"The royal scholar Wai Jing Yuan and son Wai Fung ... greet your highness." "Long live the king" "Rise" "Thank you, your highness" "Scholar, has your son ever been an official?" "Your highness, my humble son ... is still studying" "He does know some kung fu though" "That's good" "Your son is a man of talents" "I'm sure he can handle the pen as well as the sword" "I want to retain him... to study books and kung fu" "Scholar, please leave us" "Yes, your highness" "Wai Fung" "Yes, your highness" "In front of the royal palace, Shin Kwai Camp a Mongolian hero and a senior monk have arrived" "Go and test their kung fu" "Yes, your highness" "Yes, your highness" "Start with the Mongolian fighter" "Yes, your highness" "Good, great skill" "I'm honoured my humble skills have pleased you" "Wai Fung, come to me" "Yes, your highness" "Wai Fung" "Here, your highness" "Ng San Kwai has devious intentions;" "Have you heard about it?" "I've been cloistered in my studies so I haven't heard" "Wai Lit is contacting fighters loyal to last regime ... and might cause a rebellion" "They are rebels and desperate men" "However, there is a clan ... who are not rebels" "Your highness, which group is this?" "The Tiens live around Jiang Bei... and have been communicating secretly with Wu Lit" "It's a powerful rebel group and can cause trouble" "If they're planning a revolt, we should suppress it ... but I have no proof" "And to send in soldiers like this... it'd alarm them and create negative effect" "Your highness is wise" "I am sending you to Jiang Bei ... to find out more and get proof" "I am a mere humble servant and may not deliver" "You are a scholar and soldier, and a Han" "So you're the ideal person" "If you accomplish the task, you'll be rewarded" "Your highness, I..." "Receive my decree" "Yes, your highness" "I command you to set forth to Qiping Province and investigate if the Tien people will rebel" "After that, return to me with a full report" "Yes, your highness" "You have a great responsibility" "If you don't return in 3 months... your father will be degraded to a civilian;" "Past 6 months, your family will be jailed past 1 year, your family will be slaughtered" "You..." "Old sir" "Having taught so many years..." "I've never seen such a mischievous girl" "It's unreasonable" "Let's leave!" "I haven't taught anything wrong she threw away the rice bowl herself" "Old sir, don't teach anymore" "No way" "It's imminent that I clarify" "Otherwise how can I continue to teach" "I think you needn't teach anymore" "Go home and wait for your time to die!" "How disrespectful!" "You unreasonable girl you dare to discard your studies and hit your teacher" "That's not hitting." "You're old... and clumsy" "Just a light bump and you fell" "This is beating me up" "I'll hit you if you don't go" "Go, you deserve a beating" "What's the reasoning behind this?" "Are you a teacher?" "Of course, but now even a teacher has to be beaten up" "Confucius will turn in his grave..." "You dare mention Confucius?" "Firstly talk about yourself" "You teach her so that she'll be good" "Yes" "But you haven't taught her well ... so how can she be good?" "What?" "You..." "She's so fierce" "What's more she even wants to beat you up" "What are you saying?" "That proves you haven't done your job and you're ruining other peoples' children" "So, don't you think he should be beaten?" "That's nonsense" "Old sir, forget it" "How ridiculous!" "Forget it" "Just my luck" "Hey, take back your umbrella" "And this, too" "Old sir, go back!" "Hey" "What's your name?" "My first name is Fung, last name Wai" "What a strange, long name" "Not really, the full name is Wai Fung" "What's the use of the other characters?" "That's the literary way, you wouldn't understand" "Hey, why don't you ask my name?" "Say it!" "I'm Gi Gi" "My first  middle name is Gi, and last name Tien" "They say there's a naughty girl in Wu Yang Mansion" "That should be you" "Who said that?" "I'll smack his lips" "No one did" "The teacher who was driven away ... must be the 1 8th already" "I don't like him" "Still you didn't have to hit him!" "One more word and I'll hit you too" "No you won't" "I won't?" "I'm not your teacher;" "why would you hit me?" "Watch your manners" "Hey, have you ever studied?" "I'll let you be my teacher, how's that?" "No way" "Why not?" "If you want me to be your teacher ... you address me as Mr Wai" "I won't" "Then I'll not teach you" "Little Fatty" "You..." "Will you teach?" "No" "Right, here are my rules" "If you refuse, I'll give you 3 punches" "And after that..." "like me, leave the Tien mansion" "Mr. Wai, you'd better stay behind to teach" "No" "Mr. Wai, be my teacher please" "Okay, you should from now on be polite to your teacher" "Respect your teacher, be attentive work hard, and..." "Not to punch him, correct?" "Uncle Chung, I've got a new teacher again" "This is..." "Mr. Wai" "Uncle Chung, where's my mom?" "Gi Gi, you are giving Uncle Chung trouble again" "Why don't you stay in the room and study" "Mom" "Auntie" "Mom, I've got a new teacher again" "New teacher?" "Where's Mr. Wong?" "Useless old codger" "He's been scared away by me" "Gi Gi, you aren't listening" "Your grandpa will be angry if he knew" "Grandpa?" "If I tell him, he won't be angry" "Hey..." "Teacher Wai" "This is my mom; my auntie" "I'm Wai Fung, at your service" "Old Master is here" "The Jun Shing Temple has already been renovated and harvest in the Southern Village is good" "Grandpa" "Good morning" "Good morning, uncles" "Grandpa" "Grandpa, have some tea" "Mr. Wai, ours is an affluent family" "We won't treat you badly" "Thank you, Master" "But our family discipline is very strict too" "Except for the study room, the backyard ... and beyond are off limits" "You shouldn't go in, especially to the side garden" "I understand" "Yuen Chong" "Bring him in" "Yes" "Grandpa, I'll go with him" "Gi Gi, Gi Gi" "Please" "Master, you've spoilt her" "Dad, isn't this teacher a bit too young" "Yes, Gi Gi is young and inexperienced, I'm afraid..." "I know" "The previous ones were a bit old" "I hope that this young one can teach her better" "This place is where third uncle reads" "How can there be weapons in a place of study?" "Uncle practises kung fu during his leisure time" "Please" "Phoenix dance?" "Mom and auntie live there" "Mr. Wai, this way please" "This Bun Ma Hall is possibly where Fourth Uncle lives" "Mr. Wai, please" "Mr. Wai, the other side leads to the side garden" "It's where old master Tien retreats, that is..." "That is the study" "Mr. Wai, please" "Uncle Chung, you go first" "I'll stay with teacher" "Miss, we're leaving" "Mr. Wai" "You'll have to watch your steps... otherwise you may fall into the water" "Alright, alright" "Please" "Also" "I almost forgot to tell you" "That is where I used to play" "This is where I practise kung fu" "Miss, you're beating me up already" "This is where you sleep" "The lessons would be conducted here" "Let's see how you're going to teach me" "Open the book and read after me" "Meng Zhi went to see Emperor Leung Wai" "Meng Zhi went to see Emperor Leung Wai" "Wang said" "Wang said" "You've come from far away" "Why don't you repeat after me?" "You should look at the book, not me" "You are weird" "Weird?" "How so?" "You're different from them" "Who?" "The 1 8 teachers whom I've scared away" "So..." "I'm the 1 9th" "Recite after me" "Emperor said you've come from far away" "Emperor said you've come from far away" "Will my country be at a disadvantage?" "Will my country be at a disadvantage?" "Meng Zhi said why speak of advantages?" "Teacher" "Don't practise kung fu now" "Why not?" "I'm going to teach you some day" "I'm teaching you to read, not kung fu" "Miss, you're going to kill me" "Get up" "Miss, your grandpa wants you to study ... not practise kung fu" "Yes, you can only become strong by practising kung fu" "This is how I scared away those 1 8 fools;" "One by one" "You should know that books contain more good things" "What more?" "Studying can improve your intelligence," "Understanding" "Helps you learn to be polite and be filial" "Teaches you about friendship, patriotism." "It's all... about being faithful, filial, kind, courteous  modest" "But one can't fight with these" "So you think you fight very well... and you're unbeatable?" "Okay, come here" "Alright" "Come" "With you I'm competing on strength, not kung fu" "Strength?" "Can you throw this bamboo leaf... over to the other side of the bridge?" "That's easy" "Can't even throw a bamboo leaf across!" "Where's your strength?" "Not convinced yet?" "Show me" "How can you throw like this?" "I put the leaf on a bamboo stick... and can throw it across without effort" "Still don't want to yield?" "I understand your trick" "The wind can blow the bamboo leaf back;" "But with the weight of the bamboo stick ... it could be shot like an arrow" "Right, you should study more and develop intelligence" "Let's go back and study... otherwise grandpa will scold you" "Don't worry, he loves me most" "It was he who taught me kung fu" "Your grandpa knows kung fu?" "What Kung fu?" "He practises the 'Shadowy Fists'" "Shadowy Fists?" "Was that what you were practising just now?" "No, it's like this" "No matter whoever... is nabbed by grandpa's hands or legs... will never get free" "This is called the Shadowy Fists" "So powerful" "I only managed to learn a bit of grandpa's skills" "So everyone in your family knows this technique" "No, apart from grandpa there is only one called..." "Tang Nan Shan who knows such technique" "What are you thinking?" "Do you want to try again?" "I was thinking of teaching you how to write, let's go!" "Teach me writing?" "Continue" "Write like me, but smaller" "Show me" "Don't wriggle while you write, try to concentrate" "Come on..." "No" "You should hold your pen like this" "... and sit straight" "Look" "Your hand must be relaxed" "Relax, relax" "Look and write" "Miss, come in and study." "Stop practising kung fu" "I'd rather learn how to write than reading aloud" "You come in first" "If you don't return in 3 months" "Your father will be degraded to a civilian past 6 months your family will be jailed past 1 year, your family will be slaughtered" "Mister Wai" "Are you all right?" "I'm fine" "I reckon the moonlit ambiance is best suited ... for a walk" "Are you injured?" "Good evening" "Good evening, uncle Chung" "Grandpa" "Gi Gi" "I have something to tell you" "What is it?" "I am going to kill your teacher because he is a spy" "Kill him?" "Grandpa" "He is an emissary from the Qing court" "I don't understand" "Gi Gi" "It has come to this ... so I will tell you the truth" "Wu Yang Mansion... is a group for revolting against the regime" "He who comes at the full moon each month ... is the messenger of Emperor Ping Xi" "He brings funding... for organizing the uprising;" "and the name list of each branch" "Wai Fung may be... working undercover for the Qing court" "Tien Chung has discovered his tracks" "Hence he has got to die" "He can't be a spy" "Gi Gi" "You are still young" "Let grandpa handle this" "No, I won't allow you to kill him" "Mom, please help me plea with grandpa" "This matter..." "Grandpa" "Gi Gi" "This matter involves the success of our cause ... and we must do what is necessary" "Grandpa, don't kill him" "Gi Gi, if we don't kill him... one day he'll kill you and us, too" "He doesn't even know kung fu, how can he?" "The Manchu Emperor doesn't know kung fu either ...but he can cause just as many massacres" "Isn't that right?" "Regardless of what you say ... you can't kill him" "Why?" "Because I..." "I'm in love with him" "I expected this" "Your personal love has blinded you from righteousness" "Grandpa" "Although you've fallen in love with him, but with time ... you'll forget him" "No, I won't forget him, because..." "Because what?" "I..." "I..." "Speak up!" "I'll say it." "If you kill him... you'd have killed my husband" "Husband?" "Gi Gi, have you both..." "That's why you can't kill him" "Gi Gi, how could you do that?" "You... you've really done such a thing!" "Grandpa, inside the study" "I being alone with him, I..." "Stop it" "You..." "Gi Gi, if he really is an emissary from the Qing Court" "I can't let him stay" "Right" "We must kill him" "Grandpa, if you must kill him ... then please kill me too" "Gi Gi" "Don't cry, I'll spare his life" "But he must become our son-in-law ... and cannot leave this house" "Can you guarantee this?" "Yes, he'll agree" "Grandpa, I'm going to tell him" "Prepare for the wedding" "Yes" "Bridegroom to offer tea to Grandpa" "Bride to offer tea to Grandpa" "Grandpa" "Here, please help Gi Gi to put this on" "Gi Gi, this gold necklace is for you" "I do hope Wai Fung will stay in this Mansion forever" "Kneel down... and receive the royal decree" "Wai Jing Yuan will be demoted to a civilian... from royal scholar" "Thank you, your highness" "What has happened with Wai Fung?" "Lord, what's that for?" "This is the Emperor's order" "According to the letter" "The southern and northern clans ... are deploying soldiers on a new plan" "Yes" "The new name list is here" "Please keep it securely" "Bao Jiang" "Here" "Place the document securely" "Please sit" "Please" "Please report to Commander Ng" "We await his orders" "Where are you going to in the middle of the night?" "Just taking a stroll" "Can't sleep, is it?" "I have been thinking about my parents" "I've been here for over 4 months ... and feel nostalgic" "But this is your home" "Right, but my parents are back home ... and I wish to see them" "Gi Gi, will you go with me?" "Go with you?" "Grandpa won't allow that" "No, he will" "Grandpa is a reasonable and righteous man" "I see no reason that he'd stop you" "Gi Gi, promise me you'll speak to him?" "By royal decree Wai Jing Yuan is to be arrested" "All servants will be taken to jail as criminals" "Thank you, your highness" "Master" "Drag him out" "Yes" "Gi Gi" "It's been almost two months, how's that?" "About what?" "About going home with me" "Oh, I forgot" "How can you forget such an important matter?" "I'll ask next time" "No need, I'll ask myself" "Wai Fung" "You..." "Grandpa I have something to talk to you about" "I wish..." "Go on, speak up!" "Grandpa, I have left home for half a year" "My parents do not know about my marriage with Gi Gi, so..." "Where are your parents?" "In the capital" "So you want to return home, right?" "Yes, I wish if Gi Gi could accompany me home... and pay our respects to my parents and our ancestors" "And at the same time..." "You really have to go?" "Yes, grandpa" "Don't feel sad, we'll return soon" "Okay, you should go" "Wai Fung, when are you leaving?" "The sooner the better." "If it could be...tomorrow?" "All right then" "I'll see you off" "Thank you, I'll tell Gi Gi" "Gi Gi, look at you you can't even handle such a small matter" "You've spoken to him" "Yes, and he agreed" "He even said after obeisance to ancestors tomorrow ... he'll see us off" "Grandpa said that?" "Gi Gi, what's with you?" "Don't cry" "I'll bring you to my parents... and then we'll return soon" "You don't understand" "Grandpa will never let you..." "leave here alive" "How can that be?" "He was very cordial about it" "When he said that, he would have meant... you have to pass through five hurdles" "And seeing you off means killing you" "Gi Gi, what should I do now?" "You're dead either way" "As husband and wife we should die together" "Gi Gi, I..." "Let's surprise them and escape in the middle of the night" "Escape?" "You're saying..." "Quickly, change your clothes" "Change?" "Get into casual wear, it's better for the road" "Master, Gi Gi loves Wai Fung very much and will leave with him, at that time..." "I hope Gi Gi will understand ... the rules set by our family" "Should Gi Gi really leave with him... what should we do?" "Then our rules will apply" "What are these ropes for?" "That is for climbing the wall" "This is a shield for protecting the chest" "Who is likely to be on watch for the first gate?" "Uncle Chung" "Tien Chung?" "Uncle Chung" "Madam, master" "I am just doing my job" "Can you give us a break?" "Quickly, go" "Wai Fung, go" "Gi Gi, go quickly" "Uncle Chung" "Take care, you both" "Wai Fung, you..." "Wai Fung" "Why didn't you tell me your kung fu is so good?" "I'll tell you later" "This time it should be fourth uncle" "Right" "Fourth uncle seems to be in great haste" "Just like a horse" "He has a quick temper" "... so we must be careful" "His sword skills are very good" "But we can use his weakness ... which is his bad temper" "And once we have the chance, we'll escape" "Gi Gi, must you really go with him?" "I must follow my husband" "Perhaps you wouldn't understand" "Such impertinence!" "Gi Gi, for someone not married ... how would he understand?" "How come you know kung fu?" "I just taught him to handle you" "With your quick temper, who would want to marry you?" "That's okay, he can be a eunuch" "Not with his temper" "But once a eunuch, all that would evaporate" "Gi Gi, run quickly" "Run quickly" "Sister-in-law" "Bao Tung 1 st sister-in-law and I mind this hall" "I don't care" "Bao Tung, this concerns Tien's family rules" "Please return" "Thank you, auntie" "Thank you, mom" "Wai Fung, let's go" "You..." "You haven't passed me yet" "Please let us go" "Mom" "Step aside" "Mom" "Gi Gi" "Wax spearhead!" "Thank you for your kindness" "This was your aunt's idea" "Thank you, auntie" "Arise" "Yes" "Gi Gi, your mother and I... know the agony of losing a husband" "Next round is your third uncle." "His sword skill... will surely conquer you both" "The only way" "With your help they can make it" "I..." "Gi Gi is your daughter" "If you won't help her, who will?" "Go" "Let's go" "You needn't plea for them" "Bao Jiang, let them go" "Gi Gi can go but Wai Fung must stay" "Why do you want to separate them?" "That...depends on ... how they pass my hurdle" "Please excuse my insolence then" "Uncle" "You've passed through me ... but there's old master" "Mother will help us" "Gi Gi, I..." "Mother" "Mother, plea for us" "Right, drop your weapons" "Bao Jiang, forgive us" "Go" "Grandpa" "Didn't you say you'll leave tomorrow?" "Grandpa, we'll return" "When you return... our place will be filled with... the Qing army" "No" "Gi Gi, you're the daughter of the Tien family ... and shouldn't leave" "Grandpa, I am the daughter of the Tien family so Wai Fung is Tien family's son-in-law" "How can we hurt the Tien family." "Besides... you love me the most" "All the more you shouldn't leave" "Grandpa" "I am only going to see my in-laws" "Have you forgotten... when you asked me to spare Wai Fung's life ... what I said?" "But Wai Fung is my husband" "Must you go?" "Grandpa, please forgive me" "You don't deserve to wear my jade broach" "Grandpa" "Master" "My husband had long gone..." "leaving me widowed and Gi Gi" "Besides, she... is your only grand-daughter" "She will not conspire with Wai Fung ... to harm us" "Please let them go free" "Gi Gi is not my grand-daughter... and The Tiene family has no son-in-law" "Pick up your weapons" "Grandpa" "Master" "Quickly" "Grandpa" "Grandpa" "Grandpa" "Daughter-in-law" "Master, please let them go" "The Shadowy Fist" "Gi Gi" "Gi Gi" "Wai Fung, run quickly" "Run quickly" "Run quickly" "Gi Gi" "Come on, people" "Grab him" "After him, hurry" "Prepare the horses" "He must be in hiding" "Shoot the arrows on sight" "Prepare the arrows" "Arrows away" "Chase" "Strange" "Where is his dead body?" "He must be dead from so many arrows" "Go back!" "Return" "The Shadowy Fists" "Please" "Please" "Uncle Chung" "Who is it?" "Wai Fung" "I am aware of Tien family rules" "One must enter and exit passing the hurdles" "Please inform the old master" "Inform old master quickly" "Lock up all doors and windows" "Hello, third uncle" "You're still alive!" "Grab your weapon" "Fourth Uncle, haven't seen you for a long time" "You still have a bad temper" "Gi Gi is right" "You're like a wild horse" "More like a donkey than a wild horse, I'd say" "Uncle, go ahead... and use your best sword skills" "I didn't think you could return" "I said I'd return" "This time... how much Qing force have you brought along?" "None" "I've returned... to avenge Gi Gi and her mother" "Avenge for what?" "The Tien family matter is none of your concern" "But Gi Gi belongs to the Wai family" "I refuse to acknowledge you as son-in-law" "Since you have already... passed four challenges;" "What else are you waiting for?" "You ought to return Gi Gi's jade broach" "It's here with me" "Come and get it" "Good, I look forward to trying your Shadowy Fists" "Not bad, what style is this?" "No particular style... the mantis" "Secret Order?" "How come..." "I sneaked into the Tien family for this" "Scholar Wai, you teach well" "Let's raise a toast to you" "Thank you, your highness" "Your highness" "The merit should be to the Royal Guard you should award the Royal Guard first" "Your highness should award the Scholar first" "No, should be..." "No..." "Should award the Scholar first..." "The regime is indebted to the Wai family ... so let's not stand on ceremony" "Yes" "Scholar Wai, your son glorifies your family name" "Praiseworthy indeed" "Thank you, your majesty" "Thanks to the Great Ming regime" "Father" "Wai Fung" "We have supported the Qing regime to... wait for an opportunity to overthrow the government" "Father" "You have slaughtered the Ming heroes" "As my son you insult my family" "I'd rather die" "Arrest him" "Stop" "I've poisoned the wine." "Now it's time... for us father and son to perish for the Ming dynasty" "Father!" "Scholar Wai, why do such a thing" "Well, let me tell you" "Ming heroes who oppose the Qing regime ... can never be exterminated"