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Candle in the Tomb
Episode 12
The desert is vast and endless, if not for these long trail of footsteps,
you wouldn't even feel like you're moving forward.
I really admire those explorers who come to the deserts alone.
Perhaps only when you're alone travelling between this heaven and earth,
will you be able to better understand the meaning of life.
You can also be an explorer and travel across the world.
I don't think I'll be doing that in this lifetime. Group activities suit me better.
Sister Yang, Sister Yang!
I want to ask you a question.
What are desert army ants?
I'd never seen them in person either.
Previously, I'd seen them in a nature studies textbook.
But I'd seen before villages that had been ravaged by them.
Man and animals have been eaten by them until all that was left were bones.
It was horrifying.
The reason why these ant colonies are called desert army ants
is because they have strong organization and discipline.
Even for well-trained human armies,
their organizational abilities cannot be compared to those of the ants'.
No wonder, their battle prowess was so scary.
They have an acid in their mouth, when tens of thousands of them bite together,
even if it was an elephant, it wouldn't be able to take it.
Okay, Sister Yang. Thank you. I don't have any other questions.
I think I was bitten once.
I won't get corroded, will I?
Nothing will happen if you just get bitten once.
Then I would like to ask you,
how did you know that gas would be useful against those ants?
I didn't know.
You didn't know, and you dared to go and save me?
I just knew that ants are scared of chilli powder,
and the teargas had components of chili and pepper.
So I could only give it a try.
Then what if it didn't work, have you thought of that?
I still had a flare.
You're good.
Heroine, thank you for coming to my rescue.
It's nothing much, Hero Hu.
What are you looking at?
Haven't you realised that there's been a big change in yourself?
In the past, you didn't like to smile that much.
That's because you didn't understand me.
That's true too.
I see it! I see it!
That thing, that's the ruins of the city!
Below those yellow sands, there lies a buried ancient city!
- Do you see it?- We found it. - I see it.
- It's there.- There!
- Do you see it?- I see it! I see it!
Old Hu, it's just there!
Then let's hurry and go then.
Although it looks very near, it will still require a long time to get there.
Everyone, follow me!
The light is just ahead!
Hurry!
Teacher, are you okay?
I'm okay. We're al-almost there.
Old master, what's wrong? Is there a problem again?
It can't be that you're hiding something from us, are you?
It's different from how it was in the past.
The change has been too drastic.
What do you mean?
I can't confirm whether or not there's still water inside,
it was something that happened many years ago.
All these years, there hasn't been anyone else who'd mentioned it.
That means, even if we get there, we may not necessarily find water there?
That... it was a place the white camel brought me to.
Twenty plus years ago, there was water there.
God's protection, I guess?
Chu Jian, I still have water here.
It's okay, I will persevere on.
When will we be able to get there?
This is the place where I'd been revived.
Master, where is the water?
There's a well inside.
Old Hu, where's the water?
He said that there's a well in there.
- Professor, how are you?- I'm fine, I'm fine.
Look at that old man. He's at it again!
Just leave him to pray.
If the well inside has already dried up,
this might be the last journey of our lives.
What do you mean?
Everyone,
let's all rest here for a while, don't get separated from each other,
Fatty and I will go inside and have a look.
I'll go with you guys.
Be careful.
Chu Jian, Sa Dipeng, go take a look.
What happened?
What happened? What happened?
What happened?
Little Wang?
Hurry and speak!
Hurry and tell us!
Little Hu! What happened?
Fatty, enough, stop playing a fool.
Tell us! What happened?
There's water inside. More than enough water!
Scared me to death. Then why did you still fire the gun?
This is great!
There was a rabbit inside that gave this person a shock.
Rubbish! I was just helping to improve our food provisions.
- Did you get it?- What did he get?
He was on his knees in fright the moment he saw the rabbit. We were lucky not to be shot.
Old Hu, how could you poke fun of me in front of everyone?
In future, don't waste your bullets.
Okay, everyone go and fill your water.
Go, go.
God bless us. God bless us.
Teacher.
Everything's all right now. There's water here.
Uncle, thank you.
Thank you, old brother.
We're friends. This is heaven showing kindness.
Let's go.
Old master, you were worried about your camel, won't you?
If there really wasn't water in there, your camel would have been in for it.
Comrade Hu, the gods will like you. They will like you.
Of course, if there was anyone among us, even if there was just one person that the gods didn't like.
We'd have been done for. Done for.
All of us are blessed by the gods.
Old master,
I really must thank you for today.
From now on, we're brothers.
After breaking your bones, you're joined by tendons*(*even if there were disagreements between both parties, the bond is still unbreakable)
Friends. We're friends!
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Okay.
How is it? Has it been filled?
Almost.
Brother Hu said, let's not do it first.
We'll fill it when we leave tomorrow.
Okay, the last one.
Forget it? How could I have seen such a thing before?
Hurry come and take a look! American people are full of western curiousities.
These are vegetables?
Yes, that's right.
This is so convenient!
Not only can you store it long-term, it's also convenient to bring along.
Great. Great.
Lass, are these the vegetables we usually eat?
That's right. These dehydrated vegetables are made by removing the moisture in them,
yet they're still able to maintain the colour and nutrients of the vegetables. These are very suitable for outdoor work.
Old brother, this is very suitable for you. In future, once you have this,
you won't have to just eat dried food and drink cold stuff when you come to the desert.
Is this expensive?
The technology used to make these vegetables was invented by the American NASA,
so as to enable astronauts to eat vegetables even in space,
and be able to replenish their vitamins. That's why the price is considerably higher than normal.
What did you say just now? I wasn't able to understand.
- That what American-- Old master.
What she meant to say was that it's true, these things really are expensive.
I understand.
Missy Yang really hid it well. She didn't take it out for so many days.
It's precisely to be brought out at such difficult times.
Only then would I be able to better show its value.
That's right, Sister Yang. It's really great that we're able to drink vegetable soup in such a desolated place.
I haven't seasoned it to taste yet. Later, once I add the condiments, not only will it be good to look at, it will taste delicious too.
In my opinion, Northeast is still the best.
There's game in the forests. Not only is it plentiful, it's delicious too.
Compared to here, where there's nothing else but sand.
Even if you shoot a Mongolian gazelle and eat it, your mouth will be filled with bits of sand.
Back then when the both of us were in Inner Mongolia, wasn't there this saying?
They say, "Hit a roe deer with a stick;
ladle a fish; the wild chickens fly into your rice pot on its own accord."
Right now, it's pretty good that we have food to eat.
Who'd have thought that half a day ago, we didn't know if we'd make it out alive or not.
Right now, we'll be able to drink soup anytime soon.
Brother Wang,
what does that "hit a roe deer with a stick" mean?
Are you using a stick to hit it?
Spectacles, you're very eager to learn, aren't you? Fine, then I'll tell you.
If you go into the forest and take a stick to randomly hit,
you'll be able to hit a roe deer.
In the river, just take a ladle,
and just randomly draw up the ladle, you'll be able to catch a big fat fish.
This is a metaphor to say that there are abundant natural resources.
- I get it. I get it.- Comrade Wang,
the Western Regions also has its own pros.
The Western Regions are like a mystery that you'll never be able to get to finish exploring.
This place is the world's treasure, the source of culture.
I don't like what you're saying.
Does the Northeast not have culture?
Do you think that there's only forest there? There's also treasure underground there.
Just a while back, the two of us-
Miss Yang, when will this soup of yours be ready? It's too dry and is making me choke.
We still have to wait a while.
Brother Fatty, what happened a while back? Continue with what you were saying.
A while back, we went to our hometown to see friends.
How did you know that there's treasure underground by just visiting your hometown friends?
That's right! Visiting hometown friends... that is...
Old Hu.
At that time, when we went back,
that is, Old Branch Secretary told us that there was a national archaeology team
that'd gone to Mount Niuxin for an archaeology dig.
- Isn't that right?- That's right. That's right.
Is that Dowager Hsiao's tomb that they found there?
Whatever it is, they said that it was some tomb, didn't they?
Yes, it seems to have been pretty big.
A while back, it was reported in the papers
that near Mount Niuxin, they also found an ancient tomb belonging to a general in the Liao-Jin Dynasty.
At the same time, they also found a Japanese underground barracks.
- That's right. That's right.- You guys heard about that, didn't you?
- Really?- We didn't know.
- I don't think we heard about that.- Don't know.
But when they were excavating the Liao-Jin ancient tomb, they were also excavating Dowager Xiao's tomb as well.
If you guys knew about Dowager Xiao's tomb, you guys would also definitely know-
That's not right. You guys could have went to Mount Niuxin
before the Liao-Jin ancient tomb was discovered. But why would you guys have...
No, Spectacles, what are you doing?
Are you studying archaeology or police work?
I... archaeology.
Delicious soup is almost ready.
It smells so good!
I'm salivating.
- This is great!- Forget it. Stop trying to solve the case. Hurry and drink the soup.
That thing... Fatty! Come accompany me for a nature's call.
Empty some space (in my stomach) to drink more soup.
Yeah, yeah. You're pretty civilised, aren't you?
Spectacles, in future, if you have anything you don't understand,
just ask your Sister Yang. She knows everything.
What? Yes.
Sister Yang, let me ladle the soup.
Look at your wry mouth (an expression of annoyance).
The matter on Liao and Jin dynasties' ancient tombs was almost leaked by you!
I extremely despise that fake American lady. She's showing off everyday!
What's there to show off?
You should thank her first.
If it wasn't her interruption to announce her soup's ready, what were you going to continue saying? How were you going to wrap up without embarrassing yourself?
Telling me to thank her?
Just because she's on good terms with you now?
She's calling you Old Hu, and so I have to thank her?
Right now, your standpoint is a problem!
It's very serious!
I feel...
Shirley Yang is now beginning to suspect our identities.
Everyone, have some soup to replenish your vitamins.
Suspect us?
What's there to be suspicious about? Instead, I'm suspicious about her!
Both of us are already trying our best as
tomb raiding military officers.
But what is she really up to? I'm drawing a question mark now.
Let me tell you, this American is harboring an ulterior motive.
She told you she's a picture-taker?
What picture-taker? That's called a photographer!
Alright. Photographer!
She knows about fire ladybugs.
She also knows about desert army ants.
Doesn't she know too much?
She's not just a photographer. She's also a reporter.
A photojournalist who goes places.
She has seen a lot and so she knows a lot, right?
But what do you think of her marksmanship? Isn't it too good?
A female who handles a gun better than my knowledge of it.
How do you explain this?
You too are able to handle a gun well. For her, there's no ban on guns in America.
She also travels a lot. So, learning how to handle a gun for self-defense, that's very plausible!
You are really questionable now.
Are you enamored by this beautiful lady?
- Do you find her beautiful?- Beautiful.
This is it, then.
What a mess!
- Why can't you go along with me?- Talk softer.
Can you follow my train of thoughts and think about it?
There's one matter which I don't believe you haven't noticed!
What is it?
Kunlun Glaciers. She said she wanted to look for her father.
But once we were down at the glaciers, did she try to look for her father?
Not at all!
Her whole mind was filled with that notebook.
She had no interest in examining the corpses down there!
That night when the two of you had a chat,
she told you she felt apologetic for having failed her father,
and how much she's begun to understand her father. Yet, that's just mere talk from her.
Did she do anything about it?
She's a daughter. Does she have any feelings for her father?
All of these matters, don't tell me you haven't thought about them?
Have you been eavesdropping?
Of course I have thought about those matters.
From my observation after this long period of time,
I believe that her basic intention isn't bad.
I don't know if her basic intention is good or bad.
But I just feel that she hasn't been honest with us.
Let me tell you, whether her father is dead or not, I'm now beginning to suspect it too.
I'm now suspecting she's probably an American secret agent who's sent here!
On the surface, she's here to invest in our archaeological expedition.
But in truth, she's here in our country trying to get hold of our cultural relics!
What secret agent? Aren't you talking too incredulously?
I admit. I admit she really didn't tell us everything.
She's not obliged to do that either.
I believe she must have her own reasons,
and she meant us no harm.
Old Hu! How did you become bewitched by her?
Fatty, she saved me before.
I absolutely will not believe she's the kind of person you say she is.
You really have no loyalty.
I've saved you before too. Why don't you believe me?
Alright. Just like you've said.
I'll believe what you've said. She's a secret agent. What then?
Alright. In that case, the matter that happened earlier, I'll let it go.
But I'm telling you, she'd better not come up with any tricks in future.
- Relax. Relax.- Don't give me that!
I'm telling you and only you, Hu Bayi. I admit.
If she were someone else, I'd have already wrung her head, taken it down and kicked it like a ball.
You better not! If you were to wrung her head and take it down,
who are we going to get the money for this trip, right?
That's right too. I'll spare her life for now.
Spare her.
Let's go back. The soup's getting cold.
Wait a while, Fatty.
Fatty, something's not right.
What's up?
Look at the arrangement of the stars.
I've seen this pattern in the Sixteen Characters Yin Yang Feng Shui Secret Techniques book.
This is definitely not an ordinary piece of land.
It's a rare place of treasure.
Coming alive?
Let's go.
What have you two been doing? The soup's cold already!
- Make some way.- That's not important!
Hey, Professor Chen.
At my end, I still have some horse-milk wine. I'll take it out for everyone to have a taste of it.
Xiao Hu, what have you discovered?
I'm not certain yet.
Are you able to see anything yet?
Teacher.
Professor Chen.
There should be a big tomb right here.
Where is it?
Ju Men Xing (Giant Front Star), Zuo Bu Xing (Left Auxiliary Star) and You Bi Xing (Right Auxiliary Star). Three twinkling stars.
All are arranged in an equilateral triangle.
Zhong Xing (Center Star), Tai Yang Xing (Sun Star) and Tai Yin Xing (Moon Star) are appearing together.
It's a really auspicious alignment of stars (in Feng Shui terms).
Say something that everyone can understand.
Also, the location their exact mid-point corresponds to is...
that well!
The well?
Xiao Hu, there's a tomb in the well?
Are you sure of it?
According to the Celestial Star Feng Shui that I know well, it should be right.
Listen!
There's the sound of flowing water.
There must be an underground stream down below.
If there's so much water, there shouldn't be a tomb, right?
Tombs should be in very dry locations.
I don't know. I'm just speaking blindly.
You can't say that either.
We're still lacking much research in the culture of the Western Regions.
Moreover,
Western Regions were different from the Central Plains. Anything is possible.
Heard that, Fatty? It could be possible.
Chu Jian.
Hurry up and prepare the stuff. I'm going to take a look.
Alright, no problem.
- Let's go.- Go.
This is out of our scope of experience.
Old Hu, I'll go down with you.
No need. I go down first. If there's a need for you to go down, then we'll talk about it.
There are so many men around, how will Old Hu let a lady go down there?
Then Old Hu will feel bad about it for sure.
- Leader Hu.- Take this and install it in a safe place later.
- Are you going down the well to look for the tomb?- That's right.
Professor Chen, though I can't be sure of what I'll find,
yet there could be some unexpected find.
Right. Right. Xiao Hu, we've really found the right person in you.
Hey, wait, wait.
After you have gone down and found the tomb, what will you do?
Once it's found, we'll go in and take a look.
What happens after you have taken a look?
If there's anything of value, we'll dig out and research about it.
I don't understand what you said.
Put it this way, if there's the precious thing (tomb),
you will start digging. Is that what you mean?
You can take it as that.
Wait, I haven't finished.
All of you are indeed tomb raiders.
Old brother,
we are archaeologists and scientists. We specialize in the research of the culture of Western Regions.
We have another assignment for this trip, that is to find ancient tombs.
I don't know about your scientific research.
Lastly, are you going to take things out?
Didn't we tell you already that we'll dig out those of value?
We can't let them be buried underground forever.
- That's right.- Isn't that tomb raiding?
Old man.
Professor Chen and them are from the archaeological research center.
Haven't you read the letter of recommendation?
So, actually all of you are doing this kind of work.
If I had known that you are doing this,
no matter how much money you give me, I won't come here.
You can't go down. I don't agree. Don't agree!
Old man, haven't we told you?
They are--How come I can't explain clearly to you now?
Old man, don't be anxious, hear my explanation.
We explore and discover ancient tombs to help to better preserve them.
Right, by doing this, then we can pass down the treasures and culture of Western Regions
to the people, right?
In the course of history, there were numerous cases of tomb raiding that took place in Xinjiang.
Even the foreigners come here secretly to dig.
Since the War of Liberation, these things still happen.
If the government doesn't do anything now,
then all these treasures will end up in the hands of the evil people, don't you think so?
Old brother, with regards to these treasures,
what we do with them are protective discovery and research, not destructive tomb raiding.
They are different in nature.
It's not probable for us to do any disservice to the ancestors.
Be rest assured.
I don't understand what you have said. All these years,
I'm telling you I have seen many bad people.
Hey old man, I don't like what you said.
Didn't you say earlier that we are good people?
- Right- Right.
Aren't you?
Old Hu, come here.
Old brother, come over here for a while.
That... what you said earlier, is it the truth?
What's the matter?
I've prepared the black donkey hoof and the tomb raiding seal.
About this matter-
I was wondering why you were so anxious and rushed over here so fast.
That's of course. How could I let you do this kind of minor matter personally?
I'm telling you, I've prepared a set of essential tools for you.
Well done.
If you're all done packing, let's go!
- Alright.- Alright.
Xiao Chu, it's not that deep. You would be able to sense it when I've reached the bottom.
- Right.- So long-winded.
We are all here, don't worry.
- Done- Alright.
Here. Take the gun along, in case anything happens.
Hurry, take it along! Don't let Miss Yang worry.
Shut up.
Thanks.
Comrades, wait for my news of victory.
- Come.- Brother Hu, give me your hand.
- Release a bit.- Release.
- Release.- Release.
Release.
- Release a bit more.- Be careful
Release.
Slowly.
Xiao Chu, release slowly.
Old Hu, are you alright?
Old Hu, give us a signal. Are you alright?
I'm alright, Fatty.
Brother Hu said he's alright.
Old Hu, are you okay?
I'm good.
- Slowly.- Continue to release.
- Can't release.- Slowly.- Continue to release.
- Stop talking!- Slowly.- Faster.
Who should he listen to?
Slowly.
Listen to Miss Yang. Slowly.
Release.
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♫ Walk forward and pass through a gap ♫
♫ I want to see it more clearly ♫
♫ My courage and fragile sensitivityare together ♫
♫ Some secrets are hidden at the bottom of my heart ♫
♫ I’ve never mentioned it to anybody ♫
♫ Fate beckons, but doesn’t careabout the result ♫
♫ Because of capricious changes,I’m trapped in the moment ♫
♫ An unknown river flows up,but the river current goes down ♫
♫ The bigger your desires,the higher price you must pay ♫
♫ My stomach is filled with words,but I close my mouth ♫
♫ Fate has once given promises,but it can also go back on its words ♫
♫ One side offers loving words,while the other side offers lies ♫
♫ You’re supposed to climb to heaven,but you flee to hell ♫
♫ You were given a youthful face,but it transformed all into grey hairs overnight ♫
♫ Sail downstream with the current ♫