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[Investiture of the Gods]
[Episode 10]
Imperial Uncle,
I wrongly blamed Consort Su.
That's not necessarily true.
Daoist Du.
He was the real demon.
Although that could be the truth, it also might not be.
I don't understand what you mean.
Some demons are even more kind than humans,
but some humans are even more evil than demons.
I understand.
I understand what you mean.
Your Highness,
even though you failed in killing a demon this time around,
I've become more and more in admiration of you.
Uncle, what do you mean?
This time, in the midst of trying to kill the demon,
you planned far ahead,
and never acted blindly without thinking.
Furthermore, you never once forced His Majesty to do anything,
so His Majesty could not vent his anger at you.
Your position in the harem is still as it has always been.
The one who is truly admirable is you, Uncle.
Is that so?
But I won't have a good end.
You may leave.
Yes.
How did you know that the Daoist priest was a wolf demon?
If he could sniff me out, then who is to say I couldn't sniff him out?
That disgusting, nauseating, and pungent smell...
even after 1,000 years, I wouldn't be able to forget it.
What exactly is your relationship with him?
Since a thousand years ago,
their wolf clan hasn't stopped hunting my descendants.
Our wolf clans and fox clans
are vengeful enemies till the end of the earth.
Looks like even you have old enemies.
They're not even worthy enough to be my opponents.
How can we even talk about them being enemies?
That's true.
He is indeed much more powerful than you.
He devoted himself to Daoism,
and in any case, he was the Imperial Ministry of Astronomy. What about you?
Just to take on a human appearance,
he just simply watched as his descendants got killed.
He is the one who's despicable, selfish, and cruel.
Do you think those, who for personal benefits betray their own bloodline of the clan,
are the respectable ones?
He's already dead anyway.
As for what kind of person he actually is,
hell will give the final judgment.
Anyhow, your road to revenge is now more easy to walk.
Don't forget. I deserve the credit for all of this.
What else do you want?
Getting straight to the point. Now that Daoist Du is dead,
for the next step, what are you planning to do?
It was I who saved you this time. So shouldn't you now be able to tell me?
What do you think?
Your Majesty.
What is it? Did I hug you too hard?
I've heard that the empress is sick.
She must have received an awful shock.
I am... worried for Her Highness.
Anxiety. (T/N: literal translation - "heart disease")
Daji,
there will inevitably be one day where I will depose her.
I will make you the empress.
No.
Your Majesty, you mustn't do that. I am begging you.
Why not?
Out of all the girls in the palace, the empress is the most kind and the one who loves you most.
If you depose her, not only will the ministers,
but also all the citizens will resent you.
She harmed you so much, yet you're still speaking on her behalf?
The empress
had stepped into the trap of the Daoist; of course, I won't blame her personally.
Daji,
you really are too kind.
I don't even know how to love and dote on you.
Tell me what you want to do, and I will definitely do it.
I'm already stunned by your favoritism.
I don't dare to have any other requests.
I don't believe that. Look at how you're speaking then cutting yourself off.
You definitely have something you want.
Say it. I will definitely do it.
I don't. I really don't.
Daji.
There... There is one little thing.
Say it. As long as my darling says it, I will listen with love.
Long live Your Majesty!
An imperial edict! "The previous Lord of Jizhou, Su Hu,
was loyal and utterly sincere in devoting himself to the service of the country.
He will be specially conferred the posthumous title of Duke.
He will be granted gold
and enjoy the profound gratitude of the country."
Father.
Mother.
Did you guys see that?
What did that stupid tyrant say to the nation?
Did you guys see that?
The emperor chosen by the heavens, the Son of Heaven.
The emperor of the Shang Dynasty ingratiated himself for you.
He wants you to forgive his mistakes.
He is atrociously cruel.
Because of his lust, he started a war and disregarded the lives of those who would die in the battle.
How would he know the pain of losing loved ones?
All of the pain he has given me,
I will return every bit of it many times over.
This is only the beginning of my revenge.
I want to slowly obliterate his willpower,
to let him experience the pain of losing loved ones.
and let him experience pain so bitter he will wish he is dead instead.
Stop right there!
Sweeping the floor.
Wife, I was just planning to ask if I can go out to sell noodles.
Selling noodles is what you are supposed to do. Asking for permission, my ass! If you don't sell noodles, what do you sell?
You are right. I wasn't supposed to ask.
Hold up! What? You want to secretly leave without even telling me?
Of course, I wouldn't. I was thinking, before asking for permission, I should
ask for permission as to whether I should be asking for permission.
Stop rambling. Come over here. I'll dust some dust off for you.
No need. I can just dust it off myself.
I told you to come! Come here!
Old man, (T/N: Lǎotóuzi, often used to call husbands/grandpas with affection, not actually calling them "old")
right now, we are people with money, you know?
When you leave the house, you have to have a good appearance, okay?
- People with money? - Yes!
- Money from where? – You forgot?
The golden dates! This is only this year's profit.
Next year, next-next year, the year after next-next year,
the year after the year after next-next year, how many golden dates will that be?
Wife, you have a farseeing vision.
- Go sell noodles. - Okay. - Go on!
Geez.
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You guys are the blessed ones.
The sun shines above your heads, and birdsong and flower fragrance surround you from all four corners.
Your minds are peaceful and your hearts are like clear water.
Let me say, Master, you've finally come.
We already stood here for a whole night. We had nothing to eat or drink. We're so hungry our intestines are about to break.
There is a price you have to pay for happiness.
Let's start.
Practicing on an empty stomach?
That is the perfect condition to practice.
Master,
what are you telling us to practice?
- Wu Ji. - Huh?
Didn't you always think that your sword skills were superior to everyone in the world?
Come. Take this bamboo sword and cut off that water flow.
What?
Master, you aren't joking with me, right? No matter how strong, this bamboo won't stop the flow.
You've never done it?
- Never done it. - If you have never done it, how would you know you aren't able to do it?
You've heard? "You've heard" destroys people. Go. Go cut off the water.
Just remember: When you stop the water flow is when you will eat.
Congratulations. You always leave me in awe.
Okay, stop rejoicing in other people's misfortunes. Who knows, maybe Master will have you cut a whole mountain soon.
It's your turn.
What? Master, what do you want me to do?
Count beans.
Count beans? That's too easy!
Easy? It's easy?
Say! How many beans? Hurry and count!
- It's a-a-approximately— - No approximates!
You have to be able to count all of it in one glance. Not one bean more, and not one bean less!
– How many beans? Hurry and count. How many beans? – E-E-Eighty-eight beans? – Incorrect!
Eighty-one beans. Dumb!
You don't even know how to count?
If you don't believe me, go and pick them up. Pick each one of them up one by one, and see if there are 81 beans.
Hurry! Hurry. Hurry!
I understand now. Master is enlightening me.
He is using this method to hint at the fact that my sword-play is too slow.
I must be fast. Lightning fast!
- How many beans? – Master, you are right. There are eighty-one beans.
Go again! Hurry and count! How many beans?
Hurry and count! You have to hurry and clearly count them before they've stopped rolling! How many beans?
Ninety-nine beans!
This time was not bad.
What a shame. You still counted wrong.
102 beans. Believe me?
I believe.
If you believe, go get those beans
and pick them up, and then throw them again,
until you always count out 102 beans.
Let's go!
Master, you are leaving us here again?
I need to go back and eat.
Remember, until you always count out 102 beans.
Just go pick back those beans, and then throw them out again.
Until you always count out 102 beans.
Wu Ji,
what are you cutting?
Master, didn't you tell me to cut the water flow?
Oh, I thought you were trying to axe fish!
Master,
your disciple is incapable. No matter how fast the sword is—
Why can't you stop the flow?
I-It's something that originally could have never been done!
Look at yourself. One side of yourself is trying to cut the water flow,
and the other side of you is doubting whether you can cut the water flow. Of course, you won't be able to!
Give me the bamboo sword. I'll show how to cut it.
Has it been cut off?
Yes.
This—
Have you finished counting?
Master, I saw some strange things while I was meditating yesterday.
Why was there such pain of swords and knives that brought me from life through death?
Because
you saw what you weren't supposed to see.
Once you discover a hidden skill, you must pay the consequences for it.
Sometimes, the consequences are big,
cruel, painful, helpless, and hopeless.
And it may even go further than what you can gain from this hidden skill. Do you understand?
Then, what you mean is, I will discover a hidden skill...
Then, does that mean my dream from last night will really happen?
How many beans?
102.
Then, where did the three beans go?
The first bean is under Master's foot.
Although everything Master is wearing is garbage,
he is stable in yin and yang.
Where is the second one then?
The second one...
is hidden in the future.
Where is the third one hidden?
The third bean isn't a "bean" but "fight," like my dream from yesterday. (T/N: bean and fight are homophones both pronounced as "dou")
The three worlds will fight a great war that will disrupt the heavens and the earth and undermine the will of the people.
- Hungry? - Yes, I'm so hungry I could die.
Eat then.
Wu Ji!
You come and eat, too! Bring back my noodle sign!
- Eat then. – I won't eat.
Why?
Master said, "If you aren't able to cut the water, you can't eat food."
Wu Ji,
you claim that you are a wanderer, but let me ask you. Have you ever been to Mount Taishan before?
I've gone before.
Mount Taishan, when compared to all the other mountains in the world,
isn't it the most pretty, towering, and beautiful mountain?
- It's not. – Then, what type of mountain is it?
It is the most sturdy mountain, the most honest mountain.
Wu Ji, you are the "Mount Taishan" of humans.
After you eat,
hurry and go home. I still have to rush and go sell noodles.
Beef noodles, lamb noodles, scallion noodles.
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Yin Jiao!
Where are you going?
Royal Mother, I wanted to go outside for a stroll to drive away my worries.
It looks like there are a lot of worries in your heart.
Yes, there are quite a lot of worries.
Jiao'er,
if you happen to go to your master's grave, please transfer some of my words to him.
Mother, please say it.
Say that Daoist Du was loyal and true.
I know that and the heavens know as well.
Mother, how did you know that I was going to visit my master's grave?
Today is the day of reincarnations.
Even a ghost would think of its origins.
Mother, rest assured. I will definitely bring your words to him.
Also,
do not think that just because you changed into commoners' clothes that people will not recognize you as the crown prince.
You should be careful about everything.
I understand. I will take my leave then.
[Grave of Du]
Master,
Mother wanted me to tell you something.
"Daoist Du was loyal and true."
"I know that and the heavens know." Your disciple also knows.
Master, the palace has plunged into the darkness with a lack of justice.
There's a phrase spread through every corner of the palace.
"If today it's you, then who is it tomorrow?"
Master, please tell me. Tomorrow, who will die?
Is it me or my mother?
Is it father or is it Daji?
Master, what does this mean? I am untalented and do not understand what you mean.
Crown Prince, we should leave. Someone is coming.
If people find out you've visited Sir Du's grave, there will be suspicions.
Fruit! Come and take a look! Fresh fruit! Fresh fruit!
- How much do these apples cost per jin (~half a kg)? - My apples...
Cheers! Cheers!
What?
Where did the wine bottle that was here go?
You're, drunk! Drunk!
Madam, I've already said this many times. I can't take any less!
Boss, just reduce the price by five. How come you're so stingy to even a regular?
Fine. I'll sell it to you for five less. Happy now?
You should have done that earlier!
Hey! Where is my money?
- Could it be that you've encountered a thief? - A thief?
I saw that man over there was always following you here.
- Hey, pick-pocket! Chase the pick-pocket! - Hurry and go chase the pick-pocket!
- Chase the pick-pocket! - Go chase him, hurry, let's go!
Come take a look!
These are top quality fabrics. Come take a look!
It matches you so well.
This isn't an evil deed. It's a kind deed, okay?
If you're spoiled and other people eat you, then they'll have an upset bowel.
It's true!
Oh my!
What? What?
Mister, do you not walk with your eyes open? Why do you want to crash into me?
Is it that you think I look pretty so you want to secretly ruin my purity?
Sir, this is Zhaoge City, the royal capital. The underfoot of the emperor!
If you dare to act unscrupulously in the bright daylight, you should at least respect the imperial law, right?
Miss, I apologize. I was careless.
Look at this! Look at this!
Open your dog eyes wide and take a close look!
Are you satisfied now? Are your sexual urges satisfied now?
How am I supposed to meet people in the future?
Not only did you make it so my clothes no longer cover my body,
but you've also knocked away my virginity!
Here, here, here, Miss! You take this. Hold it well.
This is enough to purchase ten new pieces of clothing. Take it.
Take it then.
What is this for?
Are you taking me as a thief?
- Do you think I'm extorting you? - You've misunderstood.
- Do I look like someone who lacks money? - Who does he think he is? - Exactly.
You may be extravagant, but you can't use your extravagance to bully others!
- Exactly. - She doesn't seem that poor.
Miss! Miss! Then tell me, what should I do?
Give me your money bag.
I'll put the money back.
This guy...
Why are you carrying so much money with you? Are you dumb?
Yes, I am a little bit dumb.
When you go out walking in the future, you should be more careful.
I'll be going now.
- She left. - Look, she's leaving.
Hey, why is she leaving?
Prince, let's go.
What is this? Let's go.
- He's so stupid. - Shameless. - Exactly.
- Oh no. - Is the money pouch lost?
- I'm done for. - Prince, what is wrong?
She stole the protection charm my master gave me, too.
This woman...
Stop right there! Chase her!
If you're so rich, why are you chasing me? So unreasonable.
Stop! Stop right there! Otherwise, I'll dismember your body!
Lady, stop right there! You can take all the money,
but please leave the bronze token behind!
Stop! Chase her!
Stop there! Stop there! Stop there!
- Stop there! - Miss, stop there!
- Miss! - Move to the side!
Money! Quick, it's money!
- Oh, sorry! - There's money!
Miss! Miss!
- Stop there! - Stop there! - Miss!
Stop there!
Chasing a girl relentlessly in broad daylight. Outrageous.
- You filthy bitch! Stop! Stop! - Excuse me. Excuse me.
- Where is she? - She's hidden herself in the alley.
Chase her!
Are you hungry?
No manners. When I give it to you, you have no shame in just taking it?
No matter how poor, you still need to have dignity. Have ambition. Understand?
1. Say, "Thank you, Sister, for your grace."
Thank you, Sister, for your grace.
2.
Do you see the two guys over there? Go and grab onto their legs,
and keep on calling them grandpa. Okay?
We don't have a grandpa.
If you have money, then you have a grandpa!
Miss, hurry up and stop there.
You can take the whole pouch of money, but at least leave me the token.
Grandpa! Grandpa! Your grandchildren have finally found you!
Grandpa, please don't leave behind your grandsons!
Grandpa! Grandpa, I miss you!
We are starving to death!
Miss, we only have Yi, Bing, Ding (addresses).
We don't have your Jia, and definitely not your Jia, Number 3. (T/N: Jia, Yi, Bing, Ding are the first four of the heavenly stems)
How come?
Jia is a renowned street. How could there not be Jia?
Miss, this is why this is called the Crooked Alley.
I say, Miss, why are you asking about this?
My dad lives there, and my home is on Jia Street, Number 3, of the Crooked Alley.
Miss, what type of ghost stories did you hear
to make you like this?
What? That's wrong. That's wrong.
If there is no Jia Street,
then there should be a Duan.
There must be a Jia, I just don't know where.
Grandpa, we miss you!
I'm starving to death!
All this money, where did it come from? Did it come from that lady?
Grandpa! Grandpa, we finally found you!
Grandpa, you can't just find us and leave us behind!
- Grandpa, Grandpa! - You guys still don't hurry and respond!
Don't worry, we won't steal it away from you.
Quickly tell me. Did that lady give it to you?
Yes. Sister said that we must first make our salutations.
We have to say "Thank you, Sister, for your grace." Second,
we have to tightly hold onto your legs.
As long as we hold onto your legs, she'd continue to give us money.
- Three... – What is number three?
As long as we don't frivolously spend the money away
and conduct our behavior without fault, she'd always help us.
Bi De, looks like we got the right person to steal from us.
She's using her own methods to help the poor.
Kid, other than this, is there anything else?
Is there anything that's different than the money in your hands?
There's only this.
Wipe a bit.
You shamelessly offer me this. How stinky!
If you really don't want it, then forget about it!
- You hid a new one. - Hey, give it!
- Hey, wait a moment - Give it to me!
What are you doing? Stay further away from me.
What a pervert!
He's going to rape me!
Thanks.
- You're the one who tripped me earlier. - Have you seen the female thief?
Weren't you the one who interfered? She just stole the crown—
- She stole My Lord's precious treasure. - She also stole my thing.
Wait. I have to search you.
What? Do you think I'm a thief?
Whether that's true or not, we'll talk after I search you.
We've gotten tricked too many times today. Step aside.
- Step aside? - Tell me. Why did you help that thief escape?
- Where did you hide her? - How can you believe that I'm on the same boat with the lady?
Hold up!
Now it has come to this, could we have all fallen into that lady's trap?
Looks like we need to think of a plan. Where could the lady run off to?
There's only one way we can find her.
Hurry, speak.
Ask my master.
- Where is your master? - At the Ma Noodle House.
98, 99...
99 and a half.
Sir, what are you doing?
I'm playing dumb.
Counting ants? You counted to 99 and a half?
What's up with the half?
The other half is just you.
I've calculated.
Something will happen before I count to 100,
so I have to count slowly and wait
for what will happen.
99 and a half.
Sir, do you know where the Crooked Alley is?
I do.
Anyone who is someone knows.
Soon, everyone will know.
Then, do you know where Number 3 of the Crooked Alley is?
Anyone who's someone would know.
Soon,
the whole world will know.
You know? Then, where is it?
It's here.
Old Grandpa, you're confused.
The Crooked Alley only has Yi, Bing, and Ding.
There has never been a Jia, let alone a Jia #3.
- Why not? - Well, it's crooked, isn't it?
Miss, it's not Jia that's crooked. It's Yi, Bing, and Ding that are crooked,
so you can't find it.
This is really Jia number 3?
Of course.
Then...
Then, where are number 1 and 2?
My wife is number 1, my daughter is 2 and I am 3.
If this really is Jia number 3...
then you...
you are...
are what?
You are my father!
I calculated that something would happen, but I didn't think this would happen.
Father!
Father! It was so hard for your daughter to find you!
- Father. - Stop talking about hardship first. Say it clearly. How am I your father?
You are just my father!
Huh? Master.
Finally, we found her.
What are you doing?
What are you going to do?
Barging in the daylight to our home,
and you're even pointing a sword and threatening our lives!
- What? Our home? - Of course!
This is my home.
I am Xiao E.
This is my father.
Father, what is your name?
Jiang Ziya.
Did you hear that? Did you hear that?
Jiang Ziya.
And this is my brother.
Brother, what is your name?
Yang Jian.
Did you hear that? Yang Jian.
We as a family are lawful
and happy.
Is that right, Father?
Correct.
Damn old man!
- Mother! - You old geezer.
Talk! Where did you get this love child?
Speak!
You're not saying?
Speak! You old thing,
- I'll kill you. - Stop Mother!
I've been keeping my eyes on you for so many years.
Never did I see that you have eyes for other women.
Tell me! Where did this darn girl come from?
- You aren't telling me? - Don't Mother! Stop hitting!
This is a pole for hitting dates out of the tree!
What wrong with a date-hitting pole? I going to take this date-hitting pole and
- kill that old thing. I'll— - Mother.
Carefully think about this.
What if you hit him and six illegitimate children appear? Then, what will you do?
Oh my Lord and Mother Nature...
Who did I hurt that I've ended up with this old thing?
You old thing who can't seem to die!
Father...
Father.
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♫ Like water flowing through the years ♫
♫ Bid farewell to life and death ♫
♫ A chaotic world shakes the mist ♫
♫ The divide is love or hate ♫
♫ To fall is foolish ♫
♫ Roaming about and meeting again ♫
♫ Sincerely exiled to a faraway place ♫
♫ What's done is done ♫
♫ You and me have different ways ♫
♫ How do you know Heaven and man are forever separated ♫
♫ But when I come back ♫
♫ Dedicated heart and soul. Exchange jades ♫
♫ A moment in this world. To never forget ♫
♫ Seeing through Heaven. Overgrown and flourishing ♫
♫ Who's following? Who's following ♫
♫ It's hard to let go. Happiness and suffering ♫
♫ Only understanding tears after laughter ♫
♫ Just want to be with you ♫
♫ Struggling with the order of impermanence ♫
♫ Promises don't change. Oaths don't change ♫
♫ Coming together and separating is also fearless ♫
♫ Using a lifetime to go in a circle ♫
♫ Is regretful... is remorseful ♫
♫ It's hard to let go. Happiness and suffering ♫
♫ Only understanding tears after laughter ♫
♫ Just want to be with you ♫
♫ Struggling with the order of impermanence ♫
♫ Promises don't change. Oaths don't change ♫
♫ Coming together and separating is also fearless ♫
♫ Using a lifetime to go in a circle ♫
♫ Is regretful... is remorseful ♫
♫ Never regret ♫