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[The Mystic Nine]
[Episode 45]
[Kang Village]
It's time. Let's go down.
Stop! Don't run!
♫ Open the gates of hell ♫
♫ Unsolicited greedy thoughts ♫
♫ In unusual paths, there is money to buy life ♫
♫ Whether a human or a beast, see you in 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 ♫
♫ Are between lifting and putting down ♫
[The Mystic Nine]
Please... don't come near me... Don't.
Dr. Mo... Dr. Mo, it's me, Lieutenant Zhang.
- I'm -- - Don't touch me! I'm sick! Don't touch me!
Lieutenant Zhang, look at me.
Look, Fo Ye is here, too. We are really worried about you.
Er Ye. Is Er Ye here? I don't want him to see me in this condition!
Er Ye is not here. He is with Xinyue.
Everyone is very worried about you. Don't worry, you are now safe.
No, I am ill.
I will spread it to all of you.
I don't want all of you to be infected by me.
I don't want Er Ye and Xinyue to be infected, either.
What illness do you really have?
When I was in Changsha, I received a report from the hospital.
I felt this matter was highly suspicious.
So, I wanted to come here to find out the truth.
But... I really saw it.
A man who was covered all over with parasites.
I told the villagers I was here to treat them.
But none of them believed me.
They were then afraid when I returned to Changsha,
I would tell other people about their strange illness.
So...
they infected me with this disease.
But up to now, I don't know
what this disease it.
And I am trapped here.
These villagers have gone too far!
More and more people are infected with this disease.
They dare not go out during the day.
It's only during the night when they secretly eat the fruit offerings here.
Why did the villagers light a path using joss sticks?
That's right. Why did they let all of you eat the food offerings all this while?
Prior to this, the villagers were all in a state of panic.
Later, a fortune teller by the name of Master Qiao came here.
He said all these things
were caused by the deities of Heiqiao descending into the mortal world.
So, they began to provide food for those of us who caught this strange illness.
As expected, this is related to Heiqiao.
What's going on?
I think it might be a conspiracy between Heiqiao Village and the Japanese.
This is a long story. Let's go back first and we'll talk later.
Don't touch me! I'll get up myself. Be careful I might infect you.
Be rest assured. When we get back to Changsha, we'll go look for Ba Ye together.
He has much knowledge and experience. He will surely know what to do.
Is this the only way to get back to Changsha from the valley?
Yes. I've tried looking for different roads.
In order to leave this place, we must pass through this village.
You're very weak. Let me hold you.
Hurry!
- Stop! - Don't let them get away!
- Stop! - Stop running!
Stop!
- Stop! - Stop running!
Where do you think you're going? You're not allowed to leave! Catch them!
Don't be afraid, everyone. There's only two of them and two guns.
If we allow Dr. Mo to leave, she'll bring more people here after that. Our entire village will be done in by then.
Brother-in-Law, the two of you please leave. Don't bother about me. Just let me perish here in due course.
It's all right. I promised Xinyue I'd bring you back in one piece.
Do you think I'm afraid of these villagers?
All of you, listen to me. We have no other intentions.
We are taking Dr. Mo back because we want to heal your sickness.
We'll definitely come back when we find the cure to the disease.
Everyone, don't believe what he said. It's a total chaos outside. Who would care whether we live or die?
Dr. Mo definitely can't leave. Do all of you still remember what Master Qiao said?
The parasites are caused by the deities of Heiqiao descending into the world. We have to take good care of our patients.
Otherwise, the Heiqiao deities will punish us.
That's right! What you said is right!
You are a doctor!
How could you believe in such rubbish?
Who's not afraid?
Come on! Come! Over here!
- Go! - Everyone, don't be afraid. They won't dare to shoot!
- After them! - After them!
Actually, the people of Heiqiao Village were unwilling to help the Japanese hurt their own countrymen.
But the Japanese wanted to make use of the skills in concocting poison that had been passed down in the Heiqiao Village for hundreds of years.
So, they have cruelly captured the old, weak, women, and young from Heiqiao Village.
Making use of their blood ties, they forced the people from Heiqiao Village to collaborate.
- Stop! Stop running! Don't let them get away! - They're over there!
Stop! Stop running!
We're finished! We're in for so much trouble!
Who are you?
Miss, please don't worry. We were sent here by Boss Chen to bring you away from here.
Boss Chen?
Yes, Boss Chen Pi.
Where has my brother asked you to bring me? To meet him?
Boss is afraid the Japanese won't let the matter rest, and they might hurt you.
So, he has given us the order to bring you
away from Changsha. The further we bring you away, the better.
Then, where is my brother? Will he come look for me?
This... we don't know.
Then, I won't leave.
Bring me to him; otherwise, I won't go anywhere.
Boss wanted us to tell you this. Before he met you,
there was already someone in his heart. He promised this person
that he'd give up his life for her. Now, he's going to fulfill his promise.
He asks that you do not wait for him, and leave this place quickly. He doesn't want you to be implicated.
That person is a girl.
Right?
I did not misjudge him.
Brother is someone who is affectionate and loyal.
I can leave with you,
but you must relay my message to him.
I will keep waiting for him.
Miss Meng, why make yourself suffer like this?
I will wait for him until he fulfills his promise,
until the day he returns to look for me.
He has his affections.
I have my own affections.
Neither of us owes anything to the other person.
Okay. It's best we don't delay anymore. We should start our journey quickly.
- Boss! Boss! - How did it go?
We have sent her away. Everything in the house is settled.
That's good.
Boss, Miss Meng has something to tell—
Okay, no need to say anymore. You may go.
Yes.
- Try it. - You made this for me?
Come.
- It's too big. - No, it fits just right.
Look, it is too big.
Brother, take it off. I'll alter it for you.
No need. From today onward, I'll eat a bit more at each meal.
When I put on weight, won't it be just right?
You really know how to coax me. I'll make a new one for you when you put on weight.
Xiao Meng, you must be safe and well,
and live a long life.
This way, I might get less punishment
when I go to the netherworld in the future,
and I won't hurt so much, either.
Vile!
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Go away! Go!
Dr. Mo, what's wrong with you?
Go take a look and you'll know.
Dr. Mo, how did this happen!
That day, when I was in the hospital, I received the report which they sent.
I wanted to go there to look at it myself.
Lieutenant.
I never expected to get myself into such a state.
- Er Ye should be sober by now, right? Go invite him and Madam over here. - Okay.
Now, the epidemic in the village is very serious.
Go and investigate it thoroughly, and find out who was the first one infected by the disease.
Yes.
I understand now.
What exactly is this strange illness?
This parasite grew from inside the body.
Dr. Mo said so herself. It was tested and there were no problems with it.
I think the origin of this illness,
if I did not judge wrongly, should probably be...
What should it probably be?
Should probably be a kind of poisonous parasite from Heiqiao Village.
Parasite?
Those villagers told me a fortune teller visited their village.
That the reason they got infected was that the deity of Heiqiao descended into the world.
No matter what it is, Heiqiao Village definitely has something to do with this matter.
But that's not right either.
Heiqiao is very far from this village.
Why would the people from Heiqiao Village rack their brains
to infect the commoners with such a dangerous poison?
What do they hope to achieve?
It's likely there are other people behind Heiqiao Village.
Fo Ye, you mean the Japanese?
These Japanese won't let the matter rest unless the people die!
Since the ghost train drove into Changsha last year, none of these things have stopped!
[Changsha Station]
An evil spirit is coming to Changsha.
- Go! - Commander! Commander!
- Go! - An evil spirit is coming to Changsha!
- Quickly go! - Commander!
There's something odd about this matter.
The Japanese have always been vicious and merciless.
Although the illness Mo Ce has is not life-threatening,
what do they really hope to get from her?
It is easier for mountains and rivers to change than to alter a person's inherent nature.
The Japanese are naturally disposed to cruelty. Surely they have ulterior motives.
The illness that Mo Ce has right now is indeed not fatal.
But as the parasites grow in number, they will one day grow onto her face.
How could a young girl like her bear with it?
No! You must never scratch it!
I know you're really suffering now, but you must bear with it!
Oh right, I have a medicinal pill with me right here. Eat it.
Reckon you'll feel better after that, and be able to sleep well.
Be rest assured. We'll think of a solution.
Go to bed. Slowly. Slowly.
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Fo Ye, I think I have a solution.
What's the solution?
The dog from Wu Laogou's house.
Don't try to trick me.
- No, this dog-- - I know you had a quarrel with him a few days ago. Isn't that right?
- Don't try to seek private revenge through this. - Fo Ye,
am I this kind of person? Everything I said is from my heart.
If you don't believe me, just forget about it.
Furthermore, would I dare take Dr. Mo's life as a joke with you?
Even if I'm not afraid of you, I'm afraid of the other one in your house.
Don't you think so?
What you said is reasonable. If she knew you deceived her, she would definitely not let you off.
Of course.
When Xinyue sees her later, she'll definitely feel hurt.
A man who's married is indeed different.
Say, will you become the second Er Ye?
Stop joking with me. Go outside. Get to work. Quickly.
I...
Fo Ye, you know it too that
I had a quarrel with him two days ago.
If I go beg him now, he'll definitely not give me the dog.
I knew it was only a matter of time before this mouth of yours would ruin our affairs. Am I not right?
This is real trouble.
Wu Laogou loves his dog like his own life now.
How would he bear to give me his dog?
I guess you have to take it directly yourself.
- Take it directly? - To put it more accurately, steal it.
Steal it?
How about this? I'll be responsible for stalling Wu Laogou.
And you... will be responsible for stealing it. How about that?
I'll be responsible for stalling Wu Laogou. You'll be responsible for stealing it.
No, no...
It's settled then.
Huh?
Er Ye, hurry! Quickly go and take a look at Mo Ce!
See what the problem really is.
I heard that she was infected with a highly toxic poison!
Mo Ce.
Please don't touch her.
How is Mo Ce?
She encountered some things. Please don't be too anxious first.
Lao Ba has thought of a solution to save her.
Save her? Is her life in danger?
Not for the time being, but the situation is not optimistic.
Don't be afraid.
We will do our utmost to help her wake up.
That's right, Sister-in-Law. With Ba Ye and Fo Ye here,
I think you don't need to be too worried.
You're not embarrassed to say this? My cousin only moved to Changsha because of you.
But when she was missing, where were you?
I...
I treat Dr. Mo like my own younger sister.
I don't want anything to happen to her either.
Er Ye, you and Xinyue stay here to accompany her.
I and Lao Ba will go look for the antidote.
Oh right, Er Ye. Our Xiao Man has gone back to his hometown.
Can I trouble you to prepare some hot water for me?
When we bring Wu Ye's dog back, we'll perform the surgery immediately.
- Okay. - Thank you for all your help.
[Wu Manor]
- Fo Ye, you are here. - I'm looking for your Head of the Household to help me in some matters.
Okay. Fo Ye. Ba Ye. This way, please.
- Please take a seat first, and drink some tea. I'll go inform the Head of the Household. - Okay.
Ba Ye, what's wrong with you?
My stomach...
The moment I ask you for help, things start to go wrong.
Fo Ye, I naturally want to help you.
But my stomach is not living up to expectations!
- What are you staring at? Quickly show me where the toilet is! - This way!
Come, Ba Ye! This way, please.
Little Wu, recently, I've strengthened the equipment of the guards in the army.
As it so happens, we are selecting some military working dogs.
But I don't understand much about military working dogs. So, I wish to seek your advice about it.
Fo Ye,
although dogs are animals, they understand human nature very well.
The dogs I choose might not obey your commands.
Since this is the case, why don't you take a trip with me to the military camp?
I'll get the soldiers out, and you can teach them.
As for Lao Ba, I think it's okay if we don't call him along.
Good, Fo Ye.
Take good care of Qi Ba Ye.
Fo Ye, please.
I feel much better now.
- Quickly, show me the way. - Ba Ye, this way, please.
[Walking in Virtue]
- Ba Ya, please have some tea. - Okay, okay.
There's nothing else for the few of you here. Please carry on with your work.
I'll just sit here and drink my tea, and wait for them to come back.
At the same time, I can also take a nap.
- If all of you are around, it's inconvenient for me. - Okay, Ba Ye.
- Go! Go! - Then, Ba Ye, if you need anything, please call us.
Okay. Go! Go do your work!
Imagine searching everywhere for it,
only to find it where I least expected it!
Ba Ye, what are you doing here?
I heard this dog barking in a peculiar manner.
So, I followed his barks and came over here.
I never expected a dog so thin and weak
to be able to bark so loudly.
Ba Ye, we feed this dog well.
But it just won't grow stronger.
Having heard it bark, I don't feel sleepy anymore.
Carry on with your work. I'll play with it for a while, and at the same time relieve my boredom.
Okay, Ba Ye. Please do as you wish.
Okay.
Good boy.
You are Wu Ye's beloved dog. I won't let anything go wrong with you.
I come today with the hope that you'll make the trip with me.
This is for the sake of saving that Dr. Mo.
If not for the fact that a human life is beyond value, I wouldn't have thought of such a bad plan, right?
Since you are not talking, I take it that you agree to it.
Ba Ye, your tea is cold. Shall I change a new pot for you?
No need. My stomach is still not well. I reckon I must have caught a cold.
Oh right! When Fo Ye and Wu Ye return, please tell them that
I've gone back first.
Then, Ba Ye, do you want me to send you back?
No need. I might need to relieve myself on the way back.
You'll just be getting in the way if you follow me. Right? I'll leave now.
Ba Ye, please take care.
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Dr. Mo can be saved now.
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Be good. It will be fine. I won't hurt you. Don't worry.
Ba Ye,
in my many years of practicing medicine, I never heard of using dogs as medicine.
You are...
Dr. Mo, you misunderstood.
How could I do anything to a well-behaved dog like this?
It's a spiritual creature. It understands humans very well.
Fo Ye, there's something you don't know.
Dogs have gallstones, and this gallstone
is the best medicine for Dr. Mo's illness.
Dog's gallstone? Isn't that a formed stone inside a dog's body?
It can be used as a medicine, but as an antidote...
Dr. Mo, just be at ease. Believe me.
Fine.
Fo Ye, let me tell you.
That the reason this dog is so thin
is because its gallstones are tormenting it.
If we're able to remove his gallstones,
isn't that equivalent to saving its life?
I've done similar surgeries. I believe I can safely get it out.
That's good. If anything bad happens to this dog,
I really don't know how we'll explain it to Little Wu.
Fo Ye, you're right.
I don't know if Er Ye and Madam are done with the preparations.
Don't be afraid. It will be all right.
Dr. Mo, my house is a bit simple.
See what else is missing and I'll go prepare it for you.
These are enough.
What are you people doing?
You'll know later.
Madam, it's like this. Later,
Dr. Mo will take out this dog's gallstones
and then put it inside her filled bathtub where she will soak for half an hour.
The poison inside Dr. Mo might slowly disappear.
By then, I have to trouble Madam to take good care of Dr. Mo.
Is this the effective method you're talking about?
Yes.
Dr. Mo, can your body take it?
Okay. Let's not waste time then and start now.
Mo Ce.
Old Ba, nothing bad will happen. Right?
Er Ye, be at ease.
Nothing will happen.
Endure it a little more.
Madam! Madam! Is Dr. Mo all right?
She's fine. The dog's gallstone is working.
Mo Ce...
Mo Ce!
Mo Ce.
How come there's no more sound?
Madam, what's going on?
How come there's suddenly no sound?
She... couldn't take it and has fainted.
Mo Ce...
How is Mo Ce?
She's fine. She's just tired from the detoxification and fell asleep.
Madam, it's getting late. You all hurry and go home.
Let us give Dr. Mo some peace during her recuperation.
I'll stay behind to take care of her.
It's better that I stay instead.
- Right. - Oh, right. Don't forget to take that dog back.
Huh? I stole it and I'll be the one to return it?
Right. Go return it. Let's go.
Hey, Fo Ye!
[Auspicious Precious Place]
That, your old dog...
I found it.
Have someone come out here and carry it inside.
I still have to attend to some affairs, so I'll get going now.
Quickly, come out.
My god, Laogou, you scared me.
How come a dog breeder like you acts like a cat, walking without any sound?
Oh, right. Why must you take the back door when you have a front door?
Old dog, our main gate is opened but you didn't go in there.
Why must you take this door?
Don't you ever learn your lesson?
Got stolen by a thief now?
Do you know how worried I was when you left?
I'm talking to you.
Yes. That... who's so bad?
How could he steal even a cute dog like this?
Right? Totally evil.
You've gotten thinner.
Look. You've gotten thinner.
Did the thief not serve you well?
Don't worry. I'll remember this grudge.
One day, I'll make that bastard pay.
That dog thief is really so inhumane!
Old Wu, continue comforting your dog. I'll get going first.
Ba Ye,
you delivered my old dog back.
I haven't thanked you yet.
Look at what you're saying.
We're brothers of the Mystic Nine Families.
If you thank me, that's acting like a stranger.
Your dog is my dog.
If I see you anxious, I'll also be restless.
- Right? - Good!
Your acting is getting better.
If you continue with it, you'll surpass Er Ye.
Old dog, if it wasn't Ba Ye who stole you,
bark once.
People lie,
but my dog never lies.
Old Wu, you can really joke. This dog...
Old Wu, look. The moon tonight is so full.
I suddenly remembered something. I have an agreement with Jiu Ye to play chess today.
I still have to do something, so I'll take my leave.
Old dog, you have the best sense of smell. You can find the thief.
Take your brothers with you and let's go tear him up to pieces.
Old Wu, why are you like this?
Your dog has already returned safe and sound.
Why must you still pull him out and expose him to the harsh wind and sun? What if he gets cold?
Ba Ye,
if someone steals your life,
will you be able to swallow this anger?
Fine. Fine. I admit it.
I took the dog,
but... it wasn't my idea.
I'm just an errand boy.
- Think about it. Fo Ye was here, too, that day. - Don't mention Fo Ye!
It was you! You had a fight with me last time and couldn't get over it,
so you stole my dog! Am I right?
- I really am being falsely accused! - What falsely accused?
Is it my fault that you couldn't win an argument with me? Is it this dog's fault?
If you want to vent your anger, do it with me. Why must you vent it on this dog?
- What kind of human are you?! - This...
You've worked with Fo Ye for so long, you still don't know to think things through?
- Old Wu, I'm apologizing for it. - Don't!
Don't apologize to me!
Tell it to him! If he can forgive you, I will drop this!
- What? Are you saying it or not? Say it! - No, I...
I'll apologize. That...
Old dog, sorry.
Be more sincere.
Be more sincere in apologizing.
Old dog, sorry.
When I invited you out, didn't I already explain it?
I did it for the cousin-in-law of Fo Ye.
- Right? - Hey.
Why are you implicating Dr. Mo here?
Old Wu, it's a long story.
But going back to it, you have to thank me this time.
If not because I took out the gallstones of your dog,
he would be on the brink of death now.
You operated on my dog and you didn't even tell me?!
You even allowed him to be exposed in the cold this long?
- You asshole. Really... - How could you be blaming me?
- Okay. Let's go home. - It's not that I didn't want to tell you. You...
You didn't give me a chance to talk. You said that this dog is your life. You then...
The first patient is a fishmonger who came back from Dongting Lake.
His co-villagers said that he started showing symptoms upon returning.
- Dongting Lake? - Right.
It's not far from Heiqiao Village.
Fo Ye!
- What is it? - Fo Ye.
- Did something happen to Mo Ce? - No.
She has Er Ye taking care of her. She is so contented.
- Why are you here then? - I...
I discovered clues on the location of the third meteorite.
- Where? - How would I know?
Did you come here to joke with me?
No. Although I don't know the exact location yet,
it's all thanks to Dr. Mo risking her life to bring us info.
I was wondering why the characters in that ancient text were so familiar.
Last night, I researched it. It's an ancient village language.
It means that the third meteorite is in Heiqiao Village.
And the Japanese are quite active near Heiqiao Village.
The poison that Mo Ce got also came from Heiqiao.
Those Japanese must be targeting the third meteorite.
You mean...
Military train 076.
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They're doing secret experiments.
Could it be they all died
because of those experiments? But if this matter is true,
then the ones suffering will eventually be the citizens of Changsha.
♫ 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 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 ♫