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Episode 40

My fellow countrymen,

Lord Ye Xiaotian, the new Official of Lawsuits

will open the yamen to try cases tomorrow.

If you have any grievance, you can come here.

Lord Ye is impartial and incorruptible,

and strictly enforces the laws.

He will definitely give you justice.

Justice.

Dear father,

all is well here.

Please don't worry.

Six.

This is 13,056.

Right?

Mademoiselle,

you are really awesome.

Finally you get it right.

This is too difficult.

Two, three, four…

Yingying, it turns out that you want to learn abacus calculation from me

to keep accounts.

One day, I will be

the stewardess of Xiaotian.

If I can do more for him at home,

he will have more efforts to work outside.

This March,

your son, I have got promoted from Hu County to the Official of Lawsuits at the seventh rank

Yingying, you are always innocent and naïve,

always childlike,

while the master is experienced and knowledgeable,

unparalleledly smart and wise.

So for other people,

you are not the same kind of people.

However, you

love each other so much.

In the past, I really couldn't understand why.

Now I can understand it.

Why?

Even I don't know why.

It is because that

even if a person has a lot of troubles,

he will be happy when he sees you.

Even if a person has a lot of concerns,

when he sees you,

he will feel relaxed.

You know, when he gets out of this gate, there are hardships and dangers of the official circles,

and mutual suspicions and deceptions waiting for him.

Only when he is beside you

can he hide himself

in a peaceful haven.

You make him feel comfortable and at ease.

Really?

Am I so nice?

However, my grandma once said that

I was a little bit fool and stupid.

Even if a disaster comes, I won't be panic.

So

you are unique.

But

I only want to be the unique one in his heart.

When the spring has gone,

the autumn is coming.

When the autumn has gone,

the winter is coming.

When the winter has gone,

the spring is coming.

Private Adviser Li,

you said that we would receive

a lot of lawsuits from morning to evening?

Yeah.

It shouldn't be like this.

Why isn't there any lawsuit?

These local people

have long been spoiled by the Minority Officials.

When they have any grievance,

they just turned to Minority Officials for solutions.

Then according to you,

when the local people have lawsuits,

they just turn to Minority Headmen.

But how are the disputes between Minority Headmen solved?

When there are disputes between Minority Headman,

they definitely turn to Minority Headmen at higher ranks to solve them.

Lord,

I don't mean to talk back,

but the disorder of Shuiyin Mountain

haven't been settled by now.

So, my lord,

I think that

there are always some people who cannot get justice,

and have the courage to seek for justice in our court.

If our court can try a case impartially,

we will gain our reputation.

Come on, my lord,

gain our reputation.

Heavenly King,

Ye Xiaotian

has already taken office in Tongren.

He has a lot of free time these days.

This is indeed very good.

Then

we will use him as a tool

to make a mess in Tongren.

I understand that.

Master.

Dad.

Master.

The second uncle and some others have arrived.

Big brother.

You…

Greetings from Xiaotian.

Greetings from Xiaoquan, Uncle.

Greetings from Xiaocheng, Uncle.

Today

is our family feast,

so you just make yourself at home.

Xiaoquan, you are a brat.

You don't know the rules?

You are a son of my concubine.

What did I say to you?

Your brothers are still standing,

so how could you sit first?

Father, I am so sorry.

They are just kids.

Have a seat. Have a seat.

How's it going recently, my nephews?

Xiaocheng spends all the day

with his evil associates

commit all manner of evil.

I am worried that he may cause some trouble.

Dad, what's wrong with me?

I just enjoy some alcohol with my friends,

just for recreation.

Anyway

by virtue of our family's strengths,

we do not lack money.

Look at him.

We should show others

our family's strength in Tongren.

Big brother,

they are spoiled by you.

Moreover, I am worried about

Xiaotian the most.

Dad,

what' wrong with me?

You?

I've heard that recently

you spend all the day

with Dai Chonghua's daughter.

I tell u,

Dai's family has a long friendship with us.

So don't make any trouble for me.

Dad, you worry too much.

Chan'er is very good.

You…

You…

No…

Big brother,

let me tell the truth.

If I have a son like Yutong,

I am blessed.

Second Uncle,

you are flattering me.

Today I invite you

here to have a gathering.

I want to tell you that as long as our family is in Tongren,

we are the master here,

and our invincible spirit cannot be reduced,

especially you, the young generation.

We will remember Uncle's instruction.

Have a seat.

It's really lively.

Chan'er, let's go there.

Look at the flowers, they are really beautiful.

How about that? Chan'er.

How about having a competition today

to see who will reach the top of the tower first.

To climb the tower again?

No problem for me.

I won't be afraid of you.

Let's go.

Let's see who will reach the top first.

Slowly.

Don't fall over.

Come on.

Wait for me.

Come on, upstairs.

Chan'er

-I… I really love you so much. -What are you doing?

Chan'er.

What are you doing?!

Release me.

Bastard.

Piss off.

Mademoiselle, what happened?

Let's go back.

What do you want to do?

Mademoiselle, let go.

Hurry.

The philosophy of life

is actually very easy.

First of all, you should be upright.

Master…

Then you should be an uncorrupted official.

Come in.

Then?

Sometimes you can be a little bit muddled.

Official of Lawsuits Ye, I am sorry.

There's an emergency in our family.

I have to go now. Bye.

What's the emergency? Why are you in such a hurry?

I'll tell you later.

Come on.

Come on. Come on.

What can we do now?

Chan'er!

When the master is coming back,

how can we explain to him?

I am really worried.

The master is coming.

Master.

Master.

Then… You are really noisy.

Master,

what can we do now?

Chan'er has created a terrible disaster.

Where's she?

Chan'er.

Chan'er.

Open the door.

I am coming.

Dad.

Dad, I didn't mean to kill him.

I really didn't mean to kill him.

Chan'er.

I know that. I know that.

Chan'er is the most soft and kind girl.

How can you kill anyone?

I know that you definitely feel wronged.

Open the door please.

Tell me what happened.

No.

I am scared.

I am scared.

I am scared.

Chan'er.

Chan'er.

Chan'er.

I know that this must be an accident.

Don't cry. Don't cry.

I am with you.

You do not have to be afraid with anything.

Dad.

OK. OK. OK.

Chan'er, don't cry.

I will be responsible for you for anything.

Come on.

Just tell me what happened.

OK?

Dad.

Chan'er.

Bastard.

Piss off.

Zhang Xiaotian is a nephew of the prefectural magistrate.

In addition, Zhang Yi's son is dead.

This time, the Zhang family won't leave the matter at that.

Chan'er.

I have a question for you.

When you pushed Zhang Xiaotian,

was there anyone nearby?

Probably no.

At that time, only Brother Pu Jie was following us.

Pu Jie.

Don't worry.

I will settle this down

for you.

Dad.

OK, Chan'er,

don't be afraid.

I am here with you.

Don't be worried.

Master,

shut all your mouths up.

If anyone leaks any information,

I will bury him or her alive.

Why are you sounding the gong?

Your excellency,

there's a large troop approaching the yamen,

and they are armed.

Second Uncle.

Lord.

He's my son.

Chan'er is my daughter.

I have only one daughter,

but you have more than one son.

Lord,

my son did nothing wrong.

Why should he die?

It's because if he doesn't die, my Chan'er will.

Butler,

all the people in your Pu family

are my subordinates.

You are all my subordinates.

So your lives are also mine.

What happened?

Dad,

for some unknown reasons,

Second Uncle is leading a large

armed troop

marching in front of our mansion just now.

Your Second Uncle?

It's mid-night now,

who is conflicting with him?

Lord,

I have been serving you with all my efforts for so many years. For the sake of it,

please set my son free.

Spare his life.

You shut up.

If it were on the battlefield,

if Mademoiselle and I were in danger,

you should go in front

and keep out the blades and swords for us.

Lord,

but this is not a battlefield.

Any difference?

Now Mademoiselle is in danger,

you should stand out.

Now only your son can

save my daughter Chan'er,

if you fold your hands and see her die,

then, then you are ungrateful.

Then you will kill my daughter.

Dai Chonghua,

you're a coward.

Come out!

Bring my son back to life.

Dai Chonghua,

come out.

Dai Chonghua,

come out.

If my daughter is dead,

how do you think I will treat your family?

Listen!

Either your whole family will be dead,

or you can just accept my offer

and call your son to stand out

to take the blame for my daughter.

You should consider it carefully.

Zhang Yi,

Why are you acting like a psychopath

at mid-night?

What are you besieging my mansion for?

Don't pretend to be ignorance.

You should know what your daughter has done.

I know nothing.

I drank some alcohol this evening,

and slept very early.

Don't talk nonsense.

Today my son was wandering at Seven-star Pagoda,

and fell down from it.

He died a tragic death on the street.

The crowd at the scene had all seen it.

Your daughter ran out of the tower

in a panic.

She was pulled away by the little son of the Pu family.

I deduce that

it was your daughter who pushed my son down from the tower.

Your daughter is the murderer.

All nonsense.

My daughter was on good terms with your son.

Why did she push him down from the tower?

Anyway,

my daughter is just a teenager,

she is far weaker than your son.

How can she push him down?

My son is strong,

but he didn't keep any lookout on your daughter.

So it is possible that

your daughter pushed my son down from the tower.

If your daughter was not the murderer,

why did she leave the tower in such a panic

and didn't stop for any moment?

OK.

I will go to ask my daughter

what happened.

But Zhang Yi,

I tell you,

if my daughter is innocent,

then I will set the score with you

because you led an armed troop

to my mansion tonight.

Dad,

this was not done by me,

so why should I die for it?

Son,

I know that.

But Master Dai said just now that

if I didn't accept it,

all the people of our Pu family

will probably be in trouble.

Hold out!

If they dare to attack my mansion,

you should hold out at any cost,

and cannot allow them to step in my mansion.

Yes.

How about your consideration now?

Please show mercy, lord.

Please show mercy, lord.

Lord.

What would you say?

Please show mercy, lord.

Please show mercy, lord.

You…

Do you know that

Zhang Yi is leading a troop

besieging my mansion

strictly now.

If…

OK.

Attendants

Here.

Tie them up.

Lord.

Lord.

Lord.

Show some mercy, lord.

If my daughter is captured away today,

decapitate them.

Tomorrow,

take all the people of the Pu family

here.

Sink all the males into the Jinjiang River,

and send all the females

to be prostitutes.

Lord.

I am willing to bear the crime for Mademoiselle.

I am willing to bear the crime for Mademoiselle.

Zhang Yi,

I've learnt what happened clearly.

It was not my daughter who killed your son,

but Pu Jie.

You are talking nonsense.

How dare the little son of the Pu family

do any harm to my son?

You are shielding for your daughter

and casting the blame on someone else.

If Pu Jie didn't dare to,

how dare my daughter?

Let me tell you.

When your son was at the top of the tower,

he saw that my daughter was alone,

and then he had evil thoughts

and wanted to offend my daughter.

The Pu family are my subordinates,

so their son would definitely save my daughter.

And then in a push-over,

your son fell down from the tower accidentally.

This is what happened.

This is only your statement.

Do you have any evidence?

Now Pu Jie is in my mansion,

and he has already admitted that.

OK.

Call him to be here.

I will ask him.

Hand over Pu Jie?

If I hand him over,

nobody knows whether you will force him to confess

to dissemble your sons evildoings.

Anyway

Pu Jie did that for my daughter.

If I hand over him to you,

how can I keep the dignity of our family?

So what do you want?

Tomorrow, I will take him to the yamen

to seek justice from the prefectural magistrate.

Zhang Yi,

today you lead a troop to besiege my mansion.

I will tell this to the prefectural magistrate.

I will settle the score with you.

Come back.

Don't run.

Don't run if you are not a coward.

Master,

will we fight or not?

You said that Prefectural Magistrate Assistant Dai's daughter

killed Zhang Yi's son,

and Zhang Yi led a troop to besiege Dai's mansion?

Yeah.

I came to report it to you immediately after I heard this.

But it is not clear whether they fight with each other or not.

It is good news whether they fight or not.

Now Fatty Zhang has internal and external problems now.

It's hard for him.

In addition,

Prefectural Magistrate Assistant Dai has a dispute

with his brother.

For him,

this is one disaster after another.

Then…

What should we do now?

Nothing.

Just wait and watch.

If Fatty Zhang

shows partiality for Zhang Yi,

then Prefectural Magistrate Assistant Dai,

who follows me flattering all day,

will come out,

and be a daring vanguard against Zhang.

If Fatty Zhang

shows partiality for Prefectural Magistrate Assistant Dai,

then we can disclose the information

that Fatty Zhang

is afraid of deviation from Prefectural Magistrate Assistant Dai,

and even would rather wrong his brother.

Then those minority headmen

would look down to Fatty Zhang more.

It is just like someone giving me a pillow

when I am sleepy.

I am really lucky.

Brother,

why are you so rash?

You can tell anything to me

and I will decide it for you.

At mid-night,

you led a troop to besiege Prefectural Magistrate Assistant Dai's mansion.

So what do you think of your big brother, the prefectural magistrate.

My son was killed by someone.

How could I bear this?

What do you want?

Fight all the way into Dai's mansion

desperately?

Nowadays

those minority headmen in Tongren

are really looking down to our Zhang family.

If my official rank is not conferred by the Imperial Court,

I cannot constraint them.

You are awesome!

You are cutting the ground from under your brother's feet.

Dad, don't be angry.

Second Uncle is sad for Xiaotian's tragic death.

It's hard for him not to act rashly.

Please forgive him.

Second Uncle,

as you besieged Dai's mansion,

what did they say?

Dai Chonghua said clearly that

my son offended his daughter first,

and refuse to hand over the murderer.

So what else could he say?

He said he would seek justice from you.

Master,

Prefectural Magistrate Assistant Dai is leading able-bodied men in his clan

and escorting Pu Jie approaching our mansion.

I've taught you

what you should say.

You should insist on that Zhang Xiaotian

offended Chan'er first,

and you stepped in to prevent him

and push him down from the tower accidentally.

That's all.

I will spare no efforts to save your life.

Even if this failed,

I will treat your family well.

Do you understand?

Dad,

what's your opinion on this?

Anything else?

If Dai's daughter is not the murderer,

then Pu Jie must be.

It's impossible that Xiaotian was blow off the tower by wind.

Dad,

I don't mean this.

Second Uncle is our close relative,

so we cannot wrong him in any case.

Otherwise the others will look down on our family more.

But Prefectural Magistrate Assistant Dai is also a Minority Officials.

Now those minority headmen in Tongren

are more or less

not respecting our family.

We cannot let Prefectural Magistrate Assistant Dai

deviate from you.

Otherwise you will lose an ally.

If you don't help Second Uncle, it's wrong.

If you help Second Uncle, you are also wrong.

Then what can I do?

How about make Ye Xiaotian

the scapegoat?

This sounds a good idea.

That's it.

The weather is nice today.

Such a good weather

is very suitable for lawsuit.

I have nothing to do all the day,

so the time is passing so slowly.

Dai Chonghua, you are really a coward.

How bold you are!

Your daughter killed my son.

How can you show muscle in front of my mansion?

You think that our family lack force?

Don't move.

Lord,

it seems that there's a lawsuit.

Come on. Stop.

Descend.

Someone is making trouble in front of the yamen.

So this should be a big lawsuit.

Does this mean that

my court will have its first case?

God bless you, lord.

Congratulations.

Mister, come here.

Go to ask about

who are disputing with whom

for what.

Usually

a private survey

will reflect more true information

than the testimony obtained from the court.

Yeah.

Good ahead.

Subordinate Zhang.

Have you seen this?

Today I am here to hand over the murderer.

Stop talking nonsense.

I will bury your whole family with my son.

Zhang Yi,

don't go too far in bullying us.

You think that all our Dai family are cowards?

Let me tell you,

no matter you want to settle it in a civil or martial way,

I will take on you

to the end.

Go ahead.

Prefectural Commissioner Tian is here.

What are you doing?

Lord Tian.

It turns out that Prefectural Magistrate Assistant Dai and Subordinate Zhang are here.

You are showing muscle to each other

in front of the yamen in the morning.

You are really interesting.

OK. Just tell me

what you are here for.

Lord Tian, you arrive here at the right time.

His daughter killed my son.

He wants to kill my daughter for his son.

So please hold the scales even, Prefectural Commissioner.

You are slandering me.

The murderer Pu Jie

is brought here.

I was planning to hand over him to the prefectural magistrate,

and ask him to try this case.

What else do you want?

You…

Your daughter is also a person concerned.

Why isn't she here.

Considering the identity of my daughter,

how could she appear in front of the public

in the court.

Moreover,

she was scared yesterday

and in a trance.

She needs a rest.

You…

Enough.

It's pointless for you two

to quarrel here.

We'd better

seek justice from the prefectural magistrate.

How about that?

Still here?

Unexpectedly, Prefectural Magistrate Assistant Dai and Subordinate Zhang

are involved in a murder.

Nice.

Don't hurry, my lord.

They two

are going to the prefectural magistrate

for justice.

Do you think that the prefectural magistrate

will hand over this case to me

because it is thorny?

It sounds reasonable.

Lord,

for your safety,

please go back to your residence.

I will ask for a leave for you

from the prefecture magistrate.

I will tell him that

you have a cold

and need to rest for two days.

No.

Two days are not enough.

You should say that I am vomiting and being purged,

and cannot even recover soon.

You should ask for a leave for at least ten to fifteen days.

Come on. Come on. Raise the sedan.

OK.

One, two, three. Let's go.

Let's go. That way. That way.

Be quick.

Bring my son back to life.

Bring my son back to life.

OK. OK. OK.

The prefectural magistrate is famous for trying cases impartially.

Let's listen to him.

Prefectural magistrate,

now Pu Jie is waiting outside of the court.

You just need to call him here

and ask him what happened.

Big Brother,

Um…um… There were only three persons in the tower.

My son,

Pu Jie and his daughter.

So his daughter must appear in the court.

Prefectural Magistrate,

my daughter saw the blood yesterday

and was scared by that.

Now she is in a trance.

Even if you call her to the court,

maybe you can get nothing from here.

This is not a reason.

Moreover,

my daughter has been weak since her childhood.

If she doesn't have a rest now and be in some risk,

can you take the responsibility?

Does that have anything to do with me?

You…

Lord,

the murderer Pu Jie is waiting outside of the court.

You can ask him to know what happened.

Big Brother,

Xiaotian is your nephew,

so his daughter must appear in the court.

You…

Prefectural Magistrate,

now Prefectural Magistrate Assistant Dai and Subordinate Zhang sticks to their own argument respectively

When will there be a result if this condition continues?

We'd better ask Pu Jie here to ask him.

If there is anything still unclear,

then you can call Dai's daughter here.

This case must be tried.

But the victim is my brother,

so if I try this case,

I will be fair.

But who will recognize my fairness?

The new Official of Lawsuits Ye Xiaotian

is from Hu County,

and are not familiar with any tribe in Tongren.

He will try this case fairly.

So we should hand over this case to the court

and ask Ye to try it.

No… Attendants… You…

Call Ye Xiaotian here.

When did this fatty guy

become so clever?

Lord.

Come on, have some tea

to reduce your internal fire.

Brother Xiaotian,

what's wrong with you?

Do you feel uncomfortable?

No.

I am as strong as an ox.

So how could I feel uncomfortable?

But you went to the yamen just now,

why do you come back?

Don't mention it.

Finally there comes a lawsuit,

but both parties involved in it have a strong background.

You are a minority headman,

he's also a minority headman.

So how can I manage it?

If I just walk through it,

the Zhang family won't accept it.

But if the son of the servant of the Dai family

is just a scapegoat,

the Dai family will bear grudges against me.

A fight between two minority headmen.

Even the emperor won't get involved in it,

so why should you manage it?

Mademoiselle,

you are reasonable.

In addition,

our lord is not someone who is afraid of getting into trouble.

It depends on who is involved.

It is clearly a case of a dogfight.

Both sides are not kind persons.

So why should I get involved in it.

Master,

the people in the court said that

Official of Lawsuits Ye ate something insalubrious last night,

and is now vomiting and being purged.

He cannot support now.

Now he needs to stay at home

and cannot come to the yamen for illness.

Nonsense.

He knows that this is a big trouble,

and intends to avoid it.

He's so afraid of getting into trouble.

How can he be competent?

Prefectural Commissioner Tian,

would you please go to

invite Official of Lawsuits Ye here.

An Official of Lawsuits

should manage the lawsuits of a prefecture.

So he must come to try this case.

But

what if Official of Lawsuits Ye insists on not coming here?

Tie him up and carry him here.

Big Brother,

Big Brother, my store open.

With Duoni's help, it's so fast.

In my store, an ear pick is sold at the price of 3,000 teal.

It sells very well.

Big Brother,

Prefectural Commissioner Tian is here.

Why is she coming?

Lord,

she's coming not for a good intent.

Then you go to deal with her for me.

Tell her that

I am sick.

Very serious.

Got it.

What happened?

No time to explain it to you.

Don't speak later.

What? I…

Why do I look like an idiot?

What's wrong?

Yunfei.

Water. Give me a cup of water.

Water, water, water…

Come on, Big Brother.

Lord Ye.

I am ill

and cannot go out to welcome you.

Save it. Save it.

Lord Tian.

Please have a seat.

I think this should be Mademoiselle Xia from Red Maple Lake.

Lord Ye.

you really have a serious illness.

It's easy to have a serious illness,

but it's hard…

OK. OK. Save it.

Stop talking.

I am afraid that you cannot breathe for a moment

and then die.

It won't happen.

The doctor has come here.

He told me to rest in bed for two or three months,

and then I will recover.

There's a saying that

a good man doesn't live a long time, while a bad man does.

So I think you won't die so easily.

Lord Tian,

why are you talking like this?

How can our Brother Xiaotian be a bad man?

Lord Tian, Lord Tian,

keep away from me.

This disease is infectious.

Lord Ye,

you cover your face with incense ashes,

but forget to cover your neck with it.

You cannot cheat me.

Lord Tian,

our lord has invited a doctor here.

And the doctor…

the doctor is a witch doctor.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

A witch doctor.

Witch doctor cures diseases.

His treatment is very unique.

So the incense ashes… it….

Now I…

Now I feel a headache.

Is my condition getting more serious now?

I am a little bit afraid of coldness.

So I put on clothes

to get sweating.

Lord Ye,

your shoes.

I want my feet to get sweating,

and I am afraid it may make you feel uncomfortable.

Got it.

I will be waiting for you downstairs.

You come here today

surely for

the murder in which the Zhang family and the Dai family are involved.

It wasn't that I don't want to try it,

but that I cannot try it.

According to me, you can try it,

but no matter what the result is,

you will get a new enemy.

So you intend to avoid it.

I am just an official at a low rank.

I am also a newcomer here.

If I offend the Zhang family

or the Dai family,

how can I continue to live in Tongren?

I understand your difficulty.

But Prefectural Magistrate Zhang also has his secret problem.

So he will definitely

hand over this case to you.

Even the prefectural magistrate doesn't want to try it

and want to hand over to me. Is this suitable?

It's useless complaining to me.

He said that

no matter you are really ill or not,

as long as you are alive,

I must take you back to the yamen no matter which means is applied.

He really said that?

What must be

must be.

I'll go.

You were so capable when pretending to be a fool in Shuiyin Mountain.

Why not so capable now?

If you really feel awkward,

you can just copy what you have done,

and push it back.

What's her real intention?

It seems that she'd rather

let Prefectural Magistrate Zhang to be troubled by this lawsuit.

I forge to tell you that

your Tang tri-color glazed ceramics is a tomb guardian

with a strong evil spirit.

You cannot put it there.

Really?

Moreover,

why do you place these two pairs of Kylin here?

You think that they are stone lions?

Big white and small white, so lovely.

They are so beautiful here.

Put them in your room

at the place for White Tiger,

then they can maintain your residence and control evil spirits.

What you said just now?

What tiger?

I put them at wrong places again?

No problem.

No matter where you put them, I just like them.

You want to go back on your words?