"Star Jupiter dominates this year A famine has spread everywhere" "Whenever there is famine, people will have problems and that is good for my business" "I come from the Mountain of the White Camel" "My name's Ouyang Feng" "I specialise in solving problems for others" "My Friend, you must be around 40" "In 40 years, you must have come to hate someone someone who'd wronged you." "Somebody whom you would have liked to kill" "But you did not dare" "Or you were too lazy" "Well, murder..." "is a very simple business" "I have this friend who's skilled in martial arts." "He's been a little low on money lately." "Pay him a reasonable price and he will kill for you!" "Think about it." "In reality, to kill is not so simple" "One only risks it, because ones survival depends on it" "When I came to live in this desert," "I became an agent for assassins" ""Day 6, Insects awaken."" "Every year, around this time, a friend comes to see me" "He's called Huang Yaoshi" "A rather strange fellow" "He always comes from the east" "He's been coming here for several years" "He brought me a gift this time" "What he gave me was... a bottle of wine" "The wine is called "a life without concern"" "This friend says that this wine erases your memories" "I do not believe in it" "How could such a wine exist?" "She says that the major problem of man is.." "that he remembers" "How wonderful it'd be to forget the past" "Each day like a new beginning wouldn't that be great!" "This wine was meant for you would you mind... sharing some?" "I couldn't bring myself to drink the magic wine" "Ididn'thaveasingledropofit" "ButYaoshidrankthe wine" "Afterdrinkinghalfacup,  he started to lose his memory" "Do you recall our first meeting?" "No" "Well, why are you here then?" "I have no idea" "Why are you staring at the cage?" "It looks familiar..." "Hewasverydrunk" "Heleftearlythe followingday" "Icouldseethathewasupset" "Maybeithadsomethingtodo witha woman" "Onemonthlater, Yaoshi left for the mountains" "Where one of his best friends lived" "Yaoshihadlivedatthis placeformerly following his friends wedding" "Butoneday,hisfriendsuddenly left home and never returned" "AndYaoshi... leftandhadn'treturned until this time" "You want a drink?" "Just some water" "Have we met before?" "More that that!" "Your my best friend..." "But not anymore" "What brings you here?" "A friend... recently gave me a bottle of wine" "She says that it erases memories of the past" "I had some and found out it really works" "You want to try it?" "Do you know the difference between drinking wine and water?" "Wine warms you up" "Water makes you cold" "Will I find you here again?" "No" "Ihadsworn, if I ever see this man again.." "I'llkillhim" "Ididn'tdo it though" "Last time I met him, I was almost blind" "Are you a man or a woman?" "I'm the first daughter of the famous Murong Clan" "How dare you talk to me like that?" "I'll kill you just for that" "You're drunk" "Yaoshi had an unbridled personality when he was young" "He charmed the women so quickly and hurt them just as fast" "That night, Yaoshi almost lost his life because of this" "Every year there are certain periods in which no one needs an assassin" "With the return of the insects," "I had only one customer" "I want you to kill someone for me" "Huang yaoshi is his name" "He's one of the best swordsman around It will be difficult" "I'm willing to pay any price" "With one condition" "I must deliver the final blow" "I want him to suffer" "What did he do to you?" "He walked-out on my sister" "His name is Murong Yang" "He claimed he belonged to the famous Murong Clan" "He befriended Yaoshi at Peach Blossom Wood outside Gusu City a year ago" "That is what the almanac says of that day:" "Day 4:" ".First day of Spring" ""The eastern breeze is no longer cold"" "It is the sign of a new beginning" "In Gusu City," "Yaoshi played a joke on him" "If you have a sister..." "I promise to marry her" "Well" "Let's make this a promise" "I'll kill you if you don't keep your word" "They made an appointment to meet his sister later" "But Yaoshi did not come" "Did my brother come to see you?" "Your brother?" "Who is he?" "He is called Yang" "I remember him" "Did he ask you to kill for him?" "I don't recall that." "Listen to me!" "I'll kill you if you accept his offer" "Your brother is very dangenerous" "I can't afford to turn him down" "There are very few customers like him" "If you reject him," "I'll pay you double" "But under one condition..." "That you kill someone for me..." "my brother, Yang!" "Sibling rivalry?" "Very interesting!" "Your sure you hate your brother that much?" "Yes" "He won't let me be with Yaoshi" "He thinks I belong to him" "Therefore, he must die!" "Has my sister been here?" "Yes" "If you so much as lay a hand on her," "I'll kill you" "You seem to care for her a lot" "She's my only sibling." "I must take care of her" "What did she want from you?" "To kill someone for her..." "It's you!" "Yaoshi must be behind this" "In any case, she wants your death" "She wants to get away from you" "She'll never leave" "As long as I live!" "You saw my brother?" "He told you so?" "You didn't kill him?" "I want the money up front." "It'll be easy to kill your brother..." "because he has a weak spot." "Do you know what it is?" "It's You!" "I said to him that you want to kill him" "Why is he against you and Yaoshi?" "Is it because he loves you?" "And if so, how deeply?" "If he wants me with him forever" "He adores you" "I know" "But I don't love him.!" "Me, I love Yaoshi" "He must be unhappy" "Who cares?" "I am unhappy too" "Why should I be alone in my misery?" "I want him to know what it's like to lose the one you love" "It's cruel!" "And if he commits suicide?" "It serves him right!" "Why should I tell you all this?" "Yang once asked:" "what's the cruelest way to kill someone.." "The Cruelest way, is to kill the person he loves the most" "But I won't do that." "Because if you die, nobody will pay me" "Right?" "Somebody wants me dead" "For what reason?" "Because.." "Yaoshi loves me" "Protect me!" "Yin refused to leave that evening" "To calm her down, I treated her to a few drinks" "Afterwards she fell asleep" "Where are you hiding my sister?" "What makes you think that?" "I know she was here" "You're the last person she saw before she disappeared." "She came one evening" "She said that someone wanted to kill her" "She set out again the following day" "I thought she must have gone home" "My sister doesn't have any enemies" "Who could be upset with her?" "She said to me... it's because Yaoshi loves her" "This is adsurd!" "If he loved her, he wouldn't have abandoned her!" "Sometimes it is necessary to be apart from one another" "To find out how deep and true your love really is" "Maybe that's the case with them" "Your'e wrong!" "Why are you so sure?" "Because he's in love with another woman" "One always seeks a reason for failure" "I came to a conclusion that Yin and Yang are actually two persons in one" "Behind these two identities was hidden someone with a wounded soul" "You're drunk, Mr. Murong" "Mister?" "You've made a mistake" "I am not Mr. Murong but the first daughter of" "The famous Murong clan." "My name is Yin." "Who are you anyway?" "Don't you remember me?" "You once promised to marry me." "How could I ever forget you" "Did I say that?" "You passed by Gosu City the other day." "We drank together" "You touched my face..." "And said you'd marry my sister if I had one" "You knew that I was a woman in disguise" "Why did you still say that?" "A man cannot be taken serious if he is drunk" "I believed you, I've been waiting for you" "I wanted to leave with you but you refused" "You said you couldn't love two people at the same time" "Surely you loved Yin." "Why did you fall in love with another woman?" "Do you know I went to look for that woman?" "Someone told me that you loved her more" "I wanted to kill her" "But I didn't in the end" "I didn't want to prove that she was.." "I asked you... who you loved more" "I don't want to know the answer anymore!" "If I ever ask you again," "Please don't tell me the truth" "Although it may not be the truth..." "Please tell me you love me" "Time passed very slowly that night" "I seemed to be talking to two persons simultaneously" "In the end..." "I couldn't distinguish" "Yin from Yang" "Yin?" "Yang?" "Tell me..." "Who do you love most?" "I do not know" "Someone once asked me the same question" "I didn't answer" "Acting as Yaoshi, however..." "I found out it's not so hard to say "I love you"" "That night," "I felt someone touch me in my sleep" "I knew I wasn't the person she wanted to touch" "She was imagining someone else" "So was I" "Her hands were very soft..." "Just like those of my brother's wife..." "What do you want?" "To avenge my young brother" "What happened to him?" "A group of swordsmen passed by a few days ago" "My brother unknowingly offended one of them" "They slaughtered him" "You can go to the local magistrate" "They belong to the militia" "No judge wouldn't dare do a thing" "Do you have money?" "We are poor, we dont have money" "I have only these eggs and my mule" "I will give them to anyone who will avenge my brother" "If you're serious... it's necessary to pay" "No one is going to take on those swordsmen for just a mule" "Revenge has a price" "If you weren't attractive" "I'd have told you to forget it." "You should know..." "That you're worth much more than a mule" "I hope you'll understand..." "I'll never do that." "If money's all you want..." "I will wait here... until someone agrees to help me" "I don't know if she really wanted to avenge her brother..." "Everyone holds onto something special, which may look like a waste to other people" "For her, it's a question of life or death" "By looking down from here, she reminds me of another person" "In the following nights," "I had the same dream" "I dreamed I saw the peach blossoms in my hometown" "I suddenly remembered," "I hadn't been back there for a long time" "Something wrong with your eyes?" "Since childhood, the doctors said... that I'd go blind by 30" "How old are you now?" "Almost 30" "What do you want?" "The peach blossoms bloom beautifully every spring in my home town" "I would like to see them before I go blind" "But I don't have a penny to my name" "They said you specialise in solving problems for others" "Can you help me?" "One of my friends killed some horse thieves" "Their gang will soon be here to avenge them" "My friend left" "The villagers here are ready to put up a fee" "To hire someone who will face them" "They say there's a man around here famous for his swordplay" "Where is he?" "Why?" "I want to see if he's as strong as they say" "I shouldn't fight you at all" "It's too late for regrets" " Is a wound enough?" " no" "I want your life" "You are mistaken you're not worthy enough to face me" "I wanted to save you an arm but you didn't even want your life" "Can you help me?" "Although a vagrant" "He leads a very regular life" "Everyday he'd come here to drink and eat his meals and sets out again with the setting sun" "Why are you staring at the girl?" "She reminds me of another woman" "Your wife?" "Why don't you stay at her side if you love her so much?" "Because she's in loves with my best friend" "Wonder when those horse thieves will get here?" "In a few days" "The sooner the better" "I don't want to miss the peach blossoms." "There's a time for flowers to bloom" "But nobody knows when those thieves will arrive" "He waited at the village's entrance everyday" "The wait lasted longer and longer" "Though he lit a lamp every night" "I knew he couldn't see anymore at night" "You don't like me, do you?" "You really can't wait to go home" "Yes" "Are you married?" "Why are you asking?" "You must love you wife very much" "I suppose you could say that" "Then, why did you leave her all alone?" "Do you mind buying me another drink?" "You seem to be in a good mood tonight" "I am afraid I won't be able to drink here tomorrow" "They may get here... just before dawn" "Do you want a lantern?" "It doesn't matter anymore" "You can't see anymore, can you?" "I can still see in the sunlight" "I hope the weather will be nice tomorrow" "If I do not return before nightfall, please take a message to someone for me" "He is called Yaoshi..." "Tell him a woman is waiting for him in my hometown" "I had no idea why I did that" "I couldn't control myself" "As I left," "I felt the tears of the girl on my face" "I wonder whether my wife would cry for me" "It is said that if when you're struck by a fast sword" "You'd hear a soft hissing sound of your squirting blood, that's soft like the wind" "I heard this sound for the first time" "When I was about to die" "Ever since that night my friend never returned" "I came here to look for him" "But, he died without forgiving me" "This young man is called Hong Qi" "He is an expert swordsman" "But he doesn't like wearing shoes" "I could tell, he would make a lot of money for me" "But I must say, I don't like him much" "A fortune-teller once warned me:" "Avoid the number seven" "**" "Qi means seven in chinese-** It is the bringer of death" "The first time I met him" "He'd just left his hometown" "You know why I treated you to this meal?" "No" "I knew that you were hungry" "I've noticed you for some time" "You've been sitting there by that wall completely motionless" "I've seen young men like you" "You think of yourselves as invincible with martial arts..." "Being a swordsman gives you many restrictions." "Certainly you don't want to be a farmer... nor robber nor a travelling acrobat" "How will you survive?" "Even the best swordsman has to make a living" "I've got a job for you" "You can make a lot of money you want in ?" "What do you say?" "Think about it..." "But you gotta decide quick you'll get hungry again very soon" "A little later those horse thieves returned" "Before I took Hong Qi to the villagers" "I bought him a pair of shoes" "Because there's quite a difference in the fee paid to a shoeless swordsman and one with shoes" "So you think my price is too high?" "In this case, you can always hire someone else" "There are a few of them sitting outside right there" "Pay them a few bucks and they'll jump on the offer" "But do you have confidence... in these tramps?" "If the robbers kill them and come after you... what will you do?" "My friend is undoubtedly not invincible" "But you're whole family is at stake" "Should you put their fate in the hands of a man without shoes?" "Toavoidmakingthe samemistake I wanted to show something to Hong Qi" "Why the corpse?" "He can tell you how he died" "He attacked the horse thieves two days ago" "He wanted to kill them" "And he lost his life" "See this slash?" "It's the fatal blow" "Unlike other slashes made by swords, this one... was the only one made from right to left" "It's unique" "That means the one who struck the fatal blow ...Only struck once" "When you fight these horse thieves look out for the left-handed one" "If I'm killed please don't do this to me..." "I don't want to be a speaking corpse" "Day 15:" "Sunny and windy" "The Day of Judgement approaches" "A gleam of blood, Does not travel far" "Those who don't bother counting their money," "Are the big spenders" "Not Hong Qi He counted every cent" "I knew he wouldn't stay here long" "Day 10:" "Autumn begins (Sunny)" "Fresh wind Good for travelling" "Avoid going into the water" "Looking for Hong Qi?" "He's been gone a long time" "He won't come back Look elsewhere" "Do you hear me?" "It ain't easy to lie to a woman, simple-minded women are the most determined" "She knew that her husband never left" "Hong Qi would never leave without his camel" "I told you to wait for me at home" "What are you doing here?" "Go Home!" "Go!" "No." "I won't." "Leave!" "Go home." "Go!" "Go!" "She's been waiting outside for several days now" "What am I suppossed to do?" "In my trade, No one drags his wife along" "Nothing is impossible" "There are no rules" "I was like you" "I thought my sweetheart would wait for me" "I wanted to become an expert swordsman" "When I returned..." "She had married my brother" "it's useless to be here" "I cannot help you" "Leave!" "Think of something else!" "Please help me!" "I beg you!" "It's no use" "I'm just an agent" "You must solve your own problems" "Day 15:" "Rainy According to the almanac," "The King of Earth makes troubles" "The stars are favorable," "Good for bathing exclude outdoor activities." "The Evil comes from the North" "If I was those swordsman from the militia," "I'd have refused to die" "Their lives were worth only an egg!" "To lose a finger over the price of an egg?" "You think it's worth it?" "No" "But I felt great!" "This is me" "I should have been unharmed" "I've become slower with my sword lately" "I never used to have any second thoughts" "For me, a blow was a blow" "I never gave much thought to values" "I thought I'd remain like this until this girl came to me" "I didn't realise I had become so heartless" "I could have said "no" to her because I knew you'd never agree" "I hated myself for refusing her" "You've been a bad influence on me" "I am not myself anymore" "No, I don't want to be like you" "You would never have risked your life for an egg" "That's the difference between us" "Please help Hong Qi!" "He's very sick?" "Call a doctor doctor's are expensive" "I haven't got any eggs" "Otherwise I'd have given you a few" "You're good at manipulating people with eggs, aren't you?" "I won't help Hong Qi because he didn't obey me" "You're responsible for his finger you save him!" "I know you've only come to me because you're helpless" "I've been waiting for this" "I recall you once told me you'd never sacrifice yourself for anyone" "Let us see whether you will hold your word" " What are you thinking?" " nothing" "Don't sacrifice yourself for me" "I am prepared to die... if it is needed" "You paid me more than enough with your egg" "I've eaten it" "You don't owe me anything" "Don't do anything stupid" "Do not forget there's always someone waiting for you" "Since then, I've never seen the girl again" "I don't think I'll be any good with my sword" "You don't need a sword" "Your fist is enough" "That lost finger gives you extra credibility" "You can even raise your fee" "What?" "You want to leave?" "Want to go home?" "You ever wonder what's lying beyond that desert another desert" "I thought the same thing" "Everytime I saw a mountain," "I'd wonder what lay behind it" "But after I crossed it, I found nothing special" "Looking back, I realised that life over there wasn't so bad being a stubborn person" "I knew he'd never take my advice he had already decided to take his own path" "Where do you plan to go?" "Places I've never been to." "I want to be famous" "If one speaks to you about a hero with 9 fingers, it will be me" "What about her?" "I'm taking her with me like you said, nothing is impossible" "Right?" "At last I can see why the woman loves Hong Qi" "It may be because Hong's a simple man" "I couldn't help feeling jealous, as I saw them off" "Once I could have been like Hong Qi but I failed to... seize my chance" "The day they left, The western wind was blowing" "They chose to walk in the opposite direction" "It was the middle of the month" "The almanac has this to say:" ""The Chamber Star presides." "Extremely favorable for the north"" "Ever since Hong Qi left, it has been raining" "Every time it rains, I think of her" "She once loved me very much" "One thing always bewilders me, each time I left, it would rain" "She said it's because she was unhappy" "She later married my elder brother" "The day of the marriage, I left White Camel Mountain" "My answer will always be the same" "I won't go with you" "There're some words that I'll never say after tonight" " Will you come with me?" " I won't go with you" "I'll be your brother's wife from today" "There's only one person who can hold me And that's your elder brother from now on" "No one else can do that" "Why are you staring at my scarf?" "It belongs to my husband" "Why do you have it?" "Is he dead?" "Having missed peach blossoms for a long time..." "I visited the blind swordsman's hometown the following spring" "I didn't find any peach blossoms there" "This scarf has no use for me now" "It was only when I left that I found out what "Peach blossoms" meant" "It was the name of a woman" "As I was leaving, I seemed to hear her weep" "I suddenly understood why Yaoshi visited me every year" "Strange kid, isn't he?" "He never speaks... never smiles" "He'll stare at you if you do not say anything" "I wonder what he's thinking?" "He would never tell you the truth, even if he desires something" "You'll have to offer it to him" "At first I'd just let him have his way but gradually I've learnt I mustn't allow this" "I never told her that I love her" "Because I know the untasted fruit is the sweetest" "She seems to care a lot for the kid" "But I knew she was thinking of someone else" "Feng, you've made me very jealous" "How I've longed to be loved" "Yet all I do is hurt other people" "I had thought that you two would be together" "Why didn't you marry him?" "Because he never said that he loved me" "There are things you don't need to say" "But it's what I needed to hear..." "He was too sure of himself" "He thought..." "That he was the only person I'd marry" "He'd never imagined I'd marry his brother" "He asked me to elope with him on my wedding night" "I turned him down" "It was too late for him to win back my love" "I had decided that I'd never give in again" "Love is like a contest" "I can't say if she's the winner... but I know very well," "that I've been a loser from the start" "I am in love with this woman" "I saw her every year at the peach blossom season after my visit to Ouyang Feng she'd want to learn the latest news of Ouyang Feng from me" "Thanks to Ouyang Feng," "I had an excuse to see her every year" "Do you know what the most important thing is in my life?" "I suppose that it's your son?" "That's what I believed" "But as he grows up" "I know he'll be leaving me one day" "Nothing is important to me now" "I thought the words "I love you" really mattered..." "I thought they meant a lifetime commitment" "But looking back... nothing really matters" "because everything changes" "I thought I was the winner" "until one day I looked into the mirror..." "And I saw the face of a loser" "I failed to have the person I loved most... to be with me in my best years" "How wonderful if we could go back to the past" "You're his close friend" "I thought you'd have told him I'm here" "I had promised you" "So I didn't say anything in the end" "You're so honest..." "She died soon afterwards" "Before dying she gave me a pot of wine to take to him" "She hoped Ouyang Feng would forget her" "It's said that memory causes torment" "Ever since that year, I started to erase a lot of things from my memory" "All I can remember is my fondness for peach blossoms" "Insects awaken soon after the first day of spring" "Every year around this time a friend would come to see me" "But he didn't turn up this year" "Soon afterwards I received a letter from "White Camel Mountain" "It said that my brother's wife had died from illness two years ago" "Huang will not return" "But I still waited in vain" "I sat at the doors for two days" "Watching the changing clouds" "I suddenly realised although I've been here for several years" "I've never really looked at the desert" "A long time ago seeing a mountain," "I'd always wonder what lay behind it" "I don't want to know now" "It is my destiny to be alone" "My parents died when I was young" "My Older brother raised me" "Being an orphan..." "I learned to protect myself from an early age" "I learnt the best way to avoid rejection, is to reject others first" "For this same reason" "I never returned to "White Camel Mountain"" "I had such happy times then" "But I can no longer return to my old days" "It is my destiny to be alone" "I'll never get married" "It is written in the almanac" "I suddenly wanted to have a drink that night" "I finished the magic wine" "I continued... with my business as usual" "My friend, you must be around 40" "In 40 years, you must have come to hate someone someone who'd wronged you" "Somebody whom you would have liked to kill" "But you do not have a care" "Well, murder can be very simple" "I have a friend who's skilled in martial arts" "He's been a little low on money lately" "Pay him a reasonable price and he will kill for you!" "Think about it!" "But be quick!" "If not..." "When I'm free I'll look at the direction of "White Camel Mountain"" "Irememberverywellawoman 's waiting for me back there" "That Magic wine" "Was just a joke she played on me" "The harder you try to forget something..." "The more it'll stick in your memory" "Itissaidthat..." "If you have to lose something, thebestwaytokeep itis in  your memory" "Subtitling:" "CHiU"