Translation and Timing by the Joy of Life Team @ Viki.com
♫ Have you ever heard of ♫
♫ the snow mountain’s cliff ♫
♫ Once left people with lingering enchantments ♫
♫ Legend has it ♫
♫ that there are treasures on it ♫
♫ But there is also a hidden abyss ♫
♫ The smart, foolish ♫
♫ and kind people ♫
♫ are all people you’re familiar with ♫
♫ On the mountain slope, on the cliff ♫
♫ on the cloudy peak ♫
♫ on this secular world ♫
♫ Let the snowflakes swirl and flutter ♫
Joy of Life
Episode 25
What are you looking at?
Look at that cloud.
You must be feeling bored and leisurely today.
Doesn't it look like a pile of coins?
It is still truly your style.
Say, if I were to bring this pile of coins home,
how happy would my wife and daughter be?
Are heading back to the manor?
Wang Qinian.
Have you heard of Zhuang Mohuan?
I know him.
When he entered the city today, all the scholars in the city
ran over to pay their respects to him.
All the scholars know about him.
The literary great Zhuang Mohan.
He is a true living saint amongst people in this world.
He is the teacher of all the scholars under the sky.
You don't know him? Aren't you also a scholar?
I don't count.
Look at you being humble.
You wrote a poem that spread throughout the land.
And you don't count as a scholar?
Let's go.
What's wrong?
Lord Shadow? Is Chen Ping Ping looking for me?
Someone wants to kill Chief Chen.
In this world, the amount of people who want to kill him are many.
In less than an hour they will take action.
Where is he now?
In the Inspection and Control Bureau.
Then he should be fine.
Without heavy armies, who can barge in to kill him?
Now there is no one around the Chief.
What do you mean by there is no one?
Zhuang Mohuan entered the city/
What does this have to do with Zhuang Mohuan?
Zhuang Mohuan entering the city is the turning point.
Everyone in the bureau knows
that in order to fan the flames of war we must assassinate Zhuang Mohuan.
But Chief has already sent Division One to protect Zhuang Mohuan.
Right.
Zhuge of Division One has already headed out.
Fei Jie of Division Three is not in the capital.
Every other army has been dispatched out separately by me.
Today the only people in the bureau are our men.
That is still not enough to kill Zhuang Mohuan.
Zhuang Mohuan is a distraction.
The one we want to kill is Chen Ping Ping.
You're here.
You have no other road.
Go to the basement jail.
All of you must be clear,
the person who's behind the military strategy and waiting for me,
it will always be Chen Ping Ping.
Once he dies, the Inspection and Control Bureau will be under our control.
When it happens, pressurising His Majesty
into destroying Northern Qi would be an easy task.
He is also human.
I've put in all my efforts into creating this scene today.
If we do not kill him today, we will have no other chance to.
Kill Chen Ping Ping! Kill Chen Ping Ping!
After killing Chen Ping Ping,
all the power in the Inspection and Control Bureau will be in our hands.
Once this begins, we have no escape route.
Take action now.
Kill Chen Ping Ping! Kill Chen Ping Ping!
Lord Fan?
Miss Lili, we'll speak another time. We're being hunted.
Hunted?
Press that.
Inside here is the deepest part of the basement jail.
The criminals inside are monsters who caused great harm to the world.
Let's enter first then decide.
Is it going to be safe in here?
Not entirely. Many people know of this path.
Usually they have to deliver food and water to the criminals,
or drag out a dead body.
Then what's the use of us hiding here?
The path is narrow and easy to defend.
Then won't we still die sooner or later?
A dead end?
We are screwed!
I cannot die!
I have not informed my wife yet,
if I just die on my own like this she will definitely be furious!
In such a situation you are afraid of your wife's anger?
My life and death is small,
whether my wife has agreed or not is big!
You don't understand!
What will happen to Si Lili who is outside?
They want to kill me, naturally they will not leave behind a live witness.
Give me the key to the jail.
You can't even save yourself yet you still want to care for others.
The key.
Wait for me.
This is a good kid.
What's that sound?
Internal conflicts in the Inspection and Control Bureau?
Why are you saving me?
Hurry and leave. They could rush in anytime.
Kill Chen Ping Ping! Kill Chen Ping Ping!
Kill!
What's the use of bringing me here?
Won't I still die all the same?
I promised to protect your life.
So even if you die, you have to die after me.
Go inside.
Lord.
What's that?
I said it before, the people who are locked here.
The monster who caused great harm to the world?
Right.
So many chains just for one person?
Just for one person.
If we glance at him will we be able to survive?
This way.
There's no one here.
Hurry and find out where Chen Ping Ping is!
We can't find him.
- We didn't find him. - Not here.
- Where is he? - Look for him!
He's not here!
Wait.
We're about to die, can't I even satisfy my curiosity?
This person is dangerous?
He's very dangerous.
He's called Xiao En.
My legs were paralysed by him.
Chen Ping Ping is inside! He has no escape!
Kill him! Attack!
Kill him!
Kill Chen Ping Ping!
They've opened the door to the passage!
Kill Chen Ping Ping!
Catch him!
Si Lili.
What do you want me to do?
The Northern troops have failed.
What's the point of saying this?
I'm nervous. So I have to say something.
Actually there is still one way to survive.
They only want to kill Chen Ping Ping.
You think they will let us go?
We can kill him frst.
Use his head to exchange for our lives.
This is the only way out.
- Wang Qinian. - Lord.
Let's play with our lives.
Alright.
What are you doing?
Wait.
It's Shadow! There's only him. Kill him!
- Kill him! - He's alone!
The people outside are all experts.
With just him alone, how long can he hold them back?
The sounds of killing seem to be getting further and further away.
Did they retreat?
Unless the opponent are very weak?
They are Level Seven Masters.
It really wasn't my idea.
What did you say?
The Shadow is probing you.
It wasn't my idea.
What do you mean?
Probing me?
Are those people out there faking it then?
They really want to kill me.
Are there other Masters lying in ambush?
There are no reinforcement.
Why are you saying this then?
The Shadow can single-handedly resist a thousand horsemen.
I don't know anything. I have never met Lord Shadow.
Si Lili. When Shadow left just now. the both of them were not by my side.
I thought you would still rely on me.
This is your last chance to get out alive.
I know.
Why are you hesitating?
I dare not.
In Northern Qi, the name Chen Pingping
is no different to ghosts.
Push me out.
Chen Pingping. Live well.
Wait till I'm out of here.
He's afraid I will die in someone else's hands.
He won't be able to get out. Let's go.
So, you knew these people are going to kill you.
I do.
Why didn't you stop them?
Inspection and Control Bureau has six divisions. They have high status and are powerful.
Although I'm the Head but I still can't defend against everyone.
There will always be an agency who wants to send people to infiltrate here.
Moreover, everyone know how to conceal themselves.
Let's give them the opportunity for them to jump out
and expose who they are.
Wang Qinian.
You are using yourself as bait?
We are smart people.
If they can't see me, why will they fall into the trap then?
Till now, we haven't seen any survivors.
This is how it is to walk into a trap.
I think it's still safer in here.
The sounds have stopped out there.
It should be okay now.
Do you think my actions are too ruthless?
They want to kill you. Naturally, they will be killed too.
Living with burdens, one can really only act involuntarily.
Wang Qinian, open the door.
Look at this jade. It's not bad.
Translation and Timing by the Joy of Life Team @ Viki.com
Head. When I came back here,
I saw Shadow ruthlessly killing his colleagues.
I arranged this.
You should be monitoring Zhuang Mohan of Northern Qi.
Why are you back here?
Something is not right.
Zhuang Mohan is missing.
When Zhuang Mohan entered Jingdu, he has always been
in Honglu Temple where I made the arrangement for him to stay there.
I found it strange. Thus, I told a subordinate to impersonate a cleaner to clean up his room.
Mr Zhuang, my I clean your room?
Mr Zhuang!
We later found out that Zhuang Mohan was not in his room.
Did anyone meet him?
Central Academy of Education, History Department, Rites Department and Censor Department.
There will always be someone who would visit him.
Looks like many people admire Zhuang Mohan
and wants to consult him face-to-face.
Why did they secretly take him away then?
Head, Zhuang Mohan is a literary giant.
His words can influence the scholars in the kingdom.
He simply disappeared like this. I fear it's not a small matter.
Show me the list of the guards for his room.
Yes.
I came back to the capital to request that you investigate Jingdu.
Forget about this.
You are back in time.
Summon all the hosts in the capital.
I need to talk to them.
Yes.
Head, Lord Fan. I'm going home now
to report that I'm safe to my wife.
If there's nothing else, I'm leaving too.
Wait.
Meet them.
Everyone's here.
Let me do the introductions.
Host Zhu Ge of First Division. Host Yan Ruohai of Fourth Division.
You have already met them.
The host of Second Division is at the border handling a task and not back yet.
Host Hei Qi of Fifth Division
is not in Jingdu. Host Shadow of Sixth Division.
The host of Seventh Division is in Jiangnan handling a a task and is not back yet.
Host Xuan Jiu of Eight Division.
He's in-charge of publications of books.
Didn't you open a bookstore? Let him manage it.
Hello, Lord Xuan.
As for the remaining person, it's Host Fei Jie of Third Division. He's not here.
The person who's handling his affairs
is lying over there.
Isn't he dead?
Host of Third Division of Southern Qing's Inspection and Control Bureau, Leng Shixiong.
He's Fan Xian, an official of the bureau.
Hello, everyone.
The young junior disciple is here too.
My family name is Leng, a subordinate of Fei Jie.
We are considered students from the same teacher.
Senior Brother Leng, this is...
I developed a new poison
and ate a few.
- The drug is not bad. - You didn't develop an antidote?
I failed. The poison is more potent.
Senior Brother, you have worked hard.
When I'm better, I will invite you to a meal.
I will personally cook.
Don't, don't. It's not necessary.
Fine. I...I'm going to rest for a while.
You have met everyone. Let me get to the point then.
Today, someone plotted to kill me in the bureau.
Fan Xian saved me.
Wasn't it Shadow? I witnessed it.
You saw the wrong person.
I'm getting old.
Fan Xian will take over from me in the future.
Guide him well.
Fan Xian came into Jingdu only recently. He doesn't know everyone yet.
He can gradually get to know everyone.
I'm not stepping down yet.
Head. Inspection and Control Bureau is the most important place in Southern Qing.
Not anyone can just take over the post.
I think, Fan Xian doesn't has this right.
Did you get it wrong?
I'm not here to seek everyone's views.
I'm merely notifying you.
I think it's great.
Others may not care.
Our Third Division will definitely support junior disciple.
I will say this for the last time.
The decision is set. I won't change it.
Whoever is not happy, just find the opportunity to kill me.
Dismiss.
There have been many turbulence in the bureau for the past years.
I thought you would take over in the future.
The Head's decision has definitely disappointed someone today.
Yan Ruohai, there's something that should be clarified.
I'm not fighting for it. I, Zhu Ge, don't have the right to take over that seat.
- I understand. - You don't understand.
Everything that I did, it was for the importance of Southern Qing.
I know. I saw the corpses for today's assassination.
They were very bold.
That's right. There have been several people who were secretly communicating with you.
Why didn't you say this just now?
Yan Ruohai, what exactly are you up too?
We are alike.
Every decisions were for Southern Qing.
Why?
What are you asking about?
Handing over Inspection and Control Bureau to me.
It was Shadow who wanted to probe you. It's a good thing too.
It could clarify everything.
Zhu Ge was wrong. I don't have this right.
Inspection and Control Bureau was established by your mother.
All these years, I have been guarding it for her.
I will eventually return this bureau to you.
Times have passed and circumstances have changed.
The time has passed,
the original intention remains unchanged.
Let's go to Honglu Temple.
It's a good thing to negotiate for peace after the war.
- It's an important task for the state and needs to be done. - I understand.
Stay here and do a good job.
If there's anything not going smoothly, tell me.
If anyone gives you any problems, tell me too.
I will help you to solve it.
I can do anything?
You can do anything.
No matter how difficult it is, I will handle it.
Go back now.
It was tiring today. The night is getting cold too.
Remember to use a thick blanket.
Your cough is still not getting any better.
I'm old. The illness hasn't gotten better.
I will prescribe some medicines for you later.
Fine.
When time, place and person match,
gentlemen need not labour.
It's the middle of the night.
You are restless.
I went to the palace.
I memorized the map that Ruoruo drew of the bedchamber of Empress Dowager.
Why are you restless?
The assassination at Cow Pen Street,
was plotted by Grand Princess.
Someone who plotted the assassination
is being comforted by the person who was supposed to be killed.
Isn't this laughable?
Chen Pingping said,
he wanted to hand over the Inspection and Control Bureau to me.
He also said, if I face any difficulties,
I merely needed to tell him.
If anyone gives you any problems, tell me too.
I almost revealed the name of Grand Princess.
Talking about killing anyone, I'm better than him.
Do you want to kill Grand Princess?
She's, after all, Wan'er's mother.
Do you want to kill her?
Grand Princess depends on her power over life and death.
Toppling her and kicking her out from Jingdu
will make her die a more painful death.
I won't do this.
Let me do it on my own.
Whatever you want.
Uncle, trespassing into the inner palace and stealing the key,
needs to be done slowly.
We must find a better opportunity.
You can decide.
Uncle, do you know,
Shadow from Investigation and Control Bureau is highly skilled in martial arts?
I do.
Is he a Grandmaster?
He's a Level Nine Master.
Doesn't Southern Qing has only a few Level Nine Masters?
Uncle, have you ever seen how Shadow looks like?
No.
Uncle, do you know when I went to investigate at the dungeon at the bureau today,
that person who was locked up in there, was extremely scary?
He was fully in chains.
This way, please.
You are the Vice Envoy, please sit here.
Fine.
Lord Xin, I have never negotiated with an enemy state.
I'm rather nervous about what to say next.
Don't be nervous.
When two enemy states are negotiating,
the most important thing to pay attention to, it's
to watch what you say.
Be elegant, understand the proprieties and be polite.
This will display
the great tolerance of Southern Qing. In a short while,
- don't get involved. Just listen to me. - Okay.
The state that was occupied by us,
I will never return it to you!
That is my state's territory!
Your state's territory? Even if it's your state's territory, you still need to return it.
Dispatch your army to fight us then!
Why don't we do this then? Let's me announce this now.
The negotiation stops here. Why don't we continue with the negotiation after the war has ended?
Want to do this or not?
You...you are vulgar and despicable.
I could already see from your mouth and face!
- Are you saying this for real? - Of course.
Listen to my details.
Come, Brother Zhang. This way, please.
- Come to my manor to talk. - The signature wine of this wine shop
is really great.
- Waiter! - Coming!
Change the music for me.
Okay.
Lord Fan, later in the afternoon,
we will continue with the negotiation.
Hence, we won't be drinking.
This is the right music piece.
It's most suitable for a scholar like me.
Lord Xin, wasn't the negotiation too flamboyant just now?
It was a display of power.
Shouldn't we be tolerant?
The soldiers died and won.
If we don't display our power, we would have wronged those soldiers.
This tea is great.
This distant scent. Ah! What a whirlwind of a night.
This empty taste. Ah! But it hides things within.
The land that our army occupied, we will never return it.
Moreover, you must also compensate for the expenses of our army!
How can we still continue to negotiate?!
There's nothing to negotiate in the first place.
Lord Xin, regarding this negotiation,
I won't give in to any of your demands.
Have you suddenly gone crazy?
There's a new information on this piece of paper for the conditions.
I wrote down the terms on it.
You can take a look at it first.
Let's talk again tomorrow.
You should also check the authenticity of the information too.
This is bad.
This is the secret folder just delivered by Northern Qi.
Head, looking for me?
There's some things that you must know about.
Bingyun has been captured.
Northern Qi's secret police did it.
Is he still alive?
He's still alive.
Is Northern Qi using him as the bargaining chip for the negotiation?
What do they want?
First, we must take back this land.
Second, we have to return the prisoners of war.
We also have to hand out pensions for Northern Qi's dead soldiers.
What's most ruthless is this last condition.
They want to exchange Xiao En and Master Yan for Si Lili.
Xiao En? That person who was locked up in the dungeon in the Inspection and Control Bureau?
Correct! That's Northern Qi's unmatched devil.
Previously on par with Chen Ping Ping.
Back then, Chen Ping Ping conducted a raid over thousands of miles
and caught him back at the expense of his legs.
Can such a person be exchanged?
Right?
But for the war this round,
it was all thanks to Yan Bingyun's information on the military situation and secret reports.
That's how it could be won without any hitches.
Even more so, he's also the Inspection and Control Bureau's
Yan Ruohai's biological son.
We are not exchanging.
We can't exchange the territory which we seized.
Can't exchange the seized territory?
Frankly, what they really want are Xiao En
and Si Lili.
We can't release Xiao En.
When he returns to Qi, he will definitely avenge like crazy.
As a citizen of Southern Qing, I can't accept this.
It's not a release.
It's an exchange.
Exchange of Bingyun to return.
I'll travel north overnight, infiltrate the capital of Northern Qi and rescue my son.
Rescuing this person is even harder than ascending the throne.
As a father, I need to do this.
It's not for you to decide whether we will do the exchange or not.
Head!
It's also not me. Only one person can decide.
- Eunuch Hong. - Here.
- Tell the Inspection and Control Bureau to release that person now. - Your Majesty....
Also, tell Honglu Temple that
I will not release Jiangshan which I seized.
As for the other terms, it's negotiable.
That Yan Bingyun must come back alive.
I will abide.
This is His Majesty's intention.
We must not release Xiao En!
Lord Yan, His Majesty has issued the verbal edict.
His Majesty knows what kind of person Xiao En is.
If Inspection and Control Bureau could capture him once,
they will be able to capture him again,
Yan Bingyun bears the burden
of hiding in the capital of Northern Qi, working his heart out.
His Highness knows all of this. Exchanging an old man on his last legs
for the future of Southern Qing is worth it.
Lord Yan, and also the rest of you, His Majesty also said,
he wants Lord Yan to come back alive.
I think His Majesty for his grace.
Thank you, His Majesty for his grace.
Fan Xian, hand over your official badge. Give it to me.
Fan Xian, we will meet again.
Your Majesty, there's a conclusion from the talks between Honglu Temple and Northern Qi.
The envoy from Dongyi has already given gifts to explain everything in details,
and preparing to leave the capital.
This is a twist and turn of events. Honglu Temple does tasks in complete secrecy,
Relay this decree.
Tomorrow, at Qi Hall,
I will throw a banquet to celebrate with the ministers.
Yes.
Wait.
Let the diplomatic entourage from Northern Qi and Dongyi sit together.
Go now.
I understand. I will do a good job.
Hundreds of officials will gather at the night banquet tomorrow.
The diplomatic entourage from Northern Qi and Dongyi City will have a joyous gathering too
It's considered a grand event.
What about Zhuang Mohan?
Who?
I'm talking about Zhuang Mohan.
It seems like he didn't participate in the negotiation.
He definitely didn't.
After he went missing in Jingdu,
he has been quietly reading in his room and didn't make any movements at all.
This is strange then.
A literary giant came to Jingdu from afar.
In the end,he didn't do anything at all, except to dine at the banquet tomorrow.
Whatever will happen tomorrow and the turn of the events, His Majesty will know.
Head, are you saying Zhuang Mohan will make his move at tomorrow's night banquet?
If his plot is at the tomorrow's night banquet,
what about us? We are not going to do anything?
- Let's just watch. - Why don't we take actions first?
There's no other way too.
I wonder why Zhuang Mohan is deliberately unable to defend himself.
There's something else. The information from Northern Qi
My son's capture may be due to a leak of his identity.
Someone from among the Northern Qi's spies revealed the secret.
It wasn't from Northern Qi.
Are you saying it was from Jingdu?
Someone in Jingu was bought over by them.
Bingyun's concealment in Northern Qi was top secret.
Other than His Majesty, we are the only ones in the bureau who knew about this.
Could there be a traitor in the bureau?
Why isn't this possible?
- Head, I will investigate this. - It's not necessary.
Your Majesty, this is a serious hidden danger.
This matter stops here. Don't bring this up again!
Yes.
The Inspection and Control Bureau was established many years ago.
Time runs, days pass,
some old things should be replaced.
Translation and Timing by the Joy of Life Team @ Viki.com
♫ Life goes round and round ♫
♫ In the long river of time ♫
♫ Layers of memories, of many lives over ♫
♫ Get stacked up ♫
♫ In an intoxicating river of stars ♫
♫ Before you know it, spring is over and it's almost fall again ♫
♫ The swallows are gone to their wintering grounds ♫
♫ Who can give up the chance ♫
♫ To spend this life with you? ♫
♫ You have been walking around in your dream for so long ♫
♫ The flowers fall from the boughs quietly ♫
♫ Year in and year out, we are on the road ♫
♫ Counting the remaining days of the year ♫
♫ Even if we will never meet again ♫
♫ Even if the bond is broken ♫
♫ No complaints ♫
♫ It's a cold world and I still think of you as I did before ♫
♫ The moon is sleepless ♫
♫ Leave a warm heart ♫
♫ To look after the rest of the year ♫
♫ Even if I have to cross a thousand mountains ♫
♫ Through the fire of war ♫
♫ You are always there for me ♫
♫ The flowers leave the boughs, quietly ♫
♫ Year in and year out, we are on the road ♫
♫ Counting the remaining days of the year ♫
♫ Even if we will never meet again ♫
♫ Even if the bond is broken ♫
♫ No complaints ♫
♫ It's a cold world and I think of you as I did before ♫
♫ The moon is sleepless ♫
♫ Leave a warm heart ♫
♫ To look after the rest of the year ♫
♫ Even if I have to cross a thousand mountains and through the fire of war ♫
♫ You are always there for me. ♫