Pledge of Allegiance Episode 21 Recap, Plot

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In the prison, Lu Zheng took over the imperial edict and read it carefully before acting accordingly.

Zhao Gou brought dumplings to Shu Tang to celebrate the New Year. Shu Tang handed him a jade seal. Zhao Gou quickly hid it in his arms. It turned out that Shu Tang had stolen it from the palace. Shu Tang hinted that she wanted to be closer to the emperor. Zhao Gou said he would talk about it after the New Year. Shu Tang once again suggested that Zhao Gou resign and return home after the New Year.

Li Dongfang drew his sword and threw it to Li Wu in prison and asked if he wanted revenge. Li Wu picked up the sword from the ground and chopped at Li Dongfang but was blocked by him and then subjected to torture. Li Dongfang said that he could only take revenge if he was alive and asked Li Wu to continue pretending to be him before leaving.

Lu Zheng arrived at the Chao Prison and showed his waist badge to the guards in front of him, but they said they had received orders not to allow the Jinyiwei to enter. Lu Zheng turned to the Ministry of War to inquire, but was stopped halfway by Cui Chen. Cui Chen told him that the soldiers guarding the city had shot and killed the soldiers of the Five City Army Department with arrows. They had a transfer order but didn't know who gave the order. Cui Chen wanted to seek justice for his brothers and said that Li Wu had seen the person who gave the order that day. Lu Zheng wanted to take Cui Chen to the Ministry of War to clarify the situation, but Cui Chen went to borrow a lantern in the dark. As Lu Zheng continued forward, he saw blood on the ground. Following the blood trail, he found Yu Bu Shou and they fought, but ultimately, Yu Bu Shou managed to escape.

The next day, the Jinyiwei told Lu Zheng that Lu Yulin and two others were brought to the inner court for trial, while Zhao Gou had already arrived for some time. Lu Zheng entered the inner court and saw the three people kneeling in front of him. He said that they should not kneel and bow if they had not been convicted and wanted his subordinates to remove their shackles and give them seats, but the Jinyiwei did not move. Zhao Gou said that the emperor had a decree, and the emperor ordered him to attend the trial. Lu Zheng silently took out the book of judgment and said that the trial was the Jinyiwei's internal affairs, and the palace officials could not interfere in politics. He questioned whether Zhao Gou was falsely conveying the imperial decree and then ordered the Jinyiwei to give him 20 lashes and drag him back to the prison.

After receiving the punishment of imperial cane, Zhao Gou received an edict from the emperor to have the case of the pacification commissioner handled by the case leader of the rebel party, Li Wu. Li Wu was to clear his name by performing meritorious deeds. When Lu Zheng came forward, Lu Yulin told him that Li Wu was a designated scapegoat and could only be loosened from his punishment, but not have his shackles removed. Lu Zheng granted Li Wu leniency, and Li Wu sat down while still wearing his shackles. Lu Zheng asked Lu Yulin who had sent the official document for the pursuit of the two of them, and Lu Yulin said that he needed to go to the Ministry of War to check the original document for the signature. At this point, the eunuch standing next to Li Wu took out the jade that Li Wu had given to Mei Dou as a warning for him to be careful. Li Wu had to ask Lu Zheng to take the royal banner to the Ministry of War, and before leaving, Li Wu reminded Lu Zheng to be cautious in the slums.

At the yamen, Li Wu ordered the Jinyiwei to take Si Xiangnan away and have them beaten with a stick to show their disapproval. Afterwards, Si Xiangnan was beaten down, and Jinyiwei Wang Can and Ma Han offered to sign the document. However, Li Wu ordered other Jinyiwei to take Wang Can and Ma Han and beat them with eighty sticks, saying that anyone who wanted Si Xiangnan dead was a traitor.

On the other hand, Lu Zheng went to the War Ministry and saw Si Xiangnan's name on the official document. He asked the official if the document had been sealed with a wax seal, but the person said no. Lu Zheng asked his subordinate to take the document back to the Zhenfu Division, and he himself left through the back door. However, Lu Zheng was attacked by Yu Ming Suo, and he was stabbed. He quickly rushed to a nearby carriage and left.

At this moment, the Jinyiwei with official documents returned to the town's defense office. Si Xiangnan saw his own name on the document and looked at Lu Yulin in shock, asking why Lu Yulin wanted to steal the seal and harm him. Li Wu wanted to call for help, but the Jinyiwei hit Si Xiangnan with two sticks and shouted to execute the traitor Si Xiangnan on Li Wu's order. Li Wu was very surprised to see Lu Yulin holding Si Xiangnan in his arms.

At night, Li Wu and Lu Yulin arrived at the prison gate. Lu Yulin lit incense to pay respect to a friend and Li Wu joined him in front of the Hu Tou Gate. Shortly after they entered the prison, Li Wu heard a cry of alarm. Li Dongfang then came to drag Li Wu away. The two of them arrived at the execution room where Li Wu saw Lu Yulin lying there, barely alive. Li Dongfang said that he had endured 24 strokes of the torture instrument known as "pa," but he would let him survive until the next court session. Lu Yulin told Li Wu that he would unlock the "Fish Eye Lock" and give the firearm to Lord Yan. He had already erased Li Wu's name from Song Heming's "Book of Death" and would tell Lu Zheng that he had killed Song Heming himself and that none of this was Li Wu's fault. Li Wu was moved that this was the first time he had heard someone call him a good person. Seeing that Lu Yulin couldn't say goodbye to Lu Zheng, Li Wu, who had no parents, called out "Dad" a few times and kowtowed to him.

As they passed by the prison gate, the Jinyiwei noticed something under the incense burner. Upon examination, they found it was Song Heming's "Wu Chang Book ".

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