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我的爱人李慕白过世至今已经18年了
从那时起我就一直在隐居
在这段时间里， 江湖道义的追随者
我们的道义和尊严，越来越少
青冥宝剑 —— 一把被认为是传说中的剑
不但可以扭转战局
而且，得之，可独孤求败
数百年来
好战的人一直在武林争夺
在这个世界，我希望能被忽视...
就像一个被遗忘的幽灵
据说青冥宝剑沉睡在北京
等待着新的主人来认领
据说，一个学者的名字将会持续5年...
而一个剑客将会被记住20年
这听起来像是一种赞美...
对我来说，却是个魔咒
魏方
这是谁啊？
这姑娘私闯山门
她执意要见门主
你来这有何贵干？
传说西莲派门主武功盖世
今天顺道过来看看
那你见到真身，有何见教啊？
不用追！
她还是个雏儿
等她长出女人样了再杀不迟
魏方
你给我出来
你是谁？
问她
魏方
你到底是谁？
你现在带我去见戴阎王，我有一份大礼送给他
京师繁华已久，可却物是人非
贝勒爷与我情同父女
铁府一别，不觉20多年了
他的相貌历历在目
却已成天人永乐
贝勒爷，俞女侠来了
秀莲
你来啦
你住惯的院子早就收拾好了
我知道你一定会来
还有个人知道我会来，一路上截杀于我
家父刚过世，江湖就惘然闻风而动
都觊觎青冥宝剑，西莲派更是势在必得
抱歉，把你也卷进来了
为铁府分忧解难，我义不容辞
谢谢你
家父生前一直视你为家人
你没把它藏起来？
最近这些年，家父总把它搁在这儿看着它
去追忆往日的荣光
这宝剑负着太多伤痛
可它举世无双
李慕白
我的恩师，当时你和他都客居府中
他的死我们都很悲痛
家父总以为你们能成亲
我不能
我早被许配给孟思昭
还是收起来好
铁贝勒一死
武林群龙失首
何不趁乱出手，一统武林
你敢妄测天机？ 你霸气外露
你的七煞刀虽可朱门灭派
但要执掌武林
还需青冥剑
青冥宝剑早已在世间消失了
没有
你知道它藏在铁王府
那你是想我血洗皇上亲兄弟的王府喽？
要取青冥剑，只需他一人
就这小子？刚被人打回来的废物？
门主 是我教徒无方
他学艺未精
让他独自前往，无异于白白送死
冥冥中，是他把我带来见你的
他与这青冥剑
必有不解之缘
我已经看过了
那个姑娘是谁？
也许是某位大臣的女儿吧
来祭奠的人很多
贼！
贼啊！有贼！
哪来的贼？
我听到有动静
看到他在偷青冥剑
你说我偷剑？
我们抓住了一个小毛贼
他可不是一般的毛贼
他是西莲派的，他在路上偷袭我
把他送到衙门去 不，把他留在这儿
戴阎王绝不会派他这样的人来铁府盗剑
这其中必有蹊跷，留下他也许会有用
好吧
把他关起来，严加看管
是
会怎么处置？那个贼？
你是谁？
我叫雪瓶
我是来祭拜贝勒爷的
你好像很关心那个贼？
不是关心，只是好奇
这剑真有那么神奇？
得看谁用的
愿拜你为师
你的功夫已经不错了
我还需要更好
收下我吧
我愿意伺候你 一辈子
我不需要人伺候，雪瓶
我习惯独来独往，也不会在京城久留
你想学艺，还是另投名师吧
冻了一晚上，舌头结冰了吗？
打开笼子，打得你满地找牙
住手！
你叫什么名字？ 魏方
这么说，戴阎王确实想要青冥宝剑
既然你都已经知道了，就把剑交出来
否则，我们将会血洗铁王府
应该赶紧禀报皇上
现在南方大乱
此可以此等小事去打扰皇上
再说了，皇上可以纳谏家父，但不会理睬我的
我们应该把宝剑从铁王府转走
宝剑必须留在铁王府
西莲派虎视眈眈，放在这里实在是太危险了
还是把青冥宝剑送回武当山为好
不行，绝对不行，我向家父立过誓
人在，剑在，青冥剑不能离开铁府
贝勒爷会理解的
有些事比保存铁府在江湖的尊严和地位更重要
这种话
也就你俞秀莲能对我这么说
那你就听我的
如果戴阎王来了，那定是场恶斗
我们谁也不愿意看到玉石俱焚的结果。
家父为铁王府赢得的声望和尊严，绝不能断送在我手里
我视它如我的生命，秀莲
那就赶紧让客人们离开吧
记得家父在世时，铁府有事，你必主动援手
你会留下来帮我吗？
铁府的事，永远是我的事
那我马上安排客人们离开
把抓贼的那个姑娘留下
她想拜我为师...
我虽觉得 她别有所图
但她也许能帮上忙
我会安排更多的侍卫
我们需要的不仅仅是侍卫
我要张榜，广邀天下侠客，拔刀相助
江湖虽乱，道义未绝
铁王府不是传说...
不是
我告诉你，我很好
你一无是处
我们向你保证
20盎司的银头我有30把剑
那是......
六百两银子......
浪费了
先生像大师的笔和剑一样
如果他家有需要，追随铁王府的人应该听命
不求财
我的朋友是对的
这张榜不适合你
如果我要呢？
好好想想吧
他们没那么快
一个小人物... 独自一人。
他并不孤单
我站在他这边
山东飞刃，祝你一臂之力
我也一样
铁面虎，来自浙江
还有我
银施
来自福州
还有我，龟马 来自...
这家小酒馆
你是谁？
我被称为沉默的狼
我们必须重建所有的桌子了
谁在威胁铁王府？
西莲派
我需要剑来捍卫它的尊严
现在你有四人
加入你的队伍 你的队伍有多少人？
5个 500？
5个
那么，每个都是能以一敌百的
我需要喝一杯
在屋子里
别再回来了
训练开始了
不要只用眼睛看，用心
重来
你对那毛贼的好奇心...
我不好奇
那么我该怎么错解好奇心？
绝望！
刺激
我们必须在这儿训练吗？ 是的
真正的技巧不能有烦躁
重来
太多烦躁了！
关你屁事！
一千断棍和剑
不会教出一个意志不坚定的你
攻击我，你可以
或者我！
别理他，攻击我
可预测的攻击有一个可预见的结果
重来
继续练习
直到无法预测你的出招
蝉翼技能
你在哪里学的？
我的老师，她教我的
所以，你的老师是个女的？
她叫什么？
你不会知道的
你们为什么不再跟她学武？
她死了
多年前
我懂了
我会继续练习
你的耐心会得到回报的
也许你需要一个更大的洞？
就像你的嘴巴？永远开着？
我可以再试试
你可以试试...
或者你可以让我走
让你走？再让你去偷青冥剑？
带上青冥宝剑去见戴阎王？
戴门主是一个伟大的剑客
在他手中，武林将会是和平的
你的门主是一个杀人凶手
铁面虎
此事一定是相当可怕的
对于五万两白银来说是微不足道的
没有黄金车队走出这个季节？
我是在保护车队不被攻击，
你聘请了刺客
来自浙江南部，这些拳手如何复述历史，当它适合他们。
你嘲笑浙江，你呢？
很简单，小子。我们被聘请都是同一个原因
但没有人知道那是什么吗？
我们所喝的酒？
我没有听到那一部分，龟马。
这是暗示
我听过它的传说
在铁王府
青冥宝剑
刀片锻造
锻造技术可追溯到先秦时代
一个技术丢失的历史
一种可以通过大马士革钢铁雕刻的刀片
挥舞着这把剑的人在一场决斗中被击败了
沉默的狼，这是真的吗？
我们是被雇来看守一把剑的？
我不知道他的名字
我向你们表示欢迎
失陪
既然你没有死，为何到今天才出现
你我曾立下婚约
我一直在悼念你
秀莲
作为孤狼，你可以不用解释
早在那场决斗之前，我已万念俱灰
很久以前
我这样做是为你和李慕白
你虽许配与我，但你不可否认，你心理喜欢的是李慕白，不是我
为成全你们，我邀戴阎王在秃鹫峰决战...
我深知铁府誓言
所以有意挨了他一掌，坠下悬崖
从此孑然一身，隐居山中
斩断凡尘俗念和万千情丝，精心参悟天地
我渐渐发现
这就是多年前李慕白在武当山苦苦追寻的道
我一心以为，只有我离开人世
你和慕白才能走到一起
就算你死了，慕白也不会这样做
这是他的道
你的避世没有意义
我还能如何
我别无选择
但是你的选择，并没有改变我们的命运
你的生离死别换来的，只是一点点平静
需要你的时候你还是来了
你放不下你的侠义
你没有变
谁？
我叫雪瓶
我的师父是俞秀莲
我还不知道她收了一个徒弟
你们是好朋友吗
当然
是吗，怎样的朋友？
这不是讲故事的地方
那改日吧
你师父...
她还好吗？
她在悼念
我知道
她悼念的不止是铁贝勒
你的轻功又精进了很多
但还是没有逃过你的耳朵
你收了个徒弟
是
她和被关着的那小子一定有点什么关系
那小子虽然来路不正，但他善根未泯
那你徒弟呢？ 我还不确定
她的眼镜里充满戾气
她可能是一个更大的威胁
对我们
还是我们的敌人？
马上就知道了
她让我想起了韩梅
那个背叛师门的女剑客
她已经消失多年
她的身法和剑法都像韩梅
很像
雪瓶姑娘
过来喝两盅 来来来来
哎呀，过来坐会儿
敬铁贝勒，敬铁府
听说这能大口喝酒的娘们儿什么汉子都能摆平
谁说的？
我说的
咱喝酒就图个开心
你怎么愁眉苦脸的呀
你是怎么衡量一个男人的？
男人的哪一部分呀？
龟马，正紧点
我没说什么
是酒在说
问问你的心
问，越问越糊涂
你问的这个事啊
那可比江湖上的事还复杂
孤狼哪去了？
他和雷拳在守夜
我说，你的俞师父怎么样？
刺中准心
所有的秘诀都在这月光里
听... 用你的鼻子去听
不行不行不行，你的剑招太死板
会被人一眼看破
你要做我的徒弟
需要学的东西还很多
还要多久，师父？
直到影子从这里，移到这里
两遍
你学得很快
很好
你是怎么认识雪瓶的？
我不认识
她可是对你很在意？
你师父说你对我有意思，真的？
说句话呀，我快闷死了
求求你 这跟我有什么关系
跟我聊聊也许能救你命？ 闭嘴吧
我向你发誓，只要你冲我笑一个，我就把嘴闭上
你嘴巴都闭上了还怎么向我发誓啊？
你可以用旁边那小棍子把嘴巴撬开
从今天起武林中再也没有红沙盟了
他们气数已尽
铁贝勒撒手飞天
西莲派替天行道
不从者格杀勿论
一统江湖指日可待
阮慧云听令，你替我去把青冥宝剑夺回来
我其余人马将埋伏在京城之外截杀所有前来增援的门派
遇人杀人，遇佛杀佛
魏方无能，我会出马的
九幽女，你现在又看到了什么？
什么也没看见
只听到一些危险的警告
当年你铁府盗剑，瞎了双眼
这次预言若是再失灵
我就割了你的舌头
我的舌头提醒你
两位高手已到铁府
他们才是你真正的对手
铁面虎把守南门
龟马，我们守在这里
我看守前半夜
喂 赶快收拾离开吧
西莲派心狠手辣
大家小心
侍卫！
他们是来找我的
我也是来找你的
西莲派滥杀无辜
你却还要助纣为虐？
难道你真的和他们是一丘之貉？
后面
剑在哪儿，魏方？
他不知道
快去，青冥剑在东院
等我取剑回来，第一个收拾你
青冥宝剑在此
你看不见也拿不走。
俞师傅！
放开他
把剑给我，不然我宰了他！
我与铁府血海深仇
拿剑来，我让他父债父还
你是谁？
我于剑下亡魂背叛
冥冥中，曾听见他们的叫喊
为我复仇...
复仇
为了这把剑，小命都不要了
除了这个，你还知道什么
我还知道人不为己天诛地灭
我哥为了狗屁道义白白送了命
现在让你去陪葬
她！不！离她远点！
龟马...
酒馆 他来自唐山
银镖 他来自福州
少贝勒的死
让我愧对贝勒爷的在天之灵
都是为了这把剑
道义，责任，尊严
全都成了杀戮的借口
我曾为寻求一己安宁
退出江湖
归隐山中
但是树欲静而风不止
我要带着剑离开这里
不行，路都被他们封锁了
还是这里安全些
只有把剑带走
这里的一切才会平息
是你救了我
是你命大
那才是你的本性
跟我说说
你的母亲...
什么？ 你还记得她么？
我没有母亲
是西莲派的铁乌鸦把我抚养长大的
从小他教我习武
就像你师父对你一样
你学的很快
你已经有剑客的血脉了
再来
他告诉我，什么是江湖
你的生母也是武林中人
你怎么... 我知道你的身世
你怎么知道？
你的生母叫韩梅
是个了不起的剑客
因为逃避西莲派追杀，躲进一个客栈里
当时她已身怀六甲
在一个寒冷的雪夜里
她独自生下了你
你就这样来到了世上
你曾是他全部的希望
可是，一个住店的妾室
乘你母亲熟睡之时
用刚生下的女儿把你掉了包
她想利用你争夺家产
你母亲发现了，悲痛欲止
她本想将那女婴留下
但于心不忍
于是她将女孩抚养成人
并视同己出
但你的母亲无法摆脱痛苦
我就是那个女孩
她把全部的爱给了我
并传我武功
我也视她为生母，我们二人相依为命
那这个女人，我的母亲，她找过我吗？
她没有一天不在苦苦的寻找你
后来，她查明是西莲派夺走了你
为了夺回你，她不惜与戴阎王拼命
临终前，她沾着鲜血把你的胎记画给我看
叮嘱我 "一定要找到你"
并说 如果你是个好人，就守护你
如果你与西莲派同流合污
就杀了你
你生母
我的师父
为了夺回你，付出了生命
这就是你我的身世
等一下
回来！
为了银施！
为了鬼马！
住手！
他们是一伙的！ 她说的对
你还算个侠客么
你要打，就得像个男人
够了！
看来有人传了你一身好功夫
用不着你夸我
师父 进来
你要走了
剑不能留在这儿
你要去哪儿？
你还是不知道为好，知道太多会惹麻烦
我跟你去 不行
这次我必须只身一人上路
那孤狼呢？
他不陪你一起走吗？
他干嘛要取？
他与你肝胆相照
你连他也不信任？
你也配说信任？
你的师父可是韩梅
你早就知道？
她不守武林规矩
偷艺武当后消身匿迹
我从你的身法中看到了她的影子
既然你现在已经师从与我，我就不能让你重蹈她的覆辙
可你对她后来的遭遇又知道多少
戴阎王夺走了她的孩子，还杀了她
我拜你为师学艺就是要替她报仇
不要让仇恨吞噬了你的心，雪瓶
忘记过去有那么容易吗
孤狼用一身来守护你，而你却无动于衷
看来传说中的女侠也不过如此
那是我的宿命
你还年轻
别拿宿命做借口
我必须这么做
银施
你比我们这些汉子，都有勇气
龟马
我从没想过会说这个，我会想你的
再倒一杯
我的手下截过你的镖
可那不是冲我去的
我们截的那些全都是不义之财
我知道
我早就知道了
你押镖也是为了接济那些无家可归的兄弟
江湖道义...
有难同当，有福同享
为了兄弟不惜两肋插刀
我本是来悼念铁贝勒的
可现在...
我又失去了少贝勒
今夜......我会带着剑离开
孤狼知道吗？
你是想把他们引开？
我会守护这把剑的
你背叛了戴阎王 孩子
值得为那姑娘送命吗？
还要搭上你师父的命
把剑交给戴阎王，否则你师父铁乌鸦也活不到天亮
现在，你师父正赶过来找你呢
走！
得不到宝剑我不能走，你知道的
你想留下来等于送死 我逃，也是死
快走！
走的越远越好，别回西莲派
我已经兑现了向你母亲的承诺
现在，你也必须向我保证，别再回来了
我答应你
我没看到他
只是觉得肩上有只手，然后我就不能动了
出什么事了？ 剑丢了
那小子把它偷走了
要剑还是要命，想清楚点
对我来说这把剑比我的命重要
走！拿着宝剑快走
走！
这宝剑就是你的命！
师父！
走！
怎么样 我没事
别动，我帮你止血
秀莲...
我又让你失望了
你总做出你的选择，这次，我也得做出我的
为了侠义和承诺
你不惜用性命来结束
你不会再孤独了
你的预言应验了
你的师父会为你骄傲的
我的母亲也会为我骄傲的
既然你阴魂不散，今天我就再超度你一次
来，俞秀莲，你我在黑暗中一战
你剑下的亡魂要向你索命
你就要见到你心爱的——李慕白
雪瓶
不是我们主宰剑
而是剑主宰我们
雪瓶
你不许死
雪瓶
撑住
人们说侠客的名字
会在江湖中传送百年
现在我相信，他们的英名会永远被铭记
在下蜀中飞刀李
愿凭差遣
浙江铁面虎
福州银施
唐山龟马...
我是俞秀莲，从未真正离开过江湖
他是孟思昭
不再是孤狼
魏方
迷途知返，在江湖争得荣誉
雪瓶
不惜用生命兑现对师父的承诺
剑无正邪，人有善恶
江湖之道，不在人情，而在人心
我们要把青冥剑带回武当，免费江湖再起纷争
道义，责任，荣誉
我坚信，这些是真正值得为之战斗的
It has been 18 years since the death of my beloved Li Mu Bai.
I've been living in seclusion since then.
In that time, the followers of the Iron Way,
our code of honor and chivalry, have become few and far between.
It is believed that the legendary sword, the Green Destiny,
can turn the tide of battle,
and that whoever possesses it cannot be defeated.
For hundreds of years,
warring clans vie for power over the Martial World.
It is into this world that I hope to slip unnoticed...
like a forgotten ghost.
Thought lost, the Green Destiny lies hidden in Peking,
waiting for a new master to claim it.
It is said that a scholar's name will last for five years beyond his passing...
and a swordsman will be remembered for 20.
This is meant as praise...
but I believe it to be a curse.
Wei Fang.
Well, what have we here?
This girl claims she wants to join our ranks.
The guards found her at the temple gate.
What brings you here?
I seek Hades Dai of the West Lotus.
A man great enough to rule the Martial World.
And now you have found him. What would you ask of me?
Stop her!
Let her go!
Let her grow into someone worth killing.
Wei Fang.
Show yourself!
Who are you?
Ask her.
Wei Fang.
Who are you?
Bring me to Lord Dai and I will give him a prize greater than the one he sought.
The things are still here but the people have changed.
The passing of Sir Te thrust me back into the memories and battlefields
of a Martial World I left behind twenty years ago.
Hades Dai knew I would return from seclusion
to mourn the man who was like a father to me.
Master Yu has arrived, sir.
Shu Lien.
You brighten a sad day.
I've ensured your old quarters were kept for you.
I knew you would come.
You were not the only one. I was attacked along the way.
Two dozen swordsmen slain since my father passed.
Hades Dai knows no fear to attack a warrior as great as you.
I'm sorry you were put at risk.
It is my duty to be here, to share your family's loss.
Our loss.
My father always regarded you as family.
It is not kept hidden?
In his last year, my father wanted it where he could see it.
It reminded him of more noble days.
It bears so many sorrows.
One above all.
Li Mu Bai.
I was his student when you were both here.
His death touched us all.
My father, he thought you would wed.
We could not.
I was promised to another.
It should be locked away.
A great lord has died,
and you seek to use this time of chaos
to emerge as the one true leader of the Martial World.
- Do you read my mind? - No. Your ambition.
This sword is great,
but there is one greater.
The Green Destiny.
The Green Destiny was lost long years ago.
Not lost. Hidden.
Kept by the House of Te.
Am I to storm the home of the Emperor's brother?
Send instead a single drop of rain.
The boy? Who crawled home from failure?
The fault is not Wei Fang's alone.
His training is not complete.
To send him on this mission alone would be suicide.
- Perhaps I can-- - He brought me to you.
Send the boy.
He and the sword are bound by fate.
I have seen it.
Who is that young lady?
I believe the daughter of an official.
Many have come to pay their respects.
Thief!
Thief! Thief in the house!
Who is this man?
I heard a disturbance.
He was trying to steal the sword.
I was trying to steal--?
We caught a thief.
He is more than a thief.
He is West Lotus. He attacked my carriage.
- Take him to the Marshal. - No. Keep him here.
Hades Dai would not assign this mission lightly.
If the boy has value to him, he may yet have value to us.
Very well.
Confine him and secure the compound.
Yes.
What will happen to him? The boy?
Who are you?
I am called Snow Vase.
I came to pay my respects to Sir Te.
And your concern for the thief?
You mistake curiosity for concern.
Is it as powerful as they say?
In the right hand.
Teach me.
You have been well-taught already.
I want to learn more.
I want to walk the path you followed.
I will serve you for life.
I don't need a servant, Snow Vase.
My life is solitude, and I return to it shortly.
If you seek a teacher, you must look elsewhere.
Did a night in the cold loosen your tongue?
Open this cage and I'll loosen your teeth.
That's enough!
- What is your name? - Wei Fang.
So, Hades Dai wants the sword.
Let me leave with the sword now and you'll be spared.
Otherwise, this house will swim with blood.
Word must be sent to the Emperor.
There is war in the south.
I cannot trouble him with these underworld affairs.
The Emperor doesn't heed my words as he did my father's.
The sword must be removed from here at once.
It is safest here, Shu Lien.
Nothing is safe if West Lotus claims that sword.
It must be taken to Wudang Temple, high up in the mountains.
No. I made an oath to my father
that I would guard and protect the Green Destiny within these walls.
Sir Te would understand.
You've earned your place in this house and much respect beyond.
Only from you, Shu Lien.
It was always that way.
Then listen to me now.
If Hades Dai comes here, he'll leave nothing standing.
No one alive. We have no choice.
The promise that I made my father is all I have to earn honor in this house.
It is worth my life, Shu Lien.
We must ask the guests to leave.
Will you stay? You always came to my father's aid and he to yours.
Will you help?
I will stay as long as I am needed.
I will bid the guests to leave.
Keep the girl who caught the thief.
She has asked me to teach her...
but I suspect she can teach us.
We will need more arms.
I will hire extra guards.
We need those who will do more than guard.
There are warriors who once stood against this type of injustice.
True followers will still answer the call.
The Iron Way is not legend...
not yet.
I'm telling you, I'm good for it.
You are good for nothing.
We're good for your warrant.
I have 30 swords at 20 ounces of silver a head.
That's...
Six hundred ounces of silver...
wasted.
Sir Te was honored by masters of pen and sword alike.
If his house has need, men of the Iron Way should heed for the honor of his cause,
not promise of riches.
My friend is right.
This warrant is not for you.
And if I say it is?
Think about it.
They're not that fast.
Big words for a little man... all alone.
He's not alone.
I stand with him.
Flying Blade of Shantung, at your service.
As am I.
Thunder Fist Chan, famed in Zhejiang.
And I,
Silver Dart Shi.
Famed in Fuzhou.
And I, Turtle Ma. Famed in...
this tavern.
Who are you?
I'm known as Silent Wolf.
We'll have to rebuild all the tables!
Who threatens the House of Te?
West Lotus.
I need swords to protect its walls.
Now you have four more.
- To add to your army. - How many, in your army?
- Five. - Hundred?
Five.
Well, better five that can fight than 500 that can run.
I need a drink.
On the house.
Never come back.
Let the training begin.
Do not just watch with your eyes, listen with your mind.
Again.
Your curiosity with the boy...
I'm not curious.
Then what do I now mistake for curiosity?
Hopeless!
Irritation.
- Must we train here? - Yes.
True skill is not a blazing flame.
Again.
Too much blazing flame!
This does not concern you!
A thousand broken sticks and swords
won't teach as much as the one that bends to your will.
Touch me, however you can.
Or me!
Ignore him. Strike me.
A predictable attack has a predictable outcome.
Again.
Keep practicing.
Be unpredictable.
Light Body Skill.
Where did you learn that?
My teacher. She taught me.
So, your teacher was a woman?
What is her name?
You would not know it.
And why do you no longer study with her?
She died.
Years ago.
I see.
I will practice.
Your patience will be rewarded.
Perhaps you need a bigger hole?
Like your mouth? Which is always open?
I could try that.
You could try...
Or you could let me go.
Let you go? So you can thieve again?
Bring your spoils to that monster Hades Dai?
Lord Dai is a great warrior.
Under his hand, the Martial World will be peaceful.
Your master is a murderer.
Thunder Fist Chan.
Things must be quite dire for you to pledge your sword
for five measly taels of silver.
No gold convoys going out this season?
I was protecting that convoy from raiders,
raiders that you hired out to.
How these southern boxers from Zhejiang retell history when it suits them.
You mock Zhejiang, do you?
Easy, boys. We have all been hired for the same cause.
But does anyone know what that is exactly?
All the wine we can drink?
I didn't hear that part, Ma.
It was implied.
I heard whispers that it's kept there.
In the House of Te.
The Green Destiny.
The blade was forged--
Forged with a technique that dates back to the Qin era.
A technique lost to history.
A blade that could carve through Damascus steel.
Nobody who was wielding the blade was ever defeated in a duel or battle.
Silent Wolf, is this true?
Are we being hired to guard a sword?
I wonder how he got his name.
I bid you welcome.
Excuse me.
Explain how a man returns from the dead.
We were to wed.
I mourned for you.
Shu Lien--
That name is not yours to speak.
I was dead before that duel.
Long before.
I did it for you and Li Mu Bai.
Deny it all you will, but I knew you loved him, not me.
When Hades Dai and I fought on Vulture's Peak...
I took the only path I could see.
Hades Dai left me for dead.
And I made my way to the mountains, and chose a life of solitude.
Up there I found what Mu Bai and I had strived for long ago at Wudang Temple.
Enlightenment.
Detachment from everything. Even my old life and all that I loved.
I stayed away because I knew that as long as I was alive,
Mu Bai would not ask you to marry him.
Nor in your death.
Such was his honor.
You feigned your death for nothing.
It wasn't feigned.
It was deeply felt.
That was your choice, and you made it for all of us.
I have made peace with your passing, and so it will remain.
You are needed and you're here.
Your skill and courage are not forgotten.
All else is.
And you are?
Snow Vase.
Student of Master Yu Shu Lien.
I have not known her to take a student.
So you know her well.
Well enough.
How?
This is not the place for story.
Another time, then.
Your teacher...
Is she content?
She's in mourning.
Of course.
I do not speak just of Sir Te.
You move as quietly as ever.
Not so quiet that you would not hear.
You have taken a student.
Yes.
They are connected somehow, she and that boy.
He roars, but I feel a gentle soul may sleep within.
- And your student? - I am not certain.
I see darkness in her eyes.
She could be an even greater threat.
To us,
or those we guard against?
Time will tell.
Her teacher may have been Han Mei,
the renegade swordswoman from Willow Valley.
She's gone many years.
So she taught Snow Vase quite young.
Too young.
Miss Snow Vase?
- Raise a cup with us. - Yes, come in.
Come on, Snow.
To Sir Te and to his house.
They say a woman who can hold her wine is a woman a man will want to hold.
Who says that?
I do.
We drink to remember,
but it seems you drink to forget.
How do you take the measure of a man?
Which part of a man?
Ma, behave.
I said nothing.
The wine was asking.
Ask your heart.
I do. My head answers.
The greatest battle of them all.
And you are hardly the only who fights it here.
Where is Silent Wolf?
He guards with Thunder Fist.
So Master Yu, what is she like?
Pierce its heart.
True skill is a key in the moon.
Listen... with your nose.
A predictable attack has
a predictable--
You asked to be taught.
And clearly, there is much you need to learn.
How long, teacher?
Until the shadow moves from here to there.
Twice.
You learn quickly.
That's good.
Snow Vase. How do you know her?
I do not.
Then her interest in you?
Your master believes you have interest in me. True?
Talk to me. I am bored.
- Lonely. - Neither is my problem.
- But what if you are their solution? - Stop talking.
A single smile and you have my word: I will fall silent.
How can you fall silent and yet give a word?
How can you hold so much wine and not smile?
This is territory allied to the Red Desert clan.
We have cut off their supply.
Come the New Moon,
West Lotus will own this entire territory.
But this is merely Lingbao.
Not Peking.
Mantis will go where an army cannot.
While you soldiers will gather at the Twin Rivers and prepare for war
against all rival clans in the Martial World.
I will succeed where Wei Fang did not.
What do you see now, prophet?
I "see" nothing,
but I hear word.
Just as you heard word that Wei Fang would succeed in his raid?
Give another false prophecy,
you'll not only have no eyes, you'll have no tongue.
But then you wouldn't know of the honored guest
who now resides at the House of Te.
One thought long dead has returned.
Thunder Fist will guard the south gate.
Turtle Ma, we are vulnerable here.
I will watch the first half of the night.
Pack up and leave now.
West Lotus is cruel and merciless.
Everybody please be careful.
Guard!
They've come for me.
I've come for you.
They leave destruction, death in their wake.
Do you still stand with them?
Look out.
Where's the sword?
He does not know.
The sword is in the east courtyard.
Once I hold the blade, you will be the first to fall.
You will not find it there,
nor take it from here.
Master Yu!
Let him go.
Release him.
Give it to me now or he dies!
The House of Te will fall.
As will the followers of the Iron Way.
Who are you?
My parents were slain by the sword you hold.
On clear nights, I still hear them calling to me from the other world.
One word...
vengeance.
Such a pity to die for a fee.
Not for gold, it's for the Iron Way.
My brother died for the Iron Way. It was worthless.
You should have found yourself a better cause,
as I did.
Shi! No! Get away from her!
Turtle Ma...
Famed in the tavern of the river and lakes.
Silver Dart Shi. Famed in Fuzhou.
And now I mourn the death of Sir Te Zhao,
the son of the man who was like a father to me.
All this for a sword.
Code, duty, honor.
Excuses for bloodshed, all of them.
That is why I left it behind.
I was content.
Above it all.
And now a kite laments its return.
I will take the sword and leave.
No. They watch the roads.
It is safer here.
But I do not feel it.
Not when vengeance chokes the air.
You saved my life.
I spoke before I thought.
Then words came from the heart.
Your mother...
tell me of her.
- Why? - What was she like?
I have no mother.
I was raised by Iron Crow of West Lotus.
He taught me everything I know,
as your teacher taught you.
You learn fast.
Knowledge is in your blood.
Again.
He gave me a sense of purpose.
Your mother was a concubine, or so you've been told.
- How do you-- - I know your past.
Who told you this?
Your real mother was known as Han Mei.
A swordswoman of great renown.
A woman who had felt and brought immeasurable pain.
In her womb, she carried you,
the legacy from her last night with the man she loved.
She gave birth to you in a cold winter, alone.
Great is the joy of a child,
greater still, the value of a boy.
While she slept,
a concubine who had given birth to a daughter there days before...
switched her worthless girl for you...
hoping it would please her master if she presented him with a son.
When Han Mei realized what had been done...
she meant to abandon the girl.
But her heart refused.
So she took me with her.
She tried to wash from her skin the blood she had shed.
But your mother could not be rid of the pain
she had caused in her life.
She raised me as her own.
Trained me in the Iron Way.
The woman... My mother...
Did she look for me?
Every minute of every day she searched.
She learned the concubine had given you to West Lotus to save her own life.
She challenged Hades Dai for your freedom.
She showed me your birthmark
and said, "You must find him.
If he is a good man, stand beside him.
If he has become a poison dragon...
kill him."
Your mother,
my teacher,
died trying to find you.
That is our story, yours and mine.
Wait.
Come back!
This is for Shi!
And this is for Ma!
Stop!
- He is one of them! - She's right!
This is not our way.
If you're going to fight, fight like men.
Enough!
Someone taught you well.
Not well enough.
- Teacher? - Come in.
You're leaving.
The sword cannot be kept here.
Where are you taking it?
I would not burden you with that knowledge. Too many will hunt it.
- Can I go with you? - No.
I must make this journey alone.
What about Silent Wolf?
Will he go?
Why should he?
I see the way you are together.
Is it that you don't trust him anymore?
You speak of trust?
You, whose teacher was Han Mei.
You always knew?
She learned her skills at Wudang.
Then chose to use them for her own gain as an outlaw on the run.
You think I wouldn't see her shadow on your sword?
I wanted to save you from her fate.
You know nothing of her fate.
Her life was lost to that butcher, Hades Dai.
I sought the sword and your teachings to avenge her.
Do not carry vengeance in your heart, Snow Vase.
You tell me to let go of my past.
Silent Wolf waits for you and yet you do nothing.
So much for your legendary courage.
My path is set.
You are still young.
Yours is not.
I know what I must do.
Silver Dart Shi.
She had more courage than any one of us.
Turtle Ma.
I never thought I'd be saying this, but I'm going to miss him.
Pour him a double.
You know at the Battle of Sichuan,
I did hire out to those raiders.
But only because I thought that they were doing the right thing.
I know that.
Always did.
And you hired out to that gold convoy for the same reason.
The Iron Way...
some of us never stopped living by it.
Even if it meant dying by it.
I came here to pay my respects to Sir Te.
And now...
I mourn for his son.
Tonight... I leave with the sword.
And Silent Wolf?
Will you speak with him?
I'll guard the sword.
You betrayed Hades Dai, boy.
Is she worth your life?
And that of your teacher?
Bring Hades Dai the sword or your Master, Iron Crow, dies.
Even now, he rides to meet you and secure the sword.
Go!
I cannot leave without the sword. You know this.
- You will be killed if you take it. - I will be killed if I don't.
Then go!
Far from here, far from West Lotus Temple.
I fulfilled my promise to your mother.
Now you must promise me to never return.
I promise.
I never saw him.
Felt a hand on my arm, then I could not move.
- What happened? - The sword.
The boy escaped and stole it.
You hold your life in your hand. Think of that.
It is not my life I hold this for.
Go! Take the sword and save yourself.
Go!
Protect the sword with your life!
Teacher!
Go!
- Be still. - I am all right.
Let me stop the bleeding.
Shu Lien...
I have failed you again.
You made your choice all those years ago. Now I will make my choice.
To live the Iron Way, may be to die for it.
I would rather face an army by your side...
than to live another day without you.
Your prophecy is proven.
Your teacher would be proud.
And my mother as well.
How does a man I once killed return to challenge me?
Come with me into the dark, Shu Lien.
We will have our vengeance on you.
Now you will join your beloved, Li Mu Bai.
No.
We don't hold this sword.
This sword holds us.
No.
I can't lose you.
No.
Stay with us.
It is said that a swordsman's name
will last for twenty years beyond his passing.
But I believe that some names will live forever.
Flying Blade of Shantung.
At your service.
Thunder Fist Chan, famed in Zhejiang.
Silver Dart Shi. Famed in Fuzhou.
Turtle Ma. Famed in... this tavern.
I am Yu Shu Lien, famed in Peking.
He is Meng Si Zhao.
Known as Silent Wolf in the west.
He is Wei Fang,
who found his way back through the dark.
She is Snow Vase,
the warrior who fulfilled her vow...
and brought redemption to the woman
who raised her in the Iron Way.
We take the sword to Wudang Mountain where it will be safe.
Duty, honor,
I believe there are things worth fighting for.