Dao shi xia shan Page #4

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(SHOUTS) Master!

Can't you see people are eating?

Go clean him up first.

Master Rusong,

he turned his back on vengeance.

But it got him in the end.

Now, he can't let go.

If he can't let go,

how can he free himself?

Master.

What are you doing?

My son,

fate is like this ladle.

Touch it and it spins.

It's the hand of the gods

that throws the ladle.

As flowers bloom and wither,

so goes the cycle of reincarnation.

Calm your heart, dwell not on karma,

and there's no place for sadness.

(WHISPERS)

My master says

he understands now.

It is the wheel of karma turning.

He thanks you.

Master,

I wanted to see someone

but couldn't.

Have you not seen him in your heart?

Farewell, my son.

You shot him?

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

NARRATOR:
Rusong told my dad

that to find Boss Zha,

he had only to walk into a theater.

(CROWD CHEERING)

(CROWD EXCLAIMING)

Boss Zha!

(SHOUTS)

(CHEERING)

(LAUGHING)

(CHEERING)

Boss Zha! I'm Zhou Xiyu's disciple.

Master Zhou is dead!

BOSS ZHA:
You can't die.

You can't die!

On that quilt

is my master's blood.

Who are you?

His disciple.

Bullshit!

Zhou Xiyu had no disciples!

Neither forsake nor abandon.

No anger, no hatred.

They shot him.

Before he died,

I took him to Abbot Rusong.

(VOICE BREAKING) Master Zhou said

he needed to see someone.

The abbot asked,

"Do you not see him in your heart?"

Master Zhou smiled.

(SOBBING)

He had seen you.

Know how we met?

Ape Strike.

You trained together.

BOSS ZHA:
Yes. But that's not how we met.

ZHOU:
Are you crazy?

There's snipers!

I'm waiting for that bullet!

Get down!

You a new conscript?

None of your business.

You've never heard gunfire, huh?

It'll scare the hell out of you.

Gunfire

can't be worse than stage drums.

Are you a performer?

I was booted out

for smoking opium.

And you? Why'd you sign up?

I'm hiding from someone.

Slept with his girl, eh?

(LAUGHS)

- (GUNFIRE)

- (ALL GASP)

BOSS ZHA:
I went into withdrawal.

When the gunfire started,

it scared me to death.

(EXPLOSIONS)

(SHOUTS)

Don't run!

Halt!

(BOSS ZHA SCREAMING)

Stay calm, don't panic

and you'll survive!

Don't be scared!

Do you know who killed him?

He didn't say.

I'm sure it was Qizi's father.

They fought.

I was there.

(CROWD APPLAUDING)

CHAD:
Today,

we celebrate Wan Zhen's birthday.

She's 18.

So she says. Who'd believe it?

(LAUGHING)

She doesn't look a day over 16!

(ALL LAUGHING)

(AUDIENCE APPLAUDS)

Who'd pay that much for a show?

Heard of the Police Commissioner?

Mr. Chao?

It's his concubine's birthday.

He's doing it for her.

Mr. Zhao came from the Triads.

Even now,

he's secretly their chief.

(CHEERING)

(STOPS APPLAUDING)

Looking good!

(CHAO LAUGHS)

I apologize,

but something has come up.

Because of this,

I can't perform tonight.

I'll make it up to you later.

(AUDIENCE MURMURING)

I am very sorry.

He's making me lose face.

Break his legs.

I accept my punishment.

({SHOUTS) - (AUDIENCE EXCLAIMS)

I'll take my leave.

(SHOUTS)

(ALL GASP)

WOMAN:
But my birthday!

(SHOUTS)

(MEN GRUNTING)

(GLASS SHATTERS)

(CHAO CALLING)

Come down if you're man enough.

Get down!

Here I am.

(GASPS)

(LAUGHS)

Nobody move.

(MEN GROAN)

(SHOUTS)

(MEN GROANING)

(MEN GROANING)

(GROANS)

(DUCKS QUACKING)

Guys.

Guys!

Help me!

Help me!

NARRATOR:
My dad said

Chao's pistol sweet-talked Qizi's dad

into helping him whack Boss Zha.

That day,

he and Boss Zha went to Happy Inn.

Please!

Have a seat.

I have a question for Peng Qianwu.

Is it to do with Zhou Xiyu's murder?

How can you prove it was Peng?

HE ANXIA:
It had 110 be him!

My master knew who did it

but wanted no more revenge.

He wanted to stop the bloodshed.

I want Peng Qianwu

to tell me himself.

Peng Qianwu

is already in my hands.

Come out!

But first to our little problem.

I didn't mean to hurt your men.

MY apologies.

If you mean it,

say it

on your knees.

(LAUGHING)

Tomorrow, before sunset,

I'll take Peng Qianwu

to Nine Mile Pine.

We'll deal with this then.

Got the guts to show up? (LAUGHS)

See you there.

PENG:
My men will be there.

But tomorrow,

don't disappoint me.

I won't.

Zhou and I said goodbye here

after mastering Ape Strike.

I stood here.

He stood there.

That day, we left our cave forever.

Are we really leaving here?

Yes.

Didn't you tell me

the true path lies in nature?

Nature is part of ordinary life.

The Ape Strike is ours alone!

No.

It is like your theater.

All are welcome.

You should marry

and have children.

I hope you return to the stage, too.

And you?

I'll find an unsullied place

to live a quiet life.

Will I see you again?

Of course you will.

Come by any time.

I'll be there for you.

Neither forsake nor abandon.

NARRATOR:
The battle was set for sunset.

The next day,

although Peng's men all came,

Chao was still worried,

and had one of his men shoot first.

(GUNFIRE)

(MEN GROANING)

(LAUGHS)

How rude of me!

Imposing on you like this.

Buddhism, like kung fu,

centers on meditation.

Liberated from my physical self,

I am as youthful as you.

Well?

Shall we have a little play?

If you murdered Zhou Xiyu,

I will show you no mercy.

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

(PENG LAUGHS)

(SHOUTS)

(SHOUTS)

Master!

You're wounded.

Nonsense!

My sword is so sharp

that the wound closed

before it began to bleed.

It wasn't your sword.

(PENG LAUGHS)

So it was one of my men.

You still fell into my trap.

We'll both start afresh!

(SHOUTS)

(SCREAMS)

(GROANS)

By rights,

victory should be mine.

Kung fu is about artistry, not "rights."

I ask you,

did you murder Zhou Xiyu?

I did.

It was me.

I shot him dead.

- QIZI:
Not true!

- (GUN CLICKS)

It was me!

Let my father go, or I'll shoot you, too.

Don't move! One move and I'll shoot!

It was you

who killed my master?

Yes.

Don't move.

(BOTH GRUNTING)

Tell me.

I killed him.

When I shot him,

he saw me.

But he never told anyone.

I remember you said

he wanted to end the cycle of vengeance.

But one life pays for another,

so go on.

It wasn't you, so you're spared.

(GROANS)

But I take responsibility for it.

Spare my son!

Dad!

(GASPING)

Beg him to teach you.

Bring Ape Strike back to the family!

Go!

Dad!

(GUN CLICKS)

It's not loaded!

(GUN CLICKS)

Run him over.

Run him over!

(CHAO SCREAMING)

NARRATOR:
My dad returned

to the mountain.

He finally understood why

he was sent away that first time.

Greatness abides in the Way and in life.

To understand life and how the world works

is the first step to studying the Way.

(THUNDER CRACKS)

Only by experiencing good and evil

can you truly appreciate the Way.

My dad later told his disciples

the true heart can hold all things,

the mountains, plains and rivers,

and an eternal cosmic universe.

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