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[General And I]
[Episode 43]
My dear, what is it?
Let's sit down and discuss it.
Here.
Which route would Ping Ting take?
Is anyone accompanying her?
She didn't mention any of that in her letter!
This is making me so worried.
General.
You have to send someone to find her.
I will.
Judging by when she sent the letter, she should arrive soon.
I'll send my men to fetch her.
Hold on.
General, the king must not know that Ping Ting is coming to Great Liang.
All right.
I know what is at stake.
I'll obey your instructions, my dear.
I'll get going now.
We've been walking for a long time.
We should have arrived by now.
This must be the Pine Mountain Range.
The weather is pretty bad though.
I'm afraid that we won't be able to get across the mountains tonight.
A-Han did say that there's an abolished pass on this mountain
that could be used as a shelter.
But it looks like it's going to rain soon.
We'd better find that shelter before it rains.
We should get going.
Have a bit more.
- Bottoms up! - Here, drink!
Ping Ting, what should we do now?
Ping Ting.
There's a tunnel without a checkpoint.
We can leave from there.
Why isn't there a checkpoint on that side?
On the east of Pine Mountain, there's ample sunshine.
There's a stretch of natural vegetation and abundance of rainfall.
Whereas on the west, it's sand and stones with drought all year round.
Therefore, paths are only paved on the east side
to make it easier for pedestrians.
The checkpoints are set up on the east because...
Because it's hard to cross from the west side.
But we have no other option.
Let's go.
If we waited until dawn
it will be more difficult to get past those guards patrolling the mountain.
Let's go.
Stop right there!
What are you doing out here so late?
I live on the mountain.
It's raining, but my sheep has yet to return as scheduled.
I have to search for it in the mountain.
Go on then.
Stop right there!
You're looking for a sheep late at night?
Speak up.
Who are you?
Seize him!
Chu Bei Jie?
Quickly!
Inform General Chang right away!
Yes!
You work for Gui Chang Qing?
Are you also under orders to wait here for Bai Ping Ting?
Yes.
- Where is she? - Hero, spare me!
Hero, please spare me!
We have been guarding this pass for the past few days.
We haven't seen her at all.
Greetings to General.
General, what are you doing so late at night?
Have you seen her?
No... I haven't.
Get lost!
Yes, yes!
Why is everyone looking for Bai Ping Ting?
Ping Ting.
It's so cold at night.
You should put this on.
It's all right. I don't feel cold.
It's harder to walk when weight wears me down.
- Let's go. - All right.
Who is it? I heard you.
Come out here now!
Wolves?
Leave now!
Ping Ting.
Are those wolves?
Leave now.
Ping Ting, run! The wolves are catching up with us!
Zui Ju.
Wait for me ahead.
I'll meet up with you soon.
Wait for you?
Do you think that I'd run away without you?
- Run! - I...
I don't think I can run anymore.
My baby is also tired.
Run now, Zui Ju!
Ping Ting, you're wrong about me!
- Come after me! - Zui Ju!
Zui Ju!
Go away!
Zui Ju.
Stop!
A few of you search over there.
The others come with me.
Yes!
Zui Ju!
Where are you?
Miss Bai!
You made it easy for us to find you.
Has Princess Yao Tian sent you here?
Miss Bai.
Please come with us to Yun-An City. Prince Consort is waiting for you.
Prince Consort?
It's actually He Xia?
Prince Consort said that as long as you give in
he will never hurt you.
Everyone knows that Miss Bai and Prince Consort are childhood friends.
- Instead of... - Being in the rain and wind out here...
I might as well head back to be his caged canary?
Miss Bai, you should know the consequences of putting up a fight.
Consequences?
I've already come so far.
What consequences should I fear?
I'll never go back with you.
Get lost! That asshole He Xia!
Is that what he told you to do?
I'll fight it out with you!
You're not to bully Sister Bai!
Get lost!
Go away!
Zui Ju!
Ping Ting!
Are you all right?
- I'm fine. - Stop!
Ping Ting, run!
Quickly!
Let's go, Ping Ting!
Chu Bei Jie!
- General! - Speak up!
Where is Bai Ping Ting?
We have actually already found Bai Ping Ting
but she got away.
- Which way did she go? - Which way?
She ran off into the dense woods here on the mountain.
Ping Ting, we're finally safe.
Which way should we go now?
Ping Ting?
That man...
That man?
He is probably a local resident who is skilled in martial arts.
He must be a local hunter.
Did you really see him clearly?
Isn't he?
I must be missing him too much.
What are you doing?
If they catch up with us, this should buy some time.
- We'll go in the opposite direction. - All right.
She's injured?
Ping Ting, look!
Let's go.
Be careful.
Ping Ting, why are you running such a high fever?
It's all my fault.
I don't have any medication or acupuncture needles with me.
There's nothing I can do to help even when you're so unwell.
No, I don't blame you. Not at all.
Ping Ting!
Why are your hands so cold?
Here, put on more clothes.
I'll collect some things to start a fire.
Sister Bai, we could use the books to start a fire.
No, don't!
Look at the situation we're in.
If we don't get a fire going, you'll freeze to death!
Zui Ju.
We've traveled such great distances...
Who knew that I still can't hold on to them?
Sister Bai, you must hang in there.
We made a promise.
We're going to the border of Bai Lan State and Liang
to look for your friends.
We said that we would live a quiet life together.
We'll have a farm and an acre of land.
You'll recite poems by the window
and I'll play with the child in the backyard.
There are also those flowers we said that we'll plant.
We have to plant them all.
If you dare to leave me alone here, I'll...
I'll burn down all those houses and trees.
Then I'll return to Mount East country house
and break all the urns of Fragrant Melody you made!
Silly Zui Ju.
How could I leave you all alone?
Don't be scared.
Once the weather clears up, I'll get well.
I'll take you with me to lead a quiet life.
I'll have a baby.
There will be wine, flowers, poems...
Don't be frightened.
If only I could have another sip of Fragrant Melody...
Ping Ting.
You still miss him.
This is life.
I don't hold any grudge against it.
However, if you do get to see him again
tell him that my life has been worthwhile because I met him.
Ping Ting!
Why are you jinxing yourself again?
If you miss him, you should say those words to him yourself.
You will survive this.
Therefore, I won't pass on any message for you.
Forget it.
Why would it matter?
Why would it matter if he knew or not?
Once a person passes away, nothing matters anymore.
Ping Ting, stop it.
Zui Ju.
Promise me.
You must stay alive.
Stay alive to look after him for me.
Stay by his side in my stead until he grows old.
Stay by him in my stead until he passes away.
In this lifetime, he and I are deeply intertwined.
I'll wait to meet him again in my next life.
No!
Ping Ting, you won't die!
Have you forgotten?
You have me and also my mentor.
My mentor is so skilled in medicine.
He can cure any disease as long as you're alive.
Ping Ting, quickly.
Mountains green, roads afar...
Moon hangs on the branches...
I'm sorry, my child.
I'm such a useless mother. Winds breezy...
I can't bring you into this world. Bugs chimed...
When will you return?
Ping Ting, where are you?
Ping Ting, I'll return once I find your friend.
You have to wait for me.
Wait until I return.
Bai Ping Ting!
Who are you?
[Fan Lu]
Guess what?
You're worth 1,000 gold taels.
If I could bring you back with me
I'd get to cuddle the ladies of Zuixiang Brothel every night
and lead a carefree life.
I could swap you for a whole bunch of them. Why wouldn't I?
Why would you run?
Why would you run? Can you get away?
Bai Ping Ting, you run quite well.
You're just like a baby mouse.
Pervert! Asshole!
Hurry up and kill me if you want!
If not, let me go!
Stop following me around!
Let you go?
Why?
Stop right there!
Stop running.
Pervert... Asshole!
I'm going to shoot at your head! Stop!
I'll shoot at your shoulders!
I'll shoot at your bottoms!
Asshole!
Calling me an asshole won't help.
No one will come to save you here.
Moreover, I'd advise you to save some energy.
You'll get many chances to scream later on.
Yang Feng!
Where are you?
Chu Bei Jie! Prince of Zhenbei!
He Xia!
He Xia will do as well.
Have you all forgotten about Bai Ping Ting?
What are you doing?
What are you going to do?
Give it back to me!
I never thought that the 1,000-tael-worth Bai Ping Ting
would be such a boorish woman.
You...
Give it back to me!
But it's even better.
You're quite my type.
How about this?
Come with me.
It would be quite a pity to be killed by them.
Asshole!
Yang Feng, come and save me!
Yang Feng!
Women are so troublesome.
Why did I get myself into this?
Guards!
Deliver this report back to the palace.
I'll make a bet with General.
I can slit your throat before you even call for anyone.
What can you get from killing me?
If you kill me, you can't get out of here alive either.
I'll make another bet with you.
Once I kill you, not only could I come and go freely
but also have the time to kill a few of your commanders.
You've underestimated us.
The war between Bai Lan State and Great Liang was halted.
Since there's no war, the soldiers are also already relaxed.
They have let their guard down.
Moreover, you gave orders to head back tomorrow.
The journey back is exhausting, so they must be making
the best of their time in their tents to get some rest.
Eight or nine soldiers out of ten must be asleep by now.
Who on earth are you?
It doesn't matter who I am.
Today, I'm not here to take your life.
I want you to pass on a message to King of Liang.
What is it?
As I expected, King of Liang has sent soldiers
to guard the border of Bai Lan State.
He must be waiting to benefit from the war between Bai Lan and Jin.
Advise King of Liang to give up his wishful thinking.
An insatiably greedy man will suffer at his own greed.
If King of Liang refuses to heed my advice
I'll make every one of his commanders die in all sort of ways one by one!
I'll make King of Liang watch his army disintegrate slowly.
They will go from being a mighty shield to a plate of scattered sand!
How dare you!
Chief General, do you think that I have the ability
to kill commanders of Liang's army?
Kill as you wish, but you can't get away today.
I've said it.
I won't kill you today.
I'll start from the toughest of all generals, Ze Yin.
Chief General, what happened last night?
Who was that assassin?
That man entered the military camp of Great Liang as if it were unoccupied.
Such imposing manner and capability...
Such courage...
There's only one such man in this world.
What is Chief General saying?
- What did he say? - Who is it?
Great Jin's Prince of Zhenbei.
Chu Bei Jie.
- Chu Bei Jie? - Chu Bei Jie?
It's him?
How could it be?
The war between Bai Lan and Liang ended ages ago.
Why would the general of Jin come to our camp?
- Exactly! - Exactly!
It doesn't make sense.
- Why? - Why would he do so?
Could it be for Miss Bai?
Miss Bai?
How is that so?
Chief General, our scout in Bai Lan State reported that
there have been strange sightings at the border of Bai Lan.
It's unusually heavily guarded because of a woman.
It's also said that someone even challenged
the seven passes of Bai Lan State for this woman.
He's exceptionally ferocious.
No one in Bai Lan State could fend him off. All are put to shame.
If this man is Chu Bei Jie, that woman should be Miss Bai.
One single man up against seven passes?
Exactly.
It's similar to what happened last night.
Chu Bei Jie launched a war upon Bai Lan State for Miss Bai
but before the war broke out
he came here alone to the border of Bai Lan and Liang.
Could it be that Miss Bai isn't in Bai Lan
but has entered Great Liang?
If so, where would she enter?
Where would she be now?
Great Liang does owe a debt of gratitude to Miss Bai.
This time, she must have stumbled upon great obstacles.
We can't be ungrateful and leave her in distress.
- Exactly! - Sen Rong.
Our troop is heading back to the capital tomorrow.
Assign 30 of our best men to stay behind to patrol the border.
If we run into her, we might be of some help.
Yes!
Moreover, when Chu Bei Jie spared my life last night
he said that he will start from our toughest General Ze Yin
before he kills us all one by one.
- If so... - Quickly!
Send a messenger on a swift horse to inform General Ze Yin.
Yes, General!
General.
A few days ago, someone barged into our camp singlehandedly
and killed over 10 soldiers on guard. He even threatened General Ruo Han
that he will kill all our generals one by one.
He came in alone without difficulty?
Yes, this is true.
General Ruo Han said that there's only one man in this world who could do so.
Prince of Zhenbei, Chu Bei Jie.
He even made a threat.
Chu Bei Jie...
Chu Bei Jie's first target is you, General Ze Yin.
Do you know why he is doing this?
He didn't explain the purpose behind his actions.
General Ruo Han is worried about your safety
so he sent me to inform General to be wary.
There's no time for that!
I've already arrived.
It really is you. Why would you...
I harbor no ill intentions.
I'm here to ask a favor of you.
However, I didn't know where you settled down in retirement.
I had no choice but to do so.
Excuse my actions.
Brother Chu
this isn't the best day to visit my place.
Why don't you find a place to stay first?
I'll visit you there later.
Brother Ze Yin.
Please allow me to ask a question.
- If Ping Ting... - Shut up!
How dare you even mention her name!
My dear, don't get agitated.
We don't know for certain.
There's still the need to ask for some answers.
Madam, why would you treat me so?
Where is Ping Ting?
Where is she?
You're her husband.
How could you not know where your wife is?
When she went all out in search of you
she had decided to spend the rest of her life with you.
How could you let her end up buried in the wilderness alone?
How ruthless you are!
What are you talking about?
She... She could have spent her life here with me away from worldly affairs
and all other chaos in the world.
She could have led a carefree life.
But she risked her life several times to save you.
I thought that you'd care for her and cherish her.
But what have you done?
This is impossible.
Where is she?
Brother Chu!
I know that Bai Ping Ting holds a grudge against me.
She hates me.
She refuses to see me.
She can punish me, hit me, and scold me.
I can take it.
But Madam, please let me see her.
Even if it is only from afar!
Ping Ting is like a sibling to me.
I'd rather curse myself than utter any inauspicious word against her.
Chu Bei Jie.
Since you failed her when she was alive, why bother coming here today?
Leave now!
Stop coming to disturb her.
Just let her rest in peace.
You're lying to me!
Ping Ting is here!
She's hiding here!
Brother Chu!
We...
We found Miss Bai's remains in Pine Mountain Range.
Among them was her luminous jade hairpin.
That's impossible.
That's impossible!
[Memorial tablet of Bai Ping Ting]
Miss Bai was killed brutally.
It was a terrible sight to behold.
Not even I could bear to look at her.
She wouldn't have wanted you to see her in such a state.
I don't know how deeply hurt she was all these years
or how much hardship she suffered.
When she left me, she had such high hopes.
If she wasn't disappointed and upset
why would she come all this way to find me?
Chu Bei Jie.
How deeply did you hurt her?
How badly did you let her down?
I won't let you touch her!
She wouldn't want to see you!
My dear!
My wife is too agitated.
This really isn't the time to visit.
Brother Chu, please head back.
Ping Ting... When is her funeral?
In seven days.
I have a very silly thought.
How silly?
It's so silly that I had hoped that no matter what happens
Your Highness will love me as you always have.
I'll take you to my mother's hometown.
There aren't Yan, Jin, Liang, or Bai Lan.
Or His Majesty. Or Young Prince of Jing An.
Or any traces of the past.
Everything is brand new.
I'll build you a paradise of your own out there.
Yes.
I'm looking forward to that day.
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