Nirvana in Fire 2: The Wind Blows in Chang Lin Episode 23 Recap
> Nirvana in Fire 2: The Wind Blows in Chang Lin Recap
Laiyang Marquis Manor's butler A Tai had been with Xiao Yuanqi since childhood, arguably the closest person Xiao Yuanqi had left in this world. However, Xiao Yuanqi always vaguely felt that despite A Tai's outward respect, he was actually monitoring him. This was because he had tracked the two people Pu Yangying left in Jinling City for many days without being noticed, yet Pu Yangying still clearly knew his mind was unsettled.
So, he set up a scheme, pretending to drop a jade bracelet into the water. As expected, A Tai stripped and jumped into the water to retrieve it for him. Xiao Yuanqi originally thought A Tai could be trusted, but when he pulled A Tai out of the water, he still discovered the hidden Mozhen flower embroidery on A Tai's body.
He never expected that the people around him for so many years harbored so many secrets, none of whom he truly knew. Though heartbroken to death, he still hardened his heart, pulled out a dagger, and stabbed it into A Tai's back. Xiao Pingjing came to find Lin Xi, wanting her to identify the embroidery pattern of Pu Yangying's dead warriors, but Lin Xi had just gone to the pharmacy to fetch medicine.
At this moment, Yun Jie called out to Xiao Pingjing, saying she had something to tell him. Xiao Pingjing had no choice but to leave the embroidery pattern. Yun Jie secretly picked up the dagger Pu Yangying gave him, hid it in her sleeve, and tricked Xiao Pingjing, claiming she had seen Pu Yangying in the city. Unaware of the trap, Xiao Pingjing followed her to the supposed location where Pu Yangying had appeared.
After Lin Xi returned and saw the embroidery pattern, she pondered for a moment and immediately thought of Yun Jie. Realizing Yun Jie had called Xiao Pingjing away, she silently cursed and quickly chased after them. However, she was a step too late. Xiao Pingjing followed Yun Jie to an alley. He was anxious to find Pu Yangying, momentarily distracted and not highly vigilant. Yun Jie seized the opportunity, pulled out the dagger, and fiercely stabbed towards Xiao Pingjing's back.
However, Yun Jie's meticulous planning could not match fate's plan. Just as she stabbed at Xiao Pingjing, Xiao Pingzhang and Meng Qianxue happened to pass by. Xiao Pingjing reacted swiftly, dodging the fatal blow, only suffering a scratch on his arm. Meng Qianxue raised her hand and threw a dart, striking Yun Jie's dagger out of her hand. Then, she leaped from her horse and subdued Yun Jie with one kick.
It was at this moment that Lin Xi hurriedly arrived. She pulled open Yun Jie's collar, revealing the Mozhen flower embroidery on the back of Yun Jie's neck. She speculated that Yun Jie was anxious to act because after Xiao Pingjing brought the embroidery pattern, Lin Xi would definitely directly identify her. She questioned Yun Jie about her true target.
Yun Jie declared that Ye Lingzi were clear about gratitude and resentment, and since the medical practitioners had shown them kindness, they would never harm doctors. Xiao Pingjing heard Yun Jie call herself a Ye Lingzi, recalling that the two people who previously committed suicide also called themselves that, and he couldn't help but question what Ye Lingzi truly meant. Everyone tied Yun Jie up and escorted her back to Jifeng Hall to bandage Xiao Pingjing's wound.
Li Laotangzhu questioned Yun Jie, saying that no matter her past identity, after so many years in Jifeng Hall, she should know right from wrong and good from evil, asking why she refused to turn back. Yun Jie, however, stated that as long as she was a Ye Lingzi, she would serve her lord and obey the venerable master, and right and wrong, good and evil, were not for her to consider.
Although Xiao Pingzhang had found that the embroidery was a Mozhen flower pattern, he did not know its specific meaning. Li Laotangzhu explained that every generation of Ye Qin kings would establish a separate palace in the imperial city as the location for the Ye Ling Imperial Academy. Every seven years, Ye Qin would select gifted young children and send them to the academy to study.
Each person would only be tattooed with a single Mozhen flower upon entering the academy for the first time, and only those who passed through layers of selection and remained would be tattooed with twin flowers, though the pass rate is very low. Everyone tattooed with twin flowers was a Ye Lingzi. After further training, they could directly serve as trusted royal guards, which was a great honor in the Kingdom of Ye Qin.
During the great plague disaster in the Kingdom of Ye Qin back then, a new batch of Ye Lingzi had just graduated. Unfortunately, the royal lineage was severed during the disaster. Without a country to depend on, the Ye Lingzi could only, like ordinary survivors, wander rootless and jobless across various places.
Lin Xi felt that even though their country was lost, the qualifications and talents of the Ye Lingzi would allow them to thrive anywhere, so why would they still engage in such activities? At this moment, Yun Jie stated solemnly, "Though our lord is dead, the great vendetta remains. The venerable master left behind a golden token of revenge."
However, Li Laotangzhu had known the venerable master of the Ye Ling Academy for a long time and believed he would never leave such an absurd command. Upon hearing this, Yun Jie excitedly claimed that the Kingdom of Ye Qin had fallen precisely because Da Liang's heavy troops had sealed the border. Xiao Pingzhang deduced that the golden token should be in Pu Yangying's hands.
Li Laotangzhu recalled the old venerable master as wise and benevolent and could not understand why he would entrust the golden token to someone as paranoid and mad as Imperial Physician Pu Yangying. At this moment, Pu Yangying was hiding in his cave, lost in thought. He gently wiped the twin flower embroidery, which symbolized his Ye Lingzi identity, with a cloth soaked in medicine, and half of it was surprisingly wiped away.
It turned out that he and his younger brother were simultaneously selected into the academy back then. However, due to the venerable master's obstruction, Pu Yangying at that time was not qualified to become a Ye Lingzi, so he actually only had one Mozhen flower. However, when the great disaster struck, his parents and grandfather were claimed by the plague. At this time, the venerable master handed the golden token to Pu Yangying's younger brother.
Pu Yangying's younger brother was mature in temperament and unwilling to seek revenge on Da Liang, but Pu Yangying, whose eyes were blinded by hatred, heartlessly stabbed his own brother to death and seized the venerable master's golden token. Unfortunately, the successor to the venerable master's golden token whom Yun Jie believed in, Pu Yangying, was an impostor.
People from the Imperial Medical Institute found Li Laotangzhu and Xiao Pingzhang, joyfully announcing that the epidemic had been controlled and they could seize the opportunity to lift the lockdown order on Jinling City. However, Xiao Pingzhang wondered why the Crown Prince, who was meticulously cared for, would be the first person in the Eastern Palace to fall ill.
Xiao Pingjing, by examining Yun Jie's Mozhen flower embroidery, finally remembered that he had seen it on a female official who served the Crown Prince. Yun Jie, however, claimed she had already warned that female official, and that official should now be trying every means to act. Xiao Pingjing and Xiao Pingzhang galloped towards the imperial palace. Fortunately, there were many people serving the Crown Prince, so the female official had not yet found an opportunity to act.
Xun Feizhan, upon learning that Pu Yangying had an accomplice in the Eastern Palace, immediately rushed towards the Crown Prince's location. Fortunately, as the female official was about to strike, eunuchs and palace maids blocked her, standing in front of the Crown Prince, gaining a little time for Xun Feizhan at the cost of their lives.
Xun Feizhan leaped into the air, drew his sword mid-air, and with one swift motion, stabbed the female official to death in front of the Crown Prince. Pu Yangying's subordinates deduced from the activities in the Eastern Palace and Changlin Manor that none of their operations had succeeded. Pu Yangying, however, claimed that Yun Jie's operation might not have failed. As expected, Xiao Pingjing fainted in Changlin Manor. Lin Xi and Li Laotangzhu, through examining the dagger, learned that it contained Frost Bone Poison.
