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Episode 7
Bastards!
You are all bastards!
I...
Basterds!
Dear!
Forgive me for speaking out of turn, but don't you think that this is a very good opportunity for us?
Qi Mu has been brazenly tyrannizing the people for far too long. You never could subdue him.
This a perfect opportunity. Sheriff Ai is such a decent man.
The people of the Yamen are of one mind.
Why don't you take advantage of the situation and go with it?
Enough!
You are a woman, what do you know?
Xu ge,
let's drink until we are thoroughly drunk tonight.
We can't leave till we're drunk.
Yes, let's get hammered.
What bad luck!
Xu ge.
We wanted to have a feast to help you get over the shock. Who new this place would be closed.
It's ok.
It's about getting hammered. Everywhere is the same.
Let's go.
Brat, get out of our way!
Hua Yunfei.
Brothers, get him!
Don't... Don't kill me, don't kill me.
Qi Mu made me do it!
I've only just dealt with that sheriff Ai.
Now some Hua Yunfei popped up.
Go and find him!
Turn the city upside down, you have to find him!
I want to see him, whether he's alive or dead.
Yes, sir!
But my lord, the story about the Hua family is being spread around the city.
I'm afraid that very soon, everyone in Huxian will know about it.
My lord, as you instructed, I have been investigating the situation over there the past few days.
Even though Qi Mu's men occupy the entire traffic of the post route,
but his most trusted henchmen number no more than a dozen of men.
As for the porters and coolies,
they are actually
people of the Gaojia village and the Lijia Village.
Lao Li, make one more trip for me.
Yingying?
What happened?
Nothing, I knocked over the dish rack!
- You didn't hurt yourself, did you? - No!
Be careful!
OK!
My lord, what do you need me to do?
Hire a sedan chair
and let them wait for me in the back yard quietly.
What happened now?
I wanted to cook.
But when I added oil, it exploded.
- You didn't burn yourself, did you? - No, luckily I was quick enough.
Wait a moment.
I don't have to eat this meal!
My lord, what were you saying?
Look,
all of Huxian's rogues and crooks have been appearing lately.
Also, Xu Lin was killed.
So I need to take preventive measures.
Qi Mu is difficult to handle.
We need to be careful in what we do.
But my lord, your sedan chair...
Where do you want to go?
I'm going to pay Registrar Wang a visit.
I think that we can try get him on our side.
OK, I'm on it.
Be careful.
Yingying?
Ying...
Yingying! Don't scare me!
Yingying?
I wanted to get water but I fell into the well.
H-How did you get out of there?
I climbed up, aren't I amazing?
Amazing, really amazing.
Xiaotian ge, I'm really stupid, aren't I?
So stupid.
But what can I do? I like you.
That's why all these shortcomings of yours
become cuteness
in my eyes.
Why are you staring at me?
You look so beautiful when you worry about me.
Enough now, go find a towel and clean yourself up. You could catch a cold, got it?
What do you want me to do?
Help you deal with Assistant Magistrate Meng?
I do want you to help me,
but you wouldn't do that.
You would never fight him and suffer the consequence just for me.
That's why
I hope that you do nothing.
What are you going to do?
No.
No, no, no.
How certain are you of your victory?
How certain could I be?
Do what you can, and hope for the best.
That's all.
I understand.
Well,
do what you gotta do.
Thank you.
Whether you die or he dies,
I will be happy in both cases.
Of course, I will remain a happy but indifferent spectator.
If he dies,
I will of course be even more happy.
You are very straightforward, my lord.
But it's right down my alley.
I will give my best
to make us wear each other out.
If you both suffer losses in this fight, I will help you.
Great.
That old fox finally rose to the bait.
I've learnt all about those little tricks of yours from the Ministry of Punishments prison.
I already understood more about it than you when I was still a baby.
Hua Yunfei is nothing to be feared.
But I don't want that Ai take advantage of this matter.
You must find a way to hold him back.
Well...
With so many murders, Hua Yunfei wouldn't dare go to law.
What are you worried about?
Bullshit!
Didn't that Ai say that these big cases can be tried even without a plaintiff?
I don't want to go to court against that Ai jerk.
That Ai
is just a mad dog.
You never know when he'll bite someone.
Then think of a way
to suspend him from office.
He's quite influential right now.
What reason should I use?
Didn't he insist on trying Xu Lin and the others?
In the end, they got killed after they were released.
Isn't that even a little bit suspicious?
Yes.
OK.
Don't worry, I'll be right on it.
Thanks for this.
What's written on here?
I don't understand it.
It's Assistant Magistrate Meng.
I'm injured,
please forgive me for forgoing the courtesies.
We are officials,
not bandits.
Really?
We aren't bandits?
My lord, are you sure?
Right.
We aren't bandits.
We are less than bandits.
Shut up!
I've been putting up with you for far too long. How dare you reprimand me in court.
I didn't care enough to deal with you.
You got it?
But you, the more you get, the more you want. You're getting more and more out of hand.
Tell me.
Xu Lin, Xiang ge and the other men got killed on the streets right after they left the Yamen. What do you have to say about that?
What do I say?
Someone seeking private revenge is the wrong thing to do.
You hired contract killers!
I hired contract killers?
Surely you can't deny that?
To hell with you!
You old thing! You‘re trying to sell me down the river, aren't you?
Did you think I wouldn't notice?
You bastard!
You are saying that I killed them? Where's the proof?
You little brat, how dare you insult me!
Do you know who I am?
I couldn't care less who you are. You came in here, criticizing me left and right.
Do you know who you are talking to?
Listen,
I'm the highest judicial official in Huxian.
I'm your superior.
This is the Signing Office.
This is my territory.
Have you forgotten who you are?
Do you think that holding me here I'll be at your mercy?
Meng, I guess you're blind.
I was born to cause trouble! This place is under my control!
Runners! Arrest him.
Didn't you hear me?
You want to arrest me?
On what grounds?
You hired contract killers.
You murdered 6 or 7 lives. Isn't that enough of a crime?
- Where's the Evidence? - What evidence?
My words are the evidence.
I'm telling you,
if I say something is black, then it's black.
If I say it's white, than it's white.
Well, I'm hitting you.
You said you're the evidence.
If you can, go sue me for destroying the evidence.
How dare you beat me up!
My lord, what are you talking about?
When did I beat you up?
When did you beat me up?
Look at the blood.
This is the evidence!
My lord.
The blood on your head
only proves that you're injured.
It doesn't prove that I hit you.
This is my office.
If I say I hit you, then I hit you. If I say I didn't, then I didn't.
My words are the evidence.
OK, OK, OK.
OK, you just wait.
Come here, help me up!
My lord, my lord.
Are you all right?
My lord.
Come on up.
My lord, are you all right?
You just wait, just wait.
I'll go see the magistrate.
Someone will finish you.
My lord.
I can testify for sheriff Ai.
Sheriff Ai really didn't hit you.
What do you mean? Look at this!
- You forgot you were injured? - Calm your anger.
Sheriff Ai really didn't hit you.
My lord, your head was already hurt before you came.
Rubbish!
Yeah!
That's right!
I wasn't hurt before.
When I came in here...
My lord, when you came in,
you already had a big bruise on your forehead. You didn't know?
Where?
Right here.
I don't have a bruise there!
Are you sure?
My lord.
Be careful.
My lord, why the rush? It'll be bruised tomorrow.
Assistant Magistrate, there are a lot of footprints on your back.
There aren't. What footprints?
Be careful.
My lord, be careful.
Be careful.
Slow down.
My lord.
There are so many footprints on your butt. In different sizes.
Those couldn't have been caused by my dage alone.
My lord, did you turn stupid from the beating?
Did you?
You didn't say anything the whole time,
but you are the worst.
Listen to me you people,
none of you may leave.
All of you, wait for me!
Just wait!
Who do you say is the worst?
I've heard
that Assistant Magistrate Meng was attacked and fainted.
But he'll wake up.
Well, Lord Wang,
do you have a good plan?
Lord Ai,
it's not fun if you ask me like this.
Would you really have a fall out with him if you didn't have a plan?
I'll just give him a dose of his own medicine.
He fabricated the charge of hiring killers. What charge will you fabricate against him?
What charge?
I'm still thinking about it.
You have important matters at hand.
I'll take my leave.
[Smuggling of Gunpowder]
[Meng Manor]
Search!
What are you doing?
- How dare you search the Meng Manor! - We are searching the Meng Manor. Get it?
Search!
Don't move!
Whether it's hung on the wall, lies on the table or stored on the shelves,
as long as it's labelled,
whether's it on paper, porcelain, pottery, copper ware or ironware,
take them all back to the Yamen! The sheriff will examine them!
Take them!
On your knees!
My lord. We found the cellar Registrar Wang mentioned.
Yuncong.
Go take a look.
Yes, sir.
Lao Xue, did you find anything?
Boss, take a look.
What kind of treasure is this?
Who is it? Who put me in here?
I'm this county's assistant magistrate!
The assistant magistrate, do you understand?
How dare you arrest the assistant magistrate!
Hey, you two!
Come here.
Listen, you two,
that Ye Xiaotian is a fake sheriff.
The real sheriff is already dead.
Ye Xiaotian is an imposter.
Why is the assistant magistrate talking nonsense?
I heard that some ruffians hit his head.
Maybe he got beaten silly.
You are the one who's silly!
I'll tell you once again.
Ye Xiaotian isn't a sheriff!
Ai Feng is already dead.
Ye Xiaotian is posing as the sheriff, understand?
You aren't stupid.
You aren't stupid, You aren't stupid.
You aren't stupid. You are crazy!
Hey!
He isn't stupid, he's crazy.
That won't do, stay here.
I'll go report it to the lord.
Wait for me!
Where are you going?
Didn't you understand what I said?
Ye Xiaotian is a fake!
He really is a fake!
Ye Xiaotian, what are you doing?
The audacity!
How dare you put your superior in prison!
Meng Qingwei committed a serious crime. Shouldn't he be punished?
Serious crime?
What prove do you have?
Gunpowder!
My lord, Meng Qingwei has been smuggling gunpowder over a long period of time. These were all found inside the cellar in his home.
Assistant Magistrate Meng is hiding gunpowder?
These are prohibited goods.
So now,
do you think that Meng Qingwei should be arrested or not?
As a fake sheriff, why do you always stick your nose into other people's affairs?
My lord.
There is a line in everyone's heart.
Before anyone crosses mine,
I can leave it well enough alone, I can fish in murky waters.
But once someone crosses it,
I will fight for justice
even at the cost of my life.
Don't forget.
Assistant Magistrate Meng is Qi Mu's man.
If you arrest him,
you are crossing Qi Mu's line.
So what?
It's not a big deal.
My lord. Don't always wear such a long face as if the sky is tumbling down.
Sometimes, when you feel like the sky is tumbling down,
it may be because you aren't standing straight.
Lord Wang.
My lord said
if you get Assistant Magistrate Meng out,
he will owe you a favor.
He will repay you handsomely.
Lord Wang.
My lord knows
that you and Assistant Magistrate Meng don't see eye to eye.
But if Assistant Magistrate Meng falls from power,
the next in line will be you.
That Ai,
he's a madman.
Lord Wang.
When one of two interdependent things falls, the other is in danger, too. You understand that, don't you?
You needn't lecture me on that.
Our magistrate has long lost all his aspirations.
Do you think that
the magistrate can match my power even if Assistant Magistrate Meng is gone?
Judging the two against each other, Assistant Magistrate Meng is the thorn in my side.
That's why...
Th-That's why... That's why what?
That's why, let him die.
How dare he treat me with such disrespect.
Fan Lei.
My lord.
Instruct the others,
let our brothers turn Huxian upside down.
Yes, sir!
This is outrageous!
These scoundrels are utterly lawless.
Go raid the whole county.
Subjugate the bullies, rogues, rapists and other criminals.
Yes, sir.
[Huxian]
Our path was full of crossroads.
Crossroads after crossroads.
I've walked enough miles this month to last me a lifetime.
We've got no money left. We even sold our horses.
What do we do now?
We shouldn't have come here.
3rd butler, let's go home.
My name is Yang Sanshou*, * San means 3
I'm not the 3rd butler.
I'm the head butler!
What the hell is 3rd head butler?
I mean, to hell with 3rd head butler.
Y-You are so stupid!
Head of the family.
You are so stupid.
I...
Head of the family, you are so stupid.
Head of the family.
You're freaking mental.
You are so stupid. You are so stupid. Hurry up.
Head of the family, I'm hungry.
Why don't we eat something here?
All right.
Sir, a pot of tea, please.
There's water on the table, pour it yourself.
What the...
That Wang Ning doesn't know what's good for him.
I'll pay him a visit personally. He better not give me the runaround.
My lord! It's bad!
The runners arrested some of our brothers, said they beat up Assistant Magistrate Meng.
That lunatic! He just won't get out of my face!
I won't tolerate this any more!
Gather our men, I'm going to the Yamen to demand my people!
My lord. We should get out Assistant Magistrate Meng first.
Great endurance will lead to enlightenment.
Even the enlightened won't tolerate other people shit and pee above their head!
If I put up with any more of this, I might as well forget about staying in Huxian!
Gather our men immediately!
Yes, sir.
What happened?
Head of the family, it's too dangerous! Let's go home.
Protect the Lord and get him inside!
Catch those three!
All the others, after him!
Yes, sir!
Let's go back.
Let's go.
Don't move!
What do you want? - Who is the head of the family? - Head of the family, he's asking for you.
You...
You!
No.
There's no head of the family.
I'm the head butler of the Yang family in Jingzhou. I'm not the head of the family. Yes, yes, head of the family.
He's calling you head of the family.
No, no, no. He... he... It's a slip of the tongue.
Just a coincidence, a slip of the tongue.
Just a coincidence?
Well, yes, sometimes these coincidences happen.
I'm really not head of the family, but he just calls me head of the family.
It's a misunderstanding.
A misunderstanding? We'll know if it's a misunderstanding once we look into it.
Take them into the water dungeon!
Yes, sir!
No! You can't!
- Not the water dungeon! - Move it!
Hurry!
I'm scared of water!
Move!
My lord, There's conclusive evidence against Meng Qingwei's crimes.
The one helping him in this gunpowder trafficking and the profiteering must be Qi Mu.
That's why I suggest to arrest Qi Mu.
Meng Qingwei confessed to his crime?
He'd never. He's still waiting for Qi Mu to get him out of prison.
But, my lord, think about it.
It must be Qi Mu who is working with him.
That is true,
but as the local autorities, we need to speak with evidence.
Without evidence...
My lord.
Such an opportunity is hard to come by, my lord.
What opportunity?
Think about it,
the ones who are continuously suppressing you
are Meng Qingwei and Registrar Wang.
Between those two, Meng Qingwei is the more domineering one.
But now,
if you bring Meng Qingwei down, Registrar Wang will have to show the white feather, too.
That way,
my lord, you will never again be ordered about by those two.
Are you confident of success?
My lord,
if we were confident of the outcome of everything,
there would be no need for us to do anything.
With Huxian's current corruptness, it's already a blessing that we have this opportunity.
That's why I think that it's worth a shot.
Er...
We should better look before we leap.
My lord.
Who is beating the drum?
It's Qi Mu.
What?
Qi...
Lord Magistrate, I want to file a suit.
Isn't Mr. Qi Mu filing a suit?
I'm Qi Mu's butler.
Can't I file a suit for our master?
Of course, of course.
The court is in session!
What session? I'm here to file a suit!
The arresting is your responsibility.
What use is a trial when the criminal isn't even caught yet?
Against whom are you filing a suit?
I'm filing a suit against Qingshan Valley's hunter Hua Yunfei.
This man is violent and ruthless.
An enmity between him and our Qi family began over a piece of tiger skin.
Later, after his parents met an untimely end, he vented his anger on us.
He didn't stop at killing Xu Lin, Xiang Ge and the others.
He hid outside our Qi Manor today.
When our lord went out, he tried to assassinate him with a bow.
Qi Mu is dead?
Is Qi Mu unharmed?
Thanks to you,
our lord is safe and sound.
Good. Good.
Heaven protects the good.
That Hua Yunfei has committed murders time and again.
He has no respect for the imperial court and the law of the land.
Every one in Huxian is at danger.
My lord, you must bring the murderer to justice at once!
Of course.
I am the magistrate of the county,
I will of course protect the people from any harm.
I will call in all the different departments' assistant officials and supervising officials to discuss this matter.
This is urgent! You want to call them together to consult?
Consult...
Consult my ass!
Yes.
In order to prevent the killer from murdering more people, we should arrest him as soon as possible.
Brothers!
From the county, to every town, every village,
every street,
every house,
and every place that may shelter evil people,
we must crack down on every single criminal,
zero tolerance!
Zero tolerance! Zero tolerance!
Go!
Let's go!
Go!
My lord,
our only real force are these officers.
Those meek clerks, villagers and runners, what can they do?
In my opinion, we should gather all the officers, maybe then we'd have a chance against Qi Mu.
But we don't have enough men.
The only thing we can do
is to up the potential.
Hopefully,
it will be enough to stun those rogues and ruffians.
Yes.
Let's hope so.
Dage! Dage!
My sundry goods store opens tomorrow. My classmates will come. You should, too.
Who says I don't have enough men?
What?
Say, you're just fighting each other holed up here all day,
how lame is that?
If you've really got the guts, go fight the people out there.
That's what you'd call cool.
Watch what you're saying!
What are you yelling at me for?
There are people out there who are 100 times more unbridled than you.
Who? Who?
Tell us! Tell us!
Someone is tyrannizing the people, and oppressing the villagers, wreaking havoc.
What do you say should be done?
Beat him up! Hit him!
Yes! Finish him!
Do you know who it is?
Who is it? Who is it?
Qi Mu.
Do you have the guts?
Big! Big! Small! Small!
Move it!
What are you doing?
Let me kiss you!
Let me go!
Over there!
Coming!
Hurry! This way!
Stop it!
Move! Move! Come here!
Move!
My lord.
Drink your fill.
Move!
Budge up! Budge up!
Get in there! Budge up!
Budge up everyone!
Budge up!
Budge up! Budge up!
Hurry!
Budge up!
Get in there!
I think we've put all of Huxian's ruffians and hooligans in prison.
- Hurry! - I think so, too!
- 3 years without business, live from a deal for 3 years. - Budge up!
This is the first time I'm hearing the saying "3 years without business, live from a deal for 3 years" applied to prison!
Get in there! Stop putting people in here!
Stop pushing!
There's no place to stand any more!
Hurry! Budge in!
Yes, right there! Move it!
Yes, yes, yes, hurry! Yes!
Head of the family.
I told you 300 times already!
I'm not 3rd butler,
I'm not head of the family,
I'm head butler!
I'm hungry.
Let's eat, head of the family.
Hey!
I'm head butler!
Get him!
Go!
Hurry!
Go!
My lord, careful.
A bit of a deity,
not much but still an official.
My lord, let me rip it off for you.
No need.
My lord, they are mocking you.
This is a couplet from the Village Deity temple.
The Village Deity
is the smallest deity.
As a sheriff
I'm the lowest ranking official.
So with the couplet form the Village Deity temple hanging on my door, I'm not getting shortchanged.
I'm just an unimportant little sheriff.
I wouldn't be more powerful than a deity.
It's fine, leave it here, it's cool.
My lord, it's inappropriate.
Lao Li, think about it from a different angle.
If this was before,
would Qi Mu's men
use this type of method to vent their anger?
You are right, my lord.
If it was before,
they'd have barged in already.
That's right.
It's a pity,
even though we arrested so many people these days, but we still don't have any evidence that we can use against Qi Mu.
My lord!
My lord.
Hua Yunfei broke into Qi Manor last night. Qi Mu's men have him surrounded.
They are still in a stalemate. What?
Go!
Qi Mu!
Tie him up!
You little jerk, you are the first one in Huxian to dare challenge me.
But you will also be the last.
Stop!
There will be no lynching!
I will take him back with me.
But we caught him!
You caught the criminal
before the local authorities did,
I feel ashamed.
He killed almost a dozen of our men! He also tried to assassinate our lord time and again!
He committed the most heinous of crimes then.
♪ zhú lín huāng cǎo ♪ ♪ Bamboo groves, meadows bare ♪
♪ qīng shān guò yún xiāo ♪ ♪ Verdant hills rose above the skies ♪
Do you get bad breath after eating spicy snack food? ♪ qīng shān guò yún xiāo ♪ ♪ Verdant hills rose above the skies ♪
Do you get bad breath after eating spicy snack food? ♪ wēi jī sì rǎo ♪ ♪ dangers lurking near and far ♪
Let's shoot a kiss scene! ♪ wēi jī sì rǎo ♪ ♪ dangers lurking near and far ♪
Let's shoot a kiss scene! ♪ lǚ bó bīng lèi chā dāo ♪ ♪ Tread on thin ice, code of brotherhood ♪
Let's do it! ♪ lǚ bó bīng lèi chā dāo ♪ ♪ Tread on thin ice, code of brotherhood ♪
♪ qī fēng kuáng xiào ♪ ♪ The dreary wind roaring wild ♪
Spicy snack food... ♪ qī fēng kuáng xiào ♪ ♪ The dreary wind roaring wild ♪ Spicy snack food... ♪ wàn wù xiāng chì yòu xiāng jiāo ♪ ♪ All life disperses yet intertwines anew ♪
You just had 2, ok? ♪ wàn wù xiāng chì yòu xiāng jiāo ♪ ♪ All life disperses yet intertwines anew ♪
You just had 2, ok? ♪ yǔ cāng tiān bǐ mìng gāo ♪ ♪ A battle against heaven ♪
'Coz I can't eat them at home. ♪ yǔ cāng tiān bǐ mìng gāo ♪ ♪ A battle against heaven ♪
♪ shēng sǐ xiàn tà liǎng biān jiǎo xià wū ní shuí kàn jiàn ♪ ♪ Tread between life and death, the mud beneath unseen ♪
♪ shàn è gè zhí cí liǎng bú xiāng qiàn ♪ ♪ Good and evil are different for everybody, call it even ♪
♪ zhēn nán yán jiǎ nán biàn lì lù gōng míng yǒu hé liàn ♪ ♪ It's hard to tell truth from lie, what's to mourn about fortune and fame ♪
♪ bú zuò hǎo hàn xiāo yáo zì dé xián ♪ ♪ Not a hero, walk unfettered you'll feel content ♪
♪ luàn shì fēn fēn rǎo rǎo zhú làng cháo ♪ ♪ In these turbulent times, chaos chasing tide after tide ♪
♪ wǒ xīn zì yǒu qí bú dǎo ♪ ♪ There's a flag in my heart that won't go down ♪ ♪ wàn bān ēn ēn yuàn yuàn guò yǎn jiǎo ♪ ♪ A million gratitude and resentment pass by my eyes ♪
♪ xiào dào zuì hòu jiàn fèn xiǎo ♪ ♪ Laugh till the end when the verdict is declared ♪
♪ wú chù kě táo pǎo shí jiān zǎo yǐ jīng xiě hǎo ♪ ♪ There's no way to run, fate has long been written down ♪
♪ zài zhēng zhá zài nù hào jiě kāi zhè mìng yùn de bǎng piào ♪ ♪ Struggle on, howl and roar, undo the chains of fate ♪
♪ chóng shēng zài zào ♪ ♪ Start anew ♪
♪ luàn shì fēn fēn rǎo rǎo zhú làng cháo ♪ ♪ In these turbulent times, chaos chasing tide after tide ♪ ♪ wǒ xīn zì yǒu qí bú dǎo ♪ ♪ There's a flag in my heart that won't go down ♪
♪ wàn bān ēn ēn yuàn yuàn guò yǎn jiǎo ♪ ♪ A million gratitude and resentment pass by my eyes ♪
♪ xiào dào zuì hòu jiàn fèn xiǎo ♪ ♪ Laugh till the end when the verdict is declared ♪
♪ wú chù kě táo pǎo shí jiān zǎo yǐ jīng xiě hǎo ♪ ♪ There's no way to run, time has long been written down ♪
♪ zài zhēng zhá zài nù hào jiě kāi zhè mìng yùn de bǎng piào ♪ ♪ Struggle on, howl and roar, undo the chains of fate ♪
♪ chóng shēng zài zào ♪ ♪ Start anew ♪