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during the late Ming Dynasty the Bandit

lii Shang rose up against the court and

he threatened the safety of the Imperial

Palace on March the 19th the city fell

to the bandits the emperor committed

suicide and the palace was in

turmoil the empress and the Two Princes

had managed to escape before the bandits

got into the

palace but the traitor General ma

discovered their flight and pursued

them so the Two Princes had to split up

to elude their pursuers and so started a

heartrending story

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much

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get

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you'd be smarter to surrender

I was born a mink and I'll die once you

can forget

it you know what's best for you but if

you surrender I'll guarantee you a court

position if you don't you're a dead man

you damn traitor my loyalty is to the

emperor alone you goddamn son of a

[ __ ] you should open your eyes and see

what's happening

the emperor's finished and the Ming is

gone you better hand that baby over to

us you want the baby you have to go

through me

first God damn you who do you think you

are you ask for this

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friend I'm you

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am you

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huh hey what are you doing here oh you

have a letter I better take you back

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my country and my family have been

destroyed my mother was right it's bad

to be born into a royal family

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up

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thank you for coming sir do you have

some good news for

me the emperor is very pleased with you

he thinks you've done a marvelous job

for the Empire so he has appointed you

as commissioner of

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hob thank God long live the emperor

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North Shaolin and South Shaolin are from

the same family and every 10 years we

organize a contest between us this year

we have nominated mosan and

moang they must go through a series of

tests which are voluntary if they fail

it could mean their

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deaths in the past a lot of students

were killed during these tests so you

can imagine the difficulty therefore I

urge you to think it over if you don't

think you can pass the test there is no

shame in saying saying so we may choose

others it's up to

you student moang your decision my

privilege sir Mo what's your decision I

accept your nomination

siress budha bless them

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ah

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moang failed the test I deeply regret

this moan do you still want to try it

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is

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what

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bless you

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your honor these are the people who

won't pay their

taxes why won't you pay your

taxes don't

nonsense you don't pay your tax you

broken the

law you must pay up or you will pay with

your

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lives you pig I'm going to kill

you you got three days to pay the tax

fall let go ahead of

you hey come on down don't be

scared it's easy just watch me all

right hey wait for me

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who's sneaking around

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here father we thought we'd just come in

and see how you're doing what's wrong

you think we're thieves or something all

right come in now

how was your injury can we have a look

hey leave him maybe the flesh is still

raw you must have move the

poters brother we better leave it I feel

hot will you take it off for

me I know it's tough only you can take

that terrible

pain all right brother I'll lift it up

now

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buha bless you budha bless you

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buha bless you please tell me sir which

Monastery are you from I'm from North

Shon Temple oh I'm very glad to meet you

here Master there is something that you

could help me

with at the back of the hill is buried

an honorable man I've made a wooden post

you will find it with no problem I hope

that Master you'll help me by praying

for his

soul don't worry about it sir it'll be

my pleasure to do that thank you so much

by the way what's your name I'm mosan

Buddha bless

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you Uncle I'm going to say goodbye I'll

do everything to restore the Ming Empire

I shall take back what was rightfully

mine I promise I'll fight all the way

until I've driven the bandits

out get

him run your highness run quick

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spe

why

a a

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just a wooden tomb marker and they say

that Prince's

dead these people are too

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careless besides the emperor has two

sons you better get them both find them

and kill them remember cut out the roots

or we'll have endless trouble from them

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come on you guys don't wa time all

right's

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one

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one good hey that was pretty

good that's enough I'm tired I need a

break time really flies another know

year has gone

by hey brother how does it taste are

they sweet hey throw some down to

us oh yeah yeah sure hey this is good

trick hey look at this

H come on brother get

up don't lie around all

day okay we do it again huh

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come on what's that noise huh over

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there go take them

keep

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brother be careful

brother out

don't worry about us we'll take care of

him right right you must have let them

get away

brother teach him a

lesson I'd like to kill them they

deserve

it take him back to the

temple okay

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what up BL please give them another

chance report sir a monk has rescued the

prince and he has taken him to charin

Temple God damn it launch a search at

once of shin Temple you must find the

prince

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h a

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yeah a

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huh who is

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it

huh oh my

God bu bless you we have had assassins

here last

night brother I think we had better

report this to the Abbott

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what's happened here Buddha bless you

Abott these assassins must have been

sent by General Mah

a when did they come they came last

night we're monks the government leaves

us alone tell me moan did you cause any

trouble outside no abber I didn't cause

any trouble at all I don't understand

nonsense if you did nothing to them why

would these people come to us now I

think you must be hiding something from

us I did save a man he was injured so I

brought him back recently I have heard

that the government has been looking for

the Ming princes Ming princes

this wounded man must be the prince

they're looking for I suggest that we

send him to General maah right now to

avoid getting our Temple into

trouble what how can you say that I'm

sorry I think that mosan did the right

thing being Buddhist monks we must be

merciful and help people who are in need

that's what we have always been taught

to do as in that case Abott what do you

think we should do about this mosan

supposed to go to the South Shaolin

contest next

month but now this has happened we can

tell him to go now moan you can leave

tomorrow

morning yes abot I shall leave

tomorrow I must go and tell the prince

to leave here before I take off

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it's

slippery be careful wait for

me hurry up oh we won't catch up with

for the mo shot come on

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youu what are you doing here brother we

just

want we just want to come along with you

hey what Buddha bless bless you you want

to come with me to sell sh in yeah

yeah we're brothers a't we that's right

we must stick together and help each

other in times of trouble right and also

you see you need someone to look after

you right I've got hands and feet I

don't need anyone to look after me

yes go

back brother I told you to go back go

on wait brother brother wait wait for us

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he

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I'm so sorry what bless

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you Buddha bless bless

you

brother what's he gone I don't know

brother brother

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look at that something over here yeah

what we we better hide how do we do that

uh turn around get down oh okay

quiet Buddha bless you which Monastery

are you from Sir

oh we're from North charin Temple South

Char

Temple what are you two doing here oh

we're going to North Char temple

temple you better go back immediately

but we're brothers Sam yeah but what we

always do everything together don't

we it's just my luck go back right now

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let's go

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hey a TR SP be two BS of noodles I the

check for table four

oh please come in

sir what what's wrong are you surprised

well are we not welcome here we have

money we'll pay you you don't worry hey

come on Boss we've been standing here

for a long time get us a table

hey I'm very sorry we don't serve any

monks or

priests how come you don't serve monks H

well genten don't you see this is not a

vegetarian restaurant and the food

wouldn't shot you at all would it now

you don't eat meat right is that

right hey boss if you think that we

cannot eat meat then you're WR look at

him you know he eats at least 5 lounds

of meat at every

meal Bo if you don't believe him I can

prove it to you Buddha bless you master

don't worry Police Service will pay you

H good right Gentlemen please come with

me

yeah these monks it must be very rich

I'm going to charge them today and I'll

make a small

fortune hey down there kitchen I want

some roast chicken one roast duck some

fish and a very big pot of wine and some

pork

okay well now gentlemen here's your food

eh now we are a little expensive but the

quality is good you know you go on

huh moan a monk does not eat meat meat

arouses

desires monks eat

meat huh brother brother what's the

matter my stomach is giving me

trouble I got to go out you carry on

B boys where's the rest of

the coming coming coming please wait sir

hey two waiters are sick today and I'm

doing everything myself why does the

food take so long oh you people eat too

fast yeah but the food you bought was so

tiny the amount was so small I'm still

starving to death and I'm not full yet

master be patient I'll go check the

kitchen now can you pay me something

right

now don't worry our brother he has all

our money oh your brother who was there

he has the money well let me see your

money first and then I'll betet you

anything that you want how's that e what

huh this restaurant deals in cash we

don't give credit to

anybody oh my stomach hurts I got to go

hey sit down I know exactly what you're

trying to do you can't sneak away like

this wait here I'll go find brother

mosan when he comes back then you can go

wait wait wait wait wait wait wa wait

wait you

too what's the meaning of this eh so

you're trying to sneak up without

pain I know all about this one of you

leaves and the

others and you don't pay the bill

huh I know these tricks they're old

tricks and they've been tried on me many

times before

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come

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spee

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all you

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he

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H or me to

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I have a feeling that your temple may be

in trouble we go back and you have a

look

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good morning sir is there anything I can

do for you just tell your aot to come

here yes

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Buddha bless you General Welcome to our

Temple is there anything we can do for

you I know you're harboring a wanted

criminal

here I'm going to be straight with you

if you're smart you'll give me this man

right

now or this Temple will be destroyed

it'll be burnt to the ground General can

you please tell me that name of this

criminal shut up

search this is a holy place

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I

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let's

go May Buddha bless you

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d

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master master I'm sorry I came too late

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bu bless

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you master you've all killed because of

me I'll take revenge for

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you

prince

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prince now I see

hey will you hit me I'm

sorry he hey what's wrong with you

unfinished on well you can clean the

tables and the chairs and then go help

in the kitchen

okay

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bastard you asked for it couldn't pay a

bill so you work it off

you godamn Lacy monks one's fat and the

other's stupid come on bastard godamn

it General Mah General

M sit

down we finally got the

prince you have all the credit for this

success thank you very

much hey boss hey who's shouting for me

oh

oh I'm very sorry I didn't know it was

you gentlemen I'm sorry I'll get your

meal now that Char and tempo's been

wiped out we can all relax a lot more eh

yes

sir what a surprise this is this place

has an opera I wonder if they charge us

for it they didn't tell us about it so

they can't charge us money

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huh a monk must be a

spy please gentlemen will you stop this

I need this place for business please

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what

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well that bless you

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oh brother

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brother

brother I'm so

sorry Buddha bless

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you you died because of me it was my

fault

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thank you thank you

Beau enjoy yourselves hey you did a very

good

job me some of that time

please thank you thank you

congratulations e

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the prince has already fallen into the

Bandit's hands I heard the general ma

will take the prince to the palace and

will pass by taak so I'm planning an

ambush at TM do you understand yes yes

also when we get the prince we'll take

him to the Lee's family but in case we

fail you must be prepared to sacrifice

yourselves do you understand we'll

succeed or we'll die all right good

let's get moving now

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Buddha bless

you please have mercy sir please give

this man another chance you interfered

with us now you die get him leave

now I'll take care of

them you

need thank you we can take care of our

own business

ourselves we're not going

ha go now

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Master thanks for helping

us how are you

feeling thank you master we're feeling

much better

now tell me why do you people do

this well it is for the country for the

prince we do not mind sacrificing

ourselves

huh for the prince bad

news bad news a lot of soldiers they're

coming this way and they're searching we

must leave here

quick Master are you

there oh I'm sorry to cause you all this

trouble it's nothing at all you must be

hungry please

eat thank you

Miss oh yeah you should join me too

master you go ahead we got big

trouble General ma he's captured two of

our men we must do something and do it

quickly it's possible somebody in the

group is a spy tell me where did they

take our men I saw them heading for tet

m

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Buddha bless you you wait here I'll be

back soon you be careful

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come

on time up you should have brought that

monk's head to

me oh so I see General you don't believe

that I killed him

huh it's not a matter of believing you

something like this happened once before

you said that you buried that monk but

he may still be

alive H that's quite

impossible don't say

anymore I will go and check it out

myself

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I

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it's just what I

expected we've been cheated again you're

all a bunch of idiots but general what

do you think we should do

now I know exactly what to do with

them e

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Master how do you feel

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Now ching ching is a master awake kid

yes Dad he's

awake I'll go get him something to eat

all right Dad but you must be

careful

Miss what is our situation now General

Ma has captured all our men

General

Mah stay

there youold give us that prisoner

now I don't know what you're talking

about you know the monk from Shin Temple

where is

he I'm no idea

sir what is this tell

me tell you won't talk you old fool

arrest him go ahead

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sit

down now that we have that old man I'm

sure the monk will come looking for

him we set up a trap we're just waiting

for him that's

good what that's not a monk that's a

girl she came at the right

time don't kill the girl I want her

alive

hold

it she's quite nice I will question her

myself

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Master C

chin Buddha bless you I know everything

you better stay

here please Master please teach me Kung

Fu I must avenge all of them

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oh

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Ohan you can go now

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he

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a

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a a

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you

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Miss it's you master I've given up the

revolutionaries Miss do you know where

the second Prince is the second Prince

he's already gone South with my father

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Buddha bless you welcome General please

come to the

hall hold

it stop this nonsense give me the

man budha bless

you this Temple is a holy place there

can be no

violence they're all traitors let's kill

them all you stop or we will have to

defend ourselves

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I'm

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course

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master

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a

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to

back could he be a prince too

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hey

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die

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oh

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