Episode 12 recap: Wang Jialuo and Long Chi cooperation.
Wang Dibao, dressed in tattered clothes, arrived at Fenzhou Prefecture. After several setbacks, he finally found the residence of the Beiyang Army, hoping to personally meet General Long Chi to deliver a letter. However, the soldiers looked down on Wang Dibao's appearance and scoffed at his identity as a constable from Dagukou County. They dismissed him like a beggar.
Helpless, Wang Dibao could only ask the soldiers to help deliver the letter on his behalf and then leave. However, to his surprise, General Long Chi was shocked after reading the letter and immediately ordered his men to find Wang Dibao and appointed him as a cooperative military instructor. Wang Dibao was given command of thirty soldiers and was instructed to assist him in tracking down Zhuo Bufan and his group. However, after Wang Dibao left, Long Chi told his subordinate Ding Yu that on the surface, they were assisting Wang Dibao in pursuing the culprit, but in reality, they were following him closely, keeping a close eye on the whereabouts of the hidden treasures of Jingtan.
This fortune must not fall into the hands of others. Ding Yu suddenly realized this and vowed to do his best. Qin Butou told Mu Qing that the Internal Affairs Department had spent two months investigating in Fenzhou Prefecture and finally found the shovel. They resorted to torture but couldn't extract any clues. In a critical moment, a swordsman from the martial world arrived and killed all the people from the Internal Affairs Department. Qin Butou, in a desperate situation, used the shovel's child to block the attack and was left with a scar by the skilled opponent.
Although the skilled swordsman spared Qin Butou's life, he also threatened him to keep the news about the shovel a secret. So for nearly forty years, Qin Butou kept silent about the matter. Qin Butou told Mu Qing that the shovel had already died, and his family used to live in a village in Jiexiu County, Fenzhou Prefecture, but he had lost contact with his descendants. Wang Jialuo, dressed in tattered clothes, arrived at Fenzhou Prefecture after several setbacks. He finally found the residence of the Beiyang Army. He wanted to meet General Long Chi in person to deliver a letter, but the soldiers looked down on Wang Jialuo's appearance. They scoffed at his identity as a constable from Dagukou County and dismissed him like a beggar.
Helpless, Wang Jialuo could only ask them to deliver the letter to General Long Chi on his behalf. However, to his surprise, General Long Chi was shocked after reading the letter and immediately ordered Wang Jialuo to be found. He was appointed as a cooperative military instructor. Prince Qi returned to the capital and learned from his steward that Cun Qing had sent a book of Ouyang Xun's early calligraphy. From this, Prince Qi realized that Cun Qing wanted to tell him through Zhuangzi's words that his plan to slay the dragon could not be executed.
Prince Qi instructed his steward to send a carved sandalwood feather fan, which was placed in the study, to Cun Qing, hoping that Cun Qing would understand the current situation. During his visit to Shanghai, Prince Qi had contact with the consuls of England and France, who expressed their full support for his coup. He shared this good news with Zhong Haichao.
Wang Jialuo was brought back by the soldiers sent by Long Chi. Long Chi held a banquet to entertain Wang Jialuo and appointed him as a cooperative military instructor, commanding thirty soldiers to assist him in investigating the case. Ding Yu was appointed as Wang Jialuo's deputy to assist him in handling the case. Wang Jialuo provided Ding Yu with information about Zhuo Bufan and his group, and Ding Yu immediately dispatched soldiers to investigate their whereabouts. Mu Qing and Ge Tai went to check the household registration in Jiexiu Village, unaware of the original name of the shovel, so they had no starting point for their search.
Hai Chao found Wu Lan Shan, who had returned from Shanghai, and tried to test if she had met Mu Qing before. Seeing Wu Lan Shan evading the question, Zhong Hai Chao became jealous and angry with her. Twelve years ago, Wu Lan Shan and Mu Qing had feelings for each other, but they ended up separated and unable to be together.
Long Chi privately told Zi Yu that although he appeared to be assisting Wang Jialuo in investigating the culprit, his true intention was to closely monitor the whereabouts of the treasures of Jingtan. The higher-ups wanted the members of the Forty-Three Associations to assist Wang Jialuo in order to surveil anyone seeking the treasure. They couldn't allow these treasures to fall into the hands of others. After Ding Yu learned of this, he vowed to do his best to fulfill his mission.
Zhuo Bufan, accompanied by Huo Cen and Qin Tuo, rushed to Zezhou late at night. Their purpose was to rescue someone. Zhuo Bufan ventured into the Zezhou prison and successfully freed his senior martial brother, Mo Kun, who was imprisoned there. The next day, Zhuo Bufan and the disciples of the Rongtian Peak greeted Senior Martial Brother with respect. Yu Huanjie saw Zhuo Bufan rescue Senior Martial Brother and took the initiative to express his gratitude to Zhuo Bufan.
It turned out that Yu Huanjie was an abandoned infant who was picked up by Senior Martial Brother Mo Kun, so they had a father-son relationship. After Senior Martial Brother Mo Kun went to the Central Plains, many people became aware of the Rongtian Sword Sect. He went missing because he extended help to the reformists during the New Policies, and after the reform failed, he was regarded as a traitor and pursued. The reason Zhuo Bufan rescued Senior Martial Brother Mo Kun was also because he believed that with Senior Martial Brother Mo Kun around, Yu Huanjie would behave himself.
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