Okay, cover the pot.
San, are we having mutton?Save some meat for me.
What? Stay low or you will get shot.
Liu Zong Qi!
Light the beacon up!
- Yes! - Have some warm food.
I saved this for you.
This is the wolf meatXiao Gui stole last night.
Wait. Old Man San,
how much more creative can you get?
My wife taught me this trickbefore I left.
Small nuggets are more easily cooked.
Delicious.
Where did you get the black cumin?
You know better than anyone else.
I could have lived.
But you wanted to solvethe case so badly.
Otherwise I would still be alive.
I bet they lied to you and said that you could save Chang'an.
If not, you wouldn't haveagreed to help them.
Director He's son wasworking with Long Bo.
The Crouching Fire is usedto killed the rich and powerful.
They are playing apower game with lies.
Why are you wasting your time by getting involved in it?
I persuaded you so many times to stop investigating.
But you insisted on investigating it even if you ended up dying.
Doesn't this sound alltoo strange to you?
The Imperial Court foundedthe Peacekeeper Corps.
They are such a powerful bureau,
but they chose you as their detective.
They chose a convict on death row.
We should never...
think too highly of ourselves.
You will get yourself in trouble...
and drag down others.
[The Longest Day in Chang'an]
[Episode 29]
Do you recognize this?
All the mercenaries get theirinformation from Ge Lao.
What do you want?
Who gave Ding Lao San theorder of the assassination?
I want to know the employer's name and address
and everything that you know.
You are the Flame Master.
It's only right to pay Ge Lao a visit.
No. 223.
Stop!
Let go!
- Where is it?- Help!
Your men can't hold me off.
Where is the thing in the box?
Kindness be repaid,vengeance be served.
You killed Ding Lao San.
I can't beat you down, butmy brothers won't let you get away!
I didn't kill Ding Lao San.
You are still denying it? Scoundrel!
We were brothers.
A man can slay his familyfor his own gain!
-A brother means nothing!-You don't know anything!
We are the Eighth Squad!
- Are you trying to get killed? - Do you not want to live anymore?
You were picking arrows until dawn?
Why are you still here?Is there gold here?
Don't you know?Old Man Wen...
was awake watchingyou the whole night.
I have to bring back that blessed arrow of his.
He needs it to makea hairpin for her daughter.
Run!
Quick!
I will distract them!
Take these arrows back. They should last you for a few more days.
Get up there! Your motheris waiting for you to go home.
-Take them yourself!-Get up there!
-Crouching Fire?-Crouching Fire.
Run!
Ding Lao San killed a fewmercenaries himself.
He wanted to tell me something.
Before he did,
a mercenary on dying breathstabbed him.
He saved my life.
Why would I want to kill him?
The thing inside the box,
where did you hide it?
I need to find out...
how Ding Lao San was involved in this case so his name can be cleared.
If they find out themercenaries are conspiring...
with outlaws to harm Chang'an,you are doomed.
He is right.
You may be smart,
but they are always ahead of you.
Who said it?
15 minutes before you got here,
someone was here.
The dead Flame Master took a job...
to kill Elder Pu Zhe in the monastery.
It's exactly this job that that got him killed.
I want the contract they signed.
Are you kidding me?
You are not worth the time.
Disrespect us mercenaries...
and all of your relatives will die.
If you can find my family,
hand them over to meand I will end them myself.
Your code forbids you from exposing the client's identity,
but sabotaging the contractwasn't part of the code.
I found it.
But it was burned to pieces.
She wants you to have this.
Make way!
Stop! You are sneakingaround like a thief!
The Royal Army?
- Quickly bring me to see General Guo. - Nutjob!
He is my Uncle Guo.
I am Chief Li Bi of the Peacekeeper Corps.
I really am Li Bi. Quickly bring me to see General Guo.
Show me the access token.
I lost it.
I know about the RightCounsellor's assassination.
I need to find Mao Shun as well.
It must be him that builtthe manor of the Raining Pavilion.
He must know who is behindall of these.
Don't bother.
That can't do.
Someone must be giving He Fu orders.
This is a grand scheme.
He Fu is temperamentaland emotional,
he couldn't have planned thisall by himself.
It truly wasn't him.
Uncle Guo, before the banquet tonight,
we must find the real culprit and save the Crown Prince.
Tell me something.
What if real culprit is someone you trust?
What would you do?
I found him!
It's best that you don't follow me.
My lord.
Guo Li Shi's men found He Zhi Zheng.
Go.
Before General Guo gets to him,
bring him back here.
Let him meet his son.
It's a grand festival. The father and son should have a reunion.
Yes.
He raised me for over 20 years.
Light shines upon the Great Tang,
the world bows down to the Emperors!
As the bloodline obeys their destiny,
the four forefathersfollowed the same rules,
Their tales of glory willbe told to the world,
I shall pursue the same vision.
The future generationswill inherit the prestige,
their deeds shall remain on theresting place of our ancestors!
He Fu!
Fu!
Where did you go?
Fu?
Old Man He.
Are you all right?
Old Man He.
Let's go somewhereso we can talk this through.
That is good.
It's good to talk things through.
General Guo.
I am taking this man with us.
If you defend this suspect,
the Emperor will punish you as well.
Don't you dare accuse me of anything!
I am not afraid of you!
He hasn't said a word yet.
How is he the suspect now?
If the whole nation...
work like you bunch of fools,
we will all be in a mess!
I am talking about you!
Not just you, but yourlord Lin Jiu Lang as well!
What now?
Get your lord and impeach me now!
Lapdog!
General Guo.
I have heard that when you yell at people,
that is when something is upsetting you.
-Gao Quan.-Yes.
Get the donkey.
Old Man He.
Come with me.
I am taking you to the Emperor.
His Majesty loves to hear your lessons.
Just tell him the truth.
Never judge a book by its cover.
You may have raised He Fu,
but he is an adult now.
If he has his own plan,
we couldn't know.
Sir He was already discharged by His Majesty.
You are the General of the Royal Army.
Taking the suspect to His Majesty on your own without permission...
will cause an uproarfrom the people...
that you are using the protectionof His Majesty...
as a means to evade the law.
You have been of His Majesty's trust your whole life.
Do not offend His Majestysimply because...
you were too nosy in others' business.
I...
don't really care what you think.
The situation at hand is dangerous.
We must not let the Emperor suspect the Crown Prince.
If you have a grasp on persuading the Emperor,
I...
will fight through this challenge with you.
He Fu?
The Emperor granted him the "Fu" in his name.
When you break up the word "Fu", it's "claw" on the top and "son" on the bottom.
The Emperor wanted to discreetly say,
"You are my claws."
Do you think...
did His Majesty stop trusting me long ago?
Young Master!
-Why are you here?-I have been looking for you.
I asked General Guoto search for you.
I am glad he found you.
Please be patient,they will be here soon.
-Who?-Arrest him!
Yes!
General Guo.
I am simply carrying outmy duty by the law.
Please don't make ithard for all of us.
Bad news. It's those scholars from the Hanlin Academy.
Their leader is the grandson of the Emperor's brother, Prince Ning.
Prince Ning just passed away.
The Emperor nowsees him as a precious kin.
Teacher. General Guo.
You asked Prince Ning's grandson to come here?
I heard that the Peacekeeper Corps is in a difficult situation.
Your classmates wish to help you.
You shouldn't have come here.
Why are you arresting my teacher?
He is a criminal.
Criminal?
Write that down.
They are great writers.
They are experts in writing critiques.
A brush in their hands...
- is just as great as a knife.- General Gan of the Right Cavalries...
is charging a man with crimeswithout any trials.
They are prideful.
They often pretend to be sick and refuse to enter the palace when summoned by the Emperor.
Yet you were able to get them here.
It must have been hard on you.
I am not quitting.
Publish this tomorrow andlet this be known to the world.
Sir He is suspected forplanning Lin Jiu Lang's assassination.
Why should I not arrest him?
An assassination?
It's He Fu, not my teacher.
But He Fu is mentally ill.
He can't be capable ofplanning an assassination.
The Crouching Fire.
Unless you want to take responsibility and free him?
If the Emperor knows that you all got involved,
not only will it be difficult for you to get away from this,
even your grandfathers and uncles
won't be able to explain themselves.
Since the Right Counsellor is the target,
- Teacher.- he should be handed over to your Right Counsellor to be interrogated.
Uncle Guo.
Why are you here?
Doesn't sound appropriate.
Then you tell me,
who would be an appropriate interrogator?
Me.
I was appointed the Chiefof Peacekeeper Corps.
This is our investigationto begin with.
- It's only natural for us to interrogate him. - But the two of you are close. For you to interrogate him,
I'm afraid that's not very fitting.
That is not up to you!
Old Man He.
Well, I hope you canmake a decision...
for what happened tonight.
I will go with you.
Teacher.
They are taking you tothe Right Counsellor.
This too risky.
I should pay him a visit.
I hope everyone here will remember...
that whatever I have done,
it was all for the Great Tang...
to prosper for generations to come!
Teacher.
Teacher?
Don't follow.
I must.
You are still young.
If you wish to rise in rank in the future,
some truths are best left unknown.
I believe in you.
I believe you are innocent.
There was a mess at the junction.They even arrested a man.
The officials are starting to fight each other. Let's just wait to watch a good show.
It better not harm us common folk.
I hope so. I am just starting to have a decent life.
-Boss, two bowls of noodles.-Right away!
What exactly is this thing?
Who gave it to the mercenary?
The captain said it was froma bald woman.
Was she the assassin who killed the friars?
Why would she leave this bamboo shard?
When the Crouching Fire inChangming Street exploded,
bamboo shards were everywhere.
Some of them had marks of being cut, similar to this piece here.
I wonder what are the shards used for?
There is oil on it.
Is this somehow connectedto the Crouching Fire?
The enemies left thistrace on purpose.
Long Bo is declaring a war on us.
Is anyone in the Peacekeeper Corps still investigating?
Just finish your food.
I doubt Li Bi will help you
to track down Long Bo.
I can see through everything with my keen insight as the Persian prince.
He Fu is caught.
Tracking down Long Bo is notas important to Li Bi now.
He must protect his patrons.
At least that is what I'll do.
Where are you going?
You can either stay hereor come with me.
But...
-Great!-Great!
Stop watching, the Corpsordered us to get off work.
Go home to your child and wife.
They want us to go homeafter all that happened?
This is too odd.
Something is not rightwith that order.
Zhang Xiao Jing!Suspect spotted!
Where is he now?
Guard the staircase,call for reinforcement now!
The Grand Watchtower of the Peacekeeper Corps is closed.
I can't send the word!
We served in Longyou too!
It wasn't easy to come back here!
I don't want to die!
Is the Longyou Army fullof cowards like you?
Killing insignificant people like us won't make you much of a brave person either!
What is the situation inthe Peacekeeper Corps?
Speak slowly. Don't be in a hurry.
After the attack,
we got a new chief.
Who is in charge of defendingthe headquarters?
Who is sending the orderto the watchtowers?
Chief Ji Wen...
and Commander Zhao of Right Cavalries.
How many casualties do we have?
Over twenty officers were killed.
Captain Cui was killed in action.
The archive was burned down.
What about Chamberlain Xu?
Dead.
-Captain Zhang.-Don't get into my way.
After Xiao Yi was killed,
all bonds of brotherhood between us were severed.
We are now enemies.
After him.
Make way!
Run!
- Xu Ge, drive faster. - Yes!
I heard you are now a wanted fugitive.
I have been searching for you.
Some of my fans told me just now.
Officers are conducting amanhunt in Pingkang Street.
I guessed it was you.
I set out to search for youand was lucky enough to find you.
This will get you in trouble.
Benefactor,
why didn't you get married after living in Chang'an for nine years?
You checked on me?
Those who love my songshow me great kindness.
They will tell mewhatever I want to know
Sleuth-hounds live and diewith their brothers.
We have no time for family.
A marriage is impossible.
Do they really mean so much to you?
Yes.
Let me get down somewherewith a crowd.
I won the first place in the parade.
I will be in the Grand Auditoriumto perform a show for His Majesty.
I do have a bit of privilege in this city.
No one will stop our carriagefor inspection.
I can send you to wherever you need.
Don't bother. Find a decent place...
and help me get my friend a lantern.
Write his name on it.
He loves this city,
but he can never see it again.
What is his name?
Xu Bin.
Come on, have some water.
My lord.
Sir He is here.
Little Li Bi is here too.
He also brought a female guard.
-Ask them to wait.-Yes.
I told you, this has nothingto do with my father.
You must let them know...
the Crown Prince sent you to kill me.
We are different.
I am not a mutt. I don't bite just anyone.
That's not for sure.
Sir He, He Fu is being interrogated right now.
My lord wants you to wait here.
Don't hurt him!
Teacher.
I request to join the RightCounsellor for interrogation.
Please, be patient.
When the time is right,
you will all be invitedto hear the trial.
It's good enough to see him.
You are He Zhi Zheng's son.
You are also the son of the Provincial Governor of Chen.
At first, I thought...
you are smarter than the others.
But today, I realized...
you are nothing but...
a stray cat or dog that bites back after being bitten.
I am so disappointed in you.
I am someone who repays kindness with kindness.
If there is revenge to be taken, I take my revenge.
That is what being a human means!
Then let's talk about repaying kindness.
Originally, The Emperor was planning to use the banquet tonight
to get rid of the Crown Prince.
You can't save him evenif you deny your charges.
But if you do as I say from now on,
your dear Sir He will be spared.
Let him safely return to his hometown for retirement.
He raised you for the past 20 years.
Aren't you going to repay him?
The person that the Crown Prince planted in the He Manor,
the Eastern Palace Pharmacy officer,
serves as the secret messenger between you and the Crown Prince.
The Crown Prince used himto contact you...
and gave you order to kill me.
Isn't that right?