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Guardians of the Ancient Oath
[This story is purely fictional.]
Episode 6
So,
how was your trip?
Don’t get me started.
It was freezing.
I almost
caught a cold.
Le City isn’t the capital.
The condition here is poor.
But your room
is already the best.
Really?
It’s the best?
I don’t know.
how long I can stay here.
I understand.
You’ve had a long way to come here.
Take a break for a few days.
Then we will talk about border defense.
The Lang people are preparing grasslands
to be used in winter.
I’ve also heard that
they are suffering from the pest outbreak.
So during the next few months,
they won’t
come to Li City to make trouble.
Uncle, you know me.
I can punch or kick others.
As for marching or fighting a battle
and construction of city defense,
I’m really not good at those things.
So here in Li City,
it’s all up to you.
Please just help me accomplish my task
so that I can report it to Her Highness.
It’s OK.
I’m tired after the long trip today.
I have to leave now. Thank you very much.
Fine. You need to reserve your strength.
In a few days,
let’s tour around the city.
Trade and business are flourishing in Li City.
There are also beauties of foreign genre.
Then I’ll be off now.
Let’s have fun
later then.
See you.
General, should we…
Baili Hongshuo,
the third son of Duke Pingyuan,
a bully in Ye City,
knows nothing but liquor and skittles.
He’s just a punk. We don’t need to be afraid.
Then you mean…
Just let him stay here with nothing to do.
Let him be.
This man
can do nothing.
This is a tough place.
In only a few months,
he will cry and run away.
For people like him,
it’s unnecessary for us to make a big fuss.
Get up.
One more.
Alright.
Have you learned that?
Yes.
Come on. It’s your turn.
OK.
Let’s begin.
You didn’t press tightly,
so I certainly get a chance to fight back.
Again.
OK. Come on.
Again?
Stop.
What are you doing?
He is rude to you.
I’m practicing with him.
Commander.
Bai Yi is teaching me martial arts.
Teaching him martial arts?
Yes. He is Hou Zhengze.
He is bent on
becoming the personal guard
of Commander Baili Hongshuo.
As a personal guard,
how could he don’t have
some skills?
I already have a personal guard.
It’s different.
Look.
After all, he is your first follower
attracted by your fame.
Don’t you grant an interview to him
and give him your hand?
What the hell are you doing?
Commander, I’m a useless person
without capability.
However, I will die for you.
I will follow all orders from you.
I’ll never disobey you.
OK. OK.
I…
You are brave and faithful.
You can leave now.
Commander…
Yes.
What’s under the hood?
What else can it be?
You have a loyal subordinate.
Isn’t it good?
I just saw you two
are destined.
Don’t bother.
OK. Let’s go.
How’s Hongshuo doing?
As you might expect,
He Yao did have made Youngest Master awkward.
It’s just a little trick.
Hongshuo can bear it.
Lang doesn’t take any actions at present.
But He Yao didn’t assign him
any important business
with the excuse
of knowing his way around first.
Hongshuo doesn’t need any military exploits now.
Let him learn to control his temper
while serving under He Yao.
It’s not a bad thing.
Send people to watch He Yao
in case he plays dirty.
I see.
Is Hongyi alright?
Hongshuo is taking care of her,
so she is fine.
Young Master,
should we bring her back?
No.
Things get complicated in Ye City.
Just let her stay in Li City.
Yes.
He’s internally wavering.
Tonight is a good opportunity.
So,
accomplish it at one go.
Do not fail again.
I will give you a hand.
Your magic is to control wood.
It’s hard to defeat fire.
Take this pill with you.
You won’t be hurt by roaring flame
within thirty minutes.
They won’t be killed by demons
easily.
They are stronger than the demons.
With such pure power,
they will attract more demons
gathering in Ye City.
This is just the beginning.
There will be more.
It’s the matter of the three.
Both you and I cannot change it.
Why is it so cold here?
What’s wrong?
What are you thinking about?
About border region garrisoning.
Did He Yao pick on you?
He Yao and I
grew up together in Ye City.
Making me feel awkward is not strange.
Since he took Hongxuan’s place
to defend Li City,
he has been
developing his own power.
Now he’s laid a good foundation.
I just arrived here.
But he has given me
several heavy blows.
I’m afraid things will get tougher in the future.
Are you scared?
If it were in Ye City,
I would defeat him
easily and quickly.
But now we are in Li City.
I’m not only the left cavalry commander,
but also represent
the Baili family.
If I am not careful enough,
he will have something on me.
At that time,
the whole family
will be implicated.
The relationship in Li City is complicated.
Except for He Yao,
there are also some other forces
from other states.
Except those from Yo,
there are people from Lang in the north
and minorities from all around.
They do business here
and have an intricate link
with tribes around.
Hongxuan told me to take precautions
against He Yao in Li City.
But I have no idea
what precautions should I take.
Don’t think too much.
I know you very well.
For you,
the harder the situation is,
the better you can do it.
Moreover,
people said that
brothers will fight against the tiger together,
father and son against the enemies together.
You got me.
Right.
Whenever
I cannot beat them,
I will let you bite them.
Let me bite them?
What do you mean?
Because you are like a dog.
Hey. You.
How could you call me a dog?
I’ll beat you.
What a bad guy!
Alright.
You are the best.
Please spare me.
Talking about these bite marks,
it’s you
who gave them to me.
I did that to help you learn a lesson.
You deserve it.
I don’t understand
how can your teeth
be sharper than weapons.
If they bully me next time,
you go bite them.
OK.
How about this?
I will use you to practice.
When I succeed,
if someone bullies you,
I will bite them to death. OK?
You like to be my elder brother
that much?
I don’t want to.
But I am older than you
and younger than Hongxuan.
If I have a choice,
I want to be the eldest brother.
If you were the eldest brother,
you would be much unrulier.
My Lihun Sword
is not a simple one.
What are you doing here?
Brandishing your sword at midnight,
do you have something in mind?
It’s late with heavy dew. You may catch a cold.
Marquis.
Yes?
I have something to tell you.
I’m listening.
It’s a demon
who attacked Hongyi that day.
You are spreading fallacies to mislead people.
Are you saying this
under anyone's instigation?
All that I said is true.
I’ve never instigated by others.
Do you know anyone
in the palace?
Do you mean Ling Jun?
Is she named Ling Jun?
I have no idea.
You can see Ling Jun?
If so,
I will tell you
all the details.
The person you saw
in the palace that day
is a demon too.
I’ve known her since I was young.
A demon?
Since you said she’s a demon,
then tell me
why she followed you to this place.
What does she do in the palace?
At the beginning,
I just thought
she was worrying about me.
But I don’t know
why she got into the palace.
You concealed it deliberately before.
But today,
why do you tell it to me?
Ling Jun told me
that there will be great changes in Baili family.
It’s all because of
you three.
I’m really worrying about you.
Nonsense.
How dare you fool me
with the nonsense about demons.
Is it Her Highness who asked you to do so?
Please do trust me.
I’m your wife.
I…
Don’t hurt him.
Who on earth are you?
Who do you think am I?
Did Her Highness send you here?
You don’t trust
what Jinyang said?
Baili Hongxuan,
you can’t defeat me.
What are you doing?
What a proud people
your husband is?
If he didn’t see it himself,
he wouldn’t believe it.
Marquis. I did this
for you and Princess.
Excuse me.
Marquis.
Jinyang.
Nothing is too strange in the world.
Baili Hongxuan.
I know
you are prone to suspicion.
Now you see with your own eyes.
Do you still not believe it?
I don’t believe it.
Where is this place?
You are good at using fire,
but not water.
Do you like this place?
It’s lonely here.
But it’s a good place.
You’ll be carefree here.
If I want,
you will be trapped
in this place forever.
What on earth is your magic?
Baili Hongxuan.
In order to fight against you,
I got an azoth on purpose
to resist the Spirit of Fire.
It seems I overestimated you.
You just need to remember one thing.
No matter what happened later on,
it’s all beyond your control.
And I’m here to help you.
You just need to believe me.
Mephitis in everywhere all over the natural world.
After mephitis disappears, it’s the spirit of nature.
Don’t try to escape.
You should be captured today.
Baili Hongxuan.
This is the real you.
Take a good look at it.
Don’t deceive yourself as well as others.
Puppet Magic.
Why are you in my way?
Who are you?
Demon Hunter, An Tingfeng.
Demon Hunter?
This is the most cunning demon.
I have chased her for a long time.
But she escaped every time.
I finally get a good chance today.
But you destroyed it.
Is she really a demon?
You have seen it clearly just now, haven’t you?
Can ordinary people
accomplish that?
Young Master.
Uh.
Young Master.
What’s wrong with Madam?
I heard some noise just now.
She might’ve caught a cold.
So she feels dizzy.
Madam is fine during the day time.
Mr. He, ask Wanxi to prepare some drugs
and send them to the rest room.
Yes.
Marquis.
Jinyang, are you OK?
Now it’s time for you to tell me
the story about the demon.
It’s a story
happened when I was eight.
At that time,
all people thought I was crazy.
My family took me
to everywhere for medicine and treatment.
I almost tasted all kinds of medicine.
Nobody trusted me.
They considered me as a freak
from hell.
Father came to see me less.
Mother just cried every time when she saw me.
Actually, Ling Jun
is a leaf of ginkgo.
Since ancient times, there has been a ginkgo
neighboring our house.
I can see the demon since I was little.
I’ve been treated with disdain and bias.
But Ling Jun has never
hurt any people.
She has always taken good care of me.
So I’m sort of her friend.
Later,
I came to Ye City from Liaodong
because I hope I can
make a thorough break
from the past.
I don’t want to have any relationship
with demons.
So I didn’t tell you the details.
Do you know a demon hunter?
Never.
Since I was young,
in order to treat me,
father has looked for all demon hunters
throughout Liaodong.
Most of them
were swindlers.
Just a very few
were competent.
About this,
don’t ever mention it to anyone else.
Otherwise, they may misunderstand you again.
Young Master, the medicine is ready.
You can leave now.
Mr. He.
Jinyang need to take a break because of illness.
From now on,
ask people to guard outside.
No one is allowed
to contact Jinyang.
Yes, Young Master.
You can go now.
Who’s that?
I’m Tao Shen
Younger Master, Miss.
I’m here to give you a letter.
It’s from Hongxuan.
Thank you.
He lied.
Smell it.
Liquor?
To my younger brother.
A rumor about demons has been spread in Ye City.
It started from my wedding.
They said there were demons in the world.
The world is filled with the unknown.
I thought it’s a plan of the Hes.
After investigating it for some time,
I didn’t expect the truth is more complicated
than the prospection.
I’m afraid there might be someone
who wants to cause turbulence with rumors.
Some demons tried to bewitch people.
You’d better be careful.
Demons?
What does it mean?
He didn’t say it clearly.
Hongyi.
Do you think there is a demon in the world?
There are many things
mysterious in the world.
Most of them are monkey business.
About demons,
it sounds like
people are lying to themselves.
It’s unreliable.
But matters related to demons
have been recorded in many ancient books.
Similar things happened
in the past.
Maybe the thing about demons
is not just a false tale.
It’s late now.
Hurry and go to sleep.
There are things to do tomorrow.
General.
Look.
Last time when we came here,
the spring is dry.
It seems the water vain of the lower reaches
of Qianling Lake has changed its way.
There you are.
Let’s go out to have fun.
Where to?
Since we came to Li City,
we’ve stayed in the camp every day
and never gone out once.
OK.
Since I have time today,
I will take you out.
Don’t talk tall.
I’m more familiar with Li City than you.
Come on.
Are you hurt?
Are you worried?
You shouldn’t have lost since you have the azoth.
He’s truly powerful.
Does it look good?
Thank you.
Enough?
Yes.
Thank you.
Hongshuo.
Beauty.
Hongyi.
Let’s go.
[Tayun House]
I didn’t expect there is a Tayun House
in Li City.
It seems He Yao
hasn’t done anything good here.
Let’s go in and have a look.
Welcome. What would you like?
A pot of liquor. The finest one.
OK. No problem.
Please take a seat.
You have agreed
to let me drink as much as I can today.
Looking at your capacity,
are you afraid I can’t afford it?
Tell me, who was the one
without enough money
when we went to Tayun House for the first time?
It was your fault.
You played a drinking game with me.
We drank from 1 p.m. to 11 p.m.
So much liquor,
it almost cost all my money.
You didn’t know,
at that time,
Hongxuan got seriously mad
when he went there to pay for the drinks.
Miss. Sir. Please enjoy.
Here.
Thank you.
It was because I fell asleep.
You even told it to Hongxuan.
Hadn’t you
forced the opera performers
to play magic tricks for you,
we wouldn’t have been caught.
To be honest,
it was all because of you
being out of your mind that day
that every time when I saw The Book of Rites,
I couldn’t lift my arm up.
You are so mean.
Mind your tongue. Otherwise, Hongxuan
may ask you to copy it for another 100 times.
Are you blaming me?
Hongshuo.
Hongyi.
He Yao.
I am a person
doesn’t care about unnecessary
and overelaborate formalities that much.
However,
I’m your uncle.
You shouldn’t call me by the name.
Sorry. Uncle.
You deserve the reputation
of top one
at liquor and skittles.
You’ve found the best place here
right after you came here.
Look at it.
I built this Tayun House. How’s it?
Once I saw the place,
I know it’s your work.
Everything here
is almost the same
as that Tayun House in Ye City.
Speaking of entertainment,
you are the top one worthy of the name.
If you said so,
I really should
drink with you.
What a pity!
I had a date today.
Next time,
when your second elder brother
is not with us,
we can drink as you wish.
Why are you talking about my second elder brother
in a sudden?
Every time when we played in Ye City,
it’s your second elder brother
whom nobody knows whether it’s a he or she
makes trouble.
Her Highness has betrothed a girl to Hongxuan.
How about your elder sister?
Who will marry her?
It’s so unlucky
for anybody who marries her.
You are missing her so much.
Is it because she beat you
and you had to hide
behind the stage
and dared not to come out
last time when we drank together?
How is it possible?
As your uncle,
of course I won’t
be so petty
in front of you kids.
Yes. You are right.
I…
If I were too petty,
I would be laughed at.
I have to get in.
What are you doing?
Take good care of him.
OK. OK.
Enjoy your meal.
It’s on me.
OK.
Free drinks? I will be glad to enjoy them.
Aren’t you angry
with what he said?
I don’t care
what others think.
In addition,
I just think of
people like He Yao
as a barking dog.
Whether I’ll get married or not,
it’s none of his business.
Moreover,
any girl who will marry him
is really
the unlucky one.
Anyway, whether you are mad or not,
he shouldn’t talk about you like that.
Yes.
We people of Baili family
can’t be treated like this.
Some drinks are not enough.
[Inn]
General Wanqi.
At times like this,
the less we meet, the better.
Now everything is ready.
We are waiting for Yi Jiumo.
General, it seems
you don’t worry at all.
I’ve sent some reliable people
to find him.
When can you find him?
General, I’ve been careful enough.
All preparations are made in secret.
But not all the things in Baize
are up to me alone.
I’m afraid
that cunning fox
has known everything.
I’m at the point of no return.
I can’t stop anymore.
If you just keep delaying
the matter
of finding Yi Jiumo,
I’m afraid all my plans
will be in vain.
At that time, I have to gamble
and fight against Bai Nuo.
I promise.
Bai Nuo won’t hurt you.
Why?
I have my way.
You are a serious person.
I believe you must have a plan B.
It’s just because I don’t know
what your plan is.
Many years ago,
Duke Pingyuan of Yo, Baili Haoyuan
killed hundreds of people of Baize.
Masters including Bai Nuo
reached an agreement
that anybody who catches Duke Pingyuan
can use his blood for ancestor worship.
And he will become the leader of Baize.
But Duke Pingyuan has been dead.
Baili Hongshuo, son of Duke Pingyuan
is now in Li City.
If we can catch
Baili Hongshuo,
do you think Bai Nuo can still hurt you?
At that time,
it’s you who catch Baili Hongshuo.
Nobody in Baize
dares to be against you.
But he is in Li City.
It belongs to Yo.
How can I catch him?
So? You have cold feet?
Young Master,
these are some ancient books
I found in the storage.
Thank you.
Young Master.
Why are you interested in it?
Just want to have a look.
Mr. He, how’s my wife?
Princess has been staying in the room.
It’s the maids
who bring her meals every day.
Everything is normal.
I see.
Thank you, Mr. He.
Yes.
It’s said ladies from the west are beauties.
They deserve the reputation.
Beauty, I’m coming.
Beauty.
Beauty,
drink with me.
What are you doing?
Fight.
OK.
Nevertheless,
he’s a general.
I think it’s enough.
No.
We are doing a god deed.
So we must leave some trace.
What trace?
One more stroke.
Add the mouth.
How’s it?
It needs a tail. Tail.
I will use this.
Come on. Don’t wait until he wakes up.
Let’s go.
Hurry.
Marquis.
Why don’t you eat?
Wanxi, you can leave now.
Yes, Madam.
Marquis,
you still don’t trust me?
It’s so strange and unusual.
How could I believe you easily?