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The Plough Department Of Song Dynasty
Episode 24
Dou Cheng!
I have good news!
Taisui is still alive.
He's not dead!
That villager back there said
the young man named Taisui.
Then I came in and found this.
Taisui is the only person in the world could make this.
So
he must still be alive.
He really is alive!
Yaoguang,
It's been a long time.
You need to let it go.
This locust
has to be a coincidence.
Yaoguang.
Wenqu is right.
It is possible that someone else
made this.
Don't overthink it.
It's ture!
Why don't you guys belive me?
It has to be true!
You are all intelligent people.
Why not resort to your own intelligence?
What's your brilliant idea?
Nothing briliant,
just a pragmatic one.
Uncle,
could you come and take a look?
Does this look like the person you are looking for?
Yes.
That's him.
You know him?
I knew
he was alive!
Taisui!
Did you find him?
No.
Where did this kid go?
Did you find him?
No.
Where did he go?
We've searched the entire village.
Chief,
is there any particular place nearby
where young people or the kids usually hang out?
I don't thinks so.
Our village is near the mountain.
There is a place called hadean valley in the mountain,
thunder and lightning are non-stop all through the year.
Once people or animals entered
they don't come back alive.
We've been telling children
not to wander there.
Taisui might've gone there.
We've looked everywhere.
There's no sign of him.
Why not try there?
Chief,
how far are we from the Hadean Valley?
About seven, eight miles.
Can you take us there?
That's a nefarious place
that usually nobody dares to go.
Don't worry.
Just show us the way when we are close.
You don't have to go anywhere near the valley.
If that's what you really want.
I'll tell you what,
I'm no daredevil
but I can find someone bolder to take you there.
It that okay?
Let's go.
Let's go get our guide.
Welcome back, master!
Arise.
Thank you, master.
I've been on the solitary spiritual practice for three years.
How's everything in the temple?
Rest assure, master.
Everything is fine.
Is Tian Guizi still in solitary?
Master,
Master Tian Guizi has never come out.
I've never had a solitary spiritual practice longer than three years.
Tian Guizi's practice challenges the mortal boundaries.
It has been for sixteen years.
Is Di Lingzi here?
Di Lingzi is out handling affairs.
He's back.
Uncle
you are back with us.
What happened to Di Lingzi?
Shifu.
Who did this to you?
The person wore a mask,
I really can't tell.
Over there.
That's Hadean Valley.
Thanks, uncle.
Let's go.
Wait,
you must not go into that valley.
It is very dangerous.
Don't worry,
we'll be careful.
See you.
Let me scout the valley.
I'm more agile,
what do you say...
Dillydally.
Xingyi!
What the hell is this place?
Nefarious.
Taisui
couldn't possibly be here.
What a ginormous valley!
Ginormous!
Tian Gui?
Isn't that the same name as
my shifu's shifu?
This should be the place.
Is this a statue of some god?
Hello, god bless me.
So beautiful.
So lifelike.
Gorgeous hair!
Looks so real.
Uncle,
how is Di Lingzi's injury?
The fire that burnt him is unusual.
The toxic flame has
invaded his internal organs.
If treated improperly
it could take his life.
How severe!
Is there a remedy?
Not by medication.
Only your shifu could
use his force of hibernating dragon
to rid of the fire toxin.
But shifu has been in solitary spiritual practice
for sixteen years.
Disciple!
Master.
Go to the Tian Gui cave,
wake master Tian Guizi.
Yes, master.
What a soft butt.
Wait,
Oh my god!
Is this a real person?
Master!
Master Tian Guizi!
Master!
Tian Guizi?
This is a real person.
Tian Guizi.
He's my shifu's shifu.
How can he be so young?
Whoops!
If my shifu's shifu is alive
then can he
fart?
Master.
Drop the act.
Are you a living person?
Shifu's shifu
I know you are alive.
Wakey-wakey!
Make a sound.
If you can't
at least fart once to let me know you're alive.
Shifu's shifu
Wake up.
I dare you stay down forever.
One, two, three..
Master!
No matter how hard I tried
Master Tian Guizi wouldn't wake up.
I felt his breathing,
I think...
What is it?
I think
master Tian Guizi
may
may have been
taken away by gods.
What?
Why are you so heavy?
Master, this way.
You got another visitor so soon?
Nevermind,
hide first.
Tian Guizi,
Brother.
Master
do you think he is
really...
Xuan xuan bows to shifu.
Brother.
Xuan Xuanzi.
Long time no see.
you have aged.
Yes.
I'm sorry I never got to grasp
the force of hibernating dragon you taught me
due to my mediocre aptitude.
So..
Brother,
I see you have reached
the advanced level with your practice
which is as good as our enigmatic big brother.
That's wonderful news.
Admirable.
Big brother is a rare talent.
Everyone knows the name Sleeping Immortal of Huashan Mountain.
I'm no match for him.
How modest.
You are making me
feel ashamed of myself.
Brother,
we woke you up for an emergency
Di Lingzi had
the freakiest injury.
His internal organs was infected
by incurable fire toxin.
After thinking it over
I figured only your force of hibernating dragon
could save his life.
That's why
I had to wake you up.
Di Lingzi is injured?
Yes.
Take me to him.
That was close.
He really is shifu's shifu.
If shifu knows I'v been naughty
he's gonna twist my ear.
Shifu's shifu sleeps like a rock,
it's nearly impossible to wake him up.
He's like the lord of slumber.
I'd say...
The force of hibernating dragon?
The dragon submerged into the spiritual ocean
as the day submerged into the night.
Hidden dragon,
hibernating soul.
Silently accumulating strength
deeply resting before the rising.
White clouds are high up in the sky
with no profound connections in mortal realm.
What does it mean?
Whatever.
I'm so sleepy.
I'm gonna take a nap.
The force of hibernating dragon.
What a pity.
Such advanced technique.
Although shifu taught me everything
I have never succeeded in practicing
after half a lifetime training.
The tablet says
level one coule take a talented practicer
five years to accomplish.
I just did it over a nap.
But I understand,
you have to exaggerate a little
to impress people.
Alright,
I'll take a crack at level two.
Shidi,
how are you?
You are freed of fire toxin.
There are still some external injuries
nothing some healing ointment can't fix.
Thank you for saving my life.
What happened to you exactly?
It's a long story, starting fromg
my trip down the hill.
What kind of kungfu is this?
How come I have such weird dreams while practicing?
This is no fun.
I'm going back to shifu.
Wait.
Shifu never lets me come here.
If he knows I sneak onto the mountain
he's gonna twist my ear so hard.
Nevermind,
I better go back to sleep.
So
he was onto you
when you went downhill.
After you exposed him,
he started to strike
with firearm.
He must've come prepared.
But
emerald peak is well concealed geographically.
We shouldn't have any outside enemy.
I was just an acting housemaster which
requires occasional trips downhill.
I haven't made any enemy.
Even if I have
there's no way I didn't know their
distinctive trait like good with firearm.
That's strange.
What does this man want?
brother.
What do you think?
Brother?
You can handle
those tedious affairs.
I'm gonna go get some sleep.
Brother,
you should be more involved
in our clan affairs.
Our clan,
our clan doesn't hand out assignments.
You are in charge of
daily operation.
This is not my problem to be concerned over.
As an elder with the highest seniority in our guild
you can't just stay out of everything.
Brother,
don't you forget
I'm an heir of grandmaster Li chunfeng's faction.
Our faction is reclusive.
We embark on spiritual journey
away from the mortal world.
What...
Who...
who is this?
He has reached level two
at such young age.
Is he a disciple of big brother?
My young friend.
Hum,
stop it.
How's this possible?
I'm at the sixth level of the force of hibernating dragon.
Even I am not able to speak
while refining my chi.
Wake up, young friend.
Friend.
What? What?
Shifu's shifu!
You are here.
I'm in your bed.
I'm leaving now.
Who are you?
What are you doing here?
You just called me
shifu's shifu.
What does that mean?
It...
I...
Shifu!
Shifu's here!
Xuan Xuanzi is your shifu?
Yes.
You are my shifu's shifu,
but you look so young,
younger than my shifu.
You look like my brother.
But according to the hierarchy
I'm like your grandpa.
Um?
No.
I'll think again.
Right, right,
you're like my grandpa.
There's a thing called skip-generation bonding.
Shifu's shifu,
if my shifu twists my ear later
you gotta help me.
Fine.
I'm gonna hide now.
Come in.
Xuan Xuan bows to shifu.
Taisui?
What are you doing here?
Shifu.
You little brat,
come out and kneel before your shizu!
Promise you won't twist my ear
when I come out?
Cut the cackle.
Come out now!
Taisui kneels in respect before shizu.
Xuan Xuanzi.
Yes.
Is this your apprentice?
Yes.
His..his name is Taisui.
He is my apprentice.
He is an uncut jadestone.
Xuan Xuanzi.
You have a fine disciple.
Come.
The force of hibernating dragon,
how many years have you been teaching him?
The force of hibernating dragon?
I dare not pass on our unique technique
without your permission.
You haven't taught him?
How come he has already reached level two?
What?
This can't be.
You...
See, the thing is
I followed shifu onto the mountain.
But
I'm kinda scared to go to shifu
so somehow I ended up in this cave.
When I came here
here, this stone table
engraved with these words.
I just followed it and practiced a little
somehow
I got to level two.
What did you say?
Shush.
You said you just entered not long ago,
practiced a little, and got it?
I got sleepy practicing.
Then I fell asleep.
Then I woke up and got it.
Shifu, shifu
is shizu lost his mind?
Don't be disrespectful!
Remarkable talent!
Are you aware that in order to practice the force of hibernating dragon
the practicer had to be one of a kind.
If you're lack of aptitude
not even a-hundred-year practice
will get you through level one.
whereas, even the most gifted practicers
none of them has reach level two in such short time
like you did.
My distinguished big brogher Chen Chuan
had to go through four years of training
to get to level two.
I have two disciples.
Not one
has accomplished level one yet.
I'm ashamed.
Very promising.
How about you
stick around?
I'll mentor you myself.
You need to know that
when you reached the tenth level of the force of hibernating dragon
you will become an immortal, a celestial being.
I'm going to cultivate one of those
with my own hands.
We went to the Kongsang clan and Manglin village
this is what we got.
Yinguang,
you have ample social experience,
Do you recognize this hand gesture?
Yinguang, Yinguang!
Doesn't ring a bell at all.
Chongxuan made this gesture before he died,
it has to mean something.
Could it be
some kind of message?
If it was a message
it would go one of these two ways.
To tell people who the killer is.
Or
to reveal a big secret he was hiding
that's more important than his life.
So important that he had to
leave a clue behind.
However
no matter what the message was
what kind of secret he had
we got nothing
from just one hand gesture.
This gesture is the key to the case.
Yinguang, Wenqu
you two divide and conquer.
Go visit eminent monks and priests.
I blieve
there is someone out there knows what the gesture means.
Yes.
What on earth is this?
Dad!
Daughter
you're home.
Your work trip was longer than usual this time.
Slow down.
I need a favor.
Okay.
What is it?
I know this guy.
He is, uh, uh, uh
Taisui.
Right, right.
Taisui.
Dad,
I need you to talk to the governor of Fengcheng city.
He outrank him.
Tell him to use the sketch
to find Taisui for me.
Daughter,
are you bewitched?
The governor doesn't have ghostbusters!
What ghostbusters?
You didn't know.
Taisui is not dead!
How could he not be?
I saw him get crushed into bits.
Not even gods can put him back together.
How could he not be dead?
It's true!
Dad
would you please help me?
Alright.
I will.
You will?
Attendant!
Yes, general.
Escort my daughter
back to her room.
And go fetch a doctor,
no,
a priest
for an exorcism.
Dad!
You
you're unbelievable!
Where are you going?
The plough department.
Wait for me there!
I'll get someone to help you!
Liu,
do you find anything?
I've almost gone through all the books in our library.
But there is literally
nothing about this gesture.
I'm not staying here.
I'm going back to Manglin village
to wait for Taisui.
Yaoguang,
you already had the villagers to
keep you informed once they had something.
They haven't had anything yet
which means Taisui is not back there yet.
What good would it do if you go?
Taisui was in Manglin village.
But he disappeared the next day
of the thunder and lightning strike.
Do you think
those two events are related?
Are you saying
that Taisui was struck by lightning?
Then he ran away?
Hold your horses.
What Wenqu meant is
Taisui's disappearance and the lightning might be related.
It doesn't mean he is hurt.
We don't know anything yet.
Had the local authorities helped us with the search
he could've been found already.
But my father...
Wenqu.
Judge Dou.
I was thinking about the development on the case.
Please forgive me
for dropping in.
Only if you forgive us for not greeting you sooner.
How are things?
Did you find Taisui?
Not yet.
And the case is going nowhere.
I'm like
walking in the dark.
All we have
is this hand gesture
which nobody knows what it is.
The gesture..
This is it,
the gesture.
I remember my shifu used to
do this while he was resting.
Your shifu?
Who is he?
Take us to him,
Now.
Here we are.
Shifu.
Yi.
- Shifu. - Yi.
Yi.
How did you find the time to visit me today?
Shifu,
they are my friends.
They're here to consult you about something.
It is always a pleasure to greet a friend from afar.
Gentlemen and lady
this way, please.
Master Lv,
this is rather urgent.
We'll cut to the chase.
We were hoping you can
tell us if you recognize this.
Young gentleman
how did you come to know this hand gesture?
Would you please tell us what it is first?
Shifu,
they work for the government.
They're good people.
You are officers?
Yes.
If master Lv does know about this
we'd appreciate you tell us.
I met this great master
when I was young.
He gave me
some directions about a health regimen.
It works with this gesture you're interested in
helps prolong a healthy lifespan by practicing it.
It was a pity that
I wasn't talented enough
to figure out
its profound mystery all these years.
Who was the master
that taught you this?
Tian Guizi.
Is master Tian Guizi still alive?
Tian Guizi
has already completed the regimen
which brings astonishing longevity.
He will still be alive and well
long after I die.
Do you know where the master lives?
Tian Guizi
lives in seclusion deep in the Mangshan Mountain.
Only by going through a place called Hadean Valley
can you get there.
I was fortunate to visit once
when I was young.
That's great!
Master
can you take us there?
Young lady,
why are you so eager
to meet master Tian Guizi?
Moreover
he doesn't like socializing with worldly people.
I'm afraid
it's not going to be easy.
Master Lv
to be honest
this hand gesture is related to a homicide case
and whereabouts of a dear friend.
Please help us.
A homicide case?