Original subtitles

♪ I chase stars and the Moon ♪

♪ My horse neighs in the snowstorm ♪

♪ I hold up my sword ♪

♪ Cut off my hairs along with my sorrow ♪

♪ The world is vast ♪

♪ In this life of mine ♪

♪ I have taken both paths of love and hate ♪

♪ A lone wild goose flies in the clouds ♪

♪ The sky in the background is glaring ♪

♪ The heaven and the earth are all in my heart ♪

♪ A jug of liquor and a spark are enough for me ♪

♪ Tomorrow will be a good day full of all kinds of feelings ♪

♪ Like the cloud in the wind ♪

♪ There’s nobody I can share my life with ♪

♪ Sometimes I owe others and sometimes they own me ♪

♪ It’s merely a dream ♪

♪ Tomorrow will be a good day that flies by ♪

♪ I’ll still be tender like yesterday ♪

♪ Running toward that rainbow ♪

♪ And hug you ♪

♪ Come in to the outdoor teahouse for a cup of tea ♪

♪ My brothers all like things spicy ♪

♪ Hustling and bustling ♪

♪ Mahjong is of course a must ♪

♪ Some stubborn kid does not listen to advice ♪

♪ He gets up in midnight to sweep the courtyard ♪

♪ Oh my dear liquor jar ♪

♪ Fill up my cup ♪

♪ And let’s drink ♪

Overlord

Episode 1

After Rebellion of An and Shi, Tang Dynasty,

there were political instability

and regional division among warlords.

Silver City located in Jiannan Dao was

immune to wars for its perilous passes.

Considering the rich natural resources

in Central Sichuan,

Silver City thus became

a Mecca for silk and satin trade

Diversified forces gathered here

and turned it into a melting pot.

Wanhua Wanhua was the dividing line

Wanhua between Southern City and Northern City.

Northern City Southern City There’re continuous battles between

Northern City Southern City the upper class and the lower class.

Southern City

had an enormous gathering of vulgarians and refugees

and thus was a place for the lower class.

Longzhu Gang and Snake Gang were the two leading gangs here.

They had fought for leadership for years.

Therefore, both gangs agreed to

have a gamble at Wanhua to redefine

their territories and appease disputes

on the second day of the second lunar month.

Great!

Great!

Great!

Come on, let’s go and see what’s going on at Wanhua.

I almost forgot today’s the Dragon Headraising Day.

It is said Longzhu Gang has a new leader.

I guess they will certainly

make a big deal in the gamble today.

Really? Let’s hurry there and have a look.

Go.

Let’s go.

Wanhua

You see, all the members of the Snake Gang have arrived.

Where is the new leader then?

Don’t underestimate our new leader.

She really has great power.

If you don’t trust it,

just wait and see how the Snake Gang will be defeated.

Our new gang leader used to be just a small branch leader.

But she was handpicked by our late leader as his successor.

She won over the support of most

gang members in just a few months.

Even our conceited Second Master Lyu

is completely submissive to her.

What a great leader she is!

Really marvelous!

Great leader?

Fatty,

Longzhu Gang Second Master Lyu I think you really

have a glib tongue these days.

You’re flattering me.

Monkey, let’s go.

It is time to see the real power of the Snake Gang.

Go.

Second Master is here.

Go, go. Hurry up.

The gamble will start soon. Hurry up.

It will start soon.

Silence, everybody.

Everybody.

Today’s the Dragon Headraising Day.

Our Longzhu Gang has invited all of you

to watch a gamble at Wanhua.

All the foods and beverages here

are on us.

Yes, yes, yes!

Master.

Yes, yes, yes!

Stop it!

Master.

Yes, yes, yes

Second Master Lyu,

where is your new gang leader?

Qiyan, Master of Snake Gang Was she scared

Qiyan, Master of Snake Gang and fled last night?

Qiyan, just wait and see the good part of the show.

Has the master sobered up?

She’s still in a coma.

- Go and wake her up. - Yes.

Longzhu Gang

Liquor

Longzhu Gang Xiaoqin Look, Xiaoqin, Master is coming.

Look there.

Bros, give a hand

and carry our master onto the sedan.

Give a hand, give a hand.

Third Master Qiao really deserves

his reputation as Divine Turtle of Liquor.

Guesthouse He drank ten full jars of liquor.

So what?

Our master

defeated him completely.

Right.

Brother Gengzi,

tell Second Master Lyu

- Master and I will arrive soon. - Okay.

- Lift the sedan. - Go.

Hurry up!

Go.

Northern City had

an enormous gathering of

high-ranking officials, celebrities

and rich merchants.

It was a place of the upper class.

The Silver City was famous for silk and satin

and was the destination of all merchants.

Xinsilu was the most powerful

and determined the local economy.

The Xinsilu Fashion Show today

determines if our master can retain

the championship of silk stores.

Cheer up, guys!

Li Qingliu, Master of Xinsilu

Qingliu! Qingliu!

Xinsilu

Master, please.

Qingliu!

Look at me, Qingliu!

Qingliu!

Qingliu!

Xinsilu Fashion Show

Qingliu!

Yan Bin, Steward of Xinsilu Lift the sedan.

Li Qingliu! Li Qingliu!

Don’t leave!

Huasha Silk

Huasha Silk Baozi!

Newly cooked baozi!

Still warm!

Hurry up.

Excuse me, excuse me.

Come take a look.

Hurry up. Walk faster.

Hurry up. Go.

Xiaoqin.

Wait, Master is going to vomit.

Master, are you OK?

Brother!

Please, make way for me.

Brother?

Are you blind?

Uncle!

Who are you calling uncle?

I am still young. Do I look like an uncle?

Go ahead.

Come on, come here.

No.

Here! Come!

Go.

Ugly woman!

You are the ugly one!

You will certainly pay for it today.

I will pay for it?

Xiaoqin.

- Xiaoqin. - You occupied the road first.

- Yan Bin. - How dare you blame me!

- Why is it so noisy? - I occupied the road?

We arrived here first.

Can you be reasonable?

Master,

how about having breakfast first?

Let me deal with her first.

Welcome, Master Li.

This is our newly baked pastry.

Longxiang Bakery

Why set firecrackers in the daytime?

It’s Dragon Headraising Day today.

We need to rehearse it in advance.

What a rooster

you are indeed!

How dare you make fun of me!

Stop making troubles.

Let’s go.

Ready to lift the sedan.

Long Aoyi, Master of Longzhu Gang

Come here, Third Master Qiao, drink on.

Third Master Qiao,

drink on.

What a drunken beggar you are!

Don’t talk so much rubbish.

Cheers.

This cup is running away by itself.

Get down if you wake up.

How dare you

hide the liquor from me.

Let me drink it.

You are a girl.

Please behave yourself.

Third Master Qiao,

why did you suddenly become handsome?

Let me have a look.

- What a cruel bastard! - What’s up with her?

Master!

Go way, there is nothing interesting here.

Go away!

Where is Third Master Qiao?

Did he kick me just now?

Isn’t he drunk already?

Come on.

You will pay for it.

Watch out.

Here they are.

All the top priorities of the Southern City and Northern City

are being done today.

Will there be any mistake?

Please be positive.

The battle is at the outer pavilion

and the silk show is at the inner pavilion.

They don’t interfere with each other

and we collect money from both sides.

So beautiful.

So beautiful.

Thanks for your patronage

at our Xinsilu’s Gold Thread Fashion Show today.

In the box in my hand,

is the Gold Thread of our Xinsilu.

Our Xinsilu’s Gold Thread

is unique in the market

for its exquisite skills and great value.

Du Xiaoxian, Manager of Xinsilu

Du Xiaoxian, Manager of Xinsilu Master Li of Xinsilu will personally

display the gold-thread clothes

to you all soon.

Let’s wait and see.

Master Long! Master Long! Master Long!

Are you okay, Master?

Master Long! Master Long! Master Long!

Here.

Master Long! Master Long! Master Long!

Master Long! Master Long! Master Long!

Is such a young girl

the new master of Longzhu Gang?

She is so short.

Are you playing a joke?

Just a joke.

Do you think I am short?

It must be high enough this way.

Master Long!

Master Long! Master Long! Master Long!

Sorry for it.

I am Long Aoyi.

As you all know,

in the Southern City,

Longzhu Gang and Snake Gang

haven’t interfered with each other.

Longzhu Gang is in charge of drink, food, magic and opera

while Snake Gang is in charge of theft, gambling and tobacco.

As there have been frequent misunderstandings these days,

we must deal with them directly today.

How do you think about it?

Good! Good! Good!

Qingliu, how handsome!

Qingliu! Qingliu! Qingliu!

It is a copy of the imperial clothing.

The technique of gold threading

is different from the prior technique of gilding,

outlining and weaving.

It takes forty-nine days to make the

embroidered pattern of carp and pearl.

So beautiful!

It seems there is no doubt about

the champion of silk stores this year.

Next, Master Li will introduce it in details to you.

Get started. Winner of two games will be the final winner.

The one with more credits will win each game.

The winner has the right to get over

one of the five businesses from the loser.

Let’s start the first game.

Master Long.

Please.

Baozi, the take-it-all,

Longzhu Gang is the winner of Game 1.

Great job!

Master Long! Master Long! Master Long!

Wait a minute.

Small cup is for kids only.

Replace it with a liquor jar.

It relies on strength to play it in a jar.

Don’t play a trick with our master.

Go back if you aren’t qualified for it.

How can a small girl act as the master

before having enough power for it?

You…

I think Qiyan’s idea

is very interesting.

Anyone whose dice drops out of the jar

will be the loser regardless of the points.

Master, we can’t lose this game.

Great!

Great!

- Master! - Master!

Gold-thread clothes will bring…

What’s happening?

What happened?

Xinsilu is going to suffer this time.

What’s going on?

What an accident!

You… You…

What are you doing?

What’s wrong?

Let me down.

Let me down.

How dare you be so rude to me! You must pay for it.

You profiteer! I’ll let you pay!

When I am down…

Fish with Pearl. Pearl in Dragon.

A red carp that brews the fortune of the Tang Dynasty.

How creative it is!

This is a stage specially designed by Master Li for you all.

It displays the gold-thread material

that matches any fabric.

- Qingliu! - Great job!

Our boss said

in their state,

cherry is only for the most distinguished.

We hope to order three thousand

gold-thread apparels of limited edition from your store.

Silver City

Stop!

How dare you

enter the city with a knife on you!

Zhao

Li Zhao, Sixth son of the emperor I am sorry. I beg your pardon!

Let us through right away!

Put me down, profiteer!

Put me down, profiteer!

Put me down, profiteer!

You were too carried away on stage.

Just wait and see.

I will punish you after I get down.

You finally know how to respect a girl.

You should have known it earlier.

Don’t get me wrong.

Put away the Persian carpet below.

If it is stained with blood, you must pay with your salary.

What a stupid guy you are!

My blood is less valuable than the crappy carpet?

Wait and see.

Yan Bin,

go get some silver ingots

to dismiss this drunkard.

What’s going on out there? So noisy.

Yan Bin said

the two big gangs of the lower class

are fighting fiercely for small money.

I didn’t expect the lower-class gangs could also enter Wanhua.

It is a shame for us.

It doesn’t matter.

The Snake Gang has always secretly controlled the supply of silk.

The setback this time

will help to lower the price of silk.

I hope so.

Let’s sign the contract with the Persian merchant.

Let’s wait and see.

Master, are you okay?

How talented you are!

You managed to come back

after hanging around.

As we agreed just now,

you are the loser as your dice

dropped out of the jar.

One to one, it is a draw.

The last game will be the break point.

Two masters, please put in your chips.

Qiyan.

Let’s place a greater chip

on this game.

Show me

what a big chip you prefer on it.

Just one business isn’t a big chip at all.

I would bet

all the businesses of Longzhu Gang.

If you win, all the five businesses will be yours.

It is interesting.

Really interesting!

But, what if you lose?

If I lose,

all the five businesses of the Snake Gang

will be yours.

What do you mean?

The silkworms in the box

are local silkworms of Silver City.

They have much better quality than those distributed by the government.

A local silkworm farmer can make much more money a year

and thus feed at least two more people.

But now,

you just betray the silkworm farmers.

Qiyan,

you have grown up in the Silver City.

You know mulberry and silkworm are

the source of daily bread for our people.

It has nothing to do with you.

Listen,

I don’t care about your businesses.

Give me the silkworm business if you lose.

Master, never do it.

It is related to silk supply to the upper society.

Shut up.

Bet with her.

Never regret.

Northern Street of Silver City Come on! Hurry up!

It is said Longzhu Gang bet

all its businesses for the game today.

Really?

Do they still wish to make it

a life-or-death game with the Snake Gang?

You don’t understand it.

Longzhu Gang is doing it for the benefit

of all silkworm farmers of Silver City.

They want to get back the local silkworm supply

- controlled by the Snake Gang for years. - Stop.

Really? Let’s hurry there and have a look.

Let’s go.

Wu Lin.

Why are people talking about the gangs?

Why do they care about them so much?

How does the gamble matter?

Wu Lin, Royal guard Your Highness, let’s go and have a look?

Listen, what should you call me outside Chang’an?

Mr. Zhao.

Go.

Go to Wanhua.

Go.

Master, look at the man in black.

He is Executive Bai of Salt and Iron Bureau.

This corrupt official has taken away

so many illegal gains via his taxing power.

Our merchants have to pay extra taxes

for any output of silk.

Since Master Long is really a generous person,

I must do my own part too.

I will add forty thousand taels of silver as chips for the last game.

Master Long, please follow.

Bastard! I didn’t expect him to cheat me.

He must have plotted it earlier

and betted so much money against me.

Hurry back and see

what valuables we have.

Hurry.

Master, you know what we have back.

All our valuables are evidently there.

If you can’t follow suit,

Longzhu Gang will lose the last game.

What niggards you are!

You aren’t qualified to be a gang.

You shouldn’t be called “Longzhu Gang”!

You should be called “Zhugan Gang”!

Yes, Zhugan Gang!

Zhugan Gang!

Master Long,

may I join you?

Isn’t that the master of Xinsilu?

Yes, why is he here?

Great to see you here, Master Li.

But the upper and lower societies have always been separate from each other.

So, what do you mean, Master Li?

I am sorry

for what I did

in the inner pavilion just now.

No deal is clenched in a forced manner.

I didn’t expect Long Aoyi had been waiting for business here.

I am sorry. I don’t need it.

Just go away if you have nothing special.

I can give you a hand

and help you win the game.

But, nobody will do a losing business.

If you win, I will share half of the business.

What a robber you are!

What are you talking about in whispers?

Profiteer!

Don’t blackmail me.

I won’t flatter you. I can bear it myself.

Okay, bye.

If Master Long can’t follow suit,

the gamble will end up with two to one.

The Snake Gang will be the final winner.

Come back.

I agree.

But listen,

the business can be shared equally.

But I am the decision-maker on silkworm.

There is no other choice.

Yan Bin.

Miss Du.

Where is Qingliu?

He has gone back first.

Tell Qingliu

I am going back first.

Keep an eye on the delivery of gold thread tonight.

Yes.

Got it.

Title Deed

Title Deed Five title deeds of Xinsilu.

Title Deed All are located in the Northern City,

Title Deed with a covering area of two hundred Mu.

Title Deed What a big fortune it is!

Exactly.

Five pieces!

Five pieces of title deeds.

What a big fortune!

Title Deed It is worth at least

Title Deed some hundred thousand taels of silver.

Exactly.

Why is our richest man together with Master Long?

I never heard about it.

That’s right.

Do you mean...

My chip is too big?

Your Snake Gang can’t follow suit this time?

How about…

Just admitting defeat?

Forget it.

Well,

what I predicted has come true.

Qiyan

is just a coward of discredit.

Everyone in the Silver City knows it.

The silkworm business is under the government’s strict control

and the price is not high.

Now,

I didn’t expect anyone to secretly sell

silkworm eggs overseas and create

a black market,

resulting in that the silkworm farmers can’t even make a living.

It is a fraud against all our neighbors.

I can’t tolerate it.

I agree on

all you said.

Moreover,

you constructed private houses,

ran casinos and tobacco houses,

and did all the appealing things.

Appalling things.

Coward?

Yes!

You are just a coward!

You flatter and play servant to the government.

I can never torture this gamble.

Tolerate this gamble.

Have I put it right?

Almost.

That is okay.

What a despicable couple you are!

Two against one, right?

Let me tell you,

I am never afraid of anything!

Come on.

They showed no respect to me.

Give it to me.

Listen,

give it to me

or our silkworm business will be busted.

Hurry.

Give it to me.

I use it as a chip against you.

Silk Token

It finally appeared.

This token is equivalent to three years’ silk tax.

Only three families have it in the city.

It has the same value

as your chip.

Get started.

But throwing dices

isn’t exciting enough.

Let’s do something new.

Good.

I agree.

Why does Master Long have to change the way of gambling now?

Master Long!

Hey, man!

Could you tell me their identities?

You mustn’t be a native.

This is the master of Longzhu Gang.

Master Long! Master Long! Master Long!

Boy, come here.

May I exchange this silver ingot with your bowl?

Promise me.

Use this silver ingot to buy

a piece of new clothes for each of your brothers

and have a haircut.

It is the Dragon Headraising Day today.

As the dragon raises its head, you should too.

Thank you, sister.

You are welcome.

Qiyan,

do you remember this?

Let’s use this bowl for a gamble today.

What gamble can it be

with the broken bowl of a beggar?

Wrap it up in a piece of cloth and smash it.

Count the fragments and guess if it is an odd or even number.

Okay?

Well…

You were really heroic just now.

There is still time for you to admit defeat.

If you win,

you will be sole owner of the lower classes in the Silver City.

Will you bet on it?

Yes.

I will.

Start.

Even.

I guess it is even.

No.

We must take turns.

If I also bet on an even number,

the gamble will just be invalid regardless of the result.

Whoever starts will be the first.

Don’t take me as a fool.

Fine.

It is at your convenience this time.

I bet on an odd number.

One.

Two.

Three.

Four.

Five.

Six.

Seven.

Eight.

Nine.

We won! We won! We won!

Nine fragments!

Wonderful!

We won!

- Wait! - We won…

I must count it personally.

Interesting, very interesting.

Wu Lin, go and check Master Long.

Also that person. Check them both.

Yes.

Master.

We won. We won. We won.

- Master Long! - We won! Master! Master Long!

Even a child knows not to forget the origin.

You called it a broken bowl at first sight.

I know you have forgotten your origin.

In the drought over ten years ago,

every family in the Silver City had a lotus bowl like this for begging.

Haven’t you used this bowl for begging?

Look at it carefully with your eyes.

All lotus bowls have

a lotus shape with nine petals.

A bowl with nine petals

will most probably

be broken into fragments of an odd number.

- The master has won! - Great!

- Master Long! - Master Long has won!

Come on, bros,

Silk Token We must

have a good drink today.

All right!

We won! We won!

Title Deed

Commercial Title Deed

Master, look at these!

How could you use these as title deeds!

You lost this game!

What?

Well, these are…

How dare you conspire

with a swindler to cheat me!

Listen, my bros of the Snake Gang,

let’s get to the fighting!

Go get them.

Xiaoqin!

Be careful, Your Highness!

Catch that dude!

Let’s go, Your Highness!

- Let’s go! - Don’t run away!

Stop, you profiteer!

There is no escape for you.

Stop there!

How dare you take away my properties!

Return the silver ingots and silkworm eggs.

Let go.

Give them back to me.

I didn’t expect the rich guy of Xinsilu

would steal such little money

in such a despicable way.

Shame on you!

I just want one single article.

Nothing for you.

You owe me this time.

It is a draw now.

Let go. Let go.

You let go.

Liquor

I heard a sound here just now.

Go and search.

Follow me.

Master.

My liquor will be wasted.

What a pity!

Mater Qi.

Please,

it is my private cellar under here.

Nobody knows it. There is nobody in it.

Listen,

I will send you some jars of liquor later.

Let’s go. I will be waiting for you.

- Okay. - Let’s go.

Mind your steps, Master Qi.

Du’s Mansion

Du’s Mansion

Your Highness!

I apologize

for not having received you well.

Du Changfeng, Commissioner of Jiannan Dao Your Highness, please.

Do you know why I have come to the

Silver City as Envoy of Salt and Iron Bureau?

I heard the tax corruptions had worsened

continuously in Jiannan Dao recently.

Your Highness is well informed.

You have visited the Silver City

as Envoy of Salt and Iron Bureau from the Central Government.

I will certainly be at your full service.

You sound like a loyal official,

Mr. Du.

But I saw officials of the Silver City

gambling publicly with tokens

at Wanhua today.

It is really out of expectation.

Your Highness!

There must be some misunderstandings.

I will check strictly with Your Highness.

Never mind.

I am tired today.

I have asked my daughter to arrange for your accommodation.

She is a careful and good-tempered girl.

Please ask for her assistance

during your stay in the Silver City.

Thanks for your consideration,

Mr. Du.

Your Highness, please.

You…

There is no escape for you.

I won this game against Qiyan.

The chips are certainly mine.

You wouldn’t have won it without me.

Yes,

you really made your contributions.

But…

Frankly,

I may look so honored

as the gang master outside.

But I have many brothers and sisters

to feed back home.

I have been making daily breads since my childhood.

I get up early

and go to bed late.

I am always hungry.

I also have to sell bean curd.

I have no parents.

I am just a young girl.

It is never easy for me to work

with a gang of men day in and day out.

Actually, I have something else to tell you.

I have a crush on you.

♪ I embarked on the journey when I was young ♪

♪ Now I have experienced everything and I’m still alone ♪

♪ I ever lost myself and complained ♪

♪ Nobody knows what I have experienced ♪

♪ Clear up the mist and warm the loner ♪

♪ You are smiling like before in Spring breeze ♪

♪ Time blurs the pain of separation ♪

♪ I’d like to be with you for the rest of my life ♪

♪ Let’s watch the desert ♪

♪ Let’s watch the misty Spring rain ♪

♪ Let’s watch the secular world ♪

♪ Let’s watch the mountains and roads ♪

♪ Let’s watch ever-changing clouds ♪

♪ Let’s watch blooming and withering flowers ♪

♪ Let’s watch people missing each other ♪

♪ Let’s watch the boundless sea ♪

♪ Clear up the mist and warm the loner ♪

♪ You are smiling like before in Spring breeze ♪

♪ Time blurs the pain of separation ♪

♪ I’d like to be with you for the rest of my life ♪

♪ Let’s watch the desert ♪

♪ Let’s watch the misty Spring rain ♪

♪ Let’s watch the secular world ♪

♪ Let’s watch the boundless sea ♪

♪ Sparks are still shining in your eyes ♪

♪ I look forward to the day we get together ♪