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[Under the Microscope]
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[Episode 12]
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Mistress!
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Mistress, slow down!
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What are you doing?
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Stop!
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Mistress!
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What are you doing?
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Move!
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What are you doing?
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What are you doing?
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Don't fight!
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Folks,
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they’re kidnappers.
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They’re kidnapping
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Renhua County’s benefactor.
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This is Shuai Jiamo, folks.
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They want to kidnap Shuai Jiamo.
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We're from the Jinqu Military Defense Circuit.
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Are you trying to revolt?
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Soldiers from Quzhou
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came to Renhua to make an arrest?
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Isn’t that atrocious?
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It's atrocious!
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He helped us!
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You can’t humiliate him
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in Renhua!
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-Let him go! -Let him go!
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Take him away!
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Move!
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Move!
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Back off!
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Magistrate Fang is here!
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What are you doing?
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What do you want?
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Magistrate Fang.
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We're here on Commander Ma’s orders
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to arrest him.
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Why didn’t you
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inform Renhua County Office
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before
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coming to make an arrest?
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This is against the rules.
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I must inform you that
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Prefect Huang and Inspector Liu
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have been stripped of their positions.
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They are under house arrest and awaiting sentencing.
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Commander Ma has taken over all matters of defense.
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He took over defense,
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not governance.
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Are you sure you want to go against Commander Ma?
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This is Renhua's territory.
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Shuai Jiamo
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is a citizen of Renhua.
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As the County Magistrate of Renhua,
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what,
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do- do I
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have- have to
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bend to others' will?
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Well said!
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Well said!
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-Release him! -Release him!
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Guards.
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Take Shuai Jiamo back to the county office.
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-Bravo! -Bravo!
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Thank you, Magistrate Fang!
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Magistrate Fang is wise!
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A lifetime of wisdom!
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-Bravo! -Bravo!
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Move!
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-Out of the way! -Out of the way!
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Listen up, people!
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The Military Defense Circuit has ordered the eight counties
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to stop field remeasurements,
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effective immediately.
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-Bravo! -Bravo!
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Thank you, Commander Ma.
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-Bravo! -Bravo!
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Congratulations, Commander Ma.
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After this battle,
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your reputation has spread.
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We all got what we needed.
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You don't have to congratulate me.
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As long as Shuai Jiamo
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is punished,
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this big problem
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would have ended well.
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Yes.
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But...
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Shuai Jiamo was taken away
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by the Magistrate of Renhua County.
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His backers are gone,
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how dare he intervene at this juncture?
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He doesn't dare to go against you directly,
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that's why he is
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egging on the people of Renhua.
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I'm afraid
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if we take him by force,
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it'll cause a revolt.
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I'll go get him myself.
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Alright.
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Magistrate Fang.
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Why are you
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harboring a criminal
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and resisting the Military Defense Circuit?
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Please judge this fairly, Commander Ma.
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How dare I do that?
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I just want to know
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what crime Shuai Jiamo committed.
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He is guilty of trespassing,
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falsifying documents,
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slandering the government, and inciting civil unrest!
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I have decided to sentence him
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to be executed in public
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as a warning to others.
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Do you have a problem with it?
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I-
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I don't.
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Well sentenced, well sentenced.
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I'll write a letter immediately
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to report it to the capital.
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Why report it to the capital?
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Commander Ma,
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I have to follow the rules.
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You should know that in the provinces, death row cases
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must first be reported
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to the Ministry of Justice for sentencing.
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Then, it must go through the Censorate's examination,
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the Court of Judicial Review's approval,
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and the Three Judicial Offices' confirmation before it can—
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Do you think this is my first day
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being an official?
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After His Majesty's decision,
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the convict can only be executed in autumn.
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Why don't you come again in autumn?
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You're talking about delayed executions.
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Shuai Jiamo's crimes are grave.
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I'm sentencing him to an immediate execution!
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The execution will happen today.
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Our dynasty has always advocated for the cautious use of punishment and and empathy for convicts.
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If you are in such a hurry,
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your judgement will be lacking
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in benevolence.
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Magistrate Fang,
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you've always been
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a clever judge of circumstances.
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Why have you suddenly become confused?
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You keep trying to protect Shuai Jiamo.
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What's in it for you?
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It won't do me any good.
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He is a citizen of Renhua,
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and I protect the people of Renhua!
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Statue Fang,
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Statue Fang.
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Do you know
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this nickname was given to you
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by those people you said
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you want to protect?
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Yes.
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There's something you don't know.
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I was born timid.
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I don't care about being a righteous and reputable official,
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or the support of the people.
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It's too troublesome. It's all vanity.
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I just hope
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to be like stone,
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to safely
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and quietly
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fulfil my duty as a County Magistrate.
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That's it!
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Isn't that great?
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But ever since
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the people of Renhua
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started thinking that I am protecting them
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and stopped calling me
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by that nickname,
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I began to think
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that vain reputation is a pretty good thing.
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Just like this
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smooth stone in my hand.
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It is safe,
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but in comparison,
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aren't those gnarly and strange stones
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more interesting to behold?
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Enough!
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Stop talking nonsense.
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Fang Maozhen.
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You're just a county magistrate,
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don't you know
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your limits?
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Do you really want to be
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a hero who pleads for the people?
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Anyway,
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the Military Defense Circuit has the right to
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try criminals and sentence them to an immediate execution!
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Magistrate Fang, please don't delay it!
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Then,
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please write the proposal.
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I'll reply to it immediately.
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How many days will it take you?
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Ten days!
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Ten days?
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The circulation of documents within a Prefecture
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may take five days at most.
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If you dare say ten days,
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I'll write a memorial immediately to criticize you!
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Five- five days it is then!
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Master.
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I have
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never seen you so decisive.
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Well done—
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Go get a piece of red sage for me.
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Okay.
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Hurry up!
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Hurry up!
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[In the river without sand reefs]
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Father,
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the medicine is ready.
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Take it and rest early.
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I'm here!
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Assistant Magistrate Ren!
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Young Master.
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Assistant Magistrate Ren,
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I have something to say to you!
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Young Master!
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It's late.
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Let's talk tomorrow!
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Let them in.
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Father.
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Let me ask you again.
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Do you know
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the whereabouts of the Complete Works of the Silk Event?
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I'll answer you solemnly
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one more time.
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I do not.
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Do you know
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this is a matter of life and death?
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Shuai is going to be tortured to death!
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No, Assistant Magistrate Ren, tell me!
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Assistant Magistrate Ren!
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Assistant Magistrate Ren!
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Assistant Magistrate Ren.
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We've known each other for a long time.
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You've been working for Jin'an Prefecture
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for over 40 years.
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You have devoted yourself to the people,
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and your reputation as a capable official is known throughout Fengxing.
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I really
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admire you.
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Mr. Cheng,
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I know you have a sharp tongue.
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You don't have to
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show off your skills with me.
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I'm telling the truth.
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[Chongde Village, Qingyan Mountain]
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Assistant Magistrate Ren, it's late.
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At your age,
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you're still thinking about flood control.
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Your diligence
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is rare and valuable.
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Wancheng has much water and little land.
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If we don't manage it diligently,
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harvests will be poor.
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Flood control has been difficult since ancient times.
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But I'm afraid in Jin'an,
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even if we gave it our all,
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it's still far from enough.
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What do you mean?
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Although I'm not familiar with flood management,
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I've heard about it.
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The schematic for flood management
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can’t be achieved
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without several tens of thousands of taels, right?
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43,600 taels.
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43,600 taels.
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So precise.
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Looks like
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this schematic
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has been on your mind
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for a long time.
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If the construction goes underway,
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who will pay for
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such a huge expense?
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The Ministry of Works will allocate some funding,
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and the local gentry will donate a sum of money.
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As for the remaining 80%,
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naturally,
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it will come from Wancheng County's taxes.
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Taxes will definitely not be enough.
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It's inevitable that you will have to implement
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a dam tax and corvée for a few years
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to make up that sum.
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That's why
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I dare not start the project.
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The burden on the people has been pushed to the limit.
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Adding even a little more will cause a collapse.
298
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Back then,
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I didn't want apportionment of the silk tax
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for this reason.
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Assistant Magistrate Ren,
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you hold Wancheng's white book of tax and labor.
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I think you should know the situation
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better than I do.
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The gentry
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00:13:20,690 --> 00:13:21,410
and rich families
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00:13:21,530 --> 00:13:23,420
occupy large areas of fertile fields,
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00:13:23,630 --> 00:13:25,060
but they pay little in grain tax, if at all.
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The commoners
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00:13:26,660 --> 00:13:28,080
have no land to farm,
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but must bear such heavy burdens.
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May I ask
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if this is fair?
314
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This is the law of the imperial court.
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There's nothing I can do.
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Assistant Magistrate Ren.
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We both know what the situation
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in Jin'an is like.
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Shortening rope while measuring fields,
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registration of land under false names,
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improper distribution of tax burden,
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failing to disclose land ownership, and falsified household registers.
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How many illegal means
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do the gentry have?
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The rich
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are filthy rich.
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Why would the government
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try so hard
329
00:13:58,870 --> 00:13:59,960
to wrench every last coin
330
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from the poor?
331
00:14:01,430 --> 00:14:03,150
Isn't that ridiculous?
332
00:14:03,450 --> 00:14:04,960
Don't say that.
333
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Many affairs in the counties
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00:14:08,780 --> 00:14:10,550
require donations from the gentry.
335
00:14:10,550 --> 00:14:11,890
Of course the gentry need to donate!
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00:14:12,100 --> 00:14:13,190
They appropriate 100 mu of fields
337
00:14:13,190 --> 00:14:14,160
and hide away 50 mu.
338
00:14:14,160 --> 00:14:15,960
Then, they donate
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00:14:15,960 --> 00:14:17,140
100 taels of silver
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00:14:17,140 --> 00:14:18,650
and they will have a good reputation.
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00:14:18,990 --> 00:14:20,630
Even I would cash in
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00:14:20,960 --> 00:14:22,260
on such a good deal.
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00:14:22,260 --> 00:14:24,700
Mr. Cheng, what are you trying to achieve
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by saying so much to me?
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I sincerely believe that
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00:14:29,190 --> 00:14:30,500
you care about the commoners,
347
00:14:30,790 --> 00:14:32,010
and that's why you dare not increase the taxes.
348
00:14:32,300 --> 00:14:33,480
But if you can't build
349
00:14:33,480 --> 00:14:35,070
this dam,
350
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your people
351
00:14:36,420 --> 00:14:38,310
will continue to suffer because of the floods.
352
00:14:38,850 --> 00:14:40,240
What is the crux
353
00:14:40,240 --> 00:14:41,580
of your dilemma?
354
00:14:41,880 --> 00:14:42,880
For a few thousand taels
355
00:14:42,880 --> 00:14:43,680
of the Silk Poll Tax,
356
00:14:43,680 --> 00:14:45,070
you dared to step forward.
357
00:14:45,070 --> 00:14:46,410
However, for these tens of thousands of taels,
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00:14:46,410 --> 00:14:48,050
you dare not act.
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00:14:49,440 --> 00:14:51,750
Am I right?
360
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Assistant Magistrate Ren.
361
00:14:55,820 --> 00:14:57,750
I believe you're a good person.
362
00:14:58,590 --> 00:15:00,060
But your conscience
363
00:15:00,400 --> 00:15:02,160
is like this dam.
364
00:15:02,540 --> 00:15:03,380
It's a piece of mud
365
00:15:03,380 --> 00:15:05,610
that can never realize itself!
366
00:15:08,670 --> 00:15:09,510
Mr. Cheng.
367
00:15:12,870 --> 00:15:14,970
Don’t try to sway me
368
00:15:15,430 --> 00:15:17,450
with your sophistry.
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00:15:19,510 --> 00:15:20,390
Assistant Magistrate Ren!
370
00:15:21,440 --> 00:15:22,490
I'm a playboy,
371
00:15:22,490 --> 00:15:23,880
I don't understand the suffering of the people.
372
00:15:23,880 --> 00:15:24,510
I can't speak of
373
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any grand principles.
374
00:15:25,600 --> 00:15:27,070
But I only have one good friend
375
00:15:27,070 --> 00:15:28,330
in Renhua!
376
00:15:28,870 --> 00:15:29,760
I beg of you.
377
00:15:29,760 --> 00:15:30,510
Please help him.
378
00:15:30,510 --> 00:15:32,020
Please help him, please!
379
00:15:34,380 --> 00:15:35,720
I don't have
380
00:15:36,270 --> 00:15:37,190
many contacts in Renhua.
381
00:15:38,410 --> 00:15:39,330
When it comes to friends,
382
00:15:39,880 --> 00:15:40,720
you're the only one.
383
00:15:41,560 --> 00:15:43,360
This is called the Complete Works of the Silk Event.
384
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I wrote it.
385
00:15:47,860 --> 00:15:49,200
[Complete Works of the Silk Event]
386
00:15:49,200 --> 00:15:50,500
[Art of Gathering Projected Steps]
387
00:15:52,230 --> 00:15:54,070
I have no more regrets
388
00:15:55,250 --> 00:15:56,090
now that I have entrusted this book to you.
389
00:16:00,120 --> 00:16:02,100
Thank you.
390
00:16:06,840 --> 00:16:08,980
[Complete Works of the Silk Event]
391
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A- Assistant Magistrate Ren.
392
00:16:12,640 --> 00:16:13,270
Assistant Magistrate Ren.
393
00:16:15,070 --> 00:16:16,160
-Assistant Magistrate Ren! -Assistant Magistrate Ren.
394
00:16:17,470 --> 00:16:18,560
-Assistant Magistrate Ren! -Assistant Magistrate Ren!
395
00:16:18,560 --> 00:16:19,190
Assistant Magistrate Ren!
396
00:16:19,520 --> 00:16:20,320
Help!
397
00:16:20,530 --> 00:16:21,330
-Help! -Help!
398
00:16:21,330 --> 00:16:21,920
Assistant Magistrate Ren!
399
00:16:21,920 --> 00:16:22,840
Father!
400
00:16:24,190 --> 00:16:25,110
Old Master!
401
00:16:25,110 --> 00:16:25,490
Father!
402
00:16:46,070 --> 00:16:46,700
Wait!
403
00:16:50,140 --> 00:16:50,900
My father asked me
404
00:16:50,900 --> 00:16:51,740
to pass this to you.
405
00:16:53,750 --> 00:16:56,360
[Complete Works of the Silk Event]
406
00:16:57,910 --> 00:16:58,960
Old Master!
407
00:16:59,590 --> 00:17:00,350
Father!
408
00:17:06,610 --> 00:17:07,700
Renhua County.
409
00:17:11,810 --> 00:17:12,610
Lanxi County.
410
00:17:14,840 --> 00:17:15,720
Tongyang County.
411
00:17:18,370 --> 00:17:19,460
This book is a record of
412
00:17:20,090 --> 00:17:21,600
all the gentry in Jin'an
413
00:17:22,270 --> 00:17:23,530
who had shortened their ropes while measuring their fields
414
00:17:23,530 --> 00:17:24,540
20 years ago.
415
00:17:24,710 --> 00:17:26,050
Take a closer look.
416
00:17:27,940 --> 00:17:28,950
Who is involved
417
00:17:28,950 --> 00:17:30,420
in every transaction?
418
00:17:33,490 --> 00:17:35,290
[Song Ren]
419
00:17:38,610 --> 00:17:40,250
[Song Ren]
420
00:17:43,310 --> 00:17:44,410
Assistant Prefect Song, Song Ren.
421
00:17:44,570 --> 00:17:45,709
Isn't it clear now?
422
00:17:46,670 --> 00:17:47,719
Fan Yuan is in the village,
423
00:17:47,929 --> 00:17:49,189
Lu Feilong is in the wilds,
424
00:17:49,189 --> 00:17:50,370
Mao Pangfeng is in the county,
425
00:17:50,709 --> 00:17:52,219
and Ma Wencai is in the circuit.
426
00:17:52,800 --> 00:17:53,729
Shouldn't someone
427
00:17:55,580 --> 00:17:56,000
also be put in place
428
00:17:56,000 --> 00:17:57,000
in Jin'an,
429
00:17:58,140 --> 00:17:59,650
so that there is communication across all levels
430
00:17:59,650 --> 00:18:00,699
to facilitate their collusion?
431
00:18:04,860 --> 00:18:06,200
Assistant Prefect Song
432
00:18:07,040 --> 00:18:08,470
hid himself well.
433
00:18:08,850 --> 00:18:10,490
Although these records
434
00:18:10,910 --> 00:18:12,250
are all ofcases Song Ren had handled
435
00:18:12,250 --> 00:18:13,850
over 20 years ago,
436
00:18:13,850 --> 00:18:14,520
when he was a clerk at the Revenue Office,
437
00:18:14,940 --> 00:18:16,790
if we expose them now,
438
00:18:16,790 --> 00:18:19,470
they'll still be shocking cases.
439
00:18:21,620 --> 00:18:22,460
I see.
440
00:18:23,210 --> 00:18:24,090
This is why they are bent
441
00:18:24,090 --> 00:18:24,890
on silencing Shuai.
442
00:18:24,890 --> 00:18:25,610
There's no time to lose,
443
00:18:25,610 --> 00:18:27,240
we must split up.
444
00:18:27,850 --> 00:18:29,130
I'll go to the provincial capital first
445
00:18:29,130 --> 00:18:29,970
with the Complete Works of the Silk Event.
446
00:18:31,780 --> 00:18:32,330
What about me?
447
00:18:32,330 --> 00:18:33,710
Go back to Renhua immediately
448
00:18:33,960 --> 00:18:35,430
and try to stall them.
449
00:18:35,430 --> 00:18:36,440
Even if he gets to the execution grounds,
450
00:18:36,780 --> 00:18:37,830
you must stall them
451
00:18:37,950 --> 00:18:39,340
until I get back.
452
00:18:40,050 --> 00:18:41,270
No, you-
453
00:18:41,270 --> 00:18:42,030
Make yourself clear.
454
00:18:42,030 --> 00:18:42,990
I don't understand.
455
00:18:43,750 --> 00:18:44,590
If this works,
456
00:18:45,350 --> 00:18:46,940
naturally, you will understand.
457
00:18:46,940 --> 00:18:47,870
If this fails,
458
00:18:48,410 --> 00:18:49,340
there's no use for you to understand.
459
00:18:56,430 --> 00:18:57,150
Cheng Renqing.
460
00:18:58,620 --> 00:19:00,460
I didn't expect you to be
461
00:19:01,640 --> 00:19:02,270
a nice person.
462
00:19:05,380 --> 00:19:07,350
[Relay Station]
463
00:19:22,340 --> 00:19:23,120
Excuse me.
464
00:19:44,190 --> 00:19:44,980
Old Master.
465
00:19:45,450 --> 00:19:47,040
Eat something.
466
00:19:47,040 --> 00:19:48,930
You've lost weight from hunger.
467
00:19:55,650 --> 00:19:56,490
Five days.
468
00:19:57,210 --> 00:19:59,390
The deadline of five days will be up soon.
469
00:19:59,940 --> 00:20:01,620
The people from the other counties
470
00:20:01,620 --> 00:20:03,300
are still waiting at our gates.
471
00:20:03,300 --> 00:20:04,350
You don't have to
472
00:20:04,680 --> 00:20:06,700
blame yourself for this.
473
00:20:07,120 --> 00:20:08,380
You have done
474
00:20:08,380 --> 00:20:09,970
everything you could do.
475
00:20:10,770 --> 00:20:12,240
If only I were as determined as him,
476
00:20:12,240 --> 00:20:13,290
that'd be great.
477
00:20:14,470 --> 00:20:15,640
I should have resigned long ago
478
00:20:15,640 --> 00:20:17,280
and gone home to admire rocks.
479
00:20:18,580 --> 00:20:20,430
But it's too late for me now.
480
00:20:21,020 --> 00:20:23,040
How unfortunate.
481
00:20:29,500 --> 00:20:31,390
Pack them up.
482
00:20:32,820 --> 00:20:34,040
Let's go send
483
00:20:34,040 --> 00:20:35,010
Shuai Jiamo off.
484
00:20:35,850 --> 00:20:38,490
[Renhua]
485
00:20:54,660 --> 00:20:56,090
Do you remember what I told you?
486
00:20:59,870 --> 00:21:00,710
Commander Ma.
487
00:21:01,630 --> 00:21:02,600
It's time.
488
00:21:11,420 --> 00:21:13,010
Summoning Shuai Jiamo!
489
00:21:13,350 --> 00:21:14,820
Summoning Shuai Jiamo!
490
00:21:15,030 --> 00:21:16,670
Summoning Shuai Jiamo!
491
00:21:16,670 --> 00:21:18,310
Summoning Shuai Jiamo!
492
00:21:18,430 --> 00:21:20,280
Summoning Shuai Jiamo!
493
00:21:33,590 --> 00:21:34,010
Over there.
494
00:21:34,010 --> 00:21:35,060
He's here.
495
00:21:57,620 --> 00:21:59,760
[Renhua]
496
00:21:58,840 --> 00:21:59,630
It's this criminal!
497
00:21:59,630 --> 00:22:00,390
He instigated
498
00:22:00,390 --> 00:22:01,440
the apportioning of the Silk Poll Tax.
499
00:22:01,690 --> 00:22:02,490
It's him!
500
00:22:04,590 --> 00:22:06,520
He instigated the government to increase our taxes!
501
00:22:06,770 --> 00:22:07,820
He will die a horrible death!
502
00:22:09,380 --> 00:22:10,780
There's not a single good person
503
00:22:10,800 --> 00:22:12,190
in Renhua County!
504
00:22:12,190 --> 00:22:13,070
Kill him!
505
00:22:13,070 --> 00:22:14,840
Bastard! You're despicable!
506
00:22:14,840 --> 00:22:16,060
Making dirty money!
507
00:22:16,180 --> 00:22:17,690
You have no conscience!
508
00:22:17,860 --> 00:22:20,130
You should be reincarnated as a beast!
509
00:22:20,130 --> 00:22:21,050
You've done something wrong,
510
00:22:21,050 --> 00:22:22,570
but you don't want us to speak up about it.
511
00:22:23,280 --> 00:22:24,920
That doesn't make sense, does it?
512
00:22:24,920 --> 00:22:26,220
-Right. -Yes.
513
00:22:29,370 --> 00:22:31,010
He should be executed by a thousand cuts in public!
514
00:22:31,180 --> 00:22:31,760
Execute him!
515
00:22:32,100 --> 00:22:32,980
Yes, execute him!
516
00:22:32,980 --> 00:22:34,030
Execute Shuai Jiamo!
517
00:22:34,790 --> 00:22:35,590
It's a mess!
518
00:22:35,710 --> 00:22:36,590
This-
519
00:22:36,590 --> 00:22:38,060
This is trouble- troublesome.
520
00:22:38,530 --> 00:22:40,120
Don't-
521
00:22:40,120 --> 00:22:40,790
Don't act rashly.
522
00:22:45,200 --> 00:22:45,670
Don't-
523
00:22:47,430 --> 00:22:47,890
Stop-
524
00:22:49,190 --> 00:22:49,650
You all-
525
00:22:50,280 --> 00:22:52,550
Stop shouting.
526
00:22:54,820 --> 00:22:55,490
The outsiders
527
00:22:55,490 --> 00:22:56,710
attacked our magistrate!
528
00:22:56,710 --> 00:22:57,630
Come on!
529
00:23:02,460 --> 00:23:03,720
Look at Magistrate Fang.
530
00:23:03,720 --> 00:23:04,190
Why are you
531
00:23:04,190 --> 00:23:05,660
pretending to be a good magistrate?
532
00:23:06,030 --> 00:23:06,790
Commander Ma.
533
00:23:07,290 --> 00:23:09,140
If this continues...
534
00:23:09,770 --> 00:23:10,610
it'll be too embarrassing.
535
00:23:14,940 --> 00:23:16,160
The people of all the counties
536
00:23:16,160 --> 00:23:17,630
have accumulated many negative emotions
537
00:23:17,630 --> 00:23:18,590
these past few days.
538
00:23:19,180 --> 00:23:21,410
It's time to vent.
539
00:23:24,140 --> 00:23:24,770
Look.
540
00:23:29,760 --> 00:23:30,600
Stop- Stop- Stop-
541
00:23:30,770 --> 00:23:31,990
Hurry up!
542
00:23:31,990 --> 00:23:32,580
Move!
543
00:23:35,850 --> 00:23:37,740
I only knew that Shuai Jiamo
544
00:23:37,740 --> 00:23:40,600
was a master of arithmetic and yin-yang philosophy,
545
00:23:41,020 --> 00:23:43,160
but I didn't know he would be so fearless in the face of death.
546
00:23:43,160 --> 00:23:44,800
He's truly heroic.
547
00:23:45,720 --> 00:23:47,280
It's extraordinary.
548
00:23:58,280 --> 00:23:59,080
Commander Ma.
549
00:23:59,370 --> 00:24:00,130
This-
550
00:24:00,300 --> 00:24:01,560
This is ugly.
551
00:24:01,940 --> 00:24:03,280
If- If this goes on,
552
00:24:03,830 --> 00:24:05,460
we'll miss the timing for the execution.
553
00:24:06,300 --> 00:24:06,930
Then
554
00:24:07,690 --> 00:24:08,490
suppress the crowd.
555
00:24:08,660 --> 00:24:09,500
Alright.
556
00:24:09,830 --> 00:24:11,090
Suppress them!
557
00:24:13,070 --> 00:24:14,410
Quiet!
558
00:24:14,580 --> 00:24:16,050
Kill him! Kill him!
559
00:24:16,050 --> 00:24:17,810
Kill him! Kill him!
560
00:24:17,810 --> 00:24:21,260
Kill you!
561
00:24:22,100 --> 00:24:22,850
Kill him!
562
00:24:28,860 --> 00:24:29,360
Now,
563
00:24:29,860 --> 00:24:31,630
the crowd has been suppressed.
564
00:24:31,960 --> 00:24:32,720
Old Master.
565
00:24:33,100 --> 00:24:34,950
Shall we go down?
566
00:24:35,110 --> 00:24:35,490
Go down?
567
00:24:35,870 --> 00:24:37,680
Go down to supervise the execution?
568
00:24:39,100 --> 00:24:40,240
The people will never let me
569
00:24:40,240 --> 00:24:41,160
hear the end of it.
570
00:24:41,960 --> 00:24:43,600
I- I'm not going down.
571
00:24:44,820 --> 00:24:46,870
[Execute]
572
00:24:53,640 --> 00:24:56,320
Shuai Jiamo of Renhua County
573
00:24:56,440 --> 00:24:58,380
meddled in business that didn't concern him,
574
00:24:58,800 --> 00:25:00,440
made use of the Silk Poll Tax
575
00:25:00,730 --> 00:25:01,870
to fabricate a plaint,
576
00:25:01,990 --> 00:25:03,510
deceived the public for his own gain,
577
00:25:03,800 --> 00:25:04,680
and misled the people.
578
00:25:04,680 --> 00:25:06,530
Father,
579
00:25:07,280 --> 00:25:09,970
you died so miserably.
580
00:25:09,970 --> 00:25:10,480
What happened?
581
00:25:10,480 --> 00:25:12,490
How can you leave like this?
582
00:25:12,660 --> 00:25:14,470
Father!
583
00:25:21,190 --> 00:25:21,940
-Stop!- Stop!
584
00:25:22,200 --> 00:25:23,540
Criminal!
585
00:25:23,880 --> 00:25:26,770
You damned criminal!
586
00:25:27,360 --> 00:25:28,200
Father.
587
00:25:28,750 --> 00:25:30,340
Do you see that?
588
00:25:31,100 --> 00:25:34,210
The criminal is going to be executed!
589
00:25:36,430 --> 00:25:37,400
Your Excellency!
590
00:25:38,410 --> 00:25:39,960
I’m the son of Ren Yi,
591
00:25:39,960 --> 00:25:41,520
the Assistant Magistrate of Wancheng.
592
00:25:42,020 --> 00:25:44,160
My father passed away a few days ago.
593
00:25:44,710 --> 00:25:46,350
He was benevolent
594
00:25:46,350 --> 00:25:47,650
during his lifetime,
595
00:25:48,030 --> 00:25:51,640
but could not see the criminal get executed with his own eyes.
596
00:25:52,810 --> 00:25:55,250
That's why I have come.
597
00:25:55,540 --> 00:25:56,970
Assistant Magistrate Ren.
598
00:25:57,390 --> 00:25:59,160
Why did you die just like that?
599
00:25:59,830 --> 00:26:00,630
You are
600
00:26:00,630 --> 00:26:03,060
the benefactor of the people of Wancheng!
601
00:26:03,310 --> 00:26:04,830
Last month, you brought people
602
00:26:04,830 --> 00:26:06,340
to build a dam for us.
603
00:26:07,220 --> 00:26:08,900
Why is the world so unjust?
604
00:26:09,230 --> 00:26:12,170
Why did you leave us so soon?
605
00:26:12,800 --> 00:26:15,490
Assistant Magistrate Ren!
606
00:26:15,490 --> 00:26:16,580
Silence!
607
00:26:18,600 --> 00:26:19,230
Commander Ma.
608
00:26:19,990 --> 00:26:20,740
It'll be too late
609
00:26:20,740 --> 00:26:22,420
if we don't go ahead with the execution soon.
610
00:26:31,960 --> 00:26:34,940
Assistant Magistrate Ren was reputable.
611
00:26:35,570 --> 00:26:38,130
It's hard to convince the public
612
00:26:38,260 --> 00:26:40,610
not to pay tribute to him.
613
00:26:42,880 --> 00:26:44,720
Thank you, Commander Ma.
614
00:26:52,620 --> 00:26:54,050
A lifetime for a human
615
00:26:54,850 --> 00:26:56,400
is merely one autumn in the life of a plant.
616
00:26:56,530 --> 00:26:57,830
Ren Yi has died,
617
00:26:58,290 --> 00:27:01,610
but he still has the love and support
618
00:27:01,900 --> 00:27:02,870
of his people.
619
00:27:04,420 --> 00:27:05,560
I'm touched.
620
00:27:05,680 --> 00:27:06,520
-Old Master... -Rest in peace.
621
00:27:07,280 --> 00:27:08,540
You've done so much
622
00:27:08,540 --> 00:27:09,880
for the people of Renhua.
623
00:27:10,600 --> 00:27:12,440
They will miss you too.
624
00:27:14,290 --> 00:27:15,300
-I hope so. -Go ahead.
625
00:27:15,430 --> 00:27:18,200
One day, if you- you leave too...
626
00:27:19,330 --> 00:27:20,340
Me? Leave?
627
00:27:21,010 --> 00:27:21,730
Where am I leaving for?
628
00:27:22,400 --> 00:27:23,240
You're leaving too.
629
00:27:23,660 --> 00:27:24,330
You leave.
630
00:27:25,590 --> 00:27:26,560
Assistant Magistrate Ren.
631
00:27:26,590 --> 00:27:27,970
Let me kowtow to you.
632
00:27:30,130 --> 00:27:30,840
Alright,
633
00:27:30,840 --> 00:27:31,970
hurry up!
634
00:27:32,650 --> 00:27:34,410
Don't be so wishy-washy.
635
00:27:34,620 --> 00:27:35,800
Alright!
636
00:27:36,010 --> 00:27:36,510
This is the last one!
637
00:27:36,510 --> 00:27:37,220
Last one!
638
00:27:37,220 --> 00:27:38,020
Last one!
639
00:27:39,950 --> 00:27:40,880
Finally.
640
00:27:41,380 --> 00:27:42,100
Commander Ma.
641
00:27:42,220 --> 00:27:43,060
We can execute him now.
642
00:27:43,060 --> 00:27:44,490
Otherwise, it'll really be too late.
643
00:27:45,540 --> 00:27:46,170
Alright.
644
00:27:48,270 --> 00:27:49,190
Assistant Magistrate Ren!
645
00:27:49,740 --> 00:27:50,830
Are you done?
646
00:27:52,550 --> 00:27:54,990
Why are you dead?
647
00:27:55,490 --> 00:27:56,250
Baoyu?
648
00:27:56,250 --> 00:27:57,680
You died miserably!
649
00:27:57,680 --> 00:27:59,150
Why did you leave?
650
00:27:59,150 --> 00:27:59,780
Feng Baoyu?
651
00:28:00,360 --> 00:28:02,340
The dam you promised me
652
00:28:02,340 --> 00:28:03,680
isn't built yet,
653
00:28:03,680 --> 00:28:04,730
Old Mister Ren.
654
00:28:05,030 --> 00:28:05,660
Let's go.
655
00:28:08,050 --> 00:28:09,560
Assistant Magistrate Ren!
656
00:28:09,560 --> 00:28:09,940
Get up.
657
00:28:10,150 --> 00:28:10,950
Shut up!
658
00:28:10,950 --> 00:28:11,910
Old Mister Ren!
659
00:28:12,040 --> 00:28:13,050
Feng Baoyu!
660
00:28:13,930 --> 00:28:14,770
You-
661
00:28:15,360 --> 00:28:15,780
No.
662
00:28:15,780 --> 00:28:16,950
Come here.
663
00:28:19,640 --> 00:28:20,940
This man is making trouble deliberately!
664
00:28:21,070 --> 00:28:21,780
Feng Baoyu.
665
00:28:22,670 --> 00:28:23,760
You're running out of tricks.
666
00:28:24,980 --> 00:28:26,190
Are you wasting time?
667
00:28:26,700 --> 00:28:28,040
Are there reinforcements coming?
668
00:28:28,670 --> 00:28:30,100
Song Ren, you old bastard.
669
00:28:30,100 --> 00:28:31,360
How many people
670
00:28:31,360 --> 00:28:31,860
do you want to kill?
671
00:28:31,860 --> 00:28:32,580
Feng Baoyu!
672
00:28:33,670 --> 00:28:34,850
You're lucky
673
00:28:34,850 --> 00:28:35,810
I'm not executing you
674
00:28:35,810 --> 00:28:36,820
together with Shuai Jiamo!
675
00:28:36,950 --> 00:28:37,870
What are you doing here?
676
00:28:45,180 --> 00:28:45,850
Song Ren.
677
00:28:47,740 --> 00:28:48,710
I haven't
678
00:28:48,960 --> 00:28:50,090
run out of tricks yet!
679
00:28:50,640 --> 00:28:51,140
This-
680
00:28:52,530 --> 00:28:53,370
Listen up!
681
00:28:54,040 --> 00:28:55,590
I have something to say!
682
00:28:55,590 --> 00:28:56,350
Feng Baoyu!
683
00:28:56,350 --> 00:28:57,610
Are you trying to break him out of the execution grounds?
684
00:28:57,820 --> 00:28:59,120
I, Feng Baoyu,
685
00:28:59,330 --> 00:29:00,550
am a student from Renhua County!
686
00:29:00,760 --> 00:29:01,810
I filed the case of the Silk Poll Tax
687
00:29:02,150 --> 00:29:02,690
together with
688
00:29:02,690 --> 00:29:03,660
Shuai Jiamo!
689
00:29:03,660 --> 00:29:04,750
Why is he the only one getting executed,
690
00:29:04,750 --> 00:29:05,300
without me?
691
00:29:05,420 --> 00:29:06,090
Why?
692
00:29:06,220 --> 00:29:06,850
Feng Baoyu.
693
00:29:06,850 --> 00:29:07,400
Kill me!
694
00:29:07,400 --> 00:29:08,110
Baoyu–
695
00:29:08,110 --> 00:29:08,740
Young Master.
696
00:29:09,240 --> 00:29:09,920
No! No!
697
00:29:10,080 --> 00:29:10,800
No! No!
698
00:29:10,800 --> 00:29:11,260
Feng Baoyu!
699
00:29:11,260 --> 00:29:12,100
Kill me!
700
00:29:12,100 --> 00:29:13,360
The government let you off,
701
00:29:13,950 --> 00:29:15,120
but you want to seek your own doom?
702
00:29:17,010 --> 00:29:17,690
Commander Ma.
703
00:29:17,940 --> 00:29:19,620
What- What should we do about this?
704
00:29:19,790 --> 00:29:21,300
Execute them both.
705
00:29:22,560 --> 00:29:23,190
Commander Ma.
706
00:29:23,690 --> 00:29:24,820
Let me remind you.
707
00:29:25,580 --> 00:29:26,590
Executions
708
00:29:26,590 --> 00:29:28,600
need to be reported to the Ministry of Justice for review.
709
00:29:30,160 --> 00:29:32,130
It is already a trangression to execute Shuai Jiamo.
710
00:29:32,300 --> 00:29:34,150
If you execute Feng Baoyu as well...
711
00:29:34,150 --> 00:29:36,160
We need to prepare another document.
712
00:29:36,160 --> 00:29:37,000
If something goes wrong,
713
00:29:37,000 --> 00:29:37,800
we will...
714
00:29:38,350 --> 00:29:40,320
Hurry up and draft the document.
715
00:29:43,720 --> 00:29:44,270
Guards!
716
00:29:44,270 --> 00:29:44,610
Yes.
717
00:29:45,070 --> 00:29:45,700
Get my seal.
718
00:29:45,820 --> 00:29:46,200
Yes.
719
00:29:51,870 --> 00:29:53,550
You’re asking for it
720
00:29:55,060 --> 00:29:56,950
so I'll give you what you want.
721
00:29:58,470 --> 00:29:59,260
Young Master!
722
00:30:07,660 --> 00:30:08,340
Here, write the document.
723
00:30:09,550 --> 00:30:10,480
How could he do this?
724
00:30:10,600 --> 00:30:12,070
This is too hasty.
725
00:30:14,340 --> 00:30:16,440
Is he a fool?
726
00:30:16,650 --> 00:30:17,110
This-
727
00:30:17,240 --> 00:30:18,500
Let him go.
728
00:30:18,500 --> 00:30:19,590
He's really pulling out all the stops
729
00:30:21,020 --> 00:30:24,340
for your friend's sake.
730
00:30:26,140 --> 00:30:28,080
How valiant and brave,
731
00:30:29,420 --> 00:30:30,550
I admire him.
732
00:30:34,250 --> 00:30:35,430
I'll die if you come.
733
00:30:35,720 --> 00:30:37,190
I'll die if you don't.
734
00:30:37,480 --> 00:30:38,580
Why are you doing this?
735
00:30:40,720 --> 00:30:41,810
I'm here to save you.
736
00:30:42,270 --> 00:30:43,700
If I can't save you, we'll die together.
737
00:30:44,160 --> 00:30:45,590
Didn't you do the same thing at the Archives?
738
00:30:45,590 --> 00:30:52,940
[Criminal Shuai Jiamo]
739
00:30:52,600 --> 00:30:53,610
I'm afraid
740
00:30:54,830 --> 00:30:56,090
there won't be any surprises this time.
741
00:30:57,430 --> 00:30:58,610
There will.
742
00:30:59,160 --> 00:31:00,080
What?
743
00:31:01,760 --> 00:31:02,680
Cheng Renqing and I
744
00:31:03,230 --> 00:31:04,490
found the Complete Works of the Silk Event.
745
00:31:06,420 --> 00:31:06,880
Where is it?
746
00:31:07,050 --> 00:31:08,230
He took it to the provincial capital.
747
00:31:13,010 --> 00:31:14,190
Wancheng is 200 li away
748
00:31:15,110 --> 00:31:15,700
from the provincial capital.
749
00:31:16,040 --> 00:31:18,010
Renhua is 330 li away from the provincial capital.
750
00:31:19,480 --> 00:31:20,360
How did he go there?
751
00:31:21,040 --> 00:31:22,000
On horseback, of course.
752
00:31:23,180 --> 00:31:23,930
Five and a half days.
753
00:31:24,560 --> 00:31:26,240
He needs five and a half days to get here.
754
00:31:30,650 --> 00:31:32,250
How- How can it be five and a half days?
755
00:31:32,420 --> 00:31:33,300
Why is there an extra half day?
756
00:31:34,100 --> 00:31:35,150
Shuai, try again.
757
00:31:35,150 --> 00:31:35,860
Cheng Renqing would never
758
00:31:35,860 --> 00:31:36,580
lie to me.
759
00:31:37,750 --> 00:31:39,180
It's impossible to travel faster
760
00:31:39,310 --> 00:31:40,860
or to shorten the distance.
761
00:31:42,880 --> 00:31:44,010
I always ask you
762
00:31:44,180 --> 00:31:45,230
to do more sums on distance.
763
00:31:45,730 --> 00:31:46,740
If you had listened,
764
00:31:48,130 --> 00:31:49,050
you wouldn't have miscalculated.
765
00:31:50,650 --> 00:31:51,230
Five and a half days.
766
00:31:52,700 --> 00:31:53,630
He won't make it then.
767
00:31:57,110 --> 00:31:58,000
The seal is here.
768
00:32:02,910 --> 00:32:04,340
[Display the heads of the evil criminals, Shuai and Feng, in public]
769
00:32:04,170 --> 00:32:04,880
Alright.
770
00:32:05,050 --> 00:32:05,810
It's done.
771
00:32:05,810 --> 00:32:06,650
It's done.
772
00:32:08,370 --> 00:32:09,000
Commander Ma.
773
00:32:14,380 --> 00:32:15,090
Five and a half days.
774
00:32:17,060 --> 00:32:18,160
Open it.
775
00:32:24,160 --> 00:32:25,800
Shuai Jiamo and Feng Baoyu
776
00:32:25,800 --> 00:32:27,560
from Renhua County
777
00:32:27,900 --> 00:32:29,290
meddled in business that didn't concern them,
778
00:32:29,580 --> 00:32:30,970
made use of the Silk Poll Tax
779
00:32:30,130 --> 00:32:31,850
[Jinqu Military Defense Circuit, Ma Wencai; Assistant Prefect of Jin'an, Song Ren]
780
00:32:31,260 --> 00:32:32,350
to fabricate a plaint,
781
00:32:32,350 --> 00:32:33,490
deceived the public,
782
00:32:33,650 --> 00:32:34,620
and misled the people.
783
00:32:35,120 --> 00:32:37,180
They are also suspected of transgressing their station and inciting a revolt.
784
00:32:37,350 --> 00:32:39,700
Renhua and the various counties are shocked by this,
785
00:32:39,910 --> 00:32:40,960
and the mountains and rivers
786
00:32:40,960 --> 00:32:42,260
are shaken.
787
00:32:42,890 --> 00:32:45,080
Now, to pacify the chaos
788
00:32:45,080 --> 00:32:46,340
and appease the people,
789
00:32:46,670 --> 00:32:49,570
the criminals' heads will be displayed in public.
790
00:32:52,550 --> 00:33:00,410
♫ The sun sets in the west mountain ♫
791
00:33:02,340 --> 00:33:07,460
♫ Dawn ♫
792
00:33:09,180 --> 00:33:16,910
♫ I'm picking tea in the mountain ♫
793
00:33:18,050 --> 00:33:24,430
♫ Waiting for you to come ♫
794
00:33:24,600 --> 00:33:30,980
♫ Listen to me singing a tea-picking song ♫
795
00:34:01,390 --> 00:34:02,020
Commander Ma.
796
00:34:03,410 --> 00:34:04,290
It's time.
797
00:34:07,820 --> 00:34:10,080
It's three quarters past noon.
798
00:34:10,210 --> 00:34:11,640
Proceed with the execution.
799
00:34:11,760 --> 00:34:12,600
[Order]
800
00:34:12,350 --> 00:34:12,900
Baoyu!
801
00:34:13,610 --> 00:34:14,030
Baoyu!
802
00:34:14,370 --> 00:34:14,910
Young Master!
803
00:34:15,040 --> 00:34:15,590
Sister!
804
00:34:15,590 --> 00:34:17,010
Sister!
805
00:34:17,270 --> 00:34:18,020
Sister!
806
00:34:18,020 --> 00:34:19,200
Don't move. Where are you going?
807
00:34:19,660 --> 00:34:21,000
A single man can see
808
00:34:21,720 --> 00:34:23,190
the view of ten thousand chariots.
809
00:34:23,190 --> 00:34:23,860
Sister!
810
00:34:23,860 --> 00:34:25,080
I am overturning a hundred-year-old case
811
00:34:25,620 --> 00:34:27,760
in a day.
812
00:34:28,900 --> 00:34:31,170
Although I will die,
813
00:34:32,510 --> 00:34:36,040
I shall become worthy to stand amongst the heroes.
814
00:34:36,330 --> 00:34:37,590
Let him go!
815
00:34:37,720 --> 00:34:38,560
Sister!
816
00:34:38,560 --> 00:34:40,070
-Baoyu! -Sister!
817
00:34:40,070 --> 00:34:41,329
There's another possibility.
818
00:34:42,340 --> 00:34:43,599
Cheng Renqing can make it
819
00:34:45,820 --> 00:34:47,249
if his reinforcements
820
00:34:47,760 --> 00:34:49,309
are on their way to Renhua.
821
00:34:51,280 --> 00:34:51,960
Execute them!
822
00:35:27,240 --> 00:35:28,289
Cheng Renqing?
823
00:35:28,829 --> 00:35:29,550
It's me.
824
00:35:40,300 --> 00:35:40,970
Commander Ma.
825
00:35:41,560 --> 00:35:43,450
How is my skill at playing pitch-pot
826
00:35:43,870 --> 00:35:45,670
as compared to before?
827
00:35:46,260 --> 00:35:48,820
How dare you hold the execution grounds at spear-point?
828
00:35:49,580 --> 00:35:50,290
Execute them!
829
00:35:50,420 --> 00:35:50,970
What are you waiting for?
830
00:35:50,970 --> 00:35:51,810
Do it!
831
00:35:51,930 --> 00:35:53,440
Do you want to execute me too?
832
00:35:53,440 --> 00:35:56,090
I'll execute you for trying to
833
00:35:56,090 --> 00:35:57,100
break them out of here!
834
00:35:57,100 --> 00:35:57,940
Arrest him!
835
00:35:58,320 --> 00:35:59,660
The Grand Coordinator of Fengxing,
836
00:36:00,040 --> 00:36:01,670
the Right Censor-in-chief,
837
00:36:01,670 --> 00:36:03,520
Li Shida, is here!
838
00:36:09,570 --> 00:36:11,000
[Renhua]
839
00:36:40,610 --> 00:36:42,790
[Grand Coordinator of Fengxing, Right Censor-in-chief, Li Shida]
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