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Episode Thirty-eight

You are finally awake.

Why are you here?

Where is the Crown Prince of the Liang State?

Did he escape, die

or you killed him?

How long have you been here?

Since you fell asleep

as sound as

a pig.

Drink.

(Sound of the bottle falling down to the ground)

Don't get involved in this matter.

It has nothing to do with you.

What are you doing?

You dislike owing people the most,

right?

I shall let you owe me one

which you can't repay

for the rest of your life.

Let go of me.

Let go of me.

(Sound of fighting)

(Sound of riding a horse)

How did you get out of the city?

We better not get back.

No. You are hurt.

I am late.

I am so sorry.

You are here finally.

That group of enemies.

Gosh. They scared the hell out of me.

If I didn't have martial art,

I would definitely

be dead by now

Do you have any idea

who were they?

No.

It is what I found

during the fight.

It looks like an address.

Go and take a look.

You might have some leads.

Young Master.

Young Master.

Something is off about what happened today.

I agree.

I am afraid that we were used.

What should we do?

Xiao Ce wanted to use us

to get rid of his enemies back home.

I happen to have the interest

to see who the spies of the Liang State

in Chang'an are.

Maybe we knew them already.

Young Master.

Long time no see.

(Breathing heavily)

Where is this place?

Where is this place?

Let go of me.

Let go of me.

Yuwen Yue. Come out.

If you have some balls, just kill me now.

Let me out of here.

I shall count to three.

Then you will fall down

as if you were floating over the Lake of Zi Xia

outside the city of Jian Kang.

as if you were floating over the Lake of Zi Xia

outside the city of Jian Kang.

Your feelings will disappear.

Your feelings will disappear.

You will give me

your body and soul.

Give me.

Tao Ye, what's wrong?

Your Highness.

It seems like I am distracted.

Tao Ye,

you are the top spy

at the Secret Repository.

I believe in you

just like I believe in myself.

Thank you, Your Highness.

Tell me every spy

we placed

in Chang'an

and burn the list of names.

In the Sreet of An Shangmen,

Li Yu, the owner of the Shuang Lin Inn.

Wu Fangkun.

Wang Wen.

(Whispering)

Stop.

Go.

(Sound of flying)

(Whispering) Do it.

(Sound of riding horses)

(Sound of breaking in)

(Sound of fighting)

(Sound of riding horse)

(Sound of fighting)

Miss, you picked a great one.

It is made

according to a historic

unique recipe,

using natural ingredients.

I can assure you

after using this, you will be even more beautiful.

Thank you. Bye.

Bye.

Contact every spy in Chang'an

you can reach to.

Tell them to stop whatever they are doing

and escape from Chang'an

using their own routes.

The sooner, the better.

We made a promise

with Yan Xun

that we would help him

get out of Chang'an.

Someone else

will do it for us.

Have they all confessed?

The Spiritism was very powerful.

She is not in the state now.

I let her have some rest for now.

I shall resume the interrogation later.

Do we need to arrest

the rest of them?

It's been overnight.

They have escaped already.

It will be pointless

if we try to catch them now.

What should we do?

The businesses they have run from years,

the shops and the trade.

Those are what matter the most.

Through them,

we can find

all spies of the Liang State

placed in

the Wei State.

Xiao Ce wanted to

use me.

I shall teach him a lesson

and let him pay hard.

Yes, sir.

What about what Miss Tao Ye said

about Prince Yan…

Check it first.

Remember. Don’t alarm the enemy.

Report it back to me

if you have something concrete.

Yes, sir.

Is Prince Yan Xun here.

I am Xiao Ce, from the Liang State.

(Sound of opening the door)

(Sound of closing the door)

Tell me the reason why you came.

Don’t be so rude.

Based on what you did today

and how I felt about that,

it wouldn’t be a surprise

even if I kill you.

This is the map of military distribution

outside the city of Chang’an.

Don’t stare at me like that. Prince Yan.

Both the Secret Repository

and me

are from the Liang State.

Our goals are the same.

The Emperor of the Wei State is cruel and inhuman. He killed his loyal subjects.

I can’t stand what he did

out of my good consciousness.

I need to do justice

and help you

get back to Yanbei safely.

You think I will plot

a rebellion

and have a war with the Wei State

so that you can benefit from it.

(Laughing)

Don’t be so straightforward.

Where are the people from the Secret Repository?

They are all gone by now.

I am in control now.

However,

they didn’t tell me

the plan you made with them.

They went on a rush.

Those who reacted slower

are arrested by Yuwen Yue.

Don’t worry.

This map of military distribution

is authentic.

It includes the geography and

population of each place

from Chang’an to Yanbei,

the armies stationed there, their generals

and their war experience.

It is very detailed.

I spent half a year on the road.

I wasn’t just enjoying the views.

I am finished.

It’s late now.

I hope Prince Yan…

If you do this again,

I shall let you pay.

What are you talking about?

You know what I am talking about.

(Laughing)

Chu.

Please get better soon.

(Sound of riding horses)

A few days later,

it will be a ruin

by then.

If Yan Xun has some balls,

he better

set the entire Chang’an on fire.

Your Royal Highness,

Is Miss Tao Ye the reason why

Yan Xun treated you this way?

No.

He is just angry that I put Qiaoqiao in danger

and she ended up wounded.

That’s fine.

(Smirking) I was going to let Xiao Yu

hurt Qiaoqiao

so that I could alienate

Xiao Yu and Yan Xun.

Then I could be the one

who made this accomplishment.

However, Yuwen Yue got involved.

He arrested many people working for

Xiao Yu in Chang’an.

This is certainly a pleasant surprise.

However, Yuwen Yue also has Miss Tao Ye.

Miss Tao Ye knows about

Yan Xun’s plan.

Yan Xun isn’t aware of this.

If Yuwen Yue arrests Yan Xun,

will it disturb our plan?

Maybe.

Will Yan Xun get out of Chang’an safely?

I am not his dad

Why should I help him?

He is rebelling against

the majesty now

He should concern about everything

and find himself a retreat

If he cannot even get out of

Chang'an

he won't beat anyone else

after sent back to Yan

If so

better for him to die in Chang'an

Just pity for Qiaoqiao

(Cough)

A'chu

You wake up?

Still pain?

Not any more

You are wounded so badly

How can you not pain?

You were too reckless

I know

you are worried about

the guards map outside Chang'an

So I wanted to take the chance

to have a look

Never thought that...

Xiao Ce came

when you were asleep?

What for?

To send us the map of all the troop camps

from Chang'an to Yan

I know he is not just

a common man

As expected...

But

this prince is too playful

I'm not sure

if he is reliable

We'd better be alert

He may not stay too long in Chang'an

He has achieved his goal

He will leave in his character

Does your wound pain again?

No, it's not

I just think

since you took the risk to get out of the city

why don't you just escape?

You are badly wounded

I need to take you back to see the doctor

It's me that encumbered you

Yuwen Yue have supervised us

for a long time

Yan Xun

There's something that

I want to discuss with you

Spit it out

How will you

deal with the Xiuli Army?

They opened

the Gate of City Hongchuan

and City Beishuo for Zhao Fongting

Give me some more time

A'chu

You must be hungry

We can talk the other day

Let me bring you some food first

Master, we have checked out

What Taoye said is

mostly true

We cannot find proof

for some people

But I believe her

Most of them are officials

under sixth level

They seem common in usual time

But they worked in every field of the government

They can cause huge mess

Control them

Shall we inform the government of Chang'an?

Not now

Use our own people

to ensure that on the wedding day of the princess

they cannot leave home

That will be okay

Yes

But Deng Jia at the East Gate

must be held now

On your birthday that year,

the princess bring a jar of Yupu wine

from the palace

She said it was the one and only

Everyone thought it rare

at that time

But recently

I get another jar

Everything in the world is like this

What you believed

may not be right later on

Right or wrong

is depended on

the one that tells it

The consequence

is not decided by you alone

Do you really want to marry Chun'er?

Of course

I am really curious

What did you prepare for the betrothal present?

So curious?

Check it for yourself

I am checking

And I found

an extremely interesting list at the same time

Cui Jia in the Ministry of Works,

Pei Mingshu, Left Military Officer in Jiangzuo Department,

Wang Mianzhi, the Chief Director of Shuilong Department,

Cheng Yi, the skilled warrior of Wulin Guards,

Deng Jia, the guard of the East Gate of Chang'an

You want more?

I also checked the recent working record of

the Ministry of Works

and Jiangzuo Department

I found the Longsheng Channel,

Wei Channel are An Channel

are all cleared recently

And the one that organized is Cui Jia

The one assisted him is Pei Mingshu

It is the rainy season now

The water line rises

You spent all these effort and all this money

to have these two persons to work for you

Yan Xun

Do you want to flood the city

as your present on your wedding day?

How can you be unaware of

what I want to do?

Eighty thousand of civilians in Chang'an

Adds the guards

Over five hundred thousand people in total

You really want to

kill five hundred people

just for your own desire?

through the east gate controlled by Deng Jia

Then you can escape from Chang'an

Zhao Dongting commanded fifty hundred thousand forbidden soldiers

attacked Yan led by my father that year

The city of Beishuo and Hongchuan

are burned into ashes

The fire lasted for three days and nights

Two hundred warriors and civilians were killed in the flame

Who of them aren't innocent

You also survived from tragedy

and escaped from death

You should know it more than anyone

What does it feel to

lose your family?

But what you plan to do today

has no difference from Zhao Dongting

Surely there is

He slaughtered innocent citizens,

killed the royal

While as for me, it was just eye for eye,

tooth for tooth

Pretty fair

Will you be comfortable

doing this?

Sometimes there is something that

we may not be happy to do

But if we don't do it

we can't be happy for sure

Happiness is not the only thing we seek for

living in this world

These...

You won't understand

No matter what, I won't let you win

If you've decided

find me in any time

I will help you

Don't you ever think of any thing else

except for this

Try me We'll see.

If you want to stop me

go ahead

Does Xing'er know

everything you plan to do?

I know people from Liang

can't be trusted

Turns out to be them

that cause problem

and expose the message

Luck thing is that we have prepared for that

Then can we use

the map that prince from Liang

gave us?

We have a brief

one

They fit each other

I think we can use it

Prince, these people aren't important

They are agents from Liang,

spies in the government

Flooding Chang'an is

just the plan of Taoye

We never expected that

they could succeed

The problem now is that

Deng Jia and Qu Yi

are on our side

Their identities are revealed

They got controlled by Yuwen Yue

Without them

we lose the power from military side

Only by ourselves

It will be too hard for us to

escape from Chang'an

and get rid of the pursuing force

I have an idea

Don't know if I should say it

Don't

I know what you are saying

But prince,

- I - The priority now

is to find a way to stop Yuwen Yue

With him

All our plan

on Zhuque Street

will be revealed and ruined

Where are you going?

Change my clothes

To the palace

You too

Put the lamp inside the room

Yes Yes

Put this on the table

Careful!

All of you! Watch out

Caiwei, how is everything going on?

Everything's ready

Add up all the things that

broke or lost

Don't overlook anything

I know it

Prince Yan is coming

Brother Yan Xun,

why are you here?

I want to see you

Do you want to see

how ready I am?

It is too urgent

So many things can't be prepared

But that's fine

I'm okay with anything

being with you

Do you want to see

my wedding dress?

I take you to have a look. Let's go

The majesty is coming

Your highness

Your highness

Get up

Thank you, your highness

Father

Brother Yan Xun comes here

to see me

Enough time to come to the palace

Seems to be ready?

It is the Ministry of Rites that was working

They should be ready

Even though it is urgent

my Chun'er

deserves the best

My daughter here

is naughty sine her childhood

She

is the one that I care the most

I still remember that

when she was of this height

- I was thinking - Father!

Who will be the one that

marries her?

Time flies

She is at the age of marriage now

Chun'er, what you need

or what you want

Just spit it out

Let the servant

solve the mess

Don't get exhausted

Father, I am not tired at all

You agreed to marry me to brother Yan Xun

That is the biggest present for me

I feel happy from the bottom of the heart

I am not tired at all

You two can talk

I go busy now

I go inside now

After the wedding

you will go to Yan together

Such a long and hard journey

Don't know

when

we can meet again

That won't happen

If you want to see the princess

I can take her back to see you

at any time

Haven't you

live enough here in this city

Chang'an is wealthier than anywhere else

Of courss I like it here

If it is not the fact that I miss my hometown too much

I would like to live here forever

By the way

the general that send you back to Yan

haven't been decided yet

Do you have any friend

in the army?

Choose one from them

to send you back

so that you won't go alone

I would like to follow your arrange

No?

Isn't Yuwen Yue

your friend?

I can move him from Xiaoqi Camp

And let him send you back to Yan

Majesty, to tell you the truth

we were friends only when we were small

I haven't seen him for three years

We are strangers now

Since your were friends in childhood

even you are not close now

you will know about each other soon

It's okay

Your highness

We have no relationship now

Please choose someone else

After he came back this time,

didn't you met each other?

No

No?

A'chu

You can walk!

Almost fully recover

The wound is healing

So I come out for a walk

Your healing ability

really is incredible

Where is Yan Xun?

To the palace to see the endeavor yesterday

Didn't came back last night

He may asked to lived there in her palace

A'chu

will you be back to Xiaoqi Camp?

No

Yan Xun asked for leave for me

That's good.

What happened?

Nothing. It doesn't concern you.

It's nothing.

Miss Yu,

your expression tells me that

something did happen.

Tell me, what is it?

Someone from Xiuli Army came.

He wanted to see you.

I stopped him.

Someone from Xiuli Army...

His name is Ge Qi.

He asked

if you remembered

a warrant granted by Yuwen Yue

for Xiuli Army to

draw bow and arrows from the armament division.

Yes, I remember.

I gave it to He Xiao.

What? Did he not get them?

He said that

He Xiao lost that warrant.

But people in the arsenal said

they received the warrant

and they gave the bow and arrows

to people from Xiuli Army.

However, these bow and arrows

haven't been found in Xiuli Army.

Now, He Xiao is tied up

and accused of armament corruption.

He is to be killed.

Killed? When?

At noon today.

At noon today.

I'll go and see it.

He Xiao, time is running out.

Are you going to confess or not?

I have nothing to confess.

I lost the warrant.

I take the blame for it.

However, Commander...

accused me of embezzling soldiers' pay

and reselling military weapons.

I will never

plead guilty.

Quite stubborn.

Fine. Since that you don't confess now,

then you can confess

to the demons in hell.

He Xiao embezzled soldiers' pay

and resold military weapons.

According to military law, he should be killed.

Commander,

Neither Chief Commander nor Vice Chief Commander is in the army.

How can you decide

on such important issue by yourself?

Vice Commander He has been in the army for years.

He is conscientious and loving.

He came to Chang'an

with no family around.

Why do he need money?

Yes.

Vice Commander is a good man.

You don't kill the innocent!

Don't kill the innocent!

Don't kill the innocent!

- Don't kill the innocent! - Stop it!

The evidence for his sin is conclusive.

As the commander of Xiuli Army,

I have the power to punish my inferior.

You people plead for him.

Are you his confederates?

Commander Xue

Don't slander innocent people!

Don't slander innocent people!

Don't slander innocent people!

- Don't slander innocent people. - Stop it!

Don't slander innocent people!

There is human testimony and material evidence.

I won't take the blame

for slander innocent people.

But you guys...

slander your superior.

What punishment do you think you deserve?

Our Vice Commander

is not like that.

Let our Vice Commander go!

Let our Vice Commander go!

Let our Vice Commander go!

- Let our Vice Commander go! - Stop it!

Let our Vice Commander go!

Do you want to rebel against me?

Let our Vice Commander go!

Let our Vice Commander go!

Brothers!

Let our Vice Commander go!

Let our Vice Commander go!

Brothers,

I know

you mean well.

However,

I lead you to Chang'an,

leaving your hometown behind.

We live on in degradation.

It is not for you

to die like this.

We can't go home

or acknowledge our family.

People hate us.

Even God hates us.

It is because

we carried the name of traitors.

But I know

you are not.

I am not, either.

Who can tell me

what is the highest honor

for a soldier?

Death in the battlefield!

Brothers, in this life,

I don't have the luck to enjoy it.

Therefore,

you should live.

Some day if you have a chance to protect your country,

and fight in the battlefield,

kill more enemies for me.

Use your blood

to wash off the shame

that our Xiuli Army has been carrying.

When I see that in heaven,

I will thank you!

Don't speak rubbish.

Time has come. Kill him!

You can't kill him! You can't kill him!

Stop it!

Stop it!

Coach Chu.

What are you doing here?

What are you doing here, Commander?

Punish a sinner according to military law.

What is He Xiao's sin?

Embezzling soldiers' pay and reselling military weapons.

Which pay?

The bow and arrows granted by

Vice Chief Commander Yuwen.

He Xiao said that he lost the warrant

and couldn't draw those bow and arrows.

But the armament division said

they received the warrant

and delivered the armament.

Nobody but he

could steal the armament.

Is it possible that someone

drew the armament by the name of him?

I don't know that.

Even so,

he is to blame for dropping the warrant

thus making the armament gone.

He should be killed as well.

Fine, do it then.

Coach Chu.

What do you mean?

The warrant was given to me by Vice Chief Commander Yuwen.

And I lost it.

It didn't concern He Xiao.

He was just protecting me.

Coach Chu.

Stop talking.

I am on a mission given by His Majesty.

Also, I am a military officer of Wei State.

The warrant was given to me.

I should take the blame

for its lost.

Coach Chu.It is you

who get yourself into difficulties.

Do you think that

I daren't to kill you?

You certainly dare.

As Commander,

you dare to kill anyone.

However,

I need to warn you.

Prince Xiao Ce was attacked the other day.

It was I who saved his life

by protecting him.

Prince Xiao Ce

plead to His Majesty on my behalf.

His Majesty allowed me to recover from my injuries first.

Also, His Majesty said he would reward me later.

If you want to kill me,

you'd better report to your superior,

so as not to get into trouble

due to your own decision.

Commander Xue,

I say it for your advantage.

Fine, I will report it.

Let me see

what kind of background you have.

You two stay here on your knees.

Take care, Commander Xue.

Good. Good. Good.