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Well, what do you want from me?Speak up.

The sacred relic.

Which temple are you from?Shaolin.

I know that the Shaolin monks wouldn't do

such a thing. They've a sense of honor.

For the sake of Buddha and the people,

I'd do anything. We paid a lot of money

to buy the Buddha's sacred relic to take

back to Japan. You dare rob us?

Well, you can't have it. It has to stay

in China.

Ah

Who are you?Let me ask you.

Who are you?I'm a Shaolin monk.

Maybe you'd fool him.

But not me, though. Shaolin

monks don't use swords. And you're a

skillful swordsman. You're no amateur.

I'll wager. You've never seen Shaolin.

Been here long?HuhTwo days and nights

now. What for?Well, like

you. I'm after the Buddha's relic.

What do you think?You from Shaolin?

That's right. Don't believe you. Why

should I?That's up to you. I don't

care. But when we fight, though, you'll

believe me then. But then, it's

too late. You're pretty

confident, but maybe I'll surprise you.

Still, if you can beat me, then that

relic is yours. Buddha bless you.

Please. You won't use a

weapon.

Know who I am. The reverse sword,

swift as the wind. That style

is unmistakable. I know you,

your Lord Jung's man, Kou Feng. Shaolin

Monk, you're pretty smart.

You'll never find a Buddha's relic there.

Colton did the job. Where is he?

Ah

It's his sword.

We arrived too late.

Well, that looks bad. That sword's his

life. He'd never leave it behind. What

happened?I can't imagine.

Well, either Koh Fung has been killed,

or he's double-crossed us. I always told

you. Your plan was no

good. I was right.

The plan was good. I know it was. If it

had worked, we'd have got the gold. And

Shaolin got the blame. And we'd have the

relic, too. I thought Koh Fung was good.

He's useless.

Father had better not find out aboutthis.

Let's get on with the main thing.

Locate Kofung.

Dead or alive. It doesn't matter.

Hmm

Right. I'll go to Kwangtung right away.

We have got to get that relic back, and

fast too. Oh,

we're in trouble. Your Highness, a pigeon

just arrived. Where from?Kwantung.

Bring it here. Sir.

Got some news?Yeah.

Get one to check the records on thisname.

Sir.

Tanziri Er, born in Canton.

Parents are known, an expert in Tai Chi

technique. Good swordsman, travels a

lot. Tanzi Er

I've never heard of the name.

You've been following me all day, haven't

you?What do you want?

Hoda bless you. I thought,

maybe you'd need a monk. Part of our job

is to pray for the dead. Hmm

Well, he was used while he lived, and he

died needlessly. Oh, what

was he to you?

Nothing at all. Well, where were you

thinking of taking him?

To Lord Young. Oh?What for?

Reward. I

happen to know who killed the man.

Mister, you got it wrong. He's not

Lord Young's man. Oh?

He was my colleague. Broke our

rules. And the Abbot ordered that I

should kill him.

Mister, if you look, then you can see the

monk. You want to take the corpse, huh

Borda, bless you. That's just what I

want. To take him back to Shaolin for

burial. All right.

Thank you, mister. Hold it.

Why?The reward first.

Mister, you must be joking. It's just a

corpse, worth nothing. Besides,

how can a monk carry money?

I have nothing. Get lost then.

Mister, watch your mouth.

Ohh

Thank you, Mister.

Be

a mercy.

You want a bid?I'm

sorry, only banks. And

my friend?

Just put him in the stable. Stable?

He's dead, so he won't mind. Why should

you?Well, all right.

But this copse is valuable.

Have a wash first. I'll get some tea.

Would you like some food?Bring

some wine and buns and meat.

Right.

Good day. Come in.

Hey, bring some wine here and some beef.

Bring some food.

Hey, landlord! Yes, coming!

Hey, want something?Whose is this

coffin?Oh, one of the guests.

Who's inside it?A relative of the guests.

Hey, how do you know that?It has to be,

otherwise why wouldn't you bother?It's

obvious. Ha, you're so smart.

You've got lots of guests, I assume. We

don't have too many at this time of year.

I'd like a good room. A room?

Sorry, we only have bunks.

Very sorry, really I am. All right,

just bring some food then. Right.

Morning.

My bill. Yeah, right.

My lord. HmmWhat is it?

Hold it!

Stop them. Right. Stop.

The coffin. Who's in it?A

friend. Oh, must be a

good friend for you to take so much

trouble.

Open it.

yeah

What was he to you?Already

told you. A friend. Or?

You've a Japanese friend.

Well, I have friends everywhere.

Lord Jung got an urgent message and sent

me here. Lamon!

Go on. Coming!

What is the matter?Weren't there two

coffins here last night?

I think so. Hmm

Let's go. Right.

Where's the monk?The monk?

He left early. Hey, mister!

Mister Hey, mister!

Wait!Uh, mister! Wait! Uh,

mister! Wait there!

You got the wrong coffin. Huh

Wrong one?You took the wrong

one. This one's mine.

What's inside it, then?

It's a monk from our temple. And

which temple is that?Shaolin Temple.

It's the truth. It really is a monk.

If you don't believe me, open it and see.

And if it's not, well, then I'll pay what

you ask.

You see, I wasn't lying. Hey,

hey, hey, Mr. What?

Hey, wait. And

how can a big letcher like you be from a

temple?Letcher?Who's the letcher?

Well, what else?

What do you have to say?

Huh What is this?

I should ask you that. You could ask me.

Hey, are you a ghost?You don't have

ghosts in daytime. Why were you in that

coffin?Well, wasn't it you who made the

switch, though, and put me in there?You

lie. Where's my brother?Hmm

Well, ask him. I don't know. Hmm

Doc, where's my brother's body?

Now just relax. You'll get his body back,

all right?Buddha

bless you. Please, lady, stop this

little joke now. Don't know what you

mean. Well, just tell me where the body

is. Right.

But on the condition, you tell me

just what your reasons are for wanting

that monk's body. Because he was a

fellow monk. I must take him to Shaolin.

Is that all?But I bless you.

Shaolin monks never lie.

Well, you're definitely lying now,

though. What?You're not a Shaolin monk.

Who says so?

Well, when you were having your meal back

at the inn, you drank wine and you ateme.

Where is it?Hmm

The body in the coffin, huh

It's here. The dead

body. Well, I was the one in the

coffin. Is that

so?All

right, why the hell were you in there?

Uh, it was all because of him.

HuhHey! Now cut that out!

Otherwise, you're in trouble.

Now, come on. Let's have the truth. Oh,

no. I've said enough. Hey.

Now, Miss, do you know who we

are?Of

course. You're Qing officials from

Lord Jung's palace.

That's right. And if you'll just tell

us where the body is now, I promise

nobody will harm you.

Hey, tell him! Tell him what?

Uh, he's so silly. Listen,

I'll tell you.

Right. A really smart girl knows

when it's the time to talk. Go on. Uh,

he saidthat he knew some place

where there was some gold. And if I went

with him, we could share it.

But then, as he was a monk

and I was a girl, wouldn't look good

traveling together. So then he

said I should go in the coffin. Hey,

that's a bunch of lies. Every single word

of it. Why not just admit

it?You know, there's nothing wrong with

liking girls.

Hold it.

You fight very well. Don't bother to

flatter me. Tell me, what's your name?

Why, you fancy me as well.

Huh We're here acting on the king's

orders. And if you've any

sense, you'll cooperate. Hmph.

My lord, I promise. I'm quite

law-abiding. Of course I'll cooperate.

Well then, tell the truth. But I told you

everything. The corpse. The

corpse?What corpse?

Kofung's corpse. We're looking for it.

He was killed. You should be looking for

his killers then, shouldn't you, ehNot

looking for his body. We shall do that.

Sorry, can't help you. Ask him.

Ah

Get her! Noonie, she won't live.

The body. No idea.

I think you're lying. Take your...

Where are you from?

Talk. Did you kill Ko

Fong?Death is just like life, Buddha

said. And that Ko is dead

makes no difference. I don't know what

you mean. When the Prince comes, you

know.

Search right.

Nothing. No one here.

Take care of the horses. Right. Come with

me. Right.

He's escaped.

Hold it.

Look, what is this?Tell me,

what's the secret behind that corpse?

There is no secret. Huh, why are you

looking after it, if there's no secret?

To find out why he posed as a

monk. Hmm, you

lie.

Well, all right, think what you want.

Anyway, his corpse has disappeared now.

Hmm

Well, if you would like to tell me the

truth, maybe I could help you.

Tell me what the secret is behind this,

and the corpse will be returned by my

friends. Who?

Korean agents.

Agents?

This has nothing to do with them. Well,

they hate the Chings. They robbed them.

Robbed them?Of what?

You know the answer to that.

I don't get it. Hmm

You Korean?

Grew up there, but I'm Chinese. I have

sympathy for all their problems.

You despise them?

I serve my own country.

By licking the boots of those goddamn

chings. Is that how?Nonsense.

I'm plotting against them.

The thing with the body, that part of

your plot, it's meant to confuse them.

All right, I'll go talk to my friends,

and tomorrow you can meet them.

Oh, God! Where have you been all this

time?We've been so worried. Find

anything?No.

It's strange. They all want that body.

What's it about?You got no clues?

No one will talk. What

about that fellow Tan?He said that he's a

Ming rebel. And Ko's body,

somehow, is important to his plans.

HmmBelieve him?A corpse

can't restore the Mings now. That doesn't

make any sense. Maybe we could outsmart

him by giving him the body back. And

then what?Well, if we watch him

closely, then we might learn what the

secret is. HmmYou're right.

What's happening up there?Their troops

are coming.

At your service, sir. My name is Captain

One.

Send your men out. Arrest everyone,

including the children, and bring them

here! Sir!

You came alone?Of course I did.

The corpse?Oh.

It's here now.

Can't you ever tell the truth?

HmmThere. You see, I'm not lying.

Isn't that Kefung's body there?

Well, that's him hanging there. Can't you

see him yet?Thanks a

lot. And what now?

Take him out. Well, Lord Nin and

that monk are still at the inn.

You can't get out.

But still, if you tell me what your plans

are, then maybe...

Really. And the whole lot is being held

in the stables. Should we let him have

the corpse?What's happening?

Because Nimcad found the body, he sent

for the Qing troops to arrest all the

villagers here as hostages

at tomorrow noon if that body is not

produced. Then all of you will die!

Move them in! Come on, all right, come

on, get it!

Quiet, move.

No. You can't have the body.

You said that I could. If you take it,

all of those people will die. Don't you

care?What if they do?

If it helps the Mings, then it's worth

the cost. They'll have died in a worthy

cause. But it's only

a corpse. It can't be worth all that

much. Well, it's worth a lot to us.

But how?And why?Yeah.

Well, tell me. Just tell me.

Shall I tell them the truth?

No. Better not trust anyone.

You watch him. I shall tell Ninh.

Wait.

You're gonna tell Ninh where the corpse

is?There's too many lives at stake. I

have to.

All right. But will you give me three

days first?But what for?

I can't tell you that yet. Hmm

Now listen, I must set things up.

I need time. To steal the corpse?

To confront them. For that

corpse?It means so much to you?

You'll understand one day. Right.

You have three days. Thank you.

Go hide the corpse.

HmmYou defy me?I'm the lord.

Not defy. Just asking, sir, for your

mercy. For these innocent people.

How do you know they're innocent?But

they're all simple farmers. Not thieves

or rebels. Well, who killed

my men?

Where's the body?You've given us too

little time. Please, my lord,

wait a few more days. Well, all right.

Just one more day. Then they die!

Lord Nev, I beg you. Damn you!

You dare to oppose us?You rebel!

I'm no rebel. Just want justice! Arrest

this man! Take him, my love!

Your Highness,

welcome, my Lord.

You are our Japanese friend?

And who is this?A rebel. He made trouble.

Fought the guards. Oh.

String him up on the flagpole.

Now you repeat what you told them, sir.

If we don't get that body back by

tomorrow, you're all going to die.

Miss Lag, you must save Mr. Chin. I'm

begging her. Don't rush me.

Where are you off?I'm going to

tell them the corpse is here. Then

they'll release Chin. Listen, listen

Please do nothing rash, because I doubt

if they let him go. What's more, they

might even kill you. We can't just leave

him hanging there. We have to do

something. There's far too many of them

now. We'll have to wait.

Well then, sir.

Everything went according to plan at

first.

Then what happened?Well, then the

body disappeared. Did you see anybody

suspicious there?Well, I knew the

body couldn't be far, so then I climbed a

tree to look around. That's when I saw

that fellow Tan carrying away Cole's

body. And so I followed him there.

And once again, you lost the corpse. I

just don't get it. That night I

switched the body with that of a dead

Japanese.

Next day there was a girl in the coffin

and Ko's body had gone.

Highness. I only acted according to your

plan, Sir. You can't blame me.

All right, I know. I'm

worried. Case the Abbot finds out.

Don't worry. Just

do what I say and then

you'll be the other. I promise you.

Thank you, Sir. But

this man, Tan, who's he?

I don't know. He doesn't talk much.

Also, there's that Japanese. He's no

fool, that's for sure. You watch him,

Sir.

Gentlemen,

now we'll attack separately.

Right. Well, Sir, you

tell us when and our society will do your

bidding. Right.

But when you were carrying the corpse,

why didn't you cut it open and take the

Buddha's relic out?That monk was

watching my every move. I had no chance.

Where'd it come from?

He's the one who killed Ko Fung. He's

from Shaolin. Well, go get him checked

out at Shaolin. Right.

When will you move?We'll move at dusk.

Right.

The corpse is in the temple.

There's nothing.

My Lord, we've searched it thoroughly

now.

All this fuss about a body, you'd think

it was stuffed with gold.

What was that?

I said there was so much fuss for a body.

Stuffed with gold, huhCut the

stomach open and check, Sir. Go on, Sir.

Got it! It's here! It's

here!

We've been hurt! What?

This is a fake.

Talk! Where's the real one?

Real or fake?I've not touched it. Don't

know where it is. Hmm

Highness, we studied together at Shaolin,

sir. I'm completely loyal to you.

Why don't you trust me?I

only trust facts, not people.

Highness, I've told you everything.

But there's one thing you've not told me,

though. What's that?Where's the

relic?I really don't know.

Well, I think you're lying to me. Don't

blame me for what happened. But I told

you the complete truth, though. If you

don't believe me, nothing I can do.

Halt! Where are you

going?Back to Shaolin.

Now I see. So you're going to return the

real relic to Shaolin?HuhYou!

You You're wrong! You

stupid fool! Did you really think that

you could cheat me?

You went back on your word. Because of

this corpse. Mr. Tim sacrificed himself

for you. How many more people do you want

dead?

You should have told me. It was in the

stomach. It was too

important to tell you. After all, I

don't know who you are. Could be a

traitor for all I know. The stupid old

relic. Why is it so great?

You don't understand. The Buddha's sacred

relic is priceless. It's beyond value.

So then, that's why you want to get hold

of it. With that, I could

command all the men willing to fight the

Chings.

You're with?The Skyclan. Skyclan.

How many steps?36 steps. And to Earth?

There's 72. Do you have a post?I do. East

or West?It's West, Dragon Hill. The clan

acts as one against the enemy.

Brother Ten, I have some good news

for you. The relic they found was a fake.

Who said?The prince and he was furious.

Can't be. I saw Ko

swallow him. Why would the prince say

it's false?Easy. To confuse

people.

There's too many of them. Come with me.

Ohh

Hey, arrest those two.

Send instructions to the Governor to

issue warrants for those two. Sir!

Wait!

Did you hear him?You deaf?

Where are you going?To Japan. Huh

To report your plot to my king. My plot?

You intended to cheat him. You think a

fake relic?

But it was you, though. Meant to cheat

me. Get him!

ah

Who are you?A disciplinary monk from

Shaolin. You got in Shaolin

and studied Kung Fu. And then you stole

the Buddha relic, but today you'll pay

for that.

And so you're in the same gang, huhWell,

let's just say we have common interests.

OhWell, I don't care what they are.

I just want you to hand over that relic.

And then you can go. But the relic is in

your possession, though. And

that's why I'm here now. All

right, if that's what you want.

Listen, this is the fake!

Hurry! I... I..

ohh

Leave it, Mr. Tan! No!

Runner. Catch.

Run.

Run. Run. Run.

Get going. Get out of here. Run. Run.

Run.

Run. Hurry.

Come on.

Hey, take a look, right?

Highness, there's a tunnel here!

So this is where they've been hiding out

then. It's no wonder that we

lost so many men. I'm sure there

must be another exit. Let's find it.

There's a way out here.

The Relic. The

Relic.

Thank you.

Listen, your wound better?Much

better. You're

hungry. I'll get some food. Hey,

Chin-lan.

Be careful. And

come back. I will.

yeah

Me!

Careful. Poison needle.

I know it. Get back. I'll

handle him. Ah

Get out. Hurry.

The relic's inside the sword handle.

Well

well now, is that the best you can do?