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Candle in the Tomb
Episode 2
Thank you.
You better go now. Not many people at this time
You better hurry. You are so diligent now.
If you do a job, you have to love it. If you love it, you have to specialize in it.
Big brother, you are from the archaeological team, right?
Yes.
♫ Trekking through the jungle, ♫
♫ through the snowy plains ♫
You are not tired from the long train ride?
Not tired at all. Our new life is about to begin.
♫ Soaring high... ♫
♫ to the s-skies... ♫
This driver is so senseless.
Right.
If not for him, I would have hit the high pitch just now. What a spoilsport.
Don't scold anymore. What if he comes back and beat you up?
Our cart can't outrun them.
She used to follow behind us and kept calling "Brother, Brother".
Now she can tell us a thing or two. Seems like a different person.
What different person?
I'm an accountant now.
Awesome.
- Kaixuan. - Auntie Ge. - Bayi.
- I have fetched them back. - I missed you so much. - Auntie Ge.
- We miss you, too. - It's been many years. - We are well.
Come.
Brother Bayi. Brother Fatty.
- Yanzi. - Yanzi. - I miss you so much.
We've been talking about both of you. Why didn't both of you come and visit us all these years?
- Aren't we back now? - We are back now.
- There are more here. - Are they your children?
Yes, call them uncle.
- Hello, Uncle. - Hello. Have some sweets. - They've grown so big.
- Take these. - I want some too.
- Have some sweets. - Say thank you, Uncle..
- Thank you, Uncle.
No need to say thanks. There are some more here.
- Have some sweets. - Have some sweets.
Old Hu. It's Old Branch Secretary!
- Old Branch Secretary. - Old Branch Secretary.
Good.
Children of Chairman Mao, you are back.
We are back.
How is Chairman Mao? Is he still fine now?
Good, he's good.
Right, he's lying down at the memorial hall everyday.
Whoever misses him, they can go in and visit him.
Good, good.
Old Branch Secretary, it's like this. Comrade Xiaoping is leading the country towards economic reform.
What? Towards what?
Economic reform.
Let me tell you, in 1973, his ears became hard of hearing while using explosives to cut into the mountains.
And he often forget things.
Come inside. Let's go in.
Let's go in.
Let's go.
- Yanzi. - Yes. - Where's your husband? Where did all the young men go?
They were hired by the archaeological team to do work.
What archaeological team?
The archaeological team from the government.
During the 1976 Tangshan Earthquake, our village lies along the fault.
With that earthquake, Mount Niu'xin was torn apart.
And they found a palace-like tomb.
There were a lot of good stuff.
This caught the attention of the government, and not long after that came the archaeological team.
The young and strong men from surrounding villages were all hired to do work.
Meals were provided and ‎the pay was ‎¥3 daily.
Brother Bayi, the lorry which interrupted Brother Fatty's singing belongs to the archaeological team.
- I see. - Don't stand around here. Go inside quickly.
- Alright. - Go. Go. Go. Lunch is almost ready.
Why are you in a daze? Let's go.
- Come. - This is good stuff. - What's this?
Fatty, come and give me a hand.
Come.
- Slowly. - What's this?
- This is a television. - Television?
What tele?
Television.
Old Branch Secretary. There'll be people appearing here. They can talk and chat with you.
You could also know the latest updates on news from the government.
What?
We don't have electricity here yet.
Tell me, both of you. It's good enough that you've returned. Why bring back so many gifts?
Old Branch Secretary, we haven't been back for years.
It's our duty to show our respect to you.
Come, be careful it's hot. Let's eat.
- Come, let's eat. - Go and play outside.
- We can play outside. - Take off your shoes and have a seat.
Have a seat.
Do you think people will really appear on the television?
I also don't know. I've never seen it before.
Come, the cold dishes are here.
Eat first. The hot dishes will be here soon.
Okay.
Why are both you here now? And bought so much stuff.
Looks like you have earned quite a lot of money.
No. We just feel that we are living a better life than before.
We can't just enjoy the good life all by ourselves.
So we thought to come back and together with the village folk to get rich together.
- That's right. - Alright, good.
Old Branch Secretary, I remember you have many vegetable urns in your backyard.
Why are you asking this?
Didn't I tell you just now that our country is going through economic reform,
there's all kinds of people in Beijing.
Just so happens that we got to know a friend in Beijing. He likes to collect old stuff.
Oh...
What can my urns be used for?
Over here, you used them to store pickled vegetables. But to him, he sees them as art.
Look, Old Branch Secretary.
With such a big old item, how much do you think it's worth in Beijing?
How much?
A few hundred.
What?
Then how many urns can we buy?
So that's why we are here.
I'm thinking of taking all the urns and bowls, and sell them in Beijing.
With the money earned, we'll split the profits in half with the village folks.
Really?
Both of us... you know what kind of person we are.
Both of you came too late. The archaeological team came last month and gave money to every family.
Saying that all these things must be turned over to the government.
All the surrounding villages nearby have submitted everything.
All submitted?
Old Branch Secretary has high awareness. Everything has been submitted.
- What are you saying? - I said you have high awareness and that you are good.
The hot food is here.
Braised chicken with mushrooms.
Why are you in a daze? Start eating.
- Eat. Why are you in a daze?
- Quick, eat while it's hot. - Here.
- I like to have a drink. - A drink?
- Here, have a drink first. - Old Branch Secretary.
Old Hu. Old Hu!
[Fortune]
Old Hu.
Where have you been? Why aren't you in bed but coming here instead?
The revolution has not succeeded yet, the comrades still have to put in effort.
You shouldn't be so discouraged and thinking of committing suicide here!
Damn you, how to commit suicide in such shallow water?
I wanted to be out here to think of what we should do next.
What can we do? It was all in vain.
The archaeological team has taken everything from all the villages.
Let me tell you, we don't even have money for our trip back.
Fatty, do you still remember the Kwantung Army stronghold which the village elders have told us back then?
I remember. We were supposed to go look for it.
After that you went to the army, and this matter was put aside.
Hey, why are you mentioning it now?
I'm thinking, back then, the Japanese must have left quite a lot of good stuff somewhere.
I have asked Old Branch Secretary about it just now. The archaeological team doesn't know anything about it yet.
Even if they know about it, this matter isn't for them to manage, right?
Old Hu, you... what are you trying to say?
No one was able to find that place.
We are already in this predicament now. Shouldn't we take a gamble?
Yes, I got it.
Old Hu, I heard that earlier in this village, a group of people went searching for this fortress,
but after entering the Savage Ditch, they never came back out.
Of course, I'm not talking about us.
I was thinking, what if?
Who's "What If"?
Stop messing around. Be serious.
Giddy up!
Hey, the savage from Savage Ditch looks quite radiant.
Be serious.
How could she be a savage?
Little girl, do you need something?
Brother Hu, Brother Fatty, I'm Ying Zi. I'm from the Oroqen Tribe.
Old Branch Secretary was worried and told me to rush here to protect both of you.
Protect us? You? You're just a girl.
So what if I'm a girl?
If it's just the two of you, you'd never be able to get out of this forest.
Plus, there's no available man to replace me.
Is Old Branch Secretary getting confused from his old age?
He sent her here to protect us? She'll only add to the trouble.
Stop wasting your breath. You're already on the wrong path. This way.
- Giddy up! - Hey!
Old Hu,
I remember now.
When we worked in the countryside, she only came up to my leg.
She's so grown now!
She's the kid from Second Uncle's family.
You two, hurry up.
Brother Fatty, go and fetch some water.
What?
Hurry.
Hurry and go.
Hey.
Impressive.
Start a fire. Don't just stand there.
Okay.
Over here.
Hey, tie the horses over there. Make sure it's secured.
Come on. Come.
I'm a commander,
but why do I feel like I've been a soldier this whole journey?
We're grown men,
but this little girl has tormented us like losers these few days.
But I have to say,
she's not a simple girl.
We successfully reached Savage Ditch all due to her help.
Nonsense! Maybe Savage Ditch isn't really that scary.
Plus, nobody's sure there's a Japanese fortress here.
It might just be a rumor among the villages.
What a bad mouth you have.
- Let's go. - Hey, help me hold my bag.
I need to relieve myself.
- Be careful. - Don't worry.
Did you tie them up?
Yes.
Find more firewood.
Okay.
What?
Old Hu, Old Hu! Save me!
Hurry, Ying Zi!
Save me!
Old Hu, save me!
Fatty!
Nice.
You've embarrassed yourself now.
Hurry and put your belt back on.
Okay.
Knife.
- Bowl. - Okay, coming.
Don't burn yourself. Slow down.
Delicious.
You eat first. It's almost done.
Miss Ying Zi, this is too delicious.
The Savage Ditch is so big.
How will we find the Japanese fortress?
I don't know. Both of you wanted to come.
I'm just obeying Old Branch Secretary's orders.
Why is this place called Savage Ditch? Are there really savages here?
Savage Ditch used to be called Moon Holder's Ditch.
It's the graveyard of Great Jin's nobility.
Later, the Mongolian army broke through the Jin army at Heifengkou,
and the corpses of the army were thrown in this ditch.
They called it Dead-People Ditch,
and then later, savages appeared.
That's why it's called Savage Ditch.
Have you seen a savage before?
No. I heard all about it from my father.
The elders who've seen the savages are gone.
Slowly eat. I'll go find some firewood.
Little girl, I'll go with you! I'll protect you.
A dog is more useful than you.
Remember to turn it.
Hey! What kind of words are those?
- Turn it. Turn it. - No, but--
I tried to be friendly to her, but she insulted me.
She's so feisty.
Hey, Old Hu, what are you thinking about?
Fatty,
do you know why this place used to be called Moon Holder's Ditch?
No.
Hey.
What does it mean?
It's because when the moon rises to the highest point of the valley,
if you look up from here, through your peripheral vision,
an illusion is created.
Look here.
The two sides of the mountain peaks
are like two humongous arms,
stretching out to hold the moon.
The Great Jin's nobility chose to be buried here
because they can absorb the celestial phenomena from the sun and the moon.
With this type of Feng Shui,
there's definitely a big tomb.
Old Hu, does it say so in your ancestral book?
Look at the terrain.
It's steady, firm, and majestic.
There's grassland on the west, and the north is connected to Daxing'anling. I'll put it in other words.
The outer Mongolian grasslands is like a vast ocean,
and this Moon Holder's Ditch is a river converging with the ocean.
This Feng Shui isn't good enough for an emperor,
but it's quite suitable for a
prince or general.
Old Hu!
Hey! Ying Zi is in trouble!
Ying Zi, were you the one who fired?
- What happened? - Brother Hu, that scared me to death.
I saw a shack up ahead. I walked inside to see,
but it was filled with dead people. They were all black and rotten. At first, I thought they were the savages, so I fired a shot.
I didn't clearly see whose corpses they were.
Don't be afraid.
- Let's go check it out. - Okay.
Turns out you're afraid of dead people.
I'm not.
Ying Zi,
and I thought what had happened, it's just a pile of white bones.
- Brother Fatty, what happened to you? - I'm fine, I'm fine.
Who are these people? Even in death, they still dare to offend me, Master Fatty?
Fatty, pass me the knife.
Old Hu, help me shine the light at it.
It's the Japanese military sword.
[Military journal]
Old Hu, why do I feel that the people in these shacks, and those outside,
don't belong to the same gang?
Do they belong to the same gang... the people inside are Japanese...
the gang of people outside... are tomb raiders.
It's all written on here.
You can read Japanese, too?
Of course!
Japanese people are all descendants of Chinese people. Even the written language they use are from our Chinese written language.
Read half of it and guess half of it. It won't be too far from the truth.
Keep boasting! Tell me then, what does it say there?
Look here,
it says in this notebook here,
this group of Japanese people had originally come here to find
the stronghold, Japanese military stronghold. Look here, it says "stronghold".
And then, they wanted to meet up with the stronghold's Kwantung Army.
In the end, the guide who was leading the way died.
And this group of idiots were left wandering around here, they wandered around for quite a few years.
After that, a gang of tomb raiders came. Look.
See, aren't those outside the tomb raiders?
The tomb raiders told them...
"All of you have already been defeated and surrendered".
These Japanese people got angry, and killed them.
In the end, "shattered jade, shattered jade, shattered jade". [A famous military saying: "Death Before Dishonor" - A true man would rather be a piece of shattered jade, than to be a piece of unbroken pottery. ]
Shattered jade? That would probably mean "seppuku". [ Seppuku - A form of Japanese ritual suicide performed by warriors to avoid falling into enemies' hands.]
Then does that mean to say this forest's barbarians
are these groups of Japanese?
Possibly.
Look, it says here, 33rd year of Shōwa Emperor's reign.
Then if they were in this forest for so many years, why didn't they leave?
They wanted to leave, but the forest is so big, how could they leave?
Why don't we leave? This place is too eerie!
Let's go!
On the notebook, it says that these people outside are tomb raiders?
If I'm not wrong, this is where the tomb is.
Here?
Where could it be?
Fatty.
Old Hu, there's a shovel.
Luoyang shovel.
There's definitely a tomb raider hole near here.
Yingzi, give me the torchlight.
- Shouldn't we hurry and leave? - Give it to me!
Fatty, slow down, okay?
- What's that? - Don't know.
Fatty, don't move anymore.
Hurry and come up. I'll go down to have a look.
Come, give me a hand.
Slowly.
What's wrong?
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Slowly.
What's going on?
Those people found the "Heavenly Dragon Fire Glass Crystal Ceiling".
What is "Heavenly Dragon Fire Glass Crystal Ceiling"?
"Heavenly Dragon Fire Glass Crystal Ceiling"
was one of the common mechanisms used by nobles of the Northern Song Dynasty to prevent their tombs from getting robbed.
Their tombs are all hollow.
At the top most level, they'll place a layer of glass crystal tiles.
On top of the tiles are bags and bags of fire dragon oil from the western regions.
Also, right on top of that, there'll be another layer of glass crystal tiles, and only then do they pile on the soil.
But because these tiles are very thin, as long as there's external force applied on it,
the tile ceiling will shatter upon touch.
And the fire dragon oil from the western regions combust at first contact with air, and all the items and burial goods in the tomb
will all be burnt to ashes.
Have everyone perish together?
Luckily you didn't use much strength just now,
if you'd hit it with a larger force, we'd have been turned into balls of fire by now.
My god.
I think that gang of tomb raiders
should have already dug up a side hole nearby.
- Where's Ying Zi? - She was still here just now.
Big Brother Hu!
Ying Zi!
Big Brother Hu!
Ying Zi! Ying Zi, are you down there?
Big Brother Hu! I'm down here!
Are you okay?
I'm okay! I sprained my ankle a little and can't climb up!
Fatty,
do you think this is the side hole they've dug?
Go! Get the tools!
- Don't forget the rope! - Okay!
♫ 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 ♫