"During the period of the 'Warring States', 257 B.C.," "Emperor Chin was tyrannical" "Encroaching others' territories, he killed mercilessly" "He attacked the State of Chao tookseveralcities" "Imperial palaces were renovated extravagantly" "People of Chao are in great suffering" "The troops led by Emperor Chin himself are heading towards Han Dan" "The State of Chao will soon fall in the hands of Chin and our State of Wei will be next" "Master Hau, no need to say it" "I believe that they'll be stopped sooner or later" "That's impossible" "I'll be crossing the river immediately" "You'll be getting good news in about 3 days' time" "What's your name please?" "I am Zhu Hai" "Da Liang City hero;" "your great reputation precedes you" "You flatter me" "I'm just a nobody" "I only hope to do something" "Goodbye" "Hero" "Since you are in a hurry, I shouldn't say more" "I hope that you will take good care of yourself" "I'll be visiting you again some other time" "Yes Sir" ""Ping Yi Palace"" "Yin Yue, listen carefully" "Be careful in what you say" "Catch him, chase..." "Chase..." "Men, catch the assassin" "Yes" "Catch the assassin" "Stand still" "Your Highness" "It's no use, the assassin has escaped" "I deserve death for my lax security" "The assassin is trapped owing to Sire's sharp-Wit" "Come" "It's lucky that you are smart and didn't fall into Emperor Chin's trap" "I'm ashamed" "If it were not because of that palace maid whose etiquette was not appropriate for an Emperor" "I would have killed 2 fake ones and gone" "Wouldn't have bothered perhaps looking for the third" "The third one is fake too" "Please take a seat..." "Brother, this morning someone saw him giving orders to attack the city" "Emperor Chin is ruthless" "He'd of course take precautions against assassins" "It's easy for him to find someone to die in his place" "That's why mere courage won't solve the problem" "Even if it succeeded by sheer luck" "Chin could easily appoint another one" "It'd simply be changing one tyranny for another" "A true hero should first unite all feudal princes... against tyranny, and rescue the State of Chao" "I am nothing but a commoner..." "No, all play a part in the rise and fall of a nation" "You should make good use of your skills to join force against tyranny" "Our State of Wei has no news of sending troops" "That's right, Brother Bai Chi is a palace guard of course he'll know" "Sooner or later, Prince Shun Ling will join hands against the tyranny of Chin" "Also, the State of Chao feudalprincesof ournation ...are relatives" "Your Highness" "Bai Chi who's ordered to act as State of Wei's spy is here for Your Highness" "By the order of His Highness, send Bai Chi in" "Send Bai Chi in" "Greetings to Your Highness" "Rise" "It is... guilty, I won't dare to" "Sire, I've found the whereabouts of the assassin" "You've done well, rise and speak" "Thank you, your Highness" "You've found out his whereabouts" "He's Zhu Hai from the State of Wei" "I have pretended to befriend him and intend to get rid of him by fraud" "You should rather watch closely to see if Wei will send troops to Chao's rescue." "This way... your identity as Wei's palace guard won't be exposed" "It's quite unlikely that Wei will send troops" "In Yeh Ha which is 60 miles away from here" "Jin Bi is leading a troop of 100,000" "But Wei's prince for the sake of Chao wouldn't dare offend Your Highness" "You should know that" "Chao's Princess is the sister of the prince of Wei and pretty close to her younger brother Prince Shun Ling" "At the critical moment she will definitely seek help from the prince of Wei" "Did you come because of this?" "Yes" "Han Dan is in great danger" "It'll be too late to wait till tomorrow" "Sounds reasonable but it's not that easy to re-locate troops" "Jin Bi is leading a troop of 100,000 in Yeh Ha" "They can arrive in one day to release Han Dan" "But Jin Bi's troops..." "His troop guards the border and cannot be relocated" "Your Highness, I traveled non-stop from the State of Chao, hoping that for the sake of our relationship, consideringthat" "Ruthless Chin has been invading others' territories" "The State of Wei is also in danger" "Rescuing Chao is... is... beyond our power" "In terms of relation Lady Ping Yuan is your sister;" "the States of Chao and of Wei are neighbors" "The tyrannical Chin after acquiring the State of Chao will attack the State of Wei" "Please rescue Chao for the sake of our brotherhood" "It's an important matter to save the State of Chao" "We'll wait until tomorrow when the court meets and seek Su Song's advice" "As the saying goes, to each his own" "Although you are the brother of His Highness you both are so different" "Sending troops in Chao's aid is risking self for others" "His Highness won't agree to it" "His Highness may seek advice of the Imperial Teacher" "Please explain what I've said just now to His Highness" "It won't be easy" "After all, it's not his own business" "States are interdependent on each other" "This is something which will happen in future" "It may not be easy to convince His Highness now" "So Lady Ping Yuan will waste her effort" "His Highness won't be able to send troops" "I can't be of any further help" "If this is the case, I can only lead all my guests, servants and Lady Ping Yuan to fight for the State of Chao" "Well... your followers  servants are no more than a few thousand" "Compared with the Chin troops they are up against insurmountable odds" "It's worth dying for a cause we shouldn't think too much about winning and losing" "Goodbye" "Prince" "Sister" "What you've just said deserves great reverence" "You will be well respected if you lead your followers and servants to fight for Chao" "But what good will there be for the State of Chao?" "Father and I have just been discussing about the affairs of the State of Chao" "We were talking about Jin Bi's troops when you arrived" "I guess not only is the king against sending troops the generals  the army is also afraid of Chin's terror" "Go ahead, feel free to say it" "Han Dan and Yeh Ha are only tens of miles apart" "If Jin Bi can make a show of power" "Chin won't dare to march in" "Good idea" "If we can convince His Highness and you lead the army on behalf of Jin Bi, Chao will be saved" "As long as the State of Chao can be saved" "I am willing to risk my life for it" "Even without any military power you are already revered by all" "His Highness may not give you the military power" "There's no way you can replace Jin Bi" "His Highness admires sister" "Dad, is this true?" "Yes, about half a month ago" "His Highness gave me a piece of jade" "Pisces Jade" "It is as famous as Wo's Jade" "There is a yin jade and a yang jade" "His Highness is wearing the yang jade and it's for obvious reason that he gave me this yin jade" "Dad, what do you mean?" "No one knows a daughter better than her own father" "I'm just pretending not to understand his real purpose and wearing the piece of jade all the time" "His Highness hasn't raised the issue again" "If you agree" "Sister would be like a hostage to His Highness" "With you leading the troops of Wei" "His Highness would not have to worry" "What do you think?" "No" "You are focused on rescuing the State of Chao" "Although I'm not able to convince His Highness" "I'll try my best" "This... and convince him of the pros and cons" "I better get writing tomorrow's memo, please excuse me" "Looking at the moon, I muse" "While my heart is full of perplexity" "It used to beat only for the moon" "But he bathes all in his light" "Why won't it shine only on me?" "It does not appreciate my song" "Nor does it understand my meaning" "I can only pine in vain" "Pine until my heartstrings break" "Yes, I was on guard that day and heard Su Song talking like this at the palace but Prince of Wei did not agree" "That's why His Highness sent me over to help you" "This..." "What?" "Are there problems in killing Su Song?" "Originally you were to assassinate Prince Shun Ling but I told His Highness that" "Prince Shun Ling has many followers and is an expert in kung fu" "Therefore it will be hard to kill him" "Killing Su Song may help to teach them a lesson" "I'm afraid that my identity will be exposed and then" "I won't be able to stay at the State of Wei anymore" "You don't have to do it yourself" "Use this as a false accusation against Su Song and convince Zhu to assassinate him" "Is he supposed to come today?" "Yes" "Zhu Hai is here" "Let's retire" "Coming..." "Brother Bai" "Please have a look" "Dear Su Song, you're the man of Emperor Chin" "This is real" "It's the fact" "Before you came" "I've decided to kill that traitor tonight but I'm afraid that I'll fail so..." "I'd like..." "Brother Bai, can I help?" "You are a great fighter, you will succeed but this is too dangerous" "What?" "You think I..." "Yes, that's for the people, please accept my salute" "I'm getting old" "It's late now" "Why don't you rest?" "I've been thinking about what you told me" "Will the State of Chao be saved if we send troops to their rescue?" "Of course" "Presently Chin acts reckless because they think that no one dares to go against them" "Dispatch of troops from Wei is psychological warfare" "Chin will be less tyrannical if it knows that the princes are united in fighting against tyranny" "Is there any other way other than sacrificing me?" "Hardly" "His Highness will not trust me in leading" "Jin Bi's troops if you are not his wife" "What about the Prince?" "If he is not able to rescue the State of Chao he will regret it for the rest of his life" "There must be a better way" "Zhu Hai's greetings to teacher" "At this late an hour with your sword!" "I'd like to seek your advice" "His Highness agreeing to aid State of Chao; is it true?" "Why do you say that?" "Didn't you write a memorial to Chin?" "You come here at this late hour talking nonsense" "Don't be angry, please have a look" "It's a fake one" "I deserve death, I trusted the liar Bai Chi" "Bai Chi" "Bai Chi the palace guard" "It's him, he gave me this memorial" "I'll come to apologize after I settle this with him" "Yu Er, you can see for yourself that even he wants to fight against tyranny, but you..." "Yu Er" "Dad, don't say it" "I will fulfill his wish" "Who are you?" "Guards, there's an assassin!" "Bai Chi" "Dad" "What is it?" "It's been poisoned" "Stop joking" "This is the wine Bai Chi has prepared for celebration after Zhu Hai has killed Su Song" "Where's Zhu Hai?" "Not back yet" "Zhu Hai saw through our plan" "Let's go, hurry" "Okay" "Where's Su Song?" "He's been killed" "Hurry, pack up and leave Dai Liang" "Alright" "It's too late now" "You've to payback for Su Song's life" "Sister" "What's done is done, don't be sad" "Yes" "I've just spoken to Master Hau about revenge" "Bai Chi is from Chin" "He serves as a palace guard but actually is a spy" "Last night Zhu Hai killed his whole family but Bai Chi escaped" "I've decided to send Nam Gung Fei to Chin" "Zhu Hai blamed himself and wished to come along and took Bai Chi" "Prince, I let you make the decision" "Sister, don't cry" "My sister will help you to take care of the affairs" "I'll arrange for Zhu Hai to go to Chin" "By His Highness' order-Bai Chi being the palace guard of the State of Wei served loyally for our country" "He will be sent to the Slave Camp" "Come..." "How dare you, Lord Yu" "I was promised promotion after I've killed Su Song" "I'm willing to render service in gratitude" "That's correct" "To the slave camp" "This is how you'll be rewarded" "You have great achievements at the State of Wei" "A lot of people know you that's why you have to be defaced" "Lord Yu" "I risked my life for the services please plead with His Highness to change decision..." "Sire said you may also seek merit for service to nation" "So you'll have many complaints at the encampment, too" "For this reason your tongue will be cut off too" "Go..." "Lord Yu..." ""Slave Camp"" "Get in" "Come, release all the slaves out to fend off the Chin troops" "Alright" "Don't move..." "Don't be afraid, I'm here to rescue you" "Good news?" "How can there be good news?" "His Highness wants to take Miss Su as his concubine" "Su Song pretended not to understand" "This is now the golden opportunity" "But... if sister is reluctant to..." "No need to worry" "If Your Highness could avenge her" "Miss Su will agree" "True." "Prepare for ceremony and escort her to the palace" "Yes" "Bai Chi has been arrested at the Chin's slave camp" "Unfortunately his tongue has been cut off" "Everyone in the camp is like this" "Strange." "He has accomplished great services for Chin how come he ends up in the slave camp?" "Bai Chi can no longer stay at the State of Wei" "He's of no use to Chin anymore" "Prince, this is the piece of jade found on him" "Pisces jade" "Report to the Prince, Lady Ping Yuan is back" "Where's Miss Su?" "Haven't seen her" "Your Highness, Miss Su arrives" "No need to stand on ceremony" "Thank you, Your Highness" "Beg your pardon for not changing to right attire" "Rise" "My wish has been conveyed to you" "Yes" "Thank you for your great kindness" "No need to stand on ceremonies, rise" "Don't worry, I've issued great awards to avenge teacher" "Thank you, Your Highness" "For your own safety you should stay at the palace" "This mansion will be cleaned up for your stay" "Thank you, but my father has just passed away" "I'm in mourning; such an elegant mansion isn't apt" "That's easy." "Remove all the decoration" "Yes" "Please forgive me, I've still to observe mourning" "It's for your safety that I asked you to move in and besides, we can see each other more often" "Are you disobeying my order?" "I don't dare to" "That's good." "Rise" "I don't dare disobey Your Highness' order but I still have to avenge my father's death" "Please forgive me for not seeing you" "Then... can't I even see you here?" "Please forgive me" "If I'm forced to, I'd rather die" "Alright, as you wish" "Thank you, Your Highness" "The murderer is caught" "Sister has gone to the palace" "That's right." "Since she's there she could convince His Highness to send troops in Chao's aid" "It's no use" "How is that?" "His Highness wants to take Miss Su as his concubine but he can't succeed" "Now he took her into his palace" "There is nothing else His Highness desires there's no hope for the troops to be sent" "Then Han Dan is in great danger" "Sister, Master Hau must find a way" "Stealing military tally is the only way" "You will lead Jin Bi's troops to rescue Han Dan" "But the military tally is placed in the vault" "The key of which is always with His Highness" "That's not difficult, Miss Su can do it" "Then..." "Now that Bai Chi is caught" "Miss Su should declare her vengeance" "Yes, sister has sworn an oath that she'll marry whoever avenges her father's death" "Madam must now visit Miss Su secretlytellherthat the murderer will be sacrificed before Teacher's grave" "You ask Ms Su to steal the tally and bring it to you" "But the vault is guarded strongly" "That's not difficult either" "Pick a brave but not reckless man and bring Bai Chi's head along with him to the palace as a moral support to Miss Su" "I can go to the palace and be Miss Su's support" "Alright." "Good" "Do as planned" "Dad, Prince has caught the murderer" "In order that I can avenge your death" "I swore that the Prince would decide my fate" "I've been asked to steal the military tally and I have agreed" "Dad said that Prince and I should not be separated" "In Prince's heart, I am not as important as rescuing the State of Chao" "In order to fulfill his wish" "I'll sacrifice my love for honor" "Sister" "I cannot repay your great favor enough" "I will try my best to fulfill your wish" "Thank you, Sister" "I've discussed this matter with Master Hau" "The military tally of Yeh Ha is of the shape of a tiger" "I remember when Jin Bi was sending troops" "The key to the vault is carried by" "His Highness" "Only those close to him can have access to it" "We've to wait until Bai Chi is killed and sacrificed" "Zhu Hai will bring his head to His Highness to seek offers as guard, but in fact to liaise with sister" "Stealing the tally deserves death penalty" "therefore..." "So I hope sister can go with me to the State of Chao" "Return to the State of Chao?" "Yes, I swear an oath in front of Teacher's grave" "Prince" "Sister" "Prince, the time has come, please offer the sacrifice" "Yes, offer the sacrifice" "This is really the head of Bai Chi" "You are loyal to the country; and... since you requested to serve as palace guard, enter" "Thank you, Your Highness" "His Highness arrives" "No need to stand on ceremony" "You have your revenge" "This is the head of your enemy Bai Chi" "Take it away" "Yes" "It's too terrible" "Sister" "Thank you, Your Highness" "No need to stand on ceremony" "Pisces jade" "Teacher had prophesied joy when both pieces match" "This has finally come true, reward him" "The divine intelligence of His Highness" "Your Highness, General Tung Gou Chung, reports to your majesty" "Bring him to the front room" "He... he is at the palace gate" "May I be excused" "Send him in" "Yes" "Tung Gou Chung's greetings to Your Highness" "I've collected the rice tax from Mong Man and there's a total of 50 carts" "It's all been delivered to General Jin Bi at Yeh Ha and I'm here to return the tally" "Good" "Lord Tung Guo will take the post as Minister of the Imperial Guard" "Yes" "Lord Tung Guo transferred to be the Minister and is in charge of the Imperial Guards" "Thank you, Your Majesty" "Sister" "Your Highness" "Please wait" "I'll put back the military tally in the vault" "Yes" "Your Highness" "What is it?" "Bai Chi's head is frightening please let someone else take the tally" "Well..." "No one can get into the vault except me" "Can I not go in with you too?" "Of course you can" "Let's go" "His Highness arrives" ""The Vault"" "Let's go" "Guards" "Yes" "Sister" "Why are you crying?" "Aren't you happy at this?" "I..." "I am just too happy" "In that case, laugh." "One cries only when sad" "Please pardon my inappropriate behavior" "From now onwards you will be the princess" "Yes" "Don't have any doubts, youshouldn'tcrytoday" "You should smile" "Laugh" "Lady, His Highness won't trust anyone for the military tally" "How dare you disobey orders!" "You disobey orders by entering the vault" "How dare you!" "Disperse" "Back off" "Lady, please wait" "Allow me to seek the advice of His Highness" "Attack" "Wait" "Lady will die if you come any further" "Please convey to the Prince I've to bid him farewell" "What?" "Aren't you leaving?" "Prince said he'll be waiting for you at the Yi Gate" "I'd be like a fugitive going with the Prince to Chao" "This was not thoroughly thought out" "You..." "Have you forgotten the Prince's oath to you?" "Prince has a strong ambition, he won't miss me" "Besides, I am different now" "You are now a princess, you're different" "I'm leaving" "Huh!" "What is it?" "Yu Jiang leading Zhu Hai with the key to the vault entered it by force" "The 12 men guarding the vault tried to stop them" "There were serious casualties" "One of them who was seriously wounded came back to report and is now outside the palace" "Order General Bai Li Ho wait for further instructions at the vault" "Yes" "Prince, I believe even if you wait until dawn the Lady won't come back" "If you see the Lady please convey my wish to her wishing her riches and glory" "Speak, who sent out the tally for you?" "Fight against Chin not only means rescue of... the State of Chao, it's also saving our own country" "Any man with a vision will do the same thing" "Nonsense" "Calm down, Your Highness" "Prince Shun Ling's men are a band of scoundrels" "It's not difficult to take the tally out of the palace" "He has to leave by the Yi Gate to go to Yeh Ha" "I'll stop him there" "Alright" "You anticipated correctly" "Speak" "Prince knew that you will stop him at Yi Gate so he has detoured via the South Gate" "Tung Guo Chung" "Yes" "You hurry to South Gate." "Just nab executehim" "Yes" ""Yi Gate"" "The troops are behind us" "Prince, come and hide over here" "Wait" "You said the Prince has left via the south gate" "Luckily I took a short cut and passed the Yi Gate" "Prince, surrender please" "Chase" "Yu Jiang stole the tally for Wu Ji" "How can you take her word gototheSouthGate" "I deserve death" "Your Highness" "The Prince just pretends to be good his followers are a band of scoundrels" "It's difficult to guard against treachery" "Since there's just Lady Ping Yuan in Prince's home" "I fear there'll be an ambush at the Yi Gate" "If Master Bai Li fails to get to Yeh Ha and meets Jin Bi, he'll catch up with the Prince" "I'm afraid that he's no match for Wu Ji" "Your Highness, I am willing to take the short cut to Yeh Ha to arrest Wu Ji" "Alright, go to Yeh Ha then" "Send orders to Jin Bi to arrest Wu Ji" "Thank you Your Highness" "Greetings to the Lady" "I'm sorry to have troubled you" "What happened today is really amazing" "Before the stealing of the military tally" "I've already prepared for the punishment" "You'd have then left with the Prince to State of Chao" "Once Chao is rid of danger, Prince will be prosperous" "Do you know that the Prince almost messed up when you didn't show up at the Yi Gate" "I'm already the wife of His Highness" "If I went with him to the State of Chao he would be guilty of stealing the tally and taking his brother's wife" "Why I don't let the Prince to get fame and the glory and let me bear the guilt" "Then the Prince would have misjudged you" "In the process, I only hope that I don't owe anyone" "Prince will He'll know one day" "You've really suffered" "I'll let my brother know" "Order him to send Han Chi to Yeh Ha" "Master Bai Li" "Master Lin?" "I don't deserve it" "Master Bai Li, you are in Mong Yi at this late hour..." "By His Highness' order, I'm here to arrest Wu Ji" "Isn't Prince Shun Ling in Da Liang?" "He stole the tally and left for Yeh Ha" "I've searched all the inns at the main road" "Seems he's taken a shortcut as there's no sign of him" "Short cut, huh!" "Then Mong Yi must be the only way" "Master Bai Li, you may wish to go in havea look" "He really hasn't been here" "You really foretell things accurately" "Master Bai Li is here for the tally" "But the courier chief said the Prince is not here" "Sir, I feel I owe an apology to the Prince" "He's inside" "Wait, in case the Prince resists and fights on" "I'm afraid there'll be unnecessary casualties" "I've some drugs here" "That's right, let's drug them first" "And then..." "Good, let's do it" "I'm leaving" "Goodbye, Master Bai Li" "Prince, I apologize for being away for so long" "No need to stand on ceremonies" "Master Bai Li..." "He's gone, I'm afraid that he'll come in so I've advised him to search at the other inns" "Thank you for your kindness" "No problem" "Prince, please..." "Bring the wine" "Yes" "It's important that you should all be careful" "Yes" "Prince, let's drink" "Please" "Prince, the wine is poisoned, don't drink" "It's Han Chi" "Tomorrow night, we'll be at Yeh Ha but you are now dead" "Prince" "General Han, something happened at Da Liang?" "Yes, the princess is imprisoned" "Sister" "Lady Ping Yuan went to visit the princess and found her out for the sake of the Prince" "She bore the guilt in stealing the military tally" "Being angry, His Highness imprisoned the princess senttroopsafterthe prince to execute them both" "Princess asked the Lady to convey to the Prince that he has to take extra care and fulfill the wish of rescuing the State of Chao" "Sister" "General Han" "Yes" "Go to Da Liang and pass on my message" "Yes" "Say that Wu Ji is grateful for princess' favors and is not able to repay her" "The good news is" "I can go to Yeh Ha without any obstacles" "With the tally I can replace Jin Bi to lead his troops to rescue the State of Chao" "Jin Bi guarded Yeh Ha for 10 years" "Generals outside the capital won't submit to orders" "Just with half of the military tally" "I can hardly hand over my 100,000 troops" "How dare you disobey His Highness' order and befriend Chin for our own safety!" "His Highness asked me to come all the way for fear that you might follow the Prince's order when you see the tally" "Naturally I won't listen to him, but..." "Prince Shun Ling is honorable" "It's hence even our troop leaders support him" "Unless, of course, they don't know about this matter" "Then..." "General Chung" "Yes" "Lead your troops and block the road from the camp to here" "As soon as Prince Shun Ling is here don't let any of our men come over" "Yes" "General Tung Guo, the prince is digging his own grave" "Yes, His Highness wants to capture him alive" "Your current plan might injure him and His Highness won't like this" "Kill him  say he stole the military tally with the intention to revolt" "General" "Prince Shun Ling is at the inspection podium" "That's quick" "Please hurry" "Yes" "Prince" "No formality, please" "What brings you to Yeh Ha at this late hour?" "I'm here to lead the troops by His Highness' order" "Please hand over the tally" "Such insolence" "Prince, allow me to check the tally" "You dare disobey an order?" "Disobey order?" "Guards" "Prince, you are arrested" "General, soldiers at the camp want to go with the Prince to rescue the State of Chao and started a fight with those who stopped them" "There were serious casualties on both sides" "They are charging towards us and are at the podium" "Stop, Prince" "Since the soldiers wish to go with the Prince" "I'm willing to hand over the tally" "General" "This is inevitable" "But the soldiers cannot be appeased" "Prince, please do something" "We want to go with the Prince to rescue the State..." "Things will go out of hand if they go on like this" "Please match the tally and pass down orders in order that the soldiers will calm down" "Please" "Please" "Stand still" "Jin Bi, how dare you hurt the Prince" "The soldiers' sentiment is turbulent" "I have no other alternative but to use Prince's head" "Announce to the troops" "Yes" "The Prince is treacherous, he will be executed on spot" "Yes" "Please" "Prince" "Prince" "Wu Ji was to lead the troops to rescue State of Chao" "Jin Bi was executed because he disobeyed orders" "Do you generals have anything to say?" "We'll follow the Prince to save the State of Chao" "Save the State of Chao..." "You are here in time" "I've begged His Highness for granting me my own death havefinallyhadit" "Why do you have to do that?" "Han Chi met my brother at Mong Yi and is on the way to Yeh Ha, he understands everything" "Do you really have to die?" "Yes" "The Prince have stolen the military tally and have committed serious crime" "If I don't face justice the Prince's honorable act will be besmeared" "I feel so ashamed" "By the order of His Highness, Lady will be executed" "Yes" "Madam, please retreat" "To repay him for fulfilling her wish" "But that also makes me frightened" "Her name will live on in posterity"