Episode 5 recap: Jiang Xinbai met with people from the three major families.
Jiang Xinbai told Yan Nanxing his real name, and Yan Nanxing was also very happy to hear it. Jiang Xinbai said that his father's surname was indeed Xi, but he took his mother's surname. The General's wife held a ceremony here, and Yan Nanxing watched. The General's wife said that her tribe had a legend about snakes, so she prayed to the heavens that she and the General could be together for life.
The General's wife felt that she had asked the heavens for something that did not belong to her, so now the retribution had fallen on the General. Yan Nanxing quickly comforted her. The maid told the General's wife that the General had woken up, and the General's wife was very happy and hurried over to see him. The General took Jiang Xinbai to the inner chamber and said that all the money there was from those people bribing him, but he had not touched a single penny, and had left it all there.
Jiang Xinbai said that he had come this time to get evidence against the General in order to arrest him, but this time the General had indeed narrowly escaped death, so he no longer wished to suspect him. Jiang Xinbai asked the General when he knew his identity, and the General said he had previously met a divine detective who was also surnamed Xi and came from Yuezhou, which Jiang Xinbai knew was his father.
Jiang Xinbai asked the General who he thought had tried to attack him this time, and the General felt it was likely people from the three major families. The General said he had previously sent five people to infiltrate their ranks, but they had ended up sending the bodies back. Jiang Xinbai then learned where those five names came from. Jiang Xinbai brought up the issue of the Guicao herb, which they had previously used to control the General, but fortunately the General's wife had helped him detoxify, so the General did not want Yan Nanxing to use Guicao to detoxify him.
Jiang Xinbai said the General was unwilling to deal with the three major families, and also did not want the Guicao incident to be known, so he should let the commoners see that he was here by imperial command to manage this place. They had dinner there, and Tu Men had someone send a message asking Jiang Xinbai and the General to come have a meal.
Jiang Xinbai and the others knew it was a trap, but they still went. Jiang Xinbai had his men stay behind to guard the General's wife and Yan Nanxing, to protect their safety. When Jiang Xinbai and Yan Nanxing arrived, they only saw d and Gongye there, and did not see Mo Qi. Through their movements, Jiang Xinbai was able to identify the two people, and he brought up the issue of the Guicao herb with them, recognizing that the woman beating the drum was the head of the Mo Qi family.
The Mo Qi family head admitted it, and also said what she had said before, which is when Jiang Xinbai realized she was the boss of the pleasure boat. Assassins then came to attack Jiang Xinbai and the others, and they fought with them, also taking out a few of the family heads.
The General then told the commoners about the incident, and they all cheered. Yan Nanxing and the General's wife came out, and the General's wife said the General wanted her to go to the capital with them, but she did not want to leave the General and was very saddened.
Yan Nanxing talked to the General's wife about the sacred medicine, and the General's wife said it was a medicine from their tribe to treat snake venom, which disappointed Yan Nanxing. Jiang Xinbai happened to be nearby and played a tune, and Yan Nanxing went to find him. Yan Nanxing said she would be leaving here after the full moon, and would no longer go to the General's study.
Jiang Xinbai would also be leaving for the capital soon, and he wrote down his address to give to Yan Nanxing, saying she could come find him in the capital if she needed help. A mysterious woman in a veil came to the General's wife, saying the batch of Guicao would be leaving soon, and the General's wife said it was impossible with the city under lockdown, nothing could get out.
The mysterious woman said the General's wife should figure out how to make it happen, or else they would both die.
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