Qi Tiezui/History

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## Relationships

### Friends

Zhang Qishan
Zhang Rishan
Er Yuehong
Xie Jiuye

## Profession

### Occupation

Fortune teller, Antique's assessor, Shop Owner

## In The Mystic Nine

In Episode 1, Ba Ye reluctantly agreed to help Fo Ye with the mysterious train that entered Changsha's Railway Station. Once Ba Ye arrived at the train station he attempted to leave but ran into Lieutenant Zhang. Lt. Zhang relayed Fo Ye's message that if Ba Ye tried to leave, he had orders to shoot him. They then both entered the train and Lt. Zhang told Ba Ye to go further into the train where Fo Ye was waiting. Ba Ye greeted Fo Ye who was investigating the dead bodies in the living quarters carriage. They discovered papers that detailed secret experiments by the Japanese. Ba Ye and Fo Ye entered the final carriage to find more bodies lying face down and a Whistle Coffin. They made preparations to open the coffin. In another room at the train station, soldiers prepared a device above the opening of the coffin that could slice off the arm of the person reaching in. The coffin was opened and Fo Ye searched the corpse and found a ring from the Northern and Southern dynasties. Ba Ye mentioned that among the nine families, Er Yuehong , also known as Er Ye, knew the most about Northern and Southern dynasties' tombs. Lt. Zhang and Fo Ye asked Er Ye about the ring without Ba Ye but Er Ye refused to help.

In Episode 2, Ba Ye was traveling in a car with two Zhang soldiers on his way to Fo Ye's house. Ba Ye recounted a story to the soldiers about Wu Teng: a man that became interested in the business. The man was bothering Ba Ye who tried to back off and in turn Wu Teng only came at him harder. He had people wreck Ba Ye's place and kidnap him. A flashback had Ba Ye hanging from the ceiling with more than 30 people around working for Wu Teng. Fo Ye arrived and fought off everybody and cut Ba Ye down. After this event, he became famous in Changsha and no dared to fight him. Throughout this story, Ba Ye seemed to be exaggerating many details. Ba Ye, Fo Ye, and Lt. Zhang were in a room discussing what Er Ye had told them at the opera house. Fo Ye believed Er Ye meant to imply that the Japanese were doing some kind of secret experiment and that Changsha was in danger. Ba Ye tried to convince Fo Ye to drop the investigation because it was too dangerous. Fo Ye refused because it was related to the Japanese and a possible war was looming. Without Er Ye's help they couldn't investigate the Northern & Southern dynasties' tomb coffins. However, they could track the path of which came from the northeast and was near the mining sites. Ba Ye again attempted to get out of the investigation but Lt. Zhang and Fo Ye convinced him to stay.

The three of them headed towards the mining mountain and followed the train tracks. They arrived at an empty village and eventually, they saw a woman and her child leaving one of the houses. Lt. Zhang asked them what had happened and how to get to the mining site. She pointed him towards the right direction and told him that several huge mine disasters happened in the area. The Japanese came before but left after the mining disasters. The three of them planned to stay the night in the town and stumbled across an in with people inside.

In Episode 3, while Fo Ye, Lt. Zhang, and Ba Ye were talking with the men, they asked about Train 076. The men acted suspicious but said they knew of no trains passing by. They made excuses and quickly left. The three of them slept at the inn and when the other men woke up at dawn, they followed. They were led to a field where a fight ensued. The men they encountered turned out not to be one of the villagers and Fo Ye asked them what they knew about the train. Before they could answer anything they ingested poison that was hidden in their mouths and died. Ba Ye tried to use his compass but some object nearby seemed to be causing interference. As they walked further they discovered new train tracks laid down by the Japanese which were made from the materials in the mines and had magnetic properties. They speculated that a tomb should be nearby. Fo Ye, Ba Ye, and Lt. Zhang continued to follow the train tracks but happened upon a man nearby. The man started to run and they all chased after him. They lost sight of him so they decided to wait for him to return to the area.

In Episode 4, Fo Ye, Lieutenant Zhang, and Ba Ye staked out the place where they expected the old man to return. Once they saw him, they followed him back to his place where he had a lot of military supplies. They interrogated him, asking where he got all the military supplies from. After some convincing, he lead them to a house where a bunch of rotting corpses were lying in the courtyard. Fo Ye asked the old man whether the Japanese had come to the mining mountain two months ago but the other refused to acknowledge that they were Japanese. The old man wasn't cooperating so they dragged him along to the old mining site. They arrived at a mine opening but it was blocked by debris. The old man said they blasted it before they left on the train. He wasn't being particularly helpful so Lt. Zhang led him away with his gun out. Meanwhile, Ba Ye told Fo Ye that he calculated it and the mining site was very ominous and that they shouldn't stay long. Fo Ye was unfazed and said that he needed to stay to protect Changsha and figure out the Japanese's secret plans. They arrived at a cemetery and discovered another entrance to the tomb in one of the tomb stones. Lt. Zhang entered first and after he confirmed that there was a path, the rest of them entered.

In Episode 5, the four of them went further into the mining mountain. Many of the entrances were blocked off from the Japanese who came back later to prevent others from entering. They began looking for the mine shaft and found it but came upon a bunch of old bowls laying around the cave. The bowls indicated that a Yin-Yang Master had set up a Feng Shui array using the bowls. Ba Ye explained that the array indicated that something dirty was in that place and that they should leave. The old man quickly agreed and said that there were ghosts. In response, Fo Ye spilled the water from the bowls, said there weren't any ghosts, got up, and left. Everyone ran after him. Fo Ye, the old man, Lt. Zhang, and Ba Ye were still in the mine caves looking for the door from the old man's story. The old man complained that even if his father were there, he would not be able to find it. The old man admitted that he only guided them because he thought the three of them would kill him. Ba Ye noticed a piece of wood with notches in it. He became afraid and told Fo Ye that he can't open the gate. Ba Ye wouldn't explain at first but Fo Ye knew the other wouldn't be able to keep the information to himself. However, suddenly the old man saw the miners from the Qing dynasty and started freaking out. He ran off and the three of them did not bother to chase after him. Ba Ye then explained the notched wood he saw earlier. The wood was a beam that was used to hang people.

They continued to look for the gate but came upon a dead end. In the same cave opening they found a jar filled with moving water. They believed it was covering something. Lt. Zhang handed his gun to Fo Ye who shot straight down into the jar. The water inside drained and they moved the jar to reveal a small opening underneath. Lt. Zhang and Fo Ye grabbed some shovels and began digging to create a bigger opening. Ba Ye held their flashlights and waited patiently until they were done. Once the opening was big enough, Fo Ye jumped down and soon gave the okay for the other two to join him. Ba Ye suggested Lt. Zhang go first so that the other could catch him. Lt. Zhang smiled, then pushed Ba Ye into the opening who landed on his stomach. He slowly got up when Lt. Zhang jumped through the opening and knocked him down again. The space below was another mining tunnel that was covered in cobwebs. They picked a direction and continued onwards. On the path, they found pieces of wood that had characters written in red on them. Fo Ye thought that the wooden coffins were dragged through that path. The tunnel also appeared to be centuries older than the one above them. They contemplated when exactly the tunnel could have been created. If it was the early Qing dynasty, then it wouldn't explain the fact that there were no trains or railroads then. However, they didn't even know whether the coffins were made when they created the mine shafts or whether they discovered the coffins when the tunnels were created. As they moved through the tunnel, they heard someone singing Chinese opera. It stopped but they still continued forward.

In Episode 6, Fo Ye, Ba Ye, and Lieutenant Zhang found the part of the cave where the coffins were excavated from. Fo Ye felt that the area was a tomb for those buried to accompany the tomb owner and the whole mining mountain was just a really big tomb. Fo Ye believed someone from the Nine Gates had led a big operation in previous years. Suddenly, they hear the sound of Chinese opera again. Ba Ye recognized the song as it was sung by Er Ye when the other first went on stage. However, it did not seem to be sung by Er Ye as the singer's ability was inferior. At that thought, Ba Ye realized it might actually be a ghost singing and hid behind Fo Ye. Fo Ye moved across the room to a door leading towards the voice. Ba Ye tried to look for an amulet that would protect him from any evil in the tomb. Lt. Zhang assured him that since he was with Fo Ye, Fo Ye could protect him. Ba Ye disagreed as he brought the amulet specifically because he knew he would be around the two of them. He also thought that while the Zhang Family's Fo Ye attained a higher level of meditative consciousness, he had nothing as a fortune teller since they accumulate bad karma from telling heaven's secrets. He was also going to attract ghosts and bringing him to a tomb will surely shorten his life span. Fo Ye interrupted and went down a staircase beyond the door, telling Lt. Zhang to protect Ba Ye and stay behind. The room he entered was covered in cobwebs.

Once Fo Ye was in the room he looked at the empty space in the middle and realized that was likely where the Whistle Coffin from Train 076 had originally been. Ba Ye and Lt. Zhang ignored what Fo Ye said earlier and joined him in the room. Ba Ye heard a noise and started moving closer to the wall. Fo Ye tried to warn him not to get that close when a bunch of fluorescent bugs bursted out from under the wall. The bugs began attacking and Fo Ye told Lt. Zhang to take Ba Ye and run. The two of them closed the doors behind them and Fo Ye stayed behind to continue fighting the bugs with fire. He was able to stop them and staggered back towards the previous room where Ba Ye and Lt. Zhang were waiting. He passed out while trying to climb up the steps, so Lt. Zhang and Ba Ye had to carry him out of the mining mountain. They continued carrying when they were back in the cemetery but they came across the old man's body. They then glanced at the surrounding hills to see that men with guns had arrived. The men began shooting at them and they ducked for cover. Lt. Zhang created a distraction and managed to kill all of them.

Ba Ye and Lt. Zhang wheeled Fo Ye on a cart to safety where there were some horses that the men with guns probably left behind. Fo Ye woke up to give Ba Ye some kind of antique. In a flashback, when Fo Ye was still in the cobweb room, Fo Ye got his knife from one of the walls where it was lodged into but noticed something like hair mangled into the cobwebs. There was an opening in the wall where a green antique was and Fo Ye took it with him and left. The flashback ended and Fo Ye began mumbling Er Ye's name. Ba Ye understood what Fo Ye meant and quickly headed to the Hong Manor. There Er Ye took care of Fo Ye and cured him of his injury.

In Episode 7, Fo Ye and Ba Ye were at Fo Ye's home reading the letters that were dropped off. Ba Ye noticed they were written in the style of the Han Tang dynasties. He laughed thinking about how Er Ye tried to change his handwriting to disguise himself. It was even more evident that Er Ye wrote the letters because only his family went down into the mine cave. Ba Ye believed Er Ye was still hiding something but could not figure out what that was. Fo Ye still wondered what was hiding inside the tomb but Ba Ye couldn't predict what it could be. So, Fo Ye suggested that they return to the mine mountain and continue to investigate, however, this time Fo Ye instructed Ba Ye to thoroughly investigate the surrounding area.

Ba Ye was exploring the areas surrounding the mining mountain dressed as a Taoist priest. He pulled out his Qimen Dunjia. While looking at the surrounding area, Ba Ye used it to map out the tomb which turned out to be in a human form. Ba Ye then went to a village as a Taoist priest offering to tell anyone their fortune. He met with two people who were worried about their grandson who could not sleep at night. Ba Ye handed them a talisman to put on the top of their grandson's bed to help him with his sleep. He wouldn't accept money but asked about the location of a crazy beggar he had heard the couple talking about earlier. They told him that the beggar was often at a dilapidated temple nearby.

    Ba Ye met with the beggar but used something similar to a smoke bomb to create the effect that he was a mystical being. Ba Ye convinced the man, Li Er, that he was some kind of deity and asked the other what he was afraid of. The other answered hair and that a hair person was there and it wanted to eat him. Ba Ye wanted to know what happened and Li Er told him that a few months earlier, he went into the back mountain into a cave. The cave wanted to eat him. Ba Ye went to use "magic" on him and got out a razor and shaved off all of Li Er's hair. Ba Ye warned Li Er that he would need to have his head shaved every five days and to continue doing that for 49 days and the demonic hair will disappear. Ba Ye returned to the village and spoke to a barber there. The barber asked if he was able to drive away the demons in the beggar but Ba Ye responded that he was able to get rid of the beggar's demons in his heart. Ba Ye also asked if a stranger had come by. The barber remembered that a few days ago some Japanese had been loitering near the mining mountains and around the village.

In Episode 8, Ba Ye returned from investigating the surrounding mountains and met Fo Ye at his home. Ba Ye believed there was a huge ancient tomb beneath the mining mountain. Ba Ye could not determine what type of tomb it was. He also remembered that the Japanese were asking about the tomb in the village. Fo Ye became agitated at this and knew they needed to enter the tomb again sometime soon before the Japanese made any movements. Ba Ye thought it was too dangerous and wished Er Ye would help. He thought the other was a person with deep affection and loyalty. Fo Ye also acknowledged that it would be difficult to get Er Ye's help. Ba Ye thought they should get Jiuye's help with the matter as the other has clever ideas and could think of something. Coincidentally, Jiuye arrived at Fo Ye's home. After some pleasantries, Jiuye told them that the Japanese were quite active around the mining mountain and they needed to get Er Ye's help. They thought of ways to get Er Ye out of retirement and realized they needed to talk to the person who made him retire, Ya Tou. Fo Ye and Jiuye went to Ya Tou's home without Ba Ye.

Fo Ye and Jiuye later returned to Fo Ye's home where Ba Ye was waiting for them. Jiuye thought getting Er Ye's help was now impossible because of Ya Tou's worsening illness. He also thought Er Ye loved his wife too much and that once she died the other would not be able to live without her. They finally understood that to get Er Ye out of retirement, they needed to treat Ya Tou's illness. It wouldn't be easy and they needed an incredibly rare ingredient, Lu Huo herb. Fo Ye asked Jiuye to look around for the herb. Jiuye was able to find it being auctioned off at the Xin Yue Hotel in Beiping.

In Episode 9, Jiuye, Fo Ye, Er Ye, and Ba Ye were discussing the Xin Yue Hotel at Fo Ye's home. Jiuye relayed information from his subordinates that a wealthy businessman was going to the hotel and that he should have an invitation on him. The name of the businessman was Peng Sanbian. Ba Ye recognized him for his formidable reputation and worried about taking an invitation from him. Jiuye came up with the idea that they should obtain the invitation by outsmarting him.

The next day, at Changsha Railway Station, Fo Ye, Ba Ye, and Er Ye were waiting on the platform for the train. Peng Sanbian was riding on the train. The three of them boarded and pretended not to know each other. Er Ye and Fo Ye sat across from each other while Ba Ye roamed the train reciting Taoist teachings dressed as a fortune teller. He was able to find Peng Sanbian and tried to tell him his fortune but the other did not believe in deities or ghosts. Peng Sanbian became upset thinking Ba Ye was trying to swindle him out of money but in a struggle Ba Ye was able to check his chest for the invitation. He got out of the carriage unscathed and relayed the information to Er Ye and Fo Ye using a code so as to not attract attention. Er Ye got up and headed towards Peng Sanbian. While Er Ye was attempting to steal the invitation, Peng Sanbian woke up and his subordinates came to the door of the carriage worried. Er Ye had a knife pointed towards Peng Sanbian that was out of sight so the other pretended to be cordial. Fo Ye & Ba Ye came to the carriage and Er Ye tried to leave but Peng Sanbian insisted he stay for a drink. The subordinates eyed each other seemingly tipped off from his statement and reached for their weapons. A fight ensued and as another train passed by, Ba Ye, Er Ye, and Fo Ye were able to escape by boarding it. Once on the other train, they found Ya Tou and settled into a carriage. They discussed what they would need to prepare to go to the Xin Yue Hotel.

In Episode 10, Yin Xinyue was sitting on a bench in the Beiping train station waiting for Peng Sanbian, the man she was arranged to marry, to arrive. Fo Ye came off the train and recognized a sign some of the employees of the Xin Yue Hotel were holding. Fo Ye and Ba Ye were escorted by employees of the Xin Yue Hotel and led to a car where Yin Xinyue was pretending to be their driver. They spoke during the car ride and Yin Xinyue asked them questions about Northwest China (where they should be from) and about themselves. Fo Ye avoided her questions and thought she was suspicious.

They arrived at the hotel where Fo Ye and Ba Ye were directed towards their room. In another part of the hotel, while looking around, Ba Ye recognized some famous people. Fo Ye pointed out that the real big players haven't appeared yet. Yin Xinyue was gambling at the tables nearby and winning every time she placed a bet. The other men surrounding her would scramble to place the same bets as her. Fo Ye realized that one of the servants had exceptional hearing and was helping Yin Xinyue win. However, once Fo Ye said this the other servants reacted to his words and seemed to be able to hear what everyone there was saying. All of the speech and movement in the hotel had been under their control. Ba Ye thought that they could bypass their security by speaking in a Changsha dialect. He shouted "idiot" in the dialect and none of them seemed to react to his words, so they thought this was a safe method. Fo Ye and Ba Ye began checking out the hotel's security. They surmised that the treasure room was on the top floor.

They went back to their hotel room and discussed the opera group that was set to perform at the Xin Yue Hotel. A guest can name the act they want but the highest bidder wins as a warm up for the auction. In a dining area, Ba Ye was persuading other guests to pay for the song Mu Ke Zhai to be performed.

In Episode 11, guests were betting on what opera would be performed. One of the workers announced that officer Liu Songren had bid the highest amount and that Mu Ke Zhai was the opera to be performed. Yin Xinyue, Fo Ye, and Ba Ye were sitting in the main hall watching the performance. At one point, Fo Ye left his seat to start his plan. In a flashback, Ba Ye and Fo Ye discussed how they would successfully sneak around the Xin Yue hotel. Ba Ye was to convince the guests to choose the opera Mu Ke Zhai. During the performance, Fo Ye would move along with the beats of the drums so that the hearing servants could not detect his movements.

Ba Ye was worried that Fo Ye hadn't returned in a while and the employees seemed worried about a situation upstairs. The Hua twins passed by commenting on an item they had lost. Ba Ye stopped them and told them he was a fortune teller who could figure out where their lost item could be. He suggested where the bracelet was and the girls were impressed and promised to reward him later.  Meanwhile, Fo Ye had been caught by Yin Xinyue in the treasure room trying to steal something. Fo Ye was able to escape the situation and reconvened with Ba Ye.

Fo Ye and Ba Ye were back in their room where Fo Ye was trying to figure out Yin Xinyue's true identity. They moved onto to the topic of the medicine since it wasn't in the treasure room. Their next plan was to attend the auction and deal with the situation there. Fo Ye also told Ba Ye that he spotted the Japanese and thought that they were there for medicine as well. They finally realized that they would need to prepare a lot of money for the auction. Fo Ye had a large amount of money already prepared, but Ba Ye wanted to sneak around first. Ba Ye snuck around the hotel and came upon two men one of whom was called "Chairman." He eavesdropped on their conversation. The two men discussed the funds they were going to use for the auction and that they had the support of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce. Ba Ye hurriedly went back to report what he found out. If the Japanese were getting support from the Chamber of Commerce then they wouldn't be able to get the medicine with the money they had. Fo Ye called Lt. Zhang to prepare more money and the auction began.

In Episode 12, Hendry Cox, the Prince of the Third Rank, and the Chairman were also at the auction. The herb was not presented during the first round of the auction. The second round was about to begin but first the auctioneer made a special announcement. Three objects were to be auctioned off during the second round and included the herb they needed. The stipulation for this round was that if "Peng Sanbian" could obtain one of the three items being auctioned, then it would become the first betrothal gifts between the heir of Xin Yue hotel and himself. Fo Ye seemed unbothered and told a flustered Ba Ye to focus on the auction. A blind auction meant that whoever placed a bid had no idea which of the three items they were actually bidding for. Fo Ye wanted to do a testing bid to start off to understand the tactics of the other bidders.

The Chairman, a former royal family member, Hendry Cox, and Fo Ye placed their bids. The Chairman asked for his sky lantern to be lit and then so did Fo Ye. Now the highest bidder between them would win whatever is in the box. The two continued to bid against each other but the Chairman gave up seemingly on Hendry Cox's orders. The second item was being auctioned and Fo Ye and the Chairman entered into another bidding war. The Chairman eventually asked for his lantern to be lit again and so did Fo Ye. They continued to bid against each other but the Chairman again got a signal to stop and did so. Fo Ye now had both items. Before the third round started, Fo Ye was informed that he had reached the upper limit of the guaranteed amount he had with the hotel. If he couldn't increase it, he would not be able to bid in the next round. The two tried to raise more money in Changsha and eventually needed to ask Jiuye for help. Meanwhile, the Chairman started to taunt Fo Ye while also making it clear to everyone at the auction that he was Japanese. Fo Ye was able to gain the upper hand in the conversation much to the delight of the audience, including the Prince of the Third Rank.

Fo Ye was not able to gather enough money for the third round but the Prince of the Third Rank gave him money to join the auction. Fo Ye asked for his lantern to be lit for the third time. The Chairman was not able to bid due to Jiuye's intervention and Hendry Cox could no longer mess with the auction. Fo Ye won the last item to the dismay of Hendry Cox and the Chairman. They went to get the items but the staff informed them they could only retrieve them once they left the hotel. The real Peng Sanbian interrupted and insisted he was the real one while Fo Ye was the fake. Fo Ye accused the other of being a fake especially since he didn't have the invitation for the hotel. They tried to think of ways to identify the real Peng Sanbian and settled on fighting each other while blindfolded. The two were blindfolded but Ba Ye made sure Fo Ye could still see through his blindfold. Ba Ye and Yin Xinyue also made distractions during the fight to confuse the real Peng Sanbian.

In Episode 13, with Ba Ye and Yin Xinyue making distractions, Peng Sanbian couldn't focus and Fo Ye won their fight. Yin Xinyue cozied up to Fo Ye claiming he was the real Peng Sanbian and the other was a fake. She ordered the guards to take Peng Sanbian out of the hotel as he was no longer allowed in.

Yin Xinyue dragged Fo Ye and Ba Ye to a separate room and told them that they needed to leave. The people at the auction weren't stupid and probably knew that Fo Ye was a fake but just because they didn't expose him then doesn't mean they won't later. Fo Ye asked her about the medicine and she grabbed his hand and headed off to the treasure room with him to get it. They reconvened with Ba Ye, and Yin Xinyue suggested they leave through the side door. She asked them where they were going and Ba Ye told her that they were going back to Changsha by train. She knew a fast route to get to the train station and asked them to follow her. After an awkward ride to the train station, they arrived. Yin Xinyue ended up tagging along on the train and they met up with Er Ye and Ya Tou. When on the train, Ba Ye left the five in the carriage to get some food. Ya Tou and Yin Xinyue later met with him in the dining carriage. They discussed the bracelet on Yin Xinyue's wrist that Fo Ye had given her.

In Episode 14, the four of them, Yin Xinyue left to go the bathroom, were asleep, in the carriage when Fo Ye heard footsteps. Er Ye had heard them as well but Ba Ye and Ya Tou were still asleep. Peng Sanbian and the men provided by Hendry Cox were traversing the top of the train and entered through the door of one of the train cars. Fo Ye left his carriage to take a look while Er Ye stayed behind. Er Ye woke up Ba Ye and told him something was wrong and to protect himself and Ya Tou if a fight broke out. Fo Ye eventually returned after killing Peng Sanbian with Yin Xinyue. They arrived in Changsha, and Lieutenant Zhang was waiting outside the train station for Fo Ye. Er Ye and Ya Tou headed home, while Yin Xinyue joined Fo Ye in his car. Lt. Zhang asked Ba Ye which car he would be riding in. Ba Ye gave him his luggage and was upset at the question asking whether there was any room for him in between the two couples. He said he would walk home and to have his luggage delivered.

In Episode 15, Ba Ye visited Ya Tou after she had taken the herb they had retrieved in Beiping.