Episode 37
Scram!
This disobedient son of mine,
how dare he talk back to me in court?!
Prime Minister, don't be angry.
Listen to me.
On a second thought after this fiasco,
His Majesty will trust us more.
Li You has been out of capital all this time
and was deceived by Meng Tian and Meng Yi.
Since he has returned,
you can teach him slowly
and change his mind around
and work for us, don't you agree?
He can help us?!
Prime Minister, don't get angry first.
Think about it.
Meng Yi is powerful in the army.
Even if we managed to topple him,
we cannot take control of his power.
But your son is different.
He has great war achievements.
Your son is open to persuasion, but not to coercion.
If you clash with him again,
he will drift away from you.
You can make use of your father-son relationship
to persuade him.
Lord Zhao is correct.
But right now he...
Don't be too calculative. He's still young.
He won't listen to me.
Listen to me.
Listen to me, I'm not wrong.
I came today
not only to give you medicine.
I also need to take the medicine back.
Yu Shu's sickness
may be turning for the better
but she is recovering slowly
because, in her heart,
she lacks a mental support.
She wants Xiao Chuan to come back.
There is only Meng Yi here.
No.
I see Xiao Chuan here.
Don't lie to me anymore.
I've...
come back.
Miss.
Miss, are you leaving now?
Yes.
Sir, please take good care of Sir Meng.
Of course, please be assured.
Xiao Yue shall leave now.
Go slowly Miss.
Lord Li. Please.
Lord Li.
Please.
Please wait, General Pang.
That Miss is...
She is sister of Sir Zhao.
Miss Xiao Yue
came to visit General Meng.
I see.
Lord, please.
Please.
Big Brother Meng.
Why do you look so weak?
Younger Brother, you are here.
Oh...
I heard that
today you quarelled with
Prime Minister in Court
because of me.
Don't fret, Big Brother.
It's not because of you
but for Great Qin.
It's normal for father and son
to have different opinions.
If everyone in Court
acts like you
and remains loyal,
I can retire in peace.
Big Brother does like to joke.
How can you retire?
Today, I'm here to
discuss with you about attacking Tu An on His Majesty's orders.
What did you say?
His Majesty wants to attack Tu An?
Doesn't Big Brother know?
Tu An sent assassins to kill His Majesty.
He is angry, and the incident implicates Lady Li too.
She was banished to the Cold palace.
But at that time,
we were having war with Xiong Nu
which has since ended.
His Majesty wants to settle the scores with Tu An now.
Big Brother is unbeatable.
You are the only choice to lead this war again.
What?
Doesn't Big Brother want to go?
Besides being sick now,
even if my sickness has healed,
I won't go either.
Why is that?
Before,
I fought Rong Di and conquered Xiong Nu
with all my best.
That's because our Qin land
was under threat from infringement (invasion).
But now,
if I have to fight Tu An with my army,
we will be the invader.
This is something
Meng Yi would definitely not do.
Big Brother...
Enough!
Don't try to persuade me.
My plans to retire
have been on my mind
since I won the war against Xiong Nu.
In my heart, I had already made a decision.
The only thing that I cannot let go of
is my ten-thousands Meng Army.
But its good that
you've come.
That can solve my worries.
Big Brother,
that cannot do.
How can I take this huge responsibility?
In Court, you can
fight with your father
in the name of loyalty.
I can surely trust you
and you are my Big Brother's
first disciple
and part of Meng Army.
To entrust Meng Army to you,
it's only right and legitimate.
But... who can replace you?
I'm sick of the fighting in war
and am losing my determination in winning a fight.
I have no more right to be a General anymore.
The Meng Army... they need
a real leader.
I've...
come back.
My Xiao Chuan has come back.
My Xiao Chuan has come back!
Xiao Yue.
Why? Every time, for the sake of Yu Shu,
you have to betray yourself.
Why, until now, are you
still willing to accept suffering freely?
Xiao Yue.
Old Brother's coming in.
Xiao Yue.
Ah.
What are you doing?
I have some good news to tell you.
There's good tidings.
What?
No wonder, since this morning...
Didn't know why but,
the sparrows are chirping on the tree
and the dog is also smiling at me.
Good luck has come.
What is it all about?
Come. I'll tell you. Come, come.
Come.
What is all this?
Come, Miss Xiao Yue.
This is a pair of golden hairpins.
This is good jade.
That is pearl from the deep sea.
Ah, right.
I prepared all this for Miss Xiao Yue.
Wait.
Xiao Yue isn't asking what is in the boxes.
Xiao Yue just wants to know...
Why has Sir Li brought these here?
Xiao Yue.
Towards Lord Li, how could you use this kind of tone?
In the future, you have to spend the rest of your lives together.
You should behave in harmony.
Old Brother.
...What are you saying?
What am I saying?
See these?
This is a good tiding.
Today, Sir Li personally came to propose marriage.
This Lord Li
is the son of the Prime Minister.
Xiao Yue-ah,
to be related to the Li family
will be to our benefit.
Old Brother.
The last time you wanted Xiao Yue to marry Xiao Chuan.
You said if I was to be with him,
it will upgrade my status.
And today you want me to marry Li You.
I didn't think all your words would be the same.
One should always aim high.
If I could have anticipated this proposal,
then I wouldn't have brought up Xiao Chuan.
Anyway, after Xiao Chuan rejected the offer,
I promised you
to get you a better match.
Right now, isn't he in front of you?
Xiao Yue thanks you.
But Xiao Yue only has one person in her heart.
I won't marry.
Miss Xiao Yue.
Today, Li You is here
not for fun.
Since I saw you at Meng's house,
I fell in love with you.
I'm here with my father's consent
to propose this match
to marry you properly.
Yes.
Look, look. [You see. You see.]
Sir Li looks so sincere here.
Xiao Yue.
Sir Li.
I appreciate your sincerity,
but Xiao Yue's answer will always be
I won't marry.
Miss.
Why is this?
If Sir Li must know the reason why
before you give up,
Xiao Yue will tell you.
Because in Xiao Yue's heart,
there is someone else already.
Can you tell me who that person is?
He is...
Meng Yi.
Lord Li.
Xiao Yue has never told me that before.
Lord Li.
Sit down first, ok? No rush
Sit down. Sit down.
Xiao Yue. Old Brother's coming in.
Old Brother asks you...
Do you want Old Brother
or Meng Yi?
I don't care if you are willing to or not,
you must get married.
I'm going to prepare now.
You two listen,
from today onward, Miss
can't leave the room one step.
Yes.
Lord Zhao. What did Xiao Yue say?
Lord Li.
Women like to throw a little temper.
I must have spoiled her.
But Lord Li don't worry,
I have convinced Xiao Yue.
Many thanks Lord.
Lord. Lord. Lord. Not good!
Missy locked herself in the room
and hung herself.
Xiao Yue.
You can't leave Old Brother. Xiao Yue.
Lord. Lord.
Miss is still breathing.
She has only just fainted.
Then go and find a doctor!
Go and find a doctor!
Yes!
Go!
Yes!
Xiao Yue-ah.
Old Brother's wrong.
Old Brother shouldn't of pushed you to marry someone.
Old Brother's wrong.
Wake up.
All of these are excuses!
The work on my mausoleum has been delayed
and you can still defend yourself!
How dare you!
Someone come!
Execute him!
Spare my life, Your Majesty!
Another useless thing!
Why can't I get a capable help around
to supervise my mausoleum project?
Your Majesty.
I have a person in mind.
Say it.
Meng Tian supervised the construction of the Great Wall
and the roads. All completed within schedule.
I believed that Meng Yi has the same qualities of his brother.
You can send Meng Yi to supervise the mausoleum project.
The qualtiy of work shouldn't be a problem.
Meng Yi is basking in his glory of success.
This is a good opportunity to reduce his power
and send him away from the Court.
Your Majesty.
This will be benefical to you too.
Meng Yi defeated the Xiong Nu and Rong Di
and established great achievements.
He is highly successful now.
To remove his power suddenly
may rock the confidence of the army now.
Your Majesty, now he is so famous
and overcasts you,
and his thirty-thousand Meng Army
only obeys Meng Yi instead of Your Majesty.
In time to come, he will be a threat to you.
If we don't act now,
I'm afraid
we won't have an opportunity again.
Mmh...
Your words make sense.
The Meng Army is a tricky problem
which is difficult to handle.
I'm afraid
no one can take over
this thirty thousand (strong) army smoothly.
Your Majesty, I have a candidate in mind.
Who?
Country Head of San Chuan, Li You.
Li You?
Although he has remarkable war achievements...
But...
Your Majesty
I nominated General Li for a reason.
He is not only a General,
but he's also the student of General Meng Tian.
It's totally legitimate for him to take over Meng Army
and Meng Army will be convinced too.
Relay my orders.
Li You shall take over from Meng Yi
and control the Meng Army.
Yes.
General.
When you've gone,
what should we do?
General Meng.
we belong to the Meng Army in life
and will belong to Meng Army in death too.
For General Meng to leave us
and stop us from addressing General Meng,
we don't agree!
We don't agree! We don't agree! We don't agree!
Brothers.
I ask you all...
What is the spirit of the Meng Army?
Loyalty and bravery.
But your action now
is acting against that.
The loyalty of Meng Army
is not for me, Meng Yi.
Loyalty is...
your promise to our country,
regardless of my presence here in the future.
Regardless.
If you are still Meng Army,
you all must remember
that you are soliders of Great Qin.
You are protecting the land of Great Qin
and the Qin people.
I hope you all don't forget.
Big brother, your speech.
Li You really admires you.
Li You will forever remember Big Brothers words.
Only for loyalty,
not for fame.
Meng Yi
and all of the fellow brothers of the Meng Army,
thanks you General Li.
Meng Army's flag!
Heaven will be our witness!
Today...
Today, me and my fellow Meng Army brothers
will swear with this fresh blood that:
alive, we will always remain soldiers of the Meng Army!
If we were to die in battle,
we will become loyal spirits of the Meng Army!
Loyal spirits!
Brothers!
No matter where I will be in future,
I will be linked with you in blood!
General.
Although this flag has left its pole,
but in our hearts,
it will never die
as long as loyalty is in our hearts!
Loyalty within our hearts...
Big Brother.
Have a safe journey.
Brother, the Meng Army
shall depend on you.
Don't worry Big Brother.
Qin made terracotta for the Mausoleum.
Does it mean the Qin terracotta?
It should be.
Think about it...
Why is this essay named "Cocoon man's thoughts?"
How am I meant to know?
Don't keep me in suspense.
Think it over again.
What is the purpose of a cocoon?
Cocoon... Cocoon...
Worms making cocoon...
Could it be that inside...?
That cocoon means terracotta? [sounds the same in chinese: Yong]
Correct.
Cocoon man means Man in terracotta.
That's a man shaped terracotta,
(which) equals to Qin terracotta.
The riddle, 'creator of terracotta,'
means the craftmen who made the terracotta.
'A big fire' refers to the
process of baking them.
Eh. Right.
Oh, yes, you pointing this out...
everything falls into place.
Correct.
But what I don't understand is...
Since its referring to the Qin terracotta, why is it not marked in the 'Tang Wu's record?'
I read this 'Cocoon man's thoughts' carefully.
It mentioned about the appearance of a special face that will resolve all issues.
A special face?
Is there any special face
among the Qin terracotta?
Correct.
From what I see,
all of them looked the same.
Nothing special.
Don't be impatient.
We can surely find a clue.
Still cannot find anything special.
Aiyah. Stop sleeping.
Come. Come. Eat some noodles.
I think you shouldn't fret.
I know this from young,
that the Qin terracotta looks the same.
Nothing special.
Gao Lan, you come here... come quickly!
Aiyah... what is it?
Look.
Doesn't it look like Xiao Chuan?
That's unbelieveable!
First, I looked like a Qin beauty from two thousand years ago.
Now, among the Qin terracotta, we
found a Xiao Chuan?!
If you tell me now that you found my brother's photo from underground,
I will believe you too.
Hey, that's different.
This ancient corpse has a body.
It cannot be fake.
But look.
Hey, look at this face.
It looks a bit like Xiao Chuan.
Hey, this really looks like Xiao Chuan.
This is not an ordinary terracotta statue,
this is a General.
I checked the records, the Qin empire only lasted for fifteen years.
There's only a handful of famous Generals.
Which (General) is he?
Don't care.
We will just name him General Xiao Chuan.
Hey, this is serious research.
How could you name them so casually?
I feel that
Aunt's suggestion is pretty good.
But from what I see,
I think he is fatter than Xiao Chuan.
Look at his face. Eh. Don't touch.
Can't touch.
This is a precious national treasure.
Okay. Okay.. Both of you, go.
Don't disturb my work here.
Go, go.
You really are...
Go, go ,go.
Quickly go.
Let's go.
Lan Lan.
Auntie
wants to ask you something.
What is it?
Me, being the mother,
I don't really understand my sons.
Am I not fit to be a mother?
Auntie, you are not to be blamed.
Xiao Chuan is alright.
But Da Chuan
isn't normally by your side.
There will be some things that you don't understand about him.
Aiyah. Yes.
Actually, this child Da Chuan,
is quite pitiful.
Ever since he was young,
me and his dad didn't really care about him much.
But you
know him so well.
Me...?
I don't have a choice.
The two of us
see each other everyday.
Lan Lan.
Mmh.
Do you like guys who are similar to Xiao Chuan?
Or similar to Da Chuan?
Just say it.
Da Chuan and Xiao Chuan...
Which one do you like better?
Auntie. Have you forgotten?
I am Xiao Chuan's girlfriend.
I know, I know.
What I'm saying is...
If that is not part of the consideration...
If...
But there's no if.
Lan Lan.
Speaking the truth,
I think you understand Da Chuan
more than Xiao Chuan.
Just now,
when you compared them,
you used the good words on Da Chuan.
I... Did I?
Mmh.
Aiyah! No no no.It's not like that.
I'm just saying a few words to describe him.
Lan Lan.
I... was a girl once too.
I can tell.
You, yourself do not know.
It's just that you didn't realize it.
Actually, say honestly,
Da Chuan is a really good child.
You are also a good girl.
Okay.
I will go check on Da Chuan,(to see) if they finished yet or not.
Let's go.
You're really good.
But...
My name must be written on it.
No problem.
Gao Lan. Gao Lan.
What rubbish thoughts are you having?
You are Xiao Chuan's girlfriend.
Xiao Chuan's girlfriend!
Think more about Xiao Chuan's merits.
Please. Think harder.
This is the same pattern as Xiao Chuan's.
The scale of this project
is so big and awesome.
No wonder it needs seventy thousand workers.
Yes, Lord.
The total number of people is also around ten-odd thousand.
Out of every thirty people,
one will be working hard at the Mausoleum.
Even so,
our schedule is still behind time.
I'm sure
there's something wrong withyour project management and planning.
Plus, your ability is limited.
That's the cause for the delay.
Lord.
You...What do you mean?
My meaning you will slowly understand.
Brief me about the layout of this Mausoleum.
Yes.
This is the ground palace.
Deity way, wall, river.
This is the entrance to underground palace.
Open this to get to the underground palace.
Lord Han, why is this place designed with only one pit?
Oh.
Lord.
This design is actually top secret.
Each of the supervisors have only part of the design.
The complete design
is with the Architect.
Have you seen the complete design?
That's only avaliable to the Architect.
If I saw that,
my eyes would be wrentched out.
That's really well guarded.
No wonder... for the next two thousand years,
no one knew the secret to the underground palace.
Lord Han.
the next two pits,
is it for the Terracotta Army?
Terracotta Army?
You don't know the Terracotta Army?
Pardon me?
You don't even know Terracotta Army?
What kind of supervisor are you?
Pardon me, my Lord.
I have not heard about the Terracotta Army.
If those two pits
are not for the Terracotta Army,
what are they used for?
That is a normal burial pit.
His Majesty will handpick thousands of great soliders,
horses, and carriages - to bury them here,
to follow His Majesty in the netherlands and to protect him.
Burial?
Thousands of people?
Lord. Please be quiet.
Although it has been practiced since a long time ago...
But this time, strong men will be picked.
That's why this is still a secret.
What you mean is...
several thousands of good soliders
will died for nothing!
Only with such a setting
is it befitting for His Majesty
and match his status as the First Emperor.
Go out first.
Yes.
There is no Terracotta Army in the Qin Mausoleum.
This world wonder does not exist.
Or this is a product by later descendants.
I don't believe it. Don't believe it.
And also... then 9,000 soldiers
will die too?
The best soliders from Qin?
How many Meng Army soliders will that be?
Will there be Old Pang?
Will it include Captian Tian Wu?
General.
Old Pang is taking the step first.
If there's a afterlife,
I will still follow you, General.
No.
I can't let that day come.
Terracotta Army.
Someone come! Someone come!
I found a treasure in the Mausoleum
for Your Majesty.
Good, bring it forward and show me.
This cannot be moved.
I request for Your Majesty to visit the Mausoleum.