01x11 - Episode 11

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[Episode 11]

Did you have a dream?

A dream?

You mean the kind mortals have?

Yes.

What are you doing here?

When I woke up,

I couldn't feel my body.

I thought I was dead.

I couldn't sleep, so I came by.

It seems you had a pleasant dream.

You dreamed of your parents.

Were you missing home?

I dreamed...

that they taught me dining manners.

What dining manners?

Like Chen Ying's father.

I took his obsession,

so I'd look after Chen Ying,
and then entrust him to a decent family.

That is the deal.

Is it the rule of the Spirit World

to make a deal before taking one's obsession?

No.

It's my rule.

Why?

As the Sovereign of Spirits,

why do you use an exchange
to grant mortals their wishes?

Why?

There aren't so many reasons in this world?

I just want to, okay?

Your parents must both be very gentle,

just like you.

Gentle?

You can't taste flavors.

Yet you can make sugar figurines.

You can't see colors,
yet you paint masterfully.

You can't hear the tune,

yet you can play instruments.

You can't even sense such ordinary things
as breathing or dreaming.

Why learn these skills that even mortals
find hard to master?

Surely, your parents...

hoped that through these,
you could feel this world.

Perhaps.

They...

have passed away?

My mother passed naturally with age.

As for my father...

I heard it was for love.

So, with five senses, I can dream.

I dream mortal dreams now.

Everything in the dream felt so very real.

I'd already forgotten that they were gone.

I could even...

still feel their warmth.

Wake up.

The dream is over.

If I still had spirit power,

your hand would be gone by now.

So, luck favors me after all.

I got to keep this hand.

His hand is soft and warm.

I don't need mortal food.

You're in a mortal body now.

You use up strength every day.

Food does more than fill the stomach.

At times, it brings new sensations.

Please give it a try.

This is tofu.

Tofu is soft and silky.

You have to hold it like this.

Have a taste.

The texture of tofu
is as smooth as a jade bangle,

and as soft and slick as mud.

You can try this one too.

This one is crisp.

This is delicate and dense.

Try this.

And this as well.

What is your name?

Hey, come and eat.

Xiao Xiao, don't you like it?

Since you have no kin,
I'll look after you for a while,

and then entrust you to a good family.

Finished crying?

Go bury your father.

You've just been out for a day.

If you catch a chill,
I don't want to tend you.

Xiao Xiao, you won't cast me aside, will you?

Nonsense.

I'm your only family now.

How could I cast you aside?

You scared me.

Xiao Xiao, I won't throw a tantrum again.

Just let me stay by your side.

Xiao Xiao, I...

Hi, Chen Ying.

Come and eat.

Come on.

Xiao Xiao has eaten plenty.

You should eat too.

Xiao Xiao, you...

You hardly eat much.

Why are you eating so much today?

Usually, food is scarce,
so I leave it for you.

This time, the General is treating,

so of course, I'll eat more.

Is it too hard?

General.

- Xiao Xiao...
- That's not how to eat it.

Don't use your hands.

Here.

Open your mouth.

That's it.

How can Xiao Xiao eat so much?

How strange.

Si Mu, I prepared a gift for you.

I do not need gifts.

- I said...
- Take it as my apology for the offenses.

Wait a moment.

I've noticed you like soft and furry things.

This is fur from a white fox
I hunted two years ago.

I didn't know what I should make of it.

Now, I'm giving it to you as a charm.

That should be its finest usage.

Well?

Do you like it?

It's okay.

Since you had time for such trinkets,

I think Marshal Qin must be prepared
to strike Youzhou.

If your plan succeeds,

and North Chong is forced
to sign a peace treaty,

your plan to reclaim the 17 Prefectures
may never come true.

I'm glad you care about me.

[Shuozhou]

So lively!

Xiao Xiao. Xiao Xiao.

Xiao Xiao, where are you going?

The General said people are having
the Rite of Spring.

I want to go see it.

Xiao Xiao, weren't you once too lazy
to even move?

Why do you go out strolling every day now?

I have money, so I love shopping.

Xiao Xiao.

Well,

why not take me with you?

Sure. Let's go.

Xiao Xiao used to dislike
joining in on lively events.

Forget it. I'll have fun with Xiao Xiao.

The Spring Ox!

- My shoe...
- The Spring Ox!

Make way, make way.

- Thanks.
- Slow down.

Slow down.

Xiao Xiao!

Xiao Xiao!

Xiao Xiao!

What a beautiful Spring Ox.

Yes, the General had people prepare it.

- It's prepared by the General.
- The General had it made.

It's huge.

- This ox is really huge.
- So huge.

Xiao Xiao!

Xiao Xiao!

Xiao Xiao!

Xiao Xiao!

Xiao Xiao!

Chen Ying.

- Chen Ying!
- Who are you?

Chen Ying.

Who are you?

Who I am isn't important.

What is important is
who the He Xiao Xiao beside you is.

Xiao Xiao is just Xiao Xiao.

Clever child.

You already saw through it.

Why deceive yourself?

I'm not.

She is fake.

No.

- She is fake.
- No.

Fake.

- Fake!
- No!

- She's fake.
- No!

Fake.

Fake!

- She's fake.
- No!

She's fake!

First whip for favorable weather
and abundant rain.

Good!

Second whip for fertile land and warm soil.

Great!

Third whip for prosperity.

Nice!

Fourth whip for peace
through the four seasons.

Good!

Fifth whip for a bountiful harvest.

- Great!
- Sixth whip for spring blessings.

Good!

Next, let us all join in
whipping the Spring Ox.

- Good!
- Great!

The first to whip the grain from its belly

wins this little Spring Ox.

- Great!
- Great!

Give me one!

Walk the ox around.

Wealth and grain fill the home.

Crack the whip three times.

Grain stacks reach the rafters.

- Touch the Spring Ox...
- Help...

Xiao Xiao...

Help...

Wait!

- Stop.
- Stop right there!

Stab!

- Who is this?
- Who is he?

I was passing by.

I sensed an evil spirit here.

It's inside this clay ox.

Who exactly are you?

Stab!

Chen Ying, Chen Ying?

- Chen Ying?
- Everyone!

- Chen Ying, wake up.
- Save yourself!

- Chen Ying?
- Run!

There's an evil spirit!

How could there be an evil spirit today?

Chen Ying!

Chen Ying!

Chen Ying!

Chen Ying!

She is not your Xiao Xiao.

She's fake.

- She's fake.
- No...

- She's fake.
- No.

- She's fake...
- Chen Ying.

Chen Ying, save me!

She wants to harm me.
She wants to harm me!

Who wants to harm you?

Who wants to harm you?

Xiao Xiao, don't be afraid.

I will protect you.

Chen Ying.

Save me.

You are awake.

Remember what happened before you collapsed?

From this day on, don't go out.

Stay home and recover.

Do you hear me?

Greetings, Marshal Qin.

I've thought about your plan
to attack Yunzhou and Luozhou.

Yunzhou is not as strategic as Youzhou,

but it has many plains,
with open land and no cover.

Reconnaissance would be very hard.

We haven't set foot in the Guanhe River
for 30 years.

And we know little about Yunzhou.

Attacking Yunzhou and Luozhou
may not be the best move.

If you have doubts,

I'm willing to go and scout out Yunzhou.

The scouts sent there before never returned.

General Duan,
you are supposed to lead the army.

- How can you risk yourself?
- I will not fail you.

General Duan, think this through.

The battle is imminent.

The time you have left is running out.

I'll finish the task within ten days.

Good.

[Liang]

General, this is dangerous.

Say no more.

I know my limits.

Go prepare with Han Ling Qiu.

You'll go with me.

Yes, sir.

Without the sense of touch,

every movement I make
relies on my body's momentum.

[Essence of Spring]

If I encounter danger in Yunzhou,

with only this momentum,

what are my chances of victory?

I can't feel the instant I land,

nor the slightest shift in the air.

Dried fruits.

Candied fruit.

Mother!

Mother, wait for me.

I wonder if hearing can replace touch.

Mother!

It seems not.

The b*ttlefield is far more complex.

Watch where you're going.

How am I supposed to judge what's happening?

Is this... raining?

Sir, are you alright?

I'm always so clumsy. I'm so sorry.

Luckily, you're fine.

Without touch,

my awareness is much weaker.

You like rainy days?

Yes. I only just started to.

Why?

Look.

At first, it's a fine, soft itch.

Then it turns cool and moist.

When it pours, it becomes a faint ache.

I used to like rainy days too.

I often carried out missions in the rain.

After that, whenever it rained,

I'd think of the dampness
and blood-tinged stench hidden in the rain.

But just now, I changed my mind.

Rain is only rain.

Rain didn't bring the evils hidden in it.

You do recover easily after being hurt.

So different from the dazed man
in the rain just now.

Si Mu,

we must part for a while.

I'm going to Yunzhou to scout.

But without the sense of touch,

you're almost an invalid.

If danger finds you,
you may not leave unscathed.

You're worried about me?

I only fear you'll harm your five senses,
or even lose your life.

Wouldn't my promise to you be for nothing?

My father taught me how to sense touch

by drawing on the wind.

But mortals can't see the wind.

You mean the wind

like silken threads?

Dust is extremely sensitive
to subtle fluctuations.

You can use it to sense
the changes around you.

Foxy, stay alive.

Chen Ying,

I haven't seen you with Miss He lately.

You keep sighing.

If you keep sighing like this,

your Xiao Xiao won't be able to stand it.

Lin, tell me.

If another fake you appears,
and I still can't tell,

what should I do?

Then look even more carefully.

A fake is still a fake.

He'll slip up.

I believe that with your wit,
you'll know how to tell.

The new reform is not yet complete,

and you're already leaving?

The administrative framework is taking shape.

It can be carried out by
the Vice Commissioner.

I'm heading to Shunzhou
to handle a few minor matters.

Shunzhou's local powers run deep.

What you are planning must be perilous.

It may not go as you wish.

No need for you to worry.

General Duan,
worry about your position instead.

Yunzhou is dangerous.

Aren't you afraid of never returning?

Rest easy.

I'm looking forward to the game with you
in Nandu.

I'll return safe and sound.

In that case, let's meet again in Nandu.

Marshal Qin invites you to the Yamen.

It's her.

She's the one troubling Shuozhou.

Marshal Qin summoned me here
for something like this?

How dare you?

You brazen evil spirit, surrender at once!

What a fraud!

How dare you mislead the crowd before me?

Captain Meng, that's not true.

We invited her here

based on proof.
[Clear-sighted and Astute]

Indeed.

If she aided General Duan with heretical arts
and disrupted discipline,

that is a grave offense.

What proof do you have?

It was her.

She stole my identity.

Don't be afraid.

I'll back you up.

Come on.

Tell everyone here what happened.

I'm the real He Xiao Xiao.

This evil spirit took my post
and tried to trap me.

Luckily, Taoist priest Ming Feng saved me.

Only then could I seek justice.

Are you finished?

You could find no fault with General Duan,

so you smear him and those around him?

That's right.

It's just her story.

You can't frame us so easily.

Since you claim it's a frame-up,

how do you explain
the two He Xiao Xiaos here?

I've spent decades vanquishing demons.

What I do best is forcing evil spirits
to reveal their true form.

Everyone, look!

This... The evil spirit...
It revealed its true form!

It's really an evil spirit!

He Xiao Xiao, do you plead guilty?

If you want to lock me up and investigate me,

go ahead.

You have less than a day left.

Move fast.

- Take her.
- Yes, sir.

General Duan ordered me to protect Miss He.

Who dares lay a hand on her?

Meng,

it is alright.

Lead the way.

Marshal!

Lock it now.

Hurry.

Move, move.

Go on. Move.

I've come to the mortal world many times,

but prison is new.

To hold this mortal body,

these are less useful...

than wooden bars and iron chains.

General,

I had to suffer
for trading the five senses...

with you just once.

Miss He, what are you, truly?

Don't tell me you never had your doubts.

So, you really are...

I'm the spirit you speak of.

I will distract the guards.

You must leave at once.

Don't you dislike me?

Go as I tell you.

You helped Xu and us against North Chong.

I don't care what you are.

I'm not an ingrate.

Ever since I came out of prison,
you've followed me all the way here.

Why not make your move?

Did you think a few dirty tricks
would be enough to deal with me?

True. We can't handle you.

But...

he can.

They said you're not the real Xiao Xiao.

They lied to me, didn't they?

There was never any He Xiao Xiao.

There is only me, a spirit.

Chen Ying, look. Did you hear?

She admitted it herself.

She is that spirit.

I am your real Xiao Xiao.

Chen Ying, help me get that jade pendant.

That belongs to me.

All right?

So, your aim was the Spirits Lantern
after all.

Chen Ying, go now.

Help me bring that thing over.

Otherwise,

I will cast you aside.

Go.

Hurry.

Boy, this is your moment.

Child, I'll give you a chance.

Pick up that knife.

k*ll this malevolent spirit.

After he kills her,

you must give me the wealth as you promised.

Yes. Pick it up.

Pick it up.

She k*lled your father.

She's the one who k*lled him.

Don't you want revenge for him?

But... my father was k*lled
by the Chong people.

Not by her.

She consumed your father's obsession.

If your father still had an obsession,

he would not have died so soon.

Quick. k*ll her.

- Quick.
- Quick.

- Quick. k*ll her.
- Quick.

Hurry and k*ll her.

- Quick.
- Quick.

Quick. k*ll her.

Quick.

k*ll her now.

k*ll her.

Didn't you want to fight in the b*ttlefield?

k*ll her, and you can go fight.

Quick.

k*ll her. k*ll her.