Don't try and sweet talk your way out of this.
Where are you from?
How dare you enter Mandra Hill!
Don't you know?
Any man who comes here
will have his legs chopped off!
To make fertilizer
I'm Duan Yu
I came here by accident.
Please forgive me, Madam.
Your family name is Duan?
Yes.
This guy is impolite,
chop his legs off first.
Then gouge out his eyes and cut his tongue.
Come!
Madam
I...
Xiao Si Madam
take good care of my
Full Moon Camellias.
Yes.
The wind is blowing strong, and these flowers
have been on the ship for many days.
Expose the flowers to sunlight
and put in some fertiliser.
Yes.
What are you laughing at?
I'm laughing at you!
You don't know how to plant flowers, yet you insist on panting them.
It's such a waste
that you are trying to plant such an excellent breed of flower.
If I don't know how to, don't tell me you do?
This place is called Mandra Hill.
I've planted so many flowers here,
and you say I don't know how to?
Lesser breeds of flowers can thrive by themselves.
These four breeds of flowers are of higher breeds,
and will not survive
if you plant them.
What's so special
about these flowers?
How do I plant them?
If you want advice, you have to be more polite
If not,
you can chop my legs off first before you ask.
What's so difficult about chopping your legs off?
Xiao Si, chop his left leg off
and use it as fertiliser first.
Madam Wang, don't!
He's a stubborn one,
if you push him,
he definitely won't tell you.
Fine, leave him be.
That's right, you have to treat me well
and keep me in a good mood.
Only then will I determine
whether to teach you or not.
Such nonsense.
What's so special
about my flowers?
Tell me. If you're right
I'll treat you better.
Madam Wang, you said these flowers are
Full Moon Camellias, but you're wrong.
How are you going to plant them
if you don't know?
I'll just tell you then
This flower is named the Crimson Blusher,
and this one is called the Scarred Beauty.
Scarred Beauty?
What a strange name!
Which flower?
Be polite if you want me to teach you.
Fine, Xiao Si, tell the cook to prepare
some dishes to satisfy his appetite.
Yes
Please!
I've heard that many people in Dali are skilled in martial arts.
How come you don't know any?
There are many people called Duan in Dali,
but only those of royal lineage learn martial arts.
Commoners like me,
don't know any martial arts.
You mean, you're a commoner.
Yes.
So
do you know
anyone of royal lineage?
Not at all.
Just now
when you were naming my flowers
I suddenly remembered
that the florist in Suzhou
told me they were called Full Moon Camellias.
But you said that one pot was filled with Crimson Blusher,
and another with Scarred Beauty.
Can you tell me what the difference is?
Those flowers with black spots,
those are Full Moon Camellias.
Those black spots are cassia twig
The other one,
with the bigger black spots,
that one's called Beautiful Eyes.
Nice name.
The one with red petals and red spots is called Crimson Blusher
while the one with red stripes,
on its petals is called Scarred Beauty.
If there's a lot of red silk
That's not Scarred Beauty
That is flower' Yi Lan '
If a person is beautiful,
they should definitely be demure.
If one's face is scarred,
and one is always fighting with others,
is one still beautiful?
Are you making fun of me?
Of course not!
Did I offend you?
Seize him.
From now on
he must plant flowers for me
and is prohibited from leaving this place.
Yes.
Madam
Here is suitable to plant Camellias
Cousin brother
You haven't come for so long.
How have you been?
I have been well.
Well
What was so important,
that you had to ask Scarlet to call me here?
What have you been up to lately?
Nothing?
Scarlet has already told me,
why are you lying to me?
Why did you have to ask me
if you already know?
You're practicing the Beggar Clan's martial arts?
Is it difficult?
I will do whatever it takes for the Yen Kingdom.
The Dog-Striking Stance cannot be fast at all tims,
it has to alternate between fast motions and slow one
I know what I have to do.
Good
Don't worry about me
I know your intentions are pure.
If there's nothing else, I'll have to take my leave of you.
Cousin brother, don't go!
Cousin brother
Young Miss, don't be sad.
Who's been planting flowers here?
Young Miss
I was commanded by Madam
to plant these flowers here.
Who are you?
Sister Goddess, oh how I've missed you!
Accept my greetings, Master!
What are you doing?
Young Miss
He's the one Scarlet brought here.
He said he knows how to plant flowers.
And Madam believed him.
Stop talking nonsense.
Bookworms like you shouldn't simply give people names.
Why did you call me Sister Goddess?
If not,
then how should I address you?
My family name is Wang,
so you can call me Miss Wang.
No, that won't do,
there are too many young ladies with the surname Wang.
You're like an angel.
If not,
Can I call you Angel Wang?
That's so old-fashioned.
Then, calling you as Princess of Mandra Hill
won't do either
Sung
Dali
Liao
Tu Bo
Xi Xia
What country doesn't have a princess?
How can anything compare to you?
But no one's ever told me
whether I'm beautiful or not.
Here,
apart from my mother and I, the rest are all servants.
They just treat me as their Young Miss,
so who's there to care about me?
What about people on the outside?
What people on the outside?
When you go out
and you meet people
don't tell me nobody
has ever praised your beauty?
I've never been outside of here,
my mother's forbidden it.
I've never met anyone else,
not even at my aunt's place.
I've only ever met my cousin brother's friends
But
they're not as dumb as you.
Oh, so that's how it is
What a waste, such a waste
Was that Mister Mu Rong just now?
Yes, that was my cousin brother, Mu Rong Fu.
I've heard he's very famous, is that true?
Yes,
but don't tell me,
he's never praised you?
When he's with me,
he only talks about martial arts
and matters concerning his plans to rebuild his country.
But I
I hate martial arts, but just to please him
I've read many martial arts tomes
when I actually have no interest in them at all.
That's great! I don't like martial arts either
My father and uncle forced me to learn some.
But I couldn't take it,
so I ran away from home.
But it's not easy reading so many martial arts tomes
just for the sake
of your cousin brother.
After my uncle died,
my mother and aunt got into a disagreement.
Now she's banned him from coming here,
so I can only meet him in secret.
It's so difficult for us to be together
yet all he talks about
is martial arts and his dreams for his country.
What about your father?
He died before I was born.
I never knew him.
Your aunt is your father's sister.
Your uncle is your aunt's husband.
And he's your aunt's son.
Yes, I'm my mother's daughter,
and he's my cousin brother.
You're silly,
you're just blabbering aimlessly.
Ai...
I've been here for too long,
I must go back.
Mother.
What do you want to tell me?
If it's about Mu Rong, I don't want to know.
How are you going to punish
Scarlet and Turquoise?
The two of them
have been with the Mu Rong family for so long.
They are becoming very disobedient.
How dare they bring a man here.
I want to cut off their hands.
Mother
Scarlet and Turquoise
They did it out of desperation.
They didn't mean to do it,
please give them another chance.
How do you know they didn't mean to do it?
Are you afraid that after I cut off their hands,
your cousin brother won't bother with you anymore?
But I want him to no bother with you anymore.
Mother
Cousin Brother is your nephew!
Why do you hate him so much?
Even though Auntie made you angry
but you had no right being mad at him.
Enough.
I don't want to talk anymore
Get out
Yes
Mother!
I beg you to let them go!
You can order them
never to come here anymore.
I've made my decision,
there's really no point in begging me.
I know why you hate Auntie
and Cousin Brother!
What's wrong, Miss Wang?
Because of you
Mother wants to cut off Scarlet and Turquoise's hands!
What?
She didn't even want to listen to me!
So what do we do now?
Please think of something, Miss Wang!
She didn't promise me anything, so what can I do?
She wants to oppose my Cousin Brother.
My cousin brother is going to challenge the Beggar Clan,
he might be in danger.
At first I wanted to ask Mother to help him
but it seems that would be impossible.
If Mu Rong Fu is in trouble,
and you know so much about martial arts,
why don't you help him?
I only know how to read about them,
not use them.
Anyway,
mother would never let me leave this place.
So you leave secretly,
she doesn't need to know!
Like me,
I will also leave secretly.
That makes sense. Alright,
we'll go and save Scarlet and Turquoise first.
Then we'll go and look for Cousin Brother.
Hmmm
Young Miss is here!
Please come in
Auntie Yan,
my mother wanted me
to fetch Scarlet and Turquoise.
She wants to question them.
Is that right?
Alright, Young Miss.
But you have to
help me tie them first.
Hold on to this rope.
What are you doing, Auntie Yan?
When Madam Wang says
she wants to kill them,
she'll never change her mind.
Young Miss, you've underestimated me.
Who are you?
Mister Duan.
Don't worry about who I am, just let Miss Wang go first.
What are you doing?
Let me go, let me go!
Let Scarlet ad Turquoise go first!
Yes
Mister Duan
Where did you learn the Northern Darkness martial art?
Such a foul martial art
This is my family's 6 Frost-Melting Palms,
it's different from the Northern Darkness martial art.
This is not the same.
Good and evil,
there's a difference.
Hurry, move faster!
Where are we going?
We're going to look for my cousin brother.
Yes, let's go and look for Young Master.
What about you, Mister Duan?
I I'm willing to protect you.
Good,
now let's go back to my place first.
Then we'll go and look for Cousin Brother.
What's wrong, Miss Scarlet?
Something's not right
Why are there so many boats docked in front of my home...
Who's here?
Let's go inside!
What's wrong with family Mu Rong?
The house is empty.
I don't see anyone here.
They must be afraid of us
and gone into hiding.
No matter,
what it takes
I must catch him.
Who?
Come on, let's go in.
Who are you,
what are you doing here?
I'm the owner of this house,
what do you think I'm doing here?
I'd like to ask who you are,
and what you're doing here.
You're the owner of the house, that's good.
Are you the Young Miss of the Mu Rong family?
I'm just a servant,
I'm not fortunate to be a young mistress.
Who are you?
You haven't told me.
Please ask your master to come out.
He's already gone out
If there's anything, you can tell me.
I am Yao Bo Dang
I've admired you for some time.
You're a woman,
what do you know of admiration?
In your family,
You are most skilled in the Five Tigers Sabre martial art.
In the beginning,
this martial art had 64 stances,
but the inheritors of the martial art forget five of the stances,
so now there are only 59.
Castellan Yao
How many do you know?
Five Tigers Sabre martial art of my family
How did you know
that my martial art has 64 stances?
It's written in a book, so it must be true.
The five stances that are missing are ' Bai Hu Tiao Jian ',
' Yi Xiao Feng Sheng ', ' Jian Pu Zi Ru ', ' Xiong Ba Cun San '
and the last one is,
' Fu Xiang Sheng Shi ', am I right?
This martial art has five important stances
that have been missing for years.
Even I don't know them.
So how come you do?
Those five stances have probably
been forgotten,
because you've been too busy.
Miss,
what is your relationship with Mu Rong Bo?
He was my uncle.
Who are you?
You're very knowledgeable.
How about you try and guess my background?
Show me your martial arts.
I cannot guess just by your words.
Fine.
That weapon is called the Thunder Machete.
It seems you're skilled in the use of this secret weapon
The Thunder Machete is a weapon,
from the Qing Feng (Emerald City) Sect.
Here are nine stances in Qing (Striking) And 18 stances in Cheng (Breaking).
All of which are mysterious and powerful.
Is your family name Si Ma?
You are intelligent indeed.
You have a well deserved reputation
I am Si Ma Lin
Is it true that there are nine Striking stances,
and 18 Breaking stances?
That's a good question.
I think there should be 10 Striking Stances.
Although the ' Tie Pu Sa ' dan ' Tie Lian Zi ' stances look the same,
the execution is different.
And should not be considered as one.
Whereas with the 18 Breaking stances
' Po Pai ', ' Po Dun ',
and ' Po Jia ' aren't unique enough
and seem to have been included to fill up the quota of 18.
It would be better if it was reduced to just 15 stances.
Alright then.
Please state your reason for coming here.
Of course we have come regarding an important matter,
we must see Mu Rong.
If Mister Mu Rong is not here,
we will wait till he comes.
Who are you?
Are you worthy of waiting here?
Is that you Big Brother Bao?
Not at all, not Big Brother Bao.
Do you still want to deny it?
You aren't even here yet, and you're already saying ' not at al, not at all '
What do you mean ' not at all, not at all ', stop playing,
and show yourself.
Third Brother Bao, you're right on time!
They entered Sister Scarlet's house without permission.
We're thinking of a way to drive them away.
I, Si Ma Lin would like to ask your name,
so that I...
Are you worthy of asking my name?
Didn't you hear what Miss Wang just said?
This is my sister Scarlet's home,
what are you all doing here?
You Bao fellow, you're great.
I know I am no match for you.
But I've come here seeking justice
on behalf of my younger martial brother.
Please give an explanation
for the death of my younger martial brother.
I've only come here
to ask one question;
Was my father killed by Mu Rong Fu?
This is really amusing.
You haven't even considered
your own abilities,
and yet you think you are worthy of asking me?
Normally,
I should just
kill you all
But I'm afraid I might mess up my sister's home.
That's it, now you better get lost
before I get really mad.
Get out!
Let's go
Stop!
Si Ma Lin, Yao Bo Dang
Listen here
whether it's your father,
or your martial brother
Neither of them was killed by my Young Master.
Mister Si Ma Lin, Mister Yao
We of the Mu Rong family have no quarrel with you.
If we had killed your people,
we wouldn't be letting you go now, would we?
Now,
if Big Brother Bao wanted to kill all of you,
it wouldn't be a problem.
I'm sure someone
is trying to frame us.
We hope you'll investigate further in this matter first.
What? You've finished listening,
so why aren't you leaving?
Let's go
Who's he?
Want to ask him to get lost?
This is Master Duan of Dali.
We were captured by
Aunt Yan today,
and he's the one who saved us.
Let's drink
Drink up!
Lately
many people have been killed
with their own martial arts.
Must be somebody
Everyone is blaming us
so I'm sure
somebody is plotting revenge
against the Mu Rong family.
In your opinion,
who could be plotting against us?
Firstly, it cannot be the Shaolin monks
because they are not given to simply killing people.
Secondly, it also cannot be the Beggar Clan
Because their Deputy Leader, Ma Da Yuan
was also killed
He was murdered using his own martial arts.
Like Shaolin,
the Beggar Clan would not sacrifice
their Deputy Leader just to frame us.
Mister Duan, you've just been nodding and nodding your head
So you must think
that my words make sense.
Not at all, not at all
Firstly I only nodded once
I was not nodding and nodding my head.
Secondly, what I think is that you're telling us the facts,
but that doesn't necessarily mean it makes sense.
You're imitating
my words.
Why?
Do you intend to join
the Mu Rong family?
Are you interested
in our Turquoise?
Big Brother, you're talking nonsense again.
I didn't offend you
I received a letter from Young Master,
he said that many of the Beggar Clan's followers have arrived in Jiang Nan,
and may challenge us.
Younger Brother Fung has gone
to meet with Young Master.
I was afraid they might attack us here,
so I came back first,
but I'll be going soon.
Ah, a message from Young Master has arrived!
Ah, he's snatched it away.
Young Master said
A group of soldier
from Xi Xia is coming.
He has no idea whether they are friends or foes
and wants myself, Scarlet and Turquoise,
to investigate.
Miss Wang, do you want to come along?
Of course I would!
But
why would the XI Xia
want to oppose us?
Our enemies are multiplying.
With Miss Wang on our side,
we will clearly
know their backgrounds in no time.
And after this task is done,
we can meet up with Young Master in Jiang Nan.
Really, that's great, now let's go.
But if Miss Wang comes with us,
Madam Wang will definitely get mad at me
the next time she meet me
You sitting here,
annoys me.
You Duan fellow, why don't you go home!
You shouldn't even be listening
to what we have to say here.
We're going to fight,
and you don't have to watch us do that either.
Miss Wang, Miss Scarlet dan Miss Turquoise,
I'll excuse myself first, good bye.
Master Duan, it's late, where do you want to go?
You're not familiar with this place.
Why don't you spend the night here
and leave tomorrow?
It's the same thing.
I'll excuse myself first.
Wait, why don't we get a servant to escort you out?
There's no need, just lend me a boat
and I'll row it myself.
Oh, don't forget,
we should also look into that Tu Bo priest's background.
We'll know everything
once we meet up with Cousin Brother.
Wu Xi City
What would you like to order?
Two dishes, and a bottle of wine.
Alright.
Your wine.
Your food, please go ahead and eat!
Waiter, I'll pay for him as well.
Alright.
Big brother, they want to meet us
at the Hui Hill Pavilion tomorrow morning.
That's a little rushed.
It was supposed to be held three days from today,
but it seems that they know our members have not arrived yet.
They jeer at us
They said that if we have guts, we'll meet them tomorrow.
Tell everyone
to gather at Hui Hill tonight at midnight.
We'll arrive first.
Yes sir.
Friend
Let's drink together.
Sure.
What's your name?
There's no need to ask if you already know.
Now let's drink till our heart's content.
If we fight later,
we may no longer be friends.
Oh, you've mistaken me
for an enemy.
But having heard you say ' till our heart's content ',
we'll I'll drink to that with you.
You're honest, but your bowl is much too small.
Waiter, give me a bigger bowl please,
and also 10 catties of Kao Liang wine.
Sir, can you really finish 10 catties of wine?
He's buying,
so don't try to save his money for him.
10 catties aren't enough, let's have 20 catties instead!
Yes!
Fill up the bowls.
Yes, yes.
What if we each drink 10 bowls first?
Alright, I'll take you up on that.
But don't laugh at me if I get drunk.
Alright then, let's drink.
This is good wine.
Bottoms up!
You really know how to drink!
Good, let's drink some more!
My ability to drink wine changes with different people.
A thousand cups of wine among, congenial friends are too few
The people I have met these past few days
were either too shy or too sharp-tongued
Only you can be
considered a true man.
Let's drink!
Good! Drink some more!
They sure can drink!
They've had at least 20 catties of wine!
Yeah
I've never seen
anyone who can drink like them.
Great, drink,
let's see who the better drinker is!
Yeah, they make it look like they're drinking water.
Good, very good!
Truly heroes who can really drink.
We've had over
40 bowls of wine each
And you're still sober.
So we'll consider it a draw.
It's not easy to determine who the better drinker is.
But if we drink some more
I might not have enough to pay for it.
Yes, let's go then!
Thank you sir! Thank you sir!
Friend, I would like to challenge you to a race!
Alright.
Come
Mu Rong Fu is great indeed.
I am Duan Yu. You've mistaken me for someone else.
You're not Mister Mu Rong Fu?
This is my first time in Jiang Nan,
I hear his name every where I go
yet I've never seen him.
Oh, you said just now,
your name is Qiao Feng?
Yes, I'm Qiao Feng.
I'm from Dali, this is my first time in Jiang Nan
I'm honoured to meet your acquaintance.
You as a hero
It's honour
So you're from Dali?
Why are you here in Jiang Nan?
It's a long story
So take your time and tell me.
Mister Duan, you're a good drinker, and a straightforward person.
And also you have the makings of a hero I know a lot of people
But there aren't many that I admire.
Friend, I would like us to be blood brothers.
What say you?
That would be wonderful!
I, Qiao Feng...
I, Duan Yu...
Will, from this day forth, be brothers
Even though we were not born at the same time,
but we hope to die at the same time.
Big Brother.
Younger Brother.
Brother, I heard just now
that you have a meeting with some people.
Even though I don't know any martial arts,
I'd like to tag along if I could.
Can I go with you?
Of course you can!
But our enemies are cruel.
You must take good care of yourself.
I will listen closely to your orders
Brother, let's go!
Younger Brother, the day is still young
What say you and I go for another round of drinks,
then only proceed to Hui Hill.
Brother, when we were testing our drinking skills just now
I cheated.
I expelled the wine from my body
through my fingers.
You actually drank 40 bowls of wine
but I really only had a few.
Younger Brother,
is this the martial art,
they call the 6 Divine Nerve Swords?
Indeed it is. I just learned it,
but have yet to master it.
Is that right?
My master once told me,
that there is a powerful martial art from Dali,
called the 6 Divine Nerve Swords.
This martial art can hurt enemies without the use of a sword.
Is it true?
There really is such a martial art as this?
My martial arts
aren't of much use
except for cheating just now.
I was once
captured by Jiu Mo Zhee
I was no match for him.
I think people have just overestimated its power.
Brother, drinking too much wine can ruin your health
Let's not drink anymore.
You're right,
but I love drinking wine.
The more I drink the more confident I become.
I am going to meet my enemies tonight
So I must drink till I'm satisfied.
Then I will go and oppose them
Let's go!