Candle in the Tomb
Episode 1
KoreanDramaX.co
Do you want to die?
- I'll go and distract the enemies' attention. - Yes, sir!
- Bring your gun out to fight. - Yes, sir!
- Clean up the battle field. - Yes, sir.
Walk faster. Hurry.
Faster.
Commander, be careful!
Stay alert!
Xi Zi!
Xi Zi.
Xi Zi, it's okay. Hang on.
Nurse! Nurse!
- Nurse! - Nurse!
Xi Zi, hang on!
Hu Bayi, stop it!
Move away!
Hu Bayi, are you crazy?
You're going crazy!
Run!
Are you okay?
I'm fine.
I had a dream.
- Are we almost at the stop? - Yes, almost.
Travelers, the train's upcoming stop
is our final destination,
our great homeland's capital, Beijing.
Beijing is our nation's political,
economic and cultural center.
How dare you come offend your ancestors? (code language)
If so, I'll fall from the mountains and drown in the lake. (code language)
Why is your face so red? (code language)
I'm anxious because I can't find my wife. (code language)
Why is your face yellow now? (code language)
I found a tigress instead, and I was scared. (code language)
Old Hu!
Our Chinese Red Army has finally joined forces in Beijing.
Fatty, why are you so skinny?
Don't even mention it. It's hard to get by.
Let's go!
The car's waiting for you at the gate. Let's go.
Nice job, Fatty. Pretty impressive. You even have a car now.
You're the impressive one.
They assigned you a job, but you didn't go.
Nice. Why are you trying to speak like a Beijing native?
My ancestors were from Beijing! What about it?
Why don't you just say that you're from Lantian County?
Let's talk about proper business. Now that the army sent you back,
your father didn't whip you, right?
I thought that I would be whipped no matter what,
but it turns out my father wasn't mad. He was quite happy.
I thought to myself, why does this old man's consciousness decrease with age?
If I were your dad, I'd also be happy.
Later, I finally understood.
My dad's just afraid I'd die on the battle field.
Hey, you're not my dad.
Are you trying to take advantage of me?
Fatty, you're back so early today.
A relative came! I'm not working today.
We're home.
Come in. Sit wherever.
Sit!
I'll organize it for you.
Fatty, you have quite a collection here.
What collection? These are junk that nobody'll buy.
The first few years were easy work,
but it's difficult now. Don't even mention importing from Fujian Province.
People buy their goods directly from Hong Kong now!
The nation's economics isn't just a little better.
It's super good now.
This is your bed. You'll sleep here tonight.
Hey, Fatty.
On your letter, you said that somebody bullied you, and you wanted to beat him up.
Who is it?
Tell me, I'll beat him up. Lately, I really want to fight somebody.
What are you talking about?
Everybody in the country's doing business. Nobody fights nowadays.
Hungry, right? Let's go eat.
We'll go to a restaurant and eat lamb meat!
Forget it. I'll treat you.
Are you insulting me?
No matter how poor I am, I have enough money
to treat you to a meal. Let's go.
Waitress, table for two!
Coming.
- Four bottles of beer. - Alright.
Wow, this lamb meat is so expensive.
With the little money I have, we can't eat much.
The capital's things are more expensive than our hometown's.
This is good stuff! Take a look.
How many dishes of lamb should we order?
This moron is here.
- Here's the bottle-opener. - But I can't sell at a loss.
The road is narrow for enemies.
Who is it?
Big Gold Tooth! I've been looking many days for him, but he hid from me.
What's the situation?
A while ago, my car was towed by businessmen at Panjiayuan Subdistrict.
Later, I met this Big Gold Tooth.
He was interested in my jade and haggled with me for a long time.
I was in urgent need of money to retrieve my car, so I sold it to him for ¥300.
The jade that your father left you?
Yes! That moron
tricked it from me. Do you know how much that jade is worth?
At least ¥2,000!
What are you doing?
You haven't seen this before?
Don't be impulsive.
I bought it for ¥3,000.
Cash or check?
No check. Only in cash.
The basin belongs to our country. It's not for sale.
Brother Kaixuan!
Why do I see you here? What a coincidence.
I'm not your brother!
Brother, you got this piece of jade from my buddy,
is that right?
- You are... - I'm Hu Bayi.
Regarding the sale of this piece of jade, there could be some misunderstanding.
Since we bumped into you here, we'll have to talk with you.
I'm sorry,
but it's not convenient today. I have a friend here. He's a foreigner.
Are you trying to trick a foreigner?
Brother, take responsibility for your words. I haven't tricked anyone.
You tricked me!
You two, we need to settle something today.
How about you come a different day?
- Really? - How about this?
We'll go to Quanjude another day. I'll treat you to roast duck. How about it?
I really have business today. I'm truly sorry.
Let's go.
- Let's keep in touch. - Okay.
- I'm sorry. - I'll contact you another day!
What's wrong? Are you going to attack me? Are you going to steal in bright daylight?
No, we never steal things.
It's like this: my friend's father gave him this jade when he was alive.
It's his keepsake.
It's a valid event, but it's not a valid reason.
As the saying goes, "The ancients do calligraphy. All's fair in war."
Before it was sold, the jade was yours. After it's sold, it's mine.
It's fine if you want to take this jade back today.
¥3,000 and you can take it.
Fatty, sit back down.
Sit down first.
Are you trying to throw a tantrum?
Why don't you ask around what Master Gold of Panjiayuan Subdistrict does?
I don't get around for no reason.
I'll tell you the truth today:
this jade is worth more than ¥3,000. It can be sold for more.
Don't think you're at a loss here. My ancestors were tomb raiders.
I've understood artifacts since I was little,
but you guys are different. You have to pay a tuition to learn.
If you don't pay ¥3,000 today, you can't take this jade away.
Are you trying to act ignorant? Then, let me make this clear today.
You knew that this jade was worth ¥3,000 since the beginning,
but you bought it from my friend for ¥300? Didn't you deliberately trick him?
I'm telling you, your reasoning was valid, but you tricked me!
How about this? Let's not waste each others' time.
You either leave behind the jade today,
or you leave behind your gold tooth.
Of the two things, you can only pick one.
Why? Are you really trying to beat me up? I'm telling you, this is the capital.
Yes, the police station is right across the street. It's okay.
Before we raise our fists, we're all gentlemen.
Fine.
Two against one. I admit defeat.
Old Hu, after being in the army, why did you lose your temper?
There's two of us. There's no need to fear him.
I was so anxious. If it had been me,
I would have beaten him to the ground already.
Why do you still act like when you were in the countryside? You solve everything through recklessness.
Our goal was to get your jade back.
Who are you looking for?
Does Wang Kaixuan live here?
- You are... - We're his relatives.
You're his relatives?
Old Hu! Old Hu!
Bad news. I forgot about something. I've told Big Gold Tooth where I live.
Fatty, you have more relatives over!
He's in this room, right?
Are you a pig?
Wang Kaixuan!
There are five or six of them. What do we do?
What else can we do?
We can't avoid trouble now.
Let's go.
Big Gold Tooth, what do you want?
Wow, look at that temper.
I want to find out today
if it's the same incident and reasoning.
I won't make it hard for you, but you should ask around.
Things leaving the same price as they came in
has never happened before.
What do you want, then?
- I want to-- - Fatty,
what's going on? If there's a problem, our neighborhood committee can help.
There's no problem, Auntie! They're here to help me move my goods.
If you have something to say, don't say it here.
Come inside.
Brother, you see our current conditions.
This is all. If you think it's enough, take it.
If it's not enough, give us a price, and we'll try to reach it.
But let's do it elsewhere to not disturb the neighbors.
- How much is there? - About ¥600.
Not enough.
Wait!
Is that yours?
Can I see it?
Compass?
Eight Trigrams of I Ching. Feng Shui Positioning.
I'll take that money.
If you two are free at noon, show up
and we'll eat lamb meat again. I'll treat.
Master Hu, you must show up. I'll see you at noon.
See you at noon.
He's taking your money to treat us to lunch?
What kind of logic is this?
You two are here? Hurry and sit, hurry.
Brother Kaixuan, sorry for the trouble.
It's my fault. After all, no friends are made without a fight,
but there was not a single flaw in what Master Hu said and did today.
You didn't embarrass me at all.
I have one word for you: admiration.
Let me introduce myself.
People call me Master Gold.
I sell artifacts in Panjiayuan.
My father was an ordinary tomb raider.
Later, the Nationalists captured him, and he joined the army.
During the Huaihai Campaign, they revolted and joined the People 's Liberation Army.
My father was a cook for the army.
Later, at the Korean battlefield, his leg was frozen,
and was crippled for life. Now that there's the reform, he returned to Beijing
and worked business with artifacts.
Master Hu, you must understand this profession, right?
When your father raided tombs, did he never find a big zongzi?
Hey, what an expert.
What zongzi?
Zongzi is a code word in the tomb raiding trade.
It means the well-preserved corpses that haven't rotted in the tombs.
If you find a big zongzi, it means you've met trouble.
Take a look.
Do you see this tooth? I dug it out of a tomb.
It's enamel gold, and I couldn't bear to sell it.
I pulled out my own tooth and stuck it in.
The water's boiling. Let's begin eating.
Right. Let's all have a drink.
Here, here.
Brother, here. This one's yours.
Before my father was captured to join the army,
he learned his tomb raiding skills from a Mr. Cai from Hunan.
He knew quite a lot about tomb raiding.
People like them used their noses.
During 1923, with the Luoyang shovel, they didn't need to use their noses anymore.
They could just look with their eyes.
Just by looking at the dirt dug up from the Luoyang shovel,
they know what's underground.
The shovel brought up
ceramic chips, wood chips, cloth, gold, silver, copper, iron, tin, mercury, and lead.
It also included rammed earth,
tiles, and other things like that. With those objects, you can tell
which decade the tomb is from and how the interior was laid out,
but when the skills of smelling came to me,
it was lost. My dad was crippled,
and I was born with asthma,
so
with my sight, I carried out the artifact business.
Cheers.
About tomb raiding,
I've heard about it from the elders many years ago.
The really skillful ones don't use chisels or the Luoyang shovels.
The capable ones
will know whether there's an ancient tomb underground whenever they reach a place.
Where it is located and its structure, they could tell with just one look.
This is using the art of geomancy to determine the location of the tomb.
In other words, wherever the place is of excellent Feng Shui, there will be a big tomb underneath.
The person buried in it,
must be someone extraordinary. The tomb is full of treasures.
Those who are really capable
look down on the use of Luoyang shovels and tools alike.
Master Hu, regarding using geomancy to determine the location of a tomb,
do you have some knowledge of it?
Know a little bit.
I admire you.
How about this? If both of you don't mind, after the meal,
go over to my place and have a look.
Would it be alright?
Come in, please.
Make yourself at home.
Let me gift the both of you something.
Master Hu, have a look.
Brother Kaixuan.
Old Hu, what's this?
Tomb Raider Seal.
You are right.
Tomb Raider Seal. Cao Cao had a military troop, [ Cao Cao: a warlord during the Three Kingdoms period. ]
which specialized in raiding tombs to get treasures, and using them to finance his military.
Everyone in this military troop had a Tomb Raider Seal.
The official title is "Gold Seeking Officer".
Later on, this official title is passed down within this trade,
there's a particular group of tomb raiders called "Gold Seeking Officers".
Master Hu, you said you have this skill of using geomancy to locate ancient tombs,
it's such a pity that you are not a "Gold Seeking Officer".
I really have no experience in this matter.
I read all about it from a book of "16 characters of Yin and Yang Feng Shui techniques".
It was passed down from my grandfather.
Honestly speaking, he worked as a "Gold Seeking Officer" back then.
In the end, he met a big zongzi and almost died.
So I don't wish to be involved in the wicked act of tomb raiding.
I'm not asking you to go tomb raiding, I just hope that you can go and collect some treasures.
Selling those things are way better than you selling those video tapes.
- Is that right? - Yes.
Master Hu, have a look please.
Do you know what's the price of this bowl?
How much?
Three hundred?
Three thousand?
Ten thousand?
From the reign of Emperor Wanli. [ Zhu Yijun, the 13th emperor of the Ming dynasty of China. ]
Master Hu.
Please take a look at this.
Do you know how much the foreigners are willing to pay for this?
Seven...
Ten thousand again?
It's from the Western Zhou period.
These should be from last week, right?
Master Hu, these are the ones from last week.
I just collected them last week. The cheapest one I have is
six hundred.
But even if it's ‎¥600, the two of you will not be able to afford it now.
I don't have other motive. I just wish to be friends with the two of you.
I also know that both of you aren't ordinary folks either.
If I have any good deals in the future, I'll be in charge of contacting you guys.
You can deal with the customers personally. If the deal goes through, just give me a commission.
With us, it's a case of "the mountains will never change and the rivers will still flow. [ Whatever happens, an agreement made will hold true, till we meet again. ]
Old Hu.
Let's go.
Old Hu.
Brother Kaixuan.
- Take these. - No, don't do this.
Take them.
I'll make a move first. Old Hu.
Old Hu, what exactly are you thinking?
Aren't you a bit wavered by what Big Gold Tooth had said?
Let's not talk about him first. Let's talk about us.
What are we going to do?
I really can't continue with the job of selling video tapes on a bicycle.
Fatty, do you think Big Gold Tooth is reliable?
I can't say for sure.
But hearing your conversation in the morning,
I was baffled by it.
You are really knowledgeable.
Actually, about this matter, I feel that...
Say what you want to say.
Regarding this matter, I feel that you don't have to feel burdened by it.
There's so much treasure buried in the tombs of those emperors and high ranking officials.
Could you say for sure that all those treasures belong to them?
Aren't those stuff also taken from the common people as well?
What is taken from the people, it should be used in the interests of the people.
What era are we in now? It's the 80's.
The government is talking about contribution to the country. It's their turn to contribute now.
Since they can't climb out of the tomb, then we should help them do it.
Fatty.
I have been in the army for 10 years. I can't be involved in tomb raiding.
You better don't think about it too.
We surely can't be involved in anything illegal or wicked.
But we are going to collect the stuff now.
Collecting.
Do you still remember back then when we were deployed to the village, Mount Niu'xin?
Of course I remember. How could I forget?
Those villagers were saying that there's an ancient tomb located there. And they even said it's before Northern Song dynasty.
Didn't we picked up some ceramic pieces from the riverside before?
Don't you think in those villagers' homes, everyone would have some treasures with them?
Come to think of it now, we can just buy a few pieces from them,
and sell them at good prices when we return.
Yanzi's house, which we used to stay, those urns that were in their backyard,
if you think about it now, aren't those somewhat valuable as well?
KoreanDramaX.co
Old Hu, surely you must also think of the folks in the village, right?
Old Branch Secretary. Yanzi.
Alright. Let's make a trip down to Mount Niu'xin.
Take it as visiting the village folks.
In the event that we can find something valuable, we get rich together with the village folks.
I thought that you won't be able to figure it out. To think that your self-realization is much higher than me.
To hell with you.
But we can't go back empty-handed.
With whatever money we have, bring more gifts back with us.
No problem,
tomorrow I'll sell off these goods,
and sell that cart of mine.
How much can you sell those goods of yours?
Sell it. It should be of some value.
Eagle Song brand?
This is a limited edition mechanical watch.
This should fetch a good price.
How about this? Let's terminate the tenancy of this house.
Terminate? Then where would we stay when we are back?
Beijing Hotel.
Give me back my watch.
Why?
Damn. You only know how to enjoy life.
Old Hu.
I think your watch should be worth ‎¥280.
This TV costs ‎¥600.
Yet Big Gold Tooth told us to just take it.
Are you silly? Can't you count?
I ask you, I gave him ‎¥600 for that piece of jade. Did he make a loss?
This Big Gold Tooth is really interesting.
For the sake of his face, he wants money from us. And later on, he made it up to us in private.
Is he trying to leave us some memento?
Leave what memento? Is he the type of person who would make a loss?
Come, put it down first.
You are bringing too much stuff. Are you trying to tire me out?
Alright, don't blame me.
We are going there to collect stuff. We have to invest in them first.
If you wish to have any output, you need to invest first. This is absolutely true.
I feel so excited at the thought of seeing the village folks after so long.
Don't think I don't know why you are so excited. Don't talk anymore. Where are the tickets?
I gave you the tickets already.
When did you give them to me? They are with you. Look for them quick.
No but didn't I give them to you before we left?
Where are they? You look--
- Comrade, two of us. - You-- - Alright.
Old Hu, damn you.
Wait for me.
♫ Walk forward ♫
♫ and pass through a gap. I want to see it more clearly. ♫
♫ My courage and fragile sensitivity ♫
♫ are together. ♫
♫ Some secrets ♫
♫ are hidden at the bottom of my heart. I’ve never mentioned it to anybody. ♫
♫ Fate beckons, but doesn’t care ♫
♫ about the result. ♫
♫ Because of capricious changes, ♫
♫ I’m trapped in the moment. ♫
♫ An unknown river flows up, ♫
♫ but the river current goes down. ♫
♫ The bigger your desires, ♫
♫ the higher price you must pay. ♫
♫ My stomach is filled with words, ♫
♫ but I close my mouth. ♫
♫ Fate has once given promises, ♫
♫ but it can also go back on its words. ♫
♫ One side offers loving words, ♫
♫ while the other side offers lies. ♫
♫ You’re supposed to climb to heaven, ♫
♫ but you flee to hell. You were given a youthful face, ♫
♫ but it transformed all into grey hairs overnight. ♫
♫ Sail downstream with the current. ♫