Sacrifice Page #2

You'll only be safe if I stay.

Hurry.

If something went wrong, what then?

How is M'Lady?

The doctor has just seen me.

I'm not due for a few days.

You can go now, doctor.

Doctor,

you forgot your medicine basket.

Take the secret passage.

I'll see him out.

You won't get out with the child.

He will if you don't stop him, Han Jue.

I won't stop him, M'Lady.

But he must give me the child.

I'm under orders to take the child.

Cheng Ying, listen to me.

When this child grows up...

don't tell him who his parents were...

or his enemies.

Forget revenge.

Let him live an ordinary life.

Keep following me and I'll kill him.

It's not that I don't want to

give him to you.

But if I do,

I'm dead.

General...

If I died now, looking pregnant,

couldn't you tell Sir Tu'an...

that when you came I still

hadn't given birth?

That he died with his mother?

If Tu'an discovers...

I deceived you. It's not your fault.

You'll have saved the last of the Zhaos.

Cheng Ying,

I give my son to you.

M'Lady!

When I got there, she was dead.

The child wasn't yet born.

Idiot!

Give the king and his sister

state funerals.

Close the city gates.

No one must pass in or out.

Check every home.

Not one baby is to escape the dragnet.

Yes, sir.

How could you bring this

catastrophe into our home?

He hasn't eaten since he was born.

Let him have some milk. Then I'll

take him to Sir Gong Sun.

I'll go now.

Wait.

What if they catch you?

What if he cries? If they

stop you, what'll you say?

Go. Tell Sir Gong Sun to

come here himself.

My name is Cheng Ying, I'm a doctor.

I need to see Sir Gong Sun urgently.

Our master has left town.

He's not home.

I've something important to give him.

Please tell him.

I beg you, leave him be.

Open up! Any newborns in the family?

Open the door!

Where's the boy?

The boy?

Soldiers came the minute you left.

I didn't know who was at the door.

I didn't mean to open it

holding the baby.

But if you put him down he cries.

You let them take the Zhao boy?

As if I wanted to!

I had no choice.

They just pounced on him.

I couldn't say, no, take the other.

You don't understand.

They thought they were taking our son.

So who's this one who's left?

All the town's babies have been taken.

Any one found now would be the

Zhao child.

He didn't take our son's place.

Our son took his.

Oh no!

Is Cheng Ying at home?

Quick, hide the boy.

Is that him?

Yes.

You're Cheng Ying?

Yes.

I don't know you.

Lady Zhuang Ji sent me.

You attended the birth.

I delivered him.

Boy or girl?

Boy.

Where is he?

I'll take him out of the city.

They've closed the gates.

I just returned.

I have rank...

and a royal pass;

No one stops me.

Please wait a moment.

Who's that?

Sir Gong Sun's here for the child.

He's at the door.

I'll talk to him. About what?

I'll tell him the truth.

What're you talking about?

You think he'd believe you?

That with two babies at home,

you gave them the Zhao child?

How could you explain that?

Sir Gong Sun is close to the Zhaos.

Explain it badly and he'll be furious.

What are we to do?

Give our boy to Sir Gong Sun?

If he leaves town he'll be safe.

So yes, give him to Gong Sun.

And then?

So long as he's safe. We'll work it out.

Then I'll go with him.

Okay. I've a sleeping potion.

It's toxic in big doses.

We have to give him some

so he doesn't c

I have two pills that are antidotes.

Take one.

Use it if necessary.

It'll revive him.

Don't use it unless you need to.

Dress warmly. The nights are cold.

And you?

I won't come now.

You'll be safe.

I have to think of how to save

the Zhao child.

By the way,

our boy has a name. Lady Zhuang

Ji named him...

Cheng Bo.

She said it signifies vigour and nobility.

Call him Bo'er.

That's all. Go get ready.

Heaven protects the Zhaos.

Sir, I entrust you with the child

and my wife. Thank you, sir.

I'm not much for ceremony.

But for saving this child,

I'll make an exception.

Cheng Ying.

This is on behalf of the Zhaos.

Anyone there?

Sir, I want to go home.

We'll take the boy to my place first.

Master has returned.

We're here.

I've lied to you, Sir Gong Sun.

He's my child.

I gave the Zhao boy to the soldiers.

Give the children water.

Give the children water.

If it were me... I wouldn't give

up my own child either.

But all the babies in town are

with Tu'an Gu now.

So your boy...

has become the one they're looking for.

I'll go tell Sir Tu'an now that he's my son.

That won't save him.

Tu'an won't care which is which.

He'll kill them both...

just to be Sure.

Then I'll take him home and hide him.

Hide a newborn?

He just has to cry. I have medicine.

He won't make a sound.

You and your baby...

can hide inside the compound wall.

Will everyone please stand.

Whoever took the Zhao child...

is causing trouble for everyone.

Don't worry,

Your children are fine.

They're being fed rice porridge.

Like you I'm hoping...

whoever took the Zhao child...

will appear here by 3 am.

If he doesn't?

Does Such a person exist who,

to save one child... would sacrifice

one hundred others?

I, Tu'an Gu,

will by 3 am... find this person.

Thank you, Sir!

When we checked the names...

we found all parents present...

except those of one boy.

Do you know whose child it is?

The boy... belongs to a doctor

called Cheng Ying.

Just before you returned...

he finally showed up.

Doctor?

And the mother?

No. I must tell my husband...

we haven't left town.

Otherwise, at 3 am... to save

the other children

he'll definitely tell them...

the Zhao boy was taken out of

town by Sir Gong Sun.

But we're still here.

If you tell him we're here...

Your child will be safe.

But the two of you will have to witness...

the slaughter of a hundred infants.

Could you bear that?

They'll definitely come looking.

What sort of mother abandons

her newborn infant?

Something must be holding her up,

don't you think?

Perhaps it's not their child.

What's the doctor's name?

Cheng Ying.

You hide in this wall.

I'll handle them.

I'll tell Tu'an Gu...

I took the Zhao child outside the town.

Heaven has preserved the Zhaos,

But hasn't been kind to the

two in hiding.

You've not had it easy either.

Send the servants away.

It's time.

The one I'm waiting for...

is still not here.

Which one of you is Cheng Ying?

I'm Cheng Ying.

Is this your child?

It is.

Come.

He's not your child.

He is my child, Sir. There's a

birthmark on his forehead.

Look.

Say he really is yours.

The other parents got here long ago.

Why were you the only one missing?

What kept you?

This is the Zhao child, isn't it?

He's not the Zhao child.

He's my son, really.

I believe you.

But it's already 3 am.

More than 100 children must die...

unless I find the Zhao boy.

Sir, I confess...

I'm the one who took away the Zhao child.

I delivered him.

That's not right either.

If she lived through the birth...

Lady Zhuang Ji would have

fled with him herself.

Why would she give him to

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