After He Yonglin passed away, Pei Yan issued a stern warning to Pei Yan, asking him to exchange Jiang Ci's life for Rong Yudie's secret account books at Bihe Villa. This put Pei Yan into a double dilemma of morality and responsibility.On the other side, Jiang Ci begged Wei Zhao to return the little clay cat as a token of contact with her master in order to go to Yuzhou, but Wei Zhao firmly refused.Yueluo City was changing its owner. Although Wei Zhao was ordered by Emperor Xie Che of the Liang Dynasty to garrison Nanling, he cared about Yueluo and planned to use Lu Yu's private weapons cache as an excuse to request the court to send him to Chuzhou to investigate.Return to Yueluo on the way.
Wei Zhao understood the truth about He Zhenwen being imprisoned in Changfengwu, and speculated that he held the account books of transactions with Lu Yu, so he sent Yi Fei to search secretly.At the same time, Jiang Ci decided to go to Yuzhou alone. Due to the lack of a small clay cat as a certificate, she skillfully made one to meet her urgent needs.Rong Yudie put pressure on Pei Yan through Aunt Du, demanding that the He family's affairs be properly handled and the account books handed over.When Pei Yan visited He Zhenwen, he accidentally discovered the wound on He Yongli's palm. Thinking of the hidden arrows of the silver-faced assassin, Pei Yan had strong doubts about Wei Zhao's identity and decided to transfer him away from Qingkang to avoid the edge.
Aunt Du's assassination plan was stopped in time by Pei Yan. He protected Jiang Ci to Changfengwu, but failed to stop her determination to escape.Wei Zhao arrived and left at night with Jiang Ci, leaving Pei Yan filled with complicated emotions.Jiang Ci learned that Pei Yan was suspicious of Wei Zhao's identity on the way, and decided to return with the intention of protecting Wei Zhao.She designed to lure Pei Yan away, successfully retrieved the hidden arrow and returned it to Wei Zhao, warning him to avoid the coming danger.Pei Yan noticed that the secret arrow had been stolen and went straight to Wei Zhao's residence. After some dealings, although he did not find Jiang Ci directly, he became more suspicious.