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 an hidden abyss ♫
♫ The smart, foolish ♫
♫ and kind people ♫
♫ are all people you’re familiar with ♫
♫ On the mountain slope, on the cliff ♫
♫ on the cloud peak ♫
♫ on this secular world ♫
♫ Let the snowflakes swirl and flutter ♫
Joy of Life
Episode 40
Actually it's also not hard to guess.
What he wants now is just Xiao En.
But Fan Xian does not know where Xiao En is being detained.
Do you know why I detained Xiao En?
I do not know.
It is for this moment.
Go, invite He Dao Ren and Lang Tao.
Yes.
Thank you, General. Riding on a horse and chatting with you was a great pleasure.
I'm leaving.
Pass down my orders, tomorrow arrange everything according to what Fan Xian said.
Fan Xian might not be sincerely helping us.
He is borrowing a knife to kill someone. Borrowing my knife and killing Shen Zhong.
Lord, you've seen through him?
We can't say that I've seen through him.
Either way, I definitely want to kill Shen Zhong.
Yes.
According to the plan, once we save Father, Fan Xian will personally assist.
After we save the Old Master, we can only escape towards Southern Qing.
At that time listen to my signal and kill Fan Xian.
Then how are we to enter Qing?
Who said we definitely have to go to Southern Qing?
After killing Fan Xian, we rush towards the border to settle the armies.
We start a fight?
Fan Xian's one loophole is that he thinks us heading to Southern Qing
is our only way to survive.
[Accounts Ledger]
Everything has been prepared, we take action tomorrow.
I went to see Shang Shan Hu. With Shen Zhong's intelligence, he would have guessed we want to save Xiao En.
You want to create a scene of two tigers fighting.
Out of these two, one must die.
Which one?
Actually both are the same. No matter who dies, it is a great thing for Qing.
Shen Zhong cannot die.
What?
Shen Zhong cannot die.
Why not?
He Daoren wants you to take over the Inside Treasury shop here in Shangjing, right?
That's right.
There is something wrong with this accounts book.
What is the problem?
The accounts for the Shangjing shop for the past years which was handed over to Jingdu,
Our Inspection and Control Bureau will see it.
But there is a big difference between what is written here.
So...
So the account books the bureau received are all fake.
Also from what is written here,
there is someone who hid the location of a big sum of money.
Smuggling?
Grand Princess's handwriting.
What's worse is that this amount of money
was sent into Qing through Shen Zhong's Jinyiwei.
Why would Shen Zhong help Li Yunrui?
Does he profit from this?
Shen Zhong is not someone who is greedy for money.
There is only one reason he would agree to the smuggling.
This amount of money would cause chaos in our court.
How much is it.
With what they accumulated this year, it is enough to keep a whole camp of soldiers alive.
Armour, weapons, food rations, horses.
And all of the best grade.
In this moment, it is enough to rebel.
I fear that among those involved in this,
not only Grand Princess is involved.
Grand Princess has always been on the side of the Crown Prince.
Could it be a plot by the Eastern Palace?
To get to the truth, we can only question Shen Zhong.
- Ask who? - Shen Zhong
He will not talk.
Then think of a way.
Why dont you marry his sister.
In future you would be one family.
Whatever you ask, he will promise you.
Fan Xian, this is a matter of huge importance, you should not be joking!
You also know it's a joke?
Young Lord Yan, do you know what you just said?
Do you know how much effort I have put in
to plot and plan in every corner of Northern Qi,
to finally get the chance tomorrow to kill Shen Zhong?
And now you're telling me we cannot kill Shen Zhong?
You also want me to find out a secret from him?
Who do you think I am? You think I'm a god?
Try catching him alive and harshly force out a confession.
This is the northern capital!
You want me to capture Shen Zhong alive and force a confession out of him?
Yan Bingyun, I do not wish to die.
The Chief must have let He Daoren give you a prompt because he found a clue.
This is the task that has been given to us by the Chief!
Fine, then you get Chen Pingping to personally come here to investigate.
- Fan Xian, be mindful of your identity. - What identity?
The Investigation Bureau’s Extraction Officer!
So what?
Both of us entered the Investigation and Control Bureau to carry out missions
all for the sake of Great Qing, regardless of our lives!
But what if I just want to live my life properly?
What I thought back then wasn't wrong indeed.
Someone like you is not worthy of being in the Investigation and Control Bureau.
The great plan has been set. Tomorrow we rescue Xiao En and take the chance to kill Shen Zhong.
This scene is like an arrow on a bow, we have to shoot it.
Your body has not recovered, don't leave the house in the next few days.
Be careful, don't destroy the yard.
Yes.
Lord.
Help me keep an eye on Yan Bingyun. I need to know his every move.
Lord.
Yes.
According to Fan Xian, this is the place.
Go to the highest part of the mountain and move according to plan.
Yes.
Reporting, someone has fought their way into the courtyard!
Set off!
Scatter and enter, we must quickly find Father!
Yes!
Lord Xiao, I am Tan Wu.
I'm obeying the General's orders to save you!
My Lord, we found him!
We got him.
Rush outside!
It's a trap! Go out the back!
Dismiss and go back now!
Both the front and back have been surrounded.
They have been long prepared.
Did Shen Zhong and Fan Xian join hands to set this up?
That's not important anymore.
Brothers!
Go and die in battle with me!
Grand General! You are a nine-level master!
If you go out alone, you might find a way to break out.
I'm not the type to escape alone!
If you don't leave, who will get revenge for us?
-Grand General! -Shut up!
Grand General, please get vengeance for us!
-Commander! -How are things?
They're surrounded.
Come, let's go take a look.
Yes.
Stop!
Shen Zhong!
Where is Shangshan Hu?
Commander, when we surrounded them, these were the only people left.
If a nine-level master intended to escape, it'd be hard to capture him.
Tan...
Tan Wu! I've seen you before!
I kept Xiao En to wait for Shangshan Hu to save him.
I was getting nervous!
Shangshan Hu? What does this have to do with him,?
You still want to protect your master?
We acted on our own. It has nothing to do with others.
Whether you admit it or not isn't important.
You are Shangshan Hu's lieutenant. If you are captured, he can be incriminated.
In all my battles, no one has ever surrendered!
I know you want to die in battle. That's fine with me.
If I bring over your body, I can still incriminate Shangshan Hu!
Based on what are you going to do that?
Based on the fact that you are Tan Wu!
These are all faceless men. How are they going to incriminate me?
I will destroy your bodies! Even your tombstones won't have a name on them!
Rebellious in life, a lone soul in death.
It’s fitting. Lord Xiao is such a great hero,
how can he be captured and disgraced? He will die with us!
Move!
Protect My Lord!
Fan Xian plotted against me! Shen Zhong killed me!
Hurry! Hurry! Bring more water here!
Indeed, he is a Qi border guard.
What a shame.
The bodies are all burned. No one was saved.
Looking at his figure, it was Xiao En.
What about the leg injury?
The leg injury is correct as well.
A fresh wound?
Yes. It's the most recent wound.
Teeth?
3 missing in the correct positions.
Then it really is Xiao En.
My Lord. I find it a bit strange.
Xiao En died just like that?
It seems to be a bit...
I think he is Xiao En.
Yes. He is Xiao En.
What I'm curious about it,
where is Fan Xian?
You've come?
It's the last cart right?
It's the final cart.
Thirty one. Thirty two.
Thirty three.
Thirty four.
Thirty five. Thirty six.
Thirty six. Thirty seven. Thirty eight.
Thirty nine.
This...this...
Why is there an extra one?
They can also be counted as heroes. Bury them all.
Yes.
Let's go back to the city and visit the Grand General!
The path to the capital is sealed off.
There is heavy searching and surveillance, especially towards the Grand General's home.
Commander of the Jinyiwei,
Shen Zhong would like to see the Grand General!
Greetings, Grand General.
I've come to bother you because I have something to report.
Today, some criminals broke into the prison and took Xiao En away.
Thankfully, we caught up before they got too far.
Who were they?
I don't know.
These criminals blew themselves up.
It's hard to recognize them now.
This sort of matter...why are you telling me about it?
Because Xiao En also died in that fire.
He is your adoptive father. I should still tell you.
I got it.
The criminals today also used this long spear.
What did they look like?
They had masks on, I couldn't tell.
Grand General, do you know who else uses this type of spear?
I don't know.
It seems like there is the smell of blood on your spear.
So what?
I'm just saying.
A good spear!
That's right.
I forgot one thing.
As for Xiao En, the Empress Dowager
is still hesitant about whether he can be used in the future.
You know this too, Grand General.
I was very cruel to Xiao En.
If this sort of person is really used,
what should I do in the future?
What do you think?
Even you would be afraid?
I get scared easily.
Of course I would be frightened.
I thought about killing Xiao En.
But I don' t know what I would tell the Empress Dowager.
Now criminals have broken into the prison and then killed themselves.q
They got rid of my worries for me.
Then I should congratulate you, Lord Shen.
Grand General, did you know?
I asked Lang Tao and He Daoren to watch from the dark.
If someone really pulled tricks to fake a death,
those two nine-level masters would really remove my worries!
If someone escaped in the chaos,
I wonder if they would hide in your house!
If no one has come by now,
I believe his body and head are already in different places.
What a good spear!
If no one saved him,
I would really find it hard to kill him!
Grand General, who do you think
got Xiao En killed?
I won't bother you anymore.
I will take my leave.
Shangshan Hu has many battle merits and has a big reputation among the soldiers.
If he is spoiled in the future like this, he will become trouble for the Great Qi in the future!
If he killed me today, he would have been punished.
What a shame.
But if he really attacked, My Lord, you...
We, the secret police, control the guards and prisons,
capture thieves and bandits, know the streets and gutters. We arrest secretly but timely.
It's so-called ruthless, but we only wish to guard our Great Qi.
If him killing me today resulted in his capture,
then death is nothing!
What a shame.
What a shame!
He Daoren?
Shen Zhong made a good plan.
What are you waiting for?
You have grown old.
Time is the greatest murderer, isn't it?
Shen Zhong told you to come?
Yes.
Tell him you lost him. Give him to me.
I can't.
Then say he lost his balance and fell off a cliff to his death.
Don't worry. I won't let him appear again.
I'm not the only one who was tasked to kill him.
Lang Tao is over there.
Shen Zhong really values me!
Where is Ku He? Why hasn't he come?
[Hu Ke's head disciple, Lang Tao]
My teacher told me
that I cannot let you live on.
I can't disobey my teacher's order. I hope you will be understanding.
Ku He's disciples and grand disciples are just like him. You look kind and forgiving,
but inside, you are actually evil and cruel.
Go ahead and kill me. Why make it sound so difficult?
I want to save him.
I cannot help you. Shen Zhong is starting to suspect me.
You don't need to openly help. Just block him a bit.
That's a dead end. You won't be able to escape.
That's my own matter.
Be careful!
Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Your Majesty!
I'm okay, I'm okay.
I just had a nightmare.
I was in a rush and offended Your Majesty. I am willing to be punished!
Is there news from the Northern Qi ambassadors?
Your Majesty,
Northern Qi's capital is thousands of miles away.
It takes a long time for news to travel.
There is no news at the moment.
Your Majesty. You have not been in the palace recently.
The Empress Dowager is a little rushed-
Okay, okay. Take your leave, take your leave.
Yes.
I don't know where they went. They probably got killed.
Who was the interferer?
I don't know.
If they're dead I want their bodies. Search the cliff bottom.
Fan Xian's border report was just collected.
After reaching Northern Qi, news was choppy
until he entered the capital. Then there was no more news.
Yan Bingyun was captured.
Shangjing's spy network went into hiding.
There is nothing that can be done.
Fei Jie has been investigating Fan Xian.
Don't let him see this information.
Don't worry. This is the only copy.
Fan Xian's situation is unclear.
You don't have any other helpers in Shangjing?
If I did, Yan Bingyun wouldn't have been captured.
Go look over there!
Yes!
Some of you go over to the forest!
-Yes! -Yes!
Report! There is nothing over here!
How are Xiao En's wounds?
A stab to the chest is enough to kill him. Even a goddess can't save him.
No matter who tried to save him, it was all in vain.
Wait a bit longer.
If we can find a body,
we can answer to Commander Shen.
Report! There was nothing found!
Do your best to search!
Yes!
Is there any news from Fan Xian?
Nothing came up after he entered Shangjing.
-Is there any battle news? -No.
Shadow.
Why?
Because you all are keeping secrets from me!
In all these years, no one has ever seen
what Shadow looks like.
It's you?
How is Shadow?
Asleep.
You saw his face?
I saw it.
Don't reveal his identity.
During the fight at the border,
Fan Xian ran into Haitang Duoduo,
as well as Yan Xiaoyi and Shang Shanhu.
Fan Xian's life is hanging on a thread!
Where are your black knights?
I told them to retreat.
You know that Fan Xian is surrounded by danger!
You want him to get killed?
He's still alive.
Chen Pingping.
I won't let you use Fan Xian as a pawn.
He's my only disciple.
Even if we become enemies, I want to keep him completely safe.
I have hidden Fan Xian's news.
You are the best at using poison,
but your power of observations and speech are not your strong points.
Someone is helping you.
This person is here, right?
He's already guessed.
Come and see him.
I knew it was you.
Until now,
the bureau hasn't found out yet. You are the only one capable of this.
You once said
that having Fan Xian be the ambassador was to earn merit.
I did say that.
You also promised to keep him safe!
I did promise that.
But you still took away the ambassador group's black nights
and made him face danger alone!
You want to get him killed?
He's alive.
You made him face multiple nine-level masters alone!
-Let him keep talking. -I did that,
to draw out Xiao En's hidden secrets.
What does that have to do with Fan Xian?
He didn't say anything in all these years!
Would he tell Fan Xian?
I think he will.
Why?
I can tell you the reason.
But he won't listen.
Don't think I'll hesitate to attack you!
He has to see him.
See who?
Who ordered the black nights to be taken away?
Trust me this one time.
This matter...
I'll go with him. You cannot go.
What if I went?
I know you're not afraid of death.
But you can help Fan Xian if you stay alive.
I promise you.
If anything happens to Fan Xian,
I will go with you to Jingdu to create a scene.
I don't care who wants to harm Fan Xian.
If anything happens to him, I'll have the world die with him!
If in the past,
it was just He Daoren and Lang Tao,
how could they be my match?
Once old people keep talking about the past,
that means they are going to die soon.
I was going to die anyway.
Isn't using medicine on me just a waste?
I'll stop your bleeding first.
It's useless. I know it well.
Lang Tao's stab cut through my heart.
Then why are you laughing?
I'm laughing at you, Fan Xian.
What's so funny about me?
Nothing. But you saved me.
I'm very happy.
You're starting to talk nonsense.
So taking away the black knights, putting Fan Xian in danger,
this all was Your Majesty's idea?
If Your Majesty wants to kill Fan Xian,
just give the order! Why make such a fuss
and send him to Northern Qi?
In the end, he's just an official.
His life and death are in your hands!
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. ♫