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During the late Ming Dynasty, the bandit

Li Chi Sheng rose up against the court

and he threatened the safety of the

imperial palace. On March the

19th, the city fell to the bandits.

The emperor committed suicide and the

palace was in turmoil.

The Empress and the two princes had

managed to escape before the bandits got

into the palace. But the traitor,

General Ma, discovered their flight and

pursued them. So the

two princes had to split up to elude

their pursuers. And so started a

heart-rending story.

Be smarter to

surrender. I was born in me,

and I'll die one. You can forget it.

You know what's best for you?But if you

surrender, I'll guarantee you a court

position. If you don't, you're a dead

man, you damn traitor.

My loyalty is to the Emperor alone. You

goddamn son of a bitch

You should open your eyes and see what's

happening. The Emperor's

finished and the Ming is gone. You

better hand that baby over to us. You

want the baby?You have to go through me

first. God damn you.

Who do you think you are?You asked for

this.

Huh

Hey, what are you doing here?Oh, you

have a letter. I better take you back.

My country and my family have been

destroyed. My mother was right. It's

bad to be born into a royal family.

Thank you for coming, Sir. Do you have

some good news for me?

The Emperor is very pleased with you. He

thinks you've done a marvelous job for

the Empire, so he has appointed you

as Commissioner of Hobei.

Thank God. Long live the Emperor.

North Shaolin and South Shaolin are from

the same family. And every ten years

we organize a contest between us. This

year we have nominated Mo Shan and Mo

Wang. They must go through a series of

tests which are voluntary. If they fail,

it could mean their deaths.

In the past, a lot of students were

killed during these tests so you can

imagine the difficulty.

Therefore, I urge you to think it over.

If you don't think you can pass the

tests, there is no shame in saying so. We

may choose others. It's up to you.

Student Mo Wong, your decision?My

privilege, sir. Mo Shan, what's your

decision?I accept your nomination, sir.

Hoda Blastan.

Hoda Blastan.

Mo Wang failed the test. I deeply regret

this.

Mo Shan, do you still want to try it?

oh

your honor these other people won't pay

their taxesWhy won't you

pay your taxes?

Nonsense! You don't pay

your tax, you've broken the law.

You must pay up, or you will

pay with your lives.

Ohh

You pig, I'm going

to kill you. You got three

days to pay the tax in full.

Hey, come on down. Don't be scared.

It's easy. Just watch me.

Hey, wait for me.

Who's sneaking around here?

Brother, we thought we'd just come in and

see how you're doing. What's wrong?You

think we're thieves or something?All

right, come in now.

How was your injury?Can we have a look?

Leave him. Maybe the flesh is still raw.

You must have moved the bolters.

Brother, we better leave it. I feel hot.

Will you take it out for me?

I know it's tough. Only you can take the

terrible pain. Hey, shh. What?All

right, brother. I'll lift it up now.

Buddha bless you. Buddha bless you.

Buddha bless you. Please tell me, Sir,

which monastery are you from?I'm from

North Shaolin Temple. Oh, I'm very glad

to meet you here, Master. There is

something that you could help me with.

At the back of the hill is buried an

honorable man. I've made a wooden post.

You will find it with no problem. I hope

that, master, you'll help me by praying

for his soul. Don't worry about

it, sir. It'll be my pleasure to do that.

Thank you so much. By the way, what's

your name?I'm Mosham. Buddha bless

you.

Uncle, I'm going to say goodbye.

I'll do everything to restore the Ming

Empire. I shall take back

what was rightfully mine.

I promise I'll fight all the way until

I've driven the bandits out.

Get him. Run,

Your Highness. Run quick.

Just a wooden tomb marker. They say

the Prince is dead. These people

are too careless.

Besides, the Emperor has two sons. You

better get them both. Find them and kill

them. Remember, cut out the

roots. or we'll have endless trouble

from them.

Yeah

Come on, you guys. Don't waste time.

That's enough. I'm tired. I need a break.

Time really flies. Another year has gone

by.

Hey, brother, how does it taste?Are they

sweet?Hey, throw some down to us.

Oh, yeah, yeah, sure.

Hey, this is a good trick. Hey, look at

this.

Come on,

brother. Get her. Don't fly

around my leg.

OK, we'll do it again.

What's

that noise over

there?

Don't worry

about us. All right,

you must have let them get away, brother.

I'd

like to kill them. They deserve it.

Take him back to the temple, OK?

Put up, please give them another chance.

Report, Sir. A monk has rescued the

Prince and he has taken him to Shaolin

Temple.

God damn it. Launch a search of once of

Shaolin Temple. You must find the Prince.

Who is it?

Oh, my God.

Would have bless you. We have had

assassins here last night.

Brother, I think we had better report

this to the Abbot.

What's happened here?Boda bless

you.

Abbott, these assassins must have been

sent by General Ma.

When did they come?They came last night.

We're monks. The government leaves us

alone. Tell me, Mo Shan, did you cause

any trouble outside?No, Abbott.

I didn't cause any trouble at all. I

don't understand. Nonsense. If you did

nothing to them, why would these people

come to us now?I think you must be hiding

something from us. I did save a man. He

was injured, so I brought him back.

Recently I have heard that the government

has been looking for the Ming princes.

Ming princes.

This wounded man must be the Prince

they're looking for. I suggest that we

send him to General Ma right now to avoid

getting our temple into trouble.

What?How can you say that?I'm

sorry.

I think that Moshan did the right

thing. Being Buddhist monks,

we must be merciful and help people who

are in need. That's what we have always

been taught to do. In that case, Abbot,

what do you think we should do about this?

Mo Shan's supposed to go to the South

Shaolin contest next month.

But now this has happened. We can tell

him to go now. Mo Shan, you can

leave tomorrow morning.

Yes, Abbot, I shall leave tomorrow.

I must go and tell the Prince to leave

here before I take off.

It's slippery. Be careful.

Wait for me.

Hurry up. Oh, we want to catch up with

further motion. Come on.

Come on

You two. What are you doing here, brother?

We just want to. We just

want to come along with. Hey. What?

Put her up. Bless you. You want to come

with me to South Shaolin?Yeah.

We're brothers, aren't we?That's right.

We must stick together and help each

other in times of trouble, right?And

also, you see, you need someone to look

after you. I've got hands and

feet. I don't need someone to look after

me.

Go back,

brother. I told you to go back. Go on.

Wait, brother. Brother, wait. Wait for

us.

Brother.

Brother. What's he got?I don't know.

Brother. Brother.

He's coming over here. Yeah. Hey, we

better hide. Oh, come on. How do we do

that?Turn around. Get down. Oh, OK.

Buddha, bless you. Which monastery are

you from, sirs?Oh,

we're from North Shaolin Temple. South

Shaolin Temple. What are you 2

doing here?Oh, we're going to North

Shaolin Temple.

You better go back immediately. But we're

brothers, Sammy. Yeah, that's right. We

always do everything together, don't we?

It's just my luck. Go back right now.

Let's go.

Hey, hey, hey, afraid of nice beef.

2 bowls of noodles. I have to check

for table four.

Please come in, Sir. Hey, what?

What's wrong?Are you surprised?Well, are

we not welcome here?We have money. We'll

pay you. You don't worry. Oh, boss.

We've been standing here for a long time.

Get us a table.

I'm very sorry. We don't serve any monks

or tastes. How come you don't serve monks?

Well, gentlemen, don't you see?This

is not a vegetarian restaurant, and the

food here wouldn't suit you at all, would

it?Now, you don't eat meat, right?Is that

right?Hey, boss,

if you think that we cannot eat meat,

then you're wrong. Look at

him. You know, he eats at least 5 pounds

of meat at every meal. Hey,

boss, if you don't believe him, I can

prove it to you. But I bless you.

Master, don't worry. Police service will

pay you. Oh, good. Right. Gentlemen,

please come with me.

These three monks, they must be very

rich. I'm going to charge them today and

I'll make a small fortune. Hey,

down there, kitchen. I want some roast

chicken, one roast duck, some fish and a

very big pot of wine and some pork, OK?

Well, now, gentlemen, here's your food, eh

Now, we are a little expensive, but the

quality's good, you knowYou go on. Huh

Mosan, a monk does not eat meat. Meat

arouses desires.

Monks eat meat?

Brother, what's the matter?

My stomach is giving me trouble.

I gotta go out. You carry on.

Diamaris, where's the rest of your food?

Hey, coming, coming, coming. Please wait,

sir. Hey, two waiters off sick today,

and I'm doing everything myself. Why does

the food take so long?Ohh You people eat

too fast. Yeah, but the food you brought

was so tiny, the amount was so small, I'm

still starving to death. And I'm not full

yet. Now, sir, be patient. I'll

go check the kitchen. Now, can you pay me

something right now?

Don't worry. Our brother, he has all our

money. Ohh Your brother,

who was there, he has the money. Well,

let me see your money first, and then

I'll fetch you anything that you want.

How's that, ehWhat?

This restaurant, using cash,

we don't give credit to anybody. Oh,

my stomach hurts. I gotta go.

Sit down. I know exactly what you're

trying to do. You can't sneak away like

this. Wait here. I'll go find Brother

Moshan. When he comes back, then you can

go. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait,

wait, waitHey, hey, you two.

Uh, what's the meaning of this, ehSo

you're trying to sneak up without

paying. I know all about

this. One of you leaves, then the others.

And you don't pay the bill. HuhI know

these tricks. They're old tricks and

they've been tried on me many times

before.

All made, Hoffa. You have

a feeling that your temple may be in

trouble. You go back and you

have a look.

Good morning, Sir. Is there anything I

can do for you?Just tell your Abbot to

come here. Yeah.

Buddha, bless you. General, welcome to

our temple. Is there anything we can do

for you?I know

you're harboring A wanted criminal here.

I'm going to be straight with you. If

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

right now,

or this temple will be destroyed. It'll

be burnt to the ground. General, can you

please tell me the name of this criminal?

Shut up, Sir. General,

this is a holy place.

Let's go. May

Buddha bless you.

Master.

Master, I'm sorry I came too late.

Blast. You've all been killed because of

me. I'll take revenge for you.

Prince. Prince.

Now I see.

Hey, will you hit me?I'm sorry.

Hey, hey, what's wrong with you just

unfinished, ehCome on in. Well, you

can clean the tables and the chairs and

then go help in the kitchen, OK?

You asked for it. Couldn't pay your bill,

so you'll work it off. You'll

be out

there lazy months. One's

fat and the other's stupid. Come on,

faster, goddamn it.

General Ma. General Ma.

Sit down.

We finally got the prince.

You have all the credit for this success.

Hmm Thank you very much.

Hey, boss. Hey, who's shouting for

me?Ohh

I'm very sorry. I didn't know it was you,

gentlemen. I'm sorry. I'll

get your meal.

Now that Shaolin Tempo's been wiped out,

we can all relax a lot more, ehYes, Sir.

What a surprise this is. This place is an

opera. I wonder if they charge us for it.

They didn't tell us about it, so they

can't charge us money.

A monk. Must be a spy.

Please, gentlemen, will you stop this?I

need this place for business, please.

God bless you. Huh

Huh

Brother. Brother.

I'm so sorry. Would

that bless you?

You died because of me. It was my

fault. Thank

you. Thank you.

Enjoy yourself. Hey, you did a very good

job.

Thank you. Thank you.

Congratulations.

The Prince has already fallen into the

bandit's hands. I heard the General Ma

will take the Prince to the palace and

will pass by Taishek Mun. So I'm planning

an ambush of Taishek Mun. Do you

understand?Yes, yesAlso,

when we get the Prince, we'll take him to

the Lee's family. But in case we fail,

you must be prepared to sacrifice

yourselves. Do you understand?We'll

succeed or we'll die. All right, good.

Let's get moving now.

Please have mercy, sir. Please give this

man another chance. You interfered with

us and now you die. Get him. Leave now.

I'll take care of them. Ohh Thank you.

We

need to take care of our own business

ourselves. We're

not going.

Go now.

Master, thanks for helping us.

How are you feeling?Thank you,

Master. We're feeling much better now.

Tell me, why do you people do this?

Well, it is for the country, for the

Prince. We do not mind sacrificing

ourselves. HuhFor the Prince?

Bad news. Bad

news. A lot of soldiers. They're coming

this way and they're searching. We must

leave here quick.

Master, are you there?

Oh, I'm sorry to cause you all this

trouble. It's nothing at all. You must

be hungry. Please eat. Thank you, Miss.

Oh, yeah. You should join me, too.

Master, you go ahead. We got

big trouble. General

Ma, he's captured two of our men. We

must do something and do it quickly.

It's possible somebody in the group is a

spy. Tell me, why did they take our men?

I saw them heading for Tai Set Wun.

Wooda, bless you. You wait here. I'll be

back soon. You be careful.

Come on.

Time out?You should have brought that

monk's head to me. Oh,

so I see, General. You don't believe that

I killed him?

Huh It's not a matter of believing you.

Something like this happened once before.

You said that you buried that monk, but

he may still be alive. God, that's

quite impossible.

Don't say any more. I will

go and check it out myself.

It's just what I expected.

We've been cheated again. You're

all a bunch of idiots. But General, what

do you think we should do now?

I know exactly what to do with them.

Master, how do you feel now?Ching

Ching. Is the master awake, kid?Yes, Dad,

he's awake.

I'll go get him something, Dewey. All

right, Dad, but you must be careful.

Miss, what is our situation now?

General Ma has captured all our men.

General Ma. Stay

there.

Give us the prisoner now. I

don't know what you're talking about. You

know the monk from Shaolin Temple. Where

is he?I have no

idea, Sir.

What is this?Tell me.

Sir, you won't talk, you old fool. Arrest

him. Go ahead.

Sit down. Now

that we have that old man, I'm sure the

monk will come looking for him. We

set up a trap. We're just waiting for

him. yeah That's good.

What?That's not a monk, that's a

girl. She

came at the right time. Don't kill

the girl, I want her alive.

She's quite nice. I will question her

myself.

Uncle Lee.

Uncle Lee.

Ching Ching. Ching Ching.

Master Si Ching.

Oh, God bless you. I know

everything. You better stay here.

Please, Master, please teach me Kung Fu.

I must avenge all of them.

Oh, Shan, you can go now.

Miss, it's you. Master, I've given up the

revolutionaries. Miss, do you know where

the second Prince is?The second Prince?

He's already gone S with my father.

God bless you. Welcome,

general. Please come to the hall.

Hold it.

Stop this nonsense. Give me the man.

God bless you. This

temple's a holy place. There can be no

violence. They're

all traitors. Let's kill them all. Who

stop?Or we will have to

defend ourselves.

Could he

be a Prince too?