"Don't Ask 莫问 (Mo Wen)" by Zhang Han 张翰
♫ Within a picture, the characters appear strong. ♫
♫ Withered flowers dance lightly stirring up the water of emotions silently. ♫
♫ Don't ask who weighs more in the heart. ♫
♫ Take up a pen and tell a thousand turbulent stories. ♫
♫ The rainbow streak across the horizon. ♫
♫ Does it know your whereabouts? ♫
♫ Pain spread throughout the land. ♫
♫ How long do we have to wait until it turns cold? ♫
♫ I wish. I hope. ♫
♫ Don't ask why I broke up the relationship in an instant. ♫
♫ I wish. I hope. ♫
♫ This hurdle is difficult for people to pass even in a thousand years. ♫
♫ I wish. I hope. ♫
♫ Don't ask for whom the lonely zither is playing for. ♫
♫ I wish. I hope. I sigh. ♫
♫ I wish. I hope. ♫
♫ Don't ask for whom the lonely zither is playing for. ♫
♫ I wish. I hope. I sigh. ♫
The Classic of Mountains and Seas - Legend of the Scarlet Shadow
Episode 35
You are Shun Hua!
How do you know who I am?
Because I have always been looking for you.
Actually it doesn't matter whether you have them or not.
Parents bring disaster,
same goes to family.
Now, there is no one guarding Bu Zhou Mountain.
You can enter.
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What do we do?
They have definitely heard our conversation.
Now we can only make haste.
Before Baili Han knows, we must take all three treasures.
Sister! Why aren't you going into the house?
You are...-Sister Shu Hua,
I am Xiao Tao. No matter what, you're still my older cousin.
I've always been beside Granny all these years.
Granny misses you.
Shun Hua.
Grandma.
You're willing to call me Grandma?
Grandma,
I want to know about my parents.
Good.
Shun Hua,
I'll tell you about your parents
and the history of Green Village.
All women in Green Village have a strand of red hair
and a natural born sensitivity to water.
Even during a drought, everyone in our tribe can be guaranteed clean and clear drinking water.
The Green Village people live by running after water,
and we can find high quality water even during drought,
so we attracted the jealousy of others.
Twenty-two years ago, a group of evil people from the neighbouring tribes
rushed into Green Village.
They killed out tribesmen and destroyed our homes.
Even you, who was just born,
suffered from the chaos.
Your mother tried to save you.
She could only
put you into the river.
There's one more there!
Since that disaster, it's only been me and the few other survivors
who managed to evade danger and continue living.
In order to hide, the survivors
were wandering for a few years outside. Only recently have we returned here.
After returning, we erected signs outside,
that people who are not of Green Village, or were not invited by us
are unable to enter.
Shun Hua, what are you thinking?
Grandma,
I'm just thinking
how I always thought that I was abandoned,
I always wondered why my parents didn't like me.
Why did they throw me away?
I even hated them.
But now that I know the truth,
my mother wanted to save me
so she left me in the river.
It's just a pity, that I'm back
but they are gone. I...
Your parents, if they knew you came home safely,
they would be so happy in heaven.
Then... my mother. How does she look like?
Your mother was extremely beautiful. She loved to smile.
People near her always felt happy.
Your father was a hardworker.
He was strong and brave.
I can see traces of them in you.
Then Grandma, what is my real name again?
Shun Hua.
Shun Hua means Althea Flower.
When your mother gave birth to you, the althea flowers outside had just bloomed.
She smelt the scent of the flowers,
and birthed you.
So she gave you the name Shun Hua.
Shun Hua...
I like this name.
Yes.
It must be the protection of your parents in heaven, that led you here safely.
Grandma,
then do you know which tribe was it that destroyed ours?
That tribe,
they used blood to survive.
They are the You Wu tribe.
You Wu...
Brother, are you Su Shui?
Do you know someone called Su Mo?
Yes, I do.
Not going to hide it from you, she's the long lost daughter of Green Village.
She has returned to her home.
She is afraid you would be worried; hence, she invited you in.
Come.
Follow me.
The You Wu tribe had almost caused us to become extinct.
This revenge, we have carried with us through generations.
One day, we will take our revenge.
Grandma, have you found my friend?
Just now we have sent people to invite him in.
They should be back soon.
Let's go look. Come.
Your injury has not recovered. We cannot go on.
No. Go tell the General
that we've already found the way to summon the Azure Dragon.
I'll go ahead of you to the West Sea.
How much blood have you bled from summoning the Azure Dragon?
This is the fate of the Blood Oath Psychic Clan.
I submitted to my fate long ago.
Is it worth it?
The Blood Oath Psychic Clan existed to summon the mythological beast.
Using my life, to exchange for the use of the beasts,
the more summoned, the bigger the backlash effect.
I...
I'll take you away!
Away?
Where would we go?
To a place far away.
You don't have to summon the mythological beast.
Do you feel like I'd agree to it?
You'll die!
Everyone will die.
But I don't want you to die!
You were the one who saved me from the cage.
You taught me martial arts, and how to talk.
You taught me how to be a person!
That's because I knew your identity!
You are the Azure Dragon Tail Mansion!
It's not like that.
It is like that!
If you weren't the Azure Dragon Tail Mansion,
I wouldn't have saved you!
If you weren't the Azure Dragon Tail Mansion,
I couldn't have treated you like this!
It's because I knew your identity, I was using you!
It's not like that!
It is precisely like that!
I don't care.
I don't care if you did it to use me.
The way I feel about you...
will not change.
General! Reporting to general,
Miss Shuang'er has news.
Speak!
She's found the way to summon the mythological beast!
The Water Essence and Soul is hidden at the West Sea. The Tree Essence and Soul is being protected for generations by the Yu Min people.
Underneath the seal, in the frozen depths of Kun Lun Mountain
combining the blood of the Mysterious Lady, the mythical beasts will emerge.
The blood of the Mysterious Lady?
Yao Li, tell this Shuang'er.
Have her go to the West Sea to find the Water Essence and Soul first.
I will go find the Yu Min State.
-Yes, Sir!-Wait.
Tell Shuang'er that she's done very well.
Yes, Sir!
[Dong Ling]
Lord Sun! Lord Sun!
You should call me the king now.
King!
His face is too ugly.
If not, continuing to put on the mask is pretty good, too.
His face obviously cannot compare to yours.
When have you learned flattery?
From what I know, Yao Li is a careful person;
a person that would never speak useless words.
That's when I say less in front of Baili Han.
He is an extremely suspicious person, so if I speak too much I might be in danger.
But it's different when I face you, Lord Sun.
I always treat you as family.
That's right.
That man is too difficult to get along with.
He's also too cold.
Lord Yao Li, you've done so much for him,
but he still won't give you freedom.
That's too unfair.
Don't worry. As long as you work for me today,
after things are done, I will definitely give you freedom.
When that happens, you will have unthinkable riches.
You can have as many wives and concubines as you please.
I can have a wife, too?
As long as you want to; of course, you can have it.
Thank you, Lord Sun!
What news is there with Baili Han?
Baili Han has gone alone to find the Yu Min State.
He's looking alone?
Then what about Liu Ruo Shuang and Yu Yang?
They've been sent to find the Water Essence and Soul.
This is great!
Call Xiao Yang!
Shangguan Jin, what should we do now?
That's right, Xiao Bing. Is there any news on Su Mo and Su Shui's whereabouts?
Not yet.
We have to, before Baili Han,
find the three treasures.
Only then will we have the chance to summon the Vermilion Bird.
Let's split up to find the Water Essence and Soul and the Tree Essence and Soul.
And then take them to Kun Lun Mountain to open the seal.
That's right, Xiao Bing.
Continue to use your wooden spiders to look for Su Mo.
If you find them, have them go to Kun Lun Mountain to meet us.
Okay.
The three of you go to the West Sea to find the Water Essence and Soul.
Xiao Bing and I will go to Yu Min to find the Tree Essence and Soul.
As for the Mysterious Lady's blood, I will notify Jiu Li
and have them help us search the records
and see if there are any clues.
Please.
What's wrong with you?
Are you okay?
What is it? What happened?
Su Shui, what's wrong?
Our enchantments suddenly reactivated again!
What does this mean?
How can Granny's grandaughter be with an enemy?
No. Before we came here,
he was seriously injured to help me.
Is your old illness coming back?
Grandma.
Help him into the house. I want to personally help him.
Su Shui, this is my grandma.
I've already told my grandma
that you are my friend. She will definitely help you.
Right, Grandma?
Twenty-two years ago I used the blood of foreigners
to create a unique formation.
As long as a person of the You Wu tribe comes in, they will lose all their strength.
In order to break this formation,
of course, blood has to be used.
I'm asking you. Where are you from?
He... We met in a little town.
It's close to Tree Fungus town.
Lies!
I'm asking you. Where are you from?
Do you know of a tribe from the West Sea
called You Wu?
Grandma, he-!
I am of the You Wu tribe!
What? You are of the You Wu tribe?
Shen Hua,
how can you be a friend with a person of the You Wu tribe?
Do you know, that year, it was because of the You Wu tribe
that your parents would die so horribly!?
That's why you ended up alone on the outside!
The revenge for your parents is the most important thing!
Grandma, that was over twenty years ago!
Su Shui was only a child!
He didn't do anything wrong!
He didn't kill my parents!!
Our Green Village Tribe
once had a fertile land and a beautiful home.
Each generation lived on that land,
we worked hard and lived peacefully.
It's these You Wu people who came into our tribe
and killed our people!
They also stole our riches!
Causing us to become a pathetic bunch
from the once mighty tribe we once were.
Through the hard work of 22 years,
only now do we have our meager tribe now!
You Wu people
have a grudge with us deeper than our bones!
This revenge must be gotten!
Today, I will use this You Wu person's blood
to sacrifice to our ancestors' spirits!
Come! Tie him up and take him to the temple!
-Yes! Capture him!-Grandma, he is my friend!
You can't treat him like this!
Grandma! Su Shui, can you still walk?
I'll block them, hurry and escape!
I won't leave!
No! Su Shui! Grandma, you can't do this to him!
-Tie up this You Wu person!-Su Shui!
-Su Shui!-Big sister!
Grandma, the You Wu tribe have already gotten the punishment they deserve!
Because the You Wu tribe created too many enemies,
they were destroyed when many tribes came together to attack them!
Su Shui is the only one left!
Su Shui has nothing to do with the grudge with Green Village!
Why? Why can't we let him go?
The people of Green Village already have their own lives.
Why must you hold on tight to revenge?
If this revenge is taken, you are not a child of the Green Village!
Shen Hua, stop persuading, there is no need to.
I'm asking you. Do you want to be a descendant of Green Village or a friend of a You Wu person?
Make your own choice!
Hit him! Hit him!
Hateful You Wu person!
Hit him! Hit him!
-Hateful You Wu person!-Move aside! Move aside!
What are you doing? Go away!
He is our enemy!
You're so little, why would you have an enemy?
But my daddy says he's an enemy!
You-!
What are you doing?
You're going to save him in front of your tribe's people?
Are you not afraid they'll hate you?
But Su Shui-!
-Don't block him! -Disgusting You Wu person!
If he can't even take this,
he's not worthy of being a Vermilion Bird Star Mansion.
Kill the hateful You Wu person!
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Let go of me!
Do you feel terrible?
Do you want me to take you away from here?
To leave these fights?
Can running away solve the problem?
If we run away, will none of this exist anymore?
If you don't see it, your heart won't feel it.
I can't let them hurt Su Shui.
But you saw it all just now.
Your people all see him as an enemy. If they don't kill him,
it will be impossible to appease them.
But all of this has nothing to do with him!
Su Shui didn't do anything wrong!
His bloodline is his crime!
A lot of things are set by fate.
Starting from the moment we were born,
it was already decided.
Nothing is decided.
-As long as you want to, you can change it.-You're wrong.
I'm telling you, no one can fight with fate, just like Chi Yu.
He kept running away from his father and in the end, caused his mother and Hong Tai to die.
This is what happens when you fight with fate.
At least he tried.
Chi Yu didn't want to kill his father.
Because that person shares a bloodline with him.
There is a father-son relationship between them that can never be broken.
How touching.
But familial affection? What use is that?
Familial affection is the most pointless existence in this world.
It will only drag you down.
It's nothing useful.
No one can live alone in this world.
Indeed, family and friends together will fight,
but only because of their existence will we become stronger.
Only because of their existence will people have a weakness that can kill.
Do you know why Chi Yu died?
Because he had a weakness that could kill.
He was too weak,
too indecisive.
He asked for all of this!
If he hadn't run away from his father because of family ties and just killed him earlier,
his mother wouldn't have died.
Hong Tai wouldn't have died either.
Perhaps when you woke up this morning you felt like today was full of sunlight.
But right now?
One side is your family.
The other side is the friend you care most about.
Protecting your friend and abandoning your family, abandoning your family
and your friend will die.
How will you choose?
I won't give up my family or friend.
Then I also want to see
how you're going to make both sides work.
We've looked all day. Get some rest.
Don't worry. We'll find him.
You don't need to help me. Leave.
What have I done wrong that you want me to leave?
You didn't do anything wrong.
Didn't you also say yourself
that you have to leave after summoning the Azure Dragon?
Looking for Heart Moon Fox is my own matter.
I don't want to drag you down again.
Also I promise you not to practice the Forbidden Spell of Feed Absorption anymore.
So you don't need to stay with me anymore.
I did say that I wanted to leave.
But then was different from now.
At that time, you didn't need me.
I know. You don't need me now either,
but your injury isn't fully healed yet.
No one is by your side to take care of you either.
So, I want to stay a little longer.
Perhaps...
Perhaps when you find Heart MoonFox, I will leave.
Su Shui, can you still move?
There isn't anyone outside right now; I'll take you out!
Su Mo, I won't leave.
Why not?
I'm fine. You don't have to bother with me.
They want to use your blood and offer it to the ancestors.
Is what they said true?
My tribe killed your parents.
I'm sorry.
That wasn't your fault. You were only a child then.
But my body has a You Wu person's blood!
A blood debt must be paid with blood.
They wanting to kill me is understandable.
But you didn't do that!
Also, you once told me that your people were ordered.
The true culprits are the ones ordering you behind the scenes.
-I can't just watch-!-Listen, Su Mo.
It was very hard for you to find your own home.
You can't give up your family for me.
As for me,
I must take up responsibility for the wrongs my people did.
Su Mo, you don't have to persuade me; I won't leave.
Grandma!
Sister Shen Hua, Grandma is asking you what is the matter?
I want to see Grandma, Xiao Tao.
Grandma said
that if you want to beg on behalf of your friend, she won't see you!
Grandma! I'm begging you!
My friend once saved my life.
If not for him, I wouldn't be standing here.
Look upon me, and let him go.
Let's take it as the good has cancelled out the bad. Grandma!
Sister Shen Hua, hurry and leave.
Don't say it anymore.
Father. Mother.
I've returned.
Father, Mother.
If you two were still alive,
what would you do?
I'm so conflicted now.
You died because of the You Wu people.
If it was in the past,
I would have gotten revenge for you two without a second thought.
But Su Shui is my good friend!
How can I do something to harm my friend?
If it were you two,
would you forgive him?
Thank you.
Your old injury isn't healed yet. Be careful to not catch a cold.
Your wife.
Did she really look just like me?
I've never heard you talk about her before.
I only heard about her from Baili Han.
Do you want to hear about her?
A person in this world looks just like me.
Naturally, I will be very curious.
If you want to hear, then I'll tell you.
She was the Cousin Miss of Chief Minister Sun's household.
-The Sun family?-Sun Ju.
Baili Han was the Sun family's guest back then.
My age is similar to hers and we have similar interests.
We became close friends very quickly.
Once, I went to the Sun household to find him.
I happened to come across the Cousin Miss of the Sun household.
Before long, I proposed marriage to Rong'er's family.
Rong'er's family agreed to my proposal very quickly.
Before that, I was shy so I never mentioned it to her.
I originally was afraid that she wasn't satisfied with me.
But when I lifted the veil,
I saw that she was like me, touched to tears.
I decided that in this life, we would never separate.
The days after our marriage were very simple. After we got to know each other,
we slowly found out that our personalities and likes were very similar.
The people around us started teasing that we were too in love.
The days we spent together, were the best memories I have of her.
Then why weren't you by her side when she died?
Baili Han must have told you that.
Baili Han did say
that you fought battles for most of the year, so you were distanced from Rong'er.
You didn't even know that she was seriously ill.
But you two were so in love,
why did you only get news at the last minute?
It was because
we wanted to hide our movements,
so we cut off all connections with the outside world.
After a few months, we were victorious.
But on the night of the victory feast, I received news of Rong'er's serious illness.
This news had been sent out a few months ago.
Baili Han was afraid that I wouldn't have the heart to focus on the battle if I knew,
so he cut off all news.
When I finally rushed back to Dong Ling City,
Rong'er had already been buried for over a month.
Only then did I understand
the so-called path to victory and glory,
it was all just an illusion.
When there is no one to share in it with you,
all the fights become useless.
At that time, I retired to my home.
I didn't ask about the world anymore.
Bing Yi.
I know your feelings for Rong'er.
I also know that because I look like her,
so you keep on tolerating me.
But you should know very well in your heart
that she and I are not the same type of person.
The first time I saw you,
I did mistakenly treat you as Rong'er.
But I didn't treat you as her replacement.
You and her are indeed two types of people.
But you are both girls that are worthy of a man's true love.
You are worthy of having
the most beautiful things in this world.
If I met you earlier,
a lot of things would be different from now.
It's just a shame that we met too late.
It's not too late. As long as you are willing-
Willing to what?
As long as I am willing,
I can go back to the way things used to be, right?
Even if I'm willing
to become the Fu'er of the past,
but the people around me,
would they let go of me and forgive me?
I can only keep going on.
even if I am on the path of no return,
I can only keep going on.
Shen Hua.
Shen Hua!
-Shen Hua!-Grandma!
Grandma.
Shen Hua, it's so late and cold. Go back to your room.
I'm just thinking
that if Mother met with this sort of situation, what would she do?
Your mother was killed by You Wu people.
Think about it. Would she forgive those that killed her?
Even if your mother could forgive them,
your father wouldn't agree to it.
Enough, Shen Hua. Don't be here anymore.
Let your parents be at peace.
But Grandma, Su Shui once saved my life.
Without Su Shui, there wouldn't be the me now.
We wouldn't have met either!
What nonsense!
I ask the heavens every day
to allow you to return to my side.
How could a You Wu person be able to do that?
Grandma, I know that according to the Green Village tribe,
revenge has to be paid blood upon blood.
Su Shui once saved my life.
If Su Shui dies,
I will also use my life to repay him.
What? You want to die for him?
Not for him! It's for myself.
You are my family. He is my friend.
I can't give up either of you!
Child, why are you so disobedient?
Grandma! I'm not asking that you'll spare him.
I only ask that you give him a chance.
Even if it's a criminal, he has the ability to change!
Why can't we give him a chance?
Grandma, as long as you promise me this,
I will do whatever you want in the future!
Okay. If I give him a chance,
then it will depend on him in the end.
If our ancestors won't forgive him,
then you can't have any objections in the future.
Okay! I promise you!
At the time of the full moon, we burn that You Wu person to death!
We will appease the ancestral spirits.
Granny Green Village,
would doing that work?
Appeasing the ancestors
is something we must do as Green Village descendants.
Doing this is very good.
However, us of Green Village are reasonable people.
Also, we also value trust.
Today, this fallen You Wu person
is only about twenty years old.
Twenty two years ago, he was just a child.
If we take a child that was only a few years old back then
who has also never taken part in fighting or harmed us before,
and count all the past crimes onto his head,
it sounds quite nasty if heard by other people. Right?
That's right. He was indeed a child then,
but the blood in his veins is the blood of that barbarian tribe!
Using his life
to pay for the crimes against our dead tribesmen,
what is wrong with that?
If we let go of this revenge, how do we appease our villagers?
We can still remember what happened over twenty years ago.
Can this sort of heavy hate be wiped away so easily?
Granny, could it be that you want to let him go because of Shen Hua's connection?
Doing things like this, how can we accept?
How are we supposed to settle things?
Granny, don't forget.
In that terrible event, so many of our family members-!
Did I say that I want to set that You Wu person free?
I'm just saying we may be able to use a different method to have him pay for the crime.
What method?
The You Wu people's crime is too heavy to be spared.
However, his life or death,
why not leave it to our ancestors to decide on it?
Our ancestors have always thought
if the person is able to pass through the judgement
then that means our ancestors have forgiven him.
The millet swamp is a big lava swamp. It is overflowing with danger.
As far as I can remember, no one has ever been able to come out of it.
Su Shui. Come, drink some water.
You don't need to keep coming to see me.
Your tribesmen will be unhappy if you do that.
I'm sorry.
Why are you apologizing?
The one who should apologize is me.
You have to listen carefully to this.
There's a big swamp adjacent to Green Valley called Millet Swamp.
Unhealthy clouds cover the swamp.
But above the Millet Swamp, there's a road made of rocks.
As long as someone can pass through this path of coals,
that means the heavens have agreed to forgive this person.
Su Shui, are you willing to give it a try?
If I make it through,
would I gain your tribesmen's forgiveness?
I'll go.
Su Shui,
I don't want you to die. I want you to live.
Don't worry.
I don't die that easily.
Guardian of the Path, the people of Green Village are here.
You Wu's Su Shui bears heavy guilt.
I hope you will give us a judgement.
You Wu's Su Shui.
Your spiritual energy has been sealed.
Right now, you can only use your own physical body's power
and your courage to face this.
Su Shui,
if you can pass through this road,
that means the gods have forgiven you.
The guilt and responsibility you bear
can be all washed away.
Su Shui, be careful.
Hit him! Hit him! Stupid You Wu person!
Hit him! Hit him!
Hit him! Hit him! Kill him!
Grandma!
This is his own choice. If he wants forgiveness,
he has to pay the price.
Shen Hua, you must think clearly!
If you go on there, then there is no way to go back!
This path of stones will use all of his body's strength,
and take away your spiritual power!
If you can't make it through, I can't save you!
Grandma, Green Village's ancestors,
will definitely forgive Su Shui and protect me!
You-!
-Su Shui!-Hurry and go back!
It's too late. Let's rush forward together!
We've already drank milk tree serum together!
We're friends, right? Come!
Don't care so much!
Beat him to death!
Beat him to death! Beat him to death!
Beat that You Wu person to death!
Beat him! Beat him!
Beat him to death! Beat him to death!
Beat him! Beat him to death!
To protect your name of Granny of Green Village,
you can push your own granddaughter to death.
Is this the supposed familial affection?
Only this way,
when they have succesfully crossed this obstacle,
then can we stop the wagging tongues.
Only this way,
can my granddaughter in Green Village in the future,
have a place to stand.
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