The Wind Blows From Longxi (Feng Qi Long Xi / 风起陇西 )

Go ahead and eat.

You've traveled a lot.

Lin Liang,

have you alerted

Gu Zheng?

It's done.

I did it

last night.

Think again.

Is there anything else

we missed?

Think about the details.

None.

I thought about it many times.

Good.

Hey,

anything else

you want me to do?

Don't go out during the day.

As for the other things, just act normal.

No need to do anything.

Make the forehead lower.

Okay.

And philtrum.

Make the philtrum longer.

Like this?

Still not quite right.

Think again.

Are there other features?

He's about 40 years old,

a little thin,

dressed up

like one who does manual labor.

I'll be right back.

He's not the shot-caller.

He's just a gofer.

Tangbing.

Xun Xu.

What a surprise!

How are you doing?

I'm good.

Good.

Yes.

Eh.

I came all the way here,

yet you don't even take me to a restaurant in town.

I thought you wanted to stay low-key.

A spy just left last month.

But he never came back due to information leakage.

Just admit that you are stingy.

Don't make so many excuses.

Hey,

we got to cherish our lives

when doing what we do.

Hey,

the entire Siwencao

has moved back to Nanzheng County.

Why did they leave you here?

Talk about my bad luck.

The Prime Minister's Northern Expedition failed.

Wudu thus became the front line.

So I was left here to clean up the mess.

Clerk Feng sent an urgent message,

saying that another right-hand man will be sent to Tianshui.

I didn't expect that it'd be you.

So you mean

I'm not worthy of that title?

No, I didn't mean that.

You are the most trustworthy man.

Frankly speaking,

it's not

an easy task for me.

You used to serve the water forces in Jingzhou.

How could the field work be hard for you?

It's different.

On the battlefield, you can fight the enemies head-on.

Unlike Siwencao,

everything's done based on assumption.

But come to think of it,

you've been working in the Internal Affair Department

in charge of the counterintelligence within the state.

Why did they send you this time?

I'm not sure.

Maybe

Clerk Feng dislikes me.

You are fooling me.

I'll stop asking then.

Anyway, Clerk Feng asked me

to fully support you.

Let me know if you need anything.

I want a dozen

of well-trained men

to go with me.

I've had them ready.

Thanks.

Prime Minister,

a message just came,

saying that Baidi has been subverted by the Intelligence Agency of Wei and turned.

The spy that was sent

to Tianshui to investigate

was double-crossed

and killed.

Espionage comes first in wars.

Assess the damage as soon as possible.

Aye.

Feng Ying has sent Xun Xu of the Internal Affair Department to Tianshui

to minimize the damage.

Xun Xu?

Yes.

Xun Xu...

Mister.

Time to eat.

Mister Zhuge.

Let's eat.

Xun Xu.

Xun Xu, what's bothering you?

When will my father come back?

Soon.

I don't mind his long-lasting mission.

But why did you send my father

to collect information about Liu Bei?

Xun Xu, what's the thing

that matters the most in this world?

Mister, you talk about restoring the Han Dynasty every day.

So I think the future of our state matters the most.

You are wrong.

What matters the most

is people.

It's been 18 years since Dong Zhuo entered Chang'an,

and over the years, thousands of people died.

It took seven days to bury the bodies throughout the Nine Regions.

If the people are all gone,

what's the point of defending the country?

I asked your father to collect information about Liu Bei

because

he's a righteous man.

And such person

is exactly what we need in this turbulent era.

Is Liu Bei

really able to bring peace to the world?

With my assistance,

I'm sure

he can.

You can let you, and me,

and them,

and all the people in the world

live a life

with plenty of food

and a roof over our heads.

Xun Xu,

remember

that every single soul on earth

is precious.

You must cherish them.

Have you found out anything

about the Wei spy?

There truly is

a Wei spy

lurking in our key department.

His target is Siwencao, right?

Yes.

But we don't

have any lead so far.

Find out who he is as soon as possible.

It's my biggest concern.

Understood.

How many people knew

Baidi's intelligence regarding Jieting?

Quite a few.

We've investigated within our agency.

Here's what we think.

As soon as Baidi got Zhang He's battle plan,

he sent a Military Messenger

to deliver the info immediately,

but the messenger was found out

by Mi Chong, Chancellor

of the Military Intelligence Agency of Wei.

Mi Chong sent a crack unit right away

to intercept the messenger,

who was ambushed

and in danger.

Luckily,

despite the trouble,

before he died, the messenger still managed

to deliver the info to Yang Yi.

However,

Baidi's intelligence was written

in special code,