Pledge of Allegiance 山河之影 Episode 21

In the imperial prison, Lu Zheng stepped forward to take the imperial edict and read it carefully, and had to follow the edict. In the accountant of the palace, Zhao Gou brings dumplings to Shu Tang to wish him a new year. Shu Tang hands him a jade seal, which Zhao Gou quickly hides in his bosom. It turns out that Shu Tang stole it from the palace. Shu Tang hinted that Zhao Gou wanted to be closer to the emperor, Zhao Gou said that after the new year, Shu Tang once again proposed that Zhao Gou resign and go home after the new year.

In prison, Li Dongfang pulled out his sword and threw it to Li Wu, asking him if he wanted revenge. Li Wu picked up the sword on the ground and slashed at Li Dongfang, but he blocked him and gave him a pap punishment. Li Dongfang said that he could take revenge only if he was alive, and asked Li Wu to continue to be Li Dongfang for himself, and put away his sword and left after speaking.

Lu Zheng came to the imperial prison and showed his waist badge to the guards in front of him, but they said that they had received a transfer order not to allow Jin Yiwei to enter. Lu Zheng turned around and went to the Ministry of War to inquire, but was stopped by Cui Chen halfway. Cui Chen told him that the officers and soldiers guarding the city shot and killed the soldiers of the Wucheng Bingma Division with arrows. They had a transfer order but did not know who sent it. He wanted to seek justice for his brothers, and Li Wu had seen the transfer order at the scene people. Lu Zheng wanted to take Cui Chen to the Ministry of War to explain clearly. At this time, Lu Hei and Cui Chen wanted to borrow a lantern, but Lu Zheng continued walking but saw blood all over the place. Lu Zheng saw Ye Bushou following the bloodstains, and he stepped forward to fight Ye Bushou, but in the end Ye Bushou escaped.

The next day, Jin Yiwei told Lu Zheng that the three of Lu Yulin were taken to the inner court for trial, and Zhao Gou had been there for a long time. Lu Zheng walked into the inner hall, looked at the three people kneeling in front of him, and said that the three people hadn't been convicted of a crime, so they didn't kneel or worship, and wanted his subordinates to unshackle them and give them seats, but the Jin Yiwei didn't move. Zhao Gou said that the emperor had an oral order, and the emperor ordered him to attend the trial. Lu Zheng silently took out the book of impermanence, saying that the interrogation is Jin Yiwei's internal affairs, and internal officials are not allowed to be involved in politics, and asked Zhao Gou whether he had falsely preached the imperial decree, and then asked Jin Yiwei to drag him back to the Prison of Rites.

After Zhao Gou received the imperial scepter, Xuan Sheng ordered that the case of Zhenfu Division should be tried by Li Wu, the head of the anti-party case, and Li Wu should be guilty and meritorious. Just when Lu Zheng stepped forward, Lu Yulin told him that Li Wu was appointed to wear a guilty body, and he could only loosen his sentence, but not remove the shackles. Lu Zheng released Li Wu's punishment, and Li Wu sat down with shackles. Lu Zheng asked Lu Yulin who sent the official document to Xiangnan to hunt down the two, and Lu Yulin said that to find out, he had to go to the Ministry of War to check the signature of the original document. At this time, Jin Yiwei standing next to Li Wu took out the jade that Li Wu gave Mei Dou and warned him to be careful. Li Wu had no choice but to ask Lu Zheng to take the Wang Ming flag to the Ministry of War. Before leaving, Li Wu reminded Lu Zheng to pay attention to the poor streets.

In the yamen, Li Wu asked Jin Yiwei to escort Si Xiangnan, and asked Jin Yiwei to scold him with sticks, as long as he expressed his intentions. Afterwards, Si Xiangnan was beaten to the ground, and Jin Yiwei Wang Chan Mahan said that he could be arrested. Unexpectedly, Li Wu asked the other Jin Yiwei to drag Wang Chan Mahan down and hit him with eighty sticks, saying that whoever wanted Si Xiangnan to die would be a rebellious party.

On the other side, when Lu Zheng came to the Ministry of War and saw the signature Si Xiangnan on the official document, he asked the official if the official document had been sealed with wax when it was delivered, and the man said no. Lu Zheng asked his subordinates to take the official documents back to the Zhenfu Department, while he left through the back door. Lu Zheng didn't go far, and started fighting with Ye Bushou who was besieging him. Lu Zheng was stabbed by Ye Bushou, and rushed to the side of the carriage to leave.

At this time, Jin Yiwei returned to the Zhenfu Division with official documents. Si Xiangnan saw his signature on the official document in front of him, looked at Lu Yulin in shock, and asked why Lu Yulin stole the seal to harm him. Li Wu wanted to call for help, but Jin Yiwei hit Si Xiangnan twice again, and shouted that Si Xiangnan, who rebelled against the party, should be executed by Li Wu's order. Li Wu looked at Lu Yulin who was holding Si Xiangnan in front of him, very surprised.

At night, when Li Wu and Lu Yulin came to the imperial prison, Lu Yulin and Li Wu burned incense and worshiped in front of Hutou Gate on the grounds that he wanted to burn incense for his old friend. Not long after the two entered the prison, Li Wu heard exclamations, and then Li Dongfang came and dragged Li Wu away. When the two came to the torture room, Li Wu saw the dying Lu Yulin. Li Dongfang said that he had been tortured twenty-four times, but he would let him last until tomorrow. Lu Yulin told Li Wu that he had already erased Li Wu's name in Song Heming's Impermanence Book after unlocking the fish lock and handing the firearm to King Yan. Tomorrow he would tell Lu Zheng that he killed Song Heming, and all of this would not Blame Li Wu. Li Wu said with emotion that this is the first time he has heard others say that he is a kind child. Seeing Lu Yulin lamenting that he could not say goodbye to Lu Zheng, Li Wu said that he had no father or mother, called Lu Yulin his father a few times, and knelt and kowtowed.

In front of the gate of the Imperial Prison, Jin Yiwei passed by and found something under the incense table, and when he took it out, it turned out to be Song's book of impermanence written on it.