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Under The Power
Episode 16
Kill them all!
Kill them no matter what!
Burn them!
What are you doing?
Release us!
Don't waste your strength.
We've just inhaled some kind of anesthetic,
we are not strong enough now.
I fear that in the next three to five hours we still won’t have recuperated.
How is Xie Xiao doing now?
He’s ok,
I’m sure he’s just fine.
You should worry about your own little life instead.
Your Excellency, I think they look like
they are going to skin us alive.
Chieftain.
What are you looking at?
Keep looking and I will pull out your eyes.
You really are bad omens.
Bad omens?
We can't keep these two alive.
Master Lan.
You see,
what should we do with them?
Don't worry,
I will do the exorcism ceremony now.
Thank you so much, Master.
The Earth and the Sky.
Tarnished by the demonic vibes.
Remain you thus throughout the night.
And be thou flesh by dawn's fair light.
The almighty gods of the eight directions
Follow my commands.
The magical weapons hear me
and announce to the world.
Gan Luo Da Na
Through the darkness.
Destroy all evil.
Be the blessing to human kind.
Follow my command!
This...
It works!
Destroy!
Are you all crazy?
Please don't worry.
The bad omen has been restrained.
Please stand up.
We can be at peace with it now.
Stand up, please!
Master Lan, I think
we should kill these two.
You can't do anything crazy like that!
There are still laws in this world.
You can't abuse lynching!
You are bad omens for the Shi Family.
You must be executed.
We have to eradicate any threat.
What are you saying?
I don't understand.
What bad omens?
Why did you listen to him?
He is a fraud!
Old man,
I think you’d better let us go,
we have to talk first.
Chieftain Shi, don't do it!
These two are bad omens,
you can't let them go that easily.
Isn’t that so?
-Don't let them go! -That's right!
Right!
Don't do it.
Chieftain.
Master Lan, what do you think?
You can't.
It's like this,
the bad omens inside these two,
I used nature's power
to subdue them.
They are normal people now.
If you kill them,
I'm afraid that the gods will be angry.
They will punish you.
What should we do now?
We can't kill them, that's for sure.
But their identities are doubtful.
They trespassed into this village.
Chieftain, I think you should lock them up,
and wait for the gods' decision.
Okay.
Men.
Yes!
Lock these two in the wood storage room.
Yes Sir!
You damned fraud!
Don't touch me, are you mad?
Shut up, quit your noise!
You crazy people!
All thanks to you, Master.
This is for the work before,
Er... Your remuneration.
Please accept it, Master.
Chieftain.
Exorcism is my duty.
Since you put it like that.
Don't be strangers.
Let's go!
That's right
What I had discussed with you before...
You fraud!
Please think about it.
This Shi Family has been here for many generations.
For more than 2000 years.
Now you want my family to move to other place,
please, Master, we need more time to consider it.
It's okay.
It's all depends on your decision.
Please, this way.
What is it?
I found a mark here,
but I can’t figure out
any clear direction.
So,
what should we do now?
What has happened to them?
It's all because of my incapacity,
please don't worry.
They'll be okay.
Have you ever heard of
the village on top of this mountain?
In the world map of Yangzhou,
I have never seen this village.
Your Excellency,
those Japanese pirates are strange.
They disappeared as soon as they reached this village,
without leaving even a footprint.
There’s something strange about these things going wrong.
And those mad men.
How can they be so strong?
They didn't even feel any pain.
Even people who practice the Iron Head skill,
might not even beat them.
And the sound of the bamboo flute,
whenever it sounds, they go crazy.
Your Excellency, do you think,
the bamboo flute is controlling these people?
Everything that has happened in Longdan
remains a mystery.
I'm not so sure about that.
It's cold in here.
Use this mat to cover yourselves.
Thank you, madam.
You're welcome.
Madam, please tell the Chieftain,
we are not bad omens.
We're good guys.
We can prove our innocence.
We are...
My wife is unwell,
I heard that near here,
is a kind of herb,
that can fully heal you.
That's why we were looking for a guide,
and went to the wrong village.
We were ambushed at the village's gate,
then the Chieftain brought along the villagers,
and used anesthetic to enchant the mad men.
We didn't have time to react.
And we got caught.
I don’t think
you are bad guys.
I'm the chieftain's lady,
but when the lives of the civilians are concerned,
in this situation,
There’s nothing I can do.
I can tell the chieftain what you said,
but I can’t help you
with anything else.
Madam,
do you know the person who went with us into the mountain,
what kind of person he is?
I don't know.
So madam,
apart from you, in this village
are there any other villagers?
No.
Have you ever met the Japanese?
Japanese?
There are only villagers here.
Mom.
Xiaoxin.
I have told you before,
not to run around carelessly.
Father will punish you.
Go.
My wife is unwell.
Your Excellency.
Why did you tell her that we were married?
If we don't want to tell them our true identities as officials,
we could do like we did in the troupe.
We could play the brother and sister card.
Healing your wife,
and risking your life to gather herbs for your wife,
earns more sympathy.
It’s better than being brother and sister.
You're so cunning.
You're so clever.
Your Excellency.
Don't move.
I'm tired.
Let me lean against you.
I've got the money,
so I’ll eat and drink my full, and leave at night.
Good liquor.
Roasted chicken.
Beautiful women.
Kid,
who let you in?
Why didn't you knock before you came in?
This room belongs to Longdan Village.
Why can't I come in?
You,
are small,
but speak with an imposing tone.
I'm the important guest that your father invited.
You're so disrespectful to me.
Aren't you scared that your father will spank you?
I will not let you tell my father.
I will still tell him.
Let's go, come with me to find your father.
Aren't you a Taoist priest?
My father said,
that you can't drink liquor or eat meat.
I'll tell people that you're a fraud!
I'll tell them that you stole the chicken.
And I'll tell my father.
Well,
we won't go.
You see.
You’ve never left Longdan Village, have you?
How do you know?
Of course I know.
We exorcists,
can't drink liquor or eat meat.
Does that mean we're old men?
Those inhuman rules
have been abandoned.
Really?
That's right.
Our ancestors said,
that meat and liquor go to your stomach,
you just have to worship the gods.
We can find religion everywhere,
I'm just a little exorcist with a grateful heart.
So, let it be like this.
Come here now.
I
will invite you to share this chicken with me.
Because we're good friends.
Take it.
But...
No buts,
this roasted chicken,
is our secret cure,
people in this village can't eat it.
Take it.
Tell me the stories of the world outside.
Sure.
But
that we ate chicken today...
Rest assured,
this is our secret.
Good boy!
You are kind,
keep your promise!
Here.
Miss Shangguan, Shang...
You've been drinking the whole way.
Don't drink anymore.
Are you my mother?
You're drunk!
Stop drinking, Miss Shangguan.
Give it back!
Watch out!
You...
You're drunk.
I'll take you home.
Xie Xiao.
Where are you?
Don't worry.
He'll be okay.
I know, Xi.
I know you wouldn't like
a little boy like me.
It must be my father, and your father’s doing.
I can't ruin your life.
You really don't know
or you're just pretending not to?
Why does everybody
realize how I feel about you
apart from you?
I...
Xie Xiao,
what should I do with you?
One person...
It's hard being alone.
No problem,
no matter what happens,
I'll always be here.
You are not him.
You can't replace him.
You're not him.
You can't replace him.
Don't move.
I've almost loosened the knot.
Let's go.
All you great warriors,
I was just passing,
I won't disturb you.
I won't.
Who did this?
No, no please.
Great hero,
help me, help.
You fraud!
You almost got us killed!
Your Excellency, let him go.
Let him meet his fate.
Don't!
I don’t want to meet my fate.
Sir, please help me.
I swear,
I won't trick people anymore.
I can let you go.
But you have to
tell me everything you know about this village.
I will, I will.
I'll tell you everything.
Pull me up, please!
It's so high! I'm scared of heights!
You scared me silly.
You destroyed this bridge ?
It wasn't me!
I'm not stupid!
Why would I do that?
To end my own life?
What are you doing here then?
I want to leave.
Leave?
That's right.
You!
Stop hitting me!
Don't waste your time on him.
Tell me,
those abnormal men,
and the bad omens that the villagers keep talking about.
What does that all mean?
Speak.
This village...
The Shi Family has been in hiding for years.
Half a year ago,
strange things suddenly started happening in this village.
The people here
all suffered from a strange disease.
They would physical unwell first,
then suddenly become really strong!
And they’d beat anybody they saw.
Many people died or got injured.
There was nothing else they could do.
That's why they chased everybody out.
Those with the disease had to leave.
Why did that happen?
I don't know!
They've been seeking healers,
but still can't solve anything.
They thought the people had been possessed.
So,
they invited me to conduct an exorcism ceremony.
That's why you told them
it was because of the wrath of the gods.
I just said it without thinking.
You just said it?
We almost lost our lives!
You!
I really wanted to save you two.
Who went and called me a fraud
in front of all of them?
So I had to show you what I could do.
Stop talking!
You're talking nonsense.
Whenever you open your mouth, people get into trouble.
Bad omens, huh?
You're the bad omen.
Okay, okay, stop hitting me!
I was wrong, okay?
Fair enough?
But I'm still kind enough to tell you about what happened.
Not everything I told you was a lie.
This village is full of murderous intent.
There will be a bloody tragedy in the future.
A bloody tragedy?
Don't think that I'm a careless man.
I'm also a serious Taoist priest.
I'd looked everywhere I could.
This place is full of murderous intent.
Not far off in the future.
If not for the broken bridge,
I would have left long ago.
You are scared of people revealing your tricks.
That why you couldn't leave, right?
Where is this bad omen?
This bad omen...
I based it on Yin-yang and
geomantic trigrams to calculate it.
From the image of the hexagrams
this place really suffers from bad omens.
You still dare to talk this nonsense?
I'm not!
How long have you been here?
More than a month.
Have you ever seen
any other people apart from the villagers?
Apart from the Shi Family,
I haven't seen anybody else.
Oh, right,
now,
just now,
I thought that I'd already gotten my reward,
and that I should leave.
Unexpectedly, I'd just reached the gate
when many men in black came out of nowhere,
and sneaked into the forest.
I’m way too curious,
so I followed them.
Suddenly,
just as I went in,
those men in black came out.
They held long swords like this.
If not for my cleverness,
I would...
Where did you meet them?
In the forest back there.
Oh right.
At that time, in their hands,
they had someone.
Who?
I just told you, "someone".
How would I know?
Maybe it was Xie Xiao?
Who?
Take us.
No, no, please!
That forest is dangerous!
It's almost dawn.
We should wait till the morning.
I won't go! I don't want to!
Nothing's left.
So we don't have any way to know if that was Xie Xiao or not.
Your Excellency,
maybe that brat saw us
following him, so he deliberately destroyed the bridge.
He didn't want to let us go?
It would be even more interesting.
I don't think it’s interesting.
What is that?
So scary!
We should leave, right?
When you tricked people,
why didn't you choose the name Liar Lan?
Master Lan,
where are those crazy abnormal guys?
Normally,
they are scattered around here.
You said you've been living here
for a month.
You should be familiar with this place's topographic.
So do you know about
another way out?
I don't know everything.
Don't think about dodging the question.
If you don't take us to find a way out,
I will tell everybody that you lied.
You think they would trust you?
They are now worshipping me blindly.
Just because of those silly tricks of yours?
You can only trick uneducated men.
As for tricking me?
The magic that day
you'd already used your fingers to predict the weather.
It was intentional, right?
Speak!
Do you have any other tricks?
Use them all, now.
I'll ruin them.
Okay.
It's morning now.
If the villagers find out that we're not there anymore,
they'll surely come up with a way to get us back.
Hurry up, will you?
Find the way down the mountain.
Why won’t you listen to me?
Stop talking already, show us the way.
Okay, okay, follow me.
So you brats don't dare to go into the water.
This many?
Xie Xiao, are you okay?
Jinxia,
I'm doing fine, so glad you guys came.
Please watch over me and help me overcome this.
Yue.
Father, your medicine is ready.
Those three,
you don't have any information of them?
No, father.
We've looked in every nook and cranny near the reed marshes.
But we still couldn't find them.
If I had known sooner,
I would have stopped them.
I'm so worried.
Father.
Please, don't think too much about it and care for your legs.
Mr. Lu is a master at martial arts.
Xie Xiao too.
Those two will protect Jinxia.
Everything will be okay.
I hope so.
Lord,
I think they've found Longdan village.
What’s wrong with finding a village?
Have they found anything strange?
It's unclear.
They went with the head of the family.
If they knew about us...
You go inform him.
Tell him to be alert.
If there’s no other way,
then just do what needs to be done.
Yes.
Liar Lan,
why didn't you use that powder sooner?
-Yes. -You, you, you…
What powder? That's anesthetic.
It's expensive.
Do you value money over your life?
I want...
I, I only have a little left.
Of course I have to save it
for important occasions.
You're injured.
It's okay.
Just a scratch, I won't die from it.
I thought I’d never see you again.
-If I can't marry you… -Look at him!
I won't be able to rest in peace.
What nonsense are you saying?
This injury of yours is quite deep.
I'll help you bind it.
It's okay, just a small scratch.
You don't have to do that.
Here.
Sure.
Beat him, beat him!
Beat him, do it!
Stop!
Run!
Stand up, Xie Xiao.
Your face is swollen.
Ouch!
Your hands, too!
Don't move, I'll help you.
Xie Xiao, do you know?
When old sailors tie knots when sailing over the sea,
they use this method.
My mother taught me.
Normal people don’t know it.
You should fight back.
You’re always embarrassing me.
If you don't want people to be mean to you,
you should be fiercer than them.
If not,
bear down on them with the weight of Mount Taishan.
You're so fat, they won't be able to get up.
I'm not fat!
Okay, okay, don't cry.
I will teach you how to
use the rubber gun, okay?
Really?
Done!
Yuan Jinxia, do you remember this knot?
Of course!
I always did it for you when we were young.
Even bound your head.
Into this giant bow.
Okay, don't waste any more time.
We can't stay in this place.
Yes, that's right.
Why are you in such a hurry?
Can't you see that Jinxia and I are talking?
- Master Lan -You...
is there anywhere near here
we can hide?
Let me think about it.
A cheat like you
is bound to have prepared a way out.
Will you tell us or not?
Oh, I remember!
There is a small wooden hut over there.
I just found it a couple of days ago.
I'll take you guys there.
Here we are.
Your Excellency.
We can stay here for the night.
You and Master Lan clean up the room.
I'll go find something to eat.
Liar Lan,
let's go.
Clean the room, go!
-What are you doing? -You...
You, follow me.
I don't want to.
I'm injured.
You just said that this injury
was nothing to you.
So?
You're hurt now?
Jinxia, what do you want to eat?
Chicken or rabbit?
I'll go hunt them for you.
Wild Chicken.
Okay!
Ah, no.
You might not be able to find any.
Just pick some fruit.
Come back soon.
Okay, you wait.
Why are you so fast now?
Do you know where the chickens are?
Of course.
Where?
Behind this hut.
Mr. Lu, you hate seeing me
getting close to Jinxia, right?
That's why you asked me for help.
You're overthinking things.
Lu.
I really can't stand
the way you boss Jinxia about.
She is my subordinate,
she has to do everything I ask her.
What?
I still make young master Xie angry?
I have known her for over 10 years,
her problems are mine.
Oh, I remember.
If I'm not wrong,
you have just been rejected in asking for marriage right?
I think this unashamed character of yours
is your strength.
You!
You guys are back!
Xie Xiao,
you're so great!
You caught a chicken just like you said you would.
What's wrong? I'm complimenting you!
It wasn't me.
Oh, so that Your Excellency's doing.
I thought so.
See, this chicken is hardly bleeding.
It was killed instantly.
It didn't do anything wrong.
Your Excellency, great skill.
Okay.
Stop flattering him.
We're all hungry now.
Your Excellency,
I'll prepare the meal.
You only have to wait.
It was just a chicken.
What’s so great about that?
I'll hunt an even bigger one tomorrow.
Okay.
So we'll wait for young master Xie
to bring back a bigger chicken.
I’m waiting.
Jinxia,
I'll help you to prepare the chicken.
These two men are competing with each other.
Very similar to females.
We'll have chicken tomorrow.
Here.
Thanks.
Your Excellency, please eat first.
Your tearing technique is awesome.
Where did you learn that from?
Don't give him this chicken thigh.
Thanks.
Oh right, heroine,
I don't know your names.
Let's introduce ourselves.
I forgot, I'll do it.
My family name is Yuan, my given name is Jinxia.
This is Lu Yi.
This is Xie Xiao.
How about you?
My family name is Lan,
my given name
is Qingxuan.
Oh right,
this,
I have to tell you something.
I've always wanted to ask but didn’t feel comfortable doing so.
Just ask.
I see that you always call Lord Lu Your Excellency.
You're officials?
At this point I'll tell you,
we really are officials.
We are looking into a case.
Oh, that's why.
What?
That's why even though Miss Yuan is still young,
she’s so awesome.
And smart.
You've overdone it now.
Compared to you, I'm nothing.
The same.
Oh yeah, Xie Xiao.
How did you escape last night?
Oh so you remember me now?
Last night...
Jinxia!
Fortunately I was fast enough.
Otherwise, I would have been in grave danger.
At that time, there was a strong wind.
It pushed me,
and made me shake like a leaf.
At that time,
I only had one thought to motivate myself.
That thought,
is you, Jinxia.
Get back to the story!
After that I easily climbed up.
They chased me all the way.
Even into the forest.
Then they forced me to jump down into the water.
What happened next, you already know.
Mister,
you are very fortunate to be alive.
That means,
that you were chased by those mad men all night?
Then those crazy men can’t be that good.
They couldn't even catch you.
Nonsense.
It’s because I'm so awesome!
Moreover,
I found something really unusual.
Unusual?
They forced me to jump into the water, right?
Can you guess?
What?
After I fell into the water,
they stopped attacking me.
After you fell into the water, they stopped attacking you?
Right.
Those mad men.
Will not fight against each other.
But if they were really mad,
they wouldn't be able to distinguish friends from enemies.
That's right.
It's strange.
Base on the current situation,
we should go through what we know.
First,
if this is really a disease,
and the villagers continue to catch it,
but this disease’s characteristic
is unusual violence
without pain or sleep,
or fear of death,
a disease that we will temporarily call Mad men’s disease.
Second,
these mad men will not fight against each other,
they only attack
normal people who aren’t affected by the disease.
Third,
like Xie Xiao said,
after falling into the water,
they couldn't see him.
There was also the sound of a flute.
I suspect that they're under control.
Maybe that's right.
But that flute,
does it actually affect them?
We still haven’t verified that.
Based on what little we have now,
the first matter,
is how these people distinguish friends from enemies?
According to the information Xie Xiao just provided,
these men distinguish friends
through smell,
not their eyes.
Smell?
There are many animals
that use smell to distinguish their own kind,
the direction,
their leaders,
and loved ones.
So,
after Xie Xiao jumped into water,
these mad men stopped attacking him immediately.
Just coming out of the water,
everything went back to how it was.
So,
water covered Xie Xiao's smell.
And stopped their attacks.
So,
they don't fight each other,
because of the smell.
What smell actually?
This is a really bizarre disease.
I've never heard of it before.
I've been travelling from south to north,
but I’ve never heard of it either.
What’s more bizarre
is that in this village,
there are not only people of the Shi Family,
but also others.
The people of the Shi Family,
don't know about what happened.
The Japanese Pirates.
After we got here,
we haven't seen them again.
Now the trail of evidence has run dry.
This matter
can't be that simple.
Wait, wait.
Japanese Pirates.
What Japanese Pirates?
Those sneaky men
I bumped into last night?
Good heavens.
I haven’t been to town for a few days,
and Japanese Pirates are already in Yangzhou?
Those jerks.
Killed people in the Wu’an Sect.
They're hiding somewhere.
They made us unable to escape.
I think those unusual mad men
are related to these Japanese Pirates.
Of course they are.
Think about it.
He destroyed the bridge,
because he doesn't want to let us go.
Putting it like that,
if we don't solve this matter,
we'll die here?