Episode 5 recap: A Jiu released the essence of Ling Zhi.
Ling Zhi, unable to bear seeing Meng Zhi suffer after finally entering officialdom, calmly stepped forward when Han Ye insisted on capturing her. Meng Zhi questioned herself, realizing that Ling Zhi had never harmed anyone, and she didn't want her to be imprisoned. Speaking of the unfamiliar Blue, although she was a spirit creature, she was willing to help heal Meng Zhi in order to obtain blood to save her wife. This statement confirmed to Han Ye that there were indeed two spirit creatures, making him even more determined to capture them.
Seeing that Ling Zhi was about to be taken away, Meng Zhi suddenly took a member of the Shangqing Bureau hostage and threatened Han Ye. Han Ye immediately ordered his men to shoot arrows, and Ling Zhi took the arrow to protect Meng Zhi, spitting blood on the spot. Han Ye raised his butcher knife towards Meng Zhi, who was tightly embracing Ling Zhi, but at that moment, A Jiu, who realized her mistake, appeared and stopped Han Ye.
Blue did not expect that the Shangqing Bureau had such skilled individuals. After she managed to escape, she remembered A Jiu and worried that he might be implicated. She hurriedly returned home to find someone. A guilty A Jiu embraced Blue, who was concerned about Ling Zhi, and lied to her, saying that the Ling Zhi couple had already escaped. The next day, in front of Prince Ye, the murder case was discussed in detail, focusing on the suspicious point of Ling Zhi's fear of fire.
Prince Ye was always concerned with capturing rather than investigating. Seeing A Jiu unusually meddling in the matter, he gave him face and stated that he would inform the chief examiner, Zhu Shaoqing, about the incident. He also revealed that on the day Ling Zhi was rescued, he intentionally relaxed the guards' vigilance in order to track Ling Zhi and find the herbalist hideout to capture them all at once.
In order to save Ling Zhi, A Jiu placed an ordinary Ling Zhi mushroom in the medicine box while releasing the essence of Ling Zhi. However, this deception was quickly discovered.
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