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I am kidnapped by this monk

He said he is taking me to Moyung family of Gusu

Uncle-in-arms

This reverend

You take our prince to Moyung family of Gusu

May I know what for?

He said he is going to cremate me

Reverend, please let him go

If I wanted to kill him He would have long been dead

Let us go

Uncle-in-arms

We tail them

Weeping willows and chirps of orioles

Butterflies courting on the meadow

Blooming lotus paint the water red

The pledging of love on the lake

Listening to the whispers of love

So soothing, it fills my heart with tenderness

Can you hear the sound of happiness

And see the pleasing sight

The glorious and beatific dance

Under the moonlight

The pouring of heart, the pledge of love

It is in the destiny

Miss, excuse me, you know the way to Unification Manor?

Not many know about the name Unification Manor

Reverend, where did you hear of it?

Late Mr Moyung and I were great friends

I mean to pay him my respect

And visit Master Moyung

Reverend, you have come at the wrong time

Master Moyung left Gusu three days ago

I really have come at the wrong time

I come all the way from Turfan

Just to pay my respect to Mr Moyung

And visit Master Moyung

Since Reverend was Mr Moyung's friend

You have a cup of tea first Let me announce for you

Miss, you are of the Moyung family?

Me? My name is Pik

Master Moyung is our master

Then please give us a lift

Please get in

Miss

You two gentlemen are going to Unification Manor too?

Please get in and go to my place for a cup of tea first

Thank you, Miss

You are coming too?

We don't feel easy

We are going to the Moyung anyway

Miss Pik

Your singing was so lovely

I wonder when I can hear it again

If you like to hear it

You can stay here for the rest of your life

This is the Unification Manor of Swallow Cove?

No, this is Zither Lodge

Master let me stay here

This Reverend wants to visit late Master's tomb

It is not up to me to say yes or no

So I take you here for a rest

Gentlemen, make yourselves at home

Have some tea

Uncle-in-arms, how come the tea is of this colour?

Don't drink it

Miss Pik, it is so aromatic It must be some famous tea

You sure are discerning

This tea is special to Lake Tai region

Only a few taels are produced a year

It is called Green Snail Spring

No wonder it is so fragrant

Miss Chu back or not?

Sister Chu is not back yet

She will be back very soon

Who is Miss Chu?

Chu? Chu is Chu

She is just one month older than I am

And she puts on the air of a big sister

She prefers to be called Sister Chu

Where are the Moyungs?

I don't come to Unification Manor to drink tea

Or listen to some Miss Chu

Miss, please announce for us

Disciple of Or Pak Sui of Ox Crouching School has come for revenge

Many like you come here to see Master every month

Some are even meaner than you are

I am used to it

Pik, what is this ruckus?

Who killed my brother-in-arms Or Pak Sui?

Or Pak Sui? Centenarian?

Then he had lived long enough

Luckily I am far from a hundred years old

Knight-errant Go

We are visitors after all

Take it easy, don't use force

Benefactor, who are you to Master Moyung?

I am his servant

I know Reverend was the friend of late Master

What can I do for you?

I have to talk with Master Moyung in person

Master has gone for a trip He is not back yet

You know when he will be back?

Let me see

He seems to have gone to Xixia, or Liao

Or Turfan, if not

Then Dali

Then I can't wait for him

Please take me to the tomb of late Master Moyung

Let me pay my respect to him For old times' sake

I am not the steward, it is not up to me

Then please ask the steward to come here

All right, let me ask the steward to come here

In such times, there are all sorts of bad people

Some even impose as monks to rob or cheat

I won't fall into your trap

Reverend, please don't be angry

Uncle Ho is always so sour in temper

He always gets on the wrong side of others

Gentlemen, Suen Sam at your service

Reverend, you come to see our master

It is our great pleasure

But Master has gone on a trip

Since there is no one here to receive you It is not the proper etiquette

Reverend, please come later

I made such a long trip to be here

I just want to pay my respect to late Mr Moyung

I don't care about being received or not

Mr Suen, please show me the way

How strange, how come staff of Moyung all have this habit of touching the head?

Reverend was the friend of our late master

You should know his temper

He hated visitors

He said that they either come to make trouble

Or seek his teaching and guidance

Some come here to rip us off

He also said that monks and nuns

Are not to be believed

Reverend, I am sorry, I didn't mean you

So Mr Suen is a woman in disguise

Secular people are treacherous

Mr Moyung was right not to get involved with them

But Mr Moyung and I were bosom friends

Mr Suen shouldn't be so suspicious

But it is against the wish of our late master

It is not up to me to decide

I have to ask Dowager

Dowager? What dowager?

Dowager Moyung, she is the aunt of our late master

Our last master's friends all kowtow to her to show their respect

Then please announce for me

That Kumaji sends his respect

Gentlemen, please wait

Dowager will soon be here

- Pik - Dowager

I have a visitor?

How come he doesn't kowtow to me?

Reverend, please kowtow to Dowager

If you kowtow to her, she will be pleased

Then she will agree to anything

Pik, someone farted?

No, Dowager, it was the snigger of Mr Tuen

Tomb, what tomb?

No, Dowager, it is Mr Tuen

Why doesn't he kowtow to me?

Dowager, I have a few words

Go ahead

I have a niece, she is very bright

But she is also naughty She likes to be in disguise

Sometimes plays the son sometimes a mother

If you see her, you will like her

What a pity she is not here to kowtow to you

Good boy, you are smart and obedient

I have not seen such a smart and obedient boy for a long time

Don't be too talkative

Dowager will award you later

Miss Pik, I want to ask you something

What is it?

Is Miss Chu as pretty as you are?

I am so ugly, I can't compare to her

If Sister Chu hears about it She will be angry with you

Really? You have not lied to me?

Why should I lie to you?

When Dowager was young

She must have been a great beauty

No harm done kowtowing to a beauty

Good boy

Why don't the two other visitors kowtow to me?

Dowager, let me ask you

You know martial arts or not?

What did you say? I didn't hear you

I said you know martial arts or not

If you do

I will fight you to my death

If you don't

I won't bother with you anymore

What? You have brought me treats?

I am old, I can't eat them

Give them to the young

Monk, I hear that you come to see my nephew's tomb

What do you intend to steal?

You two stop making fun of us

Just take us to Mr Moyung's tomb

Reverend, how discerning

Thank you

Miss, be careful

Two ladies

I just want to visit Mr Moyung' tomb

All right, in that case

Please have a cup in Falling Rain Lodge first

After I have freshened up I will take you there

These two gentlemen, please

Mr Tuen, please

Reverend

Sister Chu made you this cup of tea

It is a specialty of Jiangnan

It is called Murderous Aroma

Aromatic indeed

I hear that Jiangnan is a an extraordinary place of extraordinary men

With crystal clear water and aromatic tea

I really have an eyeful today

You all enjoyed your tea?

No, Sister Chu

Only Mr Tuen has drunk the tea

They were worried that the tea might be laced

Mr Tuen really has given us face

We should thank him indeed

You are too kind

I just heard Miss Pik sang by the lakeside

It was so sweet, a great pleasure indeed

If you two don't mind

Could you sing for me again for our enjoyment?

Since Mr Tuen is so kind

Let us sing a song together

And Mr Tuen please play for us

My pleasure

Gentlemen, excuse us

Mr Tuen, you all right?

I will find you even if it means turning Suzhou upside down

Mr Tuen, don't worry

The waterway is full of twists and turns

They can't find us

Mr Tuen, the monk has closed your acupoint

You feel all right?

Thank you for your concern

Kumaji didn't want to harm my channels

My acupoint will reactivate in a few hours

Sister Chu, you really have my admiration

Your disguise as the dowager looked so real

You kowtowed to me three times

You are still unhappy?

I am not, but I got it wrong

Got what wrong?

I thought you were as pretty as Sister Pik

But now that I see you I find that it is not the case

You think I am not as pretty as Pik

She is ten times prettier than I am And it gives you a shock

Neither

One is full of vivacious charm One is full of quiet elegance

They are two different kind of beauty

You two are the embodiment of Jiangnan gracefulness and charm

I am beyond words

What an oily tongue

You have left no compliment unused

Sister Chu, what are we going to do?

We can't hide in the lake forever

This is not far from Camellia Manor

Let us take refuge there for a while

I don't think the monk will go there

We are really going to Camellia Manor?

You are not afraid of Lady Wong?

We can't worry about that now We will go from there

Where are we going?

To Camellia Manor, where Master's aunt lives

Mr Tuen, men are forbidden to go into Camellia Manor

When we get ashore, don't wander around

I will stick by your side

Sister Chu, when we get to Camellia Manor

Even if the monk follows us there We have nothing to worry about

It is camellia of Dali

How come it is found in Lake Tai?

What's so strange about it? This is the Camellia Manor

Camellias are grown everywhere

Chu, Pik, you are in trouble

- Yau Cho - Sister Yau Cho

Lady says that if she sees you two

She will slash your faces

Yau Cho, Lady here?

Lady says you have brought stranger man here

She will chop your legs off

Sister Yau Cho, you are not lying?

What you said is true?

Pik, don't listen to her

If Lady Wong is here

Will she be so light-hearted?

You got me again

Young Master-in-law sends you?

We can come only if Young Master-in-law sends us

We can't come to see Sister Yau Cho on our own?

If not, then we go

Let us go

Chu, Pik

Of course I am glad you have come

I wish you could come everyday

We want to see you too, Sister Yau Cho

Yes

You come to visit us

We keep you company for three days and nights

Great

- Come in, let us chat - Good

- Mr Tuen - Yes? Miss Chu

You enjoy the flowers here We will be back very soon

Don't wander away

How strange, so many camellias

But it is not unlike growing grass

Master's health is fine

In these two months

He has been practicing the Dog-beating Stick of the Beggar Guild

I think he wants to take on the Beggar Guild

So Miss Chu is inside

Young Mistress, you all right?

Miss, You all right?

I pricked myself only

Yau Cho, you help me change

I wonder where Cousin has gone this time

When he set out

He said he would see the adepts of Beggar Guild in Loyang

Brother Tang has gone with him You don't have to worry

Dog-beating Stick and the Eighteen Dragon-subduing Palms

Are the most closely-guarded martial arts of the Beggar Guild

The manual in your Bestowals Pavilion Library

And the manual in our Perfect Happiness Library

Are incomplete

The voice of this lady is so pleasing

I wonder how she looks like

Master said that the Dog-beating Stick's technique was thought up by man

Why he couldn't figure it out?

Moreover, he already knew the routine

It would be much easier for him to figure it out

Even if he could figure it out

It would mean more than 10 years

Oh yes, how was his practice?

His movement was fast and smooth

It was like flowing water

He really was that fast?

Yes, what's wrong with it?

I don't know the technique of the Dog-beating Stick

But judging from the routine It should be the slower the better

It should be sometimes fast, sometimes slow

Sometimes slowness amid fastness

And fastness amid slowness

What if Cousin meets adepts of the Beggar Guild...

Oh yes, before setting out

Master said that Beggar Guild accused him of killing their deputy master

His purpose of going to Loyang is to clarify it

If temper flares and there are clashes

Then...

Young Mistress, so Dog-beating Stick shouldn't be fast in movement?

Of course! Now what to do?

Let me write Cousin a letter You deliver it for me

Tell him that when he fights with Beggar Guild adepts

He can't use "Thy Way On Thyself"

But Lady Wong says...

You only listen to Lady Wong

Come to the study with me to get the letter

Miss, Tuen Yue at your service

Chu

He is the gentleman that comes with you?

Yes

You are have gone too far

You take stranger here

Yau Cho, let us go

Mr Tuen, Young Mistress is like that

- Let us go - Come on

Ladies, why we have to go so soon?

Miss Wong has shown her displeasure

If we don't go now... oh no

Who has the audacity to come to Camellia Manor?

Lady Wong

You two hussies

You must be sent by Moyung Fook

Master has nothing to do with it, this is...

My name is Tuen

You are from Dali?

Yes, I am Tuen Yue of Dali

You really are a Tuen of Dali?

You three are audacious

Come with me

You are a man of Dali, why you denied it?

I am a man of Yunnan I live in the country of Sung

I am not a subject of Dali

How far is your home from Dali?

More than 400 miles

You are counted as a man of Dali in the 500 mile vicinity

- Siu Fung - Yes

Take him to a camellia plant Use him as fertilizer

Yes

Lady... what have I done?

You have to tell me first

Or I will die with regret

I will kill any subject of Dali Or a man of the surname Tuen

Within sight

But I am not a subject of Dali, I...

You are not a subject of Dali

What are you doing in Suzhou?

Since you are in Suzhou

Why you shouted in a restaurant in Dali accent?

Though you are not a subject of Dali

But those that live near it equally deserve to die

Can you be more unreasonable?

You don't have to take it out on him

I am from Dali, I am a Tuen

You just kill me

You just said your name is Tuen Yue

Tuen of Dali, I won't let you die so easily

Lady... I have nothing to do with it, Lady

What about you?

My dad only has one son, please spare me

I can spare you

But you have to go home and kill your wife

And marry Miss Miu of Apricot Pavilion

It has to be a formal wedding

Betrothal, matchmaker and all Can you do it?

Why I have to kill my wife? How can I do it

You want me to marry a prostitute My dad will not approve

- Take him out - Yes

Lady, I promise you... whatever you say

- Siu Yin - Yes

Escort him back to Suzhou city

See that he kills his wife and marries Miss Miu

- Then you come back - Yes

How ridiculous!

There are more ridiculous things coming

- Siu Mei - Yes

Why this pot of Full Moon is in the hall?

I told you to take it out under the sun

Yes, Lady

What are you sniggering at?

Lady, I don't think you know camellia

If a rare plant falls on you

It will only mean a tragic waste

You say I don't know camellia So you are an expert?

Only camellias are grown in Camellia Manor

And they are in full bloom

But they are all common types

Really?

Well, this Full Moon here

You tell me how should it be grown?

Lady, it is questioning or seeking advice?

If it is questioning

Then chop my legs off first

You think I wouldn't?

Lady Wong, no!

Mr Tuen is proud in character

He can't be coerced

If you use force

He would rather die than tell you

You just chop off my legs and bury them under the camellia plant

The flowers will grow to bowl big in size

And rouge red in colour

All right, let me ask you

You tell me why this Full Moon is special

If you get it right I will treat your cordially

Lady, you call it Full Moon

You can't be more wrong

You don't even know its name

Why bother to grow it?

This is called Beauty by the Balustrade

Beauty by the Balustrade? How come?

You are asking me?

- Siu Sze - Yes

Ask the steward to prepare a feast in Cloud Brocade Hall for Mr Tuen

Yes, Lady

Mr Tuen, please

Lady, please forgive my intrusion

Mr Tuen pay us a visit, it is our honour

Please

Chu, Pik, you two stay here and wait for me

Yes

Mr Tuen, Dali is famous for camellias

But comparing to Camellia Manor

Dali has come up short

We people in Dali really don't have these

Really

We all know that they are inferior

So we don't grow them

Like this one

Lady must treasure it greatly

But it doesn't make the grade

We call it Failed Candidates

Failed Candidates? The flowers are so pretty

Dali has one kind called Eighteen Scholars

It has 18 flowers in one plant

They are of different colours

In most vibrant red and violet

And they open in the same time

And wilt in the same time

Lady, have you seen it before?

How come no one has told me?

Take this one

The colour is not as vibrant as Eighteen Scholars

The number is not right

And some go into bloom early, some late

It tries to imitate Eighteen Scholars

But is just a poor copy

That's why it is called Failed Candidates

The name is mean indeed

Only scholars can come up with such a sarcastic name

Mr Tuen, please

Tuen of Dali is a renowned martial clan

Why Mr Tuen is not a practitioner?

Tuen is a common surname in Dali

Only Tuens of the royal family practice martial arts

I am just a commoner

So I don't know martial arts

- You are a commoner? - Yes

- Then do you know any noble Tuens? - No

Hearing you talking about types of camellia

I have learned a great deal

Mr Tuen

What about this one?

This one white is called White Camellia

This one with two black spots

Is called Smoky Eyes

A witty name

This one with red spots is called A Touch of Rouge

There is one with a shade of green and a line of red on white petals

It is called Parrot Scratch

Lady, you think about it

Beauties must be gentle and elegant

If she has a scratch on her face

If she gets into fights all the time

How can she be a beauty?

How audacious! So you are criticizing me?

I am not! I don't know where I have offended Lady

You told you that? And how dare you come here to make fun of me!

Who says female martial arts practitioner can't be pretty?

Can't be elegant and gentle?

What I meant was generally speaking only

I am sure there are elegant and gentle female martial arts practitioners

But I am not one of them?

Whether Lady are gentle or not It is not for me to say

But Lady forced a man to kill his wife and marry another

It was not what a gentleman will do

Siu Mei, Siu Pik, take him out

Yes, Lady

Wait

Tuen Yue

You are a Dali subject and your surname is Tuen, you deserve to die

Now you have to tend camellias for me in Camellia Manor

You have to be extra careful

If one of the plants die

I will chop one of your arms off

If two dies, two arms

If four dies, then you arms and legs

What if they all thrive?

Then you grow other kinds for me

If you fail

I will gouge your eyes out

If you want to kill me, just do it

Don't have to go to such length as chopping my limbs today

And gouge my eyes tomorrow

- How audacious! Take him out - Yes

He will see

You just lie low here and you can live

If you talk back to Lady again

Consider yourself lucky to be alive

Watering plants aside Don't wander around in the manor

If you go into restricted places No one can save you

Go

The prince of Dali now becomes a gardener

What a waste of talent To kill a chicken with a butcher's chopper

Lady Wong wants me to take care of these plants

They are rare kinds, but...

I have to find them the right place

Siu Ming, you tell me

What news you have heard about him

But I am afraid.... Lady will not be pleased

How come? You just tell me

Lady wouldn't know about it

Siu Ming, just tell me

Master-in-law has gone to Shaolin Temple

Shaolin Temple?

But Chu and Pik said he has gone to Loyang To see the Beggar Guild

Mr Moyung is her cousin?

Lady met Master Kungyeh on her trip

He said Master-in-law got the news in Loyang

That a monk was killed in Dali

It was said that Moyung of Gusu did it

So Master-in-law has gone to Shaolin Temple

To reason with the monks

Then they would end up in a fight

Why didn't Mother go to Shaolin Temple to help him?

That I don't know

Maybe Lady doesn't like Master-in-law

She can dislike him, but he is still family

Who is planting flower here?

I am planting flower here on Lady's order

I am sorry for the intrusion