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The state of Qin is the strongest
in the realm.

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As a small state, we have no other choice

3
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...than to be subservient to Qin.

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Qin is a kingdom of wolves and tigers,

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tyranical to it subjects and
other states alike.

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If the premier calls for subservience
to Qin,

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this official must respectfully disagree.

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What do you advocate, official Yen?

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The three Jin states were once
the strongest;

10
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only by splitting into Han, Zhao and Yi

11
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...did they allow Qin to emerge
as a power.

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We should ally with Zhao and Yi

13
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...as well as the states of Qi and Chu

14
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...to defend against the fierce Qin
in the west.

15
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This is all impractical talk.

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I fear before our alliance is in place,

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the Qin army will be at our border.

18
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But Qin's appetite is insatiable!

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Today they demand a city,
tomorrow an area;

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how does the Premier propose to handle it?

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I am of the House of Han;

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would my concern for our state's interests

23
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...be less than that of a mere official
like yourself?

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The King of Qin is a brutal tyrant.

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My concern is for the common people
everywhere.

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Speaking only of our own kingdom,

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with the Premier courting Qin and
in charge of Han,

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I fear in the ages and generations
to come,

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it may not be My Liege's line
who'll rule Han.

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You...

31
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you will sow discord between me
and my nephew?

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Leave it, uncle. Let him go.

33
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You may go.

34
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Yes, Sire.

35
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Nie Zheng...

36
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I'll be along after I change.

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I'll wait for you here.

38
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Second Brother is off to practice
the sword?

39
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The barbarian dress of the Hu again!

40
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Mother will have words again if she sees.

41
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This style of dress is more convenient.

42
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Zheng, you are going out?

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Yes, mother.

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Come back soon. Don't cause any trouble!

45
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Yes, mother.

46
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We were used to wearing the
loose robes of old

47
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...and using weapons made of bronze.

48
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Now we wear Hu-style short dress

49
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...and use swords forged of iron.

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It takes getting used to;

51
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but nothing in the world...

52
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can stay the same forever.

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The Lords of the Middle Realm daily weaken

54
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...precisely because they are too
set in the old ways.

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Now the great threat to all
is the state of Qin.

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The Qin have the same customs
as the barbarians;

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we wear our large, loose robes,

58
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but they go into battle
bare-shouldered and unshod.

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Why should we not switch to
Hu-style short dress

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which allows more freedom of motion?

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Good. Now begin your practice
of the sword.

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Mr. Xu, I wouldn't want to trouble you.

63
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You have studied the sword under me
for a year.

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The test held tomorrow

65
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...will determine your progress.

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Go home early and get some rest.

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What is this?

68
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I've sewn it for you.

69
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What for?

70
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This cord binds us together.

71
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Why were we born commoners?

72
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Why?

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If I were a son of a noble house,

74
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I could marry you this very day.

75
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But I am a handmaiden,

76
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how can I marry a noble?

77
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No, you are the daughter of a noble too.

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After we are wedded,

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I'll lead the army into battle.

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With the ability that I have,

81
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I'm sure to win honor on the battlefield.

82
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Then I'll be given a rank at court

83
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and take charge o state affairs.

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I'll overhaul the political system

85
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...and bring peace to the land.

86
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Everyone will prosper and be happy.

87
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In that case, you're sure to be very busy.

88
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We'll have no time to be together.

89
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But...

90
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I'm just an ordinary commoner.

91
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All my abilities and dreams are nothing!

92
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Then why do you learn the sword
from Master Wu?

93
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Because... I hope my day will come.

94
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I think it's better to be a commoner.

95
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We don't have to worry about
the world's affairs,

96
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nor is it up to us to deal with them
anyway.

97
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We can just live out our days in peace.

98
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But what purpose was I born for, then?

99
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I was born with such a mind

100
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...and such a body,

101
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only to wither away like any
insensible plant.

102
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How many time have we been here?

103
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We've been coming since we were little,

104
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I can't tell how many times.

105
00:10:28,828 --> 00:10:30,762
When do you feel happy?

106
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When we came here to play as children,

107
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we were very happy,

108
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but since growing up

109
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I've never seen real happiness in you.

110
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You think too much.

111
00:10:52,785 --> 00:10:53,911
I think from now on, it's better if

112
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...you don't study the sword with
Master Wu anymore.

113
00:11:02,361 --> 00:11:04,454
This has nothing to do with him.

114
00:11:06,098 --> 00:11:07,929
I'm just fond of thinking too much.

115
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If I don't practice the sword,

116
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I wouldn't know what to do with my time.

117
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It's late. We should be going.

118
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You go home.

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Very well.

120
00:12:02,154 --> 00:12:05,590
Xia Ying, I've waited a long time for you.

121
00:12:08,561 --> 00:12:09,823
This pearl has been kept by my family.

122
00:12:09,929 --> 00:12:11,157
What do you think of it?

123
00:12:15,367 --> 00:12:16,129
Spectacular!

124
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I've brought it as a present for you.

125
00:12:19,505 --> 00:12:21,496
I can't accept such a valuable gift!

126
00:12:21,607 --> 00:12:23,097
It's nothing.

127
00:12:23,209 --> 00:12:25,109
I also want you to move out of
this back alley

128
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...and live a life of luxury.

129
00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:28,777
Master Xu,

130
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I'm only a serving maid.

131
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I cannot hope to elevate myself with you.

132
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Please let me go.

133
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Xu Shi.

134
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Let her go.

135
00:12:49,301 --> 00:12:50,996
Who are you to step in?

136
00:12:54,807 --> 00:12:56,240
We may be students under the same master,

137
00:12:56,342 --> 00:12:59,209
but we don't have to cross swords here.

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00:12:59,311 --> 00:13:01,836
True. I'll reckon with you tomorrow.

139
00:13:12,258 --> 00:13:16,194
Now, Nie Zheng versus Xu Shi.

140
00:14:10,115 --> 00:14:10,877
Careful.

141
00:14:14,320 --> 00:14:15,287
Xu Shi.

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00:14:20,092 --> 00:14:21,992
Our match today...

143
00:14:22,094 --> 00:14:24,255
is meant for practice only.

144
00:14:24,363 --> 00:14:25,990
But right from the very beginning

145
00:14:26,098 --> 00:14:28,566
...you attacked without first saluting.

146
00:14:28,667 --> 00:14:30,032
That is already beyond the pale.

147
00:14:30,135 --> 00:14:32,000
How can you go so far as to

148
00:14:32,104 --> 00:14:34,334
...backstab after the outcome
has been decided?

149
00:14:34,440 --> 00:14:36,032
Such dastardly behavior

150
00:14:36,141 --> 00:14:38,132
...is unacceptable even towards
one's enemies,

151
00:14:38,244 --> 00:14:40,109
let alone a fellow student.

152
00:14:40,212 --> 00:14:42,737
Henceforth, you are no longer my disciple.

153
00:14:53,225 --> 00:14:54,522
Nie Zheng.

154
00:14:58,430 --> 00:15:01,456
The Middle Realm has always used
bronze weapons,

155
00:15:01,567 --> 00:15:04,001
but Wu and Yue forge steel from iron,
enabling

156
00:15:04,103 --> 00:15:08,335
...Kings Fu Ca and Gou Jian to
gain supremacy.

157
00:15:10,209 --> 00:15:13,542
This sword Shu Lou belonged to
the King of Wu.

158
00:15:13,646 --> 00:15:15,170
I now make a gift of it to you.

159
00:15:21,687 --> 00:15:22,619
Continue.

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00:15:22,721 --> 00:15:23,483
Yes, uncle.

161
00:15:25,157 --> 00:15:28,024
I had my suspicions of Wu Ji
and his cohorts,

162
00:15:28,127 --> 00:15:31,619
so I deliberately joined their ranks
to investigate.

163
00:15:31,730 --> 00:15:34,563
They've brought together many
young commoners

164
00:15:34,667 --> 00:15:37,727
...to drill them in swordsmanship.
A plot is afoot!

165
00:15:39,338 --> 00:15:40,430
Guard!

166
00:15:40,539 --> 00:15:41,335
Present.

167
00:16:27,353 --> 00:16:28,752
You say this sword, Shu Lou, was given

168
00:16:28,854 --> 00:16:32,688
...by King Wu to Wu Zixu to
commit suicide?

169
00:16:32,791 --> 00:16:35,089
Why would Master Wu give it to you?

170
00:16:35,194 --> 00:16:37,628
Isn't it a bit inauspicious?

171
00:16:39,164 --> 00:16:41,564
If a man can live his life like
the great Wu Zixu,

172
00:16:41,667 --> 00:16:43,032
death would not matter.

173
00:16:43,869 --> 00:16:46,064
I don't feel it's inauspicious at all.

174
00:16:47,206 --> 00:16:49,231
My only fear is that unlike Wu Zixu,

175
00:16:49,341 --> 00:16:51,104
I fail to achieve any great deeds

176
00:16:51,877 --> 00:16:54,004
...and disappoint Master Wu.

177
00:16:54,313 --> 00:16:56,076
Don't think on such things.

178
00:16:56,181 --> 00:16:59,548
Wu Zixu's family served Chu
for generations.

179
00:16:59,885 --> 00:17:02,445
I only wish that our entire lives

180
00:17:02,554 --> 00:17:04,454
...can be spent in safety and contentment.

181
00:17:05,524 --> 00:17:08,516
Even if life's a bit hard, I'll wish
for no more.

182
00:17:08,627 --> 00:17:12,028
I heard what Xu Shi said to you yesterday.

183
00:17:12,131 --> 00:17:13,689
I spent the night thinking;

184
00:17:14,666 --> 00:17:17,658
it doesn't matter if I have to
endure hardship,

185
00:17:17,770 --> 00:17:20,238
but I can't ask the same of you as well.

186
00:17:23,108 --> 00:17:24,871
The day will come

187
00:17:24,977 --> 00:17:28,037
...when I'll have you live in a palace

188
00:17:28,680 --> 00:17:30,944
and spend your days in luxury.

189
00:17:33,519 --> 00:17:36,079
Didn't Wu Zixu leave the kingdom of Chu

190
00:17:36,188 --> 00:17:38,748
...and create his own future
in the state of Wu?

191
00:17:46,198 --> 00:17:47,495
I don't fancy such things.

192
00:17:48,901 --> 00:17:50,391
I only wish...

193
00:17:51,804 --> 00:17:54,272
it could always be like this night:

194
00:17:54,373 --> 00:17:56,500
Wearing coarse homespun clothes,

195
00:17:56,608 --> 00:17:58,303
lying in the wilderness

196
00:17:59,478 --> 00:18:01,275
...looking at the stars in heaven.

197
00:18:05,117 --> 00:18:07,017
I pray to heaven above

198
00:18:07,119 --> 00:18:09,246
...that it could always be like
this night.

199
00:18:39,952 --> 00:18:40,884
When did it happen?

200
00:18:40,986 --> 00:18:41,680
I don't know.

201
00:18:41,787 --> 00:18:43,687
I was like this when I arrived
this morning.

202
00:19:16,388 --> 00:19:17,286
Forward!

203
00:20:19,451 --> 00:20:20,281
Shoot!

204
00:20:33,165 --> 00:20:33,995
Shoot!

205
00:20:35,434 --> 00:20:36,696
Xi Yuan!

206
00:20:37,636 --> 00:20:38,364
Quick...

207
00:20:38,470 --> 00:20:40,097
I'm done for. Save yourselves!

208
00:20:40,205 --> 00:20:41,069
But what about you?

209
00:20:41,173 --> 00:20:43,232
No use dying together. Live to fight
another day!

210
00:20:43,342 --> 00:20:44,206
But...

211
00:20:45,043 --> 00:20:46,032
We'll split up.

212
00:20:46,144 --> 00:20:48,078
Let's meet under the bridge
come nightfall.

213
00:20:58,890 --> 00:20:59,754
Forward!

214
00:21:10,168 --> 00:21:11,157
Forward!

215
00:21:26,718 --> 00:21:28,117
Xu Shi, you...

216
00:21:45,070 --> 00:21:46,332
Mother, sister, with me!

217
00:21:46,438 --> 00:21:47,871
The troops will be here any moment!

218
00:21:48,206 --> 00:21:48,831
What's happened?

219
00:21:48,940 --> 00:21:49,531
Don't ask!

220
00:21:49,641 --> 00:21:51,666
Gather your valuables and hurry!

221
00:21:51,777 --> 00:21:53,802
I knew this was going to happen.

222
00:22:13,532 --> 00:22:15,796
Xia Ying...

223
00:22:15,901 --> 00:22:16,868
Who is it?

224
00:22:16,968 --> 00:22:18,094
Xia Ying.

225
00:22:54,005 --> 00:22:54,937
Du Po.

226
00:22:56,241 --> 00:22:57,299
Nie Zheng.

227
00:23:09,087 --> 00:23:11,055
Young Master, in putting these rebels
to route,

228
00:23:11,156 --> 00:23:12,521
you have done a great service
to the kingdom.

229
00:23:12,624 --> 00:23:14,956
These rebels all wear barbarian Hu dress

230
00:23:15,060 --> 00:23:17,255
and use keen blades forged from iron.

231
00:23:17,362 --> 00:23:18,659
To let them grow in strength

232
00:23:18,764 --> 00:23:20,425
...is to court disaster for the kingdom.

233
00:23:20,532 --> 00:23:22,466
I toast you, Young Master.

234
00:23:23,201 --> 00:23:24,896
It was all thanks to my uncle's
providence.

235
00:23:36,948 --> 00:23:39,542
The wine is getting to me.
May I be excused?

236
00:23:39,651 --> 00:23:42,245
Very well. You've had a tiring day.

237
00:23:42,354 --> 00:23:43,719
Go home and get some rest.

238
00:23:48,326 --> 00:23:50,521
Shall I send an armed escort?

239
00:23:50,629 --> 00:23:51,653
No need, thank you.

240
00:23:51,763 --> 00:23:54,493
I've brought a few guards myself.
Besides...

241
00:23:59,137 --> 00:24:02,038
the Young Master himself has
great martial skills.

242
00:25:11,877 --> 00:25:14,573
You follow behind, I go round the front.

243
00:26:03,028 --> 00:26:04,222
You want to fight two against one?

244
00:26:09,267 --> 00:26:11,258
Du Po, guard the end of the street.

245
00:26:11,369 --> 00:26:13,564
Don't let this scoundrel escape.

246
00:26:13,672 --> 00:26:15,105
There's no need to lend a hand.

247
00:26:15,640 --> 00:26:16,538
Very well.

248
00:26:20,579 --> 00:26:22,479
It was pure luck you won yesterday.

249
00:26:22,581 --> 00:26:24,048
Let's see who's better tonight.

250
00:26:45,337 --> 00:26:46,133
Nie Zheng.

251
00:26:46,237 --> 00:26:48,364
He's playing for time, hoping for rescue.

252
00:27:00,785 --> 00:27:02,776
Out of your own selfish motives,

253
00:27:02,887 --> 00:27:05,981
you caused the deaths of our master
and fellows.

254
00:27:06,858 --> 00:27:10,453
Do you know the taste of fear now?

255
00:27:23,575 --> 00:27:25,065
There is no abiding in this place anymore.

256
00:27:25,176 --> 00:27:28,077
My mother and sister have fled
to the state of Qi.

257
00:27:28,446 --> 00:27:31,108
I'll catch up with them tonight.
What about you?

258
00:27:31,216 --> 00:27:33,616
I'll go to a relative in the state of Han.

259
00:27:35,320 --> 00:27:36,844
Then this is where we part our ways.

260
00:27:37,355 --> 00:27:38,845
Take care of yourself.

261
00:27:39,924 --> 00:27:41,858
You too. We shall meet again.

262
00:28:18,997 --> 00:28:21,124
Master, did I do the move correctly?

263
00:28:21,232 --> 00:28:23,598
Yes, but it'd be better
if you do it faster.

264
00:28:28,940 --> 00:28:29,668
Father.

265
00:28:30,341 --> 00:28:31,535
Official Yen.

266
00:28:31,643 --> 00:28:33,235
Master Du.

267
00:28:33,344 --> 00:28:35,608
Zhang's swordsmanship has improved.

268
00:28:35,947 --> 00:28:37,437
Young Master is very talented.

269
00:28:37,549 --> 00:28:40,211
What it took me 3 years to learn
with Master Wu,

270
00:28:40,318 --> 00:28:43,810
I've totally imparted in only
the past year.

271
00:28:43,922 --> 00:28:45,514
There is nothing I have left to teach.

272
00:28:45,623 --> 00:28:48,057
Master Wu was the victim of
a vile student.

273
00:28:48,159 --> 00:28:50,593
Among my fellows, only one, Nie Zheng,

274
00:28:50,695 --> 00:28:52,629
has skills greater than my own.

275
00:28:52,731 --> 00:28:54,358
In the aftemath,
he fled to the kingdom of Qi.

276
00:28:54,466 --> 00:28:57,196
If we can get him to come teach
the Young Master.

277
00:28:58,470 --> 00:29:01,132
Don't over-praise the child.

278
00:29:01,239 --> 00:29:03,139
My wife died years ago.

279
00:29:03,241 --> 00:29:06,108
I have only one son. I don't want
him spoilt.

280
00:29:06,211 --> 00:29:08,805
Books and the sword are to train
his character;

281
00:29:08,913 --> 00:29:11,905
I don't wish for him to become
a famed swordsman.

282
00:29:12,717 --> 00:29:15,242
What pleases me though is that
through this,

283
00:29:15,353 --> 00:29:18,186
I came to know a fine young man
like Master Du.

284
00:29:18,289 --> 00:29:19,051
You are too kind.

285
00:29:19,424 --> 00:29:20,618
In the past year or so

286
00:29:20,725 --> 00:29:23,091
I have been the one to benefit
from your teaching.

287
00:29:23,928 --> 00:29:25,156
From what you say,

288
00:29:25,263 --> 00:29:29,632
this Mr Wu Ji is a kind-hearted man.

289
00:29:29,734 --> 00:29:32,828
So many fine young men have been killed;

290
00:29:32,937 --> 00:29:34,996
it is indeed a tragedy.

291
00:29:35,373 --> 00:29:36,806
If the chance should arise,

292
00:29:36,908 --> 00:29:39,604
I would very much like to meet
this Nie Zheng.

293
00:29:39,711 --> 00:29:43,044
Nie's courage and skills are
ten times mine.

294
00:29:43,148 --> 00:29:44,809
If you're so inclined,

295
00:29:44,916 --> 00:29:46,508
I could go seek him in the state of Qi.

296
00:29:48,453 --> 00:29:52,116
Here I am but a mere official.

297
00:29:53,358 --> 00:29:55,292
His Majesty is still young

298
00:29:55,393 --> 00:29:57,588
although he places his trust in me,

299
00:29:57,695 --> 00:30:01,153
real power is with the Premier, Han Kui.

300
00:30:08,506 --> 00:30:10,565
The Premier's audience with
His Majesty today...

301
00:30:10,675 --> 00:30:12,768
did something happen?

302
00:30:12,877 --> 00:30:15,869
This child has been poisoned by
Yen Chung-Tzu.

303
00:30:15,980 --> 00:30:17,914
He doesn't listen to me anymore.

304
00:30:18,249 --> 00:30:19,307
How so?

305
00:30:20,084 --> 00:30:22,814
I told him all the peers of the realm

306
00:30:22,921 --> 00:30:25,151
...must eventually be subservient to Qin,

307
00:30:25,256 --> 00:30:27,918
and that we should anticipate events

308
00:30:28,026 --> 00:30:31,518
...by offering tribute and the area
of Yi Yang,

309
00:30:31,629 --> 00:30:34,792
to direct Qin's attention to Zhao and Yi.

310
00:30:34,899 --> 00:30:39,097
What land we lose,
we'll recover from them.

311
00:30:39,871 --> 00:30:43,898
Don't you think my strategy is a good one?

312
00:30:44,008 --> 00:30:47,705
The Premier's strategies are
always brilliant.

313
00:30:48,680 --> 00:30:50,614
But guess how the lad replied?

314
00:30:50,715 --> 00:30:54,173
He said, let's ask Yen Chung-Tzu first.

315
00:30:55,220 --> 00:30:56,983
In your humble servant's view,

316
00:30:57,088 --> 00:30:59,283
it's unwise to allow Yen Chung-Tzu

317
00:30:59,390 --> 00:31:01,915
...to coninue to influence the king so.

318
00:31:02,227 --> 00:31:05,424
The other day, he even said in court

319
00:31:05,530 --> 00:31:07,657
...that generations from now

320
00:31:07,765 --> 00:31:10,734
it may not be our liege's line
who'll rule Han!

321
00:31:13,872 --> 00:31:14,896
Indeed!

322
00:31:23,281 --> 00:31:25,841
What do you think of Wang Yue
and Tian Qing?

323
00:31:25,950 --> 00:31:28,043
They have sworn their loyalty
to the Premier.

324
00:31:31,956 --> 00:31:33,253
Wang Yue, Tian Qing.

325
00:31:38,663 --> 00:31:41,291
Wang Yue, Tian Qing.

326
00:31:41,399 --> 00:31:43,629
Go pick out a few good men-at-arms

327
00:31:43,735 --> 00:31:45,566
...and assassinate Yen Chung-Tzu tonight!

328
00:31:45,670 --> 00:31:48,400
Don't leave any of his family alive,

329
00:31:48,506 --> 00:31:50,497
lest the truth comes out.

330
00:31:50,608 --> 00:31:55,944
When it's done, you'll be handsomely
rewarded.

331
00:31:56,047 --> 00:31:56,775
Yes sir!

332
00:32:28,179 --> 00:32:30,340
You are the Premier's men-at-arms.

333
00:32:30,448 --> 00:32:31,574
What are you doing here so late at night?

334
00:32:32,216 --> 00:32:34,343
We have a military decree from
the Premier:

335
00:32:34,452 --> 00:32:37,250
Anyone not of the Yen household, begone!

336
00:32:37,355 --> 00:32:38,913
This affair is no one else's concern.

337
00:32:39,590 --> 00:32:41,285
Han Kui holds the Premier's office,

338
00:32:41,392 --> 00:32:44,293
but sends assassins at night
to kill an official.

339
00:32:44,395 --> 00:32:46,329
Such an affair is indeed my concern!

340
00:32:46,431 --> 00:32:47,125
You dare?

341
00:33:28,840 --> 00:33:29,670
Zhang!

342
00:34:06,244 --> 00:34:09,270
Yen Chung-Tzu, there's nowhere
for you to run!

343
00:34:17,388 --> 00:34:18,320
Master Du!

344
00:34:19,924 --> 00:34:23,690
Sir, Han Kui won't allow you to live.

345
00:34:23,795 --> 00:34:25,729
You must leave quickly.

346
00:34:25,830 --> 00:34:30,824
If you want revenge,
go find Nie Zheng in Qi!

347
00:34:30,935 --> 00:34:31,833
Master Du!

348
00:34:32,904 --> 00:34:34,030
Master Du!

349
00:35:01,466 --> 00:35:05,869
If you want revenge, find Nie Zheng in Qi!

350
00:35:28,459 --> 00:35:34,125
This sword, my breastful of hot passion

351
00:35:34,632 --> 00:35:37,533
...whom have I given them to?

352
00:36:05,129 --> 00:36:06,187
Been drinking again?

353
00:36:07,598 --> 00:36:09,122
Be careful you don't wake mother.

354
00:36:15,239 --> 00:36:17,799
We've been in Qi for over a year now.

355
00:36:17,909 --> 00:36:21,003
You're not used to such work,
slaughtering pigs.

356
00:36:21,112 --> 00:36:23,672
I know it's hard on you.

357
00:36:23,781 --> 00:36:27,512
But mother is old;

358
00:36:27,618 --> 00:36:30,143
after that terrible experience

359
00:36:30,254 --> 00:36:33,348
she's aged a great deal.

360
00:36:33,457 --> 00:36:35,618
You must show forbearance.

361
00:36:36,894 --> 00:36:38,054
I understand.

362
00:36:39,597 --> 00:36:41,121
I know you understand.

363
00:36:41,232 --> 00:36:42,824
You just can't help yourself.

364
00:36:47,705 --> 00:36:49,570
Go to sleep, don't drink any more.

365
00:36:49,674 --> 00:36:51,073
You still have to work tomorrow.

366
00:37:17,034 --> 00:37:18,626
What was that noise?

367
00:37:18,736 --> 00:37:21,296
Nothing. A cat knocked over a jar.

368
00:37:57,341 --> 00:37:58,672
To live like this...

369
00:38:16,627 --> 00:38:22,862
Out of the way...

370
00:38:22,967 --> 00:38:24,434
Please have a seat.

371
00:38:24,835 --> 00:38:26,598
Out of the way...

372
00:38:26,704 --> 00:38:31,198
Out of the way...

373
00:38:48,426 --> 00:38:49,757
You haven't paid for that!

374
00:38:59,437 --> 00:39:00,404
Zheng!

375
00:39:09,914 --> 00:39:10,972
Don't get into trouble.

376
00:39:11,082 --> 00:39:11,878
Yes.

377
00:39:15,386 --> 00:39:17,547
That old lady is his mother?

378
00:39:20,458 --> 00:39:22,119
This fellow is indeed a real man!

379
00:39:22,226 --> 00:39:23,989
He is truly filial to his mother.

380
00:39:24,095 --> 00:39:25,084
That's right.

381
00:39:25,196 --> 00:39:27,221
He's always standing up for other people,

382
00:39:27,331 --> 00:39:28,855
butjust one word from his mother

383
00:39:28,966 --> 00:39:30,729
and he'll go back to her obediently.

384
00:39:33,404 --> 00:39:35,998
The old lady called him "Zheng" just now.

385
00:39:36,107 --> 00:39:37,597
Do you know what his surname is?

386
00:39:37,708 --> 00:39:38,640
His surname's Nie.

387
00:39:39,710 --> 00:39:42,975
Nie... Nie Zheng?

388
00:39:48,486 --> 00:39:50,545
Would I be addressing Master Nie?

389
00:39:51,355 --> 00:39:53,482
My name's Nie. Is anything the matter?

390
00:39:53,591 --> 00:39:55,422
May I ask by close of business

391
00:39:55,526 --> 00:39:56,686
how much meat would you have sold?

392
00:39:59,730 --> 00:40:00,958
About his much.

393
00:40:03,067 --> 00:40:06,059
Then my master would buy all of it.

394
00:40:06,670 --> 00:40:08,035
Would this be enough?

395
00:40:10,107 --> 00:40:12,667
Yes. Your master means to...

396
00:40:12,777 --> 00:40:15,905
He means to have Master Nie come
for a chat.

397
00:40:18,115 --> 00:40:19,377
This is my master.

398
00:40:20,317 --> 00:40:21,841
Master Nie, I am Yen Sui.

399
00:40:21,952 --> 00:40:23,886
Please forgive my impertinence.

400
00:40:26,557 --> 00:40:30,391
Yen... Yen Chung-Tzu, Master Yen.

401
00:40:30,494 --> 00:40:31,290
You honor me.

402
00:40:31,395 --> 00:40:34,694
I have not dared to disturb
your mother today.

403
00:40:34,799 --> 00:40:37,029
Would Master Nie accompany me for a chat?

404
00:40:37,134 --> 00:40:39,295
I'll pay my respects to your mother
another time.

405
00:40:41,071 --> 00:40:42,231
Very well.

406
00:40:46,277 --> 00:40:48,745
Sister, I'm going out with Master Yen
for awhile.

407
00:41:37,094 --> 00:41:38,061
Master Yen.

408
00:41:38,929 --> 00:41:41,898
Nie Zheng has something he'd like to ask.

409
00:41:44,502 --> 00:41:45,969
Would it be possible...

410
00:41:51,809 --> 00:41:53,743
You may leave.

411
00:41:53,844 --> 00:41:55,368
I'll call if you're needed.

412
00:41:55,479 --> 00:41:56,503
Yes sir.

413
00:42:03,954 --> 00:42:06,422
You stand guard outside.

414
00:42:06,524 --> 00:42:08,014
Don't let anyone enter.

415
00:42:08,125 --> 00:42:08,887
Yes sir.

416
00:42:13,931 --> 00:42:16,661
Master Nie, please speak freely.

417
00:42:17,401 --> 00:42:20,063
Master Yen is an official of a peer;

418
00:42:20,170 --> 00:42:21,933
Nie Zheng is a mere butcher

419
00:42:22,039 --> 00:42:24,405
who makes his living in the streets.

420
00:42:24,508 --> 00:42:27,909
Yet you have traveled all this way to Qi

421
00:42:28,012 --> 00:42:30,480
and not stood on ceremony to meet me.

422
00:42:30,581 --> 00:42:31,912
Why, may I ask, is that?

423
00:42:32,650 --> 00:42:35,414
I have heard back in the state of Han

424
00:42:35,519 --> 00:42:39,148
that your sword and courage have no match,

425
00:42:39,256 --> 00:42:42,089
and that you are a true hero of the age.

426
00:42:43,994 --> 00:42:45,928
If so, I fear you heard wrong.

427
00:42:48,065 --> 00:42:50,625
From what I saw for myself yesterday,

428
00:42:50,734 --> 00:42:54,636
you defended the weak-
that was righteous;

429
00:42:54,738 --> 00:42:56,865
with your bare hands,
you fought off several

430
00:42:56,974 --> 00:42:59,909
...armed opponents - that was brave;

431
00:43:00,344 --> 00:43:02,642
and you stopped at your mother's word -

432
00:43:02,746 --> 00:43:03,940
that was filial piety.

433
00:43:04,048 --> 00:43:06,243
With one who's righteous,
brave and filial,

434
00:43:06,350 --> 00:43:09,581
I wouldn't dare claim any privilege
of office.

435
00:43:11,355 --> 00:43:12,754
Commoners of the streets

436
00:43:12,856 --> 00:43:16,189
...have no lack of courage that
defends the weak,

437
00:43:16,293 --> 00:43:18,955
or filial piety towards their parents.

438
00:43:19,063 --> 00:43:21,896
I am nothing extraordinary.

439
00:43:22,232 --> 00:43:26,293
Master Nie, why hide behind such humility?

440
00:43:27,071 --> 00:43:29,471
Have you forgotten the hopes and dreams

441
00:43:29,573 --> 00:43:34,101
...you had as a student under Master Wu?

442
00:43:40,985 --> 00:43:43,351
Those are all things of the past.

443
00:43:44,088 --> 00:43:46,750
I have accomplished nothing.

444
00:43:47,091 --> 00:43:48,956
All I did was cause my aged mother

445
00:43:49,059 --> 00:43:50,890
...to suffer a fright for nothing.

446
00:43:52,463 --> 00:43:55,364
My only wish now is to know my place

447
00:43:55,466 --> 00:43:57,297
...and take care of my mother.

448
00:43:59,036 --> 00:44:00,469
I desire nothing else.

449
00:44:00,571 --> 00:44:02,436
But you are still young.

450
00:44:02,539 --> 00:44:05,906
To let all your abilities and passion

451
00:44:06,310 --> 00:44:10,212
...dwindle away like this,
is it not a shame?

452
00:44:15,452 --> 00:44:19,081
Master Yen, what would you have me do?

453
00:44:19,189 --> 00:44:20,349
Please come out with it.

454
00:44:23,594 --> 00:44:25,289
Friendship is based on sincerity.

455
00:44:25,396 --> 00:44:27,626
If I say I've traveled all this way

456
00:44:27,731 --> 00:44:32,464
...only to drink and chat with Master Nie,

457
00:44:34,238 --> 00:44:36,297
I would obviously be lying.

458
00:44:36,407 --> 00:44:38,637
But the matter is one of great import;

459
00:44:38,742 --> 00:44:42,075
it is better to discuss it at length
another time.

460
00:44:42,646 --> 00:44:46,104
Today, though, I have a different request.

461
00:44:46,216 --> 00:44:47,706
What is it, Master Yen?

462
00:44:49,053 --> 00:44:50,918
I may have served as an official of Han,

463
00:44:51,021 --> 00:44:53,615
but I too am now a fugitive.

464
00:44:54,792 --> 00:44:58,284
If you do not fear to be associated
with me,

465
00:44:58,395 --> 00:45:00,989
I would like us to become bonded
as brothers.

466
00:45:04,902 --> 00:45:06,893
I would not dare to elevate myself so,

467
00:45:07,004 --> 00:45:10,303
but I know that friendship knows
no depths,

468
00:45:10,407 --> 00:45:13,934
and to accomplish great deeds takes unity;

469
00:45:14,044 --> 00:45:15,671
and so I shall not stand on ceremony.

470
00:45:15,779 --> 00:45:19,840
Indeed you have a hero's spirit!
Attendants!

471
00:45:19,950 --> 00:45:20,746
Here.

472
00:45:22,019 --> 00:45:24,681
Bring what I told you to prepare earlier.

473
00:45:24,788 --> 00:45:25,447
Yes sir.

474
00:45:45,876 --> 00:45:46,808
Please.

475
00:45:58,155 --> 00:45:59,053
Brother.

476
00:46:02,693 --> 00:46:03,751
Mother is asleep?

477
00:46:07,631 --> 00:46:10,156
She knows I went with Yen Chung-Tzu?

478
00:46:10,901 --> 00:46:14,632
Yes. I told her.

479
00:46:14,738 --> 00:46:15,295
What did she say?

480
00:46:15,405 --> 00:46:18,431
She said you shouldn't have gone with him.

481
00:46:18,542 --> 00:46:22,103
For a high official to consort with us
like this

482
00:46:22,212 --> 00:46:23,702
cannot presage anything good.

483
00:46:24,848 --> 00:46:26,611
I realize that.

484
00:46:27,651 --> 00:46:29,642
I know mother's way of thinking.

485
00:46:29,753 --> 00:46:31,687
For Yen Chung-Tzu to condescend

486
00:46:31,789 --> 00:46:33,916
...and take up with a butcher
like yourself

487
00:46:34,024 --> 00:46:35,719
must mean he has something to ask of you.

488
00:46:36,493 --> 00:46:38,723
That I realize too.

489
00:46:39,096 --> 00:46:41,826
But what can you possibly offer him?

490
00:46:41,932 --> 00:46:44,423
You have nothing, except...

491
00:46:44,535 --> 00:46:46,332
One man, one life.

492
00:46:46,436 --> 00:46:49,064
Brother, if you realize all this,

493
00:46:49,173 --> 00:46:49,798
then why...?

494
00:46:49,907 --> 00:46:52,102
I've been wondering myself.

495
00:46:52,209 --> 00:46:55,007
Is it better for me to live like this,

496
00:46:55,112 --> 00:46:58,843
toiling so hard and so inconsequentially?

497
00:46:58,949 --> 00:47:01,315
Or is it better to die a glorious death?

498
00:47:06,590 --> 00:47:10,959
Or perhaps, is both life and
death the same?

499
00:47:12,362 --> 00:47:15,559
But to mother and I,

500
00:47:15,666 --> 00:47:18,430
whether you live or die is not the same.

501
00:47:20,704 --> 00:47:23,172
And there's still Xia Ying. Remember her?

502
00:47:25,642 --> 00:47:27,610
I've not forgotten her for a single day.

503
00:47:28,645 --> 00:47:31,239
At present, I cannot get into trouble.

504
00:47:31,348 --> 00:47:33,908
It would affect mother and you.

505
00:47:34,885 --> 00:47:36,216
But the day will come

506
00:47:36,320 --> 00:47:38,788
...when I'll be able to cast life
and death aside;

507
00:47:38,889 --> 00:47:40,288
that's when I'll o look for her.

508
00:47:52,302 --> 00:47:54,532
What did that Yen Chung-Tzu say?

509
00:47:56,874 --> 00:47:58,341
He didn't say anything.

510
00:47:58,976 --> 00:48:01,171
He only wanted to be brothers with me.

511
00:48:01,879 --> 00:48:03,676
And did you bond with him?

512
00:48:05,549 --> 00:48:07,881
He wouldn't be at ease with me otherwise.

513
00:48:11,855 --> 00:48:15,655
He said now that he and I are brothers,

514
00:48:15,759 --> 00:48:18,853
my mother is also his mother;

515
00:48:20,030 --> 00:48:21,725
he'll come pay his respects tomorrow.

516
00:48:22,099 --> 00:48:23,726
Brother.

517
00:48:23,901 --> 00:48:27,462
Don't worry. As long as mother's alive

518
00:48:27,571 --> 00:48:29,664
and you remain unmarried,

519
00:48:29,773 --> 00:48:31,604
I won't promise to do anything for him.

520
00:48:41,285 --> 00:48:43,480
I said to Brother Zheng last night,

521
00:48:43,587 --> 00:48:45,316
now that we're brothers,

522
00:48:45,422 --> 00:48:47,982
madam is also a mother to me.

523
00:48:48,091 --> 00:48:51,652
Here is a hundred in gold for you.

524
00:48:55,966 --> 00:48:58,628
Brother, we cannot accept such a gift!

525
00:48:58,735 --> 00:48:59,133
Brother.

526
00:48:59,236 --> 00:49:01,170
The only reason I've descended myself so

527
00:49:01,271 --> 00:49:02,898
...to work as a mere street butcher

528
00:49:03,006 --> 00:49:04,906
is in order to provide for my mother.

529
00:49:05,008 --> 00:49:08,739
I am fortunate enough to be able to do so;

530
00:49:08,845 --> 00:49:10,836
I would not dare accept such largesse.

531
00:49:12,115 --> 00:49:14,606
Now that we are brothers,

532
00:49:14,718 --> 00:49:15,878
what is mine is also yours.

533
00:49:18,488 --> 00:49:20,388
I have done nothing to deserve this.

534
00:49:20,490 --> 00:49:22,424
You see how bare my our walls are;

535
00:49:22,526 --> 00:49:24,153
with what can I possibly repay you?

536
00:49:26,463 --> 00:49:28,158
All I can repay you with

537
00:49:28,265 --> 00:49:30,426
...is myself as a person;

538
00:49:30,534 --> 00:49:32,263
this mortal shell is all I have to give.

539
00:49:33,904 --> 00:49:36,498
Brother, don't take it so seriously!

540
00:49:37,040 --> 00:49:38,871
With my mother still living,

541
00:49:38,976 --> 00:49:41,809
I'm yet unable to render up my life.

542
00:49:41,912 --> 00:49:43,402
Please forgive me, brother.

543
00:49:43,513 --> 00:49:44,810
I became brothers with you

544
00:49:44,915 --> 00:49:47,713
...precisely because I admire
these qualities in you.

545
00:49:47,985 --> 00:49:49,748
Whatever requests I may have to
make of you

546
00:49:49,853 --> 00:49:52,048
...can wait till more leisurely
discussion;

547
00:49:52,155 --> 00:49:53,622
there is no hurry.

548
00:49:55,425 --> 00:49:57,950
The gold is for madam.

549
00:49:58,061 --> 00:49:58,993
Please accept it.

550
00:49:59,596 --> 00:50:00,187
Chung-Tzu.

551
00:50:00,297 --> 00:50:01,525
Madam.

552
00:50:01,832 --> 00:50:04,960
He is the only son I have.

553
00:50:05,068 --> 00:50:06,899
If I lose him,

554
00:50:07,004 --> 00:50:10,440
what good would any amount of gold do me?

555
00:50:11,208 --> 00:50:14,905
It's because you know he's a man
of passion

556
00:50:15,012 --> 00:50:18,743
...that you condescended to
consort with him so.

557
00:50:19,349 --> 00:50:21,249
Whatever use you have of him

558
00:50:21,351 --> 00:50:23,410
...does not require you to put it
in words;

559
00:50:23,520 --> 00:50:25,613
he'll go to his doom without your asking.

560
00:50:26,523 --> 00:50:28,548
This hundred in gold

561
00:50:28,658 --> 00:50:32,389
...is really to purchase my son's life.

562
00:50:32,496 --> 00:50:35,329
How can I bear to enjoy its use?

563
00:50:36,867 --> 00:50:38,334
Please hurry and take it away!

564
00:50:43,073 --> 00:50:45,439
Madam's words

565
00:50:45,542 --> 00:50:48,534
...have shamed me beyond measure.

566
00:50:50,747 --> 00:50:51,338
Take it away!

567
00:50:51,448 --> 00:50:52,312
Yes...

568
00:50:56,053 --> 00:50:59,489
I have bonded with Brother Zheng.

569
00:51:00,557 --> 00:51:04,584
I seek no more than to enjoy this day;

570
00:51:04,694 --> 00:51:07,390
tomorrow I shall depart for Pu Yang.

571
00:51:11,068 --> 00:51:12,535
Zheng.

572
00:51:13,503 --> 00:51:17,132
Drink with Chung-Tzu. I'm going to rest.

573
00:51:18,608 --> 00:51:19,597
Madam.

574
00:51:44,468 --> 00:51:45,992
Brother.

575
00:51:47,337 --> 00:51:49,168
A toast.

576
00:51:49,272 --> 00:51:51,832
May we have occasion to be together again.

577
00:52:41,958 --> 00:52:44,426
A young man requests an audience
with master.

578
00:52:45,629 --> 00:52:47,187
Did you ask him his name?

579
00:52:47,297 --> 00:52:48,821
He said his surname was Nie.

580
00:52:53,603 --> 00:52:54,729
Nie Zheng.

581
00:53:08,618 --> 00:53:09,414
Brother.

582
00:53:09,519 --> 00:53:10,383
Brother.

583
00:53:12,622 --> 00:53:16,080
You... Please, sit down.

584
00:53:23,300 --> 00:53:27,202
Brother, it's been several years. You...

585
00:53:29,439 --> 00:53:31,498
Mother passed away last year,

586
00:53:31,608 --> 00:53:33,838
and this year my sister got married.

587
00:53:35,679 --> 00:53:37,840
I have no more attachments now.

588
00:53:40,317 --> 00:53:41,909
I didn't think...

589
00:53:42,018 --> 00:53:43,144
Brother.

590
00:53:43,253 --> 00:53:46,814
Although I never promised you anything,

591
00:53:46,923 --> 00:53:48,823
in my heart I already said yes.

592
00:53:51,094 --> 00:53:54,791
What is it you wanted me to do for you?

593
00:53:54,898 --> 00:53:55,887
You can tell me now.

594
00:53:57,067 --> 00:53:58,728
You came all this way,

595
00:53:58,835 --> 00:54:00,393
how can we rush things like this?

596
00:54:01,371 --> 00:54:04,363
I'll give you a welcoming banquet tonight.

597
00:54:04,474 --> 00:54:06,169
The rest we can talk about later.

598
00:55:05,568 --> 00:55:08,662
Brother, I've had enough wine.

599
00:55:08,772 --> 00:55:09,932
Let us have a quiet talk,

600
00:55:10,040 --> 00:55:11,598
brother to brother.

601
00:55:15,178 --> 00:55:16,406
You all may leave.

602
00:55:45,575 --> 00:55:49,033
Brother, what I've kept hidden for
a long time

603
00:55:49,145 --> 00:55:50,976
can now be revealed to you.

604
00:55:53,550 --> 00:55:54,676
Please do, brother.

605
00:55:55,618 --> 00:55:57,711
Qin is the greatest calamity upon
the land;

606
00:55:57,821 --> 00:56:00,756
this is something every
astute person knows.

607
00:56:01,658 --> 00:56:06,357
I heard when you became
Master Wu's student

608
00:56:06,463 --> 00:56:08,624
...it was your ambition to fight Qin, too.

609
00:56:10,300 --> 00:56:14,794
Now to preserve themselves,
all the kingdoms

610
00:56:14,904 --> 00:56:16,633
do not look to the welfare of
their subjects,

611
00:56:18,608 --> 00:56:21,008
but rather consider subservience to Qin

612
00:56:21,111 --> 00:56:23,204
...as their means of lingering on.

613
00:56:23,947 --> 00:56:25,141
If this situation continues,

614
00:56:25,248 --> 00:56:28,240
the entire Realm will be destroyed by Qin!

615
00:56:28,918 --> 00:56:32,012
To kill one as an example to many...

616
00:56:33,690 --> 00:56:36,887
You want me to kill the Han Premier,
Han Kui?

617
00:56:37,160 --> 00:56:38,525
You've guessed it already.

618
00:56:41,231 --> 00:56:43,893
The circumstances of your departure
from Han

619
00:56:44,000 --> 00:56:45,467
...are not totally unknown to me.

620
00:56:47,437 --> 00:56:51,897
It's public justice,
but also private vengeance.

621
00:56:52,542 --> 00:56:54,874
I had an only son,

622
00:56:54,978 --> 00:56:56,843
and you, a good friend Du Po.

623
00:56:57,313 --> 00:56:58,280
Du Po?

624
00:56:59,816 --> 00:57:02,148
It was from him that I heard of you.

625
00:57:02,252 --> 00:57:03,549
Du Po and my son

626
00:57:03,653 --> 00:57:06,520
...were both killed by Han Kui's
assassins.

627
00:57:07,290 --> 00:57:11,124
Then... how do you propose to do it?

628
00:57:12,228 --> 00:57:15,129
Although I'm no longer an official of Han,

629
00:57:15,231 --> 00:57:17,791
I still have much personal wealth.

630
00:57:17,901 --> 00:57:21,837
I propose to spend it all to attract
good men

631
00:57:21,938 --> 00:57:26,307
...whom you'll train to assassinate
Han Kui.

632
00:57:27,944 --> 00:57:30,742
I don't think that would be too prudent.

633
00:57:30,847 --> 00:57:32,781
What is your view?

634
00:57:34,384 --> 00:57:37,319
Your enemy is the Premier of a state

635
00:57:37,420 --> 00:57:39,479
...as well as the king's uncle.

636
00:57:40,490 --> 00:57:43,118
Pu Yang is not far from
the kingdom of Han;

637
00:57:45,061 --> 00:57:48,827
word will leak out if too many
are involved.

638
00:57:49,699 --> 00:57:53,135
The whole state of Han will then
be your foe;

639
00:57:53,236 --> 00:57:55,261
however much wealth you have,

640
00:57:55,371 --> 00:57:58,397
however many man you put together,

641
00:57:58,508 --> 00:58:00,942
will not be enough against
the whole of Han.

642
00:58:02,946 --> 00:58:04,243
Then...

643
00:58:08,418 --> 00:58:11,148
This is something only a single man
can do.

644
00:58:12,155 --> 00:58:14,623
Like Zhuan Zhu assassinating Wang Liao,

645
00:58:14,991 --> 00:58:16,583
what's required is a single,
lethal strike.

646
00:58:19,162 --> 00:58:24,259
With your wits and courage,

647
00:58:24,367 --> 00:58:27,359
I've no doubt Han Kui's death is assured;

648
00:58:29,606 --> 00:58:33,872
but extracting yourself will prove
difficult.

649
00:58:35,645 --> 00:58:39,945
Zhuan Zhu & Yiu Li sacrificed
their life for success.

650
00:58:45,421 --> 00:58:46,683
It is precisely because of that,

651
00:58:46,789 --> 00:58:48,689
I made you no promises before.

652
00:58:50,226 --> 00:58:53,855
But now my mother's dead,
my sister's wedded,

653
00:58:55,865 --> 00:58:57,355
I am free of all worries.

654
00:59:00,236 --> 00:59:01,100
Brother.

655
00:59:01,204 --> 00:59:02,569
To find someone who knows my heart...

656
00:59:02,672 --> 00:59:05,106
I've been resolved these past few years.

657
00:59:06,476 --> 00:59:08,467
More words would be superfluous.

658
00:59:10,480 --> 00:59:11,811
Let's drink to this evening.

659
00:59:11,915 --> 00:59:13,439
Tomorrow I set off for the kingdom of Han.

660
00:59:14,183 --> 00:59:17,243
Brother, it's as you say:

661
00:59:17,353 --> 00:59:19,446
More words would be superfluous.

662
00:59:20,056 --> 00:59:22,217
But once you are gone

663
00:59:22,325 --> 00:59:25,590
I fear we two may never meet again.

664
00:59:26,429 --> 00:59:29,262
Please stay for a few more days.

665
00:59:32,335 --> 00:59:32,994
I fear...

666
00:59:33,102 --> 00:59:34,501
Don't worry.

667
00:59:35,104 --> 00:59:36,731
This is the land of my ancestors,

668
00:59:36,839 --> 00:59:39,000
and the servants have been here
for generations.

669
00:59:39,108 --> 00:59:41,167
No one will let out our secret.

670
00:59:41,578 --> 00:59:45,105
Brother, I truly cannot bear...

671
00:59:45,715 --> 00:59:47,307
to be parted with you.

672
01:00:01,598 --> 01:00:02,622
Attendants!

673
01:00:18,448 --> 01:00:20,575
Attend to Master Nie's rest.

674
01:00:20,683 --> 01:00:21,377
Yes sir.

675
01:00:21,784 --> 01:00:25,185
Brother, you are still unmarried.

676
01:00:26,356 --> 01:00:28,085
What do you think of this Concubine Zhao?

677
01:00:37,934 --> 01:00:39,299
Don't make fun of me, brother.

678
01:02:58,007 --> 01:03:00,567
Master Nie, the master has asked me

679
01:03:00,676 --> 01:03:02,871
...to serve you this wine
he's been saving.

680
01:04:28,097 --> 01:04:29,325
You may all leave.

681
01:04:30,099 --> 01:04:31,066
Yes sir.

682
01:04:37,974 --> 01:04:38,872
Concubine Zhao.

683
01:04:40,877 --> 01:04:42,469
Please ask your master to come.

684
01:04:42,578 --> 01:04:43,510
Yes sir.

685
01:05:21,517 --> 01:05:24,782
Brother, I've decided to leave tomorrow.

686
01:05:25,888 --> 01:05:26,980
Brother.

687
01:05:57,219 --> 01:06:04,853
Desolately the west wind rises.

688
01:06:04,961 --> 01:06:12,333
The sun shines forth its promise;

689
01:06:12,435 --> 01:06:20,001
the ruddy visage tells

690
01:06:20,109 --> 01:06:27,538
...of the Qin battledress;

691
01:06:27,650 --> 01:06:34,715
the ruddy visage tells

692
01:06:34,824 --> 01:06:41,992
...of the Qin battledress.

693
01:06:42,098 --> 01:06:49,504
Bidding the hero farewell today,

694
01:06:49,605 --> 01:06:57,011
when will the departed return?

695
01:06:57,113 --> 01:07:04,281
Away to the future on parting,

696
01:07:04,387 --> 01:07:11,589
the mountains come into view;

697
01:07:11,694 --> 01:07:18,793
Away to the future on parting,

698
01:07:18,901 --> 01:07:27,206
the mountains come into view.

699
01:07:39,622 --> 01:07:41,419
Brother, I take my leave.

700
01:07:46,629 --> 01:07:49,621
Brother, a toast.

701
01:08:20,329 --> 01:08:28,930
Bidding the hero farewell today,

702
01:08:29,038 --> 01:08:37,309
when will the departed return?

703
01:08:37,413 --> 01:08:45,513
Away to the future on parting,

704
01:08:45,621 --> 01:08:55,496
the mountains come into view.

705
01:09:23,893 --> 01:09:24,951
Is this the Xia residence?

706
01:09:36,205 --> 01:09:38,105
Are you Miss Xia Ying?

707
01:09:38,474 --> 01:09:39,372
Yes.

708
01:09:39,508 --> 01:09:40,975
A gentleman asked us to deliver this.

709
01:09:41,076 --> 01:09:41,804
Here...

710
01:09:43,812 --> 01:09:45,439
Have you made some mistake?

711
01:09:45,548 --> 01:09:46,776
You are Miss Xia Ying, right?

712
01:09:47,716 --> 01:09:48,375
Yes.

713
01:09:48,484 --> 01:09:49,314
Then there's no mistake.

714
01:10:01,630 --> 01:10:03,120
Is this the Xia residence?

715
01:10:03,232 --> 01:10:03,789
That's right.

716
01:10:03,899 --> 01:10:05,594
Then you must be Miss Xia. Come...

717
01:10:15,578 --> 01:10:17,443
A thousand in silver, please count it.

718
01:10:17,546 --> 01:10:19,013
Surely it's some mistake!

719
01:10:19,114 --> 01:10:19,739
There's no mistake.

720
01:10:19,848 --> 01:10:21,782
The gentleman's instructions were
very precise.

721
01:10:22,418 --> 01:10:24,215
Is Miss Xia at home?

722
01:10:25,020 --> 01:10:26,180
Sorry...

723
01:10:35,898 --> 01:10:37,422
You must be Miss Xia.

724
01:10:38,133 --> 01:10:40,727
This is the best our shop has to offer.

725
01:10:41,136 --> 01:10:42,797
Please see if you like it.

726
01:10:49,578 --> 01:10:51,944
A gentleman told you to deliver this?

727
01:10:52,047 --> 01:10:53,844
That's right.

728
01:10:53,949 --> 01:10:56,349
And who might this gentleman be?

729
01:10:56,652 --> 01:10:58,711
You really know how to joke, Miss.

730
01:10:58,821 --> 01:11:00,584
These are really valuable gifts.

731
01:11:00,689 --> 01:11:02,384
How can you not know who sent them?

732
01:11:32,488 --> 01:11:33,853
Might this be Miss Xia?

733
01:11:34,223 --> 01:11:36,453
What are you delivering this time?

734
01:11:36,558 --> 01:11:37,582
Nothing.

735
01:11:37,693 --> 01:11:39,126
A gentleman requests your presence.

736
01:11:39,228 --> 01:11:40,456
We have a sedan chair waiting.

737
01:11:41,096 --> 01:11:41,994
I'm not going.

738
01:11:42,097 --> 01:11:43,860
Take everything away with you.

739
01:11:45,267 --> 01:11:46,791
The gentleman left instructions that

740
01:11:46,902 --> 01:11:49,063
...if Miss Xia refuses to come,

741
01:11:49,171 --> 01:11:51,765
there's something we should show you.

742
01:12:08,824 --> 01:12:11,759
Nie Zheng...

743
01:12:21,437 --> 01:12:23,405
Miss Xia, here's the sedan chair.

744
01:13:40,149 --> 01:13:42,242
After you left,

745
01:13:42,351 --> 01:13:44,114
my father died the following year.

746
01:13:45,521 --> 01:13:48,422
Last year Xu Shi's uncle lost his office,

747
01:13:48,524 --> 01:13:50,754
and I thought of going to look for you,

748
01:13:50,859 --> 01:13:53,020
but I didn't know where you were.

749
01:13:58,133 --> 01:14:00,499
What did you do in the kingdom of Qi?

750
01:14:02,271 --> 01:14:04,432
Didn't I tell you during the day?

751
01:14:04,940 --> 01:14:06,999
How can a butcher make so much money?

752
01:14:07,609 --> 01:14:09,440
What else did you do?

753
01:14:10,412 --> 01:14:11,606
I didn't do anything else.

754
01:14:13,715 --> 01:14:17,048
Nie Zheng, don't tell me
you did anything bad!

755
01:14:17,886 --> 01:14:20,218
I didn't do anything bad.

756
01:14:20,322 --> 01:14:24,656
But doing bad things or doing good things

757
01:14:24,760 --> 01:14:26,557
...no longer make any difference to me.

758
01:14:27,162 --> 01:14:28,151
Why?

759
01:14:30,699 --> 01:14:32,360
You've waited for me for so many years,

760
01:14:32,468 --> 01:14:33,901
I can't keep it from you any longer.

761
01:14:34,937 --> 01:14:37,963
This is the last time we'll see
each other.

762
01:14:39,408 --> 01:14:41,842
Once I'm gone,

763
01:14:41,944 --> 01:14:43,639
I'm never coming back.

764
01:14:47,749 --> 01:14:49,580
You...

765
01:14:49,685 --> 01:14:51,846
You must have married
a rich man's daughter!

766
01:14:58,760 --> 01:15:02,958
No. I've undertaken to do something

767
01:15:03,465 --> 01:15:04,955
...on behalf of someone.

768
01:15:06,502 --> 01:15:10,302
Whether I succeed or fail,

769
01:15:11,907 --> 01:15:13,602
the chances of my survival are slim.

770
01:15:14,576 --> 01:15:15,736
What have you undertaken to do?

771
01:15:17,246 --> 01:15:20,113
Don't worry. It's not anything bad.

772
01:15:20,949 --> 01:15:22,917
All this money;

773
01:15:23,018 --> 01:15:25,282
the person you're doing his for
gave it to you?

774
01:15:30,559 --> 01:15:33,221
Then... aren't you selling your life?

775
01:15:35,430 --> 01:15:36,454
You could say that.

776
01:15:36,565 --> 01:15:38,192
If you can give up even your life,

777
01:15:38,300 --> 01:15:39,562
what use have you for money?

778
01:15:42,004 --> 01:15:43,301
Is it for me?

779
01:15:44,773 --> 01:15:46,297
I don't want this money!

780
01:15:46,675 --> 01:15:50,270
This jewellery, these silks...

781
01:15:50,379 --> 01:15:53,007
I'd rather be poor, I'd rather have
a hard life!

782
01:15:54,316 --> 01:15:56,876
How can I possibly take your blood money?

783
01:15:58,554 --> 01:16:00,818
Xia Ying, listen to me.

784
01:16:01,623 --> 01:16:04,751
This thing I do, I do it willingly.

785
01:16:04,860 --> 01:16:06,384
I'm not doing it for money.

786
01:16:07,029 --> 01:16:10,055
When the person first asked me to do this,

787
01:16:10,165 --> 01:16:12,156
he gave me several thousand in gold,

788
01:16:12,267 --> 01:16:13,256
but I didn't accept it.

789
01:16:15,337 --> 01:16:18,238
Now... it doesn't matter.

790
01:16:19,274 --> 01:16:22,266
I'm not long for this world anyway.

791
01:16:23,378 --> 01:16:24,675
If there's money, it should be spent.

792
01:16:26,715 --> 01:16:28,410
How could you do such a thing?

793
01:16:28,784 --> 01:16:30,149
Throwing away your life!

794
01:16:31,119 --> 01:16:33,053
It is a good thing that I do.

795
01:16:33,155 --> 01:16:35,453
Although it's also for personal revenge,

796
01:16:36,158 --> 01:16:38,319
the more important thing is

797
01:16:38,427 --> 01:16:40,827
it's for the good of common folk
everywhere.

798
01:16:48,837 --> 01:16:52,136
Xia Ying. Look at me.

799
01:16:55,877 --> 01:17:00,211
I'm young, tall and strong.

800
01:17:00,983 --> 01:17:03,178
Everyone dies.

801
01:17:03,285 --> 01:17:06,083
Would you rather I die now,

802
01:17:06,188 --> 01:17:08,782
doing a great and glorious deed?

803
01:17:11,593 --> 01:17:15,290
Or would you have me grow old and weak,

804
01:17:15,397 --> 01:17:18,662
too feeble to hold a knife or kill a pig,

805
01:17:18,767 --> 01:17:21,736
and die a stranger stranded
in the state of Qi?

806
01:17:31,446 --> 01:17:33,937
What did your father do when he was young?

807
01:17:35,951 --> 01:17:37,282
He was a carpenter.

808
01:17:37,386 --> 01:17:38,546
And then?

809
01:17:39,354 --> 01:17:41,185
He was too old to continue.

810
01:17:41,289 --> 01:17:44,053
He spent his days befuddled with drink.

811
01:17:44,159 --> 01:17:47,026
I shall be like that one day, Xia Ying.

812
01:17:49,231 --> 01:17:51,358
Let my breastful of hot blood

813
01:17:51,466 --> 01:17:53,525
...be spilt somewhere worthy of it!

814
01:18:00,375 --> 01:18:01,467
Don't cry.

815
01:18:02,010 --> 01:18:04,945
We don't have many days together.

816
01:18:05,047 --> 01:18:07,072
Let's spend these few days happily.

817
01:18:12,487 --> 01:18:13,749
I'll take you home.

818
01:18:13,855 --> 01:18:17,655
No. Let's go to your place.

819
01:18:19,061 --> 01:18:21,621
We don't have many days together,

820
01:18:21,730 --> 01:18:22,628
do we?

821
01:19:08,210 --> 01:19:10,940
This is something I learned from the rich.

822
01:19:11,480 --> 01:19:14,210
We drink, they play music.

823
01:19:14,316 --> 01:19:15,214
Isn't this fun?

824
01:19:15,951 --> 01:19:19,114
Fun for you, but sorrow for the players.

825
01:19:19,221 --> 01:19:20,415
Sorrow?

826
01:19:23,692 --> 01:19:25,626
Because they have to survive.

827
01:19:27,095 --> 01:19:29,188
Let them go.

828
01:19:29,297 --> 01:19:31,697
Okay, you may leave.

829
01:19:33,802 --> 01:19:34,769
Yes.

830
01:20:27,622 --> 01:20:30,250
My body...

831
01:20:30,358 --> 01:20:32,485
I think you've always wanted it.

832
01:20:34,563 --> 01:20:36,360
I give it to you now.

833
01:20:37,632 --> 01:20:40,066
But I...

834
01:20:42,170 --> 01:20:44,138
I understand now

835
01:20:44,239 --> 01:20:46,639
the longer you live, the more sorrow
there is.

836
01:20:48,310 --> 01:20:50,710
Let's live shorter, but happier.

837
01:20:54,115 --> 01:20:57,744
Didn't you say we don't have
many days together?

838
01:20:59,454 --> 01:21:01,888
In these few short days,

839
01:21:01,990 --> 01:21:04,550
we'll live our lives, our entire lives.

840
01:21:23,411 --> 01:21:25,345
But in the future, you...

841
01:21:25,847 --> 01:21:28,839
We only have the present,
there's no future.

842
01:21:29,951 --> 01:21:32,442
If now you don't...

843
01:21:32,554 --> 01:21:34,886
we'll regret it in the future.

844
01:21:36,424 --> 01:21:37,391
Xia Ying.

845
01:23:11,219 --> 01:23:12,379
You didn't sleep?

846
01:23:15,557 --> 01:23:17,787
I... I have to go.

847
01:23:19,361 --> 01:23:20,885
You're not waiting for daybreak?

848
01:23:21,997 --> 01:23:24,761
I have to go anyway;

849
01:23:25,266 --> 01:23:28,758
what does it matter if it's daybreak
or not?

850
01:23:29,871 --> 01:23:33,398
True. You have to go anyway.

851
01:23:35,210 --> 01:23:38,407
Are our lives so short?

852
01:23:39,714 --> 01:23:42,842
These last few days with you

853
01:23:44,386 --> 01:23:46,411
...have been happier than
other people's decades.

854
01:23:48,289 --> 01:23:52,385
Our lives haven't been short at all.

855
01:24:38,006 --> 01:24:39,132
You don't need to see me off.

856
01:24:56,124 --> 01:24:57,591
I'll come with you to the river.

857
01:24:59,994 --> 01:25:02,155
The river...

858
01:25:03,998 --> 01:25:05,989
That expanse of reeds.

859
01:25:07,802 --> 01:25:10,896
We spent a lot of happy times there.

860
01:25:25,720 --> 01:25:29,349
I'm off. You can go find my sister.

861
01:25:29,457 --> 01:25:30,981
She'll take care of you.

862
01:25:34,195 --> 01:25:38,154
The jewellery I left is worth a lot.

863
01:25:39,367 --> 01:25:40,698
Say no more.

864
01:26:02,757 --> 01:26:05,055
The sword Su Lou.

865
01:26:08,363 --> 01:26:09,830
This time...

866
01:27:49,497 --> 01:27:50,429
Out of the way.

867
01:28:02,243 --> 01:28:03,141
Yang Jian.

868
01:28:04,545 --> 01:28:05,978
This is betrayal!

869
01:28:06,080 --> 01:28:09,641
Han Kui, we risked our lives fighting Qin,

870
01:28:09,751 --> 01:28:13,152
my father and brother both fell
at Yi Yang,

871
01:28:13,254 --> 01:28:15,347
yet you would confer with them
at Dong Meng

872
01:28:15,456 --> 01:28:17,185
...and cede land to Qin in tribute,

873
01:28:17,292 --> 01:28:20,784
and give away what we fought so hard
to keep!

874
01:28:20,895 --> 01:28:22,795
Everyone would want to kill a traitor
like you!

875
01:28:24,132 --> 01:28:26,999
Affairs of state are beyond your kind.

876
01:28:27,402 --> 01:28:27,925
Lu Pen.

877
01:28:28,036 --> 01:28:28,695
Present.

878
01:28:30,705 --> 01:28:31,501
Premier.

879
01:28:32,373 --> 01:28:33,601
His father and brother are dead,

880
01:28:33,708 --> 01:28:35,335
but his mother and sister-in-law
still live?

881
01:28:35,443 --> 01:28:36,171
They do.

882
01:28:36,978 --> 01:28:38,809
Have him killed by the death of
a thousand cuts.

883
01:28:38,913 --> 01:28:40,642
Kill his mother and sister-in-law too.

884
01:28:42,150 --> 01:28:43,412
I fear there may be fellow conspirators.

885
01:28:43,518 --> 01:28:44,507
Be on your guard.

886
01:28:44,619 --> 01:28:45,381
Yes sir!

887
01:28:45,720 --> 01:28:48,518
Execute them before he palace gates.

888
01:28:50,958 --> 01:28:51,788
Mother!

889
01:28:51,893 --> 01:28:52,951
Jian!

890
01:28:57,699 --> 01:28:58,859
Sister-in-law!

891
01:28:58,966 --> 01:29:00,194
Brother!

892
01:29:01,369 --> 01:29:02,961
I've dragged you into this!

893
01:29:05,740 --> 01:29:06,638
Jian!

894
01:29:17,185 --> 01:29:18,846
This is too despicable!

895
01:29:18,953 --> 01:29:20,215
Yang Jian may have attempted
assassination,

896
01:29:20,321 --> 01:29:22,983
but why execute his womenfolk as well?

897
01:29:35,303 --> 01:29:36,702
Come again...

898
01:29:41,709 --> 01:29:42,767
Sir.

899
01:29:47,548 --> 01:29:48,037
Have you a good room?

900
01:29:48,149 --> 01:29:49,514
Yes... please.

901
01:30:03,164 --> 01:30:04,859
Would this room suffice?

902
01:30:07,502 --> 01:30:08,594
Please look inside.

903
01:30:15,176 --> 01:30:16,939
This is our best room.

904
01:30:19,113 --> 01:30:19,909
Please.

905
01:30:37,198 --> 01:30:38,859
What's happening outside?

906
01:30:39,634 --> 01:30:41,693
At the Premier's holding a conference

907
01:30:41,803 --> 01:30:43,293
at Dong Meng to make peace with Qin,

908
01:30:43,404 --> 01:30:45,565
but a minor officer tried to
assassinate him,

909
01:30:45,673 --> 01:30:46,867
got caught, and was executed.

910
01:30:49,444 --> 01:30:51,105
May I ask where sir is from?

911
01:30:51,212 --> 01:30:52,679
What proof do you have?

912
01:30:54,682 --> 01:30:55,649
Well?

913
01:30:56,184 --> 01:30:58,709
Premier's orders.
He fears co-conspirators.

914
01:31:01,589 --> 01:31:03,784
Do I look like an assassin?

915
01:31:03,891 --> 01:31:05,119
No...

916
01:31:05,226 --> 01:31:07,057
Assassins are all desperate men,

917
01:31:07,161 --> 01:31:09,356
like that poor kid executed just now.

918
01:31:09,464 --> 01:31:10,795
Butjust look at a gentleman such as sir -

919
01:31:10,898 --> 01:31:13,332
you're obviously a high-born nobleman!

920
01:31:13,434 --> 01:31:14,662
How can you possibly be an assassin?

921
01:31:16,304 --> 01:31:18,272
I am Gongsun from the kingdom of Qin

922
01:31:18,372 --> 01:31:20,203
...on secret business here.

923
01:31:21,142 --> 01:31:23,542
I may even have to meet with your Premier.

924
01:31:25,279 --> 01:31:27,213
I do indeed have proof,

925
01:31:28,182 --> 01:31:29,410
but it's not meet for me to show it
to you.

926
01:31:29,717 --> 01:31:30,809
Your humble servant would not presume!

927
01:31:32,520 --> 01:31:34,010
Prepare some food and wine for me.

928
01:31:34,121 --> 01:31:35,247
Top quality only!

929
01:31:35,356 --> 01:31:36,482
Yes sir...

930
01:31:37,792 --> 01:31:40,022
Have you any musicians and courtesans?

931
01:31:40,127 --> 01:31:41,685
Yes, we do...

932
01:31:41,796 --> 01:31:43,525
Bring me a group of the best.

933
01:31:43,631 --> 01:31:46,191
If you please me, you'll be rewarded.

934
01:31:46,300 --> 01:31:47,597
Yes sir...

935
01:32:34,749 --> 01:32:35,909
General.

936
01:32:36,017 --> 01:32:37,348
Are there any suspicious people about?

937
01:32:37,451 --> 01:32:38,247
No...

938
01:32:38,352 --> 01:32:40,650
We conduct our business with great care.

939
01:32:40,755 --> 01:32:43,155
We never accept people of
uncertain origins.

940
01:32:52,300 --> 01:32:53,767
Who has taken this room?

941
01:32:53,868 --> 01:32:56,063
A Master Gongsun from the kingdom of Qin.

942
01:32:56,170 --> 01:32:57,137
From the kingdom of Qin?

943
01:32:59,073 --> 01:33:01,007
General Lu has always been good to me.

944
01:33:01,108 --> 01:33:03,941
Whatever I see I'm sure to report it
all to you.

945
01:33:04,045 --> 01:33:07,014
This man's a big spender,
and seems important.

946
01:33:07,114 --> 01:33:08,012
From what he says,

947
01:33:08,115 --> 01:33:10,015
he's on some secret mission for Qin,

948
01:33:10,117 --> 01:33:11,709
and is here to observe the situation.

949
01:33:17,224 --> 01:33:18,020
What's the matter?

950
01:33:18,125 --> 01:33:20,218
Master Gongsun, this is General Lu.

951
01:33:27,201 --> 01:33:29,601
With our imminent Dong Meng conference

952
01:33:29,704 --> 01:33:30,864
...we are worried men of ill-will

953
01:33:30,972 --> 01:33:32,496
may intrude on our guests from your land;

954
01:33:32,607 --> 01:33:35,701
thus our Premier has ordered my vigilance.

955
01:33:37,211 --> 01:33:41,079
I heard there's a warrior Lu Pen
in your land

956
01:33:41,182 --> 01:33:44,777
...of extraordinary prowess;
it must be you.

957
01:33:44,885 --> 01:33:45,749
You're too kind.

958
01:33:48,923 --> 01:33:52,051
Perhaps we'll meet again
at the conference.

959
01:33:59,600 --> 01:34:01,329
From this man's demeanor,

960
01:34:01,435 --> 01:34:03,665
your guess just now that he's a
Qin emissary

961
01:34:03,771 --> 01:34:04,965
...is undoubtedly correct.

962
01:34:05,740 --> 01:34:07,935
The Premier desires god relations
with Qin.

963
01:34:08,042 --> 01:34:10,135
You must serve this gentleman well.

964
01:34:10,244 --> 01:34:12,474
I will, General. You can count on me.

965
01:35:06,500 --> 01:35:07,364
Hold on.

966
01:35:18,245 --> 01:35:19,143
Sister Nie Rong!

967
01:35:19,246 --> 01:35:19,974
Xia Ying!

968
01:35:24,385 --> 01:35:26,615
I bear Nie Zheng's child.

969
01:35:40,434 --> 01:35:43,062
I thought of looking for you in Qi.

970
01:35:43,170 --> 01:35:44,637
I didn't think you'd come...

971
01:35:47,975 --> 01:35:50,671
When Nie Zheng left so suddenly,

972
01:35:51,779 --> 01:35:54,213
even though he kept it from me,

973
01:35:54,315 --> 01:35:56,510
I could still guess where he was headed.

974
01:35:58,819 --> 01:36:00,753
You know where he's headed?

975
01:36:01,856 --> 01:36:02,845
He didn't tell you?

976
01:36:04,525 --> 01:36:05,423
No.

977
01:36:06,393 --> 01:36:10,295
I only know there's something
he has to do,

978
01:36:12,266 --> 01:36:13,528
from which he's not coming back.

979
01:36:14,835 --> 01:36:16,427
Then why did you let him go?

980
01:36:16,537 --> 01:36:17,401
I know that all his life

981
01:36:17,505 --> 01:36:19,700
...he's wanted to achieve something,

982
01:36:19,807 --> 01:36:21,365
something great and glorious.

983
01:36:23,344 --> 01:36:25,608
If I don't let him go,

984
01:36:25,713 --> 01:36:27,374
he'll be unhappy for the rest of his life.

985
01:36:29,884 --> 01:36:32,352
Sister, do you understand?

986
01:36:37,391 --> 01:36:38,483
I understand.

987
01:36:45,232 --> 01:36:48,360
Sister, you know what he's going to do?

988
01:36:51,972 --> 01:36:56,102
Since that year when Yen Chung-Tzu came

989
01:36:56,210 --> 01:36:58,838
...and bonded with him as brothers,

990
01:36:59,146 --> 01:37:03,674
even though he refused the
thousand in gold

991
01:37:03,784 --> 01:37:06,150
for the sake of mother and myself,

992
01:37:07,454 --> 01:37:11,584
I've known that his heart was already
with Yen.

993
01:37:21,135 --> 01:37:24,070
Yen Chung-Tzu is an official of state,

994
01:37:24,171 --> 01:37:26,105
a noble man revered everywhere.

995
01:37:27,174 --> 01:37:31,577
For him to take up with an
unknown youth...

996
01:37:31,679 --> 01:37:33,772
anyone would be moved beyond words,

997
01:37:35,282 --> 01:37:38,183
let alone someone like Nie Zheng.

998
01:37:38,285 --> 01:37:42,221
As soon as mother died and I was married,

999
01:37:42,323 --> 01:37:44,814
he left without saying goodbye,

1000
01:37:44,925 --> 01:37:47,086
and I knew what he was up to.

1001
01:37:49,530 --> 01:37:51,589
I wanted to go after him.

1002
01:37:51,699 --> 01:37:54,133
Although I knew I may fail to catch up,

1003
01:37:57,938 --> 01:38:00,031
I still came, just in case I could
dissuade him.

1004
01:38:00,541 --> 01:38:03,533
He... he's gone to...

1005
01:38:03,644 --> 01:38:07,080
assassinate Premier Han Kui for
Yen Chung-Tzu!

1006
01:38:19,293 --> 01:38:21,124
Once the emissaries from Qin arrive,

1007
01:38:21,228 --> 01:38:22,718
whatever they do,

1008
01:38:22,830 --> 01:38:25,094
we mustn't disgrace ourselves before them.

1009
01:38:25,199 --> 01:38:27,463
Your Majesty, you must forbear.

1010
01:38:40,114 --> 01:38:41,911
I want to see Premier Han.

1011
01:38:56,630 --> 01:38:57,619
Master Gongsun.

1012
01:38:58,232 --> 01:39:02,100
Our Majesty has gifts for the Premier.

1013
01:39:02,202 --> 01:39:03,760
Would the General be so kind as to
lead the way?

1014
01:39:04,071 --> 01:39:05,038
Please.

1015
01:39:17,785 --> 01:39:20,481
Premier, one Qin emissary has arrived.

1016
01:39:20,587 --> 01:39:22,851
He's brought gifts to you from
the Qin King.

1017
01:39:29,029 --> 01:39:31,361
This is Master Gongsun from
the kingdom of Qin.

1018
01:39:37,738 --> 01:39:41,139
I am overwhelmed by
His Majesty's great gifts!

1019
01:39:42,276 --> 01:39:44,210
From Our Majesty to the Premier.

1020
01:39:52,252 --> 01:39:54,584
Assassin!

1021
01:40:26,487 --> 01:40:27,954
After him!

1022
01:41:01,221 --> 01:41:01,653
Close the door!

1023
01:41:01,755 --> 01:41:02,517
Yes sir!

1024
01:41:33,353 --> 01:41:35,753
The Premier and the assassin are inside!

1025
01:41:35,856 --> 01:41:36,914
Get something to ram it!

1026
01:41:37,024 --> 01:41:37,649
Yes sir!

1027
01:41:38,092 --> 01:41:40,959
This man's too skilful. Call for archers!

1028
01:41:41,061 --> 01:41:41,720
Yes sir!

1029
01:43:02,809 --> 01:43:03,741
Surround the assassin. Take him!

1030
01:43:03,844 --> 01:43:04,333
Take him!

1031
01:43:04,444 --> 01:43:05,638
Yes sir!

1032
01:43:15,022 --> 01:43:17,855
Premier...

1033
01:43:47,154 --> 01:43:47,711
Take him alive!

1034
01:43:47,821 --> 01:43:48,310
Yes...

1035
01:43:48,422 --> 01:43:49,081
Find out who he is!

1036
01:43:49,189 --> 01:43:51,749
After him...

1037
01:44:30,664 --> 01:44:31,688
Surround him...

1038
01:44:39,006 --> 01:44:40,871
The assassin's committed suicide. Get him!

1039
01:45:38,398 --> 01:45:39,729
His intestines are all hanging out!

1040
01:46:03,857 --> 01:46:04,915
"Reward

1041
01:46:05,025 --> 01:46:06,652
Assassinated the Premier.
Committed suicide.

1042
01:46:06,760 --> 01:46:08,853
Any information regarding his name
and family

1043
01:46:08,962 --> 01:46:12,625
leading to the instigator:
A thousand in gold."

1044
01:46:49,503 --> 01:46:50,970
This is one tough assassin.

1045
01:46:51,071 --> 01:46:53,096
I hear he cut open his own belly

1046
01:46:53,206 --> 01:46:55,071
...and pulled out all his intestines!

1047
01:46:55,175 --> 01:46:57,700
And cut his face and took out
his own eyes,

1048
01:46:58,078 --> 01:46:59,375
in case someone could recognize the body

1049
01:46:59,479 --> 01:47:01,037
and bring disaster to his family.

1050
01:47:48,428 --> 01:47:51,522
Sister, how can you still do this?

1051
01:47:52,732 --> 01:47:53,858
How can you bear it?

1052
01:47:57,471 --> 01:47:59,769
As soon as day breaks, you leave.

1053
01:48:00,841 --> 01:48:02,399
Leave the kingdom of Han as fast as
you can.

1054
01:48:03,243 --> 01:48:05,177
What about you?

1055
01:48:08,114 --> 01:48:09,547
I'm going to claim the body.

1056
01:48:09,883 --> 01:48:13,512
Claim the body? But isn't that too...

1057
01:48:15,989 --> 01:48:21,188
You said Nie Zheng wanted to
achieve something.

1058
01:48:23,129 --> 01:48:26,826
He's achieved it now,

1059
01:48:27,634 --> 01:48:30,262
and achieved it most gloriously.

1060
01:48:34,040 --> 01:48:39,068
He could have had his name
remembered forever.

1061
01:48:41,882 --> 01:48:46,319
But out of fear for us, he killed himself.

1062
01:48:46,419 --> 01:48:47,681
It was such a terrible way to die!

1063
01:48:50,924 --> 01:48:55,418
How can I bear to cling on to life

1064
01:48:55,529 --> 01:48:58,089
and let his heroic deed be buried
with him?

1065
01:48:58,198 --> 01:49:00,996
Then... then I should go.

1066
01:49:06,006 --> 01:49:09,032
No. You are with child.

1067
01:49:10,010 --> 01:49:11,568
You have to preserve the bloodline

1068
01:49:11,678 --> 01:49:13,669
...of our family of Nie.

1069
01:49:51,451 --> 01:49:52,281
What business do you have?

1070
01:49:52,385 --> 01:49:53,477
I come to claim the body.

1071
01:50:10,070 --> 01:50:11,196
You know who he was?

1072
01:50:13,440 --> 01:50:15,374
His name was Nie Zheng,

1073
01:50:15,475 --> 01:50:18,069
from Zhi county in the kingdom of Yi.

1074
01:50:18,178 --> 01:50:21,545
For the crime of colluding with
the state of Qin,

1075
01:50:21,648 --> 01:50:22,979
he assassinated the Premier Han Kui.

1076
01:50:23,850 --> 01:50:25,249
What's your relationship with him?

1077
01:50:28,421 --> 01:50:29,445
I am his sister.

1078
01:50:29,856 --> 01:50:30,447
Men!

1079
01:50:30,557 --> 01:50:30,852
Yes sir.

1080
01:50:30,957 --> 01:50:31,355
Take her.

1081
01:50:31,458 --> 01:50:32,425
Yes sir.

1082
01:50:41,167 --> 01:50:42,566
Don't look.

1083
01:50:42,669 --> 01:50:44,227
Out of the way...

1084
01:50:44,337 --> 01:50:45,736
Don't look...

1085
01:50:45,839 --> 01:50:47,500
Out of the way...