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Episode 43
Zhang Xiaocheng deserves to die.
My Lord, are you scared?
But if I can't sentence them to death
and have them remain at large,
It'd be better to demand some benefit for you,
so you can lead a good life.
I don't need that!
They think because they're rich,
they can treat us poor people like animals!
If I accept their money
drop the case and leave,
what kind of person would I be?
I was raised to be a good woman.
But they ruined my innocence.
They ruined my life!
Is money really the price that they should pay?
I am a simple person,
my life is worth nothing.
But my innocence
is just as valuable as the innocence of those wealthy women!
Yes.
Maybe the imperial court will pardon them.
But that's no reason for me to give in.
My Lord.
You are a good official.
It's a pity you can't help me either.
Even the emperor can't.
I won't get justice in this world.
I can only ask for justice before the king of hell.
Miss Luo!
Daughter!
Daughter.
- What are you doing? - Help!
Save my daughter!
Help!
Daughter.
You are just like them.
Daughter.
Daughter! Daughter!
Help!
My daughter.
Save my daughter.
Daughter.
What happened?
Help!
[A just trial by an honest official]
You are just like them.
What the hell is with you guys?
What's the matter with you all? Acting so listless.
What the hell.
That's all you got?
Do you really think that jerk Ye can do something to us?
That Ye sentenced us to death. The report will be sent to the imperial court.
We need to wait for the emperor's decision until we can be pardoned.
That'll take 2 to 3 months.
Won't we have to stay in prison until then?
Even if. Even if he can
put us into jail.
So what?
Can they give us a hard time here?
I can't sleep in a strange bed.
I can't sleep well if I'm not home.
Do you know who this prison belongs to?
My Zhang family.
I don't care.
Stay here if you want to.
But I'm gonna go home for dinner in a while.
Lord Tian.
We were mistaken about you.
Please forgive us.
Yes, please forgive us, Lord Tian.
Please forgive us.
It's fine. It's fine.
Once Ye Xiaotian has persuaded Miss Luo,
I will let them release your sons.
My Lord.
Mr. Li.
You are Guizhou's best lawyer.
Tell me.
How does one judge this case
under normal circumstances?
Under normal circumstances,
the sentence would be death by hanging.
Even if they are powerful and wealthy people.
I remember that during the 9th year of the Hongzhi era,
there has been a similar case,
it happened in the capital.
My Lord, this is what happened,
during the 9th year of the Hongzhi era, a scoundrel in the capital
came across a squire's daughter.
This girl was extremely beautiful.
That night, he brought a team of men,
broke into the squire's house
and raped his daughter.
This case shocked the whole capital.
The scoundrel was put into prison
pending trial.
The Ma family had some influence and power,
his father used his connections
and bribed the Jinyiwei's vice commander.
The vice commander
released the scoundrel named Ma Ji
in secret.
This matter came to light,
Emperor Hongzhi was furious.
What happened?
Emperor Hongzhi decreed
that Ma Ji who broke into a stranger's home
and raped a woman,
he committed heinous crimes and defied the law,
he was executed.
His father was sent into exile for bribery.
The vice commander was stripped of his rank
and put into prison.
My Lord.
The chieftain family
is not the same.
Yunfei.
Yes, sir.
Bring me the criminals.
M-My Lord.
W-What are you going to do?
Follow the example
of Emperor Hongzhi.
Look.
I told you so.
It's not even dark outside yet.
They're releasing us already.
Take them.
Yes, sir.
Move.
What are you doing?
Move.
What are you doing?
Don't touch me.
Hurry up.
Lord Tian.
What is it?
Bad news.
Miss Luo is too unyielding,
she didn't accept it.
She committed suicide.
My Lord, don't do this. The execution of prisoners needs the court's permission.
Without its statement, no one dares to kill the prisoner.
Yes, My Lord.
We can't offend these five people.
Please reconsider. Please reconsider.
When you breathe you're alive,
without breath
you are dead.
You live to breath and fight.
Whatever happens,
I will shoulder the consequences.
But...
Get in.
Go easy!
Stop pushing.
My Lord.
The prisoners are all here.
Ye.
What the hell did you bring us here for?
On your knees now!
Zhang Xiaocheng.
Yu Chen.
Xiang Feiyu.
Wu Chenliang.
Zhang Hong.
The five of you
broke into a stranger's home,
you raped a woman.
You committed a heinous crime, you mocked the law!
In the light of Emperor Hongzhi's case,
I sentence you
to immediate death!
What?
He can't! - Immediate death?
- How dare you kill us? - You can't!
Kill us?
But...
What are you waiting for?
Do it!
My Lord.
If you act willfully,
your future and career will be at stake, my Lord.
I resign
from my position!
But I will
have them killed!
My Lord.
If you kill them
your life will be at stake.
Then I don't want my life either!
My Lord.
Without the emperor's will, this is careless judgment.
I... I....
I can't carry out your order.
Fine.
If you don't kill them,
I'll be the executioner myself!
Murder!
Dad!
Liang'er!
Liang'er.
Where's Zhang Hong?
- Where's my son? - Where's Zhang Hong?
All..
All...
All dead.
Mr. Wen.
Say, am I also one of murderers
who brought about the girl's death?
Lord Tian!
Lord Tian.
It's bad.
Why are you in such panic?
Ye... Ye Xiaotian...
H-H-He... He went crazy!
What did Ye Xiaotian do?
Ye Xiaotian, he...
He killed Zhang Xiaocheng and the other four!
The heads were rolling.
The judge's office is full of blood!
Kill them!
Dage, quick, leave!
My Lord, hurry!
My Lord.
Something's wrong.
My Lord.
Let's go.
My Lord, let's go.
Go, my Lord.
Go.
My Lord.
Hide here, hide here.
Release the arrows!
M-My Lord.
They are shooting arrows!
What do we do now?
What do we do, my Lord?
Right now, we can only defend the court to the death.
Right now,
Tian Miaowen is the acting prefect,
she can't just sit by watching them
take the court apart, can she?
My Lord.
Weren't you utilizing Lord Tian's power this whole time? Lord Tian will come, won't she?
When I lose my temper, I can't think of all that.
Let's leave it to fate.
Someone is hurt?
My Lord.
Brother.
Help me.
Mr. Li.
Can you kill someone with that?
My Lord.
I am weak and feeble.
How can I kill anyone?
I'm holding this
in case I need to commit suicide.
That's all you got?
Anyway.
You are quite loyal to me.
My Lord.
This isn't about loyalty.
Listen,
if they break in here
and I fall into their hands,
I will wish I were dead.
It will be horrible.
My Lord.
Do you want one, too?
Just in case.
Save it.
That bloody Ye Xiaotian.
How dare he do this to our Zhang family.
I raised him to his position.
What the bloody hell, that bastard.
How dare he bite the hand that feeds him.
I'm going to kill him.
Dad.
Be patient.
I think that this
isn't necessarily a bad thing for us.
You bastard.
Just when I thought you became sensible, you start talking bullshit again.
He killed our Zhang family's man.
He made your dad lose face.
How can you say it's a good thing?
But he didn't kill just our man.
There are also the Yu, Wu and Xiang families.
You mean...?
That Ye Xiaotian
is just an official without influence,
where did he get his courage from
to kill the men of five families?
I think that
Tian Miaowen must be the one who pulled the strings.
Even if she didn't,
we can still use this chance to blame this on her.
We'll let everyone
hate her to the core.
That bitch is the one I worry about the most.
She bought over the people who were loyal to us.
With this,
at least the Wu, Yu and Xiang families
will be loyal to our Zhang family.
Yes.
Let them make a ruckus.
You only need to wait and see.
Once you get the chance,
we'll regain the situation.
What happened?
The arrows stopped.
Do you see?
Light the fire!
Who is it?
Zhang Yi.
How dare you set fire to the judge's office.
You've got some nerve.
Tian Miaowen.
You finally show yourself.
So it was you who incited Ye Xiaotian.
You evil woman.
Right now,
I am the acting prefect.
How dare you use violence
in this yamen.
You even want to set fire to the judge's office.
Do you have no respect for me?
Listen carefully,
whoever dares to light fire,
he'll be killed on the spot!
Tian Miaowen.
If you kill me, you and our Zhang family will be irreconcilable enemies.
If you dare to light the fire
I will shoot you into a hedgehog.
Are you alright?
Lord Tian is here.
Lord Tian is really here.
We are saved.
We are saved!
Lord Tian is here.
We are saved.
My Lord, let's go.
Wait.
We'll wait until they've ended their negotiation before we go outside.
Or do you want to die?
Lord Tian.
I will show you a little respect. I don't have to burn the judge's office down.
But Ye Xiaotian has to die.
That is as far as I can go.
Lord Tian.
Do not force us to fight each other to death.
What do you want? Lord Tian.
Ye Xiaotian can not die.
At least not yet.
Lord Tian.
What do you mean?
Do you want to defend Ye Xiaotian?
Ye Xiaotian executed without permission. He broke the law.
Even if he is sent to the capital,
he won't avoid death.
But he is an official.
You are in no position
to lynch him.
The imperial court is already very generous with us chieftains.
But that doesn't mean
that you can do whatever you want.
If you anger the imperial court,
anger the emperor,
what will happen?
Have you thought about that?
We don't care!
I care!
Then this discussion is over.
Light the fire!
Just try.
Runners!
Light the fire!
Calm down.
Don't do this.
Tushe Zhang.
I know you are pained by your loss.
You are grieving.
I understand.
But think about it,
if you kill Ye Xiaotian right here right now, it won't do you any good.
Take Ye Xiaotian into custody, let the imperial court judge his case.
He'll die either way.
He'll die sooner or later, what's the difference?
Don't you think that's reasonable?
So why do this?
Right?
Tushe.
Tian Miaowen came here prepared.
We need to be on guard.
Fine.
Lord Tian.
So what do you want to do?
Arrest Ye Xiaotian and the others.
Let the court decide the case.
OK.
Ye Xiaotian is right there.
I want to see him put into prison with my own eyes.
The prefect's prison belongs to your family. Everyone knows that.
You want Ye Xiaotian in there?
He'll be dead with one order of yours.
Where do you want to put him
if not into prison?
Into your house?
If he isn't in prison, my son‘s death would be for nothing.
Right!
You are the one who pulled the strings.
You must have incited him.
You finally showed your true colors.
- Your true colors. - Calm down.
Calm down. Weren't we talking peacefully?
Why fight again?
Here,
put Ye Xiaotian
into my water dungeon.
My people will guard him.
Nothing will happen.
Save it.
Dai.
Who doesn't know that you and Lord Tian are in cahoots together?
If Ye Xiaotian is put into your prison,
it'd be the same as handing him over to Lord Tian.
Do you
have a better idea?
Enough!
Put Ye Xiaotian into the Dabei Temple.
We will all send our men to guard him together.
How about that?
Judge Ye.
Lord Tian is here.
The Zhang family's troops have retreated.
They also agreed not to pursuit this matter any further.
Don't worry.
Please come out.
My Lord.
So...
Let me go take a look.
My Lord out there!
How did you...
How did Lord Tian decide to deal with us?
Judge Ye executed the prisoners without permission.
He broke the law.
He will be punished.
The men who followed his order
will also be imprisoned.
As for the others,
Tushe Zhang has agreed not to pursuit this matter.
This matter will be reported to the imperial court.
The emperor will decided this case.
My Lord.
What do you think?
This is
the best result I can ask for.
Open the doors.
We're leaving.
Let's go.
Hurry.
Dage.
What do we do now?
Don't worry.
The
chieftains have their privileges. When they kill someone they don't need to pay with their lives.
Do you really think
the imperial court likes them that much?
I worry that the Zhang family will kill you even before the court has decided anything.
Dage.
We should have waited until Ge Duolao has gained a foothold here, before we antagonized them.
We can wait,
but Miss Luo's spirit can't.
Dage, you did the right thing.
I hope that everything I did
can let Miss Luo find peace in her death.
Oh right,
I think I haven't seen
Li Qiuchi since we got out of the judge's office.
Stupid! Utterly stupid!
Fight against the chieftains?
That's asking for death.
Asking for death!
I am a wise man.
How could I believe that he's an accomplished official?
Why did I follow such a powerless
stubborn donkey?
He's just like you.
Stubborn donkey!
Why did you stop?
What's wrong?
Am I wrong?
Or don't you like it
when I scold your brother?
Listen to me,
I'll cook your donkey meat and
send you to your brother.
I mean,
if your brother seeks death.
Don't drag me down too.
Right?
I know what you're thinking.
You want to go back to save your brother.
I'm telling you,
no way.
Why are you turning back?
What are you doing?
Turn back... You want to go save your brother?
Hey, you... Haven't you suffered enough for him?
Hey.
It should be me
who is going to save him.
Lord Ye.
I'm coming.
Master.
Ye Xiaotian is in trouble.
I don't need to cause trouble for him anymore.
But
he killed the sons of 5 families.
That guy is reckless.
Master.
They'll want revenge for their son's killer.
Even if you speak up for him,
you won't be able to settle this matter.
Why would I speak up for him?
Someone else
will do this for me.
My lady.
Ye Xiaotian's adviser Li Qiuchi wishes to see you.
Is he by himself?
He's by himself.
Let him in.
Yes, ma'am.
I am
Li Qiuchi.
Greetings, Controller-general.
Why are you here?
My Lord.
Li Xiaocheng and the other 4
broke into a stranger's home and raped a woman.
they committed a heinous crime.
My Lord did the right thing carrying out the execution.
Even though he did it without permission,
it seems improper,
but special circumstances requires special treatment.
Are you done?
If you're done, please leave.
My Lord.
My lord didn't fear the powerful
and enforced the law.
Even the current emperor
will wish to preserve his life.
If...
If you can ask the emperor
for a pardon,
I believe that the emperor
will praise you for it too.
Tongren isn't like the Central Plains.
Even if the emperor favors me,
it'd just be the icing on the cake for me.
But Tongren is my home.
If the chieftains
see me as the outsider,
how will I survive in Tongren?
I ensured that Ye Xiaotian did not die at the scene,
I've already shown utmost generosity.
My Lord.
Please leave.
Miss.
Yang Yinglong is here.
My King.
Why did you come, my King?
I was just about to go back to Bozhou.
But then I heard about Ye Xiaotian's matter.
How is he?
Ye Xiaotian seems
quite important to you.
I am very curious.
I've told you long ago
that you have to take care of him.
How could you let something like this happen?
Medicine won't cure death,
only those fate can be enlightened.
If someone seeks death
what can I do?
You have to
save this person.
My Kind.
You and I
are married.
There's nothing
you need to hide from me.
I'm not hiding anything from you.
You aren't?
You hold great ambitions.
Why would you act so rashly for such an unimportant man?
Listen,
if you don't tell me the truth,
then I won't help him.
I didn't
want to hide this from you anyway.
It's just that his identity
is too sensitive.
That's why...
What identity?
He is the Church of Gu's jiaozhu.
Ye Xiaotian is the Church of Gu's jiaozhu?
What does the Church of Gu entail?
You should know that.
Now you know
why I need to use him.
It's because I want him to let Tongren fall into chaos.
It'd be best
if he can let all the mountain people leave the mountain.
That way, those pedantic elders of the Church of Gu
will have their control weakened.
At that time, we will have our chance.
Now I see.
I get it.
Here.
You did very well in your fight
against Zhang Duo.
I hope that you will save Ye Xiaotian.
You will do it well.
As long as you help me with it,
I, Yang Yinglong,
will treat you well.
Alright.
So Ye Xiaotian is the Church of Gu's jiaozhu.
Master.
Why did you come?
It's my son.
He said he wants to open a Daheng's grocery store
in Tongren.
Yes.
To tell you the truth,
Young Master's store
is doing really well.
But why does it seem to me
as though there's not much business here?
There are no customers.
It's not like that.
But something big
just happened in Tongren.
It had an impact
on every business around here.
What happened?
Judge Ye
rid the people of evil,
he executed five scoundrels.
These five families
are very powerful.
Xiaotian ge was arrested?
What happened with Yunfei?
They are locked up in the Dabei Temple.
Let's go see them quickly.
Let's go.
Adviser Li.
What are you doing here?
Where's my dage?
Say something.
Stupid!
Utterly stupid!
Your dage,
your dage isn't dead,
but he will surely die.
He's too reckless.
For a woman he doesn't even know
he killed five sons of important families.
With five big families wanting his death,
how can he survive?
What do we do?
Even if Prefect Zhang can help protect him,
the best outcome would be
a severe punishment instead of a death sentence.
But what a pity.
One of the guys he killed
was Prefect Zhang's nephew.
I mean,
isn't there anyone else who can help?
There is.
Lord Tian.
Lord Tian
has the power to rival Prefect Zhang.
I went to see her,
but she didn't even look at me.
She doesn't want to help him.
Let me explain it to you,
even if he isn't executed now,
once the case is reported to the imperial court,
the court will most likely
yield to everyone's wish
and kill Ye Xiaotian
to placate the five families.
Imagine,
kill one Ye Xiaotian,
placate five big families.
The imperial court knows the benefit better than you.
W-Will Yunfei die too?
Who?
Yunfei?
Listen,
if I didn't escape in time,
I'd be dead too.
I don't care.
I'm going back to Hongfengfu.
I'll bring my people here.
Er, where?
Home?
Outside power can't defeat a local villain.
My lady.
Besides,
The aid would come too slow.
But...
I can use poison. Let's break into the Dabei Temple.
We'll go save him.
Poison?
Five big families!
Plus Lord Tian.
They are all guarding him.
The place is totally surrounded.
Y-Y-You...
How many can you poison?
What's wrong with you?
This won't do, that won't do.
So what do we do?
Watch Xiaotian ge die?
Stay calm, stay calm.
Let's watch the situation for now.
Ok, Ok.
Let's go.
Stop drinking.
Go!
I'm not going.
I just escaped from the judge's office.
I need... I need to do my make up.
- What make up? - To disguise myself.
You go first.
Hey, you...
Go, hurry. Go.
Go.
Go. Go.
If you say Tian Miaowen
didn't help Ye Xiaotian in secret,
I don't believe it.
If Ye Xiaotian had no one to back him up,
he would never be this brazen.
When Tian Miaowen
used her troops to come to his rescue,
this was proven.
I suspect
that Tian Miaowen asking the court to decide the case
is just a plot to gain time.
Or
we should just go to the Dabei Temple and kill Ye Xiaotian tonight.
♪ 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 ♪
♪ qī fēng kuáng xiào ♪ ♪ The dreary wind roaring wild ♪
♪ wàn wù xiāng chì yòu xiāng jiāo ♪ ♪ All life disperses yet intertwines anew ♪
♪ 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 ♪