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[Legend of Fuyao]
[Episode 49]
My King, Prince Huan told you the treasury's funds were running low.
And you even ordered him to arrest some corrupt officials.
It's been some time now.
My King...
Have you seen even a cent?
Nan Cheng, I'm innocent!
I'll know whether or not you're innocent once I look in your manor.
Search over there.
Quickly! Over there!
- Over there! - Over here!
Search over here!
Over here!
- Quickly! - You lot! Over here!
Quickly! Over there!
Quickly! Come here!
We found it! It's here!
Quickly! Faster!
Bei Heng...
Your wealth is equivalent to that of the nation.
How...
How... how could this be?
How... How did this happen?
Will you go as far as to say that someone planted this in your manor?
Nan Cheng!
Nan Cheng! Spare me!
I really don't know where all this gold and silver came from!
Nan Cheng, please investigate!
It must be him!
He conspired with Crown Prince to set me up!
Nan Cheng...
Are you saying that I'm blind and stupid?
That I can't even tell whether or not you're being framed?
No...
This is all from Tiansha's treasury.
Only a few can access it.
You manage the treasury for me, so it's quite easy for you.
Nan Cheng, please spare me!
Nan Cheng, I'm innocent!
I... I did line my pockets in recent years...
but not this much!
Someone must have set me up!
Someone must be framing me, Nan Cheng!
Report!
My King, there's another level under this basement.
There are crossbows, other firearms, and armor.
What else have you got to say?
- Nan Cheng! - Bei Heng...
We're brothers with the same mother.
I always thought that even if everyone else rebelled against me
you wouldn't.
I guess I was wrong.
Do you think that since I can sit on the throne, so can you?
No, no!
Do you think instigating me to kill my half-brothers
gives you justified cause to rebel against me?
Haven't I given you enough all these years?
I've given you all that I should.
You're still greedy for more.
Compared to the others, you're more detestable.
Arrest him!
Imprison him in the Celestial Prison!
Yes!
No! Don't!
Nan Cheng, don't do this!
Nan Cheng, please don't! Don't do this!
Nan Cheng!
My King...
Please punish me.
What have you done wrong?
Why should I punish you?
You must think that I kept all this from you until today
because I'm colluding with the crown prince.
You must think that I'm conspiring.
Is that not so?
I have no ulterior motive!
All that is wearing me down is days of torment.
I only knew of all this because Crown Prince trusts me.
As a Shadow Guard
I can't betray my master, even if my life is at risk!
But I'm now the king's General of True Valiance.
My King, you're so kind to me.
I'm so indebted to you.
How can I let you down when you hold me in such high regard?
How can I turn a blind eye and let Prince Huan harm you?
Although I seem to be high-spirited and energetic these days
my mind is actually greatly tormented every day.
I think to myself... I mustn't be a villain who acts in bad faith.
But at the same time, I'm concerned for your safety.
It's because Prince Huan has backed me into the corner...
I had no choice but to reveal the truth.
I understand that once the truth is revealed
I... Crown Prince and I...
We'll become irreconcilable enemies.
And you won't believe me again.
Forget it.
My King, I repaid your kindness in acknowledging my talent
by revealing the truth to you today.
Even if I am to carry a bad name for life
I'll accept the consequences.
All I ask is that you show me some mercy and let me stay in Pan City.
Even if I can no longer serve by your side
I can see the palace, here in Pan City
and think about your magnificence till the very end of my life.
That's good enough for me.
Here.
You're so thoughtful of me. I'm not some fatuous king
who doesn't know right from wrong.
Since you were once a Shadow Guard at Shangyang Palace
I wouldn't have dared to entrust you with important tasks
if it weren't for what happened today.
My King, you--
Now that you've made a clean break from Zhangsun Wu Ji
and contributed to protecting me, as well as expelling a traitor
and replenishing my treasury...
How can I punish you for making such a huge contribution?
I'll reward you.
I'll reward you handsomely!
Thank you, My King!
General of True Valiance, Jiang Feng, takes over the Gold of Tiansha!
From this day forth, he shall command the army throughout the royal city!
He's specially conferred as the First Rank General
and the First Rank Marquis.
Prince Huan plotted to betray the nation
secretly amassing weapons and pocketing national funds.
He has brought great harm to the nation and people.
He is harmful to the nation.
His sins are not to be pardoned.
As he's a member of the royal family, his corpse will be kept intact.
A bottle of poisonous wine will be given to him so he can take his own life.
General of True Valiance shall take over
Prince Huan's military duties temporarily.
This decree is to be carried out without fail!
Well done.
Fortunately, you spent a few days in Prince Huan's manor.
Mentor.
How can I take all the credit for it?
If you hadn't planted your men in Prince Huan's manor
we wouldn't have been able to set him up.
When did you learn to flatter?
Now that we've taken out Prince Huan
I wonder how General Zhan is faring?
Are you all right?
What's on your mind?
During the battle on the ice field... that's the second time you saved me.
I'll never forget it.
Geya Desert is just up ahead.
I have to go there.
I have to fight all the way back to Pan City to seize the throne.
But this is too dangerous.
I'm afraid you'll--
Whatever you decide...
I'll always follow you.
Be it venturing into Geya Desert... or fighting your way back to Pan City...
Wherever you are...
I'll always be by your side.
Always.
Even the most influential Prince Huan is a traitor.
It seems there's no prince in Pan City who can't be defeated.
He stashed away money and collected weapons.
Even 10 princes couldn't handle the consequences of such a crime.
The palace has sent out soldiers to arrest Prince Huan's accomplices.
Who knows how many more are involved?
Step aside!
You're finally willing to see me.
I'm doomed! Nan Cheng!
Nan Cheng! Please spare me!
Nan Cheng, spare me!
Nan Cheng, spare me...
The king said that... although you had the intent to rebel
and shouldn't be pardoned
you did serve him for years, after all.
You've at least made efforts, if not rendered merits.
So he specially sent me to see you off.
My brother's worried I might not die
so he sent you here to supervise the execution?
I led my entire life far more cautiously than anyone else.
I was scared my actions would bring about my doom.
Who knew...
There's still no escaping death.
Instead of dying a wronged man, I might as well have really rebelled!
Then... maybe I'd have a chance of survival.
Indeed...
I've always known what my brother was like.
Even if I could get away with it, it wouldn't end well.
Instead of saying that you framed me
I might as well acknowledge that my brother already doubted me.
I've come to such an end...
It was just a matter of going with the flow.
It's certainly best that you've figured all this out.
This is my retribution!
All these years...
In order to stay alive...
I killed three of my siblings!
I'm ashamed to face the Zhan family ancestors!
I should've died for it long ago...
Today...
I'll atone for it with my death.
I'll protect your wife and children.
Rest in peace.
Could that be the Ancient City of Dust Dragon?
Hold onto my hands.
You must not let go, no matter what happens.
The King of Taiyuan snuck into Tiansha alone.
Could it be that you just missed your brother?
I'm looking for someone.
Qi Yun?
Have you seen her?
Where is she right now?
I heard that she participated in the qualifying match
for the Gold of Tiansha to find you.
She did.
Is she hurt?
Where is she now?
How long will you be fooled by her and her father?
I...
I'm just worried about her.
Is it just because of her?
Isn't it because Qi Zhen escaped from the capital
and you couldn't locate him, so you came all the way to Tiansha?
You found out about it?
How long did you plan to keep me in the dark?
How did all this happen?
I had Qi Zhen locked up in the Celestial Prison.
A few days ago, he suddenly fell ill.
He was almost on the verge of death so Qi Yun came to see me.
She said that she'd like to look after her father till his end.
I gave her my consent out of sympathy.
Not only did you consent to it...
you even moved that old fellow out of the prison and into a manor.
You even sent the royal physician to treat him.
In the beginning, I thought that he was on his last legs.
I didn't take much precaution.
Who knew that old fellow would use it to escape?
You can't even keep watch over Qi Yun.
What makes you think you can hold Qi Zhen back?
You see him as the godfather who raised you.
He sees you as no more than someone
who deserves to die for taking his throne.
I'm afraid he's hiding in the dark, waiting to take your life anytime.
He isn't like that.
This.
This is the letter he left me.
Take a look.
[To my dear son, Yun Hen.]
General, we've searched every corner.
There's no sign of the secret army.
We'll get some rest here.
Even if we have to wait, we'll wait for them to show up.
Yes!
Qi Zhen said that he desperately wanted the Dragonscale Armor
so that he could keep Qi Yun alive.
You know it too... without the Dragonscale Armor
Qi Yun won't survive.
What else?
Qi Zhen also said that he knows he has sinned greatly.
He only ran to look for Qi Yun.
He said that even if it costs him his and his daughter's lives
he'll return the Dragonscale Armor to the Xuanyuan family.
It's time to put an end to his grudge with the Xuanyuan family.
Is that so?
I don't believe a word he says.
He already lost his armed forces and confidants.
Even if he runs, what can he do?
He held such great authority then and yet he still couldn't get the throne.
It's even more impossible to do it now.
I'm just... I'm just worried... he might hurt Qi Yun out of desperation.
Qi Zhen knows you all too well.
He's just using your soft-heartedness
and your feelings for Qi Yun.
How can you not see that?
He's Yun's father!
Yun is his daughter!
Has Qi Zhen already approached you?
That's just as well.
I was going to seek him out eventually.
I'll go with you.
I'll finish what I should've finished back then.
Zhangsun Wu Ji is so protective of you.
I thought you'd look amazing.
But It turns out that you're quite ordinary.
How are you related to Wu Ji?
"Wu Ji?"
You call his name so intimately.
Who are you to ask me that?
Forget it.
I can't be bothered to ask.
Hey!
Who said you could leave?
What is it that you want?
Do you want to kill me?
Why would I kill you?
I have a message for you to relay to Zhangsun Wu Ji.
Our Supreme Master has questions for him.
Tell him to listen carefully.
Since it's your Supreme Master who wishes to speak to Wu Ji
you can tell him yourself.
I won't do you this favor.
You'll do what I tell you to do.
Do it while I'm asking nicely.
Don't ask for trouble.
Head home, little girl.
How dare you call me a little girl?
I simply won't let you protect her!
- Does it hurt? - I'm fine.
Have you had enough?
Isn't it just a scratch?
Seeing how a disciple is just out to hurt someone
I guess the eldest disciple of Qiongcang must teach her a lesson!
How dare you use the restraining charm on me!
Don't you dare appear before her again.
Let's go.
Don't blame me for not reminding you when you die in her hands one day!
[Manor of the General of True Valiance]
That doctor's medication does work wonders.
It doesn't hurt anymore.
You got hurt right in front of me.
This is my fault.
What are you talking about?
Compared to what we've gone through, this cut is nothing.
By the way, who was that girl?
Why was she picking on me?
She's Tai Yan.
She's Lady Fei Yan's disciple.
Lady Fei Yan?
My mentor is Supreme Master Tianji of Qiongcang.
He's the master of Changqing Hall.
Although Lady Fei Yan is from the same practice as us
we rarely interacted.
However, since we're all disciples of Qiongcang
I have to address her as my mentor's junior.
That makes Tai Yan my junior in Qiongcang.
She's always that willful.
She's not just picking on you.
Please don't take it to heart.
Why would I?
But I'm really curious about why you had to train
in Qiongcang for 10 years.
I don't know if it counts as my way of escaping reality...
or if it was because I wished to prove myself.
No one forced me to go to Qiongcang.
It was my own decision.
I didn't expect to be there for 10 years.
There were matters I couldn't bear to face...
If...
If you...
If you trust me... I can face it with you.
It started with my parents' marriage.
They were a supposedly compatible couple, deemed a match made in Heaven...
But they weren't as loving as they seemed.
Because my mother was already in love with someone else.
You're finally willing to see me.
I've never thought of vying with Zhangsun Jiong for anything.
Zhangsun Jia?
Was it Prince De?
He...
He's your uncle.
I don't know what happened between them.
The two of them were in love.
But my mother ended up marrying my father instead.
What confuses me even more
is why she continued to see Prince De after she had made that choice.
She had no regard for my father or the nation.
All this...
You've known it all along?
Since the past can't be altered
don't keep it all bottled up.
Don't punish yourself for mistakes of the past.
If I was just an ordinary person, I might not be so harsh on myself.
But I'm Crown Prince of Tianquan.
Whenever I face my father, I'm reminded of that past.
We've been waiting here for two days.
There hasn't even been a trace of the secret army.
Will they really show up?
Right now... they are our only chance.
We can only keep waiting.
We'll wait until they appear.
However long we have to wait...
I'll be right by your side.
Come here.
Are you cold?
I'm all right.
It's just so quiet here.
Apart from the rustling of the wind and sand...
there are no other signs of life.
Fifth Brother, you said that those in the secret army
once belonged to the Black Wind Cavalry.
Yes.
They ended up like this after betraying the five kingdoms.
But why did they do that?
It was all because of the Ancient City of Dust Dragon.
It was because of this city?
The Ancient City of Dust Dragon looks deserted now
but legend has it that underneath the city
there is limitless treasure.
It can't even be bought with the wealth of the five kingdoms.
They were mesmerized by such treasures.
They betrayed their faith for treasure?
Weren't they too easily tempted?
There's always a force of illusion in the Ancient City of Dust Dragon.
Those treasures were graced with divine and supernatural powers.
Mortals like us can't even touch them.
Once you get bewitched by them
you'll be marked by a curse that can't be undone.
For all of eternity...
They can never leave Geya Desert?
Exactly.
It was because of their betrayal that thousands of people
in the Ancient City of Dust Dragon died for nothing.
So as to punish the traitors
Qiongcang has had them confined in this place for generations.
Until someone lifts the spell off
they will continue to suffer for generations to come.
So that's why you gave it your all to prove
that you're an outstanding crown prince.
You did it to redeem your mother's sins
and prove to your father that whatever happens...
you'll always be their most outstanding son.
You're right.
That's why I...
I never dared to slack off.
Because only I know what a burden it is
to be Crown Prince of Tianquan.
I don't wish to disappoint my father in any way.
Or displease him.
But in the end, you still defied his wishes.
Didn't you?
Do you know how much your father
disliked the fact that I was the one by your side?
Without you...
I might've just lived my life for the throne.
But it's because of you that I realized
that there's so much in this world that's worth doing.
I feel very fortunate...
that I've found someone I can share my secrets with and confide in.
I...
How am I not just as fortunate to have found someone
who can share weal and woe by my side?
Think about it. The secret army was bewitched and lost their minds.
They became traitors.
They were defeated after the Battle of Qiongcang.
Thousands of years have passed.
They didn't live well at well.
It's bad enough to carry a bad reputation for generations.
But they can't even dream of going home.
How pitiful.
I think that... they surely wouldn't want to be kept here forever.
They probably wish to be set free from the curse soon.
Since they chose to betray then, they had to be punished.
But it has been thousands of years.
However severely they need to be punished, isn't it enough already?
Fifth Brother, you said this once.
The Black Dragon Sword can restrain them.
Is there a way to save them from the curse then?
That's right.
The secret army was cursed for its betrayal.
If I make an oath upon the Black Dragon Sword...
I may be able to make them fulfill the promise they once made.
I can make them fulfill the promise they once made.
Here, eat and drink.
Here, eat up.
Here.
Doctor Zong.
Are you heading out so early?
The guy in my room is my younger brother.
He's a bit weary from traveling.
Don't wake him up.
Sure. Doctor, don't worry.
You were right.
Qi Zhen did raise you for 18 years.
You can't overlook his kindness and pretend it never happened.
But my appearance only brought you pain and hatred.
Even so, you shouldn't forget that our family was annihilated.
Your compassion is a blessing to the people of Taiyuan.
However, it made you unfilial to our deceased parents.
I know this is nothing more than torment and hardship to you.
Since I'm your older brother
I'll put an end to the bloodshed and filth you don't wish to handle.
My life was borrowed to begin with.
I have nothing to lose.
But you must bear in mind the honor of the royal Taiyuan family.
As the King of Taiyuan
you must be loyal to Taiyuan and work for the interests of its people.
Then, I, Xuanyuan Yue, can die without regret.
I hereby summon all the warriors of the Black Wind Cavalry
in the name of the Black Dragon Sword!
When the Black Dragon soars, the banners of Black Wind shall rise!
General, here they come!
Is the Ancient City of Dust Dragon a place you all can enter?
Since you're all here, of course I had come here!
Who are you?
You might not know who I am, but shouldn't you recognize this sword?
Old Master Zhou was my maternal grandfather!
That's impossible.
I, Zhan Bei Ye, am the son of Tiansha's King Jian He
and Old Master Zhou's sole descendant.
I can wield this sword, that says it all.
Do you still have doubts?
What are you doing here?
I'm here to hold you to your promise.
Hold us to our promise?
We never made you a promise.
But you made an oath to it.
When the Black Dragon soars again
the Black Wind Cavalry must follow it till death.
How does it matter, even if you wield the Black Dragon Sword
as the descendant of the Zhan and Zhou families?
We've long been abandoned by the five kingdoms!
We no longer wish to be manipulated by your desires.
You!
You have no right to command us.
Would you rather be trapped here forever?
All of you are from the five kingdoms!
Your forefathers made a vow!
They promised to serve the royal court faithfully till death!
I don't know what tempted you thousands of years ago
but I know you haven't forgotten that you were once righteous men!
You shouldn't be trapped in the middle of nowhere, as cowards!
Have you given it some thought?
There's no end to this battering on your dignity!
Although there's much in the world that's unbearable and regrettable
we still move forward.
We're still fighting for the lives of those in the five kingdoms!
What about you?
Would you rather stay trapped here while the people suffer?
The bright red eyes of this sword witnessed every oath
made by the warriors of the Black Wind Cavalry!
Fight for Tiansha! Fight for the people of the ice field!
Have you forgotten your oath?
What exactly do you want from us?
I want your armed forces!
The five kingdoms are in crisis.
Tiansha is dominated by a fatuous king.
Our people are in great misery.
I want you to fight for the people of Tiansha.
Why should I believe you?
You can only believe me.
I swear on the Black Dragon Sword
that as long as you wipe out the fatuous king with me
and assist the rightful ruler to the throne
to restore peace to Tiansha...
I'm willing to release you from confinement
with the Twin Bells of Tiansha!
I'm the only one who can break the spell of the Ancient City of Dust Dragon.
You should know this better than anyone else.
You must believe him!
He...
He's the only man I've seen... who keeps his promises like no other.
He wouldn't lie to you!
If you want me to believe you, sacrifice your life!
I'll promise you that.
General, you mustn't die! Let me do it!
- Let me do it! - Let me!
How does this concern you?
All I want is that woman.
Sacrifice her life.
We'll only fight for you if she dies as a sacrifice!
Don't you dare dream of it!
There's no room to negotiate then.
Hold on!
I'll give you my word!
No!
I won't let you do it.
Fifth Brother...
This is the last thing I can do for you.
Let go.
No!
Let go of me!
I won't let you!
No!
General!
Listen up.
I'm the descendant of the Zhan and Zhou families.
This is my burden to bear, mine alone.
Leave others out of it.
If...
If a life must be sacrificed for the oath...
then take mine.
But you have to keep your promise.
I want you to wipe out the fatuous king...
and restore peace to Tiansha.
General!
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