The man who killed the Lieutenant General of the Qi Dan, Ye Li Bu Lu
was Senior Chen!
There's no need to tell everyone.
Thank you for you kindness.
Senior Wu!
Senior Wu, once
you fought and defeated the warriors of
the First-Ranked Hall of Xi Xia all by yourself.
With the Gold Medal of Honour that you received, you could be easily pardoned.
Take it out and let everyone see it.
Why are you so embarrassed?
I no longer have
my Gold Medal.
Why?
One day, I felt like drinking
but I didn't have money.
So I pawned off the medal.
I admire you for your honesty!
Leader,
you are truly honourable.
My life
is in your hands.
I will not trust the words of others ever again.
Leader.
Head of the Chuan Branch.
What else do you have to say?
Please say it!
I rebelled against you
for the sake of the Sung Empire
and the Beggar Clan.
But the person who told me about your background
is afraid to die
and doesn't dare to appear before you.
So why don't you just kill me?
What about my background?
Just tell me.
I have no proof,
so nobody will believe me.
Why don't you just kill me?
If you're a real man,
then just tell me.
Why is it that you look like you want to say it, but are stopping yourself from doing it?
That's right,
you Qiao fellow,
just kill me.
I no longer want to live in this world.
I don't want to see our clan being ruled by foreign barbarians
and Sung being destroyed by you.
Why would the Beggar Clan be ruled by foreigners?
And how would I destroy Sung?
Please explain.
Chuan Guan Ching,
you know of my background
and that this has to do with the Beggar Clan
and the fate of the country.
But then you're not willing
to tell us the truth about it.
You've incited rebellion, and should be killed.
But
I won't do that first.
I will only kill you
when I find out what's really going on.
When I decide to kill someone
that person
will not escape.
Now get lost.
From now on, you're no longer part of the Beggar Clan.
Qiao Feng,
you look calm.
As if you really didn't know.
Know what?
Qiao Feng
you're a good actor.
If not,
you wouldn't have become our leader.
Leader,
Leader.
It's an emergency.
Come here
and save him.
He must be saved.
Yes sir.
Qiao Feng.
Stop!
Qiao Feng!
You cannot read this news!
Senior Xu,
what has alarmed you?
Good morrow to you, Senior Xu
Qiao Feng,
you may not read this news.
Please give it to me.
Sorry.
Senior Bai,
don't go through with the punishments yet.
My followers,
today, I have invited
the wife of Ma Da Yuan, Kang Min to join us here.
She has something to announce to you all.
Also, I have invited
a few friends as witnesses.
If this is important,
we will wait.
Of course it is important.
The people from Tai Hill have also come.
What is the Sixth Young Master of the San family
doing here?
Leader Qiao,
sorry for interrupting.
I didn't know you were coming.
So I didn't come out to welcome you.
My apologies.
Bring Madam in.
I'm wife of Ma Da Yuan
Greeting Leader Qiao.
No need to be so polite.
My husband died unfulfilled.
Thank you for arranging his funeral.
Thank you.
Leader Qiao.
Greetings.
Leader Qiao, why has your body been impaled with swords?
Leader Qiao,
who would dare
stab you with swords like this?
I stabbed myself.
You stabbed yourself?
Is it because you won't feel comfortable until you stab yourself?
I stabbed myself while practicing my martial arts.
Thank you for your medicine.
Father and son of the San family from Tai Hill,
Mr. And Mrs. Tham of Tai Hang Hill,
and Mister Zhao Qian Sun.
Your presence
is very much appreciated.
Madam Ma,
go ahead and speak.
My husband Ma Da Yuan died unfulfilled.
When I was going through his belongings,
I found a letter
that was tightly bound.
On the envelope he mentioned that
should he die an unforeseen death,
it would fall to me to pass the letter to the Beggar Clan.
Then, and only then, should the letter be opened.
But
at that time leader Qiao and the Seniors
were not around
I afraid this matter will be delay
I was afraid to make such a decision
so I met with Senior Xu
and gave him the letter,
knowing that he would know what to do.
What happened next,
I leave to Senior Xu to tell you.
This matter
has troubled me greatly.
Look,
this is Ma Da Yuan's will.
It is his writing on the envelope.
When I first received it, the letter was in better condition.
When I opened it
upon receiving it from Madam Ma,
Mister San was also there at the time.
He will be my witness.
Yes,
I saw him opening the letter.
But
the letter inside is not written by Ma Da Yuan.
It was actually
written by someone else for
Leader Wang.
When Mister San and myself saw
the signature on the letter,
we were shocked.
Mister San,
you've done wrong.
This is a secret letter of the Beggar Clan,
so why did you read it?
I only saw the signature on the letter.
I did not read its contents.
A thief is a thief
regardless of how little or how much he steals.
Whether you secretly read all of it
or just a little,
you secretly read someone else's letter
and this is a dishonourable act.
Dishonourable people should be killed.
What?
What do you think you're doing?
My Elder Martial Brother is only speaking the truth.
General,
there are over a hundred members of the Beggar Clan
gathered in the forest.
I saw an old beggar
with as many as nine pockets.
He may be a Senior.
I can't believe they weren't fooled.
They left many warriors here
at Hui Hill.
It looks like Duan Yan Qing will be wasting his time waiting.
Bring that guy here.
Yes sir.
Tell me
how many followers of the Beggar Clan
are in that forest?
I only know that our leader
wanted us to wait in the forest.
I don't know how many of us are there.
How many seniors are there in your clan?
We have six seniors.
Are they all present?
I wouldn't know
where the Seniors are.
Only disciples with seven pockets or more are aware of their locations.
I don't care how many of you there are.
When the time comes
you will all feel my power.
I cannot tell you
who wrote this letter.
But this matter
has to do with the fate of the Beggar Clan
and also the life and reputation of a hero.
Therefore I will not do anything hasty.
I found out that
the person who wrote this letter
is close friends with Mr. And Mrs. Tham.
Therefore, I approached them for advice.
Mrs. Tham has told me everything.
But I do not wish
to talk about this matter.
Finally, she informed me that
she had an Elder Martial Brother
who had been part of this whole affair.
He is Zhao Qian Sun.
You...
you whore!
Mister Zhao,
please tell them
if the event described in the letter
is true or not?
Mrs. Tham, please ask him to speak.
Brother Handsome,
please tell everyone
what happened at Yan Gate.
I don't know anything about
what happened at Yan Gate.
Please don't ask me about this,
I don't know.
I really don't know.
I don't know.
It's true that Xiao Juan married Mister Tham
Who said that?
Who said that? Come out here!
I said it.
If not,
why did you run away as soon as you saw Mister Tham?
Who ran away?
He doesn't fight back when he's being beaten,
so what's so great about that?
You... you say
Amitabha!
Not reciprocating when one is being beaten
is the most difficult martial art to master.
Master Zhi Kuan has arrived.
I haven't seen you for thirty years,
yet your are as healthy as ever.
If you have weak martial arts
and do not reciprocate when being beaten
this is quite difficult.
But if you have powerful martial arts
yet are willing to be beaten
then this is even more difficult.
That's right.
Sir,
I trust your journey was uneventful
Sir,
sorry for troubling you to come
such a long way.
I would surely come
if invited by you.
Anyway, this is an important matter
so it was right for me to come.
Who is Leader Qiao?
I am Qiao Feng.
You also took part in
the battle outside Yan Gate.
Why don't you tell them what happened?
This is sinful, too sinful.
I...
really do not want to recall what happened.
Master Zhi Kuan
the fate of the Beggar Clan
depends on this matter.
Only you
can explain it to us.
Alright then,
let me begin at the beginning.
Thirty years ago,
Leader Wang ordered us to gather
to discuss
a matter that was of great importance to us.
A prominent figure in the martial world
at that time
told us
that a powerful Qi Dan warrior
was planning to infiltrate Shaolin Temple
with the purpose
of stealing all the martial arts tomes there
and bringing them back to Liao
so that the people of Liao could learn them.
At that time, Sung and Liao had been at war for a long time.
Their forces were equal
and there was much tension between the countries.
But if the Liao army
were to learn the Shaolin martial arts
then soon
nobody would be able to oppose them.
When that happened,
Sung would be destroyed.
So we set out and
planned to kill that warrior,
and prevent him from entering China.
Leader Qiao,
if you were around during that time,
what would you do?
Master Zhi Kuan
if the Qi Dan were to do that again
at this moment in time
I would definitely go with my Beggar Clan brothers
to fight against them.
So you mean to say
that our actions during that time
were correct?
If I had been born 30 years earlier,
I would have gone with you.
At that time we were led by a great leader
to oppose them.
Our leader's martial arts were formidable
and he was well-respected by the people.
That's why we chose him as our leader
and obeyed his every command.
Along the way we ran into a Liao patrol
and easily destroyed them.
But the next battle...
There were 15 of us,
and most of us were slaughtered by that Qi Dan warrior.
Only a few of us survived.
We couldn't bear to harm that child.
So we didn't kill him.
We began cleaning up the area,
and thought that our dead comrades
numbered 12 in total.
But we only found 11 bodies.
One of the bodies was still alive
and had fled.
And that body is still alive today.
That body was me.
Finally,
we found a merchant
who could translate
the writing on the stone wall.
This is the message that I have translated.
Brother,
our assumptions about them were wrong.
Sinful, too sinful.
What was it that was written?
Why did it wrong them?
Why do you say they died wrongly-accused?
It's not that I don't want to tell you but...
If the writing on the stone wall
is true
then our deeds
were a grave mistake indeed.
I was not famous
in the martial world then,
so it was fine even if I made such a big mistake.
But our leader and Leader Wang
were well-respected.
Furthermore, Leader Wang has passed on now,
and I cannot
ruin his good name.
Please forgive me
for not being able to tell you.
What about the child?
We passed him to
a man and his wife at the foot of Shao Shi Hill,
so that he would be well taken care of.
We asked them not
to tell him the truth of what had happened.
You would probably have guessed this by now,
so I will no longer lie to you.
The man's name was Kiu San Kui
No!
No, you're lying
Why are you lying
to conspire against me?
I am a Han,
not a Liao.
San Kui was my real father!
You're all lying!
Stop!
Leader Qiao, calm down.
We have no quarrel with you.
Please let go of my son.
Leader Qiao,
Master Zhi Kuan is a well-respected figure
you cannot hurt him.
Yes, I know.
I have no quarrel with you
and also admire the demeanour of Master Zhi Kuan.
If you want the clan leadership,
then I would gladly give it to you.
But why did you have to
defame me?
What have I done
that you would want to do this to me?
This is truly amusing.
Yes, the Hans are not excellent
but the Qi Dan are worse.
You are a Qi Dan
but you want to be a Han,
which means you are denying your ancestry.
Can you really be called a true man?
How dare you call me a Qi Dan again!
All I know is that
Qi Dan warrior
looked exactly like you.
That battle was brutal
and horrifying.
Even after a hundred years
I would still remember it.
I saw that child myself.
The only reason I'm alive now
is because I care about Xiao Juan
and nothing else.
Whether you become leader or not does not concern me,
so why would I want to defame you?
My martial arts are nowhere near yours
don't you think it would be easy to kill me?
Son!
And then what?
You know the rest.
When you were seven,
while you were cutting wood on Shao Shi Hill
you were attacked by a wolf.
A monk called Yun Ku
saved you.
He killed the wolf
and nursed you back to health.
After that
he taught you martial arts every day.
Actually, that monk
was asked by our leader
to guide you from a young age
so that you would not become evil.
Our leader and Leader Wang
felt they had wronged your parents.
So they taught you to become a hero.
Why do you say you wrong those Qi Dan?
Sung dan Liao had been at war
for a very long time.
How could you have wronged them?
The writing on the stone wall outside Yan Gate
still exists.
Go and read it for yourself.
Leader Wang was wary of you at first,
but after some time, he found that
you were talented,
kind,
and noble in spirit.
As time passed he began to like you.
After that, you did many great deeds
and started to make a name for yourself.
All your comrades in the Beggar Clan admired you
and even those you were not well-acquainted with felt
that you were the best candidate to become the next leader.
As far as I know,
in the past hundred years or so
no leader
has been through as much as you have.
I've always thought my master
intended to train me
but apparently not.
Thank you, Abbot Zhi Kuan,
for enlightening me on this.
Qiao Feng,
this is the letter that our leader wrote
to Leader Wang.
He was against the idea
of making you the next leader of the clan.
Why don't you read it yourself.
Let me take a look at it.
Is this the original letter?
Yes.
This is our leader's writing.
What are you doing?
Qiao Feng is not of our people.
Sooner or later, he will betray us.
His parents
were killed by us.
If he finds out about his background,
not only will the Beggar Clan be destroyed,
but the entire martial world will be thrown into chaos.
Qiao Feng's martial arts
are beyond compare.
This is an important matter,
I ask that you look into it seriously.
Leader Qiao,
now that you know the truth,
you will definitely want to seek revenge.
Leader Wang is dead,
and I will not tell you
the identity of our leader.
I will take full responsibility
for this sin,
so if you want to kill me, then kill me.
Whether or not this matter is true,
I have yet to know.
I will not act hastily and kill you.
Yes,
I was also involved.
You can easily kill me
any time you want.
This is Leader Wang's will.
You can recognise his writing, can't you?
To
Ma Da Yuan and all the Seniors,
If Qiao Feng should turn traitor,
please kill him.
Use whatever means necessary.
Whoever kills him will not have committed a crime, but performed a great deed.
From Wang Jian Tong.
You rebelled against me
because you knew of my origin, didn't you?
Yes.
And it was only because
the four Seniors listened to you
that they decided to kill me, right?
But they were cowards.
They couldn't make up their minds,
and none of them dared to kill you.
Wait.
All of you,
conceal yourselves in the forest.
When I give the signal
release the ' Bei Su Qing Feng ' (Wind of Sorrow Tranquiliser)
Remember,
you must observe the direction of the wind
Yes sir.
General,
I can hear them engaged in heated discussion.
It seems Qiao Feng is also present.
What?
What is he doing there?
That means
he did not keep his promise to Duan Yan Qing.
Bastard,
This is bad.
General,
what's so great about this Qiao Feng?
Yeah,
if we all attack together,
I'm sure none of them will escape.
We have the Wind of Sorrow,
so even Qiao Feng will be no match for us.
What do you know?
This Qiao Feng
has incredibly powerful
martial arts.
If not for him,
I would have destroyed the Beggar Clan ages ago.
General,
so what do we do now?
If this is the case,
you go ahead
and investigate further
then come back
and report everything you see to me.
Yes sir.
The rest of you
go and hide.
Yes sir.
And keep silent.
Dear guests,
you all understand
how Ma Da Yuan was.
He didn't have any enemies
in the martial world.
There must have been some other reason
for his sudden death.
I think
he was the keeper
of something very important
that he didn't want anyone else to know.
And he was killed because of this.
Are you suspecting me of this crime?
Of course not,
I am just a woman,
and I shouldn't even be here.
I hope that all of you
can help me uncover the truth.
Brother Qiao,
please help me avenge my husband.
Madam Ma,
please stand up.
Madam Ma,
There's one thing I don't understand.
I would like to ask your advice regarding this matter.
What do you wish to ask me?
I heard just now
that Deputy Leader Ma's will
was supposedly unopened until Senior Xu read it.
This means
that you never read the letter.
That's right.
Since nobody knew
the contents of Leader Wang's will
that means there is no proof to support your claims just now.
Who are you?
Why are you interfering in our affairs?
I dare not
interfere in your affairs,
but am merely
disagreeing with what you said.
Senior Bai
What she says makes sense.
At first, I too felt that
something was amiss,
but then I remembered that
the day before he died,
a thief broke into our home.
What was stolen?
Was anyone hurt?
No,
no one was hurt.
He used a tranquiliser to knock me out, .
Then he ransacked my home
and stole tens of taels.
But because my husband
died the very next day,
I totally forgot about the theft.
Now,
I'm glad that the letter was well-concealed
and was therefore not stolen by that thief.
It was fortunate indeed.
Isn't it normal for a thief to steal money?
Yes,
that's correct.
But after that I found something
under the window of my home.
Then I knew this occurrence was more complicated than I thought.
What was it?
Senior Xu
Take a look.
Snow falls on the Yan Gate
halting the raging upheaval.
Risking dishonour to perform deeds of honour
to repay the kindness of the country.
Those not of the same race
will never hold true to the same ideals.
Leader Wang, your words were true indeed.
Senior Xu
that is my fan.
Even though Leader Wang trusted me with his life,
he never trusted me with his will.
It was for your own good that Leader Wang kept it a secret.
Why?
Senior Xu
the only person who knew about it
in the Beggar Clan, was Da Yuan.
And he died a tragic death.
If...
you had known too,
maybe...
Fine.
What else do you want to say?
For the past 30 years,
I had no knowledge of my origins whatsoever.
Even though there are many witnesses
present here today,
I will still conduct my own investigations.
If I find during the course of my investigation
that someone has framed me
then be assured
that I will not let that person live.
Until this matter is cleared
I will not longer be the leader of the Beggar Clan.
I hereby officially resign.
I am unfit to be leader,
and therefore return this staff to you.
My friends of the Beggar Clan!
Whoever wants to replace me as leader,
please step forward.
Senior Xu
and the two Seniors,
I now return
the Dog-Striking Staff to you.
Please present it to the new leader
when you have elected him.
Well it looks like
that's all we can do.
Wait!
Brother Sung,
what else do you have to say?
I don't think our leader is of the Qi Dan.
The people of Qi Dan are violent,
but Leader Qiao is noble.
We wanted to kill him just now,
but he willingly paid for our sins.
A Qi Dan?
Would a Qi Dan do this?
He was taught
by Shaolin monks and Leader Wang from a young age.
That's why he is no longer violent.
If even his nature can be changed,
then what's to stop him from being our leader?
In the Beggar Clan,
Leader Qiao is without peer.
I will not obey
anyone else who becomes Leader.
Somebody is trying to defame Leader Qiao.
We must not believe false rumours.
Yes.
All this happened a long time ago.
Are we to judge whether it is true or false
based only on your words?
We cannot change leaders as we like.
Those who are willing to follow Leader Qiao,
please come to this side.
My friends,
Qiao Feng is indeed smart
and powerful