Kingdom of Conquerors Page #5

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Give the Great Khan

a message for me.

Tell your Great Khan

that I understand

the pain and rage that dwell

inside his heart.

It is a shame

I am too old and useless

to help him.

I was not able to live up

to heaven's mercy.

Great Khan,

you are also unable to fall sleep?

Do you miss your horse?

Do you remember

when the black horse you loved

ran away and never came back?

I thought you would blame me

for not tying it properly.

But it actually

chewed through its reins.

It was heading east and I did not want

to go back to look for it.

I imagine it's already back

on the plains by now.

When I left with you,

many of us hadn't grown up yet.

We were still basically children.

Now I have a beard.

It's time for me to marry

and have a son.

Tonight with the wind

blowing to the east,

the horses should be sleeping

with their heads facing west.

But today they're all sleeping...

with their heads...

facing the east horizon.

Even our animals miss home.

Master! Master, you can't leave!

Master!

Master, you can't leave!

Master.

Master, you can't leave.

Master, please,

you cannot leave, sir.

Heaven wants me to.

But... the Great Khan ordered me

not to let you go.

Master, you are over 70

and you crossed

countless rivers and mountains

to see the Great Khan.

This is something

no one has ever done before.

The Great Khan knows it

and appreciates the kindness

you've shown.

And Master,

the Way you speak of--

it is really common sense,

like water drops on stone.

The Great Khan

is moved by your words.

I have followed him

for many years now,

and I understand his wisdom.

I understand his respect for heaven.

It's absolute.

I know, Master,

that with only a few more words,

we can change history.

The Great Khan decrees

cease all killing at once!

The Great Khan decrees

cease all killing at once!

The Great Khan decrees

cease all killing at once!

The Great Khan decrees

cease all killing at once!

The Great Khan decrees

cease all killing at once!

Wait for me.

Stop! Get him!

Stop.

That's enough for now.

The Great Khan will arrive soon.

Prepare wine.

Yes.

Stop right there.

Come back here! Stop!

- Come back here!

- Master!

I said stop!

Come back here!

If you can,

dissolve these in alcohol.

There is no taste or smell.

The drinker goes to sleep forever.

Great Khan,

there is poison in the wine.

Who is this woman?

These are the Great Khan's

immortality pills.

I followed Qiu Chuji here.

His disciple Zhao Dao'an

gave them to me.

They are poison.

These will kill you.

I hope that

when Genghis Khan is dead,

the killing--

the killing

will stop.

No, my child, don't!

Great Khan, it is poisoned.

- Why would she want to poison me?

- Great Khan!

Please have mercy and forgive my wife!

She doesn't know I'm still alive!

Great Khan, she did not hear

your order to stop the killing.

If this is an immortality pill,

how could it be poison?

Saint, if I drink this,

I will live forever, will I not?

Great Khan, if you don't believe me,

then allow me to drink it for you.

And after I am dead,

take pity...

on everyone in the world

who suffers, Great Khan.

I can go no further, Great Khan.

We've come too far?

In search of the city

where the sun sets.

You may return my body

to the plains of our home.

Saint, take the years

that I have sacrificed

and give them to the Great Khan.

Great Khan,

you obeyed the will of heaven

in ordering an end to killing,

and this man came to you

to express his gratitude.

You are not allowed to die!

I will not let you die.

Father!

Your wife is dead!

We must avenge her blood

with his blood!

This demon brings nothing

but ill fortune! Seize him!

Chagatai, what are you doing?

All of you, out of my way!

You dare disobey me?

The Great Khan

decreed an end to killing!

You would dare violate

the Great Khan's ordinance?

Great Khan, fear not.

I will do my best to cure them.

Heaven heard your command

to put an end to killing

and will take pity on you

and on your wife, Great Khan.

The dead don't come back to life.

Great Khan, if you believe,

anything at all is possible--

stones can grow flowers,

walking sticks can sprout leaves

and the dead can live again.

Father, rescind your order not to kill

and let us show everyone

how mighty the Great Khan is!

Great Khan,

if you give up killing,

you and your consort

will receive the blessing of heaven.

When this stick sprouts leaves,

your wife will awaken.

We Mongolians

have always hunted to feed ourselves.

How can we possibly not kill?

How can we not kill?

My heart,

it bleeds at these words.

Father, rescind you order.

Allow me to flatten their city

and avenge your grandson's death.

We must not allow the world

to make a fool out of you, father!

Great Khan.

Great Khan! Great Khan!

I heard the Creator's voice calling out.

He told me that I should

return to you.

Allow me to drink it for you,

and after I am dead, Great Khan,

take pity on everyone

in the world who suffers.

Great Khan!

Your Eternal Creator Tengri

and my Lord of Heaven

are one and the same!

Stop killing. Stop killing.

Stop killing.

Convey the Great Khan's order!

Stow your gear.

We are returning east!

Convey the Great Khan's order!

We are returning east!

Convey the Great Khan's order!

We are returning east!

Convey the Great Khan's order!

We are returning east!

By the mercy of Tengri,

Genghis Khan's son

survived his infection.

I brought him back

and I returned him to my queen.

The Great Khan invited the Saint

to go east with him,

back to the plains.

But...

Master!

Where are you?

Master!

Master!

Master, where are you?

In days past,

my tree flowered red.

No mortal is poor

in birth or in death.

The century

of my flourishing and decay

is now nothing more

than a passing dream.

His walking stick

remained where he placed it,

growing roots

and spreading leaves.

And it is said that,

after many years passed,

it grew into a towering tree.

Genghis Khan's transformation

into a pacifist did not last long.

Within a few years,

the war re-started and the killing resumed.

Genghis Khan remained a warrior

and an empire builder

until his death which occurred in 1227

during a western compaign

when he was 66 years old.

After the death of the Great Khan

his successors carried on

the battle in his name pushing the Mongol Empire

over further West into what is now modern day

Iran, Russia and Eastern Europe.

To the East they did battle

with China's Song Dynasty

where eventually Genghis Khan's grandson,

the Mongol Emperor Kublai Khan

became the supreme ruler of China,

founding the Yuan Dynasty in 1279.

--Born3o--

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