Li Bi would even give up on his future for the sake of the Corps?
What is he doing?
To protect the people of Chang'an.
Don't you know how the system works?
The Corps is the first real job the Crown Prince got from His Majesty.
Li Bi will surely do it well and please the Crown Prince.
News from the Ministry of Capital.
Regarding the murder case of Tang Tong Shou of Wannian County,
there seems to be something at miss.
The files says they had a fallout because of work.
But there is a hidden statement at the Ministry of Capital.
It was a confession of Tan Tong Shou's servant before committing suicide.
In August, second year of Tian Bao era,
The Blaze gang was killing and plundering five merchants...
on the sixth road of Anye Street.
Tan Tong Shou led the Sleuth-hounds there but they just watched.
The file says it was the victims that started the fight.
After Zhang Xiao Jing killed 34 men of the Blaze Gang,
Tan Tong Shou had Zhang Xiao Jing arrested.
Zhang Xiao Jing didn't resist the arrest.
While Tan Tong Shou was interrogating Zhang Xiao Jing,
he was killed by Zhang Xiao Jing in the middle of conversation.
The sixth road of Anye Street.
The Lesser Patola Sahi Embassy was later built there.
-It's what the Emperor... -Is your information reliable?
It's from Mi Xin of the Ministry of Capital.
How did you find out about this?
San Nu found out about this.
San Nu?
San Nu does come in handy for us.
How did Zhang Xiao Jing get selected by the Corps?
The case file database.
" The Longest Day in Chang'an "
Episode 9
Commandant Yao.
You are back.
You spent an hour to walk here from Pingkang Street.
Where have you been?
The Ministry of Capital.
I don't understand Zhang Xiao Jing.
He killed his own informant.
He even broke his finger out of guilt.
He broke his own finger?
Yes.
He is just investigating a case for us.
You can't promise him anything either.
Why would he work so hard on this case?
This doesn't add up.
I read records about him.
There wasn't any detail in how he murdered those 34 men.
So, I went to the Ministry of Capital and talked to a friend.
Zhang Xiao Jing killed those 34 men in rage...
all because of vengeance.
The men from Blaze Gang...
tricked some common folks to a teahouse...
and as soon as they stepped inside,
the gang members stabbed them to death.
One of the victims...
was seen frequenting Zhang Xiao Jing's house.
It seems like the victim was his close friend.
The victim is Wen Wu Ji.
You know that too?
Zhang Xiao Jing might be giving his all for the investigation...
for some other reasons.
Why didn't the records...
show the details of his crimes?
In recent years,
the database is not as efficient as before.
The files are done in a rushed manner.
You are aware of this issue too.
But how did you know Zhang Xiao Jing is the man I need?
It's not that I know.
It's the case files database.
We are running out of time, we need to go now.
I work for the government. I have some information.
You sneaky Chang'an man, stalling us is futile.
Ma Ge Er, do it.
Sure.
Xu He Zi!
-Tie him up. -Ma Ge Er!
You fell for his trick! You fool!
You only think about giving your daughter a good life.
-You would even give up your life! -Don't touch the necklace!
We still have a life to live!
Pluck out my eyes.
Bury them where my daughter lives.
Don't forget.
Cao Po Yan.
We all envy you.
We want to live and have a daughter lovely like a star.
You!
What more can you tell us?
Bring me something to write on.
The map of Chang'an.
I can draw it for you.
Xu He Zi!
We have official work! Can you hurry up?
This is about His Majesty and he comes first.
Xu He Zi!
Be gentle, General Wang' daughter is our special guest.
Wen Ran sent you here?
She lured you here too?
Draw it!
Draw the map!
If your father sees you at Sanggan River,
I am sure he will be happy.
I don't need the whole map. I just want part of it.
If we break through that point,
Chang'an will be shrouded in fear.
Make sure we can escape unscathed.
Which part of the map do you want?
Where do you think is the best?
What is your name?
Zhang Xiao Jing.
You are a traitor!
A uniform of the military,
you were a soldier?
My father told me once.
A soldier of Tang would rather die than being a traitor.
Your father only ever saw the enemies charging towards him.
He has never been stabbed in the back before.
My father told me once.
He never have much thoughts for what the others do.
He must save his own neck first.
This saying...
was said by someone else too.
Enough about the others.
Let's get our job done.
When will the reinforcement arrive?
What's the matter?
So, just because we have no reinforcement,
you are actually going to quit now?
Have a seat there.
If I don't come back by midnight,
Go to Chang'an, I am leaving my daughter in your hands.
What are you doing?
Are you going after the wolves again?
Our brothers are waiting to get some meat for the festivity.
There are bandits at the south too.
If I knew there were bandits at the south when I took on this mission,
I would never have come here.
What's done is done, I have no choice but to do it.
I will go with you.
You will corner the wolves, I will capture them.
Forget it.
An archer like you is hard to come by, you are an elite.
Which is why I can help you.
Just keep watch here.
If the enemies ambush us at night,
slay them all for me.
Don't worry about me.
I am old and I am not afraid of death.
It's all right.
Come, take off this Armour for me.
Just take it.
Setting a trap is no big deal.
Turn around.
Turn around!
I love to watch as animals struggle from their death.
Turn around.
How is your leg?
I will live.
-I will live. -You will be crippled for life.
You little rascal.
Let's go.
-Thank you. -For what?
Our brothers are waiting for us.
Indeed.
Festival could be a nuisance,
but it gives us the will to live.
It keeps us alive.
This meat smells great!
This is great!
-I haven't had meat in months! -Captain Wen.
Have a wonderful Lantern Festival.
Come on, let me have some too.
Did everyone take the meat?
I can have his share. Let him sleep for a while.
This stubborn fool is exhausted.
Look at this.
-This is for you. -You left the good meat for me!
Slowly.
It's worth it to take another arrow for my brothers.
Thanks, Old Man Wen!
Thanks, Captain Wen!
I have a feeling...
we will have a good life after this war is over.
-Yes, a good life! -Yes!
I will reopen the incense shop after I get back to Chang'an.
You can all live at my place!
-We will meet up everyday! -That's right!
That man died in Chang'an.
What is this place you are drawing?
Who has the most power and authority in our nation?
The Right Counsellor?
Be quick with it!
Zhang Xiao Jing, born in Chang'an.
Mischievous since his early days.
He claimed to be a vagabond and carried his sword everywhere.
He joined the first batch of recruits at the 13th of old calendar.
He first served under Prince Xinan.
He was later transferred to serve the Custodian of Anxi...
and defend Bohuan City.
In the 23th year of old calendar, after the battle the Defence Beacon.
he was transferred back to Chang'an as the Captain of Sleuth-hounds.
23th year of the old calendar, the battle at the Defence Beacon.
It's the year when you're appointed the Minister of War.
The general of Anxi Custodians was Gai Jia Yun.
Gai Jia Yun never sent the reinforcement.
The the eighth battalion of the 33th Local Militia...
suffered the loss of 211 men.
Only nine men survived the battle.
Zhang Xiao Jing was one of the nine.
Afterwards, Gai Jia Yun spread rumours.
that it was the Ministry of War's that refused the send reinforcement.
After Zhang Xiao Jing returned from the foreign land,
how was his performance as Sleuth-hound Captain?
He stayed in Chang'an for nine years.
He has no family nor a house of his own.
He lives in the officer of Wannian County.
Because of how cruel he is when arresting the outlaws,
he offended quite a few people.
His men has a lot of informants,
as he holds a lot of secrets, he wish to keep his men safe.
The only person he meets in personal life...
was Wen Wu Ji who died when Anye Street was being torn down.
Wen Wu Ji was one of the nine that survived...
at the battle of the Defence Beacon.
This could be interesting.
Technically speaking, even I am...
one of his enemies.
My lord, you need not worry.
Zhang Xiao Jing is but one man, he is no match for you.
Besides, Prince Yong knows he's been bailed from the prison.
The Blaze Gang has been ordered to teach him some lesson.
Why would Prince Yong do that?
It's because of the rebuilding of Anye Street.
After killing Tan Tong Shou, Zhang Xiao Jing...
went missing for four hours...
before surrendering himself at the Yamen.
The file didn't say where he had been for that four hours.
After some investigation,
I found out he abducted Prince Yong while His Highness was playing polo.
Prince Yong later claimed that he had been ill for months...
and never showed himself.
So, this is why when I met Prince Yong,
he was carrying scar on his face.
Si Fang.
Tell Gan Shou Cheng that the Right Cavalries...
that will escort me...
to the palace...
must be doubled in number.
Yes.
The Peacekeeper Corps is using the investigation as cover...
to hire someone that holds a grudge against me and Prince Yong,
to make it worse, he is an unpredictable convict on death row.
The Crown Prince's cunningness is indeed formidable.
" Xu He Zhi the songstress "
A transient time of daylight,
a century passes in a blink of an eye.
The sky is boundless,
yet times of turmoil linger on.
Even the divine goddess Lady Ma...
has half of her hair turned white.
As Heaven and the goddess hit their marks,
laughters of joy echo around the hall.
I wish to ride on the Sun and along the dragons,
and land on the Divine Morus Trees as I returned.
I ladle the wine with the Big Dipper,
the dragons took their drink and went into slumber.
Luxuries and wealth is not what I seek,
I seek to live as a legacy.
Great!
A transient time of daylight,
a century passes in a blink of an eye.
The sky is boundless,
yet times of turmoil linger on.
Even the divine goddess Lady Ma...
has half of her hair turned white.
As Heaven and the goddess hit their marks,
laughters of joy echo around the hall.
I wish to ride on the Sun and along the dragons,
and land on the Divine Morus Trees as I returned.
I ladle the wine with the Big Dipper,
the dragons take their drink and went into slumber.
Luxuries and wealth is not what I seek,
I seek to live as a legacy.
Great!
Xu He Zi!
It's two o'clock!
The sun heading towards the west!
Sunlight is fading!
Wen Ran abducted Wang Yun Xiu.
Zhang Xiao Jing knows Wen Ran.
Is he planning something?
We have to ask him ourselves.
Master, you trust Xu Bin a lot.
This is the reason why...
I feel something is off.
Tan Qi.
How do you know when you can befriend someone?
All the choices he makes...
won't disgust me or make me hate him.
What if he knows what you want...
and pleases you on purpose?
On purpose?
That depends on his motives.
Motives?
With this woman as hostage and the 50 of you with me,
if we still can't catch Zhang Xiao Jing,
the name of the Blaze Gang will be smeared to the ground!
One cannot live in Chang'an without name!
We must have our revenge today!
If you kill Zhang Xiao Jing, none of you will live to see tomorrow.
What?
Feng Da Lun wants him alive.
He is bringing Zhang Xiao Jing in as tribute for his lord.
Only a living man can be humiliated.
Don't you get it?
Or is it because...
you simply aren't capable of capturing Zhang Xiao Jing alive?
Fools, you are incompetent and you wish to gain a name?
Silence! Take this woman with you.
Walk right in through the front door.
Whatever happens in the house today,
we must capture Zhang Xiao Jing.
-Let's go! -Yes!
This is the last line.
Kill this man and take this woman.
Zhang Xiao Jing, come out here!
There is escape for you now.
Let go of me!
They are not commandants.
-They are not wearing uniforms. -Let go of me!
They are here to kill you.
Those are not your reinforcement.
You think of yourself as a lone-wolf?
You are nothing but a dog.
You are no better than me.
Let go of me! Ma Ge Er!
Boss, Zhang Xiao Jing's men are too tough.
-Fall back. -We lost the woman.
Going back empty-handed and the Chief will have our heads!
Charge!
Stay still.
Zhang Xiao Jing!
Lock this woman up!
Zhang Xiao Jing!
Chamberlain Xu.
Do you remember when we first met?
Morning of 23th of August, Second year of Tian Bao era,
it was around half past five in the morning.
At Qu River Park.
You were meeting Director He as you normally would.
Your house is on Anye Street.
Why did you travel all the way to Qu River Park?
I told you back then.
The only quiet place for reading in the morning...
was undergoing some construction.
Which is why I travelled all the way there.
Chief, are you suspecting I went there on purpose...
just to meet you?
Since the early days of Tang Dynasty,
those with talents are all meeting with the rich and powerful.
They wanted their talents to be discovered.
A man with brilliant mind...
that never seeks promotion?
This is rather unusual.
But what benefit do I get from approaching you?
You were just a scholar on waiting list in the Hanlin Academy.
You have no official ranks.
You were insignificant.
I was holding the lower eighth rank in the Ministry of Personnel.
After I was transferred here,
I am still holding the same rank.
I can never be someone powerful.
Being an officers means I must socialize.
After some time, I will be just like you,
I will lose faith in everyone.
I know you are in a tough spot.
But Commander Zhang found the hideout of the Wolven Squad.
If we send Captain Cui to take them down,
your job as the chief will be completed.
Jahannum-dhool will burn you to the ground!
What is your connection with Zhang Xiao Jing?
We can escape to the backyard.
Untie me now!
Wen Ran, I am warning you.
My safety concerns the fate of Great Tang!
My father is fighting a battle in the Western Region!
I can't become their hostage!
Save that for later.
Chang'an might not live to see tomorrow.
What do you mean?
What do you want?
I have to save my benefactor.
He is doomed.
He drew the map of Right Counsellor's manor for them!
He betrayed his nation!
If he wasn't trying to save this city,
he wouldn't have let himself get caught!
Drawing a map is treason?
Daughter of General Wang,
you have quite the sharp mind.
Even if he can leave this place alive,
he will die for the crime of treason!
Volley!
Set fire upstairs, burn them down!
Go!
This really is their hideout. Kill them all!
No, we must wait for You Cha's order!
-We will die in vain here! -Let go of me!
We need someone to complete You Cha's mission!
Leave! Go, now!
Our brothers are dead because of me.
I should have listened to you and killed that mutt!
Which of you worthless vermin killed Cui Liu Lang?
-Go. -You should go, go home.
Your daughter is only seven years old.
She can't live without you.
Go!
I pulled the tongue out of that Chang'an imbecile!
Do you know why I didn't shoot you myself?
Because you are just as useless as your brother!
I will smash you to a pulp!
For Chang'an and for my brother!
Back off!
Commandants in the area, follow my lead!
When did this outlaws enter the manor?
Beware of suspicious personnels!
Do not let any one of them get away!
Remember this, lady.
You will die for the sake of Great Tang.
I will make sure you'll be sung for this.
She is the daughter of Wang Zong Si!
You want to get your name written in history?
You won't get anything if I kill her!
Fall back!
Lay down your maces!
You don't believe she is Wang Yun Xiu?
I don't believe either.
Why don't we kill her and find it out?
Let's see how lucky you are today.
-Lay down your weapons! -Fine!
Tie yourself up with the rope.
Tie yourself up!
The lesser of two sins.
If you let us go today,
your punishment will be lighter.
Go!
Where is Zhang Xiao Jing?
Come with me and you will know.
-Is he safe? -Yes.
You are lying.
If I tell him I am not Wang Yun Xiu,
you are done for.
If I die, you will never find out where he is.
Reach out for my hand! Come on!
Come up here!
How many of you are there in Chang'an?
Even if there are only two of us left,
I will still burn this city to the ground!