
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Security men and porters are loading wagons for a convoy.
As they work, we see across the lake a lone horseman entering
the village. One of the men recognizes him.
WORKER:
Master Li is here!
ANGLE ON:
Li Mu Bai, thirties, powerful and handsome.In the background, old Aunt Wu, at the sight of Li Mu Bai,
drops her parcels and runs excitedly into the building.
Aunt Wu runs hurriedly through the halls.
AUNT WU:
Shu Lien!
INT. YU'S ROOM - DAY
Yu, a beautiful woman in her early 30s, is finishing packing
for the convoy, wrapping a few small items in a linen
wrapper, as Aunt Wu bursts in.
AUNT WU:
Li Mu Bai is here!
LI:
How's everything?
AUNT WU:
Fine. Please come in.
Yu sits, composed, as Aunt Wu ushers Li in. Li carries a
large object, wrapped in silk.
Yu smiles.
YU:
Mu Bai...It's been too long.
LI:
It has.
(he glances around
the room)
How's business?
YU:
Good. And how are you?
LI:
Fine.
An awkward pause.
YU:
Monk Zheng said you were at Wudan
Mountain. He said you were
practicing deep meditation.
LI:
Yes.
YU:
The mountain must be so peaceful...
I envy you. My work keeps me so
busy, I hardly get any rest.
LI:
I left the training early.
YU:
Why? You're a Wudan fighter.
Training is everything.
LI:
During my meditation training... I
came to a place of deep silence...
I was surrounded by light... Time
and space disappeared. I had come
to a place my master had never told
me about.
YU:
You were enlightened?
LI:
No. I didn't feel the bliss of
enlightenment. Instead... I was
surrounded by an endless sorrow. I
couldn't bear it. I broke off my
meditation. I couldn't go on.
There was something... pulling me
back.
YU:
What was it?
LI:
Something I can't let go of. You
are leaving soon?
YU:
We're preparing a convoy for a
delivery to Peking.
LI:
Perhaps I could ask you to deliver
something to Sir Te for me.
Li unwraps the object. It is an ancient, astonishingly
beautiful sword.
YU:
The Green Destiny Sword? You're
giving it to Sir Te?
LI:
I am. He has always been our
greatest protector.
YU:
I don't understand. How can you
part with it? It has always been
with you.
LI:
Too many men have died at its edge.
It only looks pure because blood
washes so easily from its blade.
YU:
You use it justly, you're worthy of
it.
LI:
It's time for me to leave it behind.
YU:
So what will you do now?
Li doesn't reply.
YU:
Come with me to Peking. You can
give the sword to Sir Te yourself.
It'll be just like old times.
LI:
First I must visit my master's
grave. It's been many years since
Jade Fox murdered him. I have yet
to avenge his death. And yet I'm
thinking of quitting. I must pray
for his forgiveness.
YU:
Join me once you have finished. I
can wait for you in Peking.
LI:
Perhaps.
Customs officials have just finished checking the contents
in a row of carriages bearing the Sun Security insignia.
The caravan slowly passes through the checkpoint into the
boundaries of Peking. Yu, riding a handsome horse and
clearly the leader, watches as her crew clears inspection.
GUARDS:
Ok. Pass.
YU:
Thanks. Let's go into the city.
EXT. OUTSIDE A DEPOT. DAY
Workers are busy unloading the contents from the carriages.
Boss Giao is checking off the merchandise -- a cargo of
medicinal herbs.
GIAO:
Everything got here safely. I'm
much obliged.
YU:
Just doing my job.
GIAO:
Sun Security has been the best
You're a credit to his memory.
YU:
Thank you.
GIAO:
I mean it.
EXT. DAY. PEKING
From a gray tiled roof, we can see Peking's magnificent grid
of houses extending miles and miles out, freshly painted by
the morning sun.
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