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It says in the writings of the wise:
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You should not despise the serpent because he has no horns.
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Nobody knows whether she won't one day become a dragon,
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just as a single man can become an entire army.
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1000 years ago, during the Sung Dynasty,
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There was a cruel and corrupt government in China.
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These gunmen here are outcasts
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who have taken up the fight against tyranny.
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There is a price on the heads of these heroes.
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They live in voluntary exile and operate out of Liang Shan Po,
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an Iabyrinthian river delta far south of the capital.
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Legend has it that these rebels have souls
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were reborn by freedom fighters from ancient times.
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But now there was plague and famine,
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and death reaped a bountiful harvest throughout China.
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Only for vultures and crows was it a good time.
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They got fat and spread.
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So the emperor sent his favorite Kao Chiu to the holy mountain,
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because he hoped to be able to banish the misfortune in this way.
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Kao Chiu, a devious and power-obsessed courtier,
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enjoyed traveling like a senior Mandarin.
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The holy men and priests in the temples on the holy mountain
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prayed with Kao Chiu and made offerings.
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Seat of the demons? What does that mean?
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A vault sealed for eternity by a previous emperor.
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It's the prison for the souls of nine dozen
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rebellious knights.
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They were wrongly banished there, their rebellion was just.
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Do you think?
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I think that's pure superstition. Break the seals and open the gate!
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- They are holy seals! - Silence, priest!
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- I speak for the Son of Heaven. - Don't abuse his name!
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They are the seals of his ancestor, I will not tolerate you desecrating them!
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- His curse will strike you! - Nonsense!
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Now stop defying my command.
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The Son of Heaven does not tolerate superstition, loosens the seals
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- and break open the gate! - I'm warning you!
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"Kao Chiu will one day invade here and..."
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How could they know your name so many 100 years ago?
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- Now remove the capstone! - Yes, Your Excellency.
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Souls banished inside... Foolish priestly chatter!
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An empty cellar, nothing more.
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But they were there nonetheless, the souls of nine dozen rebel knights.
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And they burst forth.
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Finally freed, the comets and shooting stars swept across China
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fiery paths through the sky and traveled into new bodies.
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Nine dozen Gentiles were born again...
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During the Sung Dynasty it was the eastern capital of the empire
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famous for her beauty.
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But all the luxury and wealth she displayed
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luxury and wealth were less.
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Away from the markets
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people were starving on the streets,
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with the full knowledge of the harsh, irresponsible government,
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who didn't care whether entire families were exterminated.
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Even the essential salt had become rare and unaffordable.
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The salt trade was a state monopoly, and the disloyal officials,
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those under his command had increased the price tenfold.
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In order to keep their positions, they had to pay bribes to their superiors.
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And in order to make a profit themselves, they often mixed sand with the salt.
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This fraudster, now he has mixed more sand into the salt!
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- He deserves a reminder! - Bash his skull in!
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Quiet! Sedition and mutiny will be punished!
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- Go now or you will be arrested! - Better arrest that cheater!
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Make sure you get away, otherwise you'll get something!
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Get your salt! Do not be afraid!
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It's free today and it will never be this cheap again!
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And and!
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Or do you want a written invitation?
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Don't rush, you have plenty of time. There is enough for everyone!
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- Just don't step on your toes! - This is Wu Sung, the tiger hunter.
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- A folk hero! - He tortures the tigers with his bare hands!
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Get your salt, don't be afraid!
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As long as I protect you, nobody will harm you.
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And tell everyone across town!
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What does this crowd mean here? Clear the road!
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The tiger hunter instigated them to get the salt.
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You have to return the salt!
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Halt!
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You don't touch this man. I'll arrest him myself.
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- Lin Chung is fast as a leopard. - The tiger fights with the lion.
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I'll let you throw me right now, then you flee as fast as you can!
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How come?
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- Are you submitting your farewell request? - Yes.
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I have lost my face. A simple hunter defeated me.
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Don't lie, Lin Chung!
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Are you kidding me, do you think I don't have two eyes in my head?!
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Even if your opponent was the Tiger Hunter,
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you could never have been defeated so easily!
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You were just acting!
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Maybe you did the right thing.
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But don't try to fool me any longer.
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- You let him defeat you! - Yes.
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Be glad no one else saw through you
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otherwise you would be charged with treason.
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And for an officer of the Imperial Guard
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means short process. Namely: head off!
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- I risked that. - What?!
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You risked your neck for that woodsman and a few pounds of salt?!
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The man was right! That scam with the salt
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and the other frauds that our corrupt officials perpetrate,
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must end, Excellency.
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So, do you think?
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You are a soldier.
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We are both soldiers.
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We have to do what we're told. Everything else is none of our business.
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But even as soldiers we are allowed to have an opinion on things.
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Even if you were right:
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You are not a politician, just an instrument of politics.
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I know.
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If you act politically as a soldier, you get yourself into trouble.
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- I feel the same way too. - Why, my general?
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- Well my transfer is coming up. - Are you being transferred?
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I am relieved as General of the Imperial Guard,
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- Kao Chiu takes my place. -Kao Chiu?
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Then all power is in the hands of this libertine?
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He is our emperor's favorite. Are you still enemies?
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I don't want to comment on that.
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So he will want to harm you, you have to be very careful.
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The saying goes: Where the roof is low,
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a Welser can only walk with his head bowed.
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It is unimaginable, even the Son of Heaven is not safe
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- with so much power in his hands! -Lin Chung.
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- Aren't you going too far? - No!
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I fear the worst for the future of our people
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- and the entire Middle Kingdom. - Still, you would have to obey him.
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This puts you in an unbearable situation.
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That's why I'm temporarily suspending you, my friend.
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And.
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You go home now and wait to see how things develop,
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Lin Chung.
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For your own safety!
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By command, I am bound to you forever!
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Political and military power were now in the same hands.
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Gifts and bribes for Kao Chiu arrived from all over China,
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in return for future or already performed favors.
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The governor of Sin Kian sent the ivory tusk,
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I don't know what he wants, but we already have a few of them.
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And this closet,
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Richly dressed in ivory, the governor of Hu sends.
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My name is Hu San Niang.
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I am my father's gift for the kindnesses shown.
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The provinces of Hu and Shu swear allegiance to you.
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- A nice way to say thank you. - For being a provincial,
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- he has very original ideas. - Excellence.
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The officers of the Imperial Guard stand ready to greet you.
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We'll talk later.
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I hand you over
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By express order of our Emperor and Supreme Warlord,
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the command of his guard.
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By order of the emperor and supreme warlord
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I, Kao Chiu, will take command of the guards with immediate effect.
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Kao Chiu, it is said that even the lame
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can follow in the tiger's trail.
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That's what it says, yes.
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You now command 800,000 officers and men,
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You have extraordinary powers.
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All the kingdom's hopes of peace and justice, up
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the end of arbitrariness and corruption rests on your being loyal.
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Do your best to allay the fears of the people.
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You must not abuse the power,
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and you must win the love and trust of the people.
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Thank you for the kind reminder.
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- I keep them in my heart. - I hope so!
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Officer corps ready for muster by the commander.
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Are all of the Guard officers present or is one missing?
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- The officers are complete! - No, Lin Chung is missing!
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- He's not on duty at the moment. - Oh yeah, Lin Chung?
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- Why isn't he at the handover? - He was suspended from duty.
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- By order of the commander. - What?!
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I'll have him executed for disregard for my person!
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This suspension does not apply to me!
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I think he'll probably be outside the city walls by now...
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I mean the general.
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And.
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I had so much to talk to him about.
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How can the Son of Heaven have such a deserving man
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relocate to the province
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- and trust someone like Kao Chiu? - You can't talk like that.
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And.
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He is not a human, but a wild animal.
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I can't forgive him for what he wanted to do to me back then...
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And he, he will definitely never forget this humiliation.
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I'm so afraid he'll take revenge at some point!
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Don't worry, he's a resentful person,
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but he will be an excellent commander of the Imperial Guard.
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He won't let on what happened between us.
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Lin Chung should appear before the commander immediately!
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You have insulted your new employer by staying away.
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- I was on leave. - Don't contradict me!
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Stop the shouting.
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I hear you've been suspended.
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And for what reason?
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Lin Chung, highly decorated officer of the Imperial Guard,
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was intended to disperse a crowd.
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He gets into a scuffle with one of the ringleaders.
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It shouldn't have been difficult for him to defeat and arrest him.
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But instead he is overpowered and the man flees.
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You disgraced the Guard, I await an explanation for this disgrace.
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There is nothing I can offer in my apology.
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Lin Chung,
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the best swordsman in the entire imperial guard?
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There's no way a champion like you can be defeated by a tiger hunter!
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- And yet it happened. - Don't you think so?
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that this story sounds pretty unbelievable?
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I can't prove anything to you...
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But if what I suspect were true, it would be outrageous.
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A betrayal on a scale
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that the mere thought of it would be worthy of death.
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It's true I've been beaten, but I don't regret it.
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- I'm sorry, what? - The better one of us won, him
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- fought for freedom and justice. - So what!
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- With that he has pronounced his verdict! - And I'm proud of it,
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that he defeated me first.
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Await my direction. I will judge you.
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Now hear your verdict as Kao Chiu gave it.
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For your shameful failure, Lin Chung,
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you will be dishonorably discharged from the Imperial Guard!
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I am disgusted with you! I don't want you to touch me!
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- Then why are you here? - Because I was forced to do it!
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My own father and the shameful family gave me away,
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as if I were one thing, but hereby I renounce her!
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You are not the man I want.
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- I don't give myself to just anyone! - You don't even know me yet.
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This won't happen, you can save yourself any further effort.
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- I don't like you, deal with it. - But I like you. What do you say now?
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- That it leaves me cold! - That can be changed,
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I would already know about that! and ways.
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- I could force you to marry. - You will not,
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a nobleman does not commit violence against a woman!
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No man will ever be able to force me to do anything!
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Call your guards, I've known how to use the sword since I was little!
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Don't forget, I'm Hu San-Niang!
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guards! Hold her tight!
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She's just a little unruly, so catch her alive for me.
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Don't hurt her, I'll take care of it myself.
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Aren't you ashamed to draw swords against a girl?
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He's not a captain anymore, he was dishonorably discharged!
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- Forward, arrest this man! - Yes indeed!
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You should arrest him, you cowards!
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Like Chiu.
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Your judgment has been rendered and I have been expelled from the Guard.
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As a good soldier, I accept the verdict and leave, but I take the woman with me.
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Either you let us both go, or you must kill me, Your Excellency.
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She has rejected you, you cannot hold her against her will.
246
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We'll be safe soon, just this gate.
247
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Thank you, but your intervention was not necessary.
248
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I would have defeated them alone, I can handle anyone.
249
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Is that true? Then I can understand Kao Chiu.
250
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Does that mean you too would commit violence against a woman?!
251
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No, that just means I can understand if he likes you.
252
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So yes!
253
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Whatever you want, you're not that pretty.
254
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A dangerous man.
255
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Dangerous for me...
256
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And a danger to the entire empire.
257
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You should think about what to do with him in good time.
258
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We'll think of something.
259
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My beloved Lord...
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If only we could be together like this forever...
261
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That would be too long, the memory of my actions begins to fade.
262
00:22:23,544 --> 00:22:26,756
This situation can only be endured because you stick by me
263
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and you are near me.
264
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This is a very special sword.
265
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It comes from ancient times.
266
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And it gives magical powers to whoever uses it.
267
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Your Grace!
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- Don't ignore your fate! - What do you want from me?
269
00:22:44,854 --> 00:22:48,733
I don't want anything from you. But this sword calls to you!
270
00:22:49,567 --> 00:22:53,571
Don't you have eyes in your head? This sword demands you!
271
00:22:53,571 --> 00:22:56,950
I already own seven good swords, leave me alone!
272
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But certainly not one like this, hardened in blood and centuries old.
273
00:23:01,496 --> 00:23:04,541
I can feel it longing for you.
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pulls!
275
00:23:26,980 --> 00:23:30,941
Didn't I say it? The sword wants to be yours!
276
00:23:31,900 --> 00:23:35,529
Careless fool. I almost had to kill you.
277
00:23:35,529 --> 00:23:39,490
I have to check whether you are worthy of him. And you are.
278
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You two belong together! Pay me what it's worth.
279
00:23:44,996 --> 00:23:47,164
I can't afford it, I'm a soldier without a position.
280
00:23:47,164 --> 00:23:51,419
- This weapon is worth a fortune. - Is the sword really that good?
281
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Yes. Matchless.
282
00:23:54,171 --> 00:23:57,550
- Would 500 kuan be appropriate, yes? - What did you say?
283
00:24:04,640 --> 00:24:08,811
Well, Lin Chung, don't you ever get tired of staring at this sword?
284
00:24:08,811 --> 00:24:11,814
No, it's a wonderful weapon.
285
00:24:11,814 --> 00:24:15,484
- And I owe it to you. - You don't have to thank me for that.
286
00:24:15,484 --> 00:24:19,029
I'm already happy when I see how happy you are.
287
00:24:19,029 --> 00:24:22,908
I'm really very happy, but where does this wealth come from?
288
00:24:22,908 --> 00:24:25,577
Anyone who is married to a soldier
289
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should make sure he has some reserves.
290
00:24:29,456 --> 00:24:32,417
Excuse me, I forgot you aren't one anymore.
291
00:24:32,417 --> 00:24:34,001
It's nothing.
292
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It won't last forever and the day will come
293
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where they will need me.
294
00:24:44,886 --> 00:24:48,055
Sorry if I'm disturbing you. I bring you a message
295
00:24:48,055 --> 00:24:50,098
of Commander-in-Chief Kao Chiu.
296
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He heard that you bought an excellent sword.
297
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That you did this even though you are no longer on duty,
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he recognizes as exemplary behavior.
299
00:24:59,316 --> 00:25:03,612
I don't want to give you false hopes,
300
00:25:03,612 --> 00:25:07,199
but Kao Chiu wants to see this miracle sword for himself.
301
00:25:07,199 --> 00:25:12,370
Your Excellency is looking for an excuse to reinstate you,
302
00:25:12,370 --> 00:25:16,666
you should give him a gift. Accompany me to the palace.
303
00:25:31,847 --> 00:25:34,224
I myself am not allowed to enter this area of the palace,
304
00:25:34,224 --> 00:25:37,393
but you are expected on the other side of the courtyard.
305
00:26:08,298 --> 00:26:10,675
Arrest him, he's a murderer!
306
00:26:12,135 --> 00:26:16,931
I know what he's up to! He was an officer in the Guards and was fired!
307
00:26:16,931 --> 00:26:18,891
Whoever carries weapons within these walls
308
00:26:18,891 --> 00:26:21,019
desecrate the hallowed inner precincts of the palace!
309
00:26:21,019 --> 00:26:23,396
- No, Kao Chiu... - Shut up!
310
00:26:24,856 --> 00:26:27,692
You know the laws of the palace as well as I do.
311
00:26:27,692 --> 00:26:29,318
To carry weapons here,
312
00:26:29,318 --> 00:26:32,321
To do so without service is treason and is punishable by death.
313
00:26:32,321 --> 00:26:34,657
Listen! Your master has sent for me!
314
00:26:34,657 --> 00:26:36,784
Why would he do something like that?
315
00:26:36,784 --> 00:26:39,620
What could he possibly want from such a dishonorable nobody?
316
00:26:39,620 --> 00:26:43,708
- It's a trap, he wanted to see me! - You are a liar! Arrest him!
317
00:26:48,963 --> 00:26:52,550
No, believe me! He wanted to see that sword!
318
00:27:06,022 --> 00:27:08,649
What are you waiting for? Arrest him!
319
00:27:09,859 --> 00:27:12,862
You drew your sword! You killed!
320
00:27:12,862 --> 00:27:17,909
You have defiled the holy precincts with blood and committed treason!
321
00:27:17,909 --> 00:27:20,620
No one will believe that this wasn't intentional.
322
00:27:20,620 --> 00:27:22,997
You will be executed without trial.
323
00:27:22,997 --> 00:27:25,333
Take him to the place of execution and behead him!
324
00:27:34,050 --> 00:27:36,594
Maybe any last words?
325
00:27:37,470 --> 00:27:39,305
Please tell your Lord:
326
00:27:39,305 --> 00:27:42,350
An entire people can rise up because one person is being wronged.
327
00:27:42,350 --> 00:27:45,561
If you do injustice to an entire people, it changes the world!
328
00:27:45,561 --> 00:27:47,229
Anything else?
329
00:27:47,229 --> 00:27:49,523
Tell my wife...
330
00:27:49,523 --> 00:27:52,943
- Yes, what? - No.
331
00:27:52,943 --> 00:27:55,237
Not through your mouth.
332
00:28:10,502 --> 00:28:14,172
A blessing for China that we exterminate people like you.
333
00:28:14,172 --> 00:28:16,341
Do your job, executioner.
334
00:28:18,718 --> 00:28:21,555
Stop immediately! Stop!
335
00:28:22,222 --> 00:28:25,517
- Who are you? - My name is Sung Chiang.
336
00:28:25,517 --> 00:28:28,353
- This execution is illegal! - Oh, the honest judge!
337
00:28:28,353 --> 00:28:30,814
I've heard that you like to get involved.
338
00:28:30,814 --> 00:28:33,150
It's none of your business, don't talk to me!
339
00:28:33,150 --> 00:28:35,694
- A soldier has been killed! - From that man there!
340
00:28:35,694 --> 00:28:38,279
So the soldier died by Lin Chung's sword,
341
00:28:38,279 --> 00:28:40,614
- that's why!! he lose his head? - That's the way it is!
342
00:28:40,614 --> 00:28:42,867
Under what law? According to military law?
343
00:28:42,867 --> 00:28:45,327
The accused is no longer a soldier.
344
00:28:45,327 --> 00:28:47,746
It no longer falls under military law, but under civil law!
345
00:28:47,746 --> 00:28:50,915
- Military law, because the dead man was a soldier! - Incorrect!
346
00:28:50,915 --> 00:28:55,211
Only the Emperor himself can hand him over to the military tribunal!
347
00:28:55,211 --> 00:28:56,963
Civil law applies here.
348
00:28:56,963 --> 00:29:00,550
Arrange for the accused to be placed in my custody.
349
00:29:01,842 --> 00:29:03,927
I will initiate due process against him,
350
00:29:03,927 --> 00:29:06,763
and until then he will remain in my custody!
351
00:29:09,808 --> 00:29:12,519
I told you the absolute truth, Your Honor!
352
00:29:12,519 --> 00:29:14,688
An emissary from Kao Chiu has come!
353
00:29:14,688 --> 00:29:17,566
First of all, you must beware of naming names.
354
00:29:17,566 --> 00:29:20,569
Nothing can prove what you say.
355
00:29:20,569 --> 00:29:21,445
And.
356
00:29:22,070 --> 00:29:25,073
Certainly there are some indications that from an unknown source
357
00:29:25,073 --> 00:29:27,993
a plot has been hatched against your husband.
358
00:29:27,993 --> 00:29:30,412
But this does not undo the fact that he joined the emperor
359
00:29:30,412 --> 00:29:32,372
approached armed.
360
00:29:32,372 --> 00:29:35,042
A soldier died by his sword.
361
00:29:37,920 --> 00:29:40,088
Please don't lose your composure.
362
00:29:40,088 --> 00:29:42,716
He will get a fair trial.
363
00:29:42,716 --> 00:29:45,802
Until then, I'll do what I can for him.
364
00:29:45,802 --> 00:29:48,138
Our court system can still be trusted.
365
00:29:48,138 --> 00:29:51,350
There are still people in our country who are not corrupt.
366
00:29:54,853 --> 00:29:56,021
Lin Chung.
367
00:29:56,021 --> 00:29:58,899
It must now be proven that you are guilty.
368
00:29:58,899 --> 00:30:01,777
Nevertheless, too much in this case remains obscure.
369
00:30:01,777 --> 00:30:05,239
In view of this, I can reduce the sentence by one degree.
370
00:30:05,239 --> 00:30:08,075
You don't get the maximum sentence, you get in
371
00:30:08,075 --> 00:30:11,452
- exiled from the Sangshu penal camp. - Your Honor, I accept the verdict.
372
00:30:11,452 --> 00:30:13,746
Then put the cuffs on him now.
373
00:30:20,586 --> 00:30:23,506
An entire people can rise up because one person is being wronged.
374
00:30:23,506 --> 00:30:27,259
If you do injustice to an entire people, it changes the world.
375
00:30:27,259 --> 00:30:29,761
The road to Sangshu will be bad for you.
376
00:30:29,761 --> 00:30:33,848
The prison camp itself is even worse. But a more lenient sentence is impossible.
377
00:30:33,848 --> 00:30:37,601
You are famous throughout the land for your incorruptible justice.
378
00:30:37,601 --> 00:30:39,853
Justice where the truth could not be proven.
379
00:30:39,853 --> 00:30:43,190
These hands have killed a man and it's only fair
380
00:30:43,190 --> 00:30:47,361
if I have to pay for it now. I am and remain a soldier,
381
00:30:47,361 --> 00:30:49,738
and swore to respect the laws.
382
00:30:49,738 --> 00:30:52,449
So I accept the inevitable.
383
00:30:52,449 --> 00:30:56,161
Because without law there is no justice and no hope for the people.
384
00:30:56,161 --> 00:30:59,790
I admire your honesty; that takes a lot of courage these days.
385
00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:03,961
For me, honesty and respect for the law are also important
386
00:31:03,961 --> 00:31:07,714
- the cornerstones of our state. - We experience the opposite every day.
387
00:31:07,714 --> 00:31:10,008
I despise and fear corruption,
388
00:31:10,008 --> 00:31:13,011
with which Kao Chiu poisons the entire empire and all of us.
389
00:31:13,011 --> 00:31:14,387
Listen.
390
00:31:14,387 --> 00:31:17,974
Wherever a tyrant holds power in this way, there are men
391
00:31:17,974 --> 00:31:22,061
- who fight for the truth. - After I met you,
392
00:31:22,061 --> 00:31:25,315
I have a little hope again that the truth will prevail.
393
00:31:25,315 --> 00:31:27,107
I wished,
394
00:31:27,107 --> 00:31:30,110
we would have met under more favorable circumstances.
395
00:31:35,824 --> 00:31:37,492
Lin Chung, get up!
396
00:31:42,956 --> 00:31:43,915
lead away!
397
00:31:55,302 --> 00:31:59,306
- Now they're taking him to the prison camp. - Who is this?
398
00:32:03,477 --> 00:32:05,520
That's my savior.
399
00:32:05,520 --> 00:32:07,356
Shamefully tied up!
400
00:32:07,356 --> 00:32:10,859
Wu Sung, now you have to help him!
401
00:32:20,702 --> 00:32:23,580
The man with the magic sword is part of the plot.
402
00:32:23,580 --> 00:32:26,541
Now I know they won't rest until I'm dead.
403
00:32:31,922 --> 00:32:34,507
- Where are they taking you? - Hey!
404
00:32:34,507 --> 00:32:37,092
What do you want? go away
405
00:32:40,677 --> 00:32:44,264
Please! Please have a heart and let me talk to my husband!
406
00:32:44,264 --> 00:32:46,350
Ah, go away!
407
00:32:48,185 --> 00:32:50,604
Come on, world!
408
00:32:50,604 --> 00:32:52,398
do it!
409
00:32:57,027 --> 00:32:58,821
Here, take this!
410
00:33:01,115 --> 00:33:03,575
- Beloved! - Hey, you, don't take so long.
411
00:33:03,575 --> 00:33:07,371
- We have no time to lose. - Beloved, please forgive me!
412
00:33:07,371 --> 00:33:10,374
If only I hadn't bought the sword! where are they taking you
413
00:33:10,374 --> 00:33:12,459
Leave me alone.
414
00:33:13,794 --> 00:33:17,005
go now please I hereby dissolve our marriage.
415
00:33:20,217 --> 00:33:23,762
The penal camp is far away, nobody returns from there.
416
00:33:23,762 --> 00:33:26,890
You will start a new life, Hsiao Lan.
417
00:33:26,890 --> 00:33:31,103
You can do whatever you want, you are free. This is a goodbye forever.
418
00:33:31,103 --> 00:33:34,440
No, that shouldn't be the case! I will wait for you all my life.
419
00:33:34,440 --> 00:33:37,276
Whatever they do to us, I will remain your wife!
420
00:33:37,276 --> 00:33:40,653
You have to think about the future. Divorce me.
421
00:33:42,280 --> 00:33:43,239
beloved!
422
00:34:04,760 --> 00:34:07,638
But now I've had enough. Forward!
423
00:34:59,315 --> 00:35:01,776
The population is demanding Lin Chung's release.
424
00:35:01,776 --> 00:35:05,571
More petitions are submitted every day, hundreds of them.
425
00:35:06,447 --> 00:35:10,743
From all classes and the entire empire. What should I do, Your Excellency?
426
00:35:10,743 --> 00:35:12,995
Let them burn.
427
00:35:12,995 --> 00:35:16,040
Of course, the actual problem has not yet been solved.
428
00:35:16,874 --> 00:35:18,709
I'm afraid,
429
00:35:18,709 --> 00:35:21,754
As a martyr, Lin Chung becomes even more dangerous to us.
430
00:35:22,421 --> 00:35:25,424
This is the root of future evil and we cannot tolerate it.
431
00:35:25,424 --> 00:35:27,635
I have understood.
432
00:35:27,635 --> 00:35:30,513
And how about you? Did you understand me too?
433
00:35:30,513 --> 00:35:31,514
And.
434
00:35:31,514 --> 00:35:34,600
I have already taken certain measures.
435
00:35:40,398 --> 00:35:43,693
So, Lin Chung, how are your feet, do they still hurt?
436
00:35:43,693 --> 00:35:46,445
Here, this will do you good. Would you like a little foot bath?
437
00:35:46,445 --> 00:35:48,864
Had a lot to endure...
438
00:35:49,907 --> 00:35:50,866
Wait!
439
00:35:57,205 --> 00:35:59,165
Hold on tight!
440
00:36:06,172 --> 00:36:08,466
- Go ahead! - Stop it now!
441
00:36:08,466 --> 00:36:10,635
What do you want here?
442
00:36:33,491 --> 00:36:36,828
Everything OK? It's me, Wu Sung.
443
00:36:36,828 --> 00:36:40,624
You are free. I owed you that because you let me go.
444
00:36:40,624 --> 00:36:42,833
I owe you a great debt of gratitude, my brother.
445
00:36:42,833 --> 00:36:46,002
So now let's get out of here!
446
00:36:46,002 --> 00:36:50,340
- What are you up to, my friend? - I'll take you to the woods.
447
00:36:50,340 --> 00:36:53,801
China is a big country, I know areas where hardly anyone comes,
448
00:36:53,801 --> 00:36:57,055
- where we can live freely. - I am very grateful to you, tiger hunter,
449
00:36:57,055 --> 00:36:59,807
- but I can't go with you. - What?
450
00:36:59,807 --> 00:37:02,768
- Yes. - But why?
451
00:37:03,393 --> 00:37:06,938
Because I am legally convicted and have accepted the sentence.
452
00:37:06,938 --> 00:37:11,151
That was a misjudgment! You have been lured into a trap.
453
00:37:11,151 --> 00:37:14,780
- I vowed to go to Sangshu. - Who did you swear this to?
454
00:37:15,447 --> 00:37:18,325
- To me, and I keep the oath. - What?
455
00:37:19,409 --> 00:37:22,120
My honor dictates that I accept the punishment.
456
00:37:22,120 --> 00:37:24,748
Ah, what is honor anyway?
457
00:37:24,748 --> 00:37:29,753
- Is that why you're getting yourself killed? - I'll survive, I can't die.
458
00:37:29,753 --> 00:37:32,214
After that they will not ask you in sangshu!
459
00:37:32,214 --> 00:37:36,218
- Nobody left the camp alive! - I'll survive!
460
00:37:36,218 --> 00:37:39,595
Fate has determined my punishment.
461
00:37:39,595 --> 00:37:42,223
Such a stubborn, really!
462
00:37:42,223 --> 00:37:45,685
But I have to say, I like you even more for that!
463
00:37:48,854 --> 00:37:51,107
That might suit you, huh?
464
00:37:51,107 --> 00:37:55,444
You eat your bellies and you make him fast!
465
00:37:55,444 --> 00:37:58,781
And then at home you turn his ration into money!
466
00:37:58,781 --> 00:38:02,534
He is worth ten times, a thousand times as much as you two cowards!
467
00:38:02,534 --> 00:38:04,661
And now listen,
468
00:38:04,661 --> 00:38:07,997
I'll keep a close eye on you all the way to the Sangshu camp!
469
00:38:07,997 --> 00:38:10,958
- So just treat him decently! - Yes, sure.
470
00:38:42,406 --> 00:38:44,658
Please, water... water!
471
00:38:47,369 --> 00:38:49,538
Have you heard?
472
00:38:54,293 --> 00:38:55,252
Here.
473
00:39:03,719 --> 00:39:04,678
Forward!
474
00:39:17,900 --> 00:39:19,484
More quickly!
475
00:39:22,779 --> 00:39:23,863
Forward!
476
00:40:13,996 --> 00:40:16,290
Come on, take the cuffs off him.
477
00:40:25,716 --> 00:40:28,719
Do you recognize it? This is the sword.
478
00:40:29,428 --> 00:40:32,807
It thirsts for you and will bring you death!
479
00:40:32,807 --> 00:40:36,477
- Why do you want me dead? - Because I get paid for it.
480
00:40:36,477 --> 00:40:37,436
Therefore.
481
00:40:39,146 --> 00:40:40,273
Here.
482
00:40:40,273 --> 00:40:43,693
- Take this sword. - Did Kao Chiu pay you for this?
483
00:40:43,693 --> 00:40:48,406
It doesn't matter to me, I get an order and carry it out.
484
00:40:49,323 --> 00:40:52,785
I always kill at the first strike, and I am infallible.
485
00:40:54,537 --> 00:40:56,956
So, get ready to die.
486
00:40:57,999 --> 00:40:58,958
Pull!
487
00:41:08,134 --> 00:41:10,927
Now even the honest judge can no longer help you.
488
00:41:10,927 --> 00:41:13,054
I will be your executioner!
489
00:41:16,308 --> 00:41:18,310
Okay, Lin Chung.
490
00:41:18,310 --> 00:41:20,812
You know how to wield a sword!
491
00:42:55,281 --> 00:42:59,077
Don't thank me. It is thanks to you that I am standing here now.
492
00:42:59,577 --> 00:43:00,996
Also.
493
00:43:00,996 --> 00:43:04,165
You now take a horse and ride to freedom!
494
00:43:11,715 --> 00:43:14,217
Put the cuffs back on me.
495
00:43:16,511 --> 00:43:18,972
What are you doing, have you lost your mind?!
496
00:43:18,972 --> 00:43:22,767
No, my mind is the same, I'm going to Sangshu for captivity.
497
00:43:22,767 --> 00:43:24,561
I understand.
498
00:43:24,561 --> 00:43:29,024
Because of your wife. Because otherwise she and her family would be killed as hostages.
499
00:43:30,734 --> 00:43:35,030
Am I right? Because of Hsiao Lan, I could have guessed that!
500
00:43:35,030 --> 00:43:38,491
I gave her back her freedom.
501
00:43:40,744 --> 00:43:43,997
You divorced Hsiao Lan?
502
00:43:43,997 --> 00:43:46,916
Put him in chains again if he wishes!
503
00:43:51,171 --> 00:43:54,883
Then go into captivity! I don't care, we're even!
504
00:43:54,883 --> 00:43:57,427
Just die from me! Forward!
505
00:44:11,066 --> 00:44:12,317
But...
506
00:44:12,317 --> 00:44:15,570
I don't want you to die! Be strong!
507
00:44:15,570 --> 00:44:17,906
I don't want you to die!
508
00:44:23,453 --> 00:44:24,953
Forward, run!
509
00:44:36,548 --> 00:44:39,551
Diverse are the adventures that fate
510
00:44:39,551 --> 00:44:41,928
still has ready for Lin Chung,
511
00:44:41,928 --> 00:44:46,766
on his journey into exile and captivity.
512
00:44:46,766 --> 00:44:49,977
And like the silkworm must spin thousands of threads,
513
00:44:49,977 --> 00:44:56,067
until a silk cocoon is formed, the sky takes 1000 detours,
514
00:44:56,067 --> 00:45:00,279
until he's the nine dozen born-again heroes
515
00:45:00,279 --> 00:45:04,450
united in the river delta of Liang Shan Po.42375
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