This place was called Tsui Ying Lau,
7 prostitutes died at the same time!
I told you. This place is spooky!
The ghosts will come after you!
I fight fire with fire.
I'm the Invincible Mahjong Queen Kwan Chiu.
I'm here to wipe out all casinos in Bianjing.
Let them take my place.
Self drawn, pure hand, all triplets.
Supreme Casino is the winner!
Ma Chuen-kung likes to hang out in drug stores.
He's not into wining and dining.
He only likes to read.
He is not interested in women at all.
A man with no vice? Impossible!
If I find his vulnerability,
he'd wish he were dead.
Who is it?
How dare you tamper with poison!
Who reported us?
I did!
The Bureau is good with anti-tracking.
You're too smart to put someone stupid like them on my tail.
Lilac Daphne Flower Bud, kansui root and lilu are quite deadly.
Planning a heist?
I just want to poison you! So what?
I'm afraid you won't have the chance.
Making poison for questionable reasons
will earn you 50 planks or 6 months in jail.
Take them back to the Yamen.
Don't touch me or I'll sue for molestation.
You want to sue me? Go ahead!
Let go of me!
Don't move or I'll break your arm!
You'll have to beg with your feet.
Arrest them and burn everything in here.
Yes!
Just watch it!
Kwan Chiu, take your beating and leave,
or else you'll just be asking for it.
Move it!
What a pain!
A gentleman doesn't fight with women.
I'm glad you gave me a hand.
Only women and petty men are hard to deal with.
Now you know I have my virtues.
Like men, you're a straight talker!
You have quite a sharp tongue!
Likewise!
Let's go!
That hurts!
Boss, are you alright?
It was your fault!
Let's hire a coach and leave town.
We can't fight the Phecda Bureau.
What?
What are you doing? What is that?
It's poison! If you want to live,
go find Ma Chuen-kung of the Phecda Bureau.
I'm not leaving, I want revenge!
Come on...
Right!
Eat this! Go find Ma Chuen-kung!
Chuen-kung, people want to see you.
They all look like they're dying.
I'm Ma Chuen-kung, who are you?
You must help us!
I have stomach pains. Please help me!
Choi, get me paper and pen!
Right!
Calm down! Tell me what happened.
A girl fed us poison just now.
If we don't find the antidote within 2 hours,
we'll all be dead!
She told us to come to you.
Must be Kwan Chiu!
What a thickheaded pest!
You must have killed her father!
Now I want to kill someone! What a nuisance!
Chuen-kung!
Yeung Mau, help me write the prescription!
Let me take your pulse.
Help me first...
Choi, line them up for me!
One by one, we'll cure you!
I'm in pain...
She's poisoned by shortstalk monkshood root.
Prescription: licorice root and green beans boiled in water.
Boss!
A toast to you! Here!
Kwan Chiu! Have you no regard for human lives?
So you're here to beg me for the antidote?
Just admit you are inferior!
Herbs can restrict or enhance each other.
Certain things put together may be poisonous
What herb can licorice root work against?
If you can answer that,
I may consider helping you out.
Euphorbia Root, lilac Daphne flower bud, kansui root and seaweed.
What about clove?
Turmeric root.
How about aconite root?
Rhinoceros horn.
Flying squirrel feces is against ginseng;
Shizhi, against cinnamon bark.
What happens if you mix honey with tofu?
You'll go deaf!
Fava beans and pond snail?
Bowel pains.
Fried dough and pork?
You'll die!
You recited that from the books.
So what if you beat me?
I'm not bragging, but I'm the better doctor between us,
if I chose to poison others using my knowledge,
I'd be No 1, you wouldn't stand a chance.
I beat you because you don't even know your own limitations.
There she is! Arrest her...
That's her! Arrest her...
Kwan Chiu, Chuen-kung has cured them!
You're lucky no one is dead,
or you'll be beheaded.
Only because I didn't use my ultimate trick.
Boss!
Enough of your games! You should know better
Don't be pigheaded!
You're nothing but trouble.
You're not welcome in Bianjing.
What are you going to do?
You have victimised others.
I need to send you off!
You're letting her go?
She made this snuff bottle
to hold powdered medicine
that can stimulate circulation and relax muscles.
Sniff from it and the effects can reach your inside more directly.
No one has thought of that before.
She's way ahead of her time.
I thought she was sniffing on wushi powder.
She can save lives using her knowledge.
Too bad she chose a different path.
You want her to come around?
You can't change who you are.
Yes, I'm cold blooded.
I think she deserves to go to jail.
We're both orphans.
We live and die alone.
We live in unspeakable pain.
Kwan Chiu is also a pitiful loner.
Why is she so spiteful and ruthless and hates you so much?
Because she's jealous.
Anyone can become vicious
once you know the feeling of jealousy.
Will you become vicious?
I'm never jealous because I'm too proud.
Such arrogance!
Chuen-kung!
What happened?
Take him inside!
There's ointment on the wound.
Someone has dressed the wound for Kwai-cheung!
What else did you find?
He was under attack when we arrived.
How is he?
His wounds are not deadly,
but his chest is tight,
his limbs are cold and pulse is weak.
Maybe the heavy blow to the head
resulted in blood stasis and he's in a coma.
Can you save him?
I can only try my best.
Where is his bamboo tube?
We searched the area 3 times but didn't find anything.
On his undercover mission in Jin,
Kwai-cheung discovered that someone in Song is leaking national secrets.
He stole some letters.
We'll know who the traitor is if we can find those letters.
But they seemed to have disappeared.
The Jins took them?
Maybe Kwai-cheung has put them in a safe place.
Anything is possible. We must find out.
We'll know the answer when he wakes up.
I won't know what to do if anything happens to Kwai-cheung.
He has served his country well.
Heaven will look out for him.
Chuen-kung is an excellent doctor, too.
Really?
Yes! Ask Cheung-sing if you don't believe me
Hundreds were poisoned earlier.
He saved them all with a needle.
Don't worry, Kwai-cheung will be fine.
That's right. He'll be fine!
Put this money away!
I'll make you soup tomorrow.
Don't worry about the ginger.
I'll send over 2 baskets of that tomorrow.
You must rest for the baby's sake.
Come on, Kwai-cheung will be fine!
There's no need to cry!
He'll be home for Mid-Autumn.
Thank you!
Luckily you were there to console Kwai-cheung's wife.
I was on the verge of tears already.
Can't you tell?
Of course! She's having a boy!
No, I mean, I was holding back my tears.
You wanted to cry too?
Something is always happening in Bianjing.
First the fireball, then a girl fed people with poison.
That day at Tung Wo Garden,
you were first in line to save His Majesty.
What would have happened to me if you had got blown to pieces?
I'd have become a widow!
I haven't even laid an egg!
You'll have no heir!
I think you should get another job.
But you said I belonged to the Bureau.
The Bureau needs someone to do the cleaning.
You can be the kitchen help.
Guan Yin will look out for me, for I'm her godson.
The fortune teller said I'd have 9 children.
You haven't even laid an egg,
so I won't die anytime soon.
That's true!
I can become Guan Yu's son to be safe.
Good idea! That's double protection.
I feel so much better now.
I can't save enough money!
You shouldn't play mahjong all the time.
Chau-yuet!
I saw a friend!
How are you, Chau-yuet?
Who are you?
I'm Cheung-sing, the bodyguard!
You don't recognise me with the mustache?
I'm sorry, you're mistaken.
Aren't you Chau-yuet?
Your patron?
I said he's mistaken! Let's go!
Fa Yim Lau is opening soon.
No 6 West Ping Street.
Drop by if you have time!
Your friend is a prostitute?
How long have you known each other?
She was glaring at me!
No! She was Sap-kau's lover,
but they have broken up.
Sap-kau was heart broken over her.
Why did she become a prostitute?
Sap-kau didn't elope with her.
Chau-yuet couldn't take the blow.
I should scold Sap-kau for his heartlessness
No! If he finds out she's now a prostitute,
he'll probably kill himself.
You think so?
He's actually quite devoted.
He doesn't look the type.
Let's mind our own business.
Hello!
Come on in...
Come inside for a drink!
Sir...
Come back!
We're very gentle...
Give us a try...
Please come inside...
Welcome, sir!
Please come in...
Have a drink...
Trees bloom in the east wind while stars sparkle like rain...
For a brothel to have fireworks on its opening night
is truly quite unusual.
This place is packed!
Just look at the pretty ones outside the door,
the ones inside should be more attractive.
I'll let you in on a secret.
They call me the Ladykiller.
It's obvious you're quite a lecher.
You're not entirely faithful either!
I came to look someone up.
So is everyone else!
Don't tell me you're here to feed the dog!
I'm not talking to you!
I won't tell your wife!
Oh my goodness!
The ghosts ofTsui Ying Lau are back to look for replacements.
What are you doing?
Siu-sin, Sheung-wan, Tsui-man, are you back?
What's this?
Siu-sin...
Hey, you maniac!
Siu-sin, you've lost weight!
Stop this nonsense! Get rid of him!
I came looking for you, Siu-sin!
What should we do?
Is Siu-sin really back?
Of course not! Don't scare off the customers
This is spooky!
The spookier the better! I like it!
Come on, let's go inside!
These courtesans will have exotic performances.
You may not be able to stand it.
The kind who are half naked?
Of course!
Hey! Sap-kau, fancy seeing you here!
Let's all have a good time!
Let's sit over here!
Chu Cheung-sing, how dare you show your face in here!
I have my reasons.
He said he was looking for someone.
Tao Fa is slaving herself for you at the Peach Blossom Grove,
while you're here for a good time.
It's different for me. I have official business.
They headhunted my girls from Yee Heung Lau
I'm here to check on a competitor.
I have my own reasons.
You'll soon find out.
Come on, be quiet!
The show's starting!
Welcome, esteemed guests!
We have the prettiest girls to show you a good time!
We're all pretty!
We're here to serve you!
Regardless of your age...
you're most welcome...
to have a good time at Fa Yim Lau.
First up, our hottest Ha Lin!
Bravo!
She's pretty...yes! Again...
Impressive!
Bravo!
Here comes our fairest dancer, Chau-yuet!
Chau-yuet?
Cheung-sing, it's Chau-yuet!
When did she become a prostitute?
You came to see her?
You know her?
Don't worry, I won't touch her!
I just wanted to know why.
She's even baring her belly!
I like that! Come on, step aside!
I forbid it!
Stop staring!
Do something or it'll be too late!
What can I do?
Come here...Chau-yuet!
Over here, Chau-yuet!
Miss Chau-yuet, over here!
Next, Tung-yee, the flying fairy!
Bravo!
Maybe Chau-yuet had no choice.
Someone forced her to be a prostitute.
She was so in love with you then.
You can't sit back and do nothing!
I'm caught in a bind.
At least find out what happened.
Be quiet!
Get rid of that long face!
Go sort out your long lost love!
I'm a married man!
If I make a wrong move,
I'll never be able to clear my name.
Is that all you're worried about?
As your pal, I will help you out.
I'll save Chau-yuet for you!
Wait! Let's think this through...
Bravo...
Sap-kau...
We should think this through...
Chau-yuet! It's me, Sap-kau!
Didn't you get married?
Mind your manners, Sir.
Come on, we're old friends.
You two were childhood sweethearts.
You're a lady from a prestigious family.
Why have you become a prostitute?
Are you finished?
Not really!
I know Cheung-sing left you at the pier.
You thought he dumped you.
You're heartbroken and you gave up on yourself.
That's enough!
No quite!
He's not the only man left on earth.
I beat him in looks and ability.
If you're willing, I'll support you for life.
Why work as a prostitute?
How can you show off your belly to those lechers?
Even I am ashamed for you!
How can you answer to your parents?
What about me?
Enough is enough!
Chau-yuet, I was wrong to have left you at the pier,
you have every right to be angry.
But you didn't have to lower yourself to this.
We can help you!
You deserve to marry someone nice.
That's enough! Don't be such a hypocrite!
What happened to me was entirely your fault!
I didn't mind you were a bodyguard.
I ignored my parents' objection and would elope with you,
only to have you disappear on me.
No doubt it was my fault,
how can I make it up to you?
What can you possibly do now?
I've fed my heart to the dogs already.
I became a prostitute out of my own free will.
What's the point?
Listen to me...
Go away! I don't want to see you!
No, listen to me...
Don't do this...
Stop chasing me, Siu-sin!
It wasn't my fault...
Sau-kuk, what is it?
I died a horrible death!
It's cold down there!
I want my head. Give it back!
Let go...
Hey! What are you doing?
She's coming! Stop chasing me...
Who? Who's coming?
Sau-kuk!
Hey...
Stop chasing me!
Hey...
It's up ahead, officer!
Step aside!
Someone is dead!
Over here!
Please take a look inside, officer!
What a bummer! Someone died on opening night
Should we get involved?
The case belongs to the local Yamen.
We should mind our own business.
That's true! You work for the Bureau.
If word got out you're visiting a brothel,
your name would be ruined.
Wait! Was the maid possessed?
People didn't say Tsui Ying Lau is haunted for no reason.
Crazy Poon mentioned a Siu-sin. There was someone by that name.
She was a famous prostitute 10 years ago. She died accidentally.
Maybe she's out looking for a replacement.
It's dangerous for Chau-yuet to stay here.
Enough of your fallacies! There can't be that many ghosts!
I think there's more to the case.
Don't tell Tao Fa what happened tonight.
I don't want her to get the wrong idea.
Especially you! Don't tell her about me and Chau-yuet.
I don't want any trouble!
I know, never lie to a friend
and never tell his wife the truth, right?
As for Chau-yuet, I'll think of something...
Cheer up! Let's have a drink at Sei Fong Inn
What should we do now?
What do you have in mind?
Nothing!
It's too early. I still want to drink.
It's too embarrassing to go back this early.
Tao Fa will start to ask questions if I go home reek of alcohol.
Let's go to the bath house for a back rub.
Good idea! Are the girls any good?
Our masseurs are from Shandong.
They do hit the right spots!
Men?
How about I give you a private room at Yee Heung Lau?
What's the big deal about Fa Yim Lau?
They're also doing acrobatics!
I can find someone to teach the girls to do the bridge and play darts.
No need! I can do that.
I'm an expert on darts.
You're such a lecher.
A maid called Sau-kuk died in Fa Yim Lau last night.
She jumped and fell to her death in the backyard
The Yamen found out she had had no quarrels with anyone,
and she was not in debt.
Suicide is highly unlikely.
Some say she went crazy,
and others say she was possessed.
His Majesty wanted us to take over.
The local Yamen should be handling cases like this.
According to Chuen-kung's autopsy,
Sau-kuk seemed to have taken Trilling Beauty.
That's why she went crazy.
What is Trilling Beauty?
It's an aphrodisiac that can make someone over-excited.
An overdose will make you hallucinate.
This is Trilling Beauty. Take a look.
No wonder. She looked so excited.
Our intelligence tells us someone is shipping Trilling Beauty into the capital.
We must stop it before it gets out of hand.
We should start with Fa Yim Lau.
Yes, in order not to put anyone on the alert
I'm sending a man and a woman to work undercover at Fa Yim Lau.
Master Fung...
Master Fung, listen to me...
I'm quite the expert on aphrodisiacs,
Trilling Beauty consists of male silk moth,
schisandra fruit and garden balsam flower seed.
Too much of it can be deadly!
It's more dangerous than Jade Beauty, wushi powder, Vigor Pill and Lady Smile.
You sound just like Chuen-kung!
Master Fung, actually...
I'd like to pull my weight. why don't you send me?
Master Fung...
Quiet! I'm sending Tai-lik and Yeung Mau.
Me? Her?
You're the only woman around here.
No one has ever treated me like one before.
Yeung Mau to pose as a prostitute?
Why not?
You're not pretty enough,
you'll never look like a prostitute.
Even the cleaning lady at Fa Yim Lau is more gentle than you.
A woman's charm can be a man's grave.
Cheung-sing, what do you think of this arrangement?
I agree with Tai-lik.
So-called beauty is only skin deep.
We must give Yeung Mau special training.
I'll do my best!
Commander, this is the road that links Jin to Song.
When Kwai-cheung was on the run,
he must have passed through this village.
While he fought off the Jin soldiers,
he must have taken refuge in this temple.
He wasn't the only one here.
Someone has dressed his wound.
What happened to those letters?
He hid them? Were they taken?
Or did he pass them to someone?
Look around for clues.
Yes, Sir!
Well? Any progress?
The blood stasis is in the ganglion cerebral
I can draw out the blood.
It shouldn't be too hard.
You haven't slept a wink in days looking after him.
It's been hard on you!
Has Pak-nin found anything?
No, the letters are still missing.
Once the blood stasis is drained and his circulation is back to normal,
I can revive him through acupuncture in 3 days.
Then we'll know what happened.
I'm counting on you.
You must save me! Save me!
I sent you away. Why did you come back?
You must save me. I have nowhere to go!
What happened to you?
Master Ting thought I double-crossed him.
He's ordered to have me killed.
You're too vicious for anyone to hurt you.
That looks bad enough, but you need tears.
I'm telling the truth! I'm not lying!
Move it... Move it...
Where did she go?
She's dead if we get her!
It's those men!
Looks like Master Ting is really looking for you.
It's them. You must save me!
Don't let them see me, please!
Sure! I should help those in need!
Move it...
Where the hell is she?
Move it!
Hey! She's over here!
Let's go...
No hurry, I got her!
How could you do this?
Get up... Get up...
Ma Chuen-kung, why won't you help me?
Shut up! Move...
Move... Move it...
Ma Chuen-kung!
Go!
Why won't you help me?
Move it!
Don't forget this! You didn't believe me!
Even the thugs are good actors!
Help...
Have you seen the Boss?
Have you seen her?
Someone just took her away!
Enough of your act!
Tell your boss: No one can fool me!
Cheong, hang in there. Cheong!
He's really wounded!
The Boss wasn't lying!
Master Ting said he'd tear her to pieces!
No...
Speak up!
I didn't do it...
You won't tell us until you see your coffin.
Chop her up and feed her to the dogs.
Go to hell! Tell us...
Back off!
You want to die?
Kwan Chiu, are you alright?
Don't move or you'll have a scar!
Who are you?
My husband Chu Cheung-sing has played mahjong with you before.
He's a Commander at the Phecda Bureau.
He is a little more senior than Chuen-kung.
You're quite a pretty girl.
Can't believe you'd poison people.
Chuen-kung! Tao Fa!
I don't need your help, you creep!
You think I'd injure myself to trick you?
Why didn't you let me die?
Be careful!
Don't get so worked up!
You sustained internal injuries.
If you won't pipe down
you'll die from coughing up black blood.
I swear I won't save you again.
That's right! The blood you coughed up was darker than ink.
It was quite scary!
This prescription will help you get better.
Tao Fa will take care of you.
Boil 20 grams of this medicine
with a cup of water and half a cup of wine
and drink it at regular times without the dregs.
Thank you!
No more monkey business from you.
Get well first if you want to fight me.
Let me...
Don't worry, I'll take good care of her for you.
Are you better now that you have taken the medication?
Much better, thank you!
How is the Boss?
She's fine for now.
But you won't be unless you tell me the truth.
Where does she come from?
Who are her parents?
Tell me everything you know!
She's the Invincible Mahjong Queen.
Her name is Kwan Chiu.
Tell me the truth if you want to live!
Where is she from? Does she have any family?
The definition of "beauty"
is described in detail in Ode to the Nymph of the River Luo.
A beauty must flutter like a swan alarmed, lithe as a wandering dragon.
She's like the moon half-hidden in light clouds.
Perfect in figure, perfect in height,
With finely-formed shoulders and waist as if silk-bound.
She walks in small steps and is fragrant like flowers.
We see none of that on Yeung Mau!
Stop staring!
We're only trying to help.
You're dead if you won't stop staring!
Hey...
Yeung Mau!
You can kill a man not with a saber but with your eyes...
If you can manage that,
you can do anything at Fa Yim Lau.
You're lucky we hired the top prostitute in the capital to coach you.
You're kidding!
We'll be the whoremongers!
Whoremonger! Whoremonger!
Come on!
Where is the pretty lady, I can't wait...
That's right!
The lady...
The kind of beauty that makes a fish sink and the wild geese fall.
The kind that obscures the moon and makes the flowers feel ashamed.
All women are scared of her,
and men cannot forget her.
Yeung Mau? You're not pretty enough!
Your limbs are not slender enough!
Let go of me!
Your gruff manner is a turn-off!
You fail in zither, chess, calligraphy and painting.
We can only resort to Sun Zi's Art of War.
Pull the wool over their eyes.
Create a diversion.
Make something out of nothing.
Fish in troubled waters.
Come on. The first trick...
Pull the wool over their eyes.
Get them drunk.
Then even a pig will look pretty!
Here...
Do you know the difference between water and wine?
Water can cool you down while wine makes you warm.
A girl who can drink,
can warm you up even in the bitter cold.
Come on!
Let me pour you more wine!
Good!
Right there and then, she captured my heart.
I don't care how she looks anymore.
You're such a creep!
Second trick: Create a diversion.
Come on, let's do it...
We'll skip to the third trick!
Make up a sad story to gain their sympathy.
Sit down!
Not long ago, a patron gave me a jug of wine.
It's called the entrancing wine.
He said it could help me forget the past.
Stop! I want to throw up!
Alright...Iet's skip that too!
I'll show you how to walk!
You must gracefully sway your hips to attract men.
Here, let me show you...
You're an insult to women!
What's so funny? It's not funny at all!
You're being vulgar!
You want a fight? Let's fight!
I'm happy to oblige!
No...
Don't!
No...
Calm down! This is serious business!
If I didn't show you,
how would you know how to behave like a courtesan?
Have you ever been to a brothel?
You don't even know what men smell like!
Not all women have to be coquettish flirts.
You don't need to be a sweet talker to win a man's heart.
I've been a woman for over 20 years.
I don't need you to tell me how to behave like one.
Darn you!
Darn you too!
Why wouldn't you listen?
Why should I? Lecher!
Go on and slight this!
You'll never complete your mission!
I have confidence Fa Yim Lau will take me in.
Fine!
Do we need a different strategy?
No! I'll play by ear!
I want to shut her up once and for all!
Good luck!
Thanks!
Why did you pretend to be blind?
To catch Fa Yim Lau off guard.
It makes sense for a courtesan to bring a blind musician.
That's so unnecessary!
What is it?
Nothing!
What happened?
Appearance is everything!
Our first step has succeeded!
A girl dresses up for the man she loves,
but a man will go broke for the girl he loves.
I knew that all along.
Let's go, Blind Heng!
Fine!
You can all go!
Let us know if you need us.
Right! Let's go!
Let's go! 1, 2, 3...
Two men are staring at you!
Hurry up...Bat your eyes at them!
Men are lechers because of women like you!
Hey...
You...
You're the seductive Yin-yu, not Yeung Mau!
Alright...