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♫ The green mountain is high,the setting sun illuminates ♫
♫ Striding in the path of time,tossed about by wind and rain ♫
♫ Sword and knife,violence and pride ♫
♫ carry out heroic deedspraising the youth ♫
♫ Even if the lofty sentimentsonly intend for a beauty's admiration ♫
♫ who can stand a hero's tear? ♫
♫ Look at glory and splendoras if they were goose feathers ♫
♫ Look forward,urging the horse with a wild laugh ♫
♫ Feel sworn brotherhood,surpass the skies ♫
♫ On your behalfStars fall and souls vanish ♫
♫ In this mundane world,the inevitable turmoil of feelings ♫
♫ by a cup of wine can stretch sky-high ♫
♫ Even if the landscape is far away,with a cry, long and loud ♫
♫ the windy clouds where the sword points,will curl up in a surging tide ♫
♫ Even if this is a loneliness of a lifetime,do not remit cruelty ♫
♫ just because of the hot blood flaming in the chest ♫
♫ Make the green mountain bloom,and the old man of the east ♫
♫ will recollect the mistof the floating clouds ♫
The Three Heroes and Five Gallants
Episode 6
Attack him...
I told you to attack him.
Protect the Royal Uncle!Hurry!
Ya Lan, come.
Bai Yutang!You carry Ya Lan.
Hurry!Are you a man or not?
Let's go.
Don't mind me...Hurry and chase!
Kill them once you've caught up with them.
Anyone who kills him gets a thousand gold taels!
Brother, let's rest for a while.I'm too tired.
Tired, how tired?
Miss Ya Lan is so thin and light.
- Endure it a little longer.- Man and woman should not be this close.Haven't you heard that?
I...how come I've never heard of that?
Besides,
you're well known in the Jianghu.
How can you leave her at a time like this?
Better let me down, I'll walk by myself.
- Why did you put her down?- She told me to.
- How can you put down such a tender and delicate girl?- Oh, you can't bear it, right? Then you carry her
But you are a famous knight-errant.
this is a good time to test you.
More, say more good things about me.Go say more.
You are more handsome than me.
Taller than me.And your kung fu is better than mine.
- You make the girls like you.- Enough...Get on my back.
Hurry, Miss Lan.Go up.
- Let's go.- I ask you to give praises and you can't even do that.
Enough already, Miss Lan.
A dead person cannot be revived.Restrain you grief and accept fate.
Also, didn't Bai Yutang promise earlier
to take good care of you?
He is a Jianghu hero.
A true man must be a man of his word.I don't think he'll break his promise.
When did I promise to take care of Ya Lan?
You just said so.How can you have forgotten it?
Which of your ears heard it?
I never said anything like it.When I got there, her mother was close to death.
What?Why are you looking at me like that?
So you are planning to escape your debt?
Let me tell you, a word said has been spat out already.You can't get it back even if you keep licking it.
What do you mean about escaping debt?There's no such debt in the first place.
- How can there be none? I heard it myself.- Which ear of yours heard it? You are very unreasonable.
- Who's unreasonable, me or you?- You, of course. You're making up something out of nothing.
You're fickle and break your promises,talk big but only do small.
Wrong! You're just talk.
- Even the small, you won't do.- Enough! Shut up!
What? Am I unpleasant?Let's have a duel then.
Let me tell you Bai Yutang,if you dare abandon Miss Ya Lan,
I'll spread the news in the Jianghu.Let them see your true character.
You appear to be an educated person, am I right?
Don't you know that men and women are different?
An unmarried man travelling with a single woman,how can that be appropriate?
It's said that a gentleman needs to hide nothing.
You just have to treat Miss Ya Lan with respect and conduct yourself like a human being.
- I believe that you will coexist with harmony, respect and propriety.- I know.
I am an upright and indomitable man,but you must know that gossip is frightful.
If I stay with her any length of time,people will misunderstand it.
Hero Bai, let me ask you. What's the root of heroism?
Of course I know.
Rob the rich to give to the poor. Eliminate cruelty, safeguard the good.
Remove the powerful, protect the weak. Practice heroism and justice.
Look at you. Those are the leaves and branches, not the root.
Then you tell me what's the root.
The root is, when doing heroic deeds,always aim at being fair.
Achieve a certain self-improvement.
Just like Mencius (=Master Meng) said,
"Unaffected by wealth and honors;unshaken by poverty and hardships;
unyielding to power and force;
in this spiritual state, gossip and slander can't hurt."- Are you kidding me?
I never before heard the part about "gossip and slander can't hurt".
You obviously didn't study very well.
This phrase is just on the next page of the book.You just need to turn it and you'll see it.
- Really?- Huh...
Your reasons are based on hearsay, I have the books as my proof.
What's written in books is written.But principles are easier said than followed.
Could it be that you really have some wicked thoughtstowards Miss Ya Lan?
What nonsense are you saying?How can I be that kind of person?
Then what's so hard about it?
As long as you can walk properly and sit straight, even if ghosts knock on your door in the middle of the night,
you can still calmly eat some watermelon.(Nothing to fear if one has pure intentions)
My two saviors,
I've heard everything that you were discussing earlier.
I will never forget you two for saving my life.
I'll willingly be a cow or a horse in my next life to repay you.
Miss Ya Lan, please get up.
Your savior is not me.It's this Hero Bai.
- Why aren't you helping her up yet?- Do I need you to tell me that!
Miss Ya Lan, come.
Master Yue, since Savior Bai has his difficulties,I won't burden savior anymore.
- I'll take my leave here.- Miss, wait!
Miss Ya Lan, Pang Yu has surely sent his men to catch you.
You won't be able to escape out of Chenzhou.
Mother was killed.
I also don't have the pride to continue living in this world anymore.
I'll now go after that villain Pang Yu
and take revenge for my mom.
Miss Ya Lan is really a strong-minded young woman.
I truly admire you.
Oh right, yesterday I recovered your weapon from the Imperial Family Mansion.
I can finally return it to you now.
Thank you, Savior.
Don't call me Savior.
In the future, you mustn't call someone in the Jianghu 'Savior' too casually
to prevent those who can't bear it to shorten their lifespan.
I'll go now.
Miss Ya Lan
I think that this weapon alone is not enough.
- You should also carry a dagger.- A dagger?
You're seeking Pang Yu for revenge so you surely will be in great danger.
Have a dagger ready for suicide to avoid being shamed should you fall into their hands.
Then why don't you just tell her to commit suicide now.
Master Yue said it right.
Rather than letting the villains shame me,
why not fight vigorously one battle.
The worst that can happen is that we all die.Thank you for your reminder.
Miss Ya Lan, I still have some important things to do so I can't go with you further.
However, your heroic deed of seeking revenge for you mother
I will definitely spread in the Jianghu,
and also use this to expose the true face of those false vile people.
I'll take my leave.
Hey, Miss Ya Lan, please wait.
Don't listen to his nonsense.
I feel that we must plan this thing first.
Did Fifth Master Bai have a change of heart and is willing to fulfill his promise now?
You're vicious. I admit defeat.Is that alright with you?
You're not defeated by me but by reason.
With right moral reason you can walk to the ends of the world. Without, you can't move a step.
My two saviors, I understand and thank your good intentions.
But this is very dangerous.I don't want to involve others.
Miss Ya Lan, since Fifth Master Bai has decided to take care of you,
if you leave now, it will show you being unreasonable.
Your mother asked him to take care of you.From now on, even if it is as his cow, horse,
or servant, you must stay by his side.
Otherwise, you'll go against your mother,and that's unfilial.
Isn't it so, Fifth Master Bai?
Imperial Envoy Office
- Greetings, Royal Uncle.- No need...
Reporting to Royal Uncle
I already did what you ordered, sent men everywhere
to look for clues of Bai Yutang and his accomplices' whereabouts.
Even went to the local courthouse to report a kidnapping crime.
Kidnapping?
Bai Yutang broke into the Imperial Envoy Residence and tried to assassinate the Imperial Envoy.
That's clearly sedition! He is clearly rebelling!
What's the use of reporting a kidnapping crime?
Hurry and inform the Lower Courthouse. Tell them to hang "Wanted" posters everywhere,
to arrest the rebel Bai Yutang, kill his whole family,and all his clan members!
Yes, I will go immediately.Let's go!
Miss Ya Lan, don't worry any more.
Tonight, I'll go into the Imperial Family Residence again.
I'll definitely kill that bastard Pang Yu and get his head as revenge for you mother.
I'll go with you.
I want to kill him personally.
I think that after yesterday's fight
Pang Yu will definitely have some form of preparation.
Trying to assassinate him again will be very difficult.
Even if their walls were made of metal,I'd still have a way of making a hole through them.
Pang Yu has now opened a recruitment center in Chenzhou
and enlisted all sorts of scum.
Those people are just too easy in my eyes.
Not even worth mentioning.
I think that even if we can kill him right now,we mustn't touch him.
- Why?- Think about it.
If we kill him now,
the injustice done to the people of Chenzhou will never be brought to court.
Besides, we'll become outlaws pursued by the government.
Then Master Yue, what do you think we should do?
We should send Pang Yu to court to be tried.
This way, the grievances of the people of Chenzhou can be discussed in court,
and Pang Yu's backers, Prime Minister Pang and Imperial Concubine Pang, can be exposed.
They'd all be sentenced under the law and the Chenzhou people would get true justice.
However, since time immemorial,government officers have protected each other.
More importantly, the Pang Family are Royal Relatives.Who will dare openly try them?
Others may not dare,
but there's one person who surely will.
Who?
The scholar of Longtuge Academy, Prefect of Kaifeng,the Honorable Bao Zheng.
Today in the morning court, I requested His Majesty again
to allow me to go to Chenzhou to supervise the relief operations.
Unfortunately, His Majesty won't allow it.
I think that
this villain Pang's issue concerns more than the Chenzhou incident.
To resolve it fully,we must plan things carefully.
You're right.We should plan it well.
About you going to Hollow Island to make peace with the Five Rats,
how come I never heard any result from you?
Master, it's not that there's no result.It's just that I don't know
how to tell you the result...
What?
Are the Five Rats unwilling to accept your good intentions?
According to Sleek Rat Bai Yutang,
as long as Zhan Zhao is the Imperial Cat,
he's an enemy of the Hollow Island Five Rats.
Looks like I brought trouble to you.
This has nothing to do with you, Sir.
The main reason is people's narrow-mindedness.
I don't know how you can coexist with your Jianghu friends from now on.
Master, I have an idea.
I hope that I can covertly improve the government's relations
with the Jianghu people.
Covertly?
How do you plan to do it?
Welcome Shen Zhongyuan, Hero Shen.
Shen Zhongyuan greets Master Bao.
Do you mean that from now on,you're going to use Hero Shen's face
to appear in the Jianghu?
Then from now on, Hero Shen must hide his movements
and work in low key.
Yup...Yup...
There are yet more news
that have come to my ears...
Little sister...
In 2 days' time I will go to the Eastern Capital.
Then I'll order a jade braceletto be made for you.
Really?Second in Command is really good.
Try to think of it, my whole life I've been locked up in this place.
I've never traveled anywhere.
So let's not even mention that beautiful place you call the Eastern Capital.
How about you take me with you?
Let me see the world.
It's not convenient this time. Maybe next time.
Why?
This time we have a special mission.
Tell me.
To bring 30 chests of birthday presents for Imperial Concubine Pang.
The implications are enormous.There can't be a shred of slackness.
Imperial Concubine's birthday presentmust be very expensive.
You're able to guess that it's expensive
but you will never be able to guess how expensive it is.
Bastard Officials...
Obviously, Pang father and son want to use Imperial Concubine Pang's birthday
to send the people's sweat and blood plunderedfrom Chenzhou to the Capital.
Mm. So we must prevent them from moving this wealth out of Chenzhou.
- Fifth Master means that we'll steal it?- Correct.
I don't think that's right.
If we do that, they'll suspect us of stealing it.
Do you want us to just sit back and look, doing nothing?
Tell us, what should we do?
I think that the best way
is to inform the Kaifeng Court about this
and let Prefect Bao stop them before they reach the Capital.
At the same time, this will give him evidence against Pang Yu.
- This sounds good.- Fine.
Then let's do as Master Yue says.
But the question is, who is will go to Kaifeng Prefecture with the news?
I'm willing to go.
Master Yue willing to go is really good.
You stay here and keep an eye for newsfrom the Imperial Family Residence.
After reporting the news to Kaifeng Prefecture,I'll return here straight away.
Where shall we meet?
Just ahead there's a Huilong Town.In it there's a Mao Family old store.
The shop owner is a distant relative of mine.
- You two go there and wait for me.- Alright.
If you don't get back on time and they've already crossed the border,
then I'll take care of chasing them.We must not let them escape.
That's good then.
But Chenzhou is a dangerous place.
I think that leaving Miss Ya Lan alone here is not safe.
Do you mean that you want me to take Ya Lan to the Eastern Capital,
find a place there and, once the task is done, you'll go to the Eastern Capital to get her?
That's right.
What do you think, Miss Ya Lan?
I'll follow your arrangements.
Miss Ya Lang, don't worry.
I'll definitely fulfill my promise to you
and I'll assume responsibility to the very end.
Once this is over, I'll fetch you and take you to Hollow Island to live with my sister-in-law.
I will follow Fifth Master's orders.
Wait for me for a while, I'll be back right away.
Yu!
This is really urgent. I'll go on ahead.Goodbye.
Jia!
Hey Yue!Where are you going?
Come back here!
I think that Black Bao will not take things lying down easily.
What tactics are they likely to use?
This...I can't figure out yet...
But Father-in-law,
why must we always worry about what they will do?
Why can't we make them worry about us?
You...
Do you have any good suggestions?
I followed your orders
and closely monitored the movements in the government office in Kaifeng.
I accidentally discovered something very interesting.
I bet on Big...
My money on Big...
Buy Big...
Big...
- Big...- It's small!
Big...
- Big...- Small...
It's Small...
Why is it small again?
I want to borrow 100 silver taels.
Master, I can give you 100 taels,
but we add 12% interest daily.
So what? I can borrow and I can pay it back.Do you think I can't pay you back?
That's not it.
But...
the two of us may be familiar with each other,but reason is not familiar with us.
Master, count it first.Total of 88 silver taels.
But I'm borrowing 100 taels, why are you giving me 88?
It was originally 100 taels,
but I've already deducted today's interest.
You're quite hasty.
Master, walk carefully.
- Small! Small!...- Hurry and bet...
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(Prime Minister's Residence)
Greetings Father-in-law.
Bai Yutang didn't come to the Eastern Capital,he went to Chenzhou instead.
- Did he go to Chenzhou? What for?- To cause trouble to Yu'er.
He already broke into the Imperial Family Garden and caused a ruckus.
- How could that happen?- Tell me about Zhan Zhao's situation.
In these few days, he's already borrowed 500 taels.
We are short of time.
We have to settle this thing with Zhan Zhao at once.
- But...- We can't delay it anymore.
Since Bai Yutang has gone to Chenzhou,the other 4 rats may also go there.
If that really happens, Yu'er will be in big trouble.The situation will be hard for him to control.
Master Zhan...
Master Zhan
Master
Didn't I tell you already
that I'm short of money right now.In a few days,
- I'll pay you all the money, not one cent less.- Right, yes.
But Master...
I'm also worried for you.
Dragging it one day means one more day worth of interest.
Up to now, this interest has already reached 2,000.
- If we delay it further, I'm afraid...- Afraid that I won't be able to pay up?
It's not that.But mine is only a small business.
It's set up by me and some of my friends.
Could you pay today out of pity for me?
- Today?- Today.- By today?
- By today.- You're forcing debt payment, aren't you?
I wouldn't dare.
The point is, I do need to live too.
What if I can't pay up by today?
Then...I can only risk my life and report it to the court, have Minister Bao give me justice.
I tell you, go ahead.Try it.
I'll beat you to a pulp in no time at all.
Oh my, Sir, we mustn't be that unreasonable.
Enough! I already told you that in 2 days I'll pay you back with all the interest,
not 1 cent less.I have to work now. Stop bothering me.
It's not that...Master.Master Zhan!
Guard Zhan!
- Guard Zhang, please.- Please.
Guard Zhan
I have a friend who admires you a lot.
He wants to make friends with you.I wonder if Guard Zhan has time for that now?
May I ask who you are?
I am Sun Mingcai.I work at the Capital's Command Department.
So you are Master Sun!
I was impolite earlier, my apologies.
It's alright...
May I ask who your friend is?
My friend's name is Tian Feng.He's a well known wealthy man from the capital.
Oh?
What is this?
5,000 silver taels.Please accept it, Master Zhan.
What does this mean?
No real meaning, Sir.It's just a small token. Please kindly accept it.
I can't accept money if I didn't work for it.Please take it back.
- Guard Zhan, Mister Tian sincerely wants to be your friend.- Yes, yes.
That's good.Just go straight to the point.
- Stop beating about the bush.- Good. Guard Zhan is a straightforward person.
Then we'll speak clearly.
Mister Gongsun.
Guard Zhan.
I heard that in Langao County, South of this city, there's a tenant farmer
who accused his own landlord, Squire Tian,
of forcing someone's death.
Right now, it's already been submitted to us in Kaifeng Prefecture.
It's like this.
Tidying up the files earlier,I came upon this case.
Mister Gongsun,
could you tell me about this case?
It's like this, the tenant Liu San owesSquire Tian rent and interest.
Therefore, he willingly sent his 16-year old daughter, Zhenzhen,
to the Tian residence
to work as a servant for 3 years.
But after less than 6 months at the Tian Residence, Zhenzhen jumped into the river and killed herself.
Liu San wasn't convinced and filed a complaint at the local court.
The local court concluded it was plain suicide.
Liu San was still dissatisfied, so the case was escalated to the Kaifeng court.
Guard Zhan, you're here!Have a seat.
The Kaifeng court already sent mento check the corpse in Langao County.
- How come Liu Zhenzhen was pregnant?- This...
That wild girl probably had a secret man outside.
She was afraid of being discovered so she killed herself by jumping into the river.
Right.It must have been like that.
But Liu Zhenzhen was a servant in your household.
How could she have gone out of the mansion
- to meet her lover?- This...
She was our servant, that's right.But she also had free time.
That's right. She had free time.
Then how can one explain the wounds on her body?
These were all inflicted before her death.
This...
Guard Zhan, this obviously shows that others have falsely created a crime scene.
Their aim is to frame Squire Tian.
Quite so...Even if I jump into the Yellow River, I can't clear my name.
That's why Squire Tian is asking you to mediate
and have Kaifeng uphold the original conclusion of the lower court.
I...I'll give another 5,000 taels.I hope Guard Zhan can help me.
Help me...
Do you think that the Kaifeng court is like your lower court?
That Prefect Bao is like your local town head?
This...
As long as you can help Squire Tian settle this,
Squire Tian will definitely not treat you unfairly.
Yes...Yes...That...
I'll add another 5,000 taels after the job is done,I'll add another 5,000 taels.
You really don't know how to talk properly?What do you mean by after the job is done?
Oh, right...I'll immediately prepare 5,000 taels...
To hope that Prefect Bao makes the wrong conclusion...
Impossible.
This...What can be done?
Then...this thing...
I will think of a way.
Good!...Thank you, Master Zhan.Thank you, Guard Zhan!
May I ask if the two of you are Master Yue Hua's friends?
That's right.
I've already prepared your rooms as requested by Master Yue.
Come, Master, come inside.
We've arrived.
Fifth Master, Master Yue especially instructed us
to make you read this as soon as you arrived.
- I'll go and prepare your rooms. - To Fifth Master,
Since there are lots of undercover hired thugs everywhere,
I'm requesting Fifth Master to act cautiously and not do anything to foil our plan.
I've already reserved a room for both of you.Please share the room as husband and wife.
as your cover. I know well that Master Bai is an upright and open-minded gentleman.
You will surely follow ethics and behave honorably.
Let Miss have the bed and sleep on the floor.
This Yue fellow...is he insane?
What is it?
What does Master Yue say in his letter?
Read it.
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Fifth Master,
allow me to sleep on the floor instead.
This isn't a question of who will sleep on the floor.
If this troubles you so much,I can also look for another place.
I didn't mean it like that.
Yue has already said it bluntly.That makes me...
Actually, what Master Yue said is right.
We're only 6 miles from Chenzhou.
Villain Pang spies are everywhere.
We must be careful at all times.
Miss Ya Lan, I feel that doing this will harm your future reputation.
I am still alive today thanks to you, Fifth Master.
Reputation, for someone who came back from death,
doesn't really mean a thing.
Fifth Master, please go up with your wife and rest.
- Show us.- Yes. This way please.
Fifth Master, Madam, please.
Come in, Fifth Master , Madam.
This is the best room in the inn.
- I wonder if you are satisfied with it?- It's not bad.
Come!
- Men!- Coming!
- Come and put the blanket on the bed.- Alright.
Fifth Master, Master Yue especially ordered this. He said that as a child, climbing a tree
to pick a neighbor's peaches, you carelessly fell down and sustained a life injury,
so you usually cover the lower half of your bodyto sleep, even in the Summer.
I followed Master Yue's instructions and prepared a 9 lbs blanket for you.
So I have a life injury, right?
If I kick you to death,will you believe it?
Spit...I said too much...Fifth Master, don't get angry. I spoke out of turn...
This Yue fellow...
Fifth Master, you mustn't get angry.
I think that Master Yue's intention
was that we'd have an extra blanket to put on the floor.
Still, he can't go around speaking rashly.
- I've finished setting it up.- Thank you.
Go and sleep then.
You sleep on the bed.I'll sleep here.
That can't be.
If it gets out that I snatched a bed from a weak woman, where will my face go?
You're my Savior.I can't let my Savior sleep on the floor.
Savior, please go and rest.
Fine.
- Savior, you're awake.- Yeah.
Rest a little longer.
Master, please spare my life.
I do have a grievance.
Master, spare my life...
Master, spare my life.I really have a grievance.
Stay right there!
Careful, don't let him escape!
So Sun Cai very clearly saw Zhan Zhao trying to incite Liu San to hang himself.
If the men from Kaifeng Prefecture had arrived a moment later,
Liu San would have hanged himselfto avoid punishment.
I initially planned to force Zhan Zhaoto cooperate with us
by grasping his weak point when he committed a capital crime.
I never thought that Heaven was against us.
Father-in-law, even so, this isn't necessarily bad for us.
What do you mean by that?
Even though we cannot make Zhan Zhaosecretly work for us,
we can openly try to pull him towards us.
Make him become our man.
(Kaifeng Court)
(Justice and fairness)
Come!
Bring Zhan Zhao and Tian Feng.
Might...
I had already foreseen
that someone would try to kill the accuserin order to silence him.
But I never expected
that this person would be my court's Fourth Rank Guard.
Bold Zhan Zhao!You dared connive with criminals
to secretly kill the accuser using ruthless, cruel means. You really makes me so mad!
Come! Drag Zhan Zhao out and give him 40 heavy blows, before we resume the hearing.
Tian Feng...
Sir I'm willing to confess...
I'm willing to confess... Sir...
I'm willing to confess...
- Bring the criminals.- I'll abide!
Bring the criminals!
Minister, the time has come.
Come
Open the cutter!
Bring the criminal Tian Feng to the cutter!
Yes!
Open...cut!
Bring the criminal Zhan Zhao into the cutter!
Open...cut!
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♫ How I want to look at you once more ♫
♫ How I want to go back to your side ♫
♫ If ever time will stop at this day ♫
♫ will it be forever? ♫♫ Even though they say that love is hard to be made into reality ♫
♫ Willing to take a step back to fulfill it ♫
♫ Those compromising words ♫
♫ I’ll keep them for you ♫
♫ You said that rather than crying til ones eyes are red, better to just think and miss me ♫
♫ I’m afraid that yearning cannot cope with the changes of time ♫
♫ Gossips spread for one year ♫
♫ Forever seems like too far away ♫
♫ Rather than looking at your back slowly getting far, better to just think and miss you ♫
♫ Learned to wipe my tears dry after turning around ♫
♫ If there’s a Heaven, then the love, hate, and embrace of the past are rubbed to become ♫
♫ one’s heart’s callus.
♫ You said that rather than crying til ones eyes are red, better to just think and miss me ♫
♫ I’m afraid that yearning cannot cope with the changes of time ♫
♫ Gossips spread for one year ♫
♫ Forever seems like too far away ♫
♫ Rather than looking at your back slowly getting far, better to just think and miss you ♫
♫ Learned to wipe my tears dry after turning around ♫
♫ If there’s a Heaven, then the love, hate, and embrace of the past are rubbed to become ♫
♫ one’s heart’s callus.