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[The Mystic Nine]
[Episode 7]
[For Brother Qishan]
[Hong Manor]
Teacher, you're looking for me?
Come, sit.
Do something for me.
Give this letter to Zhang Fo Ye, but don't tell him that it was me who wrote it.
Just do as I say.
Okay, Teacher.
Go now.
♫ Open the gates of hell ♫
♫ Unsolicited greedy thoughts ♫
♫ In unusual paths, there are money to buy life ♫
♫ Whether a human or a beast, see you in the road of the netherworld ♫
♫ Make a wish in front of the Gates of Soul Return ♫
♫ Let's not set a meeting, let's just see each other in the next life ♫
♫ What can't be stolen is what you call forever ♫
♫ What you can't unlock is the door to one's heart ♫
♫ The most beautiful thing is a person's last words ♫
♫ The ugliest thing is a promise ♫
♫ Those changes that can never happen ♫
♫ Are between lifting and putting down ♫
♫ The most fake thing are tears ♫
♫ The truest thing is invisible ♫
♫ Those changes that can never happen ♫
♫ Those changes that can never happen are between lifting ♫
[The Mystic Nine]
Mr. Chen, you're asking to meet up this fast?
You've clearly investigated the matter already?
You can say so.
Mr. Chen, you are indeed quick in doing tasks.
Tell me then.
Mr. Chen...
Does this count as making a deal?
Of course.
Since it's a deal,
I should at least meet the buyer, right?
I can represent him fully.
Who do you think you are?
Looks like Mr. Chen has very reliable information.
If you don't believe me, then fine.
It won't be hard to sell good stuff.
Wait!
Come with me.
[Changsha Chamber of Commerce of the USA]
Mr. Chen, please wait. I'll just call our boss.
[Changsha Chamber of Commerce of the USA]
I'm going to kill you.
Killing one is enough, but killing two is a profit.
Come!
Mr. Chen, you are indeed a young elite.
You have such good martial arts skills.
Who are you?!
I'm Hendry Cox.
The one earlier was just a misunderstanding.
You're the boss here then.
You can say so.
Mr. Chen is an important guest of ours. Don't be disrespectful!
What do you mean by this?
We heard that you've set up your own business at such a young age.
I'm thinking that your skills must be outstanding.
After seeing it today, you are indeed superb.
Your Carry and Release Light Martial Arts Technique is really at its perfection.
I think that you people are trying to kill me and just wanting the item.
A misunderstanding! A misunderstanding!
Mr. Chen has superior martial arts skills.
These people are not your competition.
Good thing, you have good eyesight.
Looks like Mr. Chen is also great against women.
She brought the suffering to herself.
Do you have anything that you want to say?
Let's talk in private.
Have you clearly investigated the matter we asked your help with?
Don't rush.
Should we talk about the price first?
I'm great in medicine. Just leave the illness of your teacher's wife to me.
Isn't that the price you want?
Yes, I indeed want to cure my teacher's wife.
But can you do it?
The critical point in treating diseases is to give the right medicine against a certain symptom. It's the same for both Chinese and Western medicines.
I've treated people with weirder illnesses than your teacher's wife in the US.
Also, I know a lot of top doctors abroad.
They can all help me cure your teacher's wife.
You said it more pleasantly than singing.
I hope you won't be like those miracle doctors and end up failing.
Mr. Chen, I guarantee
that as long as you work with me, I'll do my best
to cure your teacher's wife.
And I have a special medicine, which can surely cure her illness.
This medicine has been verified by the international medical community.
Stop telling me that nonsense. What's important is that it can cure people.
How about this? She was badly hurt by you earlier.
I'll treat her now. Look at the effect.
Go cure one then.
Okay.
This will be over very soon...
Okay.
The effect of this medicine is so mystical.
Once you inject it, you'll see the effect very quickly.
Miss, please stand up.
See if it still hurts when you walk.
It really doesn't hurt anymore.
Looks like it is indeed a bit effective.
Of course!
Let your teacher's wife have a try then.
This is the latest wonder drug.
In our country, this is more valuable than gold.
Just to cure my teacher's wife,
paying hundreds of thousands of gold is worth it.
Mr. Chen, when can I examine your teacher's wife?
Who will know if you really use that drug that's more valuable than gold when you go see my teacher's wife?
You people have too many ideas.
There are also people who use the opportunity of checking my teacher's wife
to ask my teacher to work for them.
It's hard to know what's in a man's heart.
When I'm checking your teacher's wife, won't you be by my side?
If anything bad happens, you can kill me on the spot. I won't bear any grudges.
I'll trust you this once then.
Wow!
[For Brother Qishan]
Not bad. It was written in a Han-Tang style.
You still are in the mood to research calligraphy?
What are you laughing about?
I'm thinking that when Er Ye was writing this,
he painstakingly tried to change his handwriting.
You think that Er Ye wrote this?
Also, only his family members have gone down to this mine cave.
They even strangely died inside. How could they have not gone to investigate it?
That's right, too.
But I feel that regarding the mine,
he's hiding something.
Hiding what?
I'm not so sure anymore.
Based on the files he gave us, we seemed to have luckily escaped.
If we continue to investigate,
we might not be that lucky anymore.
If the Japanese can go down, how come we can't?
What do you think is the item being hidden inside?
I can't predict it.
Let's go to the mine mountain again.
Going again?!
Before going, go around the nearby surroundings
and investigate the detailed situation of the area.
Fo Ye, the superior sent a telegraph that he'll be sending an intel agent to help us with the work here.
- Which one? - I heard that his surname is Lu.
It's Lu Jianxun.
Fo Ye, you know him?
I'll go meet him.
Fo Ye, what are you going to do? Just instruct me to do it.
This person isn't as simple as you think.
You'll know once you see him.
Brother Qishan!
After not seeing you for a few days, your complexion seems to have gone bad.
Long time no see. I even planned to send people to fetch you.
No need. I heard that Changsha isn't very peaceful lately.
You already have a lot of burdens to bear. No need to exert any more effort for me.
Sit down.
Men! Serve the tea!
Brother Qishan, no need to be so courteous. Please sit down.
Did the superior have instructions for me, that's why you were sent to come here?
Right now, the situation is very unstable and people's hearts are stirring.
The security work here in Changsha is facing a multitude of problems.
The superior sent me to help you
make the perfect arrangement.
Reporting!
Sir, the documents have arrived.
Can't you see I have a guest?
Brother Qishan, you're busy with official work. It's not right for me to disturb.
Wait a minute. The tea hasn't been served yet. Drink it before leaving.
We're brothers. There are still future days where we can drink tea or wine.
Brother Qishan, I'll take my leave now.
- Take care. - Take care.
Fo Ye, how come Officer Lu calls you his brother?
That is exactly his style, thinking in one way but behaving in another manner.
Ever since, his political views are contradictory to mine.
In going against people like that, you can only use their own methods back at them.
In the future, when seeing people like that, you must be on guard.
- Are those for me? - Yes.
Okay.
Zhang Qishan's garrison duty is quite a relaxing job.
He's able to have troops or money whenever he wants.
Sir, no need to worry. He won't be relaxing for too long.
Send someone to monitor him. Immediately report to me if there is any situation.
Yes, Sir!
But if he discovers we're doing this, I fear that
it will be hard to explain it to our immediate superior.
As long as we have his weakness,
there's nothing that's hard to explain.
Go now.
Yes!
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A tomb in human form.
Fortune telling! Fortune telling! I guarantee it's very accurate!
If it's not, I won't get your money!
- Do you want to have your fortune told? - No, I don't want to!
Do you want yours told?
Master.
Help me out with my business. Let me tell your fortune.
I haven't even opened my shop yet.
I won't charge you if it's not accurate.
I don't have money.
This crazy guy is too pitiful.
Crazy all day. I'm not sure if he has anything to eat.
Two days ago, I was going to go to the mountains to see him and bring him food.
I couldn't go due to family trouble.
Excuse me. Did any of you lose any item, is looking for someone, or wants your dream to be explained?
Help me out with my business.
Where are you from?
I'm from Changsha.
I'll tell your fortune.
Daoist Priest, my grandchild keeps crying at night and won't go to sleep.
Don't worry. Tell me your grandson's date of birth and time.
My grandson is the year of the horse.
May 8.
Here, Ma'am.
Put this on top of your grandson's bed.
He won't be whining in a few days.
Thank you, Daoist.
I won't charge you this time.
If your grandson doesn't whine anymore, feed me when I do drop by.
Thank you, Daoist.
Thank you.
That's right. The crazy beggar you talked about earlier. Where can I find him?
Go east for five miles to a dilapidated temple once you exit the village.
He will be there usually. So pitiful.
Thanks for everything.
Goodbye.
[Hong Mansion]
Teacher's Wife.
- This is... - This is Mr. Hendry Cox that I've invited to treat you.
He's good in treating difficult medical cases.
- Nice to meet you, Sir. - Hello.
Thanks, Cheng Pi.
You've been caring about my situation.
As long as the illness of Teacher's Wife can be cured, I'm willing to do anything.
Have a seat, Sir.
Thanks.
After Mr. Hendry Cox heard about your illness, he wanted to especially come over here and examine you.
Thank you, Mr. Cox.
Madam, you're welcome.
The family of Mr. Chen is also my friend.
Raise your arm.
Okay.
All right.
Madam, open your mouth.
Do you not eat well and you feel weak?
Do you feel tired in doing anything and feels sleepy by the afternoon?
If you do sleep, you however can't sleep soundly.
You wake up with a nightmare.
You feel pain.
That's right. Exactly.
Cheng Pi, this sir is so amazing. He knows so much.
Mr. Cox, how should Teacher's Wife get treated?
Madam, your illness is a chronic fatigue syndrome
caused by excessive exhaustion and worrying.
Is this syndrome you're talking about very hard to cure?
It's chronic fatigue syndrome.
It might be of the same meaning as what you call here
as weak body.
- Weak body? - Yes, more or less.
I have the medication here.
It works well.
But if it's just having a weak body, will there be pain?
Madam, your condition is more worse.
If after you use the medication,
your symptoms will disappear.
That's great. Teacher's Wife's illness can be cured.
Cheng Pi, you're an adult now, but still act like a kid.
This is the medication. You have to inject it.
Madam, this may hurt.
Okay. Good.
Okay.
Teacher's Wife, how do you feel?
I'm fine. I'm really not in pain anymore.
Really? As long as we can cure you, it's all good.
Mr. Cox, thank you.
No need.
But Madam's illness is quite severe. She might need to have frequent treatment.
This is enough for two months.
Use the same method I used. I'll teach you.
Thanks.
Mr. Cox, sorry to have troubled you.
Madam, don't be so courteous.
Mr. Cheng is my friend.
Madam, if you don't feel good in the future,
find me anytime.
Thank you, Sir.
That's right, Chengpi. Please help me send off sir.
Sir, please.
Madam, are you really okay?
Really okay.
Mr. Cox, really thank you for this time.
If you have time, come to my place. I'll teach you the method.
Okay, thanks.
Mr. Cheng, let's cooperate happily.
Teacher's Wife, how do you feel?
I feel better. Come sit.
That Mr. Cox is really very good.
My body doesn't hurt anymore.
I know this sickness.
Other than your teacher, you care the most.
Thanks for all your work.
Teacher's Wife, look at what you're saying.
It's not hard to find a doctor.
All you have done, your teacher and I will remember it.
Thanks.
However,
I don't know if this medication can really cure me.
If one day, I'm not here.
Teacher's Wife, you surely will get fully cured.
Actually, your teacher knew long ago that you had potential.
You can create your own sect.
It's only that I did not want you to be out there alone suffering.
So, I did not let you leave. You won't blame me, right?
I do not ever wish to leave you or teacher.
I will not let anyone hurt you guys.
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Not me.
Don't come over.
Don't eat me.
Who are you? What do you want? Do you want to eat me?
Don't be scared.
Don't. Go. Don't eat me.
Don't eat me.
God help me.
Who is the person kneeling to me?
I am Li Er from the eastern side of the village.
What are you scared of?
Answer.
Hair. Lots of hair. Hair person is here.
Only hair. What's there to be scared of?
God help me. It wants to eat me.
If you want me to save you, sure.
But you must tell me what happened.
Remember. You can't hide a single word.
I can save you that way.
A few months ago,
the back mountain has a cave.
I went in and it wanted to eat me.
God save me.
Save me. It wants to hurt me.
Okay. Since it's like this,
you come over.
Let me use my magic on you.
You... What are you trying to do?!
Don't come near me! Don't come near!
Don't move!
This is my magical weapon.
Quickly sit properly.
Calm down. Close your eyes. Don't open them when I haven't told you to.
[Accurate prediction on first try]
Okay already.
The demonic hair has been removed.
I'm okay now!
I'm okay now. Thank you, Deity!
- Thank you, Deity! - Remember this. From now on, every five days,
go to Barber Li on the western side of the village to have your hair shaved.
I've already taught him the secret skills.
Continue that for 49 days and the demonic hair will disappear.
It will never come find you again.
Thank you, Deity! Thank you, Deity!
I'll make it shorter this time.
Okay now.
Thank you.
- Master. - Daoist Priest!
How come you're back after circling around?
Could it be that mine mountain was too scary?
Do you plan to be some monk who catches demons?
- Oh, right. That crazy beggar in the dilapidated temple outside the vilalge. - Crazy beggar?
When he comes to see you, shave his head. Remember, shave it very cleanly.
Oh, right. Here. Keep this money.
If it's not enough, I'll give you some more when I return.
No! No! This money is enough to shave his head for half of this lifetime.
Daoist Priest, were you able to drive away
the demons in that beggar's body?
It was just his heart's demon. No need to be afraid.
Heart's demon?
Oh, right. In this village,
did any stranger come by?
Stranger?
A few days ago, there were some Japanese
who were suspiciously loitering nearby the mine mountain and around the village.
How did you know that they were Japanese?
You really lack experience. Just hearing their intonation and you'll know
that they were surely not Chinese.
Then, I won't trouble you anymore. Farewell.
[Nine]
Sir, I've investigated it.
The power of the Nine Great Families of Changsha is quite extensive. Any burial objects that would be taken out of Changsha
must go through one of them.
The reason why Zhang Qishan is popular here in Changsha
is because he's not only the leader of the garrison here, he's also the leader of the nine families.
Hence, no matter if it's the ordinary citizens or officials here, they fear him.
Nine families.
Interesting.
It then means that Zhang Qishan is a person that can command the nine families.
You can say so. But the nine families are actually a very loose organization. They are more like distinct Jianghu sects.
In my opinion, the other eight families are just afraid of Zhang Qishan's military rank.
Hence, they are forced to listen to him.
I also think the same.
If Zhang Qishan can be replaced by me,
the nine families can then be used by us.
By then, our power here in Changsha
will surely be as solid as gold.
Who are the members of the nine families?
Although the nine families are very famous, they are quite low profile in their actions.
The second in rank, Yuehong, is a famous opera star in Liyuan.
For Third, I just know that he's a cripple. Fourth is a man of prowess.
I don't know what Fifth does.
I just heard that he raises a lot of fierce dogs.
- Sixth is— - Enough.
What a tremendous mess of people.
What Sir means is...
Let's watch and see. One day,
I will break them one by one.
[Nine]
[American Changsha Chamber of Commerce]
Mr. Cox,
Lu Jianxun has recently been visiting the nine families.
He seems to be planning to replace Zhang Qishan.
Mister, should we verify this matter?
No need.
Just observe and act accordingly.
Keeping that Lu Jianxun alive might be of use to us.
Just send someone to secretly monitor him.
Yes.
- Rickshaw! - Coming!
Oh, my. Quickly sit down.
Officer Lu, what wind blew you to here?
I've long heard that Jiu Ye loves chess more than your life.
Today, I've especially brought a good chess set.
Jiu Ye, please take a look.
This is a top grade Yunnan chess piece.
Xie Jiu Ye, you really have great eyesight.
I dare not accept
such a valuable gift.
Jiu Ye, no need to be courteous with me.
Go make Officer Lu a top quality Anhua black tea.
Yes.
I'll shamefully accept it then.
Officer Lu, you don't visit people for no reason at all.
What are your instructions for coming to my place today?
I've heard that Changsha is the territory of the nine families.
Now, the Japanese are pressing at our borders and everyone is in danger.
It's the best time for the nine families to serve the country.
I'm just an ordinary citizen.
I survive by doing some antique business.
If war would indeed break out one day and there is a need to gather military funding,
I might be of help.
As for others, I fear that I can't provide any support.
Since Xie Jiu Ye has intentions of repaying your country,
we then can get along well.
I heard that Zhang Qishan is currently the head of the nine families.
If you can help me gather the members of the nine families,
that counts as exerting some support for me.
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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's ♫
♫ 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 ♫