The beginning of noon!
The hottest time of the day!
What kind of drum is that?
That is the Time Drum from the Bureau of Western District.
Seven times means that it's early noon.
Just like our Great Tang. It's the time when it's the hottest.
After the sun is at it's highest,
it's time for it to set.
It's the festive season.
Don't say something so ominous.
- How do I go to Xiuzheng Street? - You want to go to Xiuzheng Street?
It's not hard to find. But it's quite far from the Western District.
Go down five streets toward the south,
and seven streets toward the east.
That street is filled with luxurious manors.
Are you visiting a friend?
Why is your inner shirt wet?
Ji Jiang. Ji Jiang!
Ji Jiang!
Ji Jiang?
You called me, father?
Happy Lantern Festival.
What do you want me to do?
Bring me my new starched shirt for this customer.
How uncomfortable it must be to wear a wet shirt in the very first month of the year.
All right.
I hope that you won't mind.
Your daughter? How old is she?
Six years old.
When she was born, her mother was already quite old.
Luckily, she was born extra smart.
She insists on going to watch the holy lantern,
and the whole family has to comply.
You have great taste.
This knife of mine...
is the best knife among all the knives in the Western District shops.
It's secretly made from a military-grade Messer sword.
It's fast.
My daughter is taller than she is.
You miss your kid?
We have everything in Chang'an.
What does she like?
I can recommend some suitable shops to you.
She likes the stars in the sky.
We have that.
Father.
Flaming Demon.
What do you mean?
Fortune is upon us.
Be a good girl and stay at home today with your father.
Don't go anywhere, all right?
Is something going to happen?
Fortune is upon us.
[The Longest Day in Chang'an]
[Episode 2]
Death row convict, Zhang Xiaojing.
Arrest the Wolven Squad and protect the peace of Chang'an.
Can you do it?
Yes, I can.
You won't try to escape, right?
Li Bi, that little fox.
Didn't he say that he would spare my life?
Why is he afraid that I'll escape?
He lied to me.
Captain Cui, this man cares only for his life.
He doesn't care about the people. He's worse than Cui Liulang,
who sacrificed his life... so that his brothers would be awarded.
You won't be able to live.
Tang has very strict laws.
Even if you succeed in this, Chief Li still won't be able to keep you alive.
You could leave Chang'an county prison because
the Peacekeeper Corps just sent a letter requesting your temporary transfer.
After 24 hours, you'll be sent back to your death cell.
He betrayed me behind my back.
This is such an important task. A death row convict can't accomplish it!
You may say your farewell and get lost now!
Go back to your death cell! You can eat millet for a few more months!
Captain Cui is doing this for the lives of the people in Chang'an
and so is Chief Li.
Naturally, we will... obey Chief Li's order.
Chief Li.
You lied to me.
Yes.
We are in the same boat today.
Stop pointing a weapon at me.
Go. Next.
Go.
You, lift up your head.
He already knows that he can't escape death.
If you let him go out armed to the teeth,
I'm afraid that he'll try to escape.
I'll take care of it.
You may all leave now.
Yes.
Commander Zhang's sword.
I brought it here from Chang'an county prison.
A Heng sword should be three feet long.
Why is yours only two feet and three inches long?
A short sword is at a disadvantage.
Why did you choose to use a short sword?
It has been with me for 17 years.
Back then, I refused to go into a battle when I was in Stone Fortress.
So, Prince Xin An gave me this useless sword.
It means that I'm a coward.
While others were engaged in battle,
I just sat on the wall and watched.
It's a sword of humiliation.
And you used it for so many years.
I'm a sentimental person
and one who holds grudges.
I truly can't get you out of a capital punishment.
And the issue we have today... is not just the simple extraction of a Wolven Squad.
Do you have intentions to pull out?
If I want to get out,
you can't stop me.
The Eight Squad stood by their promises.
They died without regrets.
You don't understand the Eight Squad.
Have you heard about Li Bai's new creation?
"The forbidden palace is a captivating place with a beautiful singing warbler.
She finds all kind of grass, and you can bet on her to find the toughest one.
At night, she has to make herself beautiful,
and dance in front of the emperor in her rainbow skirts.
Her dance is graceful and beautiful,
And the emperor is extremely pleased with it."
You only know about the emperor.
Such a pity.
Yes, it's a pity.
Li Bai has always been hoping to participate in government affairs.
He hopes that one day, he'll be able to write a policy for the Great Tang.
He is 43 now.
But he can only create these kinds of entertaining poems for the harem.
If he becomes an official,
how are we going to explain... the humiliation we feel?
I'm better than him.
He is very flamboyant while I am down-to-earth.
The sky is above me, and the land is below me.
Why was I born into this world?
Is it for me to make a breakthrough?
Is it for me to speak out?
Living a life of mediocrity is a waste.
Within me lives a man meant for greatness.
- This is my poem. - I can't understand it.
I want to be the prime minister.
Sleuth-Hound Captain can protect the people of Chang'an.
But the prime minister can protect the people in this world.
God has put me in this time and place for a reason.
I am to take up this duty...
to protect the people of Great Tang with my wisdom.
The Right Counselor, Lin Jiulang, is a master strategist.
Those who are not under him will be eradicated
by framing them.
If I wish to take his place and have the power of a minister in the future,
my entire life, I can't make any mistakes at all.
We have to succeed in the Peacekeeper Corps' objective today.
I won't do it for you... to advance you in your ranking.
Do it to be the Sleuth-Hound Captain of Chang'an for another day
and to protect Chang'an for another day.
I don't follow the rules... when I act.
We'll do it by whatever means then.
You still haven't given me the answer I want.
I'll retaliate against those who tricked me.
After I arrest Cao Poyan, I'll settle my score with you.
[Shengsheng Gate]
Where are you planning to go to arrest Cao Poyan?
You are even more arrogant than Li Bi.
My rank is higher, too.
I'm the crown prince's Right Commandant in the Eastern Palace.
The crown prince has asked me to give the Peacekeeper Corps a hand.
My duty is to make sure that the death row convict stays out of trouble.
Or else, a merit will become a sin in a blink of an eye.
Of course, I do it for the people.
Let me tell you how to interpret the watchtower's signals.
The light signals are derived from the symbols of the Eight Trigrams.
It's very complicated. You can't memorize it in such a short time.
The messengers of the watchtower have to go through
special training to interpret the signals quickly.
Of course, I can do that, too. The Yao family is gifted with a superb memory.
Unlike Xu Bin who still needs to train so hard.
For example, now, the interpretation from the watchtower's signals is...
Commander Zhang is out to arrest Wolven Squad!
All commandants, keep your ears open!
Commander Zhang is out to arrest Wolven Squad!
All commandants, keep your ears open!
Move aside!
Commander Zhang is out to arrest Wolven Squad!
All commandants, keep your ears open!
Yes!
- Commander Zhang! - Rise!
Such an honor.
Now, you are the most powerful death row convict in Chang'an.
If you think that you can't catch Cao Poyan by yourself,
don't force yourself too much. Safety first.
Put the safety of the people in Chang'an first.
Where are you going actually?
I'm going to eat.
It's the imperial edict from the emperor.
From the look of it, is it an appointment edict?
Have you caught the Wolven Squad?
Fifteen of them have already been killed.
The leader has managed to escape.
Don't worry, Teacher.
Today, I've found the perfect man for the job.
We will be able to arrest him for sure.
Peacekeeper Corps is arresting the Wolven Squad.
This is the first real mission given to...
the crown prince by the emperor in three years.
You know the reason behind the emperor's action, right?
He wants to test the crown prince's capability.
Everyone in the court knows that we are the crown prince's trusted aides.
If something goes wrong tomorrow,
Lin Jiulang is going to press the Censorate to impeach the ability...
of the crown prince first thing in the morning.
If we are able to arrest the Wolven Squad, we can outweigh our errors with merits.
Naive.
You can just carry on with your own plans.
If someone wishes to find trouble with the Peacekeeper Corps today,
I'll take care of it.
Teacher.
[Chancellery: "Beginning today, I will be leaving Chang'an for mountain hot
springs. All worldly affairs shall be handled by Right Chancellor, Lin Jiulang."]
The secret that had been going around for a year has come true.
The emperor is going to entrust
the Right Counsellor, Lin Jiulang, with the governing of the country.
He will act on His Majesty's behalf...
while His Majesty leaves Chang'an...
to reside in the Hot Spring Palace of Mount Li.
No wonder Director He was drunk.
Lin Jiulang is against the crown prince.
If this edict comes true, the crown prince's life will be in danger.
- Director He must be worried about him. - This edict won't come true,
because we are here.
The edict states that this order is to be announced at 2:00 in the morning tomorrow.
We still have sixteen hours until the lantern festival.
Within sixteen hours, we have to think of a
way to make the emperor take back his edict.
Young Master,
do you really trust a death row convict?
I believe in my database.
Xu Bin is right.
Numbers are the truth.
Zhang Xiaojing has particularly highlighted the fact that he served as
a soldier for ten years in the Longyou Army
and for nine years as a Sleuth-Hound Captain.
He is ruthless, fierce, and has killed countless people.
He is known as the King of Hell.
Before he went to prison, he had killed thirty-four people,
including his own leader, the commander of Wannian County.
So he was sentenced to be decapitated. You transferred him here
as a backup at first.
Now, he has become your key player.
How are you going to prevent him from escaping or betraying us?
I can't.
You really meant it when you said you were going to eat.
- Waiter, give me another bowl of lamb
soup and two orders of lamb. - All right.
Get me two persimmons first.
- Wait a moment. - Speed up, all right?
Can you really do it or not? Tell me now if you can't do it.
Don't drag me around, chow-hound.
These authentic persimmons are as sweet as honey. Enjoy your food.
I see that you like to go backward.
This is a tactic.
When are you going to stop retreating?
I can't work with an empty stomach.
I won't be able to move.
If you resign on your own accord now,
I'll let you eat here for the whole day.
Look at that shop across the street. What is it called?
Roujiayu Cosmetics. It sells rouge and face powder.
What's wrong with it?
How can a shop that sells rouge and face powder afford
a place in the busiest part of the Western District?
The cost of cosmetics is low but the selling price is high.
Moreover, the women in Chang'an all love to spend money.
Then, why are all their customers male?
When you're doing business that'll get you decapitated, you'll be more willing
to buy things that make you happy.
That shop has double income.
Are you saying that this shop has a hidden business?
Chang'an map and hidden death row convicts.
The more there are, the better the sales in the Western District.
When you find out who the map is sold to, you'll know
the accomplice of the Wolven Squad in Chang'an.
If it's a business that will get you decapitated,
how will the shopkeeper dare to speak the truth?
- Destroy his shop. - Sure. You go. I'll wait here.
You go.
I'm the Right Commandant of the Eastern Palace.
You don't dare to do it?
Your lamb soup is here.
You have such a good appetite.
Yes. After this bowl,
I think I'll be drinking the soup of death next.
Peacekeeper Corps on duty. You'll be arrested if you resist.
I'm not going to resist.
You are such a high-ranking officer.
Why are you so unreasonable?
I'm just following orders to come and destroy your shop.
So obedient.
Whose order are you under?
Mine.
Zhang... Commander Zhang, when did you... get out?
We'll talk inside.
Thank you.
Commander Zhang.
Tell your shop owner that...
the authorities are investigating the illegal possession of the map.
- All right. - Make him send all of you out,
and inform those shops that are secretly hiding the map to cover their tracks.
Just say that you heard nothing from us.
Tell him that we had taught you a lesson instead.
- You've managed to get information. - It's useless.
Then, what are we doing here?
I am going to gather up the sleuth-hounds in the Western District.
then follow anybody that goes out of the back door of Roujiayu Cosmetics,
to see which shops he entered
and note down the shops' name.
The owner of Roujiayu Cosmetics is the leader of
the underground business in the Western District.
I just informed him that we are investigating the map.
He will certainly inform other shops with the map to hide it carefully.
That man is your spy.
You've not seen him today, and you won't remember him in the future.
I understand.
They are the people who are truly useful to our Great Tang.
Go now.
What about you?
Don't worry. I won't be able to escape.
Even if you are not here, the watchtowers are still here, no?
I'll be back as soon as I can.
If anything happens, release the smoke pellet.
Don't drag me down.
Leave me money for the food.
Excuse me, do you have some mint? Can you give me some?
Gold and Silverware of the West has sold three maps within half a year.
They have a tough hatchet man.
Be careful.
Don't go.
Roujiayu Cosmetics will suspect me
if I don't deliver their message.
And then, I'll be useless to Chang'an.
It'll be bad.
Be smart.
Wait a while before you go back.
Back then, I was strong, energetic,
and I could go far and wide.
Who is the one who cut out the leaves?
Greetings, Crown Prince.
Why do people think that the setting sun is beautiful?
Because it no longer hurts the eyes.
But it's setting soon.
Although it will rise again tomorrow,
the new sun is still different from the old sun.
Li Yu doesn't think that it will be a new sun.
But Lin Jiulang...
everyone thinks he is a capable counselor.
But actually, his shine is just a reflection of the emperor.
As soon as the emperor retires,
the Right Counselor will be useless as well.
In order to watch the sunset in Mount Li,
His Majesty wants to reside in the Hot Spring Palace with Yan Taizhen,
to have fun to their hearts' content.
And the people of Great Tang...
will be shrouded in darkness.
I have invited you to come here this time
because I want to reassure you.
Before the day is over, I have a way to make His Majesty
take back his edict to entrust Lin Jiulang with the governing here.
How can you persuade His Majesty otherwise?
One year ago, a secret rumor about Right Counselor handling the governing
had spread among the officials in Chang'an.
I was afraid that it might come true.
So, in the name of practicing Taosim,
I left the court of Chang'an to travel around the world.
But actually, I was investigating... the crimes
of Right Counselor in secret with Tan Qi.
Half a year ago, the Ministry of Works tore down many houses in Anye Street by force.
Many residents there died in vain.
Tan Qi managed to speak with one lady who was the daughter of a resident there.
She is called Ying and she decided to degrade herself
by becoming a singer.
After some effort, she managed to hear a conversation during a secret feast
between Prince Yong and Lin Jiulang.
The Right Counselor had proposed
constructing an embassy building for the Small Patola Sahi diplomat
to improve their relationship. His Majesty encouraged him to finish it at once.
In order to complete it on time, Lin Jiulang asked Prince Yong
to collude with gangs in Chang'an to push the residents out by force.
After she heard the conversation,
while the Right Counselor was drunk,
she stole his Jade Flower Pendant.
We have both witness and evidence.
If we present these to His Majesty during the royal feast,
it will be hard for him to entrust the world
to the Right Counselor.
How is it going with the Wolven Squad issue?
I have found a suitable man for it.
He won't fail with the case.
Changyuan, you are the chief of the Peacekeeper Corps.
The job today is to arrest the Wolven Squad.
Crown Prince, I will arrest the Wolven Squad,
but I also have to take care of the future of the Great Tang.
I'll take care of the issue myself during the royal feast.
You may leave now.
What can I help you with?
The Peacekeeper Corps is on duty.
You are the owner here?
We suspect that your shop illegally sold a map of Chang'an
and colluded with the Wolven Squad. I need to search the place.
We do decent business here.
We do not sell maps
and we are not colluding with the Wolven Squad.
I need to search the place to be sure.
I'm very close to Jing Zhaoyin.
If you want to search the place, you'll have to ask him first.
I don't care who your backer is today.
Jing Zhaoyin...
Commander Zhang, there is yellow smoke outside.
Commandant Yao needs backup.
- Did someone send you a message earlier? - Jing Zhaoyin.
He brought along some sleuth-hounds to chase
after the messenger from Roujiayu Cosmetics.
They went into the caravansary with businessmen from Shule. (T/N:
Caravansary is an inn that could accommodate caravans and other travelers.)
They are ill-tempered. I'm afraid that they are in trouble.
How did you know that I was here?
Through a message from the watchtower.
Yellow smoke means help.
I can gather up the sleuth-hounds nearby.
Please go to the caravansary to help them.
All right. Go and gather up the people. I'll go there myself.
Yes.
Jing Zhaoyin. Jing Zhaoyin.
Who hurt you?
You fool.
I gave you a hint to report to the authorities,
but you didn't understand.
- Let's go to the nearby apothecary. - Wolf...
The wolf is still here.
You have worked hard.
We will meet each other again sooner or later.
This is bad. Nothing can go wrong in Huaiyuan Street today.
Quick. Inform the Peacekeeper Corps.
It's an underground tunnel from Western District to Huaiyuan Street.
Wolven Squad and Zhang Xiaojing are at the north end of Huaiyuan Street.
They are heading south from the second alley.
Chamberlain Xu, you chose the right person.
It's not me. It's the database.
How are we going to catch him in Huaiyuan Street?
Please give us your instructions.
- The model layout of Huaiyuan Street! - Yes!
- Cui Qi. - I'm here!
Huaiyuan Street has a total of 126 families.
It has 509 residents.
It looks like something big is going to happen there today.
We have already alerted the Ministry of Capital.
I'm afraid that there are more than one thousand people there today.
If we hurt or kill someone during the chase with the Wolven Squad,
the Peacekeeper Corps will have to stop this case
and we will be investigated instead.
What time is it?
Three-quarters after noon!
Everything is in stark detail.
How much time do we have until the lighting of the lantern?
We still have fourteen hours left.
Save me!
- Lu San. - I'm here.
Send my order to Commander Zhang to catch that man no matter the cost.
Ask Yao Runeng to bring the sleuth-hounds to Huaiyuan Street as a backup.
Yes.
- Cui Qi. - I'm here.
Bring along the Dauntless Army to provide backup on Huaiyuan Street.
- Yes. - All the trees...
pear blossom...
The poems I wrote to seek favors!
The Prayer Hall in Huaiyuan Street is closely related to An Lushan.
It is of high importance in the court lately.
Weapons are forbidden inside. The Peacekeeper
Corps can't afford to offend them.
Don't let Director He know about it.
Move aside!
[Xiuzheng Street]
Stop playing.
Quick, give me the ball.
No. I don't want to give it to you.
Where in the palace is the golden camp with white felt located?
The male eagle in the sky is not afraid of a strong gust of wind.
Ma Geer. [Ma Geer, Wolven Squad]
The brothers that you sent are already...
You Sha already told me about it.
When is His Excellency planning to strike?
We are still waiting for your Chang'an map
to determine the exact time of action.
How did His Excellency find Cui Liulang?
When he's here, you can ask him yourself.
The money is already on its way.
Starting tomorrow, we will be able to build the paradise of our dreams.
Remember His Excellency's words.
His Excellency has given us a chance to shine.
Flaming Demon... is going to descend upon Chang'an.
The charred bones will forge the new path of rebirth.
We... are... chosen by the Flaming Demon.
It means that the last day of our lives
will be fulfilled because of our noble sacrifices.
Long live the Alpha.
- Long live the Alpha. - Long live the Alpha.
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♫ In the daytime in the forbidden courtyard, ♫
♫ A warbler has new feathers ♫
♫ Racking their brain to gamble underneath the florals, ♫
♫ Using only the finest jewelry ♫
♫ At night she must adorn herself, ♫
♫ Dancing in rainbow skirts before the emperor ♫
♫ Who knew a seductive waistline, ♫
♫ Would soon convince the emperor to smile ♫
♫ At night she must adorn herself, ♫
♫ Dancing in rainbow skirts before the emperor ♫
♫ Who knew a seductive waistline, ♫
♫ Would soon convince the emperor to smile ♫