***

[Кейрен Теара]

Ма Боюн реально написал "Самый долгий день" как роман по мотивам Assassin's Creed, сериальщики молодцы, всё правильно сделали
некоторые выдержки по персонажам
Описание Ли Би
While the youth had a little round face with residual greenness yet between his eyebrows already grew three faint wrinkles from overthinking. (актёр почти на десять лет младше книжного персонажа)
и у книжного Ли Би не так чтоб переизбыток почтения к учителю
After He Zhizhang left, Zhang Xiaojing squinted his eyes and said out of blue, “Sicheng Li, you are really good at taking the tide at the flood.” His tone was full of admiration and sarcasm.
“Special means at special times.” Li Bi said with a poker face. (англоперевод!)
это после того, как Ли Би использовал убийство собутыльника Хэ Чжичжана, чтобы дорогой учитель отстал от него и не мешал его методам ведения расследования. Тань Ци аж не поверила, что Ли Би настолько мудак, нотки сволочизма сериальному всё-таки не хватает.

Описание Сяоцзина
Zhang Xiaojing was not tall, but he was as strong as a mountain rock, with a slightly convex forehead and two short and black lying silkworm eyebrows. He shook his sour wrist, looked around and said loudly, “Where is my meal? The County has a rule that the standard for the last meal is worth 100 yuan, so don’t you lie to me.”
Из тюрьмы его забирает Сюй Бинь. а не Тань Ци, заранее они, судя по всему, не договаривались.

Zhang Xiaojing slowed down a little to keep up with Xu Bin. His single eye squinted, “Hey, buddy, what the hell is going on?”
Xu Bin barely took control of his post, took a breath and said, “It’s the Jing’an Department that gets you out.”
“Jing’an?” Zhang Xiaojing was a bit surprised. He was familiar with the government system in Chang’an, but he never heard of the name.
Xu Bin explained, “Jing stands for rebellion suppression and An for security defense. The Jing’an Dep. is a new agency of the government to undertake the security and thieves catching in west city. All these things happened after you went in prison. They are recruiting talents, and I recommend you.”
His lying silkworm eyebrow cocked as he thought to himself, “There are officers from Jinwu Guards, imperial censors from Yushi Office (The Censorate) and Marshals from Chang’an and Wannian County to defend the security of Chang’an city. What kind of thief is this that forces the government to set up a new agency to deal with it?”
Xu Bin continued, “The director of Jing’an Dep. is called Li Bi, courtesy name Changyuan. He is Hanlin scholar on call and Sicheng of the Jin’an Dep. It’s he who wants to see you this time.”
“S…. It’s more unusual.” Zhang Xiaojing was more confused, “The job of the Jing’an Dep. is thief defense, and they must have crushing workloads. How do they ask a Hanlin scholar on call, which is an idle civil official, to catch fugitives? Isn’t that nonsense?”
Zhang Xiaojing searched for name in his brain and suddenly remembered, “Isn’t he... the child prodigy who composed poetry on chess?”
Xu Bin nodded intently.
In the 13th year of Kaiyuan (725 DC), a child prodigy named Li Bi, seven years old, presented himself at court. The Emperor was going chess with Zhang Shuo, head of the secretariat. So, the Emperor asked Zhang Shuo and Li Bi to compose poem on Chess with the word “Square”, “Round”, “Act” and “Calm”. Zhang Shuo wrote, “Square as a chessboard; round as a piece. Act like a live game; calm is a dead one.” Li Bi said, “Square is to be righteous; round is like using wisdom. Act seems to display talents; calm is just satisfaction.” The Emperor was quite impressed and sent him to the Orient House (where the crown prince lived) to accompany prince in studying.
As counted, he was already 26 years old, the age with ambition to stand out at court. The post, Sicheng of Jing’an Dep. was low yet powerful, and could help him accumulate experience for public affairs, perfect for promotion. Thinking of this, Zhang Xiaojing scraped his left eye socket with little finger and smirked, “Sicheng Li is so thirsty for talents, it seems that Jing’an Dep. has been deep in trouble?” He always talked with a hint of sarcasm.

В первую встречу Ли Би перед ним лисий хвост не распушал
Zhang Xiaojing made a deep bow, and quickly looked Li Bi over with his only eye. The handsome chess-reciting prodigy was wearing a dark green robe, which was fit for his sixth rank, Hanlin scholar on call. However, his silver fish bag for officials above the fifth rank indicated that it was a privileged gift from the Emperor. From this small detail, you could smell the emperor’s favor to him.
But Li Bi was not proud this time. Although he was trying to keep calm, his brow and lip muscles were tensing. With a single glance, Zhang Xiaojing knew that the youth was under great pressure.
And interestingly enough, Li Bi was holding a fly-whisk. Why a magistrate of Jing’an Department had a Taoist tool?
Li Bi shook the fly-whisk and said simply without any greeting, “What I gonna tell you are the top secrets of the court. You have two choices: work for me, or go back to die.”
Zhang Xiaojing remained silent. He knew that the youth before him didn’t expect any answer, but was confirming his dominance in conversation.

***
Zhang Xiaojing read through it and pointed to one of the records, “The Turks come from the grasslands and are most sensitive to the sounds of horses. Sicheng Li, your order to remove the livestock around the warehouse was placed too early, the silence would certainly cause alarm.”
Hearing his words, Li Bi couldn’t help being frozen. Jing’an Department had discussed how Cao Poyan spotted the trap, and various conclusions came out. Li Bi had always thought that it was Cui Liulang’s incompetence that led to the failure. In the end, he was the one to blame. He had intended to test this guy to see if he had any real skills. As a result, his own mistake was uncovered.
Li Bi was a little embarrassed when thinking about it, and then smiled, thinking to himself, “Isn’t he the man the Jing’an Dep. is looking for?”
а этого не было
Li Bi said quietly, “Brigadier Cui, Liulang’s death is due to careless site-clearing. I gave the order, so I am also responsible for it.” Cui Qi suddenly looked up, hardly believing his own ears. On one side, he didn’t expect that his brother died through such a little fault; on the other side, how could a chief admit his error? Was he trying to win his support?
Li Bi curled his lip. He didn’t have time to play politics, but too proud to pin the blame on others.

Зато это он придумал систему сторожевых башен.
“Sicheng Li is a man of great wits,” praised Zhang Xiaojing after scanning the lists. Having been the general for the Indecent for so many years who had cracked countless cases, he knew from the deep bottom from his heart that truth usually lay in the documents that everyone had access to, not those secret anecdotes unknown to all. The only thing mattered was if you had the ability to find it, which was the “Great Skill of Documents”. Li Bi had specially gathered officials who excelled in looking for information through the documents, which was indeed what was needed most for the current situation. Li Bi had such a deep insight to things.

Вэнь Жань! Вэнь Жань в оригинале не деводура, ну как так то, сценаристы

Яо Жунэн, в оригинале Чэнь Шэнь был потомком премьер-министра, а не он.
Zhang Xiaojing walked on the street, pacing speedily like flying. Behind him closely followed a round-faced youth that still possessed features of a child. This youth was Yao Runeng, a young low-ranking official who had just been enrolled into Jing'an Department. Originally served as a constable in the capital and neighboring areas, he was a talent able to remember everything immediately after he read for once. Li Bi sent him to follow Zhang Xiaojing to assist the latter, and, of course, also to monitor him.
***
Yao Runeng came from a criminal catcher (police) family in Qizhou, nearby Chang’an. His father and uncle were both killed in the line of duty. As compensation, the imperial court broke a rule and took him on. Before leaving, he had vowed to be a junior official who could scare off evil guys in Chang’an, not humiliating the family name.
Within nine years of being the commandant of the Indecent, Zhang Xiaojing had the whole Wannian County eating out of his hand, which made him a perfect icon to Yao Ru’neng. He encouraged himself to learn more from this old senior before departure. Maybe he could become a commandant of the Indecent or even a county chief in the future.
Сразу другой образ.

Тань Ци
Tan Qi was a mixed-race girl of Han and Hu with sharp nose and light-amber pupils. She was born a servant of Li Bi’s family with half Patola Sahi blood from her mother. She grew up in Li’s family, gifted and courageous, so she was deeply trusted by Li Bi and spoke freely.

Сяоцзин к ней прям подкатывает откровенно.

Книжные волки
“In Aug, the first year of Tianbao (742 DC), civil unrest broke out in Turk. The new Khan Usumish refused to give allegiance to Da Tang and rebelled. Wang zhongsi, the Shuofang Jiedushi (regional military governors), united tribes Bašmyls, Uighur and Qarluq to send troops to attack Usumish. The war lasted for a full year and a half, driving the Turkic Khan to the end of the road.”
“In early Sep. of the second year, a secret file came from Standby Division (the acting Jiedushi) of Shuofang, saying that the Turkic Khan has sent several groups of Wolfpack (bodyguards) to dive into Chang’an, intending to assassinate the Emperor to reverse the front war situation. Those Turkic wolves are the most terrible elites in the wild, cruel, cunning and extremely loyal to Khan. So, the court set up Jing’an Department to specifically prevent these thieves.” Li Bi paused for a moment and continued, “Their plan is even unknown to us. The Standby Division and Jing’an Department have tried their best, but only catch the movement of one team.”