Nirvana in Fire Episode 8 Recap
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On his way back to Xue Lu, Mei Changsu was assassinated by Zhuo Dingfeng, and Fei Liu flew to his rescue. Mei Changsu observed with cold eyes, not calling out other hidden guards. Meng Zhi, who was coming to see Mei Changsu, encountered this and quickly drew her sword to help. Zhuo Dingfeng took the opportunity to retreat. Zhuo told Xie Yu that Mei Changsu only had Fei Liu as a guard by his side.
The two of them decided on a plan to lure the tiger away from the mountain. Jingzhao Magistrate Gao Sheng investigated and found that the owner of Lan Garden was named Zhang Jin, who died of illness 4 years ago. This person owned multiple places of entertainment in the capital during his lifetime, with Lan Garden being his private residence. Currently, adult males from the Zhang family have been brought to the capital for interrogation.
While the Jingzhao Magistrate was investigating, Minister Lou was desperately begging the Crown Prince for help. It turned out that officials were not allowed to visit prostitutes in the Liang dynasty. Lan Garden, ostensibly a private residence, was secretly a brothel that hosted court officials, and Minister Lou was one of its regular customers. The female corpses in the dry well were girls accidentally killed by these officials. Minister Lou also had several lives on his hands.
At this time, Shi Jun, a trusted manager of Lan Garden, was pursued by Minister Lou for keeping the register recorded by Zhang Jin, and fled to Prince Yu's manor. The register involved many important court officials, and a key minister of the Crown Prince's faction - Minister of Revenue Lou Zhijing - was prominently listed, which attracted Prince Yu's attention.
Shi Jun presented the register to save his life and was ordered to report the case to the Jingzhao Magistrate. Meng Zhi found a garden for Mei Changsu that connected to the back wall of Prince Jing's manor, where a secret tunnel could be built to facilitate secret meetings between the two. Mei Changsu was very satisfied.
Meng Zhi was worried about Prince Jing presiding over the Duke of Qingguo's case, but Mei Changsu said that Prince Jing must take the first step. Prince Yu and his strategist Qin Banruo analyzed that the reason Mei Changsu had not clearly sided with them was that he was testing both himself and the Crown Prince before choosing whom to serve.
After Xiao Jingrui escorted his mother back to her manor, he discovered assassins sneaking into Xue Lu intending to kill Mei Changsu and quickly followed them. After he and Fei Liu jointly repelled the assassins, he did not heed Mei Changsu's dissuasion and pulled off the black scarf from the killer's face, discovering that the deceased was actually a follower who often accompanied his father.
Thinking of his father's antagonistic stance towards Brother Su and the prospects of the Xie manor, Jingrui was both sad and worried. For the sake of their friendship, he advised Mei Changsu to withdraw from the conflict. Mei Changsu said it was impossible and advised him not to worry, but just to maintain his true self. Helmsman Li, who had been secretly protecting Mei Changsu, reported that Mister Thirteen had come to see him.
It turned out that Mister Thirteen was a loyal servant of the Lin manor and had been managing "Miaoyin Court" for the Lin manor with Gong Yu over the years, while secretly collecting intelligence for the Jiangzuo Alliance and monitoring and checking "Hongxiu Mansion". Mister Thirteen investigated and found that Prince Yu's strategist, Qin Banruo, was originally the successor of "Hongxiu Mansion", founded by Princess Xuanji, the last princess of the Hua tribe, and was experienced and cunning.
Because her state was destroyed by Liang, she had been meticulously plotting for years, solely focused on revenge. Gong Yu had already planted her own people around her, and as long as Mei Changsu gave the order, "Hongxiu Mansion" could be destroyed. Mei Changsu decided to keep Qin Banruo as a chess piece. Qin Banruo visited Gao Sheng at night and prompted him to transfer the "Lan Garden Body Hiding Case," a hot potato, to the Ministry of Justice for handling.
