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The underworld.

Science.

Punch and kick.

The truth.

A great swimmer.

Forensics.

Sorceress.

Reporter.

Weak body.

Special detective.

Mother.

Secretary of municipal government.

An individual with unsurpassed and exceptional abilities.

Young Master.

Belongs to the Great God.

The heiress.

Neither a smoker nor a drunkard.

What is the use of having power and money?

Can't stand the sight of you.

Not bad. Reasonable and fair.

Take a bath.

Are you kidding me?

Not finicky.

There are clues.

Germany.

Spirit channeling.

Big news.

Chamber of Commerce for Water Transportation.

Master.

De-you!

Father.

Not messing things up. Not afraid of things.

Inference.

Evidence.

Childhood sweetheart.

The people of Tientsin.

Mao Ding.

De-you Guo.

-River God. -River God.

-River God. -River God.

EPISODE 9

Time is infinite,

but it can never deceive the Wisdom Eyes of Buddha.

Deity, please show me your compassionate concern.

Three Gems and Three Roots of Buddhism,

as well as its origin.

Don't deceive the power of truth

and know what to give and take.

Sorceress.

Don't blame me

if someone stirs up trouble.

I'll agree if he wants to be on the same page with me.

De-you!

Why didn't you come here earlier?

What are you looking for?

Sorceress, where has my master gone?

Has Chun gone missing?

Otherwise, I wouldn't bother to ask you at all.

De-you.

Mr. Guo didn't come here. My mom doesn't know anything.

Didn't he come here?

Where else could he go?

Does he have any friends whom he often drinks with?

Your mom is the one.

What about the gambling parlor?

He has no money to gamble.

Could it be

that he's found his love?

This is an ill omen.

Four on the top,

four in the middle and four at the bottom.

All of them refer to an ominous divination.

This is a sign of negativity.

Something bad is going to happen in the river.

Look, I'm the fighter of the Chamber of Commerce now.

Who dares to mess with me?

CERTIFIED FIGHTER

Study abroad with a peace of mind.

Learn more skills and widen your horizon.

You have what it takes to be a scholar.

You are way better than me.

I'll take care of the Chamber of Commerce.

I'll make sure it's safe and sound.

Just focus on your study

and don't worry about anything, okay?

When you come back,

we'll expand the business of the Chamber of Commerce abroad.

What do you think?

-Tian-ming. -Yes?

Stop using violence anymore.

Will you?

There are people out there who want to take over our territory.

I'm a fighter of the Chamber.

If I don't fight,

our territory may be taken over anytime.

Don't worry.

No one can defeat me across the whole Tientsin city.

Mrs. Hu.

Don't worry.

The Chamber of Commerce won't let Mr. Hu suffer.

Tian-ming and Mr. Hu had done a lot for the Chamber of Commerce.

As long as the Chamber of Commerce still exists,

we'll make sure that you live in abundance.

Young Master.

I don't deserve this.

I know

I was thoughtless about Mr. Hu's case.

But your life still goes on,

doesn't it?

Ever since Tian-ming passed away,

I've been having a rough time.

When he left,

he was a completely healthy man.

But then he was sent back

in a form of a cold dead body.

There were cuts and scrapes

all over his body.

Since then,

I stopped being friendly to Hu.

He reminded me of Tian-ming every time I saw him.

Bring it on!

The Chamber of Commerce is indebted to your family.

I'm indebted to you.

Hai-jiang

is fit to be the manager of the Chamber of Commerce.

He has even sacrificed his own family for the Chamber of Commerce.

He did everything in the best interest of the Chamber of Commerce.

But as a dad and a leader of the family,

I have a lot of complaints about him.

To be honest,

I think you seem more like

his biological son to him.

Life is short.

Yet we worry a lot.

Happiness and joy

are often temporary in this world,

but woes and worries

will haunt you for a lifetime.

Young Master.

I'd like to have a word with you.

Something happened to our man in Yishengmen territory.

WAREHOUSE

Come on, excuse me.

De-you.

-Is he the victim's family member? -He is the victim's son.

PROOF OF BEING A MEMBER

He's from the Chamber of Commerce.

Doesn't this pier belong to Yishengmen?

Who did this?

Come out, you murderer!

CHAOGUAN PIER

This world has changed.

Si Yu has become the master of the Chamber of Commerce.

-Cui. -Yes?

My man died in your territory.

If you don't give me a proper explanation today,

-I'll tear this place apart. -This is none of my business.

Go and throw your tantrum elsewhere.

Don't make a scene at my place.

My men won't let you do so.

Are you trying to shy away from this?

Is Yishengmen going to change hands?

Changing hands?

Who dares to take over this crap?

What do you want?

The boss is dead.

The manager is jailed. The young master doesn't care about it.

You guys have done so many bad deeds that irritated the River Monster

and this is your karma.

Do some good deeds. Stop putting the blame on others.

You...

The Chamber of Commerce

is my family business.

So the men of the Chamber of Commerce

are also my family.

Although my dad had passed away,

the Chamber of Commerce is still around.

From today onward,

I, Mao Ding, will take over

the Chamber of Commerce.

Whoever murdered this man

now stands out like a real man.

We'll prosecute you through proper legal proceedings.

Otherwise, I'll find the murderer and there will be no mercy for you.

I won't accuse an innocent man,

but I won't let a guilty man slip either.

Go ahead. If you can find him, just take him away.

If you can't,

then you need to give me an explanation then

for making a fuss at my place unreasonably.

None of you can leave this place today.

-Step aside! -Step aside!

Hurry up, step aside.

The police are handling a case. Step aside.

Step aside.

Step aside.

What's going on here? It's packed with so many people.

Is there any room for me to join the fun?

How should we deal with this?

How should I say this?

It's up to you.

Who is he?

He is from the Chamber of Commerce.

In your territory?

Indeed. This place is meant for making a living.

Are you going to settle it privately or go by the procedures?

This is something between us. We'll settle it on our own.

All right. Dismiss.

This is a homicide case. We should go by the procedures.

All right, let's go by the procedures.

You have broken the law

by gathering the mob.

Officer Ding, as a policeman, you've knowingly broken the law.

This is all the more heinous.

Our man died in Yishengmen territory.

I brought my men to catch the murderer.

He's shooting from the hip. This is an allegation.

You brought so many people here and you said this is not a mob?

You must have sufficient evidence to solve the case.

Don't just squabble.

Show me something important.

Then, just find out how Er-ma Feng died.

What are you doing?

I'm going to perform an autopsy.

No.

Who is he?

He is the young master of the Chamber of Commerce.

Isn't this obvious that he will just try to put the blame on us?

Besides, Captain Fu, look!

Look at the wound on his neck.

He was obviously bitten by a mad dog.

He was probably killed by the watchdog of the Chamber of Commerce.

They lost control of the dog.

Then, they dumped the dead man at my place.

I've been framed.

Nonsense!

I think you're the mad dog who bit him!

What are you doing?

Are you trying to ignore my existence here?

Both of you are grown-ups. Can't you be more sensible?

Why do I see this brat everywhere?

The deceased should be respected.

This young boy has just lost his dad.

And you're cursing in front of the corpse. Do you think this is appropriate?

The men from Yishengmen said they didn't do it,

but the Chamber of Commerce won't believe it.

Mao wants to examine the body now, but Yishengmen won't allow it.

Captain Fu handles the case impartially by demanding evidence.

All of us are gathering on the pier.

In my opinion, we won't be able to solve this case.

But we can't just leave the corpse here.

In my opinion,

since the corpse was recovered by the corpse salvage team,

let's go by the old routine and lay it in the Dragon King Temple first.

You are quick-witted today, fool.

Move the body now.

How can it be left here just like that?

No.

Everyone knows that both of you are fellow disciples.

You've planned this, haven't you?

Captain Fu, the man died here.

Those who are in charge of this place are also here.

The victim's boss and his family are here. Now the police are here as well.

All parties

who are concerned with this case are all here,

but this case still can't be solved.

Now if you don't allow me to take away the body,

I really have no idea what to do anymore.

Or else,

-these guys can have a fight. -Okay.

Put them down.

You've just screwed things up.

Didn't you hear me?

Are you trying to make things worse?

A man has already died.

You're Cui, aren't you?

The man has died.

Obviously, he didn’t kill himself by jumping into the river.

It's true that I don't have the evidence to tell who the murderer is.

But since he died in your territory,

it wouldn't be a problem if I brought my men

to confront you, would it?

Of course.

Then, why are you trying so hard

to stay away from this?

Are you guilty?

All right.

Since you've come this far,

I'll take a step back.

I'll let the Little River God encoffin the body first.

When this case comes to light,

we'll definitely bear the responsibility.

But Si Yu made a fuss here just now,

so we must clarify this matter.

What is it?

You can't prove that we killed the man,

but you brought over so many armed men.

Do you know what that means? It means you're stirring up trouble.

Si Yu took the lead to start the fight just now.

It has threatened the safety

of my men

and my workers.

If I let it slide just like this,

how will my men perceive me?

They will call me a lame coward.

What do you want?

Since this is my territory

and Captain Fu is also here today,

I won't be a bully.

Let's have an intellectual contest

on Nangu Pier a week later.

Until then, regardless if the case is settled,

the loser will bear the responsibility of the case.

-What do you say? -Anytime!

Your words don't count. I must hear it from Mao.

Intellectual contest?

Okay, I'll accept.

Bring enough people in due course.

Don't think that we're a bunch of bullies.

Okay.

You've settled it privately.

At this critical moment,

the police force has to be on the move.

Otherwise, you're bound to get into trouble.

All right, make a move.

Hurry up and take away the corpse.

Everyone, you're all dismissed.

Let's go.

Dismiss.

Let's go.

I was not used to this exotic drink

that you brought from overseas.

I have started to get better with it after I got here.

This jail even serves coffee.

The Chamber of Commerce has bribed them, so they can’t treat me badly.

Don't worry.

Do you have a lot of questions to ask me?

I will tell you

on one condition.

Go ahead.

Don’t make the Chamber of Commerce a flop.

You have my word.

Okay.

Where do you want me to begin?

From the Ancient Evil Gang.

Speaking of this,

it dated back to more than 20 years ago.

Tientsin was struck by a scary flood,

causing severe damages

especially the Qiming Village in the lower reach.

The village was almost inundated.

The surviving villagers had a strange disease.

Their blood vessels were bulging and their skin was festering.

They could only relieve the pain with opium.

Not long after that,

an evil cult called the Ancient Evil Gang popped up in the village.

Its followers believed in the existence of a holy child in the world

who was the reincarnation of the River Monster.

The holy child could guide people to ward off the natural disasters

and epidemics.

In order to find the holy child,

the villagers snatched every child they could find in Tientsin

and forced them to drink the patients’ blood.

They believed

the child who could survive

must be the holy child.

This case shocked the entire city at that time.

The people said the flood

had truly wiped out the River Monster.

The government decreed to annihilate the Ancient Evil Gang.

Your dad was the chief commander

and I was the deputy.

People said River Monster must be tamed by the River God.

They mobbed the Dragon King Temple

and asked Chun Guo for help.

At last, President Ding,

Chun and I

led the troops to annihilate the gang in the Qiming Village.

However, the Ancient Evil Gang got wind of this

and made early preparation.

One of them who had acquired a supernatural power

came up with some weird witchcraft

that made the soldiers

kill each other

in a fit of hysteria.

We suffered a huge loss.

Although we succeeded in exterminating them in the end,

almost none of the children who had been preyed upon

survived the atrocity.

I can still remember until now how the children

were being soaked on a vat full of blood.

The government thought the battle against the gang was not glorious enough

and covered up the news.

The clairvoyant mastermind of the Ancient Evil Gang

was jailed.

Chun continued salvaging the corpses.

Your dad and I

left the army

and started the Chamber of Commerce.

The incident temporarily subsided.

It was a good timing for us

and the business went pretty well.

After merely 12 years,

we made the Chamber of Commerce into the biggest business in Tientsin.

We thought this incident would slide like this,

but much to our surprise,

the Ancient Evil Gang

began to show a sign of resurgence during recent years.

They even began to infiltrate into the Chamber of Commerce.

President Ding decided to wipe them out at all costs.

But this time, he found that

their witchcraft has become even more terrible.

When their followers become too sick to be cured,

they will either choose to die in pain

or to offer their bodies to the cult's leader

who will continue their lives with the witchcraft.

But they will lose their consciousness

and become as ferocious as the beasts and ghosts.

But they are flesh and blood anyway.

They infiltrated into the Chamber of Commerce

presumably to take over our shipping business,

so that they can master the logistics of opium

to alleviate the followers’ pains to the greatest extent.

President Ding made use of the opportunity

and mixed poisons into the opium

to wipe out the opium-smoking followers.

It was a bit extreme to do so,

but a lot of people could be saved

if the Ancient Evil Gang is wiped out.

Besides, your dad and I

knew this secret.

We also bribed Ms. Wang who was in charge of the opium house.

TOP SECRET

Zi-xian Qian was only an ordinary opium smoker at first.

But he insisted on meddling in the opium business

through his relationship with Secretary-General Xiao.

He also threatened Ms. Wang

to report her to the government if she wouldn't obey.

She had no choice but to kill him with the poisonous opium.

But to our surprise,

you went so far. You dug into the opium house

and caught Ms. Wang.

So to prevent this from being disclosed,

I decided to kill her and cover this up.

Bearing in mind the lessons of being suppressed by us 20 years ago,

they dared not be presumptuous this time.

They gave up the practice of preying on children.

Instead, they wanted to create a holy child themselves

with the help of a temporary leader and a virgin.

They cultivate it into a holy child

who would meet their requirements.

Was it Yuan-yuan Xue?

Yes.

Fortunately, President Ding took that baby away in advance.

But that baby was innocent.

President Ding certainly didn’t want to take the baby’s life,

but someone had to sacrifice.

The Ancient Evil Gang has killed so many people.

If they manage to produce the so-called holy child,

I can’t imagine what will happen.

The only thing we could do

is nip them in the bud.

Does that mean

the Ancient Evil Gang killed my dad

as an act of revenge?

Your dad and I have been meaning

to achieve this.

But let me tell you the truth.

I was the one

who killed President Ding.

President Ding.

Is there really no other better way?

This is the best way.

I don’t want to become a monster and I don't want to die by their hands.

I’ve already killed so many people.

But you did it to save other people.

That child was innocent.

I first sailed the ship to somewhere near Qiming Village

and moved the statue of God of the Northern Sky onto the ship.

Then, I sailed the ship

to a deserted place near the sea.

I used an iron chain

to tie President Ding with the statue

and dropped them

into the water.

Then, I sailed towards the area where the ceremony took place

and untied the iron chain.

Why must you do it on the day of the river worship ceremony?

After we succeeded in exterminating the Ancient Evil Gang back then,

we executed the remnants under the statue of God of the Northern Sky.

We prayed that God will tame the River Monster

and bless the Haihe River.

President Ding was injured when he was snatching the holy child.

Only then we realized that

the virus of the Ancient Evil Gang could infect a wound.

President Ding had to opt for this bad plan.

He wanted his own death

to be a wake-up call to people.

Just imagine the person who led an army to wipe out the River Monster

was tied onto a statue which was meant to tame the River Monster

and drowned in the river.

This was an act of revenge on the part of the Ancient Evil Gang.

We wanted to warn people

and made more idealists from the underworld aware

that the Ancient Evil Gang was staging a comeback.

That’s why when Ms. Wang was exposed,

I carefully crafted a scene

in which she drowned in prison.

I did this to direct the target to the proverbial River Monster

and thus the Ancient Evil Gang.

President Ding did this to settle old scores

within our generation.

He wanted to give the Chamber of Commerce a clean slate for you.

If the Chamber of Commerce

did some unlawful things in the past,

President Ding and Tian-ming’s deaths

as well as my current circumstance

should be enough to compensate.

Young Master.

The Chamber of Commerce

is counting on you in the days to come.

Where the river is flowing,

it is beyond its own control.

It ends up being pushed by the water.

Perhaps it will converge and become a sea of water,

or it will probably dry up

in an obscure valley.

De-you.

De-you.

-De-you. -Yes?

-What's the matter? -The corpse is ensconced.

I know.

Are you going to leave it like this?

After the Chamber of Commerce battled with Yishengmen,

they’ll take it away in due time.

De-you, don't you want to examine it?

How should I do it?

Since the man died so horribly,

should we ask Master Guo about the incident?

He's gone.

Gone?

Where did he go?

I don't know either.

He left his tobacco pipe here.

-I feel irritated. -Will Master Guo get into any trouble?

Tientsin is not safe now.

You guys should be careful.

Send some men to the places where Master Guo frequently hangs out.

Ask around. Find out whom he had met and what he had done recently.

Loach, spread the news.

Just say the River God is missing.

Anyone in Tientsin who can provide any information

-will receive a hefty reward from us. -All right.

-Go. -All right.

Mao ding is appointed as the president of the chamber.

Signature Stamp The Chamber of Commerce of Tientsin

Signature Stamp The Chamber of Commerce of Tientsin

The President of the Chamber

Signature Stamp

De-you.

Let's go eat.

Hey, President Ding brought me some food.

You know what?

The crucial part of the day

happens in the morning.

Do you mean the time of the day starts in the morning?

I mean breakfast is an important part of the day.

I brought some food.

Help yourself.

It doesn't matter how much you eat. We just need to eat well.

What do you mean?

Take the breakfast in Tientsin as an example.

Rice cake and soy milk, noodles and tea. People know well about these combinations.

I know.

For a fairly prestigious person,

a pancake should be eaten with two eggs.

A sponge cake

should be eaten with soy milk.

Then, for a more prestigious person like you,

they are more particular about this.

That's why I said, people from different social classes

do things and eat accordingly.

Yes, it also happens in the Chamber of Commerce.

Really?

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