A Change of Destiny

The Qidan is invading the Song Dynasty. There are divergent opinions among government officials over whether to fight against or to negotiate with the Qidan. Emperor CHIU HONG-YAN consults the Tui Bei Tu, a reportedly very accurate prophetic book, for a decision. He, nevertheless, cannot understand the book at all. At a loss, he thinks of LEE SHING-TIN, descendant of LEE SHUN-FUNG who predicted years ago that he would be draped with the imperial yellow robe by his supporters one day. The imperial court offers a reward of a hundred taels of gold for the arrest of TIN. YIP YEUNG, who comes from a well-off family, is very interested in the Tui Bei Tu and pledges to get it at any cost. Someone wants to kill YUEN HEI and his mother. Fortunately, they are saved by YEUNG. HEI tells YEUNG that he has been running after by people who want to kill him since he got one of the diagrams of the Tui Bei Tu.… ...

Knowing that TIN understands the diagrams of the book, HEI asks TIN if he is the person wanted by the imperial court. TIN denies. HEI wants to become TIN’s disciple. While they are pulling and dragging, they meet Qidan girl FOK YEE NA, who is performing acrobatics on the street with others. People on the street are very rude to NA because she is Qidan. NA, who is performing at Tsui Heung House, meets YEUNG again. YEUNG invites her to a drink but she turns him down. This turns the house into a state of chaos and HEI, who happens also to be there, is hurt. Someone has sent the Tui Bei Tu to YAN. YAN believes that that someone is TIN. To force TIN to take him and YEUNG disciples, HEI pretends to be seriously hurt. He also tells TIN that his days are numbered. TIN, nevertheless, sees through them and he plays a trick on them. YEUNG leaves in a huff.… ...

YEUNG’s father, YIP CHUN, buys back NA and her friends’ freedom. In addition, he hires NA to work at his incense factory, Chin Lei Heung. YEUNG is displeased about this. The flooding is under control. YAN holds a banquet to celebrate this. YAN would like to betroth his daughter, PRINCESS FEI FUNG, to SIU KWOK WAH, someone FUNG has not even met. FUNG runs away from the palace with her maid SUM YEE. TIN teaches HEI how to help the villagers with feng shui and divination. The master and disciple meet FUNG and YEE at a restaurant. FUNG blames TIN for swindling and confusing people’s mind. LUI WAI, owner of the restaurant, asks TIN to examine the feng shui of his restaurant. TIN foresees that WAI will have an accident. He asks HEI to advice WAI on how to avoid it. Unfortunately, WAI dies a sudden death not long after. WAI’s family brings the case to court. TIN and HEI are given 30 planks of the birch for misleading WAI with fallacy.… ...