Seven Swords
Episode 5 Seven Swords
General Fire-wind!
What can I do for you, General Nalan?
His Highness has a message for you.
You have to capture Little King Lu alive.
Don't be distracted by anything else that happens in Boye!
General Nalan, you are helping all the way.
But you are still worrying about capturing Little King Lu the whole time.
It seems you lack...
confidence...
in my abilities.
I have every confidence in your abilities,
That is not at question.
However, the enemy is very powerful.
Please don't underestimate them.
Underestimate?
It's only Boye!
I really want to have a look.
Such a small place.
What kind of talented people could possibly be there?
Fire-wind is still an impetuous person.
General Nalan.
Let me follow him.
All right. I'll guard the entrance.
You follow Fire-wind!
Remind him that...
he has only one purpose.
And that is to capture Little King Lu.
Dad.
Aren't you asleep yet?
How can you be so inattentive?
You slept while guarding the stove.
And you aren't carrying any weapons.
You would never know if the soldiers had arrived.
Be more careful from now on!
Dad.
I know.
You are still mad at me.
That's because when you insisted...
that Senior Fu should leave,
I didn't listen to you. Right?
In fact, I wasn't ignoring you.
I was just that...
Senior Fu really did save our lives.
He saved the Martial Village.
And he told us where we should hide.
But you just wouldn't believe him.
You insisted on going south.
But there were soldiers everywhere.
Finally, we came back to Boye.
Now,
we have been able to rest.
Dad. Why can't you believe him now?
Yufang. You're still a child.
You don't know how dangerous the outside world is.
You're right. Fu Qingzhu helped us.
He is our saviour.
But he has killed many people in the past,
don't you know that?
Dad. I understand what you're saying.
However,
I don't care what he did in the past.
I still believe that he is a good man.
Don't talk anymore!
Just concentrate on waiting for Zhibang to come back!
Marry him and be a good wife!
Don't think too much!
Teacher.
What did you learn from Zhibang?
We have made some funny buns.
I have brought them for you to eat.
Teacher. Have this!
I don't want to eat.
We have made it look like Zhibang.
Don't you like Zhibang Teacher?
You told us that you've liked eating buns since you were very little.
I would like eating other things too.
But I never had the chance.
You never tasted anything else,
that's why you liked buns.
If you had tasted other things,
then you wouldn't like buns, right?
Hey, shouldn't you be in bed by now? Go on!
The ancestral shrine is on fire.
Uncle. The ancestral shrine is on fire.
That's the signal that someone is attacking.
Watch out!
Be careful! The soldiers are coming.
Sandao. - Yes.
Take 30 of men to guard the front gate!
All right.
Qiu. - Follow me!
Yes.
Take Yufang and the kids out the back!
The rest of you follow me. Let's go!
Uncle Qiu.
A flying man is killing people.
Quick! Let's get out at the back!
Quick. Quick.
Li Yong. How are you?
Quick! Follow me! Get up!
Zhibang. Yuanyin. Now is your time.
Go and protect the people of Martial Village!
Xin Longzi, Mulang and I...
will go to the periphery to fight the soldiers.
Zhaonan. Yunchong.
You have to save the children.
Fu Qingzhu.
Yunchong. Go and save the children first!
I'll go over there.
You have killed so many people, isn't that enough?
How dare you fight against the government with just these few men?
Fu Qingzhu. You have overestimated yourself.
I just want to save lives.
I will try my best.
General!
Get up! Go quickly!
I'll leave this to you.
Take the children to safety.
How come they are linked together?
They're separated again.
Xin Longzi!
Xin Longzi, follow me!
Zhibang and Yuanyin.
Zhibang! Yuanyin! - Go!
Attack!
I'll leave the children to you.
I'm going to find that person.
Run quickly!
Teacher! Teacher! - Yufang!
Where are you going, General?
It's more important to capture Little King Lu.
Miss, you're safe.
Master!
Go!
All right.
Come on!
Don't worry.
My brother will bring the children here.
Just wait here! Don't go anywhere!
Swordsman.
Wait there! Don't move!
Go back and practice more!
Teacher.
You are all here?
Everyone. No one is left behind.
The children are very brave.
And very obedient.
The big brother saved us.
Thank him then!
Don't mention it.
May I ask...
My name is Yang Yunchong.
I came from Mount Heaven.
Senior Fu brought you here?
Yes.
Thank you, Swordsman Yang.
Miss. Please get up.
Let's not delay anymore.
We should meet them at Shili Po.
All right.
Let's go, children!
Master. Look!
Dad.
Master.
Sandao.
Master. - Sandao.
Are you seriously injured?
I'm all right.
I, Sandao will not die so easily.
Yufang.
Zhibang.
Yufang.
Yuanyin.
Dad.
Great!
You are...
Swordsman Fu.
Big brother.
Master. Master. Are you all right?
All right. Everybody's fine.
Master Liu.
These are the swordsmen that...
I brought back from Mount Heaven.
My name is Chu Zhaonan.
My name is Yang Yunchong.
Oh.. My name is Mulang.
This is Third Brother, Xin Longzi.
Swordsmen.
Please accept my gratitude!
Get up, please.
Master Liu.
Don't thank me!
You should thank Master Shadow-glow.
He has lived on Mount Heaven...
with his disciples for years.
It was a blessing that he agreed
to allow his disciples to come down and help us.
And he has given us his self-made swords.
The seven swords from Mount Heaven.
Zhibang. Yuanyin. Come here!
You are now two of the seven swords from Mount Heaven.
Master. - Master.
Get up quickly!
Swordsman Fu.
They have a chance to become swordsmen...
thanks to Senior Fu.
And you have saved he lives of our people,
because you are willing to let bygones be bygones.
Before, I was rude to you in Martial Village.
Please accept my apology!
Thank you, Swordsman Fu.
Master Liu. You shouldn't stay in Boye any longer.
On our way here,
we heard that the Longqi battalion is headed here too.
We have to evacuate immediately.
But there are soldiers on all sides.
Even the way to the south is blocked.
Where can we go?
There's a forest 50 miles from here.
The terrain is dangerously steep. It's better for defence.
We should take cover there for now.
That's right. After the two battles,
we have a lot of injuries.
We shouldn't move around too much.
All right.
Please show us the way, Swordsman Fu.
You are flattering me.
Everyone gather your things! We have to leave immediately.
Your Highness.
I have failed in capturing Little King Lu.
The rebels managed to escape.
That's only because someone disobeyed his orders.
I concentrated on attacking the swordsmen from Mount Heaven.
I tried to defeat them.
That's better than someone who kept retreating. That shows I'm stronger!
What are you talking about?
Words are meaningless.
Let's settle it by combat!
This is my command.
You cannot dictate to me.
Fight!
Whoever loses, will lose his head and the villagers will get it as a present.
Let's see who will die proudly.
The emperor wants to use a policy of benevolence.
He wants me to settle things as soon as possible.
I have promised that, within three months,
I'll eradicate them.
But what now?
We have lost our advantage.
You have a lot of troops.
You can employ them all to defeat the Martial Village.
All the other officials in the palace...
are waiting for me to make a mistake.
They are waiting for a chance to complain about me.
If I'm careless,
I could even lose my military power.
Your Highness.
The seven swordsmen are powerful only because they have...
the seven swords in their hands.
We can make some swords of our own.
Do you think that we could just find some blacksmiths and make some good swords?
Master!
Master. I have made some inquiries.
Duo Geduo's troops have arrived.
They are going to meet with General Nalan.
Master Liu. You can take the others forward.
Yunchong and I will stay behind.
We'll cover our tracks. So that they cannot trace where we are.
Then it won't be easy for them to find us.
All right. Thank you, Swordsman Fu.
Don't mention it.
Swordsman Fu. Is that the cave you mentioned?
Yes. That's the cave ahead.
It is a good place to hide.
People cannot see the entrance.
The soldiers will never find us there.
It's a great place to hide.
But there are cliffs on all four sides.
If the soldiers did come,
would there be anywhere to go?
No.
So, if the soldiers came,
then we would die here.
Is that true?
Master Liu. The soldiers have retreated for now,
but Duo Geduo will search for us with a lot of troops.
For now, this is the only place left for us to hide.
Master. As for an escape route...
there must be a way.
The seven swords are willing to die with the Martial Village.
Master. Please go inside.
Master.
All right. Let's go inside!
Let's go.
Brothers. It was hard on the way.
Let's settle down here for now.
We'll see what the soldiers do next.
There is only a small entrance to this cave.
If the soldiers found out about it, we would have no place else to go.
So, no one is allowed to leave the cave without permission.
Strict punishment applies if anybody breaks the rule.
All right.
Have you brought all the books? The lessons starts tomorrow.
I have them all. Don't worry.
This way.
Master.
Without a way out, this cave is too dangerous.
We should plan our next move now.
Miss, you're safe.
Yufang.
Zhibang.
This is Fourth Brother, Mulang.
This is Yufang.
Swordsman Mu.
Call me Mulang, please.
Among our brothers,
Mulang has the clearest mind.
And he is also a very cheerful man.
Miss Yufang. I want to ask a favour of you.
Please, take a seat. - Sit down.
I heard that you teach the children how to read and write.
I'd like to sit in on your lessons.
Frankly, Mulang.
I only know a few words myself.
How can I teach you?
I have never learned to read any words in my life.
My master gave me this book, because he wanted me to learn to read.
He wants me to know more about the world.
This will be very difficult to accomplish.
Swordsman Mu. If you don't mind,
I'm willing to help you.
Thank you so much, Yufang.
It's all right. Don't mention it.
Come here! I'll teach you how to write your name.
All right. - I'll help you with the papers.
They're in the bag.
Look!
There are a lot of strokes in these two characters.
He won't be able to learn them so quickly.
That's all right.
I'll write these two characters out stroke by stroke.
Practice the characters when you have time!
You'll learn them very quickly.
Thank you very much, Yufang.
Don't mention it.
You have come from Mount Heaven to save our village.
This is nothing compared to that.
You are too modest Yufang.
No, you are my teacher now.
I should call you "Teacher" instead.
Don't! I can't take this.
Get up!
Fourth Brother. Big Brother wants to see you.
Come on! Hurry up!
Third Brother. What is it? Do I need to go with you?
It's none of your business. Go!
Teacher. I'm leaving now.
Go on!
Third Brother seems like a strange guy.
He has always been like that. He's all right.
You've really grown up.
It seems your trip to Mount Heaven was good for you.
Oh yeah. This is something I brought for you...
from Mount Heaven.
A snow lotus.
When I was on Mount Heaven,
There was one thing I kept thinking about.
It made me want to come back sooner.
What?
Don't you remember?
Something your dad said before I went to Mount Heaven.
That we should become a family as soon as possible.
Zhibang.
I have always treated you like a friend.
No.
We cannot always be friends.
Can't... Can't we be more than that?
If you are too shy to ask your father, I can ask him.
Zhibang.
It's not right to talk about love affairs at such a critical moment.
Don't trouble Dad now.
We'll talk about this later.
Zhibang.
Yuanyin. What is it?
Come in!
Zhibang.
Tell me at once.
I want to change swords with you.
I'm too stupid.
I don't know how to use "The Heaven's Fall Sword".
I cannot understand the manual either.
You are smarter than I am.
I want your "Deity Sword" instead.
Yuanyin. Don't you remember what the master said?
It's not us who picked the swords.
It's the swords that picked us.
That means fate has given you this sword.
We cannot change the swords according to our own will.
But... But I really cannot handle it.
It's got two ends.
One end hits the enemy, the other end hits me.
Why don't you and Zhibang ask Senior Fu.
He is very skilful and kind-hearted.
I'm sure he will teach you.
Zhibang. Let's go! Let's go! Come on!
Your Highness. According to our undercover,
there are five route markers on the way.
They all point to the mountains.
Good. Generals.
The undercover in the Red Spear Society...
has left route markers for us.
Just follow these route markers...
and you will find out where the villagers are hiding.
Yunchong. Look!
This is the sixth route marker already.
If they have route markers,
then they will find us very quickly.
It seems that there is a traitor...
in the Red Spear Society.
But they are brothers, why would they...?
When Boye was being surrounded,
I suspected that there must be a traitor.
It used to be a secluded place.
If there was no traitor,
the soldiers wouldn't have been able to find us so easily.
It seems that someone is providing information...
for the soldiers of the Qing Dynasty.
That's right.
Then we have to find Master Liu immediately.
And tell him about this, so that we can expose the traitor.
With the Red Spear Society under attack, it is a dangerous time.
This will only destroy their morale.
We should keep this a secret for now.
We'll tell Master Liu...
when we find out who the traitor is.
Let's go!
General. The route marker is here.
Give the order! We go west.
Yes.
Right up there.
There's a headspring.
You can live here for a while.
The cave is well hidden,
but there is no way out.
If the soldiers find out about it,
there will be a hard fight.
Swordsman Fu, I have to ask you for a favour.
Master, please get up.
I came here because I want to help your village.
Whatever you need, just tell me!
If we fight with the Qing soldiers,
given that my martial ability is not great...
if anything happens...
please take all my brothers southward...
until you reach Hangzhou.
You can discuss matters with the sub-society there.
Master.
Here, this is the map to the sub-society of Hangzhou.
This is our society's biggest secret.
Only I know about this here.
Now, I'm giving this to you.
Master Liu. I cannot accept this.
After all that's happened,
I know I can trust you.
I hope that you will put the past behind you,
and help our society.
Master Liu.
The first cannon of the soldiers blew away your stable and granary.
That was to push you to the point of no return.
How could the Qing soldiers know so much about the village's layout?
Doesn't that seem odd to you?
I heard that the Qing have many people undercover.
They come and go like ghosts.
If an undercover found out about the traps in the village,
it would give them a chance to defeat the village.
Then the other sub-societies would lose too.
Please allow the seven swords
to guard the entrance to the cave.
That would be great.
Thank you, swordsman.
Don't mention it.
General.
All the frontline troops are trapped in the swamp.
They cannot get out.
These rebels are really cunning.
But we have followed the route markers all the way.
The route markers must have been relocated.
Our undercover might already have exposed himself.
Give the order! Retreat.
Yes.
The traitor is in the cave.
If we don't expose him,
then we will all be in danger.
Zhaonan. - Who's there?