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[Nirvana in Fire 2: The Wind Blows in Chang Lin]
[Episode 1]
Xiao Pingzhang, Son of Chang Lin Prince of Great Liang.
Dong Qing, Chang Lin Army Deputy Commander Xiao Pingzhang's personal guard.
Your Highness, scout report came back.
There is no reinforcement coming in any direction.
We have been out of supply for ten days already.
You insist on staying here to toil.
However, I fear once the enemy comes attacking again,
we will be hard-pressed to defend them.
We still have a chance now.
I plead Your Highness to withdraw our army from the southern gate.
With our Chang Lin Army Banner, how can we fear and flee from battle?
Gan Province defense line is a great importance of course.
But you are the heir of Chang Lin Prince Manor.
Should you be met with misfortune, the elderly prince --
Since my body is in the battlefield,
I am no different from others.
If things were to advance to that level in truth --
Fortunately my royal father still has my second brother Pingjing.
[Chang Lin Army]
[Six months ago]
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Elder master, bad news! Brother Pingjing drowned to death.
Brother Pingjing.
I'm the little Han Lake Divine Dragon. Could I drown so easily?
Brother Pingjing, did you find it?
Here, take a look.
By the way, Brother Pingjing, why did Elder Master punish you to come and fetch the Han crystal rock from the lake today?
Did you do something wrong again?
What mistake could I have done? I only gave him an advice with the best intentions.
I don't believe it. What good advice would you have?
I told him to eat more radishes
so that he can stand up and break wind.
[Mount Langya]
Xiao Pingzhang from Chang Lin Mansion
Please come with me.
A few days ago, Your Highness sent someone to ask our tower a question.
Here is the answer.
Elder Court Master is truly willing
to just tell me directly an answer I dearly wish for?
Lanya Court's business has always been to provide answers and help with solving concerns.
If we post a price, we will naturally provide the answer.
Whether it is to Your Highness or to others, it's all the same.
By your order, Court Master, I've already delivered to the Duke of Chang Lin the answer he wishes to have.
Lin Jiu, Lanya Court's junior master.
I don't understand.
Is it appropriate to tell him everything?
Since he has already started to ask questions, he will find out sooner or later.
Just that --
At this time.
At this time?
Can't be that he feels this northern border --
So he took a detour on purpose to come?
Lin Chen, Lanya Court Master. - Appearance springs from the heart but perception turns with the soul.
The battle at the northern border.
It is fraught with grim.
Go and summon that child named Pingjing.
Those two brothers have not seen each other in quite a while.
Yes.
As if punishing you to touch the crystal rock isn't enough, you have to pick three heads of star cacti too?
Is the elder master truly so angry?
On the account that he is so elderly,
let's endure it.
That's the withdraw order.
The elder master is actually not angry anymore and summoning me back.
Let's go.
Older Brother.
I thought the elder master was playing with me again, but you really came!
What's wrong? Does he usually always give you a hard time?
It's nothing. I always give him a hard time.
- Older Brother, how long will you be staying? I'm going to clean your room. - No need.
I'm leaving soon.
Didn't you just arrive?
Father made a judgement that there may be a war in the North border soon.
So he ordered me to hurry to Ganzhou and secure the path of the Zuolu (Left Path) Army.
I galloped at fast speed last night.
That's how I reduced half of the distance to reach Langya Hall.
Of course, I can't stay long.
Older Brother, you had a tough journey on the way here. Can't you even stay for a night?
Could it be that you rushed here to see me?
I don't know why either.
There are some words that I want to tell you personally before I leave for the northern borders.
Older Brother, you want me to go back again?
Father has agreed that...
Father agreed to let you come to Mount Langya to learn skills.
It doesn't mean that you won't go back
and do whatever you want to do.
Pingjing, you will be twenty one years old soon.
After another year, His Highness will definitely remind father about your engagement again.
If you want to create a family, you must first have achievements in your career. You can be unfettered for some time, but you cannot be like that for a lifetime.
In the future, the great responsibility of Chang Lin Royal Mansion...
About the great responsibility of Chang Lin Royal Mansion...
Older Brother, don't we still have you?
Chang Lin is a military mansion
responsible for protecting the country.
I can't possibly always shoulder the responsibility on your behalf.
It's hard to tell when I can keep doing this.
If I don't explain, you will understand too.
Think carefully about this.
Once the North border is stabilized, no matter what the circumstances are, you need to go back to Nanjing.
Older Brother.
Will the war situation in North border be very dangerous?
Of course, it wouldn't be easy
but father and I have already done an overall analysis. There is a chance of victory.
My brother has never lost. This definitely won't be an exception.
Right?
You are a smooth talker. It's useless to keep saying these words to me.
Once I'm free, don't even think of running away.
[Nanjing city]
Summarizing all these military reports,
the movements of Great Yu in the northern borders are indeed unusual.
What does Imperial Brother think?
To reply your question, Your Highness,
Since years before, Da Yu suffered successive droughts.
Plus the infestation of locusts and the occurrence of hailstorms,
their harvests and domestic animals have dwindled.
Now, they are gathering huge amounts of grains [Xiao Tingsheng, Prince of Chang Lin of the Great Liang Empire]
and storing them in the borders. They obviously have intentions to attack us. [Emperor of Liang]
I think that we must make preparations now. [Xun Baishui, Senior Grand Secretary of the Great Liang Empire, head of the cabinet]
May Your Majesty immediately order the transfer of the army on the western border to the north
to become the reinforcement of the northern border troops. I will just submit the detailed plans later.
Hope Your Majesty will allow it and confer to me the military seal to mobilize the troops.
Your Highness.
What the old prince said is indeed reasonable. But thinking about it more carefully, [Song Fu, the head of the secretariat of the Liang Empire]
these signs are not that clear and are just guesses.
Moreover, Great Yu currently has internal and external strife, its government is very unstable.
Little movements may not really be worthy to be worried about.
People of Great Yu has always been very cunning.
And military matters cannot be evaluated using usual parameters. The more the government is unstable and the citizens are in unrest,
the more it is possible that they focus their resources to build their military power and have public sentiments to shift the blame to others.
Marquis Cheng, it can't be that you don't know this logic.
While the flames of war has not yet been lit, why must we hurry to use the military seal?
Since you already sent your heir to personally attend to the northern border garrison, I'm sure that nothing bad will happen.
Shouldn't we first observe how this situation will progress?
The military situation is like a game of Go.
If you wait after your opponent has placed his move before thinking of a countermeasure,
you surely will lose the advantage.
Even if that is the case, the armaments of the Chang Lin Army is more than enough.
- No need to immediately-- - My subjects, stop arguing.
Regarding the government and military of North border, I trust his judgement.
Issue the commander's seal.
Yes.
His Majesty's orders, bring the military seal here!
I will let you handle the safety of the North border.
Thank you, Your Highness.
[Nanjing]
Before dispatching the troop,
The whole court is against the old Prince mobilizing the army.
But at that time, Senior Grand Secretary didn't say any word.
What's the use of worrying?
As long as the Lord of Chang Lin opens his mouth,
whether it's justifiable or too far fetched,
ultimately, His Highness will still issue the military command to him.
Whether I say anything or not, does it matter?
Now that our Great Liang has enough national strength,
you think that the whole imperial court greatly opposing the army mobilization by the old Prince
is just worrying about him making a fuss over a small issue
and waste our empire's human and food resources?
What we should be worried is this habit of His Highness.
What is worrisome at the present situation
is not only the favoritism of His Highness.
Will His Highness really live to a hundred years?
The Crown Prince is only ten years old.
As loyal servants, we help our ruler to prepare for the bad times.
With Senior Grand Secretary being like this, always just sighing and saying empty words, what's the use?
What do you mean?
You should know very well,
the task of mobilizing the army,
His Highness has already issued the decree
to let me handle it.
Chang Lin Royal Army's reputation is magnificent. I believe that
Lord Song is helpless too.
Older Brother.
Disciple brother, is there any news from North border?
If you want to know about the north, I have news of Northern Yan.
Do you want it?
You clearly know which region I'm asking about.
Although this pavilion is in the mortal world, it is also outside it.
When the people of Langya observe the matters in this world, it's like looking at the flowing water of a stream.
We all know that it will flow day and night, but we will also just let it flow day and night.
I know you are the best disciple of the elder
but don't learn from him and keep talking nonsense.
Elder.
Datong Prefecture... [The three military ships of the Zuolu (Left Path) Army in Datong Prefecture accidentally sank.]
People's hearts are so deep.
Sometimes, you are unable to trust yourself.
Sometimes, you are unable to trust others.
Eventually, it will still come to this state.
Deliver this.
Yes.
Master Jiu.
Did anyone see this?
The Elder.
What did he say?
Datong Prefecture.
The three military ships of the Zuolu (Left Path) Brigade in Datong Prefecture
accidentally sank?
Where is Datong Prefecture?
[Datong Prefecture]
Left of the river.
[Ganzhou]
Ganzhou.
Older Brother...
Release it.
Elder.
- He left the mountain? - Yes.
This kid has always been unrestrained and carefree,
But if he has worries, would he still be carefree?
When did Pingjing leave the mountain?
He left just now.
When he reaches there, frankly, he won't be able to do much too.
If Langya Pavillion obtained this information,
Xiao Tingsheng would get the news even faster.
Speaking about military talent,
he has a bit of that person's style.
I believe his reaction will be that slow.
The crux
lies with Xiao Pingzhang now
and whether he can withstand till the last.
Prince!
[Royal Chang Lin]
With the people of Great Liang behind me,
as the son of Chang Lin, I won't retreat.
- Kill! - Kill
- Lord. - Speak.
The arrow is too close to his heart.
The arrow must be removed immediately but we are afraid...
we will not know what will happen next.
I understand.
- I need two people here! - Okay.
Dong Jing? Dong Jing!
Second Son of the family, what brings you here?
Where is my older brother?
The Government residence. Your father is with him.
Father? What is he doing here?
Dong Jing, what's wrong with my older brother?
Lord.
Hold on a bit longer.
Old Head Li of Qi Feng Hall should be here soon.
Lord.
Lord, this is the Head of Ji Feng Hall,
Lin Xi.
Lord.
Lord, Old Head Li informed that he will rush here
and should be here in the evening.
He will let Miss Lin handle this first. It can't be delayed.
He will arrive later.
Sister Ying, decoct three parts of medicines. Just pour water over it.
Prepare some water, fuxi powder, well salt, and henon bamboo juice.
Yes.
Sister Ying, apply acupuncture to stop the bleeding.
Yes.
Father.
Second Son. - Pingjing?
Older Brother...
Sister Ying, pull out the arrow.
Miss Lin.
Miss Lin, it's not that I don't trust you.
If you pull out the arrow, it will penetrate two inches further into his bone.
Although the arrow is very close to his heart
but it did not affect his heart and lungs.
It's only a few hundredths of a millimeter. He is very lucky.
But this is just my judgement. No matter what,
the priority is to remove the arrow.
What most dangerous is that when the arrow is being removed, it will cause a massive blood loss. If this...
This won't do. My older brother is seriously wounded.
How can we let this girl handle it?
Isn't there any other real military physician here?
Stay calm. Miss Lin,
How long can he hang on?
His condition is currently stable but he has lost a lot of blood.
Do you prefer to wait for my Master before we start the surgery?
No need I will follow your judgement.
Father.
But this is older brother.
Even if this is not perfectly safe, we must not be rash...
How is it?
Why aren't you saying anything? My older brother's breathing is very shallow. Is it okay?
Lord, please tell him to leave.
What? You want me to leave?
You... wait outside.
Father.
Leave the room.
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♫ The long, slow song rises like wind flowing through the corridors reaching the imposing, opulent and bright Imperial Hall ♫
♫ Memories of that certain year, when far-away borders blazed with fires of war, in vast fields of ice and snow ♫
♫ From this world, the many slanders pass through the vermilion gates, over the palace walls ♫
♫ Beneath iron armor, together with silken skirts and silver spears, hair grows hoary as though with early frost ♫
♫ Hoping for the day when we can sincerely join hands in a faraway place without a second thought ♫
♫ Fiery liquor consumed at the end of the world, at the limits of exhaustion, is a feast! ♫
♫ There is little intention to return the real men to the war in the north, though willing, they are not given free rein ♫
♫ Discussions about their heroism led them to be questioned, and suffer dismal complaints around them, unable to clear their names ♫
♫ Good bows hoarded; likewise, so as not to injure, sigh against the way of heaven when stored indefinitely ♫
♫ Clouds of fear calm shameful waves, the night air stops their bickering by starlight ♫
♫ There is little intention to return the real men to the war in the north, though willing, they are not given free rein ♫
♫ Discussions about their heroism led them to be questioned, and suffer dismal complaints around them, unable to clear their names ♫
♫ Good bows hoarded likewise so as not to injure, sigh against the way of heaven when stored indefinitely ♫
♫ Clouds of fear calm shameful waves, the night air stops their bickering by starlight ♫
♫ There is little intention to return the real men to the war in the north, though willing, they are not given free rein ♫
♫ Discussions about their heroism led them to be questioned, and suffer dismal complaints around them, unable to clear their names ♫
♫ Hoping for the whole world to remain at peace, quench the fires of war ♫