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

Xun Xu, what were you thinking

by getting Clerk Feng out?

I knew he was framed up.

Ma Sheng's dying words aren't solid proof.

If they task me

with this case,

I'm telling you,

the truth will come out in ten days!

It's not as easy as you think.

Things in Chengdu are changing.

Look,

the more there is to this case,

the less likely you're to be on it.

Don't you know that?

Tangbing,

Clerk Feng treated you well, didn't he?

You can't sit and do nothing

while he's going down.

-I didn't mean... -Say no more.

It is what it is. Are you in or not?

You...

Fine.

What do you need me to do?

Get Clerk Feng

out of town tonight

and tread carefully.

Tonight?

Yes. That's right.

Aren't you aware

that Clerk Li has asked General Ma Dai

to impose a lockdown to seize the escaped?

Not even a bird can sneak out.

No excuses.

You're in charge of Intelligence Analysis.

There must be something you can do.

Can we trust Chief Gao?

Absolutely.

Tangbing and I go way back.

He knows what to do for the best.

I had him

go over to

sound Xun Xu out.

Actually,

there's a way out.

I'm listening.

General Ma Dai and the Madam of Ziyan House

are old friends.

He'd have her girls over

to entertain his men at the Yangping Pass

on the last night of every month.

And tonight is the night.

He's guarding Hanzhong

and the garrison in Nanzheng is

under his command.

How's this plan?

It's clever!

Terrific!

I know I can count on you, Chief Gao.

But,

to make it work,

I still need your help.

But how? I'm being watched day and night.

Hadn't Yin Ji sent you to sound me out,

I couldn't have gone to your place.

There's no legwork involved.

I just need you to send a message.

Where to?

Ziyan House.

I've never been to that kind of place.

Come on, liar!

You can't fool me.

That girl you found in Wudu has risen to

the top harlot there.

Don't forget what my department does.

What you did is logged in the system.

Don't you have

anything better to do?

Without such information,

I wouldn't be of help now.

Show this to Miss Liu

and she'll help you.

Is this a token of love?

Knock it off!

The Shu Army's garrison

has set up three lines of defense here.

There's only one path in and out of the col.

I wish we had the passwords and the tallies

to each post.

The guards and the tallies

are assigned randomly.

Even if we got them, they could be wrong.

Is there anything

Zhulong can do about it?

He's done everything he could

by giving us the map and the key.

Speaking of which,

this key is to the stone vault

keeping the design of the crossbow.

That gives us a better chance of success.

You'll have to jump off the cliff here.

I understand.

We've covered the entrance and the exit.

Now, let's go over the plan

once we get into the head office.

Have you rehearsed it?

Yes, many times.

Look,

Mister Mi.

The front gate leads to

five layers of courtyards.

The scribe room is

in the last one

with a secret chamber.

That's where the design is.

Is the scribe room guarded?

Yes.

As the main force is

lined up for defense,

guards outside the scribe room are only a few,

less than ten, I presume.

In that case,

we'll need a crack team.

Once you finish, leave through the back door.

The backyard is an open field

mostly used by the Shu Army for training.

And the cliff is right behind it

and left unguarded,

known as a natural barrier.

Leader...

Even if we have the crack team in there,

only two will be able to

make their way out alive.

Members of our sect aren't afraid of death.

Qingping Plan

concerns the future of our state.

Its success will come at a cost.

You two,

take the Bamboo Kites

and get out

with the design.

The thing is,

once we move in,

Shu soldiers

in the Military Technology Department

will be alerted.

We can get in and out quickly

with the design,

but once they find

that the design is missing,

the entire mountain will be sealed off.

And we won't be able to break out

with the design

even if we land safely.

That will be

Zhulong's concern.

All you two need to do is

grab the design from the head office

and put it at the drop spot.

Zhulong will pick it up

from Mount Dingjun

and send it to Tianshui.

Where's the drop spot?

I don't know

because he hasn't told me.

The last question is

if the Bamboo Kites

can fly Mister Mi and me

to that spot safely.

What if we're in the air and...?

Don't think too much.

The Bamboo Kites are our only option.

I'll fly with you.

You'll sacrifice yourselves for the great cause

and so will I.

Trust me.

You're a warrior.

If all goes well,

Qingping Plan will be a success.

Leader,

when shall we act?

In five days.

On Zhulong's signal.

Sure.

Liang Jian

pays his respects to you, Governor.

Liang Jian,

two updates for you.

One, Chancellor Mi

has arrived at Hanzhong

to gather together the Wuxian Sect.

He won't be back soon.

While he's away,

you'll be in charge of

the Intelligence Agency.

Yes, sir.

Oh, I almost forgot.

Uh,

Recorder Chen died

at the Yangping Pass.

He was