Episode 18
You rats, how dare you humiliate me
Go to hell
Let's have a fight
lt's you
You won't think it's fair if l kill you now
We will fight next time when you are dressed
Can't spare him, Leader
Or else Zu's life will be in danger
Chase him
Catch the assassin...
Your Majesty
Your Majesty...
What happened?
Your Majesty, l...
Carry him to the doctor
Yes
Go back to the palace
What's wrong with you?
What time is it, Duoergun?
What are you afraid of?
The king is watching Buku's wrestling
Qing's King
Have one more
What are you afraid of?
l will be the ruler of the world in future
Let's go
His Majesty passed away...
His Majesty passed away
His Majesty...
His Majesty
His Majesty passed away
Let's go
Green
What happened?
Did you kill Qing's king
He...died
Then...
Did anything happen to Zu?
Uncle Zu is fine. Qing's king died
But l didn't kill him
Who did?
Maybe Duoergun did
Your Majesty, governor Sun died in battle
He died for our country
lssue an imperial edict to confer honor on his family and mourn his death
To console his family
To let people pay their respect
Weinan and Xian were captured
Sun Chuanting died in battle
No, Sun may not be dead
l want to see him no matter he is dead or alive
You can't say he is dead before his body is found
We will wait and see
The army must have a commander
The situation in Shanxi is severe
The court must send an officer there to be the armies' commander
To wipe out the bandits
You are right
The situation in Shanxi is critical
Official Yu
Yes
l order you to go to Shanxi to be the governor
l will order governor Xuan, inspector of Shanxi
to help you to wipe out the bandits
Your Majesty is kind to me,
l should repay the court with my life
But l have something to state
Tell me
Tactics say, food and fodder go before troops and horses
The situation in Shanxi is caused by
insufficient provisions, money and horses
l'm afraid we can't wipe out Li Zicheng if we don't solve the problem
Please send troops' pay and horses first
Then l won't be a general without troops
Official Yu, do you want to defy my order?
l dare not
l am willing to die for our country
But l told you the truth
l offended you for the good of our country
Please be judicial
Where can l get the money and horses?
l made you worried. l deserve to die
Get up...
Thank you
Your Majesty, can you borrow some money from the royal family to pay the troops?
You think l don't want to use the royal family's reserves
You don't know my difficulties
l didn't want to tell you
Until the sixth year of my reign
Prince Qing got his long overdue pay
Some descendants of Prince Dai
haven't got their pay for 8 years
Prince Lingqiu hasn't got part of his pay for 50 years
They are my family
but l have to owe them their pay
You work for the country all day long
Of course you can't take care of your family business
Their pay was owed by the previous kings
lt is not your fault
You shouldn't blame yourself
l feel bad about it
Your Majesty, l have something to report
Tell me
Qing's army invaded the northern part of our country
They advanced on the capital. They alarmed the people
so l think
you should lead the army and station in Nanjing
Order the army to wipe out the bandits and resist the enemy
Official Wei, are you asking His Majesty to move to the south?
lf it is for His Majesty's own good, why not?
lt is nothing to joke about
Please make the decision, Your Majesty
lt is not right. Don't mention it again
Remember, don't let it spread
You may go now
Goodbye, Your Majesty
Please have some tea, Your Majesty
They are useless. All deserve to die
All civil officials. All deserve to die
Yes...
You are back, Leader
Boss Cheng
You must be tired
We followed your order
We saw some houses in Beijing
At last we chose this one
lt is a good house
You came
Hui
Chengzhi, Greeny
l brought you something good. l will show you
Let's go. Come on
Look, my ma got the plum blossom for you
Beautiful
ls it beautiful, Yuan?
Yes
Why didn't Mrs An come?
She is busy. She will visit you in a couple of days
Leader
A lot of food
A table of good food
Servant
Yes
Who brought the food to us?
l don't know. No name card in the list of gifts
Do you know who sent the food, Cook?
l don't know
Customers paid, we delivered the food. l don't know anything else
Please enjoy
lt is odd
Who sent us the food is an interesting man
He sent us food but left no name
How can we thank him?
Don't worry about it
lt's good we have our lunch made
Let me taste it
Wait
Was the food poisoned?
How is it?...
No, it is not poisoned
That's good
lt will be great if they send us food everyday
Keep dreaming
The food and wine look clean
We will have a free meal today
Yes
Leader
Someone sent some gifts to you, Leader
Let's check it out
Let's go...
Come on
A lot of things
Please accept the gifts
Who sent us the gifts?
A customer paid us to send them to you this morning
Cosmetics
How did they know we have a monk?
They sent me a kasaya
And they knew there are 8 of us here
lt is odd
Ocean, run after them and check it out
Yes
They want a favor
Sirs, we brought gifts for you
Wait
Who asked you to send them here?
Do you think it's odd?
A beggar can afford you gifts
A beggar? Where is he?
He is paying in the shop
Then?
Then l followed an officer to a house in a lane
l jumped into the house when there was no one around
l looked thru the window
There were more than 1 0 officers inside
An one eyed old man was there
They called him teacher Shan
Then?
l was afraid l would be spotted so l came back
The authority is well informed
They got news as soon as we arrived
They want to make a prey of us. No way
But it is odd
Why did they send us gifts?
The officers are smart and talented
They wouldn't do anything silly
Why did they do that?
Could it be they want a favor?
l know
What do you know, Miss Greeny?
They worry that we will commit serious crimes in the capital
They can't handle us
so they befriended us
You are right
But l have been a bandit for many years
l have never seen anything like this before
l think of something
The one eyed captain is One eyed Shan Tiesheng
l couldn't recall his name because he retired a long time ago
l haven't heard of him
Why did he try to please us?
l'm puzzled
Mr Sun, please come in
Uncle Sun, how are you?
Fine
How are you?
You must be tired, general Sun
How is the military situation?
l received the money and provisions you sent to Magu Hill
The Shan clan has sufficient provisions
l sent someone to Guan Liao some days ago
To recruit Shan clan's old fellows
When they knew commander Yuan's son
would be the army's leader, they joined us again
Though most of them are old,
they are ambitious
Though their strength may not match their ambitions,
they know tactics and they are veterans
They are good at training troops
The 3 Golden Snake camps are well trained
They are picked troops
They are not as good as commander Yuan's troops
but they are not the old motley crowd in Jinyang Gate
You and other uncles should get all the credit
lf Qing's troops invade our country,
Golden Snake camp will fight them to the finish
Yes, fight to the finish
General Sun has worked hard. Stay here for some days
Did you find commander's remains, Leader?
Maybe they were lost in the chaos of war
Leader, don't worry
We will do our best to make inquiries
Yes, Leader
l will ask my men to make inquiries too
Thank you
Your Highness
Her Highness has arrived
Father, l wish you well
Get up
Do you still have a cough?
Take care of yourself
Look at the heap of memorials
They are all about lost battles and complaints
Not one can make me feel relieved
Are you worried about how to raise the troops' pay?
Raising tax didn't increase our income
lt made people flee their home
40 km around Zhenyang, Henan
is a piece of deserted field
lt means people stopped farming a long time ago
Those inspectors, officials
Why didn't they persuade the people out of leaving?
They only know how to line their pockets with taxes
They ruined the court's plan and my reputation
The bandits in Tong Gate are a threat to Xian
l have to send troops to wipe out the bandits
But the bandits are our people
They became bandits because they had no choice
Do you want to kill all the people?
Great...
Everyone wants to defy me
Now my daughter defies me too
No
lt is not what l meant
Go now
Father
Go back to the palace
Wang Chengen...
Your Majesty
Taste it. The tea is cold
l...
Kneel outside
Yes, Your Majesty
Tea...
l wonder if there is news
Be patient
Leader
How did it go, boss Cheng?
l visited the neighborhood
No one knows commander's remains' whereabouts
Look, what is happening over there?
Look...
We will suffer if Qing's army attack us
l wish commander Yuan was here
He was framed by villains
Commander defeated Qing's army
He protected Beijing. He did a deed of merit
The king was fooled. He killed a loyal officer
l hear no one knows commander's body's whereabouts
He is pitiful
Officers are coming
Let's go, Leader
Stop
You are not locals, aren't you?
We are here on business. What can l do for you, officer?
Listen
The silver of the authority was stolen
lf you notice anyone suspicious. Report to us
Let's go
Your Highness
What is it?
5 Poisons asked the same thing again
He said they had been in the capital for almost a month
They were agitated because you didn't give them any tasks
Tell them
A standing army is kept in emergency
They will be useful when the right moment comes
Wine them and dine them
Satisfy their wants
Yes, Your Highness
l have another thing to report
Say it
Yuan Chengzhi, who became the Leader of kung fu world
in Tai Shan meeting, is here
They came at good time
l wanted to contact them
Now they came by themselves
l won't do anything without your order
so l haven't contact them yet
lnvestigate them
lf they serve me,
our force will be doubled
General Sun, you have worked hard for Shan clan
l toast you
You helped Mr Yuan become the Leader of kung fu world
You performed a valuable service
l thank you on behalf of Shan clan's fellows
Come on, cheers
Cheers...
Why do you want to rush back, uncle Sun?
Stay here a few more days. l will show you around
l have to relay Leader's order to Shan clan camp
There are other affairs
After l report to Leader
l will discuss them with general Zhu and chief Shui
You are casual and elegant, Leader
l'm happy for commander Yuan
But we couldn't find commander's remains
l feel uneasy
General Zhu, other Shan clan's old fellows and l are getting old
We want to find his remains when we are still alive
To bury him. Then our descendants can visit his grave
Don't worry
We will keep looking for commander's remains
Shan clan's fellows swore to avenge commander
To kill Qing's king and Ming's king
Now Qing's king is dead
but stupid Chongzhen is alive
You must remember to kill Chongzhen, master
To revenge commander. Let him rest in peace
Don't worry
l will avenge my dad
Leader, a man sent you a visiting card
Where is he?
He left after leaving the card
l asked him to come in. He refused. He didn't say much
l'm sure it was from Shan Tiesheng
They may not have bad intention
but they are weird
l know what he wants
What does he want?
He knows Leader is a famous kung fu master
He wants Leader to be his son in law
Arhat, it is nothing to joke about...
lt is not true, Green
Who is it?...Who hit the drum?
lt's annoying
No one is here
lsn't it our teacher Shan?
lt is
Leader, Shan Tiesheng asked for you
Send him in
Yes
Shan Tiesheng? Why did he come?
Please, come in
l'm here to apologize to you, Leader, heroes
Captain Shan, please get up
Tell me what it is about
lt was rash of me to do all those things
But l want to beg a huge favor of you
l don't know you so l used the stupid move
l didn't mean to annoy you. l apologize to you now
Miss Greeny, the one eyed man is here
He is talking with Leader in the parlor
He came finally. He is bold
Let's go to see him
The vault of Ministry of Revenue was robbed 3 times last month
Thousands taels of silver were stolen
The robberies shocked the whole capital
The king knew about it a few days later
Minister Fu and the marshal were rebuked
The king ordered them to solve the case in a month
Or else all officials in Ministry of Revenue and marshal subordinates will be dismissed
Aren't you retired, captain Shan?
Why did you get involved in this?
lt's a long story
The superiors pressured the officers
Families of the officers were locked up
The officers put all their effort into the investigation
But the vault was robbed repeatedly
The officers didn't know what to do
They begged me, kowtowed to me,
asked me to help them
l examined the vault carefully
l knew kung fu masters stole the silver
l knew you were the only kung fu master came here recently
Damn you. You said we were thieves
l am truly sorry
l did have that thought
But l made inquiries
l knew you saved lron Turtle, Jiao Gongli in Yingtian
You made friends with boss Sha and boss Cheng in Shandong
You were elected to be the Leader of 7 provinces
You defeated Qing's army in Shandong. You are a great hero
l thought, how could a great hero rob the vault?
Even if his men did it,
he would stop them when he knew about it
So l atoned for my mistakes
l sent gifts to you everyday to apologize for my sin
You didn't tell us. Who could guess your intention?
But how could l tell you about that?
We wanted you not to be angry with us
But you sent the gifts back
You found out my name and spread my name cards
You taught me a lesson
Why did you say l spread your name cards?
Didn't you do it?
Captain Shan
lt was just a joke
l stole some rich people's jewelry
And l left your name there. l give it back to you now
Thank you...
lf l hadn't done that,
you wouldn't have come
Thank you
The joke almost cost me my life
Green likes playing jokes on people
Please forgive her
How is your daughter, captain Shan?
Why didn't she come with you?
l have no wife let alone children
You must have adopted daughters
l don't
You are a man of the world, Mr Yuan
Please give me some pointers
l...
Captain Shan
lt is officers' duty to make arrests
l'm afraid we can't help you
Please go back
Leader, heroes
Teacher Shan, 2,000 taels of silver were stolen
What? We lost 2,000 taels of silver again
l will pay my respect to you some other time. Goodbye
Whoever robbed the vault can't be good people
but they opposed the authority openly
Why should we help the officers?
The robbery will benefit King Rush
Right
Leader is right
Those officers are always fierce
They bully the people
lf it is not something they can't handle,
they won't admit defeat
Miss Greeny, why didn't you tell me you spread the old guy's name cards?
l would have gone with you
We could have made him famous over night
Why do you stop painting, Your Highness?
l don't want to paint
Why don't you want to paint?
l can't remember his face
Look at the old paintings
They will remind you of his face
Throw all the paintings away
Throw them away?
Yes, throw them away
Kill him. Dismember him
He deserves to die
Drink his blood, eat his flesh, skin him
Kill him. He deserves to die
He deserves to die. Dismember him
Being killed, prisoner Yuen Chonghuan
Yuan
Are you alright, Leader?
The prisoners remind me of my dad
Let's go, Yuan
Let's go
Are you alright?
Fine. Let's go
There is someone over there
May l borrow your wine?
Good wine. More than 20 years old wine
What are you doing here, master?
l'm looking for my treasure
What kind of snake is it?
lt's gold. lt's odd
l don't know. lt must be a poisonous snake
lt is not afraid of realgar
What is he doing?
l don't know. We must be careful
You were bitten by the golden snake, master
l have an lce toad. lt can detoxify your blood
lce toad?
Here you are
lt is precious. l can do it myself
You haven't given us back the lce toad
lce toad? What lce toad?
Give it back
l will let it go if you don't give us back the lce toad
Don't...
l have waited for this treasure for 3 years
lt was a joke. Here you are
Uncle...Help...
Stop... Uncle
Help...Uncle...
Stop it
Stop. Come to Yamen with me
He died. Run
Let's go
They are odd
Let's go
There is no door
lt doesn't matter. Jump over the wall
Green
Yuan
Green
Let's go
Poison. Run
Let's go
My new clothes. You have a death wish?
l didn't do it on purpose
Pity me...
What happened, madam?
The hawker was shouldering 2 buckets of bean curd jelly
He hit that man and soiled his clothes
The man asked the hawker to pay
Sir, please be merciful
Thank you...
Sir, he soiled your clothes
How much do you want him to pay?
How much? My clothes are new
At least one tael of silver
Okay...
Let him go. l will pay one tael of silver for him
You mean it?
Of course
l mean what l say. Here you are
What are you doing?
Cheng Bamboo, are you Snake King's man?
What if l am?