A Touch of Zen Page #4

Can't you see this is a plot to trick us?

Yes, sir

To make us fear we've

offended the gods

You've attained high rank

How can you believe such nonsense?

Sir, I've just talked with other officers...

What? Mutiny?

Don't panic! Protect His Excellency!

Don't let her get away!

It's Shi Wenqiao

Sir, they must be inside

Someone's there

Sir...

I'll keep watch here

You two go in and search

Miss Yang, please spare me!

"A woman's empathy is her weakness"

"Funerary Tablet of Yang Lian"

Miss Yang!

It's you!

Miss Yang!

Miss Yang!

Master, have you seen Miss Yang?

Where is she?

Have you seen Miss Yang?

Mother!

Have you seen Miss Yang?

Yes, I saw her

Where is she?

She asks you not to look for her

I must find her

"I have entered the monastery.

The Gu family has its heir"

Yang Huizhen, this matter remains unresolved

If I attain enlightenment, you will follow me

Gu Shengzhai is in danger

Go with General Shi

"Wanted:
Gu Shengzhai"

That's him!

Catch him!

Run!

Retreat!

That's their commander-in-chief, Xu

General Shi

Miss Yang

I'm the new commander of the Eastern Group, Xu

My respects to General Shi

I am honoured

His Excellency Eunuch Wei orders me...

...to invite you to the capital for consultations

Please inform Eunuch Wei that

Miss Yang and I...

...have retired from service to the Court

We will not return to the capital

Then I should say that

you're to be put on trial

All the more reason not to obey

Then there is nothing I can do for you

I suggest you reconsider

You take the fat one

Go!

Stay back!

Commander Xu

You are Abbot Huiyuan?

I am

You are celebrated in monastic circles

Why are you harbouring criminals?

Isn't your reputation at risk?

I've not turned my back

on the secular world

General Shi once held high rank

Miss Yang is from a noble family

Evil men attacked them,

so they fled in despair

They wished to live in peace and seclusion

But they have been hounded

by agents of the Eastern Group

The agents do their duty

You know how unjustly the

Donglin Academy is persecuted

For Buddha's sake,

show compassion and mercy

A man cannot compromise

And the Emperor's edicts must be obeyed

Tell Eunuch Wei that they've entered the monastery

On my advice, they've renounced worldly affairs

It's beyond reason to hear a monk

challenging the law!

Commander Xu...

You were once a petty clerk

in the eunuchs' bureau

How dare you disturb our peace?

Now go

I will arrest you for sheltering criminals!

Get this evil creature out of my sight

Lay down your weapons

Stay back!

Depart

Stay back!

Master!

His evil is not yet expunged

General Shi!

Master

Master, please take me in

You are not free of worldly bonds.

Go back

Master, I've killed many people

Phantoms haunt my dreams at night

Sometimes I have visions

Sometimes I feel gnawing pains

I wake in a cold sweat

I have no wish...

...other than to end my days

in the monastery

Good! If you repent, you'll be saved

Penitence is the answer

Master, take me in

or I shall kneel here forever

The sea of suffering is boundless,

come ashore

Arise

Brother!

Father!

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