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[Nirvana in Fire 2: The Wind Blows in Chang Lin]

[Episode 5]

If you are that worried, just send someone to pick him up.

I'm worried about the night before they enter the capital.

That night is the most crucial one.

I believe Pingjing will choose to set up the camp here as well.

Where?

Here, Qizhu Creek.

[Qizhu Creek]

Are you saying Qizhu Creek?

That's right.

There is nowhere else nearby to stay. We need to set up camp here tonight.

We have four hundred excellent soldiers.

If our enemy wants to take action, they definitely wouldn't dare to just storm in.

They can only do a surprise raid.

I suggest we set up camp in the eastern valley of Qizhu Creek.

There are cliffs on both sides here.

We only need to focus on guarding both sides.

It will definitely be foolproof.

I agree.

With four hundred soldiers guarding both sides,

even if they have a Langya martial master leading them, they will never be able to break through.

I really don't quite understand this.

Pingjing, you don't agree?

It's not that.

This is an extremely well-chosen place.

I just feel that before we return to the capital,

we won't be able to capture Duan Tongzhou.

I feel a bit uneasy.

Second Young Master, it's more important to guarantee the safe return of the witness to the capital first.

As long as we are able to get rid of the important person behind this,

sooner or later, a hired mercenary like Duan Tongzhou won't be able to escape.

What General Ji said is right. We must know to prioritize things.

Let's set off immediately then.

The mountain and water scenery here is the best around Jinling.

Unfortunately, I haven't the mood to appreciate it now.

Once our task is completed, I will take you to the places that most people are unaware of.

Thank you for your kind offer. But I'm only accompanying Physician Cheng to the capital.

I will leave after staying a few days.

Why?

I remember that Ji Feng Hall has a large shop in the capital.

Don't you need to take care of it?

Old Master wants to escort the First Young Master to the capital.

He will take care of it.

Miss Lin!

We will be reaching the capital soon.

Lord Zhang, do you really plan to keep silent?

Whether he speaks or not, he's already doomed.

I wonder what kind of benefits

these kind of people, who work behind the scenes, will get.

That's right.

He is so tight-lipped.

I wonder how it benefits him.

- Second Young Master.
- Uncle Shu.

Uncle Shu, I will keep guard here. Take a rest.

Who are you?

Men, capture him!

Don't let him get away!

How could this be?

So how is it? The Second Young Master didn't expect this either, right?

Frankly speaking, I did.

When did Second Young Master move him?

I didn't even know.

It was when I figured out why he killed Qian Canling.

You figured it out?

The only ones who would recognize that name

are Prefecture Magistrate Zhang and Leader Qian Canling.

Sister Yun told me that Qian Canling was an orphan from Datong Prefecture and he had no family members.

This kind of person, once he discovers that he's going to die,

I think there is no way that he will keep defending the person behind him.

Hence, the only way left for him

is to kill Qian Canling first.

He also left the weakness of Prefecture Magistrate Zhang, his wife and child, for his companion to handle.

Companion? Who is his companion?

Am I right...

General Ji?

I didn't think there were any flaws in my behavior.

So when did you start to suspect me?

At the start, I didn't suspect you at all.

There were just certain things which I didn't understand.

But once I figured those out,

everything naturally pointed toward you.

For example, you once advised me...

I think such things could not be devised by him alone.

Did he ever mention who the man in the capital is

that is really behind this?

I wanted to make sure that he hadn't confessed, of course.

Otherwise, what you wrote in the letter for the capital,

would become meaningless.

After you confirmed that he didn't confess,

you needed him to remain silent.

He is different from Qian Canling.

He has a few people that he can't let go of.

Since Duan Tongzhou decided to take action by getting away as soon as possible,

he should have gotten rid of Prefecture Magistrate Zhang who was more of a threat to him.

But he insisted on killing Qian Canling instead.

That move was to remind you, General Ji,

to get rid of Prefecture Magistrate Zhang's weakness, his wife and child.

You are doomed, but not so for your wife and child yet.

Therefore, on your journey to the capital, think about this very carefully.

If I were you,

I wouldn't easily open my mouth at the last moment.

Just like Magistrate Zhang and Leader Qian are different, you and Duan Tongzhou are also different.

As a distinguished Level Three ranked general, you find it difficult to lose the bright future ahead of you.

You have to silence us, but you must be careful not to expose yourself.

Therefore, your actions must not be as rough as his.

I think that throughout our journey to the capital, you've been looking for the best opportunity. Right?

So that was the case.

Good thing that it was Uncle Yuan who guarded the witnesses all throughout this journey.

So he didn't have the chance to make his move. Until now...

Enough!

If a person is too smart, he will not live long.

If Second Young Master hadn't seen through it, then it would have only been Magistrate Zhang who would die today.

Too bad, you saw through it so well. That's why today, all of you must die along with him!

You think by killing all of us, Prince of Chang Lin and His Majesty will just let this matter go?

Of course, I'm fully aware of the consequences.

To commit a crime of not adequately carrying out one's guard duties is much better than a crime that is punishable by death!

Crime punishable by death?

You were stationed far away, in Qizhou. That was because it was unlikely for you to connive with Datong Prefecture

and that's why you were sent to escort us! How then do you have a crime that is punishable by death?

Second Young Master,

he doesn't know,

but you surely know. Right?

I just understood it a moment ago.

I also didn't understand why you would cooperate with Duan Tongzhou.

But the words of Yuanqi just now, about you being far away in Qizhou, finally led me to understand it.

Why then?

Why did my older brother work so hard defending the city and refuse to retreat, even when he had no reinforcements?

With the people of the Great Liang Empire behind me,

and as the eldest son of Chang Lin Manor, I won't retreat!

After Ganzhou, there is not another important fortress.

If my older brother remained unable to safeguard the border, the fires of war would have rapidly spread southward.

Spreading deep into the interior of our Great Liang since there wouldn't be any military troops strong enough to stop them.

Until...

Until Qizhou, your Shanliu Military Camp.

You think that your intentions were not noticed by the Old Prince and his heir?

[Qizhou]

No one knows the defense formations of the northern border more than you and I.

That's why you suspect the Shanliu Military Camp in Qizhou?

When Great Yu's forces reach Qizhou, it will be like a strong arrow already reaching the end of its flight.

And Ji Chen is quite good at governing his forces. The military strength of Shanliu Military Camp is quite superior.

If their two armies meet in battle, he naturally can come out sailing across the sky,

able to turn a desperate situation around, and stop the southward movement of the enemy army.

Five land regions.

More than a hundred citizens.

You would just abandon them and cast them into the hands of the enemy?

The Chang Lin Army would suffer defeat, while you would gain merit for protecting the empire.

This is the plot that you and that person in the capital connived to accomplish.

Am I right?

But my older brother was able to defend Ganzhou.

You had no chance to do anything and looked as if you were just an outsider.

But conniving is conniving.

I can understand the fear and uneasiness you are feeling right now.

I don't know if at this time, as a military person,

did you ever regret it?

While a man is living, it is just and right for him to aim for achieving great merits.

But must all the military merits in Great Liang

just belong to the Manor of Chang Lin!

If you think...

that our Chang Lin Manor protects the northern border just for the words, "achieving merits,"

then I am afraid that you will never be able to understand...

the strength of character that my father utilizes.

So what if you have guessed everything correctly?

Look around very clearly.

Those that surround you are all soldiers that I have trained for so many years.

Today, none of you should think of escaping.

Master Duan, make your move.

Master Duan, make your move!

I think...

Master Duan has already sensed what's really going on. Am I right?

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Sister-in-law.

The Chang Lin Army is ordered by His Majesty

to capture the General of the Shanliu Military Camp, Ji Chen.

Whoever dares to go against the Imperial decree, will be dealt with for committing the crime of rebellion!

Pingjing, are you all right?

Thanking Sister-in-law for your concern. Other than being taken for an idiot and ill-treated for this long, I am quite fine.

Greetings to First Young Master's Consort.

The situation earlier was really dangerous. Good thing First Young Madam came to rescue us.

But there is one thing that I do not understand.

How did the capital know that something was happening here and even arrived just in time?

Yuanqi, do you still not understand?

This matter, from the start, was all planned by that old, sly fox--

Was all set up by my father.

With the world being this big, why did he especially choose the Shanliu Military Camp?

- First Young Master's Consort.
- Uncle Yuan.

Since the areas south of Ganzhou did not really fall into enemy hands, Ji Chen actually did not do anything yet.

His problem is he knew that he committed a crime and this scared him.

But from the point of view of Royal Father and Older Brother, it is hard to voice any conclusions.

Am I right, Uncle Yuan?

Yes. All the people involved are from the military. Accusing anyone will not sit well.

The Old Prince also thought about it for a long time...

Although thinking about it makes one sad, the one that bears the greatest suspicion

is Ji Chen of the Shanliu Military Camp.

This person has the ability and the ambition.

I have always been secretly evaluating him, hoping that he would undertake greater duties in the future.

No matter how large the probability is, a deduction is still not reality.

What if we are wrong, won't we destroy the future path and life of someone?

Let us give him a chance to prove his innocence then.

The Old Prince sincerely wanted to handle this matter carefully and not make any rash conclusions.

- That is why--
- That is why...

he came up with that suitable excuse of just coincidentally passing by

to tell you to take the Commander Seal to the Shanliu Military Camp. Am I right?

Actually... Actually, this idea was still mainly--

It was actually a very good idea.

If Ji Chen is innocent, he then just takes the mission and escorts us back to the capital.

But if he is involved in this matter--

If he is involved in this matter,

then there will surely be traces left behind of their communication, that's why he became frightened..

Even if he really was afraid, we were still outside the scope of his power.

But then the heavens suddenly blessed him. My father really provided him the opportunity.

Me, Yuanqi, the witnesses, and the physical evidence all got wrapped up together and handed over to him by my father.

If he was able to really endure it and not assist them,

then that would have made him a person of exquisite character.

Looks like Second Young Master understands it very well.

Then why are you still so angry?

If all of you planned to set Ji Chen up, I didn't have any objection. But why did you all have to hide it from me?

We didn't really hide it from you. You were already gone by that time.

It also wasn't appropriate to relay things like this through messages. So--

Beforehand, it would indeed be hard to communicate it. But when you arrived, you still did not tell me the truth.

Do not think that I do not know that he is using this to train me.

He wants to know how I am going to respond.

Wasn't my father really being underhanded? Wasn't he really afraid I'd fail to understand any aspect of this and foil his plan?

Next time, I will let him see me deliberately foil things!

- Second Young Master!
- Let's go!

Second Young Master!

Tell me. Why does the Second Young Master keep thinking that all of these plans were set up by the Old Prince?

All of this was clearly the idea of the First Young Master.

It's because he thinks the Imperial Prince is strictest with him most of the time.

Unlike his older brother, who is very good in amusing him.

I heard from Mother that when Pingjing was just starting to walk,

his older brother spoiled him so much, he would allow him to often play with ink and paper.

See that?

This was all thanks to my father.

- I already wanted to ask you this before,
- If my sister-in-law hadn't come,

- who is that lady?
- the one locked up in the prison carriage would have been me.

Wasn't that unfair?

[Prince of Chang Lin's Manor]

Hurry up.

- Butler Zhou.
- Leave those here and take these books to the study.
- Yes.

Butler Zhou, Second Young Master is coming back. Will he stay long this time?

No matter what, he will stay until after the New Year, won't he?

Here, leave that over there.

First Young Master, First Young Madam.

Are they still talking?

It has been quite a while. The Second Young Master is waiting for you to come rescue him.

I'm not saying that you can't be earnest. But when you do anything,

you should be organized as well.

I heard that once you were in Datong Prefecture,

each step you used was consistent with unconventional methods, stubbornness, and mischievousness.

If it weren't for you being slightly smart and having good luck,

it would be hard to predict what kind of trouble you would have gotten yourself into today.

- Royal Father.
- Royal Father.

Pingzhang, why are you working and not lying down?

Xiao Xue is in control.

The physician also won't allow me to step farther than the courtyard.

Why is Pingjing kneeling down when he's just come home?

Weren't you happy yesterday and praising him to me?

Didn't you say that he did a good job of running errands?

Indeed, he did a good job.

The Magistrate of Datong Prefecture has already been imprisoned by the Ministry of Justice.

His confession will surely happen within the next one to two days.

But what use is it to keep praising you?

There were many irregularities. If I don't mention them,

you won't learn.

Father, it's not that I want to be defiant.

But this whole time, you haven't even praised me once. You just keep repeating these same points!

Enough. Quickly get up.

Thank you, Older Brother.

Go and get some rest now. Come and have dinner with me tonight at my place.

I still want to hear the details about Datong Prefecture.

It's agreed then.

- Sister-in-law will cook.
- Yes.

[Laiyang Manor]

Why have you been gone for such a long time?

I have not returned for so long

and have caused you to worry.

If you knew that I would be worried,

you shouldn't have gone off to do all those scary things.

Mother.

There are only the two of us.

Just abide safely.

All those struggles in the Imperial court,

what do they have to do with you?

I wouldn't dare refute your teachings, Royal Mother.

But as a member of the Imperial family,

how could this remain irrelevant to me?

Yuanqi,

you may be a member of the royal clan of the Emperor,

but you can't be compared to him.

Even more so, you can't be compared to the sons of the Prince of Chang Lin Manor.

There are certain things they can do,

- which you cannot.
- Then--

No matter what, you must remember this.

Allowing others to just forget about our Laiyang Manor here in the capital

is for the best.

Yes, I know I was wrong. I will listen to you closely in the future.

Mother, don't be sad.

- Take care.
- Thank you.

You have worked hard, Miss.

When the Old Master said you were coming back, everyone was looking forward to it.

Come, let's go to the rear.

After hearing what the Old Master said about Datong Prefecture,

did you know that my heart was held in suspense?

- Was your journey smooth?
- Yes, yes.

Home is still more comfortable though.

- Yes. Home is still better.
- Be careful.

Unfortunately, Physician Cheng is a witness.

He can only stay in the Minister of Justice's manor and couldn't return with us.

It's all right. Since the Emperor is personally supervising this case, the investigation shouldn't take that long.

This way, please. Watch your step.

Physician Du, where is the Old Master?

Didn't you know the Old Master left two days ago?

He has left?

Not only did he leave, he also took Brother Xu along with him.

I told the Old Master that I would be unable to handle our branch here in the capital all on my own.

He comforted me and told me not to be anxious and that you would be here soon. And that you would manage this place.

I was then relieved and looked forward to seeing you every day.

Are you saying that the Old Master wants me to stay and manage this place in the capital?

Not only that, the Old Master also said that

the heir of Chang Lin Manor's illness relapsed on his way back to the capital.

Since he was your patient, it will be better for you to do his follow-up treatment.

The Minister of Justice ordered me to come here to ask Minister Song

to cooperate with the investigation into the sinking of the ships in Datong Prefecture.

Grand Secretary Song, please cooperate.

Greetings to my Imperial Father.

Why are you pretending?

Come up here.

Thank you, Imperial Father.

Imperial Father, I heard that Older Brother Pingjing has returned to the Capital.

Why hasn't he come to visit me?

Do you miss him and want him to come here to play with you?

Wait for a while. He has many important tasks to attend to.

He will be busy for a few days before he has the time.

How is your calligraphy?

The tutor praised me a few days ago.

Is that so?

Write something for me.

Older Brother, when you were recuperating, you don't know how extreme Father was.

Uncle Shu was very careful in escorting the witness. He was clearly aware of it,

but he didn't tell me anything at all.

That he even dared to do this. Father must have instructed him to do so.

But ultimately, nothing escaped your eyes.

Isn't that a good feeling?

I really, really only reacted at the last moment.

I was so nervous along the way that I couldn't even think, sleep, or eat well.

I was awakened by every movement.

Every day, I was afraid if I missed any details, things would get chaotic.

But he was so great. He had already assessed and taken control of the overall situation. It was also a great experience for me.

Older Brother,

take a look.

It has only been two days and I even have a few strands of white hair.

I also lost weight. Am I really of father's bloodline?

You have really lost weight. Thus, I told your sister-in-law to cook some dishes for you.

Treasure your time by making up for this at home. Regarding Father,

I will find a suitable time to persuade him

not to treat you as a child and lecture you again.

Older Brother, you are still the one who treats me the best.

But Sister-in-law, your cooking skill is really good.

I can't help but to come home every year and stay for a few days, just to eat your food.

Of course, I miss my older brother, too.

Eat more.

Father, I still miss you the most!

Stop pretending. It must be Butler Zhou on his nightly patrol.

Father wouldn't come here at this hour.

Move.

After Song Fu and Ji Chen got imprisoned,

the Minister of Justice will be tasked to try the case. Tomorrow will be the first day of the official trial.

Father thinks that Chang Lin Manor should avoid arousing any suspicions.

Whether openly or covertly, he does not want us to ask for any information.

I do not know what information they can get from trying these people.

Father has exactly that kind of personality. I have already guessed that this would happen.

Older Brother, what do you want to know? I will go ask.

It is fine.

Older Brother, your injuries are healing so slowly. You really are making people worry.

That Old Master is really something. He actually just left you to heal here on your own.

Good thing, Lin Xi came back to the Capital with me. I will get her to examine you tomorrow.

You should address her as Miss Lin. How could you just casually call her by her given name?

Have you not offended her enough?

You did not even try to learn the good stuff in Langya Court. Instead, you learned how to become this frivolous.

I am so respectful of Miss Lin Xi.

Unlike you, when Older Sister Meng Jia got adopted by Mother,

you forced His Majesty to grant her to you when she was just fourteen years old!

And you even dare to say that I'm being frivolous?

- So disrespectful.
- So disrespectful.

Song Fu is a Level Two Minister. He has served the court for more than ten years.

Yet I was unable to see that he was this kind of person.

It is really hard to fully know a person.

Song Fu has achieved a lot of merits while he has been in office.

Your Majesty's favoring him does not really seem to be a wrong move.

For dark and evil thoughts like those, who really can say

that they are able to see it very clearly?

But it is still because my experiences for these past years were not enough.

Imperial Brother is on the front line bleeding, while I am not able to give you thorough support from the rear.

Throughout the several dynasties and generations before us, it can't be helped not to have some evil ministers in the court.

If Your Majesty must insist on saying such words,

you are making me feel uneasy.

Did Your Majesty not say that your coughing had improved?

For these past years when the Empress asks High Priest Puyang to help nurse my health, I indeed got better.

It's just that I recently got a bit low-spirited, so my illness recurred.

No matter what large matter happens, your health still comes first.

This case will be handled by the Minister of Justice.

Your Majesty should just wait for the trial to end and read the final report.

Please stop thinking about it endlessly.

Very well.

Since the previous Emperor died, only Imperial Brother dares to care about my life like this.

Your Majesty, you have said it too seriously.

I do not have that much nerve.

You just did!

I received the verbal decree of Your Majesty.

I dared not make any delay.

I have already prepared the Offering cauldron, Changming lamps, and the special lamp oil. (Changming: Ever-burning lamp symbolizing long-life wishes)

Once the time has come, we can start the Offering Ceremony. May Your Majesty not worry.

It was too rushed. I have caused High Priest to work hard.

I dare not.

It was also... my negligence.

I should have reminded Your Majesty about it sooner.

The special attention given by His Imperial Majesty to the Chang Lin Manor

is no less than to the Eastern Palace.
(Eastern Palac: Residence of the Crown Prince)

He will naturally make a fuss about Your Majesty' s attitude as the Head of the Inner Palace.

These past years, there were a lot of things

that I have relied on the High Priest to remind me of.

From now on,

I fear that I might need you to spend even more effort on it.

I will surely do my best.

Your Majesty,

when the Second Young Master of Chang Lin Manor returned to the capital this time,

he set off quite a huge case.

Senior Grand Secretary Xun has a lot of students and advisers that have become part of the government.

He hopes that most of them will not get involved in this.

The case of Song Fu is such a grave matter.

Your Majesty is very concerned about it.

Since I am tasked to handle it, I dared not be idle even for a day.

Right now, the initial details of the case have been clarified.

It is just there are some conflicting details

that still need to be meticulously investigated.

I temporarily cannot yet close this case.

What conflicts did you encounter? Tell me about them.

Regarding the sinking of the ships by the Datong Prefecture, we have both witnesses and hard evidence.

Song Fu has already admitted to all of this.

But regarding conniving with Ji Chen for him to achieve military merits,

he keeps denying that.

What about Ji Chen's testimony?

General Ji Chen admitted that it was Grand Secretary Song Fu who initiated their partnership in scheming

to garner military merits

and even to sending a private assistant from his manor to contact the General.

The exchanges between them were verified by Li Dan from the Song Fu Manor.

Have you let the two confront each other?

I plan to

first interrogate Private Assistant Qin as to who was tasked to initiate the communications.

Once I have some inkling of how the matter really is, I will then let the two face each other.

In my opinion, this Song Fu already knows that he will be executed.

He just wants to delay the time.

He would not have been able to do this without an accomplice.

Did he identify anyone during the interrogation?

He did.

I have the list of names here.

Your Imperial Majesty, please read the report.

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Subject Xun.

♫ The long, slow song rises like wind flowing through the corridors reaching the imposing, opulent and bright Imperial Hall

♫ Memories of that certain year, when far-away borders blazed with fires of war, in vast fields of ice and snow ♫

♫ From this world, the many slanders pass through the vermilion gates, over the palace walls ♫

♫ Beneath iron armor, together with silken skirts and silver spears, hair grows hoary as though with early frost ♫

♫ Hoping for the day when we can sincerely join hands in a faraway place without a second thought ♫

♫ Fiery liquor consumed at the end of the world, at the limits of exhaustion, is a feast! ♫

♫ There is little intention to return the real men to the war in the north, though willing, they are not given free rein

♫ Discussions about their heroism led them to be questioned, and suffer dismal complaints around them, unable to clear their names

♫ Good bows hoarded; likewise, so as not to injure, sigh against the way of heaven when stored indefinitely ♫

♫ Clouds of fear calm shameful waves, the night air stops their bickering by starlight ♫

♫ There is little intention to return the real men to the war in the north, though willing, they are not given free r

♫ Discussions about their heroism led them to be questioned, and suffer dismal complaints around them, unable to clear their names

♫ Good bows hoarded likewise so as not to injure, sigh against the way of heaven when stored indefinitely ♫

♫ Clouds of fear calm shameful waves, the night air stops their bickering by starlight ♫

♫ There is little intention to return the real men to the war in the north, though willing, they are not given free rein

♫ Discussions about their heroism led them to be questioned, and suffer dismal complaints around them, unable to clear their names

♫ Hoping for the whole world to remain at peace, quench the fires of war ♫