Secrets of Three Kingdoms (三国机密 / San Guo Ji Mi)

I'm Duke Yuan's subordinate, General Chunyu Qiong.

I've come to fetch Elder Statesman Dong!

Good! Great!

You can't kill those two!

They are our people!

I'm the emperor of Han Empire's secret commissioner, Liu Ping.

You have quite the courage.

We'll take them back with us first.

Kill the others!

You can't kill them all.

That man is also one of us.

Check to see if he's dead!

Take him with us if he's alive.

Libationer Guo!

I'm not deaf.

Do you have to be so loud?

Guo Jia.

Behave decently.

Answer me. Has Dong Cheng left the city?

Yes.

Where have you sent him?

Guandu.

Minister Cao will try his case.

He's an imperial felon.

Do you have the imperial decree to transport him?

Do you have the document from the three judicial offices?

No.

I don't even have Minister Cao's written order.

I took it upon myself to make that decision.

Guo Feng Xiao!

Do you know that Dong Cheng has been intercepted by Yuan Shao's ambush?

You have to be held responsible for this matter!

He's been taken away?

Isn't that pretty good?

Be it His Majesty's three judicial offices or Duke Cao

we won't have to handle him.

Minister Steward Kong won't have to worry about me picking on him.

We'll just wait for Duke Cao to defeat Yuan Shao.

Then we can snatch Dong Cheng back.

Stop playing the fool!

Guo Feng Xiao!

I'm going to impeach you!

It will surely be a great essay.

Why don't you show it to me first?

It's no wonder the officials say that you have no decency.

You're arrogant! What a rogue!

Dong Cheng was taken away by Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao will surely use the belt decree to suppress your master.

Aren't you anxious at all?

If I hadn't let him do so

could he have managed to take Dong Cheng away?

You had that arranged?

No wonder they said that Guo Jia never makes mistakes.

I have to make some small mistakes at times to balance it.

For instance, Second Young Master ran away with His Majesty.

I didn't see that coming.

Second Young Master is at Yuan Shao's?

Is he not afraid that he'll be recognized?

Young people are adventurous.

We'll let their destinies take over.

Why are you so interested in my affairs today?

I also like adventurous young people.

Lend me some of this.

Half a year's planning has gone to waste now.

You've devised strategies from afar, but will it all be in vain?

How do you know this won't turn out to be a stroke of genius?

Why have you brought the imperial family's subordinates?

His Majesty has a letter for Duke Yuan.

It can't be easy to escape from right under Guo Jia's nose.

Why didn't you tell them?

What if their subordinates didn't know any better?

If I reveal my identity to them, Yuan Shao will try to control us.

We won't be able to take action.

But this is quite good as well.

We've finally escaped from Guo Jia's manipulation.

Is General Pan Yang away?

Pan Yang?

How are you acquainted with General Pan?

If it weren't for General Pan making plans with His Majesty

how would you be able to rescue Elder Statesman Dong by chance?

His Majesty is a man of strategy.

I play the crucial role in making his plans succeed.

His Majesty told me to send his regards to General Pan.

You're too kind.

Unfortunately, General Pan has already returned to our master.

I'll pass on your greetings.

I hereby bow to the commissioner to thank His Majesty for saving me.

General Dong, please get up.

His Majesty would like me to tell you that he's let you down.

If he doesn't save you, he can't be at ease.

But you'll now be safe here.

His Majesty is truly decisive and clever.

It's needless to worry about restoring the imperial family to glory!

It's as if your emperor is in a prison.

Yet he even tried to save you.

He's really sentimental.

General Dong! General Dong!

- General Dong! - General!

Your... Your Majesty...

It's poison.

He's poisoned?

We must have fallen into Guo Jia's trap.

He knew that we were going to intercept the prisoner.

I had some trust in you because of General Pan.

It seems that I was wrong!

- Stop it! - Stop!

General Dong...

General Dong?

Take him away!

Hold on!

This is the emperor's belt decree.

It decrees to have Yuan Shao suppress the rebels.

Who would dare to defy the decree?

Who exactly are you?

I'm the secret commissioner of the imperial family.

Guo Jia is trying to drive a wedge between us.

If you kill the commissioner as he had intended

and hinder Duke Yuan's plans

how will you answer to Duke Yuan when he asks about it?

Take them away!

Are you all right?

I'm fine.

What should we do now?

I thought that I could defeat Guo Jia this once by myself.

But I actually walked right into his trap.

It's all right.

He should be sound asleep.

Guo Jia...

Is he using Yuan Shao to kill you?

He won't stoop to that.

He had Dong Cheng poisoned.

This is cutting off our contact with Yuan Shao.

He's forcing us to reveal our direct connection to Yuan Shao.

He had the timing calculated precisely.

His methods are so vicious.

He really is a terrifying man.

Guo Jia...

It seems that only Zhong Da might have a chance to tackle him.

You're still laughing?

In our current predicament, even your Zhong Da can't save us.

Don't worry.

Guo Jia will never have us killed.

He must have made other plans.

Him?

Could he have been sent here by Guo Jia?

That's impossible.

Guo Jia knew that we were coming to Yuan Shao's military camp.

Yet he'd send Minister Cao's son here to take such a risk?

That's impossible.

Cao Pi must have snuck out.

It means that no one knows where Cao Pi is.

Promise me.

Apart from him, I'll obey your other instructions.

You mustn't make use of anyone else to kill him.

He's now our biggest threat.

If you kill him, Guo Jia is bound to take action.

If so, our plans will be ruined.

He's Cao Cao's son.

If he dies in Yuan Shao's camp...

not even Guo Jia will be able to work wonders.

Anyway, I said no.

It's not too late to come clean.

I'm the secret commissioner of the imperial family.

I want to meet Yuan Shao.

If you die in here, no one will know who you are.

What do you want to say?

This is your last chance to save yourselves.

Guards, blindfold him.

- Take him away. - Yes!

Who dares to lay a hand on the emperor's envoy?

Get lost!

Are you all right?

Did you think that I couldn't tell?

You're full of lies!

You had better not do anything that you'll regret for life.

I'll go with you.

Take him away!

Yes!

Ye City is indeed much more prosperous than the capital.

Get going.

Search them thoroughly!

On the verge of war, Cao Cao's army has sent many scouts to harass us.

I'll hold you responsible if you let any slip in!

Sir, what is this about?

Did you see that man over there?

He's the Garrison Chief of Ye City.

The son of Duke Yuan's Chief Field Officer, Shen Pei.

Shen Rong.

He's gathering the scholars here, but he doesn't trust us.

They are searching us as if we're bandits.

It's just because his father is Duke Yuan's favored subject.

He's deliberately picking on us.

Why would they assign the local authorities to such an important task?

Great General Yuan favors his youngest son.

The subordinates followed in his steps so the local authorities took charge.

The both of you.

What are you talking about?

I was saying that if Young Master Shen is to conduct the search as such

it's just a waste of efforts.

Who are you?