Pledge of Allegiance Episode 20 Recap, Plot

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The Zhenfu Division’s yamen actually released a document ordering the Jin Yi Wei to arrest Lu Zheng and Li Wu. Li Wu told Lu Zheng that Li Dongfang, who was arrested at the Caoyun Wharf, was both Ye Bu Shou’s general and Lord Yan’s illegitimate child. Lu Zheng felt relieved that Li Dongfang had been arrested and imprisoned. But Li Wu told him that Chen Jizhen was also a rebel. If Si Xiangnan was also a rebel, then the entire Zhenfu Division’s yamen would have fallen. Lu Zheng planned to return to the Zhenfu Division to inquire whether Si Xiangnan had issued an order and thus learn his identity.

In the cave, Lu Zheng looked at Lu Yulin’s book of impermanence and loudly told Li Wu about the events of the twenty-fifth year of Hongwu recorded inside. He was suspicious of Li Wu’s identity when he suddenly fainted after eating poisonous mushrooms.

At the gate of Jinchuan City, Commander Cui said that there would be Ye Bu Shou disguised as refugees tonight and ordered himself to lead troops into the Wengcheng to arrest them. At night, soldiers outside the city reported that they had not found Ye Bu Shou. Zhang Junqing believed that they had been bought off and ordered all the people under the city to be killed. Although Li Dongfang did not agree with her, he did not stop Zhang Junqing’s actions.

Soldiers on the city wall continuously shot arrows with fire, while the soldiers and refugees outside the city gate hurriedly took cover. Li Wu ordered Cui Chen and the soldiers to use the bodies of the fallen soldiers as shields against the arrows. He believed that they needed to stay alive to seek justice for the fallen. Cui Chen and Li Wu went to the city gate and climbed up the wall. Cui Chen angrily questioned Commander Liu, who claimed that the official document stated that Cui Chen had opened the city gate and let in the rebels, allowing them to escape. Cui Chen drew his sword to kill Commander Liu, but Li Wu persuaded him to spare him and used his firearm to scare him away. After Cui Chen left, the soldiers took Li Wu to a room. Suddenly, Zhang Junqing rushed out with a dagger, trying to kill Li Wu.

Learning that Zhang Junqing wanted to kill him for revenge on behalf of Shu Tang, Li Wu used his firearm to force her back, informing her that Shu Tang was still alive but missing after she went to find Li Dongfang. Upon hearing that Li Wu wanted to rescue Lu Yulin and his son, Zhang Junqing insisted that they were doomed. Seeing that Li Wu did not believe her, she told him that Wang Chongxi, who could testify against Lu Zheng and his son, was being held in the commandery. If Li Wu could kill him, they could be safe.

On the other side of the cave, Mei Dou and Lu Zheng heard the sound of the soldiers outside. Mei Dou quickly untied the ropes for Lu Zheng, while he hid in the grass to observe the situation. Sister Meng urged Mei Dou to leave immediately. Later, Chen Jizhen arrived at the cave with the Imperial Guards. Lu Zheng saw Chen Jizhen use a wet piece of paper to cover Sister Meng's face and wanted to sneak into the cave to save her, but he was stabbed by Li Dongfang who suddenly rushed out. Lu Zheng was seriously injured and passed out while looking at Mei Dou who was captured and Sister Meng who was quiet inside the cave.

Meanwhile, Li Wu secretly followed the Imperial Guards into a house and saw Wang Chongxi chained up. Li Wu said he came to kill Wang Chongxi and suggested flipping a coin to decide his fate. Wang Chongxi lost, but Li Wu did not kill him and even asked him to follow him. The two arrived on a boat, and Li Wu handed over a package to Wang Chongxi, stating that he was an honorable person. Wang Chongxi then told Li Wu that Yu Ming Suo's secret code was very simple.

Late at night, Si Xiangnan asked the Jin Yiwei guarding the door who ordered them to detain him, but they did not answer. At this moment, Lu Zheng arrived and fought against the Jin Yiwei with Si Xiangnan. During the fight, Lu Zheng saw the weapons on their bodies and realized that they were actually Ye Bu Shou. Si Xiangnan handed his waist badge to Lu Zheng and asked him to go see Lu Yulin first. Lu Zheng asked Si Xiangnan if he had seen a public document that was chasing him and Li Wu. Si Xiangnan said that all the official documents and seals of the Town Government Office were in his hands after taking office, but he had never published a document before.

The Jin Yi Wei outside the gate finally rushed into the document library. Lu Zheng took out Si Xiangnan's waist badge, indicating that Chen Jizhen, who communicated with Yan, had been punished on the spot. Li Wu and Lu Zheng arrived at the detention room and saw Lu Yulin and Li Dongfang sitting face to face. Under Li Wu's questioning, Li Dongfang admitted that he killed Sister Meng and abducted Mei Dou. When Lu Zheng pointed his sword at Li Dongfang, Si Xiangnan stepped forward to block his sword. At this moment, someone came to announce the imperial edict. The edict stated that Li Dongfang, a hundred-household, was suspected of identity and ordered Lu Zheng to temporarily detain Li Wu. Lu Yulin and Si Xiangnan were secretly in collusion with the rebels and were also imprisoned. The management of the town's peace office will be temporarily handled by Lu Zheng.

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