Episode 23
Here, this way please
Please
This Qi Ba Ye is really remarkable
Even westerners come to buy from him here?
Here, please go well
There are many valuable treasures hidden in here
Many valuable treasures?
Sir, knows it well!
It isn't just valuable
Our Qi Ba Ye's treasures, are worth a dozen cities
Ordinarily, a small business like this
Would easily be eliminated
But this Qi Family's shop has been running for a few generations
And business has always been prosperous
Really incredibly popular
That's strange
Do you mean there is some shady dealings in all this?
At the start, everyone didn't understand
Why the Qi Family's business could survive all this while
Only later they realised
Qi Tie Zui's does business by an odd rule
Which is that, everyone who comes to buy something
He will calculate their fortune first
On the surface, they seem to be buying and selling goods
But he is actually reading their fortunes
That's right
This, all forms of fortune-telling here, is Changsha's top fortune-teller
He is extremely accurate
And, they only calculate the fortunes of people who are buying goods here
They call it giving a reading
Qi Tie Zui does business like this?
He is clever indeed
Chief Lu is exactly right
People who do business underground
And people who steal and sell antiques
Are extremely superstitious
Legendary Fortune Teller Ba's reputation is great
Even if they don't want these goods
People are willing to come to buy any item
For a fortune reading
Because of this, his business is unending
This Master knows quite a lot
However
Our Qi Ba Ye isn't here today
So, we only sell goods, we don't give fortune readings today
If the two of you aren't here to buy anything
Please return
Since Qi Ba Ye isn't here
Then I shall come to visit another day
I've disturbed you, farewell
I won't see you out
(Sign reads: One purchase, one reading)
How accurate is this Legendary Fortune Teller Ba's readings exactly?
I actually returned?
So it is different from the room earlier
It is an entirely new one!
Such an intricately designed trap
For me, Qi Lao Ba to have met with this
What a big deal this is
Thankfully I am talented and bold
Unafraid of difficulties and dangers
And still brought everyone down into the mines
Otherwise
Wouldn't I have missed out on such a majestic sight?
Exactly 64 holes
Every number
Is very similar to the Fu Xi 64 hexagrams
This represents the boundless universe, the cycle of cause and effect
Based on this
Ordinary people would find it hard to escape the cycling of the holes
Excellent! That is excellent indeed!
Chief Lu
Qi Ba Ye's readings
Can be said to be almost magical
Is that really so?
When I first came to Changsha
I once sent someone to find out about the Nine Gates
Some of the legends about Qi Ba Ye that circulate
Are truly very interesting
A broker once came to his incense hall to buy his goods
He didn't like any of the goods
But set his sights on an incense holder in the incense hall
Ba Ye
What's wrong?
There's a master outside who has set his eye on our incense holder
And asks how much you are selling it for
Incense holder?
Our Qi Family's business sells antiques
We don't sell everything that we put out there
Rules are rules
Go tell him
Aside from antiques
We don't sell any of them
Don't sell them?
Why are you still standing there?
Go quickly!
Why won't Ba Ye's brain just turn a little?
If I sell the incense holder to him
Won't the money be mine?
Shopkeeper, how about selling that incense holder to me?
Sure
Then how much can you pay?
I definitely won't be unfair to you
How will I thank young brother?
No need to thank me
Take it back and inspect it closely
Okay okay okay
Farewell, farewell
Because of his reed for wealth
This chap betrayed Qi Ba Ye
And secretly sold the incense holder
Xiao Man?
It isn't early anymore
Ask the guests to come in and get their fortunes told
What about the broker earlier?
He said there's nothing he wants to buy
He'll come for a reading another day
Another day?
Move away
Ba Ye..
I'm asking you to move away!
Quick!
Where's the incense holder?!
Incense holder..
I'm asking you!
I sold it
You really sold it?!
I really sold it..
This is the silver from selling the incense holder
That broker was generous in his offer
It's all here
Xiao Man won't keep a single cent
I present it all to you
Who's asking you to present it to me?!
Ba Ye calm down, Ba Ye!
Ancestors, ancestors
You dumb child!
The money that you shouldn't get, don't be greedy for it!
Doing this
Firstly you've offended the gods!
Secondly you've offended the ancestors!
Breaking such a great taboo, you'll receive retribution for it!
Ba Ye
Ba Ye, save Xiao Man's life!
Ba Ye, save me, save me!
Ba Ye
This retribution, is there a way to avoid it?
I remember in a few days
You should be going to a village on the outskirts to collect rent, right?
Yes
It's nearly time to collect rent
I'll go to the village tomorrow
Ba Ye
But what does rent collection have to do with the incense holder?
Forget it then
Xiao Man
Get a box
Put the rent you've collected
At the bottom of the box
Keep this money bag
On your person
Just like that?
Just like that
Oh that's right
The money from the melon farmer
Forget it
Ancestors pardon me
Ancestors pardon me, pardon me
This shopkeeper, he did as Qi Tie Zui said
Sparing the payment from the melon farmer
And encountered robbers on his way
He..
But they just..
Stole the money they earned from the incense holder
But didn't touch the box that contained the silver
Interesting..
Ba Ye, Ba Ye!
You're really my true grandfather!
Xiao Man!
What are you doing?!
Quick let go!
You silly child!
What are you being so anxious about?
Whatever it is you want to say, sit down and catch your breath, say it slowly!
Such a grown man, hugging here and there
What are you doing?
What's more
I'm only in my sweet seventeens
You're calling me grandfather?
Aren't you trying to kill me?
Sweet seventeens?
Last month you...
What last month?!
What have I taught you?!
Those who do great things aren't caught up in the little details!
Yes yes yes, not caught up in the little details!
Speak then
Hasty and panicking, what was that about?
Ba Ye, how did you calculate that prediction about the melon farmer?
Then?
Not long after Qi Tie's shopkeeper returned to the incense hall
•^That robber was caught
He was that melon farmer
There is such a coincidence?
It can't be that melon farmer that was mentioned earlier?
Precisely
By sparing the fee from the melon farmer
It was a kindness beforehand
The fact that his life was spared was also reasonable
But how did that Qi Tie Zui
Calculate all of that?
That is precisely the magic of Qi Tie Zui's fortune readings
So, all the melons in his land were soaked rotten by the rain
This Huang Da Ge had no other way
And could only become an outlaw
But after seeing that the one he had robbed was me.
The bookkeeper who had spared his share of the money
Huang Da Ge couldn't bear to kill me
But was worried that I would recognise him
And so, he stole the money that I got from selling the incense holder
And escaped
That was how I saved my own life
Ba Ye!
Are you listening to what I'm saying?
I'm listening
Speak, speak
I was thinking
If I didn't listen to what you'd said then
And spared that melon farmer's money
Then this time, I would have died for sure
Also, if I hadn't listened to you
And kept the money from the incense holder on me
The money in the box
Would definitely have been stolen
Ba Ye!
What's wrong now?
I'm listening!
Just speak!
Ba Ye!
How did you calculate that one?
How was it so accurate?
Inside your money bag
Was the money from the broker buying the incense holder
That money paid for an incense holder
Isn't that also money paid to bandits?*
you would meet with robbers when you went out
And what they would rob, would be the money from the incense holder
Also
That broker didn't get a fortune reading
Which means the reading didn't count
This reading that didn't get count
Isn't that also a melon that was spared?*
Ba Ye, you're really more than human
Xiao Man
The sin that you committed
You'll have to bear it yourself
Because you were a first offender, the ancestors
Left you a way out
Remember, in the future
Be a good person
Don't get into trouble like this again
Do you hear me?
Xiao Man knows now!
Xiao Man knows he was wrong
In the future, whatever Ba Ye says
Xiao Man will never be disobedient to it
Whatever Ba Ye says goes!
The specifics of this incident
Spread very quickly
And spread throughout all of Changsha city
These sort of things
Are just like Zhang Qi Shan's transportation technique
It is definitely a ruse to cheat the unknowing citizens of Changsha
This Qi Tie Zui, although his words are filled with demons
But something like this
I don't think even he would believe it
As expected. Chief Lu is very clever
From what I can tell
Maybe
Qi Tie Zui gave Zhang Qi Shan the idea of the transportation technique
Mr Cox Hendry
Aside from being able to tell fortunes
And do business in the area of antiques
What else is Qi Tie Zui exceptional in?
What weapons does he use?
Chief Lu is thinking too much
Qi Tie Zui's weapons, aren't more than
A compass, amulets, tortoise shells
Copper coins, these playthings
If he were to be faced with real knives and guns
He can only use escape as the best plan
That is what I don't understand
What sort of benefits did Zhang Qi Shan give him?
Qi Tie Zui obviously knows he is not exceptional in any way
He will still risk death and enter the tomb with him
Chief Lu may not understand
Some people don't need to be bought with money
But would willingly follow their friends
And face all sorts of dangers, fighting shoulder-to-shoulder
Qi Tie Zui was the first friend Zhang Qi Shan made when he came to Changsha
When Qi Tie Zui was plotted against by others
Zhang Qi Shan will immediately step out to save him
The two of them have a bond for life
I remember that the Chinese have a proverb saying
Blood brothers who'd do anything for the other
I suppose it means that
What blood brothers?
It must simply be that Zhang Qi Shan's reputation is great now
He is going with the wind
Maybe
Chief Lu
I've heard that you've sent men to spy on Er Ye's mansion
Have you..
Found any useful leads?
Mr Cox Hendry indeed knows everything
I've already sent men to Er Yue Hong's mansion
Awaiting his return from the mines
I still have some business to deal with
I bid you farewell then
It's really strange
There's someone here
Hey!
Is anyone there?
Fo Ye! Is it you?
Oh my god
If I'd known I wouldn't have come to this damn place
Our Qi Family only has one successor
I can't die for no good reason in here!
We are still so far from Changsha city
No one will be able to collect my corpse
I won't listen, won't listen won't listen won't listen
Don't come over here!
Why are there so many mirrors here?
These mirrors
Are they to reflect the images in the tomb?
Forget it, I'll keep going forward
Ya Tou!
Opening, the doors of hell
Without invitation, carnal desires
When I am no longer around
You have to take good care of yourself
Take your meals on time
Live on well
If there is an afterlife
I must find you again
That which can't be opened, are the doors to one heart
Ge, in this life
I don't...
That which can't be changed
The falsest are tears
The truest cannot be seen
That which can't be changed
Are between picking it up and putting it down
There are so many openings
Since I can't find an exit
Then I will return by my original route
Oh no
There aren't any mirrors here
This isn't the route that I took earlier
I have to find a way to go back
That's strange
Didn't I come here earlier?
I didn't come in here through an opening like this earlier
How has the opening behind me has changed?!
That's strange
Why are there so many crossroads?
What exactly is happening?
There are no marks
It seems like this is a brand new room
This thread is...
It seems like Fo Ye and Ba Ye
Were once in this room
These sort of secret rooms
Can add up to a few thousands or tens of thousands of them
Walking back and forth like this
You will only get lost in side
Unable to find the exit at all
It seems like have fallen into the trap of this secret room
Anybody out there? Anybody out there? Anybody out there?
Anybody out there?
There's an echo
I still can't find the exit
(Hong Mansion)
Here you go, goodbye
How is it?
At midnight
We climbed over the walls and went inside to spy
Chen Pi was right
There aren't any servants or guards in his mansion
Once Er Yue Hong appears
We can take him down by surprise
If anything happens
You must report to us immediately
Chief
Chen Pi was right
There aren't any servants or guards in his mansion
Continuing keeping an eye here
Yes
But Er Yue Hong is an expert among the Nine Gates
If we want to catch him
I'm afraid that we won't have a high chance of success
No matter how good is he
At gun point
He will need to act at our pleasure
That ancient tomb is dangerous
Even if they can come back alive
They would probably only be half alive
Chief is right
But we are catching him without reason
Members of the Nine Gates will definitely take action
We will have to give Er Yue Hong and Zhang Qi Shan
A justifiable offence
Among the Nine Gates
Huo San Niang and Chen Pi are already on our side
Others will surely be concerned
Regarding the offence...
We are just short of a witness
Yes
I will make arrangements for that now
You won't need to do anything
Er Yue Hong's good disciple
Will plan out everything for us accordingly
#unrecognized text#
Master, come again!
Master, our Xiao Hong
Is our Zui Hong House's best girl
Nobody dis
Master, you are too generous!
Master, you have excellent taste!
Xiao Hong
Is Zui Hong House's best of the best
Do you want to let Xiao Hong be released to you?
Master
Tonight, I, Xiao Hong
Will serve you well
Stay far away from me
Master, you don't want to release me?
Master, what do you mean?
Have you met this person before?
Isn't this Chen Ye, the person in army?
He's a regular of mine
He often gave me lots of business this year
Speaking of Chen Ye
He hasn't visited in a while
Could it be that a girl from somewhere else
Stole our business?
He will come
He will come in a few days
If he isn't dead
Ye, what do you mean?
Keep this money well
If that person comes again
Do something on my behalf
When it's done
I will repay you with double the reward
Double?!
Really?!
Master, please do not hesitate to tell me what to do
I'm afraid that Er Ye and Lao Ba
Are also stuck in these rooms that look exactly the same
Selling newspapers! Selling newspapers!
Selling newspapers!