Chen Pi Ah Si/History

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## Chen Pi Ah Si

* The Mystic Nine
* The Lost Tomb 2
* The Lost Tomb 2.5
* Ultimate Note

## Biographical Information

### Nicknames

Chen Pi, Chen Pi A'Si, Boss Chen, Grandpa Si, Master Chen Si

## Relationships

### Family

Chen Ding
 Chen Chengcheng (granddaughter)
 Chen Jinshui (unknown relation)

## Profession

### Occupation

Servant (formerly), leader of the Chen clan

## Appearance

### Seen in

The Mystic Nine
The Lost Tomb 2
Ultimate Note
The Lost Tomb 2: Explore with the Note

### Portrayed by

Hu Yun Hao
He Zhong Hua

## In The Mystic Nine

Chen Pi was a student of Er Yuehong since he was a child. He also has had his temper since he was a kid and never learned Er Ye's gentle temperament. In Episode 2, Ya Tou was outside when Chen Pi Ah Si came up behind her and draped his coat over her shoulders. She thought it was Er Ye and turned around but greeted her husband's student. They both went to look for Er Ye and approached the bookcase that lead to the secret passageway. Chen Pi called for Er Ye and was about to enter the passageway when Ya Tou gestured him to not bother his teacher.

While waiting for Er Ye to come out of his secret room, Chen Pi was looking at his teacher's wife longingly. Ya Tou started to cough and Chen Pi went to help when Er Ye came out of the secret entrance and checked on her. Ya Tou asked Chen Pi to get Er Ye some hot water since he worked the whole night. Chen Pi went to get water and met Er Ye in another room. Ya Tou came into the room with noodles that she made for Er Ye. She tells Chen Pi that there is some more in the kitchen. After he leaves, she makes a comment that Chen Pi is like a kid with a smile on her face. Er Ye responds that he is only a kid in her eyes.

While wondering the Hong Manor, Ya Tou overheard workers gossiping about Chen Pi saying that he made a mistake and was kneeling in the Hong ancestral hall. Ya Tou goes to the ancestral hall where Chen Pi revealed that he got in trouble for not practicing martial arts and instead fishing for crabs for Ya Tou. Ya Tou gave him the noodles that she made with crab hidden inside. Chen Pi thought back to how he got the crabs. He was dunking a man's head under water because the man refused to sell the crabs to him. The man eventually surrendered and gave the crabs to Chen Pi so that he would let him go.

In Episode 3, Chen Pi set up a new rule on his dock that goods can no longer be inspected before being purchased. The businessmen complained. Chen Pi assured them that he had already checked the goods and if anyone didn't like the new rule, they can leave. One of the businessmen offered to buy some and opened a crate. The antiques inside were shiny and too well preserved which raised the suspicion of the men. Chen Pi became angry and demanded to know why they doubted him. He told them it so well preserved because the bronze good had been sealed inside the tomb for at least a thousand years. It was way better than the goods they were used to and asked them to take another look. The businessmen tried to calm him down and offered to buy more goods. They claimed Boss Chen will make them rich. Chen Pi claims himself to be the king of tombs and that all those items inside the tombs are his. They tell him that he's wasting his talents just being a subordinate to Er Ye. And that everybody knows him in the Changsha antique world and is competing to work with him. They also say he is being too softhearted by providing part of his earnings to Er Ye. However, one businessman went as far to say that others in Chen Pi's place would have stolen the whole business and embraced Er Ye's wife into their arms. Chen Pi becomes angry at this and attacked him with his Nine Fingered Claw weapon. Chen Pi warned the others that they will meet the same end if they speak of Er Ye and Ya Tou like that again. The businessmen got on their knees and promised not to do it again.

Chen Pi is cleaning off the bloodied weapon he used earlier and thought back to a conversation between him and Ya Tou. He was being punished by Er Ye for buying an object for Ya Tou at the black market. He was angry with Er Ye and his rules about items from tombs being banned when many things in the house were also from tombs.

At Chen Pi's dock, he was discussing a foreign medicine that could cure a hundred illnesses with Tanaka Ryoko, a Japanese special agent. In return for the medicine, Tanaka Ryoko wanted Chen Pi to arrange a meeting with Er Ye. Chen Pi grabbed her by the neck and threatened to kill her. He took a piece of paper from her pocket with Er Ye's performance information. Chen Pi then knew she already tried to see Er Ye but he refused to meet with her. She reminded him of the medicine and Chen Pi reluctantly agreed. Ya Tou was making noodles, again, when she dropped a bowl and started coughing. Chen Pi raced in to make sure she was okay. It seemed like Ya Tou's sickness was getting worse.

In Episode 4, Chen Pi Ah Si and Ya Tou were discussing Ya Tou's illness. Chen Pi knew that she was getting worse and that Ya Tou wanted to hide it from Er Ye. Chen Pi told her of a medicine that could save her and she became hopeful. He goes off to find Er Ye in his secret room. Chen Pi told Er Ye of the deal he made with the Japanese agent and Er Ye became furious. He told Chen Pi that they only had evil intentions and that they don't have the medicine to cure Ya Tou. Ya Tou overheard their conversation and talked to Er Ye once Chen Pi left. Chen Pi ran to the forest in a fit of rage and killed some birds. Chen Pi, Ya Tou, and Tao Hua went on a stroll in town to buy some supplies to fix one of Er Ye's costumes. A little kid bumped into Ya Tou, stealthily stole her money pouch and ran off. Chen Pi caught up with the thief and almost punched him before Ya Tou intervened. Ya Tou scolded Chen Pi for resorting to violence thinking he had changed. She gave the child some food and her handkerchief then returned to the Hong Manor. Chen Pi went back to get Ya Tou's handkerchief from the kid.

In Episode 5, Chen Pi was walking around and found Ya Tou's handkerchief with blood on it indicating her illness was getting much worse. Afterwards, he got someone to direct him to Tanaka Ryoko who was at the American Changsha Chamber of Commerce. He told the man that brought him there that he would destroy the place if he could not find her. Tanaka Ryoko greeted Chen Pi with many men carrying weapons. Chen Pi assured her that whatever Er Ye could do for them he could do the same.

In Episode 6, Chen Pi Ah Si and Tanaka Ryoko continued their conversation about whether Chen Pi could help them achieve their goal. Tanaka told Chen Pi that they don't have confidence in him. However, since he was the student of Er Yuehong his skills should not be ignored. But Er Ye is the apprentice of Li Yuan which had a saying "you must always reserve some just for yourself." When a teacher teaches his apprentice, there will always be several operas that he won't teach them for he is afraid of his own disciple. With just a few words, Tanaka easily got under Chen Pi's skin. But it served to prove her point that Chen Pi was too impatient and could not work for them. Chen Pi tried to lunge at Tanaka but the men surrounding them began to attack. He took all of them out and started to fight Tanaka. Chen Pi had the upper hand and threatened to kill her if she did not hand over the medicine. She threatened him as well and told him that if anything were to happen to her, he would never get the medicine. She told him that she could forgive his disrespectful actions and give him the medicine but still he had to convince Er Ye to help them.

Chen Pi went back to the Hong Manor to find Ya Tou tending to the flowers. He rushed over and told her that he should be the one doing such measly things. He tried watering the flowers but she told him he was doing it wrong. He was too impatient and should do it slower.

At Tongtai Dock, Chen Pi was with two other antique dealers who were trying to cozy up to him. Tanaka Ryoko came to tell Chen Pi that her boss (Hendry Cox) had reconsidered giving him the medicine. Chen Pi was interested but suspicious and asked her what the condition was. Her boss wanted to know the details of how Fo Ye became injured in the mining mountain. Chen Pi had agreed to this condition.

In Episode 7, Er Ye wrote a letter for Fo Ye and asked Chen Pi Ah Si to deliver it to the other secretly. Chen Pi agreed but made a copy for himself. He and Tanaka Ryoko met in a different location. Chen Pi asked to meet her boss, refusing to give her the newly acquired information from the letter. He was invited to the Changsha Chamber's Commerce of USA where he was greeted by four men with swords. After disarming and injuring all of them, Hendry Cox interrupted and asked to speak to Chen Pi in private. The two moved to a different room and were joined by an injured Tanaka Ryoko. Chen Pi asked Hendry Cox for the medicine promised in exchange for the letter Er Ye penned to Fo Ye. Hendry Cox insisted the special medicine he had could cure Ya Tou's illness. In an effort to convince Chen Pi that the medicine could actually cure Ya Tou, he injected the medicine into Tanaka Ryoko to cure her previous injuries. After the injection, Tanaka seemed to feel no pain and could walk with ease. Chen Pi believed he could trust Hendry Cox just this once and handed over the copied letter. Chen Pi then snuck into Fo Ye's home and dropped off the original letter.

Chen Pi and Hendry Cox, who was dressed in a doctor's coat, arrived at the Hong Manor to greet Ya Tou. Hendry Cox first asked Ya Tou some questions then concluded that her illness was chronic fatigue syndrome that was caused by excessive exhaustion and worrying. Hendry Cox injected some kind of medicine into her arm, claiming that it would cure her illness. He left Chen Pi enough medicine to last two months stating that Ya Tou would still need to inject it regularly. Ya Tou claimed she did not feel any pain after the injection by the doctor and also generally felt better. However, she had doubts as to whether the medication could completely cure her illness. She told Chen Pi that Er Ye always knew the other had potential and that he could create his own clan/sect (similar to the one of the families in the Old Nine Clans). But Ya Tou did not want him out in the world alone suffering and hoped that Chen Pi would not blame her for it. Chen Pi assured her that he did not and never wanted to leave Er Ye or her.

## In The Lost Tomb 2: Explore with the Note

In The Lost Tomb 2: Explore with the Note, it is revealed that Chen Pi Ah Si went to explore Jing'er Palace in Guangxi but having only the treasure in mind, he aggravated the local tribe. After killing some of their members and trapping one of them in the underground tower, he was confronted by the village elder, a man looking almost identical to Zhang Qiling. The village elder slashed his eyes, leaving Chen Pi Ah Si permanently blinded.

Later on, it is revealed that the Chen Pi Ah Si who appears in the series is actually Xie Lianhuan and, presumably at times, Wu Sanxing in disguise. It is unclear whether, except for the flashbacks, Chen Pi Ah Si really appeared during the events of The Lost Tomb 2: Explore with the Note or whether it was them to begin with.

During a conversation with Uncle Hai, an artifact trader and talented forger, Wu Sanxing mentions that no one knows whether Chen Pi Ah Si is even still alive. This could be interpreted as Chen Pi Ah Si actually being alive during these times but not intervening or be Wu Sanxing trying to confuse Uncle Hai.

1. ↑ Tomb of the Sea, Episode 29
2. ↑ The Lost Tomb, Episode 8