General Guo.
What time is it?
One o'clock.
I'm hungry.
Understood.
Light up the lantern!
It is now one o'clock!
-Old Man He.-How are you going to deal with it?
Please give us your verdict.
Right Counsellor.
Are you so eager to get ridof the crown prince?
I'm not impatient.
I just want to uphold the law.
Very reasonable.
We'll do as you say then.
In your opinion,
should we start the feast first...
or should we discussthe government affairs first?
We'll begin with the feast first.
General Guo.
Do as the Right Counsellor said.
Let the feast begin!
Master Mao Shun.
You understand mebetter and better now.
" The Longest Day in Chang'an "
Episode 37
As the state builder,
how could you gang up withthese criminals to destroy Chang'an?
I'm greedy.
You have fame and wealth.What else do you want?
I love to be famous.
I can't be just an old man...
among the millions of people...
in Chang'an.
You made this lantern tower...
to murder the one person whohas given you fame and wealth.
I don't have a choice.
Some people's words are like seeds.
When they sow it in your heart,
it will bloom.
Who had sown the seeds in your heart?
The construction ofthis lantern tower...
cost the Great Tangfour million qian.
At first, I was very happywhen His Majesty...
chose my design.
There is a manor that calls outto me in Paradise Height.
I would be able to buy it afterI'm done with this lantern.
But while I was constructing it,
flood had descended upon Ying...
and there weretens of thousands of victims.
The government has no money to sendrelief
to that disaster-stricken area.
Somebody said that...
His Majesty might stopthe lantern tower project.
That four million qian...
will be able to save the livesof these victims.
But we did not receive any orderto stop the project.
One day,
I heard someone talking about this...
at the construction siteof the lantern tower.
He said that you can...
buy two flat breads with one qian.
It can help a person to survivefor one more day.
If that person is a child,
he can survive for two days.
Who told you about this?
From that day on,
that statement...
has lingered in my mind.
The higher the lantern tower gets,
the more afraid I am.
I know that I've livedmy life wrongly.
Who is the one thattold you about this?
A nameless foot soldier.
I didn't even see his face clearly.
But...
what he said is true.
I want my name to go down in history.
Even if it's a bad one.
My father told me that...
a craftsman...
seeks for fame that last for eternity.
Not fame that will lastfor one lifetime only.
I made this lantern tower
thatsymbolises fake peace into a weapon.
I want to make this emperorbefore us burn into ashes...
during his happiest moment...
so that from now on,
my evil reputationwill be passed down...
to generations after generations.
All craftsmen in the futurewill learn their lessons from me.
They will know that beforecreating something,
they have to be upright first.
They will know that...
they should create somethingthat is truly worthwhile.
They will understand that...
for the people,
food is more beautiful...
than a lantern.
And nobody will ever wastethe country's resources...
to put up a false front like this.
Are you alright?
Who are you working for?
I am just a commoner...
who wants to kill the emperor,that old geezer!
Nobody can tell me what to do!
Conceited person is alwaysthe easiest one to be used.
Who had put the idea of targetingHis Majesty into your mind?
Think about it.
I think...
-there's really someone like that!-Who is it?
Zhang Xiao Jing.
You are a bad liar.
In order to track you,Zhang Xiao Jing...
had sacrificed so many ofhis brothers' lives today.
When he finds you,he will rip you into pieces.
How long have you known him?
One day.
Unfortunately,
I know him better than you do.
You know each other?
You should have asked meabout it since the start.
Why didn't you ask me about it?
Is it because you are afraidto know the truth?
When he finishes his journey today,
he will realise that...
I am right.
Do you...
understand it now?
Are you going to save the emperor...
or are you going to save the people?
If you want to save the people,
you will blow me up first.
Everybody...
has to take responsibility onthe choice that they made.
I think that...
it's worth it.
Father, how much longeruntil it lights up?
I'm sleepy.
Soon. It'll take themat most one hour...
to light up the Great Holy Lantern.
What happened?
His hands are no longer clean.
He can't get out now.
Do you want to know where Wen Ran is?
Let's see if we caneat the meat you cut...
before the lantern isfully lit up by midnight.
You've worked hard, Right Counsellor.
Please enjoy it first.
I'll bet you one silver ingot that...
Right Counsellor won't acceptthe plate of meat.
You want to take a bet?
Right Counsellor is his subject.
How would he dare to humiliatecrown prince in public?
During the lantern festival onthe 27th in the old calendar,
your country still wasn'tpaying tribute to Tang.
So, you didn't know becausenone of you are here in Chang'an.
That time, he was newlydesignated as crown prince.
And Right Counsellor had humiliatedhim on the feast that very night.
He said that he isnot capable to rule a country.
You tricked me for beingignorant of that fact.
A silver ingot to teach youhow to survive this royal feast.
It's not a loss for you.
All the humiliation,
favouritism,
superiorityand inferiority you see here...
are purposely shown to youby the Emperor of Tang.
You need to be tactful.
Know who to get close withand know who to avoid.
Right Counsellor.
Thank you for this honour.
In order to acceptthe crown prince's kindness,
can you allow me...
to use...
the lavatory first?
I don't speak the language of Tangvery well. What is a lavatory?
It means the toilet.
Your Majesty, I would like toimpeach on Lin Jiu Lang...
for saying something so indecentin the royal feast.
He has brought us shame.
It's my fault for coming lateto this feast.
I permit you to use the lavatory.
We still have one more hour beforethe lantern is lit up at two o'clock.
If any of you need to usethe lavatory before that,
please do so now and do it quickly.
This is a taboo.
-What do you mean?-Going to the lavatory together.
It means that they are havinganother smaller meeting.
You still haven't finishedyour speech yet.
Don't go anywhere for the moment.
The crown prince won't get away
withhaving a faction in private this time.
Let me ask you a question.
How long will His Majesty think beforehe
decides to depose the crown prince?
The last crown prince is Li Ying.
He was arrested at night and wasdemoted to a commoner the next day.
He was bestowed a white silkin the afternoon to hang himself.
This is indeed the first-class countryof the Celestial Empire.
There are so many things to learn...
from a meal and using the toilet.It's quite scary.
This is all you got?
I am a tough guy.
After lying for half a yearin that death cell,
you've gotten soft.
You know it too.
Where is Wen Ran?
You barely made it throughthe half-day battle today.
You have quite the spirit.
But you are hunted downby the government...
even though you are workingyourself to the bone for them.
I think you've alreadylost your spirits, right?
Where is Wen Ran?
If you are really that confident,
why would you blow Mao Shun up?
You knew that you haveno more energy to stop it.
So, you chose to kill Mao Shun off...
to make sure that at leastthis tower lantern...
hurts only the emperorand not the people,
right?
I don't want him to die in vain.
Don't simply say it out...
for the things that you can't do.
The red pill of Wolven Squad.Eat it to replenish you energy.
I raise dog.
I don't eat things that aregiven by others.
You still have more than120 feet of tower to climb.
What do you want to do?
I want to make him happy.
He is waiting for you at the top.
He wants you tofight together with us...
and leave Chang'antogether in one piece.
We are different.
If you have...
any evidences ofLin Jiu Lang's corruption,
take it out now.
We have to topple him today.
The crown prince has the evidence.
Why didn't he show itto His Majesty just now?
He is trying to saveHis Majesty's face.
But His Majesty is notgiving him any at all.
His Majesty has gotten old.
He's only willing to listen toLin Jiu Lang's sweet words.
He doesn't care forothers' opinions anymore.
-That's right.-We can only depend on crown prince...
if we want to implementthe new policy.
Thank you, Prince Yong.
The crown princeis still waiting for us.
He's still trying to fight back.What a fool.
I want every envoy fromevery country to take a good look.
Can such a disgraced person...
become the next emperorof Great Tang in the future?
At first,
His Majesty has already decided todepose the crown prince tonight.
But just now,
I'm afraid that I hadrushed him too much...
until I had stirred upHis Majesty's parental love.
Suddenly,
he can't bear to do it.
We will wait. We will waitfor the crown prince...
to fail on himself.
His Majesty has really decidedto depose the crown prince tonight?
I will let my father know that I'm
thebest man to take over this heavy duty.
Fool.
Why did you start to eat by yourself?
Father.
Butter on warm flat breadis a delicacy among the people.
And it's the fruit ofthe people's effort.
I hate to let it go to waste.
Is that so?
You have such glib tongue.
It's because you saw thatI'm glaring at you, right?
This is the part I dislikethe most about you.
You like to pay double game.
You purposely made your manorin the Royal Academy...
to look like a hot mess.
Your furniture are broken...
and your windows are leaking.
You don't even have a maidservant.
You are obviously doing it for showand I'm the audience.
I heard that the summer palaceyou have in Lingwu...
is even better thanmy Grand Auditorium!
No matter how you think of me,
I...
have always thoughtof you as my father!
You are wrong then!
I am the emperor of Great Tang.
If that's the case,
please give a seat to my teacher.
I am very disappointed in you...
and your teacher.
In my heart,
my teacher is moreof a father to me...
than you ever will be.
Do as the crown prince said.
Give a seat to Old Man He.
If according to Mao Shun,
the energy comes fromthe water in Dragon Spillway.
The moving water will rotatethe gears in the Hydropower Palace...
and they will power up this area...
to move the gears in this tower.
-And they will...-Qilin Column.
They can make these...
bended Qilin Column...
to extend...
and deliver this new year giftthat I've prepared...
for His Majesty straight to him.
When it's time tolight up the lantern,
this whole lantern tower...
will become the Jahannum-dhool.
Why do you want to waituntil they light up the lantern?
I want to wait for the emperor...
to be at his happiest moment.
At two o'clock sharp,
he will stand across us atthe top of that tower.
He will stand above all andlook down upon his people.
During that time, all the people inXingqing Palace's square...
will cheer for himto have a long life.
How happy will he be, right?
And then,
he will take that one and onlygolden arrow...
that is made specifically for him...
from the most beautiful womanchosen by Great Tang...
and shoot it towards...
the Ox-Head Guardianstanding at two o'clock...
to pray for an early spring.
What do you thinkhe will feel at that time?
Will he think thathe's not just an emperor...
or the Great Sage but...
a God Himself?
And then,
that blazing golden arrow...
will land on this lantern tower.
And then...
And then, there will be no 'and then'.
Let's go.
Let me show you something fun.
Chief Li!
Are you so fascinatedby the view up there?
Great Tang is prospering!
The people is living in peace.
But it's tainted byan evil man like you.
Great Tang is prospering and...
the people is living in peace.
Am I considered...
as one of the Great Tang's people?
If this world is really as pretty aswhat this lantern tower shows,
why will I be standing here today?
Who's the one waiting for me on top?
You should have alreadyknown who he is.
He is just like you.
He is a good man.
Kindness for kindnessand debt for debt.
Those who destroythe master of this city...
will be decapitated andbe displayed as deterrent.
We didn't know each other at first.
But he can't take it to seemany against one.
After that, I found that...
he was a simple businessmanin the Mercenary Garrison.
But by saving me,
he had offended the privates.
And he was forced to shut downhis business and leave his homeland.
After that, I looked for himfor many years.
I want to repay him for his kindness.
But he stayed away from my sight.
Until half a year ago,
during September in thesecond regnal year of Tian Bao,
I received a monetary missionfrom Chang'an.
And he's the employer.
I'm going to do a great cause.You'll be useful to me.
This is too much money.
Take it.
-You might lose your life.-This is too much money.
You have to kill a lot of people too.
As long as they are your targets,they will be my targets as well.
Take it. Give it to peoplewho are important to you.
The only important person I haveis here.
This is a major project.
Business dealing ismore reliable than gratitude.
Either you take it...
or leave it.
-I'll take it.-From now on,
stay here.
You just need to follow my order.
Do you know how to cook?
Yes.
I'll bring back some mutton.
We need to replenish ourselves.
After that, I stayed with himin Chang'an for a few months.
And the more I realised thathe is a good man.
Where did you goso early in the morning?
I'm fine.
Let me take a nap.
Thank you, Ahuramazda.
Thank you.
What happened? Why are you so happy?
Ahuramazda in heavenhas heard my prayers.
This morning, my familyreceived a bag of gold coins.
Ahuramazda has heard my prayers.
For the few months thatwe stayed in Huaiyuan Street,
the poor people in the street willreceive
a bag of gold coins every day.
They thought that the coinswere given by God.
This is good.
You are getting better at it.
Ahuramazda.
Ahuramazda is in heaven.
He's sitting beside me.
A woman who sat beside...
the people they killed to waituntil her victims bled dry...
should not say something like that.
Do you know how he turnedfrom a businessman in running...
into the leader of The Ant?
He never forces anyone to go into...
this killing business with him.
When he was doingbusiness in the past,
whenever he saw veterans in distress,
he would offer his help witheverything he has.
And he never asked for any return.
As time passes by,
people start to follow him willingly.
Everybody is willing to help him.
They think that wheneverthey work with him,
they will be able to help someone.
Life is especiallymeaningful with him.
How did he become a criminal then?
You're not the sleuth-hound captainof Chang'an too.
You are the death row convictof Great Tang.
Are you a criminal as well?
-Yes.-What had made a good man like you...
to turn into a criminal?
It's because of me.
It's all because of me.
I think you know the answer by heart.
Go up and meet him.
He wants to keep you alive.
Not only he wants you to be alive,
he wants you to live with hope.
Great Tang will only be great...
if there are more people like you.
All of you are tricked by him.
In the past, I will arresta few of those like him every year.
The more cunning and evil a person is,
the more he looks like a saint.
Then, have you ever thought that...
His Majesty looks like a saint too?
If you are set on stopping us,
I won't bully the weak.
Take this red pill.
We'll fight again after you eat it.
How is it? Have you made up your mind?
I will guard Chang'anuntil my last breath.
Then, you are really...
seeking for death.
Brat.
" October, 23rd regnal yearof old calendar "
" Defence Beacon "
Get down! Your parentsare waiting for you!
-Get down!-I can't die in January!
I can't die here.
Get down!
-Get down!-Get down!
Our enemies are running out of arrows.We can go home now.
I'll bring you along to watchthe lantern in Chang'an later.
You told methe same thing 20 days ago.
You said the same thing when they die!
Get down!
-Get down!-Zong Qi!
-Zong Qi!-Get down, Zong Qi!
Zong Qi!
Here, give me a hand!
Zong Qi. You are alright.
Get a hold on yourself.
Three edge arrow.
This arrow is heavy.They are getting closer.
23rd year of the old calendar,
Defence Beacon.
It's the year when you justtook over the Ministry of War.
Back then, the captain ofAnxi Governor's Manor is Gai Jia Yun.
When Defence Beacon was attacked,he didn't send any relief troops.
That had resulted in the survivalof only 9 people from...
the 211 soldiers ofThe Eight Squad...
in the 33rd Local Militia.
A war shouldn't have...
happened in that place.
At that time, His Majesty wasproud of Anxi Governor's Manor...
for being able to keepits surroundings in check.
Gai Jia Yun kept on reporting that...
everything's in check in that area.
But in truth, they were constantlyattacked by the bandits.
If they send out an armyout of a sudden,
his lie would have fallen through.