Evening.
Sunset.
" The Longest Day in Chang'an "
Episode 19
The Royal Escort is raiding the prison!
Captain!
Commander Zhao has been taken hostage by the convict!
A bunch of lies!
-Cui Qi is on their side! -What a liar!
The Royal Escort...
has purposely brought troubles to the Right Cavalries.
Hear my command. The Royal Escort...
has barged into the royal city armed to teeth with ill intention!
-Hand over your weapons at once. -Don't move!
Captain. We are just following orders to send Zhang Xiao Jing here.
But he accused us instead.
We should just break Zhang Xiao Jing out...
and go back to Peacekeeper Corps instead.
Idiot.
Do you think you are safe in Peacekeeper Corps?
For the moment, arrest their leader, Cui Qi first.
Drop your weapons.
-Captain! -Captain Cui.
Drop your weapons!
Don't move!
Get us out from the barbican entrance.
Don't go overboard. Do you think I'll do something that'll get me killed?
There's a layer of membrane between your spines.
If I stab through there,
you'll be sitting in a chair for the rest of your life.
Gan!
General Gan...
is going to come back after his night patrol.
Bring this convict to the...
counsellor's manor at once to be interrogated.
You are still useful to Peacekeeper Corps if you go back.
Kill Zhang Xiao Jing off!
Yao Ru Neng, you'll take the back!
-Why me? -Can he make it?
Those who are afraid to die won't die.
What kind of powder was that?
I scraped it from the wall.
Why do you have so many underhanded tricks?
Isn't it useful?
You use it just because it's useful.
Then, you are no more different than I am.
We just need to get out from the door later.
Someone should be coming to our aid when we get out.
Thank you.
Zhang Xiao Jing knows how to say thank you?
Thank you to you too.
This is a very dangerous place.
And yet, you are here.
I'm a descendant of Yao family after all.
Intruders!
-Chase after them! -Chase after them!
Riders.
No powder can save us now.
You can't hit woman.
Zhang Xiao Jing.
You had been the sleuth-hound captain for nine years. Don't you know me?
I am Gan Shou Cheng.
I especially love hitting women.
Ever since the Great Tang was established,
you are the first one who dares burn...
the Right Cavalries' office.
It's still isn't enough...
to repay even the tiniest bit of the kindness the government has shown me.
Pretty word from a traitor.
He has contributed to Chang'an today!
His Majesty is going to assess his service some other day.
If you bully official who has merits, you'll be throwing your future away!
What a liar. It's her.
She posed as Right Counsellor's woman.
Who are you really with?
Didn't he say that she's a liar?
If you want to know the truth,
ask me.
Did you see that?
He's protecting you.
You...
are quite pretty-looking.
But your hands are rough.
Tell me.
Whose slave are you?
If you treat Zhang Xiao Jing better,
I might tell you the truth.
Do you know how to dance?
Come. Dance for me.
Go.
Eunuch Guo.
Eunuch Guo. A scholar was making a ruckus outside of royal city just now.
He said that it's an honour to die for Chang'an.
He risked his life to send this letter to you,
saying that Li Bi, Chief of Peacekeeper Corps...
is the one who sent him.
I'm afraid that Chief Li is in trouble.
Or else, he won't come to you.
So, I brought this letter to you immediately.
Please don't blame me for it.
Just now, you saw with your own eyes that...
Gan Shou Cheng had arrested some people?
He had arrested three people.
Yao Ru Neng who's at the crown prince's side,
the female slave who is always with Chief Li...
and Zhang Xiao Jing who had made a din the whole day.
What do you mean by make a din?
Be more respectful.
Zhang Xiao Jing is really working hard today.
If he wasn't a death row convict,
I would like to have a few drinks with him.
Is it appropriate if I...
go to the Right Cavalries...
to ask for the arrested?
No.
Your Imperial Guard has power within the royal city only.
Outside of that, everywhere else...
is under the Right Cavalries' jurisdiction.
If you meddle with Right Cavalries' works,
I'm afraid that...
His Majesty will be suspicious of you.
Li Bi has written a letter to beg me.
He said that...
Zhang Xiao Jing can save Chang'an today.
It's better to put yourself first.
Today is just one day.
You still have a long life ahead of you.
You can't risk your future because of a day.
There's a very agreeable sentence in Li Bi's letter.
He said that...
if everything was easy,
it wouldn't be called a choice.
Send me to Right Cavalries' Yamen...
-to have a walk. -Please reconsider, Eunuch Guo.
Gan Shou Cheng is working under Right Counsellor's order.
He won't let go of them easily.
I...
I'll dance!
Good. Dance your best dance.
Look carefully.
If you fall down from that plate,
this man will have to suffer.
Don't listen to him.
I had stayed in a water cell for half a year.
This is a good treatment for me to warm up my body.
Good!
How courageous you are.
Who sent you to raid the prison?
General, he is from Peacekeeper Corps.
So, she must be related to Peacekeeper Corps as well.
But he said that he was with crown prince. So,
they must be related to crown prince too.
I am Commandant Yao Ru Neng from the Eastern Palace.
I have a higher rank than you. Release me at once.
Higher rank than me?
-How dare you ambush me. -Zhao Qi Lang!
Don't hit my hands.
Yao family...
is adept in both pen and sword.
The skills that I possessed...
have to be passed down to my descendants.
-Who sent you? -It's me.
It's indeed the Peacekeeper Corps' doing.
I was once the slave of Li Bi.
Today, I came into contact with Zhang Xiao Jing...
when I was working the case.
I gradually fell in love with him...
when he save the people...
so righteously and heroically.
So, when I heard that Zhang Xiao Jing...
was transferred to the Right Cavalries,
I stole my slave contract from Li Bi...
out of my love for Zhang Xiao Jing...
and barged into the Right Cavalries to save him.
I want to run away with him and live in incognito.
Really?
My slave contract is here.
" Tan Qi's Slave Contract "
Eunuch Guo.
I want to meet General Guo.
Inform General Guo about Eunuch Guo's arrival at once.
-Roger that. -Only the royalty...
can address General Guo like that. Who are you?
Please forgive me, General Guo.
He's here.
Greetings,
General of Cavalry.
Lin Jiu Lang has thrown...
this troublesome man to you?
His Majesty...
had commended Peacekeeper Corps just now.
He specially said that...
all officials in Peacekeeper Corps are Great Tang's contributors.
Now, you arrested one of them?
Are you bored about staying in Chang'an?
I am just following orders.
Lin Jiu Lang had given you this?
After the incident in Western District,
people from the Secretariat had sent this to us.
It has the stamp of the prime minister.
I hereby order you to arrest the involved person...
to be interrogated.
Involved person.
He didn't mention...
Zhang Xiao Jing at all in his letter.
How naive...
you are.
When His Majesty...
wants to blame someone in the future,
the one who wrote the order can deny it completely.
You are the one...
who will be hanged.
What should I do then?
Zhang Xiao Jing had burnt our office just now.
I can't just let him go like that.
Leave him to me.
You just need to say that I'm the one...
who took him away forcefully for interrogation.
If the Right Counsellor asks you about it,
you can just blame it on me.
May I know your reason for taking him with you?
Are you not going to obey Eunuch Guo's command?
I don't dare to disobey.
Please write me a formal transfer letter with your signature and...
the name of sender and recipient so that I can justify myself.
Since you are the one responsible for holding him,
you should know that Zhang Xiao Jing can never appear in Peacekeeper Corps.
If he is seen there,
does it mean that he has committed the crime of abscond?
Of course.
Alright. Go.
Transfer the criminals to General Guo.
Yes, General Gan.
Gao Quan.
-How are your legs? -Scoundrel.
Is this work or is this personal?
An ill-tempered woman with soft heart is the best.
Don't ask. Just get on the carriage.
Zhang Xiao Jing...
will be taken away by the Imperial Guard.
I'll take my leave now.
Farewell, General Guo.
Send someone to guard the entrance of Peacekeeper Corps.
If you see someone who's not supposed to be there,
-arrest him immediately. -Roger that!
Since the Royal Escort has surrendered to us,
Peacekeeper Corps has no protection right now.
We Right Cavalries should help them out!
Counsellor.
Right Counsellor.
Guo Li Shi had offended His Majesty this morning.
Now, he has stepped forward to go against...
the rules of the royal city.
He has offended one of His Majesty's greatest taboos.
I would like to congratulate you.
After tonight,
His Majesty will lose his trust in Guo Li Shi.
There will be one less person beside His Majesty...
who is not on your side.
Why would he take such a huge risk...
to save a death row convict?
I can only send you until here.
Guangde Street is just ahead.
-Thank you. -Thank you.
Return.
Is it beautiful?
The Crouching Fire had made such a ruckus just now.
Now, after a mere one hour, they have forgotten about it.
Someone had worked hard and risked their lives for them day and night.
But they don't know anything.
It is for the best.
You really don't ask for anything?
-So fake. -Of course I did it for something.
When I see that everybody is living happily,
I know that my effort is not in vain.
Are your legs alright?
I'm fine. It's nothing.
I used to learn dancing on the hot plate when I was young.
Who tortured you?
I was a star back then. Who dares torture me?
I was the headstrong one.
I wanted to be the best dancer in the world.
So, I had asked my servants to prepare it for me.
Nobody is born a slave.
After that, I fell...
and the rest is history.
You are right.
From now on, we...
are going to run away together and live in incognito.
We'll have all the time in the world to chat.
Don't think too much.
I was lying just now.
A stop-gap measure.
Only children lie.
Adults speak of lies and truth at the same time.
Whether it's true or not, only the speaker knows best.
You...
were speaking about truth just now.
Scoundrel, don't make your own assumption.
I'm not talking nonsense.
Just now, you looked at me again.
And you looked at me with that look again.
Zhang Xiao Jing.
You are back.
It's good that you are back. Come with me.
You can just wait for me inside. Why did you come out to welcome me?
Chief Li asked me to wait for you here.
Chief Li is back?
Did He Jian make things difficult for him?
We'll talk when we get back.
Peacekeeper Corps and Jinglong Temple are just a wall apart.
It was originally a side manor of Jinglong Temple.
It was then separated and occupied by Sun Si Miao for a few years.
Later on, it had been left empty.
When the Peacekeeper Corps moved in,
we had made this secret passage.
It will lead you straight to the backyard of Jinglong Temple.
It's easier for us to retreat if something happens.
A way of retreat is wisdom.
Not retreating when there's danger is called righteous.
You didn't retreat today, Commandant Yao.
I'm in awe.
Let's go. Li Bi is waiting for us.
Master.
-Are you hurt? -Yes.
I still need you to work for me.
I'm fine.
I thought that you are no longer a slave?
You are wrong.
That slave contract is fake.
I carried it with me so that it's easier for me to work.
You don't look well.
Where did you go just now?
I went to meet He Jian just now.
I encountered some robbers on my way there.
My horse was wounded.
Are you hurt, Master?
I'm fine.
Please go to the safe house to get me a coat.
Which street did you encounter the robbers in?
It's unimportant.
I had written a letter to ask for General Guo's help.
General Guo has risked his future...
to save you, Commander Zhang.
But you can't go into Peacekeeper Corps at all.
So, you'll have to come here for further discussion.
You said that you will do anything...
to protect the safety of people in Chang'an.
Have you changed your mind?
I won't change it. You had gone through so much hardship.
Are you still going to keep your promise?
The government is one thing.
And the people are another.
We have already wasted one hour's time...
on the foolish Right Cavalries.
In this one hour,
we had failed to do our jobs.
Commander Zhang.
There is still hidden Crouching Fire in the city.
And it's a huge amount, about 300 barrels.
Wait.
300 barrels of Crouching Fire?
Li Bi, are you joking?
There are too many people on the street today.
There are hundreds of rickshaws and carriages...
in the eastern and western district alone.
The total amount of wheeled-vehicles in the city is more than 10,000.
With the watchtower alone,
we won't be able to track the carriages that carry Crouching Fire.
Now, we had lost an hour's time because of Right Cavalries.
I'm afraid that the Crouching Fire is already in place after that one hour.
The worst thing is,
we have zero clues at all now.
We can't investigate.
When Cao Po Yan first came in to Chang'an,
he had asked Cui Liu Lang for Chang'an's map.
It means that they are not familiar with Chang'an.
But actually,
many of Wolven Squad had already infiltrated Xiuzheng Street before it.
And they had hidden goods in...
Li's Shop at Changming Street.
Besides, they are able to contact out-of-town transport.
Everything aside,
they had made a very good choice to use Li's Shop,
an abandoned shop in Changming Street as hiding spot.
It's hidden, very near to the busy district and with two exits.
It's easy for them to transport large quantity goods into it.
The person who chose this place...
is very familiar with Chang'an.
They can plan this...
half a year ago...
and put a spy named Long Bo in Huaiyuan Street.
It's very clear that the instigator behind this...
has wide connections and is a wealthy and powerful man.
Wolven Squad is just some strays from a small foreign country.
How are they capable to enter Chang'an that is miles away...
and carry out such precise attack?
Besides Wolven Squad, we are facing a much bigger foe here.
And they are very familiar with Chang'an.
Do you know who's the one behind this?
No, I don't.
You are lying.
I'm not. The most pressing matter now...
is to find out the location of the 300 barrels of Crouching Fire...
and destroy them...
-so that the people won't get hurt. -Easy for you to say.
Where can we find the clues?
Cao Po Yan.
He is severely injured and is on the verge of dying.
We had been treating him non-stop.
He can't say anything right now.
I'll go and ask him.
He can't take your King of Hell's treatment now.
Then, do you want the clues or do you want to save his life?
I understand.
I'll go.
Are you afraid that I'll find out about something?
He is in Peacekeeper Corps now.
It's inconvenient for you to go there.
Don't think that you can satisfy both sides because you are smart.
The world is like this.
The more you try to satisfy both, the more you'll fail both.
Chief Li.
How is he?
We'll need a miracle to save him.
You may leave first.
Cao Po Yan.
You are tricked by others.
Your families won't live.
Take that man away as far as possible.
I wonder what illness has he contacted. So pungent.
They said that it's an epidemic illness and it's contagious.
Can you be more of a man?
I'll only man up for you.
You just know how to talk pretty.
It's not just some pretty words.
If I'm affected, who is going to take care of you in the future?
I don't want you...
to be taken away by others in the end.
You, bookish scholar.
If you don't want to be infected,
kill that diseased patient at once.
If I'm happy about it, I might ask my father to give you a post.
If you don't mind,
can I sit with you?
Let's stay clear from the rotten luck of short-lived people here.
-Who are you calling a short-lived? -I'll slap you!
A death row convict was here just now.
He did his best to investigate a case for Chang'an like a fool.
And in the end, he can't be pardoned from his capital punishment.
Aren't I right by calling him a short-lived?
Zhang Xiao Jing is not in Peacekeeper Corps.
Miss Wang.
Who are you?
Guards, someone has fallen sick here.
Open the door.
What is this?
This is the real Holy Rue Incense.
You just need to inhale the tiniest bit...
and it'll bring out your biggest fear.
Where is Zhang Xiao Jing?
Zhang Xiao Jing?
I just saw him...
escaping from this place.
I am Li Bi, Chief of Peacekeeper Corps.
I'm the one responsible for the death...
of Wolven Squad today.
Your Jahannum-dhool won't be coming.
Every Wolven Squad that came into the city had died gruesomely.
Ma Ge Er had gone blind.
He died blind.
He won't be able to see your God.
He regretted coming to Chang'an.
Tell me.
Tell me all the things...
that you wish to say.
We had...
added a large amount of arsenic ore and loess...
into this Five Minerals Powder prescription.
You'll get very excited after you take it.
But usually,
the people of Chang'an...
grind it into powder...
to poison the rats.
Now, you can choose.
You'll die very fast if you eat it.
But it'll give you strength to talk.
Tell us about your story.
It's fine if you don't want to eat it.
After a few hours,
you'll die in silence...
just like your brothers.
Your past glory...
will become meaningless.
Nobody will even know that you had once came to Chang'an.
Give it to me.