Love of Nirvana 流水迢迢 Episode 23

Wei Zhao suddenly appeared, leading four elders to hunt him down, and he was caught on purpose. Elder Li came to Elder Ping overnight and persuaded Elder Ping to become the city lord. Elder Li wanted Elder Ping to cooperate with Elder Ping to get back the white jade hairpin, and they would jointly manage Yueluo in the future. Back then, Elder Ping and his wife fought side by side with Xiao Haitian to resist foreign enemies. Unfortunately, her husband died in the battle. Elder Ping placed all the blame on Xiao Haitian and formed an sworn hatred with him from then on.

Hong Jie is the son of Elder Hong. He is young and energetic, and he wants to be the city lord and completely change the fate of the people of Yueluo. However, Elder Hong is not interested in the position of city lord. Four elders conducted a sudden interrogation of Wei Zhao overnight and tortured him severely. Wei Zhao refused to hand over the white jade hairpin. Jiang Ci heard that there were seeds of coffin flowers in Lone Star Peak, so she climbed Lone Star Peak alone regardless of the danger.

Tomorrow Yueluo City will hold a city lord election ceremony. Lu Yu sent people disguised as common people to Yueluo City to find Wei Zhao's whereabouts. Pei Yan heard that the masked man who caused a scene in the selection meeting was arrested and suspected that this person was Wei Zhao. Pei Yan asked An Cheng to stay and deal with Lu Yu, and he took Tong Min to Yueluo to look for Jiang Ci.

Yulian and Ale arrived at Lone Star Peak in time. They returned to the city with Jiang Ci. They overheard that Elder Ping had arrested the people who made trouble at the election meeting. Jiang Ci guessed that the person was Wei Zhao. Yulian asked Jiang Ci to He and A Le went home first, and she went to rescue Wei Zhao. Yu Lian was recognized by Hong Jie as soon as she appeared. He asked hard about the whereabouts of Jiang Ci and A Le. Yu Lian refused to answer and sneaked away unprepared.

Pei Yan and Tong Min disguised themselves and came to Yueluo City. They searched for Jiang Ci's whereabouts. They recognized Yulian from a distance and followed her closely. Sure enough, they found Jiang Ci's residence. Pei Yan wanted to take Jiang Ci away, but Jiang Ci refused to do so. Yu Lian tried her best to stop them and fought with them. As a result, Tong Min beat her seriously and was subdued on the spot. Jiang Ci did not want to implicate Yu Lian, so she had to agree to go with Pei Yan.

As soon as Ah Le escorted Yu Lian out, she was blocked by Hong Jie and they were arrested. The four elders took turns to interrogate Wei Zhao, but Wei Zhao did not open his mouth. Elder Ji was angry and wanted to kill Wei Zhao. Elder Li firmly disagreed. He only wanted to find the white jade hairpin. Elder Ji took Wei Zhao back to the Xiao family and used palace tricks to make him submit. , cursed Xiao Haitian with words, and poured a bowl of blood on Xiao Haitian's armor as an insult. Wei Zhao was so angry that he sneered and asked the four elders to fight. Whoever wins will get the white jade hairpin. The elder yelled at Wei Zhao, and Wei Zhao made a concession. Whoever can clear Xiao Haitian's grievances at tomorrow's election ceremony will be given a white jade hairpin. Elder Ping was angered and rushed to kill Wei Zhao. Elder Li She stopped.

Pei Yan cared deeply for Jiang Ci, but Jiang Ci treated him coldly. Pei Yan tried his best to please Jiang Ci, but Jiang Ci was unmoved. Pei Yan was very sad. Jiang Ci would rather be used by Wei Zhao than accept him. Jiang Ci Taunted him back. Hong Jie forced Yu Lian to reveal the whereabouts of the white jade hairpin and their true purpose of coming to Yueluo. Yu Lian refused to answer. Hong Jie heard that the four elders had taken Wei Zhao to the Xiao family's old house, and he took A Le to find them in anger. Wei Zhao confronts him, Elder Hong drives Hong Jie away, and learns from A Le that Jiang Ci was kidnapped by Pei Yan.

Pei Yan was about to take Jiang Ci away from Yueluo. Jiang Ci excused herself to go back to the house to pack her luggage. She left a code for Wei Zhao. Jiang Ci found the white jade hairpin in her clothes, so she took out a pottery xun and blew it, making melodious music. When it reached the cell, Wei Zhao could hear it clearly. Elder Hong led the people to reinforce the city wall. Hong Jie complained that he did not fight for the position of city lord, but in the end he still helped to work together.

Jiang Ci packed her luggage and left with Pei Yan. She got up early in the morning and cooked a bowl of porridge for Pei Yan. Pei Yan found out that it was drugged and he was very angry. He was deeply affectionate for Jiang Ci, but Jiang Ci was on guard against him. She also wanted to stun him and run away again, but Pei Yan pulled Jiang Ci up without further explanation and left.

Hong Jie released Yu Lian and A Le early in the morning and asked them to watch the city leader election ceremony. As soon as Pei Yan and Jiang Ci went out, they met Lu Yu's deputy general Zhang Zhicheng. Jiang Ci was worried that General Zhang would ruin Wei Zhao's good deeds, so he lied that Pei Yan had taken her to watch the election ceremony. The election ceremony officially began, with four elders sitting on the stage. Elder Li ordered Wei Zhao to be escorted up. Elder Ji cleared Xiao Haitian's grievances in public and even kowtowed to Xiao Haitian three times. Elder Ping scolded Elder Ji for being spineless.

Elder Ji had no choice but to tell the truth. Wei Zhao kept claiming that he knew the whereabouts of Elder Ji's son Jilang. As long as Elder Ji clarified the facts for Xiao Haitian, he would not only give the white jade hairpin to Elder Ji, but also help find Jilang. Wei Zhao told the public the promise Elder Li made to him last night. As long as Wei Zhao handed over the white jade hairpin, he would enjoy endless glory and wealth in Yueluo and Da Ming. Wei Zhao took out the letter written by Elder Li to Da Ming. With the cut book as evidence, Elder Li defended himself in every possible way and revealed in public that Wei Zhao was Xiao Wuxia, Xiao Haitian's son, and everyone was in an uproar.

Jiang Ci stood up to testify for Wei Zhao and announced in public that her husband was Xiao Wuxia. However, Elder Li framed Wei Zhao as Xiao Wuxia. Jiang Ci took out a white jade hairpin as evidence.