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Guardians of the Ancient Oath
[This story is purely fictional.]
Episode 22
When Duke Pingyuan, Baili Haoyuan,
fought with Lang
in Li City,
he adopted you.
Do you remember
who you related parents are?
What do you want?
You invited me to drink,
and now you are asking about my family?
Aren’t you curious
about your family?
I don’t remember
who my parents are.
But I remember clearly
who my enemy is.
It’s Lang.
It were you people
who killed my parents.
Are you sure
that you remember it clearly?
What do you mean?
Is what you remember
what you saw or
what you were told?
What do you want to say?
Everything you know
is told by Baili Haoyuan.
Of course he could lie about it.
My father would never lie to me.
Father?
You Lang people
are inhumane.
Of course you don’t know
what is family affection.
I’ll prove to you that
what Baili Haoyuan told you are all lies.
My father was above board all his life.
You can’t say such thing against him.
However,
what he said
doesn’t seem to be complete lies.
Ming Yefeng,
what on earth do you mean?
You don’t have to say that to provoke me.
You Lang people
are mean and heartless.
I won’t believe
a word of what you say.
OK.
You don’t have to believe me.
But, don’t you want to know
who the murderer is?
I do.
When I know it,
I will kill him myself
to revenge for my parents.
Good.
This is the boarder
between Yo and Lang.
You can think back to that.
Here, cheers.
Please.
OK.
Cheers.
General Minglai, this is really a good wine.
Yes.
You are good at drinking.
Why is General Wanqi not here?
Doesn’t he know
that today is the Beginning of Spring,
and every leader should be here?
Your Majesty,
General Wanqi just got a beauty.
Maybe they are
celebrating for it now.
What beauty?
It’s a long story
about that beauty.
What General Wanqi has done recently
is really surprising and amazing.
He used Qianshan Order
to gather Youwu,
then he took in
an unidentified man
and kept him in the barracks.
It’s really out of place.
Sir, you don’t know.
The unidentified man
you said
is a girl in man’s dress actually.
But she is different from
the fierce woman here.
She is a mild one
from the south.
Sir, don’t think too much.
By the way,
it’s really surprising
that General Wanqi could have Qianshan Order.
I wonder if it’s Your Majesty’s order.
The Youwu people live in the deep desert.
Their actions are unpredictable.
If they are our enemy,
we will always
be worried and wary of them.
If they are our friends,
we will be like a tiger with wings.
It’s our bliss that General Wanqi
has Qianshan Order in hands.
Your Majesty is right.
But if General Wanqi is already
able to order
the mysterious Youwu,
why didn’t he report it to Your Majesty?
After all,
only Your Majesty
is worthy of
the only hero on the grassland.
It all thanks to Your Majesty
that he can get the Qianshan Order.
So,
General Wanqi should hand in
the Qianshan Order right away.
Yes, that’s right.
I wonder
what you will hand in, Mr. Prime Minister.
Your Majesty, I got something to deal with.
Sorry, I’m late.
You’re in time.
Have a seat.
Your Majesty
has raised me up.
I’m willing to it even if
you want my life.
Prime Minister, are you satisfied now?
I’m just Prime Minister.
I’m not qualified
to talk about that.
We are all serving Your Majesty
faithfully.
But I wonder if what you did
amazingly recently
are also
serving His Majesty.
I’m too old
and silly to affirm it.
That’s so modest of you.
I’m just a military man.
I’m only good at wars.
As for serving His Majesty,
of course I’m worse than you
who is so considerate
and can do everything
so carefully.
You never let His Majesty worry.
Your Majesty,
it was my fault about the matter before.
Don’t mention it.
It’s the Beginning of Spring today.
Only happy things today.
Speaking of this,
it reminds me
of another happy matter.
What is that?
The grassland is wide.
Relatives married away from home
often can’t see each other all year round.
Therefore, the Beginning of Spring every year
is a good day
for our families to reunite.
General Wanqi married
his wife last year.
And now thanks to Your Majesty
that she can often see relatives.
Isn’t this
a really happy thing?
Greetings, Your Majesty.
That I can continue to serve as the head of Baize
is a generous reward from Your Majesty.
I’m really grateful.
May Your Majesty unify the desert
as the mighty bow.
May the coming year be blessed
and the grace of Your Majesty be showered
on every inch of the desert.
Ming Lai, you are sensible.
Thank you, Your Majesty.
We’ve got so much help from General Wanqi
since the submission of Baize.
I’m really grateful to that.
The head of Baize, Ming Lai,
is virtuous and generous,
pragmatic and modest.
You are a model of the heads of tribes.
I respect you.
May Your Majesty a long life.
May General Wanqi have a bright future.
My sister just came to Shuchi
and has been taken good care of.
I should thank
General Wanqi for her.
Ba Yin is a good girl.
Don’t worry about her.
All the heads of tribes are here today,
I’m really happy.
I believe that
as long as we unite as one,
Lang will be more prosperous.
And the grace of Great King will be showered
on every inch of the desert.
Long live the Great King!
Great.
Ming Yefeng is unmoved by force or persuasion.
What do you think of him?
Ming Yefeng is arrogant.
Based on
how he messed up the wedding last time,
maybe
he just wanted to upset you.
You look down upon him.
As the General Wanqi of Lang,
if he only acts on personal emotion,
he might not have lived to now.
Maybe he is greedy
that he wants more weapons?
If he really wants the weapons
or anything else,
he doesn’t need to do all this.
We can discuss with him
no matter what he wants.
But now
he doesn’t want to see us at all.
Was he trying to threaten the Empress Dowager?
As a north clan
which covets the territory
of Yo every day,
how could he not know
how much Hongyi weighs in Her Highness mind?
Taking Hongyi away
and destroying the marriage His Majesty ordered
is not different from putting us into danger.
He must have done that for me this time.
But, Master,
His Majesty only gave us seven days.
If he still doesn’t see us…
He wants to cause trouble to us?
I won’t let him
succeed easily.
Then what do you plan to do?
Ming Yefeng is doing this
only to wait for me.
Since that,
we can’t mess up.
But,
he still got Young Lady in his hands.
He hasn’t achieved his goal.
He won’t do anything to Hongyi.
Keep an eye on him.
I need to know
their actions at any time.
Don’t do anything
without my order.
I got it.
Since it’s a happy day.
I want to take this chance
to congratulate General.
For what?
Congratulations that
you got another beauty.
That girl
is not only
a normal girl from Yo.
She is
from Yo’s Duke Pingyuan’s Mansion.
Her father
is the former Crown Prince of Yo,
Duke Pingyuan, Baili Haoyuan
who killed thousands of people in Baize.
You can even
take the daughter of Duke Pingyuan
back to your place.
General,
you must have made a lot of efforts.
Isn’t this something to celebrate?
Is what Miss Ba Yin said
true?
Baili Haoyuan killed so many of my people.
We have a blood feud with him.
General Wanqi,
did you really take his daughter
back to your place?
I will go to
kill that woman now.
General Wanqi, show us the way.
How dare you!
General Wanqi,
what do you mean by that?
Do you resent
our revenge?
Now you are using Youwu’s guards
to stop us?
I just want to know
in Wanqi's heart,
the woman from Yo
or our Lang’s blood feud,
which one is more important?
Enough!
It’s the Beginning of Spring today.
It’s the biggest
event of the year.
But you are rising a fight here.
Do you still take me seriously?
It’s our fault.
A man,
a young and hot-blooded man.
Can’t he like
a beautiful woman?
You are angry
because she is from Yo.
And she is our enemy’s daughter.
But the hatred
between Lang and Baili should be
cleared in the battlefield.
What’s the point
to kill a woman?
It’s not righteous.
General Wanqi's action to keep
the woman of the enemy country in Shuchi
is obviously disrespectful to Lang.
You think too much.
General Wanqi
just took back a woman.
He is not going to marry her.
You don’t need to worry too much.
What’s more,
General Wanqi
is a sensible man.
How could he not understand it?
We are worrying about that…
I know everything
of what General Wanqi has done.
It’s just a woman.
Don’t talk about it anymore.
Yes.
I’m tired now.
You may leave.
Yefeng, you stay.
Yes, Your Majesty.
[Inn]
Miss, what do you want?
Something can make me full.
OK.
Pancake and pickles
will come right away.
Wait.
What else do you need?
I want to know
how far it is to Li City.
It’s nor far.
Go north and you'll
be there in two or three days.
That’s a long time.
It’s OK.
If you can walk quickly day and night,
it will only cost one day and a half.
Here you are.
Thank you.
Please enjoy.
It’s all settled down.
You are really considerate.
I’ll get some water later
and then we can set off.
OK.
Do you know what you have done?
Is the girl in your place
really
the daughter of Duke Pingyuan?
Yes.
Yefeng,
I always think you are a decent
and sensible man.
But now
you destroyed the others’ trust
to you for only a
foreign girl.
Do you know?
It’s so hard
to build the trust relationship
between the tribes.
But it’s also
so easy to destroy it with only a few words.
You want to make all my efforts
these years in vain?
I don’t dare to.
Of course you dare.
If it was not me
to stop those heads,
I’m afraid you would have been executed.
You can't bring that girl back
just for your private intention.
Tell me what you are planning to do
what can even make you offend all the heads.
What I’m doing
is just to fulfill
one of my wishes before.
When it’s the right time,
I will report all the details
to you, Your Majesty.
But the right time
is not now.
You can’t even tell me?
But I have to tell you
the trust between the tribes
is as thin as a paper.
If you don’t protect it carefully,
your position of the Great King will be precarious.
I hope I can hand Lang
to a reliable person.
Don’t let me down.
Forget it.
You have always been like this since childhood.
You have your own plan.
If you don’t want to tell,
no one would know.
General,
the taxman from Ye City
will come to Li City soon.
But we have stopped the industries for a while
because of the flood.
Our tax is far from enough.
General, what should we do?
General. General?
What should we do?
Well…
What do…
you think?
I think
we can tell the taxman the truth
and beg His Majesty
to cancel the tax for us this year.
This year’s tax will be
amortized into the next five years,
and we will pay it gradually.
Good.
That’s it.
General,
it’s just my thought.
But there is no
precedent like this.
No precedent?
Then what should we do?
General, you keep asking about my opinion,
Don’t you
have your own idea?
My own…
How could I have no idea?
But,
yours is mine.
Mu Qi, you’re experienced.
I trust you.
It’s up to you now.
General, I got something to report.
These days,
several foreign businessmen
came to Li City.
They are from different places.
I’m afraid
there will be people from Lang.
Please give your order
for what to do.
What do you think?
It’s a serious thing.
I don’t know what to do.
Mu Qi,
what do you think?
I think we can
take the reason that the taxman is coming
and needs to find out whether the taxes
of the caravans have been paid or not
to check the businessmen here.
Great.
Just do that.
But if we check them,
it will cause the fear of the legitimate businessmen
and the people in the city,
and disturb the normal order.
I’m afraid that there will be rumors again.
So we need you to decide.
Mu Qi.
Yes.
Trim the sails.
Understand?
Trim the sails.
OK.
General,
the salt convoy is already
five days behind schedule.
If they still don’t arrive,
the people of Li City
will run out of salt.
General.
Are you finished?
It’s about the people’s livelihood.
Please make the decision for it.
Well,
if the salt is still on the way,
we should keep waiting,
right?
How about this?
-You, send people to find it. -I…
Then, should we wait, or find it?
What’s wrong with you?
Why do you ask me everything?
Don’t you
have your own ideas?
General,
it’s about the safety of Li City.
We don’t dare to decide on our own.
What?
But I don’t know how to decide it either!
You…
Mu Qi!
Look at you!
How could you
let the General to decide everything?
What a mess!
That’s all for today.
I’m tired!
Well, you,
it’s up to you guys now.
I’m going to have some rests.
There is no way
for a Purple Bird to escape
from the golden cage
on which the priest has cast a spell.
Who are you?
Why did you catch me?
It doesn’t matter who we are.
All you need to know
is that we are humans.
You are a priest?
Let’s stop pretending to be priests.
Bro,
it’s me
who caught the bird.
No.
Grandpa said that Purple Birds are precious
and are rarely to be seen.
This one
will sell for a decent price.
I won’t let you
take all the benefits.
Why do you want to sell me?
Purple Birds are supposed to be smart.
Since you have become so skilled,
how could you ask
such a stupid question?
It took many efforts
to catch you.
Of course, we will make some money from you.
You caught me
only for money?
Yes.
Do you want to go to
Li City with us?
Purple Bird,
I’m killing you.
Watch out. Its feathers are poisonous.
Brother.
Brother, brother.
Brother.
Once you become a demon,
you will be a demon forever.
I will let you pay for it.
Grandpa.
Be careful, grandpa.
I’m killing you.
I was not your enemy.
Why didn’t you let me go?
General.
So annoying.
General, general.
What?
There is something in the army
that I need to report to you.
Well,
I feel unwell now.
You just handle that by yourself.
Play it by ear.
But…
But what?
I believe you.
General, general.
What?
I told you I don’t feel well.
Why do you come in here?
How do you feel unwell specifically?
Do you want me to
call the doctor?
No, no,
I will be good with some sleep.
Get out of here.
General,
there is something that’s been troubling me.
Go ahead.
You have been low-spirited
and hesitant recently.
You also have some time off frequently.
Is it because what happened to your family
and you miss your relatives?
It’s because of what happened to my family.
No wonder you barely eat.
Miss Baili was kidnapped
on the way to her wedding.
And Bai Yi whom you are worried about
was also kidnapped.
What did you say?
I knew it from the messenger of Li City.
Is that not written
in your letter?
Didn’t you read
your letters?
I did.
Of course, I did.
I read them.
Well,
now you have known
why I have been so upset,
right?
Yes.
Well, then,
get out of here now.
I will rely on you for now.
I want to be alone.
Okay.
My god. Bai Yi was kidnapped.
I’m doomed.
General, where are you?
Why?
A demon does what demons do.
Once you become a demon,
you will be a demon forever.
Jinyang killed someone.
Jinyang really killed someone.
Jinyang has become a demon.
Giddy-up.
General.
You may go now.
General has never looked at me
in that way.
He even turned himself against
other heads for that woman.
I think
he must
have a secret plan.
What plan
could make him become so gentle?
I think you knew
before you married him
what kind of person
he is.
I thought
you didn’t take him
just as your husband.
Ba Yin,
you have to remember
you married to Ming Yefeng
for Baize.
As long as you remember this,
all the obstacles
will only
be nothing.
I never worried about
other women.
I don’t care how many
girls he would have.
But except this one.
This girl from Yo.
General knows how many troubles
she will bring to us.
But he still took her back.
That’s why I’m worried.
If you want a man to attach importance to you,
the don’t let him think
that you are just a woman.
You should be his companion, his partner,
even his friend.
You should make him can’t live without you.
Only in this way
will he not
take you for granted.
She is the daughter
of Baize’s enemy.
We don’t know
what General Wanqi will do yet.
So,
I think
you won’t act rashly again.
Right?
But this woman is different!
Brother,
please trust me.
She will bring
trouble to us.
I trust you.
But we can’t
ruin the future of Baize
for only your feelings.
We need to take the right time.
I promise you
that I won’t be impulsive again.
Your brother
is always by your side.
Understand?
What are you thinking?
You know my story?
You were there that day,
right?
You remember it?
I remember?
What happened that day?
You…
I dreamed of it.
Why were you here
the day when my parents died?
Say something!
Will you believe
what I say?
Come with me.
I’m here
to find the truth about my parents,
not to
enjoy the beautiful sight with you.
You can’t see the
wonderful view in daytime.
This is the forbidden place of Lang.
It’s called Wulu Sea.
A friend of mine
took me here once before.
When the first time
I saw this wonderful view,
I was far more excited than you.
Then we got separated.
I’m not interested
in your love story.
It was you who took me here.
Me?
Ming Yefeng,
do you think I’m an idiot?
Or are you insane?
Don’t think you can make up stories
because I don’t remember.
After that
I can only come here alone.
And the sight here
is no longer as magnificent
as before.