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A Lo & Hu Co-Production
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RAINING IN THE MOUNTAIN
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Presented by King HU, WU Sau-yee
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Executive Producers LO Kai-Muk, CHUNG Ling
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Starring HSU Feng as White Fox,
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SUN Yueh as Esquire Wen,
TUNG Lin as Chiu Ming,
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WU Chia-hsiang as Master Wu Wai,
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WU Ming-tsai as Gold Lock,
LU Chun as Hui Wen
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Guest Starring SHIH Chun as Hui Tung
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Art Director King HU
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Martial Arts Director WU Ming-tsai
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Edited by King HU
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Cinematography Henry CHAN
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Music by NG Tai Kong
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Assistant Directors TUNG Lin,
Fred TAN Han-Chung
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Produced by HON Kap-Chan
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Written and Directed by King HU
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Three Treasures Temple
is just beyond that shrine.
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See that senior monk?
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He's the temple guardian.
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As long as he's on duty,
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outsiders dare not set foot here.
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Brother.
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Please follow me.
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Who is he?
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Brother Hui Ssu.
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Brother Hui Ssu.
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Welcome!
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This is my concubine.
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Madame
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Esquire Wen,
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the Abbot sent me to welcome you.
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Thank you!
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When I received the Abbot's letter
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I rushed right over.
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How is the old master?
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Not well.
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He had a fainting spell two days ago,
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but he's a little better today.
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I'm afraid his time is not long.
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This is the famous Three Treasures Temple.
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What are the "three treasures"?
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Not worldly but spiritual treasures:
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the Buddha, the Dharma
and the monastic community.
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I don't understand.
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Do you mean Tripitaka's...?
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The Mahayana Sutra in Tripitaka's own hand.
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How much is it worth?
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It's priceless.
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I've brought aged ginseng
from the north.
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Perhaps it can help the Abbot.
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Many thanks!
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The Abbot told me to inform you
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that before he dies,
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he must name a successor.
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Because we've so many worthy monks,
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he's asked lay friends to assist him.
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Who else has he invited?
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I don't know.
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The Abbot also thanks you
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for all the donations
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you've given us over the years
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and your warm support.
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Don't mention it.
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The Abbot has another request.
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- Does the temple need more...?
- No, we're financially sound.
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He asks you
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to lend your support to the new abbot.
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But of course.
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Brother Hui Ssu.
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Who do you expect him to choose?
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It's not for me to speculate.
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- Let them take your luggage.
- Yes, sir!
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- Take the valet to his room.
- Yes, sir!
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This way.
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Your meal will be served shortly.
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Thank you. You're dismissed.
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Let's eat.
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Go ahead. I'll just be a minute.
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Hurry!
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Up there!
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There it is!
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Come on!
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Hurry!
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It must be here somewhere. Keep watch!
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OK.
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Find it?
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No!
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What does it look like?
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It's a long scroll.
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Wait...
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The door's unlocked.
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Unlocked?
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It can't be. Let's take a look.
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Look!
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It's open! Hurry, tell Brother Hui Wen.
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Brother Hui Wen!
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What is it?
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The Scripture Hall door is unlocked.
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Yes, I opened it.
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Then left it unlocked?
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What'd he say?
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He said to leave it open.
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This way.
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Was it a trying journey?
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Not so bad.
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Good day.
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Take the luggage to the guest rooms.
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Madame!
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Over there!
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What is it?
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Strange!
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Brother Hui Tung, who is that?
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Esquire Wen's new concubine.
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Esquire Wen?
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The wealthy landowner from Chiang Tung?
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I know him.
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Unbelievable!
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You know the woman?
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Yes.
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Who is she?
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She's called White Fox.
A thief.
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A thief? Are you sure?
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It's her.
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Did you see it, General?
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She has a master key.
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Oh? I didn't notice.
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I arrested her once in the north,
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but she escaped.
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I don't know Esquire Wen very well,
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but I should inform him
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that he has married a thief.
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Brother Hui Tung,
please arrange a meeting.
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Very well!
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General, wait!
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What is it?
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There's more to this
than meets the eye.
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You were too careless.
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You brought me here
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to steal that damn scroll for you.
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So what was I supposed to do?
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Wait for the right time!
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This temple food is awful!
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Everyone here eats the same food.
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Those leading spiritual lives
for ego luxuries.
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I'm not leading a spiritual life!
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Given your history,
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perhaps you should!
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Nonsense!
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I don't understand...
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With your wealth you can buy anything.
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What do you want with
a ragged old scroll?
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What do you know?
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It's the Mahayana Sutra,
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hand-copied by the great monk Tripitaka.
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It's priceless.
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Money can't buy it.
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What good is it?
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It's one of a kind.
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I've long dreamed of possessing it.
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I'll get it for you
as soon as I can
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and then get the hell out of here.
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I'm telling you,
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I don't want to hang around this dump!
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Don't be rash. I've got a plan.
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Forget it! I'm getting out of here!
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I'll give you your money back.
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Hire someone else. I quit.
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Why are you so angry?
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I don't like waiting around!
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OK, OK!
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Hey! Keep your hands off!
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You paid me to steal the scroll
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and that's all you'll get!
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So now you're a lady of virtue, eh?
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Shut up!
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We had an understanding, didn't we?
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I sell my skills, not my body!
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I'm not a whore!
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Keep it down, will you?
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- Why should I?
- Please, my lady.
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Who is it?
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It's me.
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Brother Hui Wen.
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Greetings.
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Come, I'll introduce you.
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This is Brother Hui Wen.
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We've already met...
at the Scripture Hall.
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Fortunately, he's our friend.
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He's the Abbot's number two disciple
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and will very likely be the next abbot.
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We can't be certain of that!
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Don't worry.
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My words carry weight with the Abbot.
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I'll leave you two to your business.
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Fine.
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Your support is invaluable.
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Did you get my letter?
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Yes.
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I can almost guarantee you
the position.
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Did you receive my letter?
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Yes.
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If I become the new abbot,
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the scroll is yours!
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Then it's a deal!
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We businessmen place trust above all.
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I'll speak to the Abbot in a bit.
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I'll sound him out for you.
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Please, don't be hasty.
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General Wang is pressing Hui Tung's case!
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Wang's a soldier, not a scholar.
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The Abbot won't necessarily
heed his counsel.
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Let's hope not.
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I must be going.
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OK.
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One more thing:
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your concubine may move freely about,
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but she mustn't arouse suspicion.
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Understood.
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Someone's outside.
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Gold Lock!
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Over here!
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Let him go.
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Yes.
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Who is he?
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He's the famous Master Wu Wai.
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What is he known for?
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He's a devoted lay Buddhist.
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I don't get it.
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Although he's a layman, he knows
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the sutras better than most monks do!
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Then what's he doing with all those women?
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He's immune to sensual pleasures.
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Him? He looks like an old lecher.
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Nonsense!
Even the emperor defers to him.
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Halt!
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It's so good you've come!
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Your Reverence!
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Arise, arise!
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Get up!
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Esquire Wen.
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General Wang, it's been a while.
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Over a year since we last met.
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Master Wu Wai travels in style, doesn't he?
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I believe he too has come here
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for the succession.
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Perhaps.
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Who do you think will be chosen?
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Who do you think?
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Brother Hui Tung, without a doubt.
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Brother Hui Tung is very clever.
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Over here.
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Give it to me.
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This food is for Master Wu Wai.
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I know. Now give it to me!
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Go on!
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Who will Your Reverence pick?
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My mind is unsteady these days
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and my old body is failing me.
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That is why I seek your advice.
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The temple is a huge responsibility.
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If I choose unwisely,
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disputes will arise.
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General Wang and Esquire Wen
have also come.
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If there is a disagreement,
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they can arbitrate.
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What are your criteria
for choosing the new abbot?
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I have none.
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It doesn't matter...
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...whether he is a monk or a layman,
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so long as he is enlightened.
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Hui Ssu,
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go and fetch Master Wu Wai's meal.
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Will do.
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Brother Hui Tung.
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I'm delivering Master Wu Wai's meal.
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I'll take it.
You prepare a pot of tea.
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OK.
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Your Reverence, when are you planning
to choose a successor?
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In a few days.
281
00:40:03,568 --> 00:40:06,279
But there's a worldly matter
to attend to first.
282
00:40:06,738 --> 00:40:10,826
A convict has purchased a permit
to become a monk here.
283
00:40:22,421 --> 00:40:23,422
Let's take a rest.
284
00:40:41,940 --> 00:40:44,734
Nobody's around. I'll take it off.
285
00:40:53,285 --> 00:40:55,287
Thank you, officer!
286
00:40:55,537 --> 00:40:56,705
Not at all.
287
00:40:56,830 --> 00:40:59,458
We've been through a lot together.
288
00:41:03,795 --> 00:41:04,921
Is this Chiu Ming?
289
00:41:05,130 --> 00:41:05,505
Yes.
290
00:41:05,630 --> 00:41:07,215
Here's the document you need.
291
00:41:10,802 --> 00:41:12,053
May I see the Abbot?
292
00:41:12,179 --> 00:41:14,764
The Abbot sent me
to take charge of him.
293
00:41:17,309 --> 00:41:20,103
Make good use
of your time here, friend.
294
00:41:20,604 --> 00:41:21,646
Perhaps we'll meet again.
295
00:41:22,981 --> 00:41:24,065
Officer!
296
00:41:24,733 --> 00:41:28,111
I don't know how to thank you!
297
00:41:29,404 --> 00:41:31,448
Please don't.
Get up!
298
00:41:43,001 --> 00:41:43,877
Kneel.
299
00:41:52,344 --> 00:41:55,180
This is the Abbot
and this is Master Wu Wai.
300
00:41:57,849 --> 00:42:00,310
I bow to you, Reverence.
301
00:42:05,065 --> 00:42:07,108
Who is your master?
302
00:42:07,400 --> 00:42:08,610
You are my master.
303
00:42:20,372 --> 00:42:23,500
Do you sincerely wish to become a monk?
304
00:42:23,667 --> 00:42:24,751
I do.
305
00:42:24,876 --> 00:42:27,379
You are a convicted criminal.
306
00:42:28,213 --> 00:42:29,089
What are you charged with?
307
00:42:29,881 --> 00:42:30,674
Theft.
308
00:42:32,676 --> 00:42:34,386
So you did transgress.
309
00:42:37,389 --> 00:42:40,225
No. I was falsely accused.
310
00:42:40,350 --> 00:42:41,601
By whom?
311
00:42:41,726 --> 00:42:43,103
Lieutenant Chang Cheng.
312
00:42:45,564 --> 00:42:47,691
How did that happen?
313
00:42:47,899 --> 00:42:49,609
My brother was a woodblock printer.
314
00:42:49,734 --> 00:42:52,696
Our family owned a rare edition
of the Diamond Sutra.
315
00:42:52,821 --> 00:42:54,072
Chang Cheng wanted to buy it.
316
00:42:54,197 --> 00:42:55,615
My brother wouldn't sell it.
317
00:42:55,740 --> 00:42:58,577
So Chang Cheng accused us of theft.
318
00:43:02,414 --> 00:43:03,498
Arise.
319
00:43:14,009 --> 00:43:15,176
And then?
320
00:43:15,677 --> 00:43:18,013
He beat my brother to death in court
321
00:43:18,513 --> 00:43:20,056
and I was sentenced
to serve in the army.
322
00:43:20,348 --> 00:43:21,766
Have you ever met Chang Cheng?
323
00:43:22,100 --> 00:43:22,976
No.
324
00:43:31,568 --> 00:43:34,362
If you happened to meet him,
what would you do?
325
00:43:34,946 --> 00:43:36,323
Nothing.
326
00:43:37,449 --> 00:43:39,034
You bear no grudge?
327
00:43:45,874 --> 00:43:48,918
Start by mopping the temple floor.
328
00:44:08,313 --> 00:44:09,731
Go and get the goods.
329
00:44:12,400 --> 00:44:14,069
Hurry! Give it over!
330
00:44:14,194 --> 00:44:16,154
Calm down.
331
00:44:21,284 --> 00:44:22,285
Be careful!
332
00:44:25,288 --> 00:44:26,331
Hey! Where's the money?
333
00:44:35,256 --> 00:44:36,299
- Not enough!
- It's plenty.
334
00:44:39,469 --> 00:44:41,971
I'm taking a loss...
335
00:44:52,774 --> 00:44:54,067
Seven strings of 100...
336
00:44:54,192 --> 00:44:55,527
Six strings of 320...
337
00:44:55,652 --> 00:44:57,153
Six strings of 910...
338
00:44:57,278 --> 00:44:58,905
Seven strings of 620...
339
00:45:11,584 --> 00:45:12,961
Four strings of 650.
340
00:45:13,712 --> 00:45:14,921
Stop!
341
00:45:26,224 --> 00:45:27,434
Wrong again!
342
00:45:28,017 --> 00:45:30,145
You! Do it over!
343
00:47:48,283 --> 00:47:49,242
Esquire Wen.
344
00:47:49,826 --> 00:47:50,869
General Wang.
345
00:48:05,008 --> 00:48:08,219
I just saw something strange.
346
00:48:13,766 --> 00:48:16,019
While Wu Wai was preaching,
his attendants
347
00:48:16,144 --> 00:48:19,564
were bathing in full view
of the monks!
348
00:48:20,106 --> 00:48:21,024
Where?
349
00:48:21,149 --> 00:48:22,442
Just over the hill.
350
00:48:24,110 --> 00:48:26,195
This way of propagating Buddhism
351
00:48:26,321 --> 00:48:27,989
is really something new.
352
00:48:28,656 --> 00:48:30,366
Going a bit far,
wouldn't you say?
353
00:48:30,742 --> 00:48:31,910
Very profound.
354
00:48:33,036 --> 00:48:34,954
I think I'll have a look.
355
00:48:37,582 --> 00:48:39,792
They're still there.
Follow me.
356
00:48:39,918 --> 00:48:40,919
OK.
357
00:48:42,545 --> 00:48:43,421
Please.
358
00:48:44,631 --> 00:48:45,840
What sect is it?
359
00:48:45,965 --> 00:48:47,258
No idea...
360
00:48:49,260 --> 00:48:50,345
Gentlemen, the Abbot...
361
00:48:53,473 --> 00:48:54,557
will see you now.
362
00:48:57,727 --> 00:48:59,896
Very well.
363
00:49:01,481 --> 00:49:02,690
This way.
364
00:49:04,150 --> 00:49:06,027
- Please.
- Please.
365
00:49:11,658 --> 00:49:12,659
Please follow me.
366
00:49:23,920 --> 00:49:24,879
Please.
367
00:49:44,190 --> 00:49:46,234
- Gentlemen.
- Your Reverence.
368
00:49:51,990 --> 00:49:54,450
The Abbot had matters to attend to
369
00:49:54,575 --> 00:49:57,203
and couldn't see you earlier.
Apologies.
370
00:49:57,704 --> 00:50:01,165
He hopes you're comfortable here.
371
00:50:01,624 --> 00:50:03,543
Very much so!
372
00:50:07,630 --> 00:50:10,425
The Abbot says,
when his successor takes over,
373
00:50:10,550 --> 00:50:12,051
if there's a dispute,
374
00:50:12,176 --> 00:50:13,970
he'd like you two to mediate.
375
00:50:14,095 --> 00:50:15,722
Rest assured, Reverence.
376
00:50:16,014 --> 00:50:17,348
We'll do as you wish.
377
00:50:17,473 --> 00:50:18,641
Very well.
378
00:50:19,267 --> 00:50:20,685
Your Reverence,
379
00:50:20,810 --> 00:50:22,895
which of the monks
380
00:50:23,021 --> 00:50:24,230
will you choose as your successor?
381
00:50:27,525 --> 00:50:29,318
Each of them is worthy,
382
00:50:30,278 --> 00:50:35,116
each is perfect in his own way.
383
00:50:42,415 --> 00:50:46,252
You two have done much for me
over the years.
384
00:50:46,753 --> 00:50:50,298
How can I repay you?
385
00:50:52,050 --> 00:50:57,805
I've heard Tripitaka's handwritten
Mahayana Sutra is kept here.
386
00:50:57,972 --> 00:51:00,516
Would it be possible to see it?
387
00:51:00,725 --> 00:51:02,060
By all means.
388
00:51:02,685 --> 00:51:04,395
Is Esquire Wen also interested?
389
00:51:04,729 --> 00:51:07,356
I've long yearned to see
the treasured scroll.
390
00:51:10,026 --> 00:51:11,486
Ha! It's no treasure,
391
00:51:11,611 --> 00:51:13,780
just a roll of tattered paper.
392
00:51:25,541 --> 00:51:27,418
It truly is a priceless treasure.
393
00:51:27,794 --> 00:51:29,587
Incomparable!
394
00:51:36,969 --> 00:51:39,097
Its true value lies in its meaning.
395
00:51:39,222 --> 00:51:40,056
But of course!
396
00:51:40,181 --> 00:51:41,933
Brother Hui Ssu, lead the way.
397
00:52:56,299 --> 00:52:56,924
Let's go!
398
00:54:39,527 --> 00:54:40,653
- Hey, what's that?
- Indeed.
399
00:54:40,778 --> 00:54:42,530
- Let's go and check it out.
- Sure.
400
00:54:42,655 --> 00:54:43,906
Wait a second.
401
00:54:44,073 --> 00:54:45,074
What is it?
402
00:54:45,283 --> 00:54:47,451
- Let's take a look.
- At what?
403
00:54:48,953 --> 00:54:50,329
The ground's covered with them...
404
00:54:50,621 --> 00:54:51,789
Careful!
405
00:54:52,873 --> 00:54:54,041
They look like prayer beads.
406
00:54:54,625 --> 00:54:55,626
They're unstrung!
407
00:54:56,836 --> 00:54:57,128
Hurry!
408
00:54:57,253 --> 00:54:59,630
Come on, pick them up!
409
00:55:07,305 --> 00:55:08,889
Give them to him.
410
00:55:11,809 --> 00:55:12,810
Here's one...
411
00:55:14,353 --> 00:55:15,980
- Keep looking.
- OK.
412
00:55:16,772 --> 00:55:17,857
There's more here.
413
00:55:18,566 --> 00:55:20,192
Go and look by the back door.
414
00:55:25,489 --> 00:55:26,991
- Are there some more?
- No.
415
00:55:30,911 --> 00:55:32,538
- There are some here.
- Gather them.
416
00:55:34,623 --> 00:55:36,542
- They're gone.
- Go look.
417
00:55:43,215 --> 00:55:43,966
Any more?
418
00:55:46,469 --> 00:55:47,553
Here's one more!
419
00:55:48,054 --> 00:55:50,973
You! Who are you?
420
00:55:55,269 --> 00:55:55,978
Chiu Ming.
421
00:55:56,604 --> 00:55:57,730
Chiu Ming?
422
00:56:00,816 --> 00:56:02,568
Chiu Ming?
423
00:56:08,866 --> 00:56:10,076
What did you do
before you came here?
424
00:56:10,242 --> 00:56:11,786
I was sentenced
to serve in the army
425
00:56:12,370 --> 00:56:15,831
but I bought a permit
to become a monk instead.
426
00:56:16,749 --> 00:56:18,250
Since you're a monk now,
427
00:56:18,376 --> 00:56:19,877
what are you doing with these women?
428
00:56:26,592 --> 00:56:29,303
Watch what you say, sir.
429
00:56:29,720 --> 00:56:30,429
Outrageous!
430
00:56:31,472 --> 00:56:32,890
You dare lecture me?
431
00:57:02,837 --> 00:57:04,630
This is preposterous!
432
00:57:30,114 --> 00:57:31,782
Let's go! Don't be nosy.
433
00:57:31,907 --> 00:57:33,909
Hurry! Go!
434
00:57:57,141 --> 00:57:57,683
What are you doing?
435
00:57:57,808 --> 00:57:58,767
The hook!
436
00:58:37,223 --> 00:58:39,016
All for a raggedy scroll...
437
00:58:43,896 --> 00:58:44,855
Sit.
438
00:58:57,284 --> 00:59:00,955
Chiu Ming, tell no one about this,
439
00:59:01,080 --> 00:59:03,290
or it will be trouble for you.
440
00:59:03,582 --> 00:59:04,708
Understood.
441
00:59:05,125 --> 00:59:08,087
The man who struck you
was Chang Cheng.
442
00:59:10,548 --> 00:59:11,924
Don't be afraid.
443
00:59:25,437 --> 00:59:26,355
Kneel.
444
00:59:31,986 --> 00:59:34,738
Henceforth, you shall guard
the Scripture Hall.
445
00:59:34,863 --> 00:59:39,201
The responsibility
is too great for me.
446
00:59:39,326 --> 00:59:40,578
Why is that?
447
00:59:41,453 --> 00:59:42,454
I've heard Tripitaka's handwritten
448
00:59:42,580 --> 00:59:45,624
Mahayana Sutra is kept there.
449
00:59:46,083 --> 00:59:47,501
If something should happen to it...
450
00:59:47,960 --> 00:59:49,753
That is a worldly view.
451
00:59:49,878 --> 00:59:52,381
The old scroll has no real value.
452
01:00:27,583 --> 01:00:28,417
Brother.
453
01:00:32,129 --> 01:00:34,131
Take this ginseng to Master Wu Wai.
454
01:00:34,256 --> 01:00:35,507
Tell him it's a gift from Esquire Wen.
455
01:00:35,633 --> 01:00:36,634
Yes.
456
01:00:40,054 --> 01:00:41,847
Brother Hui Ssu,
457
01:00:41,972 --> 01:00:43,515
I'd like a word with you.
458
01:00:51,357 --> 01:00:52,608
When did he take the vows?
459
01:00:53,400 --> 01:00:54,401
This morning.
460
01:00:55,277 --> 01:00:56,820
Why were you two
in the Scripture Hall?
461
01:00:57,112 --> 01:00:59,448
The Abbot appointed him
guardian of the Scripture Hall.
462
01:01:04,703 --> 01:01:07,164
A convict guarding the scriptures...
463
01:01:08,248 --> 01:01:09,500
What's the deeper meaning of this?
464
01:01:10,084 --> 01:01:12,920
Perhaps Master will choose Hui Ssu.
465
01:01:13,671 --> 01:01:15,130
No, he won't!
466
01:01:27,851 --> 01:01:29,395
Hui Ssu is too young.
467
01:01:30,062 --> 01:01:32,690
You've managed the temple's assets
for many years.
468
01:01:32,815 --> 01:01:36,652
No one is better suited than you.
469
01:01:37,945 --> 01:01:39,238
Please don't say that!
470
01:01:39,363 --> 01:01:41,073
If Hui Tung should overhear,
471
01:01:41,198 --> 01:01:42,491
there'd be no end of trouble.
472
01:01:43,659 --> 01:01:45,202
You're both talking rubbish!
473
01:01:47,996 --> 01:01:49,415
Don't be foolhardy!
474
01:01:50,874 --> 01:01:52,042
My way is better.
475
01:01:52,584 --> 01:01:54,420
Listen... wait...!
476
01:02:44,720 --> 01:02:45,888
Sir!
477
01:02:51,518 --> 01:02:52,394
Sir!
478
01:02:53,896 --> 01:02:54,938
Sir!
479
01:03:14,041 --> 01:03:16,627
Sir, wait!
480
01:06:01,917 --> 01:06:03,543
Let us begin.
481
01:06:06,838 --> 01:06:07,839
Your Reverence!
482
01:06:13,679 --> 01:06:17,933
I am your devoted lay friend,
483
01:06:20,227 --> 01:06:22,145
but I'm also governor
of this district.
484
01:06:24,022 --> 01:06:26,775
There is a matter
we must get to the bottom of.
485
01:06:27,192 --> 01:06:29,152
Feel free to speak.
486
01:06:35,534 --> 01:06:36,618
Are you aware
487
01:06:36,743 --> 01:06:38,328
of this man's background?
488
01:06:38,620 --> 01:06:40,163
Please go on.
489
01:06:43,333 --> 01:06:46,003
He's a criminal.
490
01:06:48,630 --> 01:06:49,715
A thief!
491
01:06:49,840 --> 01:06:52,217
He was arrested
and sentenced to the army.
492
01:06:54,886 --> 01:06:56,346
I don't know how he
got the money
493
01:06:56,471 --> 01:06:57,931
to buy his way out.
494
01:06:58,056 --> 01:07:00,017
His Reverence is aware of this.
495
01:07:00,267 --> 01:07:02,477
It was the Abbot himself
who administered the vows.
496
01:07:05,147 --> 01:07:08,150
Your Reverence has led a spiritual life,
497
01:07:08,275 --> 01:07:09,860
indifferent to worldly affairs.
498
01:07:10,527 --> 01:07:12,029
Do you question my judgment?
499
01:07:12,237 --> 01:07:13,864
No, no! All I'm saying is
500
01:07:13,989 --> 01:07:17,868
you may be unaware of his background.
501
01:07:29,546 --> 01:07:30,672
But let's not dwell on that.
502
01:07:32,674 --> 01:07:35,343
If he'd reformed, I'd let it go.
503
01:07:36,011 --> 01:07:37,929
But he's up to his old tricks!
504
01:07:39,598 --> 01:07:42,142
Oh? How has he erred?
505
01:07:44,895 --> 01:07:49,399
He was stealing in the Scripture Hall.
506
01:07:55,363 --> 01:07:59,242
Luckily, Chang Cheng
was on hand to stop him.
507
01:07:59,659 --> 01:08:00,619
It's a lie!
508
01:08:04,206 --> 01:08:05,123
Your Reverence...
509
01:08:06,583 --> 01:08:09,628
I have reported the incident to the Abbot.
510
01:08:11,296 --> 01:08:12,380
General Wang.
511
01:08:12,714 --> 01:08:15,592
May I question Lieutenant Chang?
512
01:08:16,343 --> 01:08:17,427
Of course.
513
01:08:19,846 --> 01:08:20,889
Lieutenant Chang.
514
01:08:21,223 --> 01:08:24,101
How do you know he was stealing?
515
01:08:25,519 --> 01:08:26,645
As it happens,
516
01:08:27,479 --> 01:08:29,689
I saw him sneak into the Scripture Hall.
517
01:08:29,898 --> 01:08:31,900
I grew suspicious and followed him.
518
01:08:32,359 --> 01:08:34,027
When I asked him what he was doing,
519
01:08:34,152 --> 01:08:36,321
he couldn't give me a straight answer.
520
01:08:36,613 --> 01:08:39,533
Then I knew
he was up to something.
521
01:08:41,409 --> 01:08:44,079
You guessed, Lieutenant?
522
01:08:47,207 --> 01:08:48,583
Lt. Chang is an officer of the law.
523
01:08:48,708 --> 01:08:50,168
He's familiar with the likes
of Chiu Ming.
524
01:08:52,045 --> 01:08:56,091
Wasn't Lt. Chang himself an outlaw
525
01:08:56,216 --> 01:08:58,760
before he joined the constabulary?
526
01:08:59,761 --> 01:09:01,805
Let's not digress.
527
01:09:02,597 --> 01:09:05,600
Chiu Ming was stealing
528
01:09:05,892 --> 01:09:07,894
and Lt. Chang confronted him.
529
01:09:08,019 --> 01:09:09,938
In shame and anger,
530
01:09:10,063 --> 01:09:11,857
he threw Lt. Chang
from the Scripture Hall!
531
01:09:12,107 --> 01:09:14,276
Chiu Ming! Is it true?
532
01:09:15,485 --> 01:09:16,570
Yes.
533
01:09:20,448 --> 01:09:21,658
General Wang,
534
01:09:21,783 --> 01:09:25,787
I've heard that Lt. Chang
is a martial artist.
535
01:09:26,454 --> 01:09:27,622
Indeed he is!
536
01:09:28,707 --> 01:09:32,377
Then how is it that he was
thrown down the stairs?
537
01:09:33,003 --> 01:09:35,755
No, no, no! This is a sacred place!
538
01:09:35,881 --> 01:09:38,216
I would never violate
its sanctity by fighting.
539
01:09:44,264 --> 01:09:49,060
Lt. Chang would've
arrested him anywhere else.
540
01:09:52,480 --> 01:09:54,566
But the temple
541
01:09:55,192 --> 01:09:57,027
is under the Abbot's jurisdiction.
542
01:10:01,406 --> 01:10:05,952
Hui Tung, what do you think
should be done?
543
01:10:06,870 --> 01:10:07,996
According to the rules,
544
01:10:08,121 --> 01:10:11,666
he should be expelled for thievery.
545
01:10:12,751 --> 01:10:14,628
He assaulted an officer of the law
546
01:10:15,253 --> 01:10:18,715
and should be remanded
to General Wang.
547
01:10:23,887 --> 01:10:26,181
Hui Wen, what do you think?
548
01:10:31,228 --> 01:10:33,480
The Scripture Hall
has long been my responsibility.
549
01:10:34,314 --> 01:10:38,652
If Chiu Ming trespassed there,
550
01:10:38,777 --> 01:10:40,570
I am at fault.
551
01:10:41,071 --> 01:10:44,074
But I don't understand how it was
552
01:10:44,658 --> 01:10:47,118
that Lieutenant Chang
happened to be there.
553
01:10:50,372 --> 01:10:52,040
Leave that aside for now.
554
01:10:52,749 --> 01:10:55,252
And you, Hui Ssu?
555
01:10:55,377 --> 01:10:56,253
Punish him!
556
01:11:05,679 --> 01:11:08,390
May I ask why?
557
01:11:09,474 --> 01:11:12,560
Because that's the only way
to satisfy General Wang.
558
01:11:18,900 --> 01:11:21,528
Bind Chiu Ming to the Scripture Hall.
559
01:11:29,244 --> 01:11:32,789
General, I fear the Abbot
560
01:11:32,914 --> 01:11:34,916
is onto your scheme.
561
01:11:35,041 --> 01:11:37,711
He's a senile old man in his 90s,
he won't see through it.
562
01:11:38,169 --> 01:11:39,671
He's not senile in the least.
563
01:11:40,130 --> 01:11:42,799
And Wu Wai is suspicious too.
564
01:11:44,634 --> 01:11:46,720
It isn't looking good.
565
01:11:47,304 --> 01:11:50,265
Only you and Chiu Ming
know what happened.
566
01:11:51,141 --> 01:11:53,059
He's tied to the Scripture Hall.
567
01:11:55,854 --> 01:11:58,064
Wait a bit, then go and finish him off.
568
01:12:14,164 --> 01:12:15,040
Jump!
569
01:12:24,090 --> 01:12:27,260
Why are you freeing me?
570
01:12:27,469 --> 01:12:28,720
By order of Esquire Wen -
571
01:12:28,845 --> 01:12:30,263
he wants to befriend you.
572
01:12:30,388 --> 01:12:33,016
Isn't this in defiance
of the Abbot's orders?
573
01:12:35,101 --> 01:12:36,436
Not at all.
574
01:12:40,065 --> 01:12:40,774
It won't work.
575
01:12:42,359 --> 01:12:43,234
Why not?
576
01:12:47,072 --> 01:12:52,577
Killing Chiu Ming
would be of no avail.
577
01:12:55,705 --> 01:12:58,041
A murder while we were here
578
01:12:58,166 --> 01:13:01,753
would reflect badly on us.
579
01:13:04,464 --> 01:13:06,591
We came for the scroll,
580
01:13:06,716 --> 01:13:08,510
let's not complicate matters.
581
01:13:08,968 --> 01:13:09,803
You're right.
582
01:13:11,179 --> 01:13:12,222
Forget it.
583
01:13:14,182 --> 01:13:16,810
General, go to the Abbot immediately
584
01:13:16,935 --> 01:13:19,479
and ask him to release Chiu Ming.
585
01:13:21,356 --> 01:13:23,441
You'll make a good impression.
586
01:13:23,900 --> 01:13:25,902
I can't go back
on what I said earlier.
587
01:13:27,237 --> 01:13:28,363
You can!
588
01:13:30,990 --> 01:13:32,033
Your Reverence,
589
01:13:32,367 --> 01:13:34,702
yesterday my anger blinded me.
590
01:13:34,828 --> 01:13:37,163
I didn't think Chiu Ming
would be treated so harshly.
591
01:13:37,288 --> 01:13:39,666
Now I regret it. Can you pardon him?
592
01:13:40,458 --> 01:13:43,169
General, he deserves his punishment.
593
01:13:47,215 --> 01:13:48,758
He's been there for hours.
594
01:13:48,883 --> 01:13:50,301
Surely he's suffered enough.
595
01:13:50,677 --> 01:13:53,847
Can't he be released now?
596
01:14:01,729 --> 01:14:04,190
It's getting late.
Perhaps the General should rest.
597
01:14:05,692 --> 01:14:07,861
We'll discuss this another time.
598
01:14:08,778 --> 01:14:10,238
See the General out.
599
01:14:10,488 --> 01:14:11,573
Yes.
600
01:14:15,285 --> 01:14:16,327
Goodnight.
601
01:14:16,453 --> 01:14:17,370
General...
602
01:14:17,704 --> 01:14:18,413
Yes?
603
01:14:18,538 --> 01:14:21,708
Tomorrow the monks will be tested
604
01:14:21,833 --> 01:14:23,543
and a new abbot will be chosen.
605
01:14:23,668 --> 01:14:26,296
Please be there to advise us.
606
01:14:29,215 --> 01:14:30,467
Certainly.
607
01:15:37,367 --> 01:15:38,993
Gentleman, have you studied
608
01:15:39,118 --> 01:15:40,662
the three disciples' answers?
609
01:15:40,912 --> 01:15:42,372
Yes.
610
01:15:43,998 --> 01:15:44,958
All excellent.
611
01:15:46,709 --> 01:15:48,419
General, what do you think?
612
01:15:49,003 --> 01:15:51,548
Their answers are all very good.
613
01:15:52,799 --> 01:15:53,800
Approach!
614
01:16:00,807 --> 01:16:04,602
Of all the temple's monks, you three
615
01:16:04,727 --> 01:16:09,440
have the best knowledge of Buddhism.
616
01:16:09,566 --> 01:16:11,943
Each of you is worthy
of the abbot ship.
617
01:16:12,068 --> 01:16:15,029
Now His Reverence must make a decision.
618
01:16:18,074 --> 01:16:21,494
The three of you go to the pond
behind the temple
619
01:16:21,619 --> 01:16:23,913
and each fetch a bucket of clear water.
620
01:16:25,081 --> 01:16:26,082
Will do.
621
01:16:50,440 --> 01:16:52,692
Is the water in your buckets clear?
622
01:16:52,817 --> 01:16:53,568
Yes!
623
01:16:55,486 --> 01:16:58,114
Hui Tung, tell me
624
01:16:58,448 --> 01:17:00,700
how you got your clear water?
625
01:17:04,037 --> 01:17:06,122
Only by working with my brothers
626
01:17:06,247 --> 01:17:07,915
was I able to obtain clear water.
627
01:17:09,250 --> 01:17:11,127
Explain your answer.
628
01:17:11,836 --> 01:17:13,421
Only when the many streams
629
01:17:13,546 --> 01:17:14,922
have run to the sea
630
01:17:15,048 --> 01:17:17,634
does it reflect the full moon.
631
01:17:44,619 --> 01:17:46,704
Hui Wen?
632
01:17:47,330 --> 01:17:49,499
I filtered the water through fine gauze...
633
01:17:50,583 --> 01:17:53,378
for only by ridding oneself
of worldly ideas
634
01:17:53,503 --> 01:17:55,296
can one rediscover his true nature.
635
01:18:13,022 --> 01:18:14,232
Hui Ssu?
636
01:18:14,357 --> 01:18:15,525
Let nature take its course...
637
01:18:18,277 --> 01:18:19,737
clear heart, clear water.
638
01:20:00,963 --> 01:20:02,131
Hui Ssu!
639
01:20:04,926 --> 01:20:06,177
Come forward!
640
01:20:16,813 --> 01:20:17,730
Come, come.
641
01:21:03,359 --> 01:21:05,653
This is a large temple, with many monks.
642
01:21:06,070 --> 01:21:09,699
Therefore, to avoid internal disputes,
643
01:21:10,074 --> 01:21:13,077
an outsider shall become the new abbot.
644
01:21:13,202 --> 01:21:17,540
He shall assume the mantle of leadership.
645
01:21:21,586 --> 01:21:22,545
Chiu Ming!
646
01:21:27,633 --> 01:21:30,219
Chiu Ming! Come forth!
647
01:21:58,789 --> 01:21:59,832
Kneel.
648
01:22:23,689 --> 01:22:28,069
Henceforth, you shall
be called Hui Ming.
649
01:22:28,819 --> 01:22:31,238
You shall take my place
650
01:22:31,364 --> 01:22:33,449
in upholding temple traditions
651
01:22:34,158 --> 01:22:35,493
and propagating Buddhist doctrine.
652
01:22:35,618 --> 01:22:36,535
Rise!
653
01:23:06,565 --> 01:23:07,608
Now?
654
01:23:10,861 --> 01:23:14,824
Hui Ming has been chosen
as the new abbot.
655
01:23:15,241 --> 01:23:17,368
Respect him as you would the old abbot.
656
01:23:18,244 --> 01:23:19,286
Turn!
657
01:23:25,459 --> 01:23:26,585
Bow.
658
01:23:55,197 --> 01:23:57,450
Abbot Hui Ming is now in charge.
659
01:24:15,468 --> 01:24:20,347
These are the temple's accounts.
660
01:24:21,348 --> 01:24:23,976
Hui Wen will answer
any questions you have.
661
01:24:25,519 --> 01:24:29,940
This is Tripitaka's Mahayana Sutra.
662
01:24:34,403 --> 01:24:38,616
It has long been
a source of trouble here.
663
01:24:38,741 --> 01:24:40,743
Deal with it properly.
664
01:24:40,868 --> 01:24:42,203
Surely.
665
01:24:46,040 --> 01:24:49,210
Tomorrow the old Abbot will retire...
666
01:24:55,758 --> 01:24:57,134
to prepare for Nirvana.
667
01:24:57,259 --> 01:25:00,596
We will see him off to South Mountain
668
01:25:01,013 --> 01:25:03,057
by reciting the Amitabha Sutra.
669
01:25:03,808 --> 01:25:05,768
This is absurd!
A convict as abbot!
670
01:25:05,893 --> 01:25:07,311
It's completely inappropriate!
671
01:25:07,645 --> 01:25:10,147
He'll find it's not easy being abbot.
672
01:25:10,272 --> 01:25:12,108
He still has me to reckon with!
673
01:25:12,691 --> 01:25:15,069
Gentlemen, please excuse me.
674
01:25:15,361 --> 01:25:16,362
Very well.
675
01:25:27,414 --> 01:25:28,499
I pity him.
676
01:25:28,624 --> 01:25:29,375
Who?
677
01:25:29,500 --> 01:25:31,377
Hui Tung. All his efforts were in vain.
678
01:25:32,837 --> 01:25:35,005
A monk so power hungry
679
01:25:35,131 --> 01:25:36,757
isn't fit to be abbot.
680
01:25:43,222 --> 01:25:45,558
Should I have a talk with the old abbot?
681
01:25:46,058 --> 01:25:46,934
About what?
682
01:25:48,853 --> 01:25:51,188
To suggest he appoint Hui Tung instead.
683
01:25:51,397 --> 01:25:52,439
On what grounds?
684
01:25:52,898 --> 01:25:55,359
As district governor I won't allow
685
01:25:55,484 --> 01:25:59,155
a convict to serve as abbot.
686
01:25:59,446 --> 01:26:00,698
I simply won't allow it.
687
01:26:02,867 --> 01:26:03,450
Don't do it!
688
01:26:03,576 --> 01:26:06,495
We have to win Chiu Ming over now.
689
01:26:07,705 --> 01:26:10,291
How? He hates our guts.
690
01:26:13,794 --> 01:26:14,795
I'll see to it.
691
01:26:21,302 --> 01:26:23,137
Over here! Gather around.
692
01:26:23,262 --> 01:26:24,513
Hui Tung has something to say.
693
01:26:36,942 --> 01:26:38,027
Listen...
694
01:26:38,152 --> 01:26:38,736
Huh?
695
01:26:38,861 --> 01:26:39,987
Listen to Hui Tung.
696
01:26:40,362 --> 01:26:42,531
Speak of this to no one!
697
01:26:43,073 --> 01:26:45,492
Lead them to the new abbot.
698
01:26:46,452 --> 01:26:48,579
Tell him you're not getting enough to eat
699
01:26:48,704 --> 01:26:50,456
and you're weak from hunger.
700
01:26:50,581 --> 01:26:52,458
Raise a ruckus. I'll back you up.
701
01:26:52,583 --> 01:26:54,835
Come on! Let's give him hell!
702
01:26:55,377 --> 01:26:56,795
Good. I'll leave it to you.
703
01:26:56,921 --> 01:26:57,796
Count on us!
704
01:27:18,192 --> 01:27:19,860
Is there any other business today?
705
01:27:21,737 --> 01:27:23,656
We captured a smuggler this morning.
706
01:27:25,741 --> 01:27:26,575
Your Reverence.
707
01:27:31,038 --> 01:27:33,123
What is it, Lieutenant?
708
01:27:34,917 --> 01:27:38,629
What happened between us earlier
709
01:27:38,837 --> 01:27:40,798
was a misunderstanding.
710
01:27:42,216 --> 01:27:44,051
I'm sorry you suffered for it.
711
01:27:48,889 --> 01:27:51,642
I've already forgotten it
712
01:27:51,976 --> 01:27:53,769
and I hope you'll forget it too.
713
01:27:58,649 --> 01:28:01,694
There's something else
you should know.
714
01:28:02,653 --> 01:28:04,405
Please speak freely, sir.
715
01:28:04,863 --> 01:28:09,076
The food here is...
716
01:28:10,577 --> 01:28:11,620
What?
717
01:28:16,667 --> 01:28:19,128
The food here in the temple is awful.
718
01:28:19,420 --> 01:28:21,046
All the monks are complaining.
719
01:28:21,839 --> 01:28:24,842
I just overheard Hui Tung inciting them
720
01:28:24,967 --> 01:28:27,386
to confront you about it.
721
01:28:27,511 --> 01:28:29,179
I've come to let you know
722
01:28:29,305 --> 01:28:30,597
so you won't be taken by surprise.
723
01:28:31,515 --> 01:28:32,891
How can you let us starve?
724
01:28:34,476 --> 01:28:35,811
What does it matter?
725
01:28:35,936 --> 01:28:36,937
What if it goes too far?
726
01:28:37,062 --> 01:28:38,188
Don't worry!
Hui Tung will back us up!
727
01:28:38,314 --> 01:28:39,315
Yes!
728
01:28:39,440 --> 01:28:41,358
What if he doesn't?
729
01:28:41,650 --> 01:28:43,485
We'll leave the monk hood!
730
01:28:44,695 --> 01:28:46,488
Easy to say! How would we get by?
731
01:28:46,613 --> 01:28:48,282
A bowl of gruel isn't hard to come by.
732
01:28:48,407 --> 01:28:49,783
If you two want to back out,
733
01:28:49,908 --> 01:28:52,036
let's just forget it!
734
01:29:00,836 --> 01:29:04,173
Your Reverence! We'd like a word with you.
735
01:29:07,634 --> 01:29:08,761
Very well.
736
01:29:13,932 --> 01:29:15,225
Is it about the food?
737
01:29:15,351 --> 01:29:16,727
Yes!
738
01:29:19,772 --> 01:29:20,939
You still want to go through with it?
739
01:29:23,108 --> 01:29:26,362
Master, you know what we eat.
740
01:29:26,487 --> 01:29:28,405
- I do.
- Watery gruel,
741
01:29:28,530 --> 01:29:30,032
and little else!
742
01:29:30,157 --> 01:29:31,450
Monks are falling sick every day!
743
01:29:31,575 --> 01:29:33,202
They're weak and can't see well at night.
744
01:29:33,327 --> 01:29:34,578
Sick? We're starving!
745
01:29:34,703 --> 01:29:36,330
Ravaged by hunger!
746
01:29:37,164 --> 01:29:38,707
What's going on here?
747
01:29:41,210 --> 01:29:44,129
What's all the shouting about?
748
01:29:54,932 --> 01:29:56,058
Quiet?
749
01:29:58,685 --> 01:30:01,271
We'll find a way to improve the food,
750
01:30:02,439 --> 01:30:04,024
but there'll be other changes as well.
751
01:30:04,650 --> 01:30:06,610
From now on, monks will not spend
752
01:30:06,735 --> 01:30:08,445
the entire day in contemplation.
753
01:30:08,904 --> 01:30:10,531
They'll do farm work as well.
754
01:30:10,906 --> 01:30:11,907
Plant crops?
755
01:30:12,282 --> 01:30:14,410
Monks farming? Is he serious?
756
01:30:14,535 --> 01:30:15,619
Quiet!
757
01:30:16,578 --> 01:30:17,496
Your Reverence,
758
01:30:17,621 --> 01:30:20,374
I don't think it will work.
759
01:30:20,791 --> 01:30:21,542
Yes, it will.
760
01:30:26,213 --> 01:30:27,840
We don't know how to farm!
761
01:30:28,882 --> 01:30:30,092
Then learn.
762
01:30:30,592 --> 01:30:31,677
From whom?
763
01:30:34,138 --> 01:30:35,389
I'll teach you.
764
01:30:38,517 --> 01:30:39,643
Disperse now.
765
01:30:43,856 --> 01:30:45,441
We need more food!
766
01:30:45,858 --> 01:30:47,359
How can we farm on empty stomachs?
767
01:30:52,906 --> 01:30:54,158
- He's left.
- Let's go.
768
01:30:57,453 --> 01:31:00,831
Solving the food problem won't be easy.
769
01:31:01,415 --> 01:31:03,125
You've seen the temple accounts.
770
01:31:03,750 --> 01:31:07,546
What we take in barely covers expenses.
771
01:31:07,963 --> 01:31:11,049
We don't have the money for more food.
772
01:31:12,885 --> 01:31:14,094
Then go collect alms.
773
01:31:14,761 --> 01:31:17,306
I'm in charge of alms collection.
774
01:31:17,723 --> 01:31:20,559
Money's scarce this year!
775
01:31:22,144 --> 01:31:23,228
Then borrow!
776
01:31:24,021 --> 01:31:24,897
Your Reverence!
777
01:31:26,607 --> 01:31:28,859
We've nothing to put up for collateral
778
01:31:28,984 --> 01:31:30,277
unless we go to Esquire Wen.
779
01:31:30,402 --> 01:31:31,695
Then go to him now.
780
01:31:35,782 --> 01:31:37,868
Your Reverence, the food situation...
781
01:31:37,993 --> 01:31:39,077
It will be rectified tomorrow.
782
01:31:53,050 --> 01:31:54,259
These are the ones.
783
01:31:55,093 --> 01:31:56,637
They've been eating meat and drinking wine.
784
01:31:57,262 --> 01:31:58,931
He's their supplier.
785
01:31:59,139 --> 01:32:00,474
We caught them this morning.
786
01:32:01,517 --> 01:32:02,601
Where did they get the money?
787
01:32:02,726 --> 01:32:03,936
From Hui Wen.
788
01:32:04,520 --> 01:32:06,355
Brother, what are you saying?
789
01:32:06,480 --> 01:32:07,564
They confessed to it.
790
01:32:07,689 --> 01:32:10,734
I sent them to buy provisions.
791
01:32:10,859 --> 01:32:13,695
I didn't tell them to break their vows!
792
01:32:17,824 --> 01:32:20,077
How were such matters handled in the past?
793
01:32:20,244 --> 01:32:22,079
For monks, three months
of solitary confinement.
794
01:32:22,246 --> 01:32:24,248
For laypeople, a severe caning.
795
01:32:24,373 --> 01:32:25,457
I'll take care of it.
796
01:32:25,582 --> 01:32:27,417
Fine. But we'll initiate a new procedure.
797
01:32:27,793 --> 01:32:31,088
Monks will go to the rear courtyard
798
01:32:31,213 --> 01:32:32,422
and clear land to plant vegetables.
799
01:32:32,673 --> 01:32:34,883
Turn the smuggler over
to Lieutenant Chang
800
01:32:35,092 --> 01:32:36,426
to await trial.
801
01:32:37,636 --> 01:32:38,845
- Your Reverence...
- Do as I say.
802
01:32:38,971 --> 01:32:40,138
Go now!
803
01:32:45,686 --> 01:32:47,271
- Take care of it immediately!
- Yes, sir.
804
01:32:49,106 --> 01:32:50,399
How dare you defame me?
805
01:32:51,817 --> 01:32:52,776
Your Reverence.
806
01:32:54,444 --> 01:32:55,362
Esquire Wen.
807
01:32:56,113 --> 01:32:57,823
I was on my way to see you.
808
01:32:58,365 --> 01:33:00,993
And I was just on my way
to congratulate you
809
01:33:01,118 --> 01:33:02,077
but I saw you were very busy.
810
01:33:02,202 --> 01:33:04,079
No congratulations, please.
811
01:33:07,291 --> 01:33:08,375
Esquire...
812
01:33:09,543 --> 01:33:11,545
we want to improve the food here.
813
01:33:11,962 --> 01:33:13,380
Can you help us?
814
01:33:13,505 --> 01:33:14,965
I'd help if I could,
815
01:33:15,507 --> 01:33:18,427
but as Hui Wen knows,
816
01:33:18,552 --> 01:33:19,970
I'm having difficulties myself.
817
01:33:21,096 --> 01:33:22,139
Well...
818
01:33:22,347 --> 01:33:25,100
could you help us borrow?
819
01:33:27,686 --> 01:33:30,397
Lenders want collateral for loans.
820
01:33:33,817 --> 01:33:36,028
We could mortgage the temple property.
821
01:33:37,446 --> 01:33:40,616
The lenders wouldn't accept it.
822
01:33:41,366 --> 01:33:42,284
Why not?
823
01:33:42,868 --> 01:33:46,455
If you defaulted,
they couldn't sell the temple.
824
01:33:53,253 --> 01:33:54,504
Is there any other way?
825
01:33:56,715 --> 01:33:59,301
With the Tripitaka scroll as security,
826
01:33:59,676 --> 01:34:01,219
you could borrow a large sum.
827
01:34:05,724 --> 01:34:06,892
How much?
828
01:34:07,476 --> 01:34:10,479
Tens of thousands of taels of silver.
829
01:34:14,858 --> 01:34:17,903
Fine. First give
Hui Wen a draft for 10,000 taels.
830
01:34:18,278 --> 01:34:19,571
As for the scroll,
831
01:34:19,696 --> 01:34:22,866
let me think about it.
832
01:34:23,158 --> 01:34:26,244
Here are two drafts,
each worth 10,000 taels.
833
01:34:27,204 --> 01:34:28,789
One for the temple, one for you.
834
01:34:41,802 --> 01:34:43,387
And here's the key to Scripture Hall.
835
01:34:43,929 --> 01:34:46,014
If he changes his mind,
resort to your original plan.
836
01:34:48,725 --> 01:34:49,685
Madame!
837
01:35:01,780 --> 01:35:03,073
If they steal it,
838
01:35:03,323 --> 01:35:05,659
it won't cost me anything.
839
01:35:17,462 --> 01:35:18,255
Let's go.
840
01:35:23,385 --> 01:35:25,762
How can I explain a murder
in the temple?
841
01:35:25,929 --> 01:35:26,930
Leave it to me!
842
01:35:27,222 --> 01:35:29,182
But he's the abbot!
843
01:35:34,104 --> 01:35:35,147
You go first.
844
01:35:37,816 --> 01:35:39,234
Understand?
845
01:35:41,778 --> 01:35:44,281
On my own I'm no match for him.
846
01:35:44,406 --> 01:35:46,533
Don't worry. I've got your back.
847
01:35:49,661 --> 01:35:52,497
Go on! Go!
848
01:36:02,382 --> 01:36:03,258
Your Reverence!
849
01:36:09,347 --> 01:36:10,390
Madame.
850
01:36:10,682 --> 01:36:11,683
Your Reverence!
851
01:36:13,477 --> 01:36:15,771
Hui Tung and Chang Cheng
are plotting to kill you!
852
01:36:16,313 --> 01:36:17,397
Madame...
853
01:36:18,398 --> 01:36:19,399
Madame!
854
01:37:49,447 --> 01:37:53,118
Put some salve on it
and you'll be fine.
855
01:37:54,119 --> 01:37:56,454
Then go watch over
the Scripture Hall tonight.
856
01:37:58,832 --> 01:38:01,418
If there's any trouble there,
857
01:38:02,252 --> 01:38:04,004
I'll hold you responsible.
858
01:38:05,130 --> 01:38:06,006
Now go!
859
01:42:14,629 --> 01:42:16,047
Have you seen Chang Cheng?
860
01:42:17,173 --> 01:42:18,716
Go out the back.
Meet me at the riverside.
861
01:42:30,061 --> 01:42:31,271
See you there!
862
01:42:39,028 --> 01:42:39,863
Esquire Wen,
863
01:42:39,988 --> 01:42:42,866
I...
864
01:42:44,951 --> 01:42:47,328
Well, this has been an eventful visit.
865
01:42:47,620 --> 01:42:48,788
Indeed it has.
866
01:42:50,456 --> 01:42:52,542
Are you leaving today too, General?
867
01:42:52,876 --> 01:42:57,255
Yes. I've official duties to attend to.
868
01:42:57,714 --> 01:42:59,549
Then I won't delay you further.
869
01:42:59,674 --> 01:43:01,467
You're too polite!
870
01:43:02,927 --> 01:43:05,263
- Goodbye.
- Goodbye.
871
01:43:06,014 --> 01:43:07,849
- After you.
- Please.
872
01:43:39,214 --> 01:43:40,298
Chang Cheng!
873
01:43:47,138 --> 01:43:48,139
Chang Cheng!
874
01:44:06,532 --> 01:44:09,369
"White Fox has scroll. In pursuit.
875
01:44:09,869 --> 01:44:11,454
Await you at riverside."
876
01:44:12,497 --> 01:44:16,793
Damn it! Where by the riverside?
877
01:44:37,355 --> 01:44:38,106
Hurry!
878
01:45:48,843 --> 01:45:49,802
Run!
879
01:49:08,668 --> 01:49:09,293
Run!
880
01:49:09,418 --> 01:49:09,961
What about Gold Lock?
881
01:49:10,086 --> 01:49:11,003
Run!
882
01:49:31,857 --> 01:49:32,858
Chang Cheng.
883
01:49:33,693 --> 01:49:34,860
Isn't this Gold Lock?
884
01:49:41,033 --> 01:49:41,909
After them!
885
01:49:42,076 --> 01:49:43,035
Come on!
886
01:49:57,717 --> 01:49:58,467
Hurry!
887
01:50:22,908 --> 01:50:25,911
I say, sir, can you ferry us across?
888
01:50:33,377 --> 01:50:35,004
I'll pay you 10 taels of silver.
889
01:50:38,090 --> 01:50:39,592
20, then!
890
01:50:39,717 --> 01:50:40,885
All right?
891
01:50:47,266 --> 01:50:48,100
Let's go!
892
01:50:54,357 --> 01:50:55,066
Hurry!
893
01:51:43,364 --> 01:51:44,073
Wait!
894
01:51:44,949 --> 01:51:45,366
What?
895
01:51:45,491 --> 01:51:47,243
You haven't paid him.
896
01:51:48,953 --> 01:51:49,912
On second thought...
897
01:51:50,788 --> 01:51:52,707
What if he betrays us?
898
01:51:52,915 --> 01:51:54,083
Better yet...
899
01:51:54,917 --> 01:51:55,918
That won't do!
900
01:52:02,216 --> 01:52:04,510
Old fellow, I forgot to pay you.
901
01:52:10,266 --> 01:52:13,936
Old fellow, over here, over here!
902
01:52:47,470 --> 01:52:50,639
Please, sir... stop!
903
01:57:17,156 --> 01:57:18,198
Esquire Wen.
904
01:57:21,618 --> 01:57:22,619
Brother Hui Wen.
905
01:57:23,245 --> 01:57:24,288
Esquire Wen.
906
01:57:24,705 --> 01:57:27,374
I've told the Abbot all about our plot.
907
01:57:28,584 --> 01:57:31,378
You stole and murdered
on temple grounds.
908
01:57:31,795 --> 01:57:33,130
How will you account for that?
909
01:57:33,714 --> 01:57:35,090
Chang Cheng attacked me!
910
01:57:36,133 --> 01:57:37,885
But you've no proof of it!
911
01:57:38,177 --> 01:57:39,303
Chang Cheng was a known killer.
912
01:57:39,428 --> 01:57:41,764
The brute got what he deserved.
913
01:57:41,889 --> 01:57:43,974
That may indeed be so,
914
01:57:44,099 --> 01:57:45,934
but the law won't see it that way!
915
01:57:46,060 --> 01:57:49,480
Then... what can I do?
916
01:57:50,731 --> 01:57:54,526
Return with me and
beg for the Abbot's mercy.
917
01:57:54,651 --> 01:57:56,361
Perhaps he'll be lenient.
918
01:57:57,112 --> 01:57:58,989
So... all my efforts were in vain?
919
01:58:00,115 --> 01:58:01,575
I'm afraid so.
920
01:58:03,535 --> 01:58:04,661
Go to hell!
921
01:58:07,164 --> 01:58:08,082
Esquire Wen!
922
01:58:09,792 --> 01:58:11,794
Esquire! Not that way...!
923
01:58:28,811 --> 01:58:30,062
This tattered parchment
924
01:58:30,395 --> 01:58:33,148
has caused trouble for far too long.
925
01:58:37,486 --> 01:58:40,280
Now I'm returning it to Tripitaka.
926
01:59:23,031 --> 01:59:24,074
General Wang.
927
01:59:27,244 --> 01:59:30,914
The Mahayana Sutra's true value
is in its meaning.
928
01:59:31,165 --> 01:59:32,833
It should be available to all.
929
01:59:33,542 --> 01:59:35,711
I've made scores of copies.
930
01:59:36,253 --> 01:59:38,714
One of them for you, General.
931
02:00:01,820 --> 02:00:04,114
Call her over to take the tonsure.
932
02:00:09,786 --> 02:00:10,704
Come.
933
02:00:24,593 --> 02:00:25,802
Kneel!
934
02:00:46,031 --> 02:00:47,407
Chant the sutra.
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