the Herbal Lord Valley case.

I hope you may have an insight of this.

Please tell me, Uncle.

The three families

and the whole Daxing City's interests are involved in the case.

I must decide the case impartially.

Xuhuai,

bring it over.

This is the bone of a deceased man.

It turned black,

indicating the man was poisoned.

This poison is extracted from a toxic weed in the Herbal Lord Valley

named Southern Star.

The poison is chronic

and hallucinogenic.

Long-term contact or direct consumption

will poison people to death.

This has been proved

by the coroner.

You mean

they died from the toxic weed

instead of a demon who devoured men.

Exactly.

But I still have a question.

The Herbal Lord Valley is rich in various rare medicinal herbs,

which are the lifeblood of the Daxing City.

Besides,

the Herbal Lord Valley

has been under your control over the years.

And the Jiang family takes charge of planting these medicinal herbs.

Both families have been conscientiously guarding the Herbal Lord Valley.

So where are the large patch

of toxic weeds from?

Is it possible that someone steal what is entrusted to his care?

A robber acts like a cop?

I also have a question

for you.

Please.

Xuhuai.

Yes.

Bring them in.

Come in.

Your Lordship!

Your Lordship! Please uphold justice for us!

Your Lordship!

Everybody,

this is the City Governor's Residence.

Stay calm.

If you have anything to say,

say it slowly.

Lord Xiao,

didn't you say that it was safe to plant Southern Star?

Now,

my father

and my brother

were poisoned to death.

So was

my only son!

Nonsense!

I don't even know you!

And the Southern Star?

I've never heard of it!

Lord Xiao, don't worry.

If anyone dares to slander you in front of everyone,

I won't spare him or her.

Thank you, Your Lordship.

Sir,

If you have any grievance, please feel free to say it.

I live in the Sui's Village on the west slope of the Herbal Lord Valley.

Right now,

we are the only villagers alive.

And everything happens

because of Lord Xiao!

At the very beginning,

he paid us a high price

to grow medicinal herbs for him.

As medicine farmers,

we thought

it was good to earn even a little more money.

Therefore,

the whole village's labor force

followed him to grow the weeds.

Nothing happened for the better part of the year.

But by the end of the year,

many people died suddenly.

We found out later that

it was nothing but a scam!

All the villagers died from

long-time contact with Southern Star.

They were poisoned to death!

So the corpses in the cave

were your fellow villagers?

Yes.

The first villagers died

and their bodies

were burned under the order of Lord Xiao.

I really couldn't bear it,

so I buried them secretly in the cave.

Then do you know

how many corpses are in the cave?

23.

I led fellow villagers to bury them all.

Your Lordship,

the number of dead people

is more than that, Your Lordship!

Lord Xiao,

how do you say?

A staff is quickly found to beat a dog with.

I...

I have a clear conscience

and I'm not afraid of being slandered!

Lord Xiao,

you are very confident.

I was wondering,

do you recognize this thing?

How could it be in your hands?

No!

I haven't seen it ever.

It doesn't matter if you haven't seen it

or you couldn't remember it.

I'll help you to remember it.

Inside it,

we find the work contract

between you and the villagers in the Sui's Village

and your records

of trading Southern Star.

Lord Xiao,

do you remember it now?

You murdered these people!

And you planted it to me,

saying I was a demon everywhere!

How did I offend you?

Qingyun,

can't you see it?

Lord Xiao is so anxious to convict you and Herbal Lord

because you cut off his source of wealth!

Your Lordship,

I don't know anything about this!

Both witnesses and evidence are here.

Do you still want to deny it?

I assigned the task of growing medicinal herbs

in the Sui's Village to my subordinates.

It must be a cruel and ambitions man among them

who committed such a crime

in my name!

Your Lordship,

After I going back home,

I'll investigate this thoroughly

to give you and Herbal Lord

an explanation!

Lord Xiao, you are so good at exculpating yourself!

Your Lordship,

the Xiao Family has been doing business for generations.

We devote ourselves to expanding business for Daxing City.

The incident arose from

my father's mismanagement.

The whole Xiao family can't get away.

Your Lordship,

for the sake of my family's loyalty for generations,

please let off

my father.

Your Lordship!

Mr. Xiao is right.

Lord Xiao is an old man now.

Naturally, he can't do everything himself.

A momentary oversight

is inevitable.

In that case,

Lord Xiao,

you should hand over the authority for medicine transportation.

In the past years,

you've worked hard.

From now on, the Xiao Family don't have to worry about

the pass in and out of medicine herbs.

Thank you, Your Lordship.

You may step back.

Yes.

Speaking of the incident in the Sui's Village,

you guys have suffered a gross injustice for such a long time

because of my oversight.

Give the dead a proper burial

and settle the living ones.

Ah He,

you handle the issue in person.

Yes.

Take it as my compassion to these people.

Thank you, Your Lordship.

Thank you, Your Lordship.

Thank you.

Thank you, Your Lordship.

Thank you, Your Lordship.

Your Lordship,

thanks to Miss Jiang, we solved the case of Southern Star.

Without her professional competence in medicine,

the case wouldn't be

solved successfully.

But now,

everyone in the Daxing City

calls her demon.

Lord Jiang is also involved.

Your Lordship, please hand down an edict

and tell everyone

that Miss Jiang is innocent

as well as give the Jiang Family an explanation.

Uncle, it's so thoughtful of you.

Rest assured,

I won't let Miss Jiang be wronged.

Herbal Lord

treats you well, right?

[Father, I'm going to the Herbal Lord Valley. I'll be back tomorrow. Don't worry about me.]

Father!

Father!

I'm back!

Qingyun!

Qingyun!

My dear daughter!

My dear daughter!

My dear daughter.

Why don't you come back?

You father misses you.

I'm back!

Father?

Father, what's wrong with you?

I'm Qingyun.

I'm Qingyun. Touch me!

I'm Qingyun.

You...

Are you really Qingyun?

My dear daughter?

My dear daughter is back!

Great!

My dear daughter is back!

Father.

What's wrong with you?

I've only been away for a few days.

Why are you like this?

Do you know

how I live through these days?

I'm so worried about you!

You bastard!

I've devoted myself

to the dozens of transportation lines for decades.

And you just handed them in!

Father,

our City Governor has the heart of undermining our family.

For the moment, this is the best way.

Chu Qixian is such a sly dog.

He actually picked on me!

All the checkpoints on transportation lines

are handled by our men.

Let's see how he will ship everything out.

Father,

considering current situation,

we'd better tone it down a notch.

What do you know?

Think about it.

As long as the City Governor

examines the trade records,

no one in the Xiao Family will be off the hook.

Keep a low profile temporarily

for long-term prosperity.

Father,

this is what you taught me.

But,

I just don't understand

how Chu Zhimo got the document.

I don't know either.

Get up.

Yes.

Brother.

After this incident,

the relationship between Chu Zhimo and Jiang Qingyun

will go further.

Son,

you are the firstborn of our family

All the family property

will be yours one day.

You must put the family above everything.

Brother,

there are plenty of fish in the sea.

Since Jiang Qingyun doesn't cherish your love,

why should you be so sad for her?

Both Herbal Lord and Jiang Qingyun are rewarded.

Only Lord Xiao was ordered to meditate upon his fault in seclusion.

What's more,

the influence of the Xiao family was greatly weakened this time.

Shut up!

I've already set everything up

and Xiao Rui just messed it up?

He's good for nothing!

Buyan, Buyu.

Yes.

Keep a close eye on Daxing City.

Whenever there is a sign of trouble,

report it to me immediately.

Yes.

I have to handle

the rest myself.

Uncle, how are you these days?

I'm good.

Are you that happy

to stay with Miss Jiang?

Uncle,

you just

smiled.

I'm definitely happier than you who have to deal with reports

and old guys every day.

You agreed to find out the truth in three days,

but you and Miss Jiang just ran away!

Do you know

I didn't even have the heart to open the door of my residence?

I wanted to leave here

and live a free and idle life.

But now,

it will just be a dream.

Uncle, during the days you were away,

I found out that

the balance among the three families

is not as steady as it seems.

There are still many hidden dangers behind it.

What do you mean?

The Xiao family is so ambitious

that they want to take advantage of our disagreement

to bring down the Chu family

in league with the Jiang family.

But Jiang Buyan has been throwing himself into managing the Herbal Lord Valley

and Miss Jiang suddenly changed her heart.

Naturally, the Xiao family can't stand it any longer.

Then what are you going to do?

I'm worrying about it too.

Counting on the Xiao family's reputation,

Xiao Rui overstepped his authority again and again

If I connive at his misdeeds,

he'll be more arrogant.

But if I take this chance to punish him severely,

it may breed discontent from the Xiao family.

Daxing City is in a time of development now.

Internal conflicts among the three families

will only lead to a turbulent situation.

In this way, how could citizens live in peace?

You know, a centipede does not topple over

even when dead.

Xiao Rui spent years to establish his family influence.

It can't be shaken overnight.

But this time,

you took away his authority to ship medicinal herbs.

For the Xiao family,

it's really a big blow.

I'm too impatient

You don't have to blame yourself.

This is

also a good opportunity to show your strength as a warning.

Xiao Rui is a clever man.

He'll definitely tone it down a notch.

And you must take this opportunity

to place your men

in important positions

and slowly weaken his power.

I see.

Lyuluo.

Lyuluo, look!

This is so beautiful!

Look over there!

Look at that!

Let's go.

Lyuluo, look!

These lanterns are so beautiful!

Sir,

buy a lantern.

How much is this?

A tael of silver.

I'll take it.

Here you are.

Mr. Xiao!

Xiao...

Mr. Xiao,

how can you recognize me

when I dress myself like this?

I can recognize you whatever you look like.

Besides,

isn't Lyuluo here with you?

You are right.

Take it as a gift, too.

But I already have one.

This is your favorite

and I give it to you every year.

All right. Thank you, Mr. Xiao.

I like them both.

As long as you like it.

Let's go and float the lanterns now.

But I want to bring these lanterns back home

and keep them.

Keep them?

Fine, it's up to you.

Keep them at your home.

What else do you want?

I want this and this.

This one and this one?

I want them both.

Sure.

I want to drink sugar water.

All right.

Thank you, sir.

Distribute them.

Yes.

High Priest!

Ya?

You don't enjoy the festival with your family

but come to me right now.

What's the matter?

High Priest,

I've gone to the Xingshui Monastery several times to visit you,

but you were retreating.

Knowing that you would

definitely come to the City Governor's Residence to worship the deities,

I come here.

Please forgive my offence.

Don't mention it, Ya.

What's the matter?

Just tell me.

High Priest,

I have a question:

Is Jiang Qingyun really a demon?

Yes.

Then why don't you tell Herbal Lord

and the City Governor?

The demon is best at

deluding other people.

Right now, Daxing people

have been deluded by the demon.

Even if I tell them the truth,

who will

believe me?

Even my brother won't believe it.

After thinking it over,

I have a plan now.