The Executioner — Season 1, Episode 18: Episode 18
Drama • 45 min • 1 season, 26 episodes • ★ 8.0/10
Episode synopsis
CHEUNG PING is sent to the execution ground and SHEUNG-LUK performs his duty by torturing him to death. Before CHEUNG PING dies, CHI-SING stops SHEUNG-LUK and he questions CHEUNG PING again. After the execution, SHEUNG-LUK goes to have meal at YING-HA's place. He recalls the time when he first became an executioner over a decade ago. On the next day, YUI-HUNG goes to the Red Club to offer medical consultation service and she is shocked to discover SHEUNG-LUK there. The emperor asks the empress to go to his bedroom at night. There is a sudden lightning and the emperor asks the empress to return to her place and he invites CHING-YEE to visit him. The empress wants to stop CHING-YEE from visiting the emperor but CHING-YEE ignores her. The eunuch delivers tonic soup to the emperor but the emperor suffers from nose bleeding after drinking the soup. The empress scolds CHING-YEE for preparing the tonic soup.… ...
About The Executioner
Executioner Yip Sheung-luk has shed blood too many times to count. To protect his savior’s pregnant daughter-in-law Yuen So-sam from danger, Sheung-luk sends So-sam to the capital, where she is to stay with renowned midwife Fa Yui-hung. A series of strange murders soon take place, and Sheung-luk saves a little life with his blade. But this baby boy of unknown origin gets Sheung-luk and Yui-hung in trouble with the imperial court. Step by step, the unlikely duo overcome obstacles together, developing a close relationship. Meanwhile, young couple Chek Tsz-chau and Chuk Siu-moon, both who have lived in a whore house for most of their lives, suddenly arrive at Yui-hung’s home. Siu-moon begs Sheung-luk to accept Tsz-chau as his disciple, but reckless Tsz-chau wants nothing more than to use this opportunity to escape from his punishment. Sheung-luk’s life changes forever after the appearance of mysterious magician Szema Chau. The baby boy’s identity is uncovered, putting everyone one step closer to their own deaths.