[Second year of Tian Bao era,Mount Tai Bai]
It takes four hoursto get down the mountain.
Finish this porridge before you go.
I had this every daywhen I was a child.
Now, I lose my appetite whenever I see it.
Tan Qi, look at yourself. Since you were young, you lived a life of luxuries with him,
but you are now living in a straw hut and dressed like a poor village girl.
I can barely recognize you.
Pass this message to the Crown Prince.
My mission is incomplete. For the moment, I will not be going back to Chang'an.
Why are you so stubborn?
I will be honest with you. His Majesty spoke with the Crown Prince to create a new bureau.
The Crown Prince thought of you right away.
He wanted you to be chief of the bureau.
Send my regard to the Crown Prince.
Li Bi, this is such a good opportunity.
We spent our childhood by the Crown Prince's side.
I may be older than you, but when there something good,
he always thinks of you first.
Think about it. You were a scholar on waiting list.
You had no job and no experience.
But you rose from the bottom straight to the forth rank.
Your annual salary is 5,000 qian.
You're given farmland, fabrics, and spices.
When your servant goes out to do tasks, they will have some status.
Look at those people in Chang'an.
For a mere promotion to a 8th rank official, it
can get them to lick the higher-ups' boots clean.
Look at the view here.
It's quite pretty, but one day is enough for me.
You've been looking at it for 2 years. Aren't you bored?
I will be seeing it for another ten years.
Li Bi, just because you are smart,
doesn't mean you can waste your life away.
You can live here with me.
Spend some time here and it might open your eyes to something.
Living here?
What will I see?
You must find the answer yourself.
Find the answer myself.
Let me show you how it's done.
Tan Qi.
You are just a spoiled childfrom noble family!
You talked about saving the world,
but you are just impatient!
You want to get the credits without making any real effort!
Actually, in your heart, you look down on everyone!
Get lost!
Fine, I'll get lost. If I come to you again,
I will be a mutt.
Bark, bark, bark.
Li Bi, you really aren't coming with me?
The Crown Prince won'tlet me tell you the truth.
But his order means nothing to me now.
What I am about to say, I will only say it once.
After you have listened, come if you want,
and if you're not coming, then too bad for you.
This time,
the Crown Prince is in trouble.
I offered him my help several times, but the Crown Prince said that
only Li Bi can save him.
I wanted to save him too.
My great-grandfather...
made enemies with the entire Imperial Court
just to help His Majesty sort out the national affairs.
My family, Yao, has been dishonored for the past 3 generations.
My grandfather was sent to the prison.
My father was beheaded underneath the willow tree of Western District.
But I admire my great-grandfather very much.
I am proud to be his descendant.
I want to give my life to save the Crown Prince.
But...
he wants me toget you off this mountain.
So,
I want to do a better job.
Li Bi.
Come with me.
We can only succeed.
We cannot disappoint the Emperor.
I can't sleep at night fearing something might go wrong.
In the whole nation,
only you have the wits tolead the Peacekeeper Corps...
and resolve the situation for me.
I will not let you down,Your Highness.
[The Longest Day in Chang'an]
[Episode 30]
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-He Fu?-Father!
He Fu!
Fu!
What happened?
Father.
After you return to your hometown,
you still have to celebrate the Lantern Festival.
Make some lantern riddles, and enjoy the festival, loudly
and happily!
I will.
I will!
I am Chief Li Bi of the Peacekeeper Corps, appointed by the Emperor.
Seeing the Right Counsellor.
He Fu's involvement in the secret Crouching Fire attack
is exactly the lead we have been investigating.
He Fu, please allow me to question you.
Where is Long Bo's real target?
You are not someone who doesn't care for innocent lives.
I should kill one person to save a whole ship of people, right?
What do you mean?
Healer Wang of in our manor is the secret messenger His Highness sent.
- He Fu!- The Crown Prince ordered me to kill Lin Jiu Lang!
My father is innocent.
- Stop writing for now! He hasn't finished speaking yet! - My father is innocent!
My father is innocent!
Tell us the truth!
The truth! You have to say the truth!
It's not the Crown Prince! It's not him!
Where is Long Bo headed?
Where is Long Bo taking the Crouching Fire?
He Fu!
Make way!
Stop the carriage!
Captain Zhang, stay calm. Someone wants me to pass you this letter.
Take care, Captain Zhang.
Send me to Huaiyuan Street.
" Meet me at the paper mill "
He is the major suspect!
Why isn't he being tried by the three major Courts?
Director He.
-If you may.-I am staying.
I will stay here tonight!
-Gan Shou Cheng!-Yes!
Sir He must be tired.
Let him take some rest.
Right Counsellor.
This woman took Zhang Xiao Jing from our headquarters.
-Take her down too.-Arrest her.
-Wait!-Chief Li!
-This way.-The case is closed!
We have the statement.
It's ready to be presented to His Majesty.
The case cannot be closed yet! Without trial by the Courts,
this statement is void! You spent years composing the Tang Code.
You cannot possibly be unaware of them. You are disobeying the law despite knowing it!
Si Fang.
Seal of the Vice Censor-in-chief.
Seal of the Judge of Court of Judicature.
Trial by the Three Departments. We followed the protocol.
The case is closed.
Why are the seals of the Three Departments of Tang with you?
You are holding three seals by yourself.
You are abusing your power.
Are you not afraid of the Emperor and the citizens finding out about this?
I have no fear.
Minister Pei,
present the Emperor with these charges.
Yes.
The statement is still void!
Minister Pei.I am a witness too.
Chief Li.
Think before you speak.
Do not get caught up in this mess.
You are shielding them,
but they might not evencare about your life.
Minister Pei, please write this down.
I met Long Bo myself.
I was there when he ordered his men to take He Fu's eyes.
Long Bo is the mastermind.
We can only close the case after we arrested him!
Minister Pei, why aren't you recording?
Aren't you abiding the law?
Aren't you representing the Three Departments of Tang?
I saw it all with my own eyes! Minister Pei, write that down!
The Rigth Chancellor simply wants you and your son to stay for a while longer.
Don't worry.
Heating pipes run under the whole manor.
It'll be warm here. If you feel sleepy,
Just take a nap. If you aren't sleepy, try to think about
what you can say tomorrow at the Imperial Prison so you can suffer a bit less.
The Right Counsellor won't be meeting you again.
I am certain he and I will meet again.
My Young Master is innocent! Ask your lord to let him go!
Stop babbling! Get in there!
-Open the door.-Yes.
I have been starving the whole day!
What kind of a bureau is the Peacekeeper Corps?
Even a servant who sends meals is a sixth-rank officer.
-Commandant Yao, you must be hungry.-Are you going to die?
This is Chief Ji Wen of the Peacekeeper Corps.
Help yourself. Once a lamb is raised and fattened, it's meant to be eaten, right?
I prepared something for you.
Bring them in now.
Get ready, it's time to go.
My men will escort you.
An officer will always get the privilege.
Truth be told, my father was once an officer a long time ago.
But he is not some high-ranking officer like you.
Will you talk to them and plea for me?
Ask them to let me go.
Cheng Shen. Here is an advice for you.
Yes?
Find a life in the Western Region.
Don't come back again.
The city of Chang'an...
is no longer safe for you.
Are they...
sending you somewhere?
I met Long Bo.
I can prove He Fu was being used by him.
Long Bo is clearly a vagabond.
He can't possibly be connected to the Crown Prince.
So this is why Director He is confused.
Lin Jiu Lang holds a rivalry against the Crown Prince.
If this decree is announced, His Highness will be in grave danger.
It won't be announced.
Not as long as we are alive.
The royal decree will be announced at 2 o'clock after midnight.
It will be announced at the lantern banquet. We still have 16 hours.
Within the next 16 hours, we must persuade the Emperor to withdraw his decree.
we must persuade the Emperorto withdraw his decree.
You wanted to talk His Majesty into withdrawing the royal decree within 16 hours?
You sounded like a preying beast when you said that.
Who is the spy?
He has a great insight.
He sees so much more than you do and understand...
how the Crown Prince thinks of you.
Order from the Right Counsellor! We must arrive in 15 minutes!
Ji Wen didn't even blame youfor not arresting Zhang Xiao Jing.
Why bother escorting these guys?
Are you trying to lick the Right Counsellor's boots?
Listen, my father loathes this man.
Know your enemy and know the way to victory.
How can I assist your father if I don't know how the Right Counsellor's mind works?
Yun Xiu, remember this.
I am not the same as the person in front of us.
He licks boot to save his own skin.
I am doing this so I can use these men for my own cause.
Chief Li Bi of the Peacekeeper Corps confessed that...
the Crown Prince and Director He joined hands...
to plan an assassination on the Right Counsellor.
The Corps used the investigation as a cover...
to fool the Imperial Court and hide the truth.
They sabotaged the evidences.
Write as you please.
His Majesty recognizes my handwriting.
As long as I don't sign the scroll,
what could possibly you do to me?
Li Si Fang?
Minister Pei.
The room is getting too warm.
Take Chief Li outside for some fresh air.
He needs to cool his mind.
Yes.
The Right Counsellor doesn't want to use her a hostage.
-Stop!-Halt.
Life of a servant compared to the life of the Crown Prince,
which of them comes first?
I met you.
And I did more than just serving tea and drinks.
That is more than I could ask for.
Young Master, you are doing this so the people of the Great Tang can have peaceful days in the future.
It's not because of blind loyalty to one person.
I understand.
I now have a chance to sacrifice my life for the Great Tang.
Young Master.
I am willing to make this choice.
I am not sure...
-if he is doing this for the people.-Shut it!
Insolence.
Young Master.
Let's sit here for a while.
Yao Ru Neng! Are you alright?
Commandant Yao,
the Right Counsellor wants me to send his regard for you.
He thanks you for your service for the past six months.
How do I know I can trust you?
Since we were young, I accompanied you when you studied with the Crown Prince.
I was there when you and His Highness were training to sword fight.
I was there when you two were chatting and making jokes.
I, Yao Ru Neng, don't have any big ambitions.
I simply hope that in the future,
when you two become the Emperor and aide, I can get my reward
and lead a decent life in Chang'an.
I am not trying to steal anything from you. Nor will I fight for anything that's yours.
I won't ruin your plans. Why wouldn't you trust me?
As ordered by Official Ji, I have escorted Commandant Yao to this manor.
Thank you for your hard work, Si Fang.
Lead me to the Right Counsellor so I may greet him.
If you may.
Sir Zhang? Zhang Xiao Jing?
Zhang Xiao Jing?
Have some water.
It's water.
Take it slowly.
Just clench your teeth and keep living for now.
You need to live. You cannot die just yet!
I just got a new task.
Once I get a chance to, I will figure out a way to rescue you.
I fell asleep?
Have some water.
Other people would have collapsed far eariler after working for a whole day.
But you are strong as steel.
Are we there yet?
We are in Huaiyuan Street.
On the second alley of Shizi Road,
there is a paper mill. Drop me off there.
Is it because there's someone who can help you there?
I am meeting a friend.
Who is it...
that makes you care so much about meeting him?
I was locked in a cage on death row for six months.
He was the only person that ever visited me.
Zhang Xiao Jing! Zhang Xiao Jing!
You must be starving. Here you go.
Eat some food first and warm yourself up.
Listen to me while you eat.
There is a solution in sight.
The chief of the Peacekeeper Corps is a young man.
He is getting impatient to earn merits. He loves choosing the easy way out.
I talked to him.
The key to solving a case is not about using troops.
And the citizens mustn't be disturbed.
He took it to heart.
Now, he is urging me to pick a man for the job via the database.
I will definitely figure out a way to help you get picked.
Eat another one.
Also, after you get out from this death-row prison,
just accept whatever job the Peacekeeper Corps assigns you.
However, if someone tells you that you can earn merits and be pardoned from death,
do not trust a single word of that.
Oh, right!
I also brought the yellow wine from Fuyuan Tavern.
Drink it and warm yourself up.
How do you feel?
This costs a fortune. Save it if you can.
Why are you helping me?
You are a good person.
You are a good person!
In the Great Tang in my heart,
a good person should not have an ending like this.
- I don't want to drag you down. - It's alright.
I make my living by reading the database.
Those people in the Corps only learned bits and pieces of it.
Only I know the true way of calculating and reading it.
The others won't be able to notice anything amiss.
Even for the record of me coming here to visit you
I have ways to wipe them out without leaving any trace.
They won't be able to notice it at all.
Right, I have another advice for you.
Once you are in the Corps, you must say that we do not know each other.
You must to remember that.
Soon, you will be freed. Soon
My friend was a fool.
He thought making paper will bring Great Tang back to its golden age.
Do you believe that too?
As long as he believes it, I'll believe it.
Is burying your name
and fading away from the world not a good thing?
Don't you understand?
You know,
to send you to the edge of the world,
I will gladly accompany you there.
My heart belongs to someone else.
Just sign your name. It will be easy.
What if I don't sign it?
Sir Yao can also prove the Crown Prince...
has been planning a conspiracy for treason.
Your female servant, Tan Qi,
once broke into the headquarters of the Right Cavalries without permission
and escaped with a prisoner.
We can execute the servant for what she did without any trial.
Whether she will live or not...
depends on what you write here.
San Nu.
Chief Li still couldn'tmake up his mind.
He wants to hand over the chance of entering the Phoenix Hall to you.
We must be responsible for our actions.
Sir Yao marched into this manor with dozens of escorts.
Everyone saw that.
Remember this when you enjoy the taste of success.
There is no turning back.
- In the Jinglong Temple next to the Corps... - Yao Ru Neng!
In the Jinglong Temple next to the Corps' office,
hides is a secret chamber where the Crown Prince meets court officals.
Since January, His Highness used prayer as cover to meet...
Li Shi Zhi the Left Counsellor,
Wei Jian the Transportation Logistic Officer,
Pei Kuan the Minister of Personnel,
and Commissioner of Longyou, Huangfu Wei Ming, for three times.
Minister Pei.
A secret meeting between His Highness and the officers, what crime may that be?
Forming fractions and conspiracy. The verdict may be discussed.
If such crime proved true, the punishment is immediate impeachment.
What were they discussing?
- They were discussing... - Before, when your family fell from grace,
His Highness made you a forth-ranked commandant...
because you are a descendant of Prime Minister Yao.
The Crown Prince and the officers were discussing...
to overthrow the Right Counsellor...
and gain control over the finance and defence of Imperial Court.
This is treason! They should be executed.
The time is long past.
Chang Yuan, just accept your fate.
You alone...
cannot save the Crown Prince.
Why must you give up on yourself and Tan Qi?
You are both capable of bringing Great Tang to its greatness.
You have never met Long Bo. There is no such man.
He Fu is an assassin the Crown Prince planted in He Zhi Zheng's house.
He takes order from the Crown Prince.
The statement is ready.
Just sign it.
What time is it now?
11 o'clock!
It is now night!
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