Ask the driver to go faster.
Yes, sir.
- Go faster!- Yes!
He Fu has fallen into the hands of Lin Jiu Lang.
If we are too late, we don't know what Lin Jiu Lang...
will force him to confess in a private interrogation.
If he manages to drag the Crown Prince into this,
the Crown Prince's life will be in danger.
Any news on Old Man He's whereabouts?
We already looked for him in the He Manor. But no trace of him was found.
And we don't know where he went.
I've already hired people to look for him all over the city.
We'll report back to you as soon as we have any news about it.
Sir.
Guo Li Shi is currently on his way here.
He said he wants to join the interrogation of the major criminal...
so that he can report back to His Majesty.
If this criminal talks nonsense in front of Guo Li Shi...
Guo Li Shi has always protected the crown prince.
He will definitely defend the crown prince in front of His Majesty.
Why are you putting so much effort to get to the bottom of this?
Anybody can write the confession letter for him.
I'm the one who wrote The Tang's Code.
I need to obey it.
Find someone...
to bring a word to General Guo.
Tell him that...
if he really cares for His Majesty,
he should investigate He Jian instead.
Yes, sir.
My actions have nothing to do with my father!
My actions...
- have nothing to do with my father!- Then why did he run away?
[The Longest Day in Chang'an]
[Episode 28]
If Ge Lao is willing tobecome the mediator,
we'll be able to makea deal with those privates.
- Then, does he ask for expensive prices?- Very.
When he does business, he'll ask for the most valuable thing in your heart.
- It's better you don't go.- It's not like I'm your valuables.
I'm not scared. What are yougoing to pay him with?
It's not up to me to decide.
Come.
Move aside! Move aside.
Move aside!
I want to meet Ge Lao.
If we still let you come and go so easily like this,
our dignity will drop to the ground, never to be regained again.
I'm here for business.
Not to cause troubles.
Ever since you sold out Xiao Yi,
many of our brothers had run away.
My guess is, they are all spies of the court.
Ma Da Lang is searching their houses now.
Their wives, their children, their old and their young. Nobody was spared.
You better leave.
I'm here for business.
Not to cause troubles.
- Wait a while for me.- Who is he?
My fellow official.
Long Bo must have used He Fu instead.
Long Bo is just a soldier.
There might be an instigator behind him.
The manor.
If we can find the ownerof the manor that...
Wolven Squad and Long Bo frequent,we can find the real culprit.
Unfortunately, the archive room of the Peacekeeper Corps has been burnt down.
We have nowhere to start from.
Where is Xu Bin?
When Peacekeeper Corps was ambushed,
Chamberlain Xu was not in the great hall.
After that, I chased after Long Bo and left the Corps
and saw that the archive room already became a sea of flame.
I don't know what happened to Chamberlain Xu.
And by that time, the Peacekeeper Corps was already taken over by others.
Commander Zhang.
I'm not the one who gave the order to hunt you down.
- I'm willing to repay you the best I can.- That's not important.
If assassinating Lin Jiu Lang is just a front,
then what is Long Bo's real goal?
As soon as the assassination of Lin happens,
all attention will be drawn to the fight between the Crown Prince and Right Counsellor.
The superiors are agitated...
and the people below them are divided.
Every official's attentionis on this case.
But none is brave enough to investigate the case.
Long Bo is a fierce enemy.
All the people he used are dead.
Now, only He Fu knowswhere Long Bo is heading to.
- I'll go and meet He Fu.- Can you do it on your own?
Are you done yet? Ge Lao is not a patient man.
General Guo Li Shi will help us for sure.
Commander Zhang.
You still need to investigate those privates.
Continue with it at once.
No matter who's behind Long Bo,
I will not let him go.
When that time comes, don't try to stop me.
It's not He Jian.
And it's definitely not the crown prince.
General Guo, Right Counsellorhas sent you a message.
He said that you should focus onprotecting His Majesty's government.
If you found out that He Jian harbors evil intents,
you will act with justice...
and won't be partial even though he isthe assistant of the crown prince.
Go. Order all Imperial Guards who are looking for He Jian...
to report back to me here.
Tell them that I'll give them at most an hour and no more.
If they still can't find Old Man He, I'll pull out their tendons.
Yes, sir.
Old Man He is already 86 years old.
It's chilling outside.
Where can he go?
He doesn't know about it.
You can fool others by acting dumb and foolish.
But to fool him?
Do you think His Majesty will believe it?
Do you think the people will believe it?
Don't try to get him out of this.
Don't forget that...
my father is the crown prince's assistant.
The head of all scholars in the world.
He has an excellent personality, acts with grace,
and is highly respected by all.
He just needs to meet His Majesty. The matter will be solved once he speaks.
Naturally, he'll be able to clear his name.
Or else,
how did he sit on his post forso long although you have been...
fighting with him in secret andin the open for so many years?
Squaredy.
Sir.
Find He Jian. Quickly.
Yes, sir.
- Line up, Right Cavalries.- Yes, sir!
Xingqing Palace is guarded by the Dragons Army.
Why are you here?
There are too many people.
We are here to help under the Right Counsellor's order.
Remember. If you see a person riding a white mule, arrest him at once.
Yes.
Don't be afraid.
When Xiao Yi died,
he did not say anything?
Thanks to Zhang Xiao Jing,he did not get to say anything.
If that's the case,there is no one else...
who knows about the location of thosegolden instruments in He Village.
Thanks to Zhang Xiao Jing,nobody knows about it.
This is not that great.
A lot of men with powerare still waiting for it.
These people havesecret connections with...
every commissioner in Chang'an.
I think even you...
can't afford to offend them.
It's all thanks to Zhang Xiao Jing.
You just shouldn't have let him leave this place alive.
Looks like you've become a vegetarianfor the past two years.
It's good to be a vegetarian.
I've worked more than 10 years with you!
Your business will be done for if you kill me!
You'll become strongwhen you have no desire.
I can even give up meat.
Now, I have even fewer things to lose.
How many times have told you not to sell weapons and armor
to Fanzheng Reformation!
Don't sell our goods to them no matter how much they offer!
Don't you get it?
- Zhang Xiao Jing is here.- Ge Lao.
How many times are you going to keep tolerating him?
Thank you.
Wait here.
If anything happens, protect yourself.
Alright.
You are here again?
I'm here for business.
Do you think you haven't caused enough trouble today?
The one you risked your life to protect this morning is not reliable.
If you were to choose another in the future,
don't only listen to his sweet-talk.
You have to look at what he really did for you.
I am just a lowly prostitute.
Thank you for worrying about me.
Don't look down on yourself.
- Zhang Xiao Jing is here for business.- Lowly wench. Why are you speaking?
What do you want to buy?
Those few capable men who are working under me,
they know the situation in the underground world very well.
But they turn out to be his spies.
You hurt the old and the youngalthough you are the one who's blind.
A small thief is incomparableto Ge Lao after all.
I want to know the name of the clientwho did a business with the privates.
The privates have strict rules.They won't give me a name.
If I go to them, people will have to lose their lives.
Please help me out with it.
It's not hard.
But what can you give me?
Whatever you want,
I'll try my best to give it to you.
You have foiled my great plan today.
Now, the gold instruments inHe Village is lost to me forever.
You can't make progressby clinging to old notions.
You can ask for a better one.
In Chang'an, besides His Majesty, whose head I can't capture,
I can kill everybody else.
Ge Lao.
You have good judgement. This is a good suggestion.
I heard that the city of Chang'anis very lively today.
I want the formula.
Crouching Fire's formula.
- Why do you want the Crouching Fire?- To sell it.
This is a rare product. We'll sell it to the highest bidder.
Lanterns! Quickly come take a look!
This man might be the accomplice in the assassination of the Right Counsellor.
He is wearing a green Tao robe. Arrest him on sight.
What are you doing?
Stop right there!
Don't run!
Get all of our men outside to come in.
I want to see if Commander Zhang...
is really here for business today.
I am the protector of Chang'an.
I can't give you...
the Crouching Fire.
Kill him!
Guard the door, Isse!
You have me, the prince of Persia. Don't worry!
It's time for a new leaderin the Underworld.
Stop right there! Stop right there!
Don't come near me.
Turn left at the manor's gate.
Go until the first crossroad.
Turn left again.
You, go over there!
Let's go!
In the second alley,
turn right.
-Split up!-We'll split up.
You've memorized all 108 streets, large and small, in Chang'an under two days.
This is nothing.
I have to memorize all the water channels again
and also the manors that we can use as shortcut.
Let's continue.
Why did you betray me? Why?
Why?
You were going to kill me sooner or later.
I'm the one who brought in Xiao Yi.
Even if you don't kill me today, you'll kill me tomorrow.
You are keeping me alive...
because you want me to help you dig out all the spies here.
You want to investigate your case, right? I know the privates.
I don't want your Crouching Fire. Don't forget.
Ge Lao is the one who forced you to kill Xiao Yi.
Ge Lao, what else do you want to say?
Rather than giving outfree information,
it's better for you to just kill me.
The men outside are all my brothers. Kill him.
And we'll each rule half of the Underworld.
Kill him!
An eye for an eye.
I hate people who hurt others toget into a power seat the most.
Let's split up! Brothers!
Let's go!
Move aside!
Open the door! Open the door!
Open the door! Open the door.
Ma Da Lang was suddenly struck with extreme illness. He died from disease.
Ge Lao doesn't blame you.
He said, he doesn't remember...
what had happened today. And as for who came here,
he did not see.
For all of you,
he will not hunt you down in the future.
Ma Da Lang usually didn't treat you that well.
Why do you want to stand upfor a dead man?
An auspicious Lantern Festival! Long live Ge Lao!
When the privates see this,
they will listen to you.
Business is business. What are you going to exchange it with?
He saved your life just now. It doesn't count?
It does.
But it's for another bill.
I won't dig out all the other spies that you planted here anymore.
I will call back my men who were sent by Ma Da Lang to kill their families.
You've saved your own life.
You aren't willing let me die before our business is done.
What can I ask from him?
Tell me, Tong Er.
Me?
My position as the elder of the Board of Trade...
from now on, will belong to you.
Yes, Elder.
We can have him.
Ge Lao needs somebody to guard the underworld with all his heart.
If you promise us, you can continue with your case...
and stay alive at the same time.
Did you know? Although sunlight doesn't shine on this underworld,
you can be a hero tooif you do it well. It suits you.
- Deal.- Commander Zhang.
I'll come back to youafter the case is done.
I'll give you my life.
I'm the one...
who killed Xiao Yi.
I'll be the one to pay the debt.
You are only useful if you are alive.
I have no interest in a dead Zhang Xiao Jing.
You clearly have a chance to live.
Why do you seek death?
If I want to live,
why would I turn myself in last year?
I am a soldier.
I'm a soldier until I die.
If I forget about that,
how is living
any different from being dead?
It's up to you to decide.
Don't come back anymore.
I don't want to see you for the rest of my life.
God bless us.
I hope that the thingsyou want to protect...
won't let you down.
Report!
Sir, we already searched He Jian's manor in Paradise Height thoroughly.
- Have you found He Jian?- No.
But we found more than 10 corpses in the firewood room.
Their heads are hit with a blunt object. From their clothes, they are servants of the manor.
One of them is a medical officer from the Eastern Palace's apothecary house.
Upon close inspection, he is a soldier.
A spy.
Is the crown prince spying also on Old Man He...
or was it done by the one who frequently wrote him letters?
I'm afraid thatdead men tell no tales.
Have you checked the garden?
Is there any freshly dug earth?
We searched every inch of it.
But we found none.
He Fu.
Damned servant!
When He Jian took you in,
did he know that...
you have grudges against me?
No, he didn't know.
How could he know?
Back then, the criminals handed me to a human trafficker.
I was sold into Chang'an. I didn't want to be a slave.
So, when somebody wanted to buy me,
I'll act like a fool.
I was almost beaten to death by that human trafficker on the street.
That time, Father He had just came back from sending his son to the army.
He saw that I was so pitiful.
So, he bought me and made me his adopted son.
You were just a 6 to 7 year old child back then.
And you already had
a vengeful heart towards me?
Of course!
He Fu.
There are so many...
stray kids in Chang'an.
How did he choose you?
He was the respectable Director of Palace Library with a third ranking.
Yet he bought a dumb kid on the street...
and made him his adopted son?
How could such a good thing as this be true in this world?
You have never doubted him?
No, I don't doubt him.
My father is very kind and loving towards me.
I acted dumb every day...
but he still taught me how to read books and write poetry with patience.
I have never doubted him.
If I were you,
I wouldn't want to think too much...
about it too when I finallyescaped from the savage place...
and live a life with food to eatand clothes to wear.
Humans
have always had acted different from their words.
Although they think that...
they have vengeance in their hearts,
once they get used to living comfortable days,
how would they still bear to risk their lives?
Right?
For the past ten years and more,
you always got the chance to meet me.
But you never thought of taking outyour revenge on me.
But why did you...
choose to act tonight?
Ten years of sufferings...
just to take revenge andto repay the kindness.
After both of them are done,
I'll live in seclusionuntil the day I die.
My head grows big with annoyance whenever I hear poems.
Minister Pei.
What is the meaning of this poem?
The title of this poem is...
"The Gloomy Revenge of the Filial Son, Dong An".
It talked about Dong An from Han dynasty.
He waited ten years...
to murder his neighbor, a scoundrel infamous for having no mercy,
to avenge his mother's death.
In the end, he was pardoned by the government...
and was sent to the mountains to live freely and happily until the end of his life.
You want to get away with killing?
Dong An could do it!
I can do it too!
Sir.
This is the statement from the owner of the wine house.
He Jian went to Huji Wine house in the Western District this morning.
His drinking partner was a civilian wearing plain white clothes,
Jiao Sui.
Jiao Sui?
Old Man He has known him for more than 30 years.
He always said that this man is an expert in the Eight Trigrams.
And he is a smooth talker.
Unfortunately, he died in the hands of the Wolven Squad this morning.
The winehouse owner...
described in full aboutJiao Sui and He Jian...
when they reachedthe winehouse this morning.
The willow are dangling down likethreads of green silk.
Who sliced the leaves into strands?
The spring breeze of Februarythat cuts like blades.
Let's perform...
this poem tonight.
You already have the invitation?
It's written by the clientwith his own hands.
" Lin Jiu Lang will take overthe governing of the country and...
His Majesty will reside inQinghua Palace starting today. "
Can I seekthe divine guidance for you?
Sure.
That's it.
The winehouse owner...
didn't get to hear the rest of it.
I think what they said about tonight'sperformance, cleaning up the mess...
and the client who pays seemto refer to something else.
-It's very suspicious.-What's so suspicious about it?
They are just talking abouta performance.
His Majesty loves to have someentertainment in Li Garden.
What's so wrong about a few old men...
inviting each other for a performance?
You are the onewho makes it sounds wrong.
You speak on hearsay evidence andgarble a statement.
If you speak ofthis nonsense to others,
from now on,don't work for me anymore!
Sir.
-That...-If you have something to say, say it.
That winehouse owner rememberedsomething else after that.
At seven in the morning,another customer came.
And three of them drinkin the wine cellar together...
until nine in the morning.
If we can find that man,we will know what they talked about.
What does that man look like?
-Great!-Great!
Great!
Can we really solve the case if we getto Liu's Bookshop and find out...
the person who hired them to killYou Cha? What if the name is fake?
The privates have a rule.
Their clients have to give them theirreal names and specific address.
They will only accept the caseafter they make sure that...
the info is correct and they know thelocation of client's house and family.
Or else, what can they doif it's a government trap...
or if they didn't receive the money?
So, the privates won't betraytheir clients no matter what.
If that's the case, thenwe'll be able to locate Long Bo.
The one who hired the privatesmight not be Long Bo.
For him, it's too dangerous forhim to leak out his hiding place...
that early.
The one who hired themmight be a nobody...
or it might be the real instigatorbehind all of these.
It's now 11 o'clock!
The beginning of late night!
Time to sleep!
" Left Counsellor: Li Shi Zhi "
Left Counsellor.
Make yourself comfortable.
Did you ask me here...
to drink?
This morning,
you went for a drink with Old Man Hein a winehouse of Western District.
What did you talk about?
We were just chatting.
Jiao Sui found out thatthe owner of the winehouse...
has two bottles of grape wine fromLiangzhou fermented with horse milk.
He's afraid that Li Bai willget to drink them first.
So, he had invited me in a rushto go there early in the morning.
Shi Zhi.
You are now the Left Counsellorof Great Tang and...
the minister ofthe Ministry of Defence.
Don't play games with me.
Did Old Man Hetell you anything about...
assassinatingLin Jiu Lang tonight?
Don't you have some winein your carriage?
He Fu has failed...
and has been interrogatedby Lin Jiu Lang.
I'm trying to helpby inviting you here.
The more you tell me,
the more I can doto save the crown prince.
Sir,
you have overestimated yourself.
What do you mean?
This way please, Left Counsellor.
Tell me.
He Jian invited me...
to show me the draft of the edict thatHis Majesty had asked him to write.
For the past one year,He Jian had put in so much effort...
to order people from differentdepartments to send His Majesty...
the evidences of Right Counsellor'smonopoly of power and corruption.
But in the end,
His Majesty is still set to letCounsellor Lin take over the country.
His Majesty is doing thison purpose...
to make things difficultfor the crown prince.
They are two different things.
Don't try to guessHis Majesty's intention.
His Majesty's intention is notsomething that you can guess.
Just tell me the truth.
What did He Jian...
tell you this morning?
If you don't want to tell me about it,
please go back then.
I don't have to care about it anyway.
General Guo.
He Jian asked me to prepare myself...
to take on the duties oftwo counsellors at the same time.
What do you mean?
He Jian said thatin today's royal feast,
before His Majesty formallyannounces his imperial edict,
Lin Jiu Lang...
will die for sure.