Hong Fen Duo Ye 红粉舵爷

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In the 1920s, in Sanhe County in northern Sichuan, the local strongman Li Shan-Hu tries to force himself on his nephew's wife Luo Mei-Xian, and when he fails, he plots to kill her. The county magistrate's daughter Zhang Ming-Zhu rescues Luo, but Luo still cannot escape the harassment of the false magistrate Zhang Ji-Ren and his men. Luo Mei-Xian has no choice but to flee to the Jingtu Nunnery, where she lives as a lay devotee without taking vows. Li Shan-Hu pursues her with his men to the nunnery, and Luo is forced to flee again. On the road, in mortal danger, she is saved by Bai Yu-Lan of the "Green Dragon Society," who takes her to a mountain stronghold. There Luo learns horseback riding and marksmanship from Bai. She swears to take revenge! After coming down from the mountains, Luo joins with Hua Hu-Die, Zhang Ming-Zhu, Xi Mei, and other sisters to found the "Society of Righteous Maidens," and with courage and wits they wage struggle against Li Shan-Hu, Zhao Shou-Cheng, and Zhang Ji-Ren. In the end, under the siege of feudal warlords, local tyrants, and bandits, the sisters of the "Society of Righteous Maidens" die heroically. Luo's fate is unknown. Zhang Ming-Zhu, who survives the ordeal, leaves Sanhe County to seek a broader world.