【Episode 2】
These people
Come with me now
Your Majesty
How is it going?
Thief Cao is entering the palace
Let's leave here
Your Majesty
Where are you going?Anywhere but here
Just avoid the conflict first
It's safest here
Don't worry my father definitelywill kill Thief Cao
Execute Thief Cao!
Watch out, Father! Guard！
【Cao Zhang, Name: Zi Wen】Sorry for being late father
Don't be
Perfect timing
My good boy never let me down
Sister.Why did you come back alone?
Something happened. Brother-in-law and Master are all led to the palace now
What is going on?
I went to Yue Dan Ping today.A Xi.
Take the baby to another room
Speak
Many people at Yue Dan Ping attempted to kill Cao Cao
Cao Cao captured these assassinsand brought them with him into the palace
Is Father and Zhong Da involved with the plot?
I don't think so
That's good, then
Cao just want to capture the assassins.It's not about the master and Zhong Da
Sister, what are you doing?
You should not move around after parturition
Something significant will happen at Xu Du
We should be prepared
【Man Chong, Name: Bo Ning】Who else conspired with you on the imperial court?
Xun Ling
I'm here
You are well respected at the court
You should lead this trial
Maybe Dong Cheng will talk if you speak to him
Well
You are inconvenienced to do so?
I will interrogate Dong Cheng
General Dong
Grand Minister tells me to ask you
Do you have any accomplice?
All the people are in one-way contact
Even the emperor doesn't know about this
You may begin the sentencing
Let's see whether your soldering iron can beat me
General, they conspired with you
They must have a treaty for this alliance
Where is this treaty now?
You also came from a renowned family
You bend over under Thief Cao
You don't have the right to ask me anything
Grand Minister, I'm incompetent
Dong Cheng chewed off his own tongue and died.
You always like to be clean and tidy
You clothes got tainted by this guy
This is my fault
Is there anyone who wants to confess?
Once you step out
I will treat you fairly
Otherwise
I will kill people
Good, then
Invite Empress Dong
Father
You and Doctor Hua, have you?
Have we what?
Planned with the emperor?
No, I didn't
No
It's a pity
My family has always served the Han dynasty
Your Majesty
Father
Grand Minister!
Save me
Grand Minister
You should spare her life
She carries my baby
It's after all Han's blood
Your Majesty
Do you remember?
Back in the old days
Who rose up and save you from Dong Zhuo?
Who save you from Guo Si Li Jue?
You did
Your Majesty
This dagger
I presented to Dong Zhuo once
in order to kill those who wantto dethrone you and steal the Han Dynasty
I risked my own life
to save you from those people
Today
You compare me with Dong Zhuo
Please take up this dagger
and kill me
You misunderstand me
Grand Minister
Dong Cheng did those thing outside the palace
I knew nothing about it
Don't wrong me on this
You are the emperor, I'm just your servant
Only a servant can be wrong.The emperor should always be right.
Take up this dagger
Take up the dagger!
Han Gao Zu killed Xiang Yu and became the king
Han Guang Wu killed Wang Meng and seized the world
Heroes like them
has a heir that can't even take up a knife
Anyone wants to stand up in his stead?
Good, then
We should begin with the daughter of a guilty servant
Give her the rope.Grand Minister, please!
She didn't know anything.Your Majesty!
Don't do this
I only want to know who conspired with Dong Cheng
I don't know anything, Grand Minister
Empress Dong knew nothing.Dong Cheng did this all himself
Stop!
Emperor and empress are royals and you are mere servants
How can you kill royalty as a servant?
Empress is carrying Han blood
Cao Cao, you are going to kill the heir of Han
You are plotting treason, now
Cao Cao, what you are doing
is no different with Dong Zhuo
Kill the future king as a servant
You are Han's thief
Well
Listen to all that you are saying
Crystal clear
Inside your hearts
I'm a traitor to Han, already
Terrific
The dagger is still here
Come on up
Kill me now
Come on up
Kill the thief of Han
Huang Xu-er
Father
You were reckless
How can you kill them this way?
How do you know that there aren't competent peoplethat can prosper the country amongst them?
If there are any, you would have failed the country
Father
What you were concerned about all day recently?
This became a disaster in the imperial court right now
If we are involved in it
we will all be executed
You just tell me yes or no
I will figure a way out of this
No
I'm not involved
You
don't need to know anything
You can leave now
Don't go up there. You will die if you go up
Cao Cao
These are old courtiers of over three generations of Han Dynasty
That belly carries the blood of Han
Father
You kill them without hesitate
Do you still have the laws of Han in your heart?
Great. What a straight Chief Yang
It appears that these were your accomplices
Father
Guards, arrest him!
Grand Minister
My father is just too emotionaland offended the Grand Minister
He is definitely not an accomplice of Dong Cheng
Please investigate thoroughly, Grand Minister
Father
Master Si Ma
Don't you have some word to say?
I .... I...
Grand Minister, please spare me
Forgive Master Yang
I'm not talking about Yang Biao
I'm talking about you
Mayor Si Ma
You are in charge of the security of Xu Du
Yes.You arrange the Yue Dan Ping
Yes
The assassins entered the event pretty easily
There is misconduct on the arrangement
Please punish me for that, Grand Minister
However, I never
Never what?
Grand Minister must understand
He said he was never involved with the conspiracy of Dong Cheng
Yes
How do you know that?
If I'm Dong Cheng, I will have bribed your father, first
Grand Minister, my father loosening the security
is for encouraging more talented people to come
Unfortunately, some assassins blended into the crowd
But right now, everyone in the country knows Grand Minister is eager to find talents
This, in fact, defends the career as well as the destiny of Han and Grand Minister
Your are a sweet talker
You were the guy on the stage
Very well
I will release you today
Thank you for your kindness
Arrest Si Ma Fang and Si Ma Lang
Grand Minister, we are innocent
We will know if you are innocent in the Da Li Temple
Arrest all courtiers that served Han
but not in Si Kong mansion
Put thm in Da Li temple to await trial
Who is innocent and who is not
It depends on whose family can give out the evidence
Master Yang
Release Master Yang
I only arrest the courtiers
Report to Grand Minister
I also serve Han previously
Wen Ruo
You are kidding with me
Who are you? How can you compare yourself with them?
The purpose of arresting these people
You should know it already
Your Majesty
I'm incompetent
I can only trial those people this far
Report
Yang Xiu asks to meet Grand Minister
He is bold enough. Send him over.Yes
Send for Yang Xiu
Grand Minister
What do you want?
I have some confidential informationto relay to Grand Minister
I hope you can clear the room
Xun Ling, Feng Xiao and Man Fu are
are all my trusted friends
Grand Minister
My father is innocent
I was wronged
I knew who conspire with Dong Cheng and Yuan Shao
Who is it?
Si Ma Fang
Do you have evidence, Master Yang?
Due to our engagement between two families
Therefore I paid extra attention to Si Ma family
I found they wrote letters to Yuan Shao in He Bei
You can send people to investigate if you don't trust me
There must be evidence
Man Chong
Lead Xiao Shi in person and search Si Ma's house carefully
Yes
Stop!
Put down those things
What are you doing?
You can't do this in broad daylight. Shouldn't there be laws?
If you want to rob us just take away the money and the gold
Put down these things
Arrest him
What are you doing?
Release me
Protect and bring back these evidences. I need to take a close look at them
Imprison him
What have our young master done to deserve this?
Release me!Keep searching
Yes
You can't move these
Look
You dare to break into our home
Officer
My husband and the master aren't here
You don't even know how to behave
Madam
I am Man Chong
I was under the Grand Minister's orders to search your house
Our master is the mayor of this city
What has he done to be imprisoned and searched his house for?
Grand Minister will release the edict soon
So, you don't even have a solid charge
and you do things like this. Excuse me for I cannot comply
Guards. Send the madam away.
Madam is not bad
Presumptuous
Grand Minister doesn't like to hurt women and children
Fu Jun is only taking orders.Please help us and cooperate
Go ahead and search
Yes
Sister
He is one who pretended to assassinate Cao Cao
Counsellor, Si Ma Yi is asking to see you outside
Send him in
Commoner comes to see counsellor
How did you find me here?
I knew counsellor is working here
Even if you found me
What happened at the palace today
I can't help you either
I come here because I only want to say
My father has always been discrete
There is no chance he hurt Grand Minister with Dong Cheng
I wish you can persuade Grand Minister to investigate thoroughly.
Come forward
Do you know why Grand Minister didn't arrest you and Yang Xiu?
Only arrested your fathers?
Please advise me
You are a smart person
You know what Grand Minister wants the most right now
My father and Dong Cheng....
You
Think carefully
Leave now
Man Fu
What?
Grand Minister is asking for the search results
I understand. You can leave now
Roger
I found a letter to Yuan Shao at the house of Si Ma
Please take a look
It's very like his handwriting
Give this to Xun Ling
As I compare the hand writing, it is similar
Bring Yang Xiu here
Send Yang Xiu in
Student comes to see Grand Minister
You knew Si Ma Fang is writing letters to Yuan Shao
Why did you speak of it just now?
Dong Cheng is vicious
You must see it
They are in the dark and I was enlightened
I'm afraid I would already be deadif I expose them too early
Your father said he is a Han courtier
Why do you expose Si Ma Fang?
Aren't you afraid those peoplewill scold you through books and words?
My father indeed cannot see the bigger picture
but I know the only person can unite the nation
is you, Grand Minister
Please allow me to atone my father's crime
Sons come to see Father
Father
Please forgive Chief Yang.
Don't worry, my son. Thanks to him
I found other accomplices of Dong Cheng
A spy of Yuan Shao
Imprison Si Ma Fang
You personally interrogate him
Roger
I want to recruit you to my side
Are you willing to?
Thank you for inviting me
Father, your son and De Zu are friends on poetry
Can you promote him to a literature officer beside me?
A literature officer only won't fully exploit his capabilities
I will have other arrangements for his positions
Since you agree to join me
I will send you a gift
Take your father home
Thank you for your kindness!
Father
This guy shows his smarts in too obvious a manner.Maybe he shouldn't be trusted easily.
Yang Xiu has great talents and knowledges
Brother, Father likes his kind of personality the most
It's too pity if we don't use him
Zi Huan, you dare not to use him?
I'm worried you are fooled by him
Zi Jian is more like me when it comes to the way I use talent
You can step down now
Yes
You two want to say anything?
Grand Minister
I think we should look at this case carefully
We shouldn't convict him based on a mere letter
Opinion of Feng Xiao
The key here is not just the letter
You know me well
They took everything?
They took everything with writings on it and everything in Father's room
Did they say what they were looking for?
No, they said nothing
Isn't Dong Cheng the person who committed the crime?
Why come after us as well? What has our father done?
Young Master
Good news
I saw Chief Yang is out. I suppose our master will be out soon
Does that mean we are fine, now?
I don't think we would have any more troubles
Let me make some delicious dishes for our master
Go ahead
What have you heard?
Father has been transferred from Da Li temple to the cells in Xu Du
How many people were transferred?Only one.
Only our father?
This is not good
Chief Yang is released
Man Chong is very good at investigating cases
His means of investigating is crude
The events suggest our father's charge is different from others
Come with me to Chief Yang's house
Our master can't see any guest in this month
Chief Yang is a good friend to my father.Right now, my father is in prison
How would he refuse to see us? Would you please inform him again?
Don't stay here any more. Our master said himself
Brother
Does the edict really exist?
Chief Yang sold out our father. Otherwise, why he is out?
If that edict is found at our house
Not only our father will be involved
What should we do now?
We need to find a way to meet Father
What have you found?
Liu Bei escape from Xu Du
I already knew
But he sent out letters along the road
He was under the edict of names to fight you
Cloth Edict!
Yes
Our emperor is not simple
The most important thing right now
is to find out who is involved with the cloth edict
I assume thing like this
always has a name list in case someone turned
Dong Cheng killed himself
to protect those alive
If we have this list
Then where would it be with, the cloth edict?
Liu Bei will not bring something important like that with him
It must still be in Xu Du
It will wait for another chance to strike you
Only Si Ma Fang and Yang Biao are still alive
Si Ma Fang has letter correspondence with Yuan Shao
Will this list be on his hand?
Does it really matter if this letter is true or false?
That old guy can do nothing
What you need is the list and all the courtiers
All the talents in Yue Dan Ping
But how to find the list?
Close the gate and search every house?
Rather than searching it all over,better we have a target to hit
Today, Si Ma Yi came to find me
You gave him some hints?
Yes to certain degrees
The rest will depend on him
Fine
I will wait for Si Ma Yi rooting out the accomplices of his father
【Xu Du】
Young Master, Si Ma Yi wants to see
Si Ma Yi?
He even finds me?
I don't want to meet him
OK I will return the message
Chief Yang and the deputy commander refuses to meet with us
What should we do now, brother?
What are you doing?
Only our family was searched
If there is an alliance edict
It's not found yet
Then why is only our father is in prison
Let's go home first
Why do you have to get up?
Have you come up with any ideas?
I just don't understand. If that alliance edict has not been found yet,
then why is Father transferred to another place?
Maybe someone can help you
Who?
Today, Man Chong came and searched our house with Xiao Shi
I met one of my old friends
An old friend?
Yes
I knew him long ago. His name is Ji Bu, used to be a ranger.
I remember when my hometown had Yellow Bell Rebellion
I went for shelter at my aunt's house
On the road, we met some bandits
He saved me
and even escorted me to my home
Why have I never heard this from you?
I just never mentioned to you before
A Zhao told me
Today
The person who pretended to assassinate Cao Caoand capture Dong Cheng is him as well
That guy?
I think this is a hope for saving our father in any ways
Maybe we can get some clues from him
I ask A Zhao to meet him at the Yue Feng Bar in the evening
Come along with me
Darling
You should take care of your body
I will go for you
That's better
You take this
When he sees the sword
He will understand
Are you Master Ji?
Who are you?I am Si Ma Yi
Chun Hua is my wife
My wife said you must have remembered this sword
Why come alone?
Why don't your wife come?She is still weak after just giving birth
So she asks me to come in her stead
and ask for your help
What do you want to know?
I want to know that when the investigative bureau went to my house today
What have you found there?
It's confidential. How would I know?
My father is in prison and I have been asking around
Nothing comes up
But after your search at my house
My father was then transferred to the cells in Xu Du
There must be a connection or two
I wish you can help me on this
I am part of Jiao Shi not too long
I'm afraid I can't help much, either
Understood. I will leave, then
Master Ji, I forgot
My wife reminded me to convey her greetingsto you when I went out