Ask the driver to go faster.
Yes, sir.
-Go faster! -Yes!
He Fu has fallen into the hands of Lin Jiu Lang.
If we are too late, we don't know how Lin Jiu Lang...
will force him to confess in a private interrogation.
If he manages to drag the crown prince into this,
the crown prince's life will be in danger.
Any news on Old Man He's whereabouts?
We looked for him in the He Manor. But he's nowhere to be seen.
And we don't know where he went.
I've sent out people to look for him all over the city.
We'll report back to you as soon as we have any news about it.
Sir.
Guo Li Shi is on his way here.
He said he wants to join the interrogation of the major criminal...
so that he can report back to His Majesty.
If this criminal talks nonsense in front of Guo Li Shi...
Guo Li Shi has always been partial to the crown prince.
He will definitely defend the crown prince in front of His Majesty.
Why are you putting so much effort to get to the bottom of this?
Anybody can write the confession letter for him.
I'm the one who edited The Tang's Code.
I need to obey it.
Find someone...
to bring a word to General Guo.
Tell him that...
if he really cares for His Majesty,
he should investigate on He Jian instead.
Yes, sir.
My actions have nothing to do with my father.
My actions...
-have nothing to do with my father! -Then why did he run away?
" The Longest Day in Chang'an "
Episode 28
If Ge Lao is willing to become the mediator,
we'll be able to make a deal with those privates.
-Is the price he asks for expensive? -Very.
In his business, he'll ask for the most valuable thing in your heart.
-You better don't go. -I'm not valuable to you.
I'm not scared. What are you going to pay him with?
It's not up to me to decide.
Come.
-Move aside! -Move aside.
Move aside!
I want to meet Ge Lao.
If we let you come and go like this,
we will have no dignities left.
I'm here for business.
Not to cause troubles.
Ever since you sold out Xiao Yi,
many of our brothers had run away.
My guess is, they are all spies for the government.
Ma Da Lang is searching their houses now.
Their wives, their children, their old and their young. None can escape.
You better leave.
I'm here for business.
Not to cause troubles.
-Wait for a while. -Who is he?
My fellow official.
Long Bo must have used He Fu instead.
Long Bo is just a soldier.
There might be an instigator behind him.
The manor.
If we can find the owner of the manor that...
Wolven Squad and Long Bo frequent, we can find the real culprit.
Unfortunately, the archive room of Peacekeeper Corps has been burnt down.
We have nowhere to start from.
Where is Xu Bin?
When Peacekeeper Corps was ambushed,
Chamberlain Xu was not in the great hall.
After that, I chased after Long Bo...
and saw that the archive room was already in a sea of flame.
I don't know what happened to Chamberlain Xu.
And by that time, Peacekeeper Corps was already taken over by others.
Commander Zhang.
I'm not the one who gave the order to hunt you down.
-I'll make it up to you. -That is not important.
If assassinating Lin Jiu Lang is just a front,
then what is Long Bo's real intention?
As soon as the assassination of Lin happens,
all attention is drawn to the fight of the crown prince and Right Counsellor.
The superiors are agitated...
and the people below them are divided.
Every official's attention is on this case.
But none is brave enough to take on the case.
Long Bo is a fierce enemy.
All the people he used were dead.
Now, only He Fu knows where Long Bo is heading to.
-I'll go and meet He Fu. -Can you do it on your own?
Are you done yet? Ge Lao is not a patient man.
General Guo Li Shi will help us for sure.
Commander Zhang.
You still need to investigate on those privates.
Continue with it at once.
No matter who's behind Long Bo,
I will get him.
When that time comes, don't try to stop me.
It's not He Jian.
And it's definitely not the crown prince.
General Guo, Right Counsellor has sent you a message.
He said that you should focus on protecting His Majesty's government.
If you found out that He Jian has an ulterior motive,
you will act with justice...
and won't be partial even though he is the assistant of the crown prince.
Go. Order all Imperial Guard who are looking for He Jian...
to report back to me here.
Tell them that I'll give them an hour and no more.
If they still can't find Old Man He, I'll kill them.
Yes, sir.
Old Man He is already 86 years old.
It's chilling outside.
Where can he go?
He doesn't know about it.
You can fool others by acting dumb and foolish.
But to fool him?
Do you think His Majesty will believe it?
Do you think the people will believe it?
Don't try to get him out of this.
Don't forget that...
my father is the crown prince's assistant.
The head of all scholars in the world.
He has fantastic personality, he acts with grace...
and is highly respected by the people.
He just needs to meet His Majesty and defends for himself.
He'll be able to clear his name.
Or else,
how did he sit on his post for so long although you have been...
fighting with him in secret and in the open for so many years?
Squaredy.
Sir.
Get me He Jian. Do it fast.
Yes, sir.
-Line up, Right Cavalries. -Yes, sir!
Xingqing Palace is guarded by the Dragons Army.
Why are you here?
There are too many people.
We are here to help under the Right Counsellor's order.
Remember. If you see a person riding a white mule, arrest him at once.
Yes.
Don't be afraid.
Xiao Yi didn't say anything...
when he dies?
Thanks to Zhang Xiao Jing, he did not get to say anything.
If that's the case, there is no one else...
who knows about the location of those golden instruments in He Village.
Thanks to Zhang Xiao Jing, nobody knows about it.
This is not that great.
A lot of men with power are still waiting for it.
These people have secret connections with...
every commissioner in Chang'an.
I think even you...
can't afford to offend them.
It's all thanks to Zhang Xiao Jing.
You shouldn't have let him leave this place alive.
Looks like you've become a vegetarian for the past two years.
It's good to be a vegetarian.
I've worked more than 10 years with you.
Your business will go down if you kill me.
You'll become strong when you have no desire.
I can even give up meat.
Now, I have even lesser things to lose.
I've told you many times not to sell weapons and armours...
to Fanzheng Reformation!
Don't sell our goods to them no matter how much they offer!
Don't you get it?
-Zhang Xiao Jing is here. -Ge Lao.
How many times are you going to tolerate him still?
Thank you.
Wait here.
If anything happens, protect yourself.
Alright.
You are here again?
I'm here for business.
Haven't you caused enough troubles for today?
The one you risked your life to protect this morning is not reliable.
If you were to choose another in the future,
don't listen to his sweet-talk only.
Look at what he did for you.
I am just a lowly prostitute.
Thank you for worrying about me.
Don't look down on yourself.
-Zhang Xiao Jing is here for business. -You have no rights to talk, wench.
What do you want to buy?
I have a few men who are very capable working under me.
They know the inside out of the underworld very well.
But they turn out to be his spies.
You hurt the old and the young although you are the one who's blind.
A small thief is incomparable to Ge Lao after all.
I want to know the name of the client who did a business with the privates.
The privates have strict rules. They won't give me a name.
If I go to them, I'll have to kill people again.
Please help me out with it.
It's not hard.
But what can you give me?
What do you want?
I'll try my best to give it to you.
You have foiled my great plan today.
Now, the gold instruments in He Village is lost to me forever.
You can't make progress by clinging to old notions.
You can ask for a better one.
In Chang'an, besides His Majesty,
I can kill everybody else.
Ge Lao.
You have good judgement. This is a good suggestion.
I heard that the city of Chang'an is very lively today.
I want the formula.
Crouching Fire's formula.
-Why do you want the Crouching Fire? -To sell it.
This is a rare product. We'll sell it to the highest bidder.
Lanterns! Take a look at the various lanterns.
This man might be the accomplice in the assassination of Right Counsellor.
He is wearing a green robe. Arrest him on sight.
What are you doing?
Stop right there!
Don't run!
Get all of our men outside to come in.
I want to see if Commander Zhang...
is really here for business today.
I am the protector of Chang'an.
I can't give you...
the Crouching Fire.
Kill him!
Guard the door, Isse!
You have me, the prince of Persia. Don't worry!
It's time for a new leader in the Underworld.
-Stop right there! -Stop right there!
Don't come near me.
Turn left at the manor's gate.
Go until the first crossroad.
Turn left.
You, go over there!
Let's go!
In the second alley,
turn right.
-Split up! -We'll split up.
You've memorized all 108 streets in Chang'an under two days.
This is nothing.
I have to memorise all the water channels again...
and also the manors that we can use as shortcut.
Let's continue.
Why did you betray me? Why?
Why?
You are going to kill me sooner or later.
I'm the one who brought in Xiao Yi.
Even if you don't kill me today, you'll kill me tomorrow.
You are keeping me alive...
because you want me to help you get rid of all the spies here.
You are here for your case, right? I know the privates.
I don't want your Crouching Fire. Don't forget.
Ge Lao is the one who forced you to kill Xiao Yi.
What else do you want to say?
Rather than giving out free information,
it's better for you to just kill me.
All of my brothers are outside. Kill him.
And we'll each rule half of the Underworld.
Kill him!
An eye for an eye.
I hate people who hurt others to get into a power seat the most.
Let's split up! Brothers!
Let's go!
Move aside!
-Open the door! -Open the door!
-Open the door.
Ma Da Lang was attacked by illness suddenly. He's dead now.
Ge Lao doesn't blame you.
He said, he doesn't remember...
what had happened today. And he doesn't know...
who came here tonight.
He won't find out...
who is to blame for tonight.
Ma Da Lang didn't treat you that well recently.
Why do you want to stand up for a dead man?
A blessed Lantern Festival! Long live Ge Lao!
When the privates see this,
they will listen to you.
Business is business. What are you going to exchange it with?
He saved your life just now. It doesn't count?
It does.
But it's for another bill.
I won't dig out all the other spies that you put in my world anymore.
I will call back my men who were sent by Ma Da Lang to kill their families.
You've saved your own life.
You won't let me die before our business is done.
What can I ask from him?
Tell me, Tong Er.
Me?
From now on, my position as the elder of the Board of Trade...
will belong to you.
Yes, Elder.
We can have him.
Ge Lao needs somebody to guard the underworld with all his heart.
If you promise us, you can continue with your case...
and stay alive at the same time.
Although sunlight doesn't shine on this underworld,
you can be a hero too if you do it well. It suits you.
-Deal. -Commander Zhang.
I'll come back to you after the case is done.
I'll give you my life.
I'm the one...
who killed Xiao Yi.
I'll be the one to pay the debt.
You are only useful to be alive.
I have no interest in a dead Zhang Xiao Jing.
You have a chance to live.
Why do you seek death?
If I want to live,
why would I turn myself in last year?
I am a soldier.
I'm a soldier until I die.
If I forget about that,
how is it...
different from being dead?
It's up to you to decide.
Don't come back anymore.
I don't want to see you for the rest of my life.
God bless us.
I hope that the things you want to protect...
won't let you down.
Report!
Sir, we had searched He Jian's manor in Paradise Height thoroughly.
-Have you found him? -No.
But we found more than 10 bodies in the firewood room.
Their heads are hit with blunt object. From their clothes, they are servants.
One of them is a medical officer from Eastern Palace's apothecary house.
Upon inspection, he is a soldier.
A spy.
Is the crown prince spying on Old Man He...
or is it done by the one who wrote him letters?
I'm afraid that dead men tell no tales.
Have you checked the garden?
Are there any freshly dug earth?
We searched every inch of it.
But we found none.
He Fu.
Damned servant!
When He Jian took you in,
did he know that...
you have grudges against me?
No, he didn't know.
How can he know?
Back then, the criminals gave me to a human trafficker.
I was sold into Chang'an. I didn't want to be a slave.
So, when somebody wanted to buy me,
I'll act like a fool.
I was almost beaten to death by that human trafficker on the street.
That time, father had just came back from sending his son to the army.
He saw that I was so pitiful.
So, he bought me and made me his adopted son.
You were just a six to seven years old kid back then.
And you already have...
a vengeful heart towards me?
Of course!
He Fu.
There are so many...
stray kids in Chang'an.
Why did he choose you?
He was the Director of Palace Library with a third ranking.
But he bought a dumb kid on the street...
and made him his adopted son?
That was too good to be true.
You have never doubted him?
No, I don't.
My father is very kind and loving towards me.
I acted dumb every day...
but he still taught me how to read and write with patience.
I have never doubted him.
If I were you,
I wouldn't want to think too much...
about it too when I finally escaped from the savage place...
and live a life with food to eat and clothes to wear.
Human...
always acted against what they said.
Although they think that...
they have vengeance in their hearts,
when they have a taste of comfortable life,
they wouldn't want to risk their lives anymore.
Right?
For the past ten years and more,
you always got the chance to meet me.
But you never thought of taking out your revenge on me.
But why did you...
choose to act tonight?
Ten years of sufferings...
just to take revenge and to repay the kindness.
After both of them are done,
I'll live in seclusion until the day I die.
I'm very bad with poems.
Minister Pei.
What is the meaning of this poem?
The title of this poem is...
'The Gloomy Revenge of the Filial Son, Dong An'.
It talked about Dong An from Han dynasty.
He waited ten years...
to murder his neighbour, a scoundrel...
to avenge his mother's death.
In the end, he was pardoned by the government...
and was sent to the mountains to live until the end of his life.
You want to get away with killing?
Dong An could do it!
I can do it too!
Sir.
This is the statement from the owner of the winehouse.
He Jian went to Huji Winehouse in the Western District this morning.
His drinking partner is a civilian wearing plain white clothes,
Jiao Sui.
Jiao Sui?
Old Man He has known him for more than 30 years.
He always said that this man is an expert in the Eight Trigrams.
And he is a smooth talker.
Unfortunately, he died in the hands of the Wolven Squad this morning.
The winehouse owner...
described in full about Jiao Sui and He Jian...
when they reached the winehouse this morning.
The willow are dangling down like threads of green silk.
Who sliced the leaves into strands?
The spring breeze of February that cuts like blades.
Let's perform...
this poem tonight.
You already have the invitation?
It's written by the client with his own hands.
" Lin Jiu Lang will take over the governing of the country and...
His Majesty will reside in Qinghua Palace starting today. "
Can I seek the divine guidance for you?
Sure.
That's it.
The winehouse owner...
didn't get to hear the rest of it.
I think what they said about tonight's performance, cleaning up the mess...
and the client who pays seem to refer to something else.
-It's very suspicious. -What's so suspicious about it?
They are just talking about a performance.
His Majesty loves to have some entertainment in Li Garden.
What's so wrong about a few old men...
inviting each other for a performance?
You are the one who makes it sounds wrong.
You speak on hearsay evidence and garble a statement.
If you speak of this nonsense to others,
from now on, don't work for me anymore!
Sir.
-That... -If you have something to say, say it.
That winehouse owner remembered something else after that.
At seven in the morning, another customer came.
And three of them drink in the wine cellar together...
until nine in the morning.
If we can find that man, we will know what they talked about.
What does that man look like?
-Great! -Great!
Great!
Can we really solve the case if we get to Liu's Bookshop and find out...
the person who hired them to kill You Cha? What if the name is fake?
The privates have a rule.
Their clients have to give them their real names and specific address.
They will only accept the case after they make sure that...
the info is correct and they know the location of client's house and family.
Or else, what can they do if it's a government trap...
or if they didn't receive the money?
So, the privates won't betray their clients no matter what.
If that's the case, then we'll be able to locate Long Bo.
The one who hired the privates might not be Long Bo.
For him, it's too dangerous for him to leak out his hiding place...
that early.
The one who hired them might be a nobody...
or it might be the real instigator behind all of these.
It's now 11 o'clock!
The beginning of late night!
Time to sleep!
" Left Counsellor: Li Shi Zhi "
Left Counsellor.
Make yourself comfortable.
Did you ask me here...
to drink?
This morning,
you went for a drink with Old Man He in a winehouse of Western District.
What did you talk about?
We were just chatting.
Jiao Sui found out that the owner of the winehouse...
has two bottles of grape wine from Liangzhou fermented with horse milk.
He's afraid that Li Bai will get to drink them first.
So, he had invited me in a rush to go there early in the morning.
Shi Zhi.
You are now the Left Counsellor of Great Tang and...
the minister of the Ministry of Defence.
Don't play games with me.
Did Old Man He tell you anything about...
assassinating Lin Jiu Lang tonight?
Don't you have some wine in your carriage?
He Fu has failed...
and has been interrogated by Lin Jiu Lang.
I'm trying to help by inviting you here.
The more you tell me,
the more I can do to save the crown prince.
Sir,
you have overestimated yourself.
What do you mean?
This way please, Left Counsellor.
Tell me.
He Jian invited me...
to show me the draft of the edict that His Majesty had asked him to write.
For the past one year, He Jian had put in so much effort...
to order people from different departments to send His Majesty...
the evidences of Right Counsellor's monopoly of power and corruption.
But in the end,
His Majesty is still set to let Counsellor Lin take over the country.
His Majesty is doing this on purpose...
to make things difficult for the crown prince.
They are two different things.
Don't try to guess His Majesty's intention.
His Majesty's intention is not something that you can guess.
Just tell me the truth.
What did He Jian...
tell you this morning?
If you don't want to tell me about it,
please go back then.
I don't have to care about it anyway.
General Guo.
He Jian asked me to prepare myself...
to take on the duties of two counsellors at the same time.
What do you mean?
He Jian said that in today's royal feast,
before His Majesty formally announces his imperial edict,
Lin Jiu Lang...
will die for sure.