♪Ask the sword and knife, and do away with resentment♪
♪I fear that new and old grudges will add to my troubles♪
♪Ask each tactic and move to see who is more skilled♪
♪Fate changes and cannot be predicted♪
♪Ask the road and journey ahead♪
♪Where is my soul mate?♪
♪Ask the rain and clear skies about the troubles on my mind♪
♪Face the moon every day and night♪
♪Ask the flowers and leaves, their colors are perfect♪
♪Happiness and pain are both short, how many springs are left?♪
♪Ask autumn and winter, the snowstorm continues♪
♪The rainbow scatters easily but the days are hard to endure♪
♪No one knows why the flowers blossomed early♪
♪Heaven doesn't mock us, you've also grown old♪
♪The martial arts world is small, but the rest of the world is vast♪
♪I've forgotten those who are gone♪
♪No one knows why the flowers withered early♪
♪Heaven feels no sorrow, you've also grown old♪
♪The heroes have died and little time is left♪
♪I've forgotten those who are gone♪
«Word of Honor»
«Episode 2»
This young philanthropist looks so sweet!
But her actions are so spicy!
Pah! I don't have to take this!
Master?
A-Xiang, stop being an embarrassment.
Your martial arts are lacking, and now your insight is too?
I apologize for my maid's rudeness.
I don't deserve this.
I should apologize instead.
So you know martial arts too.
Then you are a friend in the Jianghu.
Very sorry.
Earlier, I slighted you.
I am Zhang Chengling.
student of Mirror Lake Sect of the Five Lakes Alliance.
May I ask my friend
which sect are you from? What's your name?
Too much, too much.
Friend, are you wounded? Are you sick?
I've no skills. No sect, no alliance.
Young Lord, we should go.
This isn't any of our business.
Friend, as you're in Mirror Lake's territory,
if you'd like,
come visit us.
No matter if you're injured, ill,
or in any kind of trouble—
take my name card to our Mirror Lake Manor for rest and treatment.
Young Lord, even if you have a name card,
you can't hand it to just anyone you run into on the street.
The lord explained—
This is what Papa told me to do!
At home, rely on parents; away from home, rely on friends.
The righteous path is mutual aid.
Look, he's really sick!
Since our paths crossed—
Young Lord.
What makes you think he's a righteous hero?
Look how he's dressed. How could he be a bad guy?
Young Lord, we need to hurry or we'll be late.
Many thanks, Zhang-gongzi, for your righteousness.
If you're in a hurry to do something,
don't let me delay you.
That's right, I almost forgot,
my mother sent me to buy snacks quickly.
Friend, don't stand on ceremony.
Everything will come in its time.
Hope to see you soon!
«Mirror Lake Sect, Zhang Chengling»
Well, then.
When Jiuxiao was young,
he too was that silly.
Master.
This one was about to sort him out.
Why didn't you let me sort out that—uh—sick devil?
«Qing Yu Tower»
His footfall-thingies were so smooth!
So annoying!
Then you would,
no matter how you tried, fall to the
Flowing Cloud Nine-Palace Steps.
Flowing Cloud Nine-Palace Steps?
What sect's that?
Four Seasons Manor.
Four Seasons Manor?
What's Four Seasons Manor?
How come I've never heard of it?
This man is a variable. I'll have to stick close to him.
♪You chase me, I chase you.♪
♪It's a legend of the Jianghu!♪
♪To the five lakes all water flows,♪
♪Martial supremacy, where else could it go?♪
That rhyme again.
The Jianghu has only had a few years of peace and quiet.
The Five Lakes have started campaigning
to seize the empty title of supreme martial artist.
Shouldn't virtue not need a title?
This is headed for disaster.
Who? Who? Who?
«Boatman»
You evil kid! Whaddya want? «Boatman»
Can't you see this daddy was sleeping?
Wanna do business?
Yeah.
I need to get to Mirror Lake Manor.
Three silver coins for a ride. Still want to go?
That works, let's go!
You foolish child!
Three silver coins should stretch to twenty crossings!
You quoted a price. I accepted.
Deal made.
Not your problem whether I'm foolish.
Hold on, hold on.
Look at you, boy! What's wrong with you?
You look like you'll kick the bucket any second! Like some sort of sick old devil!
You gonna play some evil trick?
You gonna cheat ol' daddy me?
Go boil yourself, you egg!
I don't want your business.
Roll off!
It seems the crossing is not fated yet.
This being the case, there's no need to impose.
My brother, if there's no objection,
why not join me to cross?
You're messing with me! Messing!
Your pedantic fakery stinks, little boy!
Whaddaya want?
Dogging this daddy to steal business?
Don'cha know "first come, first served"?
Silly little boy, let's go!
Okay! Let's go!
Come.
In the Jianghu, fate may find a way to reunite us!
Come on, come on!
Quick, quick!
Don't let the crossing bring you sorrow. I will go ahead to meet thee.
Master.
Who is that sick old devil anyway?
A variable.
«Mirror Lake Manor»
Now this is really the Jiangnan of legend, with apricot blossoms and misty rain.
Are you messing with me? Are you?
Indeed, dying here … would be astonishingly agreeable.
Curse your mother's hipbones! You turtle's grandson, you're running out on me?
You haven't paid me yet!
Heaven smite you, sick old devil!
Putting on airs to cheat people, huh?
Others dine and dash, but you ride and dash?
Piss yourself a lake and take a look at yourself!
You think you're some kind of feudal lord?
Even the corpse of a mangy dog's wife is better than you!
Pay me now!
If you don't pay,
This daddy will crush your bones and boil you for soup!
You said that I ride and dash?
Yes! I was talking about you, evil kid!
I shall evilly ride and dash then!
Stop running away!
You just wait!
You stinky good-for-nothing kid!
Your mother's hipbones! Old turtle's grandson!
♪Ask the sword and knife, and do away with resentment♪
♪I fear that new and old grudges will add to my troubles♪
♪Ask each tactic and move to see who is more skilled♪
♪Fate changes and cannot be predicted♪
♪Ask the road and journey ahead♪
♪Where is my soul mate?♪
♪Ask the rain and clear skies about the troubles on my mind♪
♪Face the moon every day and night♪
♪Ask the flowers and leaves, their colors are perfect♪
♪Happiness and pain are both short, how many springs are left?♪
♪Ask autumn and winter, the snowstorm continues♪
♪The rainbow scatters easily but the days are hard to endure♪
♪No one knows why the flowers blossomed early♪
♪Heaven doesn't mock us, you've also grown old♪
♪The martial arts world is small, but the rest of the world is vast♪
♪I've forgotten those who are gone♪
♪No one knows why the flowers withered early♪
♪Heaven feels no sorrow, you've also grown old♪
♪The heroes have died and little time is left♪
♪I've forgotten those who are gone♪
My apologies.
Don't be angry.
My brother, your footwork dances as lightly as a fairy.
This one could never forget it.
So this one came here hoping to see it one more time.
Elegant like a fairy?
Curse your mother's hips!
Young Master, are your eyes diseased?
No, no, no, my gaze is entirely proper.
Your footwork was queer! Like flowing wind and circling snow.
As if a Buddha! As if light clouds screened the moon!
So beautiful! So beautiful!
Who is this guy?
He recognized Four Seasons Manor's Flowing Clouds Nine-Palace Steps.
My brother, I saw you are also a person fond of wine.
The spring colors are just right.
Why not shift our steps to my boat, and drink a few cups?
As said, "After a bottle of wine among the flowers,
No more drinking alone without a bride."
The young master has tailed behind me the whole journey.
What's your real purpose? No harm in being clear.
Tailed behind?
Did the brother not command me,
"Find a way to reunite us in the Jianghu"?
I immediately set off to meet you.
He's farting at me like it's incense.
Then shall I see you the next time we're in the Jianghu?
«Mirror Lake Manor»
My lord's heart is generous and honest.
First and Second Young Lords also like
to associate with talented and righteous men too.
Our manor is small
but there are many martial artists,
each one bursting with heroism and outstanding power.
I didn't expect Little Young Lord
to imitate them so quickly.
But his way of looking at things …
is worlds different.
♪To the five lakes all water flows,♪
♪Martial supremacy, where else could it go?♪
Our Mirror Lake Sect hasn't been out in the world in a long time.
Whoever wants to be the supreme martial artist,
We will pray that he gets everything his heart desires.
«Chief of Mirror Lake Sect, Zhang Yu Sen» We will pray that he gets everything his heart desires.
But father,
in the last few days, the rhyme got a godawful second verse.
«Eldest son of Zhang Yu Sen, Zhang Chengfeng» in the last few days, the rhyme got a godawful second verse.
It's just one stanza. «Eldest son of Zhang Yu Sen, Zhang Chengfeng»
The words are weird and really suspicious. «Eldest son of Zhang Yu Sen, Zhang Chengfeng»
The words are weird and really suspicious.
♪Bright clouds scatter, glazed glass breaks,♪
♪Who will weep at Qingya's gates?♪
What?
Is this song hinting about the Glazed—
Chengfeng, be careful with your words.
Father.
Deng-shixiong came in person again this year to invite you
to the Five Lakes Alliance mid-autumn festival party.
«Peaceful and Profound» to the Five Lakes Alliance mid-autumn festival party.
Why don't we «Peaceful and Profound»
visit Gao-bobo in Yueyang City this year?
«The Supreme Kindness» visit Gao-bobo in Yueyang City this year?
«The Supreme Kindness»
That's Zhang Yusen, Lord Zhang, right? «The Supreme Kindness»
That's Zhang Yusen, Lord Zhang, right?
It's been a while since we've seen Gao-bobo.
They are Master and First Young Master.
Master, here, please.
«Like Water»
Who is that person?
That one?
He got Chengling's name card
and came looking for handouts.
I don't know how they met.
I didn't want to dash his hopes,
so I told the steward to let him stay somewhere out of the way.
Chengfeng, you need to restrain both of your little brothers.
Today onwards, don't allow Chengluan or Chengling to leave the island again.
Yes, father.
«Woodshed»
Old Hero.
Since you're a friend of Little Young Lord,
you're a family guest.
But our house is really limited.
For a little while, you'll have to bed down in the woodshed.
Woodshed?
If you feel slighted—
The woodshed is great!
I still have one thing to request.
Old Hero, you can speak frankly.
This wine gourd, ah,
is empty inside. Its stomach growls so loud!
Very understandable.
In a bit, I'll bring you wine and food to go with it.
Many thanks, ah!
Then this servant will leave.
Everything's cleaned up.
A few unreasonable generals
tried to resist.
This subordinate has already ordered them killed.
Hang their heads from the top level of the city gate,
as a warning to others.
Yes.
A report for the Prince from the spies:
Someone in Jiangnan is using the children
to spread a weird rhyme everywhere.
It seems to hint at the Glazed Gadget's whereabouts.
Send someone immediately to investigate thoroughly.
One final matter.
The spy who was tracking Zhou Zishu
lost track of him after not too long.
As expected, he was prepared. Keep looking.
Midnight's here already.
The Three-Autumns nails are pressing my life out again.
Help me, ah!
Help! Help me!
These ghost masks …
which file did I read about them in?
The Ghost Valley of Mount Qingya?
How did Mirror Lake Sect provoke that band of devils?
It's all servants.
Not one martial artist is resisting them.
Seems their outstanding power got burst.
Mirror Lake Sect is overrun by the ghosts.
Little Young Lord, quick, follow me!
A mechanical sparrow?
Why would there be a Window of Heaven spy here?
Never mind. They still need rescue urgently.
«Mirror Lake Manor»
Quick! Keep dodging!
Are you okay?
Sick Old Devil?
Old Turtle's Grandson! Take the kid and run!
Come on! Hurry!
Zhang Yusen!
If you don't want to be torn into pieces,
hand over the Glazed Gadget quickly!
In your dreams!
Fine. You're not scared of dying.
How about watching your two sweetie-pie sons die horribly?
You okay?
Honored personage!
Who in the hell are you?
I rode and dashed once,
but I saved your life once,
so I figure that makes us even.
You sick old devil, you've made an error.
You rode on my boat twice.
I rowed you across this time too,
and you still haven't paid me a single coin!
I'm telling you, sick old devil, we need to keep running.
We'd better not stay here long.
Ol' Daddy, my tuberculosis is flaring. I can't run anymore.
You need to take the baby doll and run.
Don't worry about me.
You...
No way. You saved me.
I mustn't abandon you!
If Papa finds out that
I acted so unrighteously in this matter,
he will surely break my legs.
I hafta know, are you daft?
Four to one, your dad's dead already, match over.
There's no one from your sect left to beat you.
You have to hurry and run away.
My dad can't die.
My father is Qiu Yuejian, Hero Swordsman of Mirror Lake.
I don't need to be told who your dad is.
Qiu Yuejian saved my life.
I rowed my boat in front of your gate for three years
because I was looking for a chance
to return him my life.
Hurry up and get yourself out of here!
Head for Lake Tai and look for Hero Sanbai.
If you happen on Five Lakes Alliance people,
then tell them your family and sect.
I won't leave!
I know martial arts!
Two honored uncles, quickly use your skills to heal.
I'll protect the temple!
«The road is bright; saints travel together»
Foolish kid!
That child is a good kid.
But he doesn't have a drop of sense.
Sick old devil, can you stand yet?
I need half a fragrant incense stick [~15 minutes].
Fine.
The tenth greatest devil of Mt Qingya, Hanged Ghost, is here!
Be a sweetie and hand me the Glazed Gadget,
and I'll let you die quickly.
You devil! By the head of grandma!
Go in!
Li-bobo!
I'll kill you!
Never expected
Qiu Yuejian would father one like this,
not even the skills of a rabbit kit.
Go hang yourself, big-headed ghost!
Dare to pull ghost tricks in front of me?
I'll send you off to be a real ghost!
Stinky beggar!
Your skills aren't bad!
Nice sword.
Master!
Brother, we meet again.
Old Li!
Li-bobo!
By his grandmother's hips!
I almost got carried away by the black-and-white impermanence ghosts!
Master! Master!
Hurry up and save him!
Already crying in mourning?
I'm not even dead yet.
Wait until my throat chokes off my breath,
won't be too late to cry then.
Sick old devil.
Your martial skills aren't bad for a kid.
Just a bit better than yours.
I won't win this one.
But after this whole life, this daddy doesn't owe anyone anything.
Today, at long last, I can repay my life.
I can close my eyes easily and rest.
You—
Twice you rode and dashed.
One trip is three silver coins,
and then you'll owe interest …
If you're not a crow cuckold, if you're not a pimp's bastard,
you still have to repay this daddy.
What do you want me to do? Just say it.
I want you
to bring this kid
calmly and safely,
and deliver him to the Five Lakes Alliance scholar Zhao Jing.
Li-bobo!
I can't, I won't leave!
Foolish kid.
You're a good kid.
But you follow your dad's teachings
far too closely.
From now on … from now on …
Sick old devil, what name are you called?
I'm called …
Zhou Xu.
Zhou Xu?
Alright.
Silly kid, quickly kowtow!
From now on, you have to obey him.
Quick, bow!
Zhou-shu.
Good.
Zhou Xu, you've accepted this one.
You gotta be loyal to this matter.
This daddy …
I'll remember your name.
The three gods of heaven will be watching you!
If you try and back out,
even if this daddy's in hell,
I'll curse eighteen generations of your ancestors!
Li-bobo!
Bobo!
I promised you, and that's that.
Quick, go fetch the boatman!
Yes!
«Yue»
What's wrong?
Why are you staring blankly? Ready the boats!
Shixiong, this boat has a hole stabbed through it!
«Disciple of Yueyang Sect, Deng Kuan» Shixiong, this boat has a hole stabbed through it!
—Shixiong, this boat too! —Shixiong, this boat too! «Disciple of Yueyang Sect, Deng Kuan»
—Shixiong! —Shixiong!
The boatman is dead. His whole family's been murdered.
Do you know his name?
I only know his family name, Li.
Li-xiong, ah, Li-xiong.
You had insight, knowledge, and the talent of a hero.
You entrusted the kid to this Zhou-xiong.
To me, Zhou-xiong's bones look sharp like spears, acute and decisive.
He must place great importance on generosity and a gentleman's righteousness.
You may relax, and rest in peace.
Thanks to this person …?
Wen. Wen Kexing.
So brother is Zhou Xu. Which xu?
The xu of willow catkins.
An appropriate name.
Zhou is incomparable, but not unlike flying catkins.
«Here rests Uncle Li»
What's wrong?
Zhou-shu, my problems are trivial.
I just felt dizzy suddenly.
I'm sorry, young master.
Stop being stubborn.
You're exhausted, body and mind.
You need to rest.
No, Zhou-shu. I can keep moving.
One night of rest won't hurt.
A-Xiang!
Start the fire and fix some food.
You didn't need to tell me.
I did that already. Hurry and come in!
Zhou-xiong. Zhang-gongzi.
My treat.
Master!
Brother.
Master, you eat first.
I'll serve him, okay?
Beggar.
Though you're good at martial arts,
you've got no guts.
What's wrong?
Afraid our trail rations have poison in them?
If you're not gonna eat it, gimme it back. I'm still a hungry girl.
Brother, if you don't trust her, please eat this.
I'm not hungry.
This …
You're being so cautious about us.
But for three silver coins,
you got stuck with that kid.
Without knowing anything about him,
you dared to wade right into the muddy business.
Little girl, do you understand anything?
An ordinary traveler obeyed his principle and kept his promise.
He traveled a long journey without a fear of death.
Lord Zhou, you uphold righteousness
like a nobleman of the old stories.
What are you on about?
Master, I can't follow all that fancy language. It gives me a headache!
That was a quote from Teacher Sima Qian's Records of the Grand Historian.
The gist of it is:
"Even though he's an ordiinary man,
Once he'd made a promise or commitment, he had to keep it.
To that end, he wouldn't hesitate to walk a thousand miles without worrying about death,
and that is a true roaming hero."
My Papa made me learn it by heart.
Zhou-shu … Chengling …
Chengling thanks you.
Don't say those things.
What's wrong?
You don't like that flatbread?
I'll let you have a steamed bun. Catch!
I won't eat your stuff.
Alright, that's enough. Young hero.
I saved your life.
If you don't want a girl's help,
then die and give it back!
Little girl, less scolding, fewer words.
Your mouth is full of poison. Take care or you'll never get married.
It's true, the world's full of people who don't tell good from evil.
I saved his life just now.
Only a few words to him, and he's glaring like a black-eyed chicken.
If you had any skill, you could glare at your enemies instead!
Weakling!
Miss Gu's lecture is fair.
I've let you down. It was my error.
Zhang Chengling bows to thank Miss for the favor of saving him.
I didn't ask you to kneel.
Okay, okay, get up!
Zhou-xiong.
Are you in disguise?
Little Zhang boy.
My name is Zhang Chengling.
Hero, call me Chengling from now on.
Don't ever call me "hero".
The word "heroic" and I violently offend each other.
Master. This silly little boy's mouth is full of chivalry and righteousness
and helping the weak and needy,
on and on like a storyteller!
I thought he was so capable!
It turns out! It was all hot air and bragging.
When there was real need,
he only ran away,
only able to cry like a baby.
I think your precious righteous path is only fit for the stage of a theater.
You...
Me? What's wrong?
Masculinity means not indulging in sharp words or gossip.
You can't even hold your sword up. What masculinity?
A-Xiang.
I still haven't thanked this young philanthropist.
At the crucial moment, you lent a hand.
Stop calling me a young philanthropist!
You're making my hair stand on end!
I'm called Gu Xiang.
We are still truly fated.
When we needed to meet, we met,
and when we didn't need to meet, we still met.
Such fate is bestowed by heaven.
Zhou-xiong and Little Zhang-gongzi must be likewise inexplicably brought together by fate.
Zhang-gongzi, you're injured?
I... I'm fine.
Many thanks for Wen-gongzi's solicitude.
Injuries need to be treated as early as possible to prevent sickness.
My family handed down some small medical skills.
If you don't mind, I can—
Don't! It's nothing.
He told you he doesn't need it.
Stop keeping problems secret out of fear, Zhou-xiong.
If this kid's injury worsens and he dies,
it won't bother me,
but your ancestors for eighteen generations would certainly—
Wen-gongzi, you're acting like you have an ulterior motive.
Try being direct and straightforward.
You don't need to put on an act.
If the lord is our friend and not enemy, then please don't pressure him.
Fine then.
♪The sky was gray as I crossed the cold river♪
♪The moon in my cup at night reflects the sadness in my smile♪
♪Who allowed me to roam around the world on horseback?♪
♪Who is drunk in their dreams but can't find home when they wake?♪
♪The cold rain kisses my windows♪
♪I don't mind hate and slander, but my melancholy persists♪
♪The spring breeze brings greenery along the river♪
♪But can't warm my cold heart♪
♪Is that our light out of nowhere?♪
♪I regret not meeting you earlier, but we've finally met now♪
♪Don't let the seasons pass in vain♪
♪Give up the adventures on horseback for a peaceful quiet life♪
♪The lights of ten thousand families light up the world♪
♪The past disappears like smoke in a sandstorm♪
♪I will spend the rest of my days enjoying my life with you♪
♪I will be with you forever♪