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Episode 39

I visited county magistrate assistant Ye on my own that day.

Because…

Because I never thought that

you would come.

So…

Stop talking.

Stop.

Because things are not

as what you expect.

If I don't tell you,

you will never understand.

Is it necessary for you explain?

I have seen it with my own eyes.

What did you see?

You saw nothing but

my hiding under his table.

Can that prove that

I am having love affairs with him?

Hu County

is not fit for me.

traffic permit.

Where can I find traffic permit for you?

Let alone the traffic permit,

I don't know the road.

How unlucky I am!

Hu County is not an auspicious place for me.

Even the stairs can bully me.

At that time, Xu Boyi didn't tell you anything

and secretly submitted the written statement to the imperial court,

preaching policies about changing customs.

In my opinion,

if he succeeds,

you will be the one to blame.

Once the imperial court is not satisfied with you,

how can you still hold the position of County Magistrate?

But at that time, you were on the post road.

In such a case of emergency,

I could only consult with County Magistrate Assistant Ye.

Sheer nonsense.

Master.

Even the stairs bully me.

Brother,

brother,

please help me.

Please show mercy to me,

I'm a foreigner.

I went past this place and missed the time to find the accommodation.

Could you put me up?

Or I will sleep on the street.

Please help, please.

I can help you find a place to stay.

And I can also give you a job.

Will you go?

Nah.

The clever bird knows to choose the branch whereon to perch.

And a capable man chooses the right leader to serve.

Lord Ye,

the humble me, Li Qiuchi

will devote myself heart and soul to you from today onward.

I will follow closely and wait upon my lord carefully

till the end of my life.

Master,

I can understand

why you are so angry.

But you may not know

why I concealed

such an important thing

And why I didn't negotiate with you about such great matter?

Right?

But please think about it.

At that time, when Xu Boyi arrogated all powers to himself,

Ye Xiaotian once offered advice to you.

He hoped that you could impeach Xu Boyi and accuse yourself,

pretending to move ahead in order to hide the intention to retreat

so as to take back the power.

But, master,

do you remember at that time,

you are too overcautious

to take the suggestion.

It's me who used the official seal to

send two written statements to the imperial court later.

Do you still remember all these?

What if I remember?

Master,

please calm down.

Take a seat first.

I will explain the things to you one by one.

In that situation,

master was so indecisive,

but I didn't want to lose the opportunity,

so I had to take the place of you

to negotiate with County Magistrate Assistant Ye.

Please think about what I said.

If I didn't turn to

Assistant Ye for help,

even if I sent the statements in the name of master,

then

who would cooperate with us and

help you take back the power?

And when you take back the power,

you can force Xu Boyi

back to the county government.

But we didn't predict that

Xu Boyi came up with other bad ideas

to launch a campaign of changing customs and family names.

If he succeeds,

master will be wiped out at one blow.

Since we discussed this thing

with Assistant Ye before,

and you were not in town this time,

I could find no one to help me

except him.

In this case,

why were you afraid to meet me?

Why did you hide under the desk?

Mastery,

it was deep night

and there was only Assistant Ye and me in this room,

how could I explain it to you?

I just wanted to avoid unnecessary troubles.

I didn't expect that you caught sight of this.

and things turned out to be like this.

You didn't lie to me?

Master,

everyone now regards you as a madman.

How can I lie to you?

If I want to tell a lie,

why should I explain so much to you?

Master! master!

What Madame said was all true.

She just went to Assistant Ye's Mansion twice.

And I accompanied her there each time.

The time you came,

I was in the wing room next to it.

Even if what she said is true,

why do you help Ye Xiaotian?

I'm your husband.

Your husband is me.

Master,

from Qi Mu to Meng Qingwei,

then to Xu Boyi,

all of them are more scheming than you.

So

it's useless to regard Ye Xiaotian

as your opponent.

If you provoke a conflict between you and him,

what will be the end of it?

Lesson from the past

is just before your eyes.

Then tell me,

how should I choose?

If you don't help Ye Xiaotian,

how do you know I won't win?

But my master,

do you really think you will win?

Lords,

how can we clean up deal with

such a mess?

There must be something wrong with the County Magistrate.

He can't preside over the government.

You are the assistant to him.

You should take charge of the administration.

Yes, you should take charge of it.

Yes, yes.

I'm not good at processing government affairs,

let alone

in such a situation,

I'd better avoid arousing suspicion.

Secretary Wang,

please take charge of

the government affairs of Hu County

before the superior makes arrangements.

Eh.

Eh.

I am just taking the place of the County Magistrate Assistant for the time being.

How can a judicial clerk act as both county magistrate assistant

and County Magistrate.

Don't refuse.

I believe

The Prefectural Magistrate will make his decision

later on.

Please don't refuse to assume the post.

Yes, don't be too modest.

OK! OK!

Thank you for your recommendation.

Lord,

distributing relief money

is an excellent chance to win people hearts

and accumulate good reputation.

How can you hand it over to Secretary Wang?

It's better to save trouble.

Avoid suspicion.

Avoid suspicion.

Lord,

have you sent the written statement to the imperial court

about County Magistrate's accidental hysteria,

and his sick leave.

I have handed it over

to Secretary Wang to handle.

How can you hand it over to him?

How can you?

You must do it by yourself.

Lord…

There is a violent war going on on Shuiyin Mountain.

And a tax collector died in Hu County.

Now, the County Magistrate has gone mad.

What's happened on earth?

What's happened on earth?

Yes, yes.

The County Magistrate has contracted hysteria.

And the tax collector died of disease.

Why has bad things happened to Hu county successively in recent years?

Mysterious.

Really mysterious.

Are you

responsible to make such comments before me as an official?

What should we do?

What should we do?

You tell me.

Tell me.

I

have written a document.

Please take a look at it.

Lord,

let me help you analyze the situation.

The personal conflict between you and County Magistrate Hua

mustn't be mentioned.

You can say that County Magistrate Hua had been worried too much about national affairs

so that he overtaxed his nerves

and suffered from hysteria from time to time.

If so,

the imperial court will approve him to return home and have a rest for a few days.

And new officials won't be assigned to our county in a short time.

Then the whole county

will be in the charge of lord.

And then,

we can delay it

until the end of County Magistrate Hua's term of office.

Till then, lord

can at least will be appointed as County Magistrate Assistant formally .

After another a few years' working experience,

that will be reasonable for you to apply for the position

of County Magistrate formally.

I think

the most urgent task of us now

is to appoint a County Magistrate for Hu County

Yes.

I nearly forget it of not reminded by you.

Ye Xiaotian

seems to be tenacious.

Despite all the disturbances in Hu County,

he lives a safe and secure life.

Why not recommend him to be County Magistrate?

Let him deal with the mess in Hu County.

Lord,

Ye Xiaotian is not qualified enough.

We can't tell the imperial court that

the geomancy of Hu County is not good

and we recommend Ye Xiaotian just because he can survive bad fortune.

You bastard,

are you kidding me?

I'm negotiating with you two.

I'm not foolish.

Of course, I won't report to the imperial court in that way.

Should I teach you

how to make up excuses?

No, no, Lord.

You didn't listen to me.

Lord, are you OK?

Lord, are you ill?

Should I call in a doctor for you.

Nothing serious.

So, lord,

how should we deal with the case of County Magistrate Hua?

Sir,

a person in a high position is liable to be attacked. Too much is as bad as too little.

Under such circumstances,

all the things should be done in a low profile.

Low profile.

Lord,

in my opinion,

you can't report it to the imperial court at once

in case of deceitful tricks.

Lord may be held accountable for not investigating enough.

You'd better let Hua Qingfen to take a rest

and appoint Ye Xiaotian to take his place as the County Magistrate.

Then arrange personnel to investigate

the real situation of Hu County.

At the same time, you can select a proper candidate for the position

and report it to the imperial court.

It sounds like a good idea.

Now, Shuiyin Mountain is out of control .

So is Hu County.

We can make it a chance for us.

Lord,

shall we contact with

the Heavenly King in advance?

Remember,

we only cooperate with Yang Yinglong.

If we are enslaved to others,

we will be the puppets of others.

Only what you hold in your own hands

is really yours.

I see.

Got it.

Speaking of Hu County,

what does Zhang Duo decide to do?

The Prefectural Magistrate put forward a whimsical idea,

letting Ye Xiaotian be the County Magistrate of Hu County.

Ye Xiaotian.

A good idea.

But

we can't keep this guy

in Hu County.

What about transferring this bastard

to Tongren?

Transferring Ye Xiaotian to Tongren?

Nice.

For a long time,

Yang Yinglong has been worried a lot about Hu County.

Only if we control Hu County

can we negotiate with him.

But

accidents have happened successively in Hu County,

which are related to Ye Xiaotian.

Rather than letting this trouble-maker

grease the stairs in other places,

we'd better transfer him to Tongren and restrict his behavior.

Lord,

you think too highly of him.

Does the unimportant guy, Ye Xiaotian,

deserve our utmost caution?

If you are assigned to Hu County，

can you get rid of two assistants of County Magistrate in two successive years?

Can you kill the evil local gentries?

Can you suppress the bandits gathering in the mountain forests for many years?

Or can you draw water uphill?

Can you stop the fight existing for a long time

between two stockaded villages?

I, I

I mean

it's not a bad idea to

transfer Ye Xiaotian to Tongren.

But we need to

prepare a proper vacant position for him.

But at present,

we don't have such vacant positions.

The position of the official of lawsuits is vacant now, isn't it?

You mean the official of lawsuits?

It all along exists

in name only.

I see.

I see.

Well, many things

have happened in Hu County recently.

Do you know?

I have just heard about that.

All these happenings are related to Ye Xiaotian..

One day longer Ye Xiaotian stays Hu County,

the possibility for us to control Hu County will become a bit smaller.

You should take this opportunity

to transfer Ye Xiaotian to Tongren.

Heavenly king, this is great minds thinking alike.

I also want

to transfer Ye Xiaotian to Tongren

and assign him the nominal position of the official of lawsuits.

When we put him in such a position,

how can he make troubles for us?

No.

It's correct to transfer him to Tongren.

You should not only assist him,

but also put him in an important position when the time comes,

making him an official with real power.

I don't understand.

Ye Xiaotian is keen on

taking up the cudgels for the injured party.

If he loses his temper and gets angry,

no one can restrain him.

So

we can take advantage of his hot temper,

letting him disturb Tongren.

At that time,

we can fish in troubled waters.

But

I have given a word of advice to Zhang Duo.

Then

let's make this official of lawsuits

work both in name and in fact.

It may be difficult.

But

if we can't make it,

we can only act according to circumstances.

Farewell, distinguished heavenly king.

You haven't controlled Tongren yet,

but attempted to order me.

Ye Xiaotian has made so many troubles to me.

I will never put him in any important position.

It's you who propose d to put Ye Xiaotian in the position of County Magistrate for the time being.

And now it's still you who want to transfer him to Tongren.

It's only one day.

How can you change your mind so quickly?

Lord,

After returning home, I think it over and over again

and feel that there is something wrong.

So I hurried to report to lord.

My sincere heart

and utmost loyalty

can be validated by the heaven.

Stop, stop.

Stop your nonsense.

You mean

it's better to transfer Ye Xiaotian to Tongren.

Yes.

Lord, please listen to my explanation.

Ye Xiaotian is only a common official,

but disturbances happened one after another in Hu County.

Each of them is related to him.

If we leave this trouble-maker

in Hu County

and arrange him to handle government affairs,

he may bring about more serious problems.

And it's lord's responsibility to redress the problems.

What you said

sounds reasonable.

But if we transfer Ye Xiaotian to Tongren,

will he stay within his bounds?

Lord,

Tongren

is in your control.

If he dares to create disturbances here,

we can…

In this way,

we can not only solve the trouble,

but also beat the dog before the lion,

frightening these officials who don't obey your orders

and break your rules.

Do as what you proposed.

Lord,

it's a good timing.

All the favorable conditions are in our part.

You'd better take the opportunity

and display your ability.

Secretary Wang is nobody.

Only a glib-tongued

sophisticate.

If you display a little bit of your talents,

he will give up his seat and offer it to you.

Lord,

Time waits for no man.

Lord, Lord.

Lord.

Lord.

Urgent documents from Tongren.

Secretary Wang requests you to have a look.

What's going on, lord.

We have turned over all the government affairs

to Secretary Wang.

Why does he still ask you to look over the documents?

In my opinion,

it must be something really severe.

Secretary Wang is afraid of taking the blame for others.

Lord,

we'd better refuse it.

Refuse it.

Promotion.

What promotion?

I get promoted.

Promoted.

Congratulations, congratulations.

It looks beautiful.

Let's hang it in our house.

Is it beautiful？

Of course.

But it's much less beautiful

than my dear sister, Duoni.

Duoni, why are you here?

I didn't know that.

Your waiter asked for a leave today.

I came here to replace him.

I am ing around

as busy as a bee.

While

the shopkeeper, you

are enjoying leisure time.

Duoni,

Such is the case.

I have

I have something to tell you

all the time.

But I, I, I'm a little shy.

Stop your hesitation. Tell me immediately.

I like you.

Men in our mountain village are much braver than you.

You are not angry?

Why should I be angry?

There is someone who likes me.

I should be happy about it.

Dad,

I want to get married.

You're enlightened at last.

Fortunately, the girl of the Lin family hasn't get married.

I want to marry Duoni.

I have told you.

If you want to marry,

except the girl I allow,

you can't marry anyone.

I have decided.

You decided?

What did you decide?

If I really marry other girls,

let's wait and see who will lose face.

You stubborn boy,

I find you have got the guts to challenge me recently.

Good.

If you dare to

marry this mountain village girl,

I won't give you

even one penny.

You bastard.

I haven't finished.

We have made it out.

Luo Baichuan is subordinate to Yang Yinglong indeed.

What I guess is actually true.

But should we capture them?

No need.

Compared with Yang Yinglong,

Luo Baichuan is just a small potato.

Whether we catch him or not has little influence on the overall situation.

Since we have known his identity,

we are hiding in the dark,

while he is obvious in the open.

This will be conducive to our actions.

I know

you get along well with Luo Daheng like brothers.

But in face of major issues,

you can't be muddle-headed.

I see.

Commissioner Ye.

Chiliarch Jia.

You are well-informed.

Then please guess,

why do I ask you to come here?

Congratulate you on your promotion as the official of lawsuits of Tongren.

You really know it.

You asked me to guard Hu County,

but they transfer red me to Tongren.

And I can't expose my identity

as the assistant imperial guard administrator.

How can I refuse them?

Then you go to Tongren.

You mean

I should accept the promotion?

Yes.

Master,

Lord Ye comes to bid farewell.

I won't see him.

But master,

haven't we solved the misunderstand?

Tell him, I won't see him.

Master,

I'm a madman.

Yes.

I'm a madman.

Why does he want to see me?

You tell him

I have got the reply to my written statement

asking for a sick leave.

I will return to my hometown tomorrow.

I don't want to see him.

And ask him not to visit me.

I don't want to see him

any more for all my life.

Brother,

I hear that you will come to Tongren as the official of lawsuits.

Yes.

I want to go with you.

You?

Me too.

Why do you two want to go with me?

You.

Daheng,

you have your own store here.

And you father is here.

Duoni is also here.

It can't be much better.

Why will you go with me?

Big brother, here is the reason.

I don't want to mention my father.

But you know,

both my father and Duoni want me to expand

my business.

Although I can make money here,

Hu County is too small for me to earn much more.

We can expand business in larger cities, right?

Daheng,

actually this time.

That's a deal.

Duoni,

go and pack up.

OK.

Elder brother,

there is another person who must go with us.

Another person?

Who?

Tao Tao.

Why should we take Tao Tao?

If you don't let Tao Tao go with us,

a man like Hua Yunfei,

will cry out.

You mean, Yunfei and Tao Tao…

You get promoted.

Yes.

Fortunately, I have predicted this

and have bought a house in Tongren.

Yes.

My Yingying is not only a fairy,

but also a lucky star.

Not knowing what is happening,

you can also arrange everything well.

Laugh, laugh, you just know laughing.

Pack up the baggage.

OK, mademoiselle.

Who is that?

Whose palanquin is that?

We don't know.

Lord,

look, look!

There are so many gentries and civilians coming out

to welcome you.

It seems that your virtuous reputation

has been widely known in Tongren.

What is public support?

This is public support.

Whether I am a good official

is obvious to everyone.

Yes.

Stop.

Dear folks, dear people,

thank you for your support.

Out comes the top 1 courtesan in Yangzhou.

Here she comes.

They bully me.

Let's go home.

Don't laugh.

Please come in.

Miss Duoni and Tao Tao will live on the second floor.

Young lord Daheng, you will live on the first floor.

Lawyer Li,

you will also live on the first floor.

Please come in.

Are you satisfied, our hostess?

Of course.

We are back.

We are back.

Lord Ye,

we're so sorry that we haven't had the official of lawsuits for a long time,

so it's inevitably a little messy inside.

Lord Dai,

why have this position been vacant

for such a long time?

Prefectural magistrate is the person in charge of a state

and also the minority headman of the Zhang's clan.

Other people have their own minority official.

If any disputes arise,

they can solve them inside their own tribes.

So there is no need to come to the court.

Gradually, there is nothing to deal with in the court

and no one is willing to

work here.

But Prefectural Magistrate think that

if this situation continues, it will be difficult to maintain justice.

So a competent official like you is assigned here

to revive the vitality of the court.

Prefectural Magistrate

thinks too highly of me by putting me in such an important position.

Of course.

Please.

Please.

The court

only deals with a few affairs.

And subordinates here can't get extra income.

They can only live on their salaries.

So life is not that easy for them.

In addition, the official of lawsuits has been absent for a long time,

so the front courtyard has been occupied.

Lord Dai,

looking at the dust on the floor,

I think it must have been

at least three years since someone came here.

Lord Ye,

it's really difficult to stay here.

Let's wait outside

and call up the subordinates.

You can get acquaintance with them

and ask them to clean it up later.

Thank you for your arrangement, Lord Dai.

Look at yourself! Look at all of you!

How can you

make this place a total mess?

How can the ordinary people come to appeal against grievance?

Now, Lord Ye has come to assume the post.

You must clean up

the yard and office in two days.

Pull out these vegetables.

And drive away

those chicken and ducks.

And

these children, drive them away.

Don't let them run in the front court.

Lord Dai,

I suppose

we should

keep these vegetables.

They are not ripe enough,

it's pitiful to uproot them.

Since there is no parterre in the yard,

we can regard these vegetables as flowers.

See, this is Lord Ye,

how open-hearted he is!

You can't bully or cheat him.

Lord Ye is recognized by Prefectural Magistrate as a competent person.

And you can also be considered as officials appointed by the imperial court.

Assist official Ye diligently.

Go!

Tidy up the yard and court .

Come back.

Lord Ye,

I'll leave now.

Go go go.

My worthy brother.

I have something else to do.

I'll go to attend to my own business.

Lord Dai, thank you for your help. You could leave now.

OK! OK!

Good afternoon, lord and young lord.

Has Ye Xiaotian been taken to the court?

Yes.

Lord,

though there is nothing important to do in the court,

official of lawsuits is

still an important subordinate official

under your administration.

Since Ye Xiaotian has assumed the post,

it's better for you to meet him

and say something to encourage him.

I won't meet him.

Ye Xiaotian.

The Yu family come to complain about him every day.

And the Ge family always trouble me.

Even the Shiqian Prefecture sometimes sends letter to me

and asks me to restrain the villages under my jurisdiction.

It's all due to Ye Xiaotian.

He created so many irremediable troubles.

Not to mention that I have promoted him.

Dad,

Shuiyin Mountain

was in an awful mess

before Ye Xiaotian came there.

Don't interrupt.

You young child knows nothing.

Without Ye Xiaotian, things won't get that worse.

I won't see him.

Let him idle away his life in the court.

Yes.

Mr. Li, you must be disappointed.

M765 恰恰相反 Just the opposite.

If everything here is in correct order,

how can it reflect your talent?

And how can it reflect my abilities?

The court was at leisure in the past.

It only shows the incapability of the former official.

He is inept.

If there is no lawsuit, we can create lawsuit.

If there is no one going to the court,

we can find someone to initiate legal proceeding.

Lord,

please trust me,

I will revive

the court for you.

You are deserved to be called a pettifogger.

You really know something.

Lord, I am

a lawyer.

A lawyer or a pettifogger,

it depends on what you can do.

Watch out. What are you doing?

Stop sweeping.

Stop.

Why do you sweep the dust here?

You and you,

come to clean the clothes.

What does it look like?

Who did it?

You two,

come here and plough the land.

Remove that bean shelf.

Adviser Li,

Adviser Li,

wait, wait, wait.

lord,

Lord Ye has told us

that the parterre can be reserved.

Yes.

Adviser Li, have a look..

You, you, you, you what?

You what?

I can see what?

Lord Ye

just assumed the post

and wanted to show you respect and doesn't want to find our faults.

But we are the subordinates.

How can we behave so unthoughtfully ,

pretending not to understand anything.

Adviser Li,

Lord Ye has just come here,

thinking himself to be very important.

We can understand.

But the court itself is

an unprofitable government office.

However solemn it is,

it doesn't help the situation.

Right? Am I right?

You dare to talk back?

How is everything going in the court?

Ye Xiaotian came to the court.

Prefectural magistrate assistant Dai showed him around the court.

He ordered to renovate the court.

It seems as if

he wanted to make some changes.

A new official applies strict measures.

Several days later,

he will show the real nature.

The court which has closed for many years

unexpectedly welcomed its owner.

Then I, the prefectural commissioner of Tongren,

may need to do my job.

Eh.

Let me introduce them to you.

This is

Hua Yunfei

is a Kongfu master, and an expert in archery.

See.

How handsome he is with bright eyes, dashing eyebrows and fine countenance!!

Lots of rich and aristocratical families

offer high salaries to hire him,

but he wasn't touched.

He serves Lord Ye with all his heart.

Do you know why?

Why?

Because my brother's high morality reaches up to the clouds.

He treats others sincerely.

Following him, I feel very happy.

And look at this man.

He is of a stocky and imposing build and wears blessed expressions on his face.

He is the eldest son of the Luo's, the richest family in Hu County.

A hair from his body

is thicker than your waist.

Such a big shot

also follows Lord Ye

unswervingly.

Do you know why?

Why?

Before I follow my worthy brother around,

I need to go to school every day. I hate it.

But after I follow him around, I feel very happy and have fun.

I also follow Lord Ye

with no regrets.

The No.1 lawyer in Yelang,

Li Qiuchi.

Adviser Li, you, you are?

It's me.

I've long been looking forward to meeting you.

You see,

A valiant like Yunfei, a genius like Daheng

and a talent like Qiuchi,

all want to follow Lord Ye.

Lord Ye must excel in something.

Lord Ye killed his mother and defeated the County Magistrate Assistant.

He also suppressed the bandits and drew water to the hill.

Lord Ye has made so many achievements.

We want to follow him

and work together to revive the court.

Well said.

Marry Yang Yinglong to be his third concubine.

Mademoiselle, you can't do that.

Yang Yinglong harbored evil intention.

He wants to encroach on my property.

Before destroying the fatty Zhang,

he conspires to marry me instead.

Yang Yinglong is ambitious.

Mademoiselle, if You cooperate with him,

It will be asking a tiger for its hide.

But

if I want to defeat Fatty Zhang

and take back the power of our Tian family,

we have to cooperate with Yang.

Without his help, a lot of things can't be handled.

Let me respond to him perfunctorily.

But there is still one thing

I can't understand after long time thinking.

Mademoiselle, what do you mean?

Ye Xiaotian has sabotaged Yang Yinglong's actions for many times.

Yang Yinglong should have wished him to die.

But he supported Ye Xiaotian instead,

as if he wanted Ye to have a successful official career.

It doesn't make sense.

Mademoiselle , go.

Mademoiselle.

There are three killers,

two in the open and one in the dark.

Check those guarding outside.

Why didn't they discover the killers?

The person responsible for one direction

was killed.

Bury him.

OK.

Mademoiselle,

I'm not blaming you by saying this.

Since childhood,

how many times have you been attacked by assassins?

Being indecisive when the decision is needed,

you will suffer from it.

The one who wants to wear a crown

must bear the weight.

I'm not that indecisive.

I'm just

waiting for the proper time.