E3 - Confidant's Past Grudge

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    Recently, some followers in the North
    have been begging the heavenly officials
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    to descend to Earth and
    subdue the demonic spirits.
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    Two junior officials from
    Middle Heaven came to assist you.
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    --Nan Feng.
    --Fu Yao.
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    Legend has it, there is a ghost
    bridegroom living in the mountains.
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    Our goal is to capture the Ghost Groom.
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    Do you know how to get
    to the nearest General Ming Temple?
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    General Ming Temple?
    I don't think there are any here.
[02:43] ---
    Ying says that the
    Ming Guang Temples built here before
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    always ended up burning down.
    That could hardly be coincidence.
[02:48] ---
    It must have been arson.
[02:51] ---
    Why would someone
    set the temples on fire?
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    Out of hatred, one would think.
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    Then why is there still one Ming Guang
    Temple here on the mountain,
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    protected by the magical formation
    and in perfect condition?
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    The temple's statue of General
    Ming Guang is perfectly carved.
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    And the brides passing by on the road
    were forbidden from smiling.
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    Doesn't that sound like jealousy
    of the brides' happiness?
[03:14] ---
    When we put all the pieces together,
    the answer is clear as day.
[03:21] ---
    You mean,
    the Ghost Groom is not a Groom...
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    ...but a bitter, vindictive... bride?
[03:28] ---
    Yes. And also...
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    They were driven to their
    graves by the Ghost Groom
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    and perished, full of resentment.
[03:38] ---
    When we lift their veils
    and expose them to the yang...
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    Help!
[03:51] ---
    It's outside!
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    Wait for me!
[04:09] ---
    What are you waiting for?!
    Shut the gate!
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    But... some of our men
    are still out there!
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    What... W-W-What will they do?
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    Shut the gate, now!
[04:21] ---
    Why do they always come after us?
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    --Oh no...
    --Such fools! The bigger the commotion,
    the more ghosts are lured in!
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    Let's save them first,
    then we'll handle the Ghost Groom.
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    Stay away from me!
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    Ah...
[05:15] ---
    Ah... Your Lordship!
[05:21] ---
    Huh?
[05:31] ---
    Nan Feng?
[05:32] ---
    Got it!
[05:55] ---
    My apologies.
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    Help!
[06:17] ---
    Don't move!
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    Hurry, this way! Let's go!
[06:38] ---
    Get in there!
[06:41] ---
    Let's go, move it!
[07:30] ---
    Ling Wen is all-knowing!
[07:32] ---
    Ling Wen? Ling Wen?
[07:50] ---
    --Wow!
    --Bravo!
[07:51] ---
    --A real kung fu master!
    --Your Lordship, your skills are amazing!
[07:54] ---
    Thank you, thank you! And now
    if you have any change to spare...
[07:59] ---
    Oops, sorry, a line from my
    busking days must have slipped out.
[08:05] ---
    Ling Wen? Ling Wen?
[08:06] ---
    Your Highness?
[08:08] ---
    Finally, there you are!
[08:09] ---
    I was in a meeting just now,
    that's why you couldn't reach me.
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    Do you have a question?
[08:12] ---
    I do.
[08:13] ---
    Has General Ming Guang
    ever had any romantic ties?
[08:16] ---
    Why do you ask?
[08:17] ---
    I'm in dire straits here.
    There are a dozen corpses chasing me.
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    Has he ever been with a woman
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    who was jealous and possessive,
    with some physical injury?
[08:27] ---
    Let me think...
[08:29] ---
    Actually, yes, yes, he has.
[08:31] ---
    Pei was a general before he ascended.
[08:34] ---
    On the battlefield, he met
    a beautiful yet fierce female general
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    of the enemy forces, named Xuan Ji.
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    Xuan Ji?
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    That's right.
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    At the time, her army was defeated,
    and Xuan Ji was taken prisoner.
[08:47] ---
    She tried to take her own life,
    but Pei stopped her.
[08:48] ---
    Amazing! Wow!
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    Since the war was over,
    Pei set her free.
[08:58] ---
    Xuan Ji was not one to be easily defeated.
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    Eventually, she and Pei fell in love.
[09:08] ---
    Sounds like a fairy tale.
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    It was, at first.
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    But things took a turn for the worse
    when Xuan Ji wanted to marry Pei
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    and spend the rest of her life with him.
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    And what's wrong with that?
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    You see, Pei was quite the ladies' man.
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    Plus, they were from enemy states
    that were always fighting.
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    Hold on, hold on...
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    Tell me, Xuan Ji had an
    injury, right? What was it?
[09:46] ---
    It was her...
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    Huh? Ling Wen?
[09:49] ---
    This always happens
    at the worst possible time...
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    I've been wondering...
    Could this be the sound of footsteps?
[10:01] ---
    But this isn't what footsteps
    usually sound like.
[10:04] ---
    Who would make this kind of sound?
[10:08] ---
    I'm afraid it could only be someone
    who is limping along with injured legs.
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    Is that right, Xuan Ji?
[10:31] ---
    Was it he who sent you to find me?
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    Why didn't he come himself?
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    Why didn't he come to see me?
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    My darling Pei,
    I betrayed my country for you,
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    I left everything behind for you,
    and this is what you do to me...
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    Is your heart made of stone?!
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    You betrayed your country?
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    Could it be... that General Pei
    took advantage of her love
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    to obtain valuable intelligence?
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    Only to abandon and maim her...
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    Listen to me.
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    My darling Pei didn't come...
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    ...that means everyone
    here today shall die!
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    Xuan Ji, don't take your grievances
    against Pei out on innocent souls.
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    Don't cause yet another injustice,
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    --stop while you still can,
    return to Heaven with me!
    --Where is Pei? Make him come here!
[11:40] ---
    Go away, you fool!
    What if you lure the ghosts here?
[11:44] ---
    Well then so be it!
    You're worse than the ghosts.
[11:48] ---
    Hurry, let's grab this fellow; go down
    the mountain and claim our bounty!
[11:53] ---
    No!
[11:54] ---
    You can't take him away!
[12:00] ---
    Don't go out! Go back!
[12:22] ---
    General, you must stop this killing.
[12:24] ---
    He doesn't want to face me, huh?
[12:26] ---
    You used to be a hero
    who defended your country.
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    Please stop hurting yourself and others.
[12:30] ---
    Hurting myself and others?
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    I will burn your temples to the ground;
    I will sow chaos in your land!
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    Why don't you come
    and take a look at me, huh?
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    I've waited for you for so many years,
    and yet you still don't come!
[12:43] ---
    Is it because you've realized
    how you've wronged me?!
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    General Xuan Ji!
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    Just look at my legs, look at me!
    It was all for you!
[12:53] ---
    All for you!
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    So why won't you ever
    come and see me?
[12:59] ---
    Your Lordship, be careful!
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    Don't wor--
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    --Since you only fancy girls who smile,
    I should show you my smile!
    --You must be mistaken.
    I'm not General Pei.
[13:07] ---
    Just you watch! Watch! Watch me!
[13:12] ---
    Let His Lordship go!
[13:13] ---
    Don't go there!
[13:18] ---
    Don't...!
[13:23] ---
    You think you deserve his attention?
[13:28] ---
    Darling, I've gotten rid of her.
    She was in our way.
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    Tie her up!
[13:38] ---
    Your Lordship... did I get in your way?
[13:44] ---
    Of course not, you were a great help.
[13:45] ---
    I was only able to catch the ghost
    once you had distracted her.
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    And I thank you for that.
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    Ah... In the future, please don't go looking
    for food at the foot of the mountain.
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    If he's hungry, he can come to me.
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    R-R-Really?
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    Thank you... Your Lordship!
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    If I weren't so... Could it be...
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    My darling Pei...
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    Oh no, she has completely lost her mind.
[14:26] ---
    Look at me...
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    Look at me!
[14:32] ---
    Once a Wrath unleashes its power,
    no mortal can withstand it.
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    If I only still had some magic left...
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    What's going on?
[15:04] ---
    Don't worry, these are reinforcements.
[15:16] ---
    This is General Pei.
[15:17] ---
    General Pei?
[15:18] ---
    Thank you, Your Highness.
[15:20] ---
    Ling Wen said that the events on Mt.
    Yujun had to do with Ming Guang Palace,
[15:25] ---
    and that is why I rushed over.
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    Thank you, General Pei,
    and many thanks to Ling Wen.
[15:29] ---
    My darling Pei, is that you?
[15:34] ---
    Are you finally here?
[15:35] ---
    Wait, who are you? And where is Pei?
[15:38] ---
    General Pei has some
    important matters to tend to.
[15:40] ---
    Hey, isn't he General Pei?
[15:43] ---
    Yes, but actually there are two of them.
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    This one is Pei Xiu, a descendant of
    General Pei attached to Ming Guang Palace.
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    He is known as General Pei the Younger.
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    General Xuan Ji, please follow me.
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    In the past, he would cross the entire
    country to spend just one night with me.
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    What kind of matter could prevent him
    from coming here for just one second?
[16:10] ---
    You're lying to me again, aren't you?!
[16:12] ---
    Take her away.
[16:13] ---
    General Pei, may I ask,
    what punishment awaits General Xuan Ji?
[16:17] ---
    Imprisonment in the mountain.
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    I'm just afraid this won't last long.
[16:21] ---
    She will never forget how General Pei
    caused her to betray her country
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    and broke her legs.
    Her resentment is too strong.
[16:26] ---
    She blames General Pei
    for both of these?
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    Is... Is that not true?
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    Indeed, she betrayed her country for Pei.
    But she broke her own legs.
[16:38] ---
    Back then, when Xuan Ji was defeated
    and taken prisoner by General Pei...
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    Every nook and cranny in
    this camp must be inspected.
[16:44] ---
    Yes, sir!
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    Send a few more people over!
[16:48] ---
    --Yes, sir!
    --Yes, sir!
[16:48] ---
    The war has finally drawn to a close,
[16:51] ---
    and your side's losing
    fate has been sealed.
[16:53] ---
    Don't make any senseless moves.
[17:09] ---
    There's no need
    to sacrifice any more lives.
[17:12] ---
    Just go back.
[17:13] ---
    As the General in command,
    I don't owe anybody anything!
[17:26] ---
    You don't owe me anything anymore.
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    Hey!
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    I like your face when you're angry.
[17:31] ---
    Has anybody ever told you
    how beautiful you are?
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    If only you smiled a bit more often...
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    How could a general
    grinning from ear to ear
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    assert her authority and lead her troops?
[17:42] ---
    Warriors on the battlefield
    might not live to see another day.
[17:44] ---
    Why not live in the moment
    and bring a little joy into your life?
[18:10] ---
    They agreed to start seeing each other,
    taking things one day at a time,
[18:13] ---
    Not thinking about the future.
[18:17] ---
    But Xuan Ji started
    to take things too seriously.
[18:19] ---
    She ached for commitment as time
    went on and became obsessed.
[18:32] ---
    General Pei didn't care
    for assertive women,
[18:35] ---
    and Xuan Ji was certainly headstrong.
[18:37] ---
    This is why they had no future together.
[18:41] ---
    What did you just say?
[18:42] ---
    There have been
    some military developments.
[18:44] ---
    We are on opposing sides
    and serve different countries.
[18:46] ---
    Your country, your soldiers
    need you, you should go back.
[18:50] ---
    And if I do, what will come of us?
[18:55] ---
    If we have to end things,
    then so be it.
[19:00] ---
    Did I do something wrong?
    I can change; I can improve!
[19:07] ---
    It's not you.
    Don't be so hard on yourself.
[19:09] ---
    Fate brings people together
    and pulls them apart.
[19:12] ---
    It is just the natural course of things.
[19:16] ---
    What's this?
[19:19] ---
    It is my army's intelligence.
    I also have a map.
[19:22] ---
    If you get hold of them,
    you will be sure to clinch victory.
[19:25] ---
    I'll go back now. Once you've won the war,
[19:30] ---
    will you come for me?
[19:53] ---
    My darling Pei, you've won the war,
    as I knew you would.
[19:55] ---
    We can now spend the rest
    of our lives together!
[19:59] ---
    You have really disappointed me.
[20:13] ---
    Darling! But why?
    I betrayed my homeland for you.
[20:16] ---
    I left everything behind!
    Why do you treat me like this?
[20:19] ---
    Pei, tell me!
    Turn around and look at me!
[20:23] ---
    Look at me!
[20:26] ---
    Very well,
    if you're not willing to look...
[20:31] ---
    Oh no, the General's legs!
[20:34] ---
    She broke her own legs to tie
    this burden around General Pei's neck.
[20:38] ---
    General Pei never abandoned her--
    in fact, he did his best to care for her.
[20:44] ---
    But he did not wish to marry her.
[20:47] ---
    When she realized that her life's dream
    was to remain just that--a dream,
[20:51] ---
    Xuan Ji, embittered, took her own life.
[20:55] ---
    She wanted to upset the
    General by hurting herself,
[20:58] ---
    but to be honest,
    that was never going to happen.
[21:02] ---
    What's right and what's wrong
    is not for me to judge.
[21:05] ---
    But I do know that if General
    Xuan Ji had just let him go,
[21:07] ---
    things would have turned out differently.
[21:09] ---
    Pei Ming, I curse you!
[21:12] ---
    May you never love again!
[21:14] ---
    --Or you'll end up like me--
    burning up in the flames of love,
    --Take her away!
[21:19] ---
    every second of every wretched day!
    Every wretched day!
[21:24] ---
    May the fire of love
    reduce your heart to ashes!
[21:30] ---
    General Pei asked me to tell you
    that this is never going to happen.
[21:34] ---
    I curse you!
[21:35] ---
    I curse you! I curse you!
[21:40] ---
    Goodbye, Your Highness.
[21:49] ---
    What is wrong with them?!
[21:50] ---
    Outsiders have no right to judge.
[21:55] ---
    I do pity those innocent people
    whose suffering they caused.
[22:21] ---
    Huh? General Ming Guang
    has quite the romantic past.
[22:26] ---
    Didn't you run away?
    What are you doing here?
[22:30] ---
    If I hadn't brought back more men,
    you'd have had to move these yourself!
[22:33] ---
    Hmph, you're only around
    when it's time for the cleanup.
[22:35] ---
    What did you say?!
[22:36] ---
    Come now, come now...
[22:37] ---
    And you!
[22:38] ---
    How long are you going to be
    wearing that wedding dress?
[22:41] ---
    Hold on... was I wearing this when
    we spoke to General Pei the Younger?
[22:46] ---
    Even if your outfit were
    ten times more bizarre,
[22:47] ---
    he wouldn't care one way or another.
[22:50] ---
    Really?
[22:50] ---
    Pei the Younger ascended
    only a few hundred years ago.
[22:53] ---
    He had just turned 20
    when he was promoted by General Pei.
[22:57] ---
    He is quite a nuisance,
    just like his forefather.
[22:59] ---
    Do you know what he was
    doing before he ascended?
[23:03] ---
    What?
[23:05] ---
    Massacring entire cities.
[23:06] ---
    Not every official in Upper Heaven
    is easy to get along with.
[23:08] ---
    No one can be trusted.
[23:10] ---
    Well, a few of them can be trusted.
[23:12] ---
    Do you mean your General?
[23:15] ---
    Well, we know that it certainly
    couldn't be your General.
[23:20] ---
    Let's not get too excited.
    We're not done here yet.
[23:22] ---
    Let's first try to figure out some
    arrangements for the villagers.
[23:25] ---
    They must be honest
    and right their wrongs.
[23:27] ---
    They must promise not to sell the corpses
    or engage in any other shady business,
[23:32] ---
    and they must pray and burn incense
    in memory of each murdered bride.
[23:52] ---
    This child can't stay on Mt. Yujun.
[23:55] ---
    Where else can he go?
[23:56] ---
    Up to Heaven with His Highness?
[23:59] ---
    I can barely take care of myself--I'm
    sure we can find a different solution...
[24:03] ---
    The dead have gone to a better place.
    We shall take care of the living.
[24:06] ---
    If she were alive,
    she would hate to see you so sad.
[24:12] ---
    Your head seems to be injured.
    Take off the bandage, let me have a look.
[24:16] ---
    Don't be afraid.
[24:38] ---
    The face sickness...
    How is this possible?
[24:41] ---
    It was supposed to have disappeared
    together with the Kingdom of Xian Le!