Heroes Episode 20 Recap
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Mu Qing gave Lin Haohan a portion of payment for his efforts and indicated that they would part ways here, and that Lin Haohan would not need to continue following them after this. Lin Haohan coveted the treasure and wanted to continue searching for it with Mu Qing, but he was flatly refused by Mu Qing.
On the return train, Liu Lin asked Mu Qing why he kept the secret of knowing about the Bodhi Seal from others, even concealing it from Wang Jialuo. Mu Qing explained that one reason he kept it from Wang Jialuo was because he only cared about arresting Zhuo Bufan and didn't care about the treasure; another reason was that Mu Qing detested Beiyang.
The failure of the Hundred Days' Reform that year had a great deal to do with Yuan Shikai's betrayal, which is why Mu Qing detested Yuan Shikai. Liu Lin stated that even if Yuan Shikai had not been treacherous that year, the Hundred Days' Reform was also doomed to fail.
Firstly, the conservative faction's power was strong and the reformists had no real power; secondly, the reformists lacked correct theoretical guidance; thirdly, the reformists lacked strong organizational leadership, relying only on a powerless emperor and a very small number of officials; fourthly, the implementation of the reform was overly hasty; and fifthly, the reform methods were singular. Mu Qing objected to this one by one, believing that the Tongmenghui to which Liu Lin belonged was even worse than the reformists.
These refutations left Liu Lin speechless. Lin Anjing told Qing Yi Xinfeng that Wang Jialuo was not fixated on finding the treasure, only on arresting Zhuo Bufan. Qing Yi Xinfeng stated that Zhuo Bufan's next stop was going to the capital and told Lin Anjing to find an opportunity to reveal this to Wang Jialuo. As long as Wang Jialuo kept a close eye on Zhuo Bufan, they would always be able to find clues to the Jingtan hidden treasure.
Lin Anjing pretended to be sick and told Wang Jialuo to help her get medicine. Wang Jialuo went to the pharmacy to get medicine and unexpectedly overheard that a group of people wearing Fengtian attire had bought medicine yesterday but were in a hurry to rush to the capital. Subsequently, Wang Jialuo quickly reorganized the Beiyang army and rushed to the capital. Liu Lin found Mu Qing again.
She stated that the reformists and the Tongmenghui had similar ideas in terms of objectives. Mu Qing brought up that Liu Lin should have been born into a wealthy family, and her parents should have expected her to live a fulfilling life. Now Liu Lin has instead gone to engage in revolution, simply because she hasn't seen death.
Liu Lin instead told Mu Qing that her parents and older brother all died because of the reform, and the former emperor Mu Qing served and his master also died because of the reform. So would Mu Qing be afraid of reform? Liu Lin's words made Mu Qing fall into deep thought. At Prince Qi's residence, Prince Qi angrily reprimanded Zhuo Bufan for his ineffective work.
However, Zhuo Bufan analyzed the situation of that year towards Prince Qi neither obsequiously nor arrogantly. He said that since they started searching for the treasure, every step of their plan had not fallen behind the Imperial Household Department. At the same time, they also obtained an important clue: opening the treasure required a total of three treasure maps and one passphrase, none of which could be missing. Now he and Mu Qing had equal leverage in their hands.
As long as the Imperial Household Department didn't give up on seizing the treasure, he would have the opportunity to seize the treasure map from Mu Qing. Now his disciples had suffered heavy losses, and searching for the treasure was harder than imagined. Zhuo Bufan hoped that Prince Qi could raise the reward. Although dissatisfied, Prince Qi also agreed to Zhuo Bufan's request. Prince Qi individually summoned Yu Huanjie and asked him about Zhuo Bufan's confidence in finding the treasure.
Yu Huanjie believed that Zhuo Bufan had the ability and the ideas to find the treasure, and that Zhuo Bufan yearned for the martial arts manuals within the treasure. Prince Qi tempted Yu Huanjie with fame and profit to report Zhuo Bufan's every move at any time, and rewarded him with three hundred taels of silver in advance. Yu Huanjie fantasized about his future life of gaining both fame and profit.
After returning, he cut off his hair and also told Zhuo Bufan that his Qing dynasty attire like this was also to help everyone gather information, and that after things were accomplished in the future, he would naturally revert to Fengtian attire. After returning to the capital, Mu Qing arranged for Liu Lin to stay in a residence. He reported to Cun Qing that this trip did not yield any results.
He planned to investigate the origin of the hidden compartment where the Bodhi Seal was stored. This hidden compartment was made of Agarwood Camphor, produced in Fujian. Although not precious, it was not very common. Lin Haohan opened a shop in the capital. For this, he specifically invited Ulan Shan and Mu Qing to come and support him. Mu Qing originally intended to refuse, but upon learning that Ulan Shan would be going, he simply accepted the invitation. Mu Qing handed the two sections of the hidden compartment he had to Lin Haohan to examine, telling Lin Haohan to find out exactly how many of this type of hidden compartment there were and where it specifically originated from, and he would then give Lin Haohan a commission of one thousand taels.
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