1 00:01:25,992 --> 00:01:28,992 Spring 1619. A series of battles took place in sarhu 2 00:01:29,117 --> 00:01:31,617 between the later Jin and ming dynasties 3 00:02:36,867 --> 00:02:38,117 look at these ming bastards. 4 00:02:38,492 --> 00:02:42,242 Stop crying, or I'll cut you to pieces! 5 00:02:47,200 --> 00:02:49,908 Get rid of these two, then we can head back. 6 00:04:19,492 --> 00:04:20,367 Thanks. 7 00:04:24,533 --> 00:04:26,825 I'm one of commander du's guards. 8 00:04:27,158 --> 00:04:28,492 How is he? 9 00:04:29,617 --> 00:04:30,450 Great. 10 00:04:32,075 --> 00:04:33,450 Except he just lost his head. 11 00:04:34,408 --> 00:04:36,700 The reinforcements never showed up... 12 00:04:38,117 --> 00:04:42,242 They're probably dead, too. 13 00:05:08,950 --> 00:05:10,533 My name is lu wenzhao. 14 00:05:11,492 --> 00:05:13,825 My name is shen lian. 15 00:05:36,700 --> 00:05:38,617 Tens of thousands of men 16 00:05:39,700 --> 00:05:41,742 cut down like grass. 17 00:05:43,200 --> 00:05:44,992 If we don't want to die like this, 18 00:05:49,700 --> 00:05:51,783 we must find another way to live. 19 00:06:02,658 --> 00:06:05,575 Asura, one of the eight guardian legions of buddhism. 20 00:06:06,450 --> 00:06:08,742 The battle between asura and indra was 21 00:06:09,450 --> 00:06:11,950 as fierce as an inferno. 22 00:06:16,992 --> 00:06:20,283 Eight years later, summer 1627 23 00:06:20,408 --> 00:06:23,492 Southern district, Beijing 24 00:06:36,325 --> 00:06:37,158 ding an. 25 00:06:37,575 --> 00:06:38,367 Yes, your honor? 26 00:06:39,242 --> 00:06:40,283 Look around back. 27 00:06:40,992 --> 00:06:41,825 Be careful. 28 00:06:42,783 --> 00:06:43,575 Yes, your honor. 29 00:06:53,533 --> 00:06:55,867 Your honor, the box has been emptied. The money is gone. 30 00:06:56,075 --> 00:06:58,783 Master guo from the eastern depot. No wonder he looks familiar. 31 00:07:00,450 --> 00:07:01,242 Your honor. 32 00:07:06,658 --> 00:07:09,075 I told you to get the coroner from headquarters. 33 00:07:09,617 --> 00:07:10,367 Where is he? 34 00:07:10,533 --> 00:07:11,450 Speak! 35 00:07:11,783 --> 00:07:13,783 I have failed. 36 00:07:13,992 --> 00:07:15,867 I accidentally ran into the lieutenant on the night shift. 37 00:07:16,075 --> 00:07:18,158 He will arrive any minute with his investigation team. 38 00:07:19,117 --> 00:07:21,658 When they get here, they'll take the case from us. 39 00:07:21,783 --> 00:07:23,867 It's been half a year since we got a case this big. 40 00:07:25,825 --> 00:07:26,658 Have you been drinking? 41 00:07:27,200 --> 00:07:28,658 Lieutenant, you're not allowed in there. 42 00:07:28,908 --> 00:07:29,950 Lieutenant, you can't go in! 43 00:07:38,783 --> 00:07:41,575 I'm lieutenant ling. Greetings, captain. 44 00:07:42,158 --> 00:07:45,075 Is this district under your jurisdiction? 45 00:07:48,242 --> 00:07:49,325 You came pretty quickly. 46 00:07:52,408 --> 00:07:54,367 The owner, three waiters, and two chefs are dead. 47 00:07:54,492 --> 00:07:57,033 Each was killed with a single stroke. The money on the counter is gone. 48 00:07:57,908 --> 00:07:58,658 Robbery? 49 00:07:59,617 --> 00:08:01,283 They also killed a master from the eastern depot. 50 00:08:07,533 --> 00:08:08,617 Master guo. 51 00:08:13,867 --> 00:08:15,950 Your honor, today is the ghost festival. 52 00:08:16,075 --> 00:08:17,992 I'm sure you're preoccupied 53 00:08:18,117 --> 00:08:19,158 keeping peace on the streets. 54 00:08:19,325 --> 00:08:21,283 Please leave this to me. 55 00:08:22,117 --> 00:08:23,492 What are you waiting for? 56 00:08:23,658 --> 00:08:25,158 - Get to work! - Yes, lieutenant! 57 00:08:30,492 --> 00:08:31,408 Nobody moves! 58 00:08:32,992 --> 00:08:33,783 Captain? 59 00:08:40,200 --> 00:08:41,533 Lieutenant ling, don't you dare steal this case from me. 60 00:08:45,783 --> 00:08:46,492 Of course not. 61 00:08:46,617 --> 00:08:47,950 How long have you been an imperial guard? 62 00:08:48,200 --> 00:08:49,283 Don't you understand the rules? 63 00:08:50,033 --> 00:08:52,117 I'm your superior, and you have no business here. 64 00:08:52,242 --> 00:08:52,950 Captain. 65 00:08:53,367 --> 00:08:55,658 Headquarters has already entered this case into the records. It's my case now. 66 00:08:55,783 --> 00:08:58,075 This is my turf, so this is my case. 67 00:09:00,533 --> 00:09:01,492 Have I made myself clear? 68 00:09:08,492 --> 00:09:09,367 Yes. 69 00:09:10,992 --> 00:09:11,992 Someone's still alive! 70 00:09:12,367 --> 00:09:13,117 Yin Cheng, 71 00:09:13,867 --> 00:09:14,950 keep your eyes peeled. 72 00:09:15,450 --> 00:09:17,700 Nobody touches anything, or you'll regret it. 73 00:09:18,367 --> 00:09:18,950 Yes, your honor. 74 00:09:20,533 --> 00:09:21,158 Get out. 75 00:09:24,283 --> 00:09:25,117 You saw it happen? 76 00:09:33,242 --> 00:09:35,950 Last year, more than ten thousand people died in the wanggongchang explosion. 77 00:09:36,325 --> 00:09:38,158 Last month, his majesty fell into the lake. 78 00:09:38,450 --> 00:09:40,283 Now a master from the eastern depot is murdered. 79 00:09:40,408 --> 00:09:42,658 There's too much going on in the capital. 80 00:09:42,867 --> 00:09:43,867 The emperor fell into the lake? 81 00:09:45,158 --> 00:09:46,117 You didn't hear? 82 00:09:46,533 --> 00:09:48,033 His majesty was on taiye lake with his new dragon ship, 83 00:09:48,200 --> 00:09:50,075 and suddenly it sank. 84 00:09:50,200 --> 00:09:52,033 A dozen officials became fish food. 85 00:09:57,242 --> 00:09:58,908 His majesty was saved, 86 00:09:59,117 --> 00:10:01,617 but caught pneumonia. No medicine can cure him. 87 00:10:05,575 --> 00:10:06,783 Master wei of the eastern depot 88 00:10:06,908 --> 00:10:08,283 has been stressed over it. 89 00:10:08,492 --> 00:10:09,950 Is that so? 90 00:10:10,242 --> 00:10:11,992 What a loyal man master wei is. 91 00:10:12,117 --> 00:10:13,033 You don't know a damn thing. 92 00:10:13,325 --> 00:10:16,075 Three years ago, chief prosecutor Yang 93 00:10:16,200 --> 00:10:18,158 brought master wei's twenty-four crimes to the emperor. 94 00:10:18,408 --> 00:10:19,908 But master wei wasn't punished at all. 95 00:10:20,033 --> 00:10:22,658 And completely destroyed the donglin rebellion. 96 00:10:22,992 --> 00:10:23,700 You know why? 97 00:10:24,158 --> 00:10:25,492 Because the emperor favors him. 98 00:10:28,867 --> 00:10:30,325 But now that his majesty is ill, 99 00:10:30,533 --> 00:10:32,617 who knows what will happen to master wei, 100 00:10:32,783 --> 00:10:35,742 if he can't be healed, and a new emperor takes the throne. 101 00:10:36,367 --> 00:10:37,992 Now master wei is like 102 00:10:38,117 --> 00:10:40,908 a widow peeping at a bridal sedan. There's nothing he can do. 103 00:10:42,658 --> 00:10:44,533 The department of royal construction was in charge of building the ship. 104 00:10:44,908 --> 00:10:46,408 Someone's about to lose their head. 105 00:10:54,283 --> 00:10:55,533 Shut your mouth. 106 00:10:55,742 --> 00:10:57,700 You're drunk. Stop embarrassing yourself. 107 00:10:58,325 --> 00:10:59,075 Get lost! 108 00:11:03,992 --> 00:11:05,575 Yin Cheng can't leave. 109 00:11:09,950 --> 00:11:13,492 I've written down every word you said in my notebook of justice. 110 00:11:14,200 --> 00:11:16,075 Where did you hear those stories? 111 00:11:17,533 --> 00:11:19,450 Those libelous words against his majesty and the nobles. 112 00:11:20,242 --> 00:11:22,075 You aren't bold enough to make them up. 113 00:11:24,825 --> 00:11:25,575 Tell me. 114 00:11:26,325 --> 00:11:27,742 Who are your accomplices? 115 00:11:34,533 --> 00:11:35,783 Lieutenant, 116 00:11:36,117 --> 00:11:38,200 I've had too much to drink. 117 00:11:38,783 --> 00:11:39,533 Please. 118 00:11:40,033 --> 00:11:41,658 Spare me. 119 00:11:44,325 --> 00:11:46,367 You want to take it upon yourself? 120 00:11:49,867 --> 00:11:50,617 How brave. 121 00:11:51,950 --> 00:11:56,033 Take him to the imperial prison. 122 00:11:56,200 --> 00:11:57,117 Yes, lieutenant. 123 00:11:58,325 --> 00:11:59,033 Lieutenant. 124 00:11:59,492 --> 00:12:00,325 Forgive me. 125 00:12:01,075 --> 00:12:01,950 Please! 126 00:12:13,408 --> 00:12:14,117 Drop the weapon! 127 00:12:14,575 --> 00:12:15,283 Protect lieutenant! 128 00:12:16,617 --> 00:12:18,200 Stay back! 129 00:12:21,367 --> 00:12:22,908 Catch him! 130 00:12:32,283 --> 00:12:33,242 Captain shen, 131 00:12:33,783 --> 00:12:35,700 your men were quite amused 132 00:12:35,908 --> 00:12:38,700 by the story yin Cheng told. 133 00:12:42,533 --> 00:12:43,492 He laughed. 134 00:12:44,992 --> 00:12:46,033 So did he. 135 00:12:46,658 --> 00:12:47,908 And he. 136 00:12:48,575 --> 00:12:49,950 Captain... 137 00:12:53,533 --> 00:12:54,492 Get yin Cheng back. 138 00:12:55,242 --> 00:12:56,075 Yes, captain. 139 00:14:32,367 --> 00:14:33,075 Captain. 140 00:14:33,617 --> 00:14:34,367 Come with me. 141 00:14:50,825 --> 00:14:51,533 Captain. 142 00:14:52,450 --> 00:14:53,742 Please let me go. 143 00:14:54,200 --> 00:14:55,575 Nobody will know. 144 00:15:03,242 --> 00:15:06,617 Letting you go will jeopardize our entire team. 145 00:15:14,575 --> 00:15:15,867 I can't go to the imperial prison. 146 00:15:16,325 --> 00:15:18,158 We put so many people there. 147 00:15:18,408 --> 00:15:20,158 It's worse than hell. 148 00:15:34,283 --> 00:15:36,117 I'm not going. 149 00:16:26,283 --> 00:16:27,158 Master jinghai. 150 00:16:27,533 --> 00:16:28,742 A friend has just passed. 151 00:16:29,200 --> 00:16:30,617 Please release his soul from purgatory. 152 00:16:31,200 --> 00:16:32,242 His name is yin Cheng. 153 00:16:32,742 --> 00:16:34,450 Here is the date and hour of his birth. 154 00:16:41,492 --> 00:16:42,158 Your honor, 155 00:16:42,908 --> 00:16:45,533 feel free to take whichever you prefer. 156 00:16:49,908 --> 00:16:52,325 Bei zhai's works are still your favorite. 157 00:16:52,700 --> 00:16:53,867 This black rooster 158 00:16:54,242 --> 00:16:55,825 the artist painted is quite vivid. 159 00:17:01,950 --> 00:17:03,325 I very much enjoy this cricket. 160 00:17:45,908 --> 00:17:47,200 It would be a shame 161 00:17:47,408 --> 00:17:49,075 to get those paintings wet. 162 00:18:15,492 --> 00:18:16,658 My Sincere apologies. 163 00:18:16,908 --> 00:18:17,908 Please forgive me. 164 00:18:18,158 --> 00:18:19,117 Your honor. 165 00:18:21,533 --> 00:18:22,950 Most common folk fear the imperial guard. 166 00:18:23,200 --> 00:18:24,408 But not you. 167 00:18:24,742 --> 00:18:26,533 What's there to fear? You're not a monster. 168 00:18:26,825 --> 00:18:29,242 What terrifies them is your uniform. 169 00:18:30,742 --> 00:18:31,658 What did you say? 170 00:18:33,283 --> 00:18:34,283 If you don't believe me, 171 00:18:35,658 --> 00:18:39,950 walk around without your uniform. 172 00:18:40,117 --> 00:18:41,283 See what happens. 173 00:18:45,950 --> 00:18:46,825 What's your name? 174 00:18:47,450 --> 00:18:48,200 Where do you live? 175 00:18:51,158 --> 00:18:52,700 Are you arresting me? 176 00:19:10,075 --> 00:19:10,825 Your honor, 177 00:19:11,867 --> 00:19:12,992 next time you come to this mountain, 178 00:19:13,575 --> 00:19:14,533 bring an umbrella. 179 00:19:44,367 --> 00:19:45,617 High commander. 180 00:19:45,783 --> 00:19:47,200 Chief. 181 00:19:47,658 --> 00:19:48,700 When do you think 182 00:19:48,908 --> 00:19:51,825 master wei will be done fishing? 183 00:19:52,158 --> 00:19:54,450 Here's an urgent report on jiangxi's recent flood. 184 00:19:54,533 --> 00:19:55,242 Chen, 185 00:19:55,575 --> 00:19:57,825 master wei is quite perturbed. 186 00:19:58,408 --> 00:20:01,992 I urge you not to interrupt him. 187 00:20:02,367 --> 00:20:03,450 I see. 188 00:20:07,367 --> 00:20:08,783 Who's that next to master wei? 189 00:20:09,200 --> 00:20:12,450 Lu wenzhao, colonel of the northern bureau. 190 00:20:12,658 --> 00:20:14,533 He gave me four hundred ounces of silver, 191 00:20:14,742 --> 00:20:17,408 just to stand next to master wei for a moment. 192 00:20:17,658 --> 00:20:18,825 Good deal for him. 193 00:20:31,533 --> 00:20:32,367 Master wei, 194 00:20:33,158 --> 00:20:34,075 a fish. 195 00:20:35,492 --> 00:20:36,158 Fish. 196 00:21:16,200 --> 00:21:18,242 Speak. What do you want? 197 00:21:20,825 --> 00:21:21,825 A position. 198 00:21:22,533 --> 00:21:25,492 I would kill 199 00:21:26,200 --> 00:21:29,533 for a chance to serve you. 200 00:21:32,033 --> 00:21:33,492 Reclaim the northeast, 201 00:21:34,242 --> 00:21:35,908 and drive out the manchurians. 202 00:21:36,367 --> 00:21:37,575 Can you do it? 203 00:21:40,825 --> 00:21:42,075 Suppress the shandong uprising, 204 00:21:42,158 --> 00:21:43,283 and pacify the roving bandits. 205 00:21:44,033 --> 00:21:45,325 Can you do it? 206 00:21:50,283 --> 00:21:51,575 There's one errand, however. 207 00:21:52,992 --> 00:21:54,783 His majesty has been ill. 208 00:21:56,200 --> 00:21:59,242 Three-legged golden toads are needed for his medicine. 209 00:22:00,492 --> 00:22:01,700 Go find them. 210 00:22:04,242 --> 00:22:05,742 My Sincere gratitude, your excellency. 211 00:22:08,700 --> 00:22:09,992 I'm exhausted. 212 00:22:12,867 --> 00:22:14,367 The fish is yours. 213 00:22:18,867 --> 00:22:19,908 Master. 214 00:22:20,283 --> 00:22:21,992 Please take care. 215 00:22:39,908 --> 00:22:41,492 About yin Cheng last night, 216 00:22:41,700 --> 00:22:42,700 you two did well. 217 00:22:47,242 --> 00:22:48,950 What's done is done. 218 00:22:49,575 --> 00:22:51,033 Never mention it again. 219 00:22:55,658 --> 00:22:56,367 Colonel. 220 00:22:57,408 --> 00:22:58,408 What about master gum's case'? 221 00:22:58,575 --> 00:23:00,367 It has been classified as robbery and murder. 222 00:23:00,533 --> 00:23:02,283 But since the victim was a member of the eastern depot, 223 00:23:02,367 --> 00:23:04,450 the case has been transferred to the Southern bureau. 224 00:23:04,533 --> 00:23:05,742 It no longer belongs to the northern bureau. 225 00:23:05,908 --> 00:23:06,575 But... 226 00:23:07,658 --> 00:23:08,408 That's enough. 227 00:23:08,533 --> 00:23:09,617 There's a pro-donglin rebellion painter 228 00:23:10,033 --> 00:23:12,117 who's been slighting our government 229 00:23:12,242 --> 00:23:15,242 in paintings and poetry. 230 00:23:15,367 --> 00:23:16,867 Especially criticizing master wei. 231 00:23:16,992 --> 00:23:18,533 Such outrageous behavior cannot be countenanced. 232 00:23:19,033 --> 00:23:19,950 Lieutenant ling. 233 00:23:20,492 --> 00:23:21,408 Get the painter. 234 00:23:21,742 --> 00:23:24,367 The eastern depot wants him dead. 235 00:23:25,117 --> 00:23:26,783 What's his name again? 236 00:23:27,408 --> 00:23:28,158 Beizhal 237 00:23:28,950 --> 00:23:29,950 master bei zhai. 238 00:23:30,325 --> 00:23:31,075 Yes, colonel. 239 00:23:35,200 --> 00:23:36,533 So this is where bei zhai lives. 240 00:23:37,158 --> 00:23:38,033 Captain shen, 241 00:23:38,408 --> 00:23:40,742 I can't believe you'd fight me 242 00:23:40,992 --> 00:23:42,533 for such trivial case. 243 00:23:43,617 --> 00:23:45,700 I just want to see bei zhai for myself. 244 00:23:46,367 --> 00:23:47,867 You can take the credit. 245 00:24:14,283 --> 00:24:15,575 Who else lives here? 246 00:24:17,158 --> 00:24:18,075 Speak! 247 00:24:20,158 --> 00:24:21,242 Are you bei zhai? 248 00:24:24,992 --> 00:24:27,367 Answer me! Are you bei zhai or not? 249 00:24:29,658 --> 00:24:31,158 There's no one else. 250 00:24:42,783 --> 00:24:43,658 Stay still. 251 00:24:50,075 --> 00:24:51,700 Yes you are. 252 00:24:52,742 --> 00:24:53,992 You rebel. 253 00:24:54,533 --> 00:24:55,408 Shut your eyes. 254 00:25:22,117 --> 00:25:22,950 What the hell are you doing? 255 00:25:23,533 --> 00:25:25,450 It'd be a waste to kill her now. 256 00:25:27,242 --> 00:25:27,992 Captain ling! 257 00:25:28,117 --> 00:25:30,533 You traitors are indeed stubborn. 258 00:25:39,158 --> 00:25:40,158 Get your hands off me! 259 00:25:44,867 --> 00:25:47,700 Killing you directly is equally entertaining. 260 00:26:06,158 --> 00:26:07,825 What do you think you're doing? 261 00:26:07,992 --> 00:26:09,283 Colonel lu just wants her dead. 262 00:26:09,783 --> 00:26:10,992 Don't complicate things. 263 00:26:12,742 --> 00:26:15,492 Is it you or me who's complicating things? 264 00:26:26,242 --> 00:26:28,325 - You know this woman. - No. 265 00:26:30,658 --> 00:26:32,533 No wonder you tagged along. 266 00:26:43,575 --> 00:26:44,450 What are you writing? 267 00:26:46,867 --> 00:26:47,908 Shen lian, 268 00:26:48,158 --> 00:26:50,158 is a supporter of the donglin rebels. 269 00:26:51,492 --> 00:26:52,200 Give it to me. 270 00:26:56,825 --> 00:26:58,617 You want to kill me? 271 00:27:02,783 --> 00:27:04,700 You don't scare me. 272 00:27:10,450 --> 00:27:11,283 Shen lian. 273 00:27:12,325 --> 00:27:14,158 You're mine. 274 00:27:14,450 --> 00:27:16,700 I have the proof that you're helping the rebels. 275 00:27:36,825 --> 00:27:37,908 Hand me your notebook of justice. 276 00:28:54,783 --> 00:28:55,992 I dare you. 277 00:29:26,617 --> 00:29:27,450 Shen lian, 278 00:29:27,908 --> 00:29:29,033 do you have any idea who I am? 279 00:29:29,158 --> 00:29:31,075 Master wei is my uncle. 280 00:29:53,575 --> 00:29:55,700 Lieutenant ling! 281 00:29:58,242 --> 00:30:00,033 Lieutenant ling! 282 00:30:41,533 --> 00:30:43,700 Lieutenant ling and I were ambushed. 283 00:30:44,158 --> 00:30:45,117 How many of them were there? 284 00:30:45,867 --> 00:30:46,575 Two. 285 00:30:48,492 --> 00:30:49,700 Two. 286 00:30:51,367 --> 00:30:53,492 Was one of them bei zhai? 287 00:30:55,158 --> 00:30:56,075 I can't say for sure. 288 00:30:56,867 --> 00:30:59,117 Did you know lieutenant ling was 289 00:30:59,617 --> 00:31:01,242 master wei's nephew? 290 00:31:02,908 --> 00:31:04,033 What a mess. 291 00:31:05,367 --> 00:31:06,575 Commander tian has ordered 292 00:31:06,742 --> 00:31:08,742 the Southern bureau handle the case. 293 00:31:09,325 --> 00:31:10,658 Even I must be cautious to avoid suspicion. 294 00:31:11,908 --> 00:31:12,950 I have to go greet him now. 295 00:31:43,492 --> 00:31:44,908 Cakes from glorious moon bakery. 296 00:31:44,992 --> 00:31:46,117 Freshly baked this morning. 297 00:31:46,283 --> 00:31:46,992 Have a bite. 298 00:31:48,075 --> 00:31:48,908 And you are... 299 00:31:51,075 --> 00:31:53,450 Well, I used to work at the northern bureau. 300 00:31:53,950 --> 00:31:56,950 I made a mistake and was demoted to the Southern bureau. 301 00:31:57,325 --> 00:31:58,117 We've met before. 302 00:32:02,617 --> 00:32:03,575 My name is pei lun. 303 00:32:04,242 --> 00:32:06,533 I'm in charge of lieutenant ling's case. 304 00:32:08,242 --> 00:32:09,367 Pleasure to meet you. 305 00:32:17,325 --> 00:32:19,742 I have a lot to learn from you. 306 00:32:22,408 --> 00:32:23,117 Shen, 307 00:32:24,367 --> 00:32:25,158 come. 308 00:32:32,867 --> 00:32:34,533 This is not a knife wound. 309 00:32:34,700 --> 00:32:35,533 Scissors. 310 00:32:36,950 --> 00:32:38,992 The criminal attacked lieutenant ling with a pair of scissors. 311 00:32:54,200 --> 00:32:56,033 Go find lieutenant ling's notebook of justice. 312 00:32:56,325 --> 00:32:56,908 Yes, captain. 313 00:33:15,617 --> 00:33:16,992 Do you like paintings? 314 00:33:18,700 --> 00:33:19,450 No. 315 00:33:20,492 --> 00:33:21,408 Notebook disappeared. 316 00:33:25,658 --> 00:33:28,075 Have your notebook of justice on you? 317 00:33:30,408 --> 00:33:31,283 At all times. 318 00:33:31,867 --> 00:33:34,158 I wonder why lieutenant ling's notebook of justice 319 00:33:34,575 --> 00:33:37,117 is nowhere to be found. 320 00:33:44,242 --> 00:33:45,492 You'd have to ask him. 321 00:33:53,950 --> 00:33:54,783 I smell Rouge. 322 00:33:57,158 --> 00:33:57,867 Shen, 323 00:33:58,200 --> 00:34:01,158 were the two criminals last night both men? 324 00:34:03,325 --> 00:34:04,075 Captain pei, 325 00:34:04,950 --> 00:34:06,450 are you trying to be funny? 326 00:34:09,117 --> 00:34:10,117 Pei, 327 00:34:11,575 --> 00:34:12,575 thanks for your hard work. 328 00:34:13,200 --> 00:34:14,450 Greetings, your honor. 329 00:34:16,033 --> 00:34:17,367 Ask me if you have any questions. 330 00:34:17,575 --> 00:34:18,867 Shen lian will be promoted 331 00:34:19,242 --> 00:34:20,783 to lieutenant colonel next year. 332 00:34:23,033 --> 00:34:23,992 I see. 333 00:34:24,867 --> 00:34:26,408 I will be sure to write the report 334 00:34:26,617 --> 00:34:27,992 in his favor. 335 00:34:30,075 --> 00:34:30,950 You have nothing to worry about. 336 00:34:31,408 --> 00:34:32,825 Bei zhai won't 337 00:34:36,158 --> 00:34:37,325 get away with it. 338 00:34:54,033 --> 00:34:54,658 Come on. 339 00:35:16,700 --> 00:35:19,908 Ming law decrees that the murder of an imperial guard is equivalent to treason, 340 00:35:19,992 --> 00:35:23,200 whose punishment is the execution of three clans of the perpetrator's family. 341 00:35:23,283 --> 00:35:26,492 West mountain, cloud hillside. After sunset. 342 00:35:59,242 --> 00:36:00,075 Was it you? 343 00:36:39,242 --> 00:36:40,325 Why stop? 344 00:37:11,283 --> 00:37:14,825 You must regret killing that imperial guard. 345 00:37:15,533 --> 00:37:16,742 Where's bei zhai? 346 00:37:19,075 --> 00:37:21,700 She's the only witness to your crime. 347 00:37:21,867 --> 00:37:23,492 Why would I bring her with me? 348 00:37:23,617 --> 00:37:24,575 You want money? 349 00:37:24,783 --> 00:37:25,742 No. 350 00:37:25,950 --> 00:37:28,950 I want you to burn down the imperial guard archives. 351 00:37:31,742 --> 00:37:32,492 What? 352 00:37:32,700 --> 00:37:33,908 You heard me. 353 00:37:34,992 --> 00:37:37,117 The archives are extremely important. 354 00:37:37,742 --> 00:37:39,117 If caught, I'll be executed by a thousand cuts. 355 00:37:39,783 --> 00:37:40,492 Well, 356 00:37:42,742 --> 00:37:44,783 either we turn you in, 357 00:37:45,700 --> 00:37:47,033 or you set the fire. 358 00:37:48,992 --> 00:37:49,825 Your call. 359 00:38:01,367 --> 00:38:03,325 One on three is a challenge. 360 00:38:03,992 --> 00:38:05,117 But if worse comes to worst, 361 00:38:05,533 --> 00:38:06,783 I can still run. 362 00:38:25,033 --> 00:38:26,533 Your skills are from the frontier force! 363 00:38:27,283 --> 00:38:28,617 The frontier force was no fun. 364 00:38:28,742 --> 00:38:29,992 I enjoy being a bandit more. 365 00:38:30,367 --> 00:38:34,075 Let's go a few more rounds for fun. 366 00:38:44,158 --> 00:38:45,367 Chong'er, block his retreat. 367 00:39:08,617 --> 00:39:09,367 Master ding. 368 00:39:10,117 --> 00:39:10,908 Master ding. 369 00:39:32,992 --> 00:39:34,950 You drove away my disciples. 370 00:39:35,450 --> 00:39:37,450 You wanted me from the beginning. 371 00:39:38,075 --> 00:39:39,408 Good thinking. 372 00:39:40,617 --> 00:39:41,450 What a shame. 373 00:39:43,033 --> 00:39:43,783 Okay, 374 00:39:44,700 --> 00:39:46,158 I'll burn the archives. 375 00:39:48,033 --> 00:39:49,367 But you have to give me bei zhai. 376 00:40:03,700 --> 00:40:07,700 Imperial guard archive, northern bureau 377 00:40:08,158 --> 00:40:08,867 your honor. 378 00:40:10,492 --> 00:40:11,700 How do you do? 379 00:40:14,617 --> 00:40:16,408 Why so many eastern depot men? 380 00:40:16,950 --> 00:40:18,992 Master wei has ordered the archives closed today 381 00:40:19,117 --> 00:40:20,700 to examine all the documents on the dragon ship's construction. 382 00:40:20,825 --> 00:40:21,950 You cannot go in. 383 00:40:27,117 --> 00:40:27,783 Your honor. 384 00:40:29,117 --> 00:40:30,492 You cannot go in. 385 00:40:33,867 --> 00:40:35,283 This area belongs to the imperial guard. 386 00:40:35,408 --> 00:40:36,700 You have no authority here. 387 00:40:36,992 --> 00:40:39,658 The imperial guard are master wei's watchdogs. 388 00:40:40,950 --> 00:40:44,158 The bureau is master wei's kennel. 389 00:40:49,617 --> 00:40:52,158 No need to overreact. 390 00:40:52,825 --> 00:40:54,283 It's just an investigation. 391 00:41:00,242 --> 00:41:00,950 Inspector zheng, 392 00:41:01,992 --> 00:41:03,075 let's not 393 00:41:03,408 --> 00:41:05,617 get upset with these small potatoes. 394 00:41:09,033 --> 00:41:10,992 This dragon ship case is too important to his majesty. 395 00:41:11,117 --> 00:41:14,075 Cats and dogs can't be allowed in there. 396 00:41:14,367 --> 00:41:15,367 Understand? 397 00:41:18,658 --> 00:41:19,367 Lu, 398 00:41:19,700 --> 00:41:20,742 I'm not talking about you. 399 00:41:22,075 --> 00:41:22,950 It's okay. 400 00:41:32,158 --> 00:41:32,867 Lu, 401 00:41:33,325 --> 00:41:34,450 you should stay outside, too. 402 00:41:35,700 --> 00:41:37,408 I understand. 403 00:41:52,908 --> 00:41:55,700 You're still under investigation. What are you doing here? 404 00:41:59,200 --> 00:42:00,158 Peilun 405 00:42:00,450 --> 00:42:01,242 from the Southern bureau 406 00:42:02,075 --> 00:42:03,158 has his eyes on you. 407 00:42:03,658 --> 00:42:05,158 Watch out. 408 00:42:24,075 --> 00:42:25,908 I'll get this. Go. 409 00:42:30,158 --> 00:42:30,908 Your honor. 410 00:42:34,450 --> 00:42:35,075 Please enjoy. 411 00:42:51,117 --> 00:42:52,492 The vegetarian meals of yong'an temple 412 00:42:52,908 --> 00:42:54,033 certainly deserve their reputation. 413 00:42:58,325 --> 00:42:59,492 Master jinghai, 414 00:43:00,825 --> 00:43:03,783 I heard you've been collecting bei zhai's paintings. 415 00:43:05,158 --> 00:43:06,533 Where do you keep them? 416 00:43:08,158 --> 00:43:08,867 Yes. 417 00:43:09,408 --> 00:43:11,992 I have many paintings, 418 00:43:12,158 --> 00:43:14,575 a few are by bei zhai. 419 00:43:15,117 --> 00:43:16,617 I give them away 420 00:43:16,825 --> 00:43:18,700 to our donors to express our gratitude 421 00:43:20,408 --> 00:43:21,200 like whom? 422 00:43:23,992 --> 00:43:25,783 I'm afraid I can't remember. 423 00:43:31,617 --> 00:43:32,950 You know, 424 00:43:33,742 --> 00:43:35,283 bei zhai is a donglin rebel. 425 00:43:35,825 --> 00:43:37,742 I must know who's been collecting his paintings. 426 00:43:38,200 --> 00:43:38,908 Your honor, 427 00:43:40,117 --> 00:43:42,117 paintings are just paintings. 428 00:43:42,950 --> 00:43:43,700 Besides, 429 00:43:44,158 --> 00:43:47,492 our donors are very good people. 430 00:43:58,908 --> 00:44:01,117 Monk jinghai says, 431 00:44:01,408 --> 00:44:04,825 those who collect donglin rebel paintings 432 00:44:05,533 --> 00:44:07,908 are very good people. 433 00:44:33,283 --> 00:44:34,992 This one sentence 434 00:44:35,325 --> 00:44:38,742 could ruin master jinghai's life's work. 435 00:44:57,575 --> 00:44:58,367 Now tell me, 436 00:45:05,825 --> 00:45:07,325 who collected bei zhai's paintings? 437 00:45:22,033 --> 00:45:23,242 My apologies for keeping you here. 438 00:45:23,992 --> 00:45:25,367 Please don't say that, master ding. 439 00:45:27,992 --> 00:45:30,617 Master has been thinking about you. 440 00:45:35,992 --> 00:45:36,700 I know. 441 00:45:42,242 --> 00:45:42,950 Master. 442 00:45:44,117 --> 00:45:47,075 How is she? 443 00:45:56,325 --> 00:45:57,408 Wo-style swordplay. 444 00:45:59,492 --> 00:46:00,867 She's a descendant of qi. 445 00:46:12,533 --> 00:46:13,242 Father, 446 00:46:14,075 --> 00:46:15,117 please bless me. 447 00:46:35,575 --> 00:46:37,367 One stick of incense for one round. 448 00:47:38,117 --> 00:47:39,408 Master wei has ordered 449 00:47:39,492 --> 00:47:42,158 the archives closed today to examine all the documents on the dragon ship's construction. 450 00:47:42,242 --> 00:47:43,950 His majesty was on taiye lake with his new dragon ship, 451 00:47:44,033 --> 00:47:45,783 and suddenly it sank. 452 00:47:45,908 --> 00:47:47,742 This dragon ship case is too important to his majesty. 453 00:47:47,950 --> 00:47:50,033 Lu, you should stay outside, too. 454 00:47:57,950 --> 00:47:58,700 Inspector zheng. 455 00:47:58,825 --> 00:47:59,867 - Open the doors. - Yes, your honor. 456 00:48:00,158 --> 00:48:01,867 - You two wait here. - Yes, your honor. 457 00:48:33,200 --> 00:48:36,700 The ship frame left the factory twice for examination. 458 00:48:38,033 --> 00:48:38,908 Examiner, 459 00:48:39,492 --> 00:48:40,242 guo zhen. 460 00:48:41,075 --> 00:48:43,700 Master guo from the eastern depot. No wonder he looks familiar. 461 00:48:49,367 --> 00:48:51,992 Guo was grand secretary of the department of royal construction. 462 00:49:21,242 --> 00:49:24,367 I was planning to call the watchmen 463 00:49:24,450 --> 00:49:26,867 after you left the yard. 464 00:49:27,283 --> 00:49:29,450 I underestimated your vigilance. 465 00:49:30,492 --> 00:49:31,408 No need to look around. 466 00:49:31,825 --> 00:49:32,742 There's only me. 467 00:49:52,033 --> 00:49:53,283 Show me your face! 468 00:50:08,700 --> 00:50:09,825 The imperial brocade blade! 469 00:50:10,200 --> 00:50:12,575 You're an imperial guard! 470 00:51:19,908 --> 00:51:21,325 You're dead meat. 471 00:51:51,325 --> 00:51:53,492 You little traitor. How dare you set fire to the archives! 472 00:52:15,908 --> 00:52:16,617 H's you! 473 00:53:15,158 --> 00:53:16,742 I saw the fire. 474 00:53:17,825 --> 00:53:18,742 Where's bei zhai? 475 00:53:21,908 --> 00:53:22,658 I'm sorry. 476 00:53:31,033 --> 00:53:32,783 You killed guo, didn't you? 477 00:53:36,575 --> 00:53:39,575 I didn't know he was the grand secretary of the department of royal construction. 478 00:53:40,700 --> 00:53:42,492 He sabotaged the ship. 479 00:53:42,825 --> 00:53:44,158 Almost killed the emperor. 480 00:53:52,158 --> 00:53:53,283 What do you want? 481 00:53:53,658 --> 00:53:55,533 I have the construction log of the dragon ship. 482 00:53:55,783 --> 00:53:57,283 I'll trade it for bei zhai. 483 00:54:01,158 --> 00:54:02,283 She's not here. 484 00:54:02,700 --> 00:54:04,117 You two belong to the same gang. 485 00:54:04,700 --> 00:54:05,908 If you can't make the deal, 486 00:54:06,200 --> 00:54:07,658 tell your master to come see me. 487 00:54:15,700 --> 00:54:16,825 If I die, 488 00:54:17,158 --> 00:54:19,783 the log will be sent to the bureau. 489 00:54:55,200 --> 00:54:56,033 Shen, 490 00:54:57,742 --> 00:54:59,450 I've been waiting for a while. 491 00:55:05,075 --> 00:55:06,117 You're back. 492 00:55:06,867 --> 00:55:09,117 What a beautiful wife you have. 493 00:55:09,617 --> 00:55:11,033 You lucky bastard. 494 00:55:12,867 --> 00:55:13,658 You must be hungry. 495 00:55:14,492 --> 00:55:15,742 I'll go buy some groceries. 496 00:55:16,825 --> 00:55:17,825 No need. 497 00:55:18,700 --> 00:55:19,825 Just make us some noodles. 498 00:55:38,575 --> 00:55:39,325 Captain pei, 499 00:55:39,825 --> 00:55:40,950 there's still some left in the pot if you want more. 500 00:55:41,075 --> 00:55:42,033 No, I'm good. 501 00:55:42,992 --> 00:55:43,783 Let's get down to business. 502 00:55:44,908 --> 00:55:46,492 I've made some progress 503 00:55:47,242 --> 00:55:48,117 on master guo's case. 504 00:55:48,575 --> 00:55:50,533 I find it quite interesting. 505 00:55:51,325 --> 00:55:52,158 Interesting? 506 00:55:53,367 --> 00:55:54,950 Guo went to the golden pavilion 507 00:55:55,533 --> 00:55:56,617 to meet someone. 508 00:56:01,117 --> 00:56:03,242 Guo's driver said, 509 00:56:03,325 --> 00:56:05,533 there was a young man waiting for him inside. 510 00:56:05,658 --> 00:56:07,575 Don't wait for me. 511 00:56:08,408 --> 00:56:11,075 Guo's death was not a coincidence. 512 00:56:12,367 --> 00:56:14,283 It was planned. 513 00:56:15,450 --> 00:56:18,825 I found this in guo's mansion. 514 00:56:27,408 --> 00:56:30,408 Golden pavilion, Southern district. I will meet you there. Bei zhai. 515 00:56:33,658 --> 00:56:34,408 Beizhal 516 00:56:34,658 --> 00:56:35,658 correct. 517 00:56:36,117 --> 00:56:39,325 That young man must have been bei zhai. 518 00:56:40,450 --> 00:56:42,783 Bei zhai is the key to solving 519 00:56:42,950 --> 00:56:44,283 guo and ling's cases. 520 00:56:44,908 --> 00:56:47,325 I've been investigating bei zhai's paintings, 521 00:56:47,867 --> 00:56:49,867 and discovered some juicy information. 522 00:56:51,325 --> 00:56:53,492 Monk jinghai at y0ng'an temple said... 523 00:56:53,783 --> 00:56:55,158 You know him, right? 524 00:56:59,408 --> 00:57:00,117 Yes. 525 00:57:00,783 --> 00:57:02,158 The monk said, 526 00:57:03,200 --> 00:57:05,742 you've collected a handful of bei zhai's works. 527 00:57:10,408 --> 00:57:11,492 Where's master jinghai? 528 00:57:12,242 --> 00:57:13,533 In the imperial prison. 529 00:57:13,908 --> 00:57:15,658 His life depends on what you're about to say. 530 00:57:16,700 --> 00:57:19,950 If you say his accusation is false, 531 00:57:20,075 --> 00:57:21,533 I will get rid of him for you. 532 00:57:24,117 --> 00:57:25,742 But if you want to save him, 533 00:57:26,783 --> 00:57:28,867 then give me bei zhai's paintings. 534 00:57:30,575 --> 00:57:31,867 I don't have any. 535 00:57:34,075 --> 00:57:35,908 You're a stubborn man. 536 00:57:37,242 --> 00:57:39,367 The monk said you two were friends. 537 00:57:40,367 --> 00:57:45,367 But that word doesn't seem to mean anything to you. 538 00:58:00,783 --> 00:58:01,492 Pei lun. 539 00:58:03,617 --> 00:58:05,408 You're trying to frame me as bei zhai's accomplice. 540 00:58:09,617 --> 00:58:11,033 Nonsense. 541 00:58:11,992 --> 00:58:14,283 My future rests on these two cases. 542 00:58:14,408 --> 00:58:15,617 How could I not take them seriously? 543 00:58:17,117 --> 00:58:18,158 Besides, 544 00:58:18,533 --> 00:58:19,742 you know better than I do 545 00:58:20,242 --> 00:58:21,575 whether this is a false charge. 546 00:58:24,867 --> 00:58:26,700 Why are you picking on me? 547 00:58:28,117 --> 00:58:29,617 You want to know why? 548 00:58:31,158 --> 00:58:33,992 Among all the imperial guards, i had only one friend. 549 00:58:34,325 --> 00:58:35,408 His name was yin Cheng. 550 00:58:40,700 --> 00:58:41,742 And you killed him. 551 00:59:06,367 --> 00:59:07,325 What are you looking for? 552 00:59:10,783 --> 00:59:12,242 The construction log of the dragon ship. 553 00:59:13,325 --> 00:59:15,242 Give it to me, and I'll guarantee you safe passage. 554 00:59:32,617 --> 00:59:33,825 What are you going to do? 555 00:59:33,992 --> 00:59:35,408 I ask and you answer. 556 00:59:35,783 --> 00:59:36,783 Don't even think about lying. 557 00:59:38,075 --> 00:59:40,533 Was it you who disguised yourself as a man and made an appointment with guo? 558 00:59:42,867 --> 00:59:44,617 Was it ding who killed him? 559 00:59:46,950 --> 00:59:48,325 You think I won't kill you? 560 00:59:48,783 --> 00:59:50,325 I must be crazy, 561 00:59:50,783 --> 00:59:52,492 for rescuing an assassin who tried to kill the emperor. 562 00:59:54,533 --> 00:59:55,450 I didn't. 563 00:59:55,658 --> 00:59:56,575 Stop lying! 564 01:00:01,450 --> 01:00:04,950 I will make you confess one way or another. 565 01:00:05,200 --> 01:00:06,075 It was me. 566 01:00:07,075 --> 01:00:08,492 I disguised myself and lured guo 567 01:00:09,158 --> 01:00:10,450 to the golden pavilion 568 01:00:10,950 --> 01:00:12,742 for master ding to kill him. 569 01:00:13,283 --> 01:00:14,408 Who's behind all this? 570 01:00:15,617 --> 01:00:16,783 Nobody. 571 01:00:19,617 --> 01:00:20,825 Don't try to be a hero. 572 01:00:28,908 --> 01:00:31,033 If you don't want to drown, give me a name. 573 01:00:31,700 --> 01:00:32,408 Now! 574 01:00:34,908 --> 01:00:36,033 Nobody. 575 01:00:37,658 --> 01:00:38,867 It was me. 576 01:00:39,242 --> 01:00:42,033 You would die for him? 577 01:00:47,408 --> 01:00:48,158 Confess! 578 01:00:57,908 --> 01:00:58,617 Speak! 579 01:01:50,825 --> 01:01:51,700 One day, when I was very young, 580 01:01:51,992 --> 01:01:53,367 my father was teaching me to paint. 581 01:01:56,158 --> 01:01:57,908 Imperial guards broke into our house. 582 01:01:58,367 --> 01:01:59,575 They accused my father of writing poems 583 01:02:00,742 --> 01:02:02,158 that slighted master wei. 584 01:02:03,533 --> 01:02:05,117 Our entire family was torn apart, 585 01:02:06,492 --> 01:02:07,783 just because my father wrote some poems. 586 01:02:07,867 --> 01:02:09,992 Some were killed, others exiled. 587 01:02:12,450 --> 01:02:16,617 I was banished to a brothel in the south. 588 01:02:18,617 --> 01:02:20,783 When the ship arrived at datong river, 589 01:02:21,200 --> 01:02:22,325 ullmped. 590 01:02:23,158 --> 01:02:25,242 I didn't know drowning could be so tortuous until that moment. 591 01:02:29,825 --> 01:02:31,075 It was he who saved me. 592 01:02:32,908 --> 01:02:34,325 He promised me 593 01:02:34,783 --> 01:02:36,283 he would do everything he could 594 01:02:36,617 --> 01:02:40,283 to kill wei, and wipe out his entire party. 595 01:02:45,658 --> 01:02:46,742 So you decided to join him 596 01:02:47,117 --> 01:02:48,867 because of that one promise? 597 01:02:50,033 --> 01:02:53,325 Aren't you fed up with this life? 598 01:02:55,533 --> 01:02:57,075 Life is hard. Nobody can change that. 599 01:03:11,533 --> 01:03:12,158 You honor. 600 01:03:26,700 --> 01:03:29,783 He's alive but unlikely to wake up. 601 01:03:32,075 --> 01:03:34,492 Criminals dare to kill and commit arson on our very doorstep. 602 01:03:35,283 --> 01:03:38,533 This is certainly a first in the great ming dynasty. 603 01:03:39,575 --> 01:03:41,867 You dare call yourselves the imperial guards? 604 01:03:54,617 --> 01:03:56,575 Shen lian. 605 01:03:57,033 --> 01:03:59,575 Shen lian. 606 01:04:16,867 --> 01:04:17,700 What did he say? 607 01:04:18,700 --> 01:04:19,825 I didn't hear. 608 01:04:42,325 --> 01:04:43,242 Colonel. 609 01:04:45,325 --> 01:04:46,075 Yes? 610 01:04:48,450 --> 01:04:49,450 Let's speak in private. 611 01:04:51,492 --> 01:04:55,033 Shen has something to do with guo and ling's death. 612 01:04:55,200 --> 01:04:55,950 Colonel, 613 01:04:56,533 --> 01:04:58,658 this might be the most important case in the history of the dynasty. 614 01:05:00,325 --> 01:05:02,783 This is conjecture. Do you have proof? 615 01:05:03,158 --> 01:05:04,700 The archives have burned down, 616 01:05:04,783 --> 01:05:06,117 but parts of the documents remain. 617 01:05:06,200 --> 01:05:08,242 I've looked into shen and gu0's backgrounds. 618 01:05:08,742 --> 01:05:10,075 Eight years ago, in the battle of sarhu, 619 01:05:10,200 --> 01:05:12,575 shen and guo served together in the west army. 620 01:05:12,700 --> 01:05:14,492 Though the army was destroyed, 621 01:05:14,617 --> 01:05:16,825 shen and guo survived. 622 01:05:17,075 --> 01:05:20,658 I believe the two already knew each other back then. 623 01:05:28,700 --> 01:05:29,492 Who's there? 624 01:05:30,117 --> 01:05:30,867 Show yourselves. 625 01:05:38,825 --> 01:05:40,617 How bold of you. 626 01:05:44,783 --> 01:05:46,117 Let me take care of them. 627 01:05:46,617 --> 01:05:47,783 You... 628 01:06:00,283 --> 01:06:01,783 Lu wenzhao. 629 01:06:03,033 --> 01:06:03,700 Sister ding. 630 01:06:06,617 --> 01:06:07,492 Kill him. 631 01:06:07,992 --> 01:06:08,658 Chong'er. 632 01:06:34,408 --> 01:06:36,242 Tens of thousands of men 633 01:06:36,575 --> 01:06:38,617 cut down like grass. 634 01:06:39,492 --> 01:06:41,075 If we don't want to die like this, 635 01:06:41,617 --> 01:06:43,450 we must find another way to live. 636 01:06:43,658 --> 01:06:44,658 I don't want to die. 637 01:06:45,158 --> 01:06:46,242 I don't want to die. 638 01:06:46,867 --> 01:06:49,408 Find another way to live. 639 01:06:49,533 --> 01:06:51,033 - I don't want to die. - Another way to live. 640 01:06:54,533 --> 01:06:55,325 Guo. 641 01:06:55,950 --> 01:06:57,575 Lu knew guo from long ago. 642 01:08:22,367 --> 01:08:24,283 Shen lian. 643 01:08:26,783 --> 01:08:28,033 Yin Cheng was my friend, too. 644 01:08:33,450 --> 01:08:35,575 Thanks to the breastplate, the wound isn't lethal. 645 01:08:40,742 --> 01:08:42,242 Thank you, Mrs. shen. 646 01:08:47,533 --> 01:08:48,325 I'm not... 647 01:08:49,158 --> 01:08:50,075 Mrs. shen. 648 01:08:52,242 --> 01:08:53,492 This is bei zhai. 649 01:09:14,492 --> 01:09:15,200 Colonel. 650 01:09:17,492 --> 01:09:18,742 Inspector zheng didn't die. 651 01:09:19,283 --> 01:09:20,158 He said it was you. 652 01:09:21,200 --> 01:09:22,658 I already covered it up. 653 01:09:23,075 --> 01:09:24,575 You killed ling, didn't you? 654 01:09:24,783 --> 01:09:25,783 Pei lun figured it out. 655 01:09:26,158 --> 01:09:27,783 I covered that up as well. Why? 656 01:09:28,867 --> 01:09:31,033 Because you once saved my life. 657 01:09:31,408 --> 01:09:32,617 We're friends. 658 01:09:34,742 --> 01:09:35,533 Friends. 659 01:09:38,658 --> 01:09:40,575 You and guo knew each other eight years ago. 660 01:09:41,283 --> 01:09:42,825 You fought shoulder to shoulder in the army. 661 01:09:43,950 --> 01:09:45,908 You told him to sabotage the ship, 662 01:09:47,158 --> 01:09:48,617 then killed him. 663 01:09:48,825 --> 01:09:50,908 Then asked me to burn down the archives. 664 01:09:53,075 --> 01:09:54,242 Now you say we're friends? 665 01:09:56,325 --> 01:09:58,242 You didn't have to get involved. 666 01:09:58,617 --> 01:10:01,492 Why did you save bei zhai and captain pei? 667 01:10:02,408 --> 01:10:03,992 You're colluding with the rebels. 668 01:10:05,617 --> 01:10:07,825 I can turn you in. 669 01:10:15,950 --> 01:10:16,825 Go ahead. 670 01:10:17,492 --> 01:10:20,783 I have people everywhere, in every administrative 671 01:10:20,992 --> 01:10:22,450 and judicial department 672 01:10:22,700 --> 01:10:24,367 in every state and prefecture. 673 01:10:24,617 --> 01:10:26,450 We can make black become white 674 01:10:26,533 --> 01:10:28,367 by just tapping our fingers. 675 01:10:28,867 --> 01:10:30,158 How can you fight me? 676 01:10:31,617 --> 01:10:32,742 You plan to overthrow the emperor? 677 01:10:32,867 --> 01:10:36,158 Wei and his party lost the people's trust long ago. 678 01:10:37,658 --> 01:10:39,033 They'll be overthrown sooner or later. 679 01:10:39,117 --> 01:10:40,783 You can't be willing to let these useless scumbags rule you. 680 01:10:46,658 --> 01:10:48,408 We shouldn't be wasting time like this. 681 01:10:48,658 --> 01:10:50,283 Now we need to get the real job done. 682 01:10:52,033 --> 01:10:52,742 Go in there, 683 01:10:52,992 --> 01:10:54,658 and finish off bei zhai and pei lun. 684 01:10:55,658 --> 01:10:57,992 Give me the construction log of the dragon ship, 685 01:10:58,408 --> 01:10:59,700 then you can live. 686 01:11:04,867 --> 01:11:07,325 You want me to trade bei zhai and pei lun's lives for mine. 687 01:11:09,117 --> 01:11:10,992 What's the difference between you and wei? 688 01:11:11,117 --> 01:11:12,325 You're the same. 689 01:11:12,783 --> 01:11:13,783 Get off your high horse. 690 01:11:13,867 --> 01:11:15,325 You think you're a good person? 691 01:11:15,450 --> 01:11:17,742 How many lives have you taken with your blood-stained hands? 692 01:11:20,408 --> 01:11:23,950 Does your master know you plan to kill bei zhai? 693 01:13:37,825 --> 01:13:39,658 The construction log of the dragon ship? 694 01:14:05,950 --> 01:14:07,117 Trying to steal it and run? 695 01:14:07,325 --> 01:14:08,367 So? 696 01:14:12,408 --> 01:14:14,367 I'll keep it for you. 697 01:14:15,617 --> 01:14:16,492 Go to sleep. 698 01:14:31,242 --> 01:14:33,825 Lu must be looking everywhere for us. 699 01:14:37,158 --> 01:14:38,367 Don't you think I know that? 700 01:14:38,450 --> 01:14:41,492 You have bei zhai and the log. 701 01:14:41,700 --> 01:14:43,158 What are you afraid of? 702 01:14:43,492 --> 01:14:44,700 We can't do anything to lu. 703 01:14:45,158 --> 01:14:46,742 His people are everywhere inside the system. 704 01:14:47,242 --> 01:14:48,408 What about the court of censors? 705 01:14:49,033 --> 01:14:51,117 I have something on the imperial censor. 706 01:14:51,742 --> 01:14:53,450 He'll be more than willing to help us. 707 01:14:58,700 --> 01:14:59,908 You can't leave her? 708 01:15:01,117 --> 01:15:03,283 We'll all die together then. 709 01:15:54,825 --> 01:15:56,242 Your honor, please take shelter from the rain. 710 01:15:56,367 --> 01:15:57,825 Let's wait for the rain to stop. 711 01:17:05,950 --> 01:17:06,908 Lu wenzhao! 712 01:17:08,075 --> 01:17:09,742 You posted arrest warrants citywide 713 01:17:09,825 --> 01:17:11,867 without your superiors' approval. 714 01:17:12,867 --> 01:17:15,283 Do you think we don't exist? 715 01:17:16,617 --> 01:17:17,450 Chief, 716 01:17:17,825 --> 01:17:19,408 if you don't punish this dog severely, 717 01:17:19,575 --> 01:17:22,825 how will your men listen to you in the future? 718 01:17:33,117 --> 01:17:35,908 Captain shen of the northern bureau 719 01:17:36,200 --> 01:17:38,492 and captain pei of the Southern bureau 720 01:17:39,658 --> 01:17:44,450 bribed master guo to murder his majesty. 721 01:17:46,950 --> 01:17:48,492 Luckily, they failed. 722 01:17:49,242 --> 01:17:53,825 The duo killed master guo to silence him, 723 01:17:54,117 --> 01:17:56,325 then set fire to the archives. 724 01:17:57,117 --> 01:17:58,825 Lieutenant ling 725 01:17:59,992 --> 01:18:03,992 was also killed by shen. 726 01:18:04,117 --> 01:18:07,117 I have acquired inspector zheng's testimony as evidence. 727 01:18:07,825 --> 01:18:09,158 To prevent the duo's escape, 728 01:18:09,242 --> 01:18:10,617 I took the Liberty of delivering the message 729 01:18:10,825 --> 01:18:12,325 to the ministry of security, 730 01:18:12,450 --> 01:18:13,408 and city administrators. 731 01:18:13,533 --> 01:18:14,908 That they be found immediately. 732 01:18:20,158 --> 01:18:21,450 Where's the girl? 733 01:18:22,658 --> 01:18:23,575 I lost her. 734 01:18:23,867 --> 01:18:24,867 Where's the log? 735 01:18:26,742 --> 01:18:27,617 You gave it to her? 736 01:18:30,033 --> 01:18:32,242 Our lives depend on that log! 737 01:18:32,450 --> 01:18:33,575 And you gave it to her! 738 01:19:03,158 --> 01:19:04,408 Colonel lu, 739 01:19:06,242 --> 01:19:09,075 assigning you to catch toads 740 01:19:09,575 --> 01:19:11,283 was a waste of your talents. 741 01:19:13,783 --> 01:19:16,283 - It's my honor to... - Tell me, 742 01:19:16,783 --> 01:19:19,325 the two rebels who put themselves in such jeopardy, 743 01:19:19,450 --> 01:19:22,117 who do you think they're working for? 744 01:19:25,450 --> 01:19:27,867 I think... 745 01:19:27,950 --> 01:19:29,617 Remove all the imperial guards from the streets immediately. 746 01:19:35,700 --> 01:19:38,033 The eastern depot is taking over this case. 747 01:19:38,950 --> 01:19:42,033 Shen, pei, and bei zhai. 748 01:19:43,408 --> 01:19:44,908 I want them alive. 749 01:19:47,492 --> 01:19:48,492 Why did you return? 750 01:19:49,117 --> 01:19:50,033 To save you, 751 01:19:51,283 --> 01:19:52,450 and captain pei. 752 01:19:53,950 --> 01:19:54,867 How? 753 01:19:55,742 --> 01:19:56,950 If I give him this log, 754 01:19:57,492 --> 01:19:59,950 he will spare us. 755 01:20:00,992 --> 01:20:02,492 Do you know why I was sent to kill you? 756 01:20:02,908 --> 01:20:04,242 It was lu's order. 757 01:20:04,867 --> 01:20:06,283 I don't know lu. 758 01:20:06,450 --> 01:20:09,242 That boyfriend of yours is lu's master. 759 01:20:09,908 --> 01:20:12,408 The man you're guarding with your own life wants you dead. 760 01:20:12,658 --> 01:20:13,825 Are you still going to see him? 761 01:20:16,117 --> 01:20:17,742 That can't be his intention. 762 01:20:18,158 --> 01:20:19,533 He wouldn't kill me. 763 01:20:20,408 --> 01:20:21,367 You still believe in him? 764 01:20:21,992 --> 01:20:23,450 I believe in myself. 765 01:20:27,408 --> 01:20:28,992 I believe that one day 766 01:20:29,283 --> 01:20:31,408 we will have the freedom of speech. 767 01:20:45,242 --> 01:20:47,367 In every administrative and judicial department 768 01:20:47,492 --> 01:20:49,075 - in every state and prefecture. - I'm a rebel. 769 01:20:49,158 --> 01:20:50,242 I have people everywhere. 770 01:20:50,325 --> 01:20:51,658 Chief prosecutor Yang 771 01:20:51,783 --> 01:20:53,533 brought master wei's twenty-four crimes to the emperor. 772 01:20:53,617 --> 01:20:55,867 He promised me he would do everything he could 773 01:20:55,950 --> 01:20:57,617 to kill wei and wipe out his entire party. 774 01:20:57,742 --> 01:21:00,283 Wei and his party lost the people's trust long ago. 775 01:21:00,367 --> 01:21:01,408 But master wei wasn't punished at all. 776 01:21:01,533 --> 01:21:04,242 And completely destroyed the donglin rebellion. 777 01:21:04,325 --> 01:21:04,867 Why? 778 01:21:04,992 --> 01:21:06,033 Because the emperor favors him. 779 01:21:06,158 --> 01:21:07,367 Because the emperor favors him. 780 01:21:07,492 --> 01:21:09,158 Because the emperor favors him. 781 01:21:11,992 --> 01:21:13,492 Why didn't I realize this earlier? 782 01:21:16,867 --> 01:21:17,742 I'll go in your stead. 783 01:21:18,492 --> 01:21:20,242 What if it's a trap? 784 01:22:01,117 --> 01:22:02,450 Do you know who I am? 785 01:22:03,158 --> 01:22:04,367 I think I do. 786 01:22:05,033 --> 01:22:06,033 Let's hear it. 787 01:22:06,950 --> 01:22:08,200 I should have guessed. 788 01:22:08,658 --> 01:22:10,200 Assassinating the emperor was never your goal. 789 01:22:10,450 --> 01:22:11,992 The goal of your highness 790 01:22:12,117 --> 01:22:13,408 was to eliminate wei and his party. 791 01:22:13,992 --> 01:22:16,283 And the only one who can do that is the emperor. 792 01:22:17,075 --> 01:22:18,408 His majesty has no children. 793 01:22:19,533 --> 01:22:20,783 If he died, 794 01:22:21,492 --> 01:22:23,408 the only successor 795 01:22:24,242 --> 01:22:26,242 would be his younger brother, 796 01:22:27,200 --> 01:22:28,825 zhu youjian, prince xin. 797 01:22:31,908 --> 01:22:33,242 Am I correct? 798 01:22:34,200 --> 01:22:35,283 Prince xin, your highness. 799 01:22:39,242 --> 01:22:40,617 Do you know this place? 800 01:22:44,867 --> 01:22:47,283 What if shen doesn't return in one hour? 801 01:22:48,200 --> 01:22:49,492 Then we break into the eastern depot. 802 01:22:58,658 --> 01:23:01,908 If wei had gotten a hold of this log, 803 01:23:02,367 --> 01:23:04,242 many would have lost their heads. 804 01:23:07,408 --> 01:23:08,533 What do you want? 805 01:23:09,658 --> 01:23:10,825 I want to live. 806 01:23:11,908 --> 01:23:14,450 One more thing your highness needs to know. 807 01:23:14,783 --> 01:23:16,533 Lu wants bei zhai dead. 808 01:23:17,117 --> 01:23:18,242 Nonsense. 809 01:23:18,617 --> 01:23:20,492 Brother lu has no reason to hurt her. 810 01:23:22,617 --> 01:23:23,367 Your highness, 811 01:23:23,700 --> 01:23:24,825 this man is dangerous. 812 01:23:24,950 --> 01:23:25,742 Get out. 813 01:23:36,617 --> 01:23:38,158 We're almost out of time. 814 01:23:40,533 --> 01:23:41,950 He'll be back. 815 01:23:46,450 --> 01:23:47,992 Have you two slept together? 816 01:23:51,283 --> 01:23:52,367 You're disgusting. 817 01:23:54,033 --> 01:23:54,825 No? 818 01:23:55,450 --> 01:23:58,742 Then why are you treating each other like this? 819 01:24:02,908 --> 01:24:03,950 Where is she? 820 01:24:05,075 --> 01:24:05,992 Bei zhai? 821 01:24:07,742 --> 01:24:09,658 You don't even know her real name. 822 01:24:13,158 --> 01:24:14,617 You dared to come see me. 823 01:24:15,033 --> 01:24:16,742 Didn't you fear that I'd kill you? 824 01:24:18,450 --> 01:24:19,908 I wanted to see for myself 825 01:24:20,533 --> 01:24:22,075 the man she's guarding with her life. 826 01:24:22,950 --> 01:24:23,825 If he's worth it. 827 01:24:31,575 --> 01:24:32,367 No, 828 01:24:33,283 --> 01:24:34,742 you're worried about her. 829 01:24:35,742 --> 01:24:37,325 So you came in her stead. 830 01:24:40,617 --> 01:24:41,617 You like her. 831 01:24:47,450 --> 01:24:48,783 But does she like you? 832 01:24:50,325 --> 01:24:51,492 Your highness misunderstood. 833 01:24:57,242 --> 01:24:58,408 She told me 834 01:24:59,283 --> 01:25:00,825 you were supposed to kill her, 835 01:25:02,950 --> 01:25:04,242 but ended up saving her. 836 01:25:07,408 --> 01:25:08,283 Why? 837 01:25:10,992 --> 01:25:12,283 I admire her paintings. 838 01:25:14,950 --> 01:25:16,033 I understand. 839 01:25:18,783 --> 01:25:21,533 Her paintings are like her person. 840 01:25:24,117 --> 01:25:25,450 What a shame. 841 01:25:28,950 --> 01:25:30,367 Take this tablet of the mansion of prince xin. 842 01:25:30,617 --> 01:25:32,158 You can go anywhere you like. 843 01:25:32,450 --> 01:25:34,117 Nobody will stop you when they see this tablet. 844 01:25:37,492 --> 01:25:39,325 However, you must kill her first. 845 01:25:48,658 --> 01:25:50,825 Wei is looking everywhere for her. 846 01:25:52,283 --> 01:25:53,658 I cannot risk it. 847 01:25:55,117 --> 01:25:55,992 Your highness. 848 01:25:56,742 --> 01:25:58,200 Bei zhai didn't betray you, 849 01:25:58,658 --> 01:25:59,867 and never will. 850 01:25:59,992 --> 01:26:01,742 I want you to betray her. 851 01:26:21,200 --> 01:26:22,325 This is my blade. 852 01:26:26,283 --> 01:26:27,533 I'm taking her out of the city. 853 01:26:29,533 --> 01:26:30,950 If you send men after us, 854 01:26:33,200 --> 01:26:34,617 I'll take them all down. 855 01:26:35,908 --> 01:26:38,950 You're not going to kill me? 856 01:26:40,200 --> 01:26:44,408 She'll be sad if I do. 857 01:27:01,533 --> 01:27:02,617 Time's up. 858 01:27:08,658 --> 01:27:09,492 Your highness. 859 01:27:09,617 --> 01:27:10,658 Enough. 860 01:27:11,158 --> 01:27:13,867 I'll send someone after shen, we can follow him to bei zhai. 861 01:27:15,408 --> 01:27:16,492 Colonel lu... 862 01:27:19,283 --> 01:27:20,033 Your highness, 863 01:27:20,325 --> 01:27:22,367 she knows way too much. 864 01:27:22,658 --> 01:27:27,200 Thousands will die if she doesn't. 865 01:27:34,867 --> 01:27:36,658 Do it outside the city. 866 01:27:36,908 --> 01:27:37,617 Yes, your highness. 867 01:28:18,908 --> 01:28:19,825 Shen lian! 868 01:28:48,700 --> 01:28:51,242 He said he'd come find me, 869 01:28:51,867 --> 01:28:52,825 right? 870 01:28:55,283 --> 01:28:56,200 Of course. 871 01:28:56,867 --> 01:28:59,117 He'll come find you once it's safe. 872 01:29:00,492 --> 01:29:01,492 He also said, 873 01:29:02,783 --> 01:29:04,075 you should feel free 874 01:29:04,575 --> 01:29:06,033 to paint whatever you like. 875 01:29:09,617 --> 01:29:11,325 He doesn't like me painting. 876 01:29:12,242 --> 01:29:13,867 He said that's where all troubles begin. 877 01:29:17,658 --> 01:29:18,575 Thank you. 878 01:29:39,492 --> 01:29:42,783 Wei zhongxian's mansion, goldfish alley 879 01:29:52,158 --> 01:29:52,950 your excellency, 880 01:29:53,658 --> 01:29:54,700 please save me. 881 01:29:55,117 --> 01:29:56,325 What's bothering you, your highness? 882 01:29:56,408 --> 01:29:59,450 This girlfriend of mine recently disappeared. 883 01:29:59,825 --> 01:30:01,200 I sent people to look for her, 884 01:30:01,367 --> 01:30:03,492 and discovered that she's one of the donglin rebels. 885 01:30:03,950 --> 01:30:06,117 She also has something to do with master gu0's death. 886 01:30:06,408 --> 01:30:07,742 Is that so? 887 01:30:07,825 --> 01:30:08,783 A colonel lu from the imperial guard 888 01:30:08,908 --> 01:30:10,575 found out about this, 889 01:30:12,200 --> 01:30:14,033 and came to threaten me. 890 01:30:16,533 --> 01:30:18,325 - Lu wenzhao? - Yes. 891 01:30:18,825 --> 01:30:20,450 Colonel lu wanted to frame your excellency 892 01:30:20,575 --> 01:30:24,575 by having me speak falsely before his majesty. 893 01:30:24,825 --> 01:30:27,242 Otherwise, he'd impeach me with this information. 894 01:30:30,950 --> 01:30:32,825 Your highness, this is no small matter. 895 01:30:34,908 --> 01:30:37,367 His majesty falling into the water wasn't a coincidence. 896 01:30:38,283 --> 01:30:40,158 Master guo was involved. 897 01:30:40,450 --> 01:30:41,617 If, by chance, 898 01:30:41,742 --> 01:30:43,158 this matter isn't handled properly, 899 01:30:43,575 --> 01:30:46,908 your highness will be in big trouble. 900 01:30:52,158 --> 01:30:53,783 Your excellency, please save me. 901 01:30:58,492 --> 01:30:59,450 Your highness, 902 01:30:59,658 --> 01:31:01,408 this problem's not so difficult. 903 01:31:01,950 --> 01:31:04,700 We just need to remove lu from the picture, 904 01:31:04,992 --> 01:31:07,492 along with the other insiders, 905 01:31:08,283 --> 01:31:13,117 including your girlfriend. 906 01:31:36,075 --> 01:31:37,533 From now on, 907 01:31:38,825 --> 01:31:41,158 I will follow the advice of your excellency on all matters. 908 01:31:45,950 --> 01:31:47,992 Please do not praise me more than I deserve. 909 01:31:49,033 --> 01:31:50,950 My concern is 910 01:31:51,242 --> 01:31:53,950 his majesty is very ill. 911 01:31:54,575 --> 01:31:56,492 If something happens, 912 01:31:57,700 --> 01:32:02,575 who do your highness think would be the successor? 913 01:32:03,950 --> 01:32:05,575 This is too important of a matter. 914 01:32:06,575 --> 01:32:08,117 I dare not speak a word. 915 01:32:09,033 --> 01:32:11,033 Everything shall be decided by your excellency. 916 01:32:18,533 --> 01:32:22,367 Recently, his majesty has been speaking of you. 917 01:32:24,783 --> 01:32:27,075 I wager your highness will be called 918 01:32:27,158 --> 01:32:29,158 into his majesty's chamber in the upcoming days. 919 01:32:32,742 --> 01:32:34,575 My sincerest gratitude, your excellency. 920 01:32:40,158 --> 01:32:41,033 Shen, 921 01:32:41,492 --> 01:32:42,908 they'll be expecting us to go by water. 922 01:32:48,492 --> 01:32:49,908 Let's land at liaocheng, 923 01:32:50,825 --> 01:32:52,075 then take a detour east around jinan, 924 01:32:52,242 --> 01:32:53,075 and head to yi mountain. 925 01:32:54,117 --> 01:32:56,450 That's where we can easily evade the pursuing troops. 926 01:32:56,700 --> 01:32:57,450 Troops? 927 01:32:59,033 --> 01:33:00,325 Sent by prince xin? 928 01:33:02,242 --> 01:33:04,325 You lied to her. 929 01:33:05,950 --> 01:33:08,575 We can find a boat at weihai. 930 01:33:09,117 --> 01:33:10,408 Once we're out at sea, 931 01:33:10,783 --> 01:33:11,908 we can go anywhere we want. 932 01:33:12,075 --> 01:33:13,367 Once we get to weihai, 933 01:33:13,700 --> 01:33:14,867 we part ways. 934 01:33:58,742 --> 01:33:59,783 It's so hot. 935 01:34:01,908 --> 01:34:04,075 Sweating will help you recover. 936 01:34:06,867 --> 01:34:09,908 You made me drink four bowls of hot water, 937 01:34:10,117 --> 01:34:11,408 and made me sit next to the fire. 938 01:34:12,575 --> 01:34:13,867 How can I not be hot? 939 01:34:14,450 --> 01:34:15,867 I blew on the water, 940 01:34:16,117 --> 01:34:17,033 how could it be hot? 941 01:34:24,867 --> 01:34:27,700 Where will you go after all this? 942 01:34:30,492 --> 01:34:31,367 Hangzhou. 943 01:34:34,700 --> 01:34:35,783 Hangzhou. 944 01:34:36,992 --> 01:34:38,575 Good choice. 945 01:34:54,783 --> 01:34:55,492 Pei? 946 01:35:11,408 --> 01:35:12,283 I'm sorry. 947 01:35:18,533 --> 01:35:20,158 They've entered the village. Too many to count. 948 01:35:20,242 --> 01:35:21,033 I killed two. 949 01:35:21,158 --> 01:35:22,075 It's lu. 950 01:35:22,533 --> 01:35:23,992 The windstorm, variable, 951 01:35:24,283 --> 01:35:25,575 sweeps up the common and the noble, 952 01:35:25,992 --> 01:35:27,408 life and death are inevitable, 953 01:35:27,867 --> 01:35:29,575 and doom is unavoidable. 954 01:35:42,408 --> 01:35:43,450 We must leave. 955 01:35:44,867 --> 01:35:45,700 Split up. 956 01:37:27,867 --> 01:37:29,075 Come on, you bastard. 957 01:37:43,658 --> 01:37:44,825 The horses won't go on the bridge. 958 01:37:44,908 --> 01:37:46,825 Without horses, they'll catch up to us. 959 01:37:58,908 --> 01:37:59,700 Once you cross this bridge, 960 01:37:59,783 --> 01:38:01,158 you'll be out of yi mountain in a day. 961 01:38:02,158 --> 01:38:04,617 Pei, you take bei zhai to weihai. 962 01:38:05,533 --> 01:38:06,617 Wait for me there. 963 01:38:06,825 --> 01:38:07,742 I'm not leaving. 964 01:38:08,575 --> 01:38:10,075 Lu stabbed me with his blade. 965 01:38:10,158 --> 01:38:11,450 I must repay him. 966 01:38:12,783 --> 01:38:14,283 I'm not leaving by myself. 967 01:38:15,033 --> 01:38:16,158 I'm staying. 968 01:38:19,908 --> 01:38:21,367 You'll jeopardize us if you stay. 969 01:38:22,158 --> 01:38:23,742 Aren't you waiting for prince xin to come for you? 970 01:38:23,867 --> 01:38:25,117 Stay alive. 971 01:38:28,408 --> 01:38:29,033 Go. 972 01:38:29,992 --> 01:38:30,783 Go! 973 01:38:39,950 --> 01:38:40,908 Miao xuan. 974 01:38:46,242 --> 01:38:49,158 My name is miao xuan. 975 01:38:56,867 --> 01:38:57,950 I will remember it. 976 01:39:11,992 --> 01:39:13,033 They're down there! 977 01:39:17,158 --> 01:39:18,408 Charge! 978 01:39:40,075 --> 01:39:42,533 Pei, guard the bridge. 979 01:39:42,825 --> 01:39:43,575 You got it. 980 01:40:14,742 --> 01:40:16,117 The woman has crossed the bridge. 981 01:40:20,658 --> 01:40:21,617 Charge! 982 01:40:47,992 --> 01:40:49,242 Bring it on! 983 01:43:03,575 --> 01:43:04,367 Brother lu! 984 01:43:30,408 --> 01:43:31,617 Colonel, 985 01:43:32,783 --> 01:43:35,742 we're even. 986 01:43:41,283 --> 01:43:42,325 Brother lu! 987 01:43:43,158 --> 01:43:44,242 It's okay. 988 01:43:45,075 --> 01:43:46,492 It's just a minor wound. 989 01:43:47,158 --> 01:43:49,533 Master ding, enough. 990 01:43:50,242 --> 01:43:51,117 You two may go. 991 01:43:54,325 --> 01:43:55,492 Shen lian, 992 01:43:56,075 --> 01:43:57,533 you underestimate me. 993 01:43:57,992 --> 01:43:59,367 I must kill you all, 994 01:43:59,908 --> 01:44:02,367 or I'll be ashamed to face prince xin. 995 01:44:03,575 --> 01:44:04,408 You don't have to do this. 996 01:44:05,783 --> 01:44:06,700 Is this really worth it? 997 01:44:07,367 --> 01:44:08,617 How can you change the regime, 998 01:44:08,700 --> 01:44:09,950 when you can't even let a woman live? 999 01:44:11,825 --> 01:44:13,867 Shen lian, don't you understand? 1000 01:44:16,700 --> 01:44:18,200 At my age, 1001 01:44:18,867 --> 01:44:22,033 friendship and integrity 1002 01:44:23,075 --> 01:44:24,367 have all been worn down. 1003 01:44:25,200 --> 01:44:27,283 If I don't hold onto something, 1004 01:44:28,200 --> 01:44:31,075 I'm no different from a corpse. 1005 01:44:46,825 --> 01:44:48,325 - Watch out! - Fire! 1006 01:45:04,200 --> 01:45:05,075 Fire! 1007 01:45:05,908 --> 01:45:07,575 None of them leaves here alive. 1008 01:45:07,783 --> 01:45:09,450 Bring me their bodies for a reward. 1009 01:45:18,742 --> 01:45:19,742 Your highness, 1010 01:45:22,992 --> 01:45:25,075 his majesty calls. 1011 01:45:36,950 --> 01:45:37,783 Sister, 1012 01:45:38,617 --> 01:45:40,033 I don't understand. 1013 01:45:40,783 --> 01:45:42,325 Brother, don't you see? 1014 01:45:44,200 --> 01:45:45,492 For his highness, 1015 01:45:47,950 --> 01:45:49,283 we are both loose ends. 1016 01:45:59,867 --> 01:46:01,117 Shen lian! 1017 01:46:03,867 --> 01:46:08,033 We're both destined to die on this infernal battlefield. 1018 01:46:32,742 --> 01:46:33,658 Brother! 1019 01:47:09,033 --> 01:47:09,950 Shen lian! 1020 01:47:13,700 --> 01:47:14,450 Go get her! 1021 01:47:15,408 --> 01:47:17,658 Don't let her get away! 1022 01:47:25,283 --> 01:47:26,033 Leave! 1023 01:47:31,408 --> 01:47:32,658 Go! 1024 01:47:36,658 --> 01:47:37,617 Get out of here! 1025 01:47:38,950 --> 01:47:40,575 Come any closer and I'll kill you. 1026 01:47:47,158 --> 01:47:48,742 What are you waiting for? 1027 01:49:18,950 --> 01:49:20,742 Come closer. 1028 01:49:23,700 --> 01:49:25,742 Your majesty, please take care of yourself. 1029 01:49:27,533 --> 01:49:28,825 Dear brother, 1030 01:49:30,158 --> 01:49:32,492 the empire of the great ming is now yours. 1031 01:49:34,158 --> 01:49:39,825 Rule it with honor and dignity. 1032 01:49:50,950 --> 01:49:52,242 What am I doing? 1033 01:49:52,950 --> 01:49:54,700 Why am I risking my life 1034 01:49:55,283 --> 01:49:56,700 in a place like this? 1035 01:49:58,033 --> 01:49:59,492 To be born in times like these, 1036 01:49:59,908 --> 01:50:01,325 did I have a choice? 1037 01:50:02,450 --> 01:50:05,408 But the way I live now, 1038 01:50:05,908 --> 01:50:07,325 living just to survive, 1039 01:50:07,700 --> 01:50:09,033 is no longer bearable. 1040 01:50:48,450 --> 01:50:49,325 Shen lian. 1041 01:50:50,950 --> 01:50:51,867 Shen lian. 1042 01:50:53,658 --> 01:50:54,492 Shen lian. 1043 01:51:22,492 --> 01:51:24,700 Two weeks later. Beijing. 1044 01:51:24,825 --> 01:51:28,658 His majesty has passed and gone to heaven. 1045 01:51:29,117 --> 01:51:34,242 Before his departure, he appointed me as his successor. 1046 01:51:34,742 --> 01:51:36,450 Lam extremely humbled to accept this extraordinary honor. 1047 01:51:36,533 --> 01:51:39,117 Despite of my fear of taking such great responsibility, 1048 01:51:39,200 --> 01:51:41,200 I have been given tremendous support from the people and the nobles. 1049 01:51:41,367 --> 01:51:43,242 I shall not betray their trust. 1050 01:51:43,825 --> 01:51:47,450 Therefore, on this very day, 1051 01:51:48,158 --> 01:51:49,825 I declare my accession to the throne. 1052 01:51:52,992 --> 01:51:54,200 Your majesty, 1053 01:51:55,700 --> 01:51:59,742 here is the list of convicts to be executed after Autumn. 1054 01:52:10,783 --> 01:52:12,908 Your excellency should go home and rest. 1055 01:52:14,033 --> 01:52:15,658 But I am not tired. 1056 01:52:16,950 --> 01:52:18,158 I insist. 1057 01:52:19,825 --> 01:52:21,492 From now on, 1058 01:52:22,700 --> 01:52:24,325 I will lead the council to handle all government affairs. 1059 01:52:24,867 --> 01:52:27,283 Your excellency need not be concerned. 1060 01:52:47,492 --> 01:52:50,700 Three months later, the emperor removed wei zhongxian from court, 1061 01:52:50,783 --> 01:52:54,283 and banished him to fengyang to be a grave keeper. Wei died on the journey. 1062 01:52:54,408 --> 01:52:57,617 The following year, the emperor titled his reign "chongzhen." 1063 01:53:25,283 --> 01:53:26,450 Ls it time? 1064 01:53:27,117 --> 01:53:28,492 Congratulations, your honor. 1065 01:53:28,992 --> 01:53:31,367 Please report for duty at the northern bureau tomorrow. 1066 01:53:31,825 --> 01:53:33,325 All captain positions are full. 1067 01:53:33,450 --> 01:53:36,075 You will be a lieutenant, for now. 1068 01:54:01,492 --> 01:54:04,408 Outside hangzhou 1069 01:59:26,450 --> 01:59:27,575 you're lucky. 1070 01:59:27,742 --> 01:59:29,533 If my little brother were here, 1071 01:59:29,658 --> 01:59:31,575 he'd use his twin blades to... 1072 01:59:33,283 --> 01:59:35,700 Twin blades. Yes, I know him! 1073 01:59:35,825 --> 01:59:37,325 His name is not ding Xian. 1074 01:59:37,617 --> 01:59:38,783 It's Jin yichuan. 1075 01:59:39,492 --> 01:59:40,700 A squad leader in the imperial guard. 1076 01:59:40,867 --> 01:59:41,908 Jin yichuan. 1077 01:59:53,492 --> 01:59:55,575 Jin yichuan.