" Mao Shun: State Builder "
Leave.
Let us go instead.
-Master Mao, your grandchild... -Go! Leave now!
Leave! All of you. Get out from here!
Master Mao, Happy Lantern Festival.
Yi Li.
Happy Lantern Festival.
Mr. Long.
I've already done as you ordered.
Everything is ready in your home?
It's ready.
From now on,
I'll have to depend on you fully.
Move aside.
" The Longest Day In Chang'an "
Episode 31
Guards!
Arrest Li Bi...
and lock him up until the Censorate report on him tomorrow!
-Roger that. -Wait.
You want to impeach on the crown prince.
But you lack evidence.
I'm willing to look for them for you.
You are indeed a smart man.
All the testaments come from your manor.
People might critique you for framing up the crown prince later on.
But if you support it with evidence,
you can prove without a doubt the wrong-doings of the crown prince.
What is the evidence? And where is it?
When I find it,
you'll know once you see it.
If I reveal it now,
there might be other complications.
Do you think that I'm a child?
You are just trying to get away and get your words out, right?
Commandant Yao is right.
We have to attached ourselves to those who can win.
I'm just going with the flow.
This is what a smart person should do.
Besides, going into a ministry to serve the country...
has always been my ambition.
Now, I have the opportunity in front of me.
Why don't I take advantage of it?
How do I trust you?
You can send someone to come with me and Tan Qi.
We won't be able to escape.
You want to bring your slave along?
Yes.
She is useful.
Sign first, and then you can go.
Is there a sure-fire plan...
in this world that can solve every problem?
You have to search the book for this question too?
I have no opinion on anything at all.
I rely only on the database.
Only a useless person...
has no opinion.
It's not that I don't have.
But my opinion is always inaccurate.
I don't know if it's right or wrong.
A person's standpoint...
is often limited by their experience and field of vision.
Only the database...
that has the collections of stories from millions of people...
can give me an answer closest to the truth.
Stop talking.
Have you found it?
The ultimate solution to every problem.
Stay alive.
-What did you say? -The best way to...
solve all problems is by staying alive.
At critical time,
keep yourself alive first.
As long as you live,
you can do the things you want as you want it.
They said that scholar dies for the sake of honour.
Scholar dies for the sake of honour?
Actually, in the end,
they just did it for their own reputations, right?
If a person is confident that he's useful...
and can be of help to others,
why will he choose to die?
Obviously, it's better for him to be alive.
It'll be better for others and himself.
Of course, this is just my humble opinion.
You'll have to make the choice yourself.
Are you satisfied?
The Right Cavalries will go with you.
Go and return swiftly.
As for your slave,
she can rest here for the meanwhile.
You are going out to work.
It's improper to bring along a female slave.
You are the pillar of the country.
You shouldn't be so narrow-minded.
Are you alright, Master?
You are going to work for the Right Counsellor.
Master.
Are you set on getting to the bottom of this case?
Talk to me some more.
You can tell me anything.
The great bird of Peng has wings of nine thousand miles.
Right Counsellor, this is a trick!
Come in.
Right Counsellor. Li Bi must be playing a trick with you.
If he escapes without a care for that slave's life,
all of your hard work will be in vain today.
If you let him leave,
he needs to be escorted by General Gan Shou Cheng and his army.
You are a very cautious man, Appraiser Yuan.
You are right to remind me of that.
I never thought that you'll remember my name and post.
I'm extremely flattered.
General Gan has another important task to attend to.
So, I'll have to...
trouble you with something.
Please go along with Li Bi.
Make sure that he doesn't run away.
Urge him to bring back the evidence as soon as possible.
Are you willing to do that?
If Li Bi has the intention to run away,
kill him on the spot.
You can charge him with anything you want.
You have the courage to do that, right?
Of course.
I'll do as you say.
Right Counsellor, I don't think it's wise to do that.
After all, Li Bi's father and brother...
It's just a nominal post. It's just for show.
Nothing to worry about.
Do you feel sorry for Li Bi?
I'm with him for more than 10 years after all.
I have some sort of friendship with him.
But if you've already made your mind,
I won't comment about it anymore.
I'll leave that female slave to you.
When she's no longer of use to us,
you can get rid of her.
Where is Xu Bin?
Dead or alive?
Mister.
You came here before? Why do you look so familiar?
It's so late already. Why are you here?
Xu Bin asked me to come here.
Xu Bin!
Are you dead or alive?
Come out and meet me!
Zhang Xiao Jing.
You travel fast.
You are quite something.
Li Bi thought that you are burnt to death.
Not even a moustache is singed.
Li Bi can rest assured now.
-I'll go and do my work then. -Wait.
Here. Continue with your work. Go now.
-Father. -It's fine. Continue with your work.
You are not worried about me?
I just need to know that you are alive.
Live your life well.
I have news about the real culprit. Follow me.
Bingliu Warehouse, the manor in Xiuzheng Street...
where the Wolven Squad hid...
and the old pit in Changming Street...
are all registered under in Jiu Lang's name.
Lin Jiu Lang?
Are you saying that...
Lin Jiu Lang hired someone to assassinate him?
I didn't say that.
It's recorded in black in white.
He faked his own assassination...
to use that chance to frame his political enemy.
Looks like he's killing himself, but he's actually killing off his enemy.
This is an old trick in the court.
Lin Jiu Lang is the one who has started all of these.
He's going to take over the government soon.
So, his biggest enemy is the crown prince.
If he can creates an assassination today...
that involves him and frame the crown prince for it,
in the future, the Great Tang...
will belong to him fully.
How can we prove that with just this as evidence?
Did Long Bo succeed in assassinating him?
Did he succeed with it?
I saw Li Bi one hour ago.
He said that...
the assassin...
is He Jian's dumb son.
He didn't succeed with it...
and was brought into Right Counsellor's manor.
This incident has rocked the town.
Now, everybody in Chang'an knows about it.
Looks like...
he's going to drag both crown prince and He Jian into it.
Even if He Jian...
contacts all the pillars of Great Tang to defend crown prince,
it won't work now.
You are our only chance...
to turn this around.
You have to investigate on that Lin. You can't let him get away with it.
I won't be able...
-to help with it. -Zhang Xiao Jing! Commander Zhang!
Officials fighting for power! What has it got to do with me?
Are you going to let those who sacrificed for you to die in vain?
Long Bo has gone off the grid with the Crouching Fire!
Can we make him stop using these useless papers?
Long Bo is still challenging us.
I don't know what this is. How are you going to check it?
Li Bi has set up a good rule.
All evidences will be sent to Peacekeeper Corps.
This must be a connector from a big machine of some sort.
I think I can find the answer in Peacekeeper Corps.
What has this got to do with the Jahannum-dhool case?
It has the smell of grease on it.
It might be a part of the Jahannum-dhool.
If we know what kind of a big machine it belongs to,
we might be able to pinpoint Long Bo's real target.
But Peacekeeper Corps is taken over by others now. You can't go in.
-I have to try. We are out of time! -Wait!
In order to locate Long Bo, Li Bi has gone into Right Counsellor's manor...
to get close to He Fu! No news of him and I don't know if he's still alive!
-You care about him? -Don't you?
I do!
After He Fu's failed assassination,
I already sent someone to gather info from Right Counsellor's manor!
They'll report back to me soon!
Wait for a while.
When Li Bi brings back the evidence,
everything will be perfectly fine.
Everything will be perfectly fine.
This is already more than enough.
Why did you...
release Li Bi from your manor then?
This man...
will achieve great success in the future.
I want to use him.
It's best if I can subdue him today.
If I can't,
I won't leave him for others as well.
I can use this chance to see...
if Yuan Zai is useful to me or not.
You danced quite well on the hot plate.
Tell me.
How much money can I buy you for?
Come here and I'll tell you about it.
If you look at me again, I'll dig out your eyes.
-Damned slave. -General Gan.
Commandant Yao?
You still haven't searched her body yet, right?
-Let me do it. -What is it?
You want to release her?
I wouldn't dare.
What kind of a place this is?
Right Counsellor asked me to come and guard her.
Right Counsellor told me that as long as Li Bi comes back,
we'll have to give him back his slave.
Keep a close eye on her.
If Li Bi doesn't come back,
-kill her off. -Yes, General.
Do you hope that Li Bi comes back or not?
Li Bi is not that different from me.
He knows how to be realistic.
He will come back.
-Don't worry. -My master is different from you.
He's trying to free himself...
so that he can continue to investigate on Long Bo.
In the face of an important matter,
my life is nothing.
The thinking of a slave.
In the end,
I'm still just a slave to all of you?
Do you think that by helping Li Bi with some major tasks,
he'll forget about your identity?
He has treated you kindly all these while...
because of his own noble character.
A slave...
will always be a slave.
As soon as you fall into slavery,
your future generations will be slaves as well.
You won't be able to escape it...
until the end of the day.
You are a person who doesn't even have a surname.
It's useless to talk about sacrificing yourself for the country.
People will only think that a slave is being punished for her wrong doings.
You put too much value on yourself.
No.
I know clearly who I am.
I'm useful.
-And that's enough. -You are nothing without Li Bi.
How are you useful?
You are belittling me...
because you scared that you'll feel guilty...
when you have to kill me later, right?
No.
If you are just a vile character,
you might live a little bit happier.
Too bad.
You still have a kind heart within you.
You are the one who spread the 'never retreat' message...
from the Grand Watchtower, right?
I did it in the spur of the moment.
Your 'never retreat'...
has helped a lot of people.
When you kill me off later,
please give me a swift ending.
I still haven't thank you for putting me into prison for half a day.
You are welcome. Just treat it as a gift.
We don't have much time. The evidence is not too far from us, right?
It's just in front of us.
Li Bi is willing to work for Right Counsellor and is getting us...
the evidence about crown prince's traitorous act. This is bad.
He won't betray the crown prince so easily. He will escape.
If he ran away and foiled Right Counsellor's plan,
how am I going to protect you in the future?
Don't worry. He won't get away with me here.
I am quite capable of leading these soldiers of Chang'an.
If he's trying to escape, kill him.
My father admires Li Bi a lot. He said that he will be a minister one day...
and bring fortune to the people of Great Tang.
If I kill him, my father will skin me.
I can't do that.
I won't force you if you are not willing to do so.
I have confidence that I can lead these soldiers as well.
I've already decided to be with you for the rest of my life.
What about you?
Can't we just arrest him and let the Right Counsellor deal with him?
Do I really have to kill him?
I'm really worried about you and your father.
Your father is crown prince's brother and he holds great military power.
The crown prince's faction will be cleared out after today.
Your father will be the first to be dragged down with it.
If you kill Li Bi, you'll represent your family...
to draw a clean line with crown prince, understand?
I am trying my best to help you.
The evidence of crown prince's traitorous act is in this book store.
This is the secret trading place of the privates.
If you ask them,
you will know who's the one that hired the Wolven Squad to come in...
and get the written evidence of that trading.
But the privates won't disclose their clients' information to others.
I need to go in and interrogate them.
If I can't get an answer out of them,
you can send in your troops then.
If I let you go in alone...
and something bad happened,
I won't be able to justify myself.
Don't worry.
I won't escape.
Of course.
Your beautiful slave is still in the counsellor's manor.
You have always been benevolent.
No matter how serious it is,
you won't run away to save yourself...
and sacrifice that slave's life for nothing.
The blaze of the Fire Master...
will overpower the divine flame.
We seize the God of Fire...
and serve Guan Yu instead.
You speak our secret language.
Are you here for business?
Yes.
Did Zhang Xiao Jing come here before this?
Yes.
Is he here to ask the instigator of the assassination in the church?
-Yes. -Who is the culprit?
Is he working for the government?
-I don't know. -Did you answer Zhang Xiao Jing?
You ask too many questions.
-I forgot about it. -You have to tell me the truth today!
I'm here to tell you that...
the government has found out about your activities.
The Right Cavalries is just outside.
They are going to arrest you for interrogation...
and search this place from the inside out.
-You brought them here. -I'm here to notify you about it.
Zhang Xiao Jing has betrayed you.
Or else, why would I come here to get myself killed?
Besides them, how many do you have?
-You are a spy. -There are 11 soldiers outside.
Either you destroy them...
or you kill yourselves out of loyalty.
If the government managed to capture either one of you,
all of your branches in Tang...
including your families in Mercenary Garrison of the Western Region...
will be annihilated.
All the privates in Great Tang will turn to dust...
and will be forever gone.
Listen to me.
We don't move unless they do so.
Are we going to act?
The criminal, Li Bi, tried to escape because the fear of being punished.
Whoever kill him on the spot will be rewarded handsomely.
Attack.
Arrest Li Bi first! Li Bi!
Such fast arrow.
Kill them all!
Where is Li Bi?
Search the place!
What are you looking at?
I'll still be like this after we are married.
What do you think?
Report.
He ran away.
-Li Bi has escaped. -Go after him!
How dare he use the privates against us.
If we can't find him...
If we fail this task,
I'm afraid that the Right Counsellor will punish you for it.
Let me think.
Move aside.
Right Cavalries accused that the Dragon Army is not doing their job.
Who are you?
Li Bi, chief of Peacekeeper Corps.
General of Dragon Army, Chen Xuan Li, is my father's friend.
The Right Counsellor blamed the Dragon Army for his assassination.
He's going to report it to His Majesty...
and replace the Dragon Army with the Right Cavalries.
They are chasing after me now. Please send me to General Guo Li Shi's...
manor to try to turn the tide.
-Move aside! -Move aside!
Chamberlain Xu.
How is it?
Your men are quite loyal.
Is Li Bi still alive?
He escaped.
But Tan Qi is locked up in the Right Counsellor's manor.
I think she won't be able to get out alive.
Counsellor.
I, appraiser of the Ministry of Jurisdiction...
am here to congratulate you.
What to congratulate about?
Li Bi has ganged up with the privates to attack Right Cavalries.
Peacekeeper Corps under crown prince has committed another crime.
I already ordered the people in my ministry to write a report on it.
Where is the evidence he wants to get?
Li Bi is lying. There is no evidence.
Where is Li Bi?
The privates fought in the Western Region war, making them formidable...
-opponents for the Right Cavalries. -Where is Li Bi?
We should have brought him down at all cost.
But we were stopped by subordinates of General Chen from Dragon Army.
Right Cavalries, I have the capabilities to do great things.
Leave.
Yes, Counsellor.
Present the testaments of He Fu and Li Bi...
to His Majesty now. Get on with it.
-Delay means trouble. -Yes, Counsellor.
You are being too risky.
Luckily, I manage to run into Dragon Army...
and be brought here to meet you, Uncle Guo.
Luckily, you are able to stay alive with your wit.
Or else,
how am I going to explain it to your father?
I'll leave it to you then.
I already jot down what you said.
Right Counsellor alone holds the seals of three ministries.
His crave for power is too terrorising.
I'll supervise the report that will be sent to His Majesty at once.
Don't worry.
Whenever Wang Sun send in a report,
His Majesty will ask about it.
Ask Gao Quan to go together with Ning Wang Sun.
We have to make sure that our report won't be sent there late.
We have to send it to His Majesty as fast as possible.
Chang Yuan.
Your slave is a smart woman. She's very rare.
Are you really going to leave her to fend for herself?