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[Strange Tales of Tang Dynasty]

[Episode 36]

Your Majesty.

The moonlight in Chang'an tonight

is so bright.

I'm from the west.

The way home is too far,

and it's unavoidable to walk at night.

I just want to borrow

some moonlight of Chang'an.

I wonder if Your Majesty will grant me permission?

What?

Borrow the moonlight?

How?

My cloak

is full of moonlight.

I can now see the way home.

What kind of illusion is this?

Just cut the craps.

Look, Your Majesty.

In the dark night,

I can even light up the way

for the whole camel team.

Amazing.

When I was in the sky,

I received an invitation from the owner of the Moon Palace.

He wanted to present Your Majesty

the delicacy made by moonlight.

Delicacy made by moonlight?

What is it?

Don't worry, Your Majesty.

Let me get it for you.

This is a gift

from the owner of the Moon Palace.

Please have a taste, Your Majesty.

Your Majesty.

Good.

Your Majesty.

His Highness's warning just now

is reasonable.

Fine.

Give it

to my people of Tang.

You will be rewarded with gold.

Thank you, Your Majesty.

Your Majesty.

I can summon your real body

for all people to worship.

Summon my real body?

If you are talking nonsense,

you will be beheaded.

Please have a look.

Look.

It is indeed.

It's amazing.

Look.

Look! Phoenix!

His Majesty is the son of the heaven.

Long live Your Majesty!

Long live Your Majesty!

Long live Tang!

The Emperor of Tang is the son of the heaven.

May Your Majesty live a long life.

Come!

Reward him handsomely!

Your Majesty.

You must be tired.

Go inside and take a rest.

Who is in the way?

Su Wuming, Administrator of Luozhou.

Please wait, Your Majesty.

Su Wuming?

Su Wuming.

As the Administrator of Luozhou,

did you come to Chang'an

to hatch a sinister plot?

Where is Lu Tong?

Arrest him.

Lu Tong.

You...

Chamberlain Feng.

Some words are inappropriate

for others to hear.

Your Majesty.

For the sake of Tang,

please stay.

What do you mean?

At today's magic show

in the Sky-scraping Tower,

there are many variables

and uncontrollable things.

I'm worried that something might go wrong

after Your Majesty leaves.

Since you know that things might go wrong,

why don't you let His Majesty leave?

Tang

has magnificent landscape and the bright moon,

and it is made up of families.

If Your Majesty really leaves,

what will happen

to the commonners,

the nobilities

and the foreign envoys here?

Please don't worry, Your Majesty.

We have made a thorough arrangement.

We will ensure Your Majesty's safety.

Please take a seat

and enjoy it with the people.

Your Majesty.

Your Majesty.

Su Wuming.

What do you want to do?

Who ordered you to do this?

Is it the princess or the Crown Prince?

The princess and the Crown Prince

are both loyal to Your Majesty.

The Imperial Guards and Su Wuming

will also defend Your Majesty to the death.

There are less than two hours left.

Things have changed so dramatically.

We can't let His Majesty and aunt

go to the Sky-scraping Tower to take the risk.

His Majesty has left the palace.

Then hurry up, gather your troops

to stop His Majesty.

You can't do that.

If so,

someone with ulterior motives

will charge Your Highness with treason.

Besides,

the magic show

is held by His Majesty.

Please think twice, Your Highness.

Are you suspecting that His Majesty knew about it?

I dare not make such guesses.

But Chamberlain Feng at His Majesty's side

is very suspicious.

Su Wuming.

At the magic show,

I allow you to act according to circumstances

by His Majesty's side.

Look!

Look!

A wooden bird.

Amazing.

Close!

Be careful.

What is this?

Judging from the sound,

it seems to be an assassin

instead of an illusion.

And the assassin

was not targeting His Majesty.

What happened?

Don't worry, Your Highness.

I'm here.

Fortunately, Lu Lingfeng had been prepared.

Your Majesty.

The locations of the princess and the Crown Prince

are especially important.

We need to practice repeatedly.

Be fast and accurate,

and make sure that nothing goes wrong.

Yes, sir.

Archers!

Shoot!

What's going on?

Open it.

Don't panic.

His Majesty is here,

no one is allowed to move.

This...

Your Majesty.

That wasn't a magician's performance.

It was the Illusion Killer Sass

who tried to assasinate the princess and the Crown Prince.

Administrator Du.

You seemed

to have got the whereabouts of Sass.

I'm incompetent.

I haven't caught Sass yet.

But Lu Lingfeng,

the Minister of Justice of Yongzhou Government,

has already known what to do.

I'm sorry, Your Majesty.

I'm sorry, Your Highness.

I'm sorry, Your Highness.

The Illusion Killer, Sass

should be here

now.

Wang Yuantong, Chief of Department of Bamboo.

Are you here?

Why did you call me?

Guo Zhuang.

Chief Wang's art of lightness is amazing.

You're the best illusionist in the world.

Don't you want to show it to us

in such a big event?

Your Majesty.

Please forgive me for deceiving you.

What happened?

Administrator Du

said I was confident.

Actually, I've lied to Administrator Du.

It was the deduction of me

and Su Wuming, the Administrator of Luozhou,

to suspect this person was Sass.

But we didn't have enough evidence.

So,

I could only force him to use martial arts

and illusions.

That's not right.

Wang Yuantong,

you used to be the Administrator of Premier's Mansion.

When did you

learn martial arts and illusions?

Lu Lingfeng.

You are nobody.

How could I fail because of you?

And you, Su Wuming.

What exactly did you find

in Zhongnan Mountain Villa that day?

Wang Yuantong

was my master, Detective Di's best friend.

When I was in Luoyang,

I followed my master to meet him many times.

I went straight into the hall that day,

but you didn't recognize me.

That's the first thing.

I'm Su Wuming, the Administrator of Luozhou.

Greetings, Chief Wang.

Su Wuming.

Second.

Wang Yuantong loved calligraphy.

In your so-called Zhongnan Mountain Villa,

there was no calligraphy

hanging on the wall.

Besides, the Chinese characters "Zhongnan Mountain Villa" at the gate

were not the style of calligraphy

that Wang Yuantong liked best.

[Zhongnan Mountain Villa]

Third,

I left someone there

after I went down the mountain.

I asked her to hide in the bamboo forest.

The girl who spoke nonsense...

That was me.

This...

This...

I saw a wooden bird

flying out from the villa.

You can't deny it.

You're indeed Di Renjie's disciple.

Today,

on the Mid-Autumn Festival night,

I'm going to put on

the most perfect illusion show.

I'll perform it to Su Wuming,

Lu Lingfeng

and Du Ming first.

I will avenge

my beloved Helan Xue.

Wang Yuantong!

No.

If you are Sass,

then where is Wang Yuantong?

I'm afraid that Wang Yuantong

had been killed by Sass

12 years ago.

Su Wuming.

Do you have evidence?

Yes.

All the accomplices of Sass

had been arrested by my master at that time.

Sass

was the only one missing.

At that time,

Luoyang had been secretly locked down.

My master believed

that Sass couldn't have escaped.

Unfortunately,

my teacher suddenly got seriously ill.

He was worried

that he would soon die.

So he recommended Du Ming to take office in Yongzhou

in order to trap Sass with Helan Xue.

During the time where my master was seriously ill,

Wang Yuantong resigned.

Before he left Luoyang,

he came to

visit my master.

At that time, my master was too sick to speak.

After Wang Yuantong left,

my master asked me to bring him a pen and paper

to write down this half character.

It's been 12 years.

I finally understand

what my master had written is the word, "fake".

Wang Yuantong had been killed at that time,

so the one who came to visit my master

was Sass.

He was showing off

to Detective Di on the bed.

But my master

still found his flaws.

I never thought that

you had mastered your skill of changing looks

to perfection.

You not only changed your appearance,

but how could your long legs

become shorter?

You're right.

I thought no one in the world could know

what had happened 12 years ago.

I didn't expect

you would reveal it today.

I sawed off my legs

and reattached them again

to become Wang Yuantong.

If you hadn't cheated,

no one would have known that I'm Sass.

After I left Luoyang,

I went back to

Wang Yuantong's hometown, Shazhou.

I wanted to continue escaping to the west.

I didn't expect

the officials in Shazhou

would worship me.

They all said that I was the most loyal official in Tang.

Sooner or later,

I would be recalled to be the Prime Minister.

That's your ambition.

Back then,

you were Vice Department Chief of the Concubinus Institution.

You did everything you could

to eliminate dissidents

for Empress Wu Zetian

so that one day

you could be the Prime Minister.

Yes.

I had been in Shazhou for 11 years.

Then the day finally came.

His Majesty sent Pei Jian

to pick me up in Shazhou

and return to Chang'an.

Although I was not a high-ranking official,

Yuwen Mukai would still discussed

about such a big event as building the Sky-scraping Tower with me.

I saw the chance to be the Prime Minister.

I wanted to help His Majesty

to truly control Tang

without being manipulated by anyone.

Did you really think that

you are Wang Yuantong?

Unfortunately, you are not.

You're so calm.

I've used Helan Xue

to trap you for 12 years,

but you didn't take the bait.

For the dream of being the Prime Minister,

you were cautious.

But unexpectedly,

the fake Sass

openly provoked the court.

You were furious

and tried to kill him with wooden bird,

but you killed

Wan An, the Minister of Justice of Yongzhou wrongly.

Sass.

When you were in Luoyang,

you've committed many murders.

Today, you killed

the builder of the Sky-scraping Tower,

Yuwen Mukai.

Are you still not pleading guilty?

Surrendering now?

I'm not Wang Yuantong.

I'm Sass.

I'm a pawn that has been used

and then abandoned.

I'm an avenger

who have lost Helan Xue.

I'm a Illusion Killer

who has lost my mind.

The Emperor of Tang,

the princess,

Crown Prince,

the officials

and envoys of other countries are all here.

Tang and I will perish together!

No one can stop me.

He's going to destroy the tower!

Save me!

Don't move!

If one is in chaos, everyone will be in chaos.

There are thousands of people

outside there.

If there is a riot,

there will be countless casualties

caused by trampling.

The safety of His Majesty might be even more unstable.

Where are the Imperial Guards?

Yes.

For any troublemaker,

just rend them!

It's indeed eighteen floors.

In order to build up to

thirty-three floors,

Yuwen Mukai can only accept

his friend's suggestion.

His friend

was a trusted aide of His Majesty,

and was ordered to come up with ideas.

His Majesty's trusted aide?

A low ranking official?

Is it Wang Yuantong?

Yes.

It's him.

He is knowledgeable.

His idea

indeed made the building of thirty-three floors possible.

But...

the unique Sky-scraping Tower

in the world

will become a dangerous building.

If it is destroyed from here,

the dozens of upper floors

will collapse instantly.

Old Immortal,

do you have any solution to it?

I didn't have

any good ideas.

Otherwise, how would I sit and watch

Mr. Yuwen regretting for the rest of his life?

What should we do?

If the Sky-scraping Tower collapse

on the night of Mid-Autumn Festival,

The Tang Dynasty

will be destroyed.

Old Immortal,

can you design a mechanism for me?

What is it for?

His Majesty has ordered that

on the Mid-Autumn Festival night,

no one is allowed to guard in the Sky-scraping Tower.

Once someone uses some strange tricks

to reach 18th floor

immediately...

[18th floor]

Greetings, Your Highness.

You saved me again.

How should I thank you?

I dare not.

It's my duty.

On the Mid-Autumn Festival night,

everyone saw you

turn the tide.

This morning, four prime ministers jointly submitted a petition

to recommend you as the Deputy President of the Supreme Court.

Just wait for the imperial edict.

His Majesty has ordered

to demolish the building.

There will be no more Beyond Heaven in the world.

It's rare for you

to come upstairs with me today.

What did you see?

How beautiful is Chang'an!

Long live the Tang!

That sounds like what I said before.

Yes.

That's because you were right, Your Highness,

so I kept it in mind.

I, Lu Lingfeng, am willing to

to serve the Tang Dynasty.

I asked you here

to tell you

something initially.

But now I seem to forget about it.

This is the closest place to the sky.

Stay with me a little longer.

Staying at here,

breathing in and out

makes me comfortable.

[Words of Detective Di]

Words of Detective Di?

I've recorded this

when I was following my master.

There are six volumes in total.

The three old books

I lent you

are the last three volumes.

These are the first three volumes.

This...

What do you mean?

Master Di,

back then, you told me

you didn't take Lu Lingfeng as your disciple

because he was young, reckless,

and arrogant.

But at the same time you said that

he was kind,

intelligent,

forthright and sincere,

and cared about the world.

He had great potential.

If one day,

he could truly understand

the suffering of the people,

and the needs of the people

through various experiences,

Su Wuming

shall take him as your disciple on behalf of you.

Today,

Lu Lingfeng has became a great man.

He has killed Sass

and fulfilled master's last wish.

I'll do

as you say,

to take him as your disciple.

Lu Lingfeng,

will you be Detective Di's disciple?

Yes.

Bow.

[Eliminate evil and promote good]

Father,

please let me go south

with you.

No.

Being demoted to Nanzhou

is no different from beheading.

I've even dismissed

our servants.

How can I let my daughter

die with me?

Nanzhou is remote,

but life is not that hard.

Vice Minister Pei,

don't be too pessimistic.

Su Wu Ming.

Leaving Luoyang without permission

is a serious crime,

but you've atoned for your mistake,

and you are even given

the position of the Assistant of Qianling Mausoleum.

Although it is a low ranking position,

you're still keeping vigil for the late emperors.

Are you happy now?

Are you here to laugh at me?

Assistant Minister,

now that Xijun is my sworn sister,

you are my elder.

How dare I laugh at you?

Since you still regard her as your sworn sister,

take good care of her.

Sure.

Okay.

I don't need you anyway.

Lu Lingfeng,

you're now promoted to the Deputy President of the Supreme Court.

I'm no longer the Assistant Minister,

do you still think highly of my daughter?

As long as Xijun don't give up on me,

that's all that

I could wish for.

Great.

Since you will take care of my daughter,

I'm relieved.

I heard that you were given

a good position?

Sheriff of Ju County.

Is it still regarded as an official?

I heard that the miasma

there is awful.

With my age,

I think I might suffer from severe headache.

Xijun.

You've been back for so long.

Didn't you tell the Assistant Minister

about what happened in Ju County?

Father.

The headache disease of the people in Ju County

has been cured by Master Fed.

You won't be suffering from anything.

Master Fed?

His name is Chicken Fed.

He's my guest.

He was saving those Luoyang girls

who were poisoned by the Face Flower

in Luoyang previously.

I've sent someone to tell him that

you're going to Ju County.

He's already in Ju County

to be your vanguard.

Bring it in.

I asked the disciple of Lu Ban

to make this for you.

Try it. Is it comfortable?

I didn’t expect that

I have to rely on my daughter's friends

when I'm

in trouble.

Stop.

Go back.

I still want to

ask this.

Does His Majesty know

about the plan of the Sky-scraping Tower?

In fact,

I don't care

who had Chang'an black tea.

It's just that within the imperial court,

there are people

under the princess,

and also people under the Crown Prince.

But me as the Emperor of Tang...

Do you understand

His Majesty's words?

Yuan Lai might be evil

for harming people with black tea,

but he is loyal to His Majesty.

Including

those swindler around him,

they can be used too.

As the Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Personnel Administration,

how can I help His Majesty?

Please tell me.

Of course recommending talents

to His Majesty.

When His Majesty was the Premier,

Wang Yuantong was the Administrator of the Premier's Residence,

and he is living in his hometown in Shazhou now.

His Majesty has been mentioning

him to me recently.

Wang,

that was interesting.

Look.

This lotus is so beautiful.

Pei.

Your Majesty.

Wang Yuantong

is a loyal official.

He has resigned for so many years,

yet he's been thinking for the imperial court

and was planning for me.

Pei,

you went to Shazhou

and brought him back to Chang'an.

Thank you.

Thank you, Your Majesty.

Of course His Majesty

doesn't know.

Hadn't Chamberlain Feng

been executed?

His original name is Feng Han.

He and Sass

are both Zhang Yizhi's men.

Back then, when Heavenly Empress was eliminating dissidents,

many murders

were related to them.

Later, they were castrated as punishment.

Then, he earned himself merit for exposing

and was reused.

This time,

he must have colluded with Sass

and deceived His Majesty.

If He Majesty didn't know,

why did he try to leave early

from the magic show that day?

Also,

did His Majesty know that

Sass was the one who

pretended as Wang Yuantong?

You're just speculating.

His Majesty has spared you from death.

Remember,

don't ask anything you shouldn't ask.

Don't even think about it.

You've lost your position as the Administrator of Luozhou,

don't lose your head

in the end.

Understood.

Lu Lingfeng,

you're still young

and has a high rank position.

Don't learn from Su Wuming.

Otherwise, I still need to worry about Xijun

when I get to Nanzhou.

Alright.

You may leave now.

See you later.

Let's go.

What's your plan?

Being a Assistant of Qiangling Mausoleum,

I feel sorry for you.

The Qianling Mausoleum is quiet.

I just need to do some cleaning in the morning,

and I can study at night.

Isn't that wonderful?

But

I'm worried that there are still remnants of Sass's gang

who are still alive.

You must be careful.

Don't worry.

Ying Tao has told me that

she'll follow me

and protect me always.

Always.

Su Wuming,

So you're

bringing your love

to enjoy a leisure life.

I've been alone for half of my life.

Shouldn't I enjoy my life?

Coming.

Look.

How great is the Tang!

Everything is peaceful and bright,

and prosperous as a dream.

The more beautiful the flowers are,

the more unpredictable

their shadows are.

The magnificent Tang

is like a mirror.

One side of it is full with dancing and sing,

on the other side...

You are the new Deputy President of the Supreme Court.

You are needed

to wipe out the dark side

completely

so that the sky of Tang

will be bright always.

[The old story is over. The new case is about to start.]

[To be continued. Please kindly wait for it.]

Hey!

How many do you like?

What do you mean?

Children.

How many boys and girls?

I, Su Wuming, of course would

like to have as many as possible

because the more, the better.

But some people

have to suffer.

Are you talking about me

or you?

Let's work hard together.

A-Are you done?

Don't worry.

This portrait is very important.

It's all for yourself.

No.

Lu Lingfeng cracked the mysterious case of the Sky-scraping Tower,

killed Sass,

and save the Emperor of Tang

along with the people of Chang'an.

You've became famous overnight.

Many people

are eager to hang your portrait in their houses.

Why do they want

to hang my portrait?

To exorcise the ghosts and the evil spirits.

[Supreme Court]

Greetings, Deputy President Lu.

Where is the secretary?

Here.

Here.

I heard that there are a lot of cases.

How many in total?

Sir,

there are over 98,760 cases

in the supreme court now.

Deputy President Lu!

Deputy President!

Deputy President Lu!

Deputy President! Deputy President!

Deputy President Lu!

Deputy President! Deputy President!

Hurry.

Go and get Su Wuming!

♫The storm rises with no reason♫

♫In the night of illusions♫

♫I go into the maze♫

♫In a world of prosperity♫

♫A heart burns with obsession♫

♫With the darkness rising♫

♫I can't stop wandering through the night♫

♫With light in my heart, I'm not afraid of the storm♫

♫It's because of justice♫

♫That I seek a truth for this long, lonely night♫

♫The heaven and earth are held together by a strong will♫

♫The people are in peace♫

♫Carving right and wrong into a clear heart♫

♫The truth♫

♫Will reinterpret this justice♫

♫Even if there is fog♫

♫Even if there are invisible waves♫

♫I'll tell the story of the fate♫

♫Tell the love of the world♫

♫For the memory of grace♫

♫And the resentment is not yet over♫

♫The rivers and mountains are immortal, the clouds are overturned♫

♫To be consoled by the truth, even with thorns on my back♫

♫Only for justice♫

♫That I seek a truth for this long, lonely night♫

♫The heaven and earth are held together by a strong will♫

♫The people are in peace♫

♫Carving right and wrong into a clear heart♫

♫The truth♫

♫Will reinterpret this justice♫

♫Even if there are a thousand sails, it's not a waste of time♫

♫What I am afraid of is the unrighted wrong♫

♫What is the meaning of life and death?♫

♫I'll paint the sunshine into the landscape♫

♫The spirit of righteousness♫

♫Exists for the one I care♫