Strange Tales of Tang Dynasty II To the West Episode 36

Customs and family greed

When they get to the caves little DuoBao is a walking Wikipedia of all information of caves and surrounding areas. He takes them to the best cave where it looks like a picture of him is on the wall. This is the providers of the cave. At the gate, one official is clearly snide to Lu. It can only be assumed as an official he had privy to all Lu’s demotions without the understanding of the why’s. The Governor is the regular overly gracious official greeting them in to keep everything status quo. As they are entering they see lots of celebration about the upcoming boat festival. Cloth goods and abundant food is being distributed among the poor and an elderly man is responsible for it all. They are introduced later at a welcoming celebration. Everybody is having a good time til they hear of the 60 year funeral celebration. When one reaches 60 they are taken to a cave and provided for by their family until it is sealed a brick at a time. This has been a longstanding custom of this family but there are loud protests from all the guests. The elderly host finally apologizes for the downer to the meal but makes it clear he has no intention of changing the custom. Later that night an assassin enters the home and stops when sees Fei. Yingtao is good and got a weapon to his leg. He escapes but they guard the gate and make all exiting walk out the gate to catch the assassin. They get the guilty party and head back to interrogate. It is revealed that the son in law is unhappy that his wife only gets 10% of the inheritance. It was also revealed that the well loved butler took a bribe to reveal the will’s contents. The daughter was not aware of the plan til her husband arrived home injured. They devise a plan to sneak him out but it was thwarted at the gate. The elder wants him harshly punished. But as they are debating this the butler reveals that little DuoBao was murdered. This stuns the old man and he looks broken. It remains to be seen what will happen to the official for his murder attempt.

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