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[Laughing in the Wind]

[By Jin Yong]

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[Laughing in the Wind]

Episode 4

Linghu Chong, you cannot hide from my grasp.

You killed my disciple. Where have you hidden Lin Pingzhi?

Headmaster Yu, you already have the Evil-warding Sword manual.

- Must you kill us all? - Over your dead body.

Headmaster Yu.

I don't have a heart or lungs, so I fear not your Heart-Shattering Palm.

The strong bullying the weak. So shameful!

Little Hunchback.

I have no qualms with you. How dare you defy me at every turn!

You dog!

You destroyed my family, and you dare ask me why?

Fine, I'll kill you as well then.

Even if I, Lin Pingzhi, become a ghost, I will still take my revenge on you!

You are Lin Pingzhi of the Fuwei Escort Bureau?

That's right. It's me.

Your son was harassing innocent girls, so it was I who killed him!

You ruined my family.

Where are you holding my parents captive?

This boy still has a backbone at least.

Tell me

where the Evil-warding Sword manual is, and I will spare your life.

I don't know.

Cow-Nose!

If you want that manual, come get it from granddaddy.

Hero Mu.

You haven't gotten the manual either from that little disciple of yours.

It's right here, Cow-Nose.

Are you gonna come and take it?

Hero Mu.

If you already have the manual, isn't he useless to you now?

Just leave him to me.

Not so fast.

As a grandpa

if I were to abandon a grandson, who'd call me grandpa in the future?

Wait, Hero Mu.

This kid has killed my only son. I will not give him back to you this time.

Hero Mu.

You only grazed his robes, so why did he back down?

You will slowly understand in the future.

Boy, do you know what place this is?

Execution grounds.

Good that you know.

Boy, Grandpa kind of likes you.

If you take me as your master, you may walk out of here today alive.

And if I don't?

If you don't then you shall die on these grounds.

Boy, it seems you don't wish to leave here alive.

What's the matter?

Are you saying my martial arts are too weak?

Not fit to be your master?

Hero Mu!

I know not whether my parents still live.

I beg for your help to save my parents.

I shall be greatly indebted to you, and do anything you ask!

You dare try to haggle with me?

Hurry and bow now!

If you swear to save my parents, then I will bow to you.

Otherwise, it'll never happen!

Never?

- I'll never bow. - Bow down now! Bow!

I'll never bow down! Never!

I'm telling you to...

Brother Mu.

So it's Brother Yue of the Mount Hua Sect.

Why are you teasing an old hunchback now?

Brother Mu.

After so many years, you are still as graceful as ever.

My congratulations.

Brother Yue, you are getting more and more youthful.

I wonder what backwards art you've learned to rejuvenate your youth.

You look more like a grandchild to this hunchback.

You never have anything good to say.

Brother Mu.

This young man is a filial son.

One day in Fuzhou

he chivalrously came to the aid of my daughter, Lingshan.

I hope Brother Mu will consider letting him off for my sake.

What?

Does he even have the abilities to save little niece Lingshan?

I fear little niece Lingshan has taken a liking to him?

Brother Mu.

Just allow this child to find his parents first.

He can come and be your disciple after.

Wouldn't that be most ideal?

This hunchback has lost all interest.

Even if he were to bow 10,000 times

I wouldn't take this disciple anymore.

I did not think the Mount Hua Sect, famed for righteousness and chivalry

would also be greedily coveting the Evil-warding Sword manual.

Master!

Please take me as your disciple!

I will follow your teachings closely and strictly abide by the sect laws.

Master.

If I do that

Hunchback Mu will accuse me of robbing his disciple behind his back.

Master!

Master.

Since the first time I met you, I've felt deep respect and admiration.

Please take me in as your disciple!

I beg of you, Master!

Master!

- Father! - Master!

Father.

Father, Lin Pingzhi has a good sense of justice.

Moreover, he has fallen to this end because he wanted to help me.

Please take him in, Father.

To join a sect and become a disciple, he needs his parents permission.

Master.

If you're willing to take me as a disciple, my parents would be more than overjoyed.

They would never disapprove.

The two of them have been kidnapped by Qingcheng bandits.

Please lend a helping hand and save them!

Fine then.

Let us go and find your parents first.

What about the induction?

We'll see after finding his parents.

Come, get up.

[Liu's Manor]

Brother Liu.

Brother Yue.

Congratulations.

This way.

There are quite a lot of guests today.

I need your advice, Brother Yue.

Brother Liu, please don't hesitate to ask.

- This way please. - After you.

Thank you.

Brother Yue.

The Mount Song Sect is the alliance head of our Five Mountain Sword Sect Alliance.

I've already sent men twice to try and invite Alliance Chief Zuo.

But even now, he has shown no signs of coming.

Brother Liu's retirement is a huge event in the martial arts world.

Alliance Chief Zuo cannot simply ignore it.

But still he hasn't shown up yet.

Yes, that is indeed peculiar.

The tides of the martial arts world are difficult to know or predict.

It's truly hard to get used to.

That is why I decided to retire.

Brother Liu.

Being in the martial arts world, or retiring back to a secular life.

It just proves you are capable of adapting and can live freely.

I admire that. I really admire that.

Dear heroes and friends, thank you all for coming all this way.

I am truly grateful.

[Hengyang City]

Please be seated.

Second brother, Master says to keep our guard up.

Little sister, why hasn't elder brother arrived by now?

Surely nothing has happened to him? It's so worrisome.

Little sister, let's go.

Today, I will be washing my hands and retiring from the martial arts world.

From this day forth

please forgive my indifference towards the matters of the martial arts world.

Halt!

The flag of the Five Mountain Sword Sects Alliance Chief has arrived.

By orders of the Alliance Chief Zuo

the retirement of elder Liu is to be postponed temporarily.

The Five Color Flag was made by the Alliance as a whole.

Seeing this flag is like seeing the Alliance Chief.

But my retirement today is solely a private matter.

Please inform Alliance Chief Zuo that I am not bound by the flag order.

The Five Mountain Sword Sects Alliance is of one body and mind.

This flag order from our master is actually for your own sake.

This is a blatant attempt to force me to go back on my word.

The heroes of the world would laugh at and mock me for failing to keep my word.

Let's go.

Quickly.

What do you want?

Father.

By orders of the Alliance Chief, we're keeping watch over the Liu family.

No one is to leave.

Just how many disciples have come from the Mount Song Sect?

Show yourselves now.

Greetings, elder Liu.

Greetings, elder Liu.

- There are a few hundred men. - There sure are many.

This... is much too heavy-handed.

My friends.

The Alliance Chief is insistent on preventing me from retiring today.

I can accept my demise, but I will not bend my will.

Stop!

Elder Uncle Liu!

If you don't stop, I will kill your son!

With so many heroes here, if you dare touch my son

all the Mount Song disciples here will be thoroughly massacred!

Brother Liu, the alliance chief has said you are not allowed to retire.

Alliance Chief Zuo has gone too far.

Do not worry, little brother Liu.

Everything must answer to reason.

Their sheer numbers mean nothing.

Are the friends from the Mount Tai Sect, Mount Hua Sect, and North Mount Heng Sect

going to simply stand idly by and watch?

My resolution to retire is firm.

Brother Fei may knock over the gold basin, but he dares not try to knock me over.

Raise the flag!

To all headmasters and brothers.

The Alliance Chief has instructed me to investigate Liu Zhengfeng

and his collaboration with demonic cult head, Dongfang Bubai

and whatever schemes they have hatched against our Five Mountain Sword Sects Alliance.

After living to such an age

I have yet to meet cult leader, Dongfang Bubai.

So how could there possibly be this so-called collusion or scheming?

Brother Liu.

I'm afraid you aren't speaking sincerely.

There is an elder in the demonic cult whose name is Qu Yang.

Do you know of him, Brother Liu?

Please tell all the people present whether you know Qu Yang or not.

That's right.

Indeed, I know Brother Qu Yang.

And...

He is my sole confidant as well as my best friend.

Listen here, Liu Zhengfeng. Alliance Chief Zuo has issued this order.

Within one month, you're to kill the demonic cult elder, Qu Yang

and bring back his head.

Otherwise, the Five Mountain Sword Sects Alliance

shall clean up its ranks and eliminate it's bad seeds!

Brother Qu Yang loves to play the flute, and I love to play the qin.

The two of us are bonded through music in body, mind, and soul.

We have sometimes talked of the conflicts of the martial arts world.

We concluded it was all senseless fighting or revenge.

Thus, Brother Qu Yang once took a deep oath.

To stay out of it all and to not partake in any further quarrels.

I also feel this strongly.

I hope only to retire as soon as possible, disappear from this world, and grow old.

At that time, Brother Qu Yang and I can play our music, work the fields

and live in peaceful bliss.

Liu Zhengfeng colludes with the demonic cult, and surrenders to our sworn enemy.

Those of the Five Mountain Alliance are obligated to kill him.

Anyone dare to defy the order?

Brother Liu, you are an upright gentleman.

To have been fooled by a despicable man is not a big deal.

Go quickly and take the head of Qu Yang and you'll be cleared of it.

Our Five Mountains Sword Sect Alliance is of one body and mind.

Be wary of the seeds of discord sown by the demonic cult.

That's right.

Brother Liu, as long as you kill that demon named Qu

all the people of the martial arts world will have your back.

Brother Yue.

You are a just and noble man.

Now, so many people of the martial arts world are pressing me to go and kill my friend.

What do you think of it?

That would depend on whether this man you speak of is truly your friend or not.

As far as I know

everyone in the demonic cult is black-hearted and cruel.

Qu Yang is but harboring his intents and playing you for a fool.

The results of which will destroy your reputation

and ruin your whole family.

See for yourself.

What is happening here today is the perfect example, is it not?

Therefore, I urge you not to show mercy when it comes to the demonic cult.

You can all clearly see the true loyalties of Brother Liu now.

He has refused to stand against evil and kill the demon, Qu Yang.

If Alliance Chief Zuo has ordered it, Brother Fei

you might as well massacre my family then.

To all brothers and sisters here, Alliance Chief Zuo has spoken.

Since times long past, good and evil have always been on opposing sides.

Our Alliance and the demonic cult

have a deep-rooted vengeance that can never be reconciled.

Liu Zhengfeng befriends bandits and joined our sworn enemy.

Those of our Five Mountains Alliance are bound by duty to kill him.

Those who accept the order, stand over here on this side.

Brother Liu.

If it's hard for you to make the move, I can go in your place.

Brother Liu, you say you could never betray a friend.

Let me ask you then.

Is Qu Yang the only friend you have?

The heroes that are present here today have all traveled long distances

just to come and congratulate you.

Aren't they worthy of your friendship?

Take another look at your family, and the comradeship of the Alliance.

Do they not compare to Qu Yang?

Brother Liu.

What you are doing is bitterly disappointing to us all.

I am truly grateful for Brother Yue's sincere advice.

But to tell me to go kill my friend, Brother Qu Yang...

That will never happen.

Brother Qu Yang may be member of the demonic cult

but there is absolutely no evil in him.

Liu Zhengfeng.

If you reach towards the gold basin again, I will kill your son.

My son, are you scared?

I'm not scared.

Liu Zhengfeng.

If you keep this up, I'll kill your whole family.

I'll cut off your ears and eyes first, and let you suffer slowly.

Tell me...

Are you scared?

My good child, death means nothing.

What's there to fear?

Father, they want to cut off my ears and gouge out my eyes.

Can you just agree to kill Uncle Qu?

Little mongrel. Shut your mouth.

Kneel down.

- Don't kill me. - Is your dad in collusion with a demon?

Y-Yes.

Tell me, does your father deserve death?

Y-Yes.

You, Fei.

You have won.

I, Liu Zhengfeng, shall die with everlasting regret.

You want death? Not that easily.

You're coming back with me first.

Uncle Liu!

You cannot die!

- Uncle Liu, you cannot die. - Nephew, you have no business here.

Quickly get away from here!

Uncle Liu, the music is still waiting for you.

I still want to hear the best tune in the world!

- It's too late for that. - If there's a will, there's a way.

You're here just in time.

Just in time. Kill both of them!

Stop right there!

It's never too late to take revenge later. Let's go!

Brother Linghu!

It's the demon, Qu Yang! After them!

Brother Qu, let's go.

Leave now!

Black Blood Divine Needles?

Quickly, go and capture that demon!

Elder brother.

Little sister, did Uncle Liu get away?

Yes, he got away.

You just took some medicine. Don't move around too much.

Elder brother, what's wrong!

I'm much better now, I'll be okay.

How could I not be better with North Mount Heng's medicine?

Brother Linghu.

You are hurt so badly, yet you're still in the mood for jokes?

Come. Take nephew Linghu away.

Don't move!

My elder brother is wounded. Where will you take him?

Nursing wounds?

Headmaster Yue is here. Let's have Headmaster Yue speak.

Father.

We can take care of him ourselves.

Dear niece, your elder brother is young and reckless.

He dared to pull the same stunt as Liu Zhengfeng.

He has truly sullied the reputation of the Mount Hua Sect.

After we capture the demon and confront him

we'll let Linghu Chong prove his innocence

and uphold Headmaster Yue's good name.

Father.

Justice must be upheld by the public.

It'd be better for him to clear this up.

Headmaster Yue is a true man of principles.

Take Linghu Chong away.

Father.

The Mount Song people are such bullies. How can you tolerate this?

Say no more.

Your brother cannot tell right from wrong.

If Alliance Chief Zuo didn't take him away

I would've punished him myself.

Brother Yue, you're mistaken.

What the Mount Song Sect did today has toppled the South Mount Heng Sect

and has weakened your Mount Hua Sect.

Chief Zuo is cold and calculating and now he's on the hunt.

We must all keep our guards up.

Master nun, you are absolutely right.

I'll be more careful in the coming days.

Split up and search. Do not let Qu Yang go into the mountains.

Yes.

Look, someone has come.

Leave him be.

Uncle Lu says to use one to bait others.

Who cares if it's small fry or otherwise.

We'll take them all.

We'll settle debts with Yue Buqun tomorrow.

Who is it?

Little sister Yilin.

Brother Linghu.

I don't have the skills to rescue you, so just let me keep you company.

The cuckoo birds here are strange today.

It only cries once each time.

Little sister Yilin, I think you'd better leave.

Something is a little off tonight.

Aren't you listening?

I'm not leaving.

Just let me stay with you a while.

This way, I'll feel less anxious.

You...

I'm afraid you won't be able to leave, even if you wanted to now.

Good wine!

If only I could be a wine gourd.

Be a what?

It is said that when you see a shooting star

if you tie a knot on your sash and make a wish at the same time

then...

that wish will come true.

Do you think it is true?

I was so focused on tying the knot that I forgot my wish.

I know! It's to be a wine gourd!

Who is there?

Little sister, why are you here?

Not happy that I've come here?

Too bad.

No, it's not that.

Both of you are in danger now.

Why?

When the two of you came in here, there was a cuckoo cry each time.

It must be their secret signal. You two must've been discovered.

I think the two of you should get out of here quickly.

You can't leave now.

Don't move!

Let go of me!

Linghu Chong, you sure are good with the ladies.

Having a pair of beauties accompanying you.

They're just here to bring me food.

Let them go.

Sure.

Tomorrow, in front of all the heroes, you'll have time to be a wine gourd

or a vinegar gourd, or whatever you like.

Let's go!

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