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Episode 19
Lord Xu. What a coincidence.
Ye Xiaotian. Don't go too far.
What do you mean, Lord Xu?
We are officials of the same county.
We should become close to each other.
What cheek!
Oh, it was wrong of me.
Lord Xu is my superior.
We can't be too close.
I should pay respect to you.
Lord Xu.
What's the hurry?
Tongren isn't far from here.
Let me be a good host
and invite you in for a drink.
Watch me.
Dage,
how can you invite him to a meal in Tongren? You are doing it all wrong.
Lord Xu wishes for a glorious homecoming after his great achievements.
He is homesick.
We should invite him in Huxian then.
That's right, dage.
We should do it in Huxian.
Every one in Huxian knows him.
He is famous there.
You're right.
He is a celebrity there,
well known to every family.
Yes. The cruel
and notorious Xu Boyi.
Let's go.
What vulgar people.
Greetings, Lord Ye.
I have been waiting here to congratulate you
by order of my master, Principal Li.
Prefecture Magistrate Zhang has heard of your good news and your new title.
He is delighted.
Thus, he asked me to greet you here
and invite you to dinner.
Lead the way.
This way.
Ye Xiaotian has quite the connections in Huxian.
Remember,
In the political circle, there is only one path
and two kinds of people.
The ones treading on others and the ones treaded upon.
Which one do you want to be?
It is up to you.
I should make my move first.
I must get to Huxian ahead of him and join hands with magistrate Hua to bring down that scoundrel.
Hurry up.
Quick! Quick! Quick!
[Tongren]
Executioner.
At your command.
It's time. Let's begin.
Yes, sir!
What injustice.
My Lord.
I'm sorry, Master.
It was my fault!
I'm sorry, Master.
You bitch!
It was my fault, Master!
Master.
My Lord.
Calm down, my Lord
Master, spare me!
Servants!
Master.
Get me out of this! Master, spare me!
My Lord.
Master, spare me!
Did you want to kill me?
I burnt myself because of you!
My Lord.
My Lord. Calm down.
You worthless bitch.
You are more useless than a strand of my hair!
I'll kill you! Kill you!
I'll kill you! I'll kill you! I'll kill!
My Lord.
Servants!
Yes, sir.
Throw her out and feed her to the dogs!
Don't stop!
Go on!
My Lord.
Sheriff Ye has arrived.
The prefecture magistrate is here.
My Lord.
Please stand up.
With your trip to Guiyang,
you won the juren title
and became an official.
I am delighted.
I always hold your teachings and wise words
close to my heart.
I dare not neglect them.
Good. Very good.
I pay you my respect, Sir.
Good.
Have a seat.
Pricinpal Li.
I am a great judge of character, aren't I?
I said that he is quite the talent.
That you are, my Lord.
One can say you are Bo Le.
Of course.
Who is Bo Le?
My Lord,
Bo Le is
a man who is known as a discoverer of talents.
But his stories are only popular in the Central Plains.
You have been living in Tongren for a long time, so it's natural
that you don't know him.
It's natural.
He is a man of the Central Plains?
I should invite him if it's possible.
He can be my assistant or something.
People always make fun of me for lacking people in Tongren.
We don't even have a single xiucai.
What do you think?
When I, Zhang Duo, do something,
it will be an act that amazes the world.
Xiucai, juren,
you won them easily.
If you ask me,
you could even win a jinshi's title in the capital easily enough.
My Lord.
Consider this,
if I go to the capital, I will certainly win the jinshi title.
But then I will have to work there
instead of in Tongren.
I still wish to stay by your side
and listen to your teachings.
You have a point.
Forget about it then. We don't want that jinshi.
The fake sheriff became the real sheriff.
What to do?
Master, the new assistant magistrate Xu Boyi is asking to see you.
Show him in.
Come in, Lord Xu.
Greetings, Lord Hua.
Thank you. Thank you.
Assistant magistrate Xu. I have already heard about you
when you were still a civil servant here.
Just as I thought, you seem like a promising young man.
Thank you, my Lord.
I am flattered.
You must have had a tiring journey.
Go home and rest.
My Lord.
We can discuss everything else at a later time.
I came here in a rush
to discuss with you an urgent matter.
Have a seat.
Thank you.
Xu Boyi has the support of the Tian family.
Xiaotian,
the Tian family isn't to be underestimated.
In the past,
the Tian, An, Song, and Yang families
were great chieftains on par with each other. The Liangsi region including our prefecture Tongren
belonged to the Tian family.
Eventually, a power struggle escalated among
the Tian family's sons.
There were massacres everywhere.
Countless people became homeless.
Emperor Yongle was furious.
He gave an order to stop them.
But they didn't listen
and continued their fight.
Thus, the emperor dispatched troops
to squash them.
The Liangsi region was divided into 8 prefectures.
The Tian family fell into decline.
But
"A sleeping lion is still stronger than a barking dog."
With the Tian family as Xu Boyi's support,
you had better remain polite to him.
My Lord.
You remember
Ye Xiaotian, don't you?
Ye Xiaotian.
Our new sheriff.
I just received the governor's official letter.
He'll assume office soon.
Lord Hua.
I'll tell you the truth.
Ye Xiaotian
is actually the sheriff Ai from before.
How did you know?
My Lord.
How I found out about it is of no importance.
I am being frank with you
because I
mean well for you.
Please don't worry, my Lord.
What do you intend to do?
My Lord.
Ye Xiaotian is arrogant and disrespectful.
He causes trouble all the time.
I reckon
you don't like
such an unruly subordinate, either.
I came here in a rush
because I know you're troubled.
I want to help you.
How can you help me?
The Tian family is powerless.
If Xu Boyi makes things difficult for you,
then fight him.
If you prove that
Xu Boyi is incompetent and worthless,
then the Tian family will no longer support him.
Otherwise,
it will mean countless troubles for you in the future.
You are right.
I will set out tomorrow.
My Lord.
[Huxian]
When I was still living in Huxian,
I remembered that it rained often.
Why is this place so arid now?
Dage, you should know that
Huxian
suffers both drought and flood.
It's nothing unusual.
But this year, it seems worse than ever.
3rd brother,
you shouldn't stay here.
It's too tatty here.
He's right, Yunfei.
Look.
This place is so remote, it's very inconvenient.
It's fine.
Dage.
I'm a wanted criminal.
It's better for me to live outside of town.
All right.
Xu Boyi is a malicious one.
Who knows what plans
such a petty person like him is plotting
against me.
I'll be in the light, you'll stay in the dark.
We can look after each other that way.
Lord Ai.
You are still alive?
We miss you so much!
Sir,
you must be mistaken.
I am not Lord Ai.
I am Ye Xiaotian.
How can this be?
You are clearly Lord Ai.
There are many lookalikes in this world.
Goodbye.
So similar.
They are so similar.
Even the voice.
Er...
Stop "Ai"-ing me.
I am Ye Xiaotian, the new sheriff of Huxian.
I wish to speak to the magistrate.
I
will tell him at once.
Greetings,
my Lords.
Thank you.
I have long heard about your talent.
It seems that you have a well-deserved reputation.
Well-deserved indeed.
My, my, Lord Hua.
Have you already forgotten me?
It has been only a few months
since I've left Huxian.
My Lord.
You forgot everything?
You are quite frank.
Frank, quite frank.
You returned to us
after only a few months.
You even became the real sheriff.
Congratulations are in order.
Lord Wang.
From now on
we are colleagues at the same yamen now.
Please look out for me.
Of course.
Have a seat.
Sheriff Ye.
You know the situation
of Huxian.
Coincidentally, you assume office shortly after assistant magistrate Xu did.
There are not enough
official establishments.
So
we rented a simple house for you.
Our finance is tight.
So the house
is a bit further away.
I'm sorry you have to
make do with it.
They are ganging up on the weak and honest.
I've never been weak and honest.
It's fine.
My family is not big.
I am not picky about the house.
Thank you
for the arrangement.
Thank you for your understanding.
You have had a long journey.
You must be tired.
We needn't talk business today.
Have a rest first.
We can do the handover tomorrow.
In a few days
I will host a feast for you.
Good.
In that case,
I must accept your offer.
Lord Xu.
Yes, sir.
As his superior it will be your job to ensure a good housing arrangement for sheriff Ye.
Leave it to me, my Lord.
I
will make sure
that sheriff Ye
will get well settled in his new home.
Sheriff Ye.
Here it is.
Xu Boyi.
My dage is an official.
This is the accommodation you arranged?
Why don't you live here yourself?
It is quite shabby, isn't it?
Our county is running on a tight budget.
There's no other option.
As civil servants,
we have to share the burden of our county.
Stop bullshitting us.
You think we don't know
what you are thinking?
It's quite nice here.
There's not much noise.
The air is fresh.
Look over there,
we can even raise some small animals there.
Plus,
we don't need a lot of rooms anyway.
A bed per person is enough.
I am tired after walking all day. Let's go inside, get ourselves settled, and rest.
Let's go. What are you doing?
Let's go.
What vulgar people.
Here, Dong shu.
Ok, Ok.
Duo Ni meimei.
Is this your box?
Yes.
It's too heavy.
I'll carry it for you.
Leave it here.
OK.
That one over there is mine. Ok.
Carry it yourself.
OK.
Oh, my insects.
Look at how scared you are.
A strong and robust boy like you, why are you scared of insects?
I'm not.
Come here.
I'll battle them.
Daheng.
Dage.
I checked it out.
There's only one shabby house inside.
Why don't Dong shu and I
live together.
Duo Ni can live with you.
No. No.
I came here by the order of the great elders.
My task is to take care of the jiaozhu.
Plus, elder Dong has poor eyesight
and he is obsessed with insects.
I'm sure you don't like that.
Right?
What's the alternative?
You and Dong shu?
We can't have a man and a woman live in the same room now can we?
But,
it's the same if I went to
live with Daheng.
Duo Ni. Daheng's house
has many many rooms
and a very beautiful garden.
Very beautiful.
No way.
I-I feel uncomfortable with strangers.
The thing is,
dage.
Duo Ni.
Dage.
Or,
Duo Ni can live in my store.
On the one hand we can be together,
No, I mean, on the one hand
she can help me with my store.
On the other hand.
she'll feel comfortable.
What do you think, Duo Ni?
You should live there for now.
When my house has become bigger,
you can come back to watch over me
and care for me again.
All right?
Ok.
Be quick.
Come.
Be careful.
Ok.
Be careful.
Hold on tight.
How is
my place?
Pretty good.
Are you daft?
Give us some food.
Food.
- Ok. - My goodness!
It's fine.
My dad is famous
in this part of the town.
Who?
Luo Baichuan.
I don't know him.
That's right.
Because you are from out of town.
So of course you don't know him.
You know? It's natural.
He is very famous around here. Young Master.
Here is the food.
This is very delicious.
It's called Osmanthus cake.
Our specialty.
You must try it.
Yes.
Get lost! Go! Go! Go!
It's delicious.
The grocery store
was set up by my father for me.
I think have been here before.
I bought a box I think.
Such a good memory.
It's so-so.
So-so.
Yes.
This is called fate.
Quick, eat it.
Eat it, it's fine. Young Master. This is last month's account book.
I get it!
Get lost! Get lost!
This is last month's account book.
I usually don't show it to others. But you
are an exception.
I can show you.
Read it.
It's very interesting.
You seem to owe a lot of people money?
Don't read it.
Let's eat peach.
It's very delicious.
Let's eat peach together.
OK.
Peach-cheers.
Cheers. Peach-cheers.
It's delicious.
Dad!
I am back.
Dad.
Good night.
Where did he go?
Dad!
You scared me!
So you still know you have a home, boy?
I bought a lot of good things for you.
You'll like this, dad.
Tiger penis.
Your dad doesn't need that yet.
Dad.
Don't brag.
You little bastard.
Dad.
Show some respect!
What did I tell you before you left?
One letter every five days.
And what did you do?
You either didn't write at all or you wrote those two words:
"Pretty good."
You did that, didn't you?
Dad, I was looking for a present for you.
Save it. I don't count on you for anything.
What you need to do now
is to find a wife
and start a family.
Sheriff Ye.
I
am the new sheriff, Ye Xiaotian.
Greetings, my Lord.
Greetings, Lord Ye.
Who is the boss in this sheriff's house nowadays?
I am in charge of the study room.
I'm acting on the magistrate's orders.
I heard that you arrive today,
but I didn't expect you to be here so soon.
You are the head of the study room?
What about the former head, Mr. Dou?
You are new here, my Lord.
How do you know the original officer?
I informed myself about the situation before coming here.
So I know the original officer is Mr. Dou.
Why the sudden change in staff?
You are right.
The former head was Mr. Dou.
We took over each other's job
this morning.
So all of you started working here today?
Yes. Yes. Yes.
You may go.
What's wrong?
Your leg still hurting?
My Lord.
Li Yuncong.
Is the water boiling yet?
Almost. Almost.
Li Yuncong.
Take these books to Ministry of Revenue.
Coming, coming.
Brother, wait.
Coming.
My L..
My Lord.
Officer Zhou was transferred to the storage house
as a worker.
And you are working for the minister of revenue.
What about officers Xu and Ma?
One is guarding the city gate.
the other is a night guard.
I did this to you.
Please don't blame yourself.
We are civil servants,
we should get used to
being stepped on.
Great brothers.
Six-six-six.
- Eight horses. - Come on, drink.
The best among all.
Here, drink up.
Old Xu,
are you all right?
You've been losing all night.
It's because I'm so excited
that you are back.
You loser.
Again. Again.
Come on.
Great brothers,
six-six-six.
You started without me.
Hey.
You are a night guard.
Shouldn't you be out there doing your job?
Old Ma. You are late. Drink a cup as punishment.
Come on.
Fill it up.
My Lord.
I am a rough fellow.
I won't say nothing.
Cheers.
Good.
Come on, sit.
Come, sit. Sit. Sit.
I am so sorry.
My Lord.
Please don't apologize.
Even though
we aren't having a good time
in the yamen right now,
but when we walk on the streets,
every one is admiring us.
This is because of you.
You gave us the respect.
Yes. My Lord.
Now that you're back,
we have our backbone again.
Come on, have a drink.
Here, I propose a toast to our lord.
What's the matter, dear?
Tell me,
is Ye Xiaotian back in the county?
How did you know that?
Listen,
assistant magistrate Xu
made a big adjustment
in the government apartments
early this morning.
All kinds of positions were
changed and rearranged.
It's a mess.
Tell me,
was this
your idea?
This is the assistant magistrate's responsibility.
I have nothing to do with it.
Assistant magistrate Xu just assumed offices.
A new official always applies strict measures.
He
is young and diligent.
He wants to do something remarkable.
I of course need to support him.
Darling.
You are not supporting him.
He is a new official.
If you didn't incite him to do it,
he wouldn't have dared to make such great adjustments in those departments.
Moreover,
after the banquet you held in his honor,
you had another private meeting with him.
Weren't you discussing
this issue?
My dear.
You should just take care of this household.
Don't worry about anything else.
Even if I made things difficult for Ye Xiaotian,
you are not familiar with him.
So don't concern yourself about him.
My dear.
Are you thinking
that I am
helping Ye Xiaotian?
Aren't you?
My dear.
I am your wife.
You are of course my first priority.
Why would I help Ye Xiaotian instead?
I'm not saying
that you should stop fighting him.
I just think that
your method of fighting him is wrong.
My method is wrong?
How?
Everyone that was close to me
have been transferred away by Hua Qingfeng and Xu Boyi.
As for those new people,
I don't know which ones are Hua's men
and which ones are Xu's men.
I came here too late
and lost my opportunity.
Ye Xiaotian.
Let's see how long you can endure.
I feel great.
Xu Boyi and Ye Xiaotian
never saw eye to eye anyway.
He will try to deal with Ye Xiaotian
even if you didn't incite him to do so.
You only need to sit by and watch.
You don't need to do anything yourself.
Xu Boyi is a new official.
Even though he is Ye Xiaotian's superior,
but
he doesn't have a good reputation
like Ye Xiaotian does.
That's why I have to support him fully
so that he can act freely.
My dear.
How do you still not understand it?
You have been staying in Huxian for almost three years.
After so many years, you
have finally gained power.
If you don't want to sit by idly and watch them fight,
then make a statement
and make your attitude clear.
Tell everyone
that you want to defeat Ye Xiaotian.
There's no need to give assistant magistrate Xu the power.
I am an official,
a decent county magistrate.
People will ridicule me
if I were to fight a newly appointed sheriff.
So I have to stay in the dark
and let Xu Boyi do the deeds.
This is best for me.
My dear.
You are always like this.
When you need to stay behind the scenes,
you stay behind the scenes. But when you shouldn't,
you still stay behind the scenes.
Can't you be more responsible?
I think you shouldn't be the county magistrate to begin with.
You should be an adviser.
My lady.
You are out of line.
Master.
This is your new piano.
It has just arrived.
Sheriff Ye is here.
The whole workforce of all the departments
was rearranged by the assistant magistrate?
Yes.
As the saying goes,
government officials are shrewd,
they tell lies and they deceive.
It's because after working together for a long time,
they become close
and collude with each other
in illegal dealings.
I transferred them
to break apart familiarity
and thus the chance of colluding.
Sheriff Ye, is something wrong with that?
No.
I see.
I'll take my leave then.
By the way.
I wanted to say something,
if I may?
Don't be so polite, sheriff Ye.
Just say it.
Could you please not
play the piano in my presence again?
Why?
I am concerned about you.
I had a friend who also liked playing the piano.
He played the same kind of piano as yours.
But...
But what?
One day when he was playing the piano,
he attracted a wild donkey.
The donkey kicked his head
and it exploded.
He died with blood pouring out of all the openings.
And then?
My Lord.
He was cursing you.
You think you are clever?
Ye Xiaotian.
Come on. Go on.
Really?
Magistrate Hua and Xu Boyi
are obviously out to destroy you.
You have to be humble when trapped in an unfavorable situation.
You can't help us
for now.
We don't blame you.
I want to urge you
to please protect yourself.
A gentleman's revenge can take 10 years.
Wait for the right opportunity.
Ten years?
I don't want to be a gentleman swallowing his anger for ten years.
When I take revenge,
I don't wait a single day.
Don't let me get an opportunity.
Once I get an opportunity...
Come on.
Let's drink, let's drink.
Come on.
Come, come, come.
Help yourselves. Ok.
Today we hold a banquet
in sheriff Ye's honor.
Everyone,
let's drink up.
Cheers.
Have a seat.
Sit.
- Taxation Officer. - Thank you.
How is this year's taxation?
It's been three months since it last rained.
People are suffering and deeply worried about the drought.
My men don't even dare
to go to the countryside,
let alone collect taxes.
Does the county government have no solution?
Solution?
Find a solution.
How are we to find a solution?
We are not the weather god.
We can't call for rain.
At most, we can built a temple in the Gao village.
send a priest to the Li village.
Spend a little
of the county's money.
Rely on these useless methods?
It won't work.
That isn't the point. The point is to appease the public.
That's right.
The people believe in these things.
When they see the government's efforts,
they won't cause us trouble.
What else can we do?
Besides having faith in Heaven?
What else can we do?
Does anyone have an idea?
The Li villagers are stealing our water! Help!
The Li villagers are stealing our water!
Let's go.
Brothers.
Quick.
Go.
Gao Ya.
What is the meaning of this? Why did you cut off the water stream?
Do you want to force us
into desperation?
The river passes our village.
It's my right to cut it off.
Bullshit.
Are you just going to let our crops dry out?
Our Li village has no
water for irrigation.
Hell, we don't even have enough water
for the people and animals.
Look at this river.
Is there any water?
That's right.
Li.
You cry for justice before me,
but who will hear my cries?
It's Heaven who did this to you,
not us.
That's right.
So you are sacrificing us
to save yourself?
Bullshit!
It's your fault you live downstream.
If you were living upstream,
I wouldn't complain
if you cut off the water.
I stand by what I said.
The river passes our village.
It is my right to do this.
Ok.
Go ahead and cut it off. But don't complain if we destroy the dam.
We'll see who is more capable.
Brothers!
for our food!
Let's destroy the dam!
Don't you dare!
If anyone dares to move a single spade of soil,
I will kill him!
If you have it in you, come bury me first. I will!
Lord magistrate.
It's a disaster, my Lord.
What happened?
The Gao and Li villages are fighting over the water.
Numerous people are hurt.
My Lords.
The Gao and Li villagers are fighting.
No one died,
but if we don't mediate in time,
it will most likely end in disaster.
Do you have any suggestions?
My Lord.
Our county's drought situation has been worsening since the start of summer.
The fight between them
will surely intensify this situation.
Our only option
is to bring the situation under control as soon as possible
so that it won't lead to a revolt.
Yes.
Registrar Wang.
You get along well with the Li village.
Why don't you head there
and mediate their situation?
I am just a registrar
in charge of paperwork.
This issue is
outside my duty.
I am also of old age.
I won't be able handle it.
Plus,
this is not my responsibility,
and I would be crossing the line.
It won't do.
My Lord.
As the sheriff,
I am in charge of public safety.
You can let me handle this task.
I'll do it!
♪ zhú lín huāng cǎo ♪ ♪ Bamboo groves, meadows bare ♪
♪ qīng shān guò yún xiāo ♪ ♪ Verdant hills rose above the skies ♪
♪ wēi jī sì rǎo ♪ ♪ dangers lurking near and far ♪
♪ lǚ bó bīng lèi chā dāo ♪ ♪ Tread on thin ice, code of brotherhood ♪
Donkey, don't mess with me, donkey.
I'll have fun with the donkey.
Little donkey.
Make a photo of me and my little friend.
They say your horse bites my donkey.
My goodness.
Whose horse bites it?
- And then it bites me. - Yunfei's.
Bite you, too.
Not only does the man get bullied, our horse bullies your donkey, too.
♪ 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 ♪