1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:10,000 [English subtitles are available] 2 00:01:35,009 --> 00:01:38,000 [Episode 15] 3 00:01:38,640 --> 00:01:39,920 [Listen, all of you out there.] 4 00:01:40,240 --> 00:01:41,539 [There are no thieves here.] 5 00:01:41,620 --> 00:01:43,380 [The palace guards are here by order.] 6 00:01:43,720 --> 00:01:45,280 [Stay out of this.] 7 00:01:45,479 --> 00:01:46,280 [Step aside.] 8 00:01:46,360 --> 00:01:47,600 Lies. 9 00:01:48,039 --> 00:01:49,440 You've seen it yourselves... 10 00:01:49,520 --> 00:01:50,880 during our stake-out. 11 00:01:50,960 --> 00:01:52,620 If the palace guards are here by order, 12 00:01:52,700 --> 00:01:55,300 why are they sneaking around in plain clothes? 13 00:01:55,539 --> 00:01:57,620 They must be thieves in disguise. 14 00:01:58,200 --> 00:01:59,960 -Lord Lu. -[All of you in there,] 15 00:02:00,760 --> 00:02:02,200 you broke into a private property. 16 00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:03,760 You must be robbers. 17 00:02:03,840 --> 00:02:05,700 How dare you pretend to be palace guards? 18 00:02:06,160 --> 00:02:07,620 What audacity! 19 00:02:07,940 --> 00:02:09,020 Fire the arrows. 20 00:02:35,400 --> 00:02:36,900 Listen, all of you out there. 21 00:02:37,800 --> 00:02:40,920 I am Lu Si Ying, leader of the Palace Guards. 22 00:02:41,160 --> 00:02:42,260 I am coming out now. 23 00:02:42,640 --> 00:02:43,460 Open the door. 24 00:02:43,540 --> 00:02:44,420 -Yes. -Yes. 25 00:02:49,840 --> 00:02:51,520 Who is the official in charge? 26 00:02:52,680 --> 00:02:54,079 I am Lu Si Ying. 27 00:02:54,160 --> 00:02:56,000 This is my badge. 28 00:02:58,040 --> 00:02:59,840 You are indeed Lord Lu. 29 00:03:06,360 --> 00:03:07,420 Lord Lu, 30 00:03:08,100 --> 00:03:10,460 this is a misunderstanding. 31 00:03:10,880 --> 00:03:12,800 So it's you, Lord Liu. 32 00:03:13,400 --> 00:03:15,320 I know you and Huo family are friends. 33 00:03:15,440 --> 00:03:18,380 No way is this a misunderstanding. 34 00:03:19,180 --> 00:03:20,000 Lord Lu, 35 00:03:20,079 --> 00:03:21,400 you must be joking. 36 00:03:21,640 --> 00:03:24,200 Huo En Di died a few years ago. 37 00:03:24,280 --> 00:03:27,000 The neighbours said this mansion is haunted. 38 00:03:27,400 --> 00:03:28,960 I received a report today... 39 00:03:29,079 --> 00:03:31,320 saying that bandits are in town, 40 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:33,540 bent on pillaging and plundering. 41 00:03:33,920 --> 00:03:35,320 If I didn't try to stop it, 42 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:36,600 I wouldn't be doing my job. 43 00:03:36,840 --> 00:03:39,680 I've borrowed government troops from 30 miles away, 44 00:03:39,800 --> 00:03:41,880 but instead of bandits, 45 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:43,640 we found you, Lord Lu. 46 00:03:44,400 --> 00:03:45,240 Lord Lu, 47 00:03:45,320 --> 00:03:48,640 why are you dressed like this? 48 00:03:46,300 --> 00:03:48,500 [Huo Residence] 49 00:03:48,720 --> 00:03:50,320 Enough questions! 50 00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:51,960 My guards are injured. 51 00:03:52,040 --> 00:03:53,320 We need treatment immediately. 52 00:03:55,020 --> 00:03:56,140 Yes. 53 00:03:56,480 --> 00:03:57,360 Guards, 54 00:03:57,540 --> 00:03:58,520 take a look inside. 55 00:03:58,700 --> 00:03:59,620 -Yes. -Yes. 56 00:04:01,520 --> 00:04:04,260 [Didn't Huo Yuan Jia come back to Tianjin by himself?] 57 00:04:04,340 --> 00:04:05,200 [No.] 58 00:04:05,280 --> 00:04:07,820 [He came back with his mother, wife, children and many others.] 59 00:04:07,900 --> 00:04:08,800 [Where do they stay?] 60 00:04:08,880 --> 00:04:10,200 [At the same old place,] 61 00:04:10,280 --> 00:04:12,160 [the house you led us to during the raid.] 62 00:04:12,240 --> 00:04:14,520 [He's very brave.] 63 00:04:15,640 --> 00:04:19,120 [He's not afraid of the spirit of Huo En Di.] 64 00:04:19,620 --> 00:04:20,899 [Tell our brothers...] 65 00:04:21,160 --> 00:04:22,790 [to dress in plain clothes tonight,] 66 00:04:22,960 --> 00:04:24,360 [I want to kill them!] 67 00:04:26,560 --> 00:04:27,440 Lord Liu, 68 00:04:27,840 --> 00:04:28,920 please help my master. 69 00:04:29,440 --> 00:04:31,360 You must uphold justice for the Huo family. 70 00:04:32,840 --> 00:04:34,320 Stand up, my lord. 71 00:04:34,700 --> 00:04:35,659 Stand up. 72 00:04:38,240 --> 00:04:39,080 Mr. Nong, 73 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:41,159 I was going to help at first. 74 00:04:41,280 --> 00:04:43,520 The government signed an agreement with the westerners. 75 00:04:43,640 --> 00:04:46,680 No troops shall be stationed within 10 km of Tianjin. 76 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:49,000 I don't have any troops on hand. 77 00:04:49,080 --> 00:04:49,880 My lord, 78 00:04:49,960 --> 00:04:52,880 I have a fellow villager who works in an army camp 15 km from here. 79 00:04:53,260 --> 00:04:54,659 We can ask him for help. 80 00:04:56,280 --> 00:04:58,280 The imperial army fighting against palace guards? 81 00:04:59,480 --> 00:05:00,740 That's not going to fly. 82 00:05:01,140 --> 00:05:02,180 You worry too much. 83 00:05:02,440 --> 00:05:04,120 The government has pardoned Yuan Jia. 84 00:05:04,280 --> 00:05:06,480 Lu Si Ying is only out for vengeance. 85 00:05:06,560 --> 00:05:07,960 He wouldn't wear official clothes. 86 00:05:08,040 --> 00:05:09,990 Only bandits enter private property at night. 87 00:05:10,080 --> 00:05:13,360 Rallying troops to protect Tianjin's safety... 88 00:05:13,480 --> 00:05:15,600 is something the imperial government can get behind. 89 00:05:20,240 --> 00:05:22,520 He killed innocent people indiscriminately two years ago. 90 00:05:22,600 --> 00:05:24,060 He was afraid I'd stand in his way, 91 00:05:24,340 --> 00:05:26,260 He kidnapped me. 92 00:05:26,400 --> 00:05:30,660 I've been holding this grudge for two years. 93 00:05:31,800 --> 00:05:33,760 We'll beat him at his own game this time. 94 00:05:34,640 --> 00:05:35,920 Since the Boxer Rebellion, 95 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:38,400 there had been no government office in Tianjin. 96 00:05:38,560 --> 00:05:40,360 But now, the local office has been set up... 97 00:05:40,440 --> 00:05:42,880 and I have been reinstated. 98 00:05:44,560 --> 00:05:46,860 I won't allow Lu Si Ying... 99 00:05:46,940 --> 00:05:49,880 to wreak havoc in the name of the imperial government. 100 00:05:51,680 --> 00:05:54,480 [Land God Temple] 101 00:05:59,740 --> 00:06:00,620 How did it go? 102 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:03,840 Mr. Nong's brilliant strategy worked. 103 00:06:03,920 --> 00:06:06,680 Ying Si has been dealt with. 104 00:06:06,960 --> 00:06:08,720 How I wish I was there. 105 00:06:08,800 --> 00:06:11,620 I could've taken his life with a dart. 106 00:06:11,700 --> 00:06:12,540 What did you say? 107 00:06:13,420 --> 00:06:15,370 When did you learn to use concealed weapons? 108 00:06:16,120 --> 00:06:18,060 No, Brother Zhen Sheng, 109 00:06:18,140 --> 00:06:19,040 I didn't. 110 00:06:19,120 --> 00:06:20,880 I was only trying it with Sha Yan for fun. 111 00:06:20,960 --> 00:06:22,540 Don't tell Master. 112 00:06:23,900 --> 00:06:24,980 Mr. Nong. 113 00:06:28,200 --> 00:06:29,680 How did it go, Mr. Nong? 114 00:06:29,920 --> 00:06:30,720 Mrs. Huo, 115 00:06:31,040 --> 00:06:33,400 you can go home with Yuan Jia's mother and the children. 116 00:06:33,480 --> 00:06:35,000 After what happened last night, 117 00:06:35,080 --> 00:06:36,480 your home is safe. 118 00:06:36,840 --> 00:06:37,960 Thank you, Mr. Nong. 119 00:06:38,560 --> 00:06:39,360 What about... 120 00:06:39,760 --> 00:06:41,000 Yuan Jia? 121 00:06:41,120 --> 00:06:42,840 When can you rescue him? 122 00:06:45,640 --> 00:06:46,440 As for that, 123 00:06:48,240 --> 00:06:49,460 I am still thinking. 124 00:06:50,440 --> 00:06:51,880 Don't you worry. 125 00:06:52,240 --> 00:06:55,200 Perhaps when Lady Sha comes back from Dong'guang with the testimonial, 126 00:06:55,520 --> 00:06:56,620 it'd be easier. 127 00:07:03,340 --> 00:07:04,530 [Dong'guang District Office] 128 00:07:11,960 --> 00:07:14,000 Brother, that was quick. 129 00:07:14,340 --> 00:07:16,940 You sent a pigeon post. I assume it's urgent. 130 00:07:18,600 --> 00:07:19,400 Let's go. 131 00:07:21,840 --> 00:07:24,240 He thinks too highly of himself. 132 00:07:24,520 --> 00:07:26,160 You shouldn't help people like him. 133 00:07:26,560 --> 00:07:28,000 Don't say that about my master. 134 00:07:29,200 --> 00:07:30,040 What did you say? 135 00:07:30,880 --> 00:07:32,680 Huo Yuan Jia is now your master? 136 00:07:32,840 --> 00:07:33,640 Yes. 137 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:39,100 Are you crazy? 138 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:42,360 My master is the Hero of Tianjin and a great martial artist. 139 00:07:42,440 --> 00:07:43,840 He's better than Big Sword Wang Wu. 140 00:07:43,920 --> 00:07:45,600 What's wrong with being his student? 141 00:07:46,040 --> 00:07:47,960 Don't you want to marry Huo Yuan Jia? 142 00:07:48,040 --> 00:07:50,380 Now that he's your master, how are you going to marry him? 143 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:53,840 Mrs. Huo is an extraordinary woman. 144 00:07:54,400 --> 00:07:56,120 No one compares to her. 145 00:07:56,200 --> 00:07:57,000 I... 146 00:07:58,720 --> 00:08:00,440 I was too naive. 147 00:08:00,800 --> 00:08:03,140 Let's talk business. 148 00:08:07,080 --> 00:08:08,960 Any news from Tianjin? 149 00:08:09,320 --> 00:08:10,120 Yes. 150 00:08:10,480 --> 00:08:12,200 Huo Yuan Jia has been arrested. 151 00:08:14,840 --> 00:08:16,280 That's good. 152 00:08:16,400 --> 00:08:19,180 But it wasn't Lord Lu who arrested him. 153 00:08:19,320 --> 00:08:20,760 He was captured by the westerners. 154 00:08:21,440 --> 00:08:22,680 What's the difference? 155 00:08:23,440 --> 00:08:25,800 Lord Lu is on good terms with the westerners. 156 00:08:26,120 --> 00:08:28,920 Lord Lu can get anything done through them. 157 00:08:29,520 --> 00:08:31,720 I can sit back and relax. 158 00:08:32,480 --> 00:08:34,000 Huo Yuan Jia... 159 00:08:34,440 --> 00:08:35,740 is doomed. 160 00:08:37,520 --> 00:08:39,960 I feel relieved. 161 00:08:40,559 --> 00:08:42,880 The last batch of opium... 162 00:08:43,350 --> 00:08:46,680 had cost me many years' worth of savings. 163 00:08:47,440 --> 00:08:49,820 To think I'd make a killing from it, 164 00:08:50,400 --> 00:08:52,060 give a cut to the higher-ups, 165 00:08:52,520 --> 00:08:55,540 have them put in a good word for me to the Empress Dowager, 166 00:08:55,720 --> 00:08:57,280 and receive a promotion. 167 00:08:57,720 --> 00:09:00,680 But thanks to Huo Yuan Jia, everything is ruined. 168 00:09:04,020 --> 00:09:05,740 All right, you may go now. 169 00:09:06,120 --> 00:09:08,180 With him gone, 170 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:12,120 I can finally sleep at night. 171 00:09:13,100 --> 00:09:13,900 Yes. 172 00:09:53,720 --> 00:09:55,080 Who are you? 173 00:09:55,360 --> 00:09:57,360 You dare to assassinate an official? 174 00:09:59,240 --> 00:10:01,240 You're questioning me? 175 00:10:01,540 --> 00:10:03,580 You think you are so big? 176 00:10:04,720 --> 00:10:05,600 Sister. 177 00:10:08,360 --> 00:10:11,840 Please let me go. 178 00:10:11,920 --> 00:10:13,500 That's more like it. 179 00:10:14,040 --> 00:10:16,000 Come down, Sister. 180 00:10:16,280 --> 00:10:18,600 The magistrate knows he's licked. 181 00:10:20,880 --> 00:10:22,520 Please forgive me. 182 00:10:22,960 --> 00:10:24,520 Please forgive me, young lady. 183 00:10:26,560 --> 00:10:31,300 I've heard everything you told your men just now. 184 00:10:31,800 --> 00:10:33,280 Don't try to weasel your way out. 185 00:10:33,680 --> 00:10:36,080 Of course not... I wouldn't dare... 186 00:10:36,160 --> 00:10:39,260 I didn't mean to harm Huo Yuan Jia. 187 00:10:39,340 --> 00:10:40,760 When your opium was burnt, 188 00:10:40,840 --> 00:10:42,840 you lost your money and your promotion. 189 00:10:42,960 --> 00:10:44,800 That's why you framed my master. 190 00:10:45,320 --> 00:10:47,020 Write down your confession now, 191 00:10:47,160 --> 00:10:49,080 or I'll strangle you to death. 192 00:10:49,160 --> 00:10:50,320 No, 193 00:10:50,600 --> 00:10:52,520 it's not like that. 194 00:10:52,600 --> 00:10:54,760 I acted on official orders. 195 00:10:54,840 --> 00:10:56,080 Don't you deny it. 196 00:11:09,880 --> 00:11:10,680 Acted by order? 197 00:11:10,880 --> 00:11:11,960 By whose order? 198 00:11:12,120 --> 00:11:14,600 A high-ranking official wanted you to frame Huo Yuan Jia? 199 00:11:16,520 --> 00:11:17,700 Yes, 200 00:11:18,440 --> 00:11:20,540 high-ranking official from the capital. 201 00:11:24,920 --> 00:11:26,400 [Where's the high-ranking official?] 202 00:11:26,480 --> 00:11:27,380 [He's inside.] 203 00:11:31,440 --> 00:11:34,080 [Xue Xue, magistrate of Dong'guang, at your service, my lord.] 204 00:11:43,200 --> 00:11:45,320 Leader of palace guards Lu Si Ying, 205 00:11:45,720 --> 00:11:47,480 you're a disgrace to the martial world. 206 00:11:47,560 --> 00:11:49,520 Master went into hiding in Dong'guang, 207 00:11:49,600 --> 00:11:51,600 living off the land in the valley... 208 00:11:51,920 --> 00:11:53,480 just to avoid Ying Si. 209 00:11:53,760 --> 00:11:55,360 For an imperial government official, 210 00:11:55,560 --> 00:11:57,000 he's downright unscrupulous. 211 00:11:57,500 --> 00:11:58,900 You sound surprised. 212 00:11:59,200 --> 00:12:00,040 Have you forgotten? 213 00:12:00,200 --> 00:12:02,880 Our parents were killed by those officials. 214 00:12:03,080 --> 00:12:06,240 Those crooks would do anything. 215 00:12:06,320 --> 00:12:07,680 They deserve to die. 216 00:12:08,520 --> 00:12:11,120 I am not that kind of person. 217 00:12:11,400 --> 00:12:15,400 Please spare my life. Let me go. 218 00:12:15,480 --> 00:12:18,200 If you want me to spare your life, tell me the truth. 219 00:12:19,800 --> 00:12:20,640 Yes. 220 00:12:21,600 --> 00:12:23,720 Yes, all right. 221 00:12:26,920 --> 00:12:28,300 [I am Xue Xue,] 222 00:12:28,560 --> 00:12:30,920 [magistrate of Dong'guang District, Hejian Prefecture.] 223 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:34,680 [Since taking office, I've served my district with integrity...] 224 00:12:34,760 --> 00:12:36,440 [for the past 20 years.] 225 00:12:36,720 --> 00:12:40,360 [The Boxer Rebellion caused fear amongst the officials and the people.] 226 00:12:40,440 --> 00:12:42,240 [While many officials abandoned their post,] 227 00:12:42,320 --> 00:12:46,000 [I amassed money and commodities in preparation for the worst.] 228 00:12:46,160 --> 00:12:48,460 [I labelled opium as official goods...] 229 00:12:48,540 --> 00:12:51,320 [and had it smuggled to Shouyang for personal gain,] 230 00:12:51,400 --> 00:12:54,880 [all the while using Huo Yuan Jia as the scapegoat.] 231 00:12:55,040 --> 00:12:57,520 [Upon his return to Tianjin,] 232 00:12:57,600 --> 00:13:00,200 [I forged seditious poems and famous paintings...] 233 00:13:00,280 --> 00:13:01,760 [to frame him once again.] 234 00:13:01,840 --> 00:13:04,200 [I am but a man of letters.] 235 00:13:04,320 --> 00:13:06,440 [I was blinded by Hu Liu...] 236 00:13:06,520 --> 00:13:08,960 [and threatened by Lu Si Ying.] 237 00:13:09,040 --> 00:13:11,560 [Looking back at my actions fills me with deep regret.] 238 00:13:11,640 --> 00:13:13,600 [I implore your honour to heed my confession...] 239 00:13:13,680 --> 00:13:16,960 [and clear Master Huo's name.] 240 00:13:17,320 --> 00:13:20,060 [I swear that this statement is nothing but the truth.] 241 00:13:20,600 --> 00:13:22,440 [Signed, Xue Xue.] 242 00:13:26,400 --> 00:13:27,480 Put your thumbprint. 243 00:13:47,440 --> 00:13:49,600 Thank you for not killing me. 244 00:13:49,680 --> 00:13:52,720 I am truly repentant for what I've done. 245 00:13:53,220 --> 00:13:57,080 If necessary, I'm willing to come along to Tianjin... 246 00:13:57,160 --> 00:14:00,400 to secure Huo Yuan Jia's release. 247 00:14:05,380 --> 00:14:08,380 You've given your confession and seem genuinely sorry. 248 00:14:08,780 --> 00:14:10,280 I'll spare your life. 249 00:14:10,880 --> 00:14:13,260 Thank you, thank you! 250 00:14:13,440 --> 00:14:14,280 Let's go, Brother. 251 00:14:22,400 --> 00:14:24,540 Guards, arrest the bandits. 252 00:14:24,620 --> 00:14:26,060 Don't let them run away. 253 00:14:26,140 --> 00:14:26,960 Quick! 254 00:14:31,440 --> 00:14:33,560 Xue Xue, you scoundrel! 255 00:14:33,640 --> 00:14:35,040 These bandits are lawless. 256 00:14:35,120 --> 00:14:37,080 They forced me to write a confession letter. 257 00:14:37,160 --> 00:14:39,000 Kill them at all costs! 258 00:14:39,080 --> 00:14:40,520 Restore order to the country! 259 00:14:41,200 --> 00:14:42,440 Kill them. 260 00:15:20,280 --> 00:15:21,640 Why did you kill him? 261 00:15:21,720 --> 00:15:24,100 No point keeping a crooked official alive. 262 00:15:24,440 --> 00:15:25,620 You fool! 263 00:15:25,700 --> 00:15:27,940 Now that he's dead, his testimony is useless. 264 00:15:28,600 --> 00:15:30,040 Guards, come quick. 265 00:15:30,120 --> 00:15:32,260 The magistrate has been assassinated. 266 00:15:32,720 --> 00:15:33,540 Guards, 267 00:15:33,620 --> 00:15:35,140 -catch the murderer. -Let's go. 268 00:15:35,240 --> 00:15:36,320 Guards! 269 00:15:36,440 --> 00:15:37,540 Guards! 270 00:15:40,320 --> 00:15:41,120 Quick. 271 00:15:42,280 --> 00:15:43,080 What? 272 00:15:49,280 --> 00:15:52,360 I saw that you're a seasoned fighter. A girl fighter, even. 273 00:15:52,440 --> 00:15:54,440 I thought you were scrupulous enough for the task. 274 00:15:54,520 --> 00:15:56,200 -But you... -Mr. Nong, 275 00:15:56,280 --> 00:15:59,000 My sister feels guilty enough. Stop blaming her. 276 00:16:03,880 --> 00:16:04,680 Brother Sha, 277 00:16:05,160 --> 00:16:06,240 if that's how you feel, 278 00:16:06,320 --> 00:16:08,620 please take your sister and leave Tianjin. 279 00:16:09,440 --> 00:16:10,270 Why? 280 00:16:10,960 --> 00:16:13,260 We have just arrived and you want us to leave immediately? 281 00:16:13,400 --> 00:16:16,040 The assassination of Dong'guang's magistrate will be reported. 282 00:16:16,200 --> 00:16:19,080 If you are seen in Tianjin, 283 00:16:19,160 --> 00:16:20,560 you'll implicate Yuan Jia. 284 00:16:21,040 --> 00:16:22,120 If that happens, 285 00:16:22,360 --> 00:16:25,360 even the most powerful person in the country can't save him. 286 00:16:26,040 --> 00:16:27,040 I'm not leaving. 287 00:16:27,800 --> 00:16:28,720 You're not leaving? 288 00:16:28,800 --> 00:16:30,320 You should've known better. 289 00:16:30,400 --> 00:16:32,360 You shouldn't have stayed with Yuan Jia. 290 00:16:32,440 --> 00:16:34,120 You even brought your brother here. 291 00:16:34,200 --> 00:16:37,100 Do you really want Huo Yuan Jia and his family dead? 292 00:16:37,660 --> 00:16:38,820 What did you say? 293 00:16:39,640 --> 00:16:41,720 Chief, don't take it too seriously, 294 00:16:41,800 --> 00:16:43,320 He's just concerned about my master. 295 00:16:43,720 --> 00:16:45,920 Don't worry, Mr. Nong. 296 00:16:52,440 --> 00:16:53,800 I made a mistake. 297 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:56,360 I'll rescue master even if it means sacrificing my life. 298 00:16:56,920 --> 00:16:58,400 You didn't do anything wrong. 299 00:16:58,480 --> 00:16:59,640 The official was cunning. 300 00:16:59,720 --> 00:17:01,720 You killed him by mistake. It's not your fault. 301 00:17:01,800 --> 00:17:04,480 If I were you, I might not even get his confession. 302 00:17:04,920 --> 00:17:05,880 If you ask me, 303 00:17:05,960 --> 00:17:07,880 what's done is done. Let's go all the way. 304 00:17:07,960 --> 00:17:09,359 Since Chief Sha is here, 305 00:17:09,440 --> 00:17:10,520 you make the call. 306 00:17:10,599 --> 00:17:11,480 We'll follow you. 307 00:17:11,560 --> 00:17:13,880 Let's break into prison and fight our way out of Tianjin. 308 00:17:13,960 --> 00:17:15,960 We'll go back to Shishanli Mound... 309 00:17:16,040 --> 00:17:18,760 and live our lives in comfort... 310 00:17:18,839 --> 00:17:20,440 and total freedom. 311 00:17:27,630 --> 00:17:30,520 Mrs. Huo, we've failed in our mission. 312 00:17:30,910 --> 00:17:32,340 Please forgive us. 313 00:17:32,520 --> 00:17:34,080 Please don't feel bad. 314 00:17:34,160 --> 00:17:37,800 You have risked your lives to obtain this confession letter. 315 00:17:37,880 --> 00:17:38,720 It wasn't easy. 316 00:17:39,440 --> 00:17:41,640 We are grateful to you. 317 00:17:43,400 --> 00:17:44,320 Sister. 318 00:17:44,640 --> 00:17:45,440 Yan Zi, 319 00:17:45,840 --> 00:17:46,960 don't blame yourself. 320 00:17:47,400 --> 00:17:50,000 It was a big job for someone your age. 321 00:17:50,160 --> 00:17:51,840 There's bound to be mistakes. 322 00:17:52,380 --> 00:17:56,180 Besides, Xue Xue was cunning. 323 00:17:56,520 --> 00:17:59,640 If I knew martial arts, maybe I'd have killed him, too. 324 00:18:03,960 --> 00:18:05,800 However, Mr. Nong is right. 325 00:18:06,200 --> 00:18:08,840 Once news of Xue Xue's assassination reaches Tianjin, 326 00:18:09,240 --> 00:18:11,200 both of you will be in danger. 327 00:18:12,520 --> 00:18:13,920 I can't leave, Sister. 328 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:15,400 Master is still in prison. 329 00:18:15,680 --> 00:18:16,840 Rest assured, 330 00:18:17,020 --> 00:18:19,020 we'll come up with something. 331 00:18:19,100 --> 00:18:20,640 Mr. Nong is very capable. 332 00:18:20,720 --> 00:18:22,940 He'll be able to rescue Yuan Jia. 333 00:18:25,560 --> 00:18:26,420 Sha Yan, 334 00:18:27,760 --> 00:18:28,980 Mrs. Huo is right. 335 00:18:29,080 --> 00:18:30,640 Think of your brother. 336 00:18:30,720 --> 00:18:32,600 He has his brethren at Shishanli Mound. 337 00:18:32,680 --> 00:18:34,640 We can't keep him in Tianjin where its dangerous. 338 00:18:35,900 --> 00:18:36,740 Sister, 339 00:18:37,560 --> 00:18:39,780 do you really want me to say it? 340 00:18:40,640 --> 00:18:41,840 We are bandits. 341 00:18:42,200 --> 00:18:43,460 We have killed a man. 342 00:18:43,560 --> 00:18:45,040 We are of no help if we stay. 343 00:18:45,120 --> 00:18:46,820 We might even implicate Yuan Jia's family. 344 00:18:47,840 --> 00:18:48,660 Goodbye. 345 00:18:51,520 --> 00:18:53,980 I will send her off. 346 00:18:56,360 --> 00:18:58,400 Ah Fa, send them off on my behalf. 347 00:18:58,720 --> 00:19:00,200 I was harsh to them. 348 00:19:00,740 --> 00:19:02,520 Please apologise to them for me. 349 00:19:02,600 --> 00:19:03,600 Yes, Uncle. 350 00:19:06,520 --> 00:19:08,160 Madam, I know you have a big heart. 351 00:19:08,600 --> 00:19:11,280 The Sha siblings are not to be blamed. 352 00:19:11,600 --> 00:19:14,280 The confession is useless as Xue Xue is dead. 353 00:19:14,880 --> 00:19:18,040 It's harder to rescue Master now. 354 00:19:18,360 --> 00:19:19,380 Yes. 355 00:19:19,680 --> 00:19:22,700 Bertrand the French Consul is a tough nut to crack. 356 00:19:23,280 --> 00:19:24,260 I wonder... 357 00:19:24,400 --> 00:19:25,740 what he really wants? 358 00:19:30,480 --> 00:19:31,420 Mr. Bertrand. 359 00:19:33,080 --> 00:19:34,060 Excellent. 360 00:19:35,440 --> 00:19:36,580 Good, Mr. Bertrand. 361 00:19:36,920 --> 00:19:37,940 Nice one. 362 00:19:38,880 --> 00:19:39,740 Good. 363 00:19:49,800 --> 00:19:51,480 Excellent, Mr. Bertrand. 364 00:19:51,960 --> 00:19:52,820 Excellent. 365 00:19:55,860 --> 00:19:58,640 When I asked you to fight me, you refused. 366 00:19:58,960 --> 00:20:01,640 When I gave you food, you turned your nose up at it. 367 00:20:01,840 --> 00:20:02,640 Did you know... 368 00:20:02,840 --> 00:20:06,480 your meal is identical to mine? 369 00:20:07,420 --> 00:20:09,820 Thank you for your hospitality. 370 00:20:10,480 --> 00:20:11,440 But I am innocent. 371 00:20:11,840 --> 00:20:13,520 Please let me go. 372 00:20:13,880 --> 00:20:15,800 Why are you in such a hurry? 373 00:20:17,020 --> 00:20:18,220 Do you miss your wife? 374 00:20:18,840 --> 00:20:19,880 That's no problem. 375 00:20:20,040 --> 00:20:21,380 -Chang De Li. -Yes. 376 00:20:21,600 --> 00:20:23,360 Did you find Huo Yuan Jia's address? 377 00:20:23,600 --> 00:20:24,660 Yes, I found it. 378 00:20:24,960 --> 00:20:25,800 Good. 379 00:20:26,080 --> 00:20:27,600 Bring his wife here, 380 00:20:28,040 --> 00:20:30,680 -so that he lives with ease. -Yes. 381 00:20:30,760 --> 00:20:32,040 You fiend! 382 00:20:32,240 --> 00:20:35,180 Why did you lock me up, Bertrand? 383 00:20:36,040 --> 00:20:37,760 You were caught by the police. 384 00:20:38,420 --> 00:20:40,820 An 11-year-old boy was murdered. 385 00:20:41,440 --> 00:20:43,040 You are a suspect. 386 00:20:43,480 --> 00:20:45,600 Xiao Wu is my disciple. 387 00:20:45,800 --> 00:20:47,680 He was killed by Lu Si Ying, 388 00:20:47,760 --> 00:20:50,880 in the French Concession, no less! 389 00:20:50,960 --> 00:20:52,800 Why don't you shoot him to death? 390 00:20:53,120 --> 00:20:54,820 Why interrogate me? 391 00:20:56,420 --> 00:20:57,540 About that... 392 00:20:58,380 --> 00:21:00,500 Although I hate that guy, 393 00:21:01,460 --> 00:21:04,300 he is an imperial official nonetheless. 394 00:21:07,600 --> 00:21:09,840 So, the westerner bullies the weak and fears the strong. 395 00:21:10,120 --> 00:21:11,800 You are afraid of government officials, 396 00:21:11,980 --> 00:21:14,180 but you'll capture peasants like me. 397 00:21:14,400 --> 00:21:15,200 He... 398 00:21:15,920 --> 00:21:17,740 You Chinese have a saying, 399 00:21:18,160 --> 00:21:21,720 "to bite the hand that feeds you." 400 00:21:22,800 --> 00:21:23,940 Has it occurred to you... 401 00:21:24,320 --> 00:21:26,760 that were you not in here... 402 00:21:27,120 --> 00:21:28,840 but outside of the French Concession, 403 00:21:29,160 --> 00:21:30,320 what would happen to you? 404 00:21:31,600 --> 00:21:33,620 Your Chinese boxing skills may be impressive, 405 00:21:33,800 --> 00:21:35,760 but can you beat the palace guards? 406 00:21:36,080 --> 00:21:37,280 They have guns. 407 00:21:37,640 --> 00:21:40,280 They've bought terrifying weapons from us. 408 00:21:44,040 --> 00:21:45,320 Open the gate. 409 00:21:49,840 --> 00:21:50,720 Mr. Bertrand, 410 00:21:50,800 --> 00:21:51,680 please. 411 00:21:51,760 --> 00:21:53,240 Stand further away. 412 00:21:53,880 --> 00:21:55,920 Mr. Bertrand, 413 00:21:56,360 --> 00:21:58,280 please be careful. 414 00:21:58,520 --> 00:22:00,380 I know. Stay further away. 415 00:22:01,560 --> 00:22:02,680 All right, further away. 416 00:22:03,560 --> 00:22:04,400 Further away. 417 00:22:17,920 --> 00:22:20,280 Huo Yuan Jia, I admire you. 418 00:22:20,440 --> 00:22:22,120 You should know that. 419 00:22:23,840 --> 00:22:25,260 Thank you, 420 00:22:25,800 --> 00:22:28,320 but I only want to be free. 421 00:22:28,600 --> 00:22:30,600 Please let me go. 422 00:22:33,160 --> 00:22:34,960 Come with me to France. 423 00:22:36,280 --> 00:22:37,160 What? 424 00:22:37,320 --> 00:22:39,100 If you miss your wife, 425 00:22:39,240 --> 00:22:40,200 bring her along, 426 00:22:40,440 --> 00:22:44,160 together with your mother and relatives. 427 00:22:45,240 --> 00:22:46,600 I don't understand what you mean. 428 00:22:46,680 --> 00:22:48,880 You are a great Chinese boxer. 429 00:22:48,960 --> 00:22:50,280 But over here, 430 00:22:51,680 --> 00:22:52,760 your talent is not a gift, 431 00:22:52,840 --> 00:22:54,340 but a dangerous curse. 432 00:22:54,680 --> 00:22:56,680 It would be different in Paris. 433 00:22:57,160 --> 00:22:58,840 It's the capital of the world. 434 00:22:58,920 --> 00:23:01,300 All the world's aristocrats and elites are there. 435 00:23:01,480 --> 00:23:03,320 They love music, 436 00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:04,840 theatre, 437 00:23:05,480 --> 00:23:07,480 and competition, 438 00:23:07,800 --> 00:23:10,720 especially boxing competition. 439 00:23:12,480 --> 00:23:16,180 I'll make you a superstar in Paris. 440 00:23:16,480 --> 00:23:19,600 Nobody would expect, 441 00:23:19,960 --> 00:23:23,560 a Chinese man like you to be such an excellent boxer. 442 00:23:23,640 --> 00:23:25,480 And you are good looking. 443 00:23:25,560 --> 00:23:28,920 I'm sure the noble women will love you. 444 00:23:31,640 --> 00:23:34,100 Please do not insult my integrity. 445 00:23:36,680 --> 00:23:37,800 I'm not. 446 00:23:37,960 --> 00:23:39,560 It's for your own good. 447 00:23:39,680 --> 00:23:41,560 You are a rebel to them. 448 00:23:41,680 --> 00:23:43,640 Lu Si Ying has the evidence to prove it. 449 00:23:44,280 --> 00:23:45,640 The minute you step out of here... 450 00:23:45,840 --> 00:23:47,760 you will be arrested... 451 00:23:47,920 --> 00:23:49,400 and sentence to death. 452 00:23:49,680 --> 00:23:51,120 I am saving you. 453 00:23:51,200 --> 00:23:52,680 Don't you want to thank me? 454 00:23:59,800 --> 00:24:01,340 Go to Paris with me. 455 00:24:01,420 --> 00:24:02,560 Become a French national. 456 00:24:02,640 --> 00:24:04,860 You can come back a few years later. 457 00:24:05,040 --> 00:24:08,440 By that time, Lu Si Ying will have to look up to you... 458 00:24:08,600 --> 00:24:10,640 and address you as "my lord". 459 00:24:21,040 --> 00:24:23,320 I am a Chinese. 460 00:24:24,120 --> 00:24:26,040 Even if I die unjustly, 461 00:24:26,280 --> 00:24:28,240 my body shall lay buried in China. 462 00:24:29,040 --> 00:24:33,320 I'll not leave my country just to survive. 463 00:24:45,760 --> 00:24:47,840 Yuan Jia's name must be cleared. 464 00:24:52,270 --> 00:24:54,670 [Confession] 465 00:24:52,840 --> 00:24:54,000 Xue Xue may be dead, 466 00:24:54,080 --> 00:24:56,400 but the imperial government can't ignore his confession. 467 00:24:59,240 --> 00:25:01,260 I am going to the capital to appeal to the emperor. 468 00:25:12,280 --> 00:25:13,120 Sister, 469 00:25:14,160 --> 00:25:15,800 please take care of Dong Jue. 470 00:25:17,480 --> 00:25:18,920 When will you be back? 471 00:25:19,200 --> 00:25:20,240 The soonest in ten days, 472 00:25:20,480 --> 00:25:21,440 latest in two weeks. 473 00:25:21,720 --> 00:25:24,180 What should I do if he's hungry? 474 00:25:26,920 --> 00:25:29,880 Please boil some congee for him. 475 00:25:30,720 --> 00:25:32,620 What if he wouldn't eat? 476 00:25:34,320 --> 00:25:37,320 When he's hungry, he will eat naturally. 477 00:25:37,880 --> 00:25:38,840 Sister. 478 00:25:39,160 --> 00:25:40,240 Sister. 479 00:25:41,920 --> 00:25:43,720 Must you go? 480 00:25:44,720 --> 00:25:45,680 I must. 481 00:25:46,360 --> 00:25:47,800 As long as there is hope, 482 00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:49,600 I must try. 483 00:25:51,920 --> 00:25:52,880 Sister, 484 00:25:53,920 --> 00:25:55,880 I am not as capable as you. 485 00:25:58,720 --> 00:25:59,920 Don't cry, Sister. 486 00:26:00,640 --> 00:26:02,560 Especially not in front of mother. 487 00:26:14,240 --> 00:26:16,370 [Honourable and Guileless] 488 00:26:17,160 --> 00:26:19,320 Madam, why don't I go instead? 489 00:26:19,720 --> 00:26:21,960 It's a tough journey. You might not be able to stand it. 490 00:26:22,120 --> 00:26:24,560 Besides, if you leave now, 491 00:26:24,720 --> 00:26:26,360 Dong Jue will go hungry without your milk. 492 00:26:26,680 --> 00:26:27,720 You can't go. 493 00:26:28,040 --> 00:26:29,440 This house needs a man. 494 00:26:29,520 --> 00:26:30,600 Madam, 495 00:26:32,080 --> 00:26:34,040 I can't be the man of the house. 496 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:37,920 Zhen Sheng, 497 00:26:38,720 --> 00:26:40,360 Ying Si is a cruel man. 498 00:26:40,680 --> 00:26:42,400 He'll come to kill us anytime. 499 00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:44,880 You must take up the responsibility. 500 00:26:46,280 --> 00:26:48,040 The safety of grandmother and the children... 501 00:26:48,200 --> 00:26:49,720 are now in your hands. 502 00:26:50,720 --> 00:26:51,560 Madam, 503 00:26:51,800 --> 00:26:53,120 if Brother Zhen Sheng can't go, 504 00:26:53,280 --> 00:26:54,540 I'll go in your place. 505 00:26:54,620 --> 00:26:57,160 Have you forgotten about me? 506 00:26:58,040 --> 00:26:59,960 Give me Xue Xue's confession... 507 00:27:00,040 --> 00:27:01,740 and I'll take it to the Forbidden City. 508 00:27:02,480 --> 00:27:03,360 Zhen Sheng, 509 00:27:03,840 --> 00:27:05,340 take care of your younger brothers. 510 00:27:05,780 --> 00:27:07,180 Especially Gao Qi. 511 00:27:08,240 --> 00:27:10,080 Don't let him leave the house. 512 00:27:10,320 --> 00:27:11,160 Yes. 513 00:27:11,340 --> 00:27:12,260 Madam. 514 00:27:12,580 --> 00:27:13,780 What is wrong with me? 515 00:27:15,960 --> 00:27:17,840 Your master has been wrongly accused. 516 00:27:18,400 --> 00:27:20,600 We don't want any more trouble. 517 00:27:21,240 --> 00:27:22,680 You master told me before... 518 00:27:22,760 --> 00:27:25,520 that you are smart, but you won't hesitate to kill, 519 00:27:25,600 --> 00:27:26,640 and are prone to trouble. 520 00:27:26,720 --> 00:27:28,720 That's why I can't allow you to go out. 521 00:27:28,800 --> 00:27:31,280 Madam, I won't get into trouble. 522 00:27:31,360 --> 00:27:34,080 It's safer for me to go to the capital. 523 00:27:37,200 --> 00:27:39,120 It's obvious that you're a trained fighter. 524 00:27:39,400 --> 00:27:40,880 Your demeanour is very telling. 525 00:27:41,240 --> 00:27:43,960 They are looking for Xue Xue's assassin. 526 00:27:44,080 --> 00:27:46,800 If they catch you and indict you, you'll lose your head. 527 00:27:47,260 --> 00:27:48,900 How could I face Yuan Jia, then? 528 00:27:51,020 --> 00:27:52,260 Listen to me, 529 00:27:52,720 --> 00:27:53,860 stay at home. 530 00:27:54,360 --> 00:27:56,760 Help Zhen Sheng to take care of grandmother and the children. 531 00:27:56,840 --> 00:27:57,640 But... 532 00:27:59,160 --> 00:28:00,920 who will drive you? 533 00:28:01,280 --> 00:28:03,760 I've asked Da You to prepare the carriage. 534 00:28:26,750 --> 00:28:27,550 Da You. 535 00:28:30,240 --> 00:28:32,760 We can't afford to have any more trouble. 536 00:28:32,840 --> 00:28:33,960 Be careful. 537 00:28:34,200 --> 00:28:36,240 Take care of Mrs. Huo. 538 00:28:36,440 --> 00:28:39,040 The capital is dangerous. Be extremely careful. 539 00:28:39,120 --> 00:28:40,200 Don't act stupidly. 540 00:28:40,640 --> 00:28:42,400 If anything happens to Mrs. Huo, 541 00:28:42,480 --> 00:28:43,800 I won't forgive you. 542 00:28:44,360 --> 00:28:46,480 Don't worry, Brother Zhen Sheng and Brother Gao Qi. 543 00:28:50,310 --> 00:28:51,110 Come on. 544 00:29:06,320 --> 00:29:09,880 It's been two days and my neck still feels broken. 545 00:29:13,600 --> 00:29:17,040 I want him to die a painful death. 546 00:29:17,520 --> 00:29:20,360 Only then will I feel better. 547 00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:25,240 As long as Huo Yuan Jia is living, 548 00:29:25,320 --> 00:29:29,680 I, Lu Si Ying, will never sleep or eat well. 549 00:29:35,200 --> 00:29:37,760 Lu Si Ying has been staying in Tianjin, 550 00:29:37,840 --> 00:29:39,320 waiting to strike. 551 00:29:39,720 --> 00:29:41,480 Mrs. Huo went to the capital, 552 00:29:41,560 --> 00:29:44,580 as if she could ask the government to rescue Huo Yuan Jia. 553 00:29:55,480 --> 00:29:57,240 Nong Jing Sun talks big, 554 00:29:57,320 --> 00:29:59,080 but he's all bark and no bite. 555 00:29:59,160 --> 00:30:00,080 If we rely on him, 556 00:30:00,260 --> 00:30:02,820 Huo Yuan Jia will definitely die in the westerners' prison. 557 00:30:10,960 --> 00:30:12,080 To avoid any trouble, 558 00:30:12,160 --> 00:30:13,920 we must rescue Yuan Jia the soonest possible. 559 00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:15,360 Otherwise, he'll be in danger. 560 00:30:15,880 --> 00:30:17,210 Given the circumstances, 561 00:30:17,320 --> 00:30:19,040 we can only target Bertrand... 562 00:30:19,360 --> 00:30:20,560 with everything we've got. 563 00:30:23,920 --> 00:30:24,840 Welcome. 564 00:30:39,640 --> 00:30:41,520 I am Wang Da Liao. 565 00:30:41,760 --> 00:30:44,260 Are you the ones that invited me? 566 00:30:48,640 --> 00:30:49,540 Yes. 567 00:30:49,940 --> 00:30:51,820 I don't think we've met. 568 00:30:51,960 --> 00:30:53,160 What do you want? 569 00:30:55,040 --> 00:30:58,520 I hear you're a man who can get anything done. 570 00:30:58,600 --> 00:31:01,840 I would like to be your friend. 571 00:31:08,400 --> 00:31:10,720 I like this. 572 00:31:11,200 --> 00:31:13,200 As my name suggests, 573 00:31:13,360 --> 00:31:15,560 I am here to solve your problem. 574 00:31:15,640 --> 00:31:18,400 Tell me your problem. 575 00:31:18,720 --> 00:31:22,440 There's nothing I can't do in Tianjin. 576 00:31:27,200 --> 00:31:28,480 Let's go upstairs. 577 00:31:28,800 --> 00:31:30,440 -You smell good. -Let's go in. 578 00:31:31,640 --> 00:31:32,660 You are a beauty. 579 00:31:37,000 --> 00:31:38,080 Lord Lu, 580 00:31:38,600 --> 00:31:41,120 I feel bad letting you pick up the bill. 581 00:31:41,360 --> 00:31:44,840 Let me know if there's anything I can do for you. 582 00:31:46,320 --> 00:31:47,480 Step aside. 583 00:31:51,800 --> 00:31:53,220 Come here, brother. 584 00:31:53,400 --> 00:31:54,320 All right. 585 00:31:58,140 --> 00:31:59,580 What I mean is, 586 00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:02,320 Huo Yuan Jia... 587 00:32:06,640 --> 00:32:09,180 What if I ask you to kill him for me? 588 00:32:10,320 --> 00:32:12,400 Lord Lu, I can't do that. 589 00:32:12,480 --> 00:32:14,160 I am just an interpreter. 590 00:32:16,480 --> 00:32:17,920 Get out, all of you! 591 00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:19,120 Be gone. 592 00:32:21,040 --> 00:32:24,040 I know you have dealings with the French. 593 00:32:24,240 --> 00:32:27,040 If you don't obey me, 594 00:32:27,120 --> 00:32:30,080 I'll break your neck. 595 00:32:42,280 --> 00:32:45,140 [Kiessling] 596 00:32:51,780 --> 00:32:52,580 Consul, 597 00:32:53,320 --> 00:32:56,940 we have prepared the main course specially for you. 598 00:32:59,480 --> 00:33:00,360 Ah Fa, 599 00:33:00,680 --> 00:33:02,400 serve the main course. 600 00:33:02,560 --> 00:33:03,760 A nephew... 601 00:33:03,840 --> 00:33:04,760 and his uncle. 602 00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:06,420 You make it look so mysterious. 603 00:33:06,600 --> 00:33:09,100 I am curious about the dish. 604 00:33:25,760 --> 00:33:28,200 The colour is nice. 605 00:33:29,080 --> 00:33:30,440 The title deed you brought... 606 00:33:30,520 --> 00:33:32,080 aren't worth this much. 607 00:33:32,200 --> 00:33:33,720 You are well informed. 608 00:33:34,520 --> 00:33:37,520 Those title deeds may not count for much, 609 00:33:37,640 --> 00:33:41,300 but our sincerity in becoming your friends is without question. 610 00:33:41,400 --> 00:33:42,440 Now, 611 00:33:43,520 --> 00:33:44,720 are you happy? 612 00:33:45,240 --> 00:33:46,520 I am very happy. 613 00:33:47,000 --> 00:33:48,260 When can you release him? 614 00:33:48,560 --> 00:33:49,400 Release him? 615 00:33:49,760 --> 00:33:51,060 I can't do that. 616 00:33:52,760 --> 00:33:54,160 You are too greedy. 617 00:33:55,600 --> 00:33:57,640 You don't understand, young man. 618 00:33:59,040 --> 00:34:01,760 These gold bars are enough to redeem Huo Yuan Jia. 619 00:34:02,200 --> 00:34:03,320 The problem is, 620 00:34:03,600 --> 00:34:05,460 I haven't had enough boxing practice. 621 00:34:06,040 --> 00:34:07,000 Boxing? 622 00:34:07,360 --> 00:34:09,520 I wanted Huo Yuan Jia to go to Paris with me, 623 00:34:10,120 --> 00:34:11,219 he refused to. 624 00:34:11,719 --> 00:34:13,199 I was very disappointed. 625 00:34:13,560 --> 00:34:16,440 But out of admiration for his Chinese boxing skills, 626 00:34:16,719 --> 00:34:18,199 I held my peace. 627 00:34:18,600 --> 00:34:20,780 In the prison, 628 00:34:20,870 --> 00:34:22,960 he is getting special treatment. 629 00:34:23,510 --> 00:34:25,560 I want keep Huo Yuan Jia for another month. 630 00:34:25,840 --> 00:34:27,639 When I release him a month later, 631 00:34:28,030 --> 00:34:29,360 I'll accept your gold bars. 632 00:34:29,760 --> 00:34:30,719 How about that? 633 00:34:31,679 --> 00:34:33,480 I would like to spend the month... 634 00:34:33,560 --> 00:34:35,560 learning boxing from him. 635 00:34:39,469 --> 00:34:40,639 Consul, 636 00:34:41,040 --> 00:34:42,600 ever since Huo Yuan Jia went to prison, 637 00:34:42,679 --> 00:34:44,239 his family has been very worried. 638 00:34:44,510 --> 00:34:46,040 Especially his mother. 639 00:34:46,320 --> 00:34:48,020 Her eyes had almost gone blind from crying. 640 00:34:48,360 --> 00:34:50,239 You are a reasonable man. 641 00:34:50,320 --> 00:34:53,120 You don't want to see a tragic outcome, do you? 642 00:34:53,679 --> 00:34:54,580 Well, 643 00:34:55,120 --> 00:34:56,620 why don't you release Huo Yuan Jia? 644 00:34:56,949 --> 00:34:59,800 I can drive you to his house everyday to practise boxing. 645 00:34:59,880 --> 00:35:00,720 How about that? 646 00:35:01,200 --> 00:35:03,800 You have no negotiation power. 647 00:35:04,240 --> 00:35:06,480 I am doing this for his own good. 648 00:35:07,120 --> 00:35:08,920 He's an excellent boxer... 649 00:35:09,480 --> 00:35:10,880 and I don't want him dead. 650 00:35:11,480 --> 00:35:12,400 Consul, 651 00:35:13,280 --> 00:35:14,940 I don't quite understand you. 652 00:35:15,560 --> 00:35:17,060 You have one month... 653 00:35:17,560 --> 00:35:20,560 to buy off someone more powerful than Lu Si Ying in the imperial government. 654 00:35:21,920 --> 00:35:24,310 Otherwise, when Huo Yuan Jia leaves the French Concession, 655 00:35:24,400 --> 00:35:26,720 he'll be executed. 656 00:35:28,240 --> 00:35:31,160 That'll be the real tragedy. 657 00:35:38,480 --> 00:35:39,400 I should get going. 658 00:35:40,800 --> 00:35:42,400 I like this dish very much. 659 00:35:42,640 --> 00:35:44,880 I shall taste it again in a month's time. 660 00:35:46,360 --> 00:35:47,260 Don't go yet. 661 00:35:48,520 --> 00:35:49,760 I want to see my master. 662 00:35:50,040 --> 00:35:50,920 Master? 663 00:35:51,400 --> 00:35:52,960 You are his disciple? 664 00:35:54,480 --> 00:35:56,140 You know boxing, too? 665 00:36:23,360 --> 00:36:24,320 Ah Fa, 666 00:36:26,560 --> 00:36:27,580 don't be rude. 667 00:36:34,960 --> 00:36:37,860 [Kiessling] 668 00:36:38,280 --> 00:36:40,440 Your Chinese boxing is good. 669 00:36:42,360 --> 00:36:44,400 I can bring you to see Huo Yuan Jia, 670 00:36:46,120 --> 00:36:50,880 but you two must fight in front of me. 671 00:36:53,240 --> 00:36:55,260 The master mustn't go easy on his student... 672 00:36:55,400 --> 00:36:57,200 and vice versa. 673 00:36:57,760 --> 00:36:59,320 I love a good fight. 674 00:36:59,600 --> 00:37:01,240 Just like last time. 675 00:37:02,960 --> 00:37:03,880 Follow me. 676 00:37:25,080 --> 00:37:26,080 He's over there. 677 00:37:29,360 --> 00:37:30,320 Master. 678 00:37:34,440 --> 00:37:36,520 Can you open the gate and let us talk? 679 00:37:38,400 --> 00:37:39,400 No way. 680 00:37:40,160 --> 00:37:42,680 Wang Da Liao only told me to let you see him. 681 00:37:43,240 --> 00:37:44,800 He didn't say to let you in. 682 00:37:46,000 --> 00:37:47,450 Different deals. 683 00:37:57,200 --> 00:37:58,760 That's more like it. 684 00:38:05,400 --> 00:38:07,120 Are you all right, Master? 685 00:38:07,240 --> 00:38:08,520 Why are you here? 686 00:38:16,160 --> 00:38:18,160 This is not the place to talk. Let's go out. 687 00:38:18,240 --> 00:38:19,360 -Let's go. -No. 688 00:38:19,840 --> 00:38:21,040 I can't leave. 689 00:38:22,040 --> 00:38:22,960 I understand. 690 00:38:23,360 --> 00:38:25,320 -I'll get rid of your shackles. -Hold on. 691 00:38:26,280 --> 00:38:28,140 I can't leave the prison with you. 692 00:38:29,640 --> 00:38:30,600 What do you mean? 693 00:38:30,800 --> 00:38:32,320 This is jailbreak. 694 00:38:32,440 --> 00:38:35,160 If I leave, I'll be indicted. 695 00:38:38,120 --> 00:38:39,920 This is the westerners' prison. 696 00:38:40,040 --> 00:38:41,760 They are full of dirty tricks. 697 00:38:41,840 --> 00:38:43,160 If you stay here, 698 00:38:43,240 --> 00:38:44,880 you may die anytime. 699 00:38:45,120 --> 00:38:46,360 I am innocent. 700 00:38:46,480 --> 00:38:49,080 I am imprisoned because of Lu Si Ying. 701 00:38:49,160 --> 00:38:52,160 He conspired with Dong'guang magistrate Xue Xue to frame me. 702 00:38:52,240 --> 00:38:55,560 My disciples already know of my plight. 703 00:38:55,640 --> 00:38:56,640 I'm guessing... 704 00:38:56,720 --> 00:38:59,880 Liu Zhen Sheng is well on his way to Dong'guang to collect evidence. 705 00:38:59,960 --> 00:39:01,640 When the government learns the truth, 706 00:39:01,720 --> 00:39:03,900 they'll negotiate with the westerners. 707 00:39:04,120 --> 00:39:08,220 I can walk out from here with my name cleared, then. 708 00:39:08,520 --> 00:39:10,500 Brother Zhen Sheng didn't go to Dong'guang. 709 00:39:11,000 --> 00:39:12,560 I went instead. 710 00:39:13,120 --> 00:39:14,160 You? 711 00:39:14,600 --> 00:39:15,640 Master, 712 00:39:16,120 --> 00:39:17,480 I am sorry. 713 00:39:18,200 --> 00:39:20,140 I killed Xue Xue accidentally. 714 00:39:21,000 --> 00:39:22,600 His confession... 715 00:39:23,720 --> 00:39:24,940 is useless now. 716 00:39:26,120 --> 00:39:28,560 You killed an imperial government official? 717 00:39:28,880 --> 00:39:29,720 Sha Yan, 718 00:39:29,800 --> 00:39:33,520 didn't Brother Zhen Sheng tell you about the rules? 719 00:39:34,840 --> 00:39:35,760 [Sister Sha Yan,] 720 00:39:36,120 --> 00:39:38,220 [you must remember the rules.] 721 00:39:38,960 --> 00:39:42,080 [The three virtues and four transgressions of the Huo sect.] 722 00:39:42,400 --> 00:39:43,970 [First virtue, martial ethics.] 723 00:39:44,120 --> 00:39:46,120 [Always be kind and compassionate.] 724 00:39:46,520 --> 00:39:48,000 [Second virtue, martial spirit.] 725 00:39:48,080 --> 00:39:49,600 [Strengthen your mind and body.] 726 00:39:49,840 --> 00:39:51,200 [Third virtue, martial resolve.] 727 00:39:51,280 --> 00:39:53,080 [Serve your country the best you can.] 728 00:39:53,240 --> 00:39:54,280 [The four transgressions.] 729 00:39:54,360 --> 00:39:56,720 [First, do not sell out your country.] 730 00:39:56,800 --> 00:39:59,320 [Second, do not fight without a cause.] 731 00:39:59,440 --> 00:40:02,000 [Third, do not commit treachery or adultery.] 732 00:40:02,080 --> 00:40:04,360 [Forth, do not kill.] 733 00:40:12,920 --> 00:40:13,880 [I know.] 734 00:40:13,960 --> 00:40:15,240 [I won't kill good people.] 735 00:40:15,320 --> 00:40:16,800 [You mustn't kill the bad, either.] 736 00:40:16,920 --> 00:40:19,840 [Master said it's the job of the government to punish criminals.] 737 00:40:20,000 --> 00:40:22,040 [If we use our abilities to kill,] 738 00:40:22,120 --> 00:40:24,840 [our sin will be compounded...] 739 00:40:25,120 --> 00:40:26,640 [until we are not able to turn back.] 740 00:40:30,160 --> 00:40:32,320 I do not allow my disciples to kill. 741 00:40:32,400 --> 00:40:35,540 If you have killed before you join my sect, I can ignore that. 742 00:40:35,680 --> 00:40:38,440 But if you break the rules after you've entered my sect, 743 00:40:38,560 --> 00:40:40,840 you're no longer my disciple. 744 00:40:43,480 --> 00:40:44,620 Master. 745 00:40:44,920 --> 00:40:47,160 Huo Yuan Jia, my sister was reckless, 746 00:40:47,240 --> 00:40:48,600 She blames herself every day. 747 00:40:48,680 --> 00:40:49,840 What's done is done. 748 00:40:49,920 --> 00:40:51,600 It's no use scolding her now. 749 00:40:52,680 --> 00:40:54,960 Do you think she really wants you to be her master? 750 00:40:55,200 --> 00:40:57,560 She likes you. She wants to be with you. 751 00:41:02,280 --> 00:41:05,240 Don't give me a bad name. 752 00:41:05,760 --> 00:41:07,420 I am no longer related to you. 753 00:41:07,960 --> 00:41:09,960 Fine, if that's what you want. 754 00:41:10,560 --> 00:41:13,760 When you are out, you can kill me for all I care. 755 00:41:13,840 --> 00:41:16,260 But now, we must escape. Let's go! 756 00:41:16,340 --> 00:41:17,220 No. 757 00:41:17,440 --> 00:41:20,520 It is important to clear my name. 758 00:41:20,880 --> 00:41:22,640 I can't leave with you. 759 00:41:23,760 --> 00:41:26,720 Does it sully your name to be rescued by bandits? 760 00:41:26,800 --> 00:41:28,080 If you say so. 761 00:41:28,360 --> 00:41:29,480 I'm not leaving. 762 00:41:29,600 --> 00:41:30,440 You! 763 00:41:35,680 --> 00:41:37,480 Brother, he woke up. 764 00:41:41,560 --> 00:41:42,640 Don't kill him. 765 00:41:42,720 --> 00:41:43,960 Step aside. 766 00:41:55,280 --> 00:41:56,420 Run, quick. 767 00:42:00,000 --> 00:42:01,960 He's more familiar with the prison's layout. 768 00:42:02,040 --> 00:42:03,400 You can't catch up. 769 00:42:03,560 --> 00:42:05,960 Take my advice. Leave immediately. 770 00:42:06,120 --> 00:42:07,080 What about you? 771 00:42:07,160 --> 00:42:08,640 I must stay here... 772 00:42:08,720 --> 00:42:10,660 and wait for the government to clear my name. 773 00:42:10,920 --> 00:42:12,160 Master. 774 00:42:12,720 --> 00:42:13,780 I've killed Xue Xue. 775 00:42:14,040 --> 00:42:15,180 I've ruined your plan. 776 00:42:15,260 --> 00:42:16,580 It's all my fault. 777 00:42:16,940 --> 00:42:18,980 But it might be a blessing in disguise. 778 00:42:19,120 --> 00:42:20,440 Think about it, Master. 779 00:42:20,600 --> 00:42:21,440 Your father, 780 00:42:21,520 --> 00:42:22,480 your brother, 781 00:42:22,560 --> 00:42:24,800 the twenty odd members of your family, 782 00:42:25,480 --> 00:42:27,680 were they not killed by the government? 783 00:42:28,180 --> 00:42:29,460 The man who killed Xiao Wu... 784 00:42:29,560 --> 00:42:31,400 and put you in jail... 785 00:42:31,480 --> 00:42:33,480 is also an imperial government official. 786 00:42:35,140 --> 00:42:36,380 If you trust them, 787 00:42:37,420 --> 00:42:39,040 you'll be dead soon. 788 00:42:40,960 --> 00:42:43,880 Ying Si is spiteful and rotten to the core. 789 00:42:44,120 --> 00:42:46,160 He doesn't represent the entire government. 790 00:42:47,360 --> 00:42:49,200 Quick, leave. 791 00:42:49,280 --> 00:42:52,520 Once the patrol finds help, you won't be able to leave. 792 00:42:52,600 --> 00:42:53,880 Master. 793 00:42:53,960 --> 00:42:55,860 Don't call me master anymore. 794 00:42:59,120 --> 00:43:00,480 Take care of yourself.