[🔎👁‍🗨The Sleuth of the Ming Dynasty👁‍🗨🔍]
[Episode 46]
Wuyun!
And that one, too!
Sir.
Set off the signals.
Let's withdraw.
How did it go?
All the Bolangs are shot down.
Your Majesty.
Where am I?
Your Majesty, this is the Huanyi Brothel.
This is absurd!
Your Majesty, please don't get angry.
The situation is really critical right now.
Her Highness was worried about your safety.
So I had to make this decision.
You really have grown up.
Now you even dare to make decisions for me.
I shall not dare to do so.
As long as Your Majesty is safe,
I'm willing to accept whatever punishment
after we return to the palace.
Your majesty, please rest for a while here.
I'll immediately arrange for you to go back to the palace.
No need.
I'll go back by myself.
Your Majesty!
Let go of me!
By now
you'll just obey whatever
Noble Consort Wan asks you to do?
I only do what's best for Your Majesty's interests.
This
will be the first brothel to be recorded in the official history.
Will the emperor just be caught without putting up a fight?
When the Western Depot and the Imperial Guards' reinforcements arrive…
Don't worry.
The emperor has his trusted followers
while I have mine.
You will stay here waiting for reinforcements.
You guys, come with me.
Yes, sir!
Stop!
Commander Wan.
You guys get ready to follow me to the Huanyi Brothel.
Who says you can go?
The situation here is very serious.
While we still need to deal with the riot here,
how can you leave without permission?
Commander Wan… Shut up!
Such a vicious fight with weapons even happened within the capital!
As the commander of the Imperial Guards,
I have to understand every detail of what happened.
Step aside!
Tell me everything you know.
Take your time. Don't be nervous.
Tang Fan.
Today is the Beginning of Spring.
All the officials and His Majesty
are participating in a grand ceremony in the Imperial City.
But you recklessly let those foreigners
break into this highly restricted land
and shot arrows without authorization.
What is your scheme?
Sir.
You misunderstood me.
Each and every sky lantern had a Bolang hidden in it.
If it exploded, the Imperial City could become a living purgatory.
So we came here to resolve the crisis.
Nonsense!
Who can prove it?
All the soldiers guarding the city gate can prove it.
Sir.
Say it.
Mr. Tang indeed… Shut up!
You are so bold to address an assassin "Mr."!
I think you are also one of them!
Someone.
Drag him down!
Let's go.
Wan An!
You old bastard!
Are you really staging a rebellion?
Commander Wan, we're under an emergency.
I must… Do you want to teach me how to do my job again? Baihu Sui?
His Majesty is… His Majesty is not here now.
Don't go "His Majesty" all day long trying to use him to oppress me.
I am here now.
That means I have the final say.
Let's go.
I dare you!
Take another step, you'll be disobeying a direct order!
Don't come back if you still have some guts.
Someone!
Arrest him,
and then put him to…
You old bastard!
If you keep talking nonsense, the next arrow will aim for your head.
You all saw that!
They want to assassinate the prime minister!
Don't just stand there!
Go on and arrest all of them.
Go on.
Hurry up!
Let's go!
You guys can't even get the job done!
Catch Tang Fan first!
Go on!
Go get him!
Go!
The Huanyi Brothel is surrounded!
Our people can't resist any longer.
What kind of plan is this?
Your Majesty, it's not safe here.
Follow me.
Your Majesty.
How's it going outside?
There are too many Li Zilong's people and the Oirat's dare-to-die warriors.
We can't hold it for too long with the Western Depot's people only.
What about the Imperial Guards?
I don't have the permission to get them here.
You are a kung fu master.
You leave with His Majesty from the secret tunnel.
What about you?
People outside only know my face, not His Majesty's.
I will take someone to rush out to distract them
and buy time for you guys.
Go down to the bottom of the basement.
Turn the third column for half a circle to reveal the keyhole. Insert the key
and the secret tunnel will appear.
You can take a detour to go back to the palace after you come out.
Hurry up!
Your Majesty, follow me.
I still need you.
So I order you not to die.
Yes, Your Majesty.
Be careful.
Where am I?
Your Majesty.
This is south of the city.
Follow me.
Your Majesty.
If we go back to the palace from here,
we must pass by the Huanyi Brothel area.
Otherwise, we have to make a big circle to detour
which will be dangerous, too.
I suggest we go somewhere to stay for the night
and think about what to do tomorrow morning.
Where should we go to?
This place is not far from Fayuan Temple.
The Monk Zhiwu there is an old friend of mine.
Let's go.
Take him out of the main entrance in a while to distract the enemy.
We need to do something about his hair.
What happened?
Since you bring me out,
you're in danger, right?
It must be so.
This little eunuch punk.
He told you to take me out of the main entrance.
Do you know what it means?
You have to think about it.
When we get out of that gate, we will never return.
If you take me out, you and I will definitely die.
But I have a way to protect you.
I know you work yourself to the bone for Wang Zhi
only because he threatened you.
What benefits did you get from it?
People have to look out for themselves.
What are you trying to say?
You understand very well what I want to say.
Look at that little eunuch now.
He is weak without any strength.
Just strangle him
and then throw his body to the street.
Then you and me can hide in the dungeon.
We come out after this turmoil subsides.
Do you know what will happen by then?
By the time
I will be Wang Zhi.
And you will be a different person, too.
I can give you freedom and wealth.
Everything you ever want.
What do you think?
Why hasn't Zhou brought the Imperial Guards here?
This might be the last decision you'll ever make in your life.
Do you choose to die
or to kill him?
Kill him!
Kill him.
Let's go.
Your Majesty!
I came too late!
Your Majesty!
Someone!
Send them into the jail to wait for further notice!
Yes, sir!
Someone!
Kill Commander Wang.
Rebels!
They are really part of the rebellion!
Come here.
Thank you for helping out, Commander Shang.
We were too late
so we failed to save Commander Wang's life.
He and I
were both His Majesty's right-hand men.
Although we often had disputes,
we actually respected each other.
Now he was killed by the rebels.
Commander Shang.
Please, you shall not be immersed in sorrow now.
The royal court has met such a crisis.
All the people are counting on your leadership right now.
Yes.
We should focus on the bigger picture.
Commander Wang died to save His Majesty.
But we still don't know where His Majesty is now.
We have to find His Majesty
even if we have to turn the capital upside down!
Now that the Western Depot has no leader,
I will be the acting commander for the time being.
We'll see what to do with it
when His Majesty comes back.
Wait!
This place is where the crime happened.
All clues here
can lead to His Majesty's whereabouts.
Come and secure the scene.
Yes, sir!
But we can't leave Commander Wang's body
on the street just like this.
Everything is for rescuing His Majesty.
I know he won't mind.
You go back to the Western Depot with me.
I will make the overall deployment.
We still have two suspects to catch.
Tang Fan and Sui Zhou.
I didn't have friends in my life.
Thank you for everything you two did these days.
You just died like this?
But maybe it's better for you to die.
So you don't have to suffer like me.
You read and followed
the instruction I gave you
because you believed in me and Zhou.
That's why you stayed in the Huanyi Brothel
and defended to the last minute.
But I failed you.
Yet this is not the right time for you to die yet.
I don't know whether Zhou is still alive or not
and His Majesty has disappeared.
I became a fugitive.
Isn't anyone else fighting against
Li Zilong who is the mastermind to assassinate His Majesty?
Will Shang Ming and Wan An
take control of the royal court?
If the coup causes a havoc to the whole country, what should I do?
What's the use of
saying these to a dead man?
Every time it was me who cleaned up the mess for your Western Depot.
Now this is great.
You left such a big mess this time.
How can I clean up for you?
Look at you.
Look at how miserable you are now.
Then look at me.
How am I supposed to do that?
Your Highness Crown Prince.
There are orders from Prime Minister Wan.
Now the situation inside and outside the Imperial City is unknown.
For the safety of Your Highness, please return to your palace.
How dare you!
His Highness is going to visit Her Majesty the Empress Dowager.
Can you afford to take the responsibility
if you delay his routine schedule?
Please, return to the palace.
This is a rebel!
Please.
Stop!
Who are you?
The Royal Kitchen asked me to send some fresh pastry
to Noble Consort Wan.
Prime Minister Wan's orders.
To ensure the safety of Her Highness,
no one can get in and out of the palace now.
I am here to pay respect to Your Majesty.
Did you find my son?
Your Majesty, don't worry.
I have sent everyone in my hand to go all out to find His Majesty.
Are you sure they're out there looking for him?
Yes. Don't worry.
It was Noble Consort Wan's idea
for my son to get out of palace.
Don't think now that I am old, there'll be no one to protect him!
You guys are…
Don't worry about it, Your Majesty.
His Majesty is the Son of the Heaven.
He will be blessed and protected by the gods.
My grandson didn't come to visit me today.
What exactly is going on?
The Imperial City must be in chaos
when they heard the news of that man's death.
Empress Dowager Zhou must convene her trusted followers
to discuss the issue of the next emperor by then.
Sir.
It's done.
Annam and Tartar have promised to send troops
to celebrate this big occasion together.
My people have also gathered at the Oirat's borders with the Ming.
We're all waiting for your order.
But…
What are you hesitating about?
Did the emperor really die, so easily?
Come on.
The emperor was stabbed several times, and all were fatal injuries.
If there weren't for the reinforcements,
I would cut his head off as a gift to the Ming's former tributaries.
He was regarded as an emperor in the palace.
But when he was outside, he was just a feeble man surnamed Zhu.
Sir, news from the Western Depot…
Which eye of you that saw him dead?
Get me the emperor's head now!
Yes, sir!
You guys go too.
Why don't you ask our friends at the Eastern and Western Depots
and the Imperial Guards to do it together?
Friends?
They are my friends when they are certain the emperor is really dead.
If the emperor is not dead,
I will still be the enemy of the entire Ming.
These people are really timid and coward.
Now the emperor is alone without any guards,
his death is a sure thing.
What are they afraid of?
They are not timid.
They just don't want to get blood on their hands.
They don't want to do the dirty work.
I'm not afraid of it!
I come for the blood!
This is a good omen!
Who is it?
I'm looking for Monk Zhiwu.
Come back tomorrow.
Wait! Wait!
This is urgent!
Give this to him.
Zhou?
What's wrong?
Your Ma…
Come on!
Come on in!
I was scolded even when I am dead.
What are you doing?
You almost scared me to death!
What was going on?
Do you remember Yang Fu?