Today,
our father ordered brother Xan Xun's marriage
I will marry brother Yan Xun
ten days later
Yan Xun is marrying
You must feel sad
He will marry someone sooner or later
I am just a little bit surprised that
he get married at this time
About the wedding between me and the princess...
I know
The majesty is ready to kill
You know?
I just never thought
he will use his own daughter as the bait
For him
only he himself is valuable
Everyone else can be sacrificed
Xiaoqi Camp is an important place.
Your Royal Highness,
please don't come without being invited.
Yanxun is worried about the map of
military garrison outside the city.
Maybe, I could take this chance
to detect the military garrison outside.
Have the persons been sent out?
It's already been prepared.
I really hope after this time
I don't need to
see his face any more.
Young Master, if we get off here,
we can save some time
However, the cliff¡­
is dangerous.
We don¡¯t have a choice.
Be careful.
Sit here. Qiaoqiao.
Here.
Be careful.
What¡¯s the matter?
Is your wound hurting again?
There are some herbs there.
Go and fetch me some.
This one? OK.
(Breathing heavily)
Qiaoqiao.
You can¡¯t fight against them
again.
What should we do?
I think
I think we can
fight against them together.
How about this?
Firstly,
it is me who will fight against them, not us.
Secondly,
There are a dozens of them,
but I am on my own.
Based on my current condition,
how many of them can I kill?
Let me remind you.
If I don¡¯t have a choice,
I will give you to them
in order to survive.
Then
Qiaoqiao,
I will distract them
so that you can escape.
What do you think?
Right.
I shall leave this to you.
I don¡¯t have any martial art
so my father gave me
this secret weapon to protect myself.
Just rotate it.
50 needles will shoot out.
Each of them is poisoned.
It is fatal.
Take this.
It can save you in danger.
Did you just realise that
you have fallen in love with me?
Don¡¯t worry.
When we get back to Chang¡¯an,
we will have all the time in the world to be together.
(Laughing)
Here them come.
I will distract them.
Be careful.
Don¡¯t worry.
Hey. I am here.
(Intense background music)
(Sound of shooting needles)
You are finally awake.
Why are you here?
Where is the Crown Prince of the Liang State?
Did he escape, die
or you killed him?
How long have you been here?
Since you fell asleep
as sound as
a pig.
Drink.
(Sound of the bottle falling down to the ground)
Don¡¯t get involved in this matter.
It has nothing to do with you.
What are you doing?
You dislike owing people the most,
right?
I shall let you owe me one
which you can¡¯t repay
for the rest of your life.
Let go of me.
(Sound of fighting)
(Sound of riding a horse)
How did you get out of the city?
We better not get back.
No. You are hurt.
I am late.
I am so sorry.
You are here finally.
That group of enemies.
Gosh. They scared the hell out of me.
If I didn¡¯t have martial art,
I would definitely
be dead by now¡­
Do you have any idea
who were they?
No.
It is what I found
during the fight.
It looks like an address.
Go and take a look.
You might have some leads.
Young Master.
Something is off about what happened today.
I agree.
I am afraid that we were used.
What should we do?
Xiao Ce wanted to use us
to get rid of his enemies back home.
I happen to have the interest
to see who the spies of the Liang State
in Chang¡¯an are.
Maybe we knew them already.
Young Master.
Long time no see.
(Breathing heavily)
Where is this place?
Let go of me.
Yuwen Yue. Come out.
If you have some balls, just kill me now.
Let me out of here.
I shall count to three.
Then you will fall down
as if you were floating over the Lake of Zi Xia
outside the city of Jian Kang.
as if you were floating over the Lake of Zi Xia
outside the city of Jian Kang.
Your feelings will disappear.
You will give me
your body and soul.
Give me.
Tao Ye, what¡¯s wrong?
Your Highness.
It seems like I am distracted.
Tao Ye,
you are the top spy
at the Secret Repository.
I believe in you
just like I believe in myself.
Thank you, Your Highness.
Tell me every spy
we placed
in Chang¡¯an
and burn the list of names.
In the Sreet of An Shangmen,
Li Yu, the owner of the Shuang Lin Inn.
Wu Fangkun.
Wang Wen.
(Whispering)
Stop.
Go.
(Sound of flying)
(Whispering)
Do it. (Whispering)
Do it.
(Sound of riding horses)
(Sound of breaking in)
(Sound of fighting)
(Sound of riding horse)
(Sound of fighting)
Miss, you picked a great one.
It is made
according to a historic
unique recipe,
using natural ingredients.
I can assure you
after using this, you will be even more beautiful.
Thank you. Bye.
Bye.
Contact every spy in Chang¡¯an
you can reach to.
Tell them to stop whatever they are doing
and escape from Chang¡¯an
using their own routes.
The sooner, the better.
We made a promise
with Yan Xun
that we would help him
get out of Chang¡¯an.
Someone else
will do it for us.
Have they all confessed?
The Spiritism was very powerful.
She is not in the state now.
I let her have some rest for now.
I shall resume the interrogation later.
Do we need to arrest
the rest of them?
It¡¯s been overnight.
They have escaped already.
It will be pointless
if we try to catch them now.
What should we do?
The businesses they have run from years,
the shops and the trade.
Those are what matter the most.
Through them,
we can find
all spies of the Liang State
placed in
the Wei State.
Xiao Ce wanted to
use me.
I shall teach him a lesson
and let him pay hard.
Yes, sir.
What about what Miss Tao Ye said
about Prince Yan…
Check it first.
Remember. Don’t alarm the enemy.
Report it back to me
if you have something concrete.
Yes, sir.
Is Prince Yan Xun here.
I am Xiao Ce, from the Liang State.
(Sound of opening the door)
(Sound of closing the door)
Tell me the reason why you came.
Don’t be so rude.
Based on what you did today
and how I felt about that,
it wouldn’t be a surprise
even if I kill you.
This is the map of military distribution
outside the city of Chang’an.
Don’t stare at me like that. Prince Yan.
Both the Secret Repository
and me
are from the Liang State.
Our goals are the same.
The Emperor of the Wei State is cruel and inhuman. He killed his loyal subjects.
I can’t stand what he did
out of my good consciousness.
I need to do justice
and help you
get back to Yanbei safely.
You think I will plot
a rebellion
and have a war with the Wei State
so that you can benefit from it.
(Laughing)
Don’t be so straightforward.
Where are the people from the Secret Repository?
They are all gone by now.
I am in control now.
However,
they didn’t tell me
the plan you made with them.
They went on a rush.
Those who reacted slower
are arrested by Yuwen Yue.
Don’t worry.
This map of military distribution
is authentic.
It includes the geography and
population of each place
from Chang’an to Yanbei,
the armies stationed there, their generals
and their war experience.
It is very detailed.
I spent half a year on the road.
I wasn’t just enjoying the views.
I am finished.
It’s late now.
I hope Prince Yan…
If you do this again,
I shall let you pay.
What are you talking about?
You know what I am talking about.
(Laughing)
Chu.
Please get better soon.
(Sound of riding horses)
A few days later,
it will be a ruin
by then.
If Yan Xun has some balls,
he better
set the entire Chang’an on fire.
Your Royal Highness,
Is Miss Tao Ye the reason why
Yan Xun treated you this way?
No.
He is just angry that I put Qiaoqiao in danger
and she ended up wounded.
That’s fine.
(Smirking)
I was going to let Xiao Yu
hurt Qiaoqiao
so that I could alienate
Xiao Yu and Yan Xun.
Then I could be the one
who made this accomplishment.
However, Yuwen Yue got involved.
He arrested many people working for
Xiao Yu in Chang’an.
This is certainly a pleasant surprise.
However, Yuwen Yue also has Miss Tao Ye.
Miss Tao Ye knows about
Yan Xun’s plan.
Yan Xun isn’t aware of this.
If Yuwen Yue arrests Yan Xun,
will it disturb our plan?
Maybe.
Will Yan Xun get out of Chang’an safely?
I am not his dad
Why should I help him?
He is rebelling against
the majesty now
He should concern about everything
and find himself a retreat
If he cannot even get out of
Chang'an
he won't beat anyone else
after sent back to Yan
If so
better for him to die in Chang'an
Just pity for Qiaoqiao
(Cough)
A'chu
You wake up?
Still pain?
Not any more
You are wounded so badly
How can you not pain?
You were too reckless
I know
you are worried about
the guards map outside Chang'an
So I wanted to take the chance
to have a look
Never thought that...
Xiao Ce came
when you were asleep?
What for?
To send us the map of all the troop camps
from Chang'an to Yan
I know he is not just
a common man
As expected...
But
this prince is too playful
I'm not sure
if he is reliable
We'd better be alert
He may not stay too long in Chang'an
He has achieved his goal
He will leave in his character
Does your wound pain again?
No, it's not
I just think
since you took the risk to get out of the city
why don't you just escape?
You are badly wounded
I need to take you back to see the doctor
It's me that encumbered you
Yuwen Yue have supervised us
for a long time
Yan Xun
There's something that
I want to discuss with you
Spit it out
How will you
deal with the Xiuli Army?
They opened
the Gate of City Hongchuan
and City Beishuo for Zhao Fongting
Give me some more time
A'chu
You must be hungry
We can talk the other day
Let me bring you some food first
Master, we have checked out
What Taoye said is
mostly true
We cannot find proof
for some people
But I believe her
Most of them are officials
under sixth level
They seem common in usual time
But they worked in every field of the government
They can cause huge mess
Control them
Shall we inform the government of Chang'an?
Not now
Use our own people
to ensure that on the wedding day of the princess
they cannot leave home
That will be okay
Yes
But Deng Jia at the East Gate
must be held now
On your birthday that year,
the princess bring a jar of Yupu wine
from the palace
She said it was the one and only
Everyone thought it rare
at that time
But recently
I get another jar
Everything in the world is like this
What you believed
may not be right later on
Right or wrong
is depended on
the one that tells it
The consequence
is not decided by you alone
Do you really want to marry Chun'er?
Of course
I am really curious
What did you prepare for the betrothal present?
So curious?
Check it for yourself
I am checking
And I found
an extremely interesting list at the same time
Cui Jia in the Ministry of Works,
Pei Mingshu, Left Military Officer in Jiangzuo Department,
Wang Mianzhi, the Chief Director of Shuilong Department,
Cheng Yi, the skilled warrior of Wulin Guards,
Deng Jia, the guard of the East Gate of Chang'an
You want more?
I also checked the recent working record of
the Ministry of Works
and Jiangzuo Department
I found the Longsheng Channel,
Wei Channel are An Channel
are all cleared recently
And the one that organized is Cui Jia
The one assisted him is Pei Mingshu
It is the rainy season now
The water line rises
You spent all these effort and all this money
to have these two persons to work for you
Yan Xun
Do you want to flood the city
as your present on your wedding day?
How can you be unaware of
what I want to do?
Eighty thousand of civilians in Chang'an
Adds the guards
Over five hundred thousand people in total
You really want to
kill five hundred people
just for your own desire?
through the east gate controlled by Deng Jia
Then you can escape from Chang'an
Zhao Dongting commanded fifty hundred thousand forbidden soldiers
attacked Yan led by my father that year
The city of Beishuo and Hongchuan
are burned into ashes
The fire lasted for three days and nights
Two hundred warriors and civilians were killed in the flame
Who of them aren't innocent
You also survived from tragedy
and escaped from death
You should know it more than anyone
What does it feel to
lose your family?
But what you plan to do today
has no difference from Zhao Dongting
Surely there is
He slaughtered innocent citizens,
killed the royal
While as for me, it was just eye for eye,
tooth for tooth
Pretty fair
Will you be comfortable
doing this?
Sometimes there is something that
we may not be happy to do
But if we don't do it
we can't be happy for sure
Happiness is not the only thing we seek for
living in this world
These...
You won't understand
No matter what, I won't let you win
If you've decided
find me in any time
I will help you
Don't you ever think of any thing else
except for this
Try me We'll see.
If you want to stop me
go ahead
Does Xing'er know
everything you plan to do?
I know people from Liang
can't be trusted
Turns out to be them
that cause problem
and expose the message
Luck thing is that we have prepared for that
Then can we use
the map that prince from Liang
gave us?
We have a brief
one
They fit each other
I think we can use it
Prince, these people aren't important
They are agents from Liang,
spies in the government
Flooding Chang'an is
just the plan of Taoye
We never expected that
they could succeed
The problem now is that
Deng Jia and Qu Yi
are on our side
Their identities are revealed
They got controlled by Yuwen Yue
Without them
we lose the power from military side
Only by ourselves
It will be too hard for us to
escape from Chang'an
and get rid of the pursuing force
I have an idea
Don't know if I should say it
Don't
I know what you are saying
But prince,
- I - The priority now
is to find a way to stop Yuwen Yue
With him
All our plan
on Zhuque Street
will be revealed and ruined
Where are you going?
Change my clothes
To the palace
You too
Put the lamp inside the room
Yes Yes
Put this on the table
Careful!
All of you! Watch out
Caiwei, how is everything going on?
Everything's ready
Add up all the things that
broke or lost
Don't overlook anything
I know it
Prince Yan is coming
Brother Yan Xun,
why are you here?
I want to see you
Do you want to see
how ready I am?
It is too urgent
So many things can't be prepared
But that's fine
I'm okay with anything
being with you
Do you want to see
my wedding dress?
I take you to have a look. Let's go
The majesty is coming
Your highness
Get up
Thank you, your highness
Father
Brother Yan Xun comes here
to see me
Enough time to come to the palace
Seems to be ready?
It is the Ministry of Rites that was working
They should be ready
Even though it is urgent
my Chun'er
deserves the best
My daughter here
is naughty sine her childhood
She
is the one that I care the most
I still remember that
when she was of this height
- I was thinking - Father!
Who will be the one that
marries her?
Time flies
She is at the age of marriage now
Chun'er, what you need
or what you want
Just spit it out
Let the servant
solve the mess
Don't get exhausted
Father,I am not tired at all
You agreed to marry me to brother Yan Xun
That is the biggest present for me
I feel happy from the bottom of the heart
I am not tired at all
You two can talk
I go busy now
I go inside now
After the wedding
you will go to Yan together
Such a long and hard journey
Don't know
when
we can meet again
That won't happen
If you want to see the princess
I can take her back to see you
at any time
Haven't you
live enough here in this city
Chang'an is wealthier than anywhere else
Of courss I like it here
If it is not the fact that I miss my hometown too much
I would like to live here forever
By the way
the general that send you back to Yan
haven't been decided yet
Do you have any friend
in the army?
Choose one from them
to send you back
so that you won't go alone
I would like to follow your arrange
No?
Isn't Yuwen Yue
your friend?
I can move him from Xiaoqi Camp
And let him send you back to Yan
Majesty, to tell you the truth
we were friends only when we were small
I haven't seen him for three years
We are strangers now
Since your were friends in childhood
even you are not close now
you will know about each other soon
It's okay
Your highness
We have no relationship now
Please choose someone else
After he came back this time,
didn't you met each other?
No
No?
A'chu
You can walk!
Almost fully recover
The wound is healing
So I come out for a walk
Your healing ability
really is incredible
Where is Yan Xun?
To the palace to see the endeavor yesterday
Didn't came back last night
He may asked to lived there in her palace
A'chu
will you be back to Xiaoqi Camp?
No
Yan Xun asked for leave for me
That's good.
What happened?
Nothing. It doesn't concern you.
It's nothing.
Miss Yu,
your expression tells me that
something did happen.
Tell me, what is it?
Someone from Xiuli Army came.
He wanted to see you.
I stopped him.
Someone from Xiuli Army...
His name is Ge Qi.
He asked
if you remembered
a warrant granted by Yuwen Yue
for Xiuli Army to
draw bow and arrows from the armament division.
Yes, I remember.
I gave it to He Xiao.
What? Did he not get them?
He said that
He Xiao lost that warrant.
But people in the arsenal said
they received the warrant
and they gave the bow and arrows
to people from Xiuli Army.
However, these bow and arrows
haven't been found in Xiuli Army.
Now, He Xiao is tied up
and accused of armament corruption.
He is to be killed.
Killed? When?
At noon today.
I'll go and see it.
He Xiao, time is running out.
Are you going to confess or not?
I have nothing to confess.
I lost the warrant.
I take the blame for it.
However, Commander...
accused me of embezzling soldiers' pay
and reselling military weapons.
I will never
plead guilty.
Quite stubborn.
Fine. Since that you don't confess now,
then you can confess
to the demons in hell.
He Xiao embezzled soldiers' pay
and resold military weapons.
According to military law, he should be killed.
Commander,
Neither Chief Commander nor Vice Chief Commander is in the army.
How can you decide
on such important issue by yourself?
Vice Commander He has been in the army for years.
He is conscientious and loving.
He came to Chang'an
with no family around.
Why do he need money?
Yes.
Vice Commander is a good man.
You don't kill the innocent!
Don't kill the innocent!
- Don't kill the innocent! - Stop it!
The evidence for his sin is conclusive.
As the commander of Xiuli Army,
I have the power to punish my inferior.
You people plead for him.
Are you his confederates?
Commander Xue
Don't slander innocent people!
- Don't slander innocent people. - Stop it!
Don't slander innocent people!
There is human testimony and material evidence.
I won't take the blame
for slander innocent people.
But you guys...
slander your superior.
What punishment do you think you deserve?
Our Vice Commander
is not like that.
Let our Vice Commander go!
- Let our Vice Commander go! - Stop it!
Let our Vice Commander go!
Do you want to rebel against me?
Let our Vice Commander go!
Brothers!
Let our Vice Commander go!
Brothers,
I know
you mean well.
However,
I lead you to Chang'an,
leaving your hometown behind.
We live on in degradation.
It is not for you
to die like this.
We can't go home
or acknowledge our family.
People hate us.
Even God hates us.
It is because
we carried the name of traitors.
But I know
you are not.
I am not, either.
Who can tell me
what is the highest honor
for a soldier?
Death in the battlefield!
Brothers, in this life,
I don't have the luck to enjoy it.
Therefore,
you should live.
Some day if you have a chance to protect your country,
and fight in the battlefield,
kill more enemies for me.
Use your blood
to wash off the shame
that our Xiuli Army has been carrying.
When I see that in heaven,
I will thank you!
Don't speak rubbish.
Time has come. Kill him!
You can't kill him! You can't kill him!
Stop it!
Coach Chu.
What are you doing here?
What are you doing here, Commander?
Punish a sinner according to military law.
What is He Xiao's sin?
Embezzling soldiers' pay and reselling military weapons.
Which pay?
The bow and arrows granted by
Vice Chief Commander Yuwen.
He Xiao said that he lost the warrant
and couldn't draw those bow and arrows.
But the armament division said
they received the warrant
and delivered the armament.
Nobody but he
could steal the armament.
Is it possible that someone
drew the armament by the name of him?
I don't know that.
Even so,
he is to blame for dropping the warrant
thus making the armament gone.
He should be killed as well.
It's so late.
Chu hasn't come back.
Prince. At this crucial moment,
we should make use of
everything that we can use.
At this moment,
you should
put your feelings aside.
Why are you here?
This is my tent.
Where else would I be?
Great event is coming.
We should take precautions against
all speculations.
If the speculation comes true,
it will bring disasters.
What you have done today is the grace of rebirth.
Even in the most dangerous places, or in the storm of shots and shells,
Our troop of Xiuli
is willing to take your order.