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Transcriber: 5Water Translators: 5Water, flycrane01 Proofreaders: Emraldr, flycrane01
Watching you bickering is rather amusing.
Who are you? How dare you trespass into the court!
Ask your great Emperor if he remembers...
Red Eyebrows Dragon Snake?
You're more appealing to the eye than these people.
Marquess, what should be done with the captive?
I will wait for you...
to tell me the whereabouts of your master.
Why can Han not follow the Five Hegemons' example
and cede the land to Qin?
If this case is solved in less than five days...
will Han accordingly own some of the land of Qin?
Episode 54: Killing Four Birds with One Stone
Today is the fifth day.
Has Your Highness captured the assassin of the Qin envoy?
Great General, where is the assassin?
Xinzheng has been under curfew for days.
We have investigated every single pedestrian and carriage.
Their capture is expected anytime now.
Mister Li Si.
With that being the case,
can we have a few more days to catch the murderer?
Integrity is a treasure of the state and the shelter of the people.
So it seems Han must be short of hands.
I will send men to give notice to the border station...
to let the army come to your aid.
The army is coming?
Please do not worry, Lord Li.
My Ninth Brother has outstanding intelligence.
On that day, Ninth Brother was the one who raised the issue of the assassin.
Right now, Ninth Brother is as calm as usual.
He must be certain of his success.
Is that right?
You flatter me.
The reason for my calmness... is...
General Ji,
who protects Xinzheng and works day and night.
I almost forgot!
I must congratulate General Ji.
Ninth Son, what do you mean?
Lord Li isn't aware.
The assassin has in fact...
fallen into General Ji's hands.
In the General's hands?
General Ji has already captured the assassin?
Earlier, why did he say...
that he was still investigating?
General Ji Wuye is always modest.
And he knows full well that Lord Li and I are from the same school.
He had secretly informed me awhile ago.
As a matter of fact, he wanted me to take the credit.
Isn't that right?
Oh?
I thought the Great General was a warrior.
It never occurred to me he had a strong sense of integrity.
How disrespectful of me.
I really...
I dare not take credit for the General's painstaking efforts.
Congratulations.
The Great General is formidable.
Now the case has been solved.
General Ji, you have caught the assassin?
Does Royal Father still remember
Yanling Ji, who broke into the palace one night?
This woman once killed the imperial guards beneath the gaze of so many eyes in the palace.
What's more, she is Tian Ze's trusted subordinate.
General Ji rises early and sleeps late,
and has already brought matters to justice.
Isn't that right, General Ji?
That's right.
How great. Han Fei has calculated this from the very beginning!
He wants us to hand over Yanling Ji, wasting all of my efforts.
So the Ninth Prince had a plan and was neither arrogant nor impatient.
He has indeed planned far ahead.
Now that we have captured the assassin, I will request that the Han Emperor
leave Yanling Ji to the state of Qin.
Yanling Ji is experienced in sorcery.
I am afraid leaving her to Lord Li would not be suitable.
I have the elite bodyguard of Qin.
The Han soldiers could not even defend the imperial palace.
How could they watch over Yanling Ji?
Quickly! No more debate.
Bring the woman now.
Resolve the crisis in Han.
Now that Lord Li has the assassin,
the Qin army no longer has to move in.
Which should be natural.
The Ninth Prince is clever.
Only the biggest bargaining chips are included in a game,
so that we can obtain the maximum benefit.
A well played move of killing four birds with one stone.
Your excellent plan makes me feel inferior.
I invite you to meet someone.
Blaming the Qin assassination on Yanling Ji...?
How did you determine that Ji Wuye and the Blood Marquess would help you lie?
They had no choice but to lie for me.
In front of the oppressor's Qin army,
whether you are a prince, a duke, or an important minister...
none can bear the burden of ceding territory.
How could you be sure that Li Si would agree to this condition?
He had to accept it.
It was the bargaining chip that I gave him.
On behalf of Qin, this was his first mission.
If he didn't have Yanling Ji, his mission would have gained nothing.
Qin is strong, yet they dare not rashly start a war.
If diplomacy ultimately evolves into war,
the representative would fail his mission.
Li Si's official career would have ended at that point.
This favor...
is more than a business deal.
Brother Wei Zhuang is correct.
I showed the way forward for Li Si.
And in return,
he has to accept this seemingly unequal deal.
The way forward?
It's the way to the top of his official career.
The top of his career?
Under one man?
You want him to rely on help from Ying Zheng?
It's a risky game.
But he will proceed.
Because the reward is high enough.
A war can only be won by both open and secret moves.
Those with marvelous tricks have endless power like rivers and oceans.
Winning by a surprise move.
Who would have thought the Ninth Prince would use Yanling Ji as the assassin.
He had planned it long before he boasted that day.
And he solved the case on the agreed upon fifth day.
Neither Qin nor Han suffered any losses.
Diplomatic crisis was resolved without trouble.
Brother Han boasted in order to lower Nightfall’s guard.
At the time when they were most complacent,
he guided the spear from Qin to point directly at Nightfall.
Yanling Ji is the only link to Tian Ze.
Once she's out of Nightfall's control,
the treasure of Baiyue that Nightfall wants to find
will be even further out of reach.
In such a risky game of chance,
perhaps only someone like Brother Han
has the ability to make use of everyone.
Li Si pays his respects to His High...
Mister Shang.
You serve my Uncle...
It's equivalent to working for me.
All power is bestowed by the ruler.
Li Si's loyalty belongs solely to the ruler.
So, is Yanling Ji...
the one who you want me to pardon?
Precisely.
To my understanding, Yanling Ji is the Baiyue rebel, Tian Ze's trusted aide.
You rescued her from Nightfall,
so Tian Ze will owe you a big favor.
The enemy of an enemy is a friend.
Mister Shang,
you asked me how I would free myself from deep trouble before.
Today, I have given my answer.
What do you think?
Fending off the Great Qin army with wisdom instead of might.
Snatching the food from Nightfall with tricks instead of force.
Making friends with the Qin envoy without adulation.
Turning Tian Ze into an ally of Quicksand without concession.
Your talent...
I respect it very much.
They seem to have made a lot of trouble for Nightfall.
But this time, we're the different kind of opponents.
Where are you taking me?