[🔎👁‍🗨The Sleuth of the Ming Dynasty👁‍🗨🔍]
[Episode 34]
Sir, they made a move.
What should we do?
Take action.
Remember.
Follow them, but don't engage in a fight with them.
Never reveal your identity.
Yes, sir!
You are in danger for coming here impulsively.
Guys, things have changed.
Change of plan.
The priority is to send Wang Xian out of the capital.
And then we will deliver him to the delegation in the suburbs.
They'll take Wang Xian back to the Oirat.
Come take a look at the high-quality furs!
Look at the nice furs.
Sir, look at the furs.
Let me take a look.
How beautiful this is.
How bright the color is.
They are all in one piece.
There is no stitching at all.
It'll look good on you.
What do you think?
Come take a look at the good furs.
Have a look!
I checked the roster of every department.
There is one person that no one saw him appear in the palace
within the time period of the abduction.
Who is it?
Ding Man.
Prepare a carriage.
Where are you going, sir?
Sui Zhou's home.
Where have you been?
To track someone.
Tomorrow will be the day the Oirat's delegation leaves the capital, right?
Have you found the real number of delegation members?
Not yet.
I suspect the people who abducted Wang Xian
entered the capital by pretending to be members of the delegation.
Send someone to check on this lead now.
OK.
The Iron Market's secret stronghold is related to someone in the palace.
I suspect… Tang Fan!
Are you hiding something from me?
I am not!
What's with the handwriting that you wanted to know whose it was?
I just thought it looked familiar.
Now that you say so, I think I have a lead.
What did you suspect earlier?
The Iron Market's secret stronghold
had contact with someone in the palace today.
Did you see who that was?
No.
Our people following him just saw him enter the palace.
Within the time of the abduction, a eunuch was not in the palace.
Was it Ding Man?
Exactly.
Few people know about Wang Xian's project, right?
It's top secret.
What is Ding Man responsible for in the palace?
The daily life of His Majesty,
and passing on His Majesty's replies to ministers.
So it's definitely him.
He must have a way to see the memorials without people knowing.
That was how they found out about Wang Xian's existence
and sent someone to abduct him.
Where are you guys going?
Catch Ding Man.
Calm down.
We don't even know Wang Xian's whereabouts.
If you go catch Ding Man in a hurry, you will put Wang Xian in danger.
This is a matter of national impotence.
Even if that means danger to him,
our bottom line is we can't let them have Wang Xian.
Give me a minute to think about it.
Any ideas?
What time will the delegation leave the city tomorrow?
9 in the morning.
If you were Ding Man, what do you want to do most at the moment?
Transfer Wang Xian.
But now the whole city is in a state of siege.
Instead of letting them find a way out on their own,
we give them a way out.
How do we do that?
With a memorial.
Commander Wang, please lift the siege at 9 am tomorrow.
Lead the snake out of the hole.
Let the Western Depot take a day off tomorrow.
Leave the work of following them to the Imperial Guards.
What do you mean?
We make them feel safe, then we'll naturally find Wang Xian.
Twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen,
sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty, twenty-one.
Sir.
The number is accordant with the people entering the capital.
Go.
Look at this terrified retard.
Let's change his clothes.
Be quiet!
We just want to change your clothes.
Can you do it?
Help me out.
Forget it.
He acts like a crazy dog.
How to get him changed?
Leave it.
Take a look at the decorations!
Come and take a look! Such a good bargain.
Come and take a look.
What are you doing?
My fruits! Pay me my fruits!
Pay me.
Officer?
Sorry!
Sir, shall we put some secret agents in the crowd?
If we only depend on the Imperial Guards,
they might lose track of Wang Xian.
It's ok.
If we don't lose track, how will they go to where they should go?
Don't move!
This crazy dog.
I should have stunned him.
The boss said we can't touch him.
Get in the carriage.
Don't move!
Hurry.
Let's go.
Go.
I told you not to move!
Hurry up.
Candied fruits!
Candied fruits.
Keep up.
Candied fruits.
Big and delicious candied fruits.
Take a look at them.
Candied fruits.
We lost them.
All our people lost track of them.
Sir.
What should we do now?
Good job.
Mr. Tang, don't make fun of me now.
I am already ashamed.
There's nothing to be ashamed of.
That's exactly what we need.
What do you mean?
If you don't lose them, how can they feel safe
to go where they should go to?
Mr. Tang.
You knew I would lose track of them?
It was just a wild guess.
Xue Ling.
This is our plan…
If you are hungry, grab a bite now.
It will take a while.
Look at you guys.
You need to balance work and life.
Do you understand?
Mr. Tang.
Why didn't you tell me the real plan?
I was afraid you might get nervous and blow the plan.
I have been working in the Northern Administrative Court for many years.
I have never been nervous in a mission.
Right, sir?
How did it go?
Stop.
Stop, stop.
Let's go.
We have to siege the city gates all day.
This drudgery is exhausting.
When the capital is in the state of siege, it's always us who suffer.
We can barely have some time off.
Finally we can relax for four hours today.
Thanks to the Oirat delegation.
Why would you thank them?
One day we will destroy them all.
It's not 9 o'clock yet.
Remain the state of siege.
Stop!
Stop.
What is this carriage for?
Transporting goods.
What's inside?
Some cloth.
Sir, what would you like to drink?
Tea.
Okay.
Have mercy.
I haven't eaten for days.
Give me some changes.
Have mercy.
Thank you, sir.
Take a look at the high-quality spices!
The show is about to start.
They're at Xizhi Gate.
Let's go.
Lanterns! Take a look at the lanterns!
Take a look at my lanterns.
Lanterns!
Take a look.
Umbrellas!
Take a look at the colorful umbrellas.
Colorful umbrellas.
Umbrellas.
Get down.
We are here to rescue you.
Are You Mr. Wang Xian?
Stop!
Go after them!
Sir!
I am OK.
Keep chasing them.
Yes, sir!
Let's go.
Block the area around Guangqing Street in Dengshikou now!
Keep a lookout at all the intersections.
Don't just check the carriages.
Pay attention to pedestrians, too.
Yes, sir!
Go inform Wang Zhi.
Close the palace gates for two hours.
No one in or out, unless they have His Majesty's order.
Yes.
Let's go.
Where did you get this?
Where did you get this cloak?
Look at the lanterns.
Nice lanterns.
Wang Xian has been rescued.
He is safe but still doesn't talk.
And Ding Man?
He ran.
Sui Zhou is going after him.
He also wants you to notify the guards of the palace
to temporarily close the palace gates for two hours.
The Imperial Guards are losers.
They could even lose track of a eunuch.
Give my orders to block all city gates.
Not even an ant can leave the city.
Yes.
There is no why!
Didn't I tell you?
Don't look for him. Don't investigate anymore.
In the past three years
not a day goes by I don't miss you.
What have you been doing for these three years?
None of these is important.
You just need to know
everything I do
is for the Oirat people.
Didn't you say
you just came here to do business?
You said you wanted to trade our horses for Han people's wrought iron.
Trade our animal skin and medicinal material for their food and salt.
It's good for both the Oirat and the Ming.
Didn't you say this is the only way to get peace
and only in this way can we avoid war?
We are still far from peace.
And we are even more afraid of war.
We Oirats don't want anything.
The only thing we want is to survive.
And everything I do is for the survival of our people.
And those who really want to fight, who are hungry for a war
are not us.
It's them.
I don't believe what you said.
Do you know
what happened in the capital three years ago?
Do you know what caused that big explosion?
It was caused by a weapon called Bolang.
They developed this monster to kill us.
A tribe who is just struggling to survive on horseback.
They are going to destroy the Oirat.
No.
They are not such cruel people.
I know them.
They are not like this!
You are wrong.
They know us all too well
so they can build a weapon like Bolang to kill us.
I…
I paid a huge price for my mission.
I just thought this is what I should do.
I just want to protect my people.
And
you are among them.
I came here to find you.
You found me now.
Please forget me.
Dora
Go home.
Go back to the prairie.
Promise me, never ever come back here.
You should go home with me.
Let's go back together.
I can't go back anymore.
I need you to promise me one thing.
Do you remember the iron box I gave you?
It's very important.
For the future of the Oirat,
the future of everyone on the prairie,
I have to give it to the delegation
to let them take it back.
OK, got it.
- Let me take a look. - Officer.
- I don't have any illegal stuff. - Stop.
Only animal furs.
Did you see anyone suspicious?
What is this?
- Just some grain. - You can go.
What is that over there? Let me see.
That's all.
Nothing, just some furs. Look.
Stop.
What's your profession?
Go after them!
After I get out of here,
you should pack immediately
and go back to the prairie with Wuyun as soon as possible.
This is your thing.
For the peace between the Ming and the Oirat, I suggest you
give up what you're doing.
You talk about peace?
It's ridiculous.
You said I betrayed who I was three years ago.
Then I want to ask you,
do you remember the big explosion three years ago?
You Ming Dynasty is researching and producing
all kinds of weapons of mass destruction secretly.
How dare you talk about peace in front of me?
What happened three years ago was an accident.
Even His Majesty didn't know that.
And after seeing the power of the explosion, His Majesty ordered
to stop all research of related armaments just so that
such a tragedy won't happen again.
This is the effort the Ming made for peace.
Otherwise, with such a powerful weapon, we could have…
Do you know what this is?
This is what exploded three years ago.
I took it from Wang Xian.
Didn't you say
you guys destroyed them all?
You guys are still so hypocritical.
Stop!
Okay.
I won't kill him.
I still need him to take me out of the capital.
Mr. Wang, have you found Tang Fan's whereabouts?
Not yet.
Then keep looking.
Yes.
Sir.
We haven't found them.
Carry on.
Yes.
How did it go?
No one was there when we arrived.
Do you have any clues?
Someone went out searching.
But our people saw Tang Fan and Dora were taken away by Ding Man.
Make sure Tang Fan and Dora are safe.
Can I speak with you in private?
Sir.
We haven't found them.
I also want to make sure they are both safe.
But now the most important thing is
to take back the secret documents Ding Man has.
These top secrets involve our Ming's national security.
We can never let foreigners get them.
What about Tang Fan?
Like I said, it's about the safety of the whole country.
We can't let the national interest be damaged
for a life of one or two people.
You mean Tang Fan can be sacrificed.
Yes.
Sir.
We found them.
The carriage is not out of the city yet.
It's still wandering around in the west part of the city.
We're narrowing the encircling.
Since you have gone so far,
let him go.
Don't worry.
As long as we are out of town safely,
I'll let him go.
Even if you take me as a hostage, you won't get away.
Based on my understanding of the Western Depot,
my personal safety is not important.
National interest is the only thing that matters.
So the Western Depot
will never let you take any secrets away with you.
You should surrender.
Dora, please get off the carriage.
I promise you, as long as I get out of town safely,
I won't hurt him.
Surrender now.
Surrender?
That's out of the question.
I didn't ask you to surrender so that I can catch you.
Are you just thinking of your own safety?
What about Dora?
If you go on like this, Dora will be in danger, too.
And you know how she is like.
She won't leave here until she's sure you and I are safe.
Dora,
you should leave.
As long as he is here,
the soldiers chasing behind us will not hurt me.
And as I promised you,
as long as I get out of town safely,
I'll let him go.
Yes.
There is nothing you can do here.
Go off the carriage and tell them you want to see Wang Zhi.
They will keep you safe.
Don't say anything.
I want to hear the truth.
He can't escape.
Only by surrendering can he save his life.
If you want him to live,
get off the carriage now.
Or I will immediately detonate this thing.
Whether he is going to stay alive or not
is up to you.
Ready to attack!
Wait!
Tang Fan is still in the carriage.
Attacking by force will put his life in danger.
The longer we drag on, the more unfavorable it will become to us.
We must solve it quickly.
Don't forget he saved your life risking his own in Huanyi Brothel.
This time is a different situation.
At that time, it only involved yours and my life.
But now it is a matter of national importance.
Ding Rong.
Get ready.
Sui Zhou!
If you want to do it, kill me first.
Sui Zhou, are you crazy?
Now the gun is loaded, it may discharge accidentally any time!
Let go of it!
We're now hunting a foreign spy!
This is not the time for you to make a scene!
Now that the situation is under control,
I hope you can choose a softer tactic.
Don't attack by force.
Or if you push him to the corner, Tang Fan will be the one in danger.
You think I don't know that?
But
there's too much at stake!
Do not move!
It has been activated.
It will explode soon.
Dora
I owed you so much in this life.
I hope there will be a chance for me to fix it in the next life.
Take him with you!
Dora.
Aren't you the best equestrian?
Go And halt the horse!
Sui Zhou and Wang Zhi are here!
They…they must have a way to stop it.
No.
Once it is activated, no one can stop it.
Dora, what are you doing?
Stop the carriage!
- No! - Commander, be careful!
Tang Fan!
Let go of me!
Dora!