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Under The Power
Episode 40
Yi.
Be careful along the way.
I'll be waiting for your return at the courier station.
Alright.
Wait for me.
General Qi.
What happened?
We lost this battle.
I heard when Mao Haifeng
was besieged in the Cen Harbor,
he had less than a thousand men.
However, our army mobilized nearly a thousand people,
but we couldn't defeat them at all.
Is there anything special about the Cen Harbor?
That's true.
The ridges near the Cen Harbor are winding
with rough roads and numerous cols.
The terrain there is so dangerous that it's easy to defend but hard to conquer.
In this case, isn't there any other breach?
Before departure, Mr. Wu told me
that the pirates have blocked
all the entrances to the Cen Harbor.
There's only one route left, but it's still dangerous.
General Yu must be familiar
with such a terrain that's so easy to wrap around.
Why did he risk attacking?
Initially, General Yu thought
that defeating Mao Haifeng required little effort.
Unexpectedly, however, Mao Haifeng
repelled our attacks time after time
whether it was land or naval battles.
Miss Chunyu.
You can tell me
whatever you need during these days here.
Are you showing sympathy for me,
or mocking at me?
Neither.
I just want to do this because of our acquaintance.
Furthermore,
I lived in your house,
and your mom took good care of me.
Stop shedding your crocodile tears.
Unreasonable.
If you don't meet some people now,
you may have no chance to meet them again in your life.
General Qi.
General Yu has arranged tents
for you and the soldiers.
He asked you to take a rest once you arrive.
Please follow me.
Alright.
Who are you?
This is the military camp, and no outsiders are allowed to come in.
Please leave here quickly.
I'm Lu Yi, assistant of the Embroidered Uniform Guards.
I have something important to discuss with General Yu.
Please notify him of my arrival.
The Embroidered Uniform Guards?
Mr. Wu ordered me to bring them here.
Don't be impertinent.
Yes, General.
Please follow me.
Such an impolite young soldier.
I told you before.
The army and the official circles are quite different.
Just get used to it.
Hold it.
Slowly.
Take care of him.
Yes, General.
Yes.
General.
Outside there is a Mr. Lu Yi
who said he is the assistant of the Embroidered Uniform Guards.
He came with General Qi and said that he wanted to meet you.
I haven't been away from the capital,
and almost forgot those troublemakers.
Your Excellency.
How could Yu Dayong put on airs to us?
We've been waiting here for about 2 hours.
He's busy with military affairs.
Of course we have to wait.
General.
So you are Lu Yi?
The son of Lu Ting, the Supreme Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guards?
Yes.
I came to the coastal area this time
because I have something to discuss with you.
I have nothing to discuss with the Embroidered Uniform Guards.
General.
Take it easy.
Assistant Lu, right?
You haven't had dinner yet, right?
Xiang.
Yes, General.
Take Mr. Lu to have a meal.
And settle him down after he finishes his meal.
After I'm done with the military affairs,
I will treat you to a dinner on arriving.
I think General Yu must be exhausted
after a big battle.
Please show consideration, Mr. Lu.
Why are you talking so much?
Well, please follow me to have a meal.
Since you are busy with your military affairs ,
please excuse me.
Please.
Hello.
May I ask you something?
Is the Cen Harbor in this direction?
The Cen Harbor? Yes.
You will arrive soon if you go this way.
Thank you.
Don't go there.
There has been a battle recently in the Cen Harbor.
The society is in the chaos of war.
If you go there alone, it won't be safe.
It's okay.
One more question for you,
Have you ever seen a group of monks along the way?
A group of monks?
Yes.
This morning we saw a group of monks.
They headed towards the Cen Harbor
with weapons in their hands.
Was there a girl with them?
A girl?
Maybe there was.
Yes, there was a girl.
OK, thank you.
How can we eat these?
I'm not a picky eater.
But how can you eat such poor food?
You can eat it,
then why can't I?
Look, there is meat and vegetables.
It's just the same as what a common soldier eats.
Eat it. It's fine.
Bub.
I see that you're still a kid.
How can you be highly valued by General Yu?
Your Excellency.
I'm no longer a kid.
How old are you?
I'm 14, Your Excellency.
You're just 14,
but you said you were no longer a kid?
A 14-year-old person is no longer a kid, Your Excellency.
General Yu said that he would allow me to get on the boat
and learn how to use blunderbusses in several years .
Well?
Do you like firearms?
You can learn to use them from the general.
Perhaps in the future you will get an opportunity
to be recruited by the Firearms Division.
No.
I want to follow General Yu to beat the pirates.
I won't go anywhere.
He's really a kid.
General Yu hasn't had dinner yet since he arrived.
So help yourselves.
I'll ask the cook to prepare a portion for him.
General Yu has this food too?
Sure.
Yu Dayong left us aside.
How arrogant he is!
How dare he put on airs in front of us?
Anyway he owns the military power.
He indeed has more power than me.
But he shouldn't be rude to us like this.
Just see how he treated us just now.
If he were a tactful
and sociable guy,
how could he
have minded so much business of others,
been fooled by others so many times,
and suffered so much loss all these years?
He even treats us like this
It is conceivable
that he will be definitely rebuffed in official circles.
I feel strange
that he's been still leading the army to fight the enemies so far.
There's nothing strange.
After all he's a skilled person.
Dajian, what's up?
The pirates!
Damn it!
Ling doesn't know kung fu.
Protect Ling. Leave the rest to me.
Alright.
Ling, come down here.
My brothers.
Hurry up. We're almost there.
Alright.
Mr. Yang!
You are wounded, Dad. Are you OK?
I'm OK.
I won't die.
Listen, Xi.
Sounds like a fight.
Master said
that we might come across fleeing pirates
on the way to the Ceng Harbor.
Let's hurry and have a look.
Let's go.
Go.
Uncle Yang, are you alright?
Miss Shangguan.
Why are you staring at me? You want to die?
Watch out, Ling!
Dad, how do you feel?
-Dad. Are you alright? -Uncle Yang!
-Uncle Yang. -Mr. Yang.
I'm fine.
Yang Yue，
take your dad to the carriage.
-Alright! -Ling.
Check his injury.
Alright.
-Dad, let me help you. -Follow me.
Come on. Let's go.
Slowly.
Come on.
General.
Please wait a second.
Allow me to finish my dinner.
Help yourself, General.
I'm not in a hurry.
Sorry.
We marching soldiers
never know where the next meal comes,
so we are not used to eating slowly.
It's good that the weather is nice now.
If it gets a little colder,
there's lots of fat
when the mutton with rice is served.
That taste makes us feel bad.
When I went beyond the border,
I tried this taste too.
I thought
you were just a playboy in the capital,
but I can't believe you went beyond the border too.
I wonder what Mr. Wu told you in his letter.
I'm here this time for...
Mr. Lu,
you're the VIP here.
Mr. Wu said in his letter
that he asked me to cooperate with you
to check the war situation against the pirates at the coastal border in recent years.
Of course, I won't disobey his order.
Mr. Lu.
These documents are referring to the war situation
against the pirates since I came to Zhoushan.
It is just a piece of cake
for the Embroidered Uniform Guards to check these things.
There is no need for me to explain, right?
If you're interested in the council of war,
I will ask someone to inform you of attending it by then.
General Yu.
Mr. Lu.
You can take your time checking here.
I still have to deal with some military affairs.
Excuse me.
Your Excellency.
You see what he did.
I'm afraid that Wu Shouxu's letter is more of a hindrance than a help.
General Yu mistakenly believed I'm here to supervise the army.
Hold still.
Hold still. Come on.
Xi.
Slowly.
Xi.
His arm and leg are wounded.
Wrap bandages for him right now.
Alright.
Stay still.
You'll be okay.
Come on. Let me see.
Doctor Lin,
how is my father?
Luckily, his internal organs are not wounded.
Otherwise,
it would be hard for me to cure him.
Dad.
It's all my fault. I'm so late.
I'm quite familiar with your kung fu moves.
You're fast only when picking up the cleaver.
Come to think of it,
if I had the fighting skills in the past,
I could have avoided that slash.
A hero is silent about his past glories.
You're old.
Now you're wounded,
so you'd better not go to the battlefield.
Exactly.
I think Ling is right.
How about this, Yang Yue?
Take your dad back and ask him to recuperate for a few days.
Alright.
Dad, I'll take you back to meet Jinxia.
OK.
Take good care of them.
You will be fine soon.
Alright, I got it.
Thanks.
Thank you, Xi.
You're welcome.
Miss Shangguan.
Come with me.
Slowly.
I have something to tell you.
Go ahead.
Don't paw me.
I felt regret
once you left that day.
Regret?
Regret for what?
I felt regret for...
Well...
You're really stupid.
If you have nothing to say, I'll leave.
No.
Please don't go.
I felt regret for saying that I would never see you.
I felt regret for refusing your care.
For being cold to you.
I've thought everything through.
From now on, I want to protect you,
and never get separated with you.
If you want to stay,
you must be careful.
Dad,
are you feeling better now?
Yes.
Thank you, Doctor Lin.
You are welcome.
By the way,
how is the scar on your face?
It itches a little bit now.
Hold still. Don't scratch it.
You must keep taking the medicine.
After three more times of decrustation, .
the scar will gradually disappear.
Then... can my face become what it used to?
Don't worry.
You will be as handsome as you were.
Dad,
I have a request and I need your permission.
What is it?
Miss Shangguan and I have already been in love with each other.
I hope that you
will fulfill my wish.
When this comes to an end,
I'd like you to come to the Shangguan family to propose a marriage for me.
As long as Miss Shangguan agrees,
that's good.
Xi,
it will be of no grievance to you to marry him.
This guy is single-minded,
so you can definitely manage him.
Alright, that's a deal.
How lucky you are, Mr. Yang!
Uncle Yang.
As you are seriously wounded,
please go back to the town and recuperate.
Alright.
By the way, Xiao,
don't forget to kill some pirates for me.
Don't underestimate me, Uncle Yang.
I will kill all the pirates.
How confident!
Alright, I'm expecting that.
We should set off.
Otherwise it will be late for us to reach General Yu's.
Uncle Yang,
take care.
Constable Yang,
take care.
Take care.
Brothers,
time to depart!
Alright. Let's go.
Those seriously-injured should stay here.
Don't rush on the way.
Alright.
My 13th brother,
stay and take care of them.
Alright.
Get prepared, everybody.
Xiao looks more and more
like the leader of a sect,
just the same as what his father used to be.
Mr. Yang,
we have to leave.
Alright.
See you later.
-Go. -Let's go.
Uncle Yang...
Well.
Take care.
You must be careful.
Wait for our wedding.
Don't worry.
Come on.
Go.
Congrats, Xi.
-Go. -Let's go.
Your Excellency.
Anything wrong with the files, Your Excellency?
Nothing wrong with the files.
But the situation along the coast of Cen Harbor
is worse than I estimated.
You see.
The Cen Harbor does have complicated terrain
as General Qi said.
Mao Haifeng is seemingly fighting desperately.
In fact, this situation
is unfavorable for us.
General Yu is proficient in the military.
He should know that the assaults only lead to a loss of military power.
It's impossible to attack deliberately.
There are really no other ways out?
The only option is to attack at sea?
These pirates are good at naval battles.
General Yu must have taken this into consideration,
so he chose the hard way at last.
For Wu Shouxu and Yu Dayong,
they must win this battle.
Your Excellency.
It's already 1 o'clock a.m.
You should take a rest.
You go take a rest first.
I have to keep reading this files about the Cen Harbor.
Yes, Your Excellency.
I wonder if His Excellency is doing well there.
Is there anyone troubling him?
He is an embroidered uniform guard.
He's always been troubling others.
Nobody dares cause trouble to him?
Be careful.
Curiosity can kill a wild cat like you.
Your Excellency.
You don't have to retain me.
I don't deserve it.
It's midnight already.
You can leave tomorrow.
We'll never meet again.
I don't think you're that smart
when you're not ill.
Lu Yi.
Don't be insatiable.
Your Excellency.
What are you doing now?
Do you miss me?
Wait for me.
He asked me to wait for him before he left,
but I haven't replied to him yet.
Your Excellency, you've been reading the files for a whole night.
Take a rest.
I'm fine.
You've been here for a whole night, Mr. Lu?
I want to know about the battles between your army and the pirates
as soon as possible.
Now, everyone in the court is jittery.
And there are repeating rumors that some officials in the court collude with the pirates.
I think
you are here
to investigate this, right?
Then let me make it clear to you.
We soldiers here dedicate ourselves to the country
by shedding our hot blood.
As the battle is in a stalemate now,
the emergence of the Embroidered Uniform Guards will undermine the morale of our army.
Looks like you
hold a deep grudge against the Embroidered Uniform Guards.
Yes.
No one likes the Embroidered Uniform Guards.
However, the soldiers' vision is
different from the civilians' anyway.
You can rest assured, General Yu.
Even though I'm good at nothing,
I'm here
to do my best.
General!
General.
Imperial edict.
An imperial edict is coming.
Accept the imperial edict, Yu Dayong.
According to the God-blessed Emperor's order,
Yu Dayong, the regional commander of Zhejiang, failed to do his best in the battle.
He must conquer the Cen Harbor within a month.
If he fails by then,
all the military officers including the regional commander will be dismissed and under investigation.
His Majesty's order is hereby issued.
Yes, Your Majesty.
Looks like His Majesty
really worries
that the army cannot conquer the Cen Harbor all the time.
Now you should understand
why Mr. Wu didn't oppose that I come to the barracks
to look entirely into the case of collusion with the pirates.
He's already known
that the coastal affair has been delayed for so long.
And many people in the court are denouncing this by speech and in writing .
His Majesty doesn't know what to do.
I'm here,
to prove the reason
why the coastal towns cannot be conquered.
It's not because of the collusion with the pirates.
I'm a military officer. If I'm not allowed to fight,
should I have to investigate others' privacy
like the Embroidered Uniform Guards do?
I really admire your devotion
to the country and the civilians,
However, I wonder if you've ever thought about this.
The battle is extremely critical,
and you are not good at sociability.
Wu Shouxu got the best candidate
to hold the bag, right?
I don't believe that.
Mr. Lu,
don't try to cast a bone between us.
It's okay that you don't believe me.
I just want to remind you.
Besides,
I want to go to the armory.
Could you do me this favor?
Of course if you wish.
But I'm going to discuss military business with my subordinates in the tent.
How about this?
I'll ask Xiang to take you there.
Thank you, General.
All mines are destroyed now.
We should stop our business.
Mr. Yan,
you must get rid of Lu Yi soon.
Well?
Can't you even deal with an embroidered uniform guard…
Is this Japanese wine?
Yes.
Mr. Mao.
How is the plan of
mutual business
with Japan?
I was supposed to occupy the Cen Harbor, whose terrain is the best,
and then open up the channel between the inland and Japan.
Unexpectedly, however,
Yu Dayong was unwilling to retreat
by blocking me at all costs.
Now,
we can only kill Yu Dayong
and entirely control the Cen Harbor,
so that we can do our marine business trade to wherever it is
just like how the Portuguese controlled the Tuen Mun.
Mr. Yan,
with your power in the court,
getting rid of Yu Dayong is not hard for you.
So you invited me here
to ask me to help you get rid of Yu Dayong?
You want me to help you win the battle
by using my family's power
to beat Yu Dayong in the court.
But I'm a businessman, not a traitor.
You're the one who fights, not me.
The one who opposes the government is you,
not me either.
I thought
your aspiration was
to conquer this world.
How dare you?
Do you want me to rebel?
That's not what I mean.
I won't stick my neck out.
I won't be the boss when I can be the man under him.
After all, if the boss is under my control,
this world will still be mine.
Brilliant.
You are really brilliant.
Alright.
Since you 've told me your difficulty,
and I've claimed my position…
How about this?
As long as you defeat Yu Dayong,
I won't leave him any chance to make a comeback in the court.
I'll help you get rid of this thorn in the flesh.
OK?
Fine.
I need you to get rid of one more person for me.
His Excellency is asking whom you want.
Wu Shouxu.
Alright.
By the way,
do you like her?
That's fine. She's my gift to you.
Zhai Lanye.
From now on, you'll stay here to serve Mr. Mao.
Your Excellency, I...
Serve him well.
Don't displease him.
If he loses this battle,
you'll be held responsible.
Thank you, Mr. Yan.
I don't like others to touch my stuff casually.
But I like giving them away.
I will treat you well.
You gave Zhai Lanye to Mao Haifeng on purpose,
Your Excellency?
She asked Dong Qisheng
to catch Lin Ling and give her to Mao Haifeng, right?
As she failed,
she should dedicate herself to Mao Haifeng.
Then will you return to the capital?
Yes.
Here's your letter, Your Excellency.
[I'll be waiting for you. Jinxia]
Nothing else
except for the three characters?
What did you just ask me, Your Excellency?
Nothing.
Your Excellency.
General Yu asked someone to send his message
that he asked us to go check the armory.
General Yu's treasures are in this armory.
Now that he asked you to check here,
you're treated as his honored guest.
Your Excellency.
General Yu governs the army quite rigorously.
Each firearm
is required to be entirely cleaned.
Of course.
Not only these weapons,
even the powder magazine is also heavily guarded.
No one within one zhang (about 3.33 meters) is allowed to approach it.
How many times has General Yu attacked by sea?
He has attacked by sea for five or six times
since the battle in Zhoushan.
As the ports here are very deep,
the ships were pinched on three sides as soon as they entered,
and some of them were sunk by artillery.
This ejector has the longest range on the ship, right?
How long is the range?
About dozens of zhang.
Dozens of zhang?
Then you can directly attack
the pirates' ships hiding in the ports.
Yes.
But the ejector has limited damage.
It can only burn the sails of the pirates' ships,
so it's inadequate to defeat the enemy.
If only we can draw out their ships.
Unfortunately, they're very cunning.
No matter how we challenged outside,
they wouldn't come out, and kept hiding in the port.
That's why General Yu could only attack by land?
General Yu had no choices as well.
Several ships were sunk,
and the allowance from the government is little.
They could neither afford artillery,
nor rebuilding warships.
They were able to attack
neither by sea nor by land.
Even His Majesty wants to dismiss him from his post for investigation.
Pushed to this point,
General Yu has such a heavy burden on his shoulders.
I've shown extreme patience to you.
Why do you want to kill me?
I hate you,
for ruining my whole life.
You ruined your life yourself.
It has nothing to do with me!
If you hadn't disguised yourself as a man and saved me,
I wouldn't have affection for you.
If you and Yi weren't in love with each other,
I wouldn't envy you.
If...
If I hadn't married Sima Chang'an,
I wouldn't be in this situation today,
and I would have a different life.
How stupid you are!
So far you haven't known
why you become like this today.
Right.
I dressed up as a man for fun,
and saved you by chance.
However, if another one saved you then,
you would have affection for him as well.
Moreover,
do you love His Excellency sincerely?
Or you are unwilling to see me have my happiness
because you hate me?
You set me up before,
and now you tried to kill me.
Do you hate me that much?
This is not important.
My fate is up to the others.
Even my life is not mine.
Something's wrong.
This blade is usually hidden by martial artists
in case of an emergency.
You can't have it.
Who gave it to you?
Tell me!
Who gave it to you?