Ming Dynasty, Chenghua era (1447-1487 AD)
The Emperor tolerated the eunuchs to accumulate excesses power and wealth.
Eunuch Yan Dang has given every right to crush the opposition.
The emperor set up Dongchang and the Xichang as two major forces.
With the right to monitor civilians' actions and words,
Dongchang whose real name is Dong Ci Se Chang (Imperial Strategic Bureau),
the corrupt eunuchs has been wielding every major position in the bureaucratic live.
In the terms of the investigation, the Xichang even in one hand held the power of life and death.
Xichang acts like a Forbidden City secret agent,
spying for the emperor, responsible for the national distribution of secret network and investigations.
If proven guilty, there would be immediate imprisonment.
Panic-stricken officials gather inside and outside the capital.
Once arrested of suspected treason, they are immediately tortured to extract confessions.
Dongchang leaders summons every official in the court today.
The emperor has select eunuch Wan Yulou
to be the of the Longjiang naval shipyard
supervisor.
But in reality he went against his order to arrest officials who oppose Dongchang and
to sentence and execute them on the spot.
Summon the former court doctor and justice minister quickly!
Take them out!
Bring the prisoners! Bring the prisoners!
Prisoners have arrived! Prisoners have arrived!
Prisoners kneel!
You two made reference to the emperor that I've committed corruption and bribery.
I, an honest official, harmed you, right?
Your message to the Emperor had
fallen into my hands.
You, a small group dare to resist Dongchang?
When one disabled soldier who lost the war is dead, there will be one less of a problem.
You could only silently collude to resist.
But do you think you would have courage for it?
How dare you to accuse me in front of the emperor?!
I'm certain that someone is pulling the strings.
Five districts Military Governor Qian Jin, step out!
Five districts Military Governor Qian Jin reporting!
You are really deserve to be called a despicable sneaky criminal.
You get these two as scapegoats.
You all dare try to be clever.
Everyone has been bored to hear your words.
Guards!
Bring him a little wine to improve his health! (meaning the allusion to torture him)
Cut off his tongue!
Hold the prisoners!
- Be careful over there! - We're here for the condemned!
Protect the good officers.
Wei Long is in their hands.
Do not be surprised, we're here to rescue you.
So, you wear the golden body armour
even when your martial arts is quite proficient.
You also bring a bunch of men. I'm surprised that you are afraid of death.
State your name!
As a good host, you must know everyone who comes to a party.
You listen very carefully.
My name is Zhao Huai'an.
But you need not bother to remember my name.
It will be engraved in your dog head forever.
So you can die peacefully.
These men are the remnants of the men of Yue Chai.
His entire offspring has been sentenced to death.
You, the rebels...
You are not afraid to experience the same fate with him?
The rebels are a thousand times better than your Dongchang men! You impotent fool!
You drink so much wine that
you can't even unsheathe a sword.
I see you still yearn for your death.
You are too presumptuous!
Despicable officials!
Your men and the people who you wanted to harm!
Everybody is here to see you!
They will end your world while your tragic stories are made public!
Go to hell!
Go and report this!
Closed all gates!
Waiting for further command.
Yes sir!
You are all safe now, masters.
Your families have all been secured.
You can immediately go back to them.
Please be careful with your journey.
Thank you, three heroes, until we meet again.
In this chaotic government,
the state responsibility falls on our shoulders, the martial artists!
The Emperor has retreated from making an important decision.
What a pity!
Good governments are gone
and there isn't anyone else that will take care of the important affairs of state.
Those Dongchang eunuchs.
They serve only the best interest of their few leaders.
The past years they have been subjected to our swords.
Only if the Dongchang can be put down and
then those old good officers can be back.
Above the mountain there is a higher mountain.
So it does, when we are dealing with their extremely expert swordsmen.
The situation is not so smooth as we expected.
The guards has been heavily stationed at the temple front and rear doors.
Each side of the temple has been covered by nearly a hundred Jing Yi Wei guards.
Now, the outside and inside of the temple has been guarded very closely.
Without your command, those who pass will be killed on the spot.
You can step back.
Yes sir!
How would we compose the report for his majesty, the emperor?
Let us discuss that.
We must carefully consider our situation.
All of this happened because of Zhao Huai'an and his gang.
They forced us to hide here.
So, what if we don't report how this happened?
- Don't report? - Do not report the incident at the Shipyard that day, despite the presence of outsiders?
Who would dare to report of our abuse of the trust of the emperor?
If there is one, we can shut his mouth....
This is not that simple.
Reports! To the vice Captain!
Xichang chief Yu suddenly came here.
He had entered the Main Hall.
Dongchang with Xichang has never been associated.
What is your connection with this?
Only the arrival of a guest from the martial world
has made you so desperate.
Even you do not dare to enter your own house.
And you cowardly hide here?
People have attacked the entrance door. Still dare to say there is no connection with me.
What people?
Only a few rebels.
They will be executed by Dongchang.
Longjiang naval review.
Heavily guarded, but still can be infiltrated.
That Zhao's clan petty criminals just with a few stances
can take the life of Wan Yulou.
There are only left a few cowards subordinates like you?
With what ability do you have to handle those men?
That day eunuch Wan has been overconfident.
He underestimated his opponent.
Underestimated.
It should be inferior ability.
Several martial artists of the Dongchang have been killed.
Secretary of ceremony. Prison staff. Chief of Housing.
Soon it will be your turn.
You are too presumptuous.
Sit down!
Hiding in the temple and complaining will not be helpful.
We, the officers, are to share the burden for the sake of the Emperor.
What is this Xichang?
Your Xichang haven't been established for more than a half a year.
On what basis, do you
want to share the burden for the sake of the Emperor?
Report!
You asked me, what is the Xichang?
Now I would like to tell you
the cases that are not solved by Dongchang. They are going to be solved by our Xichang.
And also one more thing.
You'll listen carefully...
Those men who can't be killed by Dongchang, I will kill them.
Things that the Dongchang do not dare to touch, I'll take care of them.
Another word...
I must manage the all of my business myself.
Anything managed by Dongchang I also want to take care of them.
Kill first, report later. That's a special authority from the Emperor.
This is the Xichang.
Clear enough?!
Once again, royal Lady Wan has send him out of the palace.
The new half-year riser.
To offend the court means to return home.
They still want to make enemies.
Royal consort Wan.
Consort.
Eunuch Yu of the Xichang has been waiting you for some time in the Ze Ning palace.
Send him.
My good eunuch,
come here.
I've sent you to Xichang.
You are now in charge of the palace.
Why should you try to provoke Dongchang?
Your job is to prevent the palace ladies
from sharing the dragon bed behind me with the Emperor.
Why should you trouble yourself for more power with Dongchang eunuchs?
Better to stay in the harem.
Accompany me to play, entertain me.
Royal consort's slaves didn't dare to waste your generosity
The palace ladies that dare to make the emperor glance at them.
They will not live to see another day.
Please be assured, madam.
Xichang will not allow that in the palace.
There are women that are pregnant with the offspring of the emperor.
Yesterday I have had suspicions.
Who will wallow in this subject?
Let the men take advantage very easy.
Those four sluts.
There are three that have been pregnant.
Whether or not, the baby is the imperial offspring, they are a nuisance.
So I had them executed.
Among those four sluts...
I've executed three.
And the fourth?
She ran from the palace.
Her name is Su Huirong.
The men have been sent out to silence her.
They ride so fast.
Actually they want to catch who?
See that banner?
Xichang's men shouldn't be there.
They went to the direction of Red Stone Valley.
We will follow them
to see what happens next.
There is a man sitting above the chains.
Who is he?
I'll keep an eye on him.
Boatman!
Over here with the boat!
We want to search the boat.
What is wrong? Master officers would search the boat.
Faster, come over here!
The officers want to search the boats...
There is no felon on board....
What is the relation with us?
Don't be afraid, they are Ming officers...
No problem...
It's a misunderstanding, masters,
We cross this river every day.
Alright.
You have how many women on board this boat?
Everyone out of the boat.
What is that?
This was dropped from the boat,
go and report it!
Reporting.
Master San Kuang Thou.
This bag was pulled from the water.
The embroidery work looks very familiar.
Who told you to sit down?
Do not hit my wife.
Master, my wife is sick.
Sick? Too sick to stand up?
Please spare us.
Get up!
Please don't...
Get up!
This bag is valuable.
Why was it thrown into the river?
The smell....
Just look at your body, if you had that smell.
Did you run out from the palace?
Master, I...
You look hesitant.
It seems that the stomach has a clue.
Cut it open to have a look!
Yes sir!
Hold on to her.
Please don't, master.
Let me go!
Please let me go.
Are you Su Huirong?
Understand that, master?
See that, he is alone!
Take good care of the fugitive!
Let the woman go.
I will say once more.
Let the woman go.
Release her!
All of you, stand back!
They are still moving close.
Do you really want to die?
Get out! You want him to harm me?
Tell them to jump into the water.
Jump!
Why are you standing there, stunned? Everyone jump!
Jump into the water.
Hurry!
Okay, I will let you live.
You have do one thing for me before I come back.
Report my name to the Xichang.
Zhao Huai'an.
Zhao Huai'an?!
You are Zhao Huai'an!
Go and climb to the top boat mast and stay there.
Do not move until two hours are up.
Having done that, I'll let you go.
I've told you, you are not allowed to move.
What do you want to see?
You want to see that I'd left?
Swordsman.
We must leave, hurry.
I know your martial arts is good,
but you cannot stay here too long.
I have to wait for someone.
Someone?
Wait for who?
Savour the moments of beauty.
Drink!
Brother Zhao.
He is so relaxed as if nothing had happened, while drinking wine.
If so, let's accompany him to drink a glass of wine.
He posed as you to save the others.
Certainly, he wants to lead you out to meet him.
We do not have to care for him.
Didn't he help us to save lives? Isn't that good?
With a few more of those Zhao Huai'ans out there, we should drink more.
Brother Zhao.
Well, evidently is he your old acquaintance?
Why not meet him?
Guying from Huaiyang.
Old friend from the martial arts world.
After we had separated, what for, shall we met again?
A massage carrying pigeon.
Xichang is certain, those that put those pigeons to fly.
Flying westward, my friends.
That is....
Their men in the capital, had left their headquarters.
Strange.
So many men were out of Xichang
just to catch a pregnant woman.
There will be more pursuers coming.
Let's see if I can help out.
Report to Lord Commander, everything is normal!
Yes sir!
Reporting! We have received a message.
What's the message? Is that from Red Stone Valley?
Lord Commander.
Su Huirong has been rescued by a swordsman.
The swordsman is Zhao Huai'an.
Jinliang,
With these situations, you expect Zhao Huai'an to escape with Huirong?
What direction will they go?
East is the capital.
It has the back road.
The north is the border.
Will they go north?
With just two days they will be able to reach the border.
With a pregnant woman,
it is hard to travel fast
Northwest is the waterway,
but they have to slow down
They go off at Jiayu.
North and west lead to the gantry.
Go to the gantry to wait for them.
Raise the large sail.
Right rudder!
Heading northwest.
That is the Xichang sub lieutenant.
I want to see what skills he has to be one.
Let's go.
He is good
I, Ma Jianglong, happen to be one of the best Xichang martial artists.
Take care the main sail behind the Commander......
Who, in Xichang, are you?
Yu Huatian.
And your name is...
I am the enemy of Dongchang and Xichang.
Zhao Huai'an.
Kuo Zheng, let's go!
Surround them with archers.
Yes sir!
Archers ready!
Chong Zheng, get out of here!
Kuo Zheng!
You want to die...
Go!
Lord Commander.
This Zhao Huai'an,
is such an unworthy opponent.
The people that ran with Su Huirong.
How can they appear here?
Could it be that he is a fake?
Definitely not.
We saw his knowledge and action that destroyed Dongchang.
Unlike, the false one.
If he is the real one,
who was it that took away Su Huirong to the Red Stone Valley?
We don't need to care about how many Zhao Huai'ans there are.
I should hang their heads before the Ling Qi Palace.
A mantis stalks the cicada is eaten by magpies in the post.
I will catch Su Huirong.
We will use them as an example for people of Dongchang.
Yes! Lord Commander.
Swordsman.
The two stone tablets inscribed with those words, what are they?
The above stone was from four hundred years ago, from Tangut.
The sand eroded from them for a very long time.
Dragon head and tail, leaving only the words "dragon" and "gate".
So this place is called the Dragon Gate.
From this place to Xi tribe is not so far. No further than 10 miles from here to the border.
You can now be at ease.
They are not chasing us anymore.
If I'm alone out of the border,
would you go with me?
I had already told you then.
If you have arrived at a safe place.
You can't go on your own.
Come on.
Swordman.
You've been playing that flute for some time now.
I guess, this must be your keepsake token of love. Am I right?
You're only half correct.
The flute is indeed a keepsake token.
But the love is not given to me.
It was given to another person.
Who is she with?
With whom she had the relationship is not your business.
Anyway, this flute actually is not mine.
I was asked by the owner to give it to that person.
After this, you are not allowed to mention about it again.
Otherwise I will not talk to you again.
Understood?
Understood.
You look a lot like...
Like what?
Like the person you're looking for.
You remember.
If you are meddling with my business again
I'll leave you here alone.
Later, it will not matter anymore.
Jump here...
I'll catch you.
I can't.
I am pregnant.
I can't jump.
Swordsman!
Gentlemen.
Tomorrow is the last day
before the black sandstorm arrives.
You see the birds do not only just fly past.
They also send messages.
A sandstorm does not have any eyes.
If it gets stuck in the inn, it would be dangerous,
without water or food.
Even we had to move from the Inn.
Both of you.
You came at the wrong time, the food is already cold--
Stop talking.
We'll only passing through here. After we finish eating, we'll go immediately.
Thank you very much, dear guests.
Fifty miles from this inn
there are some mountains.
Blowing in the wind, but with a large mountain blocking it.
Eat this food and drink the water,
with a half-day camel ride and you have arrived.
You could bring more water.
In this desert, without water, you won't survive.
I forgot to bring dry food.
Remind me to bring the food next time.
Thank you!
There we go.
Safe journey.
Lou Phi! Escort the guests.
I told you not to let anyone come in that door. And yet you brought them in.
They wouldn't listen to me, I can't refuse them.
Please settle down.
After you eat, you'll go immediately. How many.
Two.
Peanuts and dried fruit. Send them!
What would you both want to eat?
I would like a bowl of mutton soup.
Mutton soup. We have that here.
We'll have only two bowls of plain noodle soup.
The others are not so delicious.
Alright. Okay.
Two bowls of plain noodle soup will arrive soon.
Two bowls of plain noodles from the kitchen right away.
Two bowls of plain noodle coming.
Please enjoy.
Here, there are rules for ordering here.
Use your own chopsticks, which is called "I Cau Sien" ('stroke a cents')
If you use their chopsticks, that's called "Se Tung Thien" ('Food Forum')
This is the rule of the black inn.
Black inn?
What is the black inn?
Pay attention, you see...
Some swordsmen come here often to duel and die
they wash their blood stains around here.
Shopkeeper!
What can I do for you, master?
What do you think of us?
Do you want us to eat white meat?!
White meat.
There are the rules of the martial arts world.
You think this is our first time here?
Sorry for the mistake.
Waiter, quickly get rid of the meat.
What's with the white meat?
Why are they so angry?
White meat is the meat of Food Forum.
And that meat is?
Human flesh.
The guests who eat with their chopsticks are looking for human meat.
Coming.
Two bowls of noodle soup.
They're gone.
Sorry to offend. Sorry to offend.
You go back to the kitchen! Hurry!
Prepare the food.
Uncle Li Bu.
Wash your hands clean.
These ten days, have you seen any pregnant women coming through here?
No, no pregnant female here.
Here is the problem.
I have a brother in the capital that bought a woman.
When we picked her at home, she ran away.
Our brothers here...
No, he's not my brother.
He is my boss.
They are here to bring back that slut.
So if you've seen that woman within these two days.
My mistress said...
She just got here and she's seen a group of pushy bastards who forced women into prostitution.
Men who had drunk the milk of women, but stills call them sluts.
More savage than animals.
Masters, the people out here only sparring a bit.
Don't hold any grudges.
You are regular customers.
Uncle Li is also a regular customer.
The guests that were brought by Uncle Li are also regular customers.
We are all familiar with them.
Only one is an outsider.
The other one came from the capital.
They are not related to each other.
I could be blamed for the ill-greeting.
I'll toast with you.
Please give me some face.
Fuck you!
She wasn't what I expected of her.
We shall meet again for another fight.
You listen well.
This is for not letting guests in, for half the inn.
We booked all rooms in this inn
I can't do that, mister.
A large sandstorm is about to get here soon.
We also want to rush out of the inn for shelter from the storm.
Staying in this inn would kill us.
You have terrible sandstorms here?
Dragon black sandstorms can be scary.
The area within 100 miles of here would be buried.
In that time, the inn would be blown to, God knows.
You take the money.
I will not leave, I've already decided.
You can't do that.
Those are the foreign guests.
I do not dare to offend them so--
So you are not afraid to offend us?
So much nonsense...
Mister...
I can't take much of this money.
You booked all the rooms, but they won't leave.
I really do not know how we must turn that people away.
You do not have to worry about this
since the sandstorm is about to appear.
If they don't want to go, it means they don't want to live.
I will send them to hell earlier.
You are eating behind my back.
Damn you. What's wrong with you?
I'm hungry.
When are you not hungry?
There's a large sheep thigh over there.
You dare to eat those too.?
You eat every day.
Rest assured, eat it.
If it's human flesh, those two guys would not be so noisy.
Don't kill us.
I am only a cook, master.
The money is with the shopkeeper there.
Spare me, master.
We are only servants in this inn.
Please don't complicate our job.
What is this?
- Mix it into the wine. - What for?
Dragon Inn, three years ago has been a black inn.
The lady innkeeper here has been an imperial fugitive.
Do you cooks want to challenge the imperial authority?
That's not our business.
Even if we have guts, we wouldn't dare challenge the imperial authority.
Then do as I say.
I'm willing, I'm willing.
Put it into the wine.
Give it to that Tartars.
These acts are terrible.
This lowly servant cannot bear the risk.
Masters, masters.
Swordsman, can I ask you a question?
Depends on what you ask.
How do you know this place so well?
You are not a regular guest.
Are you that--
Don't utter a word. Watch your step.
What is it you want to ask?
You are not...
the imperial fugitive, three years ago?
If I was the owner here,
there will be many people who would recognise me.
What do you think?
Understand.
A bag.
Picked up from outside the kitchen.
Vice Captain, the sky is black and cloudy.
It seems this is really the black sandstorm.
We have to prepare an escape route to consider all chances.
Lord Commander may be somewhere more than 50 miles away from here.
Tell Lei Tung to hold the stables.
Once we retreat,
beside our horses, he'll have to let go other horses.
Okay!
Jinliang, the name of this place is Dragon Gate.
I got that from the stone block inscriptions out there.
That's right, Commander.
Local people are told it as well.
Open the side gate of the camp shelter. Let them in.
Horse carriage in the east, move closer in here.
Lord Commander, the caravan came to the camp to take shelter from the sandstorm/
It will soon be crowded here.
Please master, Commander immediately ordered us
to not let more of them here.
Continue to let them in.
Understood.
Lord Commander.
Zhao Huai'an wouldn't really appear here.
This person is foolhardy.
I can predict his every move.
Try to make him defenceless to provoke him into action.
I'm here. He would surely come.
Great, masters.
Master Er Kuang Tou, we have searched everywhere.
You cannot find them? Track them.
I will send someone to search them.
He is poisoned.
How can this happen?
Poisoned.
What did you say?
My mistress said, if you want to poison someone, learn from your own mother.
With this cheap technique, if you want someone
to poison, you poison your own men first.
Damn you!
Shopkeeper!
We missed the closing hour.
We rushed over here to spend the night.
The flag outside.
Why is this place closed?
The rooms are fully booked, get lost!
No way!
You want us to eat sand?
No places left? Above the altar there is still a place to sit.
Open the door!
You just go, leave.
I'll told them to leave.
Open the door!
Mister.
Just go! If you can't get in, bad luck!
Luck! Luck! Luck! Here's some luck for you!
"Going to the temple intending to burn the incense, but it become a fire."
Damn all of you,
closing the door, pretending to be gentlemen.
You are all came from where?
I'm here now, who dares to complain?
Why is the Commander here in that disguise?
He only looks like him.
He is not necessarily the Commander.
We will try to test him later.
You are two swordsmen.
Let's see, it is very crowded here.
I don't have any other chairs left.
If there is no place here, please give me some face.
Please move to the other inn beside
There are other rooms, or the warehouse.
The place is very broad, many people can fit in here.
You don't have to go.
We'll give our boss' room to that young man over there.
You two, you only give them one room.
If you both wouldn't mind,
I'll give two rooms up there for you.
Please give this young man a glass of wine to drink with us.
"The long sword to accompany a glass of wine."
We have some good vintage wine here.
Cattle piss tastes better.
The best wine in the world. If you want to drink wine, drink good wine.
What if...
You two, drink a few glasses of wine with me.
Okay, put that on your tab.
Immediately go to the fortress to see if the Lord Commander is there or not.
You brothers often travel in this road?
You want to interrogate us?
"Knock on the door to find a direction."
You tell us first.
Why were you such a jerk before?
I'm asking your boss.
I did not talk to you,
because it doesn't concern you.
But I'm talking to you.
And also, how can you tell it doesn't concern me?
Okay, I should now explain
why we came to this place.
Really?
Do we need to know?
This boss, on his way and
there is only this woman accompanying the boss?
You are not bandits, aren't you?
Always pry for information from us, and you try to rob us?
How dare you?! Where do you come from?
How dare you say that to our boss?!
You, yourselves are the bandits from where?
You dare talk to me like that?!
Jian Zhong!
So,
I respect your boss.
It was a little rough just now.
Boss, please forgive us.
Don't mind us.
I respect your senior.
Boss, please.
You dare to poison us?!
Poison? That's not possible.
How can the wine be poisoned?
The man you just dragged inside,
he looked very sick
and you still tell us there's no poison in the wine.
Drink it.
You first.
Drink it.
Drink it now!!
Alas, sooner or later, we'll fight.
Not only the wine over there is poisoned,
everything there is poisoned.
We did not drink poisoned alcohol, come over here.
Their wine there is not poisoned, your wine here is poisoned.
How is that possible?
I like your face.
I really don't want to translate.
Translate quick!
My mistress said I love you.
Wait, she likes you.
My boss said you can go to his room for a drink.
It's more quiet, and no one will harass you there.
Enough of this! I'm not hungry.
Shopkeeper, bring a bucket of water to rinse out what's left.
This smell.
It's like going home.
Okay, customer.
Ready.
Here.
Boss,
I've packed the room for your welcome.
Well, well.
Dragon and Tiger competing with each other. So difficult to hold back!
I've got to go.
Just hope I can come back here soon.
Excuse me.
Reporting, Commander!
From your orders,
the black stone have been moved in here.
What is written above the monument?
Something inscribed with the Tangut scribe, Commander.
The erosion from the wind and sand made it its current state.
Only the words Long Men Fei Jia can be read.
Others have been blurred.
But there is one more thing that I want to report to the Commander.
That's when the two stone tablets unearthed.
This has been regarded as an ominous thing.
Dragon sand that has appeared for many years.
It is said that it's related with the inscription on the monument.
Recently, the weather became abnormal in the Gobi desert here.
Lord Commander, having read the inscription,
please place the monument back to its normal place.
It is the perfect place for virtue.
Good luck for all mankind.
We only lifted the monument!
Please spare our life!
We do not know anything!
Please spare our life!
My original plan is
to lure the snake out of its hole.
If anything happens, alert the men.
Lord Commander.
The man was wearing Zhao Huai'an's shoes.
This is already happening.
Because a pair of shoes everything has already been compromised.
Since the sword is already unsheathed, it has to taste blood.
Turn this place upside down to find Zhao Huai'an.
Yes, Lord Commander!
Search the inn!
Search the grain storage room.
Search there!
Yes.
Bring the horses.
Yes sir!
Chase him.
What is it?
Is he really so similar?
Reporting, Lord Commander.
At a glance he look like you just about 30%.
But this person has frivolous manners and absurd behaviour,
he's not as charismatic as the Commander.
This person would be useful.
We can use him to eradicate the enemy.
Go back and tell Tan Luzi, don't make any sudden movements.
Wait for my orders for every move.
Lure the enemy into the trap.
Lord Commander, what you mean by trap is...
To make the false into the true one, I'll disguise as him.
And uproot them all.
That's a really good plan.
In order to carefully progress in this problem, we must differentiate the true and the false one properly.
Lord Commander, please notify us before you show yourself.
In case, we made a mistake in identifying you.
I'll give you a code word.
The code word is
"Long Men Fei Jia".
Next sentence is...
"The true one becoming the false."
You must remember this military code word.
Remember as if I engraved in your chest.
I'll remember, I'll remember...
Long Men Fei Jia. The true one becoming the false.
Before the three of you came down here, did you tell someone to guard the rooms?
Everything is in order.
The Tartar brothers are looking up for them up there.
Boss, everyone is here now.
Sit.
I'll give the introductions to you, fellow brothers.
The man who is in charge of transport is Liang Chai.
The one that become a pioneer to Pingdingshan is Huang Gang.
The one who'll become a guide for us is Bu Sang Zhou.
Martial artists call him Wind Blade.
This letter is get by him.
There is...
We have Zhang Xiao Wen from the Wu Zhang plateau.
The Tartars will come with him.
My right hand man, Hagangtonga.
Buried in the sand, three hundred years ago,
there was Xia country's capital palace.
That was when the Mongols
sent many soldiers who surrounded the city for a year.
The whole isolated city had only a hundred soldiers.
Just before their deaths,
all the children, women and gold were sealed in a palace
and were collectively martyred.
The sandstorm buried the city overnight.
In fact, the word on the stone should be read upside down.
It is "Lai Cia Fei Sien Long
Sha Hai Sie Shen Men"
Lai Cia is a sandstorm that comes every six decades.
Fei Sien Long is black dragon sandstorm.
Shen Men is the door in the palace.
Every sixty years, the black sandstorm will blow open the desert.
and the buried palace in the ground will appear.
At that time,
we can find the treasures inside the palace.
Dragon Inn before this was the nest of the bandits.
They also waited for the treasure.
Unfortunately, they fought each other.
They are also had a woman as a master.
It turns out she burnt her own inn.
Since then, her life or death is unknown.
Her name is Ling Yanqiu.
So, you are--
All of you, listen...
This palace happens to be a vast labyrinth.
This map leads the way to the treasure.
Exit?
Why is there only one map?
Because it has only one entrance.
But the way to go out is to go through the maze.
Without this map, we can't escape.
Lao Chai, what troubled you recently?
Why are there are so many officers and soldiers in disguise?
They said they came for a woman.
Wind Blade, tell us the message.
It was said they were from Xichang.
Their goal is to catch a woman who slipped out from the palace.
I have seen two females that came here during the day.
As soon as those officers came they've already left.
They ate with their own chopsticks.
Even if they were only travellers,
our golden opportunity has been made into a mess.
We may have missed the opportunity of once in sixty years.
We would have to wait until our next life.
The King of hell have also give a way to me
Those officers were surprised to see Wind Blade.
It's hard to believe, but they might've thought you were their leader.
Their leader looks just like you.
Keep bullshitting, yet you wanted to be taken seriously.
People have preparing food on the table,
whether it has been offered, you still don't want to eat.
- Come, I'll accompany you there. - You want to harm him?
That food is, when it's inserted into the mouth, trouble begins.
- Then I cannot accompany you. - You can't do that.
If they threaten you, show them your skill.
All of you can't go.
Brother Wind, you're all grown up. Go by yourself.
Okay, I'll go alone.
What if there's a problem?
Why are you called Wind Blade?
Your self-defence must be very good.
If I know martial arts, then I won't get any help?
It's not like that. If you get into trouble
we'll rush to save you, like a band of brothers.
You really mean it?
Wind Blade was just a name he made up to scare other martial artists.
His martial arts, is not that bad.
One more thing, brother Wind.
Your position is much higher than they are.
You only have to act tough to talk with them.
If you say so.
He's here, Vice Captain.
Your disguise is
so great and stylish.
Not any fool knows that you are an official disguising as a traveller.
Yes sir.
Something wrong? Say it.
This matter is entirely in our hands.
Master, please give us the orders.
It is entirely in our hands?
Still need an explanation?!
This mess, how will you fix this?!
Master, don't be angry.
I don't quite understand
what mess you are referring to.
What if you, master,
tell us the plan once more.
Everyone, be careful.
Yes, Lao Chai.
When you rebuilt the inn,
in addition to this basement,
have you not found the other authentic part of the inn?
Beside this basement,
I have not seen the other basement.
It is said that when the inn lady owned this Inn,
she planned a wedding ceremony.
She dug a lot of basements, with traps everywhere.
I think there must be more than one basement.
Maybe...
two women came during the day and were hiding underneath.
Hurry.
Lao Chai....
Xin Ping...
Er Chai...
Where are you?
That's her.
She's one of them. Her and another woman.
I think you were her....
So familiar with the terrain here.
The only previous female head of Dragon Inn,
Ling Yanqiu.
Master, please tell us one more time.
What is your plan?
What kind of place is Dragon Inn?
What are the backgrounds of these people?
What is the purpose of the Tartars here?
I'll ask you this, do you still remember your title and rank?
And what I've sent you here for?
Talk!
Xichang San Kuang Tou, seventh class officer.
Nonsense!
I still need to ask you these things?!
Tell me,
You... You still don't remember why I sent you here?
Of course I remember!
If I did not do it in a good way,
give me another chance to make amends.
Give you another chance?!
I told you to use poison, yet our men got poisoned.
The people you came here to pursue are here
and yet you are all still here arguing and waiting, waiting, waiting...
Give you another chance?!
I know that you came here to find the treasure.
Unfortunately, you were chased by officers.
Risk of blowing your cover, you came down here to hide.
Now that you brought a palace lady down here...
Instead, it is a trick to,
lure the officers to fight against us. Like fishing in the muddy water.
You do not think that.....
I can report you and negotiate terms with them
Handed down that palace lady to them....,
We'll wait until that officers gone,....
Those treasure will be ours
You said...
How are you going to deal with those people of the Dragon Inn?
Kill them with poison.
Let them all die here.
The sandstorm will take care of it. All will be buried.
They cannot run anywhere.
As long as what we are looking for is still out there,
then we don't have to wait for a sandstorm. We should step in first.
At daybreak, kill them all at once.
Then slowly dig.
Dig out the person we are looking for.
Yes sir.
Who?
Yi Zhao has coming back from the camp.
Chien Hua, you're going to kill?
Of course.
Master.
Wind Blade.
You are Wind Blade.
The informant of martial world? We've worked together.
I am the former court Commander. Zhao Huai'an.
Do you remember me?
What are you doing here?
Your disguise has been uncovered.
Just hold on!
What is going on?
Who is she?
I finally meet with you today.
The past three years.
Every day, I slowly forget how vast the martial arts world is.
So vast, that I am losing myself.
My heart kept pounding, just thinking about your safety.
Three years ago, I picked up the love token that you left me.
Now...I can finally...
All men are so selfish.
He's the one who's selfish.
We had a pact.
It's all business, no feelings or emotions.
Why take back your own words?
First, calculate the bill. I want to see how much you dared to eat.
I will count them for you.
Yeah I know. How do I count...?
If you were unwilling to meet her,
how did you end up here?
I was tracking a Xichang man that came here.
Then I unexpectedly saw Wind Blade.
I think they know that Wind Blade looks similar to someone.
Like their Commander, Yu Huatian.
The Xichang Chief?
Yu Huatian and his troops stay at a fortress about 50 miles from here.
He will send his troops to this place.
Great army storming this place...
Surely, he wouldn't let go all the people here.
You are joking?
They want your life
or do they want us?
What's the benefit of killing us?
What do you think? Do you think Yu Huatian will easily let go
of the person that looks so much like him?
Allowing you to unmask his plan
and also, Wind Blade posed as him and messed with his men.
If...
if they let you go with this problem,
they would not be called the Xichang.
Yu Huatian should be here at dawn.
We will use the strategy against strategy. Do a pre-emptive strike.
Attack until we have them in disarray.
The first step is to divide the enemy.
They have their guide that was poisoned.
We will start with him.
Li Bu, today I will save you.
This is the antidote to your poison.
The government have finished using you..
If you die there will be none to take care of your body.
If you want to save your life, please help me do one thing.
I do not dare.
I don't practice martial arts.
You don't have to fight. I love my mistress.
But she loves that young man.
I want you to kill that man.
I've no power to speak, how would I take his life?
You go to the stables,
let go his horse and all the others.
Then he won't have a horse before the sandstorm.
He will be buried in the desert.
You yourself
are free to act but not to intervene yourself.
This is not a trap, huh?
I wouldn't intervene because I am afraid my mistress would catch me.
At that time there would be no way out.
Now take that young man's life to trade with your life.
You choose yourself!
This package contains only a half dose of antidote.
If you do not do what I asked...
In three days time, you will die.
These three years...
you continue to hold the flute that belongs to the person that I loved.
"Levelling the entire heavens and earth, breaking my heart."
Unfortunately, there is love but none of it is destined.
Just to waste all feeling in your heart.
Although I could not wait for you,
I'm satisfied by seeing the way how you're looking at me.
I took this bamboo flute.
I envied its owner.
She was gone long ago.
But, you've always have her in your mind.
She died to save me.
This debt...
Lifetime debt will not be repaid.
I understand.
You didn't choose me.
I was afraid that I would've troubled you.
"Expecting a drop of dew
is better than forgetting yourself to the lake."
I still do not understand the meaning of words you said.
Life or death,
love is eternal.
The peoples who were with me were died one by one.
One day I will also leave.
Why leave concern for others?
I also have a wish.
I'll give you this bamboo flute
and you take it out of this bloody place.
Live freely and do not ever come back.
Why are you throwing me out?
The second treaty, do not be friendly with you.
I gave her the medicine.
I can help you fulfil your wish.
A woman's heart that is completely broken.
Only then, she will leave you.
This way, she will be unaffected.
I was going to ask you,
at that time, why did you set fire to this inn?
In fact, I...
I am tired of this desert.
You're really willing to go?
Stay here to find the treasure together.
An individual who lived in martial world must be able to forget the word "love".
Same as I...
No talking about feelings, only talk business.
In this world there is nothing that can't be bought with money.
I used to think so as well.
But,
there are things that don't belong to you, you cannot buy it, and you can't get it yourself.
If can't buy it, I don't want it.
Someday, you will understand.
Someday.
You will change.
I know I was wrong.
Bring me with you.
Do not think the two of you deceived me.
He is not that kind of person.
If I wanted to go, why are you concerned?
Swordsman, I'll help eliminate...
If this blade can protect your life, then use it.
If you can escape the evil,
go and look for a good man to marry.
Where are you going?
Where I'm going to go is not important.
If I stay here, he would be worried.
Er Tou Kuang, Commander wants to see you.
Long Men Fei Jia.
What?
Sorry, I was talking gibberish.
What is your order?
You have a guide named Li Bu...?
That's right.
How is he...?
He was bribed by someone.
He had released all your horses in the stable.
He wanted to starve you all in this desert.
So you all want to die here?
Xue-yong, see to it.
Yes!
Aren't you in bed paralysed by the poisoning?
How could you go to the stable?
I...
Interesting...
You think the poison will detoxify itself....
It seems that you are not vulnerable to the poison.
- Zhao Tong - Yes sir!
Get him to eat a bag of poison.
Let's see how it detoxifies then.
Wait, wait, wait!
I couldn't detoxify myself.
I took their antidote....
I only ate half the dose.
There are still half of the poison left.
Continue...
That man give me an antidote.
That giant called Hagangtonga.
He...
He took a fancy to his mistress.
and wanted to deal with his rival.
I took the antidote and
he asked me to help him
to release the horses.
Report.
Those two gangs has fought each other.
That Tartar woman fought with another woman
because of a man.
They also set fire to the inn.
Even if this is a fraud we also may wish to withdraw from the inn.
See the situation out there.
Call all of our men in alert.
Bring out that luggage over there quickly.
Lao Chai, we've found them.
There's another one here.
Quickly bring them out. Go to the next room, quick!
You want to be discovered?
Go!
Surely enough, that's a false alarm. There's no movement.
Zhao Yong Tong, Jixue Yong,
you bring your men! Check it out immediately!
You'll assess the situation.
You men. You go to this side. We'll go to that side.
This is really strange weather.
Ta Chiang, you go to the kitchen.
Ping Tan, you go to the stables.
The rest of you search all the rooms at the first and second floors.
Yes sir!
That is our Xichang men.
I do not know if they are ours or not.
Very suspicious.
What is our code word?
Long Men Fei Jia.
The true one becoming the false.
Long Men Fei Jia.
We have to move the luggage over there quickly.
Lao Chai, we've found them.
Here there's also that, you have to move them out immediately
Long Men Fei Jia.
What got you so distracted?
Long Men Fei Jia, I assume it's a code word.
The true one becoming the false.
Becoming...
The true one becoming the false.
Chien Hu.
I see you're living here in comfort.
Lord Commander...
Just then, the inn was on fire.
For fear of a trick...
We withdrew of our men first to check the situation.
How do you observe that situation now?
Those men haven't reported anything yet.
You've been lured out like a tiger running out of the forest.
Still here for reports?!
They've slipped away from the back!
Yes, Commander.
Follow me!
Vice Captain, we can't find the others.
In the house, there are many wet thatches.
Smoke everywhere made the men confused.
Damn it, this was a diversion.
Report to Lord Commander!
Our men are outside, why are they shooting at us?
We were ambushed, sound the alarm!
See who is outside.
The men outside don't know we're here.
I'll go outside with the code word.
Long Men Fei Jia.
What did you say?
Long Men Fei Jia.
Shoot.
Your grandmother!
Until they reach a mile perimeter...
I'll wait, then I'll come back.
Alright.
Go with the preparation...
Vice Captain, our men found out that
our official uniform was stolen.
The Lord Commander outside is an impostor.
Long Men Fei Jia.
That is also a fake.
Jia...
Jia, my ass. Shoot!
This is our opportunity.
We attack.
We'll use the terrain and wind as a potential diversion to go near the Dragon Inn.
We'll split into four smaller groups.
The first group, Lao Chai.
You stand in the most favourable location.
Identify the location of Yu Huatian
and point to his direction with a banner.
The second group,
Zhang Xiao Wen with Hagangtonga.
Take your troops
and go south from the inn and attack during the confusion.
Kill as much enemy troops as you can.
The third group, Gushao Tang.
You lead the inn's men
from the other side of the inn, outflanking the enemy
while helping Zhang Xiao Wen.
Lure Yu Huatian's men who are very skilled in martial arts.
Be careful with the man that wears a black mask.
Do not underestimate his two swords.
The fourth group,
find the way to Yu Huatian and deal with him.
- Why did you come back? - I came back to help you.
The archer can shoot us at any time.
You try to take him down.
Where ever Yu Huatian goes, I go.
You can't go.
You deal with the archer.
As for Yu Huatian, leave him to me.
You will fight him by yourself?
Yes.
I'll deal with him. Be careful.
Be careful.
Hagang, it's here.
A desert tornado.
Stop killing innocent men.
Yu Huatian.
I challenge you to fight in the storm to decide who will win or lose this fight!
If you have the guts, accept the challenge.
I'll wait for you.
Zhao Huai'an!
Hagang!
The storm is blowing over the inn.
Quickly seek shelter in the basement.
Zhao Huai'an!
There is a light out there.
It's a reflection...
It's the Golden Palace.
We finally found the western Xia treasures.
I will not leave you here.
- What's the matter? - Zhao Huai'an.
Zhao Huai'an, are you okay?
Yanqiu, the dagger he's holding can cut through anything.
Be careful.
He is the Xichang...
Xichang chief attendant, Yu Huatian.
Let me handle him.
Go with the others
I have been familiar with his swordplay.
You're just standing beside us
to see what flaws he'll make.
Only a rotting palace lady luring a bunch of people to rot here.
You are here also, you half-wit and useless human.
You dare to disguise me?
Your smell is incredibly repulsive.
If so, what are you going to do about it?
Foul smell is a skill, we have more people and
we just want to suffocate you until you die!
Duck!
What's the use of having a lot of people?
More men results with more consideration.
I'd like to see anyone who's willing to act as a scapegoat to kill her.
You people...
How many of them are here for the money?
Notoriously greedy. Obviously, you are here for the money.
This room is packed with gold. Enough to make you the master of your own state.
You can ensure no one other than you is more rich in the later years of your life...
You can save yourself from other bureaucratic infighting.
Official position is risky.
Think about it.
Good.
The whole contents of my heart have been said by you appropriately.
Good idea.
Unfortunately, this bunch people of yours.
None of them are worthy of being a worthy opponent.
I could easily kill you all.
Ultimately, the gold will be mine.
This Western Xia city. Why has it not been found until now?
Because an hour later, another sandstorm will come.
At that time the city will be submerged in the sea of sand.
You are a clever person. How much time you have? An hour to move the gold?
If this deadlock continues, your lives and the gold will be wasted.
This is not good for us.
It seems the two of us. You and I have the same idea.
But some people do not want gold,
you just want my life.
With them here, we would not get rich.
Better this way,
we can cooperate and get rid of these two.
How is that?
This is the talk in the mouth without evidence....
After all this, I'm afraid he will still hunt you as long you still have the gold.
He is not as honest as much as you smell.
He said that you are only half-witted.
Look at you now.
Now the ones that hinder us to get rich, is not I.
But he.
A sword in my hand, I have the final say.
I would not get rich,
but you will die.
It's better to persuade him.
Perhaps you still have enough time to move the gold out of here.
These group of people are here for the money.
This man is trying to drive a wedge between us.
They are easy to convince.
He wanted to take advantage of his power to fight us.
Since you are all for the money,
do not waste your time.
Yu Huatian.
I will pledge this to you.
Together we move the gold out
and you will release Gushao Tang. Then we will have an agreement.
How will you convince me?!
Here you have this many people.
How would you move the gold?
Still need to ask...?!
Each of us take their own share of gold as they want it.
How much gold that can be move is their own business.
This method
is very detrimental to me.
I alone, should watch you move out the gold.
You can't move much of the gold either.
Then why bother moving it?
I know you want to get rich
but you have too many concerns.
All the gold here, in a moment of course could not be transported completely.
If you only want to move them, then we all can feel at ease.
I have a suggestion.
We can monitor each other's movement.
Yu Huatian.
I'll stay here with Gushao Tang.
The other people can go move out the gold.
There are three of us here.
And the other people going out do not dare to leave.
Rest assured.
Good, so it is decided.
You do not try to come back here.
You are going to die with him?
What took you so long? You couldn't find the exit?
Did we take the wrong path?
Impossible, I went according to the map.
To come out of this maze there are two ways.
I found the exit.
Are you thinking clearly?
You really want us to go back and find them?
I really wouldn't want to, but what about Gushao Tang?
Big day out on the earth.
This path probably will not be served out.
Results may have been different.
There is the exit.
I'll go out there.
Move the gold.
Let's go. Let's go back and find them.
What?
This person...
This person is....
a secret agent!
You were gone.
Why did you have to come back for us?
You're one of the secret agents planted by Yu Huatian.
We've been deceived.
You gave me this dagger.
You yourself, were looking for trouble.
Now that there are no worthy opponents left,
there is only Zhao Huai'an with a sword.
You dare to resist us?
What wishful thinking!
Your martial arts and tactics cannot match mine.
Now I'm going to kill Zhao Huai'an!
We cannot let her go.
Wind Blade!
- Hey, why are you...? - Don't go any further!
Do not move forward!!
It's a trap!
Hagang.
You liked that Xichang woman and
you also liked me, huh?
Mistress!
You see, that woman has laid out a trap.
Hagang, what is this?
It is very sharp. It is the Xichang gold thread.
She laid out so many traps.
That is, to prevent us
from helping Zhao Huai'an.
Swordsman.
- Swordsman. - What?
The people are fighting amongst themselves for the gold.
They are beating each other.
Come with me.
We are on the roof.
All that you've planned is for nothing, and they are fighting each other.
What's the point of staying here?
Zhao Huai'an.
That pledge that we talked about.
Now. Do you want to reconsider?
Hagangtonga.
It is a danger signal.
You were afraid of Yu Huatian.
He's here for you, and yet you're not scared?
Why did I come here?
I was here to help Ling Yanqiu.
Who's voice is that?
That's the voice of the people who are obsessed with power and gold.
Unfortunately, all of this will ultimately would be lost.
You wait for your entire life and you will have the same outcome
and may also buried here.
Lord Commander, come with me.
There it comes.
You get out. Let me handle this!
Come.
We'll get out from this side.
Do you think I'm staying here
only to move the gold?
You go up.
I know you've already made a commitment.
You will not leave here.
Tread carefully, Su Huirong has laid everywhere
with traps!
Ling Yanqiu, those lines are sharp!
There you are.
Where is Ling Yanqiu?
She was in there.
How is she?
Where is she?
She was severely wounded.
She did not want to let you see her last moment.
While you were still fainted, she left.
These things, I do not want to take them,
I leave them with you.
Life and death without any regrets. No worries.
Just like you said. I had gone happy.
That is all.
Where did she go.
To the south.
I must find her. I will search for her.
Well, let's go.
That's in vain.
She handed me the flute.
I'll stay here in case they will come back.
Will they return?
They will.
Six decades.
Sixty years is a person's life.
We planned all this carefully. Only to have the sands fall on us.
I want to be an official.
A high position in government will do.
I'll go with you.
If you cannot wait for them then,
go to the capital and look for me.
I'll wait for you.
My good eunuch, bring it here.
Kill her.
Which one?
Understand
Mistress! Guards!
Quickly, call the imperial doctor!
The Mistress has passed away...
Cheng Hua era year 23th (1470 AD). Lady Wan's cause of death was officially listed as a heart attack. Then emperor Chenghua found out that he had a son (later Hongzhi Emperor) who survived and was raised in secrecy.
Hongzhi was a wise and peace-loving ruler and also holds the distinction of being the sole perpetually-monogamous emperor in Chinese history.
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