Nirvana in Fire: The Wind Blows in Chang Lin (Nirvana in Fire 2 / 琅琊榜之风起长林)

This isn't Ping Zhang's fault.

Blame it all on me.

Ping Zhang kept telling me to stay out of it.

It's definitely your fault!

Have you even thought about it?

If anything went wrong, how worried would your brother and I be?

I know it was a bit of a risk

but Duan Tong Zhou has been really hard to track down.

I finally had an opportunity so I thought--

Do you think others are fools just because you're a bit witty?

You were lucky this time.

Otherwise, by the time your brother got there

he would only have been able to bring back your...

Miss Lin.

I have all the medicinal herbs that you want in here.

Thank you, Doctor Du.

These can relieve heat poisoning.

Miss Ling, are you prescribing these to Second Young Master of Changlin?

Yes.

It's all because of your disobedience and willfulness

that such trouble occurred today.

I heard that you were hurt. Where are you hurt?

Father, he's all right.

He'll be fine in a few days.

When you're healed, go and kneel in the ancestral hall.

Yes.

All right, it's all over now.

It was just a scare today.

Don't take it to heart.

The envoys of Northern Yan are already here.

There's much for you to do.

Yes, Father.

Father reprimanded you out of concern.

He's not really mad at you.

Don't worry about it.

I'm not worried that Father is mad at me.

What worries me the most is that you'll be angry at yourself for this.

You really gave me a huge scare today.

Keep this in mind.

Whatever reasons there might be in the future...

don't ever take such risks again.

I'll keep that in mind.

Commander General, Cabinet Minister Xun is here.

Commander General?

- Cabinet Minister-- - I heard you.

I knew that he would visit.

- Invite him in. - Yes.

This is all you found out?

Our men were either killed on the spot or already arrested.

We can't get to them yet.

Mister Duan was hemmed in.

Only those skilled fighters were there.

No one else could get close to them.

As for the specific details

not even our men in the Patrol Force managed to get any information.

Mentor, you should know

that only the influential figures managed to keep up with Mister Duan.

How could I dare to ask any further?

Before Duan Tong Zhou died

there was someone with him whom we could ask.

I heard that Duan Tong Zhou is dead?

Is that true?

Uncle, didn't you promise me that you wouldn't do such things again?

Fei Zhan...

Do you think I arranged for all of that to happen yesterday?

The negotiation of the peace treaty has yet to commence.

However, the ranch masters knew about confidential information.

Ping Jing was immediately ambushed right after he left the capital.

Uncle, do you intend to tell me

that it was nothing more than just a coincidence?

I know that you find me the most suspicious in this case.

However, Fei Zhan, I really didn't do anything at all!

What about Duan Tong Zhou?

How do you explain the appearance of Duan Tong Zhou?

Didn't I already tell you?

Duan Tong Zhou didn't work for me!

Since he escaped from the prison, I haven't been in contact with him!

How could I have spurred him into carrying out any actions?

Even if he did work for me, how could I make him kill Xiao Ping Jing?

I've always had opposing opinions with the Royal Changlin Manor.

But those were strictly political disputes!

I hold no personal grudges against them!

Why would I want to kill a child?

Fei Zhan.

Uncle, Duan Tong Zhou killed himself by seizing a chance to jump off a cliff

to avoid being caught by us!

Uncle Tai, you don't need to attend to me now.

Go and get some rest.

Inform the servants not to come in unless I ask for them.

Yes.

Although it's spring now, it's still quite windy.

Guru... Please come in and have a seat.

It seems that Your Grace expected me to visit.

Uncle...

Who has been manipulating Duan Tong Zhou?

Do you truly know nothing about it?

Master Xun, fret not.

I'll never drag you into it.

I really... can't think of anyone.

Guru, you made this arrangement today just to test me

to see how I'd react, didn't you?

I wonder if you're satisfied with the outcome, Guru?

Your Grace reacted swiftly.

You handled it appropriately.

You're a man who can achieve great feats.

It wasn't hard at all.

From the moment I saw Duan Tong Zhou, I realized right away

that I was led there on purpose.

He... also deliberately appeared before my eyes.

Your Grace, do you know why I arranged it like that?

Because of Xiao Ping Zhang.

Am I right?

Your mother harmed the princess consort when she was alive.

This is a very difficult grudge to resolve.

Whatever opportunities I line up for you in the future

the priority is to clear away Xiao Ping Zhang's loathing of you.

You're right.

There's probably no bigger favor one can do

for the first prince of Changlin than to rescue Xiao Ping Jing.

Not to mention that Guru calculated the timing.

Even if I made no delay in informing the prince

it would have been too late to rescue Xiao Ping Jing.

Duan Tong Zhou...

What a pity it was for Duan Tong Zhou...

He was a ranked fighter on Langya Hall's Pugilist Ranking.

I was almost certain he could succeed, but little did I expect...

Little did you expect Tuoba Yu of Han Hai Swordsmanship

would just appear out of nowhere.

Xiao Ping Jing made it out alive.

As for your most competent assistant, Duan Tong Zhou...

He ended up dead instead.

Inform the Metropolitan Governor discreetly to monitor

Qiantian Yard in secret from now on.

Yes, Master.

Duan Tong Zhou reacted quite swiftly.

Before we got there, he didn't insist on combat, and tried to retreat.

Sadly, Tuoba Yu isn't just some random skilled fighter.

It can't be easy to get away from Han Hai Swordsmanship.

Once Xun Fei Zhan got there

how could there have been any chance of survival for him in those woods?

I'm still puzzled.

Tuoba Yu is a foreigner and an outsider.

Besides, he doesn't even know Duan Tong Zhou.

Why would he suddenly join them in the attack?

He should have been guarding Prince Hui very carefully.

This was indeed a most unexpected gesture.

But I heard that he headed over to join them

which was not exactly surprising.

Oh?

Xiao Ping Jing tempted him to join in the arrest

by mentioning Langya Hall's Pugilist Ranking.

Fighters care most about their reputations.

The Pugilist Ranking is indeed very tempting to them.

Once Tuoba Yu was certain that Prince Hui was safe

he immediately rushed over to work on moving up his ranking.

How clever.

Whatever it was, I did manage to somewhat win over Xiao Ping Zhang.

But what's my next step?

Steps... You have to take them one at a time.

You'll only know how to handle some matters when they happen.

Your Grace, what you should be doing now is to stay committed to your decision.

Don't falter too easily because of anyone.

It might be good tea but... a bit more heat is needed in the water.

Some in the fighting world get involved in politics

for the sake of wealth and fame.

They work for certain influential people.

It's common in every state.

However, Duan Tong Zhou already had such a high reputation and status.

He still risked his life for the sake of loyalty.

I'm afraid it's more than just fame and wealth.

Ping Jing, what do you think he was really after?

Who knows?

Shall we?

What's wrong?

This tattoo...

I've seen this somewhere.

How is he?

Rest assured, Your Highness.

It's just a cold that most children get.

Keep him warm and let him recuperate for a few days.

How did Crown Prince catch a cold?

What have all of you been doing?

Please forgive us, Your Highness!

Mother... I was too playful.

Please don't be angry anymore, Mother.

Imperial Physician, please prescribe the medication quickly.

Yes.

The cabinet has handed the report from the Patrol Force to me

regarding the attack on the envoys of Northern Yan in the suburbs.

How dare they do such a thing outside Jinling City?

They really are impetuous!

They must not be let off lightly.

They show no regard for law and order.

A severe punishment is certainly required.

However, on that note

we've had the policy on war horses for quite some years.

The supply of war horses to the frontier is done within regulations.

The major ranches outside the western frontier do deserve credit for that.

We mustn't punish them all together.

Your father is always so forgiving.