"The 5th year of Qianlong's reign a rebel cult known as "Herders"" "began assassinating Qing officials" "Legend has it, their leader Wolf is a ruthless killer a self-proclaimed prophet who promised followers eternal life" "To prevent the Herders rebellion from growing the Imperial court dispatched The Guillotines to rid Qing of its final threat" "When death is distant we know no fear" "Without blood on our swords we know only fear" "Only when our hands are bloodied and we conquer our fear" "can we hope to fight our enemies!" "On the 15th day of next month the Herders will gather in Beijing to present a special gift to Qianlong" "We've been betrayed" "Leng, Field Commander" "Hutu, Strategist" "Chen Tai, Vanguard" "Su, Intelligence, Defense" "Buka, Vanguard" "Shisan, Defense" "Musen, Defense" "Attack" "I've seen you before" "Why don't you just kill me?" "The Guillotines were a covert operation created at the start of Qing Dynasty to quash the resistance" "Guillotines were all of Manchurian descent" "They posed as the Emperor's groundskeepers taking care of the Imperial court's surroundings" "But they were skilled assassins to eliminate political dissenters with mysterious identities" "To ensure their loyalty they were forbidden to learn to read and write" "Their weapon was a hooded device with retractable blades control by trigger" "Once capped over the head the blades are triggered, decapitating the victim" "It was considered the deadliest weapon before the advent of firearms" "Who defied orders and put the team at risk?" "Gua-erjia Gong-e, Chief Commander" "Tell me!" "I didn't defied orders" "I just reacted to the situation" "You will not take part in tomorrow's mission" "No!" "Sir" "Please allow Musen to atone for her mistake" "Sir" "As their leader" "I'm responsible for their mistakes" "Musen is always the last to leave training" "As a female Guillotine..." "The late emperor issued an edict before I was born" "Boy or girl your command was to be passed on to your offspring" "Sir!" "Dismissed" "Leng stays" "Musen" "Take it easy" "No one will reproach you once you're the Chief" "That's right" "When your father passes everyone will obey you" "When the late emperor sent you here did you ever imagine reaching these heights?" "I'm nothing without the Guillotines" "If only you are my son" "Watch over Musen tomorrow" "Yes, sir" "I waited for you my whole life" "Just get to it" "What do you have to tell me?" "I've seen you before" "How old are you?" "Are you Manchu lower caste or worse?" "Do you think you have me trapped?" "Do you really think I could be captured so easily?" "And you?" "Who do you think you are?" "You're a fugitive who fled 15 years ago claiming to be an Indian carried to China by a white tiger but you're just a Han Chinese" "A false prophet of the lowest caste!" "I've had a recurring dream" "In the dream, a man kills me" "I've never got a clear view of his face until last night" "I finally saw it" "It was you" "I can kill you right now" "No, no, no" "In the dream, you don't kill me here" "Even if I don't kill you now tomorrow, you'll be executed in the market" "The time's not right" "The place's not right" "So I won't die tomorrow... except if you are the executioner" "I can be" "You can't" "Guillotines can't be seen in broad daylight" "What if you die tomorrow will my fate change?" "The rebel Wolf and his cohorts have been convicted of treason" "Sentenced to death by decapitation" "Execute the Herders!" "As caution to others!" "Kill all the Herders!" "Long live the Great Qing!" "Han man?" "How much?" "Five taels" "Three taels" "You're Han slaves without souls" "I'll come back to free you!" "Wolf!" "I'm sorry" "Wolf" "Rest in peace" "Attack!" "Do it" "Attack!" "Attack!" "Now!" "Emperor Qianlong, born Hongli" "Haidu, Imperial Guard" "Musen" "Musen" "Your Majesty" "If we dispatched the firearms squad" "Wolf wouldn't have escaped" "Today my daughter, Musen, is dead to me" "Now she's dead you're free to hunt down Wolf" "Sacrifice your lives if you must" "Wolf must be capture" "Yes sir!" "Remember your lives belong to the imperial court and to your fellow Guillotines" "I was liked you" "Joined the Guillotines as an orphan" "The Guillotines is my home" "It's everything to me" "Now I entrust everything to you" "If possible bring back Musen's body" "We'll take the female Herder Bailan along when the chance comes we'll exchange her for Musen" "The emperor assigned an imperial guard named Haidu to accompany you" "Beware of this man" "Move!" "We're spending the night here?" "Do you have a problem?" "Dogs!" "They're useless idiots" "They call themselves Guillotines?" "Are they for real?" "Didn't we play like this as children?" "You compare them with us?" "Your Majesty" "As commanded we've gathered children from the Eight Clans" "Their star signs are aligned with Prince Hongli" "Hongli, Qianlong" "Emperor Yongzheng" "Your Majesty, please choose two to serve the prince" "He's Feimo Haidu of Zhenghuang Clan" "Your majesty" "His stars are the most auspicious match for the Prince" "But..." "Your Majesty" "Which one should we send to train as a Guillotine?" "Haidu is staunch and loyal" "The look in Leng's eyes tell me that he's ready and willing to die for Hongli" "Guillotines have no identity, no position" "Haidu should stay with Hongli" "Send Leng to the Guillotines" "Leng" "Haidu" "You will be remembered for your contributions to the empire" "I wish I were send to the Guillotines instead of you" "You are too soft" "How can you treat those thugs like brothers?" "Stand her up" "Pull the rope" "Hit her" "It's one of our informants" "We're still miles from Wuguan" "We are in Wolf's presence already?" ""I'm waiting for you" Wolf" "It's just the beginning" "Let's move" "Musen doesn't have much time" "Let's go" "Get down, bitch" "Leng" "What is this?" "Answer me" "Isn't it obvious?" "We tossed her into the well" "If we can't find Musen we'll return and finish her off" "That's not part of the plan" "You weren't part of our plan" "You need to keep me informed" "He speaks with such authority" "Want to be part of the team?" "Alright..." "Watch the female Herder" "Let's go" "We're thugs" "We're thugs" "If you stay" "You die" "Su" "Go back and watch Haidu" "Yes, Leng" "There was a man who rode in from the west" "Wuguan Region on a white tiger in white armor" "He could kill anyone within ten paces" "If someone strikes us we strike back twofold" "If someone kicks us we chop off his foot" "If someone bullies us we'll show him how it feels to be bullied" "It's Wolf" "Stop" "Move over!" "Wan Jiang Base Commander, Green Army" "Where're you from?" "We're from the Capital" "What's your business?" "Tea merchants" "We're just here to do business" "Please let us pass" "The Capital" "Retreat!" "We need to be careful" "We're surrounded by Han Chinese they consider us the enemy" "Come out here" "Let me go" "Found out anything?" "The town is filled with smugglers they trade cattle, horses and goats" "Don't move!" "Stay put!" "We're here to arrest criminals!" "Don't move!" "Sit down!" "Smallpox!" "Run!" "It's smallpox!" "Run!" "I found out a man traded a hundred cattle for six barrels of gunpowder" "They have all kinds of gunpowder in Agai-er" "I'm guessing the Herders bought explosives from there as well" "Where do the Herders keep their explosives?" "Can you pay me first?" "Thank you" "That's all I know" "You must know that one of us was killed" "Even the Green Army is afraid of the Herders you don't stand a chance against them" "Stay here" "What are you doing?" "You trust a man like him?" "You may 99" "You trust that thug over me?" "I only trust my men" "Where's the female Herder?" "Didn't I order you to watch her?" "I killed her and that man of yours him too" "Idiots" "Let's split up" "Hutu, Chen Tai check for signs of activity in the East Market" "Buka" "Search the residential area" "Shisan" "Take the crowds in the North End" "If someone strikes us" "We strike back twofold" "If someone kicks us we chop off his foot" "We'll show you how it feels to be bullied" "If you stay" "You die" "If someone strikes us" "We strike back twofold" "That's loads" "That's a lot of money" "Run!" "Thief" "You stole from the wrong man" "Don't hurt my father" "Don't hurt my father" "Don't hurt my father" "Don't hurt my father" ""Peach Blossom Spring"" "Bravo" "Buka can read quite a few words" "You spied on my brothers?" "Your brothers?" "The court forbids Guillotines from learning to read and write" "I taught them how to write their names ls his name "Peach Blossom Spring"?" "Do you want to get them killed?" "Leng" "Once you capture Wolf you will rejoin me at court" "On the 15th day of the 8th month the Firearms Squad will be made official" "I'll assign you two to lead the squad" "What about the Guillotines?" "The firearms squad will replace them" "They know nothing but killing not even the identities of their targets" "Your Majesty I beg you to spare my brothers" "Haidu and I are your only brothers" "His Late Majesty didn't send me to the Guillotines to destroy them" "My father sent you to the Guillotines to work for me" "You serve me" "Have you forgotten?" "Come on" "Haidu will assist you in this mission" "You two must work together and succeed" "They work for Gong-e" "It's their fate" "We work for His Majesty" "That's our fate" "The shadow plays are all about Wolf" "Wolf is portrayed as the savior" "I found these leaflets circulating in the market" "Who in this hellhole would read this stuff?" "I've seen these leaflets before" "Everyone who bought paper stencils had them" "This one stands out among all the paper stencils we've found" "There's a Herder symbol in the center" "Leng" "What does it say?" "Don't pretend you can read" "Hand it over" "Why did you burn it?" "Leng, stick with me tomorrow" "Who do you think you are?" "Forget him, Leng" "Let's go" "How did so many people die here?" "They all died from smallpox" "I studied medicine before" "I know how to treat smallpox" "Thank you" "Bring the patients to me now" "Waiter, give me a jug of wine" "It's over there" "Thanks" "Tomorrow" "atone" "meet at Wine Springs" "Do you know what I saw in the Capital City?" "Our homes were still there" "Some of our families were still there" "The bustling market was still there" "Everything was the same" "But I broke down and cried" "Because our homes were no longer ours" "The families left behind were forced into slavery" "The market was transformed into an execution site for our people" "Those left in the city lost their souls" "They are slaves" "And those who are not slaves also can't raise their heads" "Our people are no longer treated... as human beings" "How did we lose our homes?" "Fear!" "How did we lose our land?" "Fear!" "How did we lose our freedom?" "Fear!" "Are we to lose the last vestiges of our humanity to fear?" "No" "The heavens tell me" "I'll die soon" "But I'm not afraid" "I want the heavens to know" "I refuse to die at the hands of a Han Chinese" "How could I die by the hands of one of our own?" "You won't" "Forget your Han name, Wang Lei" "From now on, you're Nala Leng" "Leng" "You're one of us" "Leng, you outcast!" "Leng" "Leng" "Leng" "Your words are poisoned!" "Wolf!" "Wolf!" "Wolf!" "When we were little, we braided each other's hair" "Do you remember?" "I thought you had forgotten" "Just let the Guillotines finish off Wolf as a favor to my brothers?" "Your brothers again" "When will the firearms squad arrive?" "I promise to capture Wolf before they arrive" "Haidu" "Help me just this once" "Green Army Base, Wuguan" "Haidu" "Help me just this once" "The rebel Wolf has three days to surrender" "Otherwise, Guo Bai-Ian and other captive Herders will be executed" "He's going to get Musen killed" "Mister" "That man said I'd get rice if I give this to you" "It's Su's badge" "What about my rice?" "Su" "Su" "Su" "Su" "Shisan" "Bravo" "Where is Wolf?" "Stay over there!" "Tell me" "Where is Wolf?" "Tell me" "Shisan, stop it!" "Calm down" "They killed Su!" "Leng" "Don't move!" "Come on" "I'll kill whoever comes near" "Come on" "I'm sorry" "Get up" "We're brothers" "Leng" "Shisan" "Leave some wine for me" "Give me" "Smallpox victims are always around Wolf" "No one goes near them" "Their homes are ideal hideouts for the Herders" "If they want to play cat and mouse we'll play along" "Tomorrow at noon" "Nala Leng must surrender himself" "In exchange for Gua-erjia Musen" "If Leng fails to appear" "Musen will be executed" "Wolf wants you dead you can't go tomorrow" "I must go" "I promised Musen's father to bring her back" "You're going to exchange your life for hers?" "Our lives don't belong to us" "They belong to His Majesty" "The firearms squad is coming to replace the Guillotines" "Tomorrow" "Let the Guillotines behead Wolf then let my brothers go free" "I'll go back with you" "Looks like you've had enough of being bullied" "Eat" "I think you're ready for my story" "As you know" "Han weddings are grand, joyous occasions" "One day the wedding day of Zhuang's daughter" "Qing soldiers barged in and arrested everyone in the Zhuang family" "Master Zhuang pleaded" "I'm only a book dealer" "What have I done wrong?" "The captain asked" "Have you ever sold a book titled "The story of Ming Dynasty"?" "Master Zhuang recalled" ""The story of Ming Dynasty"" "cost six coppers each" "It sold well" "The captain said" "Emperor Yongzheng believes the book appears to be about the achievements of the Ming regime but in truth, it's an attack on the Qing court" "Master Zhuang pleaded innocence" ""I didn't write the book!"" "The captain said he didn't order the arrest." "It was His Majesty!" "The wedding banquet turned into a funeral" "Zhuang was sentenced to death by 1000 cuts" "His four older sons were to be beheaded" "The youngest son just turned 16" "The judge took a year off his age so that he could be spared" "The young son was devastated" ""My father and brothers are to be executed" "How can I live on?"" "But I did live" "My story does not end there" "Master Zhuang had a friend named Guo Mo, a court adviser" "He bribed officials to save Zhuang's four sons" "When Guo took them across the river a group of masked men ambushed them and beheaded them all" "That's what" "The Guillotines did" "That month your father was appointed Chief Commander" "I've always wondered whatever happened to the heads of my brothers?" "Perhaps you can tell me?" "We exchange heads for a bounty" "The heads are kept in the Tunyang Pagoda as a record of our achievements" "How much do you get per head?" "Ten taels" "Ten taels of silver" "Ten" "Only ten?" "Is this true?" "Is this true?" "I'm not that kind of person" "I'm not" "Wolf" "Leng, come over and she's yours" "Musen!" "Stay where you are" "Move" "Scatter!" "Damn it!" "They're too far away!" "Musen is still over there!" "So is Wolf" "Do you remember your promise?" "Come with us" "Let's go" "Get inside" "Musen" "Wolf" "Leng" "According to His Majesty's edict" "Officer Gua-erjia Musen colluded with rebel leader Wolf" "She's guilty of treason" "Sentenced to death" "Chief Commander" "Gua-erjia Gong-e and members of the Guillotines are guilty of conspiracy and to be executed at noon today" "How dare you shackle the Chief Commander!" "Gong-e, you've suffered unjustly" "Do you blame me?" "These days..." "People see the Great Qing Empire as backward unable to keep up with the latest advances" "Imagine..." "If we had cannons like the British" "Does Your Majesty need cannons?" "Aren't the Guillotines enough?" "Armillary sphere, terrestrial globe air pump, pulley system, steam engine..." "Do you think they're hard to build?" "Of course they are" "For those who can't keep up with the times" "Your servant never imagined Your Majesty would sacrifice the Guillotines for cannons" "Gong-e, take a look" "In this library of mine there are hundreds of books chronicling the Qing Dynasty" "My legacy will be recorded among them pass on for generations" "I will not allow it to be tarnished by this dirty chapter" "How will Your Majesty ensure the survival of the dynasty... without the help of the Guillotines?" "Can we rely on the tricks of Westerners to pacify the Han Chinese?" "Didn't you say" "That a guillotine kills any target within ten paces?" "The range of a firearm far exceeds ten paces" "Cannons can strike targets a thousand paces away" "Do you see?" "Your Majesty" "Damn Haidu, I'm going to get him!" "Look at yourself" "How are you going to fight?" "Musen would never betray us" "Let's return to Beijing report to the Chief Commander" "The headquarters no longer exist" "All we can do now is run" "As far as possible" "What?" "No longer exist?" "What do you mean?" "The Guillotines are now considered a dirty secret" "Now they think we're a dirty secret?" "They trained us to become Guillotines!" "Besides being Guillotines what else can we do?" "Leng" "How do you know so much?" "What else do you know?" "Don't let us die without knowing why" "Tell us the truth" "Haidu and I are a team" "We work for" "His Majesty" "Buka" "Stop!" "We're brothers!" "Drop your sword!" "Leng" "So you're here to kill us?" "What happened?" "Why?" "Leng" "Are we still brothers?" "You've always been my brothers" "When his late Majesty sent me to the Guillotines" "I never imagined this would happen" "You must all leave now and never return" "Why?" "Move back" "The imperial court decreed" "No one is to leave Wuguan" "Step aside!" "Let us leave" "Step aside!" "Want a good time?" "I've got a room" "Hutu" "I'll find medicine" "Hang in there" "Go as far away as you can" "Don't come back" "Move back" "Go back!" "No one is permitted to leave!" "You thief!" "A Guillotine!" "He's a wanted criminal" "There's a 100 tael bounty on his head" "I'm back" "Don't move!" "Why did you lie to me?" "You know why!" "But they don't need to die!" "The Guillotines are a stain" "His Majesty's legacy must be clean" "The stains must be erased" "Su also died at my hands" "His Majesty said" "I must do what you won't" "Understand?" "Did His Majesty also say" "If I don't return with you you must kill me too?" "His Majesty has hoped that you'll return" "Lap C109" "What did you say?" "I said lap C109!" "Didn't your master order you to kill me?" "Go ahead" "Shoot me, lap dog" "Go on" "Lap (109!" "The Guillotines are a stain" "His Majesty's legacy must be clean" "The Guillotines are a stain" "You are a stain" "I wish you were my son" "Are we still brothers?" "You're one of us" "From now on" "You're no longer Wang Lei" "Your name is Nala Leng" "What's your name?" "Wang Lei" "Again" "What's your name?" "Wang Lei" "What's your name?" "Wang Lei" "Hold it" "Don't be afraid" "Tell me" "What's your name?" "Nala Leng" "Mister" "Dark heavens, yellow earth" "Infinite universe" "Orbiting sun and moon" "Constellations of stars" "Wolf!" "You can kill me after you recover" "Why did you save me?" "Because you had nowhere else to turn" "Same as everyone else here" "I was like you in the beginning but I kept moving" "found my place here" "I found a refuge for all of us" "Now, I'm not sure how long we can eat and live in peace" "You have nowhere to go but you're not alone" "Musen has died" "I hate her" "ls my father dead?" "I got my brothers killed" "I got your father killed" "You're all I have left" "No matter what happens" "you must stay alive" "Wolf is still on the loose you're all accomplices" "Tell me where Wolf is hiding" "I'll spare your lives" "Otherwise you'll all be dead" "The one with the baby" "That one on the hill" "Let go of me" "Move back!" "Let me out" "Over here" "Run" "Don't take my child!" "That's the wishing tree" "The locals hang ribbons on it to ask the heavens to bless the crops" "It's so sweet" "I've been here many years this is the sweetest yet" "I wonder... if I'll ever taste it again" "After sweetness... comes bitterness" "It's a cycle" "Why are you smiling?" "A smile can conceal fear" "You are my greatest fear" "I dreamed that you kill me then I met you" "It's a sign from the heavens" "I carry the hopes of many" "I've made promises to too many" "I do not fear death" "But that day when Bai-Ian was shot dead" "Those guns dashed our hopes and dreams" "I could do nothing but watch helplessly" "I was so sure of myself once... our dreams would come true one day" "When the firearms squad arrives everything here will be destroyed" "How much time do we have left?" "Great Father, come play with us" "Commander Wan" "Who should I kill next?" "Keep your head down, don't look!" "Mother, save me!" "Don't kill my child!" "Stop" ""Map of Wuguan, Ming Dynasty"" "I see Commander Wan loves Han's artifacts" "This map is so intricate" "No wonder you didn't share this earlier" "Your servant remembered it just now!" "I too just remembered that..." "Commander Wan and the Green Army soldiers are also Han Chinese" "Certain mountain paths are drawn differently" "Do you really think we are born killers... who hate Manchurians?" "We just want to live like everyone else" "Farm" "Work" "Provide for ourselves" "It's our dream" "If we didn't find this place we'd still be slaves out there" "And that... is the life I promised them" "Equality for all" "What if they sent you back to where you came from cold and starving" "A slave being bullied everyday" "What would you think then?" "I was brought up to serve the Emperor ready to die for him" "Your Majesty his stars are the most auspicious match for the Prince" "However he's Han Chinese his name is Wang Lei" "How ironic for my son to carry on our golden legacy with the help of a Han Chinese" "I suppose it's fate" "I am Han Chinese" "I lived on the other side and believed what they said" "They told me" "It is my fate to serve His Majesty" "Haidu and I will serve as his right hand men" "His Majesty said he wants to create a golden age" "A golden age where no opposition exists" "He also promised" "The Guillotines would no longer have to kill" "I now see why it is you who kill me in my dream" "Great Father" "Great Father" "Allow me to propose a toast to you" "Drink up" "Great Father" "We're not leaving" "Evacuate the women and children take the southern path" "The rest of you gather weapons and meet at the peak" "When I was a Guillotine" "I never had a choice" "For the first time I can make my own decisions" "I'm staying" "I will escort them to safety" "Musen" "This is the last guillotine" "Use it for a cause you believe in" "Divide into three groups" "Set up an ambush at each gateway to the village" "Bring all the explosives leave none behind" "Once prepared meet at the town hall" "It's there... that we'll make our last stand" "Get to safety" "Mother, take good care of him" "Leave now!" "Order" "Prepare the cannons!" "Hurry!" "Run!" "Run!" "Run!" "Hurry!" "It's the right time the right place and the right man" "Take my head to them" "I must die by the hand of a Han Chinese to end this carnage" "Go back and tell him what you witnessed here" "Tell him when Manchurians and Han Chinese are equals the day we've both been waiting for will finally be here" "I've waited all my life for you" "Do it" "Go back with me" "The three of us are still brothers" "Leng" "Haidu" "I bestow upon each of you the title of Batulu Warrior" "Thank you, Your Majesty" "Your Majesty" "What will the golden age look like?" "I've finally understand the mistake Wolf has made that destined him to fail" "Because as long as people have food shelter and peace they don't care for anything else" "How dare you!" "Continue" "Whether it's the Herders or other rebel groups people only revolt when they have nowhere else to turn" "If they were living in a golden age enjoying the peace and prosperity they would never revolt" "They're rebelling against injustice and inequality" "When everyone is equal as people of the Great Qing there will be no dissent against Your Majesty" "That's when the golden age truly begins" "What makes you think I'll listen to you?" "Because Your Majesty is a man of vision" "Then tell me... will that day come?" "Your servant will not live to see that day" "The day I joined the Guillotines at His Late Majesty's behest" "I pledged to live and die as a Guillotine" "The Guillotines was killed off to erase a dirty past" "And now..." "I am the last remaining stain" "I hope after Your Majesty end my life will heed my final words today" "Forgive him, Your Majesty" "Leng had a momentary lapse and spoke out of turn" "Please forgive him" "Qianlong reigned for sixty years" "He lived longer than any other emperor in the history of China" "During his reign he created harmony between Manchurians and Han Chinese" "There is no mention of the Guillotines in the official history of the Qing Dynasty"