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[ I Will Never Let You Go ]
[ Episode 33 ]
So Young Lord came to my gambling house
just to sell this to me?
Actually, Manager Qi, there's something that you don't know.
Although our House of Sima are into research and development of gambling equipment,
we never open gambling houses.
For good items like this,
it should be placed
in a famous gambling place like Yiliang Gambling House,
Yes. Yes.
How much are you asking for it?
Just one fixed price: 500,000 taels.
And I promise that only Yiliang Gambling House
will own equipment like this.
500,000 taels?
Don't you think it's a bit much?
Manager Qi,
I am sure you can figure out how much profit you can make
with this wheel.
500,000 taels is not really expensive.
Okay, since you are so straightforward,
then I won't waste your time. 500,000 taels it is.
Deal.
Manager Qi is such a straightforward decision maker.
Smart.
Zhu Shou, I just knew that your idea would be valuable,
but I didn't know that it would be worth this much!
It actually is worth 500,000 taels!
You should design more of these,
so we don't have to worry about our debt.
My Lady, the history of gambling has up to a thousand years.
There are hundreds of gambling tools and equipment
but think about it, only a few of them
would actually be the favorite of gamblers. Hence, promoting new gambling methods won't be that easy.
I also just accidentally came up with the Great Wheel of Fortune
and only completed it after ten years of brooding over it.
So much work.
What was that saying again?
"Good works are already made by Heaven, but only the clever ones can occasionally get to touch it."
It's the same with gambling equipment.
Maybe our Lady is the lucky one and can come up with one overnight.
Who knows?
That is possible.
- Let's go. - Let's go.
Manager Qi!
An emergency letter from the Young Master, saying we must search for these two.
Manager Qi, why do these two people look so familiar?
Go after that Sima Shou
and his sidekick. They are the ones the Young Master is looking for!
- Go! - Yes! - Yes!
What's wrong, Brother Yun?
You can go in. I'm leaving.
I need to go back to Suzhou and look for that bastard.
Brother Yun!
This was many days ago. It's no hurry to go back to Suzhou.
You are already outside of Mo Manor.
Aren't you going in to visit Madam Mo and Young Lord Mo?
Okay.
Mom, am I turning the soil properly?
It's fine.
Look at this branch. We need to cut it.
See, isn't it better now?
Is it?
It looks better after you've touched it.
Auntie.
- Cousin. - Ah Lang, you're back!
You jerk! Where were you for the past six months?
- My uncle and my mother were so worried! - Yeah.
No message at all. Uncle has been sending people to ask me about you.
Tell me, where have you been all this time?
I was just wandering around in the south.
Just wandering around?
Why don't I believe it?
Just traveling around.
Around—
Ah Lang, what's with your and Miss Lin's engagement?
I heard from my brother that you privately made an engagement with her.
But now, you are back to Mo Manor.
Don't tell me you two have been together this past half of the year.
Because she hates the fact that Old Master Mo loved my mother.
My mother was staying with the Xue's, so she killed everyone in the House of Xue.
I entered Mo Manor, so she wanted to kill me.
I don't want you to get stuck in between us,
so I didn't tell you.
What's going on? You look so lost.
Nothing. I must be tired.
I indeed was with Little Sister Dansha for the past half year.
Ah Lang, marriage is something to be arranged by parents and matchmakers.
How could you get engaged in private? That Miss Lin, too.
Her brother hasn't agreed yet and she still isn't married to you.
How could she be hanging out with you day and night?
If people know about this, how is she going to—
You don't have to worry, Auntie! I will marry Dansha!
I mean...
Ah Lang, if you really want to marry her, that would be the best.
I will convince Uncle.
Also, I have a fine knife here.
I'm sure you would like it. Do you want to check it out in my room?
You brothers haven't seen each other for a long time,
so you must have many things to talk about. Just go ahead.
Let's go.
Ah Lang, for you.
Cousin, have you found out about who poisoned Buqi?
I've heard that the Lotus Robe Knight had been seen around the capital.
But after she got poisoned, the Lotus Robe Knight also disappeared.
It wasn't the Lotus Robe Knight. It was someone else.
Have you found out who it was?
You knew beforehand that your mother poisoned Buqi, didn't you?
I knew it!
It's a shame that Buqi saw you as her real brother, yet you treated her so ruthlessly!
Ah Lang, only four people know about this.
You've been in the south for the past half year.
It's impossible for you to find it out from my mother and Uncle Mo!
How did you know about this?
Don't tell me...
Could it be... Buqi is alive?
She is dead! You two killed her!
There isn't any wall in this world that absolutely has no crack.
You don't have to know how I found out about it.
If it weren't for us being a family, I would go tell the authorities right now!
After Buqi was buried, I've been to her grave.
I saw that her grave had been touched, but I didn't suspect anything.
I didn't open the casket to check.
Ah Lang,
is Buqi really alive?
You saw her, right?
Where is she?
I told you!
She is dead!
Even if she were not dead, what do you want to ask her?
Are you going to hurt her again?!
How could I hurt her?!
Don't you know what kind of person I am?!
I was negligent that time,
therefore my mother had her chance to hurt her.
If Buqi is still alive,
I wouldn't let anyone harm her!
Cousin, remember this.
If you still have any shame,
you and Auntie should just read more sutras to pray for Buqi's blessings!
Jiansheng!
Young Master.
Go investigate and see if Buqi is in the south.
Young Master, is Lady not dead?
Remember, don't tell anyone. Especially my mother.
Do it in secret. Go now!
Yes!
Dansha, I am about to send someone to give you the poison-delaying medicine,
but you are back in the Mo Manor already.
Brother, is the antidote still not ready?
This person has a strange method of poisoning.
My detox experiment has made no progress.
However, he's quite a man of his words. Every three months, he would send the detoxifying medicine.
Otherwise, we would have long died from the poison.
He won't let us die so easily.
You two keep staying at Mo Manor
and monitor all their actions. Report them to me immediately
Once I've gained all the information about Mo Manor,
it will be the day when you two get cured of my poison.
- Yes. - Yes.
He's still going to use us to spy on Mo Manor.
It is strange that
since Hua Buqi faked her death, he has not assigned us any new mission.
I think, he knew you followed Yun Lang, but he didn't stop it.
I can't think of what he wants to do.
No matter what he wants,
I will kill him at the end to revenge for our father.
Dansha, how are you and Yun Lang?
Brother, I gave it up.
Little Sister Dansha, can I come in?
Yes, Brother Yun.
Greetings to Brother Yuquan.
I haven't seen Dansha for a while, so we were just catching up
But we are done here. I'll leave you two now.
Brother Yuquan, it's better for you to be here.
I was about to go to you after I talked with Dansha.
I plan to marry her after the new year.
Would you agree?
Of course, I don't have any issue with it.
It's just your father—
I will talk to my father about it.
The betrothal gift and letter will be sent.
I won't maltreat Little Sister Dansha.
Okay. That would be great.
I'll leave now.
Brother Yun! Brother Yun!
Brother Yun,
is it because you'd seen my ugly state that other day,
so you want to take responsibility?
Now that we have had physical intimacy, of course, I will take responsibility
If you're already disappointed in me,
I will go find Yuquan to say you rejected me.
I agree!
Even though you are still thinking about Buqi,
and I don't know what happened between you two,
I'm the person that's by your side now.
I've said
that I just need one chance. One chance to be with you,
and it will be enough.
Since I am going to marry you, then I will treat you right.
I will go back to Feiyun now and tell my dad.
Just stay in Mo Manor and rest for a while.
You also must be tired from keeping me company these past days.
It's fine.
Are you still going back to Suzhou?
No. After much thinking, only Dongfang Shi from the local court that day would do something to us,
and without any evidence, we can't do anything.
Also, I don't want to waste my time on that.
I have other things to do.
If you can think that way, I am relieved.
I don't want to see you hurt again.
Rest well. I am going back now.
Brother Yun!
This is the safety amulet I got myself
after Yaoling Manor fell.
You take it.
I hope you will always be safe
and will never have to worry.
Here.
Thank you.
[ Mingyue Villa ]
What do we do, Villa Master?
This poison seems to have passed through your arm and entered your body.
Ping'er, is there still no update about Master?
No.
Who's there?!
Manager Qing? Why were you listening to us outside the door?
Forgive me, Master. I was only following orders.
Master, are you okay?
Don't use any energy when the golden needle is swimming around your body.
Liu Qingwu, now that Mingyue Villa has two sides, which means you probably know whose side I am on.
If you want to live, you better let me go report back to the Master.
Maybe, your golden needle problem can be solved.
Master, should we kill him?
Master!
Okay already.
We've done enough performances. Just let him go tell Liu Mingyue.
How was it? What was their attitude?
I have shown them the letter you have written yourself.
But most of them are opportunists.
Also, Liu Qingwu has said that
if anyone rebels under your name, they will be punished,
so most of them are maintaining a neutral position.
They don't want to offend either side.
Neutral?
Since they didn't value the chance I gave them,
then don't blame me for being ruthless.
By then, kill all of them.
Yes, Villa Master.
There is another thing. Today, Liu Qingwu's golden needle was acting up. It seemed very painful.
When she was trying to catch me, she fainted. That's how I got to escape.
The pain from the golden needle is being felt in the bones.
It's enough to break someone.
Manager Qing, go back to Mingyue Villa and tell Liu Qingwu
that I can treat her,
but I will pick the place.
She has to come alone.
Will... Liu Qingwu agree to it?
Just go tell her. It seems about time
for her golden needle to act up.
Even if she doesn't want to do it, she will have to.
God damn it. This Liu Qingwu dares to offend Master.
Get her here, and I will chop her up!
I don't want her to know that I'm here.
Manager Qing, once she agree to the terms,
take her to the cave and kill her.
Yes, Master.
Qingyan.
Master.
You are injured. Don't move.
Mo Manor has hurt you badly. You are lucky
that you got out.
I will treat you with the golden needle. It will hurt.
I don't dare to trouble you.
You need to endure it.
Using golden needles for your pressure points
can help you heal faster.
Once you are fully recovered, I will take them out,
so they don't swim around your veins
and injure you again.
Do you feel better?
It feels a lot better. Thank you, Master.
Master, you are such a good doctor.
Rest well.
The midwife said that on the leg of those twin sisters,
there is a green birth mark.
I asked you yesterday, and you said yes.
This means you are one of the twin sisters.
Master, can you take a look at my birthmark on my leg?
I'm not sure why.
What about your birthmark?
The birthmark was there when I was little,
but I don't know why it has become lighter as I've grown up.
Now, you almost can't see it.
Birthmarks are the blood clotting under skin.
- As you grow up, it's normal for it to disappear. - Mo Ruofei is right.
- How come she knows that my birthmark is on my leg? - No need for you to overthink.
Oh, it's like that. I thought something was wrong with me.
I was going to ask Master to perform the golden needle techniques again to check it out.
Master's Golden Needle Techniques are really magical.
It can cure illnesses and also fight your enemies.
Master, you said it was Lord who taught you this.
The Lord is so knowledgeable.
Lord knows so much. All these techniques for him
are just child's play.
Master, when did you meet the lord?
Back then, Lord already knew that
Xue Fei was at the Xue farmstead,
so he would occasionally go there to see her.
I remember, when I was a teenager,
I met him on the way back to the Xue farmstead from the Buddhist nunnery.
Since then, we have built a relationship.
I was learning martial arts at the nunnery.
Then later, with his guidance, I made faster progress.
Master you have always said that the people of the Xue farmstead bullied and humiliated you.
With Lord teaching you martial arts, none in the Xue farmstead can rival you.
Have you sought your revenge?
Qingyan, do you remember what I have said?
For whomever has wronged me,
I won't let them go.
I will surely make them pay me back a hundred times more.
Before Uncle Mo burned down Xue Manor, he found out something.
Before he set a fire to burn it, someone had already killed the son and daughter-in-law of Old Master Xue,
and even took a pair of twin sisters away.
Old man Xue dared to look down upon me,
so I killed his son.
Till now, I still remember
the way he knelt down in front of his son's body.
I want to let him taste
how it is to watch his child die before him.
Good job! He dared to humiliate Master.
Even if Xue lost all their descendants, and everyone got killed,
it's just their retribution.
Losing all descendants?
Master, have you not killed them all? You still have kindness for them?
You mustn't grow soft.
If you leave them alive, they will only become trouble one day. You should kill them all.
Do I need you to teach me this?
I'm sorry.
But she really has become trouble.
Qingyan, I happen to have a mission for you.
Liu Qingwu has already betrayed me.
If I can kill her this time,
pretend to be her and get close to Commandery Prince of Dongping.
Qingyan won't let you down.
Please recover soon, so then you can work for me.
I'm still waiting for you to seek revenge for me.
Rest well.
I won't betray her.
She did bring you up and teach you things,
but what if it's the hatred of killing your parents?
Young Master, why do you say that?
Uncle Mo burned down the Xue Manor, but found out something.
Before the fire, someone had already killed the son and daughter-in-law of Old Master Xue,
and took away a pair of twin sisters.
I found the midwife who delivered the twins back then, and she said that on those sisters' legs,
there was a green birthmark.
I asked if you had it, and you said yes.
This is proof that you are one of the twin sisters.
No wonder Liu Ming Yue treats you two so cruelly,
because she was born by a maidservant in Xue Manor.
She was looked down upon since she was young. She hates everyone from the Xue family.
Of course, she hates you, too.
You are lying.
Master can't be the murderer of my parents.
Then, I'll release you, and you can try to find it out.
I'm afraid you've already bribed all of those people.
Then you can directly get the information from Liu Mingyue
and see if I was right.
It looks like Mo Ruofei was right.
I pretended to be injured from Mo Manor to come back to you.
I was initially still bearing some gratitude towards you for raising me,
but now,
there is nothing left.
Where is Master?
Master isn't sure if you are not pulling some tricks. She asked us to keep an eye on you
to make sure before we take you to see her.
I'm about to lose my life.
What tricks can I still pull?
Hurry up!
Young Master, the sand dunes are right in front of us.
There is no barrier. We can't stay too close.
Just try to be near as possible.
- It's okay if we are exposed. Miss Liu's safety is the most important. - Yes!
Manager Qing, are we here?
It looks like Master completely distrusts me now.
Miss Liu is in danger. Hurry!
Liu Qingwu, you were indeed pretending.
You dare to betray Villa Master. She ordered
that we take your life now!
Get on it!
Are you okay, Miss Liu?
Zhangqing, I thought I wouldn't see you anymore.
That won't happen.
The wound medicine!
It's useless. They put poison on the weapons.
I can feel it going into the heart. I'm dying.
You won't die. Hold on.
You won't die. Medical Sage Yi is still in the manor.
He will save you.
How are you? Any better?
Zhangqing, can I ask you a question?
Don't talk now.
I'm afraid if I don't ask now, I won't have a chance anymore.
In your entire life, except for Hua Buqi,
have you had feelings for anyone else?
None.
You know my feelings for you.
I betrayed Liu Mingyue for you. I just want to know if in your heart,
am I still that ruthless and sinister person blinded by greed?
When I first met you,
I did think so.
But after I got to know you, I find that you are just like Buqi,
just a pitiful person.
if you didn't grow up by Liu Mingyue's side,
but just in a normal family,
you wouldn't have suffered all this pain in life.
You would be happier, too.
Too bad, there is no what if's.
Zhangqing, I'm sorry
that I shot you before.
Now, I have paid for it.
If you want to take down Liu Mingyue, I will always help.
I will bear any pain for you.
It's just, I hope I can always see you.
It's just some small injuries. I've long recovered from them.
You finally admitted that you are Lotus Robe Knight.
Since you know already,
why does it matter if I admit it or not?
I'm very happy
that you finally are willing to be honest with me.
It's just that I might not be able to live long.
Otherwise, you would really like me.
Too bad.
I'm going to see if Medical Sage Yi is here.
- Don't leave! - Qingwu!
Don't be like this in the future.
Please.
Miss.
Manager Liu said that you were poisoned.
But after examining your pulse, it seems that you are just weak.
There are no signs of being poisoned. Weird.
But my chest did feel like
it was poked by needles.
I thought that I was poisoned.
Don't worry, Miss. You are not poisoned.
It was just that you lost blood and qi.
I will prescribe something for you, and you will be fine.
Thank you, Medical Sage Yi.
I will take my leave now.
Here, please.
So I escaped from death again.
It's a shame that I didn't see Liu Mingyue this time.
I can't hide the fact that I don't have the needles in me from her anymore.
It's okay. You will find her.
But I'm sure about one thing.
The bandits don't want to expose their base camp,
so they will cover the head of visitors before taking them in
I followed Manager Qing twice.
Even though he lost me every time,
the direction he was heading might be the bandits' base camp.
I suspect that Liu Mingyue is hiding in the base camp.
As long as I can sneak into the base camp,
maybe we can find Liu Mingyue.
You are saying that the bandits were also a part of Mingyue Villa?
Yes. Unfortunately, the bandits only talk to Liu Mingyue.
Other people in Mingyue Villa don't know where their camp is.
Also, the bandits are very sneaky. They move their camps all the time.
Even inside Xizhou government, they have a lot of spies.
If there are any warning signs, they will run away.
That's why General Guan can't destroy them.
I will go find their camp.
I will come with you!
No need. It's easy to be exposed when there are more people.
Don't go back to Mingyue Villa before you have fully recovered,
so you won't get yourself in danger.
Liu Mingyue has been very cold to us ever since I was a kid.
No one ever cared about me.
It's so good that you are now.
Qingwu,
we've been through a lot.
I only see you as a friend
and nothing else.
You can't see me just as a friend forever.
Okay, let's talk about it later.
Let's talk about the bandits. Zhangqing,
how are you going to find them?
If they need to survive in the desert,
they will have to leave some tracks.
I will just go find them.
Don't go anywhere before you are fully recovered.
Zhangqing, you will fall in love with me one day.
I, Liu Qingwu, can get the man I want.
Young Master, you want to go to the desert and find the bandits alone?
The bandits are very cautious, so it's easy to be exposed if there are more people.
I will be fine by myself.
You and Xiao Liu can receive me in Shicheng (Stone City).
I've told General Guan and Governor Du to be prepared.
If I ever figure out the bandits' defense,
we'll let General Guan exterminate them,
and help Xizhou get rid of this problem.
Be careful, Young Master.
Young Master, the things you need to entering the desert are prepared.
It seems that I will need to go through a couple of tough days in the desert.
Why did they go to the gambling house?
They were here to sell a newly designed gambling equipment.
Hence, I bought it.
With this new way of gambling, our business
will be 30% better.
How much did you offer them?
- 500,000 taels. - 500,000 taels?
Where are they? Upto where did you follow them?
From Suizhou, they rode a boat across the river to the northern area.
The north shore of the river is Dengzhou.
Because we were late, we only followed them to the shore. But I've
told our people in Dengzhou to be prepared. I believe we will have some news soon.
Okay. You may leave.
Yes.
Miss Zhu, you are really something.
I can't believe you turned the businesses of the House of Dongfang into your tools for making money.
Just a new way of gambling earned you 500,000 taels?
You are really something.
We are lucky that Yiliang Gambling House is our business;
hence, they were able to inform us in time.
Or else, we almost got fooled by her and believed that she went to the capital.
We are going to Dengzhou and look for that Zhu brat now.
Ah Zhu!
Let's take a break. I'm thirsty.
Okay.
Ah Zhu, what were you mumbling about when we got out of the gambling house?
What was it?
Zhu Shou, have you heard of Drawing Lots to Shoot Fortune?
I know, of course. Isn't it just using bamboo or wood to make lots to be drawn
and when the lucky person drew the marked lot,
he can win a big prize?
That's right. These past days, I've been thinking that
we can improve upon this way of gambling.
Look. If everyone draws a lot together,
there will be a limitation for the participants. It's better to just draw numbers
and put numbers from 1 to 20 on these lots.
Each person can choose 7 numbers.
We announce the winning number every 5 days.
The one who filled all the winning numbers gets 10,000 taels.
The one who got 6 numbers right gets 3,000 taels. Getting less than 5 numbers gets nothing. How is it?
This sounds like a good idea.
Everyone can participate, and we don't need to open a gambling house.
Right? I'm good. I'm good.
Also, spending 2 coins, and you can get a lottery ticket
for the chance of winning 10,000 taels. Everyone would want to do it.
I am sure the old man who sells vegetable in Suzhou
would want to buy one.
Also, there are so many rich business owners.
They can spare 5 or 10 taels every time.
We can do this business in Hangzhou, Yangzhou, even the whole country.
This method sounds very good,
but I feel like something's off.
Is there?
Think about it. Your way of gambling
is nothing like my the Great Wheel of Fortune. There's no secret behind it.
If the House of Zhu can do it, others can also do it. Right?
Think about it. Even though the House of Zhu is the wealthiest in the south of the river,
we still need to listen to the government.
Suzhou has Suzhou's government, which is also Prince of Jing's fiefdom.
If Prince of Jing wants to do this business, do you think people will follow him who are part of the government;
or our House of Zhu, who is a businessman. Right?
What if the Emperor hears about it, and he is interested?
And he starts this business everywhere this country,
and has... all the local government doing it.
Would we able to do business against the Emperor?
So the method you were talking about can only work for a month at most,
and then the House of Zhu can't keep it up anymore.
That really is...
Since time immemorial, the people should never fight against the government.
Don't even mention the Emperor.
That was a waste of time!
Don't say that, My Lady.
It's only been a little while,
and you came up with such a good idea already.
Look. You are a talented businesswoman, right?
Don't get discouraged. Think more about it.
Maybe you can come up with something better.
I don't want to think anymore.
- Let's keep going. - Now? - Yes.
Where are we staying tonight?
There is a Longhu Hotel
30 miles away. We can stay there tonight.
- Let's go. - Let's go.
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