This bunch of gangsters didn't run away but are standing here, waiting for some chance.
They must have prepared thoroughly.
If we attack rashly, we'll surely fall into the trap they've laid for us.
It'd be much easier if Guard Xu wasn't in there. We could just burn down the place,
make them run out one at a time. None of them would be able to escape.
The key task now is to save people.
We have to rescue our people first. The attack can only be carried out in daylight.
This will also greatly reduce the risk of running into an ambush.
Sounds great but the key is how can we sneak in to rescue them?
These two are really a couple of dorks. At every critical juncture,
they get into this kind of trouble.
Enough, Saihua.
Don't speak of them right now.
Those two were just trying to help, right?
Second, Fourth,
I have quite a daring idea.
Quiet! Take your time to tell us.
We can get in through the water prison again.
Get in there again?
Yuehua, you...
you know that it's rather deep. At least 6 to 9 meters.
And those bastards may have used oil
to make the sides very slippery. It'll be hard to climb.
Don't you have this special sword?
Smart! This sword cuts through iron like butter.
I can drill a few holes on the wall.
With my skill, I can definitely climb over it.
No way! This is too risky for you.
If they manage to seal off the holes, you won't have a chance to escape.
We have to go even if it's risky. Let's do this, I'll go alone,
you'll light up torches all aroundto divert their attention.
I have the sword and am really skilled in the water. I'll go by myself.
Why are you fighting with me? I know I'm not as good in the water as you,'
but this little water won't be a problem for me.
Then fine. I will go with you.
I think that will work. You two go together.
An extra person can help take care of the other.
No need. Another person will also increase the risk of exposure.
Yuehua! I can't allow you to go on putting yourself in danger.
Look at what happened to you this time. You were captured by our enemy.
If you go on like this, how can I face Magistrate Bao?
No way. Only two options.
Either I go, or I go with you. There isn't another choice.
Fine...f-fine. I will decide for you two.
Both of you will go together.- Huh.
Huh what? We should get going as soon as possible.
It's almost dawn. Let's get going.
Wait...wait a moment.
Take this.
When you get there, if you run into someone,
spike this to send us a signal.
Are you using Thunder Fire Bombs as signal?
Stop wasting words. It mustn't get wet, wrap it well.
Right. Let's move. Go.
Brother,
you really don't need to worry so much.
We already have two hostages in our hands.
The worst case scenario
is to move together with these two idiots.
- Leaders!- What is it?- We're surrounded by government soldiers.
There are torches all around the manor.
Hurry up. You go there. There.
Hurry up. Those in the back. Surround it.
Guard it well. Quickly.
How many people did they really send?
All bluff and bluster. Completely bluff and bluster.
- Why do you say that?- If they truly had a large contingent,
they wouldn't be making so much noise.
Instead they'd pretend not to have enoughforces
to make us take them lightly.
Then what is their goal?
Perhaps...
A tactic of distraction.
- Who?- Zhou Er'wa.
- What is it?- Open the door.
Squire ordered not to let in anybody other than him and Sir Yuchi.
- Fourth!- Third Brother!
- What is it? Old Xi'er.- Hurry up and untie the rope.
Slowly. I can't stand up.
- You are so spoiled and not even as strong as I. - You try it after being tied up for two days.
Enough, enough. Stop arguing. We must leave now.
I have no feeling in my lower body.
My lower body can't feel anything.
Why don't we have any signal yet?
Let's wait a little longer.
Slowly, slowly.
You, slower.
Brother, why are there so many masked men?
Zhan Zhao,
you have not died yet.
I haven't arrested you yet. How can I die so easily?
These are all assassins I hired at a high price.
Today you won't escape even if you grow a pair of wings.
Yan Fei, you like to fly, right? I , Fourth Master will send you to fly in the sky.
Dodge.
Get them.
They succeeded.
We got it. Attack.
Shoot the arrows.
Shoot the arrows. Shoot, quickly.
Stick!
- Mother Tiger. - Old Xi'er, I'll carry you.
Go.
Go after them.
Are you all right? Let's go to rescue them.
Mother Tiger, let's rest a bit here.
Stinking Old Xi'er, be a good boy and stay here.
I'll go help them capture Yan Fei. Don't run around.
Be careful.
After two days and nights, my whole body is paralyzed.
Sister Yue, I am here.
You stay here to hold them. I will go after Yan Fei.
Okay.
It's not that easy to die.
I won't kill you scumbag today
because I want to leave you for Ji Saihua.
I'll let her avenge her parents' death by killing you with her own hands.
Where do you think you are going?
Why is there no development?
Be careful. There may be an ambush inside.
Keep your eyes open.
Hold firm to your weapon.
You watch over your own safety.
You too.
Block him.
Go.
Beat him dead!
Over there.
I heard it. Let's go.
Go.
Second Brother and Sister-In-Law.
- What?- Go to fight.
Fight whom?
We spent money to get you to fight. Go.
How dare you hit Third Master?
Liu Wang is dead.
He is dead.
You all stop now, you're useless fighters.
Drop your weapons and I'll let you live.
Run.
Third Brother, you're dressed like an executioner.
- So cruel.- This seems so festive.
What are you doing? Playing a ghost in the middle of the night?
Pull up.
Pull it up well.
Alright, as long as you are fine.
Got you.
Do you have ropes on you?
I do.
Tie him up.
♫ With the remnants of the sunset, the disordered hoofs of horses can be heard ♫
♫ Human sadness and happiness that's too numerous to count ♫
♫ Grudges are like flowing river, heroes like smoke ♫
♫ Hard to write a paper kingdom ♫
♫ Can't guess it, goodness and evil pester one's heart ♫
♫ The world is vast with a few cold hearts ♫
♫ Even if the wind and clouds change, the stars rotate ♫
♫ I'm not satisfied to be just ordinary in my lifetime ♫
♫ In one's life, you can't avoid separations and gatherings ♫
♫ Based on my passion, I wore thorns over my shoulders and continued forward ♫
♫ A determined man gently assumes responsibility regarding Jianghu's gratitude and grudges. ♫
♫ How can one cope with a puddleof eager longing for a distant loved one ♫
♫ Singing while drinking, galloping away into the world ♫
♫ The western wind in the ancient road is blowing until the rouge got blew off ♫
♫ Only allowing worries, but in exchange, a long sigh ♫
♫ A flying swallow in front of the altar, the hero went and never returned ♫
Guest, please walk carefully.
Guest, please come inside.
Guest, have a safe walk.
Feng Yun Restaurant
- Is this guest Fifth Master Bai?- Yes.
Fifth Master, please come inside.
Brother Chen, long time no see.
Fifth Master, how are you doing? Please sit down.
This wine smells so good.
That's right. Brother Cheng.
A few years ago I rescued a mother and daughter and asked you to take care of them.
How are they doing now? Are they well?
Why didn't you bring them with you to have some fun?
Too complicated to explain quickly.
Brother Chen, why do you sigh over this?
In the past, I too was someone from a family of government officials.
Although my father was a low rank official,
my family had enough to support its needs.
Unexpectedly, two years ago,
because of a minor incident, we offended the Pang Family,
my father lost his position
and wrongly died in prison.
The Chen Family was completed ruined.
I wandered by myself in the Jianghu.
Now I am just a guard for a security protection firm in Shanxi,
enduring hardship to make a living.
I don't have time to take care of others.
I didn't expect so much to happen in the past few years.
That Pang Ji bastard really deserves to die.
Not long ago, I heard talk of Fifth Master causing a ruckus at the government office in Chenzhou
and eventually catching Pang Yu.
Afterwards, I heard about you catching the rapist Yan Fei.
I'm really so impressed!
That's why I especially invited you here to reminisce.
Brother Chen, you've overpraised me.
Let me tell you. That Yan Fei is not as formidable as the Jianghu legends say he is.
He doesn't have many tricks either.
Catching this person was like
catching a tortoise within a jar. It's done in the blink of an eye.
Fifth Master, you're indeed a great hero.
Let me give you a toast.
Fifth Master, are you willing to receive it?
If you promise me one thing, I'll drink this wine.
Brother Chen, since you've already reached this state,
and you still spent so much to treat me to a meal,
let me be the one to pay for this wine, alright?
- Fifth Master -- - It's settled then.
Alright. Fifth Master.
- Come. - Cheers.
So it's Third Brother and Third Sister-in-law. I'm sorry.
So it's Little Sister Lan.
You scared us married couple.
Not-yet-married.
Right. Not-yet-married, not-yet-married.
Third Brother and Sister-in-law, have you seen Fifth Master?
You're looking for Fifth?
I haven't seen him since I woke up.
Big Brother is getting worried, so he asked me to look for him around the Magistrate's home.
Our Fifth is a person who walks with his nose raised high.
Who did he ever give importance to?
When did he ever discuss any matter
with us, his older brothers?... I haven't seen him.
Then I'll go look for him somewhere else.
Fine.
Jiangnan's Five Gallants are big heroes.
Everyone in the Jianghu praises them.
After submitting to the government, they made a string of achievements.
That really moves people.
Actually, us Jiangnan Five Rats
are just temporarily helping Magistrate Bao.
There'll come a day when I'll return to the Jianghu.
Fifth Master, why do you say that?
No matter what, we are Jianghu people.
The government is not somewherefor us to stay long.
Fifth Master, serving the government also has its advantages.
If you hadn't joined Kaifeng Court,
how could you have caught Pang Yu and Yan Fei?
If I hadn't become part of Kaifeng Court,
I would have ended that criminal Pang's life with my sword long ago.
There wouldn't be these so many rules now.
Fifth Master, as they say, people are in the Jianghu in spite of themselves.
Entering the government follows the same principle.
Entering is easy but getting out when one wants, is hard.
Who says so? If I wanted to leave, who could stop me?
Fifth Master, if you forcefully left your post, I'm afraid it'd make the Emperor unhappy.
Let me tell you. I'd rather make that old Emperor unhappy
than letting the Jianghu people backbite me.
Fifth Master, to tell you the truth,
there are indeed some negative comments in the Jianghu about the Five Gallants submitting to the government.
But if you leave now, I'm afraid you might cause both sides to hate you.
What do you mean? Explain it.
Fifth Master, undoubtedly you will offend the government,
and the forest outlaws, for some reason, will also reject you.
What do you mean by some reason? Can you be more specific?
Fifth Master, try to look at it from another angle.
If you are a Jianghu person and suddenly meet someone who used to work for the government,
who even rendered great service in the past but then, all of a sudden, left the government
to return to the forest,
wouldn't you take some precautions against him?
Wouldn't you suspect him of being a government spy? That's why...
My conscience is clear. What basis would they have to suspect me?
Deep down, all this is Zhan Zhao's fault
If not for him, why would we Five Rats have come to the Eastern Capital?
But Fifth Master, do you really want to go back to the forest?
Of course.
Earlier you said you'd rather offend the Emperor than the forest people. Are these words true?
My words always have enormous weight.
If that's the case, Fifth Master, I do have an idea.
that can allow you to return to the forest
without causing your friends to doubt you,
and can also make Fifth Master a great hero without match in his time
Then why don't you hurry and say it?
Fifth Master, after Yan Fei got transferred to Kaifeng Court,
did the trial ever start, and was he interrogated?
Until now, no.
Has Fifth Master ever wondered
why, despite one important government prisonerbeing locked up for so many days already,
hasn't Magistrate Bao started the trial yet?
This...
Let me explain you the principle behind it, Fifth Master.
[Kaifeng Court]
You've been out the whole day.
Why haven't you said a word since you came back?
Could it be that you encountered some problem?
If you have any thoughts, why don't youdiscuss them with your brothers?
You shouldn't act alone again.
You wouldn't have done something out of impulse again, right?
Yalan, everything I've ever done in my life
has been based on my conscience.
Therefore, don't worry. Nothing bad will happen.
Out of the way! Out of the way!
Don't make any rash moves. Everyone get out of the way.
Bai Yutang, this is Chancellor Pang's sedan chair, what do you want to do?
If it wasn't Pang Ji, I wouldn't have come.
Following Kaifeng Court's orders, I'm here to arrest the criminal Pang Ji.
Anyone daring to resist will be subject to death.
Bai Yutang!
How dare you abduct the top government official in public?
What has emboldened you to do this?
Don't you know that Yan Fei has already confessed?
He said that all the crimes he committed at Wild Goose Peak Fortress and Sanghua Town
were instigated by you.
I am specifically here to arrest you for this case.
What a bunch of nonsense!
Attack. All attack him.
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- Guards! Capture him!- Yes, sir!
Take him away.
Bai Yutang!
Bai Yutang, you are committing treason, your entire clan will be eliminated.
Follow them. I'll go back to the Palace to inform Her Highness.
What? Somebody from the Jianghu dared to abduct
the top official publicly in the Capital?
That really deserves death!
without Black Bao's token of command,
Bai Yutang wouldn't have dared to be so bold and reckless.
That can't be. Bao Zheng would never arrest the Chancellor.
This must definitely be Bai Yutang's personal initiative.
This is just too lawless.
Your Majesty, please rescue my father quickly,
and wipe out Bai Yutang's entire clan.
Come.
- Your Majesty.- Have Bao Zheng come here to see me, quickly.- I will obey.
Magistrate!
- Magistrate...- What happened to make you so anxious?
Bai Yutang arrested Pang Ji and brought him here.
What? What's going on?
I am not sure of the details.
Where is Pang Ji?
Right now, he's being locked up in our prison.
Doesn't he know that without a token of command, he cannot randomly arrest people?
Especially a 1st rank official, the highest rank.
How can he be this muddleheaded?
No. He isn't being muddleheaded. He has an intention for doing this.
- Then what is his reason?- I don't know yet, but he must have his reasons.
Then let's call him over to ask him.
- Go now.- Yes.
Magistrate, Eunuch Wang has arrived.
- Magistrate Bao- Eunuch Wang
His Majesty has a decree.
Bao Zheng receives His Majesty's decree.
Announcing His Majesty's verbal decree,
calling for Bao Zheng to enter the Palace for an audience with His Majesty.
Thank you, Your Majesty.
Magistrate Bao, His Majesty is waiting.
Yes.
Bao Xing, help me change my clothes.
You...you're too reckless.
That is Chancellor Pang, His Majesty's father-in-law...You!
What father-in-law?
In my heart, he is a totally evil bastard,guilty of monstrous crimes.
It's right for me, a 4-rank Imperial Guard, to arrest him to answer for his crimes.
Even if we are to arrest him,
we must first have Master's token of command.
Let me ask you. If you see an evil person in the street who's done many evil things,
will you capture him immediately or take time to come back here to ask for a token of command?
- You...- Of course I would arrest him immediately.
If we don't arrest him, how can we earn rewards? Without rewards,
- what will we use to buy wine?- Unrefined!
Even if you get rewards, you aren't allowed to buy wine.
- One half for wine, one half for mantou.- Stop that.- Better.
We're talking about serious stuff here.
Fifth Brother, I know that
your temperament is not the kind
that will just go and arrest someone in the spur of the moment.
You must have had a plan from the start.
Such a big thing, why didn't you discuss it with us first?
What use is it discussing it with you lot?
If I'd discussed it with you, you would have stopped me, surely.
Why not do it by myself and suffer the consequences alone?
At least, I won't cause my brothers trouble.
You shouldn't speak like that.
We should share blessings and hardships together.
There's no such thing as giving trouble to each other.
That's right.
Big Brother, you said it right.
Since you've mentioned that we should share our blessing and hardships,
then I'll say it more clearly.
Just say it.
Everyone think about it.
How long has Yan Fei been locked up here at Kaifeng Court?
More than 10 days.
That's right. In all that time, he has never been called to the court.
Always locked up in prison and Magistrate Bao doesn't bother with his case. Why is it?
Fifth, whether or when the trial will start
are for Magistrate to decide. Nothing to do with you.
Then, Big Brother, tell me what is Magistrate Bao planning right now.
We are just lowly people.
How can we know Magistrate Bao's great thoughts?
Fifth Brother, I think that there are things
that you should discuss with your Fourth Brother first.
Your Fourth Brother only has brain and no flesh.
With his stomach full of evil knowledge, only one calculation,
and he already knows what's going on.
Fourth Uncle is thin but has muscles and flesh.
Muscles and flesh and brain
are the same thing.
How can they be the same? If you talk about flesh,
I have it. But my flesh is all in my body
- and I don't have a good brain.- Yours are fats.- And yours are not fats?
Will you suffocate if you don't talk?
About Yan Fei's matter,
I can more or less guess the reason why the trial
hasn't started until now.
W-w-what reason?
We all know what the reason is.
Yan Fei...
Behind Yan Fei is surely Pang Ji, old criminal Pang .
I dare guarantee that once Yan goes into court,
he will surely rat out that old criminal.
May I ask then, by that time,
will our Magistrate Bao catch the criminal or not?
Of course, he must be arrested. Old criminal Pang Ji has committed grave evil crimes.
This evil man escaping punishment is not acceptable under Heaven's laws.
That's right, my father and mother-in-law mustn't die in vain.
We must make P-pang Ji and Yan Fei
pay with their lives for the lives they took.
Right. We'll indeed make them pay with their lives.
But...
arresting someone is easy but sentencing will be hard.
Old criminal Pang is the government's top ranked official,
he can't be toppled by just anyone.
Then...who can topple him?
- His Majesty?- His Majesty?- That's right.
It's indeed the Emperor. Only if the Emperor allows it
will we be able to shake a 1st ranked official.
But when we came back from Chenzhou last time,
Magistrate Bao had already informed His Majesty of the Chancellor's crimes.
With the crimes that Pang Ji committed, beheading him three times wouldn't be excessive.
But afterwards...
Afterwards? Magistrate Bao is very smart.
Wouldn't he have considered that? Magistrate Bao already understands this matter well.
Arresting Pang Ji is easy but handling his sentence is very difficult.
Just one decree from His Majesty and he'll have to release the prisoner.
This wastes people's effort and money, and is embarrassing. So, it's better not to arrest him.
Everyone, do you get it now?
What Fourth Brother just said hits the key point.
Old Emperor is unlikely to kill his father-in-law.
Then, since you know that, why must you still catch this man on your own?
If the Emperor can't dare to kill him, someone can.
Who? Who is willing to smash that father-in-law's head?
That person is currently in our residence.
He is the upright and plainspoken Magistrate Bao who enforces the law strictly and fairly.
He even dared to execute the Imperial brother-in-law and Royal Uncle.
I don't think he will be tolerant and lenient towards that Thief Pang.
Is that why you moved without a command?
You hope that Magistrate Bao will kill Pang Ji?
That's right. If this Kaifeng Court
can't even handle Thief Pang,
then what else can this Kaifeng Court do?
What's the use for us five brothers to stay here?
Fifth Brother, you're utterly sincere
but this matter isn't so simple.
Last time, we were in Chenzhou. This time, we're in the Eastern Capital.
Chenzhou is unlike other places. It's high on the mountains, far from the Emperor.
But what about the Eastern Capital? It's very near the Imperial Palace.
Just one decree form the Imperial Palace,
and Old Thief Pang will be released.
It's not the same. Really not the same.