" Second year of Tian Bao era, Mount Tai Bai "
It takes four hours to get down the mountain.
Finish this porridge before you go.
I had this every day when I was a child.
I lost my appetite whenever I see it now.
Tan Qi, you live a life of luxuries when you followed him,
but you are now living in a hut and dressed like a hippie.
I can barely recognize you.
Pass this message to the Crown Prince.
I will not go back unless my mission is completed.
Why are you so stubborn?
I will be honest with you. His Majesty wanted a new bureau,
he thought of you right away.
He wanted you to be chief of the bureau.
Send my regard to the Crown Prince.
Li Bi, that was a great chance.
We spent our childhood by the Crown Prince's side.
I may be older than you, but when there something good,
he always thinks of you first.
Think about it. You were a scholar on waiting list.
You had no job and no experience.
But you rose from the bottom straight to the forth rank.
Your annual salary is 5,000 qian.
Farmland, fabrics, spices,
even your servant has a higher status.
Look at those people in Chang'an.
A mere promotion to the eighth rank...
can get them to lick the higher-ups' boots clean.
Look at the view here.
No bad, but one day is enough for me.
It's been two years, aren't you bored?
I will be seeing it for another ten years.
Li Bi, just because you are smart,
doesn't mean you can waste your life away.
You can live here with me.
Spend some time here and it might open your eyes to something.
Living here?
What will I see?
You must find the answer yourself.
Find the answer myself.
Let me show you how it's done.
Tan Qi.
You are just a spoiled child from noble family!
You talked about saving the world,
but you are just impatient!
You want to get the credits without making any real effort!
You are just looking down on us!
Get lost!
Fine, if I come to you again,
I will be a mutt.
Bark, bark, bark.
Li Bi, you really aren't coming with me?
The Crown Prince won't let me tell you the truth.
But his order means nothing to me now.
What I am about to say, I will only say it once.
After you listened, come if you want,
stay if you wish.
This time,
the Crown Prince is in trouble.
I offered him my olive branch several time, but he said,
'Only Li Bi can save me.'
I wanted to save him too.
My great-grandfather...
made enemy with the whole Imperial Court...
just to help His Majesty sort out the national affairs.
My family has been dishonoured for the past three generations.
My grandfather was sent to the prison.
My father was beheaded underneath the willow tree of Western District.
But I admire my great-grandfather.
I am proud to be his descendant.
I want to give my life to save the Crown Prince.
But...
he wants me to get you off this mountain.
So,
I want to do a better job.
Li Bi.
Come with me.
It must be perfect.
We cannot disappoint the Emperor.
I can't sleep at night fearing something might go wrong.
In the whole nation,
only you have the wits to lead the Peacekeeper Corps...
and resolve the situation for me.
I will not let you down, Your Highness.
" The Longest Day in Chang'an "
Episode 30
Please, come in.
-He Fu? -Father!
He Fu!
Fu!
What happened?
Father.
After you go home,
remember to celebrate this day.
Make some riddles,
and have fun together with others.
Remember to enjoy the festival!
Sure.
Sure!
I am Chief Li Bi, appointed by the Emperor.
Right Counsellor.
He Fu is involved in the Crouching Fire attack,
we have been investigating.
Please, allow me to question him.
Where is Long Bo going to attack?
You are not one that doesn't care for innocent lives.
One sacrificed for the sake of everyone?
What do you mean?
Healer Wang of in our manor...
is the messenger His Highness sent.
-He Fu! -He ordered me to kill Lin Jiu Lang!
My father is innocent.
-Stop writing! He is not done yet! -My father is innocent!
My father is innocent!
Tell us the truth!
The truth! Tell us the truth!
It's not the Crown Prince! It's not him!
Where is Long Bo headed?
Where is Long Bo taking the Crouching Fire?
He Fu!
Make way!
Stop the carriage!
Stay calm, someone wants me to pass you the letter.
Take care, Captain Zhang.
Send me to Huaiyuan Street.
" Meet me at the paper mill "
He is the major suspect!
Why isn't he being tried by the three major Courts?
Director He.
-If you may. -I am staying.
I will stay here tonight!
-Gan Shou Cheng! -Yes!
Sir He must be tired.
Let him take some rest.
Right Counsellor.
This woman took Zhang Xiao Jing from our headquarters.
-Take her down too. -Arrest her.
-Wait! -Chief Li!
-This way. -The case is closed!
We have the statement.
It's ready to be presented to His Majesty.
The case cannot be closed! Without trial by the Courts,
this statement is void! You spent years composing the laws,
You know this is against the law!
Si Fang.
Seal of the Vice Censor-in-chief.
Seal of the Judge of Court of Judicature.
Trial by the three courts. We followed the protocol.
The case is closed.
Why are all the seals with you?
You are holding three seals by yourself.
You are abusing your power.
What if the Emperor and the people find out?
I have no fear.
Minister Pei,
present the Emperor with these charges.
Yes.
The statement is still void!
Minister Pei. I am a witness too.
Chief Li.
Think before you speak.
Do not get caught up in this mess.
You are shielding them,
but they might not even care about your life.
Minister Pei, please write this down.
I met Long Bo myself.
I was there when he ordered his men to take He Fu's eyes.
Long Bo is the mastermind.
We can only close the case after we arrested him!
Minister Pei, why aren't you recording?
Aren't you abiding the law?
Aren't you representing the three courts?
I saw it all with my own eyes! Minister Pei, write that down!
My lord want you and your son to stay for a while.
Don't worry.
Heat pipes run under the whole manor.
It'll be warm here. If you feel sleepy,
Just take a nap, if you don't, try to think about...
what you can say at the Imperial Prison to lighten your sentences.
The Right Counsellor won't be meeting you again.
I am certain he and I will meet again.
My master has done nothing wrong!
Ask your lord to let him go!
Stop babbling! Get in there!
-Open the door. -Yes.
I have been starving the whole day!
What kind of a bureau is the Peacekeeper Corps?
Even a servant who sends meal is a sixth-rank officer.
-Commandant Yao, you must be hungry. -Are you going to die?
This is Chief Ji Wen of the Peacekeeper Corps.
Help yourself, a goat is meant to be slaughtered, right?
I prepared something for you.
Bring them in now.
Get ready, it's time to go.
My men will escort you.
An officer will always get the privilege.
Truth be told, my father was once...
an officer a long time ago.
But he is not some high-ranking officer like you.
Will you talk to them and plea for me?
Ask them to let me go.
Cheng Shen.
-Here is an advice for you. -Yes?
Get a life in the Western Region.
Don't come back again.
The city of Chang'an...
is no longer safe for you.
Are they...
sending you somewhere?
I met Long Bo.
I can prove He Fu was being used by him.
Long Bo is clearly a vagabond.
He can't possibly be connected to the Crown Prince.
So this is why Director He is confused.
Lin Jiu Lang holds a rivalry against the Crown Prince.
If this decree is announced, His Highness will be in grave danger.
It won't be announced.
Not as long as we are alive.
The royal decree will be announced...
at 2 o'clock after midnight.
It will be announced on the banquet, we still have eight hours.
Within the next eight hours,
we must persuade the Emperor to withdraw his decree.
You planned to talk His Majesty into withdrawing the royal decree?
You sounded like a preying beast when you said that.
Who is the spy?
He has a great insight.
He sees so much more than you do and understand...
how the Crown Prince thinks of you.
Order from the Right Counsellor, we must reach in 15 minutes!
Ji Wen didn't even blame you for not arresting Zhang Xiao Jing.
Why bother escorting these guys?
Are you trying to lick his boots?
Listen, my father loathes this man.
Know you enemy and know the way to victory.
I can't assist your father unless I know how Lin Jiu Lang's mind works.
Yun Xiu, remember this.
I am not the same as the guy ahead of us.
He licks boot to save his own skin.
I am doing this...
so I can use these men for my own cause.
Chief Li Bi of the Peacekeeper Corps confessed that...
the Crown Prince and Director He joined hands...
to plan an assassination on the Right Counsellor.
The Corps used the investigation as a cover...
to fool the Imperial Court and hide the truth.
They sabotaged the evidences.
Write as you please.
His Majesty recognizes my handwriting.
I won't sign the paperwork.
You can do nothing to me.
Li Si Fang?
Minister Pei.
The room is getting too warm.
Take Chief Li outside for some fresh air.
He needs to cool his mind.
Yes.
The Right Counsellor doesn't want to use her a hostage.
-Stop! -Halt.
A life of a servant...
and the life of the Crown Prince,
which of them comes first?
I met you.
But I did more than just serving tea and drinks.
That is more than I could ask for.
You are doing this for the sake of the people.
It's not because of blind loyalty.
I understand.
I now have a chance to sacrifice my life.
Master.
I am willing to make this choice.
I am not sure...
-if he is doing this for the people. -Shut it!
Insolence.
Master.
Let's sit here for a while.
Yao Ru Neng! Are you all right?
Commandant Yao,
the Right Counsellor wants me to send his regard for you.
He thanks you for your service for the past six months.
How do I know I can trust you?
I watched as you and the Crown Prince study together.
I was there when you and His Highness were training.
I was there when you two were having jokes.
I don't have much of an ambition.
I simply hope that...
when you becomes ruler and aide, I can get my reward...
and lead a decent life in Chang'an.
I am not trying to take anything from you.
I won't ruin your plan. Why wouldn't you trust me?
As ordered by Official Ji,
I have escorted Commandant Yao to this manor.
Thank you, Si Fang.
Lead me to the Right Counsellor so I may greet him.
If you may.
Sir Zhang? Zhang Xiao Jing?
Zhang Xiao Jing?
Have some water.
It's water.
Take it slowly.
Hold on to your life!
You need to live, you cannot die just yet!
I just got a new job.
I will figure out a way to save you at first chance.
I fell asleep?
Have some water.
Normal people would have passed out from all the work.
But you are strong as steel.
Are we there yet?
We are in Huaiyuan Street.
On the second alley of Shizi Road,
there is a paper mill.
Drop me off there.
Are you getting help?
I am meeting a friend.
Who is it...
that makes you care so much about meeting him?
I was locked in a cage on death row for six months.
He was the only person that ever visited me.
Zhang Xiao Jing!
You must be starving. Come on.
Get some food and warm yourself up.
Listen to me while you eat.
There is news.
The chief of the Peacekeeper Corps is a young man.
He is getting impatient to take credits.
He loves choosing the easy way out.
I talked to him.
The key to solving a case if not about using troops...
and the people must be kept in the dark.
He bought it.
He is urging me to pick a man for the job via the database.
I will figure out a way to help you get picked.
Eat all you want.
After you got out from the death row,
just accept whatever job the Peacekeeper Corps assigns you.
If someone tells you about getting pardoned from the sentence,
do not trust a single word of that.
Right!
I also brought the yellow wine from Fuyuan Tavern.
Drink it and warm yourself up.
How do you feel?
This costs a fortune, save it if you can.
Why are you helping me?
You are the good guy.
You are a good guy.
The Great Tang I wish for...
shouldn't treat a good guy so poorly.
-I don't want you to be in trouble. -It's all right.
I make my living by reading the database.
The staffs in the Corps only learned bits and pieces of it.
Only I know the true way of reading it.
The others can't tell the difference.
Even the visitor record of me coming here...
can be easily wiped without leaving any trace.
My work is flawless.
Right, I have another advice for you.
Once you are in the Corps, do not let them know we are friends.
Is that clear?
You will be freed soon.
My friend was a fool.
He thought making paper will bring Great Tang back to its golden age.
Do you believe that too?
As long as he believes it.
You can just leave your name behind...
and fade from the world.
Don't you understand?
You know,
to send you to the edge of the world,
I will gladly accompany you there.
My heart belongs to someone else.
Just sign your name. It will be easy.
What if I don't sign it?
Sir Yao can also prove the Crown Prince...
has been planning a conspiracy for treason.
Your servant Tan Qi...
broke into the headquarters of the Right Cavalries...
and escaped with a prisoner.
We can execute the servant for what she did without any trial.
Whether she will live or not...
depends on what you write here.
San Nu.
Chief Li still couldn't make up his mind.
He is handing over the chance of entering Phoenix Hall to you.
We must be responsible for our actions.
Sir Yao marched into this manor with dozens of escorts.
Everyone saw that.
Remember this when you enjoy the taste of success.
There is no turning back.
-Jinglong Temple next to the Corps... -Yao Ru Neng!
In the Jinglong Temple next to the Corps' office,
there is a secret chamber where the Crown Prince meets the officers.
Since January, His Highness used prayer as cover to meet...
Li Shi Zhi the Left Counsellor,
Wei Jian the Transportation Logistic Officer,
Pei Kuan the Minister of Personnel,
and Commissioner of Longyou Huangfu Wei Ming for three times.
Minister Pei.
A secret meeting between His Highness and the officers,
what crime may that be?
Conspiracy and treason, impeachment applicable.
If such crime proved true, immediate impeachment.
What were they discussing?
-They were discussing... -When your family fell from grace,
His Highness made you a forth-ranked commandant...
because you are a descendant of Prime Minister Yao.
The Crown Prince and the officers were discussing...
to overthrow the Right Counsellor...
and gain control over the finance and defence of Imperial Court.
This is treason! They should be executed.
They time is long past.
Chang Yuan, accept your fate.
You alone...
cannot save the Crown Prince.
Why must you give up on yourself and Tan Qi?
You are both capable of bringing Great Tang to its greatness.
You have never met Long Bo. There is no such man.
He Fu is an assassin the Crown Prince planted in He Zhi Zheng's house.
He takes order from the Crown Prince.
The statement it ready.
Just sign it.
What time is it now?
11 o'clock!
The midnight approaches!