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[The Mystic Nine]
[Episode 34]
This is the ancestral house of the Zhang's?
How come Fo Ye's ancestral house is this dilapidated?
Could there still be anyone living in here?
You... stop your nonsense. Go in and check.
Let's go.
Let's go in.
How come the gloomy air in here is so strong?
That's right. There's a chilly wind blowing. So cold.
Oh, no! Sister-in-Law, this place is very inauspicious!
Qishan, how do you feel?
- Fo Ye! - What's wrong? - What's happening to Fo Ye?
- Quickly assist him to sit down. - Fo Ye, are you able to perceive now?
Slow down.
Qishan! Qishan!
Fo Ye, what's wrong?
Could it be he's refusing to get in?
I don't know.
Madam, how about this? You and Fo Ye stay here, while Ba Ye and I go in.
What?
Okay.
- Ba Ye, let's go. - Hey, this... Lieutenant!
Give me a gun. I feel uneasy.
Stop with your nonsense. Quickly go!
- Go! - Sister-in-Law!
Qishan.
[Hong Manor]
♫ Opening the doors of hell ♫
♫ Without invitation, carnal desires, ♫
♫ In unusual paths, there is money to buy life ♫
♫ Whether human or beast, see you on 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 called forever ♫
♫ That which cannot be opened are the doors to one's heart ♫
♫ The most beautiful thing is a person's last words ♫
♫ 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. ♫
[The Mystic Nine]
- Ba Ye. - Ha? - You go that way.
Me...?
What era is this from?
[Bending water many times is equivalent to a live dragon, with fish jumping and eagles flying in a carefree manner.] (A very auspicious fengshui)
"Bending water many times
is equivalent to a live dragon, with fishes jumping and eagles flying in a carefree manner?"
This... is the alignment of a dragon's vein!
I shouldn't have seen that! I shouldn't have seen that!
My ancestor, please forgive me. I didn't intend to peek at Heaven's will.
My ancestor, please forgive me!
Lieutenant Zhang! Say, what did Fo Ye's ancestors
do in the past? So scary.
Hey! Why are you just standing here like a piece of wood?
Can you see this line?
This room is full of these poisonous threads.
If you carelessly touch it, you'll rot and die.
Is it that severe?
How about you give it a try?
Let me tell you that it's a good thing that I didn't enter this room.
Or else, with just my brain, I surely would have fallen in this kind of trap.
Ba Ye, you must be careful then.
Lieutenant Zhang,
there are so many rooms here. Are we still checking each of them?
Moreover, there are so many traps; so dangerous.
Isn't this equivalent to suicide?
Wait for me!
Such a huge bronze artifact
is placed in such a rundown room.
Say, what were those Zhang people thinking?
I seemed to have seen these markings somewhere.
Lieutenant Zhang, do you also...
Wait for me!
Qishan.
Sister-in-Law.
How did it go? Did you discover anything?
We've checked the rooms. There is not much stuff, but nothing is useful to us.
I really feel that something's wrong here.
Qishan.
There's still an old building at the back. Why don't we go look at it?
Still going? Fo Ye's reaction here is already too intense.
We better just leave.
No. It's exactly because Fo Ye's reaction here is very strong, the more we should go look.
It's not easy for us to come here, so we must find a way to save him.
I saw this earlier.
- Fo Ye. - Fo Ye, what's wrong with you?
Qishan? What's wrong, Qishan?
Let's go there.
How come this place is so huge?
Fo Ye still hasn't fully awakened. Can we even find the right way?
This is so weird. Am I right?
- Wow! Look! There are so many coffins here! - Sit down.
Then, how are we going find that "falling leaves returning to the roots" said by that person?
What's wrong?
This item is very inauspicious. You mustn't look at it directly, or else, it can bewitch your heart.
What does this mean?
This is a test by the Zhang family.
A test by the Zhang family?
This... is this a life for a life?
It can't really be that, right?
- Sister-in-Law, what are you doing?! - Madam!
Madam, quickly come out.
Once your heart's demons are activated, the consequences are unimaginable!
Lieutenant. Old Ba. Help me take care of my husband.
- Sister-in-Law! - Let go!
Sister-in-Law, how could we explain this to Fo Ye?! Sister-in-Law!
Come. Fo Ye.
Fo Ye, earlier, Sister-in-Law insisted on going in. I couldn't stop her.
You can't blame us.
Fo Ye.
- Fo Ye! - Fo Ye!
Fo Ye! Fo Ye, that...
Why are you looking at me? Think of a way!
Fo Ye. Fo Ye.
Let's go and look over there.
Fo Ye, just sit here for a while then.
83.
That scared me.
Madam, you... How did you get out?
So all of these are just illusions?
This is Heaven's will.
Since I'm fine, don't tell Qishan about this.
Okay. Got it.
Qishan.
You're awake.
Come.
Fo Ye, you're awake!
Quickly leave this place. Don't stay here.
- But we— - Leave!
Okay. Okay. Let's go. Quickly go.
Even though I'm a member of the Zhang family,
I'm don't clearly know the origin and how my clan developed.
Each of us is only knowledgeable about the part assigned to us.
As for the other parts, it's all a puzzle to us.
Several hundred years ago, because of breaking some ancestral laws, some ancestors of mine
got expelled from the clan and ended up wandering outside.
When they returned, our ancestral house
had completely disappeared.
When I saw the bronze piece that Er Yuehong brought out from the ancient tomb,
I realized why my father
wanted me to return to Changsha.
Buried under the mine mountain of Changsha
is the history of our Zhang clan.
Inside used to be where my Zhang clan gathered.
That includes the item that they wanted to guard.
Go!
Father!
Don't... mind me.
Go...to Changsha.
Go to Changsha...
Father.
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How is he?
Xiao Du!
Yang Yang!
Take this.
Xiao Du!
Xiao Du! Yang Yang!
No wonder that bronze artifact we saw
inside the ancestral mansion was so familiar.
So, I saw it too inside the mine mountain.
Our Chinese history is full of unsolved mysteries.
The Mystic Nine Families of Changsha being an organization with the longest history
has sworn to safeguard these secrets for generations to come.
And these secrets were hidden in our ancestral building.
But once these secrets are leaked, the world will be in chaos.
Is there only one kind of that ancestral building?
Because of history, the Zhang family had to frequently move.
Hence, there surely are other ancestral buildings.
And they must be deeply hidden.
If not because mining was popularized during the Qing dynasty
and someone was able to dig out a coffin inside the mine mountain,
that ancestral building wouldn't have been known to others.
It was only after Er Yuehong
found that bronze piece did I confirm its existence.
But now, everyone is eyeing that mine mountain.
Shouldn't we do something?
What if the Japanese beat us to it? That would be trouble.
After digging for so long, didn't they find nothing either?
Now, it's very dangerous
under the mine mountain and the situation is very complicated.
Only Er Yuehong's ancestors can find some way to enter it.
But the use of gunpowder has become very advanced.
Would they just bomb the whole mine mountain and go in by force?
They won't. The situation is very unstable right now.
There is also inner strife within the Mystic Nine Families. Everyone is eyeing that tomb.
The Japanese will surely not make any rash moves.
Also, my guess is that right now,
they've found something near our ancestral manor.
But because of that lethal boundary,
the wouldn't dare recklessly move forward.
Fo Ye, what really is that lethal boundary?
How come we were fine when we crossed it?
Could it be...
that lethal boundary is able to identify who's a member of the Zhang family?
Do you know that you were alive one moment, then dying the next moment?
We were all scared to death.
Just to save you, you don't know how many hardships we went through.
Go try getting sick again next time.
If I still care about you, I'm then...
I'm then an idiot that's more stupid than you.
Don't worry. I won't get sick anymore.
- Let's set out to return to Changsha then. - Yes.
This trip to Dongbei was filled with dangers and perils.
Under the help of the Zhang clan, Zhang Fo Ye was able to survive.
But when they returned to Changsha,
the power situation had drastically changed.
It's here.
- Let's go inside. - Go.
You two have worked hard.
What happened before was also my negligence.
When something bad happened to my international business, I should have been vigilant.
Jiu Ye, don't say it like that. It's me who was careless and fell into their trap.
Have you recovered from your illness? What about Er Ye?
I've greatly recovered, but Er Ye is still feeling unwell and recuperating in Baiqiao Village.
My spy reported to me yesterday
that Chen Pi has been frequenting the mine mountain lately.
Lu Jianxun and the Huo family have sent several batches of men down.
No one returned with any news. There was no progress.
Chen Pi has gotten impatient and is searching the whole city and the immediate outside to find Er Ye.
How long did we just leave?
Who does Chen Pi think he is?
He dares to go above Er Ye now?
In these past days that Fo Ye and Er Ye went missing,
some problems have also risen within the Nine Mystic Families.
Chen Pi has occupied the majority of Er Ye's territories.
Also, he's being backed up by Lu Jianxun.
Now, he's considered as one of the top people of the Nine Mystic Families.
Chen Pi, Lu Jianxun, and the Huo family
have colluded just for that item inside the mine mountain.
The situation now is very chaotic.
How come it's that Lu Jianxun again?!
That Lu Jianxun is new to our place.
Even though he used some of his cleverness to make Fo Ye suffer,
he still hasn't made a stable foundation,
has no strong army, and not many close connections.
How stable could the relationship he has
with Chen Pi and the Huo family
that was erected based on interest? I think that it's not worthy to be feared.
What's your opinion about this chess game?
Fo Ye, don't forget.
When you just arrived in Changsha, you funded the military to buy weapons.
On one hand, it was to apply for a military position.
On the other hand,
it was to expand your power, occupy businesses and territories.
This move is still useful right now.
Jiu Ye, what you mean is...
Let's not talk about the military position first.
But the position of Zhang Fo Ye in the Mystic Nine Families
must be taken back.
As for Chen Pi...
That Chen Pi...
I really don't understand why he would collude with the Huo family and Lu Jianxun.
He's Er Ye's personal student.
Given his skills, if he really entered the mine mountain, I fear he might indeed find some clues.
Hence, we must keep watch of him closely.
There are demons inside!
There really are?
Yes. I saw it.
Others will give you 5 dollars a month. I'll give you 10 dollars.
- How about it? Are you doing it or not? - 10 dollars...
That's right. Life is more important.
What's the use of that money if we die?
Fine.
You people won't even do a profitable deal. Are you complaining that my offer is too low?
It's not that it's low. It's actually very high.
But to sacrifice our lives just for that money, I don't think it's worth it.
I told you to go down the mine and not sacrifice your life. What are you afraid of?
Mister, have you not heard it yet? It's already known all over Changsha
that there are demons in this mine mountain that eats humans.
No one came out alive among those that have gone in.
Bullshit!
If you want to do it, then do it. If not, get lost.
Don't make up stories here.
Mister, just go look for some other skilled workers.
Hey! Hey! Come back here!
Cowards.
A bunch of cowards.
Boss, what should we do now? They've all left.
Go look for others then.
Increase the pay 10 times!
Yes.
- Waiter. - Hello.
- In what room is he in? - This way, please.
Okay.
Fo Ye.
Sit.
I'll get straight to the point.
Everyone surely knows the current situation here in Changsha City.
I prepared a lot of plans in my return.
I don't know if everyone is willing to help me make a comeback.
We'll listen to your instructions. These past days, we've been holding in too much.
That eccentric Lu Jianxun is deliberately oppressing your old men.
Using his official position to seek his personal vendetta.
Also, we're able to guard our businesses. The Huo family has come by multiple times,
but we were able to block them; just waiting for your return.
Right. We, your brothers, have followed you for so many years. We surely will not fail you at this critical time.
Fo Ye, be at ease.
- Fo Ye, don't worry. - Okay.
I'll thank you all now.
We'll follow Fo Ye until death!
[Chen Manor]
Are you used to living here?
I've lived here since I was little. Nothing to get used to.
Why did you come?
I heard that none of the people who Lu Jianxun and the Huo family sent down the tomb
ever came out alive.
That is because they were unskilled.
How come you're not going down?
Don't you want to know what's under there?
I have my ways if I want to go down.
Since Huo Sanniang and Lu Jianxun want to explore the path for me,
I'm not in a hurry.
That item inside the mine mountain doesn't have legs.
Don't forget about Zhang Qishan and Er Yuehong.
They might return anytime.
By then, everything you have now can be gone.
What do you mean? You have news about them?
None. I'm only warning you,
because they are hell bent
on getting what's inside the mine mountain.
You've been down there?
You know what's inside?
You've lived here since you were little.
You surely have a deep affection to your teacher and teacher's wife.
When your teacher's wife died, you were devastated.
You are actually a good person who puts a lot of weight to affection and loyalty.
You saw me kill people and you still say that I'm a good person?
So funny.
If the item inside the mine mountain can revive your teacher's wife,
can you still be this calm?
What do you mean?
Explain yourself clearly!
Money, position, and beautiful women.
These things are good,
but what's their use if you're dead?
What else in this world is more tempting than
surpassing death?
The value of the item hidden inside the mine mountain
far exceeds what you can imagine.
What is your purpose then?
I... want to obtain that meteoric copper.
You're saying that Mr. Cox told Chen Pi that there's something inside the mine mountain
that can revive Er Ye's wife?
Right.
Just to make Chen Pi go down the mine, he even came up with such a lie.
But Mr. Cox talked with much certainty.
He seems to know the mine mountain well.
No matter if what he said is true or not, he has convinced Chen Pi to do so.
Chen Pi mustn't go down the mine mountain.
Inform Er Ye and let him secretly return.
Looks like we must enter the mine mountain again.
Okay.
Hello.
Yes. Hello, Chief. I'm Lu Jianxun.
How's your health? I've just been preparing to go and visit you.
Okay. Please say it.
Yes.
Okay. I will take note of it from now on.
Okay.
Sir, what's wrong?
That Zhang Qishan... He really won't disappear.
Some of his old subordinates united to file a complaint against me.
That I'm ignoring military affairs, unjust in my rewards and punishments,
colluding with powerful locals, and accepting and giving out bribes!
That Zhang Qishan really knows to complain first when he's the villain here!
When he was in position,
weren't his acts worse than mine? And he dares to complain about me?
Do you want me to warn them?
How? How?
Superior has already given orders that I'm suspended from commanding the army.
We'll touch them now? Do you have a brain?
Yes.
Zhang Qishan...!
[Huixin Building]
Now, Lu Jianxun has lost the power to command the army.
His strength is unlike before.
I heard that he's currently so mad that he won't even have time to think about some mine mountain anymore.
No. That person, Lu Jianxun,
will surely not let go of fat meat like the mine mountain.
With his current situation, he surely would go look for a powerful partner.
It's not his style to just sit and wait for death.
Lao Ba.
Say, if we give Lu Jianxun a new venture partner,
will he happily accept it?
What you mean is...
A brand new Zhang Fo Ye.
A brand new business.
Fo Ye, have you thought of whom to send?
A person you also know.
Er Ye, are you sure that you're leaving? You still haven't fully recovered.
Your return to Changsha City will surely be an arduous one.
What if something bad happens again?
Thank you for your concern.
I'm almost fully healed.
Also, Fo Ye wrote me a letter asking me to return to Changsha.
Something bad must have happened there. I'm unable to repay you for saving my life.
If you need my help, just say it.
Er Ye, you're being very courteous. Don't say such words.
I just... don't know when we'll be reunited
after parting this time.
Once the matters in Changsha have been resolved,
I'm sure we'll meet again. No need for Chieftain to think about it too much.
Okay.
Dr. Mo, I have to trouble you to take care of Er Ye then.
Don't worry, Chief.
Good! Good!
Little brother, your boss must be very rich. This is so grand!
Of course.
You don't seem to be selling anything. What business is this?
My boss said
that when we open our gates for business, guests from all over the world can come in.
Anyone who comes won't be refused. We'll do any business.
Please go in.
Okay. Okay.
So sorry, you two can't go in.
Why can't we go in? We have an invitation.
Your boss invited us over.
- Right. How could you treat your guests like this? Do you know who I am? - Leave! Leave!
- Leave! Get lost! - What are you doing?
[Huo Manor]
From where did that shameless person come from? He dares insult people from my Huo family?
Don't they know who you are?
How could they not know? They were the ones who sent the invitation.
They surely were deliberately making things hard on us. They only stopped you?
Also, Chen Pi's butler.
Go and teach that Huixin Building's owner a lesson.
Since he has arrived in the territory of Changsha, he should try to learn the rules first.
Yes.
[Chen Manor]
The owner of that Huixin Building...
Interesting.
[Criticism Notice]
[Precious and Auspicious Place]
This time, we successfully angered the Huo family and Chen Pi.
I'm thinking, rather than going against them head to head,
why not covertly weaken their power.
Before the Mid-Autumn Festival, we must let the Huo family, Chen Pi,
and Lu Jianxun suffer a huge blow.
This way, we can force them to negotiate with us.
Once we're in the negotiating table, that Lu Jianxun will surely strive
to name the conditions for profit sharing and going down the tomb.
Hence, we must beat him in getting the initiative.
Fo Ye, although I can't understand what you're saying,
I'll just follow your plan.
Let me tell you that the shop we went last time
is quite interesting.
They'll handle any request with just a bit of money.
Boss Chen, Boss Wang sent someone over today.
- That person said... - Said what?
That person said that Boss Wang has an urgent family matter and couldn't come.
He'll just discuss the deal with you next time, so don't wait for him anymore.
But our men saw him come out of his house today and go in the direction of Huixin Building.
Huixin Building...
They really know to do business.
[Huixin Building]
Let's go.
Fo Ye!
Long time no see!
You must be tired from your travel.
Lieutenant, tell our men to carry their luggage inside.
The guestroom is prepared. Go in and rest first.
You all leave.
Be courteous. Don't cause me trouble.
Yes!
I really have to thank you for helping me.
Our headquarters have just been renovated. It's a bit too simple. I hope you won't mind.
Fo Ye, you're being too courteous.
I'm not.
In coming to Changsha, I should have arranged for you to stay in the best place.
But because of my identity, it's a bit awkward right now.
Er Ye has just recovered from his injury and I've let him stay here to recuperate.
Also, it's more convenient to discuss things if we're living together.
I find this place just right.
Say, Fo Ye, I've long heard of
the awe-inspiring strength of the Mystic Nine Families of Changsha. I really want to see it.
This time, even better. I get to directly live in the headquarters.
I'm so contented!
That's good.
- Call Ba Ye over. I have something to discuss with him. - Okay.
Fo Ye, look.
Although you just renovated this not long ago, it's very intriguing.
Look at this strange decoration.
Just one look and you know that it was created by Qi Ba Ye.
Right. It was indeed that fortune teller who wants it placed here.
Oh right. You must be tired from your long travel.
You can stroll this garden anytime.
That room upstairs is yours. Go rest first.
Once Old Ba is here, we'll discuss the negotiations.
That... is my room close to yours?
I must stay next to you!
This way, it would be convenient for us at night.
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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 ♫