Nirvana in Fire 2: The Wind Blows in Chang Lin Episode 7 Recap
> Nirvana in Fire 2: The Wind Blows in Chang Lin Recap
The Commander of the Imperial Guards Xun Feizhan led the soldiers of the Patrol Camp in a widespread search, successfully cornering Duan Tongzhou in a small, dead-end area. The Imperial Guards were indeed not comparable to ordinary soldiers; though they were no match for Duan Tongzhou, they were able to entangle him. They followed his every move, leaping onto roofs and vaulting over walls, preventing Duan Tongzhou from easily escaping.
After Xun Feizhan arrived, he leapt up and drew his sword like lightning. Even with Duan Tongzhou's formidable martial arts, his forearm armor was sliced off by a single strike. Duan Tongzhou dared not continue fighting him. He forcefully used his internal energy to send several people flying, slowing down the pursuit, then executed a movement technique and disappeared without a trace in an instant.
Xun Feizhan glanced at the back wall of the Marquis of Laiyang's manor, concluding that Duan Tongzhou must have hidden inside. Duan Tongzhou cautiously searched all around in the Marquis of Laiyang's manor. Inadvertently, he discovered witchcraft objects in the Marquis of Laiyang's mother's room, learning the secret that the Marquis of Laiyang's mother was using witchcraft to curse the Emperor.
Xun Feizhan led his men in pursuit, searching the Marquis of Laiyang's manor, and then requested to search her inner chambers. When the Marquis of Laiyang's mother opened her wardrobe, she found Duan Tongzhou hiding inside. He shook the voodoo doll in his hand, and under his coercion, the Marquis of Laiyang's mother could only claim that the cabinet only contained personal clothing and nothing unusual, thus fooling Xun Feizhan.
After the Xiao brothers left the imperial palace, Xiao Pingzhang educated his younger brother Pingjing, telling him not to be too reckless and willful in the imperial palace, and to always adhere to proper etiquette. Xiao Pingjing perfunctorily agreed. As they passed by the Marquis of Laiyang's manor, they saw Xun Feizhan leading the Imperial Guards and the Patrol Camp guarding outside the manor.
Xiao Pingjing realized that they must be searching for Duan Tongzhou, and immediately got out of the carriage to help Xun Feizhan. The soldiers found nothing in the Marquis of Laiyang's manor and left helplessly. Duan Tongzhou returned the voodoo doll to the Marquis of Laiyang's mother and then departed. Before leaving, he sarcastically remarked that hiding in her room sticking a few needles wouldn't resolve her deep-seated resentment from years of widowhood.
The Marquis of Laiyang's mother threw the doll and painfully collapsed to the ground. Xun Feizhan gazed at the deep palm print Duan Tongzhou had left on a pillar during the earlier fight, deep in thought. Meng Qianxue secretly knelt at home, worshipping the Goddess of Fertility (Guanyin), praying with tears to get pregnant soon. Upon hearing Xiao Pingzhang's return to the manor, she hastily hid the Guanyin statue.
Seeing her anxious expression and eyes brimming with tears, and noticing the cabinet she had hastily closed but not locked, Xiao Pingzhang guessed her thoughts. He embraced her and comforted her not to push too hard. However, Meng Qianxue said that she had been married to Pingzhang for seven years and only hoped to give birth to a child for him soon.
Xiao Pingzhang joked that she would be married to him for a lifetime, so there was plenty of time. If not, there was no need to worry too much. Lin Xi sent someone to call Xiao Pingjing to Jifeng Hall at night. Xiao Pingjing joked that it was Lin Xi's first time actively seeking him out. Lin Xi ignored him and closed all the doors.
Xiao Pingjing jokingly remarked that while Langya Pavilion was relatively casual, Changlin Prince's Manor had rules and couldn't be trifled with. Lin Xi wasn't angry; she simply took out the rouge box she had borrowed from Meng Qianxue and handed it to Xiao Pingjing to examine. Xiao Pingjing couldn't make sense of it, so Lin Xi told him that the interlayer of the rouge box contained East Sea Vermillion Glue.
This medicine was extremely rare and difficult to find; not only was it extremely cold in nature, but even if prevented from moving, it would still spread contamination. Meng Qianxue had been using this powder box for years, and her long-term infertility was very likely related to this medicine. However, Lin Xi had only seen Vermillion Glue once several years ago and was not entirely certain.
Xiao Pingjing thought that since it wasn't certain, it would be best not to rush to tell his elder brother and sister-in-law, to avoid adding unnecessary worry. It wouldn't be too late to tell them after Lin Xi was certain in two or three days. He just couldn't figure out who had used such malicious means to harm his sister-in-law.
After Xun Feizhan witnessed Duan Tongzhou's unique Netherworld Ghost Fire palm print earlier that day, he recalled the marks on the table at his uncle Xun Baishui's house. He went to Xun Baishui's house and directly questioned him. After all, the characteristics of Netherworld Ghost Fire were too obvious: where the palm force reached, it didn't look like human work, but rather like it had been crushed by a red-hot branding iron.
Let alone within the small imperial capital, even looking across the entire pugilistic world, no second person could achieve this. Xun Baishui lied, claiming he was merely a civil official, knew nothing about martial arts, and was unclear how the palm print appeared. He argued that he had no connection with Duan Tongzhou. Xun Feizhan, however, said he only believed the truth he saw with his own eyes.
He made many assumptions: perhaps Xun Baishui had not conspired with Song Fu or Duan Tongzhou, or perhaps the power Duan Tongzhou relied on in the capital was not just Song Fu, but someone else behind him. Xun Baishui then played the emotional card, mentioning that Xun Feizhan's parents died when he was young, and he raised Xun Feizhan as his own son, even personally helping him find a master to learn martial arts.
In a fit of rage, Xun Feizhan shattered the small table with a palm strike, stopping Xun Baishui from speaking further. After he slightly calmed down, he honestly stated that he simply didn't understand why the Emperor had always treated the Xun family well. Crown Prince, Empress, Grand Secretary, Commander of the Imperial Guards – one title after another, it could be said to be the pinnacle of glory and favor.
Why did his uncle Xun Baishui do these things that deceived the emperor and hid from subordinates? Seeing that he couldn't deflect any longer, Xun Baishui simply burst into a rage. He frankly stated that the Emperor protected the Changlin Prince's Manor too much, but had not made early plans for the Crown Prince.
By then, if the Changlin Prince's Manor became too powerful for the ruler, relying on their control over all military affairs and asserting their own power with their troops. Xun Feizhan firmly believed that the Changlin Prince's Manor was definitely not such petty people. However, Xun Baishui accused him of being too naive in his thinking. The throne of the Great Liang Emperor could absolutely not be determined solely by the good or bad conduct of the Changlin Prince's Manor.
If they were righteous, the country would be stable; if they were wicked, the country would be in turmoil. This in itself was a huge destabilizing factor. In his fury, Xun Feizhan questioned Xun Baishui: "Just for your own selfish gain, can you gamble with the lives of the soldiers on the northern front? If the northern cavalry were to ride south, wouldn't they trample the land of Great Liang?"
He left in a rage, but was stopped by Xun Baishui's wife. Xun Baishui reminded him that the more than one hundred members of the Xun family were his true relatives. Helplessly, Xun Feizhan could only say that he had not yet caught Duan Tongzhou, and hoped his uncle would rein in his actions in the future. Xiao Pingjing really couldn't hold back and told Xiao Pingzhang about the poisoned powder box. Xiao Pingzhang was heartbroken upon learning of it.
He asked Lin Xi to thoroughly investigate Meng Qianxue's belongings while she was at Qinglian Temple. Lin Xi found that the East Sea Vermillion Glue was only hidden inside the powder box. Xiao Pingzhang looked at this item, bestowed by the Empress, and couldn't help but feel suspicious. Meanwhile, Xun Feizhan, by following the faint fragrance emanating from Duan Tongzhou's wrist guard, also traced him to Qinglian Temple.
