Resumo do episódio 4 de Zhan Zhao Adventures
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At the Xiqiao Ferry, Zhan Zhao stood his ground on the deck, using a flagpole as a makeshift weapon. Despite being poisoned and surrounded, he displayed the formidable skill of the Southern Knight, sweeping several assailants into the water. Watching from the sidelines, Mo Dao of the Xiuluo Cult furiously questioned why Zhong Xiong and the Iron Blood Guards were not intervening. Zhong Xiong, however, revealed that Zhan Zhao’s earlier "Heavenward Crane Strike" had sealed his acupoints, leaving him paralyzed.
He further asserted that his guards followed a strict code against killing innocents and would not break it for the cult’s sake. During the skirmish, Zhan Zhao fought to protect a boatman’s family while facing the combined pressure of Mo Dao and Yan Ziqing. When Zhan Zhao intercepted a hidden arrow and hurled it back, Mo Dao ruthlessly pulled his own ally, Yan Ziqing, in front of him to serve as a human shield.
Zhan Zhao was revolted by this treachery, but Mo Dao merely mocked the Yunying Sect as useless, declaring that Yan Ziqing had finally served a purpose by dying in his stead. Mo Dao then seized the boatman’s eldest son, threatening to kill the boy unless Zhan Zhao surrendered. Zhan Zhao delivered a decisive strike to Mo Dao’s shoulder but, bound by his respect for the law, he stayed his hand rather than delivering a fatal blow.
Mo Dao mocked him as a cowardly official, but the dying Yan Ziqing found the strength to launch one last flying dagger, striking Mo Dao in the throat and reclaiming his sect's honor before succumbing to his wounds. Exhausted and with the poison in his system flaring up, Zhan Zhao collapsed and was taken into custody by Zhong Xiong.
Unbeknownst to his captors, Zhan Zhao had already instructed his companion, Huo Linglong, to take a separate route toward Yincheng Town to seek help from his friend, Commander Meng Kui. When Shao Jizu arrived to inspect the prisoner, he realized Zhan Zhao’s companion was a young fighter using black maces—his runaway fiancée, Huo Linglong. Enraged, Shao Jizu nearly killed the unconscious Zhan Zhao, but Zhong Xiong stopped him, reminding him that their master wanted the knight alive.
Shao Jizu eventually tracked Huo Linglong to a roadside inn near the ferry. He attempted to mask his intentions with a facade of affection, offering to postpone their wedding if she returned home. Huo Linglong saw through the lie, accusing him of hunting Zhan Zhao for personal gain and wanting to marry her only to secure her family’s treasure, the Linglong Eye. As the confrontation turned violent, Huo Linglong found herself outmatched by Shao Jizu’s strength.
Just as she was losing ground, a young man in white named Bai Yutang intervened. Pretending to be Ding Zhao Hui, he casually ate plums while mocking Shao Jizu for struggling against a woman. He urged Huo Linglong to overcome her fear, reminding her that a weapon is meant for killing and that she possessed a peerless divine mace, the Yin Yang An.
With his guidance, she regained her confidence, and Bai Yutang eventually used a variant of the Heavenward Crane Strike to disable Shao Jizu. He took the commander hostage and left a note demanding a prisoner exchange at Luosi Cave at dawn. The strategist Zhi Hua arrived at the guards' camp with a stern warning: if the evidence Zhan Zhao carried reached the capital, it would ruin their master’s operations and lead to all their deaths.
Under Zhi Hua’s direction, the group attempted to facilitate the exchange, with Zhi Hua even disguising himself as Zhan Zhao to lure the kidnappers out. However, they soon realized they had fallen for a diversion. While the guards were distracted at the riverbank, Bai Yutang and Huo Linglong infiltrated the camp and rescued the real Zhan Zhao. As they fled in a carriage, Bai Yutang examined the knight's worsening condition.
Noticing Huo Linglong’s intense concern, he used acupuncture to stabilize Zhan Zhao’s meridians. He noted that the poison, "Old Souls at First Glance," was already rotting the knight's internal organs. Although Huo Linglong provided her family’s "Linglong Honey" to ease his pain, Bai Yutang warned that the treatment would only buy them a few days to find a permanent cure.
