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Episode 48

Zhang Cheng.

It was you!

You betrayed us!

Take them away.

Move.

I want you

to do three things for me.

Thirdly.

I have a letter here.

Please take it to the imperial court.

What letter?

The 9 caves and 81 villages of the Dawan Mountain,

the believers of the Church of Gu that is,

jointly request that Tongren's judge Ye Xiaotian

shall have his title of jiaozhu of the Church of Gu

changed to Chieftain of the Dawan Mountain.

Of course,

Tian Miaowen and the other officials of Tongren

approve of this too.

Will you do

these three things for me?

I will.

Chieftain Ye.

Lord Tian.

Yu Long is here.

Tian Miaowen. I have closed my doors and ceased to fight,

I've let you become the leader of Tongren.

What more do you want?

Don't go too far.

Take him away!

Take him away.

Go.

My Lord.

Lord Tian is here.

I did what you asked.

On your knees!

On your knees!

Dream on!

A man of the Zhang family will never commit suicide!

Yutong.

Ye.

You win!

Yutong is still young.

Please spare his life.

Ye.

I will wait for you in the palace of hell.

I will wait for you there!

Yu Long!

Yu Long!

Let me die for him!

2nd uncle!

2nd uncle!

2nd uncle!

Ye.

This is not over!

[Memorial Tablet of Xia Yingying]

The prefect has arrived!

My Lord.

Do you have anything you wish to say?

All land under heaven

belongs to the emperor.

I

and my people, we are the people of the emperor.

In the past,

we lived in the mountains.

We've left the mountains now.

We yearn for education.

Our love for education...

Education

is like... is like sweat trickling down.

Unable to attend to all our troubles,

for reaching this day,

we have travelled far

we have gone through fire and water.

When we go out we depend on our friends.

We also want our own land to live on.

With this land,

my people and I,

we can

rest,

have children

and...

Chief Ge Duo.

Please have a seat.

My Lords.

Chief Ge Duo and his men moving out here

is a testimony to the Tongren government's merit

and the people's will to follow the imperial court.

If we can let them settle down and report it to the court,

this will be praised far and wide.

Lord Ye has a point.

We recruited them for the emperor,

we propagate the wisemen's education

and pacify the people under our rule.

It is our duty.

If the Ge tribe wishes to leave the mountain, we ought to accept it.

But after they leave the mountain,

which chieftain will rule them?

How about chieftain Zhang?

You take them in?

No. No.

Lord Tian, it's better if you take them in.

There is so much to do in my Tian family.

I have my hands full.

Moreover, the Ge tribe has just moved out,

many issues will need to be solved.

I am too busy.

How about

we ask Lord Ye to be this chieftain?

What do you think?

My Lord.

The youngest of our chieftain families of Guizhou

has begun more than 300 years ago.

Plus, over the years

the imperial court has never conferred

the chieftain title on anyone new.

Yes.

Generation after generation, the chieftain

leads his people, rules his land,

he leads his soldiers, inherits his position,

attains his official position,

claims his reward, rules his jurisdiction.

Lord Ye is a court appointed nonhereditary official.

I think the imperial court won't accept this either.

As long as my men accept it,

it doesn't matter

whether others accept it or not.

This matter is settled!

Lord Ye,

you are our chieftain!

This matter is settled!

Good.

In that case,

we will jointly report this to the imperial court.

What do you think?

Er...

Er...

Profits of May...

460 Liang.

Dad.

Dad.

Dad.

Dad.

Stop screaming around.

What is it?

Dad. Great news. Great news.

You know, the Tongren officials wrote a joint letter to the court.

They want my dage to be the chieftain of the Dawan Mountain.

A nonhereditary official becoming a chieftain?

Nothing's impossible, all depends on man.

By the way.

I have to tell Duo Ni.

We will celebrate together.

Gotta go, dad.

Come and have a look. I have top quality bracelets here.

Little leaf.

Isn't this a pair?

You...

This...

This one,

I will help Yingying put this on personally.

I just came to greet you.

Let him go.

The emperor has approved

my chieftain position.

Yes.

The imperial envoy will be here soon.

The appointment will be delivered to Tongren one of these days.

Lord Yu told me to come here first to give you this message.

So you can get ready for it.

I finally have my own land.

Yingying.

The three years aren't needed.

I will accomplish what I had promised your father very soon.

Are you happy?

Really?

Yes.

Ye Xiaotian will become a chieftain?

Then

he will have his own men.

This boy

is finally setting the tigers

of the mountain free.

My King, it seems like you are quite happy that Ye Xiaotian is going to be chieftain.

What I care about are those ferocious mountain villagers.

Once they leave the mountain, it'll be difficult for them to go back.

If Ye Xiaotian dies,

they will lose their leader.

And when they do,

it will be much easier

for me to recruit them.

I only need to gain one tribe

and they will become my breakthrough point.

The Zhang family has the name,

the Tian family has the power.

On the outside, it seems well balanced,

tame like a cat.

But if Ye Xiaotian really dies,

they will unite

and swallow the Ge tribe's men.

If

the leaders of the Tian Zhang families are also dead...

Hurry!

I'm gonna kill your whole family!

The big families of Tongren have lost their leaders.

The one who has the real control over Tongren

is Ye Xiaotian.

We must kill Ye Xiaotian and the other chieftains before the imperial envoy arrives.

Then you will become the leader of Tongren

and help me fulfill my great cause.

Lord Ye.

Congratulations.

From now on you will be a chieftain,

planting your roots here.

I hope that we can

become harmonious neighbors.

We will.

We will.

Who would have thought,

the one who's gained all profit in the end is Ye Xiaotian.

I used the wrong method to handle him.

Now, his power

has surpassed our Tian family's.

My lady,

do you have any plans?

A great man knows when and when not to yield.

I know so even better.

As for Ye Xiaotian,

I expect much of him.

Then my lady,

do you have a way to let him surrender?

He values friendship and righteousness.

So I will give him just that.

Sooner or later...

We've been waiting for so long.

Why is Lord Dai still not here?

I will go check.

Brother.

Do we need to make a move?

The King has placed his man among the chieftains in Tongren many years ago.

Now it's time for him to serve the King.

Dad.

The imperial envoy is about to arrive with the imperial edict.

My dage will soon be the chieftain.

Duo Ni.

Let's go. We'll celebrate for my dage.

Let's go. Young Master.

You can't go.

Why not?

Old Ding.

Don't always stop the kid.

Look at you...

- Dad. - Uncle!

Uncle!

Master.

Uncle.

Master.

Are you ok?

Of course.

Of course I'm not fine.

Young Master.

The master felt weak and dizzy.

He doesn't feel well.

Old Ding.

Don't scare the child.

I am fine.

It was much worse than what he said.

Dad. Young Master.

Stay here and take care of the master. I'll call the physician.

Hurry. Hurry.

Dad.

Hold me up.

I can't hold you.

You have to.

I can't anymore.

You have to.

But I can't.

Hold on.

Dad. I can't.

What is Lord Dai doing?

He is still not here.

Aren't all officials the same?

Look at the imperial envoy,

he also wouldn't come here

before noon.

That is right.

But Lord Ye is already here,

does Lord Dai think he's someone special?

Watch out!

Zhang Cheng what is this?

Why are your men attacking us?

I... I... I don't know.

Stop!

Stop!

Dai Chonghua!

Are you crazy?

What are you doing?

Shut up.

Zhang Cheng.

You killed our leader Zhang Yutong

and Tushe Zhang Yi.

You usurped their power.

You fear that after Lord Ye becomes the chieftain

he will weaken your power.

You

have lost your mind,

you lay ambush at the city gate,

intending to kill Lord Ye.

You are blinded by your lust for gain.

That's bullshit!

Luckily,

Lord Tian and I heard of this.

We came to stop you.

But it's a pity we came too late.

Lord Ye was still killed by you.

The people, officials and gentries down there were also killed by you.

The poor Lord Tian

was also murdered in cold blood.

It was you.

You have done all this.

Lord Dai.

You traitor!

Zhang Cheng.

So I will

kill you today.

I'll take revenge for all the lords.

Come on.

Spare no one.

Destroy all of them.

You bastard!

Shit.

Who are they?

They are the Xia family.

Ye Xiaotian still has reinforcement?

Come on!

Shoot the arrows!

Shoot them!

Use the arrows to suppress them.

Kill!

Kill them!

Break into the city.

Find that bastard Ye Xiaotian!

Kill!

Kill!

Kill!

Mr. Wen.

Here is our chance.

Kill!

My Lord.

We can't hold the defense.

We are losing.

Retreat!

Everyone, retreat!

Hurry!

Retreat!

Go!

Hurry!

Don't. Don't.

Don't.

Don't kill me.

I...

It wasn't me.

Someone told me to do this.

Who told you?

Yang Yinglong.

It was him.

He told me to do this.

Where is he now?

I don't know.

I really don't know.

It's always him who contacts me.

I...

I really don't know where he is.

Yang Yinglong?

Lord Tian.

Lord Ye.

No, I mean,

Chieftain Ye.

Please spare me.

I made a mistake.

I know now.

Please spare me.

From now on

I will do everything for you.

I am your dog.

If you want me to bite someone I will...

bite him.

You can't change the way you are.

If you don't die,

the officials and gentries who died here won't accept it!

Yang Yinglong.

Ye Xiaotian!

Don't move!

Give me back my daughter.

Give me back my Yingying.

Give me back my Yingying!

What?

Dai Chonghua lost?

Dai Chonghua thought of everything,

but overlooked one thing.

Which one?

The Xia family.

Their daughter is dead.

Of course they'll send their men.

They came suddenly.

An army appearing from nowhere.

Ye Xiaotian, that brat, he is very lucky.

I was a little confused.

His twin brother, Ye Xiao'an

is quite a fool.

What did you say?

Ye Xiaotian has a twin brother?

Yes.

His big brother Ye Xiao'an.

Why didn't you mention him to me before?

I thought that since Ye Xiao'an is quite stupid,

he doesn't have any value.

How is that Ye Xiao'an's

character and nature?

When my dage found out that Ye Xiaotian was running around in the city

while still technically imprisoned,

he was curios

and sent me to investigate.

I found out that his twin Ye Xiao'an

is cowardly, and honest.

He seems

kind of stupid.

People often tricked him out of his money

when he used to have an oil mill.

Later, he held Ye Xiaotian's prison warden position.

If they are twins.

Why are they so different?

I heard that when Ye Xiao'an was seven years old,

a snake crawled into his bed and scared him silly.

He recovered slowly after half a year.

From then on

Ye Xiaotian and Ye Xiao'an

became totally different.

I see.

Then at least their face and figure must be the same.

Yes.

According to their neighbors,

these brothers

have pretended to be one another since they were young.

Even their parents have difficulty recognizing them.

Heaven is assisting me.

My King.

Do you have a great plan in mind?

Go into the city at once.

No matter how you do it,

give him wine, women, avarice or pride,

you must bring Ye Xiao'an under our control.

Yes, sir.

I will.

Yingying.

My dear granddaughter.

Why?

Why are you lying here?

Your great-grandmother misses you too.

Come.

We're taking Yingying back home.

We're taking her home.

Currently,

the Ming Empire has exhausted all their resources to build up its military power.

Its troops fighting battles everywhere.

The elite troops are being consumed bit by bit.

But the soldiers' pay and provisions are increasing.

Dripping water wears through a stone.

Within years,

the court will be a weak rotten wood that only looks strong on the outside.

When that day comes, I will call for action.

The capable people of the Southwest will follow me

and join my revolt.

To the North,

I can take Sichuan, stabilize Sanqin and seize Zhidi. When the Ming empire's manpower and resources to the Northwest are running low, I will battle them.

To the East,

I can attack Jinxiang, march into Huguang and seize Nanjing.

The Yangtze River will be our natural barrier, I will rule beside the Ming Empire.

I will be equal to the Ming empire.

Ye Xiaotian has finally become the fierce tiger of Tongren.

If I can control him

I can control the Southwest.

The Eastern Guizhou province has fallen into chaos.

When I move my troops,

I will control Yunnan and Guizhou.

The most important matter right now

is to gain control over the rest of Guizhou's forces.

Not only the Church of Gu,

but also the An family in Shuixi, the Tian family in Tongren,

and the soon-to-be chieftain, Ye Xiaotian.

They will be mine.

A man's life is short.

Like grass and flowers withering in fall.

I wish not to rot with grass and flowers.

So I must let the world be my cauldron,

let the people be my firewood.

Let it burn,

let great chaos stir up the world.

How can I stay a mere King?

I need only one chance and I will be the emperor.

Ye Xiaotian.

You will help me achieve my great cause.

Imperial envoy.

Tongren lies in chaos, no one is welcoming us from the yamen.

It seems there was a battle.

We're going in.

Yes, sir.

Imperial envoy.

We encountered some trouble,

I couldn't welcome you in time.

I need to ask you to move to the Dabei Temple, Lord Envoy.

Please forgive us

our discourtesy.

On my way here I have heard about your mighty authority.

Now I have experienced it myself.

Ye Xiaotian.

You are always arrogant and brazen,

supercilious and haughty.

You boss the imperial envoy around.

Where is your respect for the imperial court?

Where is your respect for the law?

Ye Xiaotian.

Ye Xiaotian.

Surprised, aren't you?

I am a lucky man.

I am now the favorite man of Eunuch Sun.

Sooner or later...

Please announce the imperial edict, Eunuch Xu.

Yes, sir.

Yunfei.

Inform the abbot

to prepare the altar.

I shall receive the imperial edict.

Yes, sir.

Daheng.

Prepare some money

as a reward for Eunuch Xu.

Eunuch Xu.

You are so manly.

Ye Xiaotian.

How dare you be so rude.

One day

I will take my revenge

for all you have done to me!

When I use Ye Xiao'an

to replace Ye Xiaotian,

I will start my plan to take over the empire.

Yang Yinglong wants to control Tongren.

He won't just leave the matter at that.

Yingying.

I have lost you.

I don't want to lose another person.

Whether it's Daheng, Yunfei

or Chief Ge Duo

and all the brothers of the mountain.

Yang Yinglong. Bring it on.

Open the door!

Darling.

I am so hungry,

I haven't eaten anything yet!

You should just starve to death, you useless thing! Don't come back!

Brother.

I'm from out of town.

Could you please give me directions to the Baiyun Temple?

Baiyun Temple?

Just follow this street,

turn left at the end and you will see a small bridge.

After you cross the bridge,

go down the alley and you will be there.

Brother.

Look, you told me so much,

I can't remember everything.

Could you perhaps show me the way?

I would be very grateful.

All right.

Let's go.

Thank you.

My King, I have arrived in the capital.

I found out where Ye Xiao'an lives.

As you have ordered me, I will look for a chance to complete my mission.

I'm glad to see, Ye Xiao'an is even better suited for my plan than I thought.

Qingqing.

Good job.

♪ yòu shì yī chǎng yǔ ♪ ♪ It is raining again ♪

♪ jiù shì jiàn jiàn méi rén shuō qǐ ♪ ♪ Old stories are slowly fading into oblivion ♪

♪ shuí yuàn yì fù yī pán wú jiě de jú ♪ ♪ Who would want to replay an insoluble game of chess ♪

♪ gè zhí qí bù bù wéi yíng ♪ ♪ Move the pieces carefully every step on the way ♪

♪ wǒ bú zài dòu liú ♪ ♪ I won't be staying ♪

♪ chén nián de huí gān zhǐ shèng jiǔ ♪ ♪ The aged mellow has become wine ♪

♪ yǎng zhe tóu ràng huí yì hé lèi dào liú ♪ ♪ Head held high, let memories and tears flow backwards ♪

♪ gěng zhù hóu fēng dǔ xīn de chū kǒu ♪ ♪ Clogging the throat, sealing the heart ♪

♪ rèn huā luò xià ♪ ♪ Let the flowers fall ♪

♪ wèi gāo què piān duò rù xuán yá ♪ ♪ Fear the height, but tumbling down the edge of the cliff ♪

♪ duàn le zhī yā ♪ ♪ Broken branches ♪

♪ shí jiān cuī huà jié jiā ♪ ♪ With time the wounds start to heal ♪

♪ huā luò xià ♪ ♪ Flowers falling ♪

♪ cǎi tà guǒ rù ní shā ♪ ♪ Trod underfoot, wrapped in mud ♪ ♪ bú zhēng zhá suí jì yì fǔ huà ♪ ♪ Struggle no more, wilt away with the memories ♪

♪ rèn huā luò xià ♪ ♪ Let the flowers fall ♪

♪ wèi gāo què piān duò rù xuán yá ♪ ♪ Fear the height, but tumbling down the edge of the cliff ♪

♪ duàn le zhī yā ♪ ♪ Broken branches ♪

♪ shí jiān cuī huà jié jiā ♪ ♪ With time the wounds start to heal ♪

♪ huā luò xià ♪ ♪ Flowers falling ♪

♪ cǎi tà guǒ rù ní shā ♪ ♪ Trod underfoot, wrapped in mud ♪

♪ bú zhēng zhá suí jì yì fǔ huà ♪ ♪ Struggle no more, wilt away with the memories ♪

♪ nà huāng yuán céng kāi guò shèng xià ♪ ♪ In this wilderness, there once grew summer ♪