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Under The Power
Episode 17
If it's not solved,
we will die here.
Jinxia.
Jinxia
Jinxia.
You don't want to get back to sleep?
I can't sleep.
It's noisy inside.
Your Excellency.
Does this remind you of someone?
Your Excellency.
I was so careless that I broke this bracelet earlier.
You were extremely angry back then.
This bracelet must be very important to you, right?
Isn't it an object of love
some girl gave to you?
Object of love?
It did witness our love,
everlasting love all my life.
But it's not
romantic love between a man and a woman.
It's the family love
that will never fade away.
When I was little,
my mother would often play the "Peach Blossom" for me.
One night,
my father specially
came home early to enjoy the music with us.
That day,
I was very happy.
Father.
Good boy.
I didn't expect that...
Mother!
Mother!Mother
Mother!
My mother died.
The strings were broken.
I've always secretly carried the string stained by my mother's blood
with me.
I consider it
something in memory of my mother.
I'm so sorry.
I didn't know it.
That's fine.
The sun is going to rise soon.
You'd better go back to sleep.
Your Excellency.
Where did you go?
You've waken up?
Here,
I picked it nearby.
Enjoy it.
Thank you.
Where are Liar Lan and Xie Xiao?
Xie Xiao has gone to catch pheasants.
Liar Lan must have followed him.
Why are they trying so hard?
Perhaps
they've gotten addicted to it after eating it yesterday.
Why are there horses on this cliff?
Let's check out.
Let's go.
Look, Your Excellency.
That wasn't our hallucination.
There are horses indeed.
Why do the hoof prints end here?
Your Excellency, I'm sorry.
I didn't mean to do it.
-I'll certainly... -Hands off!
My mother died.
The strings were broken.
I've always secretly carried the string stained by
my mother's blood with me.
I consider it something in memory of my mother.
Your Excellency.
Jinxia.
Get on the horse!
Your Excellency.
Don't lose such an important thing again.
Take it.
Don't be too moved.
Yuan Jinxia, are you out of your mind?
In such a dangerous motherent,
you're even dreaming a romantic dream?
And the one you're daydreaming about is even Mr. Lu.
Fei.
Where's the young master?
Ms. Shangguan,
I'm sorry.
They captured my mother.
I...
I had no other choice.
Ms. Shangguan.
We meet again.
Dong Qisheng.
I always care for beautiful ladies.
The myasthenia poison doesn't hurt the body.
The Dongs' Sect on the Water provoked our sect several times.
Now you've even set me up.
What do you want exactly?
What do you mean by "provoke"?
You've exaggerated it.
The other day I accidentally
came across a cook from the Western Regions.
Then I thought
you must have never enjoyed any food of the Western Regions .
So, today
I came to invite you to our place
so that we can enjoy
what the Western Regions cook makes
and check the difference between it
and what the Jiangnan cook makes.
Invite?
This is how you invite people?
Ms. Shangguan has a reputation for your dignity.
I was so shy
that I was afraid you would refuse me.
So I thought it over and over again
before I came up with this idea.
Help Ms. Shangguan up.
Yes, Chief.
Go.
Do you really have no idea
or just pretend not to know it?
How come everyone can tell
my love for you
while you have no idea at all?
Xie Xiao.
What should I do with you?
It's so hard
for me to hang in there alone.
I'm worried about Ms. Shangguan.
It's not okay.
I need to check if she's okay.
Where did that horse come from?
It's a long story.
Hurry and pack up.
Let's leave this place.
You know how to go down the mountain?
The pirates have discovered us.
They are coming here soon.
We have to leave here right now.
Listen. It's the bamboo whistle again.
They've come here so quickly.
Those mad villagers!
Get in the house.
Let's go.
Get in quickly. Get inside.
Where is Liar Lan?
That bastard has run away.
That jerk.
Why are those people so quick?
When someone's unlucky,
even water could get stuck in their teeth.
Today, again, we heard the whistle first
before the mad men came here.
The bamboo whistle must have something to do with the mad men.
What is it?
The flower I picked for you.
I know it is a flower.
I'm talking about the smell.
Those mad men tell their fellow people
based on the smell,
not though the eyes.
Your Excellency,
I know what their bodies' smell is.
-Your Excellency. -Stop knocking.
Let me put it in your hair.
Hurry up and put it on.
I'll do it myself.
Xie Xiao.
Put it in my hair.
Okay.
Let's try it.
Let's try.
Let me do it.
Give it to me.
It works.
Come on. Let's go.
It really works.
Your Excellency, come on.
Let's go.
Hurry up!
Listen.
It's so embarrassing today.
Don't tell anyone about this.
It's not embarrassing. It looks good.
Really?
It's good. It's good.
Over there. Over here.
You swindler.
Chieftain,
there might be some misunderstanding between us earlier.
I believe Mr. Lan
must have explained it clearly to you.
Mr. Lan has explained it to us.
It has been clearly explained.
You are not ominous.
Sorry for having offended you.
It's very dangerous outside.
If you guys have anything to say,
please come with us back to the village
so that we can talk there.
Please.
Let's raise our bowls.
We offended
you guys a lot earlier.
Now I would like to apologize to you.
Bottoms up.
Refill your bowls.
Good alcohol.
Liar Lan...
Where is Mr. Lan?
Ask them to serve the dishes.
Yes, Chieftain.
Mr. Lan
isn't feeling well.
He's taking a rest in the backyard.
Come on, refill your bowls.
Come on.
Let's continue drinking.
Bottoms up.
Come on.
Not bad.
Is this alcohol okay?
Fill it up.
Help yourself.
Come on.
Ms. Shangguan,
look.
They made this by skinning
a two-month-old lamb
and stir-frying it in boiling oil
before grilling it over a charcoal fire.
Then they sprinkled special spices from the Western Regions on it.
Having a bite,
you'll find it so soft and tender,
fat but not greasy.
Dong Qisheng.
What do you want exactly?
I just want to have a dinner
with you, Ms. Shangguan.
Fine.
Give me the cure first.
It's impossible.
Do you feel so weak that you can't move?
Come on.
I'll feed you.
Shangguan Xi.
Don't take the hard way.
My patience isn't endless.
Bring them here.
Yes!
Hurry up and go.
Hurry up.
Go.
Hurry up.
Kneel down.
-Ms. Shangguan. -Kneel down.
Fei.
This subordinate of yours
did betray you,
but he ended up trying to call for help.
So ridiculous.
Ms. Shangguan.
I've let you down.
Dong Qisheng,
let them go.
If you become my woman,
you'll be not only a master of a hall,
but also the commander
of the entire Dongs' Sect on the Water.
In your dreams.
Let's see
if it's just a dream.
Look.
If you don't do what I say,
I will torture them bit by bit.
I'll see
how much the master of Vermilion Bird Hall of the Wu'an Sect
can put up with
for her people.
You bastard.
Hit them hard for me.
Come on, look.
Servants,
bring this beautiful lady
into the cabin.
Go!
Ms. Shangguan, hurry up and leave!
You think our place is where you can easily come and go
as you want?
Ridiculous!
Slow down, Miss. Yuan.
Your alcohol is so great.
Mind your step.
We're here now, Miss Yuan.
You'll stay here tonight.
Let's go upstairs.
Thank you.
Be careful.
Mind your step.
This is where l stay.
I'm so sorry. I drank a lot.
I want...
Are you alright?
I want to vomit.
You drank too much.
I want to sleep now.
Then get inside and take a rest.
I'll leave you alone.
Now you should take a rest, too.
Okay. Okay.
-Good alcohol. -Be careful.
You idiot.
Why did you cone here alone?
I went to the Wu'an Sect's place trying to find you.
On the way there, I saw Fei getting caught by a group of people.
So I followed them here.
I saw you being humiliated,
so I couldn't help going out and helping you.
I forgot to ask for help.
You are as reckless as Xie Xiao.
Now it's great.
We are both caught up here.
Two people getting caught up
are better than one.
We can keep each other company.
I can be here for you.
I don't need you to be by my side.
I don't know how Xie Xiao and the others are doing.
Sometimes,
I really envy Xie Xiao,
who is always thought of by someone.
What's going on?
During the dinner just now,
when I mentioned you to the chieftain,
I saw something strange in his eyes.
My guess turns out to be correct.
Miss Yuan,
you are very good at foreseeing the future.
You're exceedingly alert,
smart and confident.
Come here
and untie me first.
Mr. Lan, magical and powerful,
is also a fast runner.
Such a few hemp ropes
won't stop you from escaping.
I'm not that powerful. I'm not that powerful.
I rode the horse escaping
because I wanted to get back to the village
and call for help.
Really?
I told him that
I had asked the saint spirit.
If they wanted the village to be safe,
they must bring back you guys.
So he came to save us?
What did you expect?
They immediately led people to rescue you.
Can you
help me to sit up first?
I feel tired to talk while lying down.
One more thing.
I was to blame for being talkative.
I told him
you are government officials
and I asked them to repair the ladder
and let you out.
Were you afraid that once they knew
you were a big cheater
they would withdraw your tendons and skin you?
That's why you disclosed our information, right?
Liar Lan,
you're still not telling the truth, right?
Don't accuse a good person of what he didn't do.
If I hadn't said so,
he wouldn't have gone to save you.
Without his help,
we are still safe and sound now.
Stop bragging.
By the way,
how did you guys escape?
I had my own way.
What was the way?
I won't tell you.
The risk is around the corner.
I suggest that you
just be honest.
What is the risk?
Untie me first.
Then I will think about whether telling you or not.
Fine.
Now I'll take you back to the mad men's place.
Don't do it.
Your lady.
Tell me.
Well... Chieftain Shi's
personality is just like his name (meaning "stone").
He is
as stubborn as a stone in the toilet.
-Ugly and tough. -Focus on the main point.
The main point... the main point is...
The main point is
that he had just promised me
and then he tied me immediately.
If I'm right,
he is going to take action tonight
and sink the three of you into the well.
so as to suppress the ominous spirit.
Sink us into the well?
What do you mean?
Jinxia.
Carry him out of here.
Yes!
Chieftain.
The other two are missing.
Find them.
Yes, Chieftain!
At the easternmost part of the village, there's an ancestral hall,
where an ancient well is situated.
The Shi people have protected
that well for generations.
Legend has it that
there is a dragon in that well.
The dragon is very scary.
It eats humans.
Therefore, every three years,
they have to offer a living person to this Dragon Lord as a sacrifice.
What?
Then hurry up and tell them all about it, Liar Lan.
Are you kidding me?
Whatever I say right now,
they won't believe at all.
They'll only think
you are threatening me.
You liar. You bastard.
I'll punish you later.
Don't, don't.
Your lady, do you have time
to untie me first?
Where are they?
Haven't they already been...
there's an ancestral hall,
where an ancient well is situated.
Every three years, they have to offer a living person
to this dragon as a sacrifice.
Oh no! I'm late.
Your Excellency.
Xie Xiao.
Are you guys in here?
Your Excellency, is that you?
Your Excellency.
Never mind.
I'll just go down there and check.
Great.
You're still alive?
That girl has saved you guys?
What do you mean?
When I first came to this village,
I discovered an ancestral hall for worshiping.
There's an ancient well in it.
The Shi people
have protected this well for generations.
I mistakenly came here.
I'm just passing by here.
Please don't blame me, dear ancient people.
Who is it?
Who is laughing there?
Don't pretend to be a ghost.
I'm not scared.
Goblin.
What are you?
Who are you?
I'm the next chieftain of Long Dan village.
Who are you?
Why did you come to our village
and even break into our ancestral hall?
You brat.
You're a human.
Why are you pretending to be a ghost?
I'm asking you.
You haven't answered my question yet.
Why do I have to answer yours?
Fine.
You're the next chieftain?
I am a goblin catcher your current chieftain
paid a lot of money to invite here.
I'm Lan Qingxuan.
Alright, your turn.
Why did you hide in the well?
I was looking for the Dragon Lord.
What? Wait.
Looking for what dragon?
There is a dragon in the well?
My father said so,
but I've never seen it.
The well is too deep.
Every time I climbed down there, I couldn't reach the bottom before I had to climb up.
You little liar.
Your father said that to scare you just because
he didn't want you to wander around.
My father said
2,000 years ago,
in the Chu state
there was an evil dragon doing lots of cruel things.
It killed a lot of people.
At that time, the king of Chu sent some witches here
to take down the evil dragon.
Among them
there were some ancestors of the Shi family.
The Shi people
have been living here for over 2,000 years
to guard the dragon in the well.
My father says
every three years
we have to offer a living person to the Dragon Lord as a sacrifice.
Anyway,
that is the story in general.
I didn't mean it.
I didn't expect
everything would end up like this.
You told Jinxia
we would be sunk into the well?
Why did both of you do this to me?
Why can't you untie me first?
All these pictures combined together,
in the order of 1, 2, 3 and 4,
exactly make a story, right?
These murals have sharp lines
and a tough style.
They don't look like some recent paintings.
They seem to be valuable.
Forget about it.
What am I thinking?
It's important to find them right now.
Mr. Lu and Xie Xiao.
Where did they go?
There's no gap in the left eye of any other dragon sculpture.
Only this one has it.
There must be something wrong.
Mr. Lu.
Xie Xiao.
Mr. Lu.
Xie Xiao.
Mr. Lu.
Xie Xiao
The skull is black.
This unlucky guy died from poisoning.
I think I have to be careful.
Who is it?
Don't pretend to be a ghost.
Come out here!