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[The Mystic Nine]
[Episode 3]
Fo Ye, after roaming around the whole town, this place is too deserted.
Fo Ye, look. There are two lanterns lighted in front.
Strange. Hadn't all the people here already left to avoid the disaster?
This place is after all very near the mines.
It's also possible for some young and strong men to stay behind.
This place is desolate. There are no inns. Only huge connected establishments like these.
- Smells so aromatic. - Looks like we can only live here for tonight.
Fo Ye, the people inside are cooking food. Let's go.
You're not afraid?
Jeez, Fo Ye. Why don't you two use your brain? All the way here, we didn't find any clues.
It's not easy to finally bump into people cooking food inside.
Let's go in and try to socialize with them. Maybe, we'll get some clues from them.
We are still not clear about the background of our enemies, so it's dangerous to go in.
You might get killed even before you find any clues.
Fo Ye, stop fooling me. With you and Lieutenant Zhang around,
you two will surely protect me.
♫ The era of surviving amidst war, unable to avoid the rivalries ♫
♫ In this big world, everyone, let's worship together ♫
♫ Life and death are destined, you can't do anything about it; leaving when you still haven't done anything yet ♫
♫ You're here, I'm here, let's fight to have a future ♫
♫ Get up, get up ♫
♫ Get up, get up, upsurge of burning passion ♫
♫ Adversities and prosperity have caused us to lift our head high and not be afraid ♫
♫ No matter how many conflicts there would be ♫
♫ Moving forward or retreating, won't regret it ♫
♫ In a spurt of energy, preparing to give it all in this counterattack ♫
♫ Even if I have to abandon myself ♫
♫ If I'm not the battle addict, who else? ♫
♫ Who are we? A group of people who gets stronger as they meet someone stronger ♫
♫ No matter how exhausted we are ♫
♫ Moving forward or retreating, won't regret it ♫
♫ Bullets are flying around, using our own flesh to block it ♫
♫ Even if we're about to break down ♫
♫ Victory or defeat isn't definite, just pursue your dream ♫
[The Mystic Nine]
[Tongtai Dock]
We've been in this business for this long and has never met people refusing to have their goods checked!
Indeed! We need to inspect them!
Why are you being so noisy? My boss already said that if you want this item, you must buy it unpacked.
We don't have time for you all to be picky.
- Yes! - We came here out of respect for Er Ye.
- This is not how he has done business before. Who set that rule? - That's right. Who set up that rule?
I set it!
Boss Chen. Boss Chen.
Have we ever taken advantage of you?
No, never. Boss Chen, your means were always outstanding.
The goods we've gotten have always been high quality ones. Since you took over this dock,
- we've been earning a lot of money. Am I right? - Right. Right.
Yes, Boss Chen. You have a respectable reputation outside. We all came here because of that, trying to look for some novel goods.
But to not allow goods inspection is a bit too...
I've checked it.
I'm the rule here. If you don't want to do this business, the door is over there.
Fine. I'll buy it. I'll buy.
Yes.
How come it's like this?
This is a bronze horse from the Wei-Jin era.
This is ware from Longquan.
This is a flower-ornated bronze vase. A very rare item.
Looking at it closely.
How come there seems to be something wrong?
If it's really from the Wei-Jin era, isn't the color a bit too shiny?
This bronze horse is well-preserved. Of course, it will look shinier.
No. No. I think this polish was just added afterwards.
You dare doubt me?
That bronze horse has been sealed inside the tomb for at least a thousand years.
It's way better than those goods you've gotten after passing through so many hands.
You better look at it closely.
Boss Chen, please calm down.
Taking a closer look at it, is also just the rule in our business.
But the goods you've given have always been of good quality.
- Those substandard items we've seen before can't compare to yours, Boss Chen. - Yes. Yes. Indeed.
Yes, Boss Chen. It was me who has inexperienced eyes. How about this? I'll take all the items at the back? I'll buy them all.
Hey, don't! Don't! I'm taking this chest.
Here. Here. I'll take the chest below.
That chest below is mine.
This is mine.
- Oh, my. - Look at this item I got, so exquisite.
Boss Chen, this is a real treasure. You are so good! So good!
Boss Chen, from now on, I'll follow you to get rich.
Right. Right.
From now on, we'll rely on Boss Chen. Follow you to get rich!
Yes. Yes. Right.
I am the king of tombs.
All the items inside those tombs are mine.
Boss Chen, with your current fame, just being a subordinate of Er Ye is quite a waste of your talent.
In the Changsha antique world, who doesn't know you?
Everyone is competing to work with you.
In my opinion, you're currently more famous than Er Ye.
What you said is so right. How can Er Ye be compared to Boss Chen?
That Er Yuehong should have retired long ago. He shouldn't be doing this business anymore.
Others also wouldn't dare go into the tomb-raiding business.
Only Boss Chen now is willing to support this business. You can indeed get and do whatever you want.
From now on, you should just do your own business. Why still care about him?
I'm already doing my own business. This is my domain.
Look at what I'm saying. I'm so ignorant.
So this business is already yours. Look at your character.
You are too softhearted that you still provide part of your earnings to Er Ye.
If it were others, they would have stolen the whole business and embraced his wife in their arms.
Are you people even worthy to talk about my teacher and his wife?!
Today, leave your money and you can only take half of the goods with you.
Boss Chen! Boss Chen! Spare us!
If I hear you all again saying bad things about my teacher and his wife,
this will be your ending.
Boss Chen, we won't dare do it again...
[Hong Manor]
[Yong'an Tourist Lodge]
There's such a thing?
Brothers, we were fortunate to pass by this place.
We are really hungry. I hope you can make things convenient for us.
Brother, here. Here.
The value of money changes every day. Who wants that?
How about this?
It's not that we don't want to have it,
but look at the food inside this pan.
It's not even enough for us.
I understand. I understand.
Give me some, too.
Hurry up.
Brother, I'm giving you all these.
We only want some soup.
Stop blowing. Those are all real.
Fine. Let's all eat together then.
Thank you. Thank you.
Hurry and sit down!
What's wrong , Chen Pi?
What did you do to make your teacher unhappy again?
How old are you already? Why do you keep acting like a child?
Why are you throwing tantrums?
What is that?
I bought this in the black market.
I find it pretty, so I thought of gifting it to you.
However, Teacher found out
and said that items from the black market have questionable sources. He said that I've broken the rules
and won't allow me to gift this to you. He even destroyed it.
I don't understand those rules,
but Er Ye always has a reason in everything that he says.
Why must you contradict those rules?
- How come Teacher's Wife is saying the same thing? - I...
What rotten rules? What questionable source?
So what if it was dug out from the tombs?
How many items here in the manor have questionable sources?
Teacher is clearly picking on me!
So delicious.
Let me tell you that putting everything together then cooking them
is the best.
We also do the same thing in my hometown.
What is this called? This is called "Random Stew," right?
You really know your stuff.
We are really fortunate to meet you three today.
Or else, we would be starving.
It's fine. Eat more.
Oh, right. That... On our way here,
we noticed that this town is quite deserted.
Are you from this village?
We aren't. Who would want to stay in a place like this where birds don't even land? There isn't even any food to eat.
That's right. Though nowadays, going anywhere is the same.
It's really been hard on you guys.
Can't do anything about it. We need to earn a living.
It's not easy to live in this world now. It's the same wherever you go.
May I ask what you all are doing to earn a living?
Just random odd jobs. And waiting for any notice regarding the mines.
We have to rely on the heavens to eat.
Then, have you seen a train
passing by here?
The train is filled with—
We are all just boors from this village.
We haven't seen any train.
Guys, since we're done eating,
let's quickly go back inside and sleep. You all just slowly take your meal.
- Thank you. - Let's go.
Hurry up, hurry up.
How about it?
Ordinary people would surely be curious
when we mentioned the train. But look at their reactions.
I think the people inside are suspicious.
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Fo Ye, what has happened to the world now?
Even with money, we couldn't buy any food to eat.
Fo Ye, say,
could these people and the J—
Sleep. Sleep. Don't disturb others from sleeping.
Okay.
[Yong'an Travel Lodge]
Let's go.
Go.
Fo Ye, something seems off here.
The fog here is getting thicker.
Let's go.
Protect Ba Ye well.
Yes.
Wait for me!
Be careful!
Fo Ye, these people are appearing in an unpredictable manner. It's hard to deal with them.
You cowards! Come out and fight with me!
How are you a brave hero if you keep on hiding?!
♫ The era of surviving amidst war, unable to avoid the rivalries ♫
♫ In this big world, everyone, let's worship together ♫
♫ Life and death are destined, you can't do anything about it; leaving when you still haven't done anything yet ♫
♫ You're here, I'm here, let's fight to have a future ♫
♫ Get up, get up ♫
♫ Get up, get up, upsurge of burning passion ♫
♫ Adversities and prosperity have caused us to ♫
♫ Lift our head high and not be afraid, no matter how many conflicts there would be ♫
♫ I want you to watch me not retreating ♫
Don't move!
You won't be able to escape, you rascals!
You think we were so agitated and exasperated, is that it?
Let me tell you that this is called strategy!
I deliberately caused a distraction,
so Fo Ye could have a chance to catch you three.
Our Fo Ye has outstanding vision.
Even if there is fog, he's able to see clearly.
Talk! Who are you?
We... are villagers.
Villagers?
You three are indeed very smart.
The clothes you are wearing, your actions, were indeed very similar to those villagers.
But your shoes betrayed you.
A well-thought out plan but with one little flaw. Just to leave conveniently,
you placed your shoes so neatly. That's not what usual villagers would do.
Talk. What's the truth behind the train?
Fo Ye, they are dead just like that?
Fo Ye, they ingested poison. The poison was hidden behind their teeth and was released when they bit into it.
My god! They even reserved a move like that?
A lead that we just found is now gone again.
There must be something strange in this area.
Or else, they wouldn't have attacked us here.
Fo Ye, why don't I check it?
What's going on?
Fo Ye, look. My compass isn't working.
There must be an object that's causing an interference.
- Go find it. - Yes.
Fo Ye, so wise.
Look.
So the Japanese not only repaired the old railway tracks,
they even made new ones that lead into the mountains.
Looks like these metals were directly obtained from the mines.
But I don't know why, these materials even have magnetic properties.
No wonder my compass won't work.
For a tomb, it's important that there is a front gate that opens wide and the back is leaning on something.
Although on our way here, we didn't see any waterways.
Based on historical records of Changsha,
there was once a stream here that dried out years ago.
Seeing how this area is leaning on a mountain, and there are a lot of hills,
it should be a good place for a tomb. Fo Ye, there must be a tomb here.
This place has minimal signs of habitation and is very remote.
The Japanese must have been doing secret experiments here.
Come! Come and buy!
Hello. This is the performance program of Er Ye today.
Once he's done performing and is resting backstage, I'll then take you two to see him.
- Thanks. - This person's name is Tanaka Ryoko. She's the head of the Japanese special agents.
She brought a huge secret when coming to Changsha. Her operation
is greatly connected with the mining mountain.
- Er Ye! Er Ye! - What's wrong?
I'm really very sorry. My new employee didn't know the rules.
He got bribed by the Japanese.
Japanese?
Yes. They've been here a few times.
We blocked them as instructed by you.
I never thought that this time, they bribed our servant and was able to enter.
They are really not giving up.
Er Ye, how about I look for some men to get rid of those Japanese.
We are currently in turbulent times. I don't want to create more trouble.
Just tell them that I've gone home to rest. I don't believe that they'll follow me up to my manor.
Yes.
Oh, right. That servant...
I'll handle it. I surely won't let him appear in here again.
In passing, remind those two Japanese
about the rules.
Yes.
[Liyuan]
Stop right there.
Manager.
- Manager, forgive me just this once. - Take him away.
- Yes. - Manager! Manager! Forgive me just this once!
Er Ye asked me to relay a message to you two.
He has already gone home to rest. Please leave.
Er Ye has left? Why didn't we see it?
Aren't you meddling too much? There's an old Chinese saying,
"Things shouldn't go beyond thrice."
You two have repeatedly come here, and Er Ye endured it.
This time, you even touched our people.
Er Ye is magnanimous and didn't ask us to investigate further.
If there is a next time, this matter won't be that simple anymore.
You've misunderstood. We are not harboring any ill intentions in looking for Er Ye.
We just want to ask him for help.
Whatever help you want to ask Er Ye for, you know it very clearly.
Er Ye is an upright and aboveboard man. He will never mingle with you and your people.
Er Ye has never seen us and has already made such an assessment.
Isn't that a bit biased?
There's no point for you to argue with me here. Er Ye has made his decision.
You two had better leave.
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What do we do? After busying the whole day, we didn't even see Er Yuehong's face.
How are us going to explain this to Mr. Hendry when we go back?
He is intentionally avoiding us. What can we do?
We can't really directly go to his house, right?
Er Yuehong is from one of the most illustrious and biggest family in Changsha in terms of wealth and business. We might not get a glimpse of him even if we go to his house.
And the main point is, we can't use force.
What Mr. Hendry wants is to get Er Yuehong to cooperate with us and not be our enemy.
I'm afraid that what Mr. Hendry wants can't be accomplished easily.
Indeed. That manager earlier had already made it very clear.
He surely was instructed by Er Yuehong to do so.
Looks like, directly looking for Er Yuehong won't work.
I remember that he has a favorite apprentice named Chen Pi.
Since we are unable to knock open the doors of the Hong Manor, we then must think of another way.
Chen Pi? Will he see us?
It's not up to him.
Since his teacher's wife got sick, he's being thinking of ways to cure her.
Don't forget. We have the item that he wants.
If Er Yueong won't take the bait,
I don't believe that he won't care.
[Tongtai Dock]
You really have a medicine?
Yes. A very effective medicine from abroad. I guarantee that it can cure a hundred illness.
- Is that for real? - Absolutely true.
Okay. What do you want?
As long as it's an object from the tombs, just tell me, you can have it.
I've long heard that Boss Chen has great skills in robbing graves. I'm impressed.
But this time, what we're asking is very simple.
We just need you to relay a message for us.
- What message? - We respectfully admire your teacher, Er Yuehong, a lot.
You are his top apprentice. I hope you can arrange for us to meet.
As long as your teacher is willing to work with us,
I will immediately hand you the medicine.
You people want to look for my teacher?
Indeed.
Er Yuehong belongs to the top three families among the nine great families.
It's not convenient for us to rashly go to him. I hope Boss Chen
can help us establish this connection.
Don't think that because you're a woman, I won't dare to kill you.
[Liyuan Performance Program: Lead Role - Er Yuehong]
You people have clearly gone to Liyuan and you still told me that you didn't dare to rashly approach him?
You think that for people that my teacher refused to see, I would see?
Mr. Chen, don't you want the medicine?
Despicable villain.
It's not important what kind of people we are.
What's important is we're useful. Am I right?
Actually, you're just going to relay a message. You won't lose anything.
As long as your teacher agrees to work with us,
your teacher's wife can be saved.
Okay, I'll spare you today.
But if you don't have any medicines for my teacher's wife,
I will make you people regret being born.
Er Ye.
How do you feel today?
Quite good. I saw that the weather is good, so I came out to take a stroll.
That's good.
I've been out for too long.
I'm a bit tired and want to go back to rest.
- I'll walk you back. - It's fine.
You have things to do, so do them first. I have Taohua to accompany me.
Okay.
- Take care of Madam. - Yes.
I'll go over there now.
There must be a problem.
Er Yue keeps going to the secret chamber these past days.
Madam, Er Yue has outstanding abilities.
He surely will be all right. Don't worry anymore.
Teacher's Wife!
- Teacher's Wife, are you all right? - I'm fine.
Why are you here alone?
I'm fine.
It's because your teacher has been in the secret chamber for such a long time.
He should be hungry soon.
I then thought of making him a bowl of noodles.
Teacher's Wife, has your illness become severe?
No such thing. It's because I feel energetic. That's why, I came out of my room.
Are you hungry? Let me make you a bowl, too.
Teacher's Wife, I'm not teacher. There's no need for you to hide it from me.
I'm not hiding anything from you.
When will you change your temper?
Teacher's Wife, I... I got it.
You're sick, so return to your room to rest.
These noodles...
It's okay. I'll just tell them that I was hungry and went to the kitchen to look for food.
I then accidentally broke the bowl.
Let me escort you back to your room first.
I'm fine. I can do it by my own.
Help me clean this mess.
Okay. Go back now.
Fo Ye! I can't do it anymore! I miss my little donkey so much.
You two said that we have to keep a low profile and insisted to leave him in the village.
Since we haven't been back for such a long time, someone might have stolen it already.
Fo Ye! Fo Ye!
Fo Ye, I can't anymore. I really can't walk further. I have to rest.
My leg is about to break.
Look at this place. This is already deserted.
There are no people at all. How can there be any clues?
My god...
What's wrong?
Look.
These railroad tracks are new. There are marks of a train passing by.
Looks like we came to the right place.
This place is clearly desolate. No one seems to have come here for a long time.
How could there be marks?
I don't know, either. We have to ask the Japanese.
Someone's over there!
Fo Ye, someone is there.
Ba Ye, there's no one. Could you have seen a ghost?
But there must be a ghost first before I can see it.
Fo Ye, did you see him earlier?
No. I'll go there to check.
Did I really see a ghost?
Fo Ye, wait for me!
Fo Ye!
Look!
How come we ended up in the village?
Where is he?
- I'll go after him. - No need.
That old man is very familiar with this area. He must be living here.
Also, the paths here are very complicated. There's no point chasing.
What should we do now?
- If we can't pursue him, we just wait. - Huh?
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♫ In last night's dream, I went again to the opera stage and put on new clothes and powder ♫
♫ Another round of old songs ♫
♫ Stepping into the classical prison through the northern snow, the sprinkled salt swirl in the air, confusing the dawn ♫
♫The hairpin of the brothel woman looks a lot like that of an old friend ♫
♫When the full moon bids goodbye, there was never a full gather again ♫
♫ The swallow in the hall is holding new earth in his mouth again ♫
♫ The lonely sound reverberates around the rafters of Cui Jiu's mansion ♫
♫ You said that Jiangnan has mist-like drizzling rain ♫
♫ Now, there is someone making offerings to the heaven in the wilderness beyond the great wall ♫
♫ Who's going to care for the new tomb out in the wilderness ♫
♫ The official has already raised his pen ♫
♫ That year of red snow and blue winter, my red sleeves got wet ♫
♫ Lord, do you still remember the seventh day of the burial of an old friend in the new house ♫
♫ An old friend returns drunk and in a haze to lightly sigh 'I love you' ♫
♫ Does lord still remember how the iron-like general sobbed like a child ♫
♫ A man immerses his loyal bones in the sand, wears his golden armor to conquer the the ends of the earth ♫
♫ Behind me are barn lanterns of prison; my old friend, you are my home ♫
♫ Clear sky then mild drizzle, rain falls on the steps; the umbrellas paired with green clothes looked like a painting ♫
♫ New snow on the 28th of midwinter, paying you back for the bluestone and black earthenware ♫
♫ You said to exchange the golden armor with the fire beacon offering where chrysanthemums are planted in our hometown ♫
♫ The Liyuan Opera during Chang'an's peaceful times has red wine on stage ♫
♫ Before parting after getting drunk, the general asks for another song, and the singer indulges him ♫
♫ I fear that this is just a dream; Lord, farewell from now on ♫
♫ Watching my friend's last performance ♫
♫ A simple make-up is most befitting ♫
♫ I fear that I'm disillusioned with the ending song ♫
♫ Lord, farewell from now on ♫
♫ That year of red snow and blue winter, my red sleeves got wet ♫
♫ Lord, do you still remember the seventh day of the burial of an old friend in the new house ♫
♫ An old friend returns drunk and in a haze to lightly sigh 'I love you' ♫
♫ Does lord still remember who's the person that covered your clothes while you were drunk ♫