"Oh, no!" "Master!" "Enchanting Shadow" "No need to be rude." "If there's no empty room, it's fine" "You'd better watch your tone" "Sorry..." "I mean, if you're so brave go fight in the war" "Sorry..." "Please accept our apologies" "Sorry..." "Most rooms are occupied by the army and refugees" "Is there any temple around?" "Not nearby" "But there's one 1 0 miles north, the Jinhua Temple" "Great, thanks" "But you can't stay there, sir" "Why not?" "They say it's haunted" "Haunted, huh?" "Guess it'd be worthwhile an experience" "Sir" "Sir" "Do you need a ride, sir?" "Where are you heading to?" "Jinhua Temple; who will take me?" "Jinhua T emple?" "No way..." "Where to, sir?" "Oh, it's you!" "Jinhua Temple in the north" "Sorry, please find another ride" "Why are you so..." "Haven't you heard?" "That place is haunted" "Whoever goes there dies." "Everyone just gets... one life." "I don't wish to die that fast" "How about if I pay you a little extra?" "Well then, I'll drop you off just at the front door" "Alright" "For money's sake, let's go" "That kid is crazy, risking his life" "Hey, hero" "Who's the keeper of the temple?" "It's been deserted for long, there's no keeper" "I wish to stay here for two days" "Do you mind?" "I'm just staying here temporarily" "It's better to stay in an inn" "Is this an unclean place?" "What do you mean?" "I heard this place is haunted" "Only if you believe in the stories" "That's right." "I'm not scared of anything" "I've been a forthright person all my life" "So I'm not scared" "It's late, if you want to stay here" "You can stay upstairs in the south lodge" "I'd like to..." "I see through the vanity of life" "I choose to be a hermit" "I'm not the heroic man I used to be" "But on a clear night, when I... see the moon resting on a pine tree branch" "I remember the old days when I was heroic" "With a sword in my hand" "The earth shakes, the evil spirits are terrified" "Bravo" "Oh, it's you!" "You have a great voice" "Corrupted officials  culprits would tremble!" "Your swordplay can drive out the invaders" "I'm afraid I don't deserve such compliment" "Due to uprising of warlords, it's been chaotic" "With your martial arts skills..." "May I know your name?" "Yan Chixia" "You don't sound like a local" "I'm from Shanxi ; and your good name?" "Ning Caichen" "Mr. Ning, heading for the lmperial Exam, is it?" "I've studied a bit, but I'm not here for the exam" "I have no intention of gaining fame and fortune" "I'm glad to be alive in the chaos, I don't ask for more" "Now it's a time of turmoil" "Our country needs able people" "Do you plan to be a hermit like myself ;" "Hiding in the mountains?" "Our land's been invaded by the Qing Army" "Deceitful kills and looting;" "They stop at no evil" "And traitors like Hong Chengchou and Wu Sangui" "During the Yangzhou and Jiading massacres..." "I heard they've killed a total of 1,900,000 innocent civilians" "It's a duty of all to serve and protect the country" "Yet my mother's old, and needs personal attention" "I feel ashamed for not helping out" "Then you're saying... there's still hope for our country?" "Our territory includes provinces like Guangdong," "Guangxi, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan  Yunnan" "We've got millions in the proper army" "And then we have heroes all over the country" "Millions and millions of them" "We can't rule out the possible potential" "We have Zheng Chenggong stationed in Taiwan" "It's a strategic position" "He's our biggest hope of resurgence" "Country defeated, home lost thearmytrounced" "All the good and able men have sacrificed" "We don't have a worthy emperor to lead us" "Have some" "It's late, you must be weary from the journey" "Better turn in soon" "Good idea" "Goodbye" "Goodbye" "I see you're taking a stroll in the candle light" "Even a shimmer from firefly can light up murky sky" "Then I'd appreciate this light in the dark" "Anything else?" "Have a good early sleep" "In the still of the night, the sky is clear" "Leaning on a handrail, I smell the perfumed breeze" "Mandarin ducks in the lotus pond make me envious" "I'm growing old by the passing years" "The full moon in the core of the sky... mocks me for lying awake because of loneliness" "Who is it?" "Xiaoqian, come quick for grandma to have a look" "Hurry, Xiaoqian" "I'm coming" "Come, hurry and take a look at my cards" "She's got a good hand" "Don't know which one to choose" "This one" "Two strips" "Right, ten thousand" "Who were you talking to?" "No one" "No one!" "Obviously I hear you speak to someone" "I thought there was someone outside" "Really?" "What happened?" "You know... one of the strings broke" "No one should be here at this hour" "Maybe it's some scholar... passing by, staying at the east lodge" "He wouldn't be trespassing into our garden" "Or maybe our dear Xiaoqian must be man-crazy" "Auntie, please" "I think it must be a ghost" "A ghost?" "Probably" "Certainly it's a ghost" "I'm envious of Mandarin ducks playing in lotus pond" "The mandarin ducks living in the lotus pond" "Not falling asleep... insomnia" "Who are you?" "Late at night you come rushing in others' courtyard" "And you're discreetly here in my private chamber" "Have you got no manners?" "You look like an educated person" "Why are you so rude?" "You act like a scum" "Please forgive me, lady" "I heard you playing, and then I spotted this" "Truly, I got carried away" "Sorry about it" "Mandarin ducks playing in the lotus pond, living..." "Not falling asleep... insomnia" "Good amendments" "Thank you." "Please pardon my rudeness" "And your name is, sir?" "Ning Caichen" "I'm staying at the front" "Mr. Ning, please excuse my bluntness" "You know, while composing the lyrics..." "I thought I could improvise on these two words" "Yet I couldn't think of any alternative after your amendment..." "Your original words are alright" "It's understandable" "But to illuminate the meaning of these... 2 characters, changes would be appropriate" "You're right" "I've not done a good job on the painting" "It's great, you are very talented" "I haven't had proper lessons" "Being idly bored I just casually draw" "Please don't laugh at my work" "Not at all" "Good, it's really great" "Nothing like a picture which has poetry in it" "You've certainly put it well" "But I find there's one thing amiss however" "What is it?" "It lacks a poem which has a painting in the poetry" "Right, a painting within a poem" "If you could do that honour with a stroke of your pen" "How can I accomplish that?" "Well then..." "Maybe my painting isn't good enough for your poem" "Not at all" "If you insist, then I will" "The large pond is filled with lotus leaves" "The lotus petals fill up the large pond" "The jade hairpin secretly mourns my aging" "The mandarin ducks taking shelter in the rain" "The large pond is filled with lotus leaves" "The jade hairpin secretly pities my passing youth" "The mandarin ducks taking shelter in the rain" "The mandarin ducks seek... shelter..." "in the rain" "Who are you?" "I..." "What are you doing here?" "I..." "He is..." "Be quiet" "What are you doing here?" "Speak up" "You sneaked into her room at this hour" "Trying to seduce her, what a shameless man!" "Lady, you... you're indeed mistaken" "Oh yeah?" "You are but a shameless playboy" "You're simply an obscene rascal" "Get out now!" "Granny..." "Shut up" "Get out now!" "Are you asleep, Mr. Ning?" "Miss, you..." "Mr. Ning" "I couldn't sleep for what happened earlier" "Granny has bad temper, you know" "I hope you'll understand" "It's no big deal, you didn't have to come here" "It's my fault" "I sneaked into your residence at night" "I've caused you all the trouble" "But she didn't care to listen to the facts... before needlessly insulting you" "Yeah, at times age does that to people" "Well Miss, if there's nothing else..." "I won't keep you" "It's late, and if you linger on..." "People might gossip" "Please forgive my rudeness" "All I meant, Miss..." "Miss" "You were going to..." "Actually I was going to... ask you to finish this poem" "Since you thought I had another plan" "It' my fault, sorry." "I'll make it up to you" "It's late, and if I stayed on..." "People might gossip" "Please forgive me" "Let me" "Thank you" "On the contrary, I should thank you" "The large pond is filled with lotus leaves" "The jade hairpin secretly mourns my aging" "The mandarin ducks taking shelter in the rain" "I only envy the mandarin ducks but not the fairies" "I just envy the mandarin ducks but not the fairies" "Good, envy the ducks but not the fairies!" "I'm scared" "We can't be like this, you better leave" "We've been taught the proper manners" "Gossip is a fearful thing" "Freeze" "If we wake up Mr. Yan from downstairs it will make us look bad" "Go back to your room" "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone... about what happened here tonight" "Miss" "Morning, Brother Yan" "Morning, where are you heading to?" "T o collect rent" "Did you sleep well?" "Yes, thanks" "Heard anything?" "No" "Seen anything?" "No" "See you later" "See you" "There's a temple up ahead;" "Could I stay there?" "Oh, that..." "You see, because the inns are full" "I just want a place to put up for a few days" "There actually is space, you can take a look" "Okay, thank you" "Can I help you?" "I'm looking for someone" "For whom?" "The lady who walked in here" "A lady?" "There's no lady here" "And no one walked in just now" "I could be wrong" "You're Mister..." "I'm just looking around" "Please help yourself..." "He spoke about a young lady who walked in" "I told him I didn't see any girl;" "he didn't believe" "Sorry to bother you" "No problem..." "This painting..." "did that young lady just bring it here to mount?" "It's been here for over 1 0 years" "You're looking for the painter, is it?" "Do you know her?" "No, I don't" "But I like this painting" "Who painted it?" "She's already left this world" "Poor girl" "Around 1 0 years ago" "There once was a local governor... who traveled pass this town" "His daughter fell sick and later died" "It was she who painted this" "In order to remember her..." "He took the painting here for me to mount it after the governor had to report for... his job, he died soon after!" "Ever since then this painting has had no owner" "It's been hanging here for more than ten years" "What was the name of the governor?" "His surname is Nie, I think" "But I can't quite remember his name" "Then the poem there..." "The poem?" "That's strange" "Brother Ning" "Come here" "This is Mr. Ning" "Even he is staying here temporarily" "He just arrived yesterday" "This is..." "We've met this morning" "Please have a seat" "Help" "Please help..." "Master" "Help" "What is it?" "A ghost!" "He kept running after me" "Bullshit!" "Where?" "Right behind" "Don't be so suspicious" "I heard that this place is haunted" "That's why he got scared" "You're so lame" "I also heard about it" "I didn't believe it, but now..." "Now what?" "Have you seen a ghost?" "No" "Only the fools will find their own troubles" "But then" "If a beautiful girl shows up... in the middle of the night" "A ghost or not, I'll take a chance" "What are you laughing at?" "Unpack the bags" "Yes, sir" "C'mon, leave" "He's not at all sensible" "Where were we?" "You mentioned about taking a chance" "Right, a learned man can find a beautiful bride" "A learned man can find wealth" "For a scholar the biggest hope... is to become famous and appease the parents" "Also to have beautiful brides and concubines" "Otherwise, it would be a waste... for 1 0 years of studies" "What do you think, Mr. Ning?" "It's late, I better turn in" "Evil prevails when a country is about to fall" "True." "Hey, I wanted to ask you" "Who lives in the back garden?" "Nobody lives at the back" "See you tomorrow" "You..." "What are you doing here again?" "Granny knows about my visit last night" "Got a scolding again, did ya?" "Not only that" "What then?" "She hit you?" "You'd better head back" "Otherwise you'll be in serious trouble" "No, I'm not going back" "I'm never going back" "Please take me away from here" "I don't care what I might need to do" "I can be your maid and serve you" "Never would that happen" "Why?" "It's all my fault" "If I can help with anything else" "I'm prepared to do it" "But leaving with me?" "I don't think so" "Don't you have any sympathy?" "Are you just going to see me suffer here?" "Please have pity on me" "Take me out of here" "I can take the beatings and yelling from her" "But I can't go against my conscience and do things I don't want to do" "Young Lady" "Please hear me out" "She called me a shameless playboy said that I'm trying to seduce women" "If you really leave with me..." "Then I'd be doing exactly that" "And I mean, it's your own family matter" "I can hardly be of any help" "If you refuse to take me with you" "Then I can't stay here anymore" "It's not convenient for me to travel with this" "Please take this, as my gratitude" "I'm just glad that we could meet" "No, Miss" "I can't accept such valuable gift" "This is a gift for the poem you wrote" "I can't accept such gifts" "Writings are priceless;" "inscribed it as gift for a friend" "If you won't take it back" "Then forgive me for being unreasonable" "I must throw it out" "You're a loyal and patriotic gentleman" "Some esteem is expected of a person like you" "It's alright" "I'm not coming" "It isn't you!" "1 0 years of studies is a waste" "Let's go back to bed, and just mind our own" "When you were here earlier..." "You asked me a strange question" "I didn't mean anything by that" "Have you seen someone over there?" "No..." "I haven't" "Brother Yan" "You're not being honest, I asked you several times" "You were quiet, now you understand" "Don't be scared" "As long as you're pure-hearted" "Evil can never prevail over good" "Absolutely" "What are you doing here again?" "I want to talk to you" "Please get out of here" "Mr. Ning" "Maybe you've already found out the truth" "T o be honest, I..." "I'm not human" "I'm a spirit" "In that case, we definitely... have nothing in common to talk about" "I have no intention to harm you" "There are some evil human beings" "And there're some good ghosts" "I'm here to save you" "Save me?" "I only know that ghosts harm humans" "I've never heard that they'll help humans!" "And I don't envisage any danger" "Are you just making up an excuse for my rescue?" "at 3 tonight, granny intends to take your life" "I have no grudge against her" "Why would she try to harm me?" "She has harmed countless... innocent men already" "Whoever stays here" "No one will walk out alive" "What about Mr. Yan downstairs?" "He's different, he's a swordsman" "The granny doesn't dare to harm him" "Then she really wants to harm me?" "She asked me to entice and seduce you" "Then last night, she asked me to bring you... the gold to lure you" "Yet you turned me away" "And you also declined the offered gold" "She didn't get a chance to harm you" "That's why she's in a rage;" "she won't let you go" "I know that you're a good man" "I don't want you to die at the old devil's hands" "That's why I'm here to warn you" "Then why are you helping her... in harming others?" "I was the daughter of a governor." "I died when I was traveling here, and I was threatened by the old devil" "I seduce people, so she can suck up their blood" "I am not at all willing... to be a part of these shameless deeds" "Then why don't you leave her?" "I'm a weak soul, I can't fight against her" "Unless if you can help me" "Otherwise I'll never be reincarnated" "How would you like me to help you out?" "T ell me." "If I can do it..." "I will try my best" "During the day where you saw the crow cries" "I was buried underneath the white poplar tree" "If you don't mind, take my skeleton to my village" "Then I will serve you with all I can in my next life" "Miss, I'll comply with your wish" "It's already past 2 a.m." "She'll be here at 3." "Old witch will come to harm you" "Hurry downstairs" "And ask Mr. Yan to let you stay in his room" "Then you might be safe" "Hurry, I've to go now" "Brother Yan" "What is it?" "Mr. Ning" "Anything wrong?" "Nothing" "Have you seen something?" "No..." "I haven't" "You heard anything?" "Oh, yes..." "I thought I heard you calling me" "I called you?" "No" "That's strange!" "Come inside, have a drink" "Have you seen a ghost?" "You shouldn't be so superstitious" "Evil can never prevail over good" "There's no need to be afraid of ghosts" "Right" "If there're ghosts, there will be fairies" "With your honesty and kindness" "You'll be blessed" "Don't be afraid, go back to sleep" "I couldn't sleep a wink." "If you don't mind..." "I'd like to have a good chat with you tonight" "It's difficult to come across a good friend" "And I enjoy to chat with my friends" "It is one of the pleasures in life" "Yet every morning I..." "Then please go ahead and sleep" "I..." "I will read a book" "Sure" "But I snore, do you mind?" "Not at all" "All I've got here are scriptures" "Great, they can clear my mind" "You can rest when you feel tired" "For the things in here" "Please leave them alone" "Otherwise we'll be in trouble" "Sure" "I'll doze off then" "Good night" "Maybe it's not her time yet" "What, she's not dead?" "She's lucky to have escaped" "With your skills" "Why don't you eliminate her?" "Do you know that the buddhists believe in... the co-existence of Humans, Ghosts and Gods?" "A good man becomes a god after his death" "A wicked person turns into a ghost" "But humans can be more wicked than the ghosts at first I didn't want to get involved in this" "But since the old devil is challenging me" "Then I've got you into trouble" "Don't worry" "I'll always help my friends" "It's no big deal" "The old devil is up to no good, I should take her out" "Yes" "This way at least we've helped her out a bit" "Who?" "I've got a foster sister who was buried here" "She's been tortured by the old devil" "I planned to transport her skeleton to her village and find a good site to bury her" "In the still of the night, the sky is clear" "Leaning on a handrail, I smell the fragrant breeze" "I'm jealous of the mandarin ducks in the lotus pond" "I'm growing old by the years" "The full moon in the middle of the sky mocks me for lying awake because of loneliness" "Thank you again for your help" "Please go ahead" "See you later" "Goodbye" "Move" "The large pond is filled with lotus leaves" "The jade hairpin secretly mourns my aging" "The mandarin ducks taking shelter in the rain" "I only envy the mandarin ducks but not the fairies" "Sir, the horse is scared, he won't go any further" "You'd have to alight the cart" "Anyway how far is this place from the town?" "Not too far" "I suggest you should find a place to stay here" "Okay" "Who is it?" "I'm just a passer by" "You are..." "Excuse me, old lady" "I just want to rest here, I will be gone in the morning" "Sure" "Sit here, I'll find you a blanket" "Thank you" "Excuse me" "Mr. Ning" "Mr. Ning" "Shut up, you brat" "You wretched lass after I've taken care of him" "Then I'll come after you" "Granny..." "Please leave him alone, atleast for the sake of..." "I've always attended you well" "Won't be forgiven" "Granny..." "Let go of me" "Okay, some guts you've got!" "No one dares to harm me all these years" "Who do you think you are?" "You've got some guts harming me..." "And enticing my house maid" "You're brazenly opposing me!" "Now..." "let me show you what I'm made of" "Granny..." "Gramma, I request you to let go of him" "Scram off, you smelly wench" "Hold it!" "You've gone too far, you old devil" "You again, huh!" "Yan" "Mind your own business" "If I don't teach you a lesson today..." "You'll never know my powers"