There's already Mei-leung,
why should there be Tao Fa?
Your Chu family line is doomed to be broken.
What I have gone through,
I'll repay you in double.
I am Chor Chat-kim.
Where is Ngau Tai-lik?
I owe a life. Living on borrowed time is no joy.
I have been waiting for you to settle the score with me.
I saved your life.
A life for a life.
You leave Ngau Tai-lik alone.
I am not on par with you. Just kill me.
You find it bafﬂing?
What Chat-kim has picked up are just some fancy moves.
His stance is unsteady. He's out of breath in no time.
His moves are shaky.
His opening moves may look good,
but he has no following up moves.
In short, it's just a ﬂash in the pan.
He went to the wrong mentor and picked up the wrong routine.
But you two lost to him even when joining forces.
It's to scare you into acknowledging your true feelings.
That's not possible!
For revenge, I paid my mentor 500 taels for him to teach me.
He said I had picked up all he knew.
As far as I know, the Faceless something died five years ago.
Your mentor was an impostor.
It's not possible!
I want revenge! I have to kill Ngau Tai-lik.
I didn’t mean to kill your godfather.
I knew he's a good man.
But I had no choice under the circumstances.
A life for a life. It's fair.
But I am a different man now.
I can't leave Mau to herself.
What about this?
You go improve your martial arts skills.
Then pick a good day to take my life.
That has to be today!
You are a rock or what? How can I make you see?
Tai-lik killed your adopted father;
Yeung Mau saved your life.
Tai-lik owes you, you owe Yeung Mau.
If you kill Tai-lik, Yeung Mau will have to kill you for revenge.
Even if she won't, you'll have to kill yourself to repay her.
Then your family has to kill Yeung Mau to avenge you.
When will it ever end?
One decision makes all the difference.
You have wasted two years for your revenge.
You have forsaken the fundamental for some fancy moves.
You will go nowhere.
Ho Biu's spirit in heaven will be ashamed of you.
Though he did kill a good man,
Tai-lik has felt remorse and turned a new leaf.
He has been doing good and he can stand tall.
He has redeemed himself.
Chor Chat-kim, I got poisoned when I tried to save your life,
I almost lost my life.
I never thought of asking you to repay me.
Life is short. Don't paint yourself into a corner.
Why trap yourself in this vicious circle?
Why not just let go and spend your life helping the weak and the poor?
That's a fruitful life.
A real man will not let vengeance go unpaid.
How can I face my godfather?
I have failed him!
Alright...take it easy...
Death is not that a big deal.
You hold this and chop on my neck.
Then we are even. Come on.
Godfather! I am sorry.
Killing is easy. What's hard to bear is the lifelong remorse.
I don't want you to repeat my mistake.
Do you get it?
Come on, cut it out.
Boss, do you recognise me?
I am here to get the lantern.
You are back for the challenge? You are a determined man.
Of course.
Bring it on.
Alright. Here we go.
Bird in a cage. A word.
Malarkey.
One on the right, one on the left,
you can touch them but you can't see them...
Got it! Ears.
Come on, give me more challenging ones.
Satan's former dwelling.
Satan before his fall. Heaven.
When heaven farts...
It's thunder.
Good! Last one, the couplets.
Conning, scheming and cheating begins with chit-chatting.
Gotcha?
Be quiet. It takes time to put the words together.
Tai-lik, go for it!
Go! Go]
Be quiet.
Fuming, brawling and arguing ends in fist-fighting.
Bravo! Bravo!
Just a few days and you are unstoppable!
This lantern is yours.
Bravo!
Mau, I am so happy today.
Let me throw in one for you.
I mean what I say.
Expansive is the heaven, vast is the land; I long for you like I long for the light.
You stupid thing sure have a silvery tongue.
But spare me the affectation. It makes me puke, dude!
You are indeed eloquent with gang speak.
My street cred has rubbed off on you.
So elegance and crudeness have crossed paths,
you and I are now two as one.
It's your fault!
I am so relieved.
You are now foul-mouthed
You will make men puke. They will give you wide berth.
You pretender stain everything!
You've turned gold into iron.
Dude, jerk or dork...It's nothing!
I used to be so foul-mouthed,
I would have foul words for subject, verb and object for even; sentence.
Yam Man once said, love can turn a coward into a hero,
the picky into tolerating, the tough into tender,
the mediocre into outstanding.
So it is true.
You mean I used to be mediocre? Are you kidding me?
Take it easy, I don't have a roving eye or a fickle heart.
My luck...my luck...
You sure come on strong.
Big deal!
Hey...don't get mad...
I really am something.
Now that you have a man by your side,
you don't have to be so tough.
Right. You are my rock.
Alright...alright...
Mau-mau, let's walk back. Let's give the carriage a pass.
You aren't tired?
No, not for my whole life.
Phecda Commissioner? Big deal.
I come and go into his room as I please.
I knew you had something good hidden here.
Let me take this back to Mau.
What is this?
Some contraption?
Some kind of a joke?
Who is it?
Hush...It's me.
What are you doing here?
Stealing food.
What are you doing here?
To put down my reports.
Hey, this is...
It's obviously a secret chamber.
Old Ghost never mentioned one.
He's not around. Let's check it out.
Tai-lik, it's locked.
A piece of cake.
Hold it!
Aren't these drawings of Yim Sing's cannon?
Sire had ordered it to be destroyed.
Why did Old Ghost disobey the order?
What are these weird characters?
Have a look.
Chuen-kung, what do you think?
From what you said, those are Juchen writings.
That's the Jins' written language.
The clothing with animal pattern and feathers must be Shaman wear.
Jin people believe in Shamanism.
How come there is Jin clothing in His Honour's room?
We have proved Old Ghost's not a Jin mole.
One thing still bafﬂes me.
Just tell us if you have doubts.
I have checked Law Kau's teeth.
They were not tempered with.
None contained poison.
But the ]in adept outside Fa Yim Lau did have poison in his tooth.
I got the undertaker to exhume the bodies of the other men in black.
I've checked their teeth.
Some killed themselves by biting off their tongue,
some by breaking the poison capsules.
I interviewed some dentists.
Some said they had helped bandits put poison capsules in their teeth.
I see.
Now you're getting me confused.
That means not everyone with a poison-filled tooth is a Jin mole,
and not every ]in mole has a poison-filled tooth.
So we are back to square one.
And our effort has got us nothing.
His Honour is still a suspect.
Why this new twist?
It's your fault. You should have left the secret chamber alone!
I am retiring. I want no complications.
The key lies with Huen.
But this man has yet to show up.
One-eyed Ying, you've got mail.
He's not around. Who are you?
Express mail for Ma Chuen-kung.
For me? How come?
How would I know?
Just as usual. We each sign for it.
Huen (goods)
Hold it! So you are Huen?
We've been waiting for you.
I am Huen, so what?
Who's sent this?
A man in his forties. Rather pale and weak.
He's a regular.
He has mail or goods to deliver on the 1st and 15th day of every month.
No more cutting up. I am wanted elsewhere.
Thank you.
Chuen-kung, what is it?
It's a map.
Treasure map?
No. It's the Temple of Four Truths in the suburbs.
The mysterious man wants a meeting?
The killer killed first, then left the Black Gold Sword behind.
He was leading us to the truth.
After a long absence, he's handing us the last piece.
Could it be Mo Shun?
For clearing my father's name, for Yuen,
and for Honourable Fung, we have to go.
Sir, you sent us a letter to ask us to come
You are Mo Shun?
Yes.
So you are General Ma's son Ma Chuen-kung.
It has been some time.
I secretly buried two chests Of Black Gold Swords here.
The rest was sent to Jin.
It's a Black Gold Sword.
Tell me how my father died.
Was he made a scapegoat?
You set him up!
You framed him.
You made him die in disgrace.
I didn’t believe in karma then...
But I do now.
I owe General Ma a life.
It's about time I paid back.
Pay back?
Or you were taking more lives?
You killed Law Kau, Yuen and Uncle Ying.
Back then Law Kau, One-eyed Ying and I were bought off to frame General Ma.
He's framed for misappropriation,
so the swords couldn't be delivered to the battlefield,
and Jin's victory was ensured.
The man was Fung Nam-tin.
To say that he's an imposter based on some medical records alone is a bit rash.
The Fung family has but died out.
It's because of a congenital disease.
They would die of gout before they turn thirty.
Fung Nam-tin is the lone survivor, why?
Because his is not a real Fung.
You betrayed my father. Why should I believe you?
If you can get the medical records from the Imperial Pharmacy,
the truth will be known.
Why should I listen to you?
I have yet to settle the score of Yuen's life with you.
I was exposed, I had to kill him.
Some lives have to be lost for the big picture.
You are cold-blooded and heartless!
He's innocent!
Ma Chuen-kung, I had to kill Law Kau and One-eyed Ying with Black Gold Sword
in order to expose Fung Nam-tin.
He's been a mole for 40 years and he has climbed to an important position.
Only you can stop him and save Song!
You don't need us to kill him.
My days are numbered.
I am gravely ill. I am dying.
Someone say something.
The silence is thundering.
Maybe let's forget anything ever happened.
It did happen. How can we pretend otherwise?
It is obvious.
The truth is too harsh for us.
We are all worried if we pursue it further we can prove Fung Nam-tin is a mole.
It's the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard.
It's like saying my mother is a man, or Sire is broke.
Maybe Mo Shun was lying to us.
Hawkeye, you are perceptive. What do you think?
I saw resolution in Mo Shun's eyes.
He didn't seem to be lying.
Let's face the truth.
If what Mo Shun said was true, then Fung Nam-tin is a Jin mole.
Then the consequences are dire.
He's now second only to Sire.
He's going to be named Chancellor.
And we have removed the only man that could fight him, Prince Tuen.
He has Sire's ears.
He'll be put in charge of the Ministry of War,
and be given military command.
He can easily usher the Jins in and overthrow Song.
The key lies in the Fung family's medical records.
Mo Shun's right. Congenital gout can pass from one generation to another.
Even before its onset,
there are symptoms of joint pain and stiffness.
We can’t run away from it.
We have to deal with it sooner or later.
Let's slip into Imperial Pharmacy to steal the medical records.
What if we get caught? It means the end of us.
Whatever! If I can die with Tai-lik,
I don't mind at all.
If I can clear my father's name,
be it hell or deep water, I don't care.
Alright! We four will go through thick and thin together!
Sorry, you are not counted in.
Sweet soup here!
Don't let my wife know.
I am thirsty, not a moment too soon.
It's timely indeed.
It's red bean syllabub with preserved orange peel.
It has the cooling effect.
Tai-lik, you are heaty. Have more.
Fa, I'll miss this when you are gone.
Come on, I'll miss you guys too.
Chuen-kung, here're pickles I made.
Since I can’t cook you dishes anymore, this'll make a ready dish.
Thank you.
And you two.
Cheung-sing and I may not be able to attend your wedding feast,
so let me give you this pair of pillowcases in advance.
I embroidered the mandarin ducks myself.
They'll attend your wedding feast on our behalf.
They are pretty, thank you.
My pleasure.
Fa, you and Cheung-sing have gone through so much,
it'll be happiness ahead for you two.
Of course, every cloud has a silver lining.
I'll leave you here.
I still have packing to do.
Don't bother. Just give them to others.
You don't have to care.
Back to business.
Why I am out?
Because you are no longer a Phecda man.
Besides, you have a family. You'll be a burden.
Burden?
You mean I am a burden?
Come again?
You want me to drop out at the critical moment?
Alright, you have an assignment.
Take good care of Tao Fa.
Bianjing is not safe.
You go back to Wuzhou with Tao Fa.
Precisely because it's not safe,
I can't leave my buddies behind.
If something happens to you, how can we answer to Fa?
She has suffered enough for you.
Don't you make her go through it again.
Cheung-sing, I could work side-by-side with you during this time.
It has been an honour.
Just take good care of your family.
Leave sacrificing for the country to us.
Listen...
You are out.
Don't be so sissy.
Go help Fa pack.
Come on... Just go...
Whatever you say...
Don't drop the yam.
They are available in Wuzhou.
Why should we bring them along?
It's different. You like Uncle Kwa's yam.
So it's for me. Then I don't mind it.
Honey, what about this pile?
You can get anything in Wuzhou. Why bring so many things?
We'll have to pay for extra luggage.
We can’t go back empty-handed. The folks expect souvenirs.
You can't have too many gifts.
Anything that comes from the capital is better.
Such a pile! Let me hail a carriage.
Save the money. We can handle it.
Whatever my wife says.
Cheung-Sing!
Mo?
Cheung-Sing!
Mo?
You two take your time.
I've left something inside.
You really are leaving?
Pak-nin told you about it?
How's he doing? He's fine.
You and Pak-nin make a pretty pair.
He's just dejected. He'll soon be fine.
I am wanted?
Frankly, I've found Honourable Fung a bit weird recently.
And you suddenly decided to leave.
I just saw him leading a team to the Temple of Four Truths.
Temple of Four Truths?
Do you know what he's working on?
I don't. He has not told me about it.
I find it odd. You were up and coming and he saw highly of you.
Why would he let you go so easily?
You're reading too much into it.
I am tired of living with the sword.
I want to lead a quiet life with my wife in the countryside
Cheung-sing, if you don't believe me,
I can take you to General Pacification. You can pour it out to him.
I am sorry. My mind is made up.
Don't get mad. I am attached to these pots.
I am sorry. We have to go.
I think you know more than I do.
You just don't want to get involved.
I won't force you.
Fa, Godspeed. Goodbye.
Take care.
Hubby... What?
The post station. Yes...
Our stuff. Right.
Ma'am, it's good you are back on speaking terms with your hubby.
Honey, I used to send you stuff here.
But you had them all returned.
Sending and returning...
Returning and sending...
Then sending and returning...
A waste of money indeed.
Or you wouldn't have cared.
Any discounts if just one of us is going?
What just one going?
Hubby, I am too nosy for my own good.
I overheard a bit of your talk with Chuen-kung and the others that night.
I knew it's something serious.
I could have played dumb and ignorant.
Then you would go back to Wuzhou with me.
But seeing that you still can't let go,
I feel so sorry for you.
Nothing is more serious than being with you.
But you still can't let go.
One or two travelling?
Hubby...
Let me think about it...
Don't take too long.
Going...staying...going...staying---
Honey, what Chuen-kung and others are dealing with
concerns the future of the country.
It is unprecedented, and it is very serious.
And Old Ghost, he...
I can't leave them behind. I can't leave them to their deaths.
I understand.
I'll go back first.
You come to me once your business is done.
No womanising.
You be careful.
I can take care of myself.
What take care of yourself?
I have not taught you martial arts.
I know eye gouging, nosing stabbing and nut cracking.
They are lethal even to you the adept.
Don't fool around. I really am worried.
Don't be so sissy.
I have to board the carriage. You just go.
Hubby, take care.
Honey, I'll be there in no time.
Ma'am, you miss your hubby already?
To be honest, his job is dangerous.
It's bad enough he has to give up being a commander.
I can't deny him his last mission.
You are understanding.
He loves me very much.
Let me tell you one thing.
We both like yarn very much.
He'd make two every time.
But he would take a bite from each.
You know why?
Once I sent him away to try his.
You thirsty?
Oh yes, tea to go with yam.
It'll be here.
So he tasted each first and gave me the sweeter one.
He always leaves the best for me.
That's why I have to be a good wife.
The Imperial Pharmacy has 13 departments.
I have told you about seven of those. I still have to go on?
As for the proposal of half a day for practising martial arts,
half a day for books,
do you find it feasible?
Chuen-kung, I have other things to tend to.
Oh, there's a poem on Qigong.
It's very good. Let me recite it to you.
Now that I am 72, reciting is simply too much for me.
Books are too hard for the mind... Chores I have to leave behind...
For heaven's sake! So many records here!
We have to be quick.
Chuen-kung can’t stall him for long.
The sun is setting and the journey long...
Time has taken its toll...
I got it. How can one reset and rejuvenate?
Buddha is the answer.
I have pored over the Study of the Pulse.
There are two sayings on Qi...
What is this?
We've been tipped off.
Something is happening in the Imperial Pharmacy.
Cheung-sing, I thought you're going back to Wuzhou.
Honourable Fung sent you here to get Mo Shun?
Yes. He killed Yuen.
His Honour said he killed One-eyed Ying and Law Kau.
That's just what he said.
Listen to me. You can't take him away.
Says who?
Cheung-sing, you are no longer a Phecda man.
You are in no position to intervene with our investigation.
Take him away. Yes.
Your Honour, where are you taking him?
To the palace on Sire's order.
What has he done?
We found Juchen correspondence in his room.
Jin is plotting an invasion of Song.
He is their mole in the country.
Mo Shun told you I was the ]in mole and you took it as the truth.
You knew I was here to take him,
and you thought I was doing it as a cover up.
I meant to frame him and silence him.
Am I right?
Your Honour, you knew he had been to us?
I also knew they were going to the Imperial Pharmacy to steal the records.
You guys had long suspected me.
You think I didn't know?
I may have been helping Sire in the palace,
yet I knew everything you guys were doing.
Mo Shun is capricious. He's been working for ]in.
The Jins have put men in and outside of the court,
even in the Imperial Pharmacy.
The Fungs'' medical records have long been replaced.
You guys have fallen into their trap as planned.
With the murder of Law Kau and the reappearance of the Black Gold Swords,
you were led to the conclusion that there's a mole in the Bureau,
and I was your target.
Cheung-sing, you guys are smart and perceptive,
so I thought you could see through Mo Shun's framing me.
But you guys went to steal the medical records to prove I was the Jin mole.
Tai-lik, the records you stole were fake.
The real book of records was taken by Mo Shun.
The so-called congenital gout was made up.
It's setup?
You have fallen into his trap.
Lucky Fung Nam-tin saw through it.
The real medical records are with me.
All the other Fungs died in a plague.
I was lucky and tough enough to survive it.
Right. What he said matches the records here
You were fooled.
Sire, actually we had doubts.
But strange things stared us in the eyes,
we had to get to the bottom of it.
You mean the secret chamber?
The Phecda Commissioner has to deal with top secrets.
That's why late Sire had the secret chamber built for confidential documents.
Commanders and officers are not aware of that.
As for the Juchen correspondence, they were intercepted.
All the letters were evidence of Mo Chun's collusion with the ]ins.
Yes. It's my sabotage plan to alienate you,
to make you turn on one another.
It was this close to success.
I did it. I will admit it.
You call yourselves Phecda men?
You were so easily fooled.
Why did you lie?
Did you frame my father?
Tell me! Confess in front of Sire!
Law Kau and One-eyed Ying did frame General Ma.
But the mastermind was not Fung Nam-tin. It's me!
Your father got in my way. He had to die.
He had to pay for his loyalty.
Sire, you heard that.
General Ma was framed.
I'll clear his name.
Thank you, Sire.
General Ma was framed.
I'll clear his name.
Thank you, Sire.
You fool! You can't see right from wrong.
Song will fall in your hands.
It's heaven's retribution!
How dare you insult Sire!
Take him out! Yes!
Long live Jin! Song will fall!
Fung Nam-tin, you Jin dog!
You killed my mother. You'll pay for it!
Mo Shun, you promised me you would stay in Jin and help them make weapons.
You could have led a peaceful life.
Why did you insist on coming back to sabotage me?
Why insist on digging your own grave?
I wanted to you to fail!
What a pity, you were this close.
Because I still have conscience.
I took part in framing General Ma.
I got my illness as retribution.
I could never sleep well.
I dream of his ghost every night.
You could sleep in peace?
You have felt no remorse?
Dynasties come and go.
In history, we are as insignificant as dust
For the big picture, a life or two means nothing.
It's the survival of the big and strong.
Jin will conquer Song. That's heaven's will.
I believe in poetic justice and karma.
I am justice. You can't get away.
It's because you are holding my family of 18 as hostages.
Don't you worry, I'll let them go as promised,
if you will do one last thing for me.
To kill myself out of remorse?
You really will honour your word?
I never go back on my word.
Alright!
Living doesn't mean much to me anyway.
I'll just start anew.
Listen! You will pay for what you've done to Song.
Song is not there for the taking!
Heaven has eyes!
The Sun Section is suspecting me.
My identity has been exposed.
Find Mo Shun's whereabouts quick.
Who could have known?
Tao Fa actually has a twin sister.
No one could have suspected
the Phecda Commissioner and Sire's trusted man is actually a Jin mole.
You seem to know a lot.
Everyone has their forte.
Mine is helping others dealing with their problems for money.
That is how I make a living.
What do you want?
You should know Mo Shun.
He paid me to kill Kaw Kau and Uncle Ying.
Then to set up clues for Ma Chuen-kung to dig up,
and they all lead to you.
You want a deal with me?
If you will do one thing for me,
I can betray Mo Shun;
otherwise, I can't guarantee your identity won't be blown.
You don't want to fail this far.
What do you want me to do?
I'll let you know when time is ripe.
Congrats, you are now fail-safe.
I have taken care of Mo Shun's family of 18 for you.
You have nothing to worry about now.
Asking the tiger for its skin, you are not worried I'll kill you?
There will be fallout.
My death won't leave you in peace.
I am sure you are smart enough to make the right choice.
Don't worry, I can't care less about Jin's rise or Song's fall.
I only care for my own happiness.
You said you would tell me what to do when the time is ripe.
What do you want me to do?
To take on a man for me.
Chu Cheung-sing?
He's smart and perceptive.
He knows how to fish in troubled water.
You think you have answered his suspicions?
I can assure you, no way.
Love can make you die for your beloved,
Hell has no fury like a woman scorned.
You want him dead?
No! I want him to be a living dead.
Living dead?
Death is easy. I won't let him off easy.
I want him be a living dead. It will be worse than death.
I want him to live in suffering for the rest of his life.
My plan is killing two birds with one stone.
It can help you get rid of the Sun Section and future worries.
It can also make my dream come true.
But you will have to work with me.
Brother Chung, what happened?
Not a moment too soon! It's serious.
Look! The carriage came back on its own.
There's no one inside.
Just your wife's bundles and luggage.
Calm down! Calm down!
The luggage is here. It's not a robbery.
No one will go to this length for a rape.
Brother Chung, keep quiet about this.
Let me handle it.
Yes. I got it.
Yan Mei-leung, where's Tao Fa?
It's too late for regrets now.
Let me ask you again, where's Tao Fa?
Chu Cheung-sing, you took me for an ordinary courtesan,
so you looked down on me and despised me.
But I am not.
Those who work for me are adepts.
They will die for me because they don't care to live.
I have money, and countless amounts of that.
I am the real owner of Fa Yim Lau.
But in my eyes, there's just you, Chu Cheung-sing.
Yan Mei-leung, you...
You wanted me to help you find Celestine's twin brother,
I spared no efforts for that.
I was too happy to share your worries,
I would do anything to help you.
But you? What have you done for me?
I stooped low for you.
Instead of being grateful,
you couldn't care less about me. Why?
I have said it many times. I am tired of saying it again.
I have never loved you.
It's your wishful thinking only.
Be it to eternity or my next life,
I still won't love you.
Then drop dead!