The Vigilantes in Masks (怪侠一枝梅)

Your honor! There is bad news!

Come in.

Your honor, something big has happened.

The emperor, he is missing.

How could this be possible?

The emperor is surrounded by bodyguards

and accompanied by many officials.

There is a rumor that the emperor

is with Yan Song to conduct secret talks.

He was kidnapped.

Where is official Yan right now?

Official Yan was injured and is now resting at home.

He refuse to see anyone except the doctor.

How are the officials at the palace planning to deal with this situation?

The imperial court is like an ant on a frying pan.

Right now, all the officials are without a leader.

They don't know what to do.

What about the ministry of war?

Official Yan has already ordered everyone

to keep this situation a secret.

He already sent guards

to secretly search for the emperor.

That won't be enough.

How did things suddenly turn out like this?

Go out for a second

and pretend you didn't hear anything.

Yes.

Mister Li, the situation is dire.

We must meet this time.

I'm back!

Yo San Niang! You said you were only shopping leisurely,

So how come you're back so late?

When a girl is shopping, there's no such thing as control.

I know this about girls.

Mei mei understands me best.

This is for you.

The color of this rouge is new. Do you like it?

Do you think I'll look good using this for stage performances?

Alright, stop showing off.

Talk when there are ghosts to watch your performances next time.

You..

Don't get angry now. There's one for you too.

Me too?

Look look! It's bigger than yours.

If not for the fact that you don't even own one clean shirt,

I'd never buy it for you.

Oh so San Niang was forced.

I didn't say anything.

You're just jealous of me!

My gift is much more thoughtful than yours.

I think you're jealous of me.

Are you drunk or did you just wake up?

A little bit of both. What's going on?

This is for you.

There are 36 war strategies.

One of them is to feign one thing while doing another.

And today we have miss Yan, using the gift as an excuse to tease the drunk.

Whoa, unbelievable!

Our gifts combined can't even amount to his!

There's pants, and a wine bottle!

There's even underwear, water, and trousers.

Miss Ye, you're so thoughtful. Ok Stop it .

Give me back everything.

I got all the gifts on the way.

On the way?

That's very meticulous for something just "on the way".

Us three dress very nicely,

Our leader can't be too dull, right?

What's wrong with the way I am?

What's there to change?

Mr. Ge, there are a lot of things

that's already starting to change.

Just that you still didn't notice.

Your wine is too concentrated, so I steamed it.

It made the wine pure and the taste less intense.

It's better for you now.

No wonder I pee a lot more recently.

And it's clear too.(?)

Why is that?

The wine taste less intense, so I drink more of it.

You know, if you go to the bathroom more often

there will be less toxins in your body.

It's the best for an alcoholic like you.

I see miss Yan has thought about this very thoroughly.

How considerate of you.

To have a close female confidant

is all a man can ask for in his life.

Wow Brother Hu, you hung out with me so much

that your speech has become more witty.

If not for Lao Fu Zi's request,

I won't even care to look after him.

You can't say "en"!

Why can't I say it?

My master didn't even control me like this.

I said you can't, so you can't!

Starting today,

all drunkards are not allowed to say "en".

You two are going to complain?

Where did it come from? I've never seen it before.

It's from official Hai Rui.

Mister Li, the situation is dire.

We must meet this time.

To have master Hai in this dangerous situation,

I'm very sorry.

I would not request to meet if things didn't become desperate.

I am the one that should thank you two heros.

Master Hai, you're too humble.

Please sit. Yes.

According to you,

The emporer has been missing for 24 hours?

Correct.

Such a big case happened, but how come there's no news of it?

If the public finds out that the emporer is missing,

there'll definitely be a riot.

Yeah. In recent years,

the Turkic people has been at war with us.

I'm worried that it's the Turkic's doing.

If that's the case, then the emporer probably died already.

I'm just saying.

Right, that's impossible.

Why do you say so?

Didn't you just tell us?

That there's an escapee on the day the emporer went missing.

Yes, Yan Song's shoulder was shot by an arrow.

Just that, since that day,

he hid himself at home and refuses to see anyone.

That's odd.

That Yan guy isn't a master of martial arts.

So if it is the doings of the Turkics, then how did he escape?

The first to die would be him.

What you're saying is, it's the doings of our own people?

Is there any news of activity by Ying Wu Qiu?

There still hasn't been any sign of activity from the guards.

It seems they're just waiting for news from the ministry of war.

Then they will start moving.

Don't worry master Hai, the emporer is still alive.

How come?

Because of Yan Song.

Basically, Yan Song's injury is fake.

He's the one that secretly seized the emporer.

He's has that big of a nerve?

I saw his injury with my own eyes.

It doesn't matter if his injury is real or fake.

His greatest supporter, the emporer, is now missing,

so he must be worried.

In order to protect his supporter,

He should be searching frantically for the emporer.

But right now, Yan Song is not moving. Ying Wu Qiu isn't either.

Could there be a conspiracy behind this?

Why would Yan Song hide the emporer?

Don't worry master Hai.

Perhaps the emporer is occupied with practicing Daoism,

and so doesn't want to be disturbed;

therefore, he asked Yan Song to keep it a secret.

That might be.

The emporer has been concentrating on the practice of Daoism.

He's lost almost all reasoning.

Don't worry. No matter who has the emporer,

He's safest if he's with Yan Song.

We, Yi Zhi Mei, will do our utmost

to find the emperor.

I hope so.

Why did you lie just now?

You understand me that well?

Could it be that the emporer is in danger?

Yes.

Practicing Daoism is an excuse.

You were trying to calm master Hai?

I have to do that.

Will Yan Song hurt the emporer?

That's the worst case scenario.

Could it be that he wants to be the emporer?

No. Judging by Yan Song's personality,

He doesn't want to be number one, just number two.

Because if he's number one,

all the dangers and criticisms will be directed towards him.

The one to die is number one too.

If he's number two, he can be as grand as he likes,

but the dangers and criticisms will never be direct to him.

This person is truly very annoying.

But even if he's not aiming for the throne, he's conspiring right?

I'm not really sure either.

Even you have times where you're not sure?

The situation this time is special.

But I don't think things can go far

with just Yan Song's brain.

Just who is it that's pulling the strings?

I hope it's not him.

With Yan Song's injury, logically,

his house should be heavily guarded everywhere.

San Niang, first you must check around the house.

Second, you must check the status of Yan Song's injury

to make sure it's real.

What if it's all true?

Then we can leave Yan Song alone.

Leave him be?

The person you're looking for is at the deepest part of the backyard.

The next step, you have to be extremely careful

or else you'll die

before you can see him.