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[Pledge of Allegiance]

[Episode 11]

What are you doing?

Aren't we all working on our own?

Move.

Didn't you say there was no other clues?

What's this man hiding in the yard?

Cut the crap.

Lord Li,

don't go to the banquet at the government office.

That’s a trap!

Shu Tang,

forgive me.

I can't let you take any more risks.

Can I take off my shoes?

They're so uncomfortable.

What do you think?

Does it fit you?

Yes.

How do you know the size of my shoes?

It's dropped.

I'm gonna go.

The rain stopped.

Aren't you in a hurry to leave?

No.

I just want to stay for a while.

I often think

if it weren't for all this,

I really want to sit here

and watch the sunset with you.

Without all this,

we wouldn't have met.

I will find you.

I can only sing one song.

Let me sing it for you.

Okay.

Rosy clouds are like floating clothes.

The moon and stars are wearing new makeup.

It’s time to go.

How long does it take to go to Beijing?

A month.

Take good care of her this month.

Keep an eye on her before she arrives.

Don't worry, Lord Li.

Mr. Shen and Lord Lu are old friends.

His friend

is our friend.

His friend…

Lord Lu.

Lord Lu!

Lord Lu, don't kill me.

I know

you had been protecting my dad

before he died.

It was also you who saved my family

from the execution ground.

Don't kill me, Lord Lu.

Don't kill me.

Let me ask you.

Is your father Wang Kegong

a rebel or not?

Lord Li, if you say he is, then he is.

If you say he isn't, then he isn't.

Let me ask you again.

Is Wang kegong a rebel?

What do you want me to say?

You Brocade-clad Guards

made me say my father is a rebel,

and then you asked me to deny it.

I'm confused now.

All I want now is to live.

I just want to live like a maggot.

I have nothing left.

What else do you want from me?

Is your father a rebel?

You are his son.

You know it best.

Wang Kegong had kept a secret

for over a decade.

He didn't tell Night Scout until he died.

But for this secret,

he entrusted you and the mansion to me.

He is a super loyal official.

Wang Chongxi,

you're a descendant of a loyal and upright person.

In this world,

Wang Kegong is not the only loyal and upright person

who is wronged.

As long as the living

don't give in,

their names will be cleared one day.

Wang Kegong is dead,

but there's Lu Zheng.

Even if Lu Zheng dies, there's someone else.

As long as I'm alive,

I'll fight for one more day for them.

I'm living

for fighting,

not fighting

for living.

[File Storeroom]

You're here so early.

Did you

screw it up?

My Lord.

I lost Wang Chongxi.

My Lord,

please give me the case files.

I will leave the capital today

and never come back.

Li Wu,

I'm afraid

I'm the only one in the world

who knows how capable you are.

Come here!

Li Hu.

Do you recognise him?

Let me introduce him to you.

He is Ironsmith Zhou who forged iron for military families

in Ji'e Alley back in the year of Hongwu.

Everything must

start from him.

It was he who made this dagger.

Ironsmith Zhou.

It took me a lot of effort to find him

and this dagger.

This thief

stole this dagger

in your blacksmith shop back then.

A Brocade-clad Guard caught him

and exchanged him for Li Yan's child.

Then he killed that Brocade-clad Guard

with this dagger.

Li Wu.

How old were you back then?

Twelve?

You're really something.

You're really something.

All right.

Come on.

Open your mouth.

It'll be quick.

He already said what he should,

but I still kept him with me for ten years.

Ten years.

How can they make up

for the past ten years of mine?

It's a blood debt.

I want to see Lu Yulin and his son

dry their blood

and lose everything they have

one by one,

just like me.

They won't die so soon.

They need to take it slow.

Take it slow.

You must be in charge of

the rebel case.

This is only the first step.

[Yi Gate]

My Lord.

I'm afraid Lord Li won't come.

Chief Commander is urging us again.

Let's go.

Don't go.

Listen to me.

Why?

Don't you understand?

It seems like an investigation into rebels,

but actually, it's a political fight.

The Prince of Yan will attack here any time soon,

yet they're still

fighting against each other.

Whoever takes charge of the rebel case

is a scapegoat.

He will definitely die.

Chief Commander

wants you to be this scapegoat for me.

Lu Zheng.

If someone like me wants to be rich,

he has to take risks.

What if it succeeds

after I fight for it?

You are a cloud,

I am mud.

We can't be friends.

Stop pretending.

There are many ways for you to level up.

Don't get in my way.

Do you have to take charge of the rebel case?

Yes.

What can you do?

Take this

delivery document for munitions.

Thank you.

Mr. Zhou.

My Lord.

Lord Lu! Lord Lu!

My Lord.

Please.

My Lord.

Li Dongfang.

You're finally here.

Where is Mrs. Li?

Something came up back at home.

She rushed back.

What a pity.

Her Ladyship asked about you

many times at home.

It seems that you two families are very close.

I'm flattered.

Did Lu Zheng give you

the delivery document for munitions?

What are you going to do?

My Lord, I'd like to ask you to leave first.

As long as you're here,

people from the Six Ministries won't relax their guard.

Where's Lu Zheng?

I don't know.

Okay.

Later,

I'll find a chance

to send Si Xiangnan away.

I’ve written a memorial

to ask His Majesty

to let you take charge of

this top priority case.

Lord Lu.

Coming.

Coming.

Have a seat.

Lord Lu, please take a seat.

Come on, Lord Lu. Have a seat.

Have some drinks.

Sergeant.

Sergeant.

Director Cao.

The first toast…

Please.

Please.

To our Ming Dynasty.

Cheers!

Thanks to every one of you,

our Investigation Bureau

has developed into what it is now.

Come on.

To all of you.

Careful.

My Lord.

My Lord.

No, here.

Here.

I'll take my leave.

Please wait.

Wen Zhi,

when did you

become Deputy Commander?

My Lord,

it was eight years ago.

Back then, my family was implicated in the blue case.

You supported me

so that I got promoted

to Deputy Commander.

Wen Zhi,

tonight,

no matter what happens,

please

don't take it to heart

for my sake.

Sergeant,

I heard you've acuquired a delivery document for munitions from the rebel

at the water transport wharf.

Is that true?

Why do you ask about it?

Can you show us?

Yes.

Yes. Show us.

His Majesty hasn't read it yet.

Lord Cao, do you want to read it first?

I dare not.

I'm just curious

if there are names of our colleagues

from the Six Ministries?

Lord Cao, do you want to ask

if your name is in it, right?

Well...

You're not even careful about pouring alcohol.

The rebel

con’t let you handle the arms case.

You are right.

I don't have the guts, either.

I'll drink this as a punishment.

Your Excellencies,

both of you get involved in the rebel case.

Please come with me.

Could you please

pull some strings…

Take care of

the drunk people.

If they choke on the alcohol,

it'll be a big issue.

We have to take a look at Sergeant.

Take them away.

What time is it?

A quarter to ten.

Let's go on night duty.

No need.

I've done my job tonight.

The three Ministries of War, Revenue and Industry.

A local official

and a water transport commissioner.

I interrogated them overnight

and they gave out a big shot.

Who?

Eunuch Wang Zhong from the General Office.

I was drunk.

I shouldn't have missed this good show.

The show

hasn't started yet.

A good show.

needs a good actor.

Li Dongfang,

it's your turn now.

Li Dongfang.

When did you join the Yan?

Who's behind you

in the Investigation Bureau?

What?

Lu Zheng, are you crazy?

He,

or he?

Tell the rebels

you have the delivery document for munitions.

I need your help.

Lord Cao, could you do me a favour?

Go ahead.

I have a delivery document for munitions

of the rebels.

There are

names of yours

and other lords' in the room

on the list.

Fortunately, the delivery document for munitions

is in my hands.

We are friends.

My Lord.

I'll listen to you.

You indicated that there are rebels among them,

then you covered your face with alcohol

and tricked them to steal it.

This is

a collusion with the Yan.

Here is a memorial

from Chief Commander

recommending Li Dongfang for replacing me

as the one in charge of the rebel case.

Is it he misjudged someone

or something else is hidden?

I will find out by myself.

Before that,

they

are nothing.

If anyone dares to pull strings,

I'll kill him.

If there's something else hidden,

I will be fair

and not take sides with anyone.

There is only one person

in charge of the rebel case.

That's me.

Deputy Commander,

I need your help

with everything in the government office.

After all,

you're so important

to the Investigation Bureau.

My Lord,

don't say so.

The Investigation Bureau

still counts on you.

My Lord,

I'd like to do

whatever I can for you.

[Zhang’s Silk Store]

Colonel,

many of our men in the officials

were caught by Brocade-clad Guards.

What's the message?

The Ministry of War received an urgent report from Shengyong.

The Prince of Yan won another battle.

They retreated and went back to Peking.

Got it.

You may leave.

Lu Zheng

and Li Wu

will help me find out the rebels in the court.

My Lord,

how can you trust Lu Zheng?

I used Lu Zheng

because of his cruelty.

His cruelty?

Not now.

It's not the time yet.

By then,

I'll make him show his cruelty.

[Wang Zhong]

[Eunuch shall not interfere with political affairs. Anyone who interferes will be executed.]

My Lord,

do you remember

when I gave you

the flying fish clothes?

I

just want to die quickly.

Hit him hard.

It's rotten!

The Ministry of War, Ministry of Revenue, Ministry of Industry,

and those local officials,

they received salaries from His Majesty

but secretly

helped the Prince of Yan.

And Wang Zhong.

The Prince of Yan

placed a spy so close to His Majesty.

My Lord, please calm down.

Wang Zhong confessed something before he died.

Say it.

Under the secret edict of the Prince of Yan,

Lord Cao, the head of the Ministry of War,

asked his colleagues to submit a memorial

proposing to transfer the Horse Administration

to a department under the Ministry of War.

Horse administration?

The Horse administration has always been charged by the Taipu Temple.

Why did they ask the Ministry of War to manage it?

If the Horse Administration is under the control of the Ministry of War,

the Prince of Yan can let

Lord Cao, the head of the Ministry of War,

collude with each other secretly.

Why do you think

they did this for?

I suppose

the Prince of Yan wants to

take a risk

to attack the capital.

Go on.

The Prince of Yan

is separated from the capital

by Shandong.

Shangdong is well guarded

and has strong soldiers.

It's also stationed by well-known generals.

The Prince of Yan has failed to capture it for a long time,

so he came up with

this plan.

The Prince of Yan knows

how much time values to a battle.

Transferring the Horse Administration

into a department under the Ministry of War

can help him

get rid of the pursuers

and head straight to the capital.

I just received a secret report

that the Prince of Yan

wrote a letter to Princess Qingcheng

to negotiate peace.

So it's all a show for His Majesty

to let us lower our guard

What a sneaky man.

Lord Yuan, you should report to His Majesty as soon as possible.

He has no emperor or father.

There's no need

to show him any mercy.

Sorry, I've crossed the line.

Wait.

I heard

you arrested Lu Yulin and Li Dongfang.

They are rebels too?

My Lord,

Li Dongfang and Chief Commander

are not rebels.

Li Dongfang and I worked together.

He deserves all the credit.

Making him a rebel

is a trick.

To make it look real,

Li Dongfang and Chief Commander

have to

do it for real.

If someone has something on them,

it won't end well.

My Lord, with you here,

I'm not scared.

I'm old.

I can't stay up.

If you didn't come back soon,

I would go to bed.

Greetings, Your Excellency.

Good.

There's a bowl of lotus seed soup

for you.

Drink it.

You didn't find

Song Heming's log book

or Li Wu's case files

in the file storeroom,

right?

You've seen

what happened today.

Li Dongfang

is a rebel.

He didn't investigate

Song Heming's death.

but the whereabouts of the Yuming Lock.

Actually, these two things

are one thing.

Haven't you always wanted to know

what happened in the year of Hongwu?

I'll tell you today.

In the 25th year of Hongwu,

Li Wu replaced the son of a prisoner

in the Imperial Prison.

That prisoner

confessed

what's hidden in the Yuming Lock.

Thank you.

This blacksmith shop

is specially for the military to forge arms.

The customers are all Brocade-clad Guards.

Who is your father?

How dare he buy you a gift here?

If I tell anyone,

do you still want to keep

your and your father's lives?

The Brocade-clad Guards are coming! Run!

Run!

Here! Hurry!

Father.

Greetings, Lord Song.

Where is my son, Song Zhen?

Over there.

Father.

He stole my dagger.

Your Excellency,

I'm a nobody.

Please let me go.

What's your name?

Li Wu.

Li?

Blame it for your surname.

[Investigation Bureau]

My Lord.

Take him back to the residence.

Yes.

Father.

He's a thief.

He deserves to be punished.

Father.

Please let him go.

Go.

This is

all I know.

You don't believe me?

Then follow Li Dongfang.

If you follow Li Dongfang,

you'll find the Yuming Lock.

There you go.

This is the last bowl of noodles today.

It's for you two.

Thank you, Meng.

Dig in.

Meidou.

Come back.

Don't bother.

I'll eat whatever you have.

My Lord,

we're closed.

There's really nothing left.

One bowl of noodles with scallion oil

and soup dumplings.

-Someone is giving out eggs. -Fire!

Someone is giving out eggs.

Someone is giving out eggs again.

It's for free.

It doesn't work.

It's only for girls.

Boys won't get it.

I'll go get my sister.

I'll go take a look.

Miss.

It's late. Why aren't you home?

Your hairpin

is quite unique.

Hurry up.

Did you find it?

Here.

Someone is coming.

Hurry up.