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[The Mystic Nine]
[Episode 23]
[One Prediction, One Business Deal]
Come, this way, please.
That Qi Ba Ye is really good.
Even Westerners come to buy from him.
Come, take care.
There are quite a lot of valuable items hidden inside here.
A lot of valuable items?
This mister is quite knowledgeable. That's not only valuable,
the treasures of our Qi Ba Ye are worth a fortune.
In a usual situation, a little business like this
gets easily elbowed out of the competition.
But this business of the Qi family has been opened for generations.
Their business has always been very good,
That's strange.
Is there any underhanded trick being employed here?
At the start, a lot of people couldn't understand, either,
how the business of the Qi family
could last for this long.
Afterward, I learned that this Qi Tiezui
has a strange rule in doing business.
That is anyone who buys his goods
will get a free prediction from him.
On the outside, it's just a shop selling some items.
But, in reality, you're here to have your fortune told.
Indeed.
This Divination Fortune Telling of Ba is Changsha's top fortune telling shop. Their prediction is quite accurate.
And they only give predictions to those who will buy an item in their shop.
It's called a giveaway prediction.
♫ 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 are about to break down ♫
♫ Victory or defeat isn't definite ♫
♫ Just pursue your dream ♫
[The Mystic Nine]
Qi Tiezui can really do business. So astute.
You're right.
People who do business related to tombs
and those peddlers of tomb items are very superstitious.
With the reputation of this Divination Fortune Telling of Ba shop, even if you don't want their item,
someone would still be willing to come here and just casually buy anything
just to get his fortune told.
Hence, they continuously are able to do business.
This mister knows quite a lot.
But Qi Ba Ye is currently not around.
Hence, we will only sell goods, but not give any predictions.
If you two are not here to buy anything,
please leave.
Since Qi Ba Ye isn't here,
we'll just come again next time.
Sorry to have disturbed you. Will take our leave.
I won't be walking you out anymore.
[One Prediction, One Business Deal]
How accurate are the predictions of this shop
Divination Fortune Telling of Ba?
I actually am back.
It's indeed different from that room earlier.
It's another new one.
Such an exquisite trap design
would actually be encountered by me.
This is indeed something major.
Good thing, I have superior skills and great courage.
I didn't fear the difficulties and dangers,
and still brought everyone to come down this tomb.
If not, wouldn't I have missed
such a strange trap mechanism?
A total of 64 holes.
Each number is very similar to the Fuxi 64 Hexagrams.
This represents the wheel of karma in this world.
From the looks of it,
it's hard for an ordinary person to escape the cycle of reincarnation within this cave.
Clever! Clever!
Officer Lu, the predictions of Qi Ba Ye
can be said to be mind-blowing.
Oh? Really?
When I just arrived here in Changsha,
I once sent people to check the situation of the Mystic Nine Families.
The rumors about Qi Ba Ye among their field
was really very interesting.
There was once a customer who bought items from him.
He didn't like any of the antiques displayed,
except for the incense burner in the altar.
- Ba Ye. - What is it?
There's a mister who likes that incense burner of ours and is asking for its price.
- Incense burner? - Yes.
My Qi family opened this shop to sell antique wares.
Not all items that are displayed are for sale.
Rules are rules.
Go tell him
that other than the antiques, I'm not selling other items.
Not selling?
Why are you still standing here like an idiot? Quickly go!
[One can predict without being a clairvoyant]
Why is Ba Ye being so stubborn?
If I sell him this incense burner,
won't the money be mine then?
Hey, clerk, how about you sell that incense burner to me?
All right, how much money do you have?
I'll give you a good deal for sure.
Here.
How should I thank you, Brother?
No need to thank me. Take it home and enjoy it.
Good, good. Have a good day.
One can predict without being a clairvoyant]
This clerk sold the incense burner
behind Ba Ye's back because of his greed.
Hey, Xiao Man!
It's getting late.
Tell the customer to come in for his reading.
Where was the customer from before?
He said, there was nothing he wanted to buy
and he'll be back another day for his reading.
- Another day? - Yes.
- Move. - Ba Ye...
I said move, hurry up!
Where... Where's the incense burner?
Incense burner...
I'm asking you a question!
I sold it.
You really sold it?
Really, I sold it.
Here's the silver from the sale. That customer was very generous.
It's all here, I didn't take a cent. I saved all of it for you.
Who told you to save this for me!?
Ba Ye, please don't be angry! Ba Ye!
Ancestor Ye, Ancestor Ye.
You foolish kid!
Don't covet this money! It wasn't meant for you!
What you just did, you've just offended the spirits
and also offended our ancestors!
That's a major sin! There will be divine retribution!
Ba Ye, Ba Ye! Please save me!
Ba Ye, please save me, please
Ba Ye, is there a way to be protected against divine retribution?
From what I recall, you'll be heading to the villages in a few days to collect rent?
Yes, it's almost time. I'm heading to the villages tomorrow.
Ba Ye, what does this rent collection have to do with the incense burner?
Alas,
Xiao Man, go get a trunk.
Put all of the collected rent at the bottom of the trunk.
Keep this purse of money on you.
That's all?
That's all
Oh, and, let's not collect from the melon farmer this time.
Please don't be angry Ancestor Ye, don't be angry!
This clerk, followed the directions of Iron Mouth Qi ("Iron Mouth" means sharp tongue in Chinese slang)
Didn't collect rent from Gua Non.
He ran across some robbers on his way,
but...
they only robbed him of the incense burner money,
but not the money in the trunk.
Ba Ye! Ba Ye, you are like my real grandaddy@
What are you doing! Let go of me!
What's wrong with you, you foolish kid?
Calm down, have a seat, and tell me what happened!
...grown man always trying to hug me. What does it look like?
Additionally,
I'm only twenty-eight.
Calling me granddaddy, you're bringing bad luck to my life span.
Twenty-eight years old?? I thought last month...
What last month, huh?
What do I always tell you?
Those who accomplish great deeds do not worry over the minor details.
Yes, yes yes, no worrying over minor details.
Go ahead. Why were you so shocked?
Ba Ye, how did you predict the melon farmer's fate?
And then?
Shortly after Iron Mouth Qi's clerk returned home.
the robber was caught.
Turns out he was a melon farmer.
What a coincidence!
Was it the same melon farmer from before?
It was.
By not collecting the melon farmer's rent, he did him a big favor.
Letting him escape alive was the least he can do to return the favor.
But how did Iron Mouth Qi predict this?
Ah...This is the secret of Ba Ye's bagua skills.
Turns out the melons in the field were ruined by the rain.
Brother Huang was desperate and turned to robbery to make ends meet.
But the person he accosted was me, who just canceled his rent collection this month.
Brother Huang couldn't bear taking my life,
but was afraid that I would recognize him,
so he took my incense burner money and ran.
That's how my life was saved.
Ba Ye, are you listening to me?
Yes, keep going.
I was thinking, had I not listened to you
and gave the melon farmer a pass on his rent,
I would have been killed.
And if I hadn't have listened to you
about keeping the incense money on my person,
he would have for sure found the money in the trunk and taken that.
Ba Ye!
What now?
I'm listening.
Ba Ye, how did you predict all of this? It was so accurate.
Your coin purse
held the money from the incense burner you sold.
This burner (lu) money is just the way (lu) out money (word play).
Hence, I predicted that you would get robbed when you wemt out.
And the money taken from you was the one you earned from selling the incense burner.
Also, that customer didn't ask for any predictions.
It's then not asking for any predictions. When he didn't ask for any predictions,
it's then not a good deal. (a play in similar sounding words/phrases)
Ba Ye, you really have such great foresight.
Xiao Man, the consequences of the sin that you created yourself
must be born by yourself. In consideration that this is your first mistake,
our ancestors left you a way out.
Remember to do good from now on.
Stop committing muddled mistakes like this. You hear me?
I know now. I admit my mistakes.
From now on, I will never disobey your orders.
Whatever you say is what I'll do.
Very soon, this story spread
until the whole Changsha City knew about it.
In my opinion, this matter is similar to the transporting technique of Zhang Qishan.
It's just to fool the ignorant citizens of Changsha.
Although that Qi Tiezui's words are the fools of ghosts and deities,
I'm sure that he himself doesn't believe in them.
Officer Lu, you are indeed very intelligent.
In my opinion, the idea behind Zhang Qishan's transporting technique might even have been
a suggestion by Qi Tiezui.
Mr. Cox, other than fortune telling and antique business,
what other exceptional talents
does that Qi Tiezui have? What weapons does he use?
Officer Lu, you're overthinking.
Qi Tiezui's weapons are just
compasses, talismans, tortoise shells, and copper coins.
If there were to be real combat,
I fear that he'd escape for self-preservation.
I don't understand anymore then.
How much advantage did that Zhang Qishan give him
that even if Qi Tiezui knows that he now has exceptional abilities,
he would still risk death to go down into the tomb with him.
It might be hard for you to understand it,
but there are people who would be willing to risk danger
and fight alongside their friends even without any monetary bribes.
Qi Tiezui is the first friend that Zhang Qishan had here in Changsha.
When Qi Tiezui was in trouble,
Zhang Qishan would immediately bravely step forward.
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The two of them have a friendship that's beyond life.
I remember that you Chinese have an idiom
"Knife piercing both sides."
That's most likely what it means.
What knife piercing both sides?
It's just because Zhang Qishan is very famous now,
so he's just sailing with the direction of the wind.
Maybe.
Officer Lu, I heard that you sent people to monitor the manor of Er Ye.
Have you ever gotten any useful intel?
Mr. Cox, you really are so updated with the news.
I've already sent people to monitor Ere Ye's manor,
just waiting for him to return from the mine mountain.
I still have some official duties. I'll take my leave now.
[One Prediction, One Business Deal]
It is really strange.
There's someone here.
Hey! Is anyone there?
I'm in here!
Fo Ye! Is it you?
Oh my god. If I had known, I wouldn't have come to this damn place.
Our Qi Family only has one successor.
I can't die for no good reason in here.
We are still so far from Changsha City. No one will be able to collect my corpse.
I won't listen, I won't listen. Please don't come over here!
Why are there so many mirrors here?
These mirrors... Are they to reflect the images in this tomb?
Forget it. I better keep going forward.
Ya Tou!
♫ Opening the doors of hell ♫
♫ Without invitation, carnal desires ♫
When I am no longer around, ♫ In unusual paths, there is money to buy life ♫
you have to take good care of yourself. ♫ Whether human or beast, see you on the road of the netherworld ♫
You have to take your meals on time. ♫ Make a wish in front of the Gates of Soul Return ♫
You have to live on well. ♫ Let's not set a meeting ♫
If there is an afterlife, ♫ Let's just see each other in the next life ♫
I must find you again.
♫ That which cannot be opened, are the doors to one's heart. ♫
Brother, in this life, ♫ The most beautiful thing is a person's last words. ♫
I don't... ♫ The ugliest thing is a promise ♫
♫ Those changes that could never happen ♫
♫ are between lifting and putting down ♫
♫ The most fake thing are tears ♫
♫ The truest thing is invisible ♫
♫ Those changes that could never happen ♫
♫ Are between lifting and putting down. ♫
There are so many openings.
Since I can't find an exit, then I shall return by my original route.
Oh, no. There aren't any mirrors here.
This isn't the road that I took earlier.
I have to find a way to go back.
That's strange. Didn't I just come here earlier?
I didn't come in through an opening like this earlier.
How has the opening behind me changed?
That's strange. Why are there so many crossroads?
What is going on here?
No mark.
Looks like this is a brand new room.
These threads...
Looks like Fo Ye and Ba Ye have been in this room.
There must be thousands of rooms like this in here.
If you walk around them, you surely will get lost.
You totally can't find the exit.
Looks like we've fallen into the trap of this labyrinth.
Is there anyone out there?!
There's an echo.
I still wasn't able to find the exit.
Okay. Take care.
Say it.
Early this morning, we climbed over the wall to check the inside.
Chen Pi was right. There are not many servants or guards inside the manor.
Once Er Yuehong appears, we will capture him by surprise.
If there's any situation, immediately report back.
Sir, Chen Pi was right. There are not many servants or guards inside the manor.
- Continue watching it. - Yes.
But Er Yuehong is a highly skilled fighter among the Mystic Nine Families.
I don't think it would be easy to capture him.
No matter how strong a fighter he is, in front of a gun,
he has no choice but to submit to us. That ancient tomb is very dangerous.
Even if they are able to return alive,
I fear that they might only be half alive.
Sir, you're right.
But if we capture him without basis, the Mystic Nine Families will surely make a move.
We must frame Er Yuehong and Zhang Qishan a crime that they won't be able to refute.
Within the Mystic Nine Families, Huo Sanniang and Chen Pi are already on our side.
The other families will surely have some reservations.
As for the crime,
we just need some evidence.
Yes. I'll go arrange for it now.
No need for you to make a move.
That good disciple of Er Yuehong will help us handle everything.
Drive.
[Top in Elegance and Talent]
Master, our Xiao Hong
is the best courtesan in our Zuihong Brothel!
Not one—
Master, you're so generous.
Master, you have good taste.
Xiao Hong is the top courtesan here.
Do you want to buy her freedom?
Master, tonight, I'll serve you well.
Stay far away from me!
Master, you're not buying my freedom?
Master, what do you mean by this?
Have you seen this man?
Isn't this Chen Yan, that soldier? He's a frequent guest of mine.
He has taken care of my business quite a lot for this year.
Talking about this Chen Yan, he hasn't come for a few days.
Could it be some courtesan has stolen business from us?
He will come in a few days.
That is if he's still alive.
Master, what do you mean?
Keep that money.
If that Chen guy comes here again, do something for me.
Once the matter is done, I'll pay you double.
Double?! Really?!
Master, just give the instructions.
I fear that Er Ye and Old Ba have also been trapped within these completely identical rooms.
Newspapers! Newspapers!
Newspapers!
[Changsha Train Station]
[Xie Yu Bulding]
[Tongtai Docks]
[Zuihong Brothel]
[Xu Chang Xing Restaurant]
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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 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 ♫