Mystic Nine Episode 2

The unbreakable oath

There is an exchange of intel between Zhang and Wu. They are each given an offer they can’t refuse and both agree to a third option. Zhang will leave the mystic nine in exchange for his wife and men. Wu doesn’t believe him and doesn’t want a paper trail, so they agree to have Qi witness the oath to make sure all parties comply and the penalties for not. Qi finds dealing with both of them a royal pain in the ass.🤣😂 Wu makes it clear he is still owed a life but will rescue the missing. Zhang exits in that pristine uniform that isn’t allowed a speck of dust. Qi gets to find his own way back for not favoring Zhang. 😂The plan is to set out next morning to rescue the men. Ms Zhang, Yin XinYue, greets her kidnappers with a nice set of traps when they come to release her. Wu claims not to hit women while she soundly slaps him.🤣😂 She easily finds out what the deal was between them and applauds. 🤣😂 I like her! She mocks him about an invitation to XinYue Restaurant as a corpse to be sold to highest bidder. That he has so many enemies he would fetch a good price. After leaving a last hit to the three men, she lets loose her last trap and leaves unescorted. Zhang returns to his office at headquarters to find his wife calmly sitting at his desk. He is reprimanded for thinking she couldn’t escape on her own and he counters with a tray of sweets specially purchased for her making note of which successful and which not. 🤣 These two are an interesting pair. He returns her bracelets. She wants him to stay safe and plans to take off to Beiping to help her family business. He promises to comply and go immediately to Beiping when he’s done. It seems Zhang has not won over her father and warned to keep that in mind and do better. He assures her he will make a better impression this time. Zhang gets a message from the Ministry of War that wants him to make a decision about the Mystic Nine. He doesn’t look happy. The next scene is at Taihe Pleasure house where we are introduced to Huo Xian Gu representing the Huo clan of the mystic nine. She is blackmailed by Ding Qiansui who is a wretched old lech with a lien on the Huo household. He offers to pay the money her aunts need and cancel their old debt if she will spy for him while accompanying Wu and Zhang behind the wall. He threatens her with Wu following up about her debts if made aware of them. 😝The women of the clan want her to resign to her fate and if she wants to be officially the leader of the clan, she will have to deal with the old lech and maybe give up on Wu. He gives her a dance and view of fireworks including their departure time of 8Am. We are taken to the site where the guards are fixing a flickering light. The stopped clock and sacks of something are stocked there with a message from a 401 soldier how to fix the light. Is the flickering light a key or indicator of what takes over the men? Story continues to be interesting with peripheral plots converging on this scene.

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