Go East Episode 2 Recap, Plot

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Lao Ji and Shen Bailian were assigned to review all the records from the past two years. As they worked, they continuously complained. After all, the West branch had been idle for a long time, and doing some trivial tasks was actually quite nice. However, as soon as Wang Kunwu took office, he eagerly took on the case, causing his subordinates to work hard, but they feared being dismissed if they were not diligent.

Yuan Mo walked over to the two and asked if they were troubled by the case of the missing military equipment. Since everyone at Sifang Hall knew that Yuan Mo had a sharp mind, they asked him for help. Yuan Mo agreed, but only in exchange for a residence permit for his maid. That evening, Yuan Mo went alone to a courtyard in the suburbs to search for clues when suddenly a sharp weapon was pressed against his waist.

He turned to see it was A Shu. Yuan Mo quickly explained that he was hurrying to find evidence precisely to get A Shu her residence permit. Based on the terrain analysis of Changcheng, Kudi Le should be living in a suburban courtyard. Wang Kunwu found a map in Kudi Le’s boot, which Yuchi Hua immediately snatched, asserting that as the organizer, Jingzhao Prefecture had the right to the clues first.

Unwilling to back down, Wang Kunwu opened the map with her, discovering that Qingsong County was marked on it. Yuchi Hua speculated that this could be where the military equipment was hidden and quickly went to report to the Jingzhao Prefecture Governor. A Shu, without a residence permit and with her remaining silver used by Yuan Mo for the permit, ended up staying at Yuan Mo’s house.

Yuan Mo took out the torn map he had found in the suburbs and began to piece it together. A Shu, unable to sleep, walked over to watch and discovered that the torn map was made of leather. She used the texture on the back of the leather to restore it. Wang Kunwu asked Yu Deshui to mediate with Jingzhao Prefecture to stop the investigation.

It was clear that Kudi Le had left the clearly marked map in his boot to mislead the authorities. Jingzhao Prefecture’s extensive search of Qingsong County would only waste time. Yu Deshui felt that Wang Kunwu was overthinking and stated that all he could do was obey orders from higher up. As the two argued, Yuan Mo arrived with the pieced-together map from the previous night, revealing that Kudi Le’s real hiding place was in Nanshan.

Yu Deshui suddenly remembered that Tan Lin, the Vice Minister of Personnel, was planning a trip to Nanshan and ordered Lao Ji to stop him immediately. A Shu, hearing about the assassination plan, worried it would affect her residence permit, so she dragged Yuan Mo along to Nanshan. Wang Kunwu arrived first on the way to Nanshan to stop Tan Lin, followed shortly by Lao Ji. Tan Lin, however, was determined to continue his journey despite the warnings.

Wang Kunwu explained that he had a plan that would allow Tan Lin to proceed without delay while still luring the assassins into revealing themselves. Yu Deshui, dressed as Tan Lin, arrived at Xishan. Wang Kunwu then publicly announced that Vice Minister Tan would speak, and a nervous Yu Deshui stepped out of the sedan chair, unaware of the truth.

Yuan Mo and A Shu, hiding in the shadows, praised Wang Kunwu’s strategy of leading the tiger away from the mountain. As expected, several assassins in the crowd began to move forward, waiting for an opportunity. Just then, Yuchi Hua led the Jingzhao Prefecture soldiers to surround them. The assassins tried to retreat but were already under surveillance. A fierce battle ensued. Some of the assassins spotted Tan Lin at a nearby inn and quietly approached him.

Yuan Mo and A Shu protected Tan Lin, but they only had brute force to rely on. Wang Kunwu and Yuchi Hua arrived at the inn shortly after and captured all the assassins. An Xiuyi found a distinctive tooth token on one of the assassins, a decoration unique to the people of Yanyu. Wang Kunwu grabbed the token and rode off, leaving Yu Deshui in a difficult position.

Yuchi Hua, impressed by A Shu's bravery at the inn, offered to redeem A Shu and give her a job with her. A Shu was very tempted, but Yuan Mo quietly reminded her that Yuchi Hua's father was a high-ranking official in the court, and if her true identity was discovered, both of them would be in grave danger. Reluctantly, A Shu dismissed the idea. That night, A Shu asked Yuan Mo to help her apply medicine to her wounds.

As Yuan Mo looked at the long and deep cuts, he began to feel inexplicably worried. Meanwhile, Wang Kunwu stood by the river, reminiscing about the past. He remembered how he and his brothers had vowed to achieve greatness and return home together, but now he was the only one left, which only strengthened his resolve for revenge.

When Yuan Mo woke up the next morning, he found that A Shu had cleaned the house thoroughly, but many of his treasured old wines had disappeared. He asked A Shu what she had done with them, and she diverted the conversation back to the matter of her residence permit. An Xiuyi instructed Lao Ji to find a lost cat belonging to a foreign envoy.

Lao Ji casually bought a cat to replace it, but An Xiuyi discovered the ruse and scolded him. Wang Kunwu came over and said that Lao Ji was from the West branch and did not have to follow the orders of the East branch. An Xiuyi then asked about the tooth token, and Wang Kunwu pulled it out, only to have Yu Deshui snatch it away.

Yu Deshui took Wang Kunwu aside and explained that the tooth token was a special item belonging to the Faceless Ones, a hidden assassin organization in the desert that had plagued the surrounding countries for decades. Besides Yanyu, Dayong and several other countries had been trying to eliminate the Faceless Ones, but Yanyu seemed to have made a deal with them to dominate the desert, making the eradication plan difficult to implement.

Yuan Mo found Wang Kunwu to inquire about the progress of A Shu's identity papers. Wang Kunwu produced a servant contract, proving that A Shu was Yuan Mo's legal maid.

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