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It's already closed.
Lend me your Lotus Cross.
Leader Zhang.
Long time no see.
Laosan.
[The Longest Day in Chang'an]
[Episode 24]
Ever since that incident, I have this phobia.
I have to have food within five steps everywhere I go.
What do you want to eat? Meat?
Here. Have some biscuits
and some wine, too.
If I don't eat, my vision is filled with flies.
I don't even know how to cure it. Here.
Why didn't you come to Chang'an to find me when your family was in need?
Chang'an?
Wasn't Wen Wuji in Chang'an?
You are right.
I couldn't protect you even if you had come here.
When we were in the Eighth Division, you always protected me.
I can't possibly let you protect me for my whole life, right?
We are brothers.
We'll each forge our path. And when we combine them,
we can make a broad road.
I missed you.
Did you become the Flame Master of the mercenaries?
In the end, I have come to Chang'an. Right?
Actually, we are the same as the sleuth-hounds here.
We work for the government to make a living.
Who is the one among you...
that took on the Persian monastery case?
You know the rules. I can't tell you that.
If the government investigates it,
all the mercenaries will have to die.
Imperial Court.
Zhang Xiaojing,
you have become soft.
This is the blood of the Eighth Division.
Have you forgotten about it?
Keep it.
- Great! - Great!
We have a tail.
The Peacekeeper Corps is on fire! Move!
I know.
Help!
Quickly!
Have you seen Chief Li?
Quickly!
Help us!
- Quickly! - Wake up!
Help!
- Somebody help! - Quickly!
Wake up!
Sir, please choose another one.
I haven't carved open the eyes on this mask yet.
It's good that they are not yet open.
For Chang'an's incident today,
the mercenaries are not as simple as just getting paid to kill. Right?
Actually, the mercenaries are quite simple men.
I'm the one who's not.
They are just following my orders.
I'll protect this woman for you.
After today's task, find a place and live well together side by side.
The people of Chang'an are innocent.
I earned myself a biscuit.
I put it in my pocket... and ran for seven days on the mountain road.
When I opened the door,
I saw that my mother, my wife...
and my two boys...
who would have become men soon...
were rotted on the bed.
Do you know that... in that month of July,
the house was filled with flies.
Do you know what the first thing I wanted to do was?
I stood across them...
and properly ate the biscuit one bite after another.
And then, I slept. I slept for a night!
I slept for a night.
We have to remember this as a human.
At the most critical moment,
you have to protect yourself first.
Here.
Do this with me.
You can stay alive,
and you don't have to sit in a death cell anymore.
- Who is the target? - We won't hurt the people.
You must be exhausted after a day of walking around.
Fill up your belly first.
A decree from His Majesty.
I'm ready to accept it.
I hereby order Lin Jiulang... to take over the Peacekeeper Corps immediately.
Take down the culprit at once.
Your word is my command.
The Peacekeeper Corps... was burned down by evil-doers just now.
The majority of the officials and guards are dead.
And Li Bi, Chief of Peacekeeper Corps, has gone missing.
His Majesty is furious... and blames the crown prince for being incompetent.
The crown prince defended himself
by saying that the incident happened
because the Royal Escort was sent away by the Right Cavalry.
Besides that, the database archive room was burned down. All the clues are lost.
It's very hard to continue with the investigation.
The crown prince also said that...
the Right Counselor has power over many soldiers in Chang'an.
If he wants to get information,
he can get it much faster than the database method used by the Peacekeeper Corps.
So, the crown prince said... they should ask
Right Counselor to take over the investigation.
His Majesty has approved his appeal.
The crown prince is very good at handing over a troublesome issue.
Congratulations, Right Counselor.
You have His Majesty's approval.
- Ji Wen! - Yes!
Take over the Peacekeeper Corps.
Get me the culprit within two hours' time.
Yes.
The Peacekeeper Corps will end just like this?
A small setback doesn't mean the end of it.
Miss Wang,
do you know that there's a kind of person who lives in this world,
they tend to stand on the mountain while looking down at the abyss
and they know how to climb up when they are in the abyss?
Our lives are not just a dot.
We have ups and downs.
And I am one of those rare people who are like that.
I had always thought that you were a sly person and had a scheming mind.
But the frustrating thing is...
your every sentence... seems right to me.
Mr. Bookworm, this situation calls for a poem.
I don't want to write poems anymore.
It's meaningless.
I want to be a soldier.
You want to become a master.
I want to become a hero.
Don't rush it.
We'll see for ourselves after twenty years.
Go and stand by the door. The Right Counselor's men will be here soon.
Things have become so troublesome.
They will be eager to catch someone to close the case.
Miss Wang, we will be getting out soon.
If you follow my instructions, I can ensure your safety for today,
and I can ensure your safety forever.
What if my family is overturned in the future?
Of course, I will help your family to get past it.
We'll talk about it if we can get past today safely.
What did you see?
The ruler of Xirong, a warm country, had once built a summer house.
Word is, during summer,
it was so hot that the people put water in the house.
They poured water from the top and it would glide through the eaves.
And then, the water would fall down like a waterfall.
After His Majesty heard about it,
he ordered Mao Shun to build one for him in Xingqing Palace. This was many years ago.
From then on, this raining pavilion became popular in Chang'an.
But Mao Shun was only willing to build it for officials
with ranking five and above and people with money.
You chased after me alone.
Are you truly fearless?
Attacking the Peacekeeper Corps... is your worst failure today.
Chang'an won't be able to accept this humiliation.
All fights against other parties will be set aside,
and we will work together to arrest you.
Now, I'm starting to get scared.
Time to eat?
Appraiser Yuan. County Aide, Ji Wen, has ordered me
to invite you, appraiser of the Ministry of Jurisdiction, to meet with him.
After you, Miss Wang.
Official Ji, it's not easy to take over the Peacekeeper Corps.
The people there were chosen by Director He and Li Bi.
It means that they stand with the Eastern Palace.
They might not be willing to cooperate with you on the case.
Counselor Lin has ordered me to do it and to do it well!
I have to arrest the culprit within two hours' time.
It's not difficult to do.
You already know the details of this case.
The daughter of General Wang, Wang Yunxiu,
is willing to testify for you and sign her name on the paper.
Good.
There's no need to trouble you too much.
We just need your signature.
Why is the paper blank?
You just need to sign.
Don't worry. I'm here.
All of you know that I am the newly appointed County Aide,
the Censorate Apprentice, Ji Wen.
I'm under the Secretariat's order to reassemble the Peacekeeper Corps.
The Right Cavalry has transferred the Royal Escort back here.
Please get back to your posts. There can be no delay.
- Secretariat?
- He's appointed by the Right Counselor.
- We're no longer under Eastern Palace? - Yes.
We won't be able to work now.
- No matter how this goes, we'll offend
either party. - The Tang Code, Volume 13.
- Censorate said that... - What does he mean?
- city guards will be divided into two, - Let's listen.
the Right and Left Patrol, that will patrol the city for trouble
- in a counter-clockwise direction. - I understand it now.
The Censorate Apprentice has two titles.
The Right Patrol and the Left Patrol.
They have rights to supervise illegal
activities in the royal city and in Chang'an.
The Peacekeeper Corps is responsible for the defense of the capital city,
so there is an overlap between two duties.
- It could be interpreted as the same duty, different
titles. - According to Register of Dignitaries,
the Left Patrol supervises the inside of the capital city while...
the Right Patrol supervises outside of it.
No matter, it's based on the law. Practically speaking,
it's quite reasonable to let the Censorate
Apprentice take over the Peacekeeper Corps.
Then what he means is, he's here to do things according to the rules.
I'm afraid that it's what he means.
There's no reason for us to disobey it.
Peacekeeper Corps is being exploited by evil-doers.
I feel heart-broken for you,
but evil has yet to be put to rest. Our enemy still stands strong.
Please keep your pain in check.
And with His Majesty in mind,
let's take down the head of the evil and then we'll mourn for the lost.
- Listen to the command. - Yes.
Peacekeeper Corps was ambushed by evil-doers.
They must have had a spy inside.
We need to clean the inside so that we can resist foreign aggression.
Our next important mission
is to dig out this cancerous tumor.
As for the spy's identity, I have already found out about it.
Commander Zhang Xiaojing of the Peacekeeper Corps
is the spy who has conspired with those evil-doers.
- Zhang Xiaojing? - It's Zhang Xiaojing?
You might not know about it,
but Zhang Xiaojing was convicted of a capital punishment before this
because he murdered his superior.
The leopard can't change its spots.
He did it once, and he will do it again and again.
Now, he's involved with the kidnapping of General Wang Zongsi's daughter as well.
And he let the enemy in, leading to the ambush on the Peacekeeper Corps.
I have here the testament of General Wang's daughter.
It can prove that Zhang Xiaojing is the instigator behind the Wolven Squad.
Did you eat enough?
Do you want more food?
Can you tell me who the target is now?
If I tell you, are you going to join me?
Of course.
Zhang Xiaojing, I see that you are still the same.
You are especially fierce every time you lie.
My advice for you is to stop with this investigation.
If you still want to have a clean place in your heart,
stop investigating.
I want to know the one who dragged you into this.
You and your friends can stay here tonight.
I'll get you out of the city tomorrow after the task is done.
The frontier fortress has green mountains and beautiful water.
They don't have many rules there.
You can live according to the way you like.
Let my men go.
Forget that I ever came here.
You have been sitting here for so long.
Your men won't trust you, and the mercenaries won't trust me.
If you go out from this door,
every mercenary in Chang'an will be your enemy and they'll kill you on sight.
Take care.
Let's go.
Laosan, let them go. I'll stay.
She is a government servant.
If you offend the government, the mercenaries can no longer stay here.
The green-eyes is here for fun. He's useless.
I'm the prince of Persia.
Laosan!
Have you found out about it?
There are too many people here. He can't say anything. Go out first.
- I'll wait for you at the front gate. - Don't worry.
How do you know Zhang Xiaojing?
Looks like you are really worried about the safety of Zhang Xiaojing.
Of course. We need him to work for us.
With these jewel-like eyes of mine,
you look awkward together.
But you don't look like people who have met for just one day.
You keep protecting each other.
You are quite the pair.
Don't be embarrassed... for thinking about a kind man.
It seems that Commander Zhang knows this Flame Master.
Today, he better focus on this case
and not be side-tracked by old ties.
- Or else? - Or else,
it'll be hard to answer to your government office.
Or else, he won't be able to answer to himself.
You know him really well.
Using Commander Zhang as a scapegoat to get merits!
- Do you call this effort? - That's right.
- Slap him! - Yes!
- What are you doing? - What are you doing?
Insolent!
What are you doing?
Commandant Yao, you have the highest rank here.
You can take the lead to write a letter to complain that
Official Ji has neglected his duty and framed a loyal subject.
We'll all sign our names to that letter.
- That's right! - Let's report him!
-That's right! -That's right!
This is treason.
The ninth sin of the ten great sins.
You'll be beheaded, and you won't be pardoned.
Commandant Yao!
Today, half of the Peacekeeper Corps' officials died at the hands of the enemies.
Decades of the Imperial Court's database has gone up in flames.
How can you accuse Commander Zhang, close this case carelessly,
and let the real culprit slip away?
We'd rather die than do things that will stain our names forever!
- That's right. - That's right.
According to the Tang Code, disrespect for your superior is deemed as treason!
Listen to me! My fellow officials in the Peacekeeper Corps.
Li Bi has gone missing.
The Peacekeeper Corps... can't be without a leader.
Official Ji, is it fine for me to deal with it like this?
From now on, you have to obey Chief Ji's order.
- What? - This...
Yao Chong was a virtuous minister his whole life!
Why is his descendant so useless?
Shut up!
My fellow officials,
go and wait in the great hall.
- Spread a message with watchtower! - Yes!
All commandants, sleuth-hounds, and soldiers
are ordered to kill the traitor, Zhang Xiaojing, on sight!
Those who come with his head will be rewarded with a manor and ¥5,000,
and your rank will be raised by one level!
Yes!
You are still using this useless sword.
I'm sentimental.
After your task, how will you benefit from the government?
I'll go back to my death cell... and wait until the day of my decapitation.
If I'm lucky, I'll live to see another leaf of the willow tree.
You were always a lucky man.
Especially so because you met me.
Didn't you want to know who hired me?
- Who? - He is right.
The thing that he wants to do today,
even though it might sacrifice all the people in Chang'an,
- he is still right. - I believe you.
Tell me the name.
The Eighth Division dies without regrets.
Die without regrets.
All right. Let's do it together.
You can still live to see a lot of willow leaves.
Give me some mint.
Laosan!
Laosan.
Die without regrets. Die without regrets.
Laosan.
Laosan. Laosan!
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