Avsnitt 2

Hsien-wu is rescued by Kuo Feng and each is deeply impressed by the other's patriotism. While Yu-wen and his wife are worrying over their son, they get information that he has been honored by Queen-Mother Tzu Hsi for credit rendered to the country through the recommendation of the General . Hearing of this, the villagers give color to the story and publicize him as the model of a Nationalist hero, making him the butt of a satire. Fast Sword Liu, who lost his job as a high officer responsible for operating on eunuchs due to failure in an operation, becomes an opium addict . Dawdling away his life, he forces his nephews Fu-hai and Hsiu-hai to become rickshaw men to support him. Eunuch Tung Cheng, a baron of Tzu Hsi, deserts is palace post to run roughshod in Tientsin. In a bid to woo Cheng, Yu Wen leads his son Hsien-wu to attend a party arranged by the French Ambassador.… ...