♫ The wind is whistling, dawn hasn’t yet broken, the night is too cold ♫
♫ People part and scatter, dreams are hard to imagine ♫
♫ Yet in every chest, the fire is more ablaze ♫
♫ How much does the mortal world morph ♫
♫ In exchange for the insanity of numerous individuals? ♫
♫ Sooner or later, the chaotic world will catch up ♫
♫ It’ll be too late to feel pain then ♫
♫ Let the darkness be so dark that it engulfs all hope ♫
♫ Only then can we find the light within our blood ♫
♫ We are that lonely, yet also that restless and stubborn ♫
♫ Let the darkness be so dark that it loses all sense of direction ♫
♫ Only then can we feel who is still by our side ♫
♫ Together, we will wait for that one, ♫
♫ Distant yet satisfying daybreak ♫
♫ Let the darkness be so dark that it engulfs all hope ♫
♫ Only then can we find the light within our blood ♫
♫ We are that lonely, yet also that restless and stubborn ♫
♫ Let the darkness be so dark that it loses all sense of direction ♫
♫ Only then can we feel who is still by our side ♫
♫ Together, we will wait for that one, ♫
♫ Distant yet satisfying daybreak ♫
The Legend Of Qin {Episode 16}
Tian Ming's rescue went smoothly,
because of your involvement.
I would like to raise a toast.
Back then, Tian Ming was still very young.
He was still an ignorant, immature child.
If Father didn't insist on doing that back then,
he would not have become so homeless and miserable.
Today, I was able to save him.
That means our fate as brothers is not yet done.
You are very brave and smart with a kind heart.
I admire you.
Thank you for the praise, Chief Leader.
Since you are so honest with the Mo family,
I won't hide this anymore.
This time, I asked you to come over
to form an alliance with you.
The Mohists will do their utmost
to assist you in ascending the throne.
The Mo family believes that if you can control the world,
you can do great things and exercise benevolent policies.
Cut back on taxation,
and let the people live in peace.
If you have any questions,
you can speak your mind.
There is something I don't understand.
The relationship between Tian Ming and Jing Ke...
How did the Mo family find out?
Your guess is right.
Thirteen years ago, Jing Ke was the assassin.
The Mohists were involved in that too.
You assassinated my father that year.
Why are you forming an alliance with me now?
Whether it was assassinating Qin thirteen years ago or
helping you 13 years later,
it was nothing personal.
The Mohists only believe in our own philosophy.
To create happiness for the people.
If you can't understand this drive,
and you insist on going to tell your father,
the Mohists
will do as you said.
This has happened many years ago.
Do we need to discuss it again?
I'm leaving.
That rascal was never in prison. Speak.
Where is he?
I personally saw him being taken away to the prison.
I really don't know.
Nonsense!
You have messed things up time and time again.
What's the use of retaining you?
Bastard! Leaving your post in your own will.
Made a huge mistake. Your death won't be regretted.
Enough.
My head hurts from all that commotion.
If His Lord weren't so magnanimous,
I would have beaten you to death.
Beat her to death?
If we could have exchanged her for Tian Ming,
it would have been worth it.
My Lord.
This girl is very good at tracking and finding people.
Perhaps, she can find Tian Ming's whereabouts.
My Lord. Please give her another chance.
Let her atone for her sin with good deeds.
Since it has come to this,
there is no other solution.
Take her away.
I get frustrated with seeing her.
Yes.
- Men. - Here.
Take her away.
You can leave too.
I would like to be alone.
Yes, my Lord.
You are a good and competent watch dog.
In order to please your owner,
you beat your woman into this condition.
What did you say?
Let me tell you. My matters
are none of your business.
After all, it's not that easy for you either.
All these years, you wanted to become a watch dog but you never were able to.
You have the title of Moon Goddess,
but you are doing a servant's job.
So pitiful.
What are you still doing here?
Get lost.
Ju Zi.
Don't stand on ceremony. How is he?
He is under the Yin-Yang School's sleeping spell.
It's not that critical.
Once the spell is gone, he will wake up.
That's good then.
You haven't eaten for the whole day.
I brought some snacks for you.
Have some.
Come. -Thank you Ju Zi.
Butterfly cakes? These are my favorites.
Try them now. See how they taste.
Yue Er, Yue Er.
Come, this is your favorite butterfly cake.
Dad, give me...give me.
Delicious. You eat first.
Yue Er!
Yue Er! What's the matter?
The taste of this butterfly cake
and those I ate when I was young,
are exactly the same.
This bean filling... didn't remove the bean skin.
When I was young,
my father would specially instruct the kitchen staff
to make butterfly cakes without removing the red bean skin.
My father said that if I eat them,
I will grow tall.
When I talk about my father again,
my imagination runs wild.
Chief Leader, please don't blame me
It's okay.
Sometimes, I wonder,
if my father was still alive,
and looking at the way I am now,
what would his reaction be?
He would be very thankful.
I'm saying,
if your father could see how remarkable you are now,
he would be extremely happy.
Leader,
I'm not so good.
Actually...
Actually if it was not for me,
Tian Ming would not have been taken away.
What?
Tian Ming is in a lot of pain.
His memories are always troubling him.
At first,
he is the first one to tell me,
but I did not take it to heart.
Nobody knew that this would happen.
In addition, if not for you,
Tian Ming could not have been rescued so quickly.
For all this time, he has always clung to me without pride.
He did everything he could to protect me and to cheer me up.
After a while,
I thought all this was the way it was supposed to be.
Only after he was abducted, did I realize
how selfish I was.
About Tian Ming, there will be a suitable resolution.
I guarantee that to you.
Come.
Yue Er, remember.
Regardless of the circumstances, never give up your hope.
Maybe one day
you can reunite with your long lost family.
The Mohists will do their utmost to assist you in ascending the throne.
If you can control the world, you can do great things and exercise benevolent policies, cutting back on taxation.
Let the people live in peace.
Thirteen years ago, Jing Ke was the assassin.
The Mohists were involved in that too.
Young master, young master.
Jin Wong Liang seeks to meet with you.
Jin Wong Liang?
Is he that rich businessman who likes to befriend the government officials?
That's him.
I've never had any interaction with him before.
Why is he here?
- Please ask him to come in. - Yes.
This humble citizen appreciates the honor of meeting the eldest young master.
Leave!
Yes.
Why is it you?
I gave you the answer already yesterday. Why are you here?
Please be patient, young master.
The reason I am here today has nothing to do with yesterday.
I only have a favor to ask.
Speak.
I would like to invite young master to meet a person.
Who?
Tian Ming.
How is he?
The reason Tian Ming was deceived by the Yin-Yang School was because he felt burdened by his past.
So I would like to request that the young master tell Tian Ming about what happened 13 years ago,
to help him untie this knot in his heart.
All these years,
I have been thinking about him.
Forget it.
It would be better to see him.
I agree.
Good.
Tomorrow at the Shen period (equiv. to 3 - 5 p.m.), Tian Ming will be at my house waiting for young master.
I will not disturb you any further. Farewell.
Wait.
What advice does young masater have for me?
Why did you come here like this?
What you mean is...
I already know about your real identity.
Have you not thought that if I reveal your identity to my father,
you would not have any option for retreat?
Whether we could establish the alliance or not,
the Mo family has always treated individuals of integrity with honesty.
I believe you carry yourself with honor and trust.
Since you gave us the assurance that you won't make things difficult for the Mo family,
you wouldn't renege on your promise.
Young master.
Don't you recognize me?
You are...you are my brother.
You have grown this tall. I remember you were this tall at that time.
Brother, why are you here?
I heard that you have encountered some frustrating issues.
Ju Zi invited me here to talk to you about them.
I have other business. You brothers should spend some time catching up.
- Let's talk after we sit down. - Okay.
Here.
Do you have any questions? Just ask.
Brother,
13 years ago, what really happened?
I...who am I?
You were like me. You were a descendant of the royal family,
living in the Xianyang Palace.
Your mother Li Ji (Ji: concubine) was a kind and amiable person.
She never got involved in all the fights for power among the women in the palace.
She dedicated all her attention to you.
As a child, you always liked to follow me around and asked me to play with you.
Sometimes you would stay with me for several days in a row.
Until 13 years ago.
As the envoy from the State of Yan, Jin Ke entered the palace and attempted the assassination of my father, the emperor.
He was killed by Ge Nie in the end.
Shortly after that, your mother Li Ji committed suicide after leaving a letter written in blood.
My father ordered you to be killed in secret.
When my father's guards were looking for you, you were in my place.
I only learned that you were Jin Ke's son at that time.
Even more shocking was that you mysteriously disappeared that day.
As to how you left at that time,
and where you went,
there were no updates for the past 13 years.
Everyone in the palace intentionally avoided mentioning this incident.
We should celebrate, however, that we brothers finally meet again.
The most important part is that you are still alive.
As long as you are alive, there is still hope.
Brother,
was my dad really killed by Ge Nie?
Yes.
Then for all these years, he was in the palace.
Because he was recognized for protecting the emperor,
Mr. Ge was ordered to be our teacher for swordplay.
For all these years, he rarely left the palace.
However a while back, he suddenly left without notice.
I heard that he went to look for you.
Brother, what do you think of Ge Nie as an individual?
Mr. Ge is a person of loyalty and openness.
He is a good man with rare qualities.
For more than 10 years, not only did he teach me about swordplay, he also showed me how to deliberate.
I can say that
he is my best friend and teacher.
It's him. He killed Jin Ke in the open court of the Qin Palace.
Ge Nie is the murderer who killed your father.
Uncle is a good person. He always protected me.
Protect you? If he really wanted to protect you, why didn't he try to help when Ying Zheng tried to have you killed before?
Why did he allow you to be abandoned in a rural village for 13 years without doing anything?
If he is as honorable as you described,
shouldn't he have told you already how Jin Ke died?
You are so sure that he is a trustworthy person.
Of course.
The reason I could remove my doubts about meeting with Ju Zi,
was because I agree with the Mohist's ideals on one hand.
But more importantly, it's because of my trust of Mr. Ge.
If one day,
you found that he concealed an important thing from you,
what would you think?
I would believe
he has a good reason for doing it,
or perhaps he had a reason that he had to do it.
That's right.
I heard that you were captured because you were deceived by the Yin-Yang School. That was how you were moved to Xianyang.
I have some understanding of the Yin-Yang School.
On the surface, they seem to keep themselves away from all the conflicts.
They are, however, most skilled in manipulating people's minds.
You have to look out for yourself.
I will remember, Brother.
I am leaving.
You take care.
By Heaven's mercy, we brothers will have another chance to meet again.
Brother, you should take care as well.
Farewell.
Young master, please.
Some issues cannot be cleared up by ourselves.
If you want to know the answer, you should just ask him directly.
Let bygones be bygones.
From now on, what kind of person you want to become, whatever path you want to follow,
it's all up to you.
I hope
you can use your own feet to find the path that really belongs to you.
I will keep your advice in mind.
Master, thank you.
Thank you for saving me.
If not for you, I would have died for sure.
It's a little too early to say that.
You need to bring back Jin Tian Ming quickly.
Otherwise, Lord Dong Huang Da Yi will still kill you.
Master, he is in such hurry to capture Tian Ming. What does he want to do with him?
Does he want to put the plan into action? To convert Tian Ming into ---
Shut up.
This is not what you should be asking.
I know that with taking care of Tian Ming for such a long time, you may be a little reluctant,
but you should not forget that we have paid a hefty price and have worked so hard for so long.
What is our effort for?
Even if you don't consider for yourself,
you must consider our clan.
How much humiliation did our Xi clan suffer before we reach the status we have today?
As the elder of the Xi clan,
can you stand to see us return to the humiliating life we had before?
I really can't.
Wrong.
You can.
I know from the beginning that you can.
You just don't want to.
Stop hesitating.
Otherwise it will be too late.
After your return, you have been so preoccupied.
Yue Er, do you think that I am useless?
That I am annoying to others?
How can that be? I only know that you are my best friend.
You don't need to console me.
I know I don't have any fighting skills and am dumb.
I can only create troubles everywhere.
I won't allow you to say that. You have tried to save me with your life so many times. I will never forget until I die.
Something like the fighting skill is not that important.
As long as you treat everyone with sincerity, you will be our most trusted partner.
Yue Er, thank you.
Between you and me, there is no need to say thank you all the time.
Ju Zi.
Tian Ming. It seems that you are recovering well.
I must thank you for what happened today.
Why are you being polite with me?
You should get some rest soon. We have to get up early tomorrow.
Yes.
I have verified that
Jin Wong Liang is the Mohist Ju Zi.
Tian Ming is in his residence at this time.
You said that Jin Wong Liang is the Mohist Ju Zi. Is this true?
I saw it with my own eyes.
Well done.
Tian Ming.
Mohist Ju Zi.
This is a good opportunity to fulfill two goals.
Da Si Ming.
Subordinate is here.
Get some people to capture the stinky rascal for me.
Let's not wait any longer.
It's almost dawn though.
If I go there now without a plan, I worry that it could attract unnecessary trouble.
That is fine.
You just have to do what I tell you. You will be fine.
Changes are coming.
A fire broke out!
What's going on? There's a fire! -How could that be?!
- How could there be fire? -Quick, extinguish the fire!
Water! Go get water!
Hurry, come on people!
Hurry! Hurry! Hurry! Hurry up a bit! Hurry up a bit!
I'm in such a rush! Water! Where is the water?
How could it be like this?
I don't know. A big fire just suddenly broke out!
Hurry up a bit! Hurry up a bit!
- Master, master. - What is it? - The army patrol is here.
They said that they are concerned about the fire spreading. They are here to help.
Ask them to come in.
- If you find any suspicious individuals, arrest them right away. - Yes.
- To prevent thieves from taking advantage of this chaos, you will guard the entrance. - Yes.
- Hurry up. - This way.
- Hurry, hurry. Bring water. - Water, here quickly.
Keep up with the water.
- Use the broom to beat out the flame. Quickly. - Bring out more water.
More water. Hurry up.
Here.
Dump them here. Here.
That's right. Right.
Go. Get more water.
Be careful. Over here.
Here is water.
Dump water. Quickly. Over here.
This way. Bring more water. Hurry.
- Let's go. - Yes.
Hurry. Water is here. Quick.
- Master. - Follow those people to see where they are going. Go.
Yes.
Here, here. Water.
Brother Xiao Zi,
I came this time without notice.
Did I create trouble for Ju Zi and his businesses?
You underestimated Ju Zi.
Even the Chief of Xianyang needs to defer to him somewhat.
Then why did Ju Zi ask us to leave so early?
We can't always control everything in our world.
Ju Zi always tries to think ahead with contingencies.
You two...should stop worrying.
Master, this fire was started intentionally by someone.
This is the dirt I found in the backyard. It clearly has a different odor.
When the solders from the patrol came, I guessed that already.
They moved in so quickly. There was something wrong.
Master, could it be the government?
No.
If the government wanted to investigate, they would not need to do so covertly.
Master.
What is it?
An answer for Master. Those people have good kung fu skills.
I was too incompetent. I lost their trail.
Oh, one thing I can be sure of is that their direction was not headed to the city patrol camp site.
There was someone else.
Unfortunately they are hidden and we don't yet know who they are.
Master, what should we do?
Notify all the Jin businesses to stop sending information during this time.
Raise the level of alert and conceal our tracks.
Yes.
What did you say?
Jin Tian Ming was not in the residence of Jin Wong Liang.
Yes.
Mohist Ju Zi had to have detected something.
He purposely had his servant disguised as Jin Tian Min to conceal what they did.
I only found out about this after I entered his residence during the fire.
It seems
he already moved Jin Tian Ming out of the city.
Mo Family.
Mo Family is trying to become my enemy.
Subordinate was incompetent. I will find another way to bring Jin Tian Ming back here.
Do you have something to tell me?
Subordinate does not.
If you feel it is inconvenient to say it here,
you can talk to me in the secret chamber.
Lord Dong Huang Da Yi.
You scumbag.
After I fed you for all these year, how dare you forget what I did for you,
and help outsiders.
What is the use in keeping you around?
Please don't be angry, Lord Dong Huang Da Yi.
What?
Even you want to protect this traitor?
Subordinate wouldn't dare.
But you have to go to the palace to teach young master Hu Hai lessons today.
If you are stained with blood, it will bring bad luck.
My Lord, if I guessed accurately,
uou should be angry because Shao Si Ming allowed Jin Tian Ming to escape.
What? You already knew about this?
Yes.
After releasing Jin Tian Ming, Shao Si Ming reported to me afterwards.
She said Jin Tian Ming was controlled by Jade Spirit and his body could not handle its burden.
She was concerned that the journey was far and that it could kill Jin Tian Ming
and ruin your plan.
Is it really so?
Subordinate did not report this after learning of the incident. Please issue the proper punishment.
♫ Leave all victories and defeats to yesterday ♫
♫ Only when the sparrows return can I admire the wind and moon ♫
♫ The poems in the light of the blade, the shadow of the sword ♫
♫ By the time they’re sung, I’ve long been devoid of grievances ♫
♫ Ignore the whitening hair and life, ignore the years flowing past like water ♫
♫ Once the fire in your heart is extinguished, the flowers will emerge ♫
♫ Long ago, life has already doubled upon itself, ♫
♫ Completed itself ♫
♫ Hearts tied to one another, lives connected with each other ♫
♫ Feelings belong between love and hatred ♫
♫ This life, whether complete or flawed, ♫
♫ I belong within your heart ♫