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The Plough Department Of Song Dynasty
Episode 32
Since I went back to the capital,
I've been looking for you for a long time.
But I got no message about you.
I thought
for my rest life
I could never see you again.
To my relief,
God bless us.
And I finally find you.
Back then,
It was exactly
the humble family background of Consort Shu
that made my fathers evict her out of the capital.
Even worse.
He also sent warders to run after her.
No one knew that
she has already got pregnant.
In case of being killed by the killers,
she sent our child
to a person who passed by.
So why don't you look for him yet?
I tried so many times.
However, this gets my father involved.
And it was an imperial scandal.
We can't vociferously undertaking this job.
Thus we still
haven't found him yet.
My son.
Brother.
Never thought my words would turn out a prophecy.
You really become my brother.
Never thought
I could find my biological mother.
And his majesty is my younger brother.
Brother.
Congratulations! Your majesty and your highness.
For the reunion.
We should thank Elder Xuan Xuanzi.
For raising my son for decades.
You are welcome, your highness.
Actually, I did not make too much
contribution to bringing up Taisui.
Shifu.
Mother.
You're actually my mother,
So Yao Guang will be you daughter-in-law,
Namely, the sister-in-law of his majesty.
So do you still want to betroth
my wife to his majesty?
Who told you that I'm your wife?
It's just a matter of time.
Well...
Your highness,
The daughter of my brother, Cao Pi
is at the same age of his majesty,
She embraces the attractive appearance,
integrity, and diligence.
So whether...
Okay, good.
So great.
But his majesty's marriage matters a lot.
I will let the ministry of supervision do some inspections
before the decision.
Yes, your highness.
General, arise.
Sit down please, you all.
Thanks, your highness.
In this way I wont be in a dilemma.
Brother,
You just found mother.
Go back to the palace with us.
And we could talk to each other.
My brother,
You may not realize
swarms of rules
in the palace.
I would rather stay here,
with no limitations.
But much happiness.
You're right.
The freedom outside outweighs
the strict rules in the palace.
It's late,
And his majesty can not stay out for long.
Taisui,
You really don't go back with mom?
Mother.
I've got used to the surroundings outside,
And hardly adapt to the life in the palace.
Or I can go greet mother
during the day.
Okay, fine.
I will come to you with your brother tomorrow.
And take your eighth uncle with us.
We gather to chat.
Okay, that's good.
Taisui
Take care of yourself.
I will come to see you at times.
Mother.
Don't worry about me.
I will be okay.
Let's go.
I walk you out.
Yaoguang.
Let's go.
You don't stay with me?
I will come tomorrow.
Okay.
Mother.
I'll order the Hanlin Academy
to draft an imperial edict
to confer my brother a prince.
Tomorrow,
the whole world will know I have a brother.
Mother.
No wonder my first glance on Taisui
makes me feel congenial.
It turns out that we are siblings.
I don't have such a good insight.
Not like you.
Then...
From now on,
You won't mind we getting close, right?
You are brothers,
should get closer.
and chat more with each other.
You're right.
Mother.
Tomorrow I'll go to see brother with you
I gotta read over the memorials right now.
Somebody!
Your highness.
Summon Prince Xian.
As you wish.
Senior.
Continue chanting with Taisui.
I go back to rest now.
Okay.
Taisui.
Shufu.
I have some words to say
Or I'll feel ill at ease.
You please.
Actually, that day I saw your mother
when we went out of the Biyou Palace,
and meet with imperial hunting group.
And I recognized her.
What?
Why didn't tell me that before?
I...
I'm afraid I could lose you.
Lose me?
I have been cultivating myself
for my entire life.
I want to become a Taoist.
Yet I failed.
I want to cultivate the hibernating Dragon.
Also failed.
Looking back on my whole life,
I did nothing successfully.
What I have
is just you.
For me,
you are not only my sole disciple
but also like my own son.
I...
Shufu,
No matter when,
No matter what happens,
you are always my Shifu,
and my only father in my heart.
Good boy.
What a surprise!
Taisui,
is your highness's biological son?
You are right.
I've told you the whole story.
But he has grown up.
Your highness.
Are you sure?
I'm sure.
I have some skills
to identify him.
If so,
congratulations to your highness.
Prince Xian,
I was happy at first,
But I feel a bit worried
at the thought of his majesty.
What are you worried about?
The throne.
Although Taisui has grown up without us being around
He is still the son of me and the late emperor,
and he is older than his majesty.
What upsets you is that...
No matter on the aspect of age
Or bloodlines.
Taisui is more qualified than his majesty to ascend the throne.
That's true.
But my nephew has succeeded to the power,
No reason to abdicate.
I'm afraid that his majesty would be suspicious and jealous of him,
and I'm afraid there will be courtiers like Wei Lin popping up
to put a spoke in their wheel
for their own interests.
Your highness.
You thought too much.
You raised my nephew up.
You are the one who
know very well about his integrity.
He is always of clemency,
so he would never think like that.
As for the courtiers,
I believe as long as our Zhaos unite as one.
Taisui and his majesty get along well.
Those courtiers
could never threaten us.
I hope so.
Answer my questions.
I won't take your life.
We don't have much time.
I know where he is kept.
I will rescue him tonight.
We need some sharp weapons.
Give me the firearm made by the envoy.
Who are you?
I've told you
we don't have much time.
After the rescue,
you can ask him in person.
Give me the firearm made by the envoy.
Okay.
It's you.
How could you...
I was forced to take enervation powder.
Hurry up!
My lord.
What's up?
News from Capital Security Department.
Says that the envoy from Beishu was rescued.
When?
Your highness.
Around an hour ago.
Block the whole city.
And forbid people to go outside.
Inform Cao Wei
to call in troops
to besiege the courier hostels of Beishu people
for fear that they could get in touch with Lu Fan.
Yes.
Somebody!
Get me dressed!
Go!
Come in.
Deputy envoy.
What's up?
Lord Xian.
General Cao.
You Song break into our courier hostel again and again.
What do you want?
Search!
Lord Xian.
This is the place of BeiShu
I got the tip-off
saying that some robbers broke into the inns of envoys.
For the safety of the envoys,
pardon my offense.
Lord Xian, you...
My lord.
All has been searched.
All are here.
Are you sure?
I'm sure, my lord.
Deputy envoy Yi Xin.
He is devious.
Must hide somewhere else.
You should be more careful.
I am busy with running after the murderer.
I gotta go.
Lord Xian.
Lord Xian!
Deputy envoy Yi Xin.
The devious man hasn't been arrested.
Just In case.
All my soldiers!
Besiege the courier!
Keep it heavily guarded.
In case of the chaos incurred by malefactors,
set up my tent outside the courier.
I will protect the envoy in person.
Foxy Liu,
what are you doing here?
Someone has taken Lu Fan away.
Lord Xian and General Cao
have searched the whole inn Beishu people stayed.
But found nothing.
Lu Fan has been rescued.
You all watch out.
I have to go back to the Plough Department.
See you.
Alright.
Should I be grateful for your help or not?
You rescued me for the Buddhist chant on the bronze metal, right?
In this world,
only me know the Buddhist chant.
So why did you arrest me?
You are suspicious.
Never presented your true identity.
Are you sincere to work with us?
All I care about is the Tuibei Divination.
I have promised that I will share it with Beishu Country,
So you don't have to know who I am,
and why I want the Tuibei Divination.
You mean
I think ill of you.
If I tell you the Buddhist chant right now,
are you still willing to work with me?
What are you doing?
Nothing.
It is just a inhibition.
What kind of inhibition?
I can't completely believe what you told me.
As long as you tell me the Buddhist chant
and share it with me.
When I get the Tuibei Divination,
I will give you freedom.
But if you have some ulterior motives.
This petty inhibition
is enough to torture you.
God knows
whether you will keep your promise.
Take it easy,
Without the support from Beishu,
I can't get the Tuibei Divination,
and succeed.
So I won't hurt you.
Hope you can keep your words.
Now, can you tell me the Buddhist chant?
I have to know your true identity.
No matter who took Lu Fan away.
I'm afraid that the secret of Buddhist chant will be exposed.
We have been thinking for a long time about
the purpose of their efforts for Buddhist chant.
You ever thought about it?
Admire you.
Liu.
Alright.
In front of prince Xian,
behave yourself.
We should be
careful all the time,
for fear that there are some wise men in Beishu
who can figure out the connotation of the Buddhist chant.
When they get the Tuibei Divination.
That will be another new story.
I have a new idea,
but I don't know whether I should say.
Say.
Since we couldn't understand this Buddhist chant.
Why don't we ask people of Biyou Palace for help?
They are the descendants of
Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng.
They two are the writers of this Buddhist chant.
We can't understand it,
maybe they can make it.
Kaiyang is right.
Dongming.
You go to the Guchui Pavilion tomorrow
to consult with Di Lingzi and Xuan Xuanzi.
Thus we can better understand this Buddhist chant.
Do find the Tuibei Divination ahead Lu Fan does.
Yes.
Relax your shoulders and hang over your head.
Twist the waist and have a deep breath.
Strength will be ventilated to livers and spleens.
Gush of power will be gathered.
Remember it, Taisui.
It's waist rather than the arms
gathers the strengths.
Here comes the imperial edict.
Take the imperial edict, Zhao Taisui.
Shifu.
This is...
Go and take the imperial edict.
Zhao Taisui, take the imperial edict.
By the grace of heaven,
the emperor hereby decrees
that
the ancestors built the country to guard the capital,
and conferred all lords the ranks to pay respect to the ancestors.
I respect the god, pray for the people,
train the army to protect the country and maintain the peace.
undergo the inspection of all people,
and learn from the ancestors.
Grant ceremony was held
with great blessing from the god.
Thus I can unite the people and
attribute lands to him.
My brother Taisui
was brought up in the common family.
Now we've found him.
I was really cheerful and grateful.
Therefore, I particularly confer him
the grand commandants,
privy counselors and the commander of armies.
And then confer him a prince
and a thousand fiefdoms.
Four hundred rental official fields.
Relevant department will choose a white day to hold the conferring ceremony.
Take the order.
Are we done?
Taisui,
take the order.
Long live the emperor his majesty.
My lord, congrats for family reunion.
My lord, please go to the capital with me.
To thank his majesty and her highness.
No need that.
Since we are brothers,
we don't have to follow those red types.
Go tell his majesty
that I'm busy with running after the criminals.
After I get this done.
I will visit him in the capital.
Okay?
Er...
Okay, fine.
Excuse myself.
I'll buy your a drink next time.
Okay, go back.
Be careful.
See you.
Take care.
Purple suit.
Shifu.
You haven't bought new clothes for long.
How about sending this suit to you?
Are you insane?
This is what his majesty awarded to you,
Go get changed.
Go.
Really asleep?
Who is it?
You brat.
I remember someone told me that
I can get this purple suit 30 years later.
But now,
just within three days,
I get the golden jade pendant,
and wear purple suit.
How do you feel?
Regretful, right?
I get promoted too soon.
Only one bad thing.
Someone has to marry
his daughter to me.
Is that painful?
What.
You dare stare at me.
I beat...
Dare you..
Fooled me?
Wait! Wait!
I...
You dare beat a prince?!
Even if you're a prince now,
you are still my son-in-law.
A father has the right
to beat his son-in-law.
But you can't beat me until
you really become my father-in-law.
Come and catch me! Come!
Stop running!
Stop!
I gotta beat you to death.
Stop!
Shifu, Shifu! Help me.
Come back!
Don't run!
He's gonna beat me!
Stop!
Help!
Taisui.
Stop running!
Take it.
You stop!
Dare you stop running?
You dare
bully my father!
Seek for death.
Daughter, you come in time.
It hurts.
Hurts!
You father bullied me.
Yaoguang,
help me confine him.
I gotta beat him with my shoes
or I'll change my surname!
Don't move.
Help!
You see...
Don't move.
I will beat you to death.
Senior Dongming.
You serve for the royal family.
He wants to beat me.
You can't stand by and watch.
General Cao.
His majesty sent me here
to talk something important with you.
What's that?
More important
than beating my son-in-law.
Yes.
Look.
These are the words on the bronze metal.
And I've pondered over for long.
But I still can't understand.
You two are from the Biyou Palace.
I think you might understand this mystery
left by the master Yuan and Li.
The nuance
would tell another different story.
The place where north pole locates
endures topography of various altitude.
I bet this may help us to find the direction.
But the rest words
even can't constitute a sentence.
That confuses us.
You see.
We can read it in this way.
Senior, you used the method of Yellow River Diagram?
You're right.
No word
related to the eight diagrams here follows rules.
We can ignore them.
And I rearrange them
as the Yellow Driver Diagram says.
Then I can get a sentence like this.
The ancestors of human beings
could discern everything.
The great spirit of heaven and earth.
Can act on each other.
Propel step by step.
Leave the desirable sights to people.
So what do the rest words mean?
Just to confuse people?
No.
They are useful.
After removing the words on the Yellow River Diagram,
there is still Lo Shu square.
You're right.
If we arrange them according to the Luo Shu Square,
we can understand the rest words.
Do you understand?
No.
From this riddle,
the Yellow River Diagram shows the direction
and the Luo Shu Square shows time.
Time?
What time?
Do we have to find out this Tuibei Divination
on a white day?
Are you kidding me?
The time and direction
is what the ancestors used to choose a place.
You've to know
that everything will
change in this world.
The only things
will never change are the direction
and time of rotation of seasons.
If we follow this method,
even the people born in
the hundreds of or thousands of years
later could find it precisely
let alone us.
I see.
You mean we can find it.
Wait.
There is the most important point.
What point, Shifu?
The axis.
Without the axis,
we cannot figure out what time it starts with,
what kind of directions it follows.
The nuance
could tell another story.
Where the north pole locates
embraces topography of various altitude.
Without the axis,
all of these are useless.
So we still need further investigation.
I know where the axis is.
Luoyang.
Luoyang?
The diagram derives from the river.
The book derives from the Luoyang.
The human intimate this way.
The Yellow River Diagram derived from the Luoyang.
The answer was hidden in the Yellow River Diagram.
So the axis must be in Luoyang.
You are right.
During the Tang Dynasty,
Luoyang is the east capital.
Emperor Gaozong, Taizong and Empress Wu
all lived there.
The Tuibei Divination
must be hidden in this place.
If it is true,
We'd better leave for Luoyang.
Alright.
I go prepare the equipages.
Then we go to Luoyang.
Taisui.
Now you're a prince.
If you want to leave the capital,
you need the admission of his majesty and her highness.
What a trouble!
I would not take this rank if I knew this.
Brother.
You'd better not go to Luoyang.
No, I have to!
It is an important task.
As a member of thePlough Department, I've to go.
You are a prince.
The tasks you are responsible for can be shifted to others.
I would rather give up this rank
than leave the Plough Department.
What can the Plough Department give you?
You have some feelings for Yaoguang,
she can stay with you.
Mother.
You don't know.
I enjoy my present life
and the business I devoted to.
I like everyone in the Plough Department,
even grass and flowers there.
Mother.
I never care about
those ranks
and positions.
Comparing to this,
I am more afraid of being trapped in the palace.
Then I won't be myself.
You...
You are the member of the imperial family,
and you should live like this.
But I'm not happy if I live that way.
Unhappy!
Mother.
I agree with my brother.
You just let him do what he likes.
I think my brother wants to be a prince of freedom.
Prince of freedom.
I like this alias.
Freedom and happiness
echos my characteristics.
The grown-up son has his own thoughts.
Then, fine.
Take care of yourself.
Mother.
Don't t worry about me.
You should never
worry about my safety.
Are you sure it is here?
This Buddhist chant was left by my ancestor.
Hence I could figure it out.
If I say it is here, I mean it.
And we will find something.
It has been hundreds of years since the Tang Dynasty.
And Luoyang locates in the central plains.
A hot place incurred many battles..
Nowadays, the city has been rebuilt for many times.
Even if without wars.
Buildings could hardly stand for hundreds of years.
Everything has changed a lot.
In this way,
we could fail.
But there are still hopes.
Master Yuan and Li could predict the future,
they must have thought about the dramatic changes.
I just cannot
figure out the key right now.
What should we do now?
The best way is
to visit all the historical sites
to find some new clues.