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Chapter I: Feast on the Snowy Mountain1977Please respect copyright.PENANAVUBJqtUPq7
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Severe winter, bitter cold in the Dragon Mountain. Snow covers everything and the earth is completely white. Snowflakes fall like rain. A young, healthy, tall, and handsome man, nevertheless, walks on this Mountain. He wears a white gown made of silk and, despite the bitter cold, he holds a white folding fan and fans himself. He looks like a wealthy and well educated man, a scholar maybe. What is he doing on a snowy and desolate mountain like this? Does he want to meet someone? Or he just wants to gaze at the beautiful scenery the white with snow mountain offers?1977Please respect copyright.PENANAQwwdclMIaL
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The young man is smiling and says again and again, "Good scenery! Good snow!". As he walks, he finds a young man with teared clothes digging a grave. The grave is quite deep and large and it is truly admirable how someone could dig such a grave in such bitter cold. But why would he dig a grave? For himself? Although poor, he seems healthy and could live for many more decades.1977Please respect copyright.PENANArCkmU93Y7j
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The young man stares at the digger and asks: "For who do you dig this grave?"1977Please respect copyright.PENANAVF5qxKCht4
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"For a man named Lung Chang."1977Please respect copyright.PENANAIw0jxJ2Zec
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The young man laughs.1977Please respect copyright.PENANAGh6ZWZTcGl
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"Ai-ya! You are going to kill Lung Chang?"1977Please respect copyright.PENANAGl4837RFin
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"Me? No. I have just been paid to dig a grave for him. I do not even know who Lung Chang is."1977Please respect copyright.PENANAR00NMLpwAo
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"Would you like to learn who he is?"1977Please respect copyright.PENANArVlgWraNhq
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The digger remains silent for a while and then replies, "Why not?"1977Please respect copyright.PENANAx7PCYvrCYg
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"I am Lung Chang."1977Please respect copyright.PENANAYIlKaZdj18
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The digger's face becomes pale when he hears his name.1977Please respect copyright.PENANABhpBLri5o0
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"So....I am....digging a grave for you?"1977Please respect copyright.PENANAb464FmHOOd
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"From what you told me, yes."1977Please respect copyright.PENANA4e6wsJ0P4a
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The most weird thing about the whole conversation is that Lung Chang remains calm and smiles all the time. Which man would be so calm and happy when he sees someone digging a grave for him? Could it be that Lung Chang expects to die soon and is happy that he will have a decent grave? Could it be that he is confident that his Kung Fu is more than a match for any opponent, and so he is not taking such threats seriously? Could it be that Lung Chang is a carefree man who is always happy, no matter what happens? Could it be some other reason? Anyway, going back to our story, Lung Chang suddenly hears the sound of people coming towards him.1977Please respect copyright.PENANAigrOvQz0KS
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A group of more than twenty people, all dressed like restaurant waiters, walks towards him. Some carry boxes of food, some carry a table and some chairs and some carry jars of wine. The group soon places the table and the chairs on the ground, below a tall and beautiful Peace Blossom Tree, and then puts the food and the wine on the table. Before Lung Chang can inquire them on what is going on, the men run away. The digger also runs away. Lung Chang stays alone. Well, at least he has wine to drink and food to eat.1977Please respect copyright.PENANAUJi27s2j1N
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He opens one of the jars with the wine and smells it. "Good wine!", he says and proceeds to drink it. As he begins to drink it, he hears some steps. Someone is coming towards him. He sees a middle-aged thin man with scruffy beard and wearing a blue Taoist gown coming towards him. What is a Taoist Priest doing on top of a desolate and snowy mountain? Is he looking for someone? Maybe he came to look for Lung Chang? The Taoist Priest seems to be very muscular, even more than people twenty or more years younger than him, and a long and very sharp sword, which is made of jade and decorated with gems, is hanging from his waist.1977Please respect copyright.PENANAVONRvFODRk
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Lung Chang, instead of being surprised to see such a man coming on such a desolate place, greets him warmly like a friend, even though he does not know him.1977Please respect copyright.PENANAqy5REHCiCX
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"Priest", Lung Chang says while pointing at the table. "Please sit with me and enjoy some wine and food. I do not know about the food, but the wine is very good."1977Please respect copyright.PENANAV50xKJzzDO
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"Hahaha! Of course. Of course. How could I not sit and enjoy the wine I ordered?"1977Please respect copyright.PENANAzhUgUstfrK
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"Oh! So, you were the one who invited me here, right?"1977Please respect copyright.PENANAylYls4iuML
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"It seems that you are gifted with divine powers of perception."1977Please respect copyright.PENANARqWdRZyqEy
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"Hahaha! Priest, you are overrating me. Let us drink some wine."1977Please respect copyright.PENANAiZEPfMZeb8
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"That's right!"1977Please respect copyright.PENANAymVpMMK0Xs
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The Taoist Priest grabs a jar of wine and throws it with all of his power towards Lung Chang. The Priest put so much internal energy on throwing the jar, that it could easily kill someone. Lung Chang somersaults and catches the jar while on the air. He then lies on the white with snow ground, below the Peace Blossom Tree, and drinks all of the wine. After finishing it, he throws away the jar and shouts with excitement, "Good wine!".1977Please respect copyright.PENANANX3VKpGoM9
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"And good Qinggong!", the Priest remarks. "Do you want to know why I invited you here?"1977Please respect copyright.PENANAssvKAcP4AA
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"Let me guess! You want to make friends with me and, as the saying goes, wine makes friends. So, you invited me here to drink wine with you and become good friends, right?"1977Please respect copyright.PENANAa8k8mK2Thj
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"Hahaha! No....no...no. I invited you here because I want to kill you."1977Please respect copyright.PENANARcvYSjPm80
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"Am I so important that you brought such good wine and came to such a desolate place only in order to kill me? I am honored. I am honored."1977Please respect copyright.PENANArdq5O9fnS1
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"Lung Chang, do you know who I am?"1977Please respect copyright.PENANAdMKmYJj42e
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"Only one person has the 'Deadly Jade Sword', and that is the Chief of the Wudang Sect, Priest Yue Li."1977Please respect copyright.PENANA28LloevR1Q
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"You indeed have divine powers of perception."1977Please respect copyright.PENANA4xMSGmiY9R
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"Hahahaha! I am flattered that such a respectable Master says such good words for me. Let us drink some wine!"1977Please respect copyright.PENANAURnUh7H8hS
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Both men grab a jar of wine each, open it, shout "cheers!" and drink to their heart's content.1977Please respect copyright.PENANAuOSrgShRDZ
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Yue Li, then, says: "It is shame that we are enemies. If we were not enemies, we would surely become best friends, even sworn brothers."1977Please respect copyright.PENANADzI4n6TUgP
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"You never know. We may become friends. As the saying goes, fight makes friends."1977Please respect copyright.PENANA0Pc1jOVdfV
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"Hahahaha! Shall we begin?"1977Please respect copyright.PENANADVesoP3fWe
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"Why the hurry? If we fight, one of us might end up dead. Let us first get drunk with this wonderful wine and let us eat this delicious food you brought. It would be a shame to waste such good wine and food, right?"1977Please respect copyright.PENANAeyEcKCS8Wg
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"Right!"1977Please respect copyright.PENANABotScsIvum
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The two men take another jar of wine each and drink. After a large gulp, Lung Chang lets out a breath and says, "Very good wine! Very, very good wine!"1977Please respect copyright.PENANALZNC9FG6Cj
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The Priest takes a large gulp and, after staring for a few second's at Lung Chang's fan, says: "Nice fan!"1977Please respect copyright.PENANAVn88PvtypQ
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Lung Chang opens his fan, revealing some well written and elegant characters: "心在水精域 (My heart is in a world of water and crystal)".1977Please respect copyright.PENANAJivSXyEIef
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"Nice poem, good characters!", the Priest says after taking two more gulp.1977Please respect copyright.PENANALPdSynDf1Q
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"You flatter too much an untalented man like me. The poem comes from Du Fu, the great poet of the late Tang Dynasty. It comes from the first of his four 'In Abbot Zan's Room at Dayun Temple' poems. It is my favorite poem. Let me recite it to you."1977Please respect copyright.PENANAVRqLbXjhDE
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"Good! Recite it! I enjoy poetry!"1977Please respect copyright.PENANAPO1ld3aUS0
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Lung Chang begins reciting the poem:1977Please respect copyright.PENANANjHdp72D6q
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衣沾春雨时1977Please respect copyright.PENANArNLhUtkPWp
洞门尽徐步1977Please respect copyright.PENANAGlxZgSLau6
深院果幽期1977Please respect copyright.PENANAXbQmzWrbe8
到扉开复闭1977Please respect copyright.PENANAfEqMbNI4lp
撞钟斋及兹1977Please respect copyright.PENANAyNpzqoDNPb
醍醐长发性1977Please respect copyright.PENANAKRcF32LCQa
饮食过扶衰1977Please respect copyright.PENANAitinobaBZy
把臂有多日1977Please respect copyright.PENANAuM0vQeDawK
开怀无愧辞1977Please respect copyright.PENANAUNoAvM8rbU
黄鹂度结构1977Please respect copyright.PENANAa0X3BVSNtZ
紫鸽下罘罳1977Please respect copyright.PENANA51XrYljYUO
愚意会所适1977Please respect copyright.PENANA0T6a3BGIHT
花边行自迟1977Please respect copyright.PENANA13PFvVxNvP
汤休起我病1977Please respect copyright.PENANAWmPw3JzlpP
微笑索题诗1977Please respect copyright.PENANAMm1DugT77S
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My heart is in a world of water and crystal,1977Please respect copyright.PENANAn0k3NYPd05
My clothes are damp in this time of spring rains.1977Please respect copyright.PENANAvPE7Ru7pyV
Through the gates I slowly walk to the end,1977Please respect copyright.PENANADApqdm7gyl
The great court the appointed tranquil space.1977Please respect copyright.PENANA70DHbCGBlN
I reach the doors- they open and shut again,1977Please respect copyright.PENANA2q9xWgUamm
Now strikes the bell- the meal time has arrived.1977Please respect copyright.PENANAHPEZoP5zSV
This cream will help one's nature strengthen and grow,1977Please respect copyright.PENANAOrA57E68Bu
The diet gives support in my decline.1977Please respect copyright.PENANASdZuMYDWFE
We've grasped each other's arms so many days,1977Please respect copyright.PENANAPGi2SS7qCW
And opened our hearts without shame or evasion.1977Please respect copyright.PENANAlTmBhnUCpz
Golden orioles flit across the beams,1977Please respect copyright.PENANAFn9wqAPoAt
Purple doves descend from lattice screens.1977Please respect copyright.PENANAcMbTT1j5hT
Myself, I think I've found a place that suits,1977Please respect copyright.PENANAMLndSZNco3
I walk by flowers at my own slow pace.1977Please respect copyright.PENANACGEaedx3v9
Tangxiu lifts me from my sickly state,1977Please respect copyright.PENANA5NyoVFZWWm
And smiling, asks me to write a poem.
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Yue Li claps his hands and shouts: "Bravo! Bravo! This poem made my mood. I love Du Fu's poetry."1977Please respect copyright.PENANAN29CmdfNUO
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"Good! Let us drink another jar of wine for Du Fu and his magnificent poetry!"1977Please respect copyright.PENANAFnMobUdCg9
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"Cheers!"1977Please respect copyright.PENANA4K8m04AuPK
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"Cheers!"1977Please respect copyright.PENANAay05NwX6iR
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Once again, the two men drink a jar of wine each. If someone saw them now, without knowing who they are, he would have thought that they are good friends, or even sworn brothers. But, in fact, they are enemies, enemies awaiting to battle to death. Why would those two be enemies? What happened between them that has made those people fight each other?1977Please respect copyright.PENANAfyJ17LU5Jd
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"Lung Chang! We should now begin our duel. I must kill you! While you may seem like a polite and elegant man, in reality you are cruel and worse than an animal. You killed Wu Jing, son of the Chief of Huashan Sect, Master Wu Kang, almost a year ago, in August 14th. When your teacher, the Chief of Kunlun Sect, Master Song Yan, send you to apologize to Master Wu Kang, after apologizing the day, the night you entered his house, murdered him, massacred his entire family, raped and blinded his daughter and wrote with red characters on the house's wall: 'Lung Chang never apologizes'. And when your teacher expelled you from the Kunlun Sect, despite the fact that he raised you since the age of 10, because you were an orphan, you killed him. So, while you may pretend to be elegant, friendly and polite, your real nature is beastly! You are worse than an animal!"1977Please respect copyright.PENANAN6Vr7TOQtr
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"Bother Li, you say that my real nature is beastly and that I pretend to be elegant. But what if in reality what you say is, in fact, reversed?"1977Please respect copyright.PENANA4DW6SHSYSJ
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"Then, I shall find out the truth with my sword!"1977Please respect copyright.PENANAj9nlb9ZvTk
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"Good!"1977Please respect copyright.PENANAn0vEjuB5Sb
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Lung Chang takes another jar of wine, drinks it, throws it away and shouts: "Let's begin!"1977Please respect copyright.PENANAr7VTDsJQ2B
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Yue Li pulls out his 'Deadly Jade Sword', somersaults and thrusts his sword directly towards Lung Chang's throat. Lung Chang blocks his sword with his fan, using all his might and internal strength. Yue Li somersaults and attacks again Lung Chang with his sword. Lung Chang flinches, but his shoulder is struck.1977Please respect copyright.PENANAKd4SK684Pe
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"Brother Li, I do not have a sword right now with me, so why not fight with bare hands?"1977Please respect copyright.PENANA7MJAIobyMJ
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"Alright."1977Please respect copyright.PENANA7SPgu4zLog
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Yue Li hangs once again his sword on his waist and charges and strikes out at Lung Chang with his left hand with such power that his palm makes a whistling sound. Lung Chang counters the blow with his right hand, using all of his internal energy, and at the same time strikes with his left palm at the man. Yue Li uses his other hand to parry Lung Chang's attack and their four hands meet. A duel of internal energy ensues and soon, both of them are pushed back and fall on the ground. They both feel weak because of their overuse of their internal energy, but they are both ready to continue their fight.1977Please respect copyright.PENANABVSS7fv1LT
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"Good Kung Fu, brother Li."1977Please respect copyright.PENANAKF5osG4yeX
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"Your Kung Fu is also quite good, brother Chang."1977Please respect copyright.PENANAC9PX7QoDAY
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Yue Li somersaults and attacks with a flying kick Lung Chang, aiming directly at his chest, but Lung Chang dodges the attack. Yue Li kicks towards him thrice, but thrice Lung Chang dodges the attacks. The battle continues for quite some time, as Yue Li and Lung Chang exchange more than 350 moves, but still none of them is able to defeat the other. Yue Li decides to use the 'Heavenly Eagle Claws" technique and strikes out quickly at his opponent's eyes with the index and middle fingers of his right hand, and Lung Chang is barely able to dodge the attack just in time. The two men continue to fight for 100 more moves, but Lung Chang manages to pass a fist of his through his enemy's defense and punches with it Yue Li's face. The fist was so powerful, that Yue Li's nose starts to bleed. Lung Chang, then, lands a powerful blow on Yue Li's right shoulder. As the Priest lets a cry of pain, Lung Chang kicks him with immense power on his groin. The Priest loses his balance and Lung Chang kicks him twice, using all of his internal energy, on the chest. Yue Li is pushed back and vomits lot of blood.1977Please respect copyright.PENANARvUbgeKobd
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"I....I...I...have lost!", Yue Li says. "You can kill me."1977Please respect copyright.PENANAPv1nz97gIq
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"Why should I kill a good brother like you?", Lung Chang replies as he helps Yue Li get up. "Come, let us drink some wine."1977Please respect copyright.PENANAGQrMGpmCPW
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"Everyone knows that you are a murderer and rapist, why do you spare me?"1977Please respect copyright.PENANAnab1nD9IEo
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"Well, not everything is as it seems. Maybe some of those who are considered gentlemen are in fact murderers and rapists and some of those who are considered murderers and rapists are in fact gentlemen."1977Please respect copyright.PENANAqhvj8up5TF
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"Indeed. It seems that I was wrong about you."1977Please respect copyright.PENANAIglZvkSmEs
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"Brother Li, let me tell you something. I did not commit any of those crimes you accused me of. Someone else committed those crimes and blamed them on me. I do not know who, but I shall find him and take revenge for all he has done!"1977Please respect copyright.PENANAZqh7dQGlHb
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Yue Li pulls out his 'Deadly Jade Sword' and gives it to Lung Chang. "Please, accept this gift of mine. This will surely help you take your revenge."1977Please respect copyright.PENANAH42XGaxzYS
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"No! How could I take such a valuable treasure of the Wudang Sect?"1977Please respect copyright.PENANAfiJzPnByAI
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"You spared my life today and proved yourself to be a real gentleman, a real chivalrous hero. Also, nearly everyone in the Martial Arts World wants to kill you for your 'crimes'. This sword will help you defend yourself. It can cut through the most hard steel. There is nothing that it cannot cut."1977Please respect copyright.PENANAhmm9japcyv
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"Very well, I shall take it. Better be polite than rude. I will use it to take revenge!"1977Please respect copyright.PENANAtcTUZZIYPi
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"Good! Let us drink to your revenge! Cheers!"1977Please respect copyright.PENANA189TWnQTXr
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"Cheers!"1977Please respect copyright.PENANAulTrQqZox3
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The two men drink once again a jar of wine each. They then eat the food that Yue Li had ordered and after spending almost the whole day drinking and chatting, they part their ways. Yue Li goes back to his Wudang Sect and Lung Chang returns to his quest of finding the one who framed him for all those crimes. Will he be able to find who framed him and take revenge? Or shall he have to live with the shame of being accused of murders and rapes?1977Please respect copyright.PENANAs2W4Hxp5UO