Official Trailer: Lei Jiayin starts his funny journey of transporting litchi | The Litchi Road
The lychee. A fruit native to Lingnan. It is said to taste absolutely divine, but it spoils incredibly fast and is hard to preserve. There’s a saying.
“One day, the color changes. Two days, the fragrance fades. Three days, the flavor is gone.” [Adapted from Ma Boyong’s novel,
The Litchi Road] Liangyuan. Li Shande has been appointed
by His Majesty as the Lychee Envoy. Congratulations, Mr. Li. Why do all the good things fall into your lap? [Heaven-sent “Liangyuan”] [Fresh] [Simmered] Didn’t you say the palace
wanted simmered lychees? [Directed by Cao Dun and Gao Xiang] What His Majesty wants is lychees from Lingnan. [An]
Lingnan is 5,000 li from Chang’an! Not even deities
could transport them that far! [Impossible] [Mission] Even the best steed dropped dead. How am I supposed to deliver them? How? [The Litchi Road] The lychee. A fruit native to Lingnan. It is said to taste absolutely divine, but it spoils incredibly fast and is hard to preserve. There’s a saying.
“One day, the color changes. Two days, the fragrance fades. Three days, the flavor is gone.” [Adapted from Ma Boyong’s novel,
The Litchi Road] Liangyuan. Li Shande has been appointed
by His Majesty as the Lychee Envoy. Congratulations, Mr. Li. Why do all the good things fall into your lap? [Heaven-sent “Liangyuan”] [Fresh] [Simmered] Didn’t you say the palace
wanted simmered lychees? [Directed by Cao Dun and Gao Xiang] What His Majesty wants is lychees from Lingnan. [An]
Lingnan is 5,000 li from Chang’an! Not even deities
could transport them that far! [Impossible] [Mission] Even the best steed dropped dead. How am I supposed to deliver them? How? [The Litchi Road] His Majesty specifically ordered [Lingnan Lychees] But it’s impossible to get them here! [Adapted from Ma Boyong’s novel,
The Litchi Road] Then, you shall atone with your death. [Transport the lychees or die] If I succeed
in transporting the lychees, I won’t have to die. You might as well just die now. [Go to Lingnan or die] I was appointed Lychee Envoy by the court. [Get beat up or die]
Beat him up! Die, you fraud! Lingnan is 5,000 li from Chang’an! [Find a way or die]
And lychees rot in three days. We’d need hundreds of horses. They would not survive. Dozens of riders. That’s an unfathomable number. Woe is me! Alas! [Clear obstacle N or die] Only in death can the world find peace. If there’s no way back, why not charge forth and fight to the death? [Obstacle one, obstacle two,
obstacle N, risk it all, or die] [Directed by Cao Dun and Gao Xiang] Let’s move out! Now that the lychees
might actually be transported, I’ve come for some funds and supplies. [Pull some strings or die] That’s out of my hands. Who should I talk to? You’d probably need the Left Treasury Office, the Archives Office, then the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Revenue, and all Six Ministries to weigh in. I can’t deal with that. %%*(&……(&# %%*(&……()&#@&……&*&……(% Forget the delivery! [Everyone dies] We’re all going to die! You’ll all die with me! Who set the fire? I think I’ve seen you before. You’re still alive? Grandfather, what does he mean? He’s jealous His Majesty specifically ordered [Lingnan Lychees] But it’s impossible to get them here! [Adapted from Ma Boyong’s novel,
The Litchi Road] Then, you shall atone with your death. [Transport the lychees or die] If I succeed
in transporting the lychees, I won’t have to die. You might as well just die now. [Go to Lingnan or die] I was appointed Lychee Envoy by the court. [Get beat up or die]
Beat him up! Die, you fraud! Lingnan is 5,000 li from Chang’an! [Find a way or die]
And lychees rot in three days. We’d need hundreds of horses. They would not survive. Dozens of riders. That’s an unfathomable number. Woe is me! Alas! [Clear obstacle N or die] Only in death can the world find peace. If there’s no way back, why not charge forth and fight to the death? [Obstacle one, obstacle two,
obstacle N, risk it all, or die] [Directed by Cao Dun and Gao Xiang] Let’s move out! Now that the lychees
might actually be transported, I’ve come for some funds and supplies. [Pull some strings or die] That’s out of my hands. Who should I talk to? You’d probably need the Left Treasury Office, the Archives Office, then the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Revenue, and all Six Ministries to weigh in. I can’t deal with that. %%*(&……(&# %%*(&……()&#@&……&*&……(% Forget the delivery! [Everyone dies] We’re all going to die! You’ll all die with me! Who set the fire? I think I’ve seen you before. You’re still alive? Grandfather, what does he mean? He’s jealous