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[The Mystic Nine]
[Episode 46]
The Japanese are doing grand movements
just to look for the meteorite under the mining mountain. They want to use it for their secret experiments.
We racked our brains blowing up the mine
and brought the meteorite back to the Zhang family.
And we thought everything was settled then.
I never expected that they would still be looking for the meteorite.
That's to say...
it is highly possible they found the third meteorite.
Wrong. Even though the disease is contagious,
it is not fatal. This isn't their style.
There is only one possibility.
They have not yet succeeded in their experiments to create a virus using the meteorite.
But in the process of creating it, it was accidentally leaked out.
The people from Heiqiao Village deliberately looked for a fortune teller
to spin a tale of it being a sign from God to confuse the villagers.
This is because they are afraid of the matter of them creating the disease would be discovered.
Correct.
The disease spread from Dongting Lake.
The people from Heiqiao Village probably conducted their experiments to create the disease there.
We mustn't waste any more time. Tomorrow morning, Lieutenant and I will make a trip to Dongting Lake.
You'll wait for our news in Changsha.
Changsha can't be left unguarded.
Okay, Fo Ye, be rest assured.
♫ 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 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 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 ♫
[Based on the novel "The Mystic Nine" by Nanpai Sanshu]
[The Mystic Nine]
The people from the Mystic Nine Families realized that
the Japanese who had been searching for the meteorite all this while would not let the matter rest.
If they found out that the meteorite is in the Heiqiao and Beiqiao villages,
they would definitely renew their search efforts and come back again.
The moment the meteorite falls into the hands of the Japanese,
the consequences will be disastrous.
Looks like this place has not been affected yet.
Let's check carefully again.
- Boss, I'd like two portions of this. - Okay.
Why are your fish and prawns so small? Are you trying to cheat outsiders like us?
I wouldn't dare to. I caught these from the rear mountain.
It's really not bad now to be able to catch such big fish and prawns.
Why don't you go to fish at Dongting Lake?
We won't be able to eat the fish from Dongting Lake anymore.
- Here. - Okay.
Boss, pack all these fish for me. Keep the change.
I want to ask if you have some more fish?
Sir, with one look and I can see that you're a sensible person.
- I have no more fish. What I have is all here. It is too difficult to fish now. - All right. Thank you.
- I'll pack them for you. - Okay.
Brother, I want to ask you something. We want to buy some fish.
- Besides this place, are there other places selling fish, too? - Buy fish?
I'd advise you to go back. Don't stay any longer near Dongting Lake.
Here, you won't be able to buy even a single fish.
We heard that in Dongting Lake, the fish business has always been very good. Why has it become this way now?
You don't know anything? I just heard this from other people, too.
It is rumored that a batch of Japanese just got here.
- Japanese? - Yes. The Japanese took control of the entire lake.
The fishermen are unable to fish, so naturally, you are not able to buy any fish, either.
Say, outsiders like us can buy fish from other places if we can't get it here.
Look at these fishermen.
Their livelihood depends on the fish from Dongting Lake.
Now, this is great! What are they going to live on? It's all because of the Japanese!
Thank you. Thank you.
Looks like we have come to the right place. As expected, the Japanese are here.
Fo Ye, what should we do now?
Surely they are trying to conceal something if they are sealing off the lake. Let's go inquire discreetly first.
Fo Ye, there's a guesthouse over there.
We should be able to find out some things if we go there.
Boss, we'll come back later to collect it. Okay?
Okay, no problem at all. I'll wait for you. Take care.
[Yunlai Guesthouse]
Boss, we want to stay here. We want the best room.
Welcome!
One look at the both of you and I can see that you're not ordinary vendors.
You are not here to deal in the fish business, right? Are you here to hunt for treasures?
We indeed came to hunt for treasures.
As to the specific treasures, we still need you to direct us.
You have asked the right person!
This...
My apologies! Thank you! It's like this.
Hear me out. A while ago,
the Japanse salvaged a sunken boat from Dongting Lake.
At that time, the Japanese sealed off Dongting Lake so tightly no one could get near.
No one saw what the boat looked like.
But I heard there's something very valuable on the boat!
Fo Ye, could it be the meteorite?
Then, where is the boat?
The boat? It was transferred away a long time ago.
Transferred to where?
The boat... can't be found anymore.
If both of you are interested, I could bring you to
take a look at the ice bunker where the fishermen store their fish.
It is rumored that many people found treasures there.
Okay.
[Changsha City] [Protect Our Home. Defend Our Country]
[Divine Strategy. Shrewd Calculation] [Buy One. Predict One]
The porridge is here. Come, Dr. Mo, quickly eat it while it's hot.
Thank you.
This is great! You are able to eat something at last.
That's right, Dr. Mo. You really caused our Er Ye to be so worried these last two days.
If you still didn't recover, he would have torn our house down!
Ba Ye, you're joking again. But this porridge
is well cooked. It's delicious.
Don't belittle the simple task of cooking porridge.
There is much knowledge behind it!
It's good you have the appetite. Please eat more.
Lao Ba, where has Fo Ye gone to recently?
Fo Ye? He has gone to Dongting Lake with Lieutenant Zhang.
Gone to Dongting Lake? What are they doing there?
They found some clues. It seems that Dr. Mo's illness
originated from Dongting Lake.
Furthermore, this matter is related to the Japanese.
- Is that really so? - Yes!
Er Ye, do you still remember
the meteorite in Qin Wuzi's tomb?
It seems the Japanese have gotten hold of the third piece!
Did Fo Ye only bring Lieutenant Zhang along with him?
Yes.
Dr. Mo is now slowly getting better. I'll leave her with you.
Huh?
Er Ye, where are you going?
This matter is related to the meteorite. It must be exceedingly dangerous.
Fo Ye has gone there by himself. I have no peace of mind at all. I must go and help him.
- Er Ye. Er Ye! You... are going to look for Fo Ye? - Er Ye, please be careful!
Er Ye!
That way.
Boss, why is the ice bunker on the mountain?
Both of you don't know anything about this.
This ice bunker is a great miracle of Dongting Lake.
There's a cave on top of the mountain. It comes naturally with air-conditioning!
It is extremely shady and cold in there. Later, the fishermen discovered the cave.
- They began to keep their fish and prawns in there. - I see.
We are almost there.
We're here. This is the place.
Please look around the place yourselves. I'll take my leave now.
Thank you for your hard work.
- That... Okay! - Here. Thank you for your hard work.
Thank you! Thank you! Okay!
Fo Ye, is this boss reliable?
He just wants the money. He is not a threat to us.
On the way up here just now, I saw many footprints and fish scales.
Let's go take a look first, and see if there's anything inside that we might need to investigate.
Okay.
Fo Ye, looks like these are all the prawns and crabs stored by the fisherman.
These things have probably been kept here for a long time.
Looks like the fishermen in this place really did not catch any fish.
No wonder we didn't see any fishermen on the way here.
There is no peace in the country. The people have no way of making a living.
As long as those Japanese don't leave, our people would not be able to hold their heads up.
What the fish vendor told me today filled me with much shame.
Fo Ye, you must never speak in this manner.
- Who's that? - I'm Cuicui.
Where did you come from?
The fishing village at the foot of the mountain.
Why are you here?
I came here to play.
Sir, it's too cold inside this cave.
Dare I ask for a cup of wine to drink?
But at this age, you should not be drinking wine. You should be drinking water instead.
This item is really beautiful.
Sir, can I exchange this item with this pair of earrings?
Fo Ye, from the material this item is made of, it probably belongs to Heiqiao Village.
Cuicui, where did you get this item from?
What is so fantastic about this item? I have many of them.
Many of them?
Sir, if you are interested, you can come with me.
Okay.
Cuicui, why did you keep your things in such a hidden place?
Sir, how could I display my treasures in the open?
Am I not waiting for other people to steal them?
- It's right in front. - Where are we going?
Of course, to a place where other people can't know about.
Sir, just come with me.
Okay.
Come, take a look.
- Take a look! - Walk past, but don't miss it!
- Treasures from a sunken boat! - Treasures from a sunken boat!
Sir, take a look at these.
Sir, you have good judgment!
This is a rare bangle.
An item as complete like this is hard to find in a sunken boat.
Is the sunken boat you mention the same one which the Japanese salvaged?
Yes. That's the one.
- How did you manage to get near the sunken boat? Wasn't it transferred out by the Japanese? - No,
are you going to buy it or now? If you're not buying, don't hold up my business.
Cuicui, you brought this person here. Keep a close watch over him.
Brother Li, you do have a short temper.
Sir, let's go look at other places.
- Okay. - Little imp!
Sir, the rules in this place state that you can only buy and not ask any questions. So, please don't ask about anything.
If we're not allowed to ask, it just means that something is wrong with all these things.
Fo Ye, all these items look very ordinary.
They don't seem to be related to the meteorite in any way.
I have everything! Authentic goods at decent prices!
Take a look! Walk past, but don't miss them! Come, have a look!
I have bangles of all styles and shapes.
- Come, choose anything you like. - Fo Ye, what are you doing?
Since they are unwilling to tell us,
we'll just buy all of these.
I'd rather buy a thousand wrong items than allow one to get away from us.
- Which of these do you want? - We'll take all of them. - Okay.
Here. Keep the change.
Cuicui, come, this is for you.
- Thank you, Boss. - You're welcome.
Sirs, you are really generous.
So many things!
Actually, we can be even more generous,
since we are not interested in these items and only want to know where they came from.
Sir, are you curious to know where the sunken boat is?
This is a really big secret.
The people in the village depend on it for their livelihood.
Cuicui, we have no other intentions.
We just want to know where the sunken boat is. We won't hurt anyone.
This is too big a matter. I can't tell you about it.
I can't take your money either.
Perhaps, someone else could tell you.
But it'll be very dangerous.
Thank you.
There's a guesthouse at the eastern end of the village.
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Fo Ye, we have waited the whole night.
There's not even a single sound. Could that little girl have deceived us?
Already so late. Who is it?
Who is it?
It's your good luck we did not kill you. Quickly go!
- Arrange some top-quality rooms for us! - Yes, yes, yes!
This way, please.
This place is messy with too many people. Perhaps, Shi Huaichan's men might even be here.
- Be alert, all of you! - Yes!
This is Hei Shi, the leader of Heiqiao Village.
Since the great battle between Baiqiao and Heiqiao Villages, Hei Shi had been missing.
I never expected that he would suddenly appear here.
Looks like after Hei Shi lost, he sought refuge with the Japanese. Let's go take a look.
Come. This way, please.
All of you, listen carefully.
Nothing must go wrong with this affair of ours.
- Have you remembered it? - Yes!
Leader, please rest a while first. I'll send someone to find out more about the situation.
- Go do it quickly. - Yes!
The voices are too soft. I can't hear clearly.
Yes, I can't hear too clearly, too.
What's wrong?
- Boss, I think there's someone. - Search the place!
- I would rather kill wrongly than let anyone off! - Yes!
You took so long to open the door. Don't you want to live anymore?
No, I wouldn't dare to!
We have been hurrying on our journey the whole day and have not eaten anything.
Get your chef to prepare some nice food for us.
At this hour...
Please wait for a moment. Come, this way, please.
Sir, please have a seat. I'll get them to prepare the food for you now.
- Sit. - Thank you. - Thank you.
You Japanese, don't be so particular about these things.
When you enter a village, just follow the local customs. Whatever things I do, you just follow suit.
Boss Chen, you act really fast!
No matter how fast I am, I'm still not faster than you, Leader Hei Shi.
This is, after all, something which belongs to our Heiqiao Village.
We will definitely pay more attention to it.
That's right. This item belongs to Heiqiao.
But I'm afraid Leader Heiqiao can no longer protect it, right?
Otherwise, why would Tanaka Ryouko send me over to help?
What are you talking about?
- What do you think I'm talking about? - You...
Please, both of you, don't get angry.
Both of you are our friends. Right now, our important affairs are within sight.
Let's focus on the important matters first.
I never expected that Chen Pi would be really involved in this matter.
He has joined the Japanese.
Could this object which they mentioned be related to the meteorite?
Do you think we can set out now?
Let's go. We'll keep a close watch over them.
[Sifang Guesthouse]
Fo Ye, they've gone inside.
We'll go in, too.
Fo Ye, there're Japanese at the entrance. What should we do?
We seem to have been here in the past.
The ice bunker where we met Cuicui is just beside us. Let's go in and take a look first.
- Okay. - Let's go.
Who's that?
It's me, Cuicui.
What are you doing here?
Have you all not come here to play? Why are you disallowing me to come?
Cuicui, let me ask you this.
Do you know there's a cave nearby which is being guarded by the Japanese?
Obediently tell it to us. We followed the clues you gave us
and trailed the Japanese all the way here from the guesthouse.
You definitely know what's inside, right?
There is a huge ice bunker behind this.
All the fishermen entered through there
to loot the treasures from the sunken boat.
That's to say, the sunken boat is in there. Am I right?
Yes. The Japanese hid the sunken boat here.
But I don't know why they insist on freezing it.
It's just like... they are storing something, right?
Is there anyone else who knows about this matter?
Many fishermen know about this.
At first, everyone just wanted to make this ice bunker bigger,
to store more fish and prawns, so they secretly bore a cave.
They never expected to find the sunken boat there.
Later, the fishermen secretly took some of the goods on the sunken boat out to be sold for money.
Thank you.
Okay.
This is for you.
Quickly take it. Take it.
Go home now. Be careful.
Thank you, Sir.
She is also a child with a hard life. Only when we have driven the Japanese out from this place
can the fishermen regain their livelihood.
Fo Ye, what you said is right.
Let's go.
Fo Ye, I can't see anything unusual.
Could they have transferred the item inside the boat?
The formidable power of this virus is no small matter.
How is it? It's been frozen for so many days. Can this thing be used?
It has matured.
It is sufficient to be developed into Heiqiao Village's most lethal virus.
Fo Ye, this doesn't seem to be the meteorite.
What are they using to concoct the poison?
No matter what they are using to concoct the poison,
we can't let them off.
This way, we can use it to kill more people!
There are so many of them. I'm afraid we are at a disadvantage.
Why don't I go back and get more men?
We can't do that. Just look at Chen Pi's revolting behavior.
I'm sure he has been preparing for it for a long time.
Let's stay behind and see what they are really up to.
Who's that?
You stay guard here. The rest of you follow me!
Oh no, we've been tricked!
Although the cold air in this ice bunker is piercing the bones,
it didn't naturally form icicles.
The ice here would eventually melt.
I fear that the Japanese have been deliberately maintaining the temperature here
to conveniently develop their virus.
Say you, you're really a lazy person full of excuses.
It's more convenient to get treasures like this.
You don't understand anymore. Only if one is relaxed
can you be energetic in stealing treasures.
Let me tell you all. None of you are allowed to fight with me this time.
I didn't take that copper basin from you last time.
- You must let me have my way this time. - Don't worry. You choose first this time.
But let's move faster. We'll be opening shop by dawn.
- Okay. Don't worry. Brothers, let's go! - Go! Go!
I've let you all have the stuff I like.
- I'll let you all pick first, okay? - Sure!
Let's go.
The person who came is a great fighter.
Hei Shi,
I never thought that you'd die here.
That's good, too. I don't need to do it myself.
Boss, we've caught a few fishermen who came here to loot treasures.
- Looting? - Yes.
There are still some who escaped. They came here by digging a hole from another cave.
Looks like it has been happening for quite a while.
Those unruly citizens.
Boss, this place has been exposed. The Japanese asked us to take the treasure and immediately leave.
Why hasn't Fo Ye come out yet?
Fo Ye! Fo Ye!
Fo Ye!
Fo Ye?
Fo Ye! Fo Ye!
- Mister. - Xiao Cui? Why are you here? It's very dangerous.
Mister, your friend is outside. Please come with me.
- Friend? - Yes.
- Er Ye? - Fo Ye!
- What's wrong with Fo Ye? - Fo Ye and I fell into a trap of set by the Japanese inside the ice bunker.
Put Fo Ye down.
Er Ye, why did you come?
I heard from Old Ba that you two were here. I couldn't be at ease so I came.
Did you bump into Chen Pi?
Chen Pi is also here?
Right. Chen Pi has joined the Japanese.
Fo Ye and I thought that the Japanese were researching the meteorite inside the ice bunker.
But I never thought that it wasn't a meteorite. It's something else.
It's the Japanese again!
This is Cuicui. She's our guide.
Cuicui, thanks.
What's wrong?
These co-villagers were able to preserve their lives,
but my father has been killed by the Japanese!
This money is no longer useful to me.
I'm giving it back.
Take it first. You still have to live.
When I see this money,
I will only remember my dead father.
I'm a fisherman's daughter. I have my way of getting by.
May Mister just accept it.
Fo Ye...
What do we do, Er Ye?
Let's do this. I'll charge out and you find a chance to escape with Fo Ye.
No! Er Ye, it's too dangerous.
Yes, it's too dangerous.
Oh, right! we have a crude method.
Maybe, this mister will wake up from it.
What method?
Cuicui, will this method work?
Second Uncle Liu said that there was once a fisherman who froze inside the ice bunker.
They then used this method on him.
Great Zhang Fo Ye and Er Ye realized
that the Japanese never stopped searching for the meteorite this past year.
Under the assistance of Hendry Cox, they were one step ahead
in discovering that the meteorite was hiding in the territory of the Heiqiao and Baiqiao villages.
Their next step was to use the energy of the meteorite
to do their top secret experiments.
Er Ye, I initially thought
to destroy that virus-producing equipment.
But I never thought I would carelessly fall into their trap.
Fo Ye, no need to blame yourself. It's all thanks to you that everyone was saved.
Also, I was a bit out of demeanor last night.
Fo Ye, you're being too humble. The Zhang family of Dongbei is indeed very mysterious.
It opened my eyes.
It's hard to travel by bike ahead. Looks like we must walk.
Fo Ye, I've been in this swamp before. I'll lead the way.
Fo Ye, this seems to be the place.
Check the situation first.
Yes.
Hello. May I ask what you were doing?
We were praying to Heaven earlier to bless us with a good harvest, that there will be favorable weather every year.
- Let me ask something then. - Okay. - Have you seen someone as tall as me?
He seemed to have gone that way.
- That direction? - Yes.
Thanks.
Fo Ye, this is a Heiqiao festival. They were praying to the gods earlier.
Someone said that Chen Pi and his men went that way.
This place is full of Heiqiao people for it's their territory. Be careful later.
- Let's go. - Okay.
Those are all dead people.
During offering to the gods during a festival, must they use people as a sacrifice?
Er Ye, there's something you don't know. These tribe people prefer to return to nature once they die, so they are used to a tree burial.
Their corpses are very weird.
They didn't die from external injuries but from a sudden illness.
Were they poisoned?
Very possible. Look, their tonguea and glabellaa are dark.
Those are signs that appear after being poisoned.
Fo Ye, could they be experimental subjects of the Japanese?
We must stop them. Let's go.
Fo Ye, look.
Chen Pi must be inside.
The sky isn't dark yet. It's so easy for us to be noticed if we act now.
What you said is so right. Let's wait for nighttime.
Look at these.
Could a plague have happened here? Let's go inside.
Okay.
How come the coffin here is smaller than the others?
Fo Ye, I seemed to have seen a coffin like this.
When I helped Chieftain bury her son before,
I'd seen this kind of coffin in a cave at their sacred tree.
But the Heiqiao people stole it.
I feel that these were the two coffins.
What could be the use of these two coffins to the Heiqiao people?
These two coffins might be the critical ingredient in the production of their virus,
but what does that have to do with the meteorite?
No matter what, if they are successful with the virus development, it will endanger the citizen of Changsha.
- Quickly return to Changsha. - Okay. What about you?
No time to care about that.
Fo Ye,
- you might need it. - Go now so you can return earlier.
Let's go.
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The third meteorite that fell in the vicinity of the Baiqiao and Heiqiao villages
caused a long term radiation effect on the coffins buried on top of the tree.
The Japanese coerced the Heiqiao people
to create a parasitic virus using the energy created by the radiation
and to do secret experiments.
♫ 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 ♫