The Longest Day in Chang'An (Chang An Shi Er Shi Chen / 长安十二时辰)

" The Longest Day in Chang'an "

Episode 11

Captain Cui!

Commander Zhang, how may I help you?

Get a hound from the Court of Palace Attendants.

The Court of Palace Attendants is where the harem...

keeps exotic animals for the emperor.

They never have much connection with the Royal Escort.

I have my contact, consider it done.

Inform the Corps, Miss Tan Qi returned from scouting.

47 men of Wolven Squad are killed.

They leader is still at large.

My fallen brothers.

Chang'an will pay for your deaths.

The promised wonderland for your families...

will be realised.

Tan Qi must have returned from the scouting.

Report! 47 men of Wolven Squad were killed.

Their leader Cao Po Yan is still at large.

All right, keep working on the case!

One or two may have escaped,

but they might have other accomplices in the city!

Keep searching for flammable substances!

All items without details of owner or delivery...

must be tracked down in the next 15 minutes.

We need more time.

Sir, we will need more time to track down so many records.

-He is right. -We need to track down the enemies!

Is Zhang Xiao Jing still alive?

He is not doing this for the government!

Is he still alive?

We didn't kill him, he is still alive.

I doubt you are capable of killing him.

There are just the two of you left. You can't do anything.

But I can get you some help.

Ma Ge Er!

What do you mean?

There is someone with the same goal as you.

He wants to destroy Chang'an.

He has men with him.

Who are you working for?

I told you, we are You Cha's lords.

You Cha was doing our biddings.

You Cha is a prideful wolf.

He never takes order from anyone.

Your boss You Cha...

bought three houses in Chang'an.

He bought five popular courtesans from Pingkang Street...

and a dozen of servants from the northern land.

After his mission is done,

he will come out from hiding...

and settle down in Chang'an.

He got all the money from us.

He promised us he will get you to Chang'an for this suicide mission.

We can't trust her words.

You Cha wants to rebuild our home, he won't betray us.

-He will never lie to us. -But he never showed himself.

He is waiting to get the other half of payment...

tomorrow morning at ten o'clock.

Over 40 of our brothers were killed,

they are the last warriors of our homeland.

They are all gone now.

There is a saying. If you stay in Chang'an,

you will be consumed by its evil...

unless you become the wicked yourselves.

But I must thank you.

If you hadn't come to Chang'an,

my beloved Zhang Xiao Jing...

would still be locked up inside the prison.

Do you have the courage to meet the real Jahannum-dhool?

With only the two of us,

how many people can we kill in Chang'an?

More than you can ever imagine.

If the fire at Xiuzheng Street was not Jahannum-dhool,

what else...

can burn faster than oil?

Chamberlain Xu.

Chamberlain Xu.

-There are all here. -All right.

Sir, since the founding days of the Corps,

hundreds of items are imported into the city and were recorded.

Many of them are flammable.

Firewoods, paper reeds, bamboos, candle wax and fabrics.

There are too many of them.

Even if we track down the item imported today,

a mere fifteen minutes...

-won't be enough. -You are not doing it right.

If you were the Wolven Squad, would you carry in such heavy loads...

-to seize Chang'an? -But I think...

we need to focus on tracking down the Wolven Squad.

Look, the Corps is ordered to investigate the Wolven Squad.

If we capture all of them, the case is solved.

If you insist on finding the flammable substance,

we can report to the higher-ups.

Let's investigate it as a separate case.

Why?

Sir, think about the crown prince.

He presented the emperor with a great feat.

Some of the enemies escaped, but most of them are killed.

A deed is a deed nonetheless.

If we insist on tracking down the Jahannum-dhool,

there will be more chances of making error.

The people will blame us for not being efficient.

And then, the emperor will blame the crown prince.

Later, His Highness will blame you.

I said what I said because I know how loyal you are to the crown prince.

Loyalty doesn't mean I must become unreasonable.

But I think loyalty means...

the person we follow will always be right...

no matter what he does.

In this world we live in,

no one is perfect.

If you are loyal to someone,

you've already made the decision of ignoring the errors in his ways.

This absolute loyalty is not easily done.

That is because their hearts are not big enough.

Their visions only focus on the present.

Come over here.

You are trying to obstruct my investigation.

I wouldn't dare to do so.

But I heard my fair share of game of power.

I was simply trying to share my thoughts with you.

If my words are proven wrong,

take it as I have never said anything.

Grandfather, we must return to the inner city after 15 minutes.

We must get ready to attend the feast.

" General Guo Li Shi "

" Gao Quan the eunuch "

General Guo.

Greetings, General Guo.

Where is that little rascal Li Bi?

Chief Li has been working hard lately.

He is currently...

Are you Li Bi?

I, Li Bi, accept the royal decree.

Listen.

According to His Majesty,

Li Bi shows loyalty in his work...

and is devoted to protect the people of this land.

He suffered humiliation,

I know it all.

Much obliged, Your Majesty.

Uncle Guo, don't worry about it.

A praise to the Corps is a praise to the crown prince.

Perhaps His Highness' action was right.

Do you even understand...

what the emperor is trying to say?

I understand...

what the emperor is trying to say.

Leave us be.

You understand nothing!

I have been passing his decree for over a decade.

I have seen quite a number of fools.

They were overjoyed when they got the messages.

But the next day,

most of them were executed.

Nothing the emperor says is ever straight forward.

Listen, he said you show loyalty.

But loyalty to whom?

The emperor or the crown prince?

Devoted to protect the people of this land?

What about the emperor's safety?

-That is not what he meant. -Well, that's according to you.

This is what I understand.

Besides,

he said you suffered humiliation.

Who humiliated you?

So, no one should get in the way of your investigation?

Also,

he said he knows it all.

Tell me something.

Are all of the Wolven Squad eliminated?

Two of them escaped.

Sometimes,

whether you inform the emperor or not,

he knows it all.

Uncle Guo, what do you mean?

There is a mole in the Corps?

Come up with the answer yourself.

The emperor will depart from Daming Palace at 1 o'clock tonight.

He will be at the Grand Auditorium next to Xingqing Palace...

for the ignition ceremony.

Should anything goes wrong in the city at the moment,

if the emperor couldn't light up the sky with the Grand Holy Lantern,

what he mentioned in the decree...

would mean you are conspiring with the crown prince against him.

What about you, Uncle Guo?

With you around, you can't let the crown prince be suspected.

If it were yesterday,

I might be able to help.

But now,

whatever I say to the emperor...

is basically useless.

His Majesty values you for decades.

He even says he can't sleep well without keeping watch.

Please, do not worry yourself.

Just now,

while the emperor was having some tea with Yan Tai Zhen,

he asked me a question.

He asked me...