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Under The Power
Episode 5
Scared?
I'm a constable of the court,
and righteousness runs through my veins.
Even if there were demons, I...
Your Excellency,
can you tell me before you do anything?
There is a lot of blood here.
How many people died?
You...
This is not blood.
It's red dye.
You finally knew this is dye?
Scales?
I know it.
They scraped the scales off night butterflies
and then put them on the sails.
So the ship looks like a flaming ghost ship
when you see it from afar.
Well, it's so scary down here.
There are a lot of skeletons.
Your Excellency,
we'd better get out of here.
Be careful.
There might be mechanisms here.
Your Excellency, here.
You have such sharp eyes.
Please wait, Your Excellency.
Don't move.
Let me help you explore the way.
There must be a rule here.
Let's find its rule
and then we can get through here.
Your Excellency.
Is it that hard?
No, it isn't. It's just a piece of cake.
This is the control room.
There are no people
or ghosts.
So the ghost ship is just a mechanism.
Go!
Your Excellency.
Your Excellency, what should we do?
How can we get back?
Look.
Or, or, or can you drag me back?
I'm begging you.
Do you know how to swim?
Yes, I do.
Didn't I tell you to throw me back to the ship?
Why did you throw me into the water?
Your Excellency!
Lu Yi, you brat!
It's not right.
If the eight trunks of birthday gifts had been taken out of the official ship,
the ship would have lost weight,
so the water level would have definitely changed.
But right now the water level is almost the same as the beginning.
What if that wax oil
is not used for making them moisture-proof,
but waterproof?
These birthday gifts might be...
Your Excellency.
Watch this!
Jinxia.
You woke up?
I was so scared.
When Mr. Lu saved you,
you already stopped breathing.
That demon saved me?
Yes.
Who changed my clothes?
Me.
But don't worry.
I kept my eyes closed while doing it.
I didn't see anything.
Really.
I don't think you had the guts.
Where are the birthday gifts?
They have been brought out already.
They are in the hand of Mr. Lu now.
I don't know what he is going to do, either.
Let's go have a look.
No, no, no.
You just regained your consciousness,
and is it okay to get up immediately?
It's fine.
I'm perfectly fine.
Err...
Be, be careful.
Officer Yuan Jinxia.
Officer Yang Yue.
Greetings, Your Excellency.
Come in.
Your Excellency.
Phoebe zhennan vases.
Ruby qilin.
Two-colored crystal pot.
The cyan and white jade disk with dragon and phoenix patterns.
Yue.
This ivory must weigh over 2.5 kg.
I guess it's that heavy.
Do you want it?
Of course.
What did you just say?
I guess
you want to take one or two of them?
Or else, why are so familiar with the things in the trunks?
Your Excellency, what a funny joke.
Your Excellency,
why did you say that?
Even if Jinxia wanted them, she doesn't have the guts.
I think
she has.
No.
This is not what I meant.
Jinxia doesn't want them, and she doesn't have the guts.
I know her.
She normally says what on her mind,
but she's an upright person,
and she absolutely doesn't have such ill intentions.
Please consider it carefully.
I've always wanted to solve this case.
Why do you think of me in that way?
Then how could you know
the trunks were hidden at the bottom of the ship?
Well,
smart as I am,
I immediately thought of it.
If that's the case,
why don't you guess
if I will put you in a trunk and sink you?
Your, Your Excellency.
What a funny joke.
I didn't discover any strange things until I got under the water.
First of all,
if the eight trunks had been taken out of the official ship,
it would have become lighter.
So the water level would have changed drastically.
After I got into the water, I discovered
that the water level remained quite the same.
So these trunks
must still be on the ship.
Secondly,
if just to prevent moisture,
for eight trunks,
they only needed two pieces of petroleum wax.
But yesterday I saw the guards
carrying a large amount of petroleum wax.
Now I understand
that they were making preparations
for the trunks to be sunk.
So who do you think
is the criminal?
The Imperial Agent under Assistant Commander Wang.
You,
ask Assistant Commander Wang to come over.
Cen Fu,
go and arrest that Imperial Agent.
Yes.
Your Excellency,
I have a question.
Could you please tell me?
Your Excellency, could you explain it to me?
Go ahead.
You seemed to see through
the ghost ship's mystery at the beginning.
How could you do that?
Have you heard about compass?
Yes, I have.
It's a kind of stone that attracts iron
and that was found over 2,000 years ago.
The long stone can direct to the south and north.
They all call this kind of stone "magnetic stone".
The one who made the ghost ship
put magnetic stones around the deck.
By virtue of the power of the stones,
the ghost ship could attract other ships.
The rudder suddenly moves on its own.
We cannot control it when working together.
The anchor is like under some spell.
It keeps getting close to the ghost ship.
Everybody, try harder.
That's the reason
why
our ship kept moving closer to that ghost ship.
I know it now.
So the one who designed the ghost ship
wanted to take advantage of the vivid legend
to create fear on purpose,
so that they could steal the treasures on the ship.
You are not that stupid, are you?
Nobody else ever said that I'm stupid,
except you.
Mr. Wang, please.
Please. Please.
Father,
take a look at this.
In this painting, people,
carriages,
ships, bridges,
animals
and buildings,
each landscape
is so exquisite.
Even
the way the ship goes against the water
is true to life.
No wonder this is a treasure of the contemporary age.
This Huang Yu
really doesn't disappoint us at all.
Look at the composition.
It's wonderful!
I heard that Zhang Zeduan
only spent a year finishing this scroll.
What an amazing artist of this world!
Father,
there are a lot of paintings like this on the street.
How can we know
whether this painting is real or fake?
Mr. Xu, you also know calligraphy and paintings.
You say whether this is fake or real.
Your Excellency,
I only know some literature.
I don't know much about paintings.
But as far as I know,
on the painting,
there should be the title of "Along the River During the Qingming Festival"
by Emperor Huizong of Song in Slender Gold Script.
This painting
has Emperor Huizong's inscription,
the double-dragon seal,
and a poem by Emperor Huizong.
Whatever,
this painting
doesn't look like a copy.
If this is real,
why not have it mounted
and put it in the hall?
Putting up the long scroll
will show your distinguished position
as the Grand Secretary.
That's right.
Yeah. Right.
The real masterpiece should be mounted.
Okay.
Just do it.
Mr. Lu.
Are these
the birthday gifts
that were stolen from the mansion?
Yes, yes.
They are.
Two trunks are missing.
Mr. Lu,
where did you find these?
On the ship.
Our ship?
The trunks
were hidden in a waterproof cabin at the bottom of the ship.
As for
how they were hidden,
you need to ask your Imperial Agent.
Sha Xiuzhu?
Your Excellency, why did you
bring me here?
Tell him.
Those guards who lost consciousness
weren't knocked out by some incense.
There was so sign of that at the crime scene.
So they were drugged by your own people.
Moreover, the footprints in the cabin
belonged to the guards.
And the scratches were
made in the direction to the inside of the cabin as the trunks were carried.
So basically there were no other people.
It's very obvious.
I don't need to explain it.
There is a spy.
Am I right?
Even if there is a spy,
how can you say it's me?
The guards who escorted the birthday gifts this time
were paper tigers.
The men of Defender-commandant of the State
looked quite strong,
but actually they were good-for-nothing.
But only you
were full of energy.
I could see that you practiced martial arts just by a look.
At your sleeves and shoes,
there was more wax than others'.
Moreover,
using wax petroleum oil to seal the trunks was your idea.
I worried that these calligraphic works and paintings
might be destroyed by the moisture on the ship,
so
my Imperial Agent
proposed to seal the trunks with wax.
Can you tell me
who it is
if you are not the criminal?
You just got changed, didn't you?
I think
your idea of using wax oil to seal the trunks
was not to make them moisture-proof,
but waterproof, right?
At this moment,
I have nothing else to say.
I can't believe
you bastard
had the guts to
steal the General's trunks?
I could have been killed because of you.
Mr. Lu,
thank you for helping me
find the birthday gifts.
After coming back,
I will report it to the General.
As for the rest,
the Embroidered Uniform Guards can handle it.
Well then,
I'll tell people to take back these trunks.
Wait.
You can't
take these trunks away.
Mr. Lu,
what do you mean?
This should be
"Autumn Eagle" by Emperor Huizong of Song.
If I'm not mistaken,
this used to be in the imperial palace.
Back then General Qiu suggested opening a horse market.
This painting
was given to Altan Khan by His Majesty
to exchange for horses.
Why is it here?
Err...
I don't know it,
as I didn't learn anything about calligraphy or paintings.
His Majesty has been
hating General Qiu secretly keeping
the things to be exchanged with Altan Khan,
and doing investigation on their whereabouts.
The birthday gifts you escorted
are all among those things from the imperial palace back then.
Err...
Defender-commandant of the State must be
quite close to General Qiu.
If His Majesty knows that these things
are escorted by you to the mansion,
and punishes you,
I'm afraid...
Mr. Lu,
I really don't know what's inside these trunks.
You should get to the bottom of this.
Mr. Lu, if you
need my help for anything,
I'm always ready.
Okay.
Why did you steal the birthday gifts?
To help the poor.
Such a high-sounding reason.
You designed the ghost ship
to attract everyone's attention
and then snuck the birthday gifts out.
Such a great plan
can't be done by you alone.
Tell me.
Who else is with you?
I don't know what ghost ship you are talking about.
I didn't do it.
And about the birthday gifts,
I did it all on my own,
and I'll hold responsibility for it.
You sound upright,
but actually you are not.
Where did you hide the other two trunks?
Stop talking nonsense.
Just kill me,
if you want.
Cen Fu.
All yours.
Yes.
Go.
In the North Bureau,
it'll even be a dream to die.
Your Excellency.
We can't find the thing we need in them.
Is there any possibility that your information is wrong?
No way.
General Guan has the habit
of documenting all his stories, big or small.
That notebook is not here,
so it must be in one of those two missing trunks.
Moreover,
this notebook
is the most important evidence
to convict General Guan.
We have to find it.
Tell Wang Fangxing
not to send people out on patrol tonight.
Yes.
There is another thing.
Withdraw all the guards that are watching Sha Xiuzhu.
Yes.
You spent such great energy stealing these birthday gifts.
I want to see
who you really are.
Mr. Sha.
It's me.
Xie Xiao?
Why are you here?
I waited for you at the old place for so long,
but you didn't come back,
so I couldn't stay still.
Xiuzhu, don't worry.
I'll get you out of here.
Xiuzhu, what's wrong with your leg?
Xie Xiao.
The ones that kept watch on me
suddenly left.
I guess it's a trap.
Just leave me here.
Listen to me.
The most urgent thing now is
to hurry up and take those two trunks away.
We finally got them,
and can't let them have the two trunks.
Go.
Xiuzhu!
There is no one on patrol on the deck right now.
I can get you out of here.
Xiuzhu.
Go.
Be careful.
Your Excellency.
The person got on the ship.
How many of them?
So far, there is only one.
I'm going to take him down.
Wait.
Tell all of them
not to act unless with my order.
Yes.
Where are those two trunks?
Why can't I find them?
Sha Xiuzhu said that he didn't know about the ghost ship,
but how could it be possible?
That ghost ship appeared
to distract us obviously.
Did the two trunks
sink into the sea with the ghost ship?
Sha Xiuzhu?
Keep silent.
Sir.
We can talk.
Mr. Sha.
If you want those trunks...
Go.
...I can take you there.
Sir.
We can talk.
You want those trunks, don't you?
I know where they are.
Sir.
Where do you take me to?
Stop talking.
Be quiet.
She works for the Embroidered Uniform Guard.
Kill her.
Xiuzhu.
You know I never kill women.
Sir.
That's not right.
I'm from Department Six.
The Embroidered Uniform Guard took away so many cases from us,
do you know that?
How can I work for them?
Brat.
What trick are you planning?
No, no.
Sir.
What I'm saying is the truth.
Actually,
I don't like those Embroidered Uniform Guards for a long time .
I wanted to save you, Mr. Sha,
but your leg is injured.
I'm a woman,
so I couldn't get him out.
Sir, your morality reaches up to clouds.
I don't want to break your hope.
But,
you don't worry if there is ambush on the ship?
Even if there is ambush,
I have you as my hostage,
and I don't think they dare do anything.
You are overestimating me.
I'm just a small constable,
not even worth a coin.
Moreover,
I'm a woman.
I have an old mother at home.
Sir.
Can you get another person as your hostage?
Using a small constable as your hostage,
you claimed that you did this to help the poor?
Your Excellency, help.
Help.
Stand still.
Are you the one that injured Xiuzhu's leg?
Yeah, and what?
What can you do to me?
I want you to repay with a leg.
Don't move.
Buddy, go!
Lu Yi.
Let us go.
Or I'll kill her.
If you want to kill her, just do it.
If you want to let her go, you can also do it.
It has nothing to do with me.
I told you I'm a useless hostage.
Let me go.
Don't move.
Buddy, be careful.
Don't come closer.
Okay.
Calm down.
Jinxia!
Buddy, just go.
Go!
Xiuzhu!
Go!
Jinxia.
Are you okay? Are you all right?
Yue.
Am I dying?
You almost killed her.
Sha Xiuzhu pushed her over there.
Moreover,
I restrained my power earlier,
so her injury
is nothing but a scratch.
You...
Yue.
Let's go.
Let me apply some medicine for you later.
Jinxia.
How is your injury?
I'm fine.
It's a skin injury.
Right.
Who is that guy with a mask?
Did you see him clearly?
His height is about 1.66 meters.
I could see that he grasps excellent martial art skills.
Moreover, his reddish black suit is made with manmade silk.
So I think
he must have a significant background.
I think
you should stay away from Mr. Lu.
Father said it right.
We just need to
be polite to him.
So those birthday gifts are the target of many people.
Do you know how that demon is going to handle them?
Confiscate them?
Keep them to himself?
It's up to him.
We just need to do our job by order.
Don't let him find fault with us.
That guy is as cunning as a serpent.
How can't he find fault with us?
You saw it, too.
When he injured me at my throat,
he didn't even blink.
Are you really okay?
Let me see.
I'm fine.
I'm the Prefect of Yangzhou Wei Ying.
As I didn't know that Your Excellency would arrive,
please forgive me for having not welcomed you from afar.
Mr. Wei, save the formalities.
Mr. Wei.
This is an important criminal that we caught,
as well as six trunks of evidence.
Please
send people to escort all these
to the Provincial Surveillance Commission.
Mr. Lu, please don't worry.
I'll send people to do it immediately.
Come on, let's take these trunks over there.
Yes, yes.
It's all silver.
Do you think that Lu
will keep these to himself?
Over here.
What are you talking about?
How could that happen?
Put them here.
Your Excellency came here so suddenly,
so I haven't got time to arrange a carriage.
Please forgive me.
You say...
It's okay, Mr. Wei.
...now it's time for dinner.
According to rules,
the Prefect of Yangzhou,
will prepare a welcoming meal for us.
There are so many famous dishes of regions south of the Yangtze River.
I wonder where we will eat later.
The best is
Seven Pavilion.
Right.
Spring bamboo shoots are the tenderest at this time.
And the hollow meat balls
that you mentioned before, right?
You still remember that?
Yes.
They are very tasty.
I'll eat that dish.
I want to eat it now.
Mr. Lu,
ahead there is the base of the Wu'an Sect.
It's a huge sect in waterway shipping.
Half of the folk shipping in Yangzhou
is done by them.
The Wu'an Sect?
I learnt from storytelling in the capital
that the Master of the Wu'an Sect is Xie Baili,
who is known as Single Broadsword Xie in the martial art world.
He is involved in the waterway shipping
from Suzhou to Jiangning.
All big and small sects in Jiangsu and Zhejiang
respect and obey him.
As he grows old,
he doesn't come out much.
Everything in there
has been taken over by the Chief of Vermilion Bird Hall
Shangguan Xi.
Who is she?
I'm asking you.
That must be the Chief of Vermilion Bird Hall Shangguan Xi.
She learnt martial arts in the Southern Shaolin Monastery.
She grasps excellent swordsmanship.
Don't underestimate her just because she's a woman.
Three years ago,
she defeated the Cao Sect in Jiangning alone,
and incorporated it in the Wu'an Sect.
Answer me,
on the day when you became a member of the sect,
what did you swear to the founder?
From the day I become a member of the Wu'an Sect,
I'll always put loyalty and uprightness on top.
If I betray the sect,
I can't be forgiven even if I die.
This
is for you betraying the sect
and Master.
This
is for you being treacherous
to get wealth.
Don't untie him.
Throw him down there.
Yes. Please forgive me.
Please forgive me.
How dares she punish a person illegally in broad daylight?
Stop!
Jinxia. Stop it!
Your Excellency.
Ms. Shangguan,
long time no see.
How are you?
Thanks to you,
we still have things to eat
and places to live in.
That's good enough.
These officials
look a little bit unfamiliar.
This is Mr. Lu from the capital, Registrar of
the Embroidered Uniform Guard.
Mr. Lu.
She's Shangguan Xi, Chief of Vermilion Bird Hall, Wu'an Sect.
The officials run out of things to do?
Now you want to put your hand on the Wu'an Sect's business?
Xie Xiao.
I wonder what our sect did
so that so many of you came.
Are you the one that injured Xiuzhu's leg?
I'll make you repay with a leg.
So it was you.
Even people from the Embroidered Uniform Guard and Department Six are here.
Ms. Shangguan.
This is our sect's young master.
So you are the young master of the Wu'an Sect.
Save the formalities.
Tell me.
Why are you here?
Xie Xiao.
Please forgive
him for being rude.
Ms. Shangguan, why did you punish a person illegally?
The nation has its own rules,
also do families.
He went against the Wu'an Sect's rules.
If I didn't punish him,
others wouldn't be convinced.
But it's not the reason for you to punish him illegally
or kill him.
I think that
Ms. Shangguan
just wants to teach him a lesson.
She will not actually kill him.
Is that right, Ms. Shangguan?
Your Excellency is right.
What happens today is a misunderstanding.
We have other things to do,
so please forgive us for leaving.
It has been three years,
and finally you are back.
Come back home with me.
I won't go back.
If you don't,
I can't help you with this.
You are the Chief of Vermilion Bird Hall,
and you can't even handle this small thing?
You are joking with me, right?
This is what you called a small thing?
The Embroidered Uniform Guard is someone you should mess with?
Your father told us years ago
not to mess with officials.
All right.
I'll do this alone.
Since last winter,
he hasn't been in good health condition.
No way.
I've always been asking others about him,
and no one told me that he's sick.
He doesn't want to
show it to anyone outside.
Well,
just come back home with me first.
As to whether you'll be the sect chief or not,
we can discuss it.
But your father
doesn't have so much time
to wait for you.
Three years ago, he forced me to marry you,
so I ran away from home.
He's definitely still mad at me.
You are my senior fellow who practiced martial arts with me.
How could I marry you?