Recaps

Jiang Yingcheng and Jiang Yanchuan exposed corruption and rebel schemes in Quchun, then entered Xian Town, where they took up grievances and uncovered clues to several treasures. The group followed a map to Tuobi County and prepared to explore Yuntong Mountain, where Ying Sinan offered to guide them.

• Jiang Yingcheng helped Jiang Yanchuan’s party suppress the Quchun rebels, expose the County Magistrate’s hidden fortune, and seize more than a hundred chests of gold and silver.
• Jiang Yanchuan punished the County Magistrate and divided the recovered wealth among officials, then Jiao Hongmiao pursued the party to claim a share for the Ministry of Revenue.
• Jiang Yingcheng led the group through the forest formation into Xian Town, where Bai Erfu warned them of danger and bandits attacked the inn.
• Jiang Yingcheng helped reveal the attackers’ plans and later encouraged Jiang Yanchuan to hear Yue Henqing’s case against the Zhao clan.
• Jiang Yingcheng’s thoughts led the officials toward clues about Yan Chao’s treasure and Ao Qi’s hidden map, while petitioners came to Jiang Yanchuan seeking justice.
• Liaochen and Zhong Chengwang returned with Ao Qi’s corpse and a skeleton, causing a passerby to mistake them for murderers.
• Jiang Yanchuan’s party traveled to Tuobi County with the treasure map, where Ying Sinan offered to guide them up Yuntong Mountain.
• When Ying Sinan joined the long queue at the mountain entrance, Jiang Yanchuan ordered Lu Yao to bring him back and explain why they had to wait.

Jiang Yingcheng exposed Tuobi County’s fake treasure trade, led the officials into a hidden tomb, and turned the resulting arrest into a plan to market buried treasures. In Jiangnan, Ding Ruihan revealed a plot against Emperor Mingze, and Jiang Yingcheng learned that Western Liang’s Second Prince was among the infiltrators as its envoys prepared to arrive.

• Ying Sinan arranged for Jiang Yingcheng and the group to enter Yuntong Mountain, where Jiang Yingcheng exposed the locals’ fake treasures and discovered that Ying Sinan’s uncle Ying Minxing was Tuobi County’s magistrate.
• Jiang Yingcheng found the hidden chamber and shared its layout with the officials, who entered the tomb, triggered traps, and were arrested after emerging with treasures.
• Jiang Yingcheng ransomed the officials, uncovered Ying Sinan’s role in leading them into the tomb, and revealed his many lies to Ying Minxing.
• Jiang Yingcheng persuaded Ying Sinan, Ying Minxing, and Jiao Hongmiao to help organize a business finding and marketing buried treasures.
• The group traveled to Jiangnan and met Ding Ruihan on the Spring Reliance River, where she approached Jiang Yanchuan and presented a letter identifying him as the emperor.
• Jiang Yingcheng learned that the Ding family had prepared Ding Ruihan to infiltrate Jiang Yanchuan’s party and that Prince Xin’s agents were involved in a plot against him.
• Jiang Yingcheng realized Western Liang’s Second Prince was among the infiltrators and considered capturing him before Western Liang’s envoys arrived.

Jiang Yingcheng exposed foreign spies, Ding Ruihan’s schemes, and secrets linking Wind Brocade’s officials to the Slender Horse trade. Her mistranslation of the Pingxu envoy led to a recorded declaration of war, while a disputed heirloom drew her into another public accusation.

• Jiang Yingcheng revealed foreign spy bases and neighboring kingdoms’ riches through her thoughts, prompting Jiang Yanchuan to order surveillance.
• Ding Ruihan sought a new identity, but Jiang Yingcheng exposed her schemes with Master Ding to extract money and stolen treasures from Jiang Lifeng.
• Jiang Yingcheng stole Ding Ruihan’s pouch during a false alarm, while Shadow Guards captured river criminals whose bribes implicated the Prefect.
• Jiang Yanchuan ordered Ding Ruihan to assist the Slender Horse investigation, and Jiang Yingcheng exposed Jiao Hongxi’s theft from Jiao Hongmiao’s household.
• Jiang Yingcheng and her guards rescued Jiang Lifeng and Ying Sinan from pursuing Pingxu spies who intended to use Jiang Lifeng against the Prince of Nanyang.
• Jiang Yingcheng posed as Jiayue and mistranslated the Pingxu envoy’s requests as threats, leading the court historian to record his declaration of war.
• Jiang Yingcheng used the Zou family’s thumb ring to expose Zou Zi’ang’s connection to Ding Ruihan, and Jiang Lifeng’s questioning alarmed Zou Cailiang.
• Jiang Yingcheng encountered a woman accusing a shopkeeper of selling her stolen heirloom, and soldiers invited her party to witness the prefect’s investigation.

Jiang Yingcheng exposed schemes in court and discovered that Jiang Yanchuan planned to lead the Beiming campaign himself. Determined not to be left behind, she ran away from home and encountered a bandit group outside the city.

• Jiang Yingcheng helped expose Ding Ruihan’s plot to frame Jiang Lifeng, and Zou Cailiang sentenced Ding Ruihan and her accomplice to prison.
• Jiang Yingcheng revealed that the army’s medicinal herbs had been adulterated, while Kan Ruifeng explained that only one cartload had been affected before Jiang Yanchuan returned.
• Jiang Yingcheng learned that Jiang Yanchuan planned to lead the campaign in person, and she decided she wanted to go with him.
• Jiang Yingcheng gave protective medicines and gifts to her family and others, then considered hiding in a provisions wagon to follow Jiang Yanchuan to Beiming.
• Jiang Yingcheng investigated a herb shop and suspected its owners were profiteers, but the men repeatedly distracted her from looking into their business.
• Jiang Yingcheng sat beside Jiang Yanchuan as he reviewed memorials, and he eventually told her that he would march to Beiming.
• Jiang Yanchuan arranged for the Empress Dowager to oversee Jiang Yingcheng at Changning Palace, but Jiang Yingcheng ran away with Xu Jiu, Liaochen, and the others.
• Jiang Yingcheng and her companions continued beyond the city, where she met a group of bandits and asked their scholarly-looking leader whether he could write.