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Guardians of the Ancient Oath
[This story is purely fictional.]
Episode 20
You are awake.
I want to see Hongyi.
Stay right here.
You won’t get out,
neither will anyone come to see you.
Here, let’s have a drink.
Hongyi has never had
a drink with me.
I know that she is afraid of being scolded by me.
Every time I saw you drink with Hongyi,
I also wanted to
join you.
You have always taken
Hongyi as your real elder sister.
I also take her
as my real younger sister.
But I am the eldest son
of Baili family.
Hongshuo,
we both serve His Majesty.
As officials,
we must be at the command of His Majesty,
which is how it’s supposed to be.
His Majesty wants Hongyi to
marry He Yao.
Although I want to reject it,
you know it clearly that
no one can disobey His Majesty’s order.
His Majesty wants our family and He family
to remove misunderstandings through marriage.
This is not only for the sake of ourselves,
but also for the future of Yo.
In any case,
Hongyi can’t be used
as a bargaining chip.
Tomorrow after Hongyi’s wedding,
I will let you out
and send you back to Li City.
You said that those people of
He family shamelessly seek personal gains.
But now you want to marry Hongyi
to the son of He family.
If one day
He Yao commits crimes and
brings calamity to our country,
what are you gonna do?
If we need to fight against them,
what do you think Hongyi should do?
Hongyi will always
be the daughter to Baili family.
But at that time,
she will be the wife of He Yao.
How can we ensure her safety?
I promise you that
I will try my best
to protect Hongyi.
We can’t have Hongyi
in such a dangerous situation.
Let me go.
Keep close watch on Youngest Master.
Yes.
You want to go inside?
What about Hongyi?
She is about to go to sleep.
I have something to deal with tonight.
You don’t need to wait for me.
What are you doing here?
Our brother told you to learn,
yet you slacked off.
Nonsense, I didn’t.
Wipe your dribble first.
Mr. He asked the chef
to make those
your favorite pastries for you.
And I brought them here for you
without wasting any time.
That’s more like it.
Something is meant to happen.
You can’t prevent it
only by yourself.
Instead of doing that,
why don’t you settle down?
From now on,
the destiny of our family
may be changed.
Why did all these things happen?
From the moment you entered the mansion,
everything has been changed.
What do you mean?
You saw
what happened.
There were demons in the mansion.
Baili Hongshuo was dispatched to Li City.
Baili Hongyi was forced to marry.
The current chaos
doesn’t happen as a coincidence
or accident.
Fate?
Ling Jun,
you are capable of predicting, aren’t you?
There is a limit to my capacity.
But I’m sure of one thing.
As long as you stay with Baili Hongxuan,
he will be safe.
[Marquis Zhenbei’s Mansion]
Young Master, it’s time
to send Miss Baili to the wedding.
I know it’s a huge wrench for you to do it.
But if we miss the right time,
Miss Baili’s happiness
may be affected.
Don’t worry.
[Marquis Zhenbei’s Mansion]
Set off.
[Marquis Zhenbei’s Mansion]
[Yiwang Hall]
Walk through Walls and Earth
is one of ancient secret skills.
The tip is...
Spirits and illusions.
Walk through Walls and Earth
is a technique based on earth and wood.
Youngest Master?
I’m all right.
OK.
Clean Wood Incantation with left hand,
Earth Control Incantation with right hand,
disappear…
No…
With the power of gods here,
disappear anywhere.
What a well-matched marriage.
Congratulations.
[West Gate]
Congratulations to Marquis Zhenbei’s Mansion.
Congratulations.
What a blessing for Yo!
A talented groom marries a beautiful bride.
What a perfect match.
Congratulations, Marquis Zhenbei.
Congratulations.
What a well-matched marriage!
A talented groom marries a beautiful bride.
What a perfect match.
So great.
Congratulations.
What a perfect match.
Right, so great.
So magnificent.
Congratulations.
Protect the bride!
-Yes. -Yes.
Protect Miss Baili.
Assassin! Protect Miss Baili!
Who are you?
Run, run.
Quickly.
How dare you
to intercept our procession
for accompanying the bride!
Catch him.
-Yes. -Yes.
Don’t hurt Miss Baili!
Yes.
Let’s go!
Aren’t you afraid of hurting her?
Will you let me hurt her?
Guards! Guards!
Yes.
Hongyi! Hongyi! Hongyi!
Stop it!
Where have they gone?
Search them!
Yes!
Who are you?
It’s you.
What did you do to me?
Why can’t I move?
You’d better be quiet,
or you’ll get hurt.
You are so mean!
We must find out Miss Baili.
Report at once if you find trace.
-Yes. -Hongxuan!
Open the door.
Yes.
Where is he?
We have been guarding here
and never left.
I don’t know how
the Youngest Master disappeared.
I didn’t do my job properly.
Please punish me.
What’s the use of punishing you?
How should I tell
His Majesty about this?
Bring some men with you
to find them out,
no matter what it takes!
Yes.
General Qiantong,
is General Wanqi called away
for something that came up?
I have sent someone to invite him.
Just wait.
General Qiantong,
General Wanqi isn’t in his camp.
Where is Beast?
Didn’t see him, either.
Where is the bride?
Your Highness,
I have sent my men to track,
but I haven’t received any message yet.
Bastard!
The marriage is by the order of Her Highness.
Who dared to
take away the bride blatantly?
Your Majesty, indeed,
the assassin
dared to challenge
the Marquis Zhenbei and his men
during daylight
and took away Miss Baili.
Isn’t he afraid of being found out by the Marquis?
Among the few people
in Yo who dare to
provoke Marquis Zhenbei’s Mansion,
Hongxuan, who do you think could do this?
No one dares to
provoke Marquis Zhenbei’s Mansion,
except for…
Except for what?
Your Majesty, Your Highness,
Marquis Zhenbei said that
the assassin in black
took the bride by himself.
The procession accompanying the bride
was composed of
highly skilled warriors
specially selected by Marquis Zhenbei.
Who would dare to
provoke those well-trained guards?
Besides,
Marquis Zhenbei himself is
one of the greatest masters of martial arts.
Since the assassin could
escape from Marquis Zhenbei,
I can’t imagine how that happened
given my slight talent.
What are you implying?
With Your Majesty here,
I can’t speculate on that.
He Yao,
Hongyi is also your wife-to-be.
Just say it.
Your Majesty,
I’m afraid that someone
doesn’t want to marry his sister to me.
So…
Governor He,
did you mean that
I took away Hongyi?
I just said
what I want to say.
I wonder how skilled
the assassin in black must be
so that even Marquis Zhenbei
couldn’t beat him.
I also heard that
after the New Year’s Eve,
Marquis Zhenbei begged Your Majesty
to withdraw the order.
I don’t think Marquis Zhenbei
really wanted
the marriage with my family.
Hongxuan,
how do you explain this?
Your Majesty,
Your Highness,
the marriage between Hongyi and He Yao
was arranged suddenly.
As Hongyi’s elder brother,
it was indeed hard for me to accept it.
However,
the marriage is endowed with your good intention.
Your Majesty also trusted me
with accompanying the bride.
I would do my best to follow your orders.
Now my sister has gone missing.
What Governor He just said
makes me really hurt.
I don’t understand why
Governor He would say that.
I’m greatly frightened
by such kind of charge.
I didn’t intend to give a bad name
to the loyalty of Marquis Zhenbei.
It’s just the whole thing is weird.
I’m also worried about
the safety of my future wife.
I may have said some words out of bounds.
Please forgive me, Marquis Zhenbei.
Fine, well,
I know that
you are all worried about Hongyi.
Verbal attacks are unhelpful.
You should work together
to find Hongyi.
This is relevant to royal authority.
Whoever the assassin is
and whatever his purpose is,
since Hongyi is one of our royal blood,
those who took Hongyi
are challenging royal authority.
Hongxuan,
I appoint you as the highest censor.
You must find Baili Hongyi
within seven days
and get to the bottom
of this bride-kidnapping issue.
Kill immediately anyone
who stops you.
I will follow your order, Your Majesty.
Isn’t General Wanqi in his camp?
Although General Wanqi
won’t go review the recruits,
don’t you ever take advantage of him.
You knew
he won’t go review the recruits.
General Wanqi is the second most powerful man
in the force of Lang,
I’m his woman.
Of course, I knew it earlier than you.
Anyway, as General Qiantong,
you won’t be able to
take the glory that
belongs to General Wanqi.
You are worried about nothing.
Before meeting you,
General Wanqi has been a team
with me.
General Wanqi has
something important to deal with today.
He authorized me to take charge of
reviewing the recruits.
Elder Huyu,
since General Wanqi is absent,
I, as General Qiantong, will represent him.
Do you have any objection?
I have none of that.
All recruits, take my orders.
Yes, sir.
The prosperity of Lang is my responsibility.
United together we fight hard.
Wuluolan tribe.
Yes, sir.
Ava tribe.
Yes, sir.
Wuyin tribe.
Yes, sir.
During the review of recruits,
Ava tribe, Wuyin tribe
And Wuluolan tribe
all provide elite units.
The force of Lang
has now become unprecedentedly powerful.
It can be a good thing
to have Ming Yefeng lead the army of Lang.
The recruits will
only know about Lang instead of Your Majesty.
Will you really be at ease?
What else can I do?
Back then,
why didn’t you keep a close eye on him?
Why didn’t you stop him?
He was
my last son.
Your Majesty.
It’s all my fault.
I’m tired.
I need to take a rest.
I’m Tian Yuan,
higher censor from right squad of royal guard.
My respects, Marquis.
Marquis, I’m Zuo Gong.
His Majesty sent the right squad of royal guards
to help you investigate the issue.
Divide your men
into two groups.
Have one group to guard all gates of the city.
Another group shall
join my men
to search door to door within Ye.
Report immediately
if you find any trace.
Yes, sir.
Follow me.
Yes.
Youngest Master.
Tao Shen, just in time.
Come with me.
Youngest Master, please come back to the mansion with me.
The royal guards of His Majesty
are searching for
Miss Baili across the city.
Please send Miss Baili
back to the mansion as soon as possible.
If it was figured out by others,
the consequences would be unthinkable.
Figure out?
Figure out what?
Young Master has known that
you took Miss Baili.
[Tavern]
Young Master.
Let them keep searching.
Not an inch of land can be skipped.
Yes, Marquis.
Go search there.
Yes.
I didn’t take Hongyi away.
Then who did it?
Youngest Master,
if you don’t send back Miss Baili,
Young Master will be implicated.
I told you
I didn’t take Hongyi away.
Get out of the way.
Since Hongyi was kidnapped,
I have been tracking them down
and find this carriage quite suspicious.
It ran all the way
from the mansion to this place.
Hongyi must be nearby.
Youngest Master,
please explain it to
your brother yourself.
Rather than searching for Hongyi,
you keep impeding my progress.
If anything happens to Hongyi,
it won’t do even if you die ten times.
How dare you let the secret guards
of my family to attack me?
I only follow the order of Young Master.
Excuse me.
Take him.
-Yes. -Yes.
Stop it.
Where is Hongyi?
Why do you think it’s me?
I’m asking you where is Hongyi.
If it was me who did it,
I would admit it.
I have tracked them down here,
and I was impeded by your guards
when I finally found some traces.
While we are wasting time here,
the assassins must have already taken Hongyi away.
How did you come out?
That doesn’t matter.
What matters is the whereabouts of Hongyi.
I will go find her.
You can’t stay in Ye.
If Her Highness knows that
you were absent without permission,
our family would…
Hongyi is now in great danger.
You are in danger too for staying here.
I won’t leave
unless I find Hongyi.
Fine.
You can stay.
But you must
follow my lead
and not act on your will.
I will do whatever you tell me to.
Hongxuan,
I think Hongyi must be nearby.
Have some men
to search the nearby place.
Remember,
search every
room and
corner.
Yes.
Who is it?
Chase!
What do you want to do?
Get changed.
Red doesn’t suit you.
You did so much
to kidnap me,
because you think red doesn’t suit me?
So,
you want to marry He Yao
in these clothes?
What’s your business with my marriage?
I’m afraid you should know that
this is Ye City which
isn’t some place you
come and go as you please.
I will bring you back to the prairie.
Go.
All right, go.
Stop.
You may go.
Who are you?
Where are you going?
Go.
I’m a businessman from Li City
and traveled to Ye City with my wife.
We are now going back.
Open the curtains.
OK.
All right.
Go.
Yah!
Ming Yefeng has been through numerous wars
and is well-known for his prudence
and resourcefulness.
He took the bride by himself today,
which is quite ill-conceived.
Without your help,
I’m afraid…
He acted so abnormally and impulsively
while playing by no rule book.
Our plan might be ruined.
It’s said that every person has different sides.
Actually, it’s further than that.
No matter how sophisticated he is,
once his weakness is threatened,
he will mess up.
To have such a prudent person
go crazy.
Could it be that
it’s also part of your plan?
I thought you asked me
to help.
I didn’t expect you wanted me to watch a show.
Everything is like playing chess.
To succeed,
you must have
the manner to see the big picture.
With the big picture in your mind,
all others are just the rat in a hole
and your pawns on the chessboard.
It’s too early to say that.
They are extraordinary people.
I have schemed for years.
No step could be missed.
I have waited so long.
The least that I need
is patience.
Whoa.
These are all clothes.
Let me search it.
General Tian, any findings?
Marquis, no.
Everyone who goes out of the city
must be checked thoroughly.
Yes.
Hongxuan.
What?
Chenqu jade
could be easily ground into powder
which is very bright.
When our father went to the south,
he brought such a piece of jade for Hongyi.
It must be Hongyi who leaves it.
Yes.
Let’s go.
Yah!
Stop.
Whoa.
I will lock you up
in such a stinky and black box someday
so you will know how I felt.
Since you can still yell at me,
Ma’am.
you are still quite good.
Be careful.
Thank you, thank you.
Don’t thank me.
Thank her.
If she made any sound just now,
you would be dead.
Drive eastward for another two hundred miles.
This is for you.
Thank you.
Let’s go.
Come.
Be careful.
How dare he
kidnap the relative of our royal family?
Something doesn’t feel right.
I can’t help having some doubts.
Hongyi had been well in the mansion.
Why was she kidnapped
during her wedding day?
Obviously, it was a plan
to prevent the two great families of Yo
from marrying each other.
What should’ve been
a nationally celebrated event
was ruined.
As a marriage arranged by Your Majesty
and the bride was accompanied by Baili Hongxuan,
the Marquis Zhenbei,
the assassin still kidnapped
the bride in broad daylight.
I’m afraid
it can’t be planned by ordinary people.
If there was no backup,
it’s impossible to take the bride
from the force of Marquis Zhenbei.
If you focus on the present,
you won’t see the whole picture.
I’m afraid the one who wants to
block the marriage is up to something else.
Something else?
You mustn’t be negligent.
The marriage between Baili family and He family
could influence the future of Yo.
Those who have sinister plans
and intend to sabotage
must be punished without mercy.
Mother, you are right.
He Yao.
You will assist Marquis Zhenbei from now on.
Be sure to arrest
the assassin who kidnapped Baili Hongyi.
No matter who he is,
despising royal authority is an unforgivable crime.
Yes.
If
you want me to hold you more tightly,
keep struggling.
Why did you
kidnap me?
If you want to use me
to ask for something
from His Majesty and Her Highness,
you’d better get that out of you mind,
or you will be disappointed.
Do you think we could
leave openly?
This place is just hundred miles always from Ye.
My brother will
catch up soon.
Your brother
is still searching those places
within Ye city.
When he comes to his senses,
we would’ve arrived in Shuchi.
What? Nothing more to say?
Whoa.
You leave marks all the way?
Are you all right?
Get away from me.
Yah!
Hongxuan, Hongshuo.
Whoa.
Ming Yefeng, you did this.
Why can’t it be me?
If you dare to lay a finger on my brother,
I will kill you.
Why so cruel?
Marquis, although I’m
not your brother,
I’m your friend.
What?
You don’t know
I have cooperated
with your brother for many times, do you?
Who do you think gives him the letter indicating the collusion
between Bai Nuo and He Yao?
To return my favour,
your brother also gave me
lots of weapons of Fusong.
Marquis,
I think we have cooperated well.
Hongxuan, what did he mean?
Nonsense.
Hongyi, are you OK?
I’m fine.
Let’s go.
Youngest Master,
Marquis left orders that
you shall not take Miss Baili away.
Go to help our brother.
OK.
Stay out of it.
I wanna go one-on-one with him.
Great.
I also want to go one-on-one with you.
General, I’m late.
You are not.
Just the right time.
Ming Yefeng,
you said you want
to go one-on-one.
Why do you chicken out without fight?
If I didn’t lie to you,
how can I wait
till my backups come?
Baili Hongxuan, you lose.
Hongshuo.
Hongyi.